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Wulfrun. Wulfrun (a) ( c. 935 - c. 1005 [1]) was a Mercian noblewoman and landowner who held estates in Staffordshire . Today she is particularly remembered for her association with Hēatūn, Anglo-Saxon for "high or principal farm or enclosure", which she was granted in a charter by King Æthelred II (Æthelred the Unready) in 985, and where ...
- Wulfruna
- c. 935, Mercia
- before 990s-1005
Wulfruna established a manor house in the Gorsebrook area of the town. The spot known as Wulfruna's Well is supposed to be a reference to a spring which ran past the manor house. But some historians feel that the spring was probably mythical and the present monument on the site is a Victorian drinking fountain.
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Wulfruna Memorial, dated 1901. The inscription reads IN/ REMEMBRANCE OF/ THE LADY WULFRUNA/ AD 994/ STAVELY HILL P.G.,K.G./ AD 1901. It commemorates the site of Wulfruna's well. The Lady Wulfrun(a) is noted as having endowed the Collegiate church of Wolverhampton with a Dean and Prebendaries, AD 994, giving her name to the town: Wulfrun's Heantun (High town).
Lady Wulfruna (d.after 994) was an Anglo-Saxon noble woman and landowner with several estates in Staffordshire. She was granted a charter for Hēatūn, Anglo-Saxon for ‘high or prinicpal farm of enclosure’ by Aethelred II (Aethelred the Unready) in 985. She endowed a collegiate church there in 994, which is the site of St Peter’s Church ...
Lady Wulfruna. In AD 985 King Ethelred grantged a land charter to Lady Wulfruna. With this grant the Saxon settlement that had been on the site since the 7th century became known as "Wulfrun Heantun". "Heantun" is a Saxon word meaning settlement and many old English towns with names ending in "hampton" were originally Saxon settlements or ...
Nov 6, 2023 · Wulfrun(a) (c. 935-c. 1005) was a Mercian noblewoman and landowner who held estates in Staffordshire. Today she is particularly remembered for her association with Hēatūn, Anglo-Saxon for "high or principal farm or enclosure", which she was granted in a charter by King Æthelred II (Æthelred the Unready) in 985, and where she endowed a collegiate church in 994.
Lady Wulfruna, or Wulfrun to use the correct Anglo-Saxon pronunciation of her name, is believed to have been the grand-daughter of King Ethelred I and Queen Aethelflaed (daughter of King Alfred the Great). The earliest reference to Wulfrun is in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles for 943AD. The chronicles state that Lady Wulfruna was taken prisoner ...
