f the Mercians, 90;
is present at Eadgar's election, 98;
submits to William, 102;
is murdered, 103.

Eadwinesburh, _see_ Edinburgh.

Ealdhelm as a builder and teacher, 51.

Ealdormen, the, are the leaders of the English conquerors, 30;
preside over the folk-moot, 33;
growing power of, 73;
their position under AEthelred the Unready, 79.

Ealdred, Archbishop of York, crowns William I., 100.

Earl, title of, derivation of, 64.

Earldoms under Cnut, 83;
diminished after the Norman Conquest, 105.

Early English architecture, 171.

East Anglia, first settlement of, 28;
growth of, 36;
comparative weakness of, 41;
its relations with Ecgberht, 55;
overrun by the Danes, 58.

East Saxons establish themselves to the north of the Thames, 28;
capture London, 35;
_see_ Essex.

Easter, dispute on the mode of keeping, 50.

Ebbsfleet, landing of the Jutes at, 27;
landing of Augustine at, 39.

Ecclesiastical courts, jurisdiction of, 106;
conflict of Henry II. with, 142.

Ecgberht, at the court of Charles the Great, 53;
becomes king of the West Saxons, and over-lord of the other
kingdoms, 55.

Edinburgh, Eadwine builds the castle of, 43;
occupied by the Scots, 68.

Edmund Crouchback, second son of Henry III., named king of
Sicily and Naples, 196;
supposed primogeniture of, 286.

Education in the time of AElfred, 61;
in the time of Dunstan, 65;
carried on at Oxford, 167, 207.

Edward I., appeal of the Knights Bachelors to, 199;
taken prisoner at Lewes, 201;
defeats Earl Simon at Evesham, 203;
takes part in the seventh Crusade 204;
becomes king, 208;
constitutional position of, 209;
his dealings with Wales, 210;
finance of, 211;
judicial reforms and legislation of, 212;
arranges for a personal union between England and Scotland, 214;
erects the Eleanor crosses, 215;
awards the Scottish crown to John Balliol, 216;
his relations with Philip IV., 218;
summons the Model Parliament, 218;
his first conquest of Scotland, 219;
grants the _Confirmatio Cartarum_, 220;
his second conquest of Scotland, 221;
incorporates Scotland with England, 222;
his third conquest of Scotland, and death, 224.

Edward II., birth of, 210;
succeeds to the crown, 224;
marriage of, 225;
resistance of the barons to, _ib._;