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Arkil was a Thane of Northubria. A Thane was a member of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freemen, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service. He founded the monastary at Lisdisfarne, was the Bishop of Durham and the Ligulf of Yorkshire.