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 was ealdorman of Mercia from 983 to 985 and 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. http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile?fk_files=852879&pageno=74. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
- ^ a b Williams, Ann. "Ælfric (d. 1016)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/188. Retrieved 2009-03-08. (Subscription required)
- ^ Hooper, Nicholas; Matthew Bennett (1996). Cambridge illustrated atlas of warfare: the Middle Ages, 768-1487. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. p. 38. ISBN 9780521440493. http://books.google.com/books?id=Sf8UIynR0koC.
- ^ "A.D. 992". Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Project Gutenberg. 1823/1847. http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile?fk_files=852879&pageno=65. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
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