### q1 Early Medieval English women could inherit > What is actually noteworthy is that much of the 'equality' attributed by pop-history as being 'unique' to Early Medieval Scandinavia in fact *can* be found in contemporary Early Medieval English laws and legal documents. One of the most famous, important and extensive surviving Early Medieval English wills, for example, is that of a 10th Century Dorset noblewoman called Wynflæd (British Library Cotton Ch VIII 38) which shows that women could own property (in Wynflæd's case, several large estates), and could legally dispose of it as they wished. It also showed that daughters could *inherit* property, and, what's more, they could also inherit and hold manorial rights and tenancies: > > A notable clause of the will is that Æthelflæd has a (presumably) brother, Eadmær, who despite being a male heir, *doesn't* stand to inherit more than his sister by simple virtue of his gender. [[feminist history is real history]] evidence - [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01fgeybvk175pb7ncyya27d9y1) - [[Scandinavian Invaders & Gender Equality in the Western World#q1 Early Medieval English women could inherit|View in Vault]]