Index to The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
By Sandy Aitken
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y
Aeden, King of Scots 603
Aella, King of Northumbria 867
Alban, St 283
Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln 1137
Alfred Etheling (son of Ethelred the Unready) 1036
Alfred, King of Wessex
early travels of 853
alliance with Mercia 868
VIKINGS AND: battles 871, 875, 876, 878, 882, 885, 894, 897; peace treaties and truces 876, 877, 878; expulsion from and re-taking of kingdom 878; fortifications built 878, 886, 896; submissions to by Vikings 878; as ruler of all England outside Danelaw 885
death of 901
Alnwick, battle at 1093
Alton, battle at 1001
Andred 490
Anglesey, attack on 1000
Anglo-Saxon conquests see Britons: Anglo-Saxon conquests of
Angus, Earl of Moray 1130
Anlaf II (Sihtricsson/Curran), King of Northumbria and Dublin 944
Archenfield, battle at 918
Arnulf III, Count of Flanders (also Arnulf I of Hainault) 1070
Arundel Castle, siege of 1102
Ashdown, battle at 871
astronomical events
meteor showers 1095
Athelicia see Matilda (daughter of Henry I)
Athelney, fortifications at 878
Athelstan, King of Wessex/England
submission to by all Britain 926
attack on Scotland 934
death of 941
Aylesbury, battle at 571
Aylesford 455
Bagsac, Viking King 871
Baldred, King of Kent 823
Baldwin (de Redvers), Earl of Devon 1135
Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders (also Baldwin I of Hainault) 1070
Bampton 614
Barnfleet, battle at 894
Basing, battle at 871
Bedfordshire, attack on 1011
Bensington, battle at 775
Beranbury 556
Berkeley, attack on 1088
Bernicia, kingdom of 634
Bernred, King of Mercia 755
Bernwulf, King of Mercia 823
Bertulf, King of Mercia 851
Bramsbury, fortifications at 910
Brecknock, attack on 916
Brentford, battle at 1016
bretwaldas, list of 827
Bridgenorth, fortifications at 912
Britain, union of 926
Britons
origin of intro
Buckingham, fortifications at 918
Burford, battle at 752
Buttington, siege at 894
Camelford, battle at 823
Canut see Knute
Caradoc, King of Wales 1065
Carlisle, building of castle 1092
Ceawlin, King of Wessex
succession 560
war with Ethelbert 568
expulsion from kingdom 591
death of 593
Ceolric, King of Wessex 591
Charford 519
Charlemagne, Emperor of the Franks 812
Charles (Carloman II), King of the Franks 885
Chesterford, battle at 948
Chichester, battle at 895
Chippenham, Viking occupation 878
Chirbury, fortifications at 913
Cledauc, Welsh King 922
Cnut see Knute
Colchester, battle at 921
Crayford 457
Cuthred, King of Kent 805
Cymenshore 477
Danegeld
Danelaw, establishment of 878
Danes (Viking era) see Vikings
Deira, Kingdom of 634
Derby, conquests by Mercia 918
Derham 577
disease outbreaks
Domesday Book 1085
Dorset, attack on 1015
Durham, siege of 1088
Eadwig (Edwy, etheling, son of Ethelred) 1017
Eanfrith, King of Bernicia 634
East Anglia
ANGLO-SAXON KINGDOM/SUB-KINGDOM (UNTIL 869): settlement of 449; killing of King Ethelbert by Mercia 792; submission to Wessex 823; attack on by Vikings 838; truce with Vikings 866
East Saxons see Essex
eclipses
Eddesbury, fortifications at 913
Edgar Etheling (grandson of Edmund II Ironside)
relations with Normans: William the Conqueror 1069, 1074, 1086; William II Rufus 1091; Henry I 1106; Robert of Normandy 1106
invasion of Scotland 1097
Edington (Heddington), battle at 878
Edmund, King of East Anglia 870
Edward Etheling (son of Edmund II Ironside) 1057
Edward (the Confessor), King of England
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES: at Sandwich with navy 1044, 1045, 1049, 1050; the church and 1044, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050; Danegeld, abolishment of 1050, 1052; Westminster Abbey and 1065, 1066
DEALINGS WITH FOREIGN RULERS/ TERRITORIES: Eustace of Boulogne 1048, 1051; Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor 1049, 1050, 1051; Wales, submission from 1063
Edward (the Elder), King of Wessex
Edwy, etheling (Eadwig, son of Ethelred) 1017
Edwy, King of Wessex 495
Eleanor of Aquitaine 1140
Elfgive, Queen of England see Emma, Queen of England
Elmund, King of Kent 784
Emma (also called Elfgive), Queen of England
marriage to Ethelred 1002
marriage to Knute 1017
death of 1052
epidemics
Ermenric (father of Ethelbert of Kent) 552
Essex
until 878: Anglo-Saxon kingdom/ sub-kingdom
878-917: Viking sub-kingdom
917 onwards: English territory/ shire
Saxon settlement of 449
appointment of king by Ethelbert of Kent 604
Christianity, conversion to 604
Ethandun (Heddington), battle at 878
Ethelbert II (St), King of East Anglia 792
Ethelbert II, King of Kent 760
Ethelfleda, Lady of Mercia
Ethelred (the Unready), King of England
COUNCILLORS AND: complaints about 999, 1010, 1011; Danegeld payments 991, 994, 1002, 1006, 1007, 1011, 1012; military decisions 992, 993, 999, 1010; recall of Ethelred 1014
MILITARY ACTION: attacks on English territory 986, 1000, 1014; battles with Vikings: battles that never happened – English army unsuccessful in obtaining battle 992, 993, 998, 999, 1003, 1005, 1010; battles with Ethelred involved 1006, 1009, 1013; battles with local citizens (Ethelred not involved) 993, 999, 1001, 1004, 1010; St Brice's Day Massacre 1002; building of navy 1008, 1009; illness and death 1015, 1016
Ethelric, King of Northumbria 588
Eustace IV of Boulogne 1140
famines 793, 975, 976, 1005, 1041, 1042, 1044, 1070, 1082, 1087, 1096, 1103, 1105, 1110, 1116, 1117, 1125, 1137
Farnham, battle at 894
Five Boroughs/Towns see Mercia: Viking sub-kingdom
Franks
battles amongst 887
Fretherme 577
Fulford, battle at 1066
Fulham, occupation by Vikings 879
Glastonbury, attack on 1083
Gosfrith, Bishop 1088
Griffin, King of Wales
death of 1063
Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (Griffin), King of Wales see Griffin, King of Wales
Guthfrith, King of Northumbria and Dublin 927
Hacco, Earl 1075
Hampton, battle at 837
Harald II, King of Denmark 1076
Hardacnute, King of Denmark and England
Harold II (Godwinson), Earl of East Anglia/Wessex, then King of England
succession to earldom 1053
Tosty (Godwinson) and 1065
succession as King of England 1065
battles (Stamford Bridge and Hastings) 1066
Hastings, attack on 1011
Hastings, Battle of 1066
Heddington, battle at 878
Hengeston, battle at 835
Henry, Bishop of Winchester 1140
Henry I, King of England
ADMINISTRATIVE AND MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN ENGLAND: travels/locations of annually 1101–1134; Robert of Belesme and 1102, 1105, 1106, 1113; taxation of 1105, 1110, 1117; rebellions 1118, 1119, 1123; attack on Wales 1121; the church and 1123, 1129, 1131
DEALINGS WITH FAMILY: William Rufus 1094; Robert of Normandy 1095, 1101, 1103, 1104, 1105, 1106; Matilda 1109, 1110, 1126, 1127
DEALINGS WITH FOREIGN RULERS: Louis VI of France 1116, 1117, 1118, 1119, 1120, 1124; Fulk V, Count of Anjou 1110, 1111, 1112, 1118, 1124
death of 1135
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1106
Hereford, battle at 1055
Herefordshire, attack on 1052
Hertford, fortifications at 913
Hertfordshire, attack on 1011
high kings, list of 827
Holme, battle at 902
Holy-island, attack on 793
Hugh (d'Avranches, the Fat), Earl of Chester 1094
Hugh (de Payne), Grand Master of the Knights Templar 1128
Huntingdon, rebuilding of 921
Huntingdonshire, attack on 1011
Hwicce (Wiccians), battle with Wessex 800
Hwiterne, Monastery of 560
Inchbare, battle at 1130
Jehmar, King of Scots 1031
Jorvik, Viking Kingdom of see Northumbria, Viking Kingdom of
Jothwel, Welsh King 922
Julius Caesar (Caius Julius) intro
Kempsford, battle at 800
Kennet, battle at 1006
Kent
ANGLO-SAXON KINGDOM (UNTIL 860): settlement by Jutes 449; Anglo-Saxon conquest 449, 455, 457, 465, 473; conversion to Christianity 552, 560, 596, 597, 616; battle with Mercia 774; attack on by Mercia 796; submission to Wessex 823; battle with Vikings 853
Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury 1070
Laurentius, Archbishop of Canterbury 616
Lea, battle at 896
Leighton, battle at 917
Leominster, battle at 1052
Liddyford, attack on 997
London Bridge 1097
Ludecan, King of Mercia 825
Maine, attacks on 1073
Malcolm I, King of Scots 945
Malcolm II, King of Scots 1031
Malcolm III, King of Scots
Tosty Godwinson and 1066
William the Conqueror and 1072
killing of by Earl of Northumberland 1093
Manchester, repair of 923
Marden, battle at 871
Maud, Queen of England 1100
Maximus, Roman emperor 381
Mecred's-Burnsted 45
Mercia
ANGLO-SAXON KINGDOM (UNTIL 877): settlement by Angles 449; Penda, first known king 626; battles with Wessex 740, 752, 775, 823; alliances with Wessex 743, 853, 868; attack on Kent 796; battle with Vikings 851; attack on Wales 853; peace treaties and truces with Vikings 868, 872, 873, 874; attack on by Vikings 870
VIKING SUB-KINGDOM (FIVE BOROUGHS) (877-918): Viking conquest of 874, 877; reconquest of Derby by Ethelfleda 918; submission to Wessex 922
meteor showers 1095
Middlesex, attack on 1011
Milton Regis, attacks on 1052
Netley 508
Ninnia (Ninian), St 560
Normandy
Viking (Norman) conquest of 876
Norse see Vikings
Northumbria
ANGLO-SAXON KINGDOM (UNTIL 867): settlement by Angles 449; Anglo-Saxon conquest 477, 485, 490, 607; conversion to Christianity 495, 601, 626, 627; establishment of Anglo-Saxon rule 547; battle with Wessex 626; rebellions and internal struggles 774, 794, 806, 867; attacks on by Vikings 794, 867; battle within Northumbria 798; conquest by Wessex 827; submissions made to/ conquests by Vikings 867, 875
VIKING SUB-KINGDOM (867-926): attack on by Vikings 875; division by Vikings 876; battles with Wessex 894, 897; peace treaties and truces with Wessex 894, 906, 907; rebellions and internal struggles 901; submission to by Essex 904; attacks on Mercia 905, 911; conquest by Wessex 924
Norway
Battle of Stamford Bridge 1066
Norwich, attack on 1004
Ockley, battle at 851
Offa, King of Mercia
assumption of kingdom 755
consecration of son 785
daughter of 787
Ethelbert of East Anglia, killing of 792
Olaf see Anlaf
Osbert, King of Northumbria 867
Osric, King of Deira 634
Osulf, King of Northumbria 757
Otford, battle at 774
Otho, Holy Roman Emperor 982
overkings, list of 827
Owen, King of Cumbria (Monmouth) 926
Palladius, Bishop 429
Patrick (Patricius), St 430
Pelagianism 381
Penwithstert, attacks on 1052
Peterborough see also Medhamsted
attack on by Danes 1070
fire at 1116
Henry II at 1154
new minster at 1137
Pevensey, siege of 1088
Porta (mythical founder of Portsmouth) 501
Portland-isle, battle at 837
Portsmouth 501
Quatbridge, Viking occupation 896
Ralph (de Gael), Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk 1075
Randolph, Earl of Chester 1140
Redwald, King of East Angles 617
Repton, Viking occupation 874
Revolt of the Earls 1075
Reynold, King of York 924
Rhyddlan, attack on 1063
Richard (d'Avranches), Earl of Chester 1120
Richard II, Duke of Normandy 1013
Richard, Prince (son of Henry I) 1120
Ripon, minster at 948
Robert (Bloet), Bishop of Lincoln 1123
Robert (Curthose), Duke of Normandy (called Earl)
William the Conqueror and 1079
inheritance of 1087
Robert (Comine), Earl of Northumbria 1068
Robert (of Belesme/ Belleme), Earl of Shrewsbury
succession to earldom 1098
Robert I, Duke of Normandy 1031
Rolla, Duke of Normandy 876
Romans
conquest of Britain by Severus 189
Rome, sack of 435
Runkorn, fortifications at 913
Sandwich
battle at 851
Sarum (Salisbury), conquest by Anglo-Saxons 552
Scotland see also Dalriada; Picts; Scots; Strathclyde
Scots (in Scotland) see also Picts; Scotland
origin of in Britain intro
Columba's origin among 565
battle with Dalriada 603
Scythia intro
Seabert, King of East Saxons 604
Sebright (Sigebert), King of Wessex 755
Severus, Roman emperor 189
Shergate, fortifications at 912
Sherston, battle at 1016
Shoebury (Shobury), fortifications at 894
Shrewsbury, attack on 1016
Sigebert (Sebright), King of Wessex 755
Sigeric (Siric), King of the East Saxons 799
Siric (Sigeric), King of the East Saxons 799
St Andrew's, monastery at 1130
St Brice's Day Massacre 1002
St Petroc' s-stow, attack on 981
Stafford, fortifications at 913
Staffordshire, attack on 1016
Staines, attack on 993
Stamford Bridge, Battle of 1066
Stamford, conquest of by Wessex 922
Standard, Battle of the 1138
Stourmouth, battle at 885
Stracathro, battle at 1130
Sweden, Knute's battle with 1025
Sweyne (Godwinson), Earl
death of 1052
Swithun, St 861
Tavistock Minster, attack on 997
Teignton, attack on 1001
Thames River, unusual tide at 1114
Thanet, Isle of see Isle of Thanet
Theakstone 603
Thelwall, rebuilding of 923
Thurkyll the Tall, Earl of East Anglia
conquest of Kent 1009
Ethelred and 1013
appointment to earldom 1017
death of (?) 1039
Tinchebray, battle at 1106
Tootenhall, battle at 910
Towcester, rebuilding of 921
Tower of London 1097
VIKINGS
first arrival of 787
attacks (on civilian targets – no battle given): widespread destruction 1001, 1006, 1010, 1011, 1016; Bamborough 993; Bedfordshire 1010, 1011; Berkshire 1009, 1011; Buckinghamshire 1010, 1011; Cambridge 1010; Cambridgeshire 1011; Canterbury 839, 851, 1011; (killing of Archbishop) 1011, 1012, 1013; Chester 894, 980; Cornwall (West Wales) 981, 997; Devonshire 897, 981, 997; Dorset 1015; East Anglia 838, 870, 1010, 1011; Essex 994, 1011, 1046, 1047; Exeter 1003; Hampshire 994, 1009, 1011; Hastings 1011; Hertfordshire 1011; Holy-island 793; Huntingdonshire 1011; Ipswich 991, 993; Isle of Shepey 832; Isle of Wight 897, 1048; Kent 838, 865, 893, 994, 999, 1011; Liddyford 997; Lindsey 838, 993; London 839, 851, 982, 994; (siege of London) 1016; Medhamsted 870; Mercia 870, 905, 911; Middlesex 1011; Northampton 1010; Northamptonshire 1011; Northumbria 794, 875, 993; Norwich 1004; Oxford 1009; Oxfordshire 1010, 1011; Picts 875; Portland 982; Rochester 839; Sandwich 1006, 1046, 1047, 1048; Somerset 1015; Southampton 980, 981; St Petroc's-stow 981; Staines 993; Strathclyde 875; Surrey 1011; Sussex 994, 1009, 1011; Tavistock 997; Teignton 1001; Temsford 1010; Thetford 1004, 1010; Wales 895, 997; Wallingford 1006; Waltham 1001; Watchet 997; Wearmouth monastery 794; Wessex 1010, 1011; Wilton 1003; Wiltshire 1011, 1015; York 867
baptism of King Guthrum 878
battles: ANGLO-SAXON KINGDOMS: East Anglia 870; Kent 853, 902; Mercia 851; Northumbria 794, 867; Wessex: (Egbert) 833, 835; (local citizens, kings not involved) 837, 845, 851, 860, 871, 895, 896, 917, 918; (Ethelwulf) 840, 851; (Athelstan) 851; (Alfred) 871, 875, 878, 882, 885, 894, 897; (Edward) 905, 910, 911, 921; ENGLAND (UNITED): Athelstan 937, 938; Edmund I 943; Ethelred the Unready's reign: battles that never happened – English army unsuccessful in obtaining battle 992, 993, 998, 999, 1003, 1005, 1010; battles with Ethelred involved 1006, 1009, 1013; battles with local citizens (Ethelred not involved) 993, 999, 1001, 1004, 1010; Edmund Ironside 1016
conquests (areas taken over and ruled by force) (see also submissions); East Anglia 870; Essex 904; Lindsey 1013; London 1013; Mercia 874, 877, 1013; Northumbria 867, 875, 1013; Oxford 1013; Wessex 878, 1013; Winchester 1013
Danegeld payments 991, 994, 1002, 1004, 1006, 1007, 1009, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1016, 1018, 1039, 1040, 1041
occupations (areas where army resided for a season or more): Bath 1013; Cambridge 875; Chippenham 878; Cirencester 879; Exeter 876, 877; Fulham 879; Gainsborough 1013, 1014; Isle of Shepey 854; Isle of Thanet 851, 865; Isle of Wight 998, 1006; Kent 1009; Lindsey 873; London 872; Nottingham 868; Quatbridge 896; Reading 872; Repton 874; Southampton 994; Thetford 870; Torksey 873; Wareham 876; Wessex 878; York 869
peace treaties and truces (see also Danegeld payments); East Anglia 866; England (united) 993; Kent 865; Mercia 868, 872, 873; Northumbria 867; treaties with individual towns 1001; Wessex 871, 876, 877, 894, 906, 907, 943
St Brice's Day Massacre 1002
Wales (sometimes called North Wales)
Wallingford, attack on 1006
Waltham, attack on 1001
Wanborough 591
Warburton, fortifications at 913
Wareham, Viking occupation of 876
Watchet, attack on 997
Wearmouth, monastery at 794
weather, notable
Wedmore, Peace of 878
Welsh see Wales
Welsh, referring to British see Britons
Wemburg, battle at 851
Wessex, Kingdom of
(until 954; thereafter England treated as united)
EARLY KINGDOM: Anglo-Saxon settlement 449; alliance with Mercia 743; ANGLO-SAXON CONQUEST: by Cerdic and Cynric 495, 508, 519, 527, 530; by Cynric 552; by Cynric and Ceawlin 556; by Ceawlin 568, 577, 584; by Ceolwulf 597, 607; by Cynegils 614; conversion to Christianity 495, 634, 635
VIKINGS AND: alliances with Mercia 743, 853, 868; attacks made by Wessex: on Viking East Anglia 905; on Viking Northumbria 911; attacks on Wessex by Vikings (see Vikings: towns/areas attacked); BATTLES: Vikings (overall) (see Vikings: battles); Viking Northumbria 937, 938, 943, 948; CONQUESTS MADE/SUBMISSIONS RECEIVED FROM: Vikings (overall) 878; Viking East Anglia 921; Viking Northumbria 924, 926, 944, 946; CONQUESTS OF BY VIKINGS 878; PEACE TREATIES AND TRUCES: Viking East Anglia 906, 907; Viking Northumbria 906, 907, 943, 947, 948; Vikings (overall) 871, 876, 877, 878
WESSEX DOMINANT: alliance with Scotland 945; attacks made: on Cornwall 813; on Scotland 934; BATTLES: Cornwall (West Wales) 823, 835; Northumbria 626; Scotland 938; Wales 743, 753, 755; Wiccians (Hwicce) 800; CONQUESTS MADE/SUBMISSIONS RECEIVED FROM: Cornwall (West Wales) 926; Cumbria (Cumberland) 926, 945; East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Surrey, and Sussex 823; Essex 823, 913; Mercia 827, 922, 942; Northumbria 827, 946; Scotland 924, 926, 946; Strathclyde 924; Wales 828, 853, 922
West Saxons see Wessex
West Wales see Cornwall
Westbury, attacks on 1053
Westmorland, attack on 966
Whalley, battle at 798
Wiccians (Hwicce), battle with Wessex 800
Wigmore, battle at 921
William de Romare, Earl of Lincoln 1140
William de St-Calais, Bishop of Durham 1088
William, Earl of Albemarle 1138
William I (Longsword), Duke of Normandy 928
William I (the Conqueror), King of England
succession to Normandy 1031
Battle of Hastings 1066
marriage 1067
ADMINISTRATIVE AND MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN ENGLAND: attacks and battles within England 1067, 1068, 1069, 1071, 1085; travels/locations of 1067, 1074, 1085, 1086; Edgar Etheling and 1068, 1069, 1074, 1086; rebellions against 1068, 1069, 1071, 1075, 1079; taxation 1083, 1085, 1086, 1087; Domesday Book 1085
DEALINGS WITH FOREIGN RULERS/TERRITORIES: attacks made: Brittany 1076; Maine 1073; Scotland 1072; Wales 1081; Danes and 1070, 1085; Philip of France and 1076, 1077, 1087; submissions to by Scotland 1072, 1091
death and eulogy 1087
William II (Rufus), King of England
succession 1087
ADMINISTRATIVE AND MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN ENGLAND: battles within England 1088, 1095; taxation 1090, 1097, 1100; building projects 1092, 1095, 1097; Edgar Etheling and 1091; travels/locations of 1091, then annually 1094–1101
DEALINGS WITH FAMILY: William I, rebellion against 1079; Robert of Normandy 1088, 1090, 1091, 1094, 1096
DEALINGS WITH FOREIGN RULERS/TERRITORIES: Philip of France 1090, 1094; Scotland 1091, 1093, 1097; Wales 1095, 1097
illness of 1093
death and eulogy 1100
William III, Count of Ponthieu 1120
Wimbledon 568
Wippedfleet, battle at 465
Witham, fortifications at 913
wittenmoots 1124
Woking, monastery at 775
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