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thumberland, fct a king or vice-roy over it, whom he dethroned 

 the next year, and divided his kingdom among his officers, 

 which had lafted 330 years, from the time of Ida, the firil king. 

 Bifliop Eardulph, on the firft news of their approach, fled, with 

 liis clergy. Defirous of having St. Cuthberfs bones preferved, 

 they carried them, and what they could of value, with them. 

 They wandered long from one place to another, without a fettled 

 habitation, for the tedious melancholy fpace of feven years. 

 At length, they fct themfelves down at Chefler-h-Jlreet) then 

 called Ci\ug, and by the Saxons Conceftre, from its fituation by the 

 river Cone, five miles from Durham, and feven from Nevocaftle 

 iipon Tync. Here F.ardulph enlarged his dioccfe, by adding to it 

 the vacant one of Hexham, in 883, which had been without a 

 bifhop for fixty-thrce years, from the time of Tidforttis refigna- 

 tion. Both now go under the name of the Bifhoprick of Lindis- 

 farn. He had no more troubles under his government of it. He 

 was bifhop forty-fix years, and died in the year 900. His fuccef- 

 fors lived here very happily till the year 9^5. Aldwin was then 

 bifhop. The Danes infefting his diocefe, he and his clergy 

 thought it prudent to remove for their fecurity, with St. Cuth- 

 bert's remains, to Rippon. There they flayed only four months, 

 all being quiet again. Bifhop Aldivin thought to have come 

 back with them to Ckeftre-le-Jlreet^ but by the occafion of a dream 

 upon the road, fettled at Durham (k), where his fucceflbrs have 

 continued to this day, many of whom have been as great lights 

 to learning and religion, ,as their revenues were great and re- 

 fplendcnt, derived from the pious munificence of thofe who 

 held epifcopacy in veneration. Its friends were very many, and 

 liberal to a high degree, as may be judged by fome of their gifts 

 to this diocefe. K. Hardiknute gave all the land lying between 



(k) Let. Comment, in Cygu. Cant, in Itin. vol. ix. p. 56, 57, 58. 



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