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Weardhlāford () is nama geboren in Bretta stǣr be fēam eorlum in þāra handum cwōman þæt rīce. In þǣm Middelyldum bǣron menn þisne bīnaman ðā wǣron hwīlendlice rīceras þā hwīle þe wæs se Cyning tō geong oþðe æfweard.

Rīces Ealdorman
Se bīnama "Weardhlāford" wæs in gēardagum sēo titul for ealdormenn se rīcode in þæs cyninges stede þā hwīle þe wæs se cyning cild.

Weardhlāfordas þā sind weorþe to genemnenne sindon:
Iohannes, Heretoga of Biedanford, and Hunfrið, Heretoga of Gleawceastre, were (5 Gēolmōnaþ 1422 – 6 Blōtmōnaþ 1429) ætgædre Weardmenn for Heanric VI (1421–1471);
Ricard Plantagenet Heretoga of Eoferwice, wæs þrīwa (3 Ēastermōnaþ 1454 – Solmōnaþ 1455; 19 Blōtmōnaþ 1455 – 25 Solmōnaþ 1456; and 31 Winterfylleþ – 30 Gēolmōnaþ 1460) Weard for Heanric VI;
Ricard, Heretoga of Gleawceastre, wæs 'Weardhlāford þæs Rīces' (30 Ēastermōnaþ 1483 – 26 Sēremōnaþ 1483), in Ēadweardes V rīce (se wæs ān þāra "Æþelingas in þæm Turre") beforan þe Ricard ætfōn þone cynedōm for selfe be naman Ricard III Cyning;
Ēadweard Seymour, Heretoga of Sumorsǣtum, was "Weardhlāford" (1547–49), in þæm ǣrrum wintrum of þæs geongan Ēadweardes VI rīce;
 Iohannes Stīgweard, Heretoga of Albany, wæs Ealdorman and Rīcesweard (12 Mǣdmōnaþ 1515 – 16 Blōtmōnaþ 1524) for Iacobe V Scotta Cyninge (1512–42);
Iacobus Hamilton, Eorl of Arran, wæs Ealdorman and Rīcesweard (3 Se Æfterra Gēola 1543 – 12 Ēastermōnaþ 1554) for Maria Scotta Cwēne.

Cromwelles Cynewīse

Se Weardhlāford þære Cynewīsan Englaland, Scotland and Īrland wæs binama þæs rīceshēafdes in þære Cynewīsan ylde on Englum of 1653 oð 1659. Þes binama bāren Oliver Cromwell (Gēolmōnaþ 1653 – Haligmōnaþ 1658) and his sunu and genemned æftergenga Ricard Cromwell (Haligmōnaþ 1658 – Þrimilcemōnaþ 1659) and þēos yld hǣtt man nū Þone Wearddōm.

Se Gewrit of Weald of 1653 sæd þe—
Oliver Cromwell, se Gemǣna Hēafodman ofer Englalandes, Scotlandes and Īrlandes þrēatum, sceall bēon, and is hērbey swa genbanned, Weardhlāford of þære Cynewīsan of Englaland, Scotland and Īrland, and þāra gerēflanda þ āa belimpaþ hie, for his līfe.

Æfter Cromwelles dæge
Siððan þā edstaþelunge nis þes bīnama gebēon genytted. Se āna gestaðoleda rīces ealdorman æfter þǣm dagum wæs Georgius Wēala Æþeling, se fēng his weald in þǣm 1811. gēare, ac hē wæs "His Cynelice Hēahnes se Æþeling Ricend". In his handum wǣron þæs cyninges weald and ealdordōm swā swā Wealdhlāfordas in ǣrrum yldum ac þæs bīnama ne mōste man nyttan for his cynelēase birgnesse.