Egfrid, King of Northumbria, son of Oswy, xxviii, xxix, 137 n., 207, 227, 254, 260, 266 n., 302, 352 n., 353;

hostage with Queen Cynwise, 188, 189, 227 n.;

defeats Wulfhere and annexes Lindsey, 191 n., 243, 244;

his conquests, 226 n.;

defeated by Ethelred at the battle of the Trent, 267;

reconciled to Ethelred by Theodore, 267;

gives Benedict Biscop land for the monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow, xxxiv, 258;

his dispute with Wilfrid, 242, 245, 385;

marries Ethelthryth, 259;

his relations with her, 259, 260;

appoints Cuthbert Bishop of Lindisfarne, 288, 293;

at the Synod of Twyford, 292;

at the Synod of Hertford, 384;

his death foretold by Cuthbert, 189 n., 285 n.;

sends an army to ravage Ireland, 285;

his expedition against the Picts and Scots, 244 n., 285, 286;

defeated and killed at the battle of Nechtansmere, 247, 285, 286, 288, 342 n., 381 n., 385;

buried at Iona, 285 n.

Egwin, St., Bishop of Worcester, 380 n.

Egypt, 67, 361, 362, 363, 368;

churches of, 196.

Egyptians, their skill in calculation, 366.

Elafius, British Chief, his son cured of his lameness by Germanus, 39, 40.

Elbe, The river, 317 n.

Eleutherus, or Eleuther, Pope, 12, 382.

Elfled, daughter of Oswy, dedicated to religion by her father, xxxiii, 188, 189;

account of, 189 n.;

trained at Whitby, 190;

enters the Monastery of Hartlepool, 190;

joint Abbess of Whitby with her mother, Eanfled, 189 n., 190, 285 n., 286, 306 n.;

her friendship with Trumwine, 286, 287;

death, 190;

buried at Whitby, 190.

Elford-on-Trent, 267 n.

Elfred the priest, carries Bede's bones to Durham, xl.

Elge, see Ely.

Elizabeth, Queen, “The Ecclesiastical History,” translated for her benefit, xxi.

Ellmyn, Celtic name for the English, 317 n.

Elmet Wood, 120.

Elmham, Bishop of, see Badwin, Hadulac.

Ely, Isle of, 260 n., 261, 263;

Monastery of, 260, 261, 262;

St. Audrey's Fair at, 263 n.

Ely, Abbess of, see Ermingild, Ethelthryth, Sexburg.

Emme, Emmo, or Haymo, Bishop of Sens, 215.

Ems, The, 317 n.

End of the World, 71.

English, The, come to Britain, 383;

idolatry among, 67, 70;

called Garmans, 317;

Saxons, 317 n.;

Ellmyn, 317 n.;

Church, xxiii, xxvii, xxix, 53, 65;

language, 6, 45 n.;

religious poetry, 277.

“English Historical Review, The,” editorial reference to, 32 n.

Eni, father of Anna, 172.

Ennereilly, see Inver Daeile.

Eolla, Bishop of Selsey, 345.

Eormenburg, second wife of Egfrid, 242 n., 352 n.;

warned by Cuthbert of Egfrid's death, 285 n.

“Ephesians, Epistle to the,” quoted, 110.

Ephesus, Council of, 255 n.

Epigrams, 389.

“Epistola ad Ecgbertum,” see Bede.

Epternach, Wilbrord's monastery at, 324 n.

Equinox, the Vernal, 84 n., 366, 388.

Ercinwald, Mayor of the Palace to Clovis II, 178, 215 n., 349 n.

Ermingild, daughter of Sexburg, and wife of Wulfhere, 149 n., 261 n.;

Abbess of Ely and Sheppey, 261 n.

Ermynge, or Ixning, 266 n.

Erneshow, or Herneshaw, now St. John's Lee, Hexham, 303 n.

Ernianus, Irish priest, 129.

Esi, Abbot, 3.

Esquiline, The, Rome, 257 n.

Essex, History of, xxiv, xxvii, xxx, 3, 10 n., 89, 150 n., 182, 183, 212, 245 n., 380, 383;

diocese of, see London.

Essex, King of, see Offa, Sabert, Sebbi, Sigbert, Sighard, Sighere, Suefred, Suidhelm.

Estrefeld, Council of, see Ouestraefelda.

Etaples, 215.

Eternal punishment, 51, 53.

Ethelbald, King of Mercia, son of Alweo, 346 n., 380, 386;

account of, 380 n.;

ravages Northumbria, 391;

murdered, 392.

Ethelberg, daughter of Anna, Abbess of Brige, 149 n., 151, 152, 153, 232 n.

Ethelberg, or Tata, daughter of Ethelbert of Kent, wife of Edwin of Northumbria, xxiv, 102, 103, 104, 119, 348 n.;

receives a letter and gifts from Pope Boniface, 109, 111;

her piety, 110;

after Edwin's death, returns with her children and Paulinus into Kent, xxv, 131, 132;

sends Wusfrea and Yffi to King Dagobert, 132.

Ethelbert, King of Kent, third Bretwalda, xxiv, 45, 83, 89, 94, 102;

his wife Bertha, 46;

converted by St. Augustine, 45, 46, 47, 90, 94;

receives a letter and gift from Gregory, 69;

builds St. Paul's, London, and St. Andrew's, Rochester, 89, 163;

endows the bishoprics of London, Rochester and Canterbury, 89;

receives a letter from Boniface, 93;

account of his reign, 93, 94;

his “dooms,” 94;

death, xxiv, 93, 94, 95, 384;

burial, 94;

genealogy, 95;

his second wife marries his son Eadbald, 95, 97.