Wynflæd or Ƿynflæd (died ) was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman and a major landowner in the areas of Hampshire, Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire.PASE: ; Charter S1539 Wynflæd is likely a widow vowess primarily connected to royal foundation at Shaftesbury Abbey,, with further connections to royal nunnery at Wilton Abbey. There is ongoing debate if she was the mother of Aelfgifu of Shaftesbury and thus the grandmother of Kings Eadwig and Edgar the Peaceful.PASE: ; Charter S744,
Wynflæd's Will
Wynflæd's will has provided scholars with ample materials to better understand tenth-century England and Wessex in particular, including social conditions, material goods, familial strategies, religious women and legal processes.,,, Her will lists holdings and estates including Faccombe Netherton (modern Netherton, Hampshire) and Charlton Horethorne along with further manors and lands, and moveable goods such as tents, chests, cups, and clothing.
In 2018–19, Wynflæd's will was displayed in the British Library exhibition Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War and included in the exhibition catalogue edited by Claire Breay and Joanna Story.
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External links , , , and may all relate to her. British Library blog Wealthy Wynflæd’s wonderful will