ld bear rule long, and he died, and his mother also. the earl of Anjou died, and his son Henry succeeded ; and the queen of France was divorced from the king, she went to the young earl Henry and he took her to , and received all Poitou with her. Then he came into land with a great army and won castles; and the king ched against him with a much larger army, howbeit they not fight, but the archbishop and wise men went between and made a treaty on these terms: that the king should ord and king while he lived, and that Henry should be after his death, and that he should consider him as his er, and the king him as his son, and that peace and conshould be between them, and in all England. The king, the earl, and the bishop, and the earls, and all the great swore to observe these and the other conditions that then made. The earl was received with much honour inchester and at London, and all did homage to him, and e to keep the peace, and it soon became a very good e, such as never was in this land. Then the king was powerful here than ever he was; and the earl went sea, and all the people loved him, because he did good ce, and made peace.

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1154. This year king Stephen died, and he was buried his wife and his son at Faversham; they had built that stery. When the king died the earl was beyond sea, no man durst do other than good for very dread of him. n he came to England he was received with much honand was consecrated king at London on the Sunday beChristmas, and he held a great court there and on the day that Martin abbat of Peterborough should have thither he sickened, and he died on the 4th before the es of January. And that day the monks chose another from among themselves. He is named William de eville, a good clerk, and a good man, and well beloved e king and of all good people: and they buried the - honourably in the church, and soon afterwards the elect and the monks went to the king at Oxford, and king gave him the abbacy, and he departed soon aftersto Peterborough, where he remained with the abbat e he came home. And the king was received at Peter.

borough with great respect, and in full procession; so he was also at Ramsey, at Thorney, and at .... and Spalding, and ....

The MS. is defective. Ramsey and Thorney are elicited from some faint traces in the Laud MS. which seem to have escaped the penetration of Gibson. The last paragraph, if Gibson's reading be correct, appears to relate to some building which the abbat and monks of Peterborough had begun about this time. See Gunton's History of Peterborough Minster, and Cont. Hug. Candid. ap. Sparke, pp. 92, 93.

INDEX.

martyr, 15.

ig (Abercorn) monastery, 20, 224.
Idorman, 324.

shop of Hexham, 129, 196, 274, 276,
13, 333, 335.

ster to king Edwin, 118.

'nod of, 342.

Alfwold, king of Northumbria, 340, 341.
Alhmund, bishop of Hexham, 339, 340.
Alla, king of Northumbria, 312–314.
Allectus, usurps authority in Britain, 11, 12.
Alric killed, 344.

Alwy, bishop of London, 405.

Alwyn, bishop of Winchester, 413, 418, 420.

n, abbat of Iona, 262-266, 287, 288. Ambrosius Aurelius, 26.

n, monk of Coldingham, 220.

e, 174, 184.

bat of Gateshead, 144.

rl, 241.

Androgeus, commander of Trinovantum, 8.
Anlaf Curran, 379.

Anlaf, king of Northumbria, 376-378.
Aulaf, son of Sihtric, 378.

, Northumberland, a royal seat, 97. Anna, king of the East Angles, 119, 138,

emperor of Rome, 307.

legate, in England, 328.

pope, 341, 342.

abbat. See Hadrian.

ing of the Scots, 61.

ng of the South Saxons, 68, 310.
urper of Northumbria, 351.
g of Kent, 310.

s, bishop of Lyons, 35, 36, 40, 53.
roans of the Britons to him, 22, 33.
bishop of Selsey, 435.

bishop, 120, 155, 156, 160, 165, 271,

25.

ishop of Lindisfarne, 112-117, 132
153, 160, 161, 320.

abbat of St. Augustine's, xxxviii,

t.) 12-15, 307.

St.) monastery, 485.

a British city, 7, 19, 20.
ing of Northumbria, 300, 339.
See Albinus.

bishop of Dunwich, 292.
-bishop of Sherborne, 267, 333.
bishop, 420, 425, 428, 431, 434, 436,

bp. of York, 382, 383, 390, 396.
bishop of Sidnacester, 300.
abbat of Pearteneu, 127.
bishop of Lichfield, 293.

bp. of Rochester, 291, 292, 334, 335.
king of the East Angles, 98, 212.
er, bishop of Lincoln, 492.
er, king of Scotland, 482, 493.
-chbishop of Canterbury, 391-398.
aldorman, 389.

king of England, 349-366.

139, 320

Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury, 450, 468,

473, 474, 477-479, 482.

Anselm, abbat of Bury St. Edmund's, 485.
Anwind, a Danish king, 355.

Arculf, a French bishop, 263.
Arianism spreads in Britain, 16.

Arles, the principal see of Gaul, 36, 40, 44, 53.
Asclepiodotus, captain of the pretorian
bands, 11.

Asser, bishop of Sherborne, 368.
Athelard, abp. of Canterbury, 342-345.
Athelred, abp. of Canterbury, 352, 359.
Athelstan, bishop of Hereford, 434.
Athelstan, king of Kent, 347, 348.
Athelstan, king of Mercia, 374-377.
At the Wall, a regal village, 144, 146.
Attila, king of the Huns, 22, 308.
Athulf, bishop, 383.

Augustine, archbishop of Canterbury, 34-
74, 314, 315.

Augustine's abbey, 60, 73.

Baccancelde (Beckenham) council, 331.
Badwin, bishop of North Elmham, 183.
Bagsac, a Danish king, killed, 353.
Baldred, king of Kent, 346.

Baldulf, bishop of Whitherne, 342.
Baldwin V. earl of Flanders, 422, 438.
Baldwin VI. earl of Flanders, 452.
Baldwin VII. earl of Flanders, 484-488.
Bambrough (Bebba), a royal city, 112, 134,
312, 472.

Bancornburg (Bangor-Iscoed), 70, 71.
Barking monastery, 184-189.
Barton monastery, 174.

Bassianus, son of Severus, 11, 307.

ng of Deira, 144, 154, 164, 224, 263, Bass, mass-priest, 326.

4, 329, 332.

shop of Dunwich, 344.

bishop of Sherborne, 387.

Bassus, a soldier of king Edwin, 107.
Battle Abbey founded, 461, 470.

Beardney (Beardeneu) monastery, 126.

Bede (Venerable), his life, vi-xxiii; Eccle- | Cassibellaun's town (St. Alban's?), 9.
siastical History, xxiii-xxx; his other
works, 297; death, xxi, 300, 335.
Bega, abbess, 215.

Benedict Biscop, abbat, vii-ix, 202,270,297.
Benedict (St.) 310, 311, 461.

Beonna, abbat of Peterborough, 340.
Beorn, earl, 419, 423-425.

Beornmod, bishop of Rochester, 344.
Beort, ealdorman, 329, 332.

Bernard, bishop of St. David's, 491.
Bernred, king of Mercia, 300, 338.
Bernulf, king of Mercia, 346.

Bertgils, or Boniface, bishop of Dunwich,
143, 183.

Bertha, queen, 37, 38, 41, 77.

Berthun, abbat of Beverley, 237.

Cataract (Catterick), 98, 108, 132.
Cearl, king of the Mercians, 97.

Ceawlin or Celin, king of Wessex, 76, 311
-314.

Cedd, bishop of the East Saxons, 3, 144 -
149, 155, 160, 165.

Celin, priest, 148.

Cenbert, father of Cadwalla, 325.

Ceolfrid, abbat of Wearmouth, 202, 277, 299
Ceol, king of Wessex, 314.

Ceollach, bishop of Repton, 145, 152.
Ceolnoth, abp. of Canterbury, 347, 352.
Ceolred, king of Mercia, 268, 333
Ceolwulf, bishop of Lindsey, 342, 343.
Ceolwulf, king of Northumbria, xvii, 1,292,
293, 300, 334, 335, 338.

Berthwald, archbishop of Canterbury, 73, Ceolwulf, king of Wessex, 314, 315.

246, 292, 297, 331, 334, 335.

Bethwegen, monk, 233.

Berthwulf, king of Mercia, defeated, 348.
Bertric, king of Wessex, 341, 344
Beverley monastery, 237.

Bieda arrives in Britain, 311.
Birinus, bishop, 119, 318-320.
Bisi, bishop of Dunwich, 183.

Blecca, governor of Lincoln, 100, 318.
Bledla, king of the Huns, 22.
Boisil, abbat, 225, 226, 248.

Boniface, pope, 75, 80, 81, 85, 88, 90.

Ceowulf, king of Mercia, 345, 346.
Cerdic, king of Wessex, 311.

Chad, bishop of Lichfield, 3, 149, 153, 165.
173, 174-178, 325.

Chalk-hythe synod, 341.

Charles, earl of Tlanders, 488, 496.
Charles (the Fat), 358, 359.

Chelles monastery, 121, 212.

Chertsey monastery, 184, 483.
Chester bishopric, 490.

Chiche (St. Osythe) monastery, 490.
Cissa, king of the South Saxons 310.

Bosa, bishop of York, 192, 193, 276, 329, Claudius invades Britain, 9, 305.

330.

Bosanham monastery, 194.

Bosel, bishop of Worcester, 214.

Bothelm, a monk at Hexham, 111.

Bregowin, abp. of Canterbury, 338, 339.
Bridius, king of the Picts, 114.
Brie monastery, 121.

Brihtege, bishop of Worcester, 413, 414.
Brinstan, bishop of Winchester, 375.
Britain, its geography described, 4, 303;
under the Romans, 7-18; 304-308.
Brithmar, bishop of Lichfield, 415.
Brithwin, bishop of Sherborne, 411, 417, 418.
Britnoth, abbat of Ely, 381.
Briudun monastery, 292.

Brocmail, 72, 74, 315.

Burhred, king of Mercia, 349-354.

Burton Abbey, 443.

Cloveshoo synod, 336, 346.

Cnobheresburg or Cnobher's town, 139.
Coenred, or Kenred, king of Mercia, 250,
268, 289, 332, 333.

Coifi, 94-96.

Coinwalch. See Kenwalk.

Colburga, abbess of Berkeley, 345.
Coldingham monastery, 204, 220, 329.
Colman, bp. of Lindisfarne, 154-163, 179.
Columba, abbat of Iona, 113, 114, 159, 248,
313.

Columbanus, abbat, 75.

Constantine, emperor, 12, 16, 58.
Constantine, usurper, 18.

Constantius, count, defeats Constantine, 18
Constantius, emperor, 12, 16.

Conwulf, or Cynewulf, bishop of Lindisfarne.
300, 335, 340, 341.

Crida, king of Mercia, 314.

Cadwalla, king of the West Britons, 105, Cuichelm, bishop of Rochester, 192.

109, 318.

Cædmon the poet, 217.

Cadwalla, king of Wessex, 191, 198, 244-
246, 329, 330.

Caerleon-upon-Usk, a Roman city, 15
Cæsar's, Julius, invasion, 7-9, 304.
Campodonum, 98.

Canterbury cathedral, 60, 499.

Canute, king of England, 404-415.
Canute, king of Denmark, 458, 463.
Canute, prince of Denmark, 455.
Carlegion (Chester), 71.

Carausius, a British general, 11, 12,
Cassibeilaun, a Britisk ing. 8.

Cuichelm, king of the West Saxons, 84,
315-319.

Cunebert, or Cynebert, bishop of Sidnacester,
3, 193, 293.

Cutha, 313, 314.

Cuthbald, abbat, 274, 327, 323.

Cuthbert, bishop of Lindisfarne and Hex-
ham, 3, 225-235, 239

Cuthbert, abp. of Canterbury, 300, 336, 338
Cuthred, king, 319, 320, 325.
Cuthred, king of Kent, 345.

Cuthred, king of Wessex, 300, 335, 338.
Cuthwine defeats the Britons, 314

Cyneberga, laughter of king Penda, 144, 333

onastery, 234.

bishop, 75.

t, king, 107.
ins, 7.

abp. of Canterbury, 143.
rrive in England, 341.

bishop of Winchester, 2, 200, 267,
33-336.

king of Scotland, 493, 495, 502, 505.
ich (now Derry), 114.

bbat, 100.

an, 61, 315.

lf, bishop of Winchester, 368.

burn, or Denis's-brook, 109.

Earconwald, bishop of London, 184.
Eardulf, king of Northumbria, 343, 345.
Easter controversy, 104, 112, 115, 153-161,
262, 271, 277, 289.

Eata, bishop of Lindisfarne, 161, 192, 225,
226, 229, 237, 329.

Ebb, the Frisian, slain, 365.

Ebba, queen, 194.

Ebba, abbess of Coldingham, 204.
Ecci, bishop of Dunwich, 183.
Ecgric, king of the East Angles, 138.
Edbert, bishop of Lindisfarne, 231-233.
Eddi, 173.

Edgar, king of Mercia, 380-386.
Edgar, etheling, 441-446, 453-481
Edgar, king of Scotland, 475, 482.
Edgils, monk of Coldingham, 223.
Edgitha, Edward's queen, 417.
Edmund, St. king of East Anglia, 352.
Edmund, the son of Edgar, 384.
Edmund Ironside, 406-409.

Ednoth, bishop of Dorchester, 403, 408.

lit, abp. of Canterbury, 80, 81, 143, Edred, king, 379, 380, 384.

70, 321-325

priest, 142, 194.

abbat, 70.

an, emperor, 10, 11, 16.

bishop of Repton, 144, 145 152.

c (Dunwich), 99.

lay book compiled, 459.

ster (Dorcic) bishopric, 119.

bishop of Wells, 419, 436.

d, abbat of Iona, 290.

Edric, king of Kent, 225.

Edric, ealdorman of Mercia, 399, 406, 409.
Edward (the elder), king, 366--375.
Edward (the martyr), 368-388.

Edward (the confessor), 404, 405, 415-442
Edward, son of Edmund, dies, 434 435.
Edwin, abbat of Abingdon, 389.

Edwin, etheling, drowned, 375.

Edwin, king of Northumbria, 76, 82, 108,
152, 315, 317, 318.

a (St.), abp. of Canterbury, 374, 378 Edwy, etheling, banished by Canute, 409.

Edwy, king of Wessex, 380.

Egbald, abbat of Peterborough, 330.

1, king of Kent, 79, 81, 83, 86, 89, Egbert, king of Kent, 170, 183, 325, 326.

21, 316-319.

, bishop of Lindisfarne, 153.

, bishop of Selsey, 195, 268.

, king of Kent, 334, 336.

,k. of Northumbria, 300, 335-338, 339.

- Pren, king of Kent, 342, 343.

, a Mercian general, 153.
ga, married to Bertric, 341.
- son of king Edwin, 97, 106.
bishop of Sidnacester, 165, 192, 329.
, bishop of Dorchester, 419, 423.
, abp. of Canterbury, 414-424.
Mercian general, 153.
gh-steward, murdered, 396.
, bishop of Dorchester, 365.

, bishop of Sherborne, 346, 348, 351.

1 I., archbishop of York, 340, 343.
1 II., archbishop of York, 343, 344.
, bishop of Hexham, 345.

- daughter of king Edwin, 84, 107,
52, 154, 224, 269, 317, 318.
son of Ethelfrid, 108; king of Ber-
109, 317, 318.

f, earl of Somerton, 348.
priest, 194, 196, 324, 325.

ert, king of Kent, 121, 170, 319, 325.
ota, daughter of king Earconbert,

19.

Egbert, king of Wessex, 344-347.

Egbert, bishop of York, 299, 300, 335, 339.
Egbert, abbat of Iona, 163, 164, 178 247-
249, 289, 291, 333, 334.

Egbert, priest, 115.

Egbert II. bishop of Lindisfarne, 345.
Egelric, bp. of Durham, 416, 434, 447, 453.
Egelwine, bishop of Durham, 434, 453.
Egfert, king of Mercia, 341, 342.

Egfrid, king of Northumbria, vii, 180, 192,
204, 209, 223, 225, 326-330.
Elafius, a British chief, 32, 33.
Eleutherius, bishop of Rome, 10, 307.
Eleutherius, bishop of Winchester, 120, 191
326.

| Elfgar, bishop of Elmham, 410.
Elfhun, bishop of London, 403, 404.
Elfleda, daughter of k. Oswy, 144, 151.
Elfric, archbishop of York, 411, 412, 424.
Elfric, uncle to Ösric I., 108.
Elfric, bishop of Elmham, 414.
Elfric, ealdorman, 389, 390, 397.
Elfrida, Edgar's queen, 384.
Elfstan, bishop of London, 383, 390.
Elfstan, bishop of Wiltshire, 388.
Elfsy, abbat of Peterborough, 383.
Elfsy, bishop of Winchester, 411, 413
Elfward, bishop of London, 418.