 In the early 12th century, William of Malmesbury wrote that she suffered from an illness during the last few years of her life, but there may have been some confusion with details of Æthelgifu's life as recorded in a forged foundation charter of the late 11th or 12th century (see below).Her body was buried and enshrined at the nunnery.Ælfgifu was venerated as a saint soon after her burial at Shaftesbury.