Aelfwynn, Wife of Ordwulf, donor in the late-tenth-century endowment tradition of Tavistock Abbey.
Dates: fl. late tenth century
Biography
Aelfwynn is identified in the surviving historical tradition as the wife of Ordwulf and donor of several North Devon estates to Tavistock Abbey, including Hame, identified with Abbotsham.
Notes / Sources
The personal identification and the exact legal form of the grant derive from later historical compilations rather than a directly inspected tenth-century charter.
Research sources:
- Annery, Monkleigh, estate history citing the Tavistock endowment tradition and the identification of Hame/Abbotsham; corroborated by Northern Devon in the Domesday Book. — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annery%2C_Monkleigh
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