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Wulfric Spot, Earl of Mercia
Dates: died 1016
Wulfric Spot was a powerful Mercian nobleman whose will is reported to have transferred Bromley and other estates to Burton Abbey in or about 1004.
View historical person →Wulfric Spott, Saxon nobleman or landholder
Dates: Died or made his will before or in 1004; exact dates not established here.
A prominent Anglo-Saxon landholder associated with Alfreton and other estates. The surviving summary records his testamentary gift of Alfreton to Burton Abbey in 1004.
View historical person →Wulfsige the Black, Anglo-Saxon landholder, the source does not assign him a formal title specific to Abbots Bromley.
Dates: fl. 10th century
Wulfsige the Black was an Anglo-Saxon landholder who received lands in Staffordshire by charter from King Edmund in 942. The surviving summary identifies Abbots Bromley among those lands.
View historical person →Wulfstan
Dates: flourished before 1066
A pre-Conquest Anglo-Saxon landholder recorded as holding Adwell freely before the Norman Conquest, and probably also holding neighbouring Aston and Britwell Salome.
View historical person →Wulfstan II of Worcester, Bishop of Worcester, 1062–1095
Dates: c. 1008–1095
Wulfstan II was the Bishop of Worcester from 1062 until his death in 1095. He was a prominent English ecclesiastic who retained his see after the Norman Conquest…
View historical person →Wulfwin
Dates: Recorded in 1066
A pre-Conquest landholder recorded by the Suffolk parish report as holding Aldham in 1066.
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