Shaftesbury, Wilts., one of Alfred’s ‘burgs,’ 129 _n._;
monastery of, founded by Alfred, 68, 128.
Sherborne, possible division of diocese of, 20, 21 _n._;
bishops of, _see_ Aldhelm, Asser, Heahmund, Wulfsige.
Shire-system, not invented by Alfred, 6, cf. 121.
Shoebury, Essex, Danes fortify themselves at, 115, 117.
Sicily, conquered by Saracens, 77.
Sigbert, ex-king of the East Angles, leads his subjects against Penda,
66.
Simeon of Durham, relation of, to Asser, 23, 31, 32, 34, 64;
double recension of part of, 31, 32, 61, 62.
Simon de Montfort, experiment of representation tried by, 210.
Sithiu, _see_ St. Omer.
Siward, earl of Northumbria, anecdote of, 61.
Somerset, men of, rally to Alfred, 102;
ealdormen of, _see_ Æthelnoth, Eanwulf.
Southwick, Hants, priory of, formerly owned Cotton MS. Otho, B. xi,
168 _n._
Spain, ravages of Danes in, 77.
Stour, R., Essex, wikings defeated at mouth of, 64, 108.
Stubbs, William, Lord Bishop of Oxford, his character as an historian
and view of history, 1-3;
his hopefulness, 3;
loss to the Church by his death, 3-4.
Suetonius, his life of Augustus copied by Einhard, 10.
Swale, R., Kent, Danes enter, 113.
Swanage, Dorset, Danish fleet wrecked off, 101.
Tanistry, institution of, 89.
Teudyr ab Elised, king of Brecheiniog, father of Helised ap Teudyr,
42, 44.
Thames, R., Danes driven across, 114;
march up, 115, 116;
draw their ships up, 117.
Thanes, increase of, under Alfred, 111, 112.
Thanet, Kent, Danes winter in, 87.
Theodoric, the Ostrogoth, his treatment of Boethius, 178-9.
Theodosius, patriarch of Jerusalem, 34 _n._, 133.
Thomas, St., the Apostle, _see_ India.
Thorney, island on the Hertfordshire Colne, Danes blockaded in, 114-5.
Titus, Roman Emperor, anecdote of, 161;
St. Louis compared to, 161 _n._
Tolius, mythical monk of Croyland, 66.
Torksey, Lincs, Danes winter at, 100.
Trajan, Roman Emperor, mediaeval legend of, 209.
Tyne, R., Egbert, king of district north of, 88;
Danes winter on, 100.
Ubba, Danish chief, defeated at Kenny Castle, 104.
Verberie, France, dép. Oise, Æthelwulf marries Judith at, 78.