The Life and Times of Alfred the Great / Being the Ford lectures for 1901 - Charles Plummer

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Abel, see [Elias].
‘aedificia,’ special meaning of, in Asser, [46], [47].
Ælfheah, bishop of Winchester (934-51), [56 n.]
Ælfheah, bishop of Winchester, and archbishop of Canterbury, St. Neot said to have been a friend of (!), [56].
Ælfric, the homilist, not the author of the Anglo-Saxon life of St. Neot, [55], [56 n.];
his views on the state of English learning, [82 n.];
cites the Anglo-Saxon Bede as Alfred’s, but not the Dialogues, [167].
Æthelbald, king of the Mercians, [14].
Æthelbald, king of the West Saxons, [39 n.];
matter relating to, in Asser, [14];
alleged rebellion of, [16], [76 n.], [78], [79], [91];
alleged incestuous marriage of, [17], [52], [76 n.], [80], [87];
governs Wessex in his father’s absence, [75], [79];
obscurity of his reign, [86], [87];
his death, [86];
his share of his father’s property, [90], [91].
Æthelberht, king of Kent, father of Eadbald, [80].
Æthelberht, king of the West Saxons, [39 n.];
made under-king of Kent, [73-5], [79], [86];
retains Kent on his succession to Wessex, [86];
his struggle against the Danes, [79], [87];
his death, [88];
Alfred’s succession possibly arranged under, [89 n.];
his share in his father’s property, [90], [91].
Æthelflæd, lady of the Mercians, daughter of Alfred, and wife of Æthelred of Mercia, [35];
translates St. Oswald’s body to Gloucester, [35];
fortifies Worcester, [111];
attends the conference of Chelsea, [111];
military policy of, [111].
Æthelhelm, ealdorman of Wilts., co-operates against the Danes, [116].
Æthelnoth, ealdorman of Somerset, services of, against the Danes, [106], [116];
attacks the Danes at York, [117 n.]
Æthelred, king of the West Saxons, [39 n.];
matter relating to, in Asser, [14];
his conduct at Ashdown, [16], [93], [94];
Alfred secundarius under, [40], [88-91];
confused with Alfred, and with Aldfrid, [65];
abstains from claiming Kent, [75], [86];
succeeds Æthelberht, [88];
relations of Alfred with, [88];
Burgred asks help of, [88];
marches to Nottingham, [88];
appoints Æthelred to Canterbury, [88 n.];
his share of his father’s property, [90], [91];
his children, [91];
campaign of, against the Danes, [92-5];
his death, [92], [95];
his character, [95], [96];
interred at Wimborne, [98];
regarded as a martyr, [98 n.]
Æthelred, archbishop of Canterbury, [127];
appointed by Æthelred and Alfred jointly, [88 n.];
letter of John VIII to, [127];
said to have advised the summoning of Grimbald, [138].
Æthelred, ealdorman of the Mercians, Witenagemóts held by, [13], [14];
husband of Æthelflæd, [35];
translates St. Oswald’s body to Gloucester, [35];
his pressure on the Welsh, [42];
his semi-royal position, [42];
London entrusted to, [109];
fortifies Worcester, [111];
attends the conference of Chelsea, [111];
acts as sponsor to one of Hæsten’s sons, [113];
co-operates with Edward, Æthelnoth, and Æthelhelm against the Danes, [115-6].
Æthelred II, king of the English, Edgar’s reign regarded as a golden age under, [67].
Æthelweard, son of Alfred, said to have studied at Oxford, [63].
Æthelwold, bishop of Winchester, St. Neot said to have been a friend of (!), [56].
Æthelwulf, king of the West Saxons, [39 n.];
Athelstan, king of Kent, probably brother of, [6 n.];
said to have been in holy orders before his accession, [7];
matter relating to, in Asser, [14];
Burgred of Mercia asks help of, [85], [88];
his second marriage with Judith, [17], [78], [80 n.];
stays at the Court of Charles the Bald, [17], [76], [78];
has a Frankish secretary, [17], [18];
Lupus of Ferrières corresponds with, [18 n.], [71 n.];
his liberality, [18 n.], [71 n.];
reduces Wales under Burgred, [37], [85];
has a shrine made for relics of St. Aldhelm, [47];
his will, [86], [90], [91], [126];
St. Neot made son of, [6], [55], [57];
letter of Leo IV to, [70], [72];
his visit to Rome, [74-6], [84], [86];
letter of, to Louis the Pious, [74];
divides his dominions, [75], [86];
restores the Schola Saxonum, [76];
his return to England, [78];
alleged rebellion against, see [Æthelbald];
his death, [79], [84];
character of his reign, [85];
compared with Louis the Pious, [79], [80];
did not divorce Osburh, [84];
made under-king of Kent by Egbert, [85];
Ealhswith, daughter of, [88];
naval engagement under, [120].
Æthelwulf, ealdorman of Berkshire, defeats Danes at Englefield, [93];
slain, [93].
Alamanni, Charles the Fat, king of, [41].
Alcuin, letter of, to Offa, [136];
services of, to Frankish education, [137].
Aldfrid, king of the Northumbrians, confused with Æthelred, [65].
Aldhelm, St., bishop of Sherborne, Æthelwulf has a shrine made for the relics of, [47];
Alfred’s admiration for the Saxon poems of, [141].
Alfred the Great, king of the West Saxons, uncritical statements relating to, [5-9];
not the inventor of shires, [6], cf. [121];
or of chapter-headings, [7];
not brother of St. Neot, [6], [56], [57];
probably nephew of Athelstan, king of Kent, [6];
historical authorities for reign of, [10-68];
laws of, [121-6];
preface to, [11];
relation of, to Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, [11], [146-7], [173];
reticence of Chronicle as to, [11], [12];
panegyrics of Ethelwerd and Florence on, [12], [197-8];
not fully appreciated in his own day, [13];
his reign poor in charters, [13];
and in saints’ lives, [53];
will of, [14], [90-1], [126];
life of, by Asser, see [Asser];
skill of, in hunting, [16], [81], [83];
book of prayers, &c., always carried by, [16], [140];
Eadburh, maternal grandmother of, [16];
mysterious illness of, [16], [25-8], [215];
corresponds with Elias III, patriarch of Jerusalem, [16], [33], [34], [132];
educates a young Dane at Athelney, [16];
relates the story of Eadburh, [16];
imports Grimbald and John the Old Saxon from the Continent, [17], [137];
question of grant of Exeter to Asser by, [18-20], [215];
recovers Exeter from the Danes, [19], [101-2];
Asser enters service of, [19], [36-7], [42], [137];
his protection desired for St. Davids, [19], [42];
Welsh princes commend themselves to, [20], [36], [42], [43];
sends to Asser, [21];
born at Wantage, [22], [70];
legends relating to, [24], [56-9], [62-8], [73 n.];
foreign relations of, [33], [131-5];
his fondness for Saxon poems, [38], [82], [83];
called ‘king of the Anglo-Saxons’ in Asser, [39];
part of Mercia acquired by, [39];
power of, exaggerated by later writers, [39], [129 n.];
occupation of London by, [39], [40];
his title of ‘secundarius,’ [40], [88-91];
Anaraut of N. Wales submits and becomes godson to, [42];
his interest in craftsmanship, [46], [47], [130-1];
ideal description of Court of, in Asser, [53], [130];
Danes try to seize, at Chippenham, [59], [102], [162];
withdrawal of, to Athelney, [57-9], [102];
confused with Æthelred, [65];
said to have sent alms to Jerusalem, [65];
false pedigree of, [65];
his alleged division of his time and revenues, [65 n.], [130];
his fame obscured by Edgar, [67], [129];
date of birth of, [69], [70];
taken to Rome in 853, [70];
again in 855, [75], [76];
his confirmation and unction by Leo IV, [71-4], [76];
story of his learning to read, [81-4];
abstains from claiming Kent, [75], [86], [89];
relations of, with Æthelred, [88];
marches to Nottingham, [88];
joins in appointing Æthelred to Canterbury, [88 n.];
marriage of, [91];
his year of battles, [92-5];
his accession and his task, [95-7];
question of his election, [91 n.], [97-8];
his unwillingness to assume power, [97];
sends alms and missions to Rome, [12], [99], [134-5];
and India, [99], [134];
success of, against the Danes at London, [99], [100];
against a Danish fleet, [100];
fortifies Athelney, [102];
his successful campaign of Edington, [102-5], cf. [149], [162];
Guthrum submits and becomes godson to, [103];
importance of his victory, [105];
causes of success of, [105-7];
relieves Rochester, [107], [108];
sends a fleet against the East Anglian Danes, [64], [108];
gains possession of London, [108], [109];
the second founder of London, [109];
military reforms of, [110-2], [121];
holds a conference at Chelsea, [111];
exacts oaths from the Northumbrian and East Anglian Danes, [113];
watches and negotiates with the Danes in Kent, [113], cf. [163];
acts as sponsor to one of Hæsten’s sons, [113];
relieves Exeter, [114-5];
restores Hæsten’s wife and sons, [115];
watches, and blockades the Danes on the Lea, [118];
his new ships, [118], [119];
his claim to be the founder of the English navy, [119], [120], cf. [163];
his administration of justice, [124-6];
relations of, to the Witenagemót, [126-7];
to the Church, [127-8];
attempts to revive monasticism, [128-9];
provides for foundation of the New Minster, Winchester, [129];
liberality of, to foreign monasteries, [129];
three ‘Scots’ come to, [131];
educational measures of, [135-40];
writes the Preface to the translation of Gregory’s Dialogues, [142-3];
character of his religious thought, [143-5];
body of scribes maintained by, [146 n.];
said to have translated part of the Psalter, [147-9];
and the whole of the Bible, [150-1];
other works ascribed to, [151];
his intercourse with strangers, [160];
called ‘England’s darling,’ [161], [210];
his fondness for similes, [182-3];
chronology of his literary works, [137-8], [196];
invests his grandson Athelstan, [196];
death of, [11], [197-8];
buried at Winchester, [198];
lessons of life of, [198-200];
Henry VI applies for canonisation of, [199 n.];
comparison of, with other sovereigns, [200-2], [210];
no deductions to be made from fame of, [202-3];
his translations valuable as authorities, [10], [11], [155], [164], [174], [181-5];
their educational purpose, [139], [140], [165];
their origin, [140];
the Handbook, [140-1].
See [Augustine], [Bede], [Boethius], [Gregory], [Orosius].
Alfred Jewel, the, [7], [47].
Aller, Somerset, Guthrum baptised at, [103].
Amazons, organisation of, [110], [163].
Anaraut, son of Rotri Mawr, king of N. Wales, submits to Alfred and becomes his godson, [42], [71].
Anglia, use of term in Book of Llandaff, [39 n.]
Anglo-Saxons, Alfred called ‘king’ of, [39].
Annals of Asser, or St. Neot, see [Neot, St.]
Appledore, Kent, Danes entrench themselves at, [112].
Aquitaine, kings of, see [Carloman], [Louis the Pious].
Arnulf, Emperor, deposes Charles the Fat, [17], [41 n.];
king of the Eastern Kingdom, [41 n.];
defeats the Danes on the Dyle, [112].
Arthur, King, Alfred compared with, [104], [210].
Ashdown, Berks., solitary thorn marks the site of, [16], [94];
battle of, and Æthelred’s conduct at, [16], [93], [94].
Asser, bishop of Sherborne, [20], [127];
said to have brought Grimbald to England, [18], [139];
question of his appointment as bishop at Exeter, [18-20];
his reason for entering Alfred’s service, [19], [36];
date of his consecration as bishop uncertain, [19], [20];
called bishop of St. Davids, [20];
mentioned in the Preface to the Pastoral Care, [20], [52], [138], [143 n.];
question of his illness, [21];
returns to St. Davids, [21];
Alfred sends to, [21];
his agreement with Alfred, [37], [137];
expelled from St. Davids by Hemeid, [42];
suggests the composition of the Handbook, [140];
said to have helped Alfred with the Boethius translation, [188-9].
Asser, life of Alfred attributed to, its composite character, [14], [15];
relation of Simeon of Durham to, [23], [31], [32], [34], [64];
relation of, to Chronicle, [14], [48-51], [93 n.];
relation of Florence to, [15], [22], [23], [25], [28], [34], [49], [60], [64];
excessive self-assertion off, [15-17];
Frankish element in, [17], [18];
date of, [19], [29-33], [51], [52];
corruption of text of, [21-30];
MSS. of, [22], [32], [33];
Wise’s edition of, [22];
relation of Annals of Asser to, [22];
emendation of text of, [33-5];
Celtic characteristics of, [35-42];
knowledge of South Welsh affairs shown in, [35], [42-4];
does not exaggerate Alfred’s position, [39];
terminology of, in regard to the Carolingian Empire, [40], [41];
probably the work of a single hand, [44-8];
curious meaning of ‘aedificia’ in, [46], [47];
style of, [47], [48];
abrupt termination of, [51], [52];
probably genuine, but to be used with caution, [52], [214];
idealised description of Alfred’s Court in, [53], [130];
used by William of Malmesbury, [62].
Asser, Annals of, see [Neot, St.]
Athelney, Somerset, unapproachable position of, [35];
Alfred’s withdrawal to, [57-9], [102], [105], [106];
Alfred fortifies, [102];
Alfred moves out of, [102], cf. [162];
monastery of, founded by Alfred, [68], [128];
disorders in, [129], [137];
young Dane educated by Alfred in, [16];
abbot of, see [John the Old Saxon].
Athelstan, under-king of Kent, [73];
not identical with St. Neot, [6];
probably Alfred’s uncle, [6];
fights a naval battle, [120 n.]
Athelstan, Mercian priest, chaplain to Alfred, [136].
Athelstan, bishop of Hereford, [137 n.]
Athelstan, king of the West Saxons, panegyrics on, in Chronicle and Laws, [12];
William of Malmesbury’s special sources for reign of, [62];
investiture of, by Alfred, [196].
Augustine, St., bishop of Hippo, his Soliloquies, [194];
Alfred’s translation of, [10], [11], [128], [191-6];
relation of, to the Boethius translation, [194-5];
not identical with Alfred’s Handbook, [141], [192];
his De Ciuitate Dei, [157];
used by Alfred, [191];
a favourite book with Charles the Great, [191-2];
his De Videndo Deo, used by Alfred, [191].
Augustine, archbishop of Canterbury, complaints of, in regard to Welsh baptisms, [42].
Bardney, Lincs, St. Oswald’s body removed from, [35].
Basing, Hants, battle of, [93], [95].
Bede, the Venerable, his Eccl. Hist., [8], [157];
style of, influenced by Gregory’s Dialogues, [170 n.];
his bitterness on the Easter Controversy, [173];
Anglo-Saxon translation of, [8], [166-75];
relation of, to the Orosius translation, [156-9];
to the translation of the Dialogues, [169], [170].
Bel, see [Elias].
Benfleet, Essex, Danes fortify themselves at, [113-4];
captured by the English, [115].
Beorhtric, king of the West Saxons, [39 n.];
Eadburh, wife of, [16], [17];
dies, 802, [17 n.]
Beornred, king of the Mercians, annexes monastic property, [66].
Bergues, dép. Nord, France, St. Winnoc’s body translated to, [35].
Berhtwulf, king of the Mercians, [109].
Berkshire, ealdorman of, see [Æthelwulf].
Bernard, Frankish monk, pilgrimage of, to Jerusalem, [132-4].
Bernard of Morlaix, his rhythm De Contemptu Mundi, [178 n.]
Berry, Jehan, duc de, former owner of the Latin-Saxon psalter, [148].
Birinus, bishop of the West Saxons, baptises Cuthred of Wessex, [72].
Boccaccio, his treatise De Casibus illustrium uirorum, [178 n.]
Boethius, his treatment by Theodoric, [178-9];
his Christianity superficial, [180];
his De Consolatione Philosophiae, [8], [177-80];
Alfred’s translation of, [8], [10], [135], [177], [180-5];
its relation to the Orosius translation, [159];
to the Soliloquies, [194-5];
wrongly assigned to Werferth, [185 n.];
mentioned by Ethelwerd, [185];
question as to Alfred’s authorship of the verse translation of the Metra in, [185-91], [194 n.]
Boniface, St., the apostle of Germany, [137].
Boulogne, dép. Pas-de-Calais, Danes embark at, [112].
Brecheiniog, South Welsh kingdom, nearly identical with Brecknockshire; kings of, see [Helised], [Teudyr].
Bridgenorth, Shropshire, Danes winter at, [118].
Bristol Channel, not a barrier between the Welsh and Cornishmen, [19];
ravaged by Danes, [103].
Britannia, ambiguous use of term by Asser, [36], [37].
Brixton Deverill, Wilts., Alfred musters his forces at, [102].
Brochmail, son of Mouric, joint king of Gwent, submits to Alfred, [42], [44].
Burgred, king of the Mercians, grants land to Cered, [13];
Æthelwulf reduces Wales under, [37], [85], [88];
brother-in-law of Alfred, [53], [88];
asks help of Æthelred and Alfred, [88];
expelled by Danes, [53], [100];
dies at Rome, [98 n.], [100], cf. [199];
reason for his failure to help Wessex, [99];
imposes taxes to buy off the Danes, [100].
Burgs, construction of, by Alfred, [110], [111].
Burgundy, king of, see [Carloman];
count of Upper, see [Rudolf].
Buttington, Montgomery, Danes blockaded at, [116].
Cambridge, Danes winter at, [100].
Camden, William, his connexion with the Oxford interpolation in Asser, [24].
Canterbury, archbishops of, see [Ælfheah], [Æthelred], [Augustine], [Dunstan], [Parker, Matthew], [Plegmund].
Canute, king of England, called ‘king of Germania,’ [41];
reconciled with the English at Oxford, [67];
one of the creators of England’s greatness, [200 n.]
Carl, see [Carloman].
Carloman, king of Aquitaine and Burgundy, name correct in Asser, [17];
called ‘Carl’ in Chron., [17];
called ‘king of the Western Franks’ in Asser, [40], [41].
Ceolwulf, king of the Mercians, set up by the Danes, [66], [88], [100];
exactions of, [66];
stripped of part of Mercia, [102].
Cered, receives land from Burgred of Mercia, [13];
Werthryth, widow of, [13];
Cuthwulf, kinsman of, [13].
Charles the Great, Emperor, Eadburh offends, [17];
Liutgarde, wife of, [17 n.];
Pippin and Charles, sons of, [17];
his fondness for ancient poetry, [38 n.];
begins a Frankish grammar, [38 n.];
called ‘king of the Franks’ by Asser, [40];
crowns Louis the Pious, [80 n.];
divides his dominions, [85];
Frisians serve in navy of, [120 n.];
his administration of justice, [125];
his legislation, [126 n.];
his liberality to foreign Christians, [129 n.];
king of Persia sends a clock to, [131 n.];
relations of, with Irish princes, [131 n.];
Pippin, father of, [131];
founds a hospice and library at Jerusalem, [133];
Court school of, [135];
his intercourse with strangers, [160];
his fondness for the De Ciuitate Dei, [191-2];
comparison of, with Alfred, [200-1];
Einhard’s life of, see [Einhard].
Charles, son of Charles the Great, unmarried, [17 n.]
Charles the Bald, king of the Franks, [40];
receives Æthelwulf, [17], [76], [78];
Judith, daughter of, [78];
character of, [78];
investiture of, by Louis the Pious, [196 n.]
Charles the Fat, king of the Franks, [40];
deposed by Arnulf, [17], [41 n.];
called ‘king of the Alamanni,’ [41];
grants West Friesland to Guthfrith, [120 n.]
Charters, fewness of, belonging to Alfred’s reign, [13];
destruction of, by Danes, [13];
Frankish elements in, [18].
Chaucer, his Monk’s Tale founded on Boccaccio, [178 n.]
Chelsea, Middlesex, conference at, [111].
Chester, Danes fortify themselves at, but evacuate, [117].
Chichester, Sussex, abortive Danish attack on, [117].
Chippenham, Wilts., Danes try to seize Alfred at, [59], [61], [102], [162];
captured by Alfred, [103].
Chronicle, Anglo-Saxon, relation of Alfred to, [11], [145-6];
value of, for reign of Alfred, [11-13];
reticence of, as to Alfred, [12], [13];
relation of, to Asser, [14], [48-51], [93 n.];
to Ethelwerd, [51 n.], [60];
to Henry of Huntingdon, [60], [61];
to William of Malmesbury, [62];
to Anglo-Saxon translation of Orosius, [146], [157-8];
chronological error in, [50], [104 n.], [108], [110], [112].
Cirencester, Glouc., Danes retire to, [104].
Clovis, king of the Franks, receives consular insignia from Constantinople, [72], [73].
Colne, R., Herts, Danes blockaded on, [114-5].
Constantinople, Clovis receives consular insignia from, [72].
Copenhagen, bombardment of, by Nelson, [163].
Cornwall, episcopal supervision of, [18-20];
kings of, [19] (see [Dumgarth]);
St. Guerier and St. Neot buried in, [26];
not included in Saxonia, [38];
St. Neot settles in, [56].
Corvey, Westphalia, John the Old Saxon, a monk of, [137].
Croyland, Lincs, monastery of, [66], [67];
abbot of, see [Ingulf];
monk of, see [Tolius].
Cuthbert, St., part played by, in the legends of Alfred, [62].
Cuthred, joint king of the West Saxons, baptised by Birinus, [72].
Cuthwulf, kinsman of Cered, [13];
buys land of Cered’s widow, Werthryth, [13];
charter granted to, [13].
Cynwit, Devon, fort of, surveyed by Asser, [16];
besieged by the Danes, [44];
Danes defeated at, [104].
Danes, generic name for Scandinavian invaders, [87 n.];
movements of, [12], [49], [75], [87], [88], [92-5], [98-104], [107], [108], [112-8];
destruction of documents by, [13];
division of Mercia by, [24];
Celts take part with, [43], [99];
in Northumbria, [42];
winter in Dyfed, and besiege Cynwit, [44], [51];
monasteries ravaged by, [53], [66], [127], [129];
Burgred expelled by, [53], [100];
try to surprise Alfred at Chippenham, [57-9], [61];
young Dane educated by Alfred at Athelney, [16];
ravages of, [66], [77], [87 n.], [121], [127], [129], [136], [138];
winter in England, [74], [87];
mobility of, [106], [107].
Dante, his use of Boethius, [179];
his theory of the Empire, [208-9].
Danubium, see [Denmark].
David, comparison of Alfred with, [149].
Denmark, called ‘Danubium’ by Asser, [41];
Canute, king of, [41].
Devon, men of, resist the Danes, [103], [104];
ealdorman of, see [Odda].
Driffield, Yorks., Aldfrid of Northumbria dies at, [65].
Dubslane, one of three ‘Scots’ who came to Alfred, [131].
Duisburg, on the Rhine, Danes winter at, [40].
Dumgarth, king of Cornwall, drowned in 875, [19].
Dunstan, archbishop of Canterbury, St. Neot said to have been a monk under (!), [56].
Durham, Simeon of, see [Simeon].
Dyfed, South Welsh kingdom, including Pembrokeshire and part of Carmarthenshire, Danes winter in, [44], [51], [103];
king of, see [Hemeid].
Dyle, R., Belgium, Arnulf defeats the Danes on, [112].
Eadbald, king of Kent, his incestuous marriage, [80].
Eadburh, Alfred’s maternal grandmother, often seen by Asser, [16].
Eadburh, daughter of Offa, and wife of Beorhtric of Wessex, her crimes, and subsequent misfortunes, [16], [17], [79 n.];
offends Charles the Great, [17].
Eafa, of Wessex, confused with Offa of Mercia, [66].
Ealhswith, daughter of Æthelwulf, and wife of Burgred of Mercia, [88].
Eanwulf, ealdorman of Somerset, alleged rebellion of, against Æthelwulf, [78], [79].
East Anglia, not included in Saxonia, [38];
Alfred sends fleet to, [64], [108];
relation of, to Wessex, [85];
occupied and conquered by the Danes, [87], [88], [92], [105];
Danes retire to, [104];
Danes of, rebel and are punished, [108], [109];
Alfred exacts oaths and hostages from, [113];
share of, in the campaigns of 893 ff., [113-5], [117-8];
kings of, see [Edmund], [Guthrum], [Sigbert].
Ecgbryhtesstan, identifications of, [102 n.]
Edgar, king of the West Saxons, panegyrics on, in Chronicle and Laws, [12];
eclipses the fame of Alfred, [67], [129];
English and Danes reconciled on basis of law of, [67];
made a Confessor, [67];
called ‘darling of the English,’ [161 n.]
Edington, Wilts., battle of, [57], [61], [102], [103], [162].
Edmund, St., king of the East Angles, martyred by the Danes, [88].
Edmund, king of the West Saxons, panegyrics on, in Chronicle and Laws, [12].
Edward, king of the West Saxons, son of Alfred, [96 n.], [196];
called ‘the Great,’ [96 n.];
military policy of, [111];
defeats the Danes at Farnham, [114];
blockades them on the Colne, [114-5];
captures Benfleet, [115];
document addressed to, [125-6];
carries out Alfred’s foundation of the New Minster, [129 n.]
Edward the Confessor, king of England, transference of See of Devon and Cornwall to Exeter by, [18], [19].
Edward I, king of England, comparison of, with Alfred, [200-2];
bases the constitution on popular representation, [210];
one of the creators of England’s greatness, [200 n.]
Egbert, king of the West Saxons, Celts under, take part with the Danes, [43];
advance of Wessex under, [85];
reduces the Welsh, [85];
makes Æthelwulf king of Kent, [85];
his dominions divided at his death, [86];
his sojourn on the Continent, [86];
union of England under, [210].
Egbert, king of part of Northumbria, set up by the Danes, [88].
Einhard, his life of Charles the Great modelled on Suetonius’ life of Augustus, [10].
Elfred, see [Æthelred].
Elias III, patriarch of Jerusalem, Alfred corresponds with, [16], [33], [34], [132];
miscalled Abel, and Bel, [33-4].
Elised, see [Helised].
Elizabeth, queen of England, ecclesiastical policy of, [211].
Ely, Cambridgeshire, Hereward’s defence of, [59].
England, English, kings of, see [Æthelred II], [Canute], [Edward the Confessor], [Edward I], [George III], [Henry II], [Henry VI], [Henry VIII], [John], [Richard I], [William I];
queens of, see [Elizabeth], [Victoria].
Englefield, near Reading, Berks., Danes defeated at, [93].
Essex ceded to the Danes, [105].
Ethandun, identifications of, [102-3 n.]
Ethelwerd, the Chronicler, corruption of text of, [21], [60];
terminology of, [37 n.];
relation of, to the Chron., [51 n.], [60];
obscurity of, [60];
his panegyric on Alfred, [12], [198];
exaggerates Alfred’s position, [63 n.];
mentions Alfred’s Boethius, [185].
Eugenius IV, Pope, Henry VI applies to, for Alfred’s canonisation, [199 n.]
Exe. R., Devon, Alfred blockades mouth of, [101].
Exeter, Devon, question of grant to Asser of See at, [18-20];
transference of bishopric to, under Edward the Conf., [18-20];
Danes steal away to, [49], [107];
Danes occupy, [101];
recovered from the Danes by Alfred, [19], [102];
besieged by the Danes, but relieved by Alfred, [115], cf. [117].
Faremoûtier-en-Brie (Fara), Lupus and Felix at monastery of, [18 n.]
Farnham, Surrey, Edward defeats the Danes at, [114].
Felix, Frankish secretary of Æthelwulf, Lupus of Ferrières corresponds with, [17], [18 n.];
previously at Faremoûtier, [17], [18 n.]
Fernmail, son of Mouric, joint king of Gwent, submits to Alfred, [42], [44].
Ferrières, dép. Loiret, abbot of, see [Lupus].
Florence of Worcester, relation of, to Asser, [15], [22], [23], [25], [28], [34], [49], [60], [64];
his panegyric on Alfred, [12], [60], [197].
France, king of, see [Louis, St.]
Francia, term applied to the Carolingian Empire, [41].
Frankish element in Asser, [17], [18].
Franks, kings of, see [Carloman], [Charles the Great], [Charles the Bald], [Charles the Fat], [Clovis], [Louis the Stammerer], [Louis of Northern France];
Felix, a Frank, [18 n.]
Frisia, wiking settlements in, [119], [120].
Frisians, serve in Alfred’s navy, [119];
and in that of Charles the Great, [120 n.];
language of, akin to English, [119 n.];
settle in England, [120].
Fulham, Middlesex, Danes evacuate, [104].
Fulk, abp. of Rheims, letter of, to Abp. Plegmund, [128];
doubtful letter of, to Alfred, [138-9];
abbot of St. Bertin’s, [137-8];
murder of, [138 n.]
Fyrd, the native militia of the English, reorganised by Alfred, [110].
Galli, term applied to inhabitants of the Western Kingdom, [41].
Gallia, term applied to the Western Kingdom, [41].
George III, king of England, influence of character of, [211].
Germania, name given by Welsh writers to Norway, [40], [41];
Bede’s and Alfred’s uses of the term, [40 n.], [160].
Glastonbury, Somerset, St. Neot said to have been a monk at, [56];
Alfred gives fragment of the True Cross to, [58 n.]
Glewissig, South Welsh kingdom, including the district between lower Usk and Towy, [44];
king of, see [Howel].
Gloucester, Mercian Witenagemót held at, [13];
St. Oswald’s body translated to, [35].
Gregory the Great, Pope, soul of Trajan granted to prayers of, [209];
his Moralia used by Alfred, [191];
his Dialogues, [8], [143-4];
used by Alfred in the ‘Blostman,’ [143-4];
Bede’s style influenced by, [170 n.];
Anglo-Saxon translation of, [8], [141], [171];
two recensions of, [145-6], [169];
mentioned in Asser, [52], [141];
cited by Ælfric, [167];
ascribed to Werferth, [142], [169];
Alfred writes the preface to, [142-3];
relation of, to Bede translation, [169], [170];
his Pastoral Care, [8], [151-2];
cited in Asser, [52];
Alfred’s translation of, [8], [10], [152-5];
Preface to, [11], [20], [52], [136], [139], [140], [143], [193], [196], [199].
Grimbald, a monk of St. Bertin’s, [137];
brought to England by Alfred, [17], [137];
said to have been escorted to England by Asser, [18], [139];
chronology of his life, [137-8];
letter of Fulk of Rheims respecting, [138-9];
made abbot of the New Minster, [139];
dies, [139];
helps Alfred with the Pastoral Care, [137], [143 n.]
Gualia, Wales, use of term, [37 n.]
Guerier, St., alleged visit of Alfred to shrine of, in Cornwall, [26], [29].
Guthfrith, wiking chief, receives a grant of West Friesland, [120 n.]
Guthrum, Danish king of East Anglia, invasion of, [57-9];
his submission and baptism, [42], [46], [68], [71], [103];
death of, [109], [110].
Gwent, South Welsh kingdom, including parts of Monmouthshire and Herefordshire, kings of, see [Brochmail], [Fernmail], [Mouric].
Hadrian I, Pope, crowns Louis the Pious as king of Aquitaine, [74].
Hæsten, Danish chief, his military movements, and treacherous negotiations, [113], [115].
Halfdene, Danish chief, [104].
Hampshire, men of, rally to Alfred, [102].
Harold Hardrada, king of Norway, called king of Germania, [41].
Heahmund, bishop of Sherborne, killed at Marton, [92].
Helised ap Teudyr, king of Brecheiniog, submits to Alfred, [42], [44].
Hemeid, king of Dyfed, commends himself to Alfred, [20], [42];
persecutes St. Davids, [42];
dies, [43].
Henry de Ferrers, owns Ashdown Manor in Domesday, [94].
Henry II, king of England, character of, by Stubbs, [2];
comparison of, with Alfred, [200];
English administrative system due to, [210].
Henry VI, king of England, applies to the Pope for Alfred’s canonisation, [199 n.]
Henry of Huntingdon, his mistakes, [7];
relation of, to Chron., [60], [61];
his treatise De Contemptu Mundi, [178 n.]
Henry VIII, king of England, ecclesiastical policy of, [211].
Hereford, bishop of, see [Athelstan].
Hereward, his defence of the isle of Ely, [59 n.]
Hierosolyma, see [Jerusalem].
Howel, son of Rhys, king of Glewissig, dies at Rome in 885, [19], [44];
his crime, [19], [44];
submits to Alfred, [42].
Hubert, St., forged pedigree of, [57].
Huntingdonshire, translation of St. Neot’s relics to, [29].
Iglea, identifications of, [102 n.]
India, Alfred sends alms to, [65], [66], [99], [134];
first recorded instance of relations between England and, [134].
Ingulf, abbot of Croyland, Chronicle of, a forgery, but contains genuine traditions, [66], [99].
Ingwar, Danish chief, [104].
Ireland, Alfred said to have been sent to, [62];
a good country for hunting, [83 n.];
relations of Alfred with, [129], [131-2];
love of pilgrimage in Church of, [131-2];
relations of Charles the Great with, [131 n.]
Jacopone, his poem De Contemptu Mundi, [178].
Jehan de Meun, two French translations of Boethius’ Consolatio ascribed to, [190].
Jerusalem, Alfred said to have sent alms to, [65];
three ‘Scots’ go to, [132];
account of pilgrimages to, [132-4];
Charles the Great founds a hospice and library at, [133];
patriarchs of, see [Elias], [Theodosius].
Joan of Arc, Alfred compared with, [107].
John, king of England, character of, by Stubbs, [2].
John the Old Saxon, abbot of Athelney, [66 n.], [137];
John Scotus Erigena confused with, [7];
military skill of, [16], [66 n.];
brought to England by Alfred, [17], [137];
two of his monks try to murder, [129], [137];
helps Alfred with the Pastoral Care, [138], [143 n.]
John VIII, Pope, letter of, to Abp. Æthelred, [127-8].
John Scotus Erigena, commonly confused with John the Old Saxon, [7].
Joinville, his biography of St. Louis, [202].
Judith, second wife of Louis the Pious, [80].
Judith, daughter of Charles the Bald, marriage with Æthelwulf, [17], [78], [80 n.];
alleged marriage with Æthelbald, [17], [52], [76 n.], [80].
Kenny Castle, see [Cynwit].
Kent, kings of, see [Æthelberht], [Eadbald];
under-kings of, see [Æthelberht], [Æthelwulf], [Athelstan];
was Alfred ever under-king of? [74];
makes a separate agreement with the Danes, [87].
Langtoft, confusions of, [65].
Latin, the sole vehicle of Western mediaeval culture, [81], [82], [136];
decline of, in England, [82], [139], [140];
influence of, on early vernacular prose, [171].
Law, character of Anglo-Saxon, [121-2].
Lea, R., Danes fortify themselves on, but are forced to retire from, [117-8].
Leicester, confused with Chester, [9 n.];
bishop of, see [Werebert].
Leigh, near Westbury, Wilts., Alfred advances to, [102].
Leo IV, Pope, letter of, to Æthelwulf, [70], [72];
confirms and anoints Alfred, [71-4], [76];
fortifies the Leonine suburb, [77];
his death, [76].
Liutgarde, wife of Charles the Great, dies 800, [17 n.]
Llandaff, Book of, cited, [37], [39 n.], [43], [44].
Llunwerth, bishop of St. Davids, succeeds Nobis, [20], [44].
Llwmbert, see [Llunwerth].
London, captured by the Danes in 851, [109];
Danes winter at, [99], [100], [109];
retain possession of, under treaty of Wedmore, [105], [109];
acquired by Alfred, [108], [109];
Alfred the second founder of, [109];
committed to the care of ealdorman Æthelred, [109];
conference on fortifications of, [111];
reinforcements raised from, [115];
captured Danish ships brought to, [115];
garrison of, fail to storm Danish lines, [117].
Long Dean, Wilts., Witenagemót held at, [126].
Lothair I, Emperor, assists Leo IV to fortify the papal suburb, [77].
Louis the Pious, Emperor, refuses to read the old heathen poems, [38 n.];
crowned king of Aquitaine, at the age of three, [74];
letter of Æthelwulf to, [74];
his sons rebel against, [79];
compared with Æthelwulf, [79];
crowned by Charles the Great, [80 n.];
investiture of Charles the Bald by, [196 n.]
Louis the Stammerer, king of the Franks, [40].
Louis, king of Northern France, called king of the Franks, [40].
Louis, St., king of France, comparison of, with Titus, [161 n.];
with Alfred, [200], [202].
Lupus, abbot of Ferrières, corresponds with Æthelwulf and Felix, [17], [18 n.], [71 n.];
previously at Faremoûtier, [18 n.]
Lymne, R., Kent, Danes enter mouth of, [112].
Macbeth, one of three ‘Scots’ who come to Alfred, [131].
Maelduin, the Voyage of, [132].
Maelinmain, one of three ‘Scots’ who came to Alfred, [131].
Malmesbury, Wilts., William of, see [William].
Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor, comparison of, with Alfred, [200].
Marinus, Pope, St. Neot said to have visited, [56-8];
grants privileges to English School at Rome, [58];
said to have sent a fragment of the True Cross to Alfred, [58].
Martia, legendary British Queen, [63].
Marton, Wilts., battle of, [92], [93], [95].
Mercia, Witenagemóts of, [13], [14];
division of, by the Danes, [24], [102];
not included in Saxonia, [38];
Alfred acquires part of, [39];
relation of, to Wessex, [85];
Danes invade, [88], [99], [100];
Welsh invade, [99];
western part of, cleared of the Danes, [104];
shire system introduced into, [121];
supplies Alfred with teachers, [136], cf. [139 n.], [169];
kings of, see [Æthelbald], [Beornred], [Berhtwulf], [Burgred], [Ceolwulf], [Offa], [Penda];
lady of, see [Æthelflæd];
ealdorman of, see [Aethelred].
Meretun, see [Marton].
Mersea, Essex, Danes retire to, [117].
Milton (King’s), Kent, Danes fortify themselves at, [113];
negotiations of Alfred with Danes at, [113], cf. [163].
Milus, Eastern Saint, [34].
Modus tenendi Parliamenti, unhistorical character of, [130 n.]
Modwenna, St., Alfred said to have been cured by, [63].
More, Sir Thomas, Hallam’s character of, [13];
imitates Boethius’ Consolatio, [179].
Mouric, king of Gwent, father of Brochmail and Fernmail, [42], [44].
Nachededorn, see [Naked-thorn].
Naked-thorn, name of a Berkshire Hundred and Manor in Domesday, [94].
Nelson, Lord, anecdote of, [163].
Neot, St., not identical with Athelstan, king of Kent, [6];
buried in Cornwall, [26], [29];
translated to Huntingdonshire, [29];
lives of, [24], [53-9], [67];
the source of baseless legends about Alfred, [24], [27], [28], [53], [54], [67];
made a son of Æthelwulf, [55], [57];
alleged devotion of Alfred to, [67], [68];
Annals of, their relation to Asser, [22].
Nero, Roman Emperor, Epistle to the Romans written under, [209].
Newminster, Winchester, Alfred plans the foundation of, [68], [129];
abbot of, see [Grimbald].
Nicholas I, Pope, dispatches pilgrims to the East, [132].
Nobis, bishop of St. Davids, expelled by Hemeid of Dyfed, [42];
dies in 873, [20];
succeeded by Llunwerth, [20], [44].
Northmen, use of the term, [87 n.], see [Danes].
Northumbria, not included in Saxonia, [38];
Danes in, [42];
relation of, to Wessex, [85];
conquered by the Danes, [88];
their occupation of, recognised at Wedmore, [105];
relations of Alfred with, [113];
share of, in the campaigns of 893 ff., [113-5], [117-8];
state of learning in, [139], [140 n.];
kings of, see [Aldfrid], [Egbert], [Oswald];
earl of, see [Siward].
Norway, called Germania by Welsh writers, [40], [41];
king of, see [Harold Hardrada].
Notker III, of St. Gallon, translates Boethius’ Consolatio into High German, [189].
Nottingham, Danes winter at, [88];
Æthelred and Alfred march against, [88].
Novis, see [Nobis].
Odda, ealdorman of Devon, defeats the Danes, [103], [104], [106].
Odo, count of Paris, king of the Western Kingdom, [41 n.]
Offa, king of the Mercians, Eadburh, daughter of, [16];
his dyke, [37];
code of, [63 n.];
Alfred made descendant of, [65];
his patronage of learning, [136].
Ohthere, a Northman, voyage of, [160].
Orosius, his universal history, [8], [157];
Alfred’s translation of, [8], [10], [110], [159-65];
relation of, to Chronicle, [146], [157-8];
to the Bede translation, [156-9];
to the Boethius translation, [159].
Osburh, first wife of Æthelwulf, and mother of Alfred, [81], [83], [84], [123];
not divorced by Æthelwulf, [84].
Oswald, St., king of the Northumbrians, his body translated from Bardney to Gloucester, [34], [35].
Oxford, interpolation in Asser relating to, [23], [24];
legends relating to, [63], [68];
English and Danes reconciled at, [67];
University of, carries on Alfred’s work, [193];
bishop of, see [Stubbs, William].
Paris, description of, by Asser, [18];
count of, see [Odo].
Parker, Matthew, archbishop of Canterbury, interpolates the text of Asser, [24].
Paul I, Pope, sends a horologe to Pippin the Short, [131].
Pavia, Eadburh of Wessex, a mendicant at, [16].
Penda, king of the Mercians, attacks the East Angles, [66].
Persia, SS. Milus and Senneus martyred in, [34];
king of, sends a clock to Charles the Great, [131 n.]
Petrarch, his treatise De Contemptu Mundi, [178 n.]
Philip, tetrarch of Ituraea, his accessibility to suitors, [125].
Pilgrimages, passion for, in ninth century, [71].
Pippin, father of Charles the Great, Paul I sends a horologe to, [131].
Pippin, son of Charles the Great, unmarried, [17 n.]
Plegmund, archbishop of Canterbury, [127], [139];
attends the conference of Chelsea, [111];
letter of Fulk of Rheims to, [128];
a Mercian, [136];
helps Alfred with the Pastoral Care, [138], [143 n.]
Psalter, Alfred’s fondness for, [16], [140], [153];
said to have translated part of, [147-9].
Reading, Berks., battles of, [93], [98];
Danes abandon, [99].
Relics, passion for, in ninth century, [71], [144-5].
Repton, Derbyshire, Danes winter at, and destroy monastery of, [100].
Rheims, dép. Marne, archbishop of, see [Fulk].
Rhys, father of Howel, king of Glewissig, [19], [42], [44].
Richard I, king of England, character of, by Stubbs, [2].
Rochester, Kent, besieged by the Danes, and relieved by Alfred, [107], [108];
captured Danish ships brought to, [115].
Roger of Wendover, [25];
uses a life of St. Neot, [54];
his mistakes and confusions, [65], [76 n.]
Rome, Werthryth goes to, [13];
Howel ap Rhys dies at, [19], [44];
English School at, see [Saxones];
St. Neot visits, [56];
visits of Alfred to, [70-6];
Æthelwulf’s visit to, [74-6];
intellectual poverty of, [71];
pilgrimages to, [71];
attacks of the Saracens on, [77];
Leonine suburb of, [77];
Burgred dies at, [98 n.], [100], cf. [199];
Alfred sends missions and alms to, [12], [99], [134-5];
three ‘Scots’ go to, [132];
dangers of a pilgrimage to, [134].
Rotri Mawr, king of North Wales, slain in 877, [19], [43];
sons of, [9], [42];
Anaraut, son of, [42];
avenged, [43].
Roughthorn Farm, possibly marked the site of battle of Ashdown, [94].
Rudolf, count of Upper Burgundy, king of the Middle Kingdom, [41 n.]
Rudolf, abbot of St. Bertin’s, [137].
St. Bertin’s, Flanders, Grimbald, a monk of, [137];
Fulk and Rudolf, abbots of, [137];
attacks of Count Baldwin on, [137].
St. Davids, Pembrokeshire, Alfred’s protection desired for, [19], [42];
Asser returns to, [21];
Hemeid persecutes, [42];
bishops of, see [Asser], [Llunwerth], [Nobis].
St. Omer, dép. Pas-de-Calais, France, St. Winnoc’s body translated to, and from, [35 n.]
Saracens, ravages of, [77];
power of, in Italy and the East, [132-4];
good police of, [134].
Saxones, use of term by Asser, [37-9];
school of, at Rome, [39], [58];
burnt, [76];
restored by Æthelwulf, [76].
Saxonia, meaning of, in Asser, [37], cf. [18], [85].
Saxons, the Old or Continental, invaded by the Danes, [40];
4,500 of, massacred by Charles the Great, [201].
Scots, see [Ireland].
Seals, use of, in England, [176 n.]
Secundarius, meaning of title, [40], [89-91].
Seine, R., Danes retire to, [118].
Senneus, Eastern saint, [34].
Sergius II, Pope, ravages of Saracens under, [77].
Severn, R., Danes march up, [116];
march to, [118].
Severus, wall of, [158-9], [161 n.]
Shaftesbury, Wilts., one of Alfred’s ‘burgs,’ [129 n.];
monastery of, founded by Alfred, [68], [128].
Sherborne, possible division of diocese of, [20], [21 n.];
bishops of, see [Aldhelm], [Asser], [Heahmund], [Wulfsige].
Shire-system, not invented by Alfred, [6], cf. [121].
Shoebury, Essex, Danes fortify themselves at, [115], [117].
Sicily, conquered by Saracens, [77].
Sigbert, ex-king of the East Angles, leads his subjects against Penda, [66].
Simeon of Durham, relation of, to Asser, [23], [31], [32], [34], [64];
double recension of part of, [31], [32], [61], [62].
Simon de Montfort, experiment of representation tried by, [210].
Sithiu, see [St. Omer].
Siward, earl of Northumbria, anecdote of, [61].
Somerset, men of, rally to Alfred, [102];
ealdormen of, see [Æthelnoth], [Eanwulf].
Southwick, Hants, priory of, formerly owned Cotton MS. Otho, B. xi, [168 n.]
Spain, ravages of Danes in, [77].
Stour, R., Essex, wikings defeated at mouth of, [64], [108].
Stubbs, William, Lord Bishop of Oxford, his character as an historian and view of history, [1-3];
his hopefulness, [3];
loss to the Church by his death, [3-4].
Suetonius, his life of Augustus copied by Einhard, [10].
Swale, R., Kent, Danes enter, [113].
Swanage, Dorset, Danish fleet wrecked off, [101].
Tanistry, institution of, [89].
Teudyr ab Elised, king of Brecheiniog, father of Helised ap Teudyr, [42], [44].
Thames, R., Danes driven across, [114];
march up, [115], [116];
draw their ships up, [117].
Thanes, increase of, under Alfred, [111], [112].
Thanet, Kent, Danes winter in, [87].
Theodoric, the Ostrogoth, his treatment of Boethius, [178-9].
Theodosius, patriarch of Jerusalem, [34 n.], [133].
Thomas, St., the Apostle, see [India].
Thorney, island on the Hertfordshire Colne, Danes blockaded in, [114-5].
Titus, Roman Emperor, anecdote of, [161];
St. Louis compared to, [161 n.]
Tolius, mythical monk of Croyland, [66].
Torksey, Lincs, Danes winter at, [100].
Trajan, Roman Emperor, mediaeval legend of, [209].
Tyne, R., Egbert, king of district north of, [88];
Danes winter on, [100].
Ubba, Danish chief, defeated at Kenny Castle, [104].
Verberie, France, dép. Oise, Æthelwulf marries Judith at, [78].
Verden, Hanover, Charles the Great executes 4,500 Saxons at, [201 n.]
Victoria, queen of England, comparison of, with Alfred, [200], [210];
funeral sermon on, [207-13].
Wales, Danes retire to, [117];
kings of North, see [Anaraut], [Rotri].
Wallingford, Berks., Caesar fights a battle near, [158].
Wanating, see [Wantage].
Wantage, Berks., Alfred born at, [22], [70].
Wardour, Wilts., Alfred at, [125].
Wareham, Dorset, Danes occupy, and evacuate, [100], [101].
Wedmore, Somerset, Guthrum’s chrism-loosing at, [103].
Welsh, act in concert with the Danes, [99], cf. [43];
princes of, submit to Alfred, see [Alfred];
co-operate against the Danes, [116].
Wendover, Bucks, Roger of, see [Roger].
Werebert, bishop of Leicester, [137 n.]
Werferth, bishop of Worcester, [127];
robbed of woods at Woodchester, [14];
his heroism, [53];
called St. Werferth, [53], [67];
friendship of, with Æthelnoth, [106];
a Mercian, [136], [169];
translation of Gregory’s Dialogues ascribed to, [142], [169];
Boethius translation wrongly assigned to, [185 n.]
Werthryth, widow of Cered, [13];
disposes of her land to Cuthwulf, [13];
her title-deeds carried off by the Danes, [13].
Werwulf, Mercian priest, chaplain to Alfred, [136].
Wessex, relations of, to other kingdoms, [85];
cleared of the Danes, [104];
Danes ravage coasts of, [118];
kings of, see [Æthelbald], [Æthelberht], [Æthelred], [Æthelwulf], [Alfred], [Athelstan], [Beorhtric], [Cuthred], [Edgar], [Edmund], [Edward], [Egbert];
bishop of, see [Birinus].
Wight, Isle of, naval engagement off, [119].
William I, king of England, owns the site of the battle of Ashdown, [94];
one of the creators of England’s greatness, [210].
William of Malmesbury, his confusions and mistakes, [7];
his account of Alfred, [62], [151];
had special sources for Athelstan’s reign, [62];
relation of, to Asser and Chron., [62];
his assertion that Alfred translated part of the Psalter, [147-50];
librarian of Malmesbury, [150];
his account of Alfred’s Boethius translation, [188-9].
Willibald, St., pilgrimage of, to Jerusalem, [134 n.]
Wilton, Wilts., battle of, [98], [99].
Wilts., men of, rally to Alfred, [102];
ealdorman of, see [Æthelhelm].
Wimborne, Dorset, Æthelred interred at, [98].
Winchester, Æthelwulf said to have been bishop of, [7];
Asser taken ill at, [21];
captured by Danes, [79], [87];
New Minster at, see [Newminster];
connexion of Chronicle with, [147], [151];
and of Domesday with, [151];
Alfred buried at, [198];
bishops of, see [Ælfheah, I and II], [Æthelwold].
Winnoc, St., his body translated from Wormhoult to St. Omer, and thence to Bergues, [35 n.]
Woodchester, Gloucestershire, bishop Werferth robbed of woods at, [14].
Worcester, fortified by Æthelred and Æthelflæd, [111];
bishop of, see [Werferth];
Florence of, see [Florence].
Wormhoult, dép. Nord, France, St. Winnoc’s body translated from, [35 n.]
Wrekin, the, Shropshire, Danes in the district of, [75].
Wulfsige, bishop of Sherborne, a copy of the Pastoral Care addressed to, [20];
succeeded by Asser, [20 n.]
Wulfstan, voyage of, [160].
York, Danes at, [92];
Æthelnoth attacks the Danes at, [117 n.]

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