ealdorman

Noun

Meaning

An alderman.

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Æthelwine, supported by his kinsman Ealdorman Byrhtnoth of Essex and others unspecified, mustered an army and caused Ælfhere to back down. Source: Internet

Ealdorman Ælfhere was the leader in this regard, attacking Oswald's network of monasteries across Mercia. Source: Internet

Stenton, Anglo-Saxon England, p. 231. The Chronicle tells how Egbert followed up his victory: "Then he sent his son Æthelwulf from the army, and Ealhstan, his bishop, and Wulfheard, his ealdorman, to Kent with a great troop." Source: Internet

Swanton, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, p. 50. A letter written by Alcuin in 797 to a Mercian ealdorman named Osbert makes it apparent that Offa had gone to great lengths to ensure that his son Ecgfrith would succeed him. Source: Internet

However, he made a grant of land in Somerset to his leading ealdorman, Eanwulf, and on 26 December 846 he granted a large estate to himself in South Hams in west Devon. Source: Internet

The final struggles were complicated by internal dissension, and especially by the treacherous acts of Ealdorman Eadric of Mercia, who opportunistically changed sides to Cnut's party. Source: Internet

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