Wulfric Spot
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Wulfric (died circa 1004), called Wulfric Spot or Spott, was an Anglo-Saxon nobleman. His will is an important document from the reign of King Æthelred the Unready. Wulfric was a patron of the Burton Abbey, around which the modern town of Burton on Trent later grew up, and may have refounded the Benedictine monastery there.
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Died | c. 1004 (on 22 October, according to later tradition) possibly in the battle of Ringmere |
Resting place | cloister of Burton Abbey |
Years active | floruit 980s until death |
Known for | landed wealth, patronage of Burton Abbey, Anglo-Saxon will |
Title | thegn (minister, charters), consul and comes (Burton Abbey Chronicle) |
Children | daughter of unknown name |
Parent | Wulfrun (mother) |
Relatives | Ælfhelm of York (brother); Ælfthryth (sister); Wulfric the Black; Ælfgifu of Northampton (niece), Morcar (nephew) |
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