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Arcadius, the emperor, 34, 35.
Archil, 177.

Ariminium, council of, 33.
Aristobulus, 13, 22.

Aristotle, his notice of the Cassiterides, 3.

Arles, council of, 13, 32.
Armagh, 72, 77, 93.
Armorica, 1, 34..

Arthur, King, his presumed era, 51.
Arviragus, 24.

Asaph, St., foundation of the see of, 52.
Ashdown, Berks, battle of, 78.
Asser, 83.

Assingdon, battle of, 112.

Atheling, meaning of, 62.

Athelney, Alfred's retreat, 82.
Athelstan, reign of, 94, 95.

74, 75.

brother of Ethelwulf, 73,

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on Dee, 53.

Bath, 11, 51, 52, 170.

Beorn, 120.

Beornred, the usurper, 63.
Beornwulf of Mercia, 71, 72.
Berhtwald, archbishop, 61.
Bericus, a British fugitive, 19.
Berknolles, Roger, 165.
Bernard of Clairvaux, 207.
the falconer, 176.

Bernicia, kingdom of, 47.
Bertha, queen of Ethelbert, 52.
Bibroci, a British tribe, 17.

Bieda, 51.

Birinus, 55.

Biscop, Benedict, 61.

Blethgent, brother of Griffin, 127.
Blethin of North Wales, 169.
Bloet, Robert, bishop of Lincoln, 198.
Blois, Henry of, bishop of Winches-
ter, 200, 204, 205, 206, 207.
Stephen of, 160.

Stephen of, son of the above, 195, 197, 199: see Stephen, king. Blome, John, 13.

Boadicea: see Boudicea.

Bohemond of Tarentum, 187.
Borderers, 178.

Borh, what, 138.

Bote, what, 144.

Boudicea, 16, 20, 21.

Braiose, Philip, 195, 196.

Bran, father of Caractacus, 20.
Brand, the provost, 133.
Brecenan-mere, 92.
Bretwaldas, the, 49.

Brien Boru of Munster, 104, 110.
Brigantes, a British tribe, 10, 20, 25.
Brihtnoth, the ealdorman, 103.
Brihtric of Wessex, 65, 70.
Britain described, 1; legend of its
first peopling, ib.; classical notices
of, 2; strange fable of Procopius, 39.
Britannia Inferior, Superior, 9.
Prima, 9, 47.
Secunda, 9, 47.

Britannicus, title assumed by Claudius, 19; by Commodus, 25; by Severus, 28.

British Church, the, 13.

Battle Abbey, foundation of, 153, Britons, the, incorrectly described by

162; the Roll of, 153.

Beandune, 54.

Bede, 1, 31, 32, 49, 62.

Belesme, Robert, earl of Shrewsbury,

193, 194, 196.

Belgæ, a British tribe, 9.

Benedict Biscop, 61.

Benfleet, 87.

Bensington, 64.

Beorht, 61.

Beorhtwulf of Mercia, 73, 75.

Cæsar, 4; other descriptions, 5. Brocmail, 53.

Brunanburg, battle of, 95.

Bures, of the Domesday Book, 178. Burford, 63.

Burgesses mentioned in the Domesday Book, their condition, 178. Burgh Castle, 10.

Burgred of Mercia, 75, 81.

Cadel of Dynevor, 74, 88.

Cadwallader, a British chief, 55.

Caer Badon, 51.

Caerleon, 11, 14.

Cæsar, Julius, 2, 4, 15, 16.

Caius Volusenus, 15.

Cair Segeint, 31.

Calchythe, synod at, 65.
Caledonians, the, 6, 11.
Caligula, emperor, 18, 19.
Calixtus, pope, 133, 197.
Calphurnius Agricola, 25.
Cambridge, II.

Cerdic, 50, 51.

Cerdic's ford, battle of, 51.
Charlemagne, 70, 71.

Charles the Bald, of France, 76.
the Simple, of France, 89, 152.

Chester, 11, 53.

see of, founded, 170.
Hugh, earl of, 189.

Ralph de Gernon, earl of, 205.
Chester-le-Street, 81.

Chichester made a bishop's see, 170.
Chlorus, Constantius, 29, 30, 31.

Cameleac, bishop of Llandaff, 80, 92. Christiern, a Danish bishop, 167.

Camelon, 51.

Camulodunum, 18, 19, 21.
Cangii, a British tribe, 20.
Canterbury, 11, 53, 63, 108.

and York, contest for the

primacy, 167. Cantii, a British tribe, 9.

Canute, son of Sweyn, 109, 110, III, 113; reign of, 113-115.

II., of Denmark, 173.

son of Sweyn of Denmark,

167, 170.

Caracalla, son of Severus, 28.
Caractacus, king of the Silures, 20.
Caradoc of Llancarvan, 51, 166, 172.
son of Griffin, 127, 168.
lord of Morganwg, 165.
Owen ap, 196.

Carausius, 30, 31, 44.
Carbry Riada, 2, 48.
Cardigan, kings of, 74.
Carinus, emperor, 30.
Carlisle, 11.

see of, founded, 200.

Carrum, 72, 73.
Carus, emperor, 30.
Cassi, a British tribe, 17.
Cassiterides (Scilly Isles), 2.
Cassivellaunus, (or Cassolaulus), 16,

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Christina, sister of Edgar Atheling,

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Churl-king, meaning of, 111.
Cinobellinus, king of Britain, 18.
Cinque Ports, the, 208.
Cirencester, II, 52, 54.
Clapa, Osgod, 117, 120, 125.
Clare, Gilbert de, 195.

Richard de, 205.

Claudius, emperor, 19, 20.
II., emperor, 29.

Paulinus, proprætor, 29.

Clement of Rome, 13.

Clergy,the, in Anglo-Saxon times, 140.

Clodius Albinus, 26.

Clontarf, battle of, 110.

Cloveshoo, synod of, 63.
Coel, king, 29.

Cœlestius, 34.

Coenred of Mercia, 61, 62.

Coins, British, 4.

Colchester, 11, 18, 29.

Colman, bishop, 58.

Colonies, Roman, 11.
Columba, 52.

Comin, a Norman, made earl of
Northumberland, 163.

Commius, king of the Atrebates, 15,

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Constantine III. of Scotland, 94, 95. Constantius, emperor, 32, 33

a general of Honorius, 36. Chlorus, 29, 30, 31.

Copsi, a partisan of the Normans, 163.
Corfes-geat, 101.

Coritavi, a British tribe, 9.
Cornavii, a British tribe, 9.
Cornwall, a bishop's see founded in,
90.

Coscets, of the Domesday Book, 178.
Cospatric, earl of Northumberland,
163, 164, 177.
Crida, 52.

Crispin, William, 196.
Cromlechs, 8.
Crusades, the, 185.

Cuckamsley hill, 106.

Cunobelin, 18, 20.

Cutha, 52.

of Mercia, 63.

Cuthbert, St., 60, 81.

Cuthred of Kent, 71. of Mercia, 63. of Wessex, 55. II. of Wessex, 63.

Cwichelm, 52.

son of Cynegils of Wessex,

55. Cwichelm's hlaw, 106. Cynegils of Wessex, 53, 54, 55. Cyneheard of Wessex, 65. Cynewulf of Wessex, 63, 65. the atheling, 62.

Cynric, 50, 51.

the atheling, 63.

Cynulf of Mercia, 70.

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Dio Cassius, 4, 16, 19, 21.
Diocletian, emperor, 30, 31.
Diodorus Siculus, on Britain, 3, 5.
Diuma, bishop, 57.

Divitiacus, a Gaulish king, 2, 15.
Dobuni, a British tribe, 9.
Dolfin, a Northman, 184.
Domesday Book, notice of the, 153,
173.

Domitian, emperor, 23, 24.
Domnoc, see of, founded, 58.
Donald Bane, 184, 185.
Donemouth, 65.
Dorchester, II.

Dore, 72.

in Oxfordshire, 35, 58, 86.

Dover, 121, 162.

Drogo, count of Mantes, 102.
Druids, the, 7.

Dubhgalls, the, 67.

Dublin, 69, 72, 89, 92, 96, 103, 104,

110, 115.

the see of, founded, 116.

Dubritius, 14, 51.

Dumbarton, II.

Dumnonii, a British tribe, 9.
Duncan of Scotland, 184, 185.
Dun-Seatas, Ordinance of the, 143.
Dunstan, 97, 98, 99, 101, 102.
Durham, see of, founded, 104.
Durotriges, a British tribe, 9.
Dynwal Moelmud, 55, 90.

Eadbald of Kent, 54, 55.
Eadbert of Kent, 62, 63.

Northumbria, 63, 64.

Eadsige, archbishop, 119.

Eadulf, earl of Northumbria, 117.
Eadulf's ness, 123.

Ealdorman, the, 144.
Ealdred, 94.

Ealdulf of Bamborough, 94.
Ealhere, ealdorman of Kent, 75.
Ealhmund, 69.

Ealstan, bishop of Sherborne, 74.
Eanfleda, 54, 55, 56.

Eanfrith of Bernicia, 55.
Eardwulf of Northumbria, 69, 71.
East Anglia, kingdom of, 52.
Eboracum, 28, 31.

Eborius, a bishop, 32.

Edbert (Præn) of Kent, 69, 70.

Edburga, queen, 65, 70.

Edgar, reign of, 99, 100.

king of Scotland, 195.

Atheling, 129, 133, 161, 162, 163, 164, 169, 177, 179, 183, 184, 194.

Edgith, daughter of Ethelred II.,

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the stallere, 163.

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Elfritha, wife of Edgar, 99, 101. Elfwine, 59.

Elgiva, wife of Edwy, 98.

wife of Ethelred II., 101.

Edred, son of Edward the Elder, Elias, count of Maine, 190, 195.

reign of, 96-98.

Edric of Kent, 59.

Streona, ealdorman of Mercia,

107, 110, III, 112, 113, 114.
the Forester, 162, 169.

Edward I. (the Elder), reign of, 88—
94.
100, 101.

128.

II. the Martyr, reign of,

-the Confessor, reign of, 118

son of Ethelred II., 101, 109, 116: see Edward the Confessor. son of Edmund Ironside,

126.

son of Malcolm of Scotland,

184. Edwin of Northumbria (Bretwalda),

52, 54, 55.

son of Edward the Elder, 95. brother of Leofric, 116. brother of Morcar, earl of Northumbria, 127, 131, 133, 161,

168. Edwin's Cliff, 64. Edwy, reign of, 98.

son of Ethelred II., 101, 114. the Churl king, 111, 114. Egbert of Kent, 58.

of Wessex,65; reign of, 70-72. a priest of Iona, 62.

of York, his Penitential, 148.

Egferth of Mercia, 70.

Egfrid of Northumbria, 58, 59, 60.
Einion of Dyved, 182, 183.
Elbot, 64.

Eleanor of Guienne, wife of Louis
VII. of France, 207; divorced,
and married to Prince Henry, ib.
Eleutherus, pope, 25.
Elfgar, son of Elfric, 103.

Elizabeth, natural daughter of Henry I., 192.

Ellendune, 71.

Ella, the first Bretwalda, 49, 50. of Northumbria, 52.

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Emma, wife of Ethelred II., 101, 105, 114, 116, 119, 122.

Englefield, 78.

English school at Rome, 71.
Eohric, a Danish king, 90.
Eoppa, 57.

Eorpwald of East Anglia, 55..
Ercombert of Kent, 55.
Eric of Northumbria, 97, 98.
the ealdorman, 111, 116.
the earl, 115.
Erkenwin, 51.

Esc, son of Hengist, 38, 49.
Escesdun, 106.

Escwin of Wessex, 58, 59.
Essex, kingdom of, founded, 51.
Geoffrey de Magnaville, earl
of, 205.

Ethandun, battle of, 83.
Ethelbald, 75; reign of, 76.
of Mercia, 62, 63.

Ethelbert, reign of, 76.

53, 54.

of East Anglia, 65.

I. of Kent (Bretwalda), 52,

II. of Kent, 63, 64. Ethelburga, queen, 54, 55.

Ethelfleda, the lady of the Mercians, 80, 89, 92.

Ethelfleda, wife of Edgar, 99.
Ethelfrith of Bernicia, 52, 53, 54.
Ethelgiva, daughter of Alfred
Great, 80.

Ethelheard of Wessex, 62, 63.
Ethelred, reign of, 77-79.

the

II., reign of, 101--III.
of Mercia, 58, 59, 61.
of Northumbria, 64, 69.
an East Anglian, 79.
archbp. of Canterbury, 78.
the ealdorman, 86.

Ethelwald (Moll) of Northumbria, 64.

the atheling, 76, 88, 89, 90. Ethelward, the ealdorman, 103. Ethelwerd, the historian, 77. Ethelwold, bishop of Winchester, 99, 102.

Ethelwulf, 72; reign of, 73-76.
Eudo the steward, 174.
Eustace of Boulogne, 102, 162.
son of Stephen, 201, 207.

Eutropius, 19.

Exeter, II, 105, 162.

Eystein, king of Norway, 208.

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Fulham, the Northmen at, 85.
Fulk of Anjou, 195, 198, 200.
Fullofaudes, 33.

Gadeni, a British tribe, 10.
Galba, emperor, 22.
Galerius, emperor, 31.
Galgacus, 24.

Gallienus, emperor, 29.

Gallus Hostilianus, emperor, 29.
Game-laws, early, 137.
Gand, Gilbert of, 164, 176.
Geoffrey of Anjou, 199, 200, 206, 207..
Monmouth, 51.

Gerberoi, siege of, 171.

Germanus, bishop of Auxerre, 38.
Gernon, Ralph de, 205.
Gerontius, 35, 36.

Gervase, naturai son of Stephen, 202.
Gesiths, what, 144.

Gessoriacum, 15, 31.

Geta, son of Severus, 28.
Giffard, Walter, 174.

William, bishop of Winchester, 194.

Gilbert, natural son of Henry I., 192.. bishop of St. Asaph, 206. of Gand, 164, 176.

Gildas, 13.

Gisele,daughter of Charles the Simple, 152.

Githa, mother of Harold II., 130, 163.
daughter of Harold II., 130.
Glamorgan, conquest of, by the
Normans, 165.

Glass and pottery, Roman, 12, 14.
Gloucester, 11, 52.

Robert of Caen, earl of,

192, 199, 203, 204, 205, 206. Gn. Lucilianus, proprætor, 29. Goda, a Devonshire thane, 102.

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