Wear, The River, 271, 359.

Wearmouth and Jarrow, Monastery, of, xxiii, xxx, xxxiii, xxxiv, xxxv, 137 n., 167, 177, 257, 284, 359;

its library, xxxv.

Wearmouth and Jarrow, Abbot of, see Benedict, Ceolfrid, Cuthbert, Huaetbert.

Went, the River, 189 n.

Wergild, the, 267.

Wessex, History of, xxix, xxx, 3, 45, 84, 96, 97, 147, 148, 179, 191 n., 206, 241, 245 n., 247 n., 251, 336 n., 342, 344, 352 n., 380, 392 n.;

diocese of, xxx, 3 n., 149, 150, 251, 342, 343, 344, 345, 350, 379 n., 380.

Wessex, King of, see Aescwine, Caedwalla, Caelin, Centwine, Coinwalch, Cuichelm, Cuthred, Cynegils, Cyniwulf, Edilhart, Ini.

Wessex, Bishop of, see Agilbert, Birinus, Daniel, Haedde, Leutherius, Wini.

Westphalia, 317 n.

West Saxons, called Gewissae or Gewissi, 30, 96, 147, 148;

history and province of, see Wessex.

Wetadun, see Watton.

Whales in Britain, 5.

Whalley, 204 n.

Wharfe, The River, 271 n.

Whelock, Abraham, his edition of the “Ecclesiastical History,” xix.

Whitby, Bay of the Lighthouse or Streanaeshalch, xxix, 195, 275 n., 349 n.;

monastery of, built by Hilda, 190, 243 n., 244 n., 270, 272-281, 286, 306 n., 385;

Synod of, xxvii, xxviii, 84 n., 194 n., 195, 196-201, 350 n.

Whitby, Abbess of, see Eanfled, Elfled, Hilda.

Whitby, a monk of, editorial references to his “Life of Gregory,” 75 n., 190 n.

Whitern or White House, 141, 244 n.;

diocese of, 381 n.

Whitern, Bishop of, see Frithwald, Ninian, Pechthelm.

Whitsuntide, xli n., 206.

Whittingham, 292 n.

Wicklow, 92 n.

Wictbert, Irish hermit, his unsuccessful mission to Frisland, 319, 320, 323 n.

Wictred, King of Kent, son of Egbert, xxix, xxxi, 287, 315, 316 n.;

his sons, 377;

death, 377, 386.

Wighard, a disciple of Gregory's, sent to Rome to be ordained Archbishop, dies there, xxvii, 208, 210, 211, 213.

Wight, Isle of, history, xxix, 3, 11, 30, 245, 252, 253;

Christianity introduced into, 252, 253;

described, 253;

bishopric of, 380.

Wight, the Isle of, King of, see Arwald.

Wigton Bay, 141 n.

Wilbert, a boy to whom Bede dictates the last sentences of his translations, xliii.

Wilbrord, Missionary, Archbishop of Frisland, xxx, 143 n., 161, 319 n.;

account of, 161 n., 320 n.;

at Rome, 323;

his mission to Frisland, 320, 321 n., 323, 351, 375 n.;

destroys idols and kills the sacred cattle of Fosite, 323;

his consecration, 324;

given the name of Clement in religion, 324;

his see at Utrecht, 324;

his monastery near Trèves, 324 n.;

calendar said to contain an entry by him, 324 n.;

builds St. Saviour's, and rebuilds St. [pg 439] Martin's Church, Utrecht, 324 n.;

date of his death, 325 n.;

“Life of,” see Alcuin.

Wilfaraesdun or Wilfar's Hill, 164.

Wilfrid, St., Bishop, xxx, 137 n., 161, 163 n., 227, 257 n., 343 n.;

account of his life and character, 347-357;

his birth and family, 347 n.;

educated at Lindisfarne, 347;

sent to the Court of Oswy, 347 n.;

to Lindisfarne, 347;

resolves to go to Rome, 347;

assisted by Queen Eanfled, 347, 348;

starts with Benedict Biscop, 348;

detained at Lyons by Annemundus, 348;

in Rome, 348, 349;

on his way home stays at Lyons, 349;

his fidelity to Annemundus, 349;

wins the friendship of Alchfrid, 194, 350;

given land at Stanford, 350;

made Abbot of Ripon, 194, 350, 351 n.;

at the Whitby Synod, xxvii, 195-200, 217 n.;

made Bishop of Northumbria, xxvii, 218, 219, 350, 351, 384;

consecrated in Gaul by Agilbert, 206, 218, 350;

superseded by Ceadda, xxvii, 207 n., 351;

returns to Britain, 351;

shipwrecked on the coast of Sussex, 351 n.;

discharges episcopal functions for Mercia and Kent, 218, 219 n., 351 n.;

restored by Theodore, 351;

his relations with Ethelthryth, 242 n., 260, 262;

his relations with Theodore, 228 n., 229 n., 231 n., 244 n., 353 n.;

represented at Hertford by proxy, 228;

his Catholic teaching, xxvii, 208, 217;

invites Eddi from Kent to teach church singing, 217;

expelled from his see by Egfrid, 242, 243 n., 244, 245, 267 n., 351, 385;

foretells the battle of the Trent, 267 n.;

demands an explanation from the King and Archbishop, 242 n.;

goes to Rome to plead his cause, 243 n., 245, 351;

Ebroin's plot against his life, 192 n., 351 n.;

on his way to Rome driven by the wind to Frisland, 351;

visits Dagobert II of Austrasia, and Perctarit, King of the Lombards, 351 n.;

acquitted by Agatho and the Lateran Council, 352;

his confession of faith on behalf of the English Church, 254 n., 352;

returns to Britain, 352, accused of bribery, 352 n.;

imprisoned at Bromnis, 352 n.;

at Dunbar, 352 n.;

released at Aebba's request, 260 n., 352 n.;

takes refuge in Mercia, 267 n., 323, 352 n.;

expelled from Mercia, 267 n., 352 n.;

converts the South Saxons and the Isle of Wight, 179 n., 245-248, 252, 352, 353;

founds the Monastery of Selsey, 247, 345;

his restoration to York, Hexham, and Ripon, 243 n., 247 n., 296, 353 n., 356 n.;

administers Lindisfarne, 296;

his second expulsion, 274 n., 296 n., 323, 353;

second sojourn in Mercia, 353 n.;

consecrates Oftfor, 274;

consecrates Suidbert, 323;

excommunicated by the Council of Ouestraefelda, 353 n.;

second visit to Frisland, 161;

again goes to Rome to plead his cause, 353;

acquitted by Pope John and the Council, 353, 354;

taken ill at Meaux on his way back to Britain, 354, 355;

his vision, 355;

arrives in Britain, 355;

reconciled to Bertwald, Ethelred and Coenred, 355, 356;

Aldfrid refuses to receive him, 356;

Elfled's influence in his favour, 189 n.;

restored to his bishopric of Hexham by the Synod on the Nidd, 356;

dies at Oundle, 346, 356, 391;

buried at St. Peter's, Ripon, 346, 356;

his epitaph, 356, 357;

length of his episcopate, 346;

his relics, 346 n.;

his character, 347;

churches built by him, 351;

“Life of,” see Eddius.