A.

Abgar, king of Edessa, his apocryphal
letter, ii. 234.

Abingdon, H. abbot of, ordered to
excommunicate the confederated
barons by name, iii. 354; excom-
municates the London clergy and
the French invaders, 361, seq.
Abissa, a Saxon, his arrival in Bri-
tain, i. 13.

Abrincis (or Avranches), Richard de,

earl of Chester, drowned, ii. 201.
Absimarus Tiberius deposes, mutilates,
and imprisons Leontius, i. 190; is
put to death by Justinian II., 200.
Acca, bishop of Dunwich, i. 164.
Acca, a priest of Wilfrid, succeeds

him in the see of Hagustaldt, i.
205; expelled, 224.

Acca, daughter of Ella of Deira, mar-
ried to Aethelfrith of Bernicia, i.
93; becomes mother of S. Oswald,
139.

Accianus, governor of Antioch, ii. 92;
slain, 110.
Acephali, i. 19, 67, seq.
Acre, surrender of, iii. 41.
Acre, [Jacobus de Vitriaco?] bishop
of, accompanies the crusaders against
Damietta, iv. 36; baptizes the chil-
dren taken there, 60; dissatisfied
with the truce made with the
Turks, 79.

Adamnanus, abbot of Iona, renounces
his error respecting Easter, and con-
vinces the people of Ireland, i. 196;
writes on sacred topography, ib.
Adda, son of Ida, becomes king of
Bernicia, i. 81; his death, 83.
Adela, third daughter of the Con-
queror and wife of Stephen earl of
Blois, takes the veil on becoming a
widow, ii. 26.

Adrian I., pope, (read Stephen III.)
i. 237 and note; makes Lichfield an
archbishopric, 238 and note; death
of Stephen III. and accession of
Adrian I., 240; he sends a mission
to England to confirm the faith,
246; his death, 260.

Adrian II., pope, i. 298.
Adrian IV., pope, ii. 272; grants Ire-
land to Henry II., 282; makes
peace with the king of Sicily, 284;
dies, 288.
Aegelberht succeeds Birinus in the
see of Dorchester, i. 144; goes to
France, and receives the bishopric
of Paris, 157.
Aegelric, bishop of Durham, vacates
his see and retires to Peterborough,
i. 496; is imprisoned for treason to
the Conqueror, ii. 6.
Aegelwine, bishop of Durham, raises
the body of S. Oswini, i. 506; is
banished for treason to the Con-
queror, ii. 6; excommunicates the
invaders of ecclesiastical property,7,
seq.; is taken, and dies in prison, 9.
Aelfeah, bishop of Winchester, i. 391;
dies, 399, seq.; punishment of a
ribald who presumed to jest with
him, 401; his prophecy respecting
three monks, ib.

Aelfeah (abbot of Bath), made bishop
of Winchester, i. 424; baptizes An-
laf of Norway, 429; is translated

to Canterbury, 437; taken by the
Danes, 439; his martyrdom, 440;
is buried at London, ib., and trans-
lated to Canterbury by Cnut, 466.
Aelfeah, earl of Southampton, dies, i.

413.

Aelfleda, niece of king Aethelstan,
entertains him at Glastonbury, i.
387;
miraculous multiplication of

her mead, 388.
Aelfleda, daughter of Offa of Mercia,
married to Aethelred of Northum-
bria, i. 249.

Aelfred (the Great), son of Aetheluulf
of Wessex, born, i. 284; his boy-
hood, 319; piety, 320; is crowned
at Rome, 290, 318; marries Als-
witha, 299; assists Burgred against
the Danes, 300; joins his brother
Aethelred, and commands a divi-
sion of his army at Ashdown, 316;
they are victorious at Basing, but
defeated at Merton, 317; acces-
sion of Aelfred, 318; his genealogy,
ib.; his children, 321; his encou-
ragement of the arts, affability to
foreigners, and affection for his
nobility, 322, seq.; he is defeated
at Wilton, 323; invites men of
learning to his court, 324; takes a
Danish vessel, 326; pursues the
Danes to Exeter, 327; builds ships,
besieges Exeter, and gains a naval
victory, ib. 328; is expelled by
Guthrum, 329; takes refuge with a
swineherd in Athelney, 330; his
adventure with the swineherd's wife,
ib.; is encouraged personally by S.
Neot, and in a dream by S. Cuth-
bert, 331, seq.; leaves his retreat,
and re-assembles his followers, 332;
overcomes Guthrum, becomes his
sponsor, and gives him East-Anglia,
333; builds a large town, 334 and
note; gains a great victory at sea,
335; receives presents from pope
Marinus, 336; sends alms to S.
Thomas in India, ib.; gives an
asylum to Johannes Scotus, 339;
drives the Danes from before Roches-
ter, ib.; captures sixteen Danish
ships, ib.; takes London, and makes
his son-in-law, Aethelred, governor,
345; sends two eleemosinary mis-
sions to Rome, 352, 354; founds
a monastery in Athelney, and a
nunnery at Shaftesbury, 352; his
appropriation of his revenues, ib.;

his strictness with his judges, 353;
three Irish hermits presented to him,
355; he institutes hundreds and
tithings, 356; orders golden brace-
lets to be suspended on the high-
ways,357; invests Hasting's fortress
at Milton, ib.; becomes sponsor for
one of Hasting's sons, ib.; defeats
a Danish army at Farnham, ib.;
expels the Danes from Devon, 360;
orders the captured wife and sons of
Hasting to be set at liberty, ib.; is
victorious in Mercia, 361; burns a
fleet at the mouth of the Leigh,
362, seq.; appoints guardians of
the kingdom and a marine coast-
guard, 363; frustrates a piratical
descent, 365; passes the remainder
of his life in pious acts and in per-
fecting his laws, 366; dies, and is
buried at Winchester, 367.

Aelfred, bishop of Selsey, i. 409; dies,

413.

Aelfred, bishop of Sherborne, dies, i.
396.

Aelfred, son of Eadulf, is expelled

Bamborough castle by Aethelstan,
and makes his submission, i. 386.
Aelfred, son of Aethelred II., i. 427 ;
is sent for safety to Normandy, 448;
remains there during the reign of
Cnut, 462; returns, and is betrayed
to Harold, 474; is deprived of sight,
and dies at Ely, 475.

Aelfric, archbishop of Canterbury,
(translated from Abingdon abbey,)
i. 426; his death, ib.
Aelfric, archbishop of York, i. 467,
470; accuses the murderers of Ael-
fred, 478; assists at the coronation
of Eadward the Confessor, 482; his
death, 487.

Aelfric, bishop of Elmham, dies, i.
476, 483.

Aelfric, bishop of Ramsbury, i. 495.
Aelfric, earl of Mercia, (son of Elfere,)
banished, i. 424.

Aelfric, one of Aethelred's admirals,

deserts to the Danes, i. 428; his
son deprived of sight for his offence,
429.
Aelfsius, abbot of Medeshamstede,
attends queen Emma to Normandy,
i. 448.
Aelfwine, bishop of Winchester, dies,
i. 484.
Aelfwold, bishop of Crediton, i. 403,

419.

Aesc, (Osric,) son of Hengest, present
in the battle of Wypeds-Fleot, i.
36; succeeds his father in Kent,
42.

Aescwini, king of Wessex, i. 162;

his death and parentage, 167.
Aescwini, brother of Ecgfrith of North-
umbria, slain at the battle of the
Trent, i. 170; his weregild paid by
archbishop Theodore, ib.
Aescwini, a Saxon admiral, i. 428.
Aeskynges, who so called, and why,
i. 43.

Aethelbald of Mercia, his genealogy,

i. 212; takes the castle of Somer-
ton, 219; extends his dominion to
the Humber, 220; harasses Cuth-
red of Wessex, 227; they become
reconciled, and conjointly defeat
the Welch, 227, seq.; unites with
archbishop Cuthbert in holding the
council of Clovesho, 231; again
quarrels with Cuthred, and sustains
a severe defeat, 232; falls in the
battle of Seckington, 233.
Aethelbald, son of Aetheluulf of Wes-

sex, assists his father against the
Danes, i. 285; conspires against
him on account of his foreign mar-
riage, 290; is appeased by receiving
a moiety of Wessex, 291; obtains
the whole at his father's death,
294; his incest, ib., and penitence,
295; dies prematurely, and is bu-
ried at Sherborne, ib.

Aethelbald, bishop of Sherborne, i.

382.

Aethelberht, king of Kent, i. 81; ex-
tends his dominion to the Humber,
83; is defeated by Ceawlin, ib.;
his interview with S. Augustine,
97; permits him to preach, 98;
his baptism, 99; his death and
burial, 113.

Aethelberht of Kent, i. 214 and note,
224, 231; his death, 236.
Aethelberht of Kent dies, i. 261.
Aethelberht of East-Anglia, son of

Aethelred and Leofrona, i. 224;
visits Offa of Mercia to obtain one
of his daughters in marriage, 249;
murdered during the night by the
orders of the queen, ib.; his body
buried in Hereford cathedral, 251.
Aethelberht, bishop of Hagustaldt,
dies, i. 264.

Aethelberht, bishop of Whiterne, i.

242.

Aethelberht, son of Eormenred, his
martyrdom, i. 150.

Aethelberht (second son of Aetheluulf
of Wessex, i. 279, 294) becomes
king of Kent and Sussex, 294, and
of Wessex and Essex at his brother's
death, 295; his death, 297.
Aethelflaed, daughter of king Aelfred
and wife of Aethelred earl of Mer-
cia, i. 322; on becoming a widow
she retains Mercia, with the excep-
tion of London and Oxford, 375;
towns and fortresses built and re-
stored by her, 379, 380 and note,
381; takes Derby, and destroys
part of the garrison, 382 and note;
her death and burial, ib., 383.
Aethelfrith of Northumbria (at first
king of Bernicia only) marries Acca,
daughter of Ella of Deira, i. 93;
names of his seven sons, 94; seizes
Deira, and expels Eadwin, 96;
massacres the monks of Bangor,
100 and note, 104; his pride and
ambition, 110; is slain by Reod-
wald of East-Anglia, 116.
Aethelgar (or Algar, i. 403,) bishop
of Crediton, 388; his death, 403,
419.
Aethelgar, abbot of Hyde, i. 411; be-
comes bishop of Winchester, after-
wards of Selsey, and is finally trans-
lated to Canterbury, 426; his death,
ib.

Aethelgiva, daughter of Aelfred the
Great, becomes a nun, i. 322; is
made abbess of Shaftesbury by her
father, 352.

Aethelhard of Wessex succeeds his
kinsman Ini, i. 215; quells the in-
surrection of Oswald the Aetheling,
217; his death, 226.
Aethelhard, bishop of Winchester,
translated to Canterbury, i. 251;
petitions Ecgfrith of Mercia to re-
store the jurisdiction of his province,
263; obtains it from Côenuulf, ib.;
his death, 270.
Aethelheah, bishop of Sherborne, i.

318.

Aethelhelm, earl of Dorset, defeats
the Danes, but is slain through in-
discretion in the pursuit, i. 280.
Aethelhilda, daughter of Eadward the
Elder, a nun, buried at Wilton,
i. 369.
Aethelhun, a nobleman of Wessex,

rebels against Cuthred, and is se-

verely wounded, i. 231; his death,
232 and note.

Aethelm, bishop of Sherborne, his juris-
diction, i. 372.
Aethelnoth, or Agelnoth, archbishop
of Canterbury, i. 463, 470; dedi-
cates Bury S. Edmund's abbey, 471;
his death, 476.
Aethelred (third son of Aetheluulf of
Wessex, i. 279), his accession, 297;
assists Burgred against the Danes,
300; is joined by his brother Ael-
fred, 316; his piety at the battle of
Ashdown, ib.; gains a victory at
Basing, and is defeated at Merton,
317; his death and burial, 318.
Aethelred II., son of Eadgar and Al-
frida, i. 410; his person, 421; his
coronation, ib.; extorts a hundred
pounds from the bishop of Roches-
ter, 423; pays Danegeld, 424; ill-
treats his wife, and quarrels with
her father, 427; is reconciled to him
by the pope, ib.; defeats a Danish
fleet, 428; purchases the forbear-
ance of Sweyn and Anlaf, 429;
becomes Anlaf's sponsor, ib.; con-
quers the Isle of Man, 434; again
pays Danegeld, 435; orders the sons
of Eadric to be blinded for a mur-
der committed by their father, 437;
purchases a temporary peace, ib.;
builds ships, 438; pays a further
sum to the Danes, and allows them
to settle in the country, 440; orders
a simultaneous massacre of the
Danes, 444; retires to London on
the death of Sweyn, 447; sends
his family to Normandy, and goes
thither himself, ib.; is recalled,
449; defeats Cnut, 450; dies, and
is buried at S. Paul's, London,
453.

Aethelred of East-Anglia, i. 224.
Aethelred of Northumbria, i. 240;
his expulsion and death, 243.
Aethelred, son of Aethelwald Mull,

obtains the Northumbrian throne on
the expulsion of Osred, i. 248;
marries Aelfleda, daughter of Offa,
249; is slain by his subjects for
bigamy, 261.

Aethelred of Northumbria succeeds

his father Eandred, i. 281; is ex-
pelled, restored, and slain, 283.
Aethelred of South Mercia succeeds
his brother Wulfheri, i. 167; marries
Ostritha, sister of Ecgfrith of North-

umbria, ib.; fights with Ecgfrith
near the Trent, 170; becomes an
abbot, and consents to the restora-
tion of archbishop Wilfrid, 187;
his death and burial, 199.
Aethelred, archbishop of Canterbury,
i. 312; consecrates Herefrith, bi-
shop of Worcester, 324; his death,
354.
Aethelred, earl of Mercia, marries
Aethelflaed, daughter of Aelfred the
Great, i. 322; becomes sponsor for
one of Hasting's sons, 360; presents
Hasting's wife and sons as prisoners
to Aelfred, ib.; is appointed one of
the guardians of the realm, 363;
rebuilds Leicester, 373; his death,
375.

Aethelred, son of Eormenred, his mar-
tyrdom, i. 150.

Aethelred, nephew of Sweyn, murder-
ed, i. 445.

Aethelric, bishop of Selsey, i. 463;
his death, 476.

Aethelstan, natural son of Aetheluulf of
Wessex, made king of the territories
conquered by Ecgberht, i. 279 and
note; takes nine Danish ships, 283.
Aethelstan, illegitimate son of Ead-
ward the Elder, i. 368 and note;
legendary account of his birth, 389;
is crowned at Kingston, 385; gives
his sister Eadgitha to Sihtric of
Northumbria, ib. and note; obtains
that kingdom, 386; his conquests,
ib.; gives another sister to Hugh,
count of Paris, ib. and note; his
amity with Rollo, or Robert, of Nor-
mandy, 387 and note; visits Glas-
tonbury, and is entertained by his
niece Aelfleda, 387; invades Scot-
land, and receives the king's son as
a hostage, 389; forces his brother
Eadwin to sea in an open boat,
390; his penance for the crime, and
punishment of the instigator, ib.;
defeats Anlaf of Ireland, and Con-
stantine of Scotland, 392; builds
the monasteries of Middleton and
Michelney, 393; dies at Gloucester,
and is buried at Malmsbury, ib.
Aethelstan, bishop of Hereford, one of
the tutors of king Aelfred, i. 324.
Aethelstan, bishop of Hereford, dies,
i. 495.

Aethelstan, bishop of Sherborne, sent
by Ecgberht of Wessex to subdue
Kent, i. 276.

Aethelstan, bishop of Wilton, (or
Ramsbury, i. 495,) dies, 383.
Aethelstan, abbot of Ramsey, assas-
sinated, i. 483.

Aethelstan, earl, murdered at the in-

stigation of Eadric Streona, i. 437.
Aethelstan, brother-in-law of Aethel-
red II., defeated by the Danes, i.
438.

Aethelswitha, daughter of Aetheluulf
of Wessex, married to Burgred of
Mercia, i. 286; dies at Pavia,
355.

Aetheluulf (or Adulf, i. 279), son of
Ecgberht of Wessex, is sent by him
to subdue Kent, i. 276; his acces-
sion, 279; his family, ib.; distri-
bution of his kingdom, ib. and note;
is defeated by the Danes, 282; de-
feats them with the aid of his son
Aethelbald, 285; conquers the
Welch, 288; his charter to the
church, 289; goes to Rome with
his son Aelfred, whom he procures
to be crowned, 290; marries Ju-
dith, daughter of Charles le Chauve,
ib.; his subjects dissatisfied, ib.;
reconciles his son Aethelbald by
giving him a moiety of Wessex,
291; his will, 293; his death, 294;
is said to have been ordained bishop
of Winchester, 293.
Aethelwald of East-Anglia, his death,
i. 231.

Aethelwald, bishop of Lindisfarne, i.
224; his death, 226.

Aethelwald, bishop of Sherborne, i.
278, 366.

Aethelwald Mull of Northumbria, i.
234;
kills earl Oswin in battle,
236, seq.; marries Etheldreda, 236;
his death, 237.
Aethelwald, (or Aethelward, i. 384,)
youngest son of Aelfred the Great,
educated with the young nobility, i.
322; buried at Winchester, 384.
Aethelwald, cousin of Eadward the
Elder, rebels against him, and mar-
ries a nun, i. 367, seq.; flies to the
Northumbrian Danes, and becomes
their king, 368; goes to France for
aid, ib.; ravages Mercia, 369; is
slain by Eadward, 370.
Aethelwald, v. Aethelwold.
Aethelward, second son of Eadward

the Elder, i. 368; his death, 390.
Aethelward, earl, banished by Cnut,
i. 463.

Aethelwine, the officer sent by Oswiû
to kill king Oswin, i. 145.
Aethelwold, bishop of Winchester,
dies, i. 294.
Aethelwold, (a pupil of Dunstan, and
abbot of Abingdon,) made bishop
of Winchester, i. 410; gives bene-
diction to Aethelgar, abbot of Hyde,
426; his vision, 411; translates the
body of S. Swithune, 413; his death,
424.
Aethelwold, bishop of Winchester,
dies, i. 452.

Aethelwold and Hereberht rebel against
Aethelred of Northumbria, and kill
three of his generals, i. 242; they
expel Aethelred, and make Alfwold
king, 243.
Aethelwold, earl of the East-Angles,
and first husband of queen Alfrida,
i. 410.

Aethelwold, earl, conducts Anlaf to
Aethelred II., i. 429.

Affridus, king of Bernicia, i. 92.
Africa, a miracle respecting some
orthodox bishops of, i. 69.
Aganippus, king of the Franks, marries
Cordeilla, daughter of king Leir,
Pref. x; restores Leir to his king-
dom, xi.

Agapetus, pope, i. 66; deposes An-
thymus, the heretical bishop of
Constantinople, 78.

Agatha, a Hungarian princess, and

wife of Eadward Aetheling, i. 462;
is, with her family, driven to Scot-
land by a storm, ii. 2.
Agatho, pope, i. 168.

Ageric, bishop of Verdun, becomes
famous for sanctity, i. 78.
Agnellus, a Minorite, carries the pro-
posals of Henry III. to Richard,
earl marshal, iv. 282.
Agricola, a disciple of Pelagius, con-
futed by Germanus and Lupus,
Pref. xxvi.

Aidan invited from Scotland by Os-
wald of Northumbria, i. 134; made
bishop of Lindisfarne, ib.; anec-
dote of his charity, 146; consecrates
Hilda abbess at Hertesey, 171; his
death, 148.

Aidulf, a Northumbrian commander,
slain by rebels, i. 242.
Aigle, Richer de l', his fortress burnt
by Henry of Normandy, ii. 249.