Wulfric Spot
Wulfric Spot | |
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An 18th-century pencil sketch of a stained glass window in Abbots Bromley depicting Wulfric, the original held by the William Salt Library, Stafford | |
| 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) |
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.