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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 palladâ—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 633â—_n â—_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 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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 danmoniâ—_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 669â—_n â—_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 â—_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 â—_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 565â—_n â—_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 313â—_n â—_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 562â—_n â—_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 550â—_n â—_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 creekâ—_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 461â—_n â—_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 328â—_n â—_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