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	Ealdorman - Biocrawler
		An Ealdorman, or Alderman, was the prior magistrate of a British shire in AD 900 to 1100.
		Ealdormanship was the highest form of nobility until after 1100, when ranks such as Barons were introduced.
		An Ealdormancy was an Anglo-Saxon governing body over several shires, made up of more than one Ealdorman.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Ealdorman (102 words)

	Timeline of Anglo Saxon England 978 AD-1066 AD
		Manx Vikings led by King Godfred I ally themselves with Prince Custennin of Gwynedd and raid Anglesey and the Lleyn Peninsula.
		- King Aethelred the Unready appoints Aelfhelm as Ealdorman of Northumbria in place of the aging Waltheof I. Re-foundation of Sherborne Abbey.
		Uhtred, son of Ealdorman Waltheof I of Northumbria, is appointed to his father's old position.
	www.britannia.com /history/saxontime5.html (823 words)

	Britannia: Narrative History of Late Saxon York
		Power in Northumbria was devolved on an Ealdorman (or Jarl), often chosen from the High-Reeves of Bamburgh or noblemen south of the Humber.
		The Ealdormen moved their palace to the western part of the city of York where, what became the precincts of St. Mary's Abbey, was known as Earlsburgh.
		Ealdorman Uhtred of Northumbria thought to keep in with them by marrying the daughter of a Danish High-Reeve of York named Styr Ulfson.
	www.britannia.com /history/york/yorkhist5.html (473 words)

	Berkshire History for Kids: Berkshire - What's it all About?
		Originally, they were areas governed by an Ealdorman on behalf of the King.
		The Ealdorman also had a country estate at Aldermaston which means ‘Ealdorman’s Town’.
		In 1016, the Viking, Canute, became King of England.
	www.berkshirehistory.com /kids/intro.html (195 words)

	ALDERMAN (from A.-S. e... - Online Information article about ALDERMAN (from A.-S. e...
		ALDERMAN (from A.-S. ealdorman, compounded of the comparative degree of the adjective eald, old, and man)
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	encyclopedia.jrank.org /AJA_ALL/ALDERMAN_from_A_S_ealdorman_com.html (952 words)

	Essential Norman Conquest - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The term Earl was one that, under the influence of the Danes, replaced the Anglo-Saxon word ealdorman.
		In the time of King Alfred, the ealdorman was a king's man, possibly of royal descent, but in function an officer placed in charge of a distinct province, perhaps a shire.
		The thegn was originally a separate class of warriors, probably bodyguards to kings, but latterly a landowner ranked by the number of hides he farmed and capable of being promoted to ealdorman status.
	www.essentialnormanconquest.com /encyclopedia/earl.htm (99 words)

	Habisfern Society (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Any ealdorman (a noble with a thousand hides or more of hereditary lands) can consider himself to be part of a noble House.
		The current head of the House, Ealdorman Caradoc, is halfway to madness and spends much of his time with his harem of slave girls.
		The head of the House, Ealdorman Eadric is reputed to be a wizard, as well as a capable warrior and noble.
	www.bifrost.demon.co.uk /games/habisfern/society/houses.html (1024 words)

	The Fourth Book of The Chronicle of Æthelweard
		And Osric, ealdorman of Hampshire, and Æthelwulf, ealdorman of Berkshire, met them, and when battle was joined, they put the pagans to flight, and won the victory.
		Ealdorman Æthelwulf fell, who had won the victory shortly before, and the barbarians were victors.
		And there fell Ealdorman Sigewulf, and Sigehelm, and a part of the Kentish gentry nearly all-inclusive; and Haruc, king of the barbarians, was there let down to the lower world.
	www.deremilitari.org /resources/sources/aethelweard.htm (5942 words)

	Manuscript D
		7 þy ilcan dæge rad æþelmund ealdorman of Hwiccum ofer æt Cynemæresforda, þa mette hine Weohstan ealdorman mid Wilsætum, 7 þær wearð mycel gefeoht 7 þær begen ofslægene wæron þa ealdormæn, 7 Wilsæte namon sige.
		Her gefor æþelred ealdorman on Myrcum, 7 Eadweard cyning feng to Lundenbyrig, 7 to Oxnaforda, 7 to eallum þam landum þe þærto hyrdon.
		Þa wearð þær ofslægen Eadnoð biscop, 7 Wulfsie abbod, 7 ælfric ealdorman, 7 Godwine ealdorman, 7 Ulfkytel of Eastenglan, 7 æþelward ælfwines sunu ealdormannes, 7 eall seo duguð of Angelcynnes þeode.
	www.georgetown.edu /labyrinth/library/oe/texts/asc/d.html (14337 words)

	The Avalon Project : Anglo-Saxon Law - Extracts From Early Laws of the English.
		If a man fight before a king's ealdorman in the 'gemot,' let him make 'bot' with 'wer' and 'wite,' as it may be right; and before this, cxx.
		This is the peace that King Alfred and King Guthrum, and the 'witan' of all the English nation, and all the people that are in East Anglia, have all ordained and with oaths confirmed, for themselves and for their descendants, as well for born as for unborn, who reck of God's mercy or of ours.
		And let the hundred gemot be attended as it was before fixed; and thrice in the year let a burh-gemot be held; and twice, a shire-gemot; and let there be present the bishop of the shire and the ealdorman, and there both expound as well the law of God as the secular law.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/medieval/saxlaw.htm (4683 words)

	Anglo-Saxons.net : Timeline: 871-899
		A regnal list kept at Worcester (in the western half of Mercia, and so unaffected by the partition of 877) gives him a reign of five years, which would take it to 879.
		By 883 (according to S 218), Ealdorman Æthelred was in charge of Mercia, under the overall authority of King Alfred of Wessex.
		In 893, after the Vikings had occupied their fortresses in Kent (see 892), Alfred gathered his army and took up a position between the enemy forces, so that he could reach either army if they left their fortresses.
	www.anglo-saxons.net /hwaet/?do=seek&query=871-899 (3228 words)

	Ethelred the unready
		Ethelred married firstly to lflaed, daughter of Thored, the ealdorman of Northumbria; she was the mother of four sons, including Edmund Ironside.
		His third and final marriage, in 1002, was to Emma of Normandy, whose grandnephew, William I of England, would later use this relationship as the basis of his claim on the throne.
		After initial military setbacks including the defeat of his Ealdorman Byrhtnoth at the Battle of Maldon, Ethelred was able to come to terms with Olaf, who returned to Norway to gain his kingdom with mixed success.
	www.the-world-in-focus.com /Europe/England/Royal_Family/ethelredtheunrea.html (534 words)

	ealdorman \| English \| Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
		An ealdorman (modern alderman) was the prior magistrate of a British shire from 900 to the time of the Danes.
		The ealdorman, rendered in Latin as dux or (in early West Saxon charters) præfectus (which is also the equivalent of gerefa, modern reeve, from which sheriff or shire reeve), was the chief magistrate of a shire (county) in Anglo-Saxon England.
		He commanded the army of the shire(s) and districts under his control on behalf of the king.
	www.babylon.com /definition/ealdorman (206 words)

	ealdorman and ceorl and churl and lorca and duende and dybbuk and sideburn and dundreary
		ealdorman and ceorl and churl and lorca and duende and dybbuk and sideburn and dundreary
		We are now ready to move to the "E's." In order to do that I had to skip all the "dys's." Maybe I will devote an essay to some of them.
		The first "E," however will be ealdorman, pronounced AL der man, the chief officer in a district in Anglo-Saxon England.
	www.drbilllong.com /SpellersDiary/3713902.html (836 words)

	Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England \| Christian Classics Ethereal Library
		When they came into the province, these men took up their lodging in the guesthouse of a certain township-reeve, and asked of him that he would conduct them to the ealdorman who was over him, for that they had a message concerning matters of importance to communicate to him.
		Wherefore on a sudden they laid hold of them and put them to death; and White Hewald they slew outright with the sword; but they put Black Hewald to lingering torture and tore him limb from limb in horrible fashion, and they threw their bodies into the Rhine.
		The ealdorman, whom they had desired to see, hearing of it, was very angry that strangers who desired to come to him had not been suffered to come; and therefore he sent and put to death all those villagers and burned their village.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/bede/history.v.v.ix.html (521 words)

	Æthelred the Unready - Eadric Streona - Swein Forkbeard
		Then sent the king to the fleet Ealdorman Leofsige [of Essex], who at the king's word and his council made peace with them, on condition that they received food and tribute; which they accepted, and a tribute was paid of 24,000 pounds.
		Brihtric, brother of Ealdorman Eadric, accused one Wulfnoth, from Sussex, of treason.
		Thither came Ealdorman Æthelmær, and all the western thegns with him, and all submitted to Swegen, and gave hostages.
	www.stephen.j.murray.btinternet.co.uk /unready.htm (6263 words)

	Glossary of Terms
		ealdorman: a nobleman with jurisdiction over given lands; the rank was generally appointed by the King and not necessarily inherited from generation to generation.
		By Ælfred's time (reigned 871-899) a nobleman was held at 1200 shillings and the ceorl's at 200.
		Witan: a council of ealdorman, other high-ranking lords, and bishops; their responsibilities included choosing the King from amongst their numbers.
	www.octavia.net /books/CircleGlossary.htm (707 words)

	Anglo-Saxons.net : Timeline: 978-1016
		In 993 a new group of witnesses became prominent in the charters, Æthelred was making amends to the churches, and were it not for the Viking raids from without this might have come down to us as a period of peace and prosperity.
		In about 1006 there seems to have been another abrupt change in the witnesses of charters, coincident with the emergence in 1007 of Eadric as ealdorman of Mercia.
		The Annales Cambriae record that the Saxons, led by Ælfhere (ealdorman of Mercia), ravaged the lands of Einion ab Owain (Dyfed).
	www.anglo-saxons.net /hwaet/?do=seek&query=978-1016 (2461 words)

	Þéodisc Arungas Compared
		Socially, an ealdorman and þegn are the same rank, but the ealdorman has more duties to perform.
		The two key ingredients to advancement seemed to have been ownership of land (which meant you were responsible for those that worked the land) and service to the king (which meant you were responsible for the defense of the kingdom in some way).
		However, due to the powers of the office it can be thought of much as an arung, and when performing their office ealdormen are held to be of a higher station.
	www.ealdriht.org /arungs.htm (990 words)

	Medieval English urban history - Glossary
		The object was to restore the status quo and thereby oblige a claimant to seek his rights through the courts, which involved obtaining a writ from the king.
		The Anglo-Saxon ealdorman (meaning "chief man") was an officer of the king who was essentially leader of a shire, which included the presidency of the shire court; as they became more powerful and transformed into earls, the shire-reeve took their place at head of a shire.
		It may have been at London that the term "ealdorman" was extended from heads of shires to heads of boroughs.
	www.trytel.com /~tristan/towns/glossary.html (8560 words)

	Æthelweard (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Æthelweard (Ethelward), Anglo-Saxon historian, was the great-grandson of Æthelred, the brother of Alfred, and ealdorman or earl of the western provinces (i.e.
		He first signs as dux or ealdorman in 973, and continues to sign until 998, about which time his death must have taken place.
		In the year 991 he was associated with archbishop Sigeric in the conclusion of a peace with the victorious Danes from Maldon, and in 994 he was sent with Bishop Ælfheah of Winchester to make peace with Olaf at
	home.comcast.net /~desilva22/AEthelweard.htm (188 words)

	Folk Moot in Ancient Times
		Regardless, an ealdorman or reeve wanting to keep peace with his folk may have made certain their voices were heard by the king.
		It heard court cases, and was either headed by a reeve of the king, or an ealdorman.
		It is not known if in earlier times the gemot legislated local law, helped the ealdorman govern, deliberated proposals sent from the king and witan, or served in any way as the tribal assemblies Tacitus describes did.
	www.ealdriht.org /folcmot.html (3519 words)

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		And nevertheless he was killed by the advice of Ealdorman Eadric, and with him Thurcetel, Nafena's son.
		Rositzke 1940] king killed as many of them as he could overtake,and Ealdorman Eadric came to meet the king at Aylesford, no greater folly was ever agreed to thanthat was.
		Then Ealdorman Eadric did as he had oftendone before, he was the first to start the flight with the Magonsæte [i.e.
	www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de /anglist1/ASC1016.doc (1180 words)

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		On the other side, Byrhtnoth, ealdorman of Essex, and a levy of English defenders (fyrd), having dismounted their horses and proceeded to the shore, waited for the waters to recede.
		Since the poet cannot change the outcome of the battle, the defeat must be understood in terms of an explanatory fault or vice: that of the ealdorman's pride.
		In the loyalty of his retainers, however, who continue to avenge their lord even after he has been killed, the loss of the battle and the death of the ealdorman are redeemed.
	www.stavacademy.co.uk /mimir/maldon1.htm (1169 words)

	Vikings - Danegeld
		The final victory of this campaign belonged to Ealdorman Byrthnoth and was decided at Maldon, on the Blackwater, in Essex.
		The money for this and further tributes was raised as wergeld from the English people and it became known as Danegeld.
		But there are also clearer incidents:'The Ealdorman of Hampshire',for example,' betrayed English plans to the Vikings in 992, and in revenge Æthelred had his son blinded the next year.'
	www.apocalyptic-theories.com /society/vikings/aethelred.html (825 words)

	Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: )
		998) Chronicler, who called himself an ealdorman, and may have been the ealdorman who arranged a treaty for Æthelred II in 994.
		He extended His control over the Danelaw and was responsible for the expulsion of Eirik Bloodaxe, last Danish king of York.
		Ealdorman or eolderman "Elder" or patriarchs, used in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms to refer to a viceroy of the king, official, noble or even ecclesiastic.
	www.jim-riddell.com /history/glossary.htm (10786 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: The Anglo-Saxon Dooms, 560-975
		If a man commit folk-leasing, and it be fixed upon him, with no lighter thing let him make bot than that his tongue be cut out; which must not be redeemed at any cheaper rate than it is estimated at according to his wer.
		If he has done anything wrong where he before was, let him make bot for it who has their received him as his man; and to the king 120 shillings as wite.
		If a man fight before a king's ealdorman in the gemot, let him make bot with wer and wite as it may be right; and before this 120 shillings to the ealdorman as wite.
	academic2.american.edu /~dfagel/AlfredLaws.html (2706 words)

	ealdorman - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		The Battle of Hastings changed England and the English way of life for ever.
		Æ thelred's kingdom was easily conquered because of traitors such as Wulfnoth, Æ lfric (Ealdorman of East Wessex) and Eadric (Ealdorman of Mercia).
		Yet it is important to try and understand why...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /ealdorman.html (127 words)

	EBK: Historical Chronology of Saxon England AD 954-1006
		High-Reeve Osulf of Bamburgh is appointed Ealdorman of Northumbria.
		963 - Death of Ealdorman Osulf of Northumbria.
		King Edgar the Peacemaker of England marries his second wife, Aelfthrith, daughter of Ealdorman Ordgar of Devon and widow of Ealdorman Aethelwold of East Anglia.
	www.earlybritishkingdoms.com /adversaries/kingdoms/954.html (1074 words)

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