Ælfric of Hampshire

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Ælfric of Hampshire (Old English: Ælfrīc) (died 1016) was a late 10th century Anglo-Saxon ealdorman of Hampshire.^[1]^[2] He is most famous for having informed an invading Viking army in 992 that they were to be entrapped at sea.^[3]^[4]

Ælfric became ealdorman of Hampshire and Wiltshire in 982; he was second in rank to Æthelweard between 993 and 998 and then premier ealdorman after Æthelweard's death until about 1009.^[2]

References

↑ "A.D. 1016". Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Project Gutenberg. 1823/1847. Retrieved 2009-03-09. Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ 2.0 2.1 Williams, Ann. "Ælfric (d. 1016)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2009-03-08. (Subscription required). The first edition of this text is available as an article on Wikisource: "Ælfric (fl.950?-1016?)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ Hooper, Nicholas; Bennett, Matthew (1996). Cambridge illustrated atlas of warfare: the Middle Ages, 768-1487. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-521-44049-3.
↑ "A.D. 992". Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Project Gutenberg. 1823/1847. Retrieved 2009-03-09. Check date values in: |date= (help)

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Name	Aelfric Of Hampshire
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Short description	Ealdoman
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Date of death	1016
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