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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 westâ—_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 320â—_n â—_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 364â—_n â—_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 19â—_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
see_v in_o lincolnshire_n inquisit_a 2._o e_o 3_o watling_n street_n etocetum_n wall_n penck-ridge_n the_o river_n trent_n new_a castle_n under_o lyme_n trentham_n stone_n erdeswick_n name_n alter_v according_a to_o divers_a habitation_n cankwood_n ll._n audley_n *_o hastange_n noel_n harcourt_n stafford_n cap_n grave_n marianus_n *_o tick_n hall_n chartley._n l._n ferrars_n of_o chartley._n beaudesert_n l_o l._n paget_n lichfield_n about_o the_o year_n 779._o history_n of_o rochester_n rochester_n cedda_n wil._n malmesbur_n a._n alabaster_n burton_n upon_o trent_n who_o also_o it_o name_v mow_v 1904._o 1904._o tir_v conell_n the_o river_n blithe_n needwood_n forest._n mooreland_n the_o river_n dove_n hans_n churnet_n de-la-cres_a aulton_n teyn_n checkley_n utcester_n tutesbury_n in_o his_o book_n entitle_v the_o praise_n of_o divine_a wisdom_n gervase_n of_o tilbury_n earl_n and_o baron_n of_o stafford_n see_v duke_n of_o buckingham_n the_o marcherâ—_n l._n marcher_n marchiones_fw-la iâ—_n old_z history_n the_o canopy_n 27._o hen._n 8._o clun_n river_n bishop_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d coluno_fw-it ca_fw-mi strum_fw-la clun_n castle_n caer_fw-mi caradoc_n king_n caratacus_n tacitus_n see_v the_o 43._o and_o 44._o page_n page_n with_o the_o strong_a arm_n ludlow_n iron_n hook_n 1139._o jenevile_n the_o council_n in_o the_o march_n burford_n cornwall_n inquis_fw-la 40._o ed._n 3_o baron_n and_o barony_n conjugata_fw-la cleehill_n blunt_z in_o the_o norman_a language_n signify_v yellow_a hair_n of_o the_o head_n bridg-north_n bridg-north_n de_fw-fr saneta_fw-mi clara._n lib._n inquis_fw-la willey_n or_o willeley_n lib._n inquis_fw-la wenlock_n william_n malmesbury_n or_o wivell_n *_o lord_n wenlocke_v claus._n 17._o edw._n 4._o acton_n burnel_n langley_n condover_n pichford_n a_o fountain_n of_o pitch_n or_o birumen_n pouderbach_n stipperstons_n stipperstons_n or_o welshmen_n course_n routon_n rutunium_n brocard_n castle_n uriconium_n wroxcester_n stratton_n wreken-hill_n bildas_n dalaley_n usocona_n okenyate_a charleton_n tong._n draiton_n 1459._o inq._n 2.10_o e._n 2._o wem_n red-castle_n morton_n corbet_n corbet_n a_o forename_n *_o shrewsbury_n prebendâ—_n pass_v hereditary_o *_o battle_n of_o shrewsbury_n 1463._o battailefield_n the_o british_a sweat_n or_o sweat_a sickness_n hieronymus_n fracastorius_fw-la float_v shrawerden_n knock_v nesse_n baron_n le_fw-fr strange_a 20._o ed._n 4._o oswestre_fw-fr welsh_a cortons_n 642._o oswald_z slay_v see_v in_o norhthumberland_n eclipse_n in_o aries_n whittington_n the_o life_n of_o fulke_n write_v in_o french_a baron_n fitzwarin_n latimer_n what_o it_o signify_v white-church_n album_fw-la monasterium_fw-la ellesmer_n 1205._o baron_fw-fr of_o ellesmer_n earl_n of_o shrewsbury_n h._n huntingdot_n in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o misery_n of_o life_n see_v in_o ireland_n county_n palatine_n petr._n pitbaus_fw-la in_o the_o description_n of_o campaine_n joh._n tilius_fw-la the_o most_o commendable_a cheese_n cheese_n wirrall_n lucian_n the_o monk_n of_o the_o praise_n of_o chester_n deva_n deva_n the_o river_n dee_n divona_n bonium_fw-la banchor_n monkery_n rutilius_n claudius_n that_o banchor_n of_o which_o saint_n bernard_n speak_v in_o the_o life_n of_o malachi_n be_v in_o ireland_n bonium_n or_o banchor_n be_v of_o flintshire_n out_o of_o the_o rol_o of_o domesday_n of_o chel-shire_n baron_n of_o mal-pas_a mal-pas_a per_fw-la breve_fw-la recognitionis_fw-la itinerar_fw-it lib._n 2._o cap._n 13._o shoclach_n gros-venour_a deunana_n deva_n chester_n chester_n a_o colony_n of_o the_o roman_n *_o the_o row_v marianus_n scotus_n about_o the_o year_n 960._o church_n repair_v rodulphus_fw-la glaber_n wirall_n law_n what_o it_o be_v 1173._o il-bre_a finborrow_n ridly_n beeston_n woodhay_n bulkley_n 1134._o tree_n under_o ground_n saltpit_n nantwich_n calveley_n vale_fw-la royall_n northwich_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-fr fascino_n angel_n devil_n middlewich_n bostock_n pever_n dutton_n chronicle_n of_o wall_n towchet_n rock-savage_a maclesfield_n thelwall_n runkhorne_n elfle_v or_o ethelfle_v in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 78._o anno._n 51._o earl_n of_o chester_n baron_n to_o the_o earl_n of_o chester_n chester_n haubergella_n haubergella_n land_n and_o possession_n the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o mercian_n wales_n silures_n dimetae_n ordovices_n tacitus_n silures_n mistake_v for_o siluros_n the_o river_n munow_v blestium_fw-la old_a town_n alterynnis_n the_o seat_n of_o the_o cecil_n harald_n ewias_n the_o family_n of_o ewias_n their_o coat_n of_o arm_n tregoz_fw-mi and_o grandison_n pag._n 286._o snod_n hill_n marble_n gild_a vale._n irchenfeld_n kilpect_n the_o river_n why_o clifford_n castle_n the_o clifford_n inquis_fw-la 26._o e._n 1._o the_o profound_a doctor_n hereford_n kenchester_n 793._o s._n ethelbert_n martyr_n brampton_n brian_n wigmore_n baron_n mortimer_n richard_n castle_n lord_n of_o richard_n castle_n bone_n well_o lemster_n lemster_n over_o the_o best_a wool_n lemster_n bread_n and_o webley_n ale_n webley_n baron_n verdon_n basservile_a see_v gemition_n lib._n ult_n fin._n hilarii_n 20._o ed._n 3._o marden_n sutton_n marcley_n hill_n a_o mountain_n move_n scudamore_n or_o escudamor_n wilton_n baron_n grey_a de_fw-fr wilton_n goderich_n castle_n *_o earl_n of_o hereford_n constable_n of_o england_n 1156._o 2._o par._n chart_n a_o 1._o reg._n joan._n matth._n paris_n joan._n the_o book_n of_o walden_n the_o book_n of_o lanthony_n mâ—â—nastery_n henry_n the_o four_o king_n of_o england_n castle_n colwe_n or_o mauds_n castle_n in_o colweâ—â—_n matth._n paris_n radnor_n owen_n glendour_n magesetae_fw-la prestaine_v knighton_n offa_n dike_a vortigern_n lewellin_n guarthenion_n guarish_n in_o british_a slander_n and_o eniaw_v just_a earl_n of_o march_n the_o book_n of_o lanthony_n abbey_n see_v earl_n of_o ulster_n see_v in_o yorkshire_n towards_o the_o end_n bulleum_fw-la hay_o brecknock_n linsavethen_a mere._n brecknock_n mere._n loventium_fw-la bricenaw_n mere._n brecknock_n blean_n leveney_n lord_n of_o brechnock_n call_v also_o braus_n and_o breus_n red_a book_n in_o the_o exchequer_n ewias_fw-la lacy._n lanthony_n baron_n lacy._n saint_n john_n baptist._n hodney_n grossemont_n skinffrith_n historia_fw-la minor_n matth._n paris_n monmouth_n geffrey_n ap-arthur_n or_o of_o monmouth_n chepstow_n earl_n of_o strighâ—ll_n or_o pembrock_n venta_n caer-went_a the_o book_n of_o landaffe_n church_n strighull_n castle_n portskew_v *_o sudbroke_n coin_v of_o severus_n medaile_n inq._n 3_o e._n i._n woundy_z the_o family_n of_o saint_n maur_n or_o seimor_n the_o moor_n a_o inundation_n in_o january_n 1607._o gold-cliffe_n river_n uske_n abergevenny_n lord_n of_o abergevenny_n clausae_fw-la 49._o edw._n 3._o *_o baronesse_n le_fw-fr despenser_n 6._o ed._n 2._o burrium_n uske_n isca_n legionis_fw-la câ—er_v lheon_n be_v uske_n these_o inscription_n be_v to_o be_v see_v at_o mathern_n in_o the_o bishop_n of_o landaffes_n house_n veteranuâ—_n 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