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| 656 | | Abon Alderman (A. D. 664) | | [40] |
| 710 | | Acca Bishop of Hexham | | [56] |
| 733 | | expelled | | [60] |
| 737 | | dies | | [60] |
| 785 | | Adrian 1st, Pope, sends to England | | [71] |
| 794 | | dies | | [73] |
| 675 | | Adrian, Legate, in England (A. D. 680) | | [48] |
| 897 | | Æbba killed | | [114] |
| 1007 | | Ædric Alderman of Mercia | | [163] |
| 1009 | | favours the Danes | | [165] |
| 1015 | | murders Sigeferth and Morcær | | [175] |
| 1015 | | deserts to Cnut | | [176] |
| 1016 | | his treachery towards Edmund | | [179] |
| 1017 | | receives the government of Mercia from Cnut | | [181] |
| 1017 | | killed | | [181] |
| 1017 | | Ædwig, Ætheling, banished by Cnut | | [182] |
| 933 | | Ædwine, Prince, drowned | | [131] |
| 1002 | | Æfic, High Sheriff, murdered | | [158] |
| 650 | | Ægelbyrht, or Æthelbryht, Bp. of Wessex | | [33] |
| 660 | | leaves England | | [42] |
| 1058 | | Ægelric Bishop of Chichester | | [205] |
| 1070 | | excommunicates Hereward | | [216] |
| 1069 | | Ægelric (abdicated) Bp. of Durham, arrested | | [211] |
| 1072 | | dies | | [226] |
| 1077 | | Ægelwig, Abbot of Evesham, dies | | [230] |
| 1069 | | Ægelwin, Bishop of Durham, outlawed | | [211] |
| 1071 | | joins Morker at Ely | | [225] |
| 1071 | | dies | | [226] |
| 603 | | Ægthan, King of Scots, defeated | | [24] |
| 1006 | | Ælfelm, Alderman, killed | | [161] |
| 961 | | Ælfgar, Edgar’s kinsman, dies | | [138] |
| 993 | | Ælfgar, son of Ælfric, blinded | | [152] |
| 1048 | | Ælfgar, son of Leofric, receives Harold’s Earldom | | [199], [204] |
| 1055 | | outlawed and joins Griffin | | [204] |
| 1057 | | succeeds to Leofric’s Earldom | | [205] |
| 1002 | | Ælfgiva Emma, Ethelred’s Queen, the daughter of Richard Earl of Normandy, comes to England | | [158] |
| 1013 | | takes refuge in Normandy | | [172] |
| 1017 | | marries Cnut | | [182] |
| 1036 | | Regent of Wessex | | [186] |
| 1037 | | expelled | | [187] |
| 1042 | | her treasures seized by Edward | | [190] |
| 1052 | | dies | | [200] |
| 985 | | Ælfheah Bishop of Winchester | | [131] |
| 951 | | dies | | [136] |
| 984 | | Ælfeah St. Bishop of Winchester | | [149] |
| 993 | | his counsel to Æthelred | | [152] |
| 994 | | Ælfeah St. conducts Anlaf to Æthelred | | [153] |
| 1006 | | Archbishop of Canterbury | | [160] |
| 1012 | | martyred | | [170] |
| 1023 | | relics of, removed to Canterbury | | [184] |
| 963 | | Ælfhere, Alderman of Mercia (A. D. 972) | | [142] |
| 975 | | expels the monks | | [147] |
| 983 | | dies | | [149] |
| 1012 | | Ælfhun, Bishop of Durham, buries the body of St. Ælfheah | | [170] |
| 1013 | | sent abroad with Æthelred’s sons | | [172] |
| 792 | | Ælfled wife of Æthelred | | [73] |
| 1088 | | Ælfred, Monk, confined | | [222] |
| 634 | | Ælfric, the father of Osric | | [30] |
| 983 | | Ælfric, Alderman of Mercia | | [149] |
| 985 | | banished | | [149] |
| 992 | } | | { | [151] |
| 1003 | } | his treachery | { | [159] |
| 994 | | Ælfric Archbishop of Canterbury | | [152] |
| 997 | | goes to Rome | | [154] |
| 1005 | | dies | | [160] |
| 1016 | | Ælfric, Alderman, killed | | [180] |
| 1023 | | Ælfric, Archbishop of York | | [184] |
| 1038 | | Ælfric, Bishop of East Anglia, dies | | [187] |
| 963 | | Ælfsige, or Ælfsi, Abbot of Peterborough (A. D. 1006) | | [143] |
| 1013 | | in Normandy with Queen Emma | | [173] |
| 1041 | | dies | | [189] |
| 1032 | | Ælfsige, Bishop of Winchester, dies | | [186] |
| 963 | | Ælfstan, Bishop, of London, witness to Edgar’s grant (A. D. 972) | | [142] |
| 992 | | commands Æthelred’s fleet | | [151] |
| 1044 | | Ælfstan, Abbot of St. Augustine’s, dies | | [191] |
| 925 | | Ælfweard, son of King Edward, dies | | [130] |
| 679 | | Ælfwine, the brother of Eeferth, killed | | [49] |
| 1032 | | Ælfwin Bishop of Winchester | | [186] |
| 1045 | | dies | | [191] |
| 1046 | | Ælwine, Abbot, sent to St. Remy | | [193] |
| 1011 | | Ælfword, Sheriff, taken | | [168] |
| 656 | | Ælhmund, Alderman (A. D. 664) | | [40] |
| 477 | | Ælla arrives in Britain | | [13] |
| 490 | | takes Andredes-ceaster | | [14] |
| 560 | | succeeds Ida in Northumberland | | [20] |
| 588 | | dies | | [22] |
| 827 | | his power noted | | [81] |
| 867 | | Ælla, usurper of Northumberland, killed | | [90] |
| 1011 | | Ælmær, Abbot, betrays Canterbury | | [168] |
| 1016 | | Ælmær the Darling | | [178] |
| 455 | | Æsc reigns with his father Hengest | | [12] |
| 457 | } | | | |
| 466 | } | his battles | | [13] |
| 473 | } | | | |
| 488 | | sole King of Kent | | [14] |
| 992 | | Æscwig Bishop of Dorchester | | [151] |
| 674 | | Æscwine King of Wessex | | [44] |
| 675 | | fights with Wulfere | | [45] |
| 676 | | dies | | [49] |
| 778 | | Æthebald | | [69] |
| 716 | | Æthelbald (or Æthelwold) King of Mercia | | [57] |
| 733 | | takes Somerton | | [60] |
| 737 | | lays waste Northumberland | | [60] |
| 743 | | fights with the Welsh | | [61] |
| 752 | | defeated by Cuthred | | [62] |
| 755 | | killed | | [65] |
| 851 | | Æthelbald, Prince, son of Æthelwulf, fights with the Danes | | [85] |
| 854 | | succeeds to the kingdom of Wessex | | [16], [88] |
| 860 | | dies | | [88] |
| 656 | | Æthelbold (A. D. 664) | | [40] |
| 552 | | Æthelberht (Æthelbriht or Ægelberht) born | | [20] |
| 560 | | King of Kent | | [20] |
| 568 | | defeated by Ceawlin | | [21] |
| 616 | | dies | | [26] |
| | his dominion | | [81] |
| 766 | | Æthelberht Archbishop of York | | [67] |
| 780 | | dies | | [70] |
| 776 | | Æthelberht Bishop of Whitehorn | | [69] |
| 797 | | dies | | [76] |
| 854 | | Æthelbryht, King of Kent, Essex, & Sussex | | [88] |
| 860 | | King of Wessex | | [16], [88] |
| 1055 | | Æthelbryht’s St. monastery burnt | | [205] |
| 748 | | Æthelbyrht King of Kent | | [62] |
| 760 | | dies | | [66] |
| 792 | | Æthelbyrht King of East Anglia, beheaded | | [73] |
| 633 | | Æthelburg, Edwin’s widow, takes refuge in Kent | | [30] |
| 722 | | Æthelburh Queen demolishes Taunton | | [58] |
| 673 | | Ætheldryth St. founds Ely Monastery | | [44] |
| 679 | | dies | | [49] |
| 963 | | relics of at Ely | | [139] |
| 897 | | Æthelere, Frisian, killed | | [114] |
| 593 | | Æthelferth, or Æthelfrith, King of Northumberland | | [23] |
| 603 | | defeats Ægthan | | [24] |
| 607 | | defeats the Britons | | [25] |
| 617 | | killed | | [27] |
| 897 | | Æthelferth Alfred’s herdsman killed | | [114] |
| 913 | | Æthelfled, Lady of Mercia, builds fenced towns | | [120] |
| 916 | | takes Brecknock | | [121] |
| 918 | | Derby | | [123] |
| 920 | | Leicester | | [124] |
| 922 | | dies | | [129] |
| 964 | | Æthelgar, Abbot of the new monastery, Winchester | | [144] |
| 988 | | Archbishop of Canterbury | | [150] |
| 728 | | Æthelheard King of Wessex | | [16], [58] |
| 741 | | dies | | [61] |
| 790 | | Æthelheard (or Athelard) Archbishop of Canterbury | | [72] |
| 796 | | holds a synod | | [75] |
| 799 | | goes to Rome | | [76] |
| 803 | | dies | | [78] |
| 794 | | Æthelheard, Alderman, dies | | [74] |
| 852 | | Æthelheard, Alderman | | [86] |
| 837 | | Æthelhelm, Duke, killed | | [84] |
| 887 | | Æthelhelm, Alderman, carries alms to Rome | | [102] |
| 655 | | Æthelhere, brother of Anna, killed | | [34] |
| 750 | | Æthelhun, Alderman | | [62] |
| 894 | | Æthelm, Alderman of Wiltshire | | [109] |
| 898 | | dies | | [115] |
| 1013 | | Æthelmer, Alderman, submits to Swegn | | [172] |
| 800 | | Æthelmund, Alderman, killed | | [77] |
| 894 | | Æthelnoth, Alderman | | [109] |
| 1022 | | Æthelnoth (or Ægelnoth) Archbishop of Canterbury | | [183] |
| 1023 | | removes the relics of St. Ælfeah | | [184] |
| 1023 | | dies | | [187] |
| 664 | | Æthelred brother of Wulfhere at the consecration of Medeshamstede | | [36] |
| 675 | | King of Mercia | | [45] |
| 676 | | lays waste Kent | | [49] |
| 680 | | confirms Wulfhere’s grant | | [47] |
| 695 | | loses his Queen | | [55] |
| 704 | | becomes a monk | | [55] |
| 716 | | buried at Bardney | | [57] |
| 774 | | Æthelred King of Northumberland | | [68] |
| 778 | | deposed | | [69] |
| 790 | | regains the throne | | [72] |
| 792 | | marries Ælflæd | | [73] |
| 794 | | killed | | [73] |
| 978 | | Æthelred King of England | | [148] |
| 986 | | lays waste the diocese of Rochester | | [149] |
| 992 | | Æthelred raises a fleet | | [151] |
| 993 | | makes peace with Anlaf | | [152] |
| 1000 | | lays waste Cumberland | | [156] |
| 1002 | | makes peace with the Danes | | [158] |
| 1002 | | massacres the Danes | | [158] |
| 1011 | | sues for peace | | [168] |
| 1013 | | besieged in London | | [171] |
| 1013 | | goes abroad | | [172] |
| 1014 | | recalled | | [174] |
| 1014 | | defeats the Danes in Lindsey | | [174] |
| 1016 | | dies | | [178] |
| 588 | | Æthelric King of Northumberland | | [22] |
| 1038 | | Æthelric, Bishop of Sussex, dies | | [187] |
| 1016 | | Æthelsige Alderman | | [180] |
| 1016 | | Æthelsige, Abbot of Abingdon | | [181] |
| 1018 | | dies | | [182] |
| 1061 | | Æthelsige, Abbot of St. Augustine’s | | [206] |
| 836 | | Æthelstan, King of Kent, Essex, and Sussex | | [83] |
| 851 | | defeats the Danes | | [85] |
| 883 | | Æthelstan, Alderman, sent to Rome | | [99] |
| 925 | | Æthelstan King | | [130] |
| 927 | | expels Guthfrith | | [130] |
| 934 | | invades Scotland | | [131] |
| 938 | | defeats Anlaf and Constantine | | [131] |
| 941 | | dies | | [134] |
| 1010 | | Æthelstan, Etheldred’s son in law, killed | | [166] |
| 1043 | | Æthelstan Abbot of Abingdon | | [190] |
| 1046 | | dies | | [191] |
| 888 | | Æthelswith, Queen, dies | | [103] |
| 661 | | Æthelwald, King of Sussex, receives Wight | | [42] |
| 828 | | Æthelwald, Bishop of Litchfield, dies | | [81] |
| 901 | | Æthelwald, Prince, revolts and defeated | | [115] |
| 904 | | invades England | | [116] |
| 905 | | killed | | [117] |
| 994 | | Æthelward, Alderman | | [153] |
| 1016 | | Æthelward, son of Æthelsig, killed | | [180] |
| 1001 | | Æthelweard, High Sheriff, killed | | [156] |
| 963 | | Æthelwin, Alderman (A. D. 972) | | [142] |
| 992 | | dies | | [151] |
| 1018 | | Æthelwin Abbot of Abingdon | | [182] |
| 737 | | Æthelwold, Bishop of Hexham, dies | | [60] |
| 888 | | Æthelwold, Alderman, dies | | [103] |
| 1017 | | Æthelword, son of Æthelmer, killed | | [181] |
| 1020 | | Æthelword, Alderman, outlawed | | [182] |
| 836 | | Æthelwulf King of Wessex | | [83] |
| 840 | } | battles of, with the Danes | { | [84] |
| 851 | } | | { | [85] |
| 853 | | conquers North Wales | | [86] |
| 854 | | grants the tithe of his lands to the church | | [87] |
| 854 | | goes to Rome | | [87] |
| 854 | | marries Judith (A. D. 855) | | [87] |
| 854 | | dies (A. D. 857) | | [87] |
| 860 | } | Æthelwulf, Alderman, defeats the Danes | { | [88] |
| 871 | } | | { | [91] |
| 871 | | killed | | [92] |
| 866 | | Æthered King of Wessex | | [89] |
| 868 | | Æthered, King of Wessex, aids Burhred | | [90] |
| 871 | | battles of, with the Danes | | [91], [92] |
| 871 | | dies | | [93] |
| 870 | | Æthered Archbishop of Canterbury | | [91] |
| 888 | | dies | | [103] |
| 886 | | Æthered, Alderman of Mercia, Governor of London | | [101] |
| 894 | | godfather to a son of Hastings | | [108] |
| 894 | | besieges the Danes at Bultington | | [109] |
| 912 | | dies | | [120] |
| 901 | | Æthered, Alderman of Devon, dies | | [116] |
| 1034 | | Ætheric, Bishop of Dorchester, dies | | [186] |
| 680 | | Agatho, Pope, rescript of | | [45] |
| 911 | | Agmund, Hold, killed | | [120] |
| 651 | | Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, dies | | [33] |
| 1070 | | Ailnod, Abbot of Glastonbury, deposed (A. D. 1077) | | [219] |
| 283 | | Alban St. martyred | | [8] |
| | relics of, removed to Denmark (A. D. 1080) | | [242] |
| 1116 | | Alban’s St. monastery consecrated | | [284] |
| 780 | | Alchmund, Bishop of Hexham, dies | | [70] |
| 788 | | Aldberht, Abbot, dies | | [72] |
| 709 | | Aldhelm, Bishop of Westwood, dies | | [56] |
| 727 | | Aldulf Bishop of Rochester | | [58] |
| 731 | | consecrates Archbishop Tatwine | | [59] |
| 731 | | Aldwine Bishop of Litchfield | | [59] |
| 1127 | | Alein Fergan, Earl of Britanny and Richmond (A. D. 1084-1119) | | [301] |
| 114 | | Alexander 1st, Pope, decree of | | [6] |
| 1070 | | Alexander 2d, Pope, decides for the supremacy of Canterbury (A. D. 1071) | | [213], [217] |
| 1107 | | Alexander King of Scotland | | [278] |
| 1124 | | dies | | [297] |
| 1123 | | Alexander Bishop of Lincoln | | [295] |
| 1125 | | goes to Rome | | [300] |
| 1130 | | at the consecration of Christ Church | | [309] |
| 1137 | | imprisoned by Stephen | | [314] |
| 853 | | Alfred, or Ælfred, sent to Rome | | [86] |
| 854 | | consecrated as King, by Leo (A. D. 857) | | [88] |
| 871 | | defeated with Æthered | | [91] |
| 871 | | King of Wessex | | [93] |
| 875 | | defeats the Danes at sea | | [95] |
| 876 | | makes peace with the Danes | | [95] |
| 878 | | driven by the Danes to Athelney | | [97] |
| 878 | | defeats the Danes, and is godfather to Godrun | | [98] |
| 883 | | sends alms to Rome and India | | [99] |
| 888 | | to Rome | | [103] |
| 885 | | delivers Rochester | | [100] |
| 886 | | repairs London | | [101] |
| 894 | | defeats the Danes at Farnham | | [106] |
| 894 | | in the west | | [109], [110] |
| 896 | | blocks up the Lea | | [112] |
| 897 | | long ships of, defeat the Danes | | [114] |
| 901 | | dies | | [115] |
| 907 | | Alfred, Sheriff of Bath, dies | | [118] |
| 799 | | Alfun, Bishop of Dunwich, dies | | [76] |
| 778 | | Alfwold, or Alwold, King of Northumberland | | [69] |
| 780 | | sends to Rome | | [70] |
| 789 | | killed | | [72] |
| 852 | | Alhhim Bishop (of Worcester?) | | [86] |
| 765 | | Alhred King of Northumberland | | [67] |
| 774 | | deposed | | [68] |
| 798 | | Alric killed | | [76] |
| 1123 | | Amalri, or Hamalri (Amaury 4th) Earl of Evreux, at war with Henry 1st | | [295] |
| 1124 | | defeated | | [296] |
| 1130 | | Andrew St. monastery of, at Rochester, consecrated | | [309] |
| 477 | | Andred, forest of | | [13] |
| 490 | | Andredes-cester besieged | | [14] |
| 449 | | Angles arrive in Britain | | [12] |
| 653 | | Angles, Mid, converted | | [33] |
| 636 | | Anglia, East, converted | | [31] |
| 823 | | submits to Egbryht | | [80] |
| 836 | | receives a Danish army | | [89] |
| 890 | | colonized by Godrun | | [103] |
| 905 | | laid waste by Edward | | [117] |
| 1000 | | Anglesey plundered | | [156] |
| | Anjou, Earls of—see [Fulk 5th], [Geoffrey], [Henry] | | |
| 911 | | Anlaf, the Black, killed | | [119] |
| 938 | | Anlaf, King, defeated by Æthelstan | | [132] |
| 942 | | dies | | [135] |
| 944 | | Anlaf, King of Northumberland, expelled | | [135] |
| 949 | | returns | | [136] |
| 952 | | expelled | | [136] |
| 654 | | Anna, King of East Anglia, killed | | [33] |
| 1093 | | Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury | | [225], [252] |
| 1095 | | receives a pall | | [260] |
| 1097 | | leaves England | | [263] |
| 1100 | | recalled | | [268] |
| 1103 | | goes to Rome | | [272] |
| 1109 | | dies | | [278] |
| 1125 | | laws of, sanctioned | | [299] |
| 1115 | | Anselm, an Abbot of Rome, in England | | [284] |
| 1123 | | Anselm, Abbot of St. Edmund’s Bury, goes to Rome | | [294] |
| 1089 | | Anthony Prior of St. Augustine’s | | [225] |
| 875 | | Anwind, a Danish King | | [95] |
| 1070 | | Arnulf, Count of Flanders, and killed | | [217] |
| 1041 | | Arnwi Abbot of Peterborough | | [189] |
| 1052 | | resigns | | [203] |
| 1102 | | Arundel castle besieged by Henry 1st | | [270] |
| 1016 | | Assandun battle of | | [180] |
| 1020 | | church built at | | [183] |
| 910 | | Asser, Bishop of Sherborn, dies | | [119] |
| 1121 | | Athelis married to Henry 1st | | [289] |
| 961 | | Athelmod, Priest, dies | | [138] |
| 884 | | Athelwold, Bishop, dies | | [99] |
| 963 | | Athelwold Bishop of Winchester | | [139] |
| | repairs Ely and Medeshamstede | | [139] |
| 984 | | dies | | [149] |
| 903 | | Athulf, Alderman, dies | | [116] |
| 972 | | Athulf Bishop | | [142] |
| 1130 | | Audoenus Bishop of Evreux | | [309] |
| 597 | | Augustin St. arrives in Britain | | [24] |
| 601 | | receives a pall from Gregory | | [24] |
| 604 | | consecrates Bishops | | [24] |
| 607 | | prediction of, verified | | [25] |
| 1070 | | Augustine’s St. monks, rebellion of (A. D. 1087) | | [221] |
| | B | | |
| 871 | | Bagsæc, a Danish King, killed | | [92] |
| 924 | | Bakewell built | | [130] |
| 1037 | | Baldwin 5th, Earl of Flanders, receives Ælfgiva | | [187] |
| 1046 | | receives Earl Swegn | | [194] |
| 1064 | | Earl Tostig | | [208] |
| 1070 | | Baldwin 6th, Earl of Flanders, dies | | [217] |
| 1111 | | Baldwin 7th, Earl of Flanders | | [280] |
| 1117 | | invades Normandy | | [285] |
| 1118 | | mortally wounded | | [286] |
| 1119 | | dies | | [288] |
| 1098 | | Baldwin, Abbot of St. Edmund’s, dies | | [265] |
| 1135 | | Baldwin de Redvers rebels | | [313] |
| 791 | | Baldwulf Bishop of Whitehorn | | [72] |
| 823 | | Balred, King of Kent, deposed | | [80] |
| 547 | | Bamborough built by Ida | | [19] |
| 993 | | pillaged | | [152] |
| 1095 | | besieged and taken | | [258], [260] |
| 1124 | | Barley, high price of | | [297] |
| 669 | | Basse, a Priest, founds Reculver monastery | | [44] |
| 577 | | Bath taken by Cuthwin | | [22] |
| 973 | | also called Acemannes-ceaster | | [145] |
| 1088 | | plundered | | [245] |
| 1087 | | Battel Abbey founded (A. D. 1086) | | [239] |
| 1094 | | consecrated | | [255] |
| 734 | | Bede dies | | [60] |
| 571 | | Bedford, battle near | | [22] |
| 919 | | fortified by Edward | | [124] |
| 921 | | garrison of defeats the Danes | | [126] |
| 1016 | | Bedfordshire laid waste by Canute | | [177] |
| 482 | | Benedict St. miracles of | | [13] |
| 509 | | dies | | [17] |
| 596 | | monastery of, destroyed | | [23] |
| 1087 | | order of, prevalent in England | | [239] |
| 1022 | | Benedict 9th, Pope, consecrates Æthelnoth Archbishop of Canterbury | | [183] |
| 1058 | | Benedict 10th, Pope | | [205] |
| 1059 | | expelled | | [205] |
| 911 | | Benesing, Hold, killed | | [119] |
| 894 | | Benfleet fortress | | [107], [108] |
| 888 | | Beocca, Alderman, sent to Rome | | [103] |
| 775 | | Beonne, Abbot of Medeshamstede, lease of | | [68] |
| 710 | | Beorhtfryth, Alderman, fights with the Picts | | [56] |
| 851 | | Beorhtulf, King of Mercia, defeated | | [85] |
| 897 | | Beorhtulf, Alderman of Essex, dies | | [113] |
| 690 | | Beorhtwald, or Brihtwald, Archbishop of Canterbury | | [52] |
| 693 | | Beorthwald, or Brihtwald, consecrated | | [53] |
| 731 | | dies | | [59] |
| 780 | | Beorn, Alderman, burnt | | [70] |
| 1046 | | Beorn, Earl, murdered | | [194] |
| 887 | | Beorngar, or Berenger, King of Lombardy | | [102] |
| 890 | | Beornhelm, Alderman, sent to Rome | | [103] |
| 802 | | Beornmod Bishop of Rochester | | [77] |
| 905 | | Beornoth Prince | | [118] |
| 755 | | Beornred, King of Mercia, and deposed | | [65] |
| 823 | | Beornwulf, King of Mercia, slain | | [80] |
| 897 | | Beornwulf, Sheriff of Winchester, dies | | [113] |
| 684 | | Berht, or Briht, Alderman, invades the Scots | | [50] |
| 699 | | killed | | [55] |
| 1088 | | Berkeley, Lordship of, laid waste | | [245] |
| 1123 | | Bernard, Bishop of St. David’s, goes to Rome | | [294] |
| 1130 | | assists at the consecration of Christ Church | | [309] |
| 634 | | Bernicia, kingdom of | | [30], [49] |
| 501 | | Bieda arrives in Britain | | [17] |
| 671 | | Birds, battle of the | | [44] |
| 628 | | Blecca, first Christian convert in Lindsey | | [29] |
| 685 | | Blood, rain of | | [51] |
| 1098 | } | | { | [265] |
| 1100 | } | springs of, in Berkshire | { | [266] |
| 1103 | } | | { | [272] |
| 678 | | Bosa, Bishop of York | | [49] |
| 654 | | Botulf, founds a monastery at Boston | | [33] |
| 785 | | Botwine, Abbot of Rippon, dies | | [71] |
| | Boulogne, Earls of—see [Eustace 2d], and [Eustace 3d] | | |
| 876 | | Bracelet, oath on the | | [95] |
| 1066 | | Brand, Abbot of Peterborough | | [210] |
| 1069 | | dies | | [212] |
| 916 | | Brecknock taken | | [121] |
| 759 | | Bregowine Archbishop of Canterbury | | [66] |
| 762 | | dies | | [66] |
| 1127 | | Brian, son of Alein Fergan | | [301] |
| 912 | | Bridgenorth built | | [120] |
| 1102 | | besieged | | [271] |
| 1038 | | Brihteh, Bishop of Worcester, dies | | [187] |
| 693 | | Brihtelm dies | | [53] |
| 970 | | Brihtnoth Abbot of Ely | | [139] |
| 972 | | Brihtnoth Alderman | | [142] |
| 993 | | killed | | [150], [152] |
| 1009 | | Brihtric accuses Wulfnoth | | [163] |
| 1009 | | fails in his expedition against Wulfnoth | | [164] |
| 1017 | | Brihtric killed | | [181] |
| 1006 | | Brithwold, Bishop of Sherborn | | [160] |
| 1043 | | dies | | [190] |
| 1087 | | Bristol plundered | | [244] |
| | Britain, description of | | [1] |
| | conquered by Julius Cæsar | | [2] |
| 46 | | by Claudius | | [5] |
| 189 | | Britain conquered by Severus | | [7] |
| 189 | | Britons converted to Christianity | | [7] |
| 443 | | apply to the Angles for aid against the Picts | | [11] |
| 607 | | Brockmail, a British Alderman, defeated | | [25] |
| 656 | | Brordan (A. D. 664) | | [40] |
| 775 | | Brordan, Alderman, grant of | | [68] |
| 938 | | Brunanburh, battle of | | [131] |
| 918 | | Buckingham fortified | | [123] |
| 1016 | | Buckinghamshire ravaged | | [177] |
| 822 | | Burhelm, Alderman, killed | | [80] |
| 853 | | Burhred, King of Mercia, reduces North Wales, and marries Æthelwulf’s daughter | | [86] |
| 874 | | expelled by the Danes | | [94] |
| 1066 | | Burton Abbey held by Leofric | | [210] |
| 685 | | Butter turned into blood | | [51] |
| 1131 | | scarcity of | | [310] |
| 784 | | Byrhtric King of Wessex | | [71] |
| 787 | | marries Eadburga | | [71] |
| 800 | | dies | | [77] |
| 905 | | Byrhtsig, son of Prince Beornoth, killed | | [117] |
| 634 | | Byrinus, Bishop, converts the West Saxons | | [30] |
| 635 | | baptizes Cynegils | | [31] |
| 639 | | and Cuthred | | [31] |
| 932 | | Byrnstan Bishop of Winchester | | [131] |
| 934 | | dies | | [131] |
| | C | | |
| 1097 | | Cadugan leader of the Welch Rebels | | [263] |
| 1087 | | Caen, St. Stephen’s Monastery at | | [238] |
| 1119 | | Calixtus 2d, Pope | | [288] |
| 1124 | | dies | | [298] |
| 1010 | | Cambridge burnt | | [166] |
| 1010 | | Cambridgeshire men, valour of | | [166] |
| 1010 | | Cambridgeshire ravaged | | [168] |
| 918 | | Camaleac, Bishop of Landaff, taken prisoner | | [122] |
| 754 | | Canterbury burnt | | [62] |
| 851 | | taken | | [85] |
| 1011 | | betrayed to the Danes | | [168] |
| 1013 | | Canute, or Cnut, the son of Swegn, in England | | [171] |
| 1014 | | declared King by the fleet | | [173] |
| 1014 | | deserts the men of Lindsey | | [174] |
| 1015 | | reduces Wessex | | [176] |
| 1016 | | reduces Northumberland | | [177] |
| 1016 | | besieges London | | [178] |
| 1016 | | defeats Edmund | | [180] |
| 1016 | | treats with Edmund | | [181] |
| 1017 | | sole King of England | | [181] |
| 1017 | | marries Ælfgiva | | [182] |
| 1019 | | goes to Denmark | | [182] |
| 1020 | | returns | | [182] |
| 1025 | | fights with the Swedes | | [184] |
| 1028 | | conquers Norway | | [184] |
| 1031 | | returns to England, goes to Rome, and invades Scotland | | [185] |
| 1036 | | dies | | [186] |
| 1064 | | Canute, or Cnut, laws of, renewed | | [208] |
| 1075 | | Canute, or Cnut, Prince of Denmark, invades England | | [228] |
| 1085 | | King of Denmark designs of, against England | | [232] |
| 1087 | | murdered | | [242] |
| 1119 | | stiled a saint | | [288] |
| 1092 | | Carlisle repaired | | [252] |
| 897 | } | | { | [113] |
| 986 | } | | { | [150] |
| 1041 | } | | { | [189] |
| 1054 | } | | { | [204] |
| 1086 | } | Cattle, pestilence among | { | [235] |
| 1103 | } | | { | [272] |
| 1111 | } | | { | [280] |
| 1125 | } | | { | [300] |
| 1131 | } | | { | [310] |
| 664 | | Ceadda Bishop of York | | [43] |
| 633 | | Ceadwalla ravages Northumberland | | [30] |
| 686 | | Kent and Wight | | [51] |
| 687 | | Kent | | [52] |
| 688 | | dies at Rome | | [52] |
| 560 | | Ceawlin King of Wessex | | [20] |
| 568 | | fights with Æthelbryht | | [21] |
| 591 | | deposed | | [23] |
| 593 | | dies | | [23] |
| 827 | | power of, noted | | [81] |
| 429 | | Celestine 1st, Pope, sends Palladius to the Scotch | | [9] |
| 661 | | Cenbyrht, King, dies | | [42] |
| 704 | | Cenred King of Mercia | | [55] |
| 709 | | goes to Rome | | [56] |
| 716 | | Cenred King of Northumberland | | [57] |
| 676 | | Centwine King of Wessex | | [49] |
| 681 | | defeats the Britons | | [50] |
| 643 | | Cenwalh King of Wessex | | [32] |
| 645 | | expelled | | [33] |
| 646 | | baptized | | [33] |
| 648 | | grant of | | [33] |
| 652 | } | | | |
| 658 | } | battles of | | [33], [42] |
| 661 | } | | | |
| 672 | | dies | | [44] |
| 796 | | Cenwulf, King of Mercia, ravages Kent | | [75] |
| 819 | | dies | | [79] |
| 905 | | Cenwulf, Abbot, killed | | [117] |
| 805 | | Ceolburh, Abbess, dies | | [78] |
| 697 | | Ceolmund, Alderman of Kent, dies | | [113] |
| 830 | | Ceolnoth Archbishop of Canterbury | | [82] |
| 870 | | dies | | [91] |
| 709 | | Ceolred King of Mercia | | [56] |
| 715 | | fights with Ina | | [57] |
| 716 | | dies | | [57] |
| 852 | | Ceolred Abbot of Medeshamstede | | [85] |
| 591 | | Ceolric King of Wessex | | [23] |
| 597 | | Ceolwulf King of Wessex | | [23] |
| 607 | | fights with the South Saxons | | [25] |
| 794 | | Ceolwulf, Bishop (of Dorchester?) flees | | [74] |
| 796 | | dies | | [74] |
| 819 | | Ceolwulf King of Mercia | | [79] |
| 821 | | deposed | | [80] |
| 874 | | Ceolwulf, Thane, made King of Mercia | | [94] |
| 877 | | retains a share of Mercia | | [96] |
| 851 | | Ceorl, Alderman, defeats the Danes | | [84] |
| 495 | | Cerdic arrives in Britain | | [14] |
| 519 | | conquers Wessex | | [15], [18] |
| 534 | | dies | | [18] |
| 778 | } | | { | [70] |
| 788 | } | Charles (Charlemagne), wars of | { | [72] |
| 800 | | Emperor | | [77] |
| 812 | | dies | | [79] |
| 854 | | Charles (the Bald), King of France, receives Æthelwulf | | [87] |
| 885 | | Charles (Carloman) killed | | [100] |
| 885 | | Charles (the Fat), King of France | | [101] |
| 887 | | deposed and dies | | [102] |
| 1119 | | Charles Earl of Flanders | | [288] |
| 1120 | | makes peace with Henry I. | | [288] |
| 1127 | | killed | | [302] |
| 1131 | | Cheese scarce | | [310] |
| 1110 | | Chertsey, monastery at, founded | | [280] |
| 894 | | Chester occupied by the Danish army | | [110] |
| 907 | | repaired | | [118] |
| 1031 | | Christ Church, Canterbury, grant to | | [185] |
| 1066 | | burnt | | [210] |
| 1071 | | rebuilt by Landfranc | | [239] |
| 1130 | | restored and consecrated by William Corboyl | | [308] |
| 1070 | | Christien, a Danish Bishop, comes to Ely | | [214] |
| 806 | } | Circles round the sun | { | [78] |
| 1104 | } | | { | [273] |
| 477 | | Cissa son of Ælla | | [13] |
| 46 | | Claudius conquers Britain | | [5] |
| 922 | | Cledauc, a Welch King, submits to Edward | | [120] |
| 92 | | Clemens 1st, Pope dies | | [6] |
| 964 | | Clergy expelled from the Diocese of Winchester | | [139], [143] |
| 1001 | | Clifton burnt | | [157] |
| 568 | | Cnebba, Alderman, killed | | [21] |
| 1001 | | Cola, Sheriff, defeated | | [157] |
| 921 | | Colchester taken by the Danes | | [127] |
| 921 | | repaired | | [128] |
| 679 | | Coldingham burnt | | [49] |
| 664 | | Colman, Bishop of Lindisfarne, leaves England | | [43] |
| 560 | | Columba Abbot of Iona | | [21] |
| 1070 | | Columban a seditious monk (A. D. 1087) | | [222] |
| 678 | } | | { | [49] |
| 729 | } | | { | [59] |
| 891 | } | | { | [104] |
| 905 | } | Comet | { | [118] |
| 975 | } | | { | [146] |
| 995 | } | | { | [154] |
| 1066 | } | | { | [210] |
| 1097 | } | | { | [263] |
| 1140 | | Constantia, daughter of Philip 1st, marries Prince Eustace (A. D. 1153) | | [322] |
| 938 | | Constantine defeated by Æthelstan | | [133] |
| | Corn injured—see [Crops] | | |
| 1039 | } | | { | [188] |
| 1043 | } | Corn, high price of | { | [190] |
| 1124 | } | | { | [297] |
| 1137 | } | | { | [316] |
| 254 | | Cornelius, Pope | | [8] |
| 813 | } | Cornwall laid waste | { | [79] |
| 997 | } | | { | [154] |
| 1066 | | Coventry, Abbey of, founded (A. D. 1054) | | [210] |
| 1086 | | Cristina, Princess, takes the veil | | [235] |
| 1041 | } | | { | [189] |
| 1043 | } | | { | [190] |
| 1086 | } | | { | [235] |
| 1089 | } | | { | [248] |
| 1095 | } | | { | [261] |
| 1097 | } | | { | [264] |
| 1098 | } | | { | [265] |
| 1103 | } | | { | [272] |
| 1105 | } | Crops, failure of | { | [274] |
| 1110 | } | | { | |
| 1111 | } | | { | [280] |
| 1116 | } | | { | [284] |
| 1117 | } | | { | [286] |
| 1124 | } | | { | [297] |
| 1125 | } | | { | [300] |
| 1137 | } | | { | [316] |
| } | | { | [317] |
| 1112 | | Crops good | | [281] |
| 199 | | Cross Holy, found | | [7] |
| 883 | | Cross Holy, a piece of the, sent to Alfred | | [99] |
| 774 | | Cross seen in the Heavens | | [68] |
| 806 | | in the moon | | [78] |
| 1066 | | Croyland Abbey annexed to Peterborough | | [210] |
| 1096 | } | Crusades | { | [261] |
| 1128 | } | | { | [306] |
| 593 | | Cryda King of Mercia, dies | | [23] |
| 755 | | Cumbran, Alderman | | [63] |
| 945 | | Cumberland reduced by Edmund | | [135] |
| 1000 | | laid waste by Ethelred | | [156] |
| 568 | | Cutha, or Cuthwulf, defeats Æthelbyrht | | [21] |
| 571 | | killed | | [22] |
| 656 | | Cuthbald Abbot of Medeshamstede (673) | | [42] |
| 685 | | Cuthberht Bishop of Hexham | | [50] |
| 741 | | Cuthberht, or Cuthbryht, Archbishop of Canterbury | | [61] |
| 758 | | dies | | [65] |
| 775 | | Cuthbriht Alderman | | [68] |
| | Cuthburh daughter of Cenred | | [16] |
| 718 | | founds Winborn Monastery | | [57] |
| 639 | | Cuthred King baptized | | [31] |
| 648 | | receives lands from Cenwalh | | [33] |
| 661 | | dies | | [42] |
| 741 | | Cuthred King of Wessex | | [61] |
| 743 | } | fights with the Welsh | { | [61] |
| 753 | } | | { | [62] |
| 752 | | defeats Æthelbald | | [62] |
| 754 | | dies | | [62] |
| 805 | | Cuthred King of Kent dies | | [78] |
| | Cuthwin father of Cuthwulf or Cutha | | [16], [59] |
| 577 | | defeats the Britons | | [22] |
| | Cwenburh the daughter of Cenred | | [16], [57] |
| 593 | | Cwichelm, the brother of Ceawlin, dies | | [23] |
| 614 | | Cwichelm, son of Cynegils, defeats the Britons | | [25] |
| 626 | | being King of Wessex with his father, sends an assassin to murder Edwin | | [28] |
| 628 | | fights with Penda | | [29] |
| 636 | | baptized and dies | | [31] |
| | Cycle of Easter | | [18] |
| | of Dionysius | | [27] |
| 477 | | Cymen arrives in England | | [13] |
| 799 | | Cynebryht, Bishop of Wessex, goes to Rome | | [76] |
| 611 | | Cynegils, King of Wessex | | [15], [25] |
| 614 | | fights with the Britons | | [25] |
| 628 | | with Penda | | [29] |
| 635 | | baptized | | [31] |
| 754 | | Cyneheard, Bishop of Winchester | | [62] |
| 784 | | Cyneheard Prince, killed | | [64], [71] |
| 964 | | Cyneweard, Abbot of Milton | | [144] |
| 975 | | dies, Bishop of Somerset | | [146] |
| 721 | | Cynewulf Prince, killed | | [68] |
| 737 | | Cynewulf, Bishop of Lindisfarne | | [60] |
| 780 | | resigns his See | | [70] |
| 782 | | dies | | [70] |
| 755 | | Cynewulf deposes Sigebryht, and made King of Wessex | | [63] |
| 775 | | fights with Offa | | [68] |
| 784 | | Cynewulf killed | | [63], [71] |
| 778 | | Cynewulf, High-sheriff, killed | | [69] |
| 495 | | Cynric arrives in Britain | | [14] |
| 495 | } | | { | [14] |
| 508 | } | | { | [17] |
| 519 | } | his battles with the Britons | { | [18] |
| 527 | } | | { | |
| 530 | } | | { | |
| 556 | } | | { | [20] |
| 534 | | succeeds to the kingdom of Wessex | | [19] |
| 748 | | Cynric, Prince, killed | | [62] |
| | D | | |
| | Dælreodi | | [2], [24] |
| 715 | | Dagobert 2d, dies | | [57] |
| 787 | | Danes arrive in England | | [71] |
| 793 | | plunder Lindisfarne | | [73] |
| 794 | | their ships wrecked | | [74] |
| 832 | | ravage Sheppey | | [82] |
| 833 | | defeat Egbryht | | [82] |
| 835 | | defeated by Egbryght | | [83] |
| 837-851 | | harrass England | | [84] |
| 851 | | defeated by Æthelwulf | | [85] |
| 851 | | winter in the Thanet | | [85] |
| 854 | | winter in Sheppey | | [87] |
| 860 | | take Winchester, and defeated by Osric | | [88] |
| 865 | | winter in Thanet and ravage Kent | | [89] |
| 866 | | winter in East Anglia | | [89] |
| 867 | | conquer Northumberland | | [90] |
| 868 | | Danes treat with Mercia | | [90] |
| 869 | | at York | | [90] |
| 870 | | defeat St. Edmund and conquer East Anglia | | [91] |
| 871 | | their battles with Æthered | | [91], [92] |
| 871 | | with Alfred | | [93] |
| 872 | | winter at London | | [94] |
| 873 | | in Lindsey | | [94] |
| 874 | | conquer Mercia | | [94] |
| 875 | | in Northumberland and at Cambridge | | [95] |
| 875 | | defeated by Alfred | | [95] |
| 876 | | make peace with Alfred | | [95] |
| 877 | | again defeated and make peace | | [96] |
| 878 | | reduce Wessex | | [96] |
| 878 | | defeated by Alfred | | [97] |
| 879 | | colonize East Anglia | | [98] |
| 879 | | one division of, departs to France | | [98] |
| 885 | | besiege Rochester | | [99] |
| 885 | | defeat Alfred’s fleet | | [100] |
| 893 | | from France, arrive at Limine-mutha | | [105] |
| 893-897 | | their battles with Alfred and war in England | | [105]-[15] |
| 905 | | of East Anglia defeated by Edward | | [117] |
| 907 | | of East Anglia and Northumberland make a treaty with Edward | | [118] |
| 911 | | of Northumberland break the peace and defeated | | [119] |
| 917 | | ravage Mercia | | [122] |
| 918 | | Danes invade Wales and defeated | | [122] |
| 918 | | depart to Ireland | | [123] |
| 921 | | of Mercia and East Anglia ravage England | | [125]-[7] |
| 921 | | submit to Edward | | [127], [128] |
| 991 | | first receive tribute | | [150] |
| 992 | | defeat the East Anglian and London ships | | [151] |
| 993 | | defeat Byrhtnoth near Malden | | [152] |
| 997-999 | | annoy the southern coast | | [154]-[6] |
| 1000 | | sail to Normandy | | [156] |
| 1001 | | ravage the south and west of England | | [157] |
| 1002 | | receive tribute from Ethelred | | [158] |
| 1002 | | massacred by order of Ethelred | | [158] |
| 1003 | | take Exeter | | [158] |
| 1004 | | under Swegn, invade East Anglia | | [159] |
| 1005 | | fleet of returns to Denmark | | [159] |
| 1006 | | again invade England and winter in Wight | | [161] |
| 1007 | | receive tribute | | [163] |
| 1009 | | plunder many parts of England, and winter on the Thames | | [165] |
| 1010 | | defeat Ulfcytel in East Anglia | | [166] |
| 1010 | | burn Northampton | | [167] |
| 1011 | | take Canterbury | | [168] |
| 1012 | | receive tribute | | [169] |
| 1012 | | 45 ships of the, join Ethelred | | [170] |
| 1013 | | under Swegn, conquer the north of England, but repulsed at London | | [171] |
| 1013 | | Danes masters of England | | [172] |
| 1014 | | choose Cnut as King on the death of Swegn | | [173] |
| 1016 | | ravage England | | [176], [177] |
| 1016 | | battles of the, with Edmund | | [178], [179], [180] |
| 1018 | | and English united under Cnut | | [182] |
| 709 | } | | { | [59] |
| 731 | } | Daniel Bishop of Winchester | { | [56] |
| 721 | | goes to Rome | | [58] |
| 744 | | resigns his see | | [61] |
| 745 | | dies | | [61] |
| 1124 | | David King of Scotland | | [297] |
| 1126 | | visits Henry 1st | | [301] |
| 1135 | | invades England | | [313] |
| 1135 | | makes peace with Stephen | | [314] |
| 1138 | | invades England, and defeated at the battle of the Standard | | [319] |
| 634 | } | | { | [30] |
| 644 | } | Deira, kingdom of | { | [32] |
| 678 | } | | { | [49] |
| 909 | | Denulf, Bishop of Winchester, dies | | [118] |
| 918 | | Derby taken by Æthelflæd | | [123] |
| 823 | | Devon, men of, fight with the Britons | | [80] |
| 851 | } | | { | [85] |
| 878 | } | | { | [97] |
| 894 | } | Devonshire attacked by the Danes | { | [107] |
| 897 | } | | { | [113] |
| 997 | } | | { | [154] |
| 1001 | } | | { | [157] |
| 665 | | Deusdedit, Archbishop of Canterbury | | [35] |
| 664 | | dies | | [43] |
| 1092 | | Dolfin, Warden of Cumberland, expelled | | [252] |
| 1085 | | Doomsday Book | | [234], [240] |
| 1070 | | Donald, Bishop (1081) | | [220] |
| 1070 | | Donatus, Archbishop of Dublin (1085) | | [220] |
| 998 | } | Dorsetshire invaded by the Danes | { | [154] |
| 1015 | } | | { | [175] |
| 1048 | | Dover, riot at | | [196] |
| 793 | | Dragons, fiery | | [73] |
| 891 | | Dubslane, an Irish pilgrim | | [104] |
| 883 | | Dudda, Alderman, killed | | [82] |
| 1046 | | Dudoc, Bishop of Wells, sent to the Synod of St. Remy | | [192] |
| 1061 | | dies | | [207] |
| 1093 | | Dufenal, King of Scotland, and deposed | | [254] |
| 1094 | | regains the throne | | [257] |
| 1097 | | again deposed | | [264] |
| 741 | | Dun, Bishop of Rochester | | [61] |
| 1093 | | Duncan, King of Scotland | | [254] |
| 1094 | | murdered | | [257] |
| 925 | | Dunstan, St. born | | [130] |
| 955 | | banished | | [137] |
| 957 | | recalled, and receives the Bishopricks of Worcester and London | | [138] |
| 961 | | Archbishop of Canterbury | | [138] |
| 978 | | escapes at Calne | | [148] |
| 988 | | dies | | [150] |
| | E | | |
| 616 | | Eadbald, King of Kent | | [26] |
| | renounces Christianity, and reconverted by Laurentius | | [26] |
| 640 | | dies | | [31] |
| 794 | | Eadbald, Bishop, leaves Northumberland | | [74] |
| 725 | | Eadberht, King of Kent | | [58] |
| 748 | | dies | | [62] |
| 664 | | Eadberht Alderman | | [40] |
| 738 | | Eadbryht, or Eadberht, King of Northumberland | | [60] |
| 757 | | becomes a monk | | [65] |
| 768 | | dies | | [67] |
| 794 | | Eadbryht Præn King of Kent | | [74] |
| 796 | | taken prisoner, and loses his eyes | | [75] |
| 787 | | Eadburhge, marries King Beorhtric | | [71] |
| 819 | | Eadbyrht, Alderman, dies | | [79] |
| 1043 | | Eadgith, or Editha, married to Edward | | [190] |
| 1048 | | deprived of her treasures | | [199] |
| 1052 | | regains them | | [203] |
| 1075 | | dies | | [228] |
| 678 | | Eadhed 2d, Bishop of Sidnacester, in Lincolnshire | | [49] |
| 1012 | | Eadnoth 1st, Bishop of Dorchester, removes the body of St. Ælfeah | | [170] |
| 1016 | | killed at Assandun | | [180] |
| 1046 | | Eadnoth 2d, Bishop of Dorchester, dies | | [194] |
| 1001 | | Eadsige, Sheriff, defeated | | [157] |
| 1038 | | Eadsige Archbishop of Canterbury | | [187] |
| 1040 | | goes to Rome | | [188] |
| 1042 | | consecrates Edward | | [189] |
| 1043 | | Eadsige resigns his Archbishoprick | | [190] |
| 1047 | | dies | | [195] |
| 897 | | Eadulf, Thane, dies | | [113] |
| 924 | | Eadulf, sons of, submit to Edward | | [130] |
| 905 | | Eadwald, the son of Acca, killed | | [117] |
| 1010 | | Eadwig, the brother of Æfic, killed | | [166] |
| 1017 | | Eadwig, the King of the Peasants, banished | | [182] |
| 984 | | Eadwin Abbot of Abingdon | | [149] |
| 989 | | dies | | [150] |
| 905 | | Eadwold, Thane, killed | | [117] |
| 851 | | Ealchere, or Ealhere, Alderman, defeats the Danes | | [85] |
| 853 | | killed | | [86] |
| 823 | } | Ealchstan Bishop of Sherborn defeats the Danes | { | [80] |
| 845 | } | | { | [84] |
| 867 | | dies | | [90] |
| 722 | | Ealdbryht, or Ealbyrht, Prince, exiled | | [58] |
| 725 | | killed | | [58] |
| 685 | | Ealdferth, or Aldfrith, King of Northumberland | | [50] |
| 705 | | dies | | [55] |
| 718 | | Cuthburh, his Queen | | [57] |
| 1047 | | Ealdred Bishop of Worcester sent to Rome | | [195] |
| 1060 | | Archbishop of York | | [206] |
| 1066 | | consecrates William as King | | [209] |
| 727 | | Ealdulf Bishop of Rochester | | [58] |
| 778 | | Ealdulf, Sheriff, killed | | [69] |
| 972 | | Ealdulf, or Aldulf, Abbot of Peterborough (972) | | [140] |
| 972 | | enriches the monastery | | [143] |
| 992 | | Archbishop of York | | [151] |
| 1002 | | dies | | [158] |
| 897 | | Ealheard, Bishop of Dorchester, dies | | [113] |
| 766 | | Ealhmund Bishop of Hexham | | [67] |
| 784 | | Ealhmund King of Kent | | [71] |
| 903 | | Ealhswitha Alfred’s Queen | | [116] |
| 905 | | dies | | [118] |
| 780 | | Eadbald 1st, Archbishop of York | | [70] |
| 796 | | dies | | [74] |
| 796 | | Eanbald 2d, Archbishop of York | | [74] |
| 797 | | receives a pall | | [76] |
| 806 | | Eanberht, Bishop of Hexham, dies | | [78] |
| 626 | | Eanfled, the daughter of Edwin, born | | [28] |
| 617 | | Eanfrid, the son of Æthelfrith, banished | | [27] |
| 634 | | King of Bernicia | | [30] |
| 845 | | Eanwulf, Alderman, defeats the Danes | | [84] |
| 795 | | Eardwulf King of Northumberland | | [74] |
| 806 | | deposed | | [78] |
| 1089 | } | | { | [248] |
| 1119 | } | | { | [287] |
| 1122 | } | Earthquakes (in England) | { | [291] |
| 1129 | } | | { | [308] |
| 1117 | | (in Lombardy) | | [286] |
| 449 | | East Anglia, by whom peopled | | [12] |
| 636 | | converted to Christianity | | [31] |
| 823 | | submits to Egbriht | | [80] |
| 838 | | harrassed by the Danes | | [84] |
| 870 | | conquered by the Danes | | [91] |
| 879 | | colonized by Danes | | [98] |
| 905 | | laid waste by Edward | | [117] |
| 907 | | makes peace with Edward | | [118] |
| 921 | | submits to Edward | | [128] |
| 1004 | } | invaded by the Danes | { | [159] |
| 1010 | } | | { | [166] |
| 678 | | Eata Bishop of Hexham | | [49] |
| 778 | | Ecga killed | | [69] |
| 664 | | Ecbyrht or Ecbriht King of Kent | | [43] |
| 673 | | dies | | [44] |
| 716 | | Ecbyrht St. reforms the monks of Iona | | [57] |
| 729 | | dies | | [59] |
| 734 | | Ecgbriht Archbishop of York | | [60] |
| 766 | | dies | | [67] |
| 800 | | Ecgbyrht, or Ecgbryht, King of Wessex | | [77] |
| 813 | | ravages Cornwall | | [79] |
| 823-827 | | conquests of, in England | | [80], [81] |
| 828 | | reduces Wales | | [82] |
| 833 | | defeated by the Danes | | [82] |
| 835 | | defeats the Danes | | [83] |
| 836 | | dies | | [83] |
| 803 | | Egberht Bishop of Lindisfarne | | [78] |
| 916 | | Egbriht, Abbot, killed | | [121] |
| 670 | | Ecgferth, or Ecverth, King of Northumberland | | [44] |
| 678 | | expels Archbishop Wilfrid | | [49] |
| 684 | | sends an army against the Scots | | [50] |
| 685 | | Ecgferth, or Ecverth, killed | | [50] |
| 794 | | Ecgferth’s monastery (Monk Wearmouth) plundered | | [74] |
| 785 | | Ecgverth consecrated King | | [71] |
| 794 | | succeeds to the kingdom of Mercia, and dies | | [74] |
| 897 | | Ecgulf, Alfred’s Horse Thane, dies | | [113] |
| 538 | } | | { | [19] |
| 540 | } | | { | [19] |
| 664 | } | | { | [43] |
| 733 | } | | { | [60] |
| 807 | } | Eclipses of the Sun | { | [78] |
| 879 | } | | { | [98] |
| 1135 | } | | { | [312] |
| 1140 | } | | { | [319] |
| 795 | } | | { | [74] |
| 800 | } | | { | [77] |
| 802 | } | | { | [77] |
| 806 | } | | { | [78] |
| 827 | } | of the Moon | { | [81] |
| 904 | } | | { | [116] |
| 1110 | } | | { | [279] |
| 1117 | } | | { | [285] |
| 1121 | } | | { | [289] |
| 956 | | Edgar King of Mercia | | [137] |
| 957 | | of Wessex | | [137] |
| 957 | | recalls St. Dunstan | | [138] |
| 963 | | charters Medeshamstede (A. D. 972) | | [140] |
| 969 | | lays waste Thanet | | [144] |
| 973 | | consecrated as King | | [144] |
| 975 | | dies | | [145] |
| 1066 | | Edgar Ætheling, presumptive heir of Edward | | [210] |
| 1067 | | takes refuge in Scotland | | [211] |
| 1068 | | invades Northumberland | | [211] |
| 1069 | | plunders York | | [212] |
| 1074 | | received into favour by William | | [227] |
| 1086 | | departs from William | | [235] |
| 1091 | | deprived of his estates by William 2d, takes refuge in Scotland | | [250] |
| 1091 | | reconciled to William 2d | | [251] |
| 1097 | | aids Edgar the son of Malcolm | | [264] |
| 1106 | | taken prisoner by Henry 1st | | [276] |
| 1097 | | Edgar King of Scotland | | [264] |
| 1107 | | dies | | [278] |
| 870 | | Edmund St. King of East Anglia, killed | | [91] |
| 941 | | Edmund King | | [134] |
| 942 | } | | | |
| 944 | } | conquests of | | [135] |
| 945 | } | | | |
| 946 | | dies | | [135] |
| 971 | | Edmund, the son of Edgar, dies | | [144] |
| 1015 | | Edmund, son of Ethelred, marriage of | | [175] |
| 1016 | | Edmund lays waste the western counties | | [177] |
| 1016 | | chosen King | | [178] |
| 1016 | | battles of, with the Danes | | [178], [179], [180] |
| 1016 | | makes peace with Cnut and dies | | [181] |
| 946 | | Edred King | | [136] |
| 954 | | possesses himself of Northumberland | | [136] |
| 955 | | dies | | [136] |
| 901 | | Edward (the elder) King | | [115] |
| 905 | | lays waste East Anglia | | [117] |
| 907 | | makes peace with the East Angles and Northumbrians | | [118] |
| 911 | | defeats the Danes | | [119] |
| 912 | | takes London and Oxford into his own government | | [120] |
| 913 | } | | { | [120], [121] |
| 918 | } | | { | [123] |
| 919 | } | | { | [124] |
| 920 | } | fortifies his towns | { | [125] |
| 921 | } | | { | [127], [128] |
| 922 | } | | { | [128] |
| 923 | } | | { | [129], [130] |
| 921 | | receives the submission of East Anglia | | [128] |
| 922 | | of North Wales and Mercia | | [129] |
| 924 | | of the King of Scots | | [130] |
| 925 | | dies | | [130] |
| 975 | | Edward (the Martyr) King | | [146] |
| 978 | | murdered | | [148] |
| 980 | | body of, removed to Shaftesbury | | [149] |
| 1013 | | Edward (the Confessor), the son of Æthelred, sent abroad | | [172] |
| 1014 | | sent to England | | [173] |
| 1040 | | arrives from Normandy | | [188] |
| 1041 | | chosen King | | [189] |
| 1042 | | consecrated | | [189] |
| 1043 | | marries Emma, daughter of Godwin | | [190] |
| 1048 | | banishes Earl Godwin and dismisses his Queen | | [199] |
| 1052 | | restores their estates | | [203] |
| 1066 | | dies | | [208] |
| 1057 | | Edward, Prince, the son of Edmund, dies | | [205] |
| 1093 | | Edward, Prince, the son of Malcolm, killed | | [253] |
| 617 | | Edwin King of Northumberland | | [27] |
| 626 | | escapes assassination, and conquers Wessex | | [28] |
| 627 | | baptized | | [29] |
| 633 | | killed | | [30] |
| 1064 | | Edwin, son of Ælfgar, joins Morker | | [207] |
| 1066 | | defeats Tostig | | [208] |
| 1066 | | is defeated by Harold, King of Norway | | [209] |
| 1071 | | flees from William 1st, and slain | | [225] |
| 955 | | Edwy King | | [136] |
| 957 | | dies | | [137] |
| 686 | | Egbalth Abbot of Peterborough | | [51] |
| 1140 | | Eleanor, Queen of France, marries Henry Earl of Anjou (A. D. 1152) | | [322] |
| 189 | | Eleutherius Pope | | [7] |
| 1070 | | Elfrin, Prior of St. Augustine’s, imprisoned (A. D. 1087) | | [221] |
| 1099 | | Elias, Earl of Maine, expelled | | [265] |
| 1110 | | dies | | [280] |
| 673 | | Ely, monastery at, founded | | [44] |
| 963 | | abbey at, founded by Bishop Athelwold (A. D. 970) | | [139] |
| 1070 | | Danes at | | [214], [216] |
| 1018 | | English and Danes united under Cnut | | [182] |
| 1066 | | English the, redeem their lands from William 1st | | [209] |
| 1096 | | Eoda, Earl of Champaigne, loses his lands | | [261] |
| 905 | | Eohric, a Danish King, killed | | [117] |
| 626 | | Eomer attempts to murder Edwin | | [28] |
| 661 | | Eoppa preaches Christianity in Wight | | [43] |
| 632 | | Eorpwald baptized | | [30] |
| 911 | | Eowils, a Danish King, killed | | [119] |
| 640 | | Ercenberht, (or Arcenbryht) King of Kent | | [31] |
| 664 | | dies | | [43] |
| 640 | | Ercengota daughter of Ercenberht | | [31] |
| 640 | | Ermenred son of Eadbald | | [31] |
| 1107 | | Ernulf Abbot of Peterborough | | [277] |
| 1114 | | Bishop of Rochester | | [282] |
| 1123 | | assists at the installation of William Corboyl | | [294] |
| 1124 | | dies | | [297] |
| 449 | | Essex, or kingdom of the East Saxons | | [12] |
| 604 | | converted to Christianity | | [24] |
| 823 | | Essex submits to Ecbryht | | [80] |
| 913 | } | recovered from the Danes by Edward | { | [120] |
| 921 | } | | { | [128] |
| 994 | | ravaged by the Danes | | [153] |
| 1011 | | under the power of the Danes | | [168] |
| 1130 | | Everard Bishop of Norwich, at the consecration of Christ Church | | [309] |
| 1137 | | Eugenius 3d, Pope, grants certain privileges to Peterborough (A. D. 1145) | | [317] |
| 1048 | | Eustace 2d, Earl of Boulogne, his affray at Dover | | [196] |
| 1088 | | concerned in the conspiracy against William 2d | | [247] |
| 1096 | | Eustace 3d, Earl of Boulogne, goes to Jerusalem | | [262] |
| 1100 | | returns | | [268] |
| 1101 | | recovers his lands from Henry 1st | | [270] |
| 1140 | | Eustace, son of Stephen, marries Constance, the sister of Louis 7th | | [322] |
| 1140 | | dies (A. D. 1153) | | [322] |
| 877 | | Exeter taken by the Danes | | [96] |
| 894 | | besieged by the Danes | | [107] |
| 894 | | relieved by Alfred | | [109] |
| 1003 | | taken by the Danes | | [158] |
| 1135 | | besieged by Stephen | | [313] |
| | H | | |
| 1075 | | Hacon, a Danish Earl, invades England | | [228] |
| 920 | | Hælfwin deprived of the government of Mercia | | [125] |
| 1036 | | Hardacnut in Denmark at Cnut’s death | | [186] |
| 1039 | | succeeds to the kingdom of England | | [188] |
| 1041 | | dies | | [188] |
| 871 | | Hareld, a Danish Earl, killed | | [92] |
| 1036 | | Harold 1st, King of England | | [186] |
| 1039 | | Harold 1st dies | | [187] |
| 1046 | | Harold 2d, the son of Godwin, opposes his brother Swegn | | [193] |
| 1048 | | accused of treason | | [197] |
| 1048 | | outlawed and goes to Ireland | | [199] |
| 1052 | | invades England | | [201] |
| 1052 | | reconciled to Edward | | [203] |
| 1053 | | succeeds to his father’s Earldom | | [204] |
| 1063 | | conquers Wales | | [206] |
| 1064 | | negociates with Morker | | [207] |
| 1066 | | King of England | | [208] |
| 1066 | | killed at the battle of Hastings | | [209] |
| 1066 | | Harold (Hardrada) King of Norway, invades England, & killed at Stanford bridge | | [209] |
| 1076 | | Harold (Hein) King of Denmark | | [229] |
| 893 | | Hastings invades England | | [105] |
| 894 | | receives his wife and children from Alfred | | [108] |
| 805 | | Heabyrht, Alderman, dies | | [78] |
| 1045 | | Heaca Bishop of Selsey | | [191] |
| 1058 | | dies | | [205] |
| 963 | | Headda, an Abbot of Medeshamstede (A. D. 870) | | [140] |
| 871 | | Heahmund, Bishop of Sherborn, killed | | [93] |
| 898 | | Heahstan, Bishop of London, dies | | [115] |
| 871 | | Healfden, a Danish King, killed | | [92] |
| 875 | | Healfden conquers Northumberland | | [95] |
| 876 | | divides the land among his troops | | [96] |
| 911 | | Healfden, a Danish King, killed | | [119] |
| 1098 | } | | { | [265] |
| 1117 | } | | { | [286] |
| 1122 | } | Heaven the, appears on fire | { | [291] |
| 1131 | } | | { | [310] |
| 676 | | Hedda, Bishop of Winchester | | [49] |
| 703 | | dies | | [55] |
| 449 | | Hengest arrives in Britain | | [12] |
| 455-473 | | fights with the Britons | | [13] |
| 1046 | } | Henry I. King of France, at war with William Duke of Normandy | { | [192] |
| 1054 | } | | { | [204] |
| 1060 | | dies | | [206] |
| 1056 | | Henry 3d (the Black) Emperor, dies | | [205] |
| 1056 | | Henry 4th, Emperor | | [205] |
| 1106 | | dies | | [277] |
| 1106 | | Henry 5th, Emperor | | [277] |
| 1110 | | marries Matilda | | [279] |
| 1086 | | Henry, the son of William the Conqueror, knighted | | [234] |
| 1087 | | heir to his father’s treasures | | [238] |
| 1094 | | comes to England | | [256] |
| 1095 | | at war with Robert, Earl of Normandy | | [257] |
| 1100 | | King of England | | [267] |
| 1100 | | marries Matilda, daughter of Malcolm | | [268] |
| 1101 | | his war and treaty with Robert | | [269], [270] |
| 1102 | | reduces Robert Earl of Shrewsbury | | [270] |
| 1105 | | Henry invades Normandy | | [274] |
| 1106 | | again invades and conquers Normandy | | [276] |
| 1107 | | fills up the vacant sees in England | | [277] |
| 1108 | | at war with France | | [278] |
| 1110 | | gives his daughter in marriage to the Emperor Henry 5th | | [279] |
| 1111 | | in Normandy | | [280] |
| 1114 | | reduces Wales | | [281] |
| 1115 | | causes the Barons of Normandy to do homage to his son William | | [283] |
| 1119 | | defeats Louis | | [287] |
| 1120 | | makes peace with Louis | | [288] |
| 1121 | | marries Athelis of Louvain | | [289] |
| 1121 | | invades Wales | | [290] |
| 1123 | | at war with his Thanes in Normandy and with France | | [295] |
| 1124 | | his victories | | [296], [297] |
| 1126 | | returns to England | | [300] |
| 1127 | | causes the English to swear obedience to Matilda | | [301] |
| 1128 | | in Normandy | | [305] |
| 1129 | | returns to England | | [307] |
| 1130 | | goes to Normandy | | [309] |
| 1131 | | returns to England | | [310] |
| 1132 | | returns to England | | [312] |
| 1135 | | goes to Normandy | | [312] |
| 1135 | | dies | | [313] |
| 1123 | | Henry, Abbot, a Papal Legate in England | | [293] |
| 1127 | | Henry, Abbot of St. Jean d’Angely (son of William 7th, Earl of Poitou), obtains the Abbacy of Peterborough | | [302] |
| 1128 | | goes to Poitou | | [305] |
| 1130 | | returns, and promises to subject Peterborough to Cluny | | [309] |
| 1131 | | goes to Normandy | | [310] |
| 1131 | | expelled from St. Jean d’Angely | | [311] |
| 1132 | | fails in his attempt to subject Peterborough to Cluny, and deprived of the Abbacy | | [312] |
| 1129 | | Henry Bishop of Winchester | | [308] |
| 1140 | | deserts his brother Stephen | | [320] |
| 1140 | | Henry, Earl of Anjou, marries Eleanor, Queen of France (A. D. 1152) | | [322] |
| 1140 | | invades England (A. D. 1153) | | [322] |
| 1140 | | his treaty with Stephen (A. D. 1153) | | [323] |
| 1154 | | King of England | | [323] |
| 1131 | | Hens, mortality amongst | | [310] |
| 1094 | | Herbert Losange, Bishop of Thetford, deprived of his staff | | [255] |
| 838 | | Herebryht, Alderman, killed | | [84] |
| 833 | | Hereferth, Bishop of Winchester, killed | | [82] |
| 656 | | Herefrid Alderman (664) | | [40] |
| 1055 | | Hereford burnt | | [205] |
| 1043 | | Hereman Bishop of Sherborn | | [191] |
| 1047 | | Hereman sent to Rome | | [195] |
| 1077 | | dies | | [230] |
| 1070 | | Hereward plunders Peterborough | | [214] |
| 1071 | | escapes from William 1st | | [226] |
| 1070 | | Hernost, Bishop of Rochester, and dies (A. D. 1075) | | [219] |
| 710 | | Higbald killed | | [56] |
| 780 | | Higbald, Bishop of Lindisfarne | | [70] |
| 795 | | assists at the consecration of King Eardwulf | | [74] |
| 803 | | dies | | [78] |
| 785 | | Higebrybt, Archbishop of Lichfield | | [68], [71] |
| 870 | | Higwais, a Dane, kills St. Edmund | | [91] |
| 680 | | Hilda, St. dies | | [50] |
| 670 | | Hlothere, Bishop of Winchester | | [44] |
| 685 | | Hlothere, King of Kent, dies | | [51] |
| 905 | | Hold, a Danish title | | [118], [127] |
| 627 | | Honorius 1st, Pope | | [29] |
| 627 | | writes to the Scots touching Easter | | [29] |
| 634 | | sends Byrinus to England | | [30] |
| 1124 | | Honorius 2d, Pope | | [289] |
| 1129 | | dies | | [308] |
| 627 | | Honorius, Archbishop of Canterbury | | [29] |
| 654 | | dies | | [34] |
| 449 | | Horsa arrives in Britain | | [11] |
| 455 | | killed | | [12] |
| 922 | | Howel, a King of Wales, submits to Edward | | [129] |
| 918 | | Hroald, Earl, invades England and killed | | [122] |
| 887 | | Hrothulf (Rudolph) King of Burgundy | | [102] |
| 853 | | Huda, Alderman, killed | | [86] |
| 1003 | | Hugh loses Exeter | | [158] |
| 1088 | | Hugh (Grentmesnil) rebels | | [245] |
| 1094 | | Hugh (Lupus) Earl of Chester, brings Prince Henry to England | | [256] |
| 1094 | | Hugh, Earl of Shrewsbury, defeats the Welch | | [257] |
| 1098 | | killed | | [265] |
| 1123 | | Hugh of Montfort revolts | | [295] |
| 1124 | | taken, and confined at Gloucester | | [296] |
| 1124 | | Hugh, the son of Gervais, taken prisoner and confined at Rouen | | [296] |
| 1126 | | removed to Windsor | | [301] |
| 1129 | | liberated | | [306] |
| 1128 | | Hugh of the Temple proclaims a false crusade | | [306] |
| 1137 | | Hugh of Waltville surrenders certain lands to Peterborough | | [318] |
| 744 | | Hunferth, Bishop of Winchester | | [61] |
| 921 | | Huntingdon repaired | | [128] |
| 1016 | | Huntingdonshire ravaged by Cnut | | [177] |