Æthelred, king of Mercia, i, 89 Æthelred I., king of Wessex, i. 103-105 Æthelred II., King, i. 139-141 Æthelred, ealdorman of Mercia, i. 117 Æthelric, king of Bernicia, i. 52, 53, 60 Æthelstan, King, i. 119, 120 Æthelweard's _Chronicle_, i. 5 Æthelwine, ealdorman of East Anglia, i. 139, 140 Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, i. 103 Agénois, dispute about, ii. 197, 198, 209, 219 Agincourt, battle of, iii. 30-32 Agitators, Council of, vi. 52, 53, 57 Agriculture, changes in, under Elizabeth, iv. 278 Aidan, St., i. 69-71 Aids, feudal, ii. 104; "free," 152, 153 Aiguillon taken by the Earl of Derby, ii. 234; besieged by John of France, _ib._, 235 Aislabie, Chancellor of the Exchequer, vii. 192 Aix-la-Chapelle, peace of, vi. 250; vii. 231 Albany, Robert, first Duke of, iii. 9, 16 Albany, Alexander, third Duke of, iii. 232; Protector of Scotland, 235; struggle with Margaret, 247, 248 Albemarle, Edward, Duke of, ii. 380; iii. 7. _See_ Rutland Albemarle, George Monk, Duke of (_see_ Monk), vi. 193 Albemarle, Stephen, Count of, i. 192 Alberoni, Cardinal, vii. 186-188 Albigenses, ii. 7, 35 Albinus, friend of Bæda, i. 94 Alcwine, letters of, i. 4 Alderman of a gild, i. 299 Aldfrith, king of Northumbria, i. 91 Aldgate, Priory of Holy Trinity at, i. 223 Alençon, William the Conqueror's vengeance on, i. 179; reduced by Henry V., iii. 33 Alençon, Francis, Duke of. _See_ Anjou Alexander III., Pope, i. 235 Alexander I., Czar of Russia, viii. 164, 180, 198, 202 Alexander III., king of Scots, ii. 135 Alfred of Beverley, i. 246 Alfune founds St. Giles', Cripplegate, i. 223 Algiers bombarded by Blake, vi. 116 Allen, Dr. William, iv. 307, 310, 353, 354; his _Defense of the English Catholics_, 354 Alleyn, Joseph, vi. 223 Alliance, Grand, vii. 49; its success, 79, 80, 88; breaks up, 89; the second, 107; Triple, vi. 249; vii. 185 Almanza, battle of, vii. 134 Alva, Ferdinand Alvarez, Duke of, iv. 225, 257, 258, 298, 300, 335 Amboise, conspiracy of, iv. 175; edict of, 217