mater abbatissa Hrumesig cenobio. abbatissa Readingan coenobio. Nota.* Ælfgari procuratoris. 1 Merwenna, abbess of Rumsige or Rumsey, co. Hants, occurs in A. D. 966. Kemble, Cod. Dipl., DXX, DXXVIII; Birch, Cartul. Saxon., Nos. 1178, 1179. Dugdale's editors call her Merwenna or Merwinna, and date her accession to the abbacy in A.D. 967. Birch, Fasti, p. 87. 2 Herelufu, abbess of Shaftesbury, co. Dorset, died in A.D. 862, Anglo Saxon Chron., ad. an. Flor. Wigorn called her Hereluve; Birch, Fasti, p. 79. 3 Leofrun, abbess of Reading Nunnery, co. Berks, is a new name to the Fasti of Anglo-Saxon abbesses. 4 Nota, on margin in a late hand. 5 This is a new name among Anglo-Saxon abbesses. 5 hic probably signifies buried here. It is written in a later hand. 6 Ethelgar, Archbishop of Canterbury, died in A.D. 989. 7 Brithmær was abbot of Newminster A.D. 1008-1021, and 1032. Birch, Fasti, p. 52. 8 A new abbess of Berkeley, co. Gloucester. 9 A name unknown to the editors of L'Art de Vérifier les dates, J. Anderson, and other writers upon the history of this period. This Danish lady of royal blood, whose name has been lost in oblivion, appears to have been buried at Newminster, of which abbey her brother King Canute was one of the principal benefactors. 20 1 Here ends the original handwriting in this list of illustrious women. The remainder of the names are in somewhat later hands. 2 Here the original handwriting begins again. 3 i.e., of Abingdon Abbey, co. Berks. Edgar, on the expulsion of the canons, introduced Benedictines from Abingdon into New Minster. "Canonicos ejeci, monachos de Abindonia loco substitui." incorrigibiles -Edgar's Charter, A.D. 966, Birch, Cartul. Saxon., No. 1191. 4 A.D. 963-984. He died viij kal. Jun. Titus D., xxvii, f. 5b, Saxon Calendar. 5 A.D. 984-990, ob. A.S. Chr. 6 A. D. 990-1016. A.S. Chr. 5 10 15 20 p. 45.] NOMINA SORORUM HRUMENSIS1 CęNOBII. i. Pulfynn abbatissa illius sancti coenobii. 2 ii. Ælfgyfu abbatissa. xxiii. Ælflæd. iii. Ælflæd. iiii. Ælfgyfu. v. Pulflæd. vi. Ælfgyfu. vii. Elfhild. viii. Ælflæd. ix. Eadgyð. x. Ælflæd. xi. Æþelflæd. xii. Byrhflæd. xiii. Elflæd. xiiii. Eadgyfu. xv. Ælfgyfu. xvi. Eadgyfu. xvii. Byrhtgyfu. xviii. Æpelgyfu. xix. Ælfgyfu. xx. Ælfhild. xxi. Æþelpyn. xxii. Ælfgyfu. xxiiii. Ase. xxv. Eadgyfu. xxvi. Pulflæd. xxvii. Pulfrun. xxviii. Eadgyð. xxix. Hildeburh. xxx. Osparu. xxxi. Ælfgyð. xxxii. Pulfpryð. xxxiii. Elfleof. xxxiiii. Eadgyð. xxxv. Ælfgyfu. xxxvi. Ædelhild. xxxvii. Pulfpryð. ΙΟ 15 20 xxxviii. Pulfspyð. 25 xxxix. Epelgyfu. xl. Pilspyð. xli. Ælflæd. xlii. Leofsydu. xliii. Ælfgy. 1 i.e. Romsey or Rumsey Nunnery, co. Hants. 2 A new name in the lists. 30 |