Talk:Byrhtnoth

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Brihtnoth (b.951 d.991) was the husband of Aelfflaed, who was the sister of Aethelflaed and Aethelward, childred of Aeflgar and his wife Wiswide. In his will, Aelfgar left properties at Cockfield and Chelsworth, among others, to his daughter Aethelflaed, and on her death to the St Edmund's foundation. Aethelfflaed in her will left the property to her brother-in-law Brihtnoth and sister Aelfflaed, also with the stipulation that on their deaths the properties would go to the St. Edmund's foundation. After Brihtnoth's death in the Battle of Maldon in 991, his widow petitioned to have a tapestry prepared to honor him, as the later Bayeaux tapestry honored the Battle of Hastings. After the death of Aelfflaed, in accordance with her will, the properties were transferred to the St. Edmund's foundtion, about the year 1000 AD. Later, the abbot of Bury St. Edmund's granted land at Cockfield to Adam and Aethelic (a possible descendent of Brihtnoth and Aelfflaed) the first such grant to an Anglo Saxon after the Norman invasion. Adam took the surname Cockfield, establishing a noble family that survived for more than 400 years.