dison, Joseph, vii. 158, 159, 292

Adela, daughter of William the Conqueror, i. 214

Adelard of Bath, i. 282, 293

_Admonition to the Parliament_, iv. 296

Adrian IV., Pope, i. 250

Adrian VI., Pope, iii. 249

AElfheah, Archbishop of Canterbury, i. 142;
translation of, 145

AElfred, king of Wessex, i. 105;
his struggle with the northmen, 106, 107;
treaty with them, 107;
character, 107-110;
rule, 111, 112;
literary and educational work, 113-115;
organization of fleet and fyrd, 116;
second struggle with northmen, _ib._, 117;
death, 117;
Asser's _Life of_, 5;
_Sayings of_, 278, 280

AElfred, son of AEthelred II., i. 147, 148

AElfric, ealdorman of Central Wessex, i. 140

AElla, king of Deira, i. 52, 53

AElle, king of the South Saxons, i. 34

AEsc, king of Kent, i. 49

AEthelbald, king of Mercia, i. 90, 96

AEthelbald, king of Wessex, i. 103

AEthelberht, king of Kent, i. 56, 57, 59, 62, 65

AEthelberht, king of Wessex, i. 103

AEthelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, i. 117, 118

AEthelgifu, mother-in-law of King Eadwig, i. 136, 137

AEthelfrith, king of Northumbria, i. 60, 62

AEtheling, the, i. 11

AEthelred, king of Mercia, i, 89

AEthelred I., king of Wessex, i. 103-105

AEthelred II., King, i. 139-141

AEthelred, ealdorman of Mercia, i. 117

AEthelric, king of Bernicia, i. 52, 53, 60

AEthelstan, King, i. 119, 120

AEthelweard's _Chronicle_, i. 5

AEthelwine, ealdorman of East Anglia, i. 139, 140

AEthelwulf, king of Wessex, i. 103

Agenois, dispute about, ii. 197, 198, 209, 219

Agincourt, battle of, iii. 30-32

Agitators, Council of, vi. 52, 53, 57

Agriculture, changes in, under Elizabeth, iv. 278

Aidan, St., i. 69-71

Aids, feudal, ii. 104;
"free," 152, 153

Aiguillon
taken by the Earl of Derby, ii. 234;
besieged by John of France, _ib._, 235

Aislabie, Chancellor of the Exchequer, vii. 192

Aix-la-Chapelle, peace of, vi. 250; vii. 231

Albany, Robert, first Duke of, iii. 9, 16

Albany, Alexander, third Duke of, iii. 232;
Protector of Scotland, 235;
struggle with Margaret, 247, 248

Albemarle, Edward, Duke of, ii. 380; iii. 7.
_See_ Rutland

Albemarle, George Monk, Duke of (_see_ Monk), vi. 193

Albemarle, Stephen, Count of, i. 192

Alberoni, Cardinal, vii. 186-188

Albigenses, ii. 7, 35

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