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A17788 The foundation of the Vniversitie of Cambridge with a catalogue of the principall founders and speciall benefactors of all the colledges and the totall number of students, magistrates and officers therein being, anno 1622 / the right honorable and his singular good lord, Thomas, now Lord Windsor of Bradenham, Ioh. Scot wisheth all increase of felicitie. Scot, John. 1622 (1622) STC 4484.5; ESTC S3185 1,473,166 2

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ashdown_n 442_o f_o ashridge_n 395_o a_o ashford_n 335_o d_o ashwell_n 406_o a_o ashwell_n thorp_n 472_o d_o askerton_n castle_n 782_o f_o ask_v a_o family_n 729_o f_o asserius_fw-la a_fw-fr learned_a monk_n 378_o c_o assize_n what_o they_o be_v 445●_n ●_z astbury_n 608_o f_o astley_n castle_n 569_o b_o astley_n baron_n ibid._n b_o astley_v a_o noble_a family_n 581_o d_o astleis_n knight_n 217_o a_o aston_n a_o family_n 584_o e_o th._n aston_n the_o first_o head-schoolemaster_n of_o shrewsbury_n 596_o b_o astroite_n a_o stone_n 536_o c_o astwell_n 505_o e_o athelney_n 224_o b_o athelwold_n murder_v by_o edgar_n 262_o b_o athyrston_n 569_o d_o attrebatii_n 278_o attacotti_n 79.127_o attal-sarisin_a 185_o attilbridge_n 473_o d_o attilburgh_n ibid._n b_o attila_n the_o scourge_n of_o god_n 197_o a_o atton_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 722_o b_o avallon_n a_o island_n ●25_n e_o aubrey_n a_o family_n 628_o e_o audience_n court_n 181_o audre_fw-la causey_n 459_o d_o audre_fw-la 492_o e_fw-la s._n audre_fw-la or_o etheldreda_n ibid._n f_o s._n audry_n liberty_n 493_o c_o aventon_n 258_o d_o aven_n a_o river_n in_o hantshire_n 258_o e_o avens_n a_o family_n 485_o d_o averham_n or_o aram_n a_o place_n 549_o aufon_n river_n see_v nen._n augusta_n see_v london_n augusta_n what_o they_o be_v 424_o d_o augustus_n caesar_n intend_v a_o voyage_n into_o britain_n 39_o he_o neglect_v britain_n ibid._n augustine_n apostle_n of_o the_o english_a nation_n 336_o d._n 136._o where_o inter_v 337_o f._n s._n augustine_n cross_n 342_o a._n augustine_n oak_n 578_o d._n e_o aulus_n atticus_n slay_v 61_o aulus_n plautius_n send_v into_o britain_n 40._o his_o exploit_n there_o 41_o mercate_z aultun_n 269_o a_o awdley_n or_o aldelegh_n baron_n 583●_n ●_z henry_n awdley_n 583_o f._n 584_o a_o james_n lord_n awdley_n 584_o a_o awdley_n end_n 452_o a_o baron_n awdley_n of_o walden_n 452_o d_o awkenbury_n 501_o c_o awkland_n 738_o d_o aulaf_n the_o dane_n adopt_v 261_o f_o aulbemarle_n earles_n 715_o b_o auldby_n 709_o e_o aulcest●r_n 566_o b_o aulton_n castle_n 587_o c_o avon_n a_o river_n in_o somersetshire_n 236_o c_o avon_n what_o it_o signify_v 358_o a_o avon_n a_o river_n in_o wiltshire_n 242_o a_o avon_n river_n the_o less_o 515_o b._n 517_o avon_n a_o river_n in_o wales_n 665_o e_o avon-well_a 515_o b_o aure_n a_o yellow_a or_o golden_a colour_n 26_o aurelius_n conanus_fw-la a_o tyrant_n 113_o aurelius_n ambrose_n 259_o a_o aurenche_n or_o de_fw-la abrincis_fw-la 349_o b_o ausley_n castle_n 588_o e_o austclive_a 363_o d_o s._n astins_n church_n in_o canterbury_n 337_o e_o axe_n a_o river_n 206_o f_o axan_n minster_n ibid._n f_o axelholme_n a_o isle_n 544_o b_o b_o bablac_n 373_o c_o babthorp_n name_n of_o a_o place_n and_o family_n 710_o babthorps_n father_n and_o son_n ib._n b_o bacon_n a_o family_n 463_o e_o sir_n nicholas_n bacon_n l._n keeper_n 461_o f_o john_n baconthorpe_n the_o resolute_a doctor_n 479_o b_o bad_a 21_o badbury_n hill_n 216_o e_o baddeley_n 607_o e_o bartholomew_n lord_n badilsmeere_v 331_o d_o badesley_n 566_o d_o baggington_n 562_o e_o bagot_n 586_o e_o bagmere_n poole_n 609_o b_o baines_n or_o bath_n much_o use_v 732_o bainard_n castle_n in_o london_n 424_o b_o bainard_n 243_o f_o bailliol_n college_n in_o oxford_n 381_o c_o baine_n a_o river_n 727_o f_o bainhams_n 359_o a_o baintbrig_n ibid._n baskewell_n a_o river_n 557_o b_o bala_n a_o town_n 666_o c_o baldach_n 473_o f_o baldock_n 406_o c_o baldwine_n a_o justice_n 395_o e_o baldwine_n le_fw-fr pettour_n 464_o b_o balshall_n a_o commander_n of_o the_o templar_n 566_o d_o bamborow_n 813_o e_fw-la bampfeild_n a_o family_n 203_o e_o bampton_n 207_o b_o ban_n a_o river_n in_o lincolnshire_n 541_o banbury_n 376_o a_o banchor_n or_o bangor_n monastery_n 603_o a_o bannavenna_n that_o be_v wedon_n 508_o banne_n down_o 234_o b_o bandog_n or_o mastiff_n 434_o e_fw-la baneret_n what_o title_n of_o gentry_n 171_o a_o baram_n down_o 345_o a_o barangi_n 154_o barbacan_a in_o london_n 433_o d_o bard_n 4.14.15_o bard_n 19_o bardolphs_n lord_n their_o tenor_n of_o certain_a land_n 302_o d_o bardus_n 19_o bardney_n abbey_n 540_o f_o bardolphs_n baron_n 481_o e._n 548_o f_o bariden_n a_o river_n 473_o d_o barkley_n baron_n 239_o a_o william_n viscount_n barkley_n earl_n of_o nottingham_n 551_o c_o barklow_n 452_o a_o bark-shire_n 129_o barkway_n 405_o f_o barnard_n castle_n 736_o e_o saint_n barnard_n college_n in_o oxford_n found_v 382_o b._n re-edify_v 383_o b_o barley_n a_o town_n and_o fam_o 405_o f_o barley_n the_o best_a 485_o b_o barnwel_n abbey_n 487_o f._n castle_n 510_o c_o barnet_n 425_o e_o barnet_n field_n 415_o d_o barry_n a_o island_n 643_o a_o barries_n viscount_n in_o ireland_n 643_o baringtons_n a_o family_n 453_o d_o barington_n hall_n ibid._n baro_n what_o it_o signify_v 168_o baron_n what_o degree_n of_o honour_n ib._n barony_n many_o in_o northumberland_n 799_o c_o baron_n to_o the_o count_n palatine_n of_o chester_n 612_o a._n their_o office_n ib._n barow_n 521_o b_o barows_n or_o burrows_n 255_o b_o barton_n upon_o humber_n 542_o f_o baruch_n a_o holy_a man_n 643_o a_o bascaad_n or_o basket_n 491_o e_fw-la basilicae_fw-la 743_o f_o basile_n 473_o f_o basin_n 269_o b._n the_o honour_n of_o the_o baron_n s_o john_n poining_n and_o powlet_n basin_n stoke_n 269_o b_o basin_n werk_n 680_o b_o baskervils_n worthy_a knight_n 620_o c_o basset_n a_o notable_a family_n 581_o f_o basset_n of_o welledon_n 514_o d_o basset_n of_o brailesford_n 553_o d_o baston_n 21_o batable_a ground_n 782_o a_o bateau_n 21_o batersey_n 303_o a_o batherton_n 607_o e_o bath_n gate_n 557_o bath_n earl_n 235_o a_o bath_n knight_n 172._o their_o dub_a ibid._n bath_n city_n 233_o b._n the_o hot_a water_n thereof_o ibid._n battle_n
family_n 450_o d_o bowes_n or_o bough_n a_o worshipful_a family_n 731_o c._n 737_o a._n why_o so_o call_v 732_o e_o bowland_n forest_n 750_o b_o bowtetort_v a_o family_n 465_o b_o boxley_n 332_o c_o brachae_n 19_o bradenham_n 393._o e_o brance_n 19_o briti_n ibid._n bridburn_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 553_o bradford_n 244_o f_o bradewardin_n a_o place_n 6●8_n c_o bradwardin_n the_o profound_a doctor_n 618_o c_o bradstons_n ancestor_n of_o viscount_n montacute_n and_o baron_n wentworth_n 364_o a_o braibrooke_n castle_n 1513_o e_o braibrookes_n baron_n ibid._n e_o brackley_n 505_o d_o braibrook_n 329_o c_o brakenbake_n 724_o e_o brackenbury_n a_o family_n of_o good_a note_n 737_o c_o bramble_n 274_o c_o brampton_n 783_o a_o bramton_n 815_o b_o bramton_n brian_n castle_n 619_o c_o bramish_n a_o river_n 815_o b_o bancaster_n 408_o a_o brian_n de_fw-fr brampton_n 619_o c_o brand_n 568_o e_o brandon_n a_o family_n suffolk_n 465_o e_o branspeth_n castle_n 739_o branonium_n 575_o a_o charles_n brandon_n duke_n of_o suffolk_n 470_o c_o brannodunum_n 480_o a_o bransford_n or_o bensford-bridge_n 517_o e_o brazen_a weapon_n 188_o brazen_a nose_n college_n in_o oxford_n 383_o a_o brasmatias_fw-la a_o kind_n of_o earthquake_n 620_o c_o bray_n 286_o d._n lord_n bray_n 297_o b._n the_o breach_n by_o greenwich_n 328_o a_o nicolas_n breakspeare_n that_o be_v pope_n adrian_n the_o forth_o 414_o f_o breakspeare_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 419_o b_o brechanius_n his_o 24._o daughter_n all_o saint_n 627_o a_o breden_n forest_n 224_o a_o breedon_n hill_n 577_o e_o breedon_n a_o village_n ibid._n breertons_n a_o family_n 608_o f._n their_o death_n foreshow_v 609_o b_o breerton_n a_o place_n 609_o brechnockshire_n 627_o brechnock_v town_n 628_o a_o brechnock_v mere_a ibid._n brechnock_v lord_n ibid._n brechnock_v make_v a_o shire_n 677_o e_o bremenium_n 803_o brember_v castle_n 313_o c_o bremetonacum_n 753_o c_o bremicham_n or_o bermingham_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 567_o burn_v what_o it_o signify_v 677_o bremin_n what_o it_o be_v 33_o brennus_n 677_o brennus_n a_o renown_a king_n 33_o bretenham_n 463_o b_o breton_n a_o river_n ibid._n brent_n a_o river_n 421_o brent_n see_v falke_v de_fw-fr brent_n brentmarsh_n 230_o e_o brentford_n 421_o brentwood_n 442_o a_o brentwell_n or_o brounswell_n 421_o brose_n baron_n 113_o c._n 201_o f_o breoses_n a_o family_n 553_o d_o will._n de_fw-fr breos_n or_o braus_n a_o strong_a rebel_n 629_o b_o breoses_n lord_n of_o brechnock_n 623_o breton_n a_o family_n 556_o b_o bretts_n 128_o f_o breusais_n 138_o f_o brian_n who_o so_o call_v 117_o bridlington_n 714_o d_o john_n of_o bridlington_n ibid._n brewood_n 583_o a_o bricol_n 400_o e_o bridge_n casterton_n 534_o b_o bridgford_n by_o nottingham_n 548_o brig_n for_o glansford_n 543_o a_o brigantes_n in_o britain_n rebel_v 43_o brigantes_n 685._o whereof_o they_o take_v name_n ibid._n brill_n for_o burihill_n 395_o b_o breint_n fitz_n conty_n 282_o a_o brient_n 202_o c_o d_o brient_n baron_n 215_o d_o brinlo_n 568_o f_o brienston_n 215_o e_o brimsfeild_n 365_o f_o bridgewater_n 225_o a_o earl_n of_o bridgewater_n 225_o c_o bridkirk_n 768_o b_o briewer_n baron_n 222_o e_o bristol_n or_o bristol_n a_o city_n 237_o a_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o name_n ibid._n b_o bret_n the_o primitive_a of_o the_o britain_n 26_o brit_n or_o birth_n the_o first_o name_n of_o the_o britain_n 25_o birth_n what_o it_o signify_v 26_o britain_n or_o britanny_n whence_o it_o take_v name_n 27._o why_o late_o discover_v and_o know_v 33._o mention_v by_o lucretius_n first_o of_o any_o latin_a writer_n ib._n twice_o schoolemistres_n to_o france_n 138_o britain_n the_o great_a that_o be_v england_n 155_o britain_n the_o less_o that_o be_v scotland_n ibid._n britain_n how_o divide_v 154.155_o britain_n what_o name_v it_o have_v 1._o the_o site_n thereof_o 1._o the_o form_n of_o it_o ibid._n why_o call_v another_o world_n 24._o the_o division_n and_o compass_n of_o it_o 2.4_o britain_n have_v sundry_a name_n 23_o the_o position_n thereof_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o heaven_n 4._o how_o fruitful_a and_o commodious_a 3._o her_o first_o inhabitant_n 4._o the_o name_n 5_o britain_n under_o what_o sign_n or_o planet_n 182_o britain_n portract_v in_o woman_n habit_n 24._o the_o roman_a world_n 45_o discover_v to_o be_v a_o island_n 61_o a_o province_n presidial_a 62._o how_o it_o be_v govern_v under_o and_o after_o constantine_n the_o great_a 62_o 76._o how_o it_o become_v subject_a to_o the_o roman_n 62._o infect_v by_o barbarian_n 79._o bring_v to_o civility_n 63._o call_v romania_n and_o roman_a isle_n 88_o britain_n ruin_n and_o downfall_n 107_o britain_n and_o france_n whether_o ever_o conjoin_v 346_o a_o britain_n come_n first_o out_o of_o gaul_n 11.12_o britan_n in_o religion_n language_n and_o manner_n agree_v with_o the_o gaul_n 13.14.15.16.17_o britan_n employ_v by_o caesar_n in_o base_a service_n 38_o britan_n general_o rebel_n 49._o their_o grievance_n ibid._n britain_n cast_n off_o the_o roman_n yoke_n 86_o britain_n how_o they_o may_v derive_v their_o descent_n from_o the_o trojan_n 88_o britan_n in_o armorica_n 110_o britan_n of_o wales_n and_o cornewale_v 112.113_o britan_n send_n ambassador_n to_o the_o saxon_n 128_o britan_n retain_v their_o ancient_a language_n 23_o britan_n long_a live_v 555_o b_o britan_n paint_a themselves_o blue_a with_o wood_n 20_o britan_n manner_n and_o custom_n out_o of_o julius_n caesar_n 29._o out_o of_o strabo_n ibid._n out_o of_o diodorus_n siculus_n 29._o out_o of_o pomponius_n mela_n ibid._n out_o of_o cernelius_n tacitus_n 30._o out_o of_o dio_fw-mi nicaus_fw-la ibid._n out_o of_o herodian_a ibid._n out_o of_o pliny_n 3●_n out_o of_o solinus_n ibid._n britain_n burse_n 428_o d_o britannica_fw-la the_o herb_n see_v scorby_n or_o scurvigrasse_n britanniciani_n what_o they_o be_v 111_o briten_v huis_fw-mi 40_o brithin_n a_o kind_n of_o drink_n 5_o british_a tongue_n full_a of_o greek_a word_n 28_o british_a state_n submit_v to_o caesar_n 37_o british_a isle_n mention_v by_o polybius_n 33_o of_o british_a pearl_n a_o breastplate_n 38_o british_a name_n import_v colour_n 26_o british_a town_n what_o they_o be_v 29_o britwales_n or_o welshmen_n 113_o briva_n what_o it_o signify_v 414_o brocket_n knight_n 406_o f_o brocovum_fw-la 762_o d_o broge_n 19_o break_z by_o a_o place_n 522_o f._n a_o family_n 523_o a_o brome_n 467_o f_o bromesgrave_n 574●_n ●_z bromefield_n 677_o a_o wolter_n bronscorn_o bishop_n of_o excester_n 190_o brook_n a_o family_n of_o ancient_a descent_n 611_o a_o brook_n l._n cobham_n 329_o c_o baron_n brook_n 244_o c_o bronholme_n 478_o e_o brougham_n 762_o d_o brotherton_n 695_o b_o sir_n anthony_n browne_n first_o viscount_n montacute_n 482_o b_o sir_n ant._n brown_a marquesse_n montacute_n 222_o d_o broughton_n 376_o e_o broughton_n in_o hantshire_n 262_o c_o brundenels_n a_o family_n 514_o b_o bruges_n baron_fw-fr chandos_n 365_o b_o bruin_n a_o family_n 442_o b_o burg-morfe_a or_o bridg-north_n 591_o b_o robert_n brus_n the_o noble_a 500_o e_o baron_n brus_n of_o skelton_n 720_o c_o bruse_n a_o noble_a family_n 526_o b_o brutus_n 5._o why_o so_o call_v 8_o bucken_n that_o be_v beech_n tree_n 393_o george_n buck_n 22_o d_o buchonia_n and_o buckenham_n 393_o a_o buckinghamshire_n 393_o buer_n a_o family_n 463_o b_o walter_n buc_n and_o his_o race_n 812_o b_o buckingham_n town_n 396_o c._n earl_n 397_o d_o buckhurst_n baron_n 320_o buelth_n 627_o e_o bugden_n 497_o d_o bulchobaudes_n 79_o buldewas_n or_o bildas_n 593_o e_o bulkley_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 607_o anne_n bullen_n or_o bollen_a marchianesse_n of_o penbroch_o 655_o e_o bullen_n or_o bollen_a earl_n of_o wiltshire_n 256_o e_o bullen_n or_o bollogne_n in_o france_n the_o same_o that_o gessoriacum_n and_o bonoia_n 348_o d_o th._n bullen_n earl_n of_o wiltshire_n die_v for_o sorrow_n 257_o bulleum_fw-la silurum_fw-la 627_o e_o bulley_n or_o busley_n a_o noble_a norman_a 551_o a_o bulverith_n 316_o e_o buly_n castle_n 76●_n c_o bulnesse_n 775_o c_o bumsted_n helion_n 452_o a_o bungey_a 468_o b_o burdos_n or_o burdelois_n 473_o a_o burford_n in_o shropshire_n 590_o f_o burn_a elly_n 463_o d_o burgess_n 177_o burgh_n under_o stanemore_n 760_o burgh_n castle_n 468_o e_o burgh_n clere_n 72_o c_o burgi_n what_o they_o be_v 760_o f_o burly_n a_o fair_a place_n 526_o b_o burons_n a_o ancient_a family_n burrium_n 636_o c_o s_o buriens_fw-la in_o cornwall_n 188._o why_o so_o call_v ibid._n burnel_n baron_n 330_o c_o burcester_n 337_o b_o burdet_n 566_o c_o bunbury_n for_o boniface_n burry_n 607_o burghersh_n alias_o burgwash_n 320_o bartholomew_n burgwash_n a_o baron_n 320_o b_o burghley_n 514●_n ●_z burgh_n 727_o f_o burghsted_n 442_o e_o burgh_n or_o burrow_n baron_n 543_o f_o burne_n a_o barony_n ibid._n burnel_n a_o family_n 591_o f_o burrowes_n what_o they_o be_v 515_o e_o burrow_n bank_n 452_o e_o burrow_n hill_n
522_o a_o burrow_n bridge_n 701_o a_o burrow_n a_o town_n 522_o b_o baron_n burrow_n or_o burgh_n 303_o f_o burrough_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 522_o burrow_n of_o southwark_n 303_o d_o burthr_v the_o last_o king_n of_o mercian_n 554_o a_o burse_n of_o london_n or_o royal_a exchange_n 439_o b_o burgh_n upon_o sands_n 775_o e_o burgundian_n bring_v into_o britain_n 71_o burton_n lazar_n 522_o a_o burton_n upon_o trent_n 586_o b_o burwell_n castle_n 490_o burial_n of_o man_n with_o leg_n a_o cross_n 808_o a_o bury_v abbey_n 460_o e_fw-la bustler_n a_o family_n 489_o e_o busleys_n or_o bussey_n a_o family_n 535_o busy_a gap_n 800_o f_o butler_n of_o wem_n 592_o c_o butler_n of_o woodhall_n ibid._n c_o butler_n earl_n of_o wiltshire_n 256_o d_o butler_n a_o family_n 748_o b_o butler_n or_o boteler_n of_o ireland_n 752_o f_o butterby_n 739_o butsiet_a 20_o buttington_n 662_o burton_n well_o 557_o c_o byliricay_n 442_o e_o c_o cablu_n 21_o cadbury_n 221_o c_o cadier_n arthur_n or_o arthur_n chair_n a_o hill_n 627_o c_o cadocus_n earl_n of_o cornwall_n 197_o b_o cadugan_n ap_fw-mi blethin_n 658_o c._n 662_o c_o a_o renown_a britain_n caerulus_fw-la &_o caerulum_fw-la 24_o caesar_n entry_n into_o britain_n 343_o e_o where_o he_o pass_v over_o the_o tamis_n 295_o e_o caesaromagus_n 442_o b_o caesarea_n the_o name_n of_o many_o city_n 442_o b_o jul._n caesar_n his_o temperance_n and_o small_a port_n 38_o his_o patience_n ibid._n conquer_v not_o britain_n 38_o he_o neglect_v britain_n ibid._n caesares_fw-la 164_o caer_n what_o it_o signify_v 204_o a_o caer_fw-mi caradocke_n a_o hill_n 590_o a_o caer_fw-mi custein_v 668_o d_o caerdiff_n 642_o d_o caerfuse_n 661_o e_o caer_n gai_n 666_o a_o caer_fw-mi guby_n 673_o a_o caer_fw-mi guortigern_n ibid._n caerhean_n ibid._n caer_fw-mi leon_n ibid._n caermardenshire_n 649_o caermarden_n city_n 649_o e_o caernarvonshire_n 667_o caernarvon-towne_n 668_o e_o caer_n pallad●r_n 270_o a_o caer_fw-mi phillicastle_n 642_o a_o caer_fw-mi segonte_fw-fr 270_o a_o caer_fw-mi vorran_n 800_o e_o caer_n go_v 633_o d_o caer_n wisk_n 679_o d_o caihaigne_v a_o family_n 395_o caius_n caesar_n mean_v to_o invade_v britain_n 40._o his_o vanity_n his_o voyage_n thither_o 41._o his_o triumph_n over_o britain_n 42_o cainsham_n 236_o e_fw-la calaterium_fw-la nemus_fw-la 723_o d_o caishoberry_n 415_o a_o calc_n i._o lime_n calcaria_n 699_o a_o calder_n the_o river_n 691_o a_o caldwell_n 731_o c_o caledonian_n make_v head_n against_o the_o roman_n 56_o caloughdon_n 568_o c_o calphurnius_fw-la agricola_n 66_o calshot_n or_o caldshore_n 260_o d_o calveley_n a_o place_n and_o worthy_a family_n 608_o d_o sir_n hugh_n calveley_n a_o valiant_a knight_n 608_o d_o callais_n no_o ancient_a town_n 348_o b_o calthrop_n a_o family_n 463_o e_o cam_n a_o river_n why_o so_o call_v 486_o a_o cam_n 21_o camalet_n 221_o b_o camalet_n town_n ibid._n c_o camalodunum_n 43._o lose_v 50_o cambodunum_n 449._o camb-alan-river_n 194_o camboritum_n 486_o a_o camden_n or_o camp_n den_n 364_o f_o camden_n the_o author_n his_o opinion_n of_o the_o name_n of_o britannia_n and_o the_o original_n of_o britan_n 9_o cambridge_n in_o glocestershire_n 362_o c_o cambridgeshire_n 485_o cambridge_n deface_v and_o burn_v 488_o b_o cambridge_n town_n and_o university_n 486_o c_o when_o it_o become_v a_o university_n 489_o a_o camulus_fw-la a_o god_n 446_o e_o camel_n a_o river_n 194_o camelsford_n ibid._n candishor_n cavendish_n 554_o b_o camois_n baron_n 312_o e_fw-la candocus_fw-la see_v cadocus_n cambridge_n earl_n 495_o e_o camvills_n a_o family_n 569_o a_o camur_fw-la 21._o candetum_n 20_o cangi_n a_o people_n in_o britain_n 611_o b_o 231_o a._n subdue_v 43_o cankwood_n 583_o e_fw-la canterium_fw-la 19_o cantroe_v 20_o cantelowe_n a_o honourable_a family_n 514_o a_o cantlow_n 201_o f_o th._n cantlow_n a_o bishop_n and_o saint_n 619_o c_o cantium_n what_o cape_n 1_o canterbury_n college_n in_o oxford_n 381_o a_o canterbury_n 336_o c._n canterbury_n archbishop's_n primate_fw-la of_o britain_n 338_o e_z cantre_v what_o it_o be_v 650_o b_o cantre_v bitham_n ibid._n cantre_v maur_n 650_o c_o can_n a_o river_n 759_o c._n 445_o d_o cancefeild_n a_o family_n 755_o d_o candale_n or_o kendale_n a_o barony_n 759_o c_o canel_n cole_n 735_o d_o canonium_n be_v chelmesford_n 445_o d_o cantabri_n and_o scythian_n of_o like_a manner_n 121_o canvey_n isle_n 441_o a_o cantaber_n a_o spaniard_n founder_n of_o cambridge_n university_n 487_o a_o canutus_n his_o apophth_n 261_o e_o canvills_n a_o family_n 515_o c_o capgrave_n his_o legend_n 646_o capitatio_fw-la a_o tribute_n 100_o caradauc_v urichfas_n 590_o c_o king_n caradock_n 633●_n ●_z f._n deliver_v unto_o ostorius_n 590_o a._n take_v prisoner_n by_o queen_n cactismana_n 44._o his_o undaunted_a courage_n ibid._n caratacus_n prince_n of_o the_o dimeiae_fw-la 657_o e._n 43_o caranton_n 220_o cardiganshire_n 657._o lord_n thereof_o 658_o c_o cardigan_n a_o town_n 657_o e_o careg_n castle_n 650_o carleton_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 472_o d_o carew_n of_o surry_n 302_o c_o carew_n a_o family_n 652_o c_o carew_n castle_n ibid._n carew_n of_o anthony_n 198_o d_o carewe_n a_o noble_a family_n 202_o e_fw-la 282_o d_o carry_v 202_o e_fw-la r._n carew_n 193_o carew_n baron_n of_o clopton_n 565_o b_o careston_n 517_o c_o carlisle_n 778_o d._n old_a carlisle_n 773_o b._n carlisle_n have_v one_o earl_n 780_o d_o carnaby_n a_o family_n 808_o f_o carthismandua_n wife_n to_o venusius_n a_o stout_a lady_n 48._o her_o loose_a life_n and_o adultery_n 53_o carmelite_n friar_n 351_o e._n bring_v first_o into_o england_n 813_o d_o carthmell_n 755_o a_o caribec_n 121_o carisbrook_n 275_o c_o careswell_n a_o castle_n and_o family_n 587_o carausius_n usurp_v the_o empire_n 72._o govern_v britain_n well_o ib._n slay_v by_o allectus_n 72_o carus_n and_o carinus_n emperor_n 73_o carminow_n 190_o car_n a_o family_n 815_o carr_n a_o river_n 210_o c_o carmouth_n 210_o b_o carram_n 815_o a_o carvill_n a_o family_n 481_o a_o carvilius_n 37_o henry_n cary_n baron_n of_o hunsden_n his_o high_a and_o noble_a descent_n 408_o 409_o sir_n edmund_n cary_n knight_n of_o high_a descent_n 414_o e_o cassibelinus_n general_n of_o the_o britain_n army_n 36_o cassibellinus_n or_o cassiavelanus_fw-la encounter_v caesar_n and_o the_o roman_n 37._o be_v repulse_v ibid._n treat_v about_o peace_n with_o caesar_n 37_o cassii_n 391_o c._n why_o so_o call_v ibid._n f_o caster_n 473_o d_o caster_n in_o huntingdonshire_n 502_o a_o castigand_n a_o high_a hill_n 501_o d_o castle_n in_o the_o peake_n ib._n 502_o a_o castle_n acre_n 481_o c._n 557_o d_o castle_n ashby_n 509_o e_o castle_n camp_n 488_o f._n 489_o f_o castle_n cary_n 696_o b_o castle_n coach_n 662_o b_o castle_n colwen_n or_o of_o maud_n in_o colewent_n 623_o b_o castle_n crest_n by_o lichfeild_n 582_o e_o castle_n comb_n 243_o e_o castle_n dinas_n bran_n 677_o c_o castle_n dinas_n 628_o d_o castleford_n 695_o a_o castle_n gardiner_n 345_o a._n 201_o c_o castle_n pain_n 623_o b_o castle_n steed_n 783_o b._n 793_o d._n 808_o castor_n 542_o d_o catadunae_fw-la or_o waterfall_n 759_o f_o castellan_n denis_n 194_o catesby_n a_o town_n 508_o b._n anancient_a family_n ib._n taint_v by_o rob._n catesby_n of_o ashbie_n saint_n leger_n ibid._n 431_o d_o catheri_fw-la heretic_n 84_o catlidge_n 498_o b_o catmose_n a_o vale_n 525_o f_o caterna_n 18_o caterva_fw-la ibid._n cattieuch_n lani_fw-la 391_o catarick_n 730_o c_o d_o caturactonium_n 730_o c_o caturfa_n 18_o caud_n a_o river_n 778_o b_o caudbeck_n ibid._n c_o sir_n will._n cavendish_n or_o candish_n baron_n of_o hardwick_n 556_o a_o cave_n a_o family_n 515_o b_o a_o cave_n wonderful_a in_o glamorganshire_n 643_o b_o course_n castle_n 592_o e_o causey_n or_o highway_n in_o britain_n 63._o what_o name_v they_o have_v in_o divers_a author_n 64._o by_o who_o and_o how_o they_o be_v make_v 64._o in_o italy_n and_o else_o where_o 64_o cawood_n 707_o d_o caxton_n 485_o c_o cecily_n nevil_n mother_n to_o king_n edward_n the_o four_o 511_o b._n a_o unfortunate_a lady_n ibid._n b_o c._n her_o tomb_n subvert_v 510_o e_fw-la rob._n cecil_n baron_n of_o essendon_n viscount_n cranburn_n 217_o c_o rob._n cecil_n earl_n of_o salisbury_n 250_o e_o thomas_n cecil_n earl_n of_o excester_n 206_o a_o sir_n wil._n cecil_n baron_fw-fr burghley_n 514_o e_o cedos_n caesar_n 18_o century_n see_v hundred_o celtae_n whence_o derive_v 20_o cerdick_n a_o warlike_a saxon_a 477_o d_o cerdick_n sand_n ibid._n cerdick_n shore_n ibid._n cerastis_n 184_o cerealis_n vanquish_v 50._o he_o conquer_v the_o brigantes_n 54_o cerne_n abbey_n 212_o b_o cerygy_n drudion_n 675_o c_o cester_n a_o addition_n to_o city_n 517_o cester_n over_n ibid._n cleyc_a 518_o b_o chad_n a_o famous_a bishop_n of_o lichfield_n 585_o e._n 441_o a_o canonize_a a_o saint_n ibid._n sir_n thomas_n chaloner_n a_o learned_a knight_n 721_o d_o
chambre_n in_o the_o forest_n 607._o a_o chamberlain_n sometime_o tankervils_n 389._o d_o chamberlainship_n of_o england_n 489._o f_o rob._n chamberlain_n a_o archrobber_n 531._o e_fw-la champernoun_n or_o campernulh_n 201._o c_o john_n chandos_n make_v baneret_n 171.365_o b_o chandos_n baron_n 365._o b_o chariot_n fight_n of_o the_o britan_n 36_o charing_n cross_n 432._o c_o charles_n the_o eight_o king_n of_o france_n his_o apophthegm_n 403._o a_o charleton_n in_o worcestershire_n 578._o b_o charleton_n castle_n 594._o a_o charletons_n lord_n of_o powis_n ib._n charlecot_n a_o place_n 564_o f._n a_o family_n 565._o a_o charnewood_n or_o charley_n forest_n 521._o d_o charta_fw-la de_fw-fr foresta_n 293._o ●_o charter_n house_n in_o london_n 433._o d_o chartley_n castle_n 584._o f_o chure_n a_o fish_n 755._o d_o chatery_n or_o cheatrish_a 494._o d_o chatmosse_n 747._o a_o chuttesworth_n 554._o b_o chaucer_n our_o english_a homer_n bear_v at_o woodstock_n 375._o f_o chaucombs_n a_o family_n 568._o e_o chaumonds_n 196._o b_o chancery_n 80_o chancellor_n 180_o chaworth_n a_o family_n 395_o e._n 555._o descend_v from_o cahors_n in_o quercy_n 549._o c_o cheapen_v what_o it_o signify_v 243._o d_o cheardsley_n 395._o f_o chea●ford_n hundred_n 442_o c_o cherk●●i_n 587._o d_o cheadse_n 587._o d_o chellington_n 581._o e_o chelmer_n river_n 444._o d_o chelmerford_n or_o chenceford_n 445_o chelsey_n 421._o c_o chen●y_n baron_n of_o hersford_n 466_o chency_n or_o chieny_v a_o house_n 394._o a_o sir_n henry_n cheiney_n baron_n 401_o chepstow_n 633._o b._n lord_n thereof_o ibid._n c_o cherry_n tree_n bring_v into_o britain_n 324._o b_o chertford_n 258._o e_o chertsey_n 294._o the_o monastery_n thereof_o found_v 294._o d_o cherwel_n the_o river_n 373._o b._n his_o head_n 507._o e_o chesil_n a_o bank_n or_o sandrige_n 210._o e_fw-la chess_n of_o the_o best_a 601_o cheshire_n ibid._n county_n palatine_n 601._o b_o chesham_n bois_fw-fr 394._o f_o chesterfield_n 452._o e._n in_o scardale_n 556_o chester_n earl_n 611._o f_o chester_n earl_n count_n palatine_n 612._o a._n what_o baron_n he_o have_v under_o he_o ibid._n chester_n earldom_n make_v a_o principality_n 612._o f_o chester_n or_o west-chester_n city_n 604._o c_o chester_n and_o cheshiremen_n describe_v 602._o a_o chester_n what_o they_o be_v 793._o d_o chester_n in_o the_o wall_n 800._o f_o chester_n upon_o the_o street_n 742._o c_o little_n chester_n 554._o c_o chesterton_n under_o lime_n 583._o c_o chetwoods_n a_o family_n 399._o d_o chivalry_n court_n 190_o chevin_n 698._o d_o cheviot_n hill_n 812._o e_o chic_a or_o chick_n the_o old_a name_n of_o saint_n osith_n 451._o c_o chidleys_n 203._o a_o chicheley_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n 510._o b_o chichester_n 307._o c._n earl_n of_o chichester_n ibid._n f_o chicksand_n 401._o c_o chillingham_n 815._o c_o chilterne_n 389_o c._n 393._o c._n why_o so_o call_v ●●id_v chippenham_n 243._o d_o chirke_n 677._o c_o christ_n church_n in_o hantshire_n 259._o c_o christianity_n flourish_v in_o britain_n 75_o 67_o 68_o christ_n church_n in_o oxford_n 383._o a_o chrisanthus_fw-la bishop_n of_o the_o novatian_o 84_o churn_n the_o river_n 366._o a_o churnet_n a_o river_n 587._o c_o cholmondley_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 607._o d_o chopwel_n a_o riveret_n 735._o b_o christ_n church_n in_o canterbury_n 337._o b_o cirncester_n 366._o b_o cinque_fw-fr port_n 318._o a_o which_o they_o be_v 325_o cilurnum_n 806._o b_o cimbrica_n chersonesus_n 129_o citizen_n 177_o cissbury_n 312._o d_o cistertion_n monk_n 295._o a_o civilis_fw-la a_o deputy_n in_o britain_n 80_o civitas_n or_o city_n what_o it_o signify_v in_o caesar_n 417._o d_o city_n by_o what_o ceremony_n build_v by_o roman_n 102_o john_n clapham_n a_o brave_a warrior_n 697._o b_o clare_n a_o noble_a village_n 462._o a_o noble_a family_n of_o earl_n ibid._n b_o clarence_n 462._o b._n duke_n thereof_o ibid._n claridon_n 240_o e_z clares_z earl_n of_o gloucester_n 330_o richard_n de_fw-fr clare_n his_o commendation_n 416._o a_o earl_n of_o clare_n whence_o so_o style_v 415._o e_o claudia_n rufina_n a_o british_a lady_n 62_o 68_o claudius_n caesar_n honour_v as_o a_o god_n in_o britain_n 448._o b_o clausentum_n 261._o a_o claudius_n caesar_n first_o that_o vanquish_v the_o britain_n 45._o he_o bring_v the_o south_n part_n of_o britain_n to_o be_v a_o province_n 101_o claudius_n contentus_fw-la 341._o e_o clavering_n 453._o b_o clavering_n the_o name_n of_o fitz_n richard_n 81._o a_o claxton_n 738._o a_o claxton_n a_o family_n ibid._n clay-hill_n 245._o d_o clemens_n maximus_n a_o usurper_n 341._o c_o clee_n hill_n 591._o d_o clere_n a_o family_n 478_o b_o cley_n brook_n 518._o b_o clifton_n a_o family_n in_o nottingham_n 547_o sir_n gervase_n clifton_n baron_n clifton_n 502._o d_o cl●ff_n a_o town_n 329._o d_o clifford_n castle_n 618._o a_o clifford_n earl_n of_o cumberland_n 618._o b_o clifton_n a_o family_n earl_n of_o lincoln_n 545_o clipsby_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 478_o d_o clithero_o castle_n 750._o a_o clive_n ad_fw-la hoo_n 329._o d_o cliveland_n 720._o b_o clopton_n a_o town_n &_o family_n 565_o clodius_n albinus_n propretor_n in_o britain_n 67_o cloudesbury_n 749._o e_fw-la cluid_fw-la a_o river_n in_o wales_n 676._o c_o cluid_n a_o river_n ibid._n d_o clun_n castle_n 589._o e_o clun_n or_o colun_n a_o river_n ibid._n e_o clyto_n that_o be_v the_o prince_n 164._o a_o addition_n give_v to_o all_o the_o king_n son_n ibid._n cnobersburg_n 468._o e_fw-la cnout_n or_o canut_n delf_n 501._o b_o cobham_n town_n 329._o c_o cobham_n baron_n ibid._n b_o lord_n cobham_n of_o sterborrow_n 303._o e_fw-la coc_fw-la a_o river_n 696._o b_o coach_n or_o coccus_n 19_o coach_n what_o colour_n 26_o coccium_n 745._o f_o cockar_n a_o river_n 767._o f_o cockington_n 202._o e_o cockley_n chappell_n 745._o f_o cock_n eye_n a_o worshipful_a family_n 574._o a_o codanus_n sinus_n that_o be_v the_o oost_n sea_n 141_o codenor_n castle_n 555._o d_o canobies_n what_o they_o be_v 603._o c_o cogans_n 207._o c_o cogeshal_n a_o town_n 446._o a_o cogeshal_n a_o family_n 446._o b_o coin_n antique_a of_o aemilianus_n &_o marius_n etc._n etc._n 643._o e_fw-la coin_v piece_n of_o embase_v silver_n 65._o a_o d_o coin_n british_n and_o roman_a in_o britain_n 88_o etc._n etc._n coinage_n of_o tinn_n 186_o coignier_n a_o noble_a family_n 737._o d_o coignier_n baron_n ibid._n coitie_n 643._o e_o cokains_n a_o family_n 553._o d_o coker_n a_o river_n 753._o c_o cokarsand_n abbey_n ibid._n cokermouth_n 767._o f_o sir_n edward_n cook_n knight_n 481._o c_o his_o commendation_n ibid._n cokerington_n 542._o c_o cole_n a_o river_n 394._o a_o col_n a_o river_n near_o saint_n alban_n 414._o a_o colbrook_n 394._o a_o coalpit_n on_o fire_n 581._o d_o coles_n give_v evidence_n of_o ancient_a mere-marke_n 515._o d_o coles-hull_n or_o hill_n 681._o d_o coleshul_n 567._o c_o cole_n overton_n or_o cole_n orton_n why_o so_o call_v 519._o c_o colbrand_n the_o giant_n 267._o a_o colliweston_n 514._o d_o colchester_n 450._o e_o colecester_n 808._o c_o colham_n 419._o c_o colingwoods_n a_o warlike_a family_n 813._o c_o collerford_n 806._o b_o colne_n a_o river_n 450._o a_o carl_n coln_n ibid._n wake_n coln_n ibid._n whites_n coln_n ibid._n calne_n a_o town_n ibid._n coln_n engain_n ibid._n colepeper_n a_o family_n 526._o b_o colonies_n 703._o a_o colony_n what_o it_o be_v 448._o a_o colvil_n 537._o a_o columbe_fw-la a_o river_n 203._o a_o columbton_n ibid._n saint_n columb_n 193_o comata_fw-la 20_o comati_fw-la ibid._n comb_v what_o it_o signify_v 207._o b_o 393._o d_o comb_n marton_n 20._o a_o comb_n 21_o comb_n abbey_n 569_o a_o combat_n appoint_v between_o henry_n of_o lancaster_n and_o thomas_n mowbray_n duke_n of_o norfolk_n 428._o f._n between_o roger_n bishop_n of_o salisbury_n and_o william-montacute_n earl_n of_o salisbury_n 249._o a._n between_o edmond_n and_o cnute_n 360._o b_o comes_fw-la britanniorum_fw-la 76_o comes_fw-la littoris_fw-la saxonici_fw-la ibid._n 325._o a_o come_v sacrarum_fw-la largitionum_fw-la 77_o comes_fw-la privatarum_fw-la ibid._n come_v a_o title_n of_o dignity_n 166_o comites_fw-la what_o they_o be_v at_o first_o 165._o see_v more_o in_o earl_n comitatus_fw-la caesaris_fw-la ibid._n cominus_fw-la atrebas_fw-la or_o of_o arras_n 35.37_o commodus_n the_o emperor_n 66_o common_a plea_n court_n 178_o compton_n in_o the_o hole_n 561_o c_o sir_n henry_n compton_n baron_n 561_o compton_n murdack_n 565._o a_o composition_n between_o king_n stephen_n and_o henry_n duke_n of_o anjou_n 482._o b_o composition_n of_o name_n 27_o concani_n a_o nation_n in_o cantabria_n 121_o condate_n 608._o c_o condorcum_fw-la 742._o c_o condover_n 592._o a_o congar_n 231._o d_o congersbury_n 231._o d_o congleton_n 608._o n_o conquest_n a_o family_n 401._o e_o wil._n canning_n his_o monument_n 237._o f_o coningsbees_n 415._o d._n a_o family_n of_o good_a name_n and_o worth_n 620._o d_o connisborow_n castle_n 689._o f_o constable_n burton_n 714._o b_o
constable_n a_o great_a family_n ibid._n high_a constable_n of_o england_n 621._o c_o constantius_n chlorus_n rid_v britain_n of_o usurper_n 73._o elect_a emperor_n 74._o espouse_a helena_n mother_n of_o constantine_n the_o great_a 74._o put_v she_o away_o ibid._n w_v theodora_n ib._n a_o godly_a emperor_n ibid._n die_v at_o york_n ibid._n bury_v there_o 703_o constantine_n the_o great_a emperor_n 74._o his_o warlike_a exploit_n 75._o advance_v christian_n religion_n 75_o proclaim_a emperor_n in_o york_n 703._o e._n f._n his_o renown_a title_n 76._o first_o entitle_v dominus_fw-la noster_fw-la 76._o tax_v for_o subvert_v the_o roman_a empire_n ibid._n alter_v the_o state_n of_o the_o government_n ibid._n constantine_n the_o young_a rule_v britain_n 77._o slay_v by_o his_o brother_n constans_n ibid._n constans_n a_o imperial_a monk_n 264._o c._n 85._o be_v kill_v ibid._n constans_n emperor_n in_o britain_n 77._o hold_v a_o council_n at_o sardica_n ibid._n kill_v by_o magnentius_n ibid._n constantius_n the_o young_a emperor_n ibid._n favour_v arianus_n 78._o hold_v a_o council_n at_o ariminum_n 79_o constantine_n create_v emperor_n in_o britain_n for_o the_o name_n sake_n 270._o d._n 85._o his_o exploit_n ibid._n his_o gourmandise_n ibid._n constantine_n a_o tyrant_n among_o the_o danmoni●_n in_o britain_n 113_o constitution_n of_o clarinton_n 251_o conwey_n a_o river_n 667._o b._n 669._o d_o conwaie_o a_o town_n 669●_n ●_z convocation_n 181_o convert_v their_o house_n 428._o b_o sir_n th._n cook_n a_o rich_a mayor_n of_o london_n 441._o f_o count_n palatine_n see_v earles_n th._n cooper_n bishop_n of_o lincoln_n 540._o c_o copes_n a_o family_n 376._o e_o copper_n or_o brass_n mine_n 767._o a_o coper_n as_o make_v 217._o ●_o copland_n or_o coupland_n 765._o d_o john_n copland_n or_o coupland_n a_o brave_a warrior_n 775._o e._n make_v baneret_n 171_o coquet_n the_o river_n 812._o e_o copthall_n 439._o ●_o corbet_n a_o great_a family_n 592_o e_o 594_o e_fw-la corbet_n a_o forename_n ibid._n sir_n wil._n cordall_n knight_n 462._o e_o corinaea_n and_o corinaeus_n 184_o corinaeus_n and_o gogmagog_n 200_o c_o coritani_n 504_o cornden_n hill_n 662_o b_o cornelius_n nepos_n for_o joseph_n of_o excestre_n 32_o cornavii_n 614_o 560_o cornovaille_n in_o little_a britain_n 184_o cornage_n 787_o a_o cornwalley_n a_o family_n 467_o f_o cornwailes_n of_o burford_n high_o descend_v 590_o f_o cornwall_n a_o dukedom_n 198_o c_o why_o so_o call_v 184_o cornwallian_n soon_o subject_v to_o the_o saxon_n 114_o corpus_fw-la christi_fw-la college_n in_o oxford_n 383_o a_o court_n baron_n 168_o cornishman_n manner_n 186_o cornish_a chough_n 188_o corham_n in_o coverdale_n 729_o corbridge_n 808_o b_o corby_n castle_n 777_o f_o corstopitum_fw-la ibid._n corve_fw-la a_o river_n 590_o c_o corvesdale_n ibid._n coway_a stake_n 296_o a_o cowling_n castle_n 329_o d_o cosham_n 243_o c_o coughton_n 565●_n ●_z covinus_n 18_o costrells_n see_v esquire_n coy-fi_a a_o convert_n bishop_n of_o the_o heathen_a 711_o c_o coteswold_n why_o so_o call_v 364_o c_o henry_n courtney_n marquesse_n of_o excester_n 206_o a_o courtneye_n knight_n 206_o b._n earl_n of_o denshire_n 207_o 208._o courtneye_n 190_o f_o cotton_v knight_n 313●_n ●_z covert_n knight_n ibid._n cotton_n of_o cambridge-shire_n knight_n 491_o a_o cotton_n of_o cunnington_n 526_o c_o sir_n robert_n cotton_n of_o cunnington_n a_o learned_a knight_n high_o descend_v 500_o d_o covetousness_n complain_v of_o 562●_n ●_z coventry_n 567_o c_o coventry_n lord_n 568_o a_o council_n of_o the_o march_n 590_o e_o cow_n a_o town_n west_n and_o east_n 274_o c_o cowbridge_n 643_o c_o cradiden_n 493_o a_o cranburn_n 217_o b_o crecan_n or_o crey_n a_o river_n 328_o f_o creek_n lade_n 241_o e_o credendon_n or_o credon_n 396_o creplegate_n in_o london_n 413_o d_o cressy_n a_o family_n 550●_n ●_z crevequeurs_fw-fr 331_o c_o crawdundale_n 761_o f_o crew_n a_o place_n and_o notable_a family_n 608_o c_o creden_n a_o river_n 203_o d_o crediantun_n or_o kirton_n ibid._n craven_a 694_o b_o creak_n in_o cliveland_n 723_o e_o le_fw-fr craux_n 21_o croco_n or_o croke_n a_o river_n 609_o b_o de_n croeun_n or_o de_fw-fr credonio_n a_o barony_n 532_o f_o crococalana_n 537_o b_o croidon_n 302_o b_o cromwell_n knight_n 497_o d_o sir_n th._n cromwell_n 526_o b._n earl_n of_o essex_n 454_o e_o cromer_n 479_o a_o croft_n castle_n 619_o crofts_n knight_n a_o ancient_a family_n 619_o f_o crophuls_n a_o family_n 620_o c_o crouch_n a_o creek●_n 443_o b_o crowland_n 530_o b_o crowland_n abbey_n 530._o the_o foundation_n and_o build_n of_o it_o 531_o c._n d._n e_o cruc_n maur_n 537_o c_o cruc_n occhidient_a ibid._n cuckmere_n 315_o d_o cucul_n 19_o saint_n cudman_n 313_o c_o cuentford_n a_o brook_n in_o coventry_n 567_o d_o culchil_n 747_o c_o culfurth_n 461●_n ●_z cumberland_n 765_o king_n and_o earl_n of_o cumberland_n 788_o a_o cumbermer_n abbey_n 607_o e._n 799_o cumero_fw-la 21_o cuneglasus_n a_o tyrant_n in_o britain_n 113_o cuno_n what_o it_o signify_v 98_o cunobelinus_n 418_o a_o cunobelin_n 447_o b_o curia_n ottadinorum_n 818_o b_o curiales_fw-la what_o they_o be_v 771_o a_o curson_n a_o family_n 553_o c_o sir_n rob._n curson_n baron_fw-fr imperiall_n ibid._n robert_n curthose_n a_o unfortunate_a prince_n 361_o d_o curcy_n 221_o a_o john_n curcie_o his_o virtue_n ibid._n curtius_n montanus_n a_o dainty_a teothed_a glutton_n 342_o e_o saint_n cuthberts_n parsimony_n 735_o saint_n cuthbert_n bishop_n of_o lindefarn_n ibid._n cworwf_n 20_o curwens_n knight_n 769_o a_o custodes_fw-la or_o captain_n in_o every_o shire_n 159_o cuthred_a king_n of_o the_o west_n saxon_n 373_o f_o cyprus_n call_v keraftis_n 184_o cyrch_n 18_o cytharifte_n 21_o d_o dabernoun_n 297_o b_o d'acre_n baron_n of_o gillesland_n 594_o c_o dacre_n castle_n 776_o c_o d'acre_n baron_n ibid._n leonard_n d'acre_n a_o traitor_n and_o rebel_n 784_o f_o dacor_n a_o river_n 776_o c_o d'airells_n or_o de_fw-fr hairells_n 369_o e_o dalaley_n castle_n 593_o dalison_n or_o d'alanson_n a_o family_n 544_o c_o dalrendini_n 126_o dan_n or_o daven_n a_o river_n 608_o d_o danby_n 721_o f_o danbury_n 446_o b_o dancastre_n 690_o b_o danewort_n see_v walwort_n dane_n infest_a the_o coast_n of_o england_n 139._o why_o so_o call_v 141_o they_o land_n in_o england_n etc._n etc._n 142_o dane_n massacre_v by_o the_o english_a 143_o their_o detestable_a sacrifice_n 142_o danegelt_n attribute_n ibid._n danmonii_n 183._o whence_o their_o name_n come_v ibid._n daning-schow_a a_o riveret_n 608_o e_o dantesey_n a_o town_n 243_o c_o danteseys_n knight_n ibid._n dantrey_n town_n 508_o a._n the_o fort_n there_o ibid._n henry_n baron_fw-fr danvers_n of_o dantesey_n 243_o c_o derby_n shire_n 553_o derby_n town_n 554_o c_o derby_n lord_n and_o earl_n 558_o d_o darcies_o the_o nocton_n etc._n etc._n 543_o c_o darcies_o baron_n the_o chich_n 451_o c_o darent_fw-la river_n 328_o d_o darenford_n or_o dartford_n 328●_n ●_z dargo_v a_o river_n and_o city_n 709_o davenport_n or_o damport_n a_o place_n and_o notable_a family_n 609_o a_o saint_n david_n land_n 653_o c_o saint_n david_n a_o archbishop_n see_v 653_o d_o david_n bishop_n refute_v the_o pelagian_n 657_o b_o davery_n or_o de_fw-fr alta_fw-la rupe_n 312_o b_o dawn_v of_o utkinton_n forester_n of_o delamere_n 607_o a_o deben_fw-mi a_o river_n 465_o b_o depenham_n or_o dapenham_n ibid._n d_o you_o a_o river_n 594_o c._n whence_o so_o call_v 602_o c._n deemouth_n 604_o b_o dee_n head_n 666_o b_o devonshire_n or_o denshire_n 199_o a_o walter_n and_o robert_n deureux_n earl_n of_o essex_n 455_o a_o john_n dee_n a_o famous_a mathematician_n 746_o c_o decime_n see_v tithing_n decuman_a a_o saint_n 220_o e._n murder_v ibid._n decuriones_fw-la what_o they_o be_v 771_o saint_n decomb_n 220_o e_o deale_n or_o dole_n 343_o a_o deanery_n how_o many_o in_o england_n 161_o deanforest_n 358_o b_o deane_n a_o place_n 514_o a_o dean_n a_o family_n ibid._n deify_v of_o roman_a emperor_n 70_o deiri_n that_o be_v hol-der-nesse_a 136_o de_n la-mare_n 233_o a_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr mere_a forest_n 607_o a_o de-la-pree_a a_o nunnery_n 509_o b_o de_fw-fr eincourt_n baron_n of_o blankenay_n 535_o f_o edmund_n baron_fw-fr d'eincourt_n desirous_a to_o perpetuate_v his_o name_n 536_o a_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr cres_z abbey_n 787_o c_o john_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr pole_n earl_n of_o lincoln_n slay_v 549_o a._n 388_o f_o de_fw-fr la_fw-fr bear_v a_o ancient_a family_n 620_o c_o d'elveseye_n a_o family_n 607_o e_o delgovitia_n 711_o b_o delgwe_n what_o it_o signify_v 711_o b_o de_fw-fr la_fw-fr val_fw-fr barony_n 811_o f_o de_fw-fr la_fw-fr ware_n 364_o c_o dench-worth_n town_n 281_o a_o denelage_n 153.159_o dengy_n or_o dance_v hundred_o 443_o c_o dengy_n town_n ibid._n dengy_n nesse_n 352_o a_o dennington_n castle_n 284_o a_o edward_n deny_v baron_n of_o waltham_n 439_o b_o denisses_n 206_o c_o denbigh-shire_n 675_o denbigh_n town_n 675_o d_o denbigh_n baron_n
520_o f_o sir_n henry_n grey_n baron_fw-fr grey_n of_o grooby_n 521_o a_o grey_n of_o sandacro_n 553_o d_o greys_n earles_n of_o kent_n 553_o c_o th._n grey_n of_o ruthin_n marquesse_n dorset_n 217_o e_o henry_n grey_n marquesse_n dorset_n and_o duke_n of_o suffolk_n 217_o f_z 470_o c._n behead_v 217_o greye_n baron_n of_o wilton_n 396_o d._n their_o badge_n 621_o a._n 396_o d_o john_n grey_n earl_n of_o tankervil_n 663_o d_o greystocks_n baron_n 778_o c_o greystock_n castle_n 778_o b_o s._n grimbald_n 378_o c_o grimsby_n 542_o c_o grimstons-garth_a ibid._n grimstons_n a_o family_n 714_o a_o griphin_n a_o family_n 507_o b._n 607_o e_o grismunds_n tower_n 366_o d_o gr●n_n and_o gronne_n what_o they_o signify_v 486_o b_o grooby_n 520_o f_o grossement_fw-fr castle_n 630_o b_o grossvenour_n common_o call_v gravenour_n a_o famous_a family_n 604_o b_o grosthead_n or_o groste_v a_o worthy_a bishop_n of_o lincoln_n 540_o b._n c_o ground_n most_o fat_a and_o battle_n 478_o ground_n burn_v for_o tillage_n 675_o c_o gruffin_n ap_fw-mi conan_n a_o noble_a prince_n of_o wales_n 670_o a_o guadiana_n 297_o a_o guaine_n 21_o gwain_n ibid._n gualt_n what_o it_o signify_v 20_o guarth_n what_o it_o signify_v 563_o b_o guarthenion_n why_o so_o call_v 624_o guash_n see_v wash_v gueda_n wife_n to_o earl_n goodwin_n 363_o b_o guenliana_n a_o woman_n of_o manly_a courage_n 649_o c_o grerif_n 21_o guerir_fw-fr ibid._n gwif_n 19_o guild_n hall_n in_o london_n 435_o a_o guildford_n 295_o b_o guildford_n a_o family_n 352_o b_o guineth_n uranc_n 19_o guineth_n 659_o f_o guiniad_n fish_n 666_o b_o guiscard_v of_o engolism_n 502_o c_o gundulph_n bishop_n of_o rochester_n 333_o a_o gunora_n a_o norman_a lady_n 620_o c_o gunpowder_n treason_n 754_o a_o gunter_n a_o family_n 628_o f_o guorong_n what_o it_o signify_v 325_o c_o guortimer_n defeat_v hengist_n &_o the_o saxon_n 332_o a._n where_o bury_v 340_o a_o guvia_n 19_o gwin_n a_o colour_n 26_o guoloppum_fw-la 132_o guy_n brient_n a_o baron_n 212_o e_o sir_n guy_n of_o warwick_n 267_o a._n 564_o guy_n cliff_n or_o gibcliff_n 564●_n ●_z gyn●ecia_n 263_o c_o h_n hacomb_n 202_o e_o hadseigh_n 441_o b_o hadley_n 463_o d_o pope_n hadrian_n the_o four_o choke_v with_o a_o fly_n 415_o a_o hadugato_n a_o duke_n or_o leader_n of_o the_o english_a saxon_n 138_o hagmond_n abbey_n 594_o hail_n a_o river_n 193_o haduloha_n 138_o haimon_n dentatus_n 641_o c_o robert_n fitz_n haimon_n subdue_v glamorganshire_n 641_o d_o hakeds_n a_o kind_n of_o pike_n 499_o haledon_n 80●_n d_o hales_n monastery_n 197_o e._n 365_o a_o halesworth_n 467_o c_o halifax_n 691_o f_o halifax_n law_n 69●_n b_o halton_n hall_n 808_o f_o halyston_n 812_o f_o hamden_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 395_o hameldon_n hill_n 215_o c_o hamon_n 260_o f_o sir_n hamon_n mascy_n 610_o c_o hampton_n in_o herefordshire_n 620_o hampton_n court_n 420_o b_o hamsted_n hill_n 421_o b_o hang_a wall_n of_o mark_n antony_n 763_o c_o hanley_n castle_n 577_o b_o hanmere_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 68●_n hannibal_n never_o war_v in_o britain_n 32_o hans_n a_o river_n 587_o c_o hansacre_n a_o family_n 578_o b_o hansard_n a_o family_n 543_o a_o hantshire_n 258_o hanwell_n 376_o e_o hanworth_n 420_o b_o king_n harald_n slay_v 317_o a_o harald_n lightfoot_n 379_o b_o harald_n haardred_n 707_o d_o harald_n the_o bastard_n 143_o harald_n goodwin_n son_n usurp_v the_o crown_n of_o england_n 145_o his_o worthy_a and_o princely_a part_n 146_o harborrow_n or_o haaburgh_n 517_o c_o harbotle_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 812_o f_o andrew_n of_o harcla_n earl_n of_o carlisle_n a_o traitor_n degrade_v 780_o c_o harcourt_n 584_o e_o harden_n or_o hawarden_n 680_o e_o hardes_n ancient_a gentleman_n 339_o d_o harde-cnut_a his_o death_n 303_o b_o his_o immoderate_a feast_n ibid._n th._n harding_n 208_o e_o fit_n harding_n baron_n of_o barkley_n 223_o a_o hard_a knot_n a_o mountain_n 765_o e_o hardwick_n a_o town_n 555_o f._n and_o a_o family_n ibid._n haresfield_n 419_o c_o harford_n west_n 653_o b_o harington_n or_o haveringtons_n a_o family_n 755_o d_o harington_n baron_n 526_o b._n of_o old_a descent_n ibid._n harington_n lord_n 206_o e_o sir_n john_n harington_n baron_fw-fr harington_n of_o exton_n ibid._n haringworth_n the_o honour_n of_o the_o zouch_v baron_n 414_o a_o harleston_n 472_o e_o harlestons_n a_o family_n ibid._n harold_n ewias_n 617_o d_o harold_n a_o gentleman_n ibid._n harptree_n 223_o d_o harrow_n on_o the_o hill_n 420_o a_o harrowden_n 510_o a_o hartle_n pole_n 738_o b_o hart_n hall_n in_o oxford_n 381_o d_o harewich_n 451_o e_o harewood_n castle_n 698_o e_o haslingbury_n 453_o d_o hastings_n a_o noble_a family_n in_o time_n past_a 584_o c_o hastings_n lord_n of_o abergevenny_n 568_o e_o hastings_n baron_n of_o loughborow_n 394_o c_o sir_n edward_n hastings_n sole_a baron_n thereof_o 521_o b_o baron_n hastings_n and_o hoo_n 319_o b_o sir_n william_n hastings_n lord_n hastings_n 318_o f_o hastings_n great_a gentleman_n in_o sussex_n ibid._n hastings_z a_o town_n whence_o it_o take_v the_o name_n 317_o f_o rape_n of_o hastings_n 318_o d._n lord_n thereof_o ibid._n george_n l._n hastings_n first_o of_o that_o name_n earl_n of_o huntingdon_n 503_o a_o hatfield_n bradock_n 453_o e_o bishop_n hatfield_n 406_o f_o hatfield_n poveril_n 445_o c_o hatherton_n 607_o e_o hatfield_n chace_n 690_o e_o hatley_n s_o george_n 485_o d_o hatterel_n hill_n 6●1_n c_o sir_n christopher_n hatton_n lord_n chancellor_n of_o england_n 508_o his_o commendation_n ibid._n his_o monument_n 509_o a_o havelock_n a_o foundling_n 542_o d_o haverds_n a_o family_n 628_o e_o haudelo_n lord_n burnell_n 330_o c_o havering_n 441●_n ●_z hawghton_n conquest_n 401_o e_o hawghlee_n castle_n 464_o a_o sir_n john_n hawkwood_n 450_o b_o haulton_n a_o town_n and_o castle_n 611_o haure_n 21_o the_o haw_n 200_o hawsted_a 450_o d_o hawthorn_n at_o glastenbury_n 227_o e_o hay_n a_o town_n 627_o f_o hay_n castle_n 766_o f_o headon_n a_o town_n 713_o c_o healy_n castle_n 583_o e_o hartly_n castle_n 760_o d_o heavenfield_n 806_o d_o hebrew_n call_v huesi_n wherefore_o 23_o heidon_n or_o heydon_n knight_n 479_o b_o sir_n christopher_n heidon_n 326_o c_o heil_n a_o idol_n of_o the_o saxon_n 212_o heilston_n or_o hellas_n 189_o heina_n a_o religious_a votary_n 699_o e_o heitsbury_n 245_o d_o hieu_n a_o religious_a woman_n 738_o b_o helbeck_n 727●_n ●_z helbeck_n a_o crag_n 784_o b_o helena_n the_o mother_n of_o constantine_n the_o great_a bear_v at_o colchester_n 451_o a_o helena_n a_o devout_a empress_n 74_o helenum_n 187_o helion_n a_o family_n 452_o a_o hell-kettle_n deep_a pit_n 737●_n ●_z helmet_n of_o gold_n find_v 537_o e_o helvius_n pertinax_n employ_v in_o britan_n 66._o propraetor_n in_o britan_n 67_o hemingston_n 464_o a_o hemp_n the_o best_a 210_o d_o hempsted_n 414_o c_o hen-dinas_n 588_o b_o heneti_n whence_o they_o take_v name_n 26_o hengham_n lord_n 472_o f_o hengist_n and_o horsa_n brethren_n 127._o they_o signify_v a_o horse_n ibid._n hengrave_n 461●_n ●_z hengston_n hill_n 196_o d_o henningham_n 450_o a_o henly_n in_o arden_n 566_o a_o henly_n hundred_o 389_o a_o henly_n upon_o tamis_n 389_o b_o king_n henry_n the_o six_o his_o virtue_n inter_v and_o translate_v 294_o d_o king_n henry_n the_o seven_o his_o virtue_n 297_o f_o henry_n the_o four_o emperor_n inter_v in_o chester_n 605_o c_o henry_n of_o lancaster_n claim_v the_o crown_n of_o england_n 680_o d_o henry_n fitz-roy_a 240_o b_o king_n henry_n the_o second_o his_o commendation_n 284_o e_o henry_n prince_n rebell_v against_o king_n henry_n the_o second_o his_o father_n 465_o a_o henry_n the_o seven_o proclaim_v king_n 518_o c_o king_n henry_n the_o six_o twice_o take_v prisoner_n by_o his_o own_o subject_n 509_o e_o heorten_n 738_o b_o heorthus_fw-la 135_o heptarchy_n of_o the_o saxon_n describe_v with_o several_a shire_n under_o every_o kingdom_n 157_o heptarchy_n of_o the_o saxon_n 136_o reduce_v to_o a_o monarchy_n 138_o herbert_n bishop_n of_o norwich_n 475_o a_o herbert_n losenga_n bishop_n 472_o a_o herbert_n baron_n of_o shurland_n 334_o b_o herbert_n earles_n of_o penbroch_o 359_o a_o sir_n philip_n herbert_n baron_n of_o shurland_n &_o earl_n of_o montgomery_n 663_o b_o herbert_n a_o honourable_a family_n in_o wales_n 655_o d_o le_fw-fr herbert_n a_o way_n in_o wales_n 665_o f_o hercules_n whether_o ever_o any_o 207_o c_o herefordshire_n 617_o hereford_n city_n 618_o e_o hereford_n earles_n 621_o b._n c._n etc._n etc._n hereford_n duke_n 622_o a_o hereford_n viscount_n ibid._n herring_n fish_v by_o hollander_n etc._n etc._n 717_o f_o herring_n in_o yarmouth_n 478_o a_o herring_n frequent_v our_o coast_n 718_o a_o herlaxton_n 537_o d_o heron_n or_o heiron_n a_o family_n 806_o b._n 815_o e_fw-la herlot●a_fw-la 197_o b_o hermae_fw-la 64_o herst_n monceaux_n 315_o a_o herst_n what_o it_o
20_o ratcliff_n earl_n of_o sussex_n 321_o a_o ravenglasse_n 765_o ravensburne_a river_n 326_o ravenswath_n castle_n 730_o b_o read_v a_o family_n 577_o b_o reading_n 284_o readsquire_n a_o mountain_n 802_o a_o reafan_n the_o dane_n banner_n 195_o reach_v a_o town_n 490_o c_o recall_v a_o river_n 722_o d_o reach_z dike_v ib._n reculver_n 335_o b_o redcastle_n or_o castle_n rous_n 594_o d_o redin_n 20_o redhorse_n vale_n 561_o c_o red_n colour_n give_v name_n to_o many_o place_n 525_o d_o redbourne_n 413_o d_o redbridge_n 262_o d_o red_a rose_n and_o white_a for_o lancaster_n and_o york_n 725_o e_o redshankes_o 126_o redvers_fw-la or_o rivers_n earl_n of_o denshire_n 207_o d_o redverses_n or_o de_fw-la ripariis_fw-la 201_o c_o redwald_n king_n of_o the_o east_n saxon_n 465_o c_o reforming_a error_n a_o court_n 180_o reginald_n pole_n his_o commendation_n 216_o b_o religious_a house_n dissolve_v 163_o remney_n ariver_n 631_o b._n 642_o a_o remni_n what_o it_o signify_v 642_o a_o remigius_n bishop_n of_o dorchester_n 539_o c_o rendlesham_n 465_o c_o renimed_n 419_o e_o reptacester_n or_o richborow_n 341_o a_o repton_n 553_o f_o request_n court_n 181_o rerecrosse_n 732_o f_o reuda_n 126_o rheda_n 18_o rhede_a ibid._n rhedec_n ibid._n rhedecfa_n ibid._n rhead_n a_o river_n 802_o a_o rheadsdale_n ibid._n c_o rhediad_n 18_o rhegium_n why_o so_o call_v 347_o d_o rhese_fw-mi ap_fw-mi gruffin_n 623_o a_o rhese_fw-mi ap_fw-mi thomas_n a_o valiant_a knight_n 650_o e_o rhie_n a_o river_n 722_o d_o rhidale_n ibid._n rhia_n baron_n 472_o rhre_n whereof_o so_o call_v 319_o d_o rhodanus_n 21_o rutupina_n littora_fw-la wat_fw-mi they_o be_v 342_o ribel_n a_o river_n 749_o d_o ribelchester_n 750_o b_o ribald_a l'isle_n 485_o f_z ricall_fw-mi 707_o d_o richard_n the_o second_o renounce_v the_o crown_n 680_o d_o richard_n duke_n of_o york_n claim_v the_o crown_n 725_o b_o richard_n a_o renown_a earl_n of_o cornwall_n 197_o d._n his_o death_n and_o sepulchre_n his_o son_n henry_n murder_v 197_o f_o richard_n coeur_fw-fr de_fw-fr lion_n 380_o a_o richard_n the_o three_o a_o bad_a man_n and_o a_o good_a prince_n 212_o a_o richard_n duke_n of_o gloucester_n a_o usurper_n 369_o f._n his_o practice_n to_o win_v the_o crown_n 370_o richard_n the_o first_o his_o praise_n 285_o richard_n the_o second_o his_o relic_n translate_v to_o westminster_n 414_o f_o richard_n king_n of_o roman_n etc._n etc._n 414_o richborow_n 341_o a_o richborow_a decay_a ibid._n f_o riches_n baron_n 441_o d_o richard_n lord_n chancellor_n of_o england_n 445_o richards_n castle_n 619_o e_o richmond_n shire_n 727_o richmond_n town_n 729_o f_o richmond_n earles_n 733_o richmond_n the_o king_n house_n 297_o richmond_n a_o family_n 778_o a_o rickmansworth_n 415_o c_o rising_n castle_n 481_o c_o risingham_n 803_o d_o rith_n what_o it_o signify_v 486_o a_o river_n have_v divine_a honour_n 602_o heap_v upon_o they_o 698_o a_o robert_n bridge_n 320_o c_o robert_n earl_n of_o leicester_n 466_o c_o robert_n crouchbacke_n earl_n of_o leicester_n 519_o f_o robert_n consul_n or_o earl_n of_o gloucester_n 368_o d_o robert_n fitz_n haimon_n 359_o d_o robin_n hood_n 693_o a_o robin_n hood_n bay_n 718_o c_o roch_n a_o river_n 745_o f_o roch_n dale_n a_o town_n ibid._n rochester_n a_o castle_n 802_o c_o rochester_n city_n 332_o c_o rochester_n or_o roffe_n a_o family_n 405_o d_o rochfort_n town_n and_o hundred_o rochfort_n baron_n ibid._n rochfort_n viscount_n ibid._n rockingham_n castle_n and_o forest_n 513_o rock-savage_a 610_o a_o roden_n a_o river_n 594_o c_o rode_a a_o river_n 440_o b_o roger_n the_o magnificent_a bishop_n of_o salisbury_n 243_o a_o rogerse_n knight_n 215._o ibid._n roise_n a_o lady_n 405_o b_o roiston_n ibid._n roise_n cross_a ibid._n rolrich_n stone_n 374_o c_o rollo_n the_o norman_a 144_o his_o dream_n and_o conversion_n 144_o the_o roll_n of_o winchester_n 153_o rome_n call_v constantina_n 85_o romania_n 24_o romeswork_n 343_o f_o roman_n foil_v and_o massacre_v in_o britain_n 51_o roman_a empire_n in_o britain_n at_o a_o end_n 87_o roman_n in_o britain_n 34_o romescot_n 411_o a_o romara_n a_o norman_a earl_n of_o lincoln_n 544_o e_o roos_n baron_n 532_o f_o rosamund_n clifford_n king_n henry_n the_o second_o his_o paramor_n 375_o rosamunds_n bone_n translate_v and_o afterward_o reduce_v again_o 376_o c_o rose_n red_a and_o white_a for_o lancaster_n and_o york_z 725_o e_o rosse_n 190.714_o a_o rosseland_n 190_o rosse_n in_o penbrochshire_n 652_o d_o rosse_n in_o cardiganshire_n 657_o c_o rosse_o baron_n 714_o a_o rosebery_n topping_n 721_o d_o rose_n castle_n 778_o c_o rota_n temporum_fw-la that_o be_v the_o wheel_n of_o time_n a_o history_n 790_o b_o rother_n a_o river_n 320_o a_o rotherfield_n ibid._n rotherham_n 689_o e_o rotherham_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n 689_o e_o rowcliff_n castle_n 781_o c_o rouchester_n 809_o e_o round_n table_n 265_o b_o rowles_n in_o london_n 428_o c_o rousses_n a_o family_n 467_o c_o routon_n castle_n 592_o e._n 662_o rugby_n 562_o rudheath_n sanctuary_n 609_o a_o ruff_n fish_n 476_o c_o rugemond_n or_o richmont_n grey_n in_o bedfordshire_n 734_o d_o rugemont_n 204_o c_o rumalds_n shrine_n 396_o d_o rumford_n 441_o f_o rumon_n 199_o e_o rumney_n marsh_n 350_o b_o rumney_n town_n ibid._n runkhorne_n 510_o d_o rushbrooke_n 461_o d_o rushton_n 509_o f_o russel_n lord_n russel_n of_o thornaugh_n 514_o c_o russel_n knight_n 578_o e_o russel_n earles_n of_o bedford_n 394_o e_fw-la 403_o ruthin_n 676._o ruthlan_n 679_o f_o rutlandshire_n 525._o why_o so_o call_v 525_o b_o c_o d_o rutland_n earles_n 426_o f_z rutter_n what_o they_o be_v 812_o b_o s_o sabridgeworth_n 408_o c_o sacae_n 129._o sacasone_n ibid._n sadlier_n 408_o a_o sacvil_a earl_n of_o dorset_n and_o chancellor_n of_o oxford_n 382_o saer_n de_fw-fr quincy_n earl_n of_o winchester_n 521_o a_o salisbury_n church_n 248_o a_o b_o saffron_n 453_o a_o salisbury_n earles_n 249_o c_o salarin_n a_o custom_n or_o impost_n for_o salt_n 608_o a_o salisbury_n for_o sarisbury_n 246_o f_o salisbury_n hall_n 750_o c_o salkeld_n town_n 777_o e._n and_o a_o family_n 778_o a_o salmon_n the_o best_a call_v umbrae_n 627_o salmon_n leap_v in_o penbrochshire_n 6●4_n e_o salndie_n or_o sandie_n 401_o b_o salston_n 48_o e_o salt_n make_v 268_o b_o e_o salt_n esse_fw-la 196_o salt_n hill_n 529_o e_o salt_n artificial_o make_v 753_o b_o salt_n stone_n 739_o d_o saltpits_n 573_o b_o c_o saltry_n abbey_n 500_o b_o salt_n pit_n in_o cheshire_n 608_o a_o b_o salustius_n lucullus_n in_o britain_n 62_o saltwood_n castle_n 349_o c_o salwarp_n a_o river_n 574_o d_o salmond_n or_o s._n amands_n 283_o c_o samond_n or_o s._n amands_n baron_n 244_o a._n 366_o e_o samothea_n 24_o sampire_n grow_v abundant_o 434_o a_o sandal_n castle_n 693_o d_o the_o sand_n part_n of_o notinghamshire_n 550_o a_o sandalum_fw-la 19_o sandgate_n castle_n 349_o e_o sandiacre_n or_o s._n diacre_n 555_o d_o sands_n baron_n 269_o b_o &_o e_fw-la sandon_n 343_o a_o sandy_a see_v saludica_fw-la sanctuary_n 260_o sandwich_n 342_o sanguelac_n 317_o e_o sapcots_n a_o family_n 501_o e_fw-la sarasins-head_n 695_o a_o sarmatian_n be_v scythian_n 121_o sarn_n helen_n a_o portway_n in_o wales_n 666_o a_o sasson_n 23_o saxon_a language_n maintain_v by_o lecture_n 200_o a_o english-saxons_a call_v into_o britain_n 100.127_o saxon_n 119._o their_o valour_n and_o cruelty_n 134_o saturn_n well_o affect_v to_o britain_n 556_o e_o savages_n a_o great_a family_n 610_o a_o saulden_n 396_o c_o scarborough_n castle_n 717_o scardale_n 556_o a_o schilpor_n see_v esquire_n 176_o scaeva_n his_o valour_n and_o advancement_n 37_o scalbie_n castle_n 782_o e_o scilicester_n in_o the_o wall_n 806_o b_o scipio_n africanus_n where_o bury_v 340_o a_o sclate-stone_n dig_v 514_o d_o scorby_n or_o scurvie-grasse_n 328_o b_o scordium_n a_o herb_n grow_v plenteous_o 491_o f_o scoteney_n a_o barony_n 542_o c_o scottishman_n of_o east-scotland_n right_a english-saxons_a 129_o their_o fashion_n 133_o scot_n will_v or_o highlandmens_n habit_n sort_n well_o with_o the_o goth_n 123_o scot_n whence_o they_o take_v name_n 119_o scot_n of_o west_n scotland_n be_v highland_n man_n ibid._n scot_n come_v first_o out_o of_o ireland_n 120_o scot_n when_o they_o come_v to_o be_v of_o name_n 125_o scot_n what_o it_o signify_v 124_o scot_n a_o family_n 349_o scotus_n aliâs_fw-la duns_n 814_o b_o his_o pitiful_a death_n ibid._n scovy_n 20_o screke_v ham_n 535_o c_o screven_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 700_o scroby_n 551_o b_o scropes_n baron_n 729_o b_o scruffel_n hill_n 767_o e_fw-la scudamore_n a_o family_n 621_o a_o sculton_n 473_o a_o scutary_n 176_o scythica_n vallis_fw-la 120_o scythian_n in_o spain_n 121_o scythicum_n a_o promontory_n in_o spain_n 121_o seaton_n 206_o e_o sea_n holly_n see_v eryngium_n sea_n hear_v to_o groan_v 720_o c_o sea_n sand_n good_a for_o ground_n 199_o c_o
f_o torksey_n 538_o a_o torneament_n 407_o d_o tosto_n vanquish_v 145_o totnes_n 201_o e_o totnesse_n shore_n 202_o touchet_n a_o family_n 584_o b._n baron_n the_o audeley_n ibid._n tovie_n the_o king_n standard_n bearer_n 439_o d_o tovie_n the_o river_n 649_o d_o tours_n d'_fw-fr order_fw-fr 345_o c_o tower_n of_o london_n 423_o e_o towridge_n river_n 207_o f_o tourington_n 208_o b_o towton_n battle_n 696_o d_o trabucks_n 400_o tracy_n 36●_n d_o traiford_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 747_o traith_n maur_n 666_o a_o traith_n bichan_n ibid._n traith_n taff_n 642_o c_o trebellius_n max._n propretor_n in_o britain_n 52_o treboeth_n 605_o f_o trederman_n 783_o b_o tr●es_n under_o ground_n 745_o d._n 607_o tregaron_n 657_o d_o tregonie_n 190_o tregian_n ibid._n tregoz_fw-fr baron_n 617_o d_o trelawny_v 192_o trematon_n 193_o trenewith_n 661_o e_o trent_n a_o riveret_n 213_o trent_n a_o river_n 547_o treutham_n a_o monastery_n 583_o treshams_n a_o family_n 509_o c_o trevilion_n 196_o b_o triadum_n a_o british_a book_n 33_o tribet_n 29_o tribunal_n or_o court_n of_o justice_n in_o england_n 177_o tribunitian_a authority_n 101_o trihine_n what_o it_o be_v 159_o trimarcia_n 18_o tripetia_n 20_o trophy_n in_o cornwall_n 188_o trubridge_n 244_o e_o true-place_n 802_o a_o trusbut_n 540_o e_o tuddington_n 401_o f_o tufa_n a_o banner_n 195_o tuisco_n the_o saxon_n stock-father_n 135_o tuisday_n ibid._n tunbridge_n why_o so_o call_v 330_o a_o tunstall_n a_o worthy_a prelate_n 744_o d_o turbervelis_n or_o de_fw-fr turbida_fw-la villa_n 213_o e_fw-la turbevil_n a_o family_n 643_o e_o turkil_n a_o coward_n 464_o e_fw-la turkil_n of_o arden_n 565_o d_o turkil_n the_o dane_n 500_o b_o tirold_n abbot_n of_o peterborough_n 513_o a_o turton_n chappell_n and_o tower_n 745_o turpins_n knight_n 517_o turet_n a_o family_n 594_o e_o turuie_o 399_o b_o tuscet_n or_o touchet_n baron_n audeley_n 609_o a_o tutbury_n castle_n 587_o f_o twede_n the_o river_n 814_o e_o twifford_n 813_o c_o twinamburue_n 259_o c_o tyrant_n in_o britain_n 23_o tzetzes_n a_o fabulous_a greek_a writer_n 32_o five_o vale_n a_o river_n 189_o vale_n 393_o b_o vale_n of_o ailesbury_n 395_o c_o vale_n royal_a 608_o d_o vallachian_o why_o so_o call_v 11_o valle_n crucis_fw-la 677_o a_o valect_n what_o he_o be_v 663._o a_o worshipful_a title_n 713_o c_o valoinois_n a_o family_n 465_o f_o valtort_v 193_o valvasore_n 168_o vandal_n and_o burgundian_n in_o britain_n 114_o vandal_n bring_v into_o britain_n by_o probus_n 71_o vandelberia_n 489_o d_o vargae_n 19_o varia_n what_o it_o signify_v 679_o c_o vaulx_n baron_n 786_o b._n 510_o ubbanford_n 816_o b_o uchel_n 21.190_o vectius_n bolanus_n 53_o venables_n baron_n of_o kindreton_n 609_o b_o vandraeth_n vehan_n a_o river_n 649_o venedocia_fw-la 659_o f_o venutius_n a_o potentate_n of_o britain_n 48_o venutius_n war_v upon_o his_o wife_n cartismandua_n 53_o verannius_n propretor_n in_o britain_n 49_o verbeia_n the_o river_n wherfe_n and_o a_o goddess_n 697_o vere_n earl_n of_o oxford_n 389_o d_o vere_n the_o good_a earl_n 390_o b_o vere_n earl_n of_o oxford_n become_v a_o monk_n 450_o d_o vere_n 202_o f_o vere_n earl_n of_o oxford_n and_o marquesse_n of_o dublin_n verdon_v a_o family_n 517_o f._n 620_o b_o veriad_n 19_o vernaies_n knight_n 565_o a_o vernons_n a_o family_n 567_o a_o verulam_n or_o verlam_n city_n in_o old_a time_n 408_o f_o vesey_n baron_n 722_o c._n near_o to_o saint_n albon_n verulam_n tribute_n 409_o c_o vespasian_n his_o act_n in_o britain_n 41_o 42_o uffa_o 458_o a_o ufkin_n ibid._n ufford_n a_o town_n 465_o c_o valentinian_n a_o arrian_n 83_o valentine_n a_o rebel_n in_o britain_n suppress_v 80_o ufford_n earl_n of_o suffolk_n 465_o c_o uffords_n 813_o b_o vicarius_fw-la or_o vicegerent_n in_o britan_n 76_o viscount_n what_o title_n of_o honour_n 167_o viscount_n of_o honour_n who_o be_v first_o in_o england_n 521_o e_o victor_n the_o son_n of_o maximus_n slay_v 83_o victorina_n 271_o b_o victorinus_n a_o commendable_a governor_n under_o honorius_n in_o britain_n 85_o victory_n what_o name_v it_o have_v in_o divers_a language_n 457_o e_o vecturiones_n who_o so_o call_v 117_o vellocatus_n costrell_n to_o venutius_n marry_v his_o wife_n 53_o victrix_n a_o legion_n 604_o c_o vies_z 244_o a_o villa_n forinseca_v what_o it_o be_v 391_o e_o villiers_n a_o family_n 523_o a_o vineyard_n in_o britain_n 71_o the_o vine_n 269_o d_o vines_n in_o england_n ibid._n e_o vineyard_n in_o glocestershire_n 357_o f_o vincents_n rock_n 239_o a_o virius_n lupus_n propretor_n 69_o virgin_n eleven_o thousand_o martyr_n 197_o a._n 286_o c_o visigothi_n 294_o c_o visi_fw-la saxones_n ibid._n viscount_v a_o family_n vitsan_n 347_o d_o vitrum_fw-la 19_o viterinus_n 691_o d_o ulpius_n marcellus_n a_o brave_a warrior_n 66._o his_o vigilancy_n and_o temperance_n ibid._n ulphus_n his_o horn_n 704_o e_o ulse_n a_o lake_n 776_o c_o ulstley_n 773_o a_o ulysses_n whether_o ever_o in_o britain_n 32_o ulyssippo_n that_o be_v lisbon_n whence_o it_o take_v name_n 32_o ulverston_n 755_o c_o umfranvils_n a_o family_n 806_o b._n 535_o university_n college_n in_o oxford_n 381_o c_o university_n a_o public_a school_n 381_o b_o unstrote_n a_o river_n 138_o voisy_a bishop_n of_o excester_n 567_o vortigern_n the_o last_o monarch_n of_o british_a blood_n and_o the_o bane_n of_o his_o country_n 624_o b._n burn_v with_o lightning_n ibid._n vortigerne_v alias_o gourtigern_n send_v for_o saxon_n 128_o vortimer_n a_o valiant_a britain_n where_o bury_v 538_o e_o uppingham_n 525_o e_o upton_n 577_o vortiporius_n a_o tyrant_n of_o the_o dimetae_n 113_o ursula_n a_o holy_a virgin_n 197_o ursus_n de_fw-fr abtot_n 570._o sheriff_n of_o worcestershire_n 578_o e_fw-la usa_fw-la or_o isa_n that_o be_v ouse_n a_o river_n 296_o usipian_n their_o venturous_a and_o memorable_a fact_n 57_o uske_n a_o river_n 628_o a_o uske_n a_o town_n 636_o c_o utcester_n 587_o e_o uther_n pendragon_n 195._o why_o so_o call_v 410_o uxbridge_n 419●_n ●_z w_n wada_n a_o saxon_a duke_n 719_o b_o wadensbourg_n 241_o d_o wadham_n 382_o a_o wahul_n woodhil_n or_o odill_n 399_o c_o baron_n de_fw-fr wahul_n ibid._n wake_n baron_n wake_v and_o estotevill_n 202_o d._n 407_o 533_o a_o wake_n of_o blisworth_n 533_o b_o wakefield_n 693_o d_o wakeman_n of_o rippon_n 700_o d_o wainfleete_n in_o lincolnshire_n 542_o b_o wales_n 615_o c_o d._n 22._o annex_v and_o unite_v to_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n 114_o walch_n 22_o walcher_n bishop_n of_o durham_n slay_v in_o a_o commotion_n 743_o d_o wall_n by_o lichfield_n 582_o e_o wall_n of_o turf_n between_o edinburgh_n frith_n and_o cluid_n 86_o wall_n end_n 811_o b_o wall_n of_o stone_n build_v in_o britain_n 86_o wallbery_n 453_o d_o walbrooke_n in_o london_n 423_o a_o walbeof_n a_o family_n 628_o e_o walden_n 452_o b_o walde_n of_o earl_n of_o northampton_n and_o of_o huntingdon_n 502_o c_o 515_o c._n his_o disloyal_a treachery_n ibid._n walleran_n earl_n of_o mellent_a and_o first_o earl_n of_o worcester_n 579_o a_o waller_n 330_o e_o wallerond_n 618_o a_o walfleot_n oyster_n 444_o d_o walli_n wallon_n 22.113_o wallingford_n 281_o d_o wallop_n or_o welhope_n a_o place_n 262_o wallop_n a_o family_n ibid._n b_o wallot_n isle_n 443_o c_o walmesford_n bridge_n 511_o d_o walnut-tree_n at_o glastenburie_n 227_o walney_n a_o island_n 755_o c_o walpole_n 481_o b_o walshal_n 581_o f_o walsh_n a_o family_n 364_o walsh_n what_o it_o signify_v 113_o walsingham_n 470_o c_o walsingham_n a_o town_n 479_o c_o walsingham_n knight_n ibid._n walter_n de_fw-fr hemingford_n 721_o walter_n 752_o f_o walter_n espec_n 709_o d_o waltham_n cross_n 437_o d_o waltham_n forest_n 439_o c_o waltham_n abbey_n or_o waltham_n across_o a_o town_n 439_o c_o walton_n in_o darbyshire_n 556_o b_o walton_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 572_o walwick_n 802_o a_o walwort_n a_o herb_n call_v danes-blood_n 452_o b_o wandlesworth_n 303_o a_o wandle_n a_o river_n 287_o f_o wansdike_n 241_o d_o wantage_n 281_o a_o wantsum_n or_o wentfar_o a_o riveret_n 473_o c._n see_v stour_n in_o kent_n beware_v a_o town_n 407_o c_o wapentake_v what_o they_o be_v 159_o ware_n a_o priest_n and_o baron_n of_o the_o parliament_n 746_o a_o west_n baron_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr ware_n 312_o warburgton_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 610_o b_o ward_n 179_o warden_n of_o the_o march_n 799_o b_o warden_n of_o the_o cinque_fw-fr port_n 325_o b_o wardon_n 401_o c_o wardon_n hundred_o in_o northamptonshire_n 507_o b_o wardour_n a_o castle_n 246_o a_o ward-staff_n 440_o c_o warham_n town_n 213_o c_o warkworth_n 813_o a_o warington_n 748_o b_o warnford_n 269_o a_o war_n civil_a between_o york_n and_o lancaster_n determine_v in_o the_o death_n of_o edward_n the_o young_a earl_n of_o warwick_n 570_o warwast_o 201_o c_o warwickeshire_n 561_o warwick_n town_n 562_o f_o warwick_n earles_n 569_o f_o warwick_n in_o cumberland_n 778_o a_o wash_v a_o
49_o novantes_fw-la people_n of_o galloway_n carick_n kyle_n &_o cuningham_n 18_o mertae_n in_o sutherland_n novantum_fw-la chersonesus_n sive_fw-la promontorium_n the_o mull_n of_o galloway_n 19_o nodius_fw-la flu_fw-la the_o river_n nid_v 17_o orcas_n sive_fw-la tarverdrum_fw-la howbune_n 54_o randvara_n reinfraw_fw-ge 24_o rerigonium_n bargeny_n 19_o selgovae_n the_o people_n of_o lidesdale_n evesdale_n eskdale_n annandale_n and_o nidisdale_n 16_o tamea_n haply_o tanea_n in_o rosse_n taizali_n the_o people_n of_o buquahan_n 47_o tarvedrum_n promont_n see_v orcas_n tans_fw-fr flu_fw-fr tau_n the_o river_n 35_o 41_o vacomagi_n the_o people_n of_o murray_n 49_o vararis_fw-la murray_n ibid._n vernicones_n haply_o mernis_n 45_o victoria_n haply_o inch-keith_n 15_o vidogara_n haply_o air_n 20_o virvedrum_n see_v orcas_n uzellum_fw-la a_o place_n in_o eusdale_n 16_o the_o family_n of_o great_a worth_n and_o honour_n in_o scotland_n in_o this_o book_n mention_v a_o abercorne_n earl_n 15_o aberneth_n or_o abernothy_n 36_o albany_n duk●s_n 39_o angus_n or_o anguis_fw-la earl_n 4●_n areskin_n see_v ereskin_n ardmanoch_n 52_o arol_n earl_n 42_o argilo_n earl_n 37,38_o arran_n earl_n 22_o athol_n earl_n 40_o aubigny_n or_o obigny_n lord_n 26_o b_o baclugh_n 16_o balmerinoch_n 34_o bothwell_n earl_n 48_o buquhan_n earl_n 48_o borthwicke_n baron_n 13_o boid_v baron_n 21,22_o brus_n 16,19_o c_o cambell_n 37_o cassile_a earl_n 19_o crawford_n earl_n 22_o cathanes_n earl_n 53_o creicton_n baron_n sauhquer_v 17_o 51_o carthcart_n 24_o carlile_n carrict_a bailive_n and_o earl_n 20_o chasteau_n herald_n duke_n 23_o clan-hatan_a 35_o clan-ranald_n 52_o colvil_n 32_o comen_fw-fr 36.45.48_o culrosse_n 32_o cuningham_n 21_o d_o darnley_n or_o darley_n 24_o douglasse_n or_o duglasse_n 19_o 23.45.48_o dromund_n 36_o dunbarre_v earl_n 11_o dunfirmling_n earl_n 13.32_o e_o eglington_n earles_n 21_o eriskin_n 12.29.47_o elphingston_n 29.34.49_o f_o fivie_n baron_n 32_o fleming_n 18.29_o forbois_n 46_o fraser_n 52_o felton_n viscount_n 12_o fife_n earl_n 35_o g_o gordon_n 49_o glencarn_n earl_n 21_o glamy_n baron_n 44_o graham_n 36_o goury_n 42_o greye_n 44_o galloway_n lord_n 693_o h_n hadington_n viscount_n 12_o halyburton_n ibid._n hamilton_n 15.22.23_o huntley_n 13.42.49_o hepburn_n 16_o hereis_n or_o herris_n 17_o hide_n 36.42_o home_n or_o hume_n baron_fw-fr de_fw-fr berwicke_n 11_o hume_z earl_n ibid._n i_o innerm_v 36_o k_o keith_n 45_o kennedis_n 19_o kir_n 10.15_o kinghorn_n earl_n 32.44_o kinloss_n 49_o l_o levenox_n or_o lennox_n earl_n 25_o lindesey_n 22.44.49_o lesley_n 34.49_o levingston_n 29_o leon_n or_o lion_n 32.43_o lovet_n 52_o linlithquo_n or_o lithquo_n earl_n 15_o lorn_n lord_n 38.49_o lothien_n earl_n 15_o lundoris_fw-la 34_o m_n mac-conell_a 38_o mac-intoscech_a 35_o mar_n earl_n 47_o martial_a earl_n 45_o maxwel_n 18_o menteith_n earl_n 36_o merch_n earl_n 11_o methwen_n 42_o murray_n earl_n 50_o montrose_n 44_o montgomery_n earl_n 21_o morton_n earl_n 17_o murray_n 36.40.42_o n_o newbottle_n 69_o o_o orkeney_n earles_n 53_o olyphant_n 36_o ogilvy_n or_o ogilby_n 44_o p_o pearth_n earl_n 42_o r_o ramsey_n 12.23_o randolph_n 50_o reinfraw_n 24_o rethwen_n 42_o rothes_n earl_n 35.49_o rothsay_n dukedom_n 22_o roos_n 24_o rosse_n earl_n 52_o roxburgh_n 10_o s_o scone_n 42_o scot_n 16_o steward_n 25.48.51_o sutherland_n earl_n 53_o seincler_n 32.53_o somervill_n 23_o seton_n 13_o sempell_v 24.49_o sauhquer_n or_o sanquer_v 17_o salton_n 49_o strathern_a earl_n 36_o spiny_a 49_o t_o toricles_n 17_o thirlestan●_n 10_o tulibardin_n 36_o five_o urquhart_n 52_o uchiltrey_n 21_o w_n wemmis_n 32_o wintwoun_n earl_n 13_o wigton_n earl_n 18_o z_o zeister_n or_o zester_n 10.12_o a_o table_n of_o ireland_n and_o the_o isle_n adjoin_v to_o britain_n a_o absenty_n 85_o admiral_n of_o england_n extent_n of_o his_o authority_n 232_o alderney_n 214_o anglesey_n 203_o antrim_n county_n 112_o annal_n of_o ireland_n 150_o annal_n of_o the_o isle_n of_o man_n 205_o arran_n 99.214_o armagh_n county_n 107_o arklo_n lord_n thereof_o 90_o art_n and_o piety_n sow_v among_o nation_n in_o sundry_a age_n 85_o b_o bagnall_n 121_o etc._n etc._n bannomanna_n 62_o barry_n 78_o base_a pool_n 227_o bernacle_n 204_o barnwell_n 94.95_o berminghams_n 100_o bingham_n 100l_n 103_o bisset_n 113_o bishopric_n of_o ireland_n 73._o poor_a 106_o blunt_n lord_n montjoy_z 77.105_o 107._o deputy_n 133_o etc._n etc._n boil_v barony_n 103_o brehon_n law_n 140_o britain_n be_v inhabit_v ireland_n 65_o britain_n herb_n 222_o britain_n huis_fw-la 221_o british_a armoury_n ibid._n british_a sea_n 57_o where_o deep_a 227_o burk_n 81.100.101.104.117_o etc._n etc._n burgus_n what_o 222_o buth_n 22_o butiphant_n viscount_n 78_o butler_n 82.88_o etc._n etc._n burrough_n baron_n lord_n deputy_n 115_o c_o caesarea_n 65_o cavon_n county_n 106_o cahir_n baron_n 82_o carew_n 76.79.85_o carick_a earl_n 82_o carausius_n 88_o cassiles_n archbishop_n 82_o casquet_n 224_o castle-conell_a baron_n 81_o caterlough_n county_n 85_o cattle_n 63_o cavanaghes_n 85_o cause_n of_o rebellion_n 101_o caurus_n the_o wind_n 59_o chamberlan_n 224_o cerne_n island_n 62_o chamber_n of_o ireland_n 95_o chevers_n 90_o chair_o boy_n 113_o clany-boy_n clan-moris_n 75_o clancar_n earl_n 76_o clandonels_a 101_o clan_n william_n 81_o clan_n gibbon_n ibid._n clogh_a bishopric_n 115_o clare_n county_n 98_o clan_n richard_n earl_n 100_o cogan_n 70.79_o connacht_v or_o conaught_n 98_o colby_n 86_o conaught_n lord_n 104_o constable_n of_o ireland_n 97_o colran_a county_n 114_o columb_n saint_n 215_o cork_n county_n 77._o a_o kingdom_n 79_o court_n of_o ireland_n 72_o coner_n bishopric_n 111_o curraghmore_n baron_n 79_o croft_n sir_n hugh_n slay_v 179_o curcy_n 71.77.53.209_o curthbert_n a_o saint_n 220_o cut_n coin_n livery_n 76.101_o d_o darcy_n 96_o deemstert_n 204_o delton_n 96_o dalvin_n baron_n ibid._n deputy_n of_o ireland_n 71_o desmond_n earl_n 76_o dessie_n viscount_n 79_o disease_n in_o ireland_n 63_o devereux_n 90_o dillon_n 96_o donell_n gormy_a 102_o docwra_n 133_o etc._n etc._n dublin_n county_n 91._o city_n and_o university_n 92._o mark_n 94_o duke_n of_o ireland_n ibid._n dunboin_fw-fr baron_fw-fr 85_o dunganon_n baron_n 115_o durgarvan_n barony_n 79_o dunkellin_n baron_n 100_o dansany_n baron_n 95_o 216_o e_o englishman_n first_o enter_v ireland_n 70_o eastmeath_n 95_o essex_n earl_n 112._o lord_n deputy_n 117_o ewst_fw-la 216_o f_o farn_n island_n 220_o fermoy_n viscount_n 78_o farn_n isle_n 220_o fermanagh_n county_n 106_o fitz_n eustace_n baron_n 88_o fitz-patric_n 8_o fitz-geralds_a 82.87_o fitz-stephens_n 70.79.89_o fitz-william_n lord_n deputy_n 121_o etc._n etc._n fitz-urse_a 107_o fortunate_a isle_n 217_o freeze_a sea_n 219_o g_o garnesey_n 224_o galloglass_n 101.147_o galloway_n county_n 99_o gavalock_n 122_o genevill_n 97.163_o gersey_n 224_o glinne_n 90.113_o goodwin_n sand_n 222_o gormanston_n viscount_n 95_o lord_n grey_n 75_o h_n hawk_n 63_o hereditary_a territory_n of_o england_n in_o france_n 232_o hylas_n island_n 216_o hirth_n ibid._n hoby_n 63_o holy_a cross_n of_o tiperary_n 82_o holy_a island_n 62.220_o holy-wood_n 94_o horse_n 63_o houth_n baron_n 94_o husey_n 95_o i_o ibarcan_a baron_n 99_o ila_n 215_o jenevill_n see_v genevill_n jona_n ibid._n iniskellin_n 106.112.101_o ireland_n call_v ogygia_n 64._o call_v scotia_n 66.117_o inhabit_v by_o britain_n 65._o not_o conquer_v by_o roman_n 66._o enter_v by_o henry_n the_o second_o 69._o divide_v 72._o neglect_a 118_o irishman_n out_o of_o spain_n 66_o irish_a monk_n 67.110_o teach_v the_o english_a to_o write_v 68_o their_o manner_n 140_o ireland_n neglect_v 218_o k_o kerry_n county_n 75_o kilkenny_n county_n 84_o kildare_n county_n 87._o earl_n killalo_n bishopric_n 100_o killin_n baron_n 95_o kinsale_n 135_o king_n county_n 86_o kern_n 147_o knight_n of_o the_o valley_n 81_o konctoe_n battle_n 100_o l_o lacy_n 82.95.96_o etc._n etc._n 203_o leinster_n 84_o leinster_n marquesse_n 94_o leicestre_n 86_o letrim_n county_n 103_o letrim_n baron_n ibid._n levison_n 135_o limerick_n county_n 81_o lewis_n 216_o lindisfarn_n 220_o lixnaw_v baron_n 75_o lovel_n 85_o longford_n county_n 97_o londey_n 202_o louth_n county_n 105._o earl_n ibid._n baron_n 106_o lycanthropia_n a_o disease_n 83_o m_o mac_n andan_n 85_o mac_n carty_n 77_o mac-clen_a 216_o mac_n connell_n 102.113.216_o mac_n guilly_n 113_o mac_n donell_n 120_o mac_n guir_n 106.121_o mac_n genis_n 109.120_o mac_n mahon_n 107_o mac_n morogh_n 69_o mac_n william_n 101.104_o mac_n teg_n 77_o man_n isle_n 203._o lord_n 213_o mac_n swim_v 117_o mac_n she_o be_v 82_o majo_n county_n 100_o mandevile_v 109.213_o marshal_n e._n of_o penbroke_a 70_o 86_o 87.155_o marshal_n of_o ireland_n 72_o malachi_n a_o saint_n 108_o meth_n 94._o the_o bishop_n 95._o the_o lord_n 96_o messet_n 155_o monaghan_n county_n 107_o montgarret_n viscount_n 89_o mont-norris_n 107.134_o more_o 105_o morley_n 72_o munster_n 74_o muscegro_n 99_o n_o nangle_n 96_o navan_n a_o baronet_n 95_o nogente_n or_o nugent_n 96_o norris_n sir_n john_n 122_o etc._n etc._n normandy_n lose_v 226_o
have_v all_o britan_n to_o be_v un●derstood_v sandwich_n *_o escaetria_n 23._o e._n 3._o p._n 2._o cantium_n the_o promontory_n the_o foreland_n foreland_n british_a sea_n sea_n or_o boil_v sandon_n deale_n where_o caesar_n arrive_v caesar_n entry_n into_o britain_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr artees_n natu●_n see_v page_n 34_o 35_o etc._n etc._n castra_n navalia_fw-la caesar_n ship-campe_n dubris_n dover_n darell_n in_o sussex_n suffragan_n to_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n a_o band_n of_o the_o tungricane_n castleguard_n change_v the_o streight●_n of_o calais_n or_o narrow_a sea_n whether_o brittany_n be_v in_o time_n pass_v join_v unto_o france_n france_n frowen_v shoal_n shoal_n welch_n de_fw-fr civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 16._o c._n 7._o 7._o as_o a_o type_n of_o the_o gentile_n call_v morini_n morini_n that_o be_v from_o itius_n portus_n the_o short_a passage_n between_o france_n and_o britain_n gessoriacum_n tabula_fw-la pentegeriana_n now_o set_v forth_o by_o m._n welser_n bonania_n galliae_fw-la pag._n 272._o in_o basil_n edition_n and_o pag._n 251._o l._n poining_n by_o king_n henric_n the_o eight_o his_fw-mi for_o rumney_n marsh._n marsh._n petrus_n nannius_n nannius_n viri_fw-la palnstres_fw-la 795._o rumney_n doomsday_n book_n book_n the_o penalty_n for_o these_o offence_n 1287._o lid._n dnagenesse_n dnagenesse_n hulver_n or_o holy-tree_n ilices_fw-la anderida_n andredceaster_n oxeney_n appledore_n sisingherst_n bengebury_n homsteed_n guildford_n kentish_n capon_n earl_n of_o kent_n an._n 15._o e._n 2._o saint_z brieu_o the_o walsingham_n duffin_n in_o the_o british_a tongue_n signify_v low_a deep_a or_o flat_a bodo_n what_o it_o signify_v in_o british_a and_o french_a french_a padus_n padus_n or_o cove_n wiccii_n vine_n and_o wine_n severn_n higra_fw-la forrest_n of_o deane_n arden_n iron_n lidney_n abone_n aventon_n trajectus_n s._n breulais_n severne_n tewksbury_n mustard_n pauncefote_n or_o pauncevolt_v placita_fw-la 15._o edw._n 1._o 1._o decurio_fw-la 878._o 878._o robert_n curthose_n curthose_n domes-day-booke_n domes-day-booke_n sextarios_fw-la *_o elmore_n minch_v cam-bridge_n *_o barkley_n see_v bristol_n in_o somersetshire_n goodwin_n fraudulent_a fetch_n fetch_n de_fw-fr honestis_fw-la ●nustas_fw-la k._n edward_n the_o second_o murder_v wilkes_n of_o stone_n or_o shellfish_n ston●fied_v shellfish_n stonify_v the_o bradstone_n deorham_n marianus_n marianus_n james_n of_o newmerch_a *_o de-la-ware_n wotton_n under_o edge_n viscount_n lisle_n douresley_n inq._n 6._o r._n 2._o vleigh_n escaetria_n 8._o h._n 4._o beverston_n castle_n cotswould_n will_v what_o it_o be_v in_o english_a campden_n inqui._n 2._o edward_n 1_o hales_n *_o alexander_n of_o hales_n he_o flourish_v 1230._o doctor_n ungain-said_a sudley_n baron_n of_o chan._n see_v baneret_n before_o baron_n of_o sudley_n 20._o h._n 6._o escaetria_n 13._o edward_n 4._o todington_n tracy_n winchelcombe_n sherifdome_n *_o coberley_n clifford_n baron_n fosse_n way_n circencester_n corinium_n a_o roman_a port-way_n *_o *_o samond_n samond_n isis_n afterward_o tamisis_n tamisis_n fosse_n way_n way_n ister_n and_o danubius_n earl_n of_o gloucester_n the_o history_n of_o tewksbury_n abbey_n fitz-haimon_a william_n of_o malmesbury_n register_n of_o keinsham_n abbey_n and_o tewksbury_n pat._n 15._o joan._n r._n 4._o earl_n of_o gloucester_n and_o hertford_n thomas_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr mare_n in_o the_o life_n of_o edward●_n richard_n the_o three_o king_n o●_n england_n she_o be_v marry_v first_o to_o r._n butler_n l._n of_o sudley_n rodcot_n bridge_n bablac_n 1387._o wild_a boar_n the_o badge_n of_o the_o vere_n burford_n baron_n lovel_n lovel_n lovel_n whitney_n arsic_a einsham_n rolle-rich-stone_n geffrey_n chaucer_n *_o *_o *_o islip_n burcester_n aldchester_n bath_n sometime_o call_v akemancester_n hedindon_n *_o oxford_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-la natur●erum_fw-la frideswide_a frideswide_a menevensis_fw-la menevensis_fw-la studia_fw-la school_n of_o university_n university_n toll_n and_o tribute_n 1074._o register_n of_o osney_n abbey_n osney_n 1129._o richard_n cu●_n de_fw-fr lion_n clementinarum_fw-la quinto_fw-la studia_fw-la ad_fw-la rusticum_n mon●●hum_fw-la vniversitas_fw-la college_n the_o book_n of_o mailros_n the_o first_o endow_v college_n for_o scholar_n 1318._o register_n of_o hide-abby_n hide_v abbey_n locus_fw-la regalus_fw-la sir_n thomas_n bodley_n baron_fw-fr williams_n of_o ta●●_n baron_fw-fr william_n of_o tame_a dorchester_n tame_n and_o isis_n meet_v meet_v tame_n flora._n flora._n tame_n benson_n ewelme_n ancalite_n *_o stonor_n pus-hull_a naper_n fin_fw-fr mich._n 10._o r._n 2._o grey_n of_o rotherfield_n baron_fw-fr knolles_n henly_n xiphilinus_n shirburne_n earl_n of_o oxford_n ●_o cassii_n belin._n chiltern_n marlowe_n wickham_n see_v in_o bashire_n colbroke_n pontes_n burnham_n stoke_n pogeis_n fernham_n royal_a the_o book_n of_o fines_n i._o rosse_n amersham_n cheney_n latimer_n asheridg●●_n goodman_n the_o vale._n brill_n or_o isa._n ailesbury_n ailesbury_n de_fw-fr cadurcis_n quarendon_n crendon_n notes_o viscount_n bolebec_n bittlesden_n the_o register_n of_o the_o abbey_n de_fw-fr bosco_n bosco_n before_o the_o conquest_n whaddon_n baron_n grey_a of_o wilton_n lactorodum_fw-la leach_n in_o the_o british_a tongue_n signify_v stone_n rid_v and_o rid_v a_o fourd_v wolverton_n newport_n paynell_n earl_n of_o buckingham_n baron_n mordant_n see_v hypodigma_fw-la pag._n 153._o the_o water_n divide_v wahull_n bletsho_n baron_n s._n john_n the_o bletnesh_n bedford_n bedford_n place_n to_o give_v entertainment_n by_o the_o way_n unto_o traveller_n bait_v and_o lodge_v place_n place_n before_o the_o conquest_n conquest_n paganus_fw-la cattus_n cattus_n pagani_n aeton_n aeton_n some_o call_v it_o ivell_n salenae_n seem_v to_o be_v that_o which_o antoninus_n call_v sulloniaca_n potton_n chicksand_n stratton_n ampthill_n or_o amethull_n haughton_n conquest_n woburn_n earth_n turn_v wood_n into_o stone_n *_o dunstable_n magiovinium_n magiovinium_n sartabatur_fw-la or_o cleanse_v by_o stocking_n up_o *_o duke_n earl_n and_o baron_n of_o bedford_n franciscus_n alovertus_fw-la alovertus_fw-la sequana_n roiston_n chronicle_n of_o dunstable_n dunstable_n other_o say_v sh●_n be_v the_o wife_n of_o richard_n de_fw-fr clare_n tharfield_n berner_n nucelles_n the_o family_n of_o roffe_n baron_n the_o scale_n *_o anestie_n cl._n 2._o h._n 3._o m._n 11._o ashwell_n ashwell_n domesday_n grand-sergeantie_a fitz-tek_a argentons_n in_o the_o county_n of_o northampton_n bishop_n hatfield_n tournament_n matth._n paris_n anno_fw-la 1248._o wood-hall_n *_o butler_n standon_n bishop_n stortford_n castle_n of_o way-more_a hodesdon_n theobalds_n verolamium_n saint_n alban_n cassibelines_n town_n municipia_fw-la verulam_n an●_n maldon_n see_v pag._n 97._o britan_n coin_n coin_n alban_n martyr_n in_o the_o life_n of_o saint_n german_n german_n a_o legend_n of_o his_o passion_n and_o martyrdom_n saint_n germane_a chapel_n chapel_n peradventure_o wineslow_o wineslow_o that_o be_v of_o every_o house_n a_o penny_n penny_n six_o verse_n saint_n alban_n 1455._o 1455._o de_fw-fr prato_fw-la of_o the_o meadow_n redborn_n duro-co-brive_a briva_n what_o it_o be_v be_v ysere_fw-la flamsted_n hemsted_n berkhamsted_n king_n langley_n abbat_n langley_n pope_n hadrian_n the_o four_o watford_n caishobery_n sulloniacae_n salenae_n in_o ptolomee_n but_o misplace_v misplace_v chiltriae_fw-la bernet_n *_o mimme_n north-hall_n earl_n of_o hertford_n see_v the_o earl_n of_o gloucester_n and_o in_o suffolk_n see_v among_o the_o coin_n the_o piece_n stamp_v with_o tascnovanei_n civitas_n that_o be_v city_n what_o it_o signify_v in_o caesar._n androgeus_n suetonius_n fasti_fw-la capitolini_n breakespeare_n pope_n hadrian_n the_o four_o haresfield_n haresfield_n fitz-gislebert_a uxbridge_n stanes_n runingmead_n harrow_n hill_n hanworth_n hampton_n court_n thistleworth_n bezantes_n b●zantines_n of_o 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river_n or_o guash_n 525_o e_o wash_v a_o dangerous_a arm_n of_o the_o sea_n 480_o d_o washburnes_n village_n and_o family_n 577_o d_o waste_v 806_o a_o waterfall_n 730_o c_o water_n divide_v 399_o c_o water_n germander_n see_v scordium_n watford_n 415_o a_o watchtower_n erect_v by_o c._n caligula_n 40_o watlesbury_n 592_o f_o watling-street_n highway_n 64_o watling-street_n a_o town_n 593_o waveney_n a_o river_n 467_o d_o waver_v a_o river_n 773_o b_o wauburn_n 479_o a_o wauburnham_n ibid._n weable_o 620_o b_o weable_o ale_n ibid._n weald_n in_o kent_n 329_o d_o weare_n a_o town_n 205_o c_o wear_v the_o decay_n of_o excester_n haven_n 205_o c_o weddesborrow_n 581_o f_o wedensday_n 135_o weedon_n in_o the_o street_n 508_o c_o weimouth_n 211_o b_o will_n ebb_v and_o flow_v 558_o c_o welles_n medicinable_a 497_o d_o welch_n poole_n a_o town_n 662_o b_o welles_n baron_n 541_o e._n 542_o b_o welles_n viscount_n 542_o welles_n the_o city_n 223_o d_o welland_n river_n 505_o b_o welledon_n 514_o d_o welhop_n a_o riveret_n 738_o c_o wellingborow_n 509_o f_o wenlock_n 591_o e_o wemme_n 594_o c_o wenman_v a_o family_n 384_o a_o go_v a_o river_n 690_o f_o wentsbeck_n a_o river_n 812_o b_o wentsdale_n 727_o e_o wentworth_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 689_o e_o wentworth_v baron_n 463_o c_o weorth_o what_o it_o signify_v 582_o be_v a_o river_n 738_o werburga_n or_o warburga_n a_o holy_a virgin_n 508_o c._n 583_o werburgs_n church_n in_o chester_n 605_o werith_n what_o colour_n 26_o werke_n castle_n 815_o a_o werlam_n or_o verlam_n city_n in_o great_a distress_n 51_o werlam-street_n 64_o werminster_n 245_o c_o werywall_n 754_o d_o west_n baron_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr ware_n 312_o d_o 746_o b_o westminster_n sometime_o thorney_n 428_o e_o westminster_n church_n 428_o f_o monument_n therein_o 429_o f_o westminster_n hall_n 431_o e_o westmoreland_n 759_o westmoreland_n earl_n 763_o d_o westride_v 489_o d_o west_n saxon_n bring_v the_o heptarchy_n to_o a_o monarchy_n 138_o west●_n sexenlage_n 153._o 159_o west_n saxon_n kingdom_n 294_o c_o west_n wales_n 647_o b_o west_n weal_n 184_o wetherby_n 699_o a_o wetherill_n 778_o a_o wever_n a_o river_n 601_o e_o wever_n a_o hill_n 586_o f_o wey_n river_n 294_o e_o whaddon_n 396_o d_o wiatts_n a_o family_n 331_o e_o wyatt_n his_o unfortunate_a end_n ibid._n e_o wic_n what_o it_o signify_v 326.355_o wiceii_fw-la 354_o f._n 573_o d_o wiche_n that_o be_v salt_n pit_n 573_o b_o which_o a_o town_n 575_o b_o which_o wood_n forest_n 374_o b_o which_o a_o learned_a canonist_n 575_o a_o wichliff_n die_v 517_o f_o wickham_n bishop_n of_o winchester_n 265_o e._n his_o praise_n 266_o c._n d_o his_o equivocant_fw-la mot_fw-fr 288_o d_o wicombe_n or_o wickham_n a_o town_n 393_o d_o widdevile_n or_o woodvill_n a_o family_n 506_o c_o widdevill_n lord_n rivers_n ibid._n d_o earl_n rivers_n ibid._n high_a constable_n of_o england_n ibid._n etc._n etc._n behead_v ibid._n e_o widdevill_n earl_n river_n 405_o e_o wie_z river_n 358_o e._n 618_o a_o a_o wife_n demise_v to_o another_o 312_o f_o wigenhall_n 481_o b_o wight_n isle_n 273_o c._n etc._n etc._n why_o so_o call_v ibid._n the_o lord_n thereof_o 276_o c._n d_o wiggin_n 749_o c_o wigmore_n 619_o c_o wigton_n 774_o b_o wilberhams_n or_o wilburhams_n a_o family_n 607_o d_o wilberham_n 490_o b_o a_o wild_a man_n catch_v in_o the_o sea_n 466_o a_o wilfride_n bishop_n 275_o d._n 308_o c_o wilfride_n archbishop_n of_o york_n 700_o c_o wilfreed_n needle_n ibid._n c_o willebrode_o ah_o learned_a englishman_n 137_o willey_n or_o willeley_n 591_o d_o a_o river_n and_o village_n 245_o e._n 246_o wharton_n castle_n 701_o d_o wheallep_n castle_n 701_o d_o wheathamsted_n 406_o e_o john_n of_o wheathamsted_n ibid._n f_o wherfe_n the_o river_n 696_o d._n why_o so_o call_v ibid._n f_o whetston_n 339_o c_o whitehart_n forest_n 213_o f_o whereupon_o so_o call_v 214_o a_o whitehart_n silver_n ibid._n whitchurch_n in_o shropshire_n 598_o whitgaraburge_n 275_o c_o whitgift_n archbishop_n of_o caterbury_n 542_o d._n his_o good_a deed_n 302_o b_o whitby_n 718_o b_o white_n hall_n the_o king_n house_n 432_o whitham_n 446_o b_o whitehorse_n vale_n 279_o c_o whitney_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 618_o whitsan_n 348_o b_o white_n spur_n 176_o whittington_n 598_o b_o whorwel_n 262_o a_o william_n of_o newborough_n 8_o william_n or_o wilcock_n of_o mouthwy_a 665_o william_n of_o york_n 695_o c_o william_n of_o malmesbury_n 242_o f_o william_n long-espee_a 145_o 249_o d_o slay_v near_o damiata_n 249_o e_o william_n the_o bastard_n or_o conqueror_n 145._o his_o title_n to_o the_o crown_n ibid._n where_o he_o land_v 316_o e._n invade_v england_n 145_o he_o fight_v with_o king_n harald_n ibid._n f._n swear_v to_o keep_v all_o the_o ancient_a law_n of_o england_n 414_o c._n be_v inaugurate_v king_n 152_o disavow_v his_o title_n and_o conquest_n 152._o his_o behaviour_n present_o upon_o victory_n 152._o his_o seal_n ibid._n he_o enact_v excellent_a law_n 153_o his_o policy_n to_o root_v out_o and_o weaken_v the_o english_a 152_o williams_n of_o tame_a 384_o a_o willibourne_n a_o river_n 245_o d_o willimot_n wick_n 801_o e_o willoford_n 785_o c_o willoughby_n freeze_v to_o death_n in_o a_o voyage_n 555_o d_o willoughbye_n baron_n of_o brook_n 244_o c._n 577_o b_o willoughbies_n baron_n 465.541_o e_o willoughby_n of_o parrham_n 543_o d_o willoughby_n earl_n of_o vandosme_n 54r_n willoughby_n knight_n 547_o c_o wiltshire_n 241_o wiltshire_n earl_n 256_o d._n e_o wilton_n a_o town_n 246_o c_o wilton_n castle_n 621_o a._n 721_o a_o wimundham_n or_o windham_n 473_o d_o wimundham_n in_o leicestersh_fw-mi 522_o wimondly_n 406_o c_o winander_fw-ge mere_n 755_o b_o winburne_n what_o it_o signify_v 216_o a_o winburne_n minster_n 215_o e_o wincaunton_n 221_o d_o winchelcombe_n town_n &_o abbey_n 365_o d_o winchelsey_n 319_o b_o winchel_n see_v over_o old_a winchester_n 809_o e._n 269_o a_o winchester_n 262_o winchester_n bishop_n 265_o e_o winchester_n tower_n in_o windsor_n castle_n 288_o d_o winchester_n earles_n and_o marquess_n 267_o b._n d_o winchindon_n 395_o f_o windesor_n baron_n 289_o a._n 320●_n ●_z windesor_n a_o family_n 419_o c_o windesor_n town_n 286_o d._n e_o windsor_n castle_n 288_o d_o windlesor_n forest_n 293_o b_o windrush_n river_n 374_o a_o wingfeld_v in_o darbyshire_n 555_o e_o winfeilds_n knight_n 512_o a_o winifrid_n a_o learned_a englishman_n 137._o the_o apostle_n of_o germany_n 203._o d_o winkles_n or_o cockle_n on_o hil-top_n 727_o c_o winster_n a_o river_n 760_o a_o winterton_n a_o cape_n 478_o d_o winwidfield_n 694_o e_o winwicke_n 748_o b_o wip_v fleet_n 340_o a_o wire_n a_o river_n 753_o a_o wire-dale_n ibid._n wirkington_n 769_o wirral_n 601_o e._n 606_o d_o wiske_n a_o river_n 723_o e_o withburga_n a_o saint_n 482_o a_o witherington_n or_o woderington_n a_o castle_n and_o name_n of_o a_o martial_a family_n 812_o e_o wittlesmere_n 500_o d_o witton_n a_o castle_n 738_o c_o wiza_n a_o riveret_n 773_o b_o wye_n a_o town_n in_o kent_n 335_o d_o woad_n 19_o woburn_n 401_o e_o woden_n 241_o d_o woden_n a_o saxon_n god_n 135_o woderington_n see_v witherington_n wold_n in_o leicestershire_n 523._o a_o wollaton_n 547_o woodvil_n see_v widvil_n wolpher_n a_o pagan_a king_n kill_v his_o two_o son_n 583._o become_v a_o christian_a 512._o d_o wolsey_n cardinal_n a_o butcher_n son_n 469_o c_o wollover_n 815_o c_o wolstane_n bishop_n of_o worcester_n canonize_v a_o saint_n 576_o d_o wolvehunt_n a_o family_n 556_o d_o wolverton_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 397_o wolf_n destroy_v 665_o wondy_n 634_o c_o woodbridge_n 465_o d_o wooden_a how_o portray_v 135_o woodhall_n 407_o woodham_n walter_n 446_o b_o woodland_n a_o part_n of_o warwickshire_n 561_o b_o woodnoths_n 607_o e_o woodstock_n 375_o d_o wooton_n basset_n 242_o a_o woodrising_n 473_o a_o worcestershire_n 573_o worcester_n 575_o c_o worcester_n earles_n 578_o f_o workensopl_n 550_o f_o workesworth_n 556_o e_o world_n how_o it_o begin_v to_o be_v people_v 11_o wormhill_n 556_o d_o wormleighton_n 561_o d_o wormgay_n or_o wrongey_n 481_o e_o worsted_n a_o town_n 478_o c_o worsted_n stuff_n whence_o so_o call_v 478_o c_o wortley_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 689_o wotton_n under_o wever_n 586_o wotton_n a_o family_n and_o baron_n wotton_n of_o merlay_v 331_o a_o wotton_n under_o edge_n 364_o c_o will_v what_o they_o be_v 364●_n ●_z wragby_n 540_o e_o wreak_n a_o river_n 517_o b_o wreken_fw-mi a_o river_n in_o leicestershire_n 522_o c_o wreken_fw-mi a_o hill_n 593_o d_o wreshill_n castle_n 710_o a_o wrexham_n 677_o b_o wriothesleys_n or_o writhosley_n earl_n of_o southamton_n 273_o a_o wringcheese_n 19●_n writtle_n a_o large_a parish_n 445_o e_o wrotesley_n or_o wrothesley_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 581_o d_o wroxcester_n 593_o b_o wroxhall_n 566_o d_o wulfrune_n a_o devout_a woman_n 581_o wulfrune_n