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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 3â—_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 574â—_n â—_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 76â—_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 514â—_n â—_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
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 6â—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