Ælfric (

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...

', Middle English ''Elfric'') is an

Anglo-Saxon given name Germanic given names are traditionally dithematic; that is, they are formed from two elements, by joining a prefix and a suffix. For example, King Æþelred's name was derived from ', for "noble", and ', for "counsel". However, there are al ...

Churchmen

* Ælfric of Eynsham (c. 955–c. 1010), late 10th century Anglo-Saxon abbot and writer *

Ælfric of Abingdon Ælfric of Abingdon and also known as Ælfric of Wessex. (died 16 November 1005) was a late 10th-century Archbishop of Canterbury. He previously held the offices of abbot of St Albans Abbey and Bishop of Ramsbury, as well as likely being the abb ...

(died 1005), late 10th century Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury *

Ælfric Bata Ælfric Bata () was a monk and a disciple of Ælfric of Eynsham at Winchester some time before 1005. The epithet ''Bata'' is unclear; the formerly accepted interpretation "the bat" has been rejected, and Tengvik suggests it means 'stout'. From t ...

(or "the bat") (

fl. ''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...

1005) *

Ælfric Puttoc Ælfric Puttoc. Sometimes modernised as Alfric Puttock. (died 22 January 1051) was Archbishop of York from 1023 to his death, and briefly Bishop of Worcester from 1040 to 1041. He may have crowned Harold Harefoot in 1036, and certainly assiste ...

(died 1051), 11th century Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of York *

Ælfric of Crediton __NOTOC__ Ælfric ( ang, Ælfrīc; died ) was a medieval Bishop of Crediton The Bishop of Crediton is an episcopal title which takes its name from the town of Crediton in Devon, England. The title was originally used by the Anglo-Saxons i ...

, late 10th century Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Crediton *

Ælfric (Bishop of Hereford) __NOTOC__ Ælfric (died ) was a medieval Bishop of Hereford. He was consecrated in either 934 or between 937 and 940 and died either between 949 and 958 or in 971.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 217 Notes Citations Ref ...

, mid 10th century Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Hereford *

Ælfric of Ramsbury __NOTOC__ Ælfric died ) was a medieval Bishop of Ramsbury The Bishop of Ramsbury is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Salisbury, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name ...

(fl. 940s), Bishop of Ramsbury *

Ælfric (archbishop-elect of Canterbury) Ælfric (Old English ', Middle English ''Elfric'') is an Anglo-Saxon given name. Churchmen *Ælfric of Eynsham (c. 955–c. 1010), late 10th century Anglo-Saxon abbot and writer *Ælfric of Abingdon (died 1005), late 10th century Anglo-Saxon Archbi ...

(fl. 1050), Benedictine monk elected to but denied the see of Canterbury *

Ælfric I Ælfric was a medieval Bishop of Elmham. Ælfric was consecrated before 970 and died sometime after that year. Notes References External links * * Anglo-Saxon chartersS 776 (AD 970)anS 779 (AD 970) Bishops of Elmham ...

(died c. 973), Bishop of Elmham *

Ælfric II __NOTOC__ Ælfric II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham The Bishop of Norwich is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Norwich in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers most of the county of Norfolk and part of Suffol ...

(died 1038), Bishop of Elmham *

Ælfric III Ælfric III was a medieval Bishop of Elmham The Bishop of Norwich is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Norwich in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers most of the county of Norfolk and part of Suffolk. The bi ...

(died c. 1042), Bishop of Elmham

Laymen

* Ælfric Cild, late 10th century Anglo-Saxon Ealdorman of Mercia *

Ælfric of Hampshire Ælfric was Ealdorman of Hampshire from to 1016. Ælfric succeeded ealdorman Æthelmær to the county of Hampshire and possibly Wiltshire in about 982. Ælfric was among the leading advisers of King Æthelred and was described by the ''Anglo-Sax ...

, late 10th century/early 11th century Anglo-Saxon Ealdorman of Hampshire *

Ælfric Modercope __NOTOC__ Ælfric Modercope ( ang, Ælfrīc Mōdercoppe; non, *Alfrīkr Mōðirkoppr), sometimes known as Alfric de Modercope in modern English and as Ælfric Wihtgarsson in the patronymic system, was an Anglo-Norse thegn from East Anglia. Whi ...

, 11th century Anglo-Danish thegn

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Laymen

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