[39] Mostly original.
[40] In Alfred’s will (Cart. Sax. 2. 177. 9) he refers to this as ‘Aþulfes cinges yrfegewrit’ (Stevenson).
[41] That is, for the good of his soul.
[42] Lat. manentibus.
[43] A mancus was thirty pence, one-eighth of a pound.
[44] Original.
[45] From Florence of Worcester. The Annals of St. Neots have: ‘and buried at Steyning’ (Stemrugam).
[46] This last statement is incorrect.
[47] From the Chronicle under 860. As Æthelbert was already in possession of Kent, Surrey, and Sussex, it should rather be said that he added Wessex.
[48] From the Chronicle under 860.