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P 115 24 AEDILVACH p 120 1 30. Eddius 40. His conversion is apparently dated 661 by Sax chron, Flor Vig and Hen Hunt MHB 317 (Aethelwald). 531° (Aethelwold). 717a (Adeluuold).

25 VVLFHERE p 68 1 15. p 86 1 15 seq. He died AD 675 5 p 169 1 31. His zeal was shewn by the mission of Jaruman to Essex

28 MEANVARORVM the name remains in East Meon, West Meon, Meon Stoke, all near Bishop's Waltham Hants, Camden adds 10 Meansbrough and Mansbridge. The word (Bosworth AS dict) ware used only as a termination, denoting inhabitants, dwellers, is found also in Lindisfari (men of Lindsey), Cantuarii (men of Kent), Vihtvara or Vectuarii (men of Wight), Boructuari (v 9), Niduari (men of Nithsdale uita Cuthb 11. Hussey).

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29 CONCEDENTE IMMO MVLTVM GAVDENTE REGE Eddius 40 Wilfrid went to king Ethelwalch and told him the story of his flight. The king promised to secure him. sanctus uero homo dei, gauisus in uerbis consolationis gratias agens deo, primum regi et reginae uerbum dei et regni eius beatitudinem et magnitudinem leniter suadens, quasi lac sine 20 dolo dedisset, praedicare coepit: deinde postea cum consensu regis deo concedente et ex oratione pontificis sancti nostri gentes, quibus ante praedicatum non erat et numquam uerbum dei audierant, congregatae sunt. Wilfrid preached to them for several months against idolatry and found favour in the sight of the king. paganorum utrius25 que sexus, quidam uoluntarie, alii uero coacti regis imperio, idololatriam deserentes... baptizati sunt.

P 116 3 HVICCIORVM P 138 1 15. II 2 pr in confinio Huicciorum et Occidentalium Saxonum. They were in Mercia and their capital was 30 Worcester Flor Vig MHB 622° (Haddan-Stubbs III 128 129).

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8 DICVL another of the name p 561 30. Stevenson 'this Dicul, or Dicuil, was possibly the Irish monk who wrote "de mensura orbis terrae" (ed Walckenaer 1807, Letronne 1815. Wright biogr Brit lit I 372).'

9 BOSANHAMM Bosham 3 m WSW of Chichester.

15 TRIBVS ANNIS Fuller § 100 'on that very day wherein he baptized them (as if God from heaven had powred water into the font) he obtained store of rain, which produced great plenty. Observe (though I am not so ill-natured, as to wrangle with all miracles) an

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apish imitation of Elijah (who carried the key of heaven at his girdle, to lock, or unlock it by his prayer :) only Elijah gave rain after three yeares and six moneths, Wilfride after bare three yeares; it being good manners to come a little short of his betters.'

P 117 I ANGVILLAS II (p 40 1 21 S) of Britain fluuiis quoque 5 multum piscosis ac fontibus praeclare copiosis et quidem praecipue issicio (pike) abundat et anguilla. Sharon Turner AS 1117 19 20.

12 SELÆSEV Eddius 40 end rex...mitis et pius per dominum factus uillam suam propriam, in qua manebat, ad episcopalem sedem cum territoriis postea additis LXXXVII man- IO sionum Selæsiae sancto nouo euangelistae et baptistae, qui sibi suisque cunctis uitae perpetuae uiam aperuit, concedit: ibique fratribus suis congregatis coenobium ad requiem fundauit, quod usque hodie subiecti eius possident. After Aldhelm's death in 709 the see of Selsey was established v 18 (Matt Westm gives the date 711). 15 transferred to Chichester AD 1075. Lingard 1 c 6 'donations to the church.'

18 MONASTERIVM p 1181 11.

21 AD MORTEM ECGFRIDI 20 May 685 p 149 1 15. p 1701 10. But v 19 secundo anno (ie 686) Alfridi, qui post Ecgfridum regnauit 20 sedem suam et episcopatum rege ipso inuitante recepit. And so Eddius 43 (Hussey).

28 LIBERTATE DONANDO Lingard 1 62. Kemble Saxons in England I c 8 and app C. In Domesday no slave is registered in York and few in the neighbouring counties. At the council of Celchyth 27 July 816 (Haddan-Stubbs III 583) c to bishops were directed to set at liberty at their death all bondmen of English descent whom the church 30 had acquired during their administration. Ransom of captives Eddius II end.

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N the monastery of Selsey some miracles were wrought, one of which Beda relates on the authority of bishop Acca. There was a great mortality in Britain and many of the brethren of the monastery died. 35 In their trouble the monks began to observe a fast of three days; on the second day of which fast the blessed chiefs of the apostles appeared

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to a little boy who was lying sick and told him that they were about to conduct him to the celestial kingdom. They bade him call Eappa the presbyter and say that the Lord had heard their prayers and accepted their fasting and no more of them should die. The messengers also said that the divine pity was shewn to them through the intercession of Oswald, formerly king of Northumbria, who as on that day had been slain and received into heaven. They also bade that masses should be celebrated in all the oratories of the monastery. The boy described the heavenly visitors as bright and shining and more beautiful than he had IO ever seen. One was shorn like a cleric, the other had a long beard, and they told him that they were Peter and Paul. After search it was found that king Oswald was slain on this day, therefore the boy's story was believed, and on that very day he died, but all the rest recovered. This vision increased the reverence for fasts and in many places king Oswald's 15 day was observed with yearly masses.

P 118 2 qvo p 117 1 18.

5 ACCA P 24 1 13 same words. p 205 19 and 26. P 206 1 4. V 19. 20. 23. h a 15. fifth bp of Hexham (709-732), where he succeeded Wilfrid (v 20. DCB). He and Tatbert required of Eddius (pref) a life 20 of Wilfrid. Eddius 22 end. 54.

P 119 I HODIERNA DIE 110 1 3. p 112 1 23. c 29 n. So Nursinus the presbyter when at the point of death (Greg dial IV 11) 'bene ueniant 30 domini mei, bene ueniant domini mei: quid ad tantillum seruulum uestrum estis dignati conuenire? uenio, uenio. gratias ago'. when this was repeated, his friends asked to whom he was speaking. he replied in amazement: 'numquid hic conuenisse sanctos apostolos non uidetis ? beatum Petrum et Paulum primos apostolorum non aspicitis?' ad 35 quos iterum conuersus dicebat: 'ecce uenio, ecce uenio', atque inter haec uerba animam reddidit.... quod plerumque contingit iustis, ut in morte sua sanctorum praecedentium uisiones aspiciant, ne ipsam mortis suae poenalem sententiam pertimescant. St Peter appeared in like manner to the nun Galla three days before her death ib 13.

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P 119 3 HABES glossary. VIATICO P 139 1 32. p 144 1 29.

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99 21 CODICIBVS IN QVIBVS DEFVNCTORVM EST ADNOTATA DEPOSITIO P 120 1 11. see liber uitae eccl Dunelm (Surtees soc 1841) con- IO taining the names of all the benefactors of St Cuthbert's church from its foundation. The original (MS Cotton Dom VII) lay constantly on the altar for more than six centuries and contains a prayer that the benefactors' names may be written in the book of life cf Lingard 11 58. 352-7 'Anglo-Saxon calendars'. Rock church of our fathers II 15 339-352. uita Cuthb praef (addressed to bp Eadfrid and the brethren of Lindisfarne) begs them to pray for him living, sed et me defuncto pro redemtione animae meae, quasi familiaris et uernaculi uestri, orare et missas facere et nomen meum inter uestra scribere dignemini. nam et tu, sanctissime antistes, hoc te mihi promisisse iam retines, in 20 cuius etiam testimonium futurae conscriptionis religioso fratri uestro Gudfrido mansionario praecepisti ut in albo uestrae sanctae congregationis meum nunc quoque nomen apponeret. Martene de ant eccl rit I 145 (ed 1738). DCA 'calendar'. For depositio cf p 158 112. v 8 pr deposita. 11 pr depositis.

25 IN MEMORIAM OSVALDI V 14 sine uiatico salutis obiit et 25 corpus eius in ultimis est monasterii locis humatum, neque aliquis pro eo uel missas facere uel psalmos cantare uel saltem orare praesumebat. Alcuin ep 11 Jaffé ne quaeso obliuiscaris in tuis sanctis orationibus nomen amici tui Albini; sed in aliquo memoriae gazophylacio reconde illud, et profer eo tempore oportuno, quo panem et uinum in substan- 30 tiam corporis et sanguinis Christi consecraueris.

P 120 4 ALIQVOS = ullos.

6 ATTONSVS VT CLERICVS St Peter p 90 1 27 and 28 n.
7 PETRVS P 119 1 1 n.

II ANNALE P 119 1 21 n.

14 DE EODEM SACRIFICIO PARTICVLAM DEFERRI P 144 1 18— Scudamore notitia eucharistica index 'eucharist' ('reservation' of elements allowed in the first prayer book of Edw VI). Lingard 1 299.

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335 II 42. 43. 422. Rock church of our fathers 1 16. 17. 132. Rheinwald die kirchl Archäologie Berl 1830 cites on the communion of the dying Eus h e VI 44. conc Nic c 13. conc Araus I c 3. stat eccl ant c 76—78. As the administration of wine to the sick might be difficult conc Turon 5 I (Mansi VII 950) requires every presbyter to have the uiaticum in a pyx, and to dip the sacred oblation in wine; but this 'intinction' is forbidden in conc Bracar III AD 675 C 2. J A Gleich de eucharistia moribundorum et mortuorum (Viteb 1690 4t0).

P 120 19 NEMO PRAETER IPSVM p 119 1 8-11.

active young man of the royal race of the Geuissi named Caedu

AN active young man of taleh and wasted his province, but was soon

15 driven out by the king's leaders Bercthun and Andhun. The former of these was afterwards slain by Caedualla, and the province of the South Saxons was held in slavery by him and Ini who reigned after him, so that province had no bishop of their own but were subject to the bishop of the Geuissi.

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P 120 28 CAEDVALLA son of Cenbyrht (†661), son of Ceadda, son of Cuthwine, son of Ceawlin, son of Cynric, son of Cerdic (see Sax chron 685, and pedigree of kings of Wessex in Lappenberg-Thorpe I 286). In his banishment Caedualla was befriended by Wilfrid; when he became king of Wessex, he sent for Wilfrid, made him his chief 25 counsellor and endowed him with large estates Eddius 41. Hen Hunt 685. In 688 Caedualla resigned his crown and went to Rome, where he was baptised 10 Apr 689, took the name of Peter, and was buried on the 20th of that month, being then 30 years old more or less (V 7), so that now, in 685, he might well be iuuenis strenuissimus. DCB 'Caed30 walla' (2).

P 121 2 REGIS Aediluach. ANDHVNO Aethelhumo Flor Vig in MHB 537b.

3 POSTEA A D 686 Caedualla and his brother Mul devastated 35 Kent and Wight Sax chron.

5 INI son of Cenred, son of Ceolwald, son of Cynegils, son of Cuthwine, son of Ceaulin, son of Cynric, son of Cerdic, king of Wessex