INDEX.

Abercorn (Aebbercurnig), [192].
Abingdon, monastery at, [355], [419].
Acha of Deira, wife of Ethelfrid, [133], [153].
Adamnan, Abbot of Iona, [148], [151], [157].
Adela, daughter of William the Norman, [469], [476].
Adminius, son of Cymbeline, [28].
Adolf, son of Baldwin of Flanders, [330].
Ad Murum, royal villa at, [169], [175].
Aelfredes and Guthrumes Frith, [286–288].
Aelfric, Archbishop of Canterbury, [452].
Aelle, King of Deira, [94], [115], [133], [135], [171].
Aelle, King of Sussex, [89], [90], [110], [126].
Aesc, King of Kent, [88], [89].
“Aestel,” clasp or bookmarker? 292.
Aetius, [96], [97].
Agatha, wife of Etheling Edward, [461].
Agatho, Pope, [203].
Agilbert, Bishop, [182], [183], [193], [196].
Agricola, Calpurnius, [58].
Agricola, Gnæus Julius, conquers Ordovices, [47];
fortifies North of England, [50];
his Caledonian campaign, [50];
recalled to Rome, [50].
Aidan, King of the Scots, [133], [134], [148].
Aidan, missionary bishop, [155–169], [181], [182], [198].
Albinus, Abbot of Canterbury, [86].
Albinus, British usurper defeated at Lyons, [59].
Albion, [6], [9].
Alchfleda, daughter of Oswy, [168].
Alchfrid, son of Oswy, [168], [170–172], [180], [182], [183].
Alclyde. See [Dumbarton], [130], [246].
Alcuin, Northumbrian scholar, [237], [252], [258], [498].
Aldfrid the Learned, [208].
Aldgyth, daughter of Elfgar, [467], [471].
Aldhelm, Abbot of Malmesbury, [178], [241].
Aldhun, Bishop of Lindisfarne, first Bishop of Durham, [406–408].
Alexander II., Pope, blesses Norman invasion, [476].
Alfhild, mother of Magnus of Norway, [444].
Alfred the Great, King of the English, birth (in 848?) at Wantage, [272];
journey to Rome (in 853), [272];
(in 855), [268], [273];
story of the book of poetry given to him, [273];
“secundarius” under his brother Ethelred, [275];
fights with the Danes at Ashdown, [279];
his accession to the throne (871), [281];
in hiding at Athelney, [283];
conquers the Danes, peace with Guthrum, [285];
renewed fighting and peace with Guthrum, [287];
family life, [289];
feeble health, [290];
literary culture, [291];
translation of the Regula Pastoralis, [292];
of Orosius, [293];
his connection with the Saxon Chronicle, [295];
translation of Bede’s Ecclesiastical History, [295];
of Boethius, [296];
expenditure, [298];
mission to India? 299;
laws, [299–395];
last wars with the Danes (892–896), [306–313];
death, [314];
buried in the New Minster, [314].
Alfred, an ealdorman, [304].
Alfred, son of Ethelred the Redeless, [386], [392], [418–420].
Alfwin, King of Deira, [191], [202].
Alfwold, defender of monks, [361].
Allectus, assassinates Carausius, [65];
slain by Constantius Chlorus, [66].
Aller, Guthrum baptised at, [285].
Alphege (or Elfheah), Archbishop, [384], [389], [390].
Amber, a measure, perhaps four bushels, [226].
Ambrosius, Aurelianus, [98], [99], [102], [103], [107].
Ammianus Marcellinus, historian, [52], [72], [73], [495].
Anastasius, anti-pope, [269].
Anatolius, cycle of, [185].
Anderida (Andredesceaster), [89], [110], [138], [483].
Andover, treaty with Danes at, [384].
Andraste, Celtic goddess, [40].
Andredesleag, or Andredesweald, forest of, [89], [177], [308].
Angles, [79–81], [114], [157].
Anglesey, or Mona, [35], [38], [47], [131], [138].
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, [87–94], [245–482] passim, [498–500], [505].
Anglo-Saxon money, [232–235].
Anjou, origin of Counts of, [370].
Anlaf, King of Irish Danes, [333].
Anlaf, son of Guthred, [332].
Anlaf, son of Sihtric, [333], [340].
Anna, King of East Anglia, [162–164], [174], [176].
Annales Cambriæ, [100], [506].
Antoninus Pius, Emperor, builds a wall of turf, [58], [94], [334].
Apollinaris Sidonius, Bishop of Clermont, [71], [84], [106].
Appach, on Cæsar’s British Expeditions, [24].
Appledore, Cæsar’s landing-place? 24;
Danish attacks, [307], [308].
Arcadius, Emperor, [72].
Archbishop of Mercia at Lichfield, [250].
Ari, an Icelandic scholar, [504].
Armorica. See [Brittany].
Arnulf, King of the Franks, [306].
Arnulf the Old, Count of Flanders, [352], [369].
Arpad the Hungarian, [258].
Arthur, or Artorius, [104], [105], [107], [132].
Asclepiodotus, Pretorian Prefect, [66] n.
Ashdown (Aescesdune), [178], [278].
“Ashes,” Danish ships, [312].
Assandune, battle of, [383], [397].
Asser, Alfred’s biographer, [255], [272], [277], [284] n., [291], [292], [500].
Athelney, island of, [283], [284], [291], [295].
Athelstan, son of Edward the Elder (924–940), [328];
connection with rulers of France and Germany, [330];
friendship with Scandinavian powers, [331];
“lord of all Britain,” [332], [333];
battle of Brunanburh, [334–336];
his person and character, [337];
prayer of, [338];
death and burial, [338];
laws of, [425], [438].
Athelstan, Bishop of Hereford, [466].
Athelstan, son of Egbert, [265].
Athelstan, the half-king, [347], [352].
Athelstan, West Saxon almoner, [299].
Ath-fultum, or oath-helping, [229].
Atrebates, British tribe, [10].
Attacotti, allies of Picts and Scots, [68].
Attila, his raids a possible cause of Saxon migration, [97], [107], [109], [112].
Augustine, his mission, [118–125].
Augustine’s Oak, conference at, [123].
Avonmouth, [455].
Aylesbury (Aegelesburh), [92].
Aylesford, battle of, [88].
Avalon, vale of, [178].
Axminster (Ascanmynster), [74].
Badbury (Baddanburh), Ethelwald’s rebellion begins at, [319].
Badon. See [Mount Badon].
Bagseg, Danish king, [279].
Bakewell (Badecanwiellon), [323], [326].
Baldred, King of Kent, [264].
Baldwin I. of Flanders marries Judith, widow of King Ethelbald, [274].
Baldwin II. of Flanders marries Elfrida, daughter of Alfred, [289].
Baldwin V. of Flanders, [418], [420], [450], [455], [471].
Baldwin’s land, [445], [450], [451], [455], [458], [477].
Bamburgh (Bebbanburh), built by Ida, [94], [132], [133], [153], [154], [175], [247], [281], [332], [408].
Bangor, monastery in Flint, [122], [124], [135].
Barbury (Beranbyrig), battle of, [91].
Bardney (Beardanig), monastery of, [159], [173].
Basileus, Athelstan’s title, [336], [339].
Basing, Danish victory at, [280].
Bass, a thegn of Edwin, [145].
Bates, Cadwallader J., [132], [170] n.
Bath (Bathanceaster), [92], [356], [392].
Battle Abbey, [490], [491].
Bayeux, Tapestry of, [468], [475], [484], [469], [488], [491], [506].
Beaurain, Harold, imprisoned at, [468].
Beddoe, Dr. John, [493].
Bede, the Venerable, [82], [85], [86], [88] n., [90], [114], [117] n., [120], [125], [133], [141] n., [156], [187], [189], [237–240], [497].
Bedford (Bedcanford), [92], [323].
Belgæ, a British tribe, [10], [91].
Belisarius, scoffing allusion to Britain, [113].
Benedict Biscop, [237], [238].
Benedictines, [115], [148], [155], [195], [354].
Benedict III., Pope, [269].
Benfleet (Beamfleot), Danish fort at, [309].
Bensington, Offa’s victory over Wessex at, [250].
Beorn, son of Ulf, [448], [450], [451].
Beorthelm, Archbishop, [352].
Beorhtric, King of Wessex, [254].
Beornwulf usurps the throne of Wessex, [264].
Beowulf, poem of, [228].
Bericus, an exiled British prince, [30].
Berkshire, the wood of Berroc, [272].
Bernhaeth, a leader of the Picts, [191].
Bernicia, kingdom of, [80], [94], [130–132], [134], [137], [160], [171], [179], [247], [281], [332], [408], [422].
Bertha, daughter of Charlemagne, negotiations for her marriage with Ecgferth, son of Offa, [252].
Bertha, wife of Ethelbert of Kent, [117], [121], [127], [139].
Berthfrid, regent of Bernicia, besieged in Bamburgh, [210].
Bertwald, Archbishop of Canterbury, [211], [219].
Bewcastle Cross, [172].
Bideford Bay, Danes defeated at, [284].
Billingsley, conference at, [466].
Birinus, apostle of Wessex, [158], [161], [162], [179].
Birch, Cartularium Saxonicum, [338] n., [508].
Blois, Counts of, [370].
Boadicea (Boudicca), Queen of the Iceni, [40], [42], [43].
Boduni, a British tribe, [31].
Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy, translated by Alfred, [296], [297].
Boniface, Archdeacon, Wilfrid’s teacher, [184].
Boniface (Wynfrith), apostle of the Germans, [203], [236], [237], [248], [250], [498].
Boniface V., Pope, [141].
“Bookland,” [304].
Border of Scotland fixed, [409].
Borh, association, [439].
Bosham, [450], [455], [468].
Bothgowanan, Duncan murdered at, [462].
Boulogne (Gesoriacum), [23], [64], [65], [67], [307], [418].
Bovate or oxgang, [223].
Brachy-cephalic or square-headed race, [7].
Bradford-on-Avon (Bradanford), Cenwalh defeats “Walas” at, [178].
Brandon Camp, perhaps the work of Ostorius, [35].
Brecon stormed by the English, [322].
Brentford (Bregentford), Danes defeated at, [396].
Bretwaldas or Brytenwealdas, [126], [138], [157].
Bridgnorth (Brycg), Danish “work” at, [311];
Saxon “burh” at, [321].
Brigantes, a British tribe, [35], [36], [46], [48].
Bright, Dr., referred to, [188] n., [211], [507].
Brihtnoth, hero of Maldon, [362], [378], [379].
Brihtric, brother of Edric Streona, [388], [389].
Bristol, [455], [467].
Britain, Cæsar’s description of, [19].
Britannia, Roman Diocese of, [70], [132].
British coinage, [20].
Brittany, [83], [106], [469], [475].
Brochmail, a British king, [135].
Bromesberrow, fortress built by Ethelfled, [321].
Bromnis, royal city of, [204].
Bronze Age, [5].
Bruce, Dr., historian of the Roman wall, [55].
Brude, a Pictish king, [148].
Brunanburh (? Burnswark), battle of, [334–337].
Brut, a fictitious king, [101] n., [105].
Brut-y-Saesson, [506].
Brut-y-Tywysogion, Welsh Chronicle quoted, [153], [357], [506].
Bryhtwine, Bishop of Sherborne, [405].
Brythons, [6], [108].
Buckingham (Buccingaham), King of Scots at, [337].
Bunbury, Mr., on Pytheas, [8].
Burford, Mercians defeated at, [249].
“Burg-ware,” [310], [311].
Burh, Burg, Borough, [429–432];
Burh-bryce, [430];
burhs founded by Ethelfled and Edward, [431];
Burh-gemôt, [429].
Burhred, King of Mercia, [267], [276], [281].
Bury St. Edmund’s (Beadoricesworth), abbey of, [277], [278], [393], [405].
Butse-carlas, common sailors, [458], [477].
Buttington, Danes defeated at, [310].
Cadwalla, King of Wessex, [178], [214–216].
Cadwallader the Blessed, [153].
Cadwallon, King of Gwynedd, [144], [145], [151], [153], [154], [160].
Cadvan, a Welsh king, [136], [144].
Caedmon, a Northumbrian poet, [180], [240].
Caer Caradoc, Caratacus defeated at, [35].
Caerleon-upon-Usk (Isca), [41], [42], [55], [71], [74], [357].
Cæsar, Gaius Julius, [9], [494];
first invasion of Britain, [11–16];
second invasion, [16–19];
description of Britain, [19], [20];
points of arrival and departure in expeditions to Britain, [23], [24].
Caledonia, [60], [79], [132], [134].
Caligula’s pretended conquest of Britain, [28].
Calne, floor collapses at, [362].
Cambridge (Grantanbrycg), Danes at, [281], [283].
Camulodunum, a Roman colony, [28], [32], [39], [41], [76].
Camulus, a Celtic war-god, [39].
Caninus, British king, [99].
Canonici, hybrid order of, [353], [355].
Canute, King of England (1016–1035), lands with father, Sweyn, [391];
mutilates hostages at Sandwich, [394];
ruler of Wessex, [396];
victory at Assandune, peace with Edmund Ironside and Danish occupation of London, [397];
executes Edric Streona, [401];
marries Emma of Normandy, [402];
dismisses “the army,” [404];
pilgrimage to Rome, [410];
two expeditions to Norway, [412–415];
death and burial, [416], [417], [420];
laws of, [429], [434], [436], [439], [440].
Canterbury (Durovernis, Cantwaraburh), [92], [118], [119], [122], [196], [267], [355], [389], [405], [453].
Cantii, a British tribe, [10].
Caracalla, [60–62].
Caradoc of South Wales, [467].
Caratacus, [29], [31], [33], [34];
defeated by Ostorius, [35], [36];
betrayed by Cartimandua and taken to Rome, [36].
Carausius, Count of the Saxon shore, [64];
Emperor of Britain and slain by Allectus, [65].
Carham, English defeated at, [408], [461].
Carisbrook (Wihtgarasburh), [91].
Carlisle (Luguvallium), [207], [208], [282], [334].
Cartimandua, Queen of the Brigantes, [36], [37].
Carucate, defined, [222].
Cassiterides or Tin Islands, [8].
Cassivelaunus, a British chief, [17–19].
Castra Legionis (Chester or Leicester), [104].
Catgabail, a British king, [170].
Catterick (Cataractonium), [143], [167], [247], [248].
Catus Decianus, Roman procurator, [39], [41].
Catuvellauni, a British tribe, [31], [32], [58].
Ceadda. See [St. Chad].
Ceawlin, King of Wessex, [92], [93], [107], [108], [117], [126], [140].
Cedd, a missionary, [175], [186], [188].
Cedred, King of Mercia, [216].
Celestine, Pope, [84].
Celtic gods, [39], [40] n., [75].
Celtic words in English, [111].
Celts, [5].
Cenred, father of King Ine, [219].
Centwine, King of Wessex, [204].
Cenwalh, King of Wessex, [162], [163], [177], [178], [180].
Cenwulf, King of Mercia, [251], [253], [263].
Ceol, brother of Ceawlin, [92].
Ceolfrid, Abbot, [189], [238].
Ceolred, King of Mercia, [212], [248].
Ceolric, brother of Ceawlin, [92], [93].
Ceolwulf, King of Northumbria, [245].
Ceolwulf, King of Wessex, [93].
Ceolwulf, puppet-king of Mercia, [281].
Ceorl, his holding of land, [223];
a twy-hynd man, [228];
gradual descent in the social scale, [441].
Cerdic, founder of Wessex, [90], [91], [178].
Cerdic, house of, its decay, [374], [461], [474].
Cerdices ora, [90].
Ceretic, an interpreter, [103].
Chadwick, H. M., [230] n., [231] n., [232] n., [288] n., [428] n., [508].
Champart, Robert, Abbot of Jumièges, Archbishop of Canterbury, [452–454], [457], [459].
Charford (Cerdicesford), Cerdic defeats Britons at, [91].
Chariots of the Britons, [15].
Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, [251], [252], [255], [258], [259], [263], [290], [444], [445].
Charles the Bald, King of the Franks, [268], [270], [370].
Charles the Fat (do.), [258], [306], [367].
Charles the Simple (do.), [330], [368].
Charmouth (Carrum), battles with Danes at, [265], [266].
Cheddar, King Edmund’s escape from death at, [347].
Chelsea (Cealchyth), the contentious synod at, [250].
Chertsey (Ceortesig) monastery purged, [355].
Chester (Deva, Laegeceaster), [37], [41], [125], [135], [138], [144], [153], [310], [321], [356].
Chesterford, Danes defeat Edred at, [342].
Chester-le-Street (Cuncacestre), [282], [333], [406].
Chichester (Cisseceaster), on site of Regnum, [90], [310].
Chirk (Cyric), Ethelfled builds a fortress at, [321].
Chippenham, royal villa at, [283], [285].
Christianity in Roman Britain, [75], [76].
Chronicle of St. Neot’s, [284] n., [501].
Chrodegang, Archbishop of Metz, [353].
Cirencester (Corinium, Cyrenceaster), [92], [161], [285].
Cissa, King of Sussex, [89], [90], [110].
Classicianus, Julius, Roman procurator, [44].
Claudian, poet, [496].
Claudius, Emperor, sends Aulus Plautius to Britain, [29], [31], [32].
Cledemutha (mouth of river Cleddau), Saxon burh at, [323].
Cluny, monastery of, [354].
Clyde, Firth of, [50], [58].
Codex Amiatinus, taken by Abbot Ceolfrid to Rome, [238].
Coelius Roscius, legatus of twentieth legion, [45].
Coenred represents Theodore at Rome, [203].
Cogidubnus, inscription at Chichester about, [33].
Coifi, a pagan priest, [141], [142], [151].
Coinmail, a British king, [92].
Coins, Macedonian, imitated by Britons, [20];
of British chiefs, [26], [27];
of Carausius, [65].
Colchester, [76], [323].
See also [Camulodunum].
Coldingham, monastery of, [199].
Colman, Bishop of Lindisfarne, [182–187].
Coloniæ, Roman, [76], [98].
Colne, river, Hertfordshire, [308].
Columba. See [Saint Columba].
Comes Britanniæ, [70].
Commius, King of the Atrebates, sent by Cæsar to Britain, [10];
imprisoned by Britons, [10–14];
attempted assassination by Labienus, [25], [26];
submits to Mark Antony, [26].
Commius coins money in Britain, [26].
Compurgation, [226].
Condidan, a British king, [92].
Conrad II., Emperor, [410].
Constans I., Emperor, [68].
Constans II., Emperor, [195].
Constantine, Emperor, [67], [121].
Constantine, British king, [99].
Constantine, usurper, [72], [95].
Constantine II., Scottish king, [327], [333], [337].
Constantius, a presbyter, [83], [496].
Constantius Chlorus, Emperor, [64–67].
Coote, H. C., [508].
Corbett, W. J., [428] n.
Corbridge (Corstopitum), [247], [248].
Corfe, murder of Edward the Martyr at, [363].
Cornwall. See [West Wales].
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, [495].
Cosham, Ethelred the Redeless sick at, [395].
Cotsetla (cottager), [437].
Counties of England, formation of, [432], [433].
Coventina, goddess, [56].
Crayford (Crecganford), Britons defeated at, [89].
Cricklade (Cricgelad), Danes at, [320].
Crida, death of, [93].
Crowland or Croyland, sanctuary of, [248].
Cuichelm, West Saxon prince, death of, [93].
Cumberland (see also [Strathclyde]), [6], [108], [317], [341], [356], [385].
Cunedag, King of North Wales, [102], [131].
Cuneglas, a British king, [99].
Cunobelinus (Cymbeline), a British king, [25], [28], [29], [32].
Cutha, son of Cynric, [92], [93].
Cuthbert. See [St. Cuthbert].
Cuthred, kinsman of Cynegils of Wessex, [177].
Cuthred II., of Wessex, [247].
Cuthwine, brother of Ceawlin, [92].
Cwichelm, King of Wessex, [140], [161].
Cymbeline. See [Cunobelinus].
Cymenesora, [89].
Cymri, [6], [63], [93], [253], [267], [357], [408].
Cyneberct, Abbot, [215].
Cyneburga, daughter of Penda, [168], [172].
Cynegils, King of the West Saxons, [140], [158], [161], [162], [177], [179].
Cyneheard the Etheling, [253].
Cyneswitha, name on Bewcastle Cross, [172].
Cynewulf, King of Wessex, [253].
Cynewulf, Saxon poet, [242].
Cynewulf the Etheling, [217].
Cynric, King of Wessex, [90–92], [100].
Cynuit, fort at, [284].
Dalfinus, of Lyons, [184] n.
Dalriada, kingdom of, [134], [146], [148], [158].
Danegeld, [381];
table of payments of, [382];
of Harthacnut, [421].
See [446].
Danelaw, [287], [309–311], [315–317].
Danes, [257–262], [275–285];
table of ravages of (982–1016), [376–378].
Danish Here or Army, [261], [306], [321], [404].
Danish pre-eminence in Ireland, [332].
Dawkins, Professor Boyd, [493].
Dawston Rigg (Degsastan), Aidan defeated by Ethelfrid at, [134].
Deal, Cæsar’s landing-place? 23, [24].
Decangi, a Welsh tribe, [35].
Decurio, title of, [76].
Deira, kingdom of, [80], [94], [115], [130–133], [137], [138], [160], [171], [180], [276], [401].
Deorham, Ceawlin defeats Britons at, [92], [107].
Denisesburn. See [Heavenfield].
Denmark, early history of, [371], [417], [418], [444], [445].
Derby (Deoraby), [316], [322], [340].
Derwent in Yorkshire, [140], [141], [480].
Derwentwater, St. Herbert’s Isle, in, [208].
Deusdedit, Archbishop, [188].
Diarmid, King of Leinster, [455].
Didius Gallus, Roman governor of Britain, [37].
Diocletian, Emperor, [63];
his prefectures and dioceses, [64];
abdicates, [67].
Dion Cassius referred to, [27] n., [30], [37], [40], [43], [52], [59], [494].
Dive, Louis IV. defeated at the, [369];
William’s fleet at, [482].
Dolicho-cephalic or long-headed race, [7].
Donation of Ethelwulf, [268].
Dorchester in Dorset, [257].
Dorchester in Oxfordshire, [162], [182], [343].
Dore, conference at, [264].
Dover (Dofere), [23], [24], [453], [469].
Druids, [5], [10], [38].
Dublin, [332], [341], [464].
Dubnovellaunus, a British king, [26], [27].
Dumbarton or Alclyde, [130], [246].
Dunbar (Dynbaer), [204].
Duncan, grandson of Malcolm II., [409], [462], [463].
Dunstan, Lives of, by various authors, [501].
Dunstan. See [St. Dunstan].
Dunwich, bishopric founded, [163].
Durham (Dunhelm), St. Cuthbert’s body rests at, [407];
Malcolm II. defeated at, [407];
Duncan defeated at, [462].
Durovernis. See [Canterbury].
Duumvir, title of, [76].
Dux Britanniarum, [70], [138].
Dyved, South Wales, [464].
Eadbald, King of Kent, [127], [128], [139].
Eadbert, King of Northumbria, [245], [246].
Eadburh, daughter of Offa, wife of Beorhtric, [255], [256].
Eadhelm, Abbot, murdered, [343].
Eadhilda, daughter of Edward the Elder, marries Hugh the Great, [330].
Eadmer, a monk, [407].
Eadsige, Archbishop of Canterbury, [452].
Eadulf, usurper, [210].
Eadwulf Cutel, [408], [409].
Eadwulf, nephew of Eadwulf Cutel, [422].
Ealdbert rebels, [217].
Ealdorman, office of, [90], [229], [268], [434–435].
Ealdred (or Eldred), Bishop of Worcester, afterwards Archbishop of York, [451], [455], [466].
Ealdred, son of Eardulf, [333].
Ealhmund, King of Kent, [254].
Ealhstan, Bishop of Sherborne, [289].
Ealhswith, wife of King Alfred, [289].
Eanfled, daughter of Edwin, [140], [145], [165], [167], [181], [182].
Eanfrid, King of Bernicia, [151].
Eanred, King of Northumbria, [264].
Eardulf, Bishop, [282].
Eardulf, King of Northumbria, [248].
Eardulf of Bamburgh, [333].
Earl and ealdorman, [434], [435].
Earle, John, [221] n., [306] n.;
land charters, [508].
Earpwald, King of East Anglia, [163].
East Anglia, [80], [126], [136], [139], [140], [158], [162–164], [174], [179], [324], [351], [448], [484].
Easter, debates on true date of, [123], [179], [180–188].
East Saxons, kingdom of, [80], [122], [127], [174–176], [180], [324].
Eata, Bishop of Hexham, [184], [205], [207].
Ebba, aunt of Egfrid, [199], [204].
Ebbs-fleet (Ypwines-fleot), Hengest lands at, [88].
Ebissa, a Jutish chief, [103], [131].
Ebroin, Frankish mayor of the palace, [196].
Eburacum (see also [York]), [46], [48], [54], [55], [62], [67], [94], [121], [138], [144], [247].
Ecclesiastical History, Bede’s, [85], [86], [115–213] (passim), [295].
Ecgferth, son of Offa, [252], [253].
Ecgfrida, wife of Uhtred, [407].
Edbert Pren, King of Kent, [253].
Eddisbury, “burh” built at, [321].
Eddius’ Life of Wilfrid, [203], [497], [498].
Edgar Etheling, grandson of Edmund Ironside, [474].
Edgar, the Peaceful, King of England (959–975), previously King of Mercia and East Anglia, [344], [351], [352];
monastic reforms, [353–356];
crowned at Bath (973), and rowed by eight kings on the Dee, [356];
marries Elfrida, death and burial, [359].
Edgitha, daughter of Edward the Elder, marries the German Otto, [331].
Edgiva, daughter of Edward the Elder, marries Charles the Simple, [330].
Edgiva, Abbess of Leominster, [449], [465].
Edgiva, queen of Edward the Elder, [339], [348], [351], [352].
Edinburgh, [140], [407].
Edith, daughter of Godwine, wife of Edward the Confessor, [443], [455], [470], [484].
Edith, daughter of King Edgar, [358].
Edith with the swan’s neck, Harold’s lady-love, [490].
Edmund Ironside, king (1016), son of Ethelred the Redeless, his battles with the Danes, [395], [396];
recalls Edric Streona, defeated at Assandune, [397];
conference with Canute at Olney, death, [397];
suggestions of foul play in his death, [397], [405], [406].
Edmund, King of East Anglia. See [St. Edmund].
Edmund, King of the English (940–946), son of Edward the Elder, at Brunanburh, [333];
delivers the Five Boroughs from the Northmen, [340];
ravages Cumberland, [317], [341];
his relations with Malcolm I., [341];
assassinated by Liofa at Pucklechurch and buried at Glastonbury, [339].
Edmund, son of Edmund Ironside, [399].
Edred, Abbot, [282].
Edred, King of the English (946–955), crowned at Kingston-on-Thames, [339];
his bad health, [339];
subdues Northumbria, [341], [342];
English defeated at Chesterford, [342];
revenges the murder of Abbot Eadhelm at Thetford, [343];
death at Frome and burial at Winchester, [343].
Edric Streona, traitorous ealdorman, [388], [389], [394–398], [401].
Edward, son of Edmund Ironside, [399], [461].
Edward the Elder, son of Alfred, King of the West Saxons (900–924?), childhood, [289];
accession, [318];
suppresses rebellion of Ethelwald, [320];
wars with the Danes, [320–324];
builds fortresses in the Midlands, [323], [324];
alleged supremacy over Scotland, [325–328];
dies, [328];
laws of, [437] n.
Edward the Confessor (1042–1066), [386], [392], [393], [422], [423];
son of Ethelred the Redeless, crowned at Winchester, [442];
harsh treatment of his mother, [442];
founds Westminster Abbey, [446];
his Norman favourites, [451–453];
fall of Godwine, [455];
visit of William the Norman, [456], [457];
return of Godwine, [458], [459];
Scotch affairs, [461–463];
Welsh affairs, [464–467];
visit of Harold Godwineson to Normandy, [468], [469];
Tostig outlawed, [470], [471];
death at Westminster, [472];
bequeathed crown to Harold, [473].
Edward the Martyr, son of King Edgar (975–978), crowned by Dunstan, [360];
murdered at Corfe, [363];
buried at Shaftesbury, [364].
Edwin, brother of Leofric, [464].
Edwin, half-brother of Athelstan, drowned, [337].
Edwin of Deira, [126], [135–144], [154].
Edwin, son of Elfgar, Earl of Mercia, [470], [477], [479], [484].
Edwy or Eadwig, King of the English (955–959), son of King Edmund, [344];
scene at his coronation, [349];
his lavish generosity, [350];
marries Elfgiva, [351];
kingdom divided with brother Edgar, [351];
death, [352].
Edwy, “King of the Ceorls,” [399].
Edwy, son of Ethelred the Redeless, [399], [402].
Egbert, puppet-king of Bernicia, [281].
Egbert, Archbishop of York, brother of King Eadbert, [243], [245], [246].
Egbert, King of Kent, [195], [196].
Egbert, King of the West Saxons (802–839), early history and exile, [254], [255];
accession, [263];
overruns Cornwall, [263];
victory over Mercia, [264];
supremacy acknowledged by Northumbria, [264];
battles with the Danes, [265];
death, [265].
Egbert’s Stone, [284].
Egfrid, son of Oswy, [169], [172], [173], [190–193].
Egric, King of East Anglia, [164].
Egwinna, mother of Athelstan, [329].
Eleutherus, Pope, [76].
Elfgar, son of Elfric, [383].
Elfgar, son of Leofric, [460], [465–467], [480].
Elfgiva or Elfgyfu, daughter of Ethelgiva, wife of King Edwy, [344], [349–351].
Elfgiva, daughter of Edward the Elder, [331].
Elfheah, Archbishop. See [Alphege].
Elfhelm, father of Elgiva of Northampton, [417].
Elfhelm, Ealdorman of Northumbria, murdered by Edric Streona, [388].
Elfhere, Ealdorman of Mercia, leader of anti-monastic party, [360], [361], [364].
Elfleda, daughter of Offa, wife of Ethelred, King of Northumbria, [248].
Elfleda or Ethelfleda, daughter of Oswy, [180], [211].
Elfmaer, Abbot of St. Augustine’s, Canterbury, [389].
Elfnoth, Sheriff, slain in battle with the Welsh, [466].
Elfnoth, squire to Brihtnoth, [379].
Elfric, traitorous ealdorman, [383], [388], [397], [398].
Elfric, ecclesiastical author, [357] n., [358], [491].
Elfric, father of Osric of Deira, [151].
Elfrida or Elfthryth, wife of King Edgar, [359], [360], [363].
Elfrida, wife of Baldwin II. of Flanders, [289].
Elfsige, Archbishop of Canterbury, [352].
Elfweard, son of Edward the Elder, [328], [329].
Elfwen, wife of half-king Athelstan, [352].
Elfwine at Maldon, [380].
Elfwyn, daughter of Ethelfled of Mercia, [323].
Elgiva or Aelgyfu, a name given to Queen Emma, [386].
Elgiva, wife of King Edmund, [338].
Elgiva of Northampton, wife of Canute, [416], [417].
Ellandune, battle of, [264].
Ella, King of Northumbria, [276].
Elmet or Loidis, kingdom of, [131], [138].
Elphege, Bishop of Winchester, [346].
Elwin, cousin of Athelstan, fell at Brunanburh, [336].
Ely, monastery at Isle of, [199], [355], [419].
Emma, wife of Ethelred II. and Canute, [386], [392], [402], [405], [416], [418], [420], [421], [442], [443], [457].
Emma, sister of Hugh Capet, [370].
Emmet in Holderness, peace of, [333].
Encomium Emmæ, [420], [505].
Englefield, Danes defeated at, [278].
Eobba of Bernicia, “the great burner of towns,” [132].
Eoforwic. See [York].
Eomer, an assassin, [140].
Eosterwine, coadjutor-abbot, [188].
Ephemeris Epigraphica, [496].
Epiton, one name of site of “battle of Hastings,” [485].
Eppillus, a British king, [26].
Erconbert, King of Kent, [176], [183], [188].
Erconwald, Bishop, [216], [219].
Eric Blood-axe, under-king of Northumbria, [341], [342].
Eric or Yric, Earl of Deira, [401], [408].
Eric, son of Harold Blue-Tooth, [342].
Ermenburga, wife of King Egfrid, persistent enemy of Wilfrid, [199], [201], [203], [207], [208].
Erming Street, [74].
Esnes or theows, [225], [303].
Essex. See [East Saxons].
Estrith, sister of Canute, [444].
Ethandune, Danes defeated at, [285].
Ethelbald, King of Mercia, [248], [249].
Ethelbald, son of Ethelwulf, King of the West Saxons (856–860), fought at Ockley, [267];
rebels against his father, [270];
marries Judith, his father’s widow, [274];
dies, [274].
Ethelbert, King of East Anglia, [251].
Ethelbert, first Christian King of Kent, [92], [97], [117], [122], [125], [126], [127], [139];
his “dooms,” [218].
Ethelbert, son of Ethelwulf, King of the West Saxons (860–866), [274], [275].
Ethelburga, a Kentish princess, wife of Edwin of Deira, [139], [145].
Ethelburga, wife of Ine, [217].
Etheldreda, wife of King Egfrid, [199].
Ethelfled, daughter of Alfred, Lady of the Mercians, [289], [321], [322], [329].
Ethelfled, patroness of Dunstan, [346].
Ethelfled the Fair, wife of King Edgar, [359].
Ethelfrid or Ethelfrith of Bernicia, [94], [115], [133–138].
Ethelgiva, daughter of Alfred, abbess of Shaftesbury, [289].
Ethelgiva, mother-in-law of Edwy, [349–351].
Ethelheard, King of Wessex, [217].
Ethelhere, under-king of East Anglia, [169], [170].
Ethelmaer the Fat, [402].
Ethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury, [405], [406], [420].
Ethelnoth, ealdorman of Somerset, [284].
Ethelred, ealdorman of Mercia, [289], [308].
Ethelred, ealdorman of the Gaini, [289].
Ethelred of Mercia, [173], [191], [204].
Ethelred, son of Ethelwulf (866–871), accession, [275];
wars with the Danes, [276], [278–280];
battle of Ashdown, [279];
death, [280].
Ethelred II., the Redeless, King of England (978–1016), [317], [328];
son of King Edgar, crowned at Kingston-on-Thames, [365];
Danish invasions, [375–396];
Ethelred harries Cumberland, [385];
marries Emma of Normandy, [386];
massacre of St. Brice’s Day, [386], [387];
Sweyn and Canute invade England, [391];
London submits, [392];
king escapes to Normandy, [392];
recalled, [383];
dies at London, [396].
Ethelred, son of Ethelwald Moll, usurper in Northumbria, [247], [255].
Ethelric, King of Bernicia and Deira, [94], [133].
Ethelsin, evil counsellor of Ethelred, [365].
Ethelwald Moll, usurper in Northumbria, [247].
Ethelwald, son of Oswald, [169], [170], [171].
Ethelwald, son of Ethelred I., rebels against Edward the Elder, [319].
Ethelwalh, King of Sussex, [174], [204], [215].
Ethelweard, the historian, [257], [334], [384], [501].
Ethelweard, grandson of the historian, [402].
Ethelweard, son of Alfred, [290].
Ethelwin, cousin of Athelstan, fell at Brunanburh, [336].
Ethelwin, officer of Oswy, [167].
Ethelwin, son of half-king Athelstan, [361].
Ethelwold, Bishop of Winchester, [354], [355], [361].
Ethelwold, son of half-king Athelstan, husband of Elfrida, [359].
Ethelwulf, ealdorman of Berkshire, [278], [279].
Ethelwulf, King of the West Saxons (839–858), son of Egbert, under-king of Kent, [264];
succeeds his father in Wessex, [265];
his two counsellors Swithun and Ealhstan, [266];
victory over the Danes at Ockley, [267];
helps Mercia against the Welsh, [267];
gives tithe to the Church, [268];
journey to Rome, [268–270];
marriage to Judith, daughter of Charles the Bald, [270];
his will and death, [271].
Etherius, Archbishop of Arles, [116].
Etocetum, station on the Watling Street, [73].
Eudoces, possibly Jutes, [80].
Eugenius, King of Strathclyde, [333].
Eugenius the Bald, King of Strathclyde, [408].
Eumenius, panegyrist, [65], [495].
Eustace, Count of Boulogne, [452], [453], [487], [489], [490].
Evans, Sir John, on British coins, [25].
Exeter (Isca Damnoniorum, Exanceaster), [74], [283], [326].
Exmouth (Exanmutha), Beorn buried at, [451].
Farinmail, a British king, [92].
Farndon (Farndune), near Newark, Edward the Elder dies at, [328].
Farne Islands, [154], [168], [206].
Farnham, Danes defeated at, [308].
Felix, Bishop of Dunwich, [163], [174].
Fergna, Abbot of Iona, [150].
Fethan-lea, battle of, [93].
Finan of Lindisfarne, [169], [175], [182].
Fitz Osbern, William, [475], [487].
Five Boroughs, the, [316], [391], [394], [431].
Flatholme, Island of (Brada Relice), Danes take refuge at, [321].
Fleet, built by Alfred, [312]; by Ethelred II., [387].
Florence of Worcester, historian, [105], [277] n., [314], [333], [334], [354], [356], [357], [400], [484], [501], [502].
Fædus Anglorum et Danorum, [381] n.
Folkland, [303], [304].
Fordheri, soldier of Edwin, stabbed, [140].
Ford of the Cross, battle of, [464].
Forth, Firth of, [49], [50], [58], [102], [132], [154], [157], [477], [479].
Fosse Way, [74].
Freeman, E. A., on virtual extermination of Britons, [110], [111];
on capture of York, [138];
on alleged English supremacy over Scotland, [325]. Also quoted, [161], [262], [325] n., [337] n., [383] n., [401] n., [402] n., [403] n., [420] n., [433] n., [448] n., [475], [507].
Frisian Sea (Firth of Forth?), [103].
Frisians in the Border country, [131].
Frome, King Edred dies at, [343].
Frome mouth of, Danish raid, [381].
Frontinus, Julius, Roman governor of Britain, [46].
Fulford, English defeated at, [479], [481], [484].
Fursa, an Irish monk, missionary to East Anglia, [163], [174].
Fyrd, or national militia, [223], [229], [261] n., [268], [302], [320], [376], [389], [396], [486], [489].
Gabhran, Dalriadic king, [148].
Gaels, [6].
Gafolgelders, or rent payers, [226], [228].
Gafol, tribute paid to Danes, [376], [381].
Gaimar, Geoffrey, [295], [334], [359], [503].
Gainsborough, death of Sweyn, [493].
Galerius, Augustus, [67].
Galgacus, Caledonian chief, [50].
Gebur, [436].
Gedael land, [221].
Geikie, Professor, [3] n., [4] n.
Gemot, meeting, [302].
Genealogies of the kings, Nennius, [101].
Geneat, king’s retainer, [229], [230], [313], [436], [437].
Geoffrey of Monmouth, [28], [105].
Geraint, Welsh king, [216].
Germanus. See [St. Germanus].
Gesithcund, comrades of the king, [228].
Geta, son of Emperor Severus, [60], [62].
Geteama, a warranter, [438].
Gewissas, or men of Wessex, [128], [215].
Gildas, Welsh ecclesiastic, author of Liber Querulus, [86], [95–100], [144], [496].
Gilling, near Richmond, Oswin murdered at, [167].
Glastonbury (Glaestingaburh), [178], [339], [344], [347], [359], [397], [406].
Gloucester (Gleawanceaster), [76], [92], [322], [454], [466].
Godiva, sister of Edward the Confessor, [452].
Godiva, wife of Leofric, [447], [448], [465].
Godric, his cowardice at battle of Maldon, [380].
Godwine, son of Wulfnoth, ancestry, [403];
made Earl of Wessex, [404];
supports Harthacnut, [417], [418];
supports Harold Harefoot and slays Alfred, son of Ethelred, [418], [419];
his family, [447–451];
opposes Norman influence, [451–454];
exiled with family, [455];
restored, [459];
death and burial at Winchester, [460].
Goidels, [6], [108].
Goodmanham, site of heathen temple, [142].
Gorm the Old, King of Denmark, [371], [413], [474].
Gratian, a British usurper of Empire, [72].
Gratian, Emperor, [68], [69].
Green, J. R., [404] n., [507].
Greenwell, Dr., on British barrows, [7], [493].
Greenwich (Grenawic), [390], [394], [395].
Gregory I., Pope, sends Augustine to convert the English, [114], [115], [120], [121], [139].
Griffith ap Llewelyn, King of Wales, [464–466], [472].
Griffith, son of Rhyddarch, revolts against the preceding, [465].
Grimbald, Abbot, friend of Alfred, [291], [292], [304].
Guaul, or Roman Wall, [103].
Guest, Dr., on Cæsar’s landing-place, [24];
on Fethan-lea, [93].
Gross, Dr. Charles, The Sources and Literature of English History, [508].
Guildford (Gyldeford), the Etheling Alfred arrested at, [419], [420].
Guinnion, castle of, scene of one of Arthur’s battles, [104].
Gunhild, daughter of Canute, wife of Emperor Henry III., [412], [416].
Gunnor, wife of Richard, Duke of Normandy, [370].
Guoyrancgon, King of Kent, [103].
Guthfred, a later King of Northumbria, [332].
Guthlac, hermit of Crowland, [249].
Guthred, converted Danish chief, [282].
Guthrum, Danish chief, Alfred’s foe, [283–287].
Gwent, part of South Wales (Glamorgan and Monmouth), [333].
Gwynedd (North Wales), [102], [321], [464].
Gybmund, Bishop of Rochester, [219].
Gyda, wife of Harold Fair-hair, [372].
Gyrth, son of Godwine, [404], [444], [482], [484], [486], [488].
Gyrwas, tribe in the Fens, [433].
Gytha, wife of Godwine, [404], [444], [490].
Haddan and Stubbs’s Councils, [508].
Hadrian, Abbot of St. Augustine’s, Canterbury, [195], [196], [241].
Hadrian, Emperor, builder of the Roman Wall, [53].
Hadrian I., Pope, [251].
Hakon the Good, King of Norway, reared in England, [331], [332], [372].
Halfdene, a Danish king, [279], [281].
Hallelujah battle, [84].
Harold, a Scandinavian chief, [369].
Harold Blue-Tooth, King of Denmark, [371], [474].
Harold, brother of Canute, [404].
Harold Hardrada, King of Norway, [445], [477–481], [484].
Harold Harefoot, son of Canute, King of England, [416–421].
Harold II., son of Godwine, Earl of East Angles, [448];
intercedes for Sweyn, [450];
exiled with family, [455];
in Ireland, [458];
becomes Earl of Wessex, [460];
real ruler of England, [461], [465];
wars with Elfgar and the Welsh, [466], [467];
visit to Normandy, and oath to William, [468–470];
crowned king, [473], [474];
defeats Tostig and Harold Hardrada at Stamford Bridge, [481];
visits Waltham, [484];
collects army near Battle, [485];
battle of Hastings, [487–490];
death, [482], [489], [490];
burial at Waltham, [490].
Harold the Fair-haired, King of Norway, [331], [372].
Harthacnut, son of Canute, King of England, [402], [405], [416–418], [420–423], [450].
Hartlepool (Heruteu), Hilda’s convent at, [180].
Hasting or Haesten, Danish chief, [308], [509] n.
Hastings, battle of, [485–490].
Hastings, port, [458], [482], [484].
Hatfield. See [Heathfield].
Haverfield, F., [70] n., [75] n., [77] n., [507].
Heathfield, battle of, [144], [150], [151].
Heavenfield, or Denisesburn, battle of, [151–154], [157].
Hedde, Bishop of Winchester, [219].
Heimskringla, the, [260], [338], [372], [385], [409], [480] n., [504].
Helena, mother of Constantine, [66], [121].
Hengest, King of Kent, [86], [88], [89], [91], [102–104], [132].
Henry Beauclerk, [289], [314], [463].
Henry of Huntingdon, [105], [337], [360], [386], [415], [503].
Henry III., emperor, marries Gunhild, [412].
Heptarchy, [231], [288].
Herbert. See [St. Herbert].
Here or army, Danish, [261], [306], [312], [321], [323].
Hereford, [465], [466].
Here-gyld, or war tax, [446].
Herleva, mother of William the Norman, [456].
Herodian, Greek historian, [495].
Hertford (Heorotford), [323].
Hexham (Hagustald), [62], [64], [195], [199], [209].
Hiberni, [97].
Hide of land, [148], [222].
Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, [180].
Hildebrand, Pope, [353], [476].
Hingston Down (Hengestdune), battle of, [265].
Historia Augusta, [494].
Historia Brittonum, of Nennius, [101], [132].
Hlothere’s and Eadric’s dooms, [218].
Hoar Apple Tree, Harold II. at, [482], [485].
Hold, a Danish title, [436].
Holy Island, or Lindisfarne, [154], [155], [158], [182], [183], [188], [205], [207], [246], [258], [282].
Holy River, Canute defeated at, [413].
Holy Rood, Cynewulf’s poem on, [242], [243].
Honorius, Emperor, [72], [82].
Honorius, Pope, [161].
Horsa, brother of Hengest, [86], [88].
House-carls, or body-guard, [418], [422], [447], [463], [486], [489].
Housesteads, Mithraic chapel at, [75].
Howorth, Sir H., [367] n.
Howell, King of Cornwall, [333], [336].
Hoxne, St. Edmund defeated at, [277].
Hübner, Emil, [507].
Hugh Capet, King of France, [367].
Hugh the Great, Duke of France, [330], [367], [369], [370], [467].
Hundred and Hundred Court, [427–429].
Huntingdon (Huntandun), burh built at, [323].
Hunwald betrays Oswin, [167].
Hwiccas, tribe in Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, [263], [402].
Hyde Abbey, Winchester, [314].
Hythe, [307];
Cæsar’s landing-place? 24.
Iceni, British tribe, [33–35];
revolt of, [38–43].
Ida, King of Bernicia, [94], [132].
Idle, Ethelfrid defeated by Edwin, [137].
India, alleged mission to, [299].
Indulf, [408] n.
Ine, King of Wessex, [134], [138], [147], [150], [154], [156], [178], [186], [216].
Ine’s laws, [218–232].
Inguar, Danish chief, [277–279].
Inscriptions, Roman, [58], [74].
Insurance against theft of cattle, [426].
Iona, [134], [138], [147], [150], [154], [156], [180], [186].
Ireland, [50], [79], [102], [144], [148], [182], [260], [294], [310], [332], [333], [442], [458].
Isle of Man, [138], [248], [317], [356], [385].
James, deacon, attendant on Paulinus, [143], [180], [182].
Jarls, [278], [435].
Jarrow (in Gyrwum), monastery at, [133], [189], [237].
Jaruman, Bishop of Mercia, [176].
Jehmarc, Scottish king, submits to Canute, [409].
John XIX., Pope, visited by Canute, [410].
John, the Old Saxon, friend of King Alfred, [291], [292].
Judicia Civitatis Londoniæ, [425].
Judith, daughter of Charles the Bald, wife of Ethelwulf, [270], [271], [274].
Judith of Flanders, wife of Tostig, [455].
Justus, Bishop of Rochester, [120], [122], [127], [128], [139].
Jutes, [79], [80], [106];
possible colony of, in Scotland, [103].
Juthwal, Welsh king, [336];
tribute of wolves’ heads, [357].
Kemble, J. M., [77], [508].
Kenneth, King of Scotland, [134], [356], [357].
Kent, [79], [88], [89], [104], [106], [138], [140], [176], [179].
Kent’s Cavern, [2].
King’s Milton (Middeltun thaes cynges), [458].
Kingston (Cyngestun), [232], [329], [339], [365].
Kinsige, Bishop of Lichfield, [349].
Kirtlington, Witenagemot at, [362].
Lanfranc, Prior of Bec, [476].
Lang, Andrew (History of Scotland), referred to, [326], [507].
Laon, [367–370].
Lapidarium Septentrionale, [496].
Lappenberg, historian, [87], [507].
Laurentius, Archbishop of Canterbury, [120], [125], [127], [128], [139].
Lea (Lyge), river, [287], [311].
Leges Marchiarum, [424], [425].
Legions, Roman:—
Second, [30], [33], [42], [43], [55], [71].
Sixth, [54], [55], [71].
Seventh, [11].
Ninth, [30], [41], [42], [54].
Tenth, [11].
Fourteenth, [30], [42], [44].
Twentieth, [30], [42], [45], [46], [55], [72], [310].
Leicester (Ratae, Ligeraceaster), [316], [322], [340].
Leighton Buzzard (Lygtun), battle at, [321].
Leofgar, Bishop of Hereford, [466].
Leofric, son of Leofwine, Earl of Mercia, [403], [417], [422], [442], [447], [448], [454], [465], [466].
Leofwine, ealdorman of the Hwiccas, [402], [417].
Leofwine, son of Godwine, [449], [455], [482], [486], [488].
Leo, Prof. Heinrich, [242].
Leominster, Abbess of, [449], [465].
Leo IV., Pope, blesses Alfred, [269].
Levison on Life of Germanus, [496].
Liber Pontificalis, [270].
Liebermann, Felix, on Anglo-Saxon laws, [508].
Lilia, thegn of Edwin of Deira, [140], [161].
Lincoln (Lindcylene), [37], [41], [76], [143], [316], [340], [470], [484].
Lindisfarne gospels, [282].
Lindisfarne. See [Holy Island].
Lindsey (Lindissi), [143], [173], [191], [192], [266], [391], [394].
Liofa, murderer of King Edmund, [338].
Lichfield, archbishopric of, [248], [250], [263].
Liudhard, Queen Bertha’s chaplain, [117], [119].
Loidis or Elmet, British kingdom of, [131], [138].
Lombards, affinity with Anglo-Saxons, [81].
London (Londinium, or Augusta, Lundonia, Lunden-burh), [41], [42], [66], [68], [73];
early mention of, in the Chronicle, [89];
bishopric founded at, [122];
relapses into idolatry, [128];
Sigebert, king in, [175];
reconverted to Christianity, [176];
diocese of, [250];
capture by Danes (851), [267];
besieged by Danes, [281];
rescued by Alfred, [287], [299];
burh built at, [309];
resumption from Mercia by Edward the Elder, [320];
Dunstan, Bishop of, [352];
defence against Danes, [376], [377];
attack of Sweyn, [384];
submits to Sweyn, [392];
Ethelred II.’s illness and death at, [395], [396];
faithful to house of Cerdic, [397];
chooses Harold Harefoot as king, [417];
Witan held at, [454];
Duke William’s visit to, [457];
Earl Godwine’s defence before Witan at, [459];
King Harold II. at, [478], [480].
Longfellow’s Saga of King Olaf, [385] n.
Lothian, [102], [131], [326];
lost by England, [409].
Louis IV. of France reared in England, [330], [368], [369].
Lucius. See [St. Lucius].
Lud, a fictitious King of Britain, [105].
Lupus, Bishop of Troyes, [83].
Lymne (Portus Lemanis), suggested as Cæsar’s landing-place? 24;
Danes at, [307].
Macbeth, or Maelbaeth, King of Scotland, [409], [447], [462], [463].
Maccus, “arch-pirate,” rows in Edgar’s boat, [356].
Mætæ, Caledonian tribe, [60], [62].
Maelgwn, or Maglocunus, King of North Wales, [99], [102], [144].
Magasaetas (Herefordshire), [452].
Magnus I., King of Norway, [443–445].
Magnus, a Norwegian, helps Earl Elfgar, [467].
Maitland, F. W., [430] n., [433], [508].
Malcolm I., King of Scotland (943–954), [341].
Malcolm II., King of Scotland (1005–1034), [407–409], [461].
Malcolm III. (Canmore), King of Scotland (1058–1093), [463], [477].
Malcolm, King of Cumberland, [356].
Maldon, burh at, [323];
battle of, [378], [379].
Malet, William, [490].
Malfosse, at battle of Hastings, [488], [489].
Malmesbury, monastery of, [266], [338], [346], [395].
Mamertinus, panegyrist, [65], [495].
Man, Isle of, [138], [248], [317], [356], [385].
Manau Guotodin (Lothian), [102].
Manchester (Mancunium, Mameceaster) in Northumbria, [323].
Mancus, value of, [235].
Mandubracius, British chief, [18], [19].
Marcellus, Ulpius, ascetic Roman general, [59].
Marcian, Emperor, [88] n.
Marcus Aurelius, Emperor, troubled by Britannic war, [58].
Marcus, a military usurper, [72].
Margaret, grand-daughter of Edmund Ironside, wife of Malcolm III., [463].
Mark, value of, [235].
Maserfield or Oswestry, battle of, [158], [160].
Matilda of Scotland, wife of Henry I., [289], [436].
Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, [275], [289], [476].
Maximian, Emperor, [64], [67].
Maximus, usurper of the empire, [69], [95].
Mearcredesburn, battle at, [89].
Medeshamstede. See [Peterborough].
Mellitus, Archbishop of Canterbury, [120–122], [127], [129], [174].
Melrose (Magilros), monastery of, [205].
Menai Straits, [41], [47], [102].
Meonwaras, district of, in Hampshire, [174], [178], [215].
Mercia, [80], [108], [136], [144], [160], [173], [248], [289], [340], [344], [351], [448], [464].
Merlin, [103].
Mersea, island in Essex, [310], [311].
Middle Anglians, [160], [169].
Middlesex, [287], [448].
Milton Abbas (Middeltun) monastery purged, [355].
Mithras, worship of, [75].
Mommsen, [507].
Mona. See [Anglesey].
Money, Anglo-Saxon, [231–235].
Monkwearmouth, monastery, [133], [237].
Monothelite controversy, [196].
Mons Graupius, [50].
Moots, [302].
Mora, Duke William’s ship, [483].
Morcant, a Welsh king, [337].
Morcar, murdered by Edric, [394].
Morini, Gaulish tribe, [10], [16], [23].
Morkere, son of Elfgar, [470], [471], [477], [479], [484].
Mount Badon, battle of, [92], [99], [100], [104], [105], [107].
Mund-bora or protector, [322], [324].
Municipia, [76], [151].
Mul, brother of Cadwalla, burned by men of Kent, [215], [216].
Natanleod, British king, slain by Cerdic, [90].
Navy of Alfred, [312];
of Edgar, [357], [358];
of Edward the Confessor, [445].
Naze, in Essex (Eadulfesnaess), [459].
Nechtansmere (Dunnichen), King Egfrid defeated at, [192].
Nennius, historian, [100–105], [131], [132], [152] n., [497].
Neolithic man, [2–5].
Nerthus, goddess of the Angles, [81].
Netley (Natanleaga), scene of Cerdic’s victory, [91].
New Minster, at Winchester, Alfred’s burial-place, [314], [328], [355].
Nithings, [81], [380], [451].
Nobility by birth and by service, [231].
Normandy, early history of, [367–370].
Normans, weapons of, [486].
Northampton, [464], [470].
Northman, son of Leofwine, put to death by Canute, [402].
Northmen or Norwegians in Cumberland, [316];
distinguished from Danes, [325];
at Stamford Bridge, [481].
Norway, [372], [417], [444], [478].
Northumbria, [94], [130–173], [245–248], [325], [332], [341–343], [388], [395], [396], [406–408], [463], [470], [479].
Nothelm, priest, friend of Bede, [86].
Notitia Imperii, Army list of Roman Empire, [69], [70].
Nottingham (Snotingaham), [276], [316], [323], [340].
Nun, King of Sussex, [216].
Ockley (Aclea), Danes defeated at, [267].
Octha, son of Hengest, [103], [104], [131], [132].
Oda, Archbishop of Canterbury, [340], [343], [349], [351], [352], [354].
Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, [487], [488].
Odo, King of France, [367].
Oferhyrnesse, contempt of royal power, [438].
Offa, King of Mercia, [248], [250–253], [255].
Offa’s Dyke (Clawdd Offa), [251].
Offa, thegn of Brihtnoth, [380].
Ohthere, an Arctic explorer, [294].
Olaf, King of Sweden, [385].
Olaf, son of Harold Hardrada, [481].
Olaf the Thick. See [St. Olaf].
Olaf Tryggvason, King of Norway, [372], [384], [385].
Olney, in Gloucestershire (Olanig), conference at, [397].
Oman, Professor, [275] n.
Open field system of farming, [221].
Ora, eighth part of a mark, [235].
Ordeals, [439], [440].
Ordericus Vitalis, [505].
Ordgar, father of Elfrida, [359].
Ordmaer, father-in-law of Edgar, [359].
Ordovices, a British tribe, [35], [46], [47].
Orosius, ecclesiastic and historian, [69], [86], [293], [498].
Osbeorn, son of Siward, [463].
Osbern, biographer of Dunstan, [348] n., [501].
Osbert, King of Northumbria, [276].
Osburga, mother of Alfred, [272].
Osfrid, son of Edwin, [143], [144].
Osgod Clapa, “Staller,” [412], [450].
Oslac, Earl of Northumbria, [360], [361].
Oslac, father of Osburga, [272].
Osmund, Richard’s guardian, [369].
Osred I., King of Northumbria, [210].
Osred II. (do.), murdered, [248].
Osric, ealdorman, [254].
Osric, King of Deira, [151].
Ossa Cyllelawr, Bernician king, [132].
Osthryd, Queen of Mercia, [158], [191].
Ostorius Scapula, Roman governor, [34];
defeats Caratacus, [35].
Oswald, King of Northumbria. See [St. Oswald].
Oswald, Bishop of Worcester, [354], [355], [360].
Oswin, King of Deira, [160], [165], [171].
Oswulf, King of Northumbria, [247].
Oswulf, Earl of Northumbria, [342].
Oswy, King of Northumbria, [126], [160], [161], [165], [171–173], [180–190].
Oundle (Undalum), Wilfrid dies at, [212].
Owen, King of Gwent, [333].
Oxford (Oxnaford), [162], [320], [417], [473].
Ox-gang, or Bovate, the eighth of a Hide, [223].
Paga, king’s reeve, at Carlisle, [207].
Palæolithic man, [2].
Palgrave, Sir F., [508].
Palisade at Hastings, [485] and n.
Pallig, killed in massacre of St. Brice, [387].
Pallium, sign of archbishop’s rank, [120], [121], [202], [252], [453], [459], [460].
Papinian, Roman lawyer, [61].
Parisii, a British tribe in Yorkshire, [10].
Parret (Pedride), river, [178], [266].
Paulinus, Bishop of York, [120], [139–143], [145], [154], [180].
Paulinus, Suetonius, conquers Anglesey, [38];
marches to London, [41];
defeats Boadicea, [42];
recalled, [44].
Paulus Diaconus, historian of the Lombards, [81].
Pavia, death of Eadburh at, [255].
Peada, son of Penda, [168], [173].
Pearson, C. H., [507].
Pecsaetan, tribe in the Peak district, [433].
Pelagian heresy, [76], [84].
Pelham, Professor, quoted, [53] n.
Pembrokeshire, Danish colony in, [317].
Penda, King of Mercia, [144], [158], [160–173].
Penny, Anglo-Saxon, [233].
Peonnum (the Pens or Penselwood), [178].
Perctarit, Lombard king, [203].
Peter, sent to Pope Gregory, [120].
Peterborough (Medeshamstede), sacked by Danes, [278];
visited by Bishop Ethelwold, [355].
Petillius Cerialis, commands ninth legion, [41];
governor of Britain, [45].
Pevensey (Pefenesea), [89], [458], [482], [483].
Picts, [68], [79], [84–86], [93], [95], [97], [102], [103], [106], [134], [147], [157], [171], [191], [192], [281].
Place-names as evidences of nationality of settlers, [315].
Plague, [176], [188], [189], [238], [312].
Plautius, Aulus, conquers southern Britain, [25], [30–32], [34].
Plegmund, Archbishop of Canterbury, [291], [292], [314].
Pliny, [494].
Plummer, Chas., editor of Bede, [86], [190] n., [290] n., [295] n., [325] n., [337] n., [419] n., [466] n., [497].
Poenius Postumus, Roman officer, kills himself, [43].
Polybius, historian, [8].
Polyclitus, Nero’s freedman, [44].
Porlock (Portloca), Danish raid on, [321];
Harold Godwineson’s, [458].
Port, mythic eponymous hero, [87], [91].
Portland, Danes attack, [266].
Portsmouth, legendary foundation of, [87], [91].
Portskewet, Harold’s lodge at, [467].
Portus Itius, [16], [23].
Pound, Anglo-Saxon, [232].
Prætenturæ, or stations on the Roman Wall, [56].
Prasutagus, King of the Iceni, [33], [39].
Prices, history of, [234], [426].
Prisci historia, quoted, [109] n.
Procolitia, station on the Roman Wall, [56].
Procopius, historian, [112], [113].
Prosper Tiro, chronicler, [82], [103], [496].
Pseudo-monasteries, [244].
Ptolemy, geographer, [80], [493].
Pucklechurch, King Edward murdered at, [338].
Purbeck, Danish fleet wrecked near, [283].
“Purveyance,” [453].
Pytheas, Greek geographer, [8].
“Quarto-decimans,” [124], [181], [182], [193], [198].
Quedlinburg, Canute’s grand-daughter Abbess of, [412].
Radfrid, Frankish noble, escorts Theodore to England, [196].
Raegenheri, son of Redwald, [137].
Raegnald of Northumbria, [325–327], [340].
Ragnar Lodbrog, the Viking, [276].
Ralph the Timid, Earl of the Magasaetas, nephew of Edward the Confessor, [452], [454], [465].
Ramsay, Sir J., [507].
Reading, [278], [279], [281].
Rectitudines singularum personarum, [436], [437].
Redwald, King of East Anglia, [126], [136], [137], [139], [163].
Redwulf, King of Northumbria, [266].
Regni, British tribe, [10], [90].
Regnum. See [Chichester].
Regula Pastoralis of Pope Gregory, translated by Alfred, [291], [292].
Repton (Hreopandun), occupied by Danes, [281].
Rhuddlan, burnt by Harold II., [467].
Rhys, Professor John, [493].
Richard of Hexham, historian, [131] n.
Richard I., Duke of Normandy, [369], [370].
Richard II. (do.), [386], [399].
Richborough (Rutupiæ), [71], [118].
Ricula, sister of Ethelbert, [122].
Ripon (In Hripum), [195], [199], [209], [342], [406].
Robert, Duke of Normandy, [456].
Robertson, E. W., historian, [326], [356], [359] n., [360] n., [507].
Robert, King of France, [367].
Robert the Strong, Duke of Francia, [367].
Rochester (Durobrevi, Hrofaescaestre), [122], [145], [286], [365].
Roderick the Great (Rhodri Mawr), Welsh king, [267].
Roger of Wendover, [342].
Rolf or Rollo, settles in Normandy, [367].
Rolleston, Professor, on Neolithic man, [4], [493].
Roman roads, [73].
Roman Wall, between Firths of Forth and Clyde, [58], [103].
Roman Wall, between Solway and Tyne, [52], [94], [146], [152];
description of, [56];
garrison of, [57].
Romanus, Bishop of Rochester, [145].
Round, J. H., [485] n., [507].
Rowena, daughter of Hengest, [103], [109].
Rowley Burn, Cadwallon’s death at, [153].
Rufinianus, emissary to Rome, [120].
Runcorn (Rumcofa), Saxon fortress built at, [321].
Runic inscription on Bewcastle Cross, [172];
about Harold Hardrada, [479].
Ruthwell Cross, [242].
Rutupiæ. See [Richborough].
Saberct, King of the East Saxons, [122], [127], [175].
Sabinus, brother of Vespasian, [32].
St. Aidan, [155–168], [181], [182], [187], [282].
St. Alban, [27], [76], [84].
St. Alphege (Elfeah),384;
martyrdom of, [389], [390];
translation of relics, [405].
St. Augustine, Archbishop of Canterbury, [82], [112–125], [338].
St. Boniface. See [Boniface].
St. Brice’s Day, massacre on, [386], [387].
St. Chad (Ceadda), Bishop of York, [195];
of Lichfield, [198].
St. Columba, [134], [147–150], [154], [181], [182], [187].
St. Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, [130], [158], [192], [205], [208], [282], [406].
St. Dunstan, early life, [344–348];
Abbot of Glastonbury, [347];
influence on Edred, [339];
at Edwy’s coronation, [349];
exiled, [350];
Bishop of Worcester and London, [352];
Archbishop of Canterbury, [352];
share in monastic reform, [353–356];
story of St. Edmund’s martyrdom, [277];
crowns King Edward the Martyr, [360];
escape at the meeting at Calne, [362];
remonstrance with Ethelred, [365];
death, [365];
character, [360], [491];
lives of, by various authors, [501].
St. Edmund, [276–278], [393], [405].
St. Frideswide, church of, at Oxford, [394].
St. Germanus, [83–85], [102], [106].
St. Guthlac, [249].
St. Herbert of Derwentwater, [208].
St. Jerome, [68].
St. Joseph of Arimathea, [339].
St. Lucius, King of Britain, [76], [414].
St. Martin of Tours, [119], [146].
St. Ninian, [146].
St. Olaf, King of Norway, [410], [413–415], [444].
St. Oswald, [126], [150–159], [171], [173], [179], [282].
St. Patrick, [104].
St. Paul, church in London dedicated to, [122], [391].
St. Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, [265], [266], [357].
St. Thomas, Christians of, in India, [299].
Sake and Soke, [440], [441].
Sandwich, [375], [388], [389], [394], [444], [445], [450], [458], [477].
San Spirito in Sassia, church in Rome, [270].
Sarn Helen, a Roman road, [74].
Sarum, Old (Searoburg), battle of, [91].
Savernake Forest, battle near, [280].
Saxon Chronicle. See [Anglo-Saxon Chronicle].
Saxon Shore in Britain, Count of, [70].
Saxons, origin and appearance in Britain, [71], [79–81], [84], [104], [106].
Scarborough burnt, [479].
Sceatt, value of, [235].
Schmid, Professor Reinhold, [286] n., [381] n., [508].
Schola Saxonum, at Rome, [270].
Scilling, value of, [232].
Scip-here, Danish fleet, [311], [321], [342].
Scotland, [134], [138], [192], [246], [324–328], [333], [335], [356], [357], [406–410], [461–464].
Scots, [68], [79], [93], [95], [102], [103], [134], [148], [157].
Sebbi, King of East Saxons, [175], [176].
Sedgefield, W. J., translation of Alfred’s Boethius, [297] n.
Seebohm, F., [77], [508].
Seghine, Abbot of Iona, [154].
Selsey, bishopric founded, [205].
Selwood, Forest of, [284].
Seneca, as money-lender in Britain, [39].
Senlac or Epiton, site of “battle of Hastings,” [485].
Seven Boroughs, [394], [395].
Severus, Septimius, Emperor, [59–62], [90].
Sexburh, Queen of Kent, [176].
Shaftesbury (Sceaftesburh), [364], [416].
Sheppey (Sceapig), Isle of, [265], [268], [308], [458].
Sherborne (Scireburne), Bishopric of, [242].
Ship-money, [388].
Shire and Shire Gemot, [429], [432], [433].
Shire-reeve (sheriff), [434].
Shoebury (Sceoburh), Danish fort at, [309].
Shrewsbury (Scergeat, Scrobbesburh), “burh” built at, [321], [433] n.
Sideman, Bishop of Crediton, [362].
Sidroc, a Danish jarl, [278].
Sigebert the Learned, King of East Anglia, [163], [164].
Sigebert, King of the East Saxons, [175], [179].
Sigebert, King of the West Saxons, [253].
Sigeferth, thegn, murdered by Edric, [394].
Sigeric, Archbishop of Canterbury, [381].
Sighelm, West Saxon almoner, [299].
Sighere, King of the East Saxons, [175], [176].
Sigvat, minstrel to King Olaf, [444].
Sihtric, Northumbrian king, [332].
Silchester, Christian Basilica at, [75].
Silures, a British tribe, [33–35], [37], [46].
Silurians, [5].
Simcox, W. H., on sites of Alfred’s battles, [278] n.
Sinodun camp, [162].
Siward the Strong, Earl of Northumbria, [422], [442], [447], [454], [462], [463].
Six-hynd men, [430].
Skene, W. F., on Celtic Scotland, [148], [149], [326], [409] n., [508].
Slavery, [114–116], [225], [226] n., [303].
Snorri Sturleson, Icelandic scholar, [504].
Somerton captured, [249].
Southampton (Hamtun), Danes attack, [266].
South Anglians, [160].
Southwark (Suthgeweore), [455], [458].
Spartianus, on the Roman Wall, [53].
Stafford, “burh” built at, [321].
Stamford (Steanford), [316], [323], [340].
Stamford Bridge, battle of, [480–482], [485], [486].
Stainmoor, King Eric slain at, [342].
Steenstrup, J. C., [257] n.
Steepholm (Steapa Relice), Danes at, [321].
Stevenson, W. H., Editor of Asser, [221] n., [270] n., [274] n., [279] n., [284] n., [299] n., [357] n., [359] n.
Stigand, Archbishop of Canterbury, [459], [472], [476].
Stilicho, Roman general, [72].
Stonehenge, neolithic work at, [5].
Stour, river, [117], [458].
Strabo, geographer, [8], [27], [493].
Strathclyde, kingdom of, [95], [108], [130], [144], [148], [153], [281], [325–327], [332], [333].
Streanæshalch. See [Whitby].
Stubbs, Bishop, [268], [383] n., [508].
Stuf, nephew of Cerdic, [91].
Sumorsætas, [249].
Sussex, kingdom of, [80], [89], [174], [176], [177], [194].
Swearing power, scale of, [130].
Sweyn Estrithson, King of Denmark, [443–445].
Sweyn, or Swegen, King of Denmark, [371], [384], [385], [391–393].
Sweyn, son of Canute, [416], [417].
Sweyn, son of Godwine, [448–452], [455], [465].
Swithelm, King of East Saxons, [175] n.
Swithun. See [St. Swithin].
Symeon of Durham, historian, [131], [281], [333], [334], [337], [340], [393], [502].
Tacitus, P. Cornelius, historian, [33], [35], [37], [41], [43], [46], [49], [50], [77], [81], [380], [494].
Taillefer, minstrel, [487], [488].
Tamworth (Tameweorthig), [322], [332], [340].
Tanaus, river, position discussed, [49].
Tasciovanus, British king, [27].
Taunton (Tantun), fortress built by King Ine, [216].
Taylor, Isaac, on distribution of Danes in England, [315], [316].
Telham, hill of, [485].
Tempsford (Temesanford), Danish fort at, [324].
Tettenhall, Danes defeated at, [320].
Teutonic conquest of England, [106–109].
Teutons pressed westward by Huns, [109], [110].
Thanet (Tenet), Isle of, [117], [118], [267], [268], [275], [353], [445].
Thegn right, [223].
Thegns, [228], [435].
Thelwall, Saxon “burh” at, [323].
Theodbald, brother of Ethelfrid, [134].
Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury, [195–209].
Theodosius the Elder, [68].
Theodosius I., Emperor, [68], [71], [72].
Theodosius II. Emperor, [82].
Theows, or esnes, [225], [303].
Thetford, [277], [278], [343].
Thora, mother of Hakon, [331].
Thored, son of Gunnor, [353].
Thorfinn, Earl of Orkney, [462], [479].
Thorney Island (in Hertfordshire), [308].
Thorney Island (at Westminster), [457], [472].
Thorpe, Benjamin, [508].
Three Field System of farming, [221].
Thrum, gives coup de grâce to Saint Alphege, [390].
Thrymsa, value of, [235].
Thurcytel of Northumbria, [396].
Thurgils Sprakalegg, cousin of Canute, [404].
Thurkill, Danish leader, [391], [392], [394], [401], [404].
Tincommius, British king, [26].
Tithing, [439].
Titus in Britain, [33].
Togodumnus, British chief, [29], [31].
Tondheri, servant of Oswin, [167].
Tonsures, Greek and Roman, [179], [186], [196].
Torksey occupied by Danes, [281].
Tortulf, or Tertullus, ancestor of Counts of Anjou, [370].
Tostig, son of Godwine, [449], [455], [461], [463], [465], [467], [470], [471], [477], [479–481], [484].
Towcester (Tofeceaster), relief and fortification of, [323], [324].
Trebellius Maximus, Roman governor, [45].
Tributum, Roman, [47].
Trinobantes, British tribe, [17–19], [28], [40].
Trinoda necessitas, [432], [436].
Trondhjem, Canute declared King of Norway at, [414].
Trumwine, Bishop of Abercorn, [192], [207].
Tuda, Bishop of Lindisfarne, [188].
Tufa or thuuf ornament on banner of Edwin, [143].
Tunberct, Bishop of Hexham, [206].
Twelf-hynd man, [228], [305].
Twyford (Alnmouth), synod at, [206].
Twy-hynd man, [228], [305], [430].
Ubba, Danish chief, murderer of St. Edmund, [277], [278], [284].
Uhtred, Earl of Northumbria, [396], [407], [408].
Ulf, Bishop of Dorchester, [457], [459].
Ulfcytel, ealdorman of East Anglia, [387], [397].
Ulf the Jarl, brother-in-law of Canute, [404], [413], [414], [444].
Utta, priest sent by Edwin to King of Kent, [165].
Valens, Emperor of Rome, [68].
Valentia, province of Britannia, [68].
Valentinian I., Emperor of Rome, [68].
Valentinian III., Emperor of Rome, [88].
Valerius Maximus, historian, [13].
Val-ès-Dunes, battle of, [456].
Vallum runs parallel to Roman Wall, [152], [251].
Veranius, Roman governor of Britain, [37].
Verica, British king, [26].
Verulamium (St. Albans), Britanno-Roman town, [27], [42], [76].
Vespasian, officer under Aulus Plautius, afterwards Emperor, [32], [33], [45], [46].
Vikings, [237], [260], [341], [456].
Villa, Roman, [77].
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Virgate, extent of, [223].
Virius Lupus, Roman governor of Britain, [60].
Vitalian, Pope, [195].
Volusenus, [10], [12].
Vortigern, British king, [86], [88], [97], [102–104], [106], [107].
Vortimer, son of Vortigern, [103].
Vortipor, British king, [99].
Wace, William, [469], [483] n., [485] n., [505].
Wales, [34], [35], [41], [47], [74], [101], [102], [108], [123], [131], [144], [158], [186], [253], [336], [342], [449], [464], [466].
Wallingford, [376].
Waltham, minster at, [484], [490].
Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria, [407].
Waltheof, son of Siward, [463].
Wantage, birth-place of Alfred, [272].
Wantsum, in Kent, [117].
Wapentake, Danish equivalent for hundred, [429].
Warburton (Weardburh), Saxon burh at, [321].
Wareham (Werham), [283], [364].
Warwick (Waerinewic), Saxon burh at, [321].
Watchet (Wecedport), attacked by Danes, [321].
Watling Street, [73], [287], [309], [324].
Wat’s Dyke, [251].
“Wealas,” Romanised Celts, [111].
Wedmore, treaty of, [285].
Weland the Smith, [287].
Welsh. See also [Cymri], [89], [90], [93], [177], [178], [309], [321], [356].
Welsh Church, [123], [124], [197].
Wembury (Wicganbeorg), Danes attack, [266].
Wendel Sea, or Mediterranean, [294].
Wer, [300], [302].
Werferth, Bishop of Worcester, [291].
Wergild, [226], [228], [229], [300], [435].
Wessex, [158], [161], [179], [180], [448], [464];
source of chronicle, [87], [88];
foundation, [80], [90];
its decline, [140], [177], [178];
revival under Egbert, [263–265].
Westminster Abbey, [446], [472].
Westmorland, harried, [353].
West Wales (Cornwall), [6], [34], [93], [108], [123], [265], [333], [336].
Wherwell, abbess of, [455].
Whitby (Streanæshalch), synod of, [180–188].
White Sea, explored, [294].
Whithern (Candida Casa), [146].
Wictgils, father of Hengest, [86], [88].
Wighard, candidate for archbishopric, [190].
Wight, Isle of, [33], [66], [80], [91], [174], [178], [214], [215], [375], [392], [458], [477], [478].
Wigmore (Wigingamere), burh built at, [323].
Wihtgar in Isle of Wight, [87], [91].
Wihtred’s laws, [218], [219].
Wilfrid, his education, [183];
at Ripon, [184];
his arguments at Synod of Whitby, [185];
elected Bishop of York, [193];
Ceadda (St. Chad), appointed to same see, [195];
dispute settled by Theodore of Tarsus, [198];
builds Hexham Abbey, [200];
his quarrels with Egfrid and Aldfrid, [202–212];
his visits to Rome, [203], [209];
death, [212].
William, Bishop of London, [457].
William Fitz Osbern, follower of William of Normandy, [475], [487].
William of Jumièges, historian, [505].
William Longsword, son of Rolf, [368], [369].
William of Malmesbury, historian, [105], [241], [266], [336] n., [337], [342], [354], [356], [357], [364], [392], [394], [503].
William of Normandy, [456], [457], [460], [461], [467–469], [471], [475–477], [482], [484–486], [489], [490].
William of Poitiers, historian, [505].
Willibrord, missionary to Germany, [203], [236].
Wilton, Danish victory at, [281].
Wimbledon (Wibbandune), battle of, [92].
Wimborne (Winburne), Ethelred I. buried at, [280].
Winchester (Venta Belgarum, Wintanceaster), [88], [90], [91], [182], [232], [275], [297], [314], [342], [343], [355], [416],418, [423], [451], [457], [460].
Windermere, princes drowned in, [247].
Winfrid, Bishop, [203].
Winwaed, perhaps river Went, battle of, [170], [171].
Wippedes-fleote, battle of, [89].
Wissant, possible place of Cæsar’s embarkation, [23].
Wite, [227], [300], [302].
Witenagemot, [141], [232], [267], [301], [319], [336], [337], [356], [362], [452], [454], [455], [459], [465].
Wite-theows, [225].
Woden, [86], [90], [133], [141].
Wodensburh (Wansborough?), [216].
Wodnesbeorge, battle of, [93].
Worcester (Wigraceaster), insurrection at, [422].
Workington, Lindisfarne gospels at, [282].
Wrdelau, St. Cuthbert’s body at, [406].
Wulfhere, King of Mercia, [172], [173], [178], [191], [195].
Wulfmaer, squire to Brihtnoth, [379].
Wulfnoth Child, rebels against Ethelred, [388].
Wulfstan, Archbishop of York, [340–342], [353].
Wulfstan, Norwegian pilot, [294].
Wulfthryth, a novice at Wilton, [358].
Wuscfrea, son of Edwin, [145].
Wynfrith. See [Boniface].
Xiphilinus, abbreviator of Dion Cassius, [495].
Yard-land, extent of, [221], [222].
Yeavering, palace of Edwin of Deira, [143].
Yffi, son of Osfrid, [142], [145].
York (Eburacum, Eoforwic), [67], [94], [121], [138], [141], [193], [198], [257], [276], [322], [332], [340], [342], [470], [479], [482], [484].
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