Ælfric of Hampshire
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Who was Ælfric of Hampshire?
Ælfric of Hampshire was a late 10th century Anglo-Saxon ealdorman of Hampshire. He is most famous for having informed an invading Viking army in 992 that they were to be entrapped at sea.
Ælfric 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.
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