Wulfrun
Wulfrun | |
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Charles Wheeler's statue of Lady Wulfrun at St Peter's Church, Wolverhampton | |
| Born | c. 935 |
| Died | c. 1005 (aged roughly 70) |
| Burial place | possibly Tamworth |
| Other names | Wulfruna |
| Occupation(s) | Landowner, noblewoman |
| Years active | before 990s-1005 |
| Known for | The person who endowed St Peter's Collegiate Church and having a close connection to the founding of the city of Wolverhampton |
| Children | 2 sons (Wulfric Spot & Ælfhelm of York) |
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. By 1070 this had become known as Wolvrenehamptonia – Wolfrun's heaton – now the city of Wolverhampton, the sixth largest district by population in the West Midlands.