in Cambridgeshire), being "at her last breath", indicating that she died shortly after the charter was written, sometime in 1005, although a now outdated source states that she died in Tamworth in 995 or 996, although she was probably alive until 1005. Her lands may have been inherited from Wulfsige the Black, who was granted lands by King Edmund in 942, some of which correspond with lands later endowed by Wulfrun, and some with lands described in the will of her son Wulfric. Wulfsige may thus have been her father. Sources Contemporary knowledge of her comes from several text sources: Year 943 entry in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle says that Vikings seized her when they took the fort at Tamworth. [It was in all probability to obtain a ransom.] Listed as a witness in an Anglo-Saxon charter dated 985, which is listed as no. 650 in Kemble's Codex Diplomaticus Ævi . In it King Ethelred II ('Ethelred the Unready'), granted to Wulfrun ten hides of land at Hēatūn, which means "high or principal farm or enclosure". It is recorded that in 994 Wulfrun gave ten hides of land to endow a church at a place called Heantune (dative case). This may be the same land as in the previous entry. The church had previously been founded as an abbey by Wulfere. The West Midlands placename Wolverhampton seems to have come from Anglo-Saxon Wulfrūnehēantūn = "Wulfrūn's high or principal enclosure or farm", though a local tradition says that King Wulfhere of Mercia was involved in the founding of the town, the church, or both. Older forms of the town's name run against this hypothesis. Many buildings and firms in Wolverhampton are named after Wulfrun, for example, The Wulfrun Centre, Lady Wulfrun (formerly "The Goose in the city" pub), Wulfrun Hall and the Wulfrun Hotel. It is thought probable that these references all refer to the same woman, Lady Wulfrun. The "a" commonly seen at the end of her name is a Latinisation. Description of Wulfrun's abduction (943) The relevant Anglo-Saxon Chronicle entries are (from the Worcester manuscript):- 941: Her Norðhymbra alugon hira getreowaða ⁊ Anlaf of Yrlande him to cinge gecuron. 943: Her Anlaf abræc Tamewurþe, ⁊ micel wæl gefeol on ægþra hand, ⁊ þa Denan sige ahton, ⁊ micele herehuþe mid him aweglæddon, þær wæs Wulfrun genumen on þære hergunge. Her Eadmund cyning ymbsæt Anlaf cyning ⁊ Wulfstan arcebiscop on Legraceastre,