ALFRED, OF BEVERLEY, Alredus, Alured or Aluredus, was sacristan of the church of Beverley in the first half of the r2th century. He wrote, apparently about the year 1143, a chronicle entitled Annales sive Historia de gestis regum Britan niae, in nine books, which begins with the legend of Brutus and carries the history of England down to 1129. This work was edited by T. Hearne (Oxford, 1716). Geoffrey of Monmouth and Simeon of Durham are Alfred's chief sources. Among the Cottonian mss. there is a collection of records relating to Bev erley, Libertates Ecclesiae S. lohannis de Beverlae, which is attributed to Alfred, but on no good authority.