Forwarded from Staffordshire Folklore
Lady Wulfrun, also known as 'Wulfruna' was an Anglo Saxon Noble woman of importance during a period of history when much is still uncertain.
She first appears in the Anglo Saxon Chronicle in year 943 after the Danes raided Tamworth and took her prisoner, possibly for ransom.
She is more well known however for receiving a charter from King Athelred in 985.
In 994 she endowed St. Peters, the Coligate Church on this land she received and eventually, the surrounding land would become known as 'Wulfrun's heaton' or ultimately 'Wolverhampton' .
She first appears in the Anglo Saxon Chronicle in year 943 after the Danes raided Tamworth and took her prisoner, possibly for ransom.
She is more well known however for receiving a charter from King Athelred in 985.
In 994 she endowed St. Peters, the Coligate Church on this land she received and eventually, the surrounding land would become known as 'Wulfrun's heaton' or ultimately 'Wolverhampton' .