Danegeld?
Wow. A useful addition to my literature awareness, thanks. No I haven't read ALL of Kipling, so I missed that. But a Google seach (re)introduced me to such colourful names as Æthelred the Unready and Sigeric the Serious.
Andus the Sheepsh***er pales into insignificance against those (I wish!)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
