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Ælfric Cild
Ælfric Cild (''fl''. 975-985)〔Williams, "Ælfhere (''d''. 983)"〕 was a wealthy Anglo-Saxon nobleman from the east Midlands, ealdorman of Mercia between 983 and 985, and possibly brother-in-law to his predecessor Ælfhere. He was also associated with the monastic reformer Æthelwold, bishop of Winchester, he is also notable for being involved in a number of land transactions for the refounding and endowment of Peterborough Abbey, as well as with Thorney Abbey during the 970s and early 980s.
==Family connections==
It is thought that he married the daughter of Ealhhelm, ealdorman of central Mercia, and hence that he was brother-in-law to Ælfhere, ealdorman in Mercia between 956 and 983.〔Williams, "''Princeps Merciorum gentis''", p. 147.〕〔 Her name may have been Æthelflæd.〔Williams, "''Princeps Merciorum gentis''", p. 147 (note 21).〕 Her brother Ælfheah, ealdorman in Wessex, left a will "probably drawn up in the late 960s" in which he bequeathed estates to Ælfwine, his "sister's son", who was probably Ælfric's son with her.〔S 1485〕〔 This Ælfwine is also thought to be the warrior of this name who died fighting in the battle near Maldon (Essex, 991), according to the Old English heroic poem which was composed to commemorate the event (''The Battle of Maldon'').〔
It has been suggested that it may have been Ælfric Cild who in 956 received from King Eadwig land at Hanney and who is addressed as the king's ''adoptivus parens'' in the charter which records the transaction.〔S 597〕 The description has been interpreted as indicating that Ælfric had married into a family of royal rank and possibly that he "had a hand in raising the young Eadwig".〔Jayakumar, "Eadwig and Edgar", p. 85.〕
In some contemporary as well as later sources, Ælfric (a common Old English name) is distinguished by his cognomen ''Cild''. Literally meaning "child", it is an Old English title borne by some Anglo-Saxon nobles and typically denotes a man of high rank.〔Swanton, ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicles'', p. 138 note 7.〕 Ælfric appears to have been a wealthy landowner in Huntingdonshire, East Anglia,〔 hence in the ealdormanry of Ælfhere's great rival Æthelwine.
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