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ad_fw-la rotum_fw-la etc._n etc._n 449_o c_o adalph_n re-edifieth_a peterburgh_n abbey_n 512_o f_o aeleonor_n k._n edward_n the_o first_o his_o wife_n 397_o a_o aeleonor_n k._n henry_n the_o three_o his_o widow_n live_v in_o a_o nunnery_n 254_o c_o aeleonor_n cobham_n 304_o a_o k._n aelfred_n a_o prince_n much_o trouble_v 224_o b_o c._n first_o monarch_n of_o england_n 158_o c._n second_o founder_n of_o oxford_n university_n 376_o b_o aelfritha_n k._n edgar_n wife_n 254_o c_o 262_o b._n a_o cruel_a and_o hateful_a stepdame_n 211_o d_o aelward_n meaw_z that_o be_v to_o say_v white_z 217_o b_o aeneus_fw-la silvius_n that_o be_v pope_n pius_fw-la secundus_fw-la 818_o e_o equity_n court_v in_o england_n 178_o aequivocation_n of_o adam_n bishop_n of_o hereford_n 363_o b_o aesica_n 781_o d_o aestii_n 21_o f_o aeternalis_fw-la domus_fw-la what_o it_o be_v 645_o d_o aethelbald_n the_o good_a king_n of_o the_o mercian_n 554_o a._n stab_v to_o death_n 569_o e_o aethiopian_n why_o so_o name_v 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alabaster-stone_n 544_o c_o alabaster_n stone_n about_o burton_n upon_o trent_n 586_o b_o alan_n a_o river_n 194_o c._n 246_o d_o alan_n the_o son_n of_o flaold_n 589_o f_o alaricus_n king_n of_o the_o goth_n 86_o b_o alaun_n a_o river_n 259_o c._n 813_o c_o alban_n a_o country_n 126_o c_o alban_n whence_o they_o take_v their_o name_n 26_o b_o s._n alban_n of_o verlam_n our_o stephen_n and_o protomartyr_n of_o britain_n 73_o f._n 409_o f_o albany_n 126_o s._n alban_n a_o town_n 408_o c_o s._n alban_n church_n &_o town_n 410_o c_o 412_o d_o s._n alban_n battle_n 413_o c_o albenies_n earles_n of_o sussex_n 320_o e_o albinus_n 126_o albina_n 24_o b_o albinus_n create_v caesar_n 68_o he_o usurp_v the_o empire_n 69._o be_v slay_v ibid._n albion_n 1_o 23._o whence_o it_o take_v name_n 24_o a_o albrighton_n 594_o a_o alchester_n 377_o b_o alcwin_n a_o learned_a english_a saxon_n 137_o f._n 704_o c_o alborow_n 701_o c._n 731_o c._n 466_o a_o aldelme_n abbat_n 244._o a_o singular_a scholar_n and_o a_o devout_a man_n ibid._n aldersgate_n in_o london_n 423_o d_o aldgate_n in_o london_n 423_o e_o aldingham_n 755_o d_o ale_n the_o ancient_a englishman_n drink_n 554_o f_o alen_n a_o riveret_n 676_o f._n 681_o f_o alexander_n of_o hales_n a_o great_a clerk_n 365_o a_o alexander_n the_o bountiful_a bishop_n of_o lincoln_n 383_o e._n 539_o d_o profuse_a in_o building_n 549_o d_o king_n alexander_n the_o great_a never_o in_o britain_n 32_o d_o alfreton_n 555_o e_o algar_n earl_n 379_o a_o alheale_n 14_o d_o alford_n in_o lincolnshire_n 542_o b_o alingtons_n a_o family_n 489_o e_o knight_n 406_o d_o alipius_n 79_o allabany_n 126_o allectus_n his_o treachery_n 73._o be_v vanquish_v and_o slay_v ibid._n allobrogae_fw-la 19_o almain_n whence_o they_o take_v their_o name_n 26_o b._n 124_o almondbury_n 692_o d_o alne_n river_n 566_o a._n 813_o c_o alnwick_n or_o anwich_n 813_o c_o alon_n a_o river_n 801_o e_o alone_a 794_o c_o alps_n of_o britain_n 667_o c_o alps_n why_o so_o call_v 24_o 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83_o anderida_n the_o weald_a 329_o d_o andernesse_n 752_o e_o androgeus_n cynobelinus_n his_o son_n the_o same_o that_o mandrubatius_n why_o so_o call_v 417_o e_o anesty_n in_o hertfordshire_n 405_o f_o angel_n a_o province_n in_o dania_n 130_o angel_n 610_o c_o ri._n angervil_n philobiblos_n 381_o f_o angle_n or_o englishman_n whence_o they_o come_v 130_o anglesey_n 671._o why_o so_o call_v 672_o c_o conquer_v by_o king_n edward_n the_o first_o ibid._n d._n invade_v by_o suetonius_n paulinus_n 49_o angotby_n 545_o a_o anger_n 440_o b_o ankam_n a_o river_n 543_o a_o ankro_n the_o river_n 569_o c_o anne_n wife_n to_o king_n richard_n the_o second_o 297_o d_o anne_n bullen_n mother_n to_o queen_n elizabeth_n 256_o f_o anna_n a_o christian_a king_n 466_o a_o annius_n viterbiensis_n 24_o anselm_n against_o priest_n marriage_n 201_o b_o ansty_n or_o ancienty_n liberty_n 707_o a_o ant_n or_o anton_n a_o river_n 260_o e_o antivestaeum_n 187_o anthony_n 193_o antoninus_n pius_fw-la britannicus_n 66_o philosophus_fw-la ibid._n anubis_n latrans_fw-la 17_o apelby_n 761_o a_o apennini_n 18_o apollinaris_n a_o herb_n 98_o appropriate_a church_n what_o they_o be_v and_o how_o many_o 161_o apthorp_n 514_o e_o aquila_n his_o pprophecy_n 214_o c_o aquileia_n the_o city_n commend_v 83_o aquitania_n why_o so_o call_v 27_o be_v 21_o ara_n ibid._n arar_n 20_o araxis_n a_o river_n in_o france_n 694_o a_o arat_fw-la 20_o arbeia_n 769_o c_o arch_n a_o court_n 181_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n 136_o archbishop_n three_o in_o britain_n 155._o in_o england_n two_o 160_o arconfield_n 618_o a_o archdeacon_n 222_o c_o archdeaconries_n in_o england_n how_o many_o 161_o archigubernius_fw-la 66_o ardudwy_n 665_o e_o areol_n 594_o e_o be_v a_o river_n 693_o f._n why_o so_o call_v 694_o a_o arian_n what_o they_o be_v 81_o arelate_n 21_o aremorica_n 19_o arfast_a bishop_n of_o east_n england_n 471_o f_o arden_n forest_n 358_o b_o arden_n
the_o saxon_n conquest_n gildas_n the_o saxon_n manner_n lib._n 9_o cap._n 2._o originum_fw-la the_o saxon_n shore_n or_o coast_n comites_fw-la littoris_fw-la saxonici_fw-la saxonici_fw-la sperabat_fw-la for_o timebat_fw-la timebat_fw-la baieux_fw-fr saxones_n baiocassini_fw-la lib._n 8._o epist._n ad_fw-la namantium_fw-la namantium_fw-la ciuli_fw-la ciuli_fw-la by_o hang_v they_o indifferent_o one_o with_o another_o lib._n 2._o epist._n 4â—_n a_o horse_n the_o badge_n or_o cognisance_n of_o the_o saxon_n these_o ceremony_n adam_n bremensis_n ascribe_v to_o the_o saxon_n which_o tacitus_n attribute_v to_o the_o suevian_o the_o saxon_n go_n wednesday_n friday_n tuesday_n tuesday_n de_fw-fr temporibus_fw-la eoster_n a_o goddess_n herthus_n a_o goddess_n earth_n thursday_n have_v name_n from_o this_o thor._n thor._n ingenti_fw-la priapo_n a_o monarchy_n always_o in_o the_o englishman_n heptarchy_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 5._o â—96_n â—96_n augustine_n the_o englishman_n apostle_n englishman_n 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a_o comet_n malcolm_n malcolm_n mil._n calumbus_fw-la filius_fw-la osberni_fw-la osberni_fw-la andium_fw-la andium_fw-la pictonum_fw-la pictonum_fw-la cenomannorum_fw-la cenomannorum_fw-la bononiae_fw-la bononiae_fw-la when_o day_n and_o night_n be_v of_o a_o length_n about_o the_o eleven_o day_n of_o september_n september_n durus_fw-la stanford_n bridge_n near_o york_n york_n 14._o octob._n octob._n or_o heavy_a axe_n botescaâ—les_n the_o seal_n of_o william_n conqueror_n conqueror_n normandy_n domesday-booke_n domesday-booke_n a_o jury_n of_o twelve_o twelve_o as_o touch_v the_o fact_n the_o warlike_a prowess_n of_o the_o norman_n th._n fazel_n in_o the_o six_o book_n of_o the_o latter_a decad._n chalcondilas_n in_o pembroke_n shire_n of_o consolation_n to_o albina_n nicephorus_n how_o country_n be_v divide_v divide_v cap._n 6._o britan_n great_a and_o small_a britain_n the_o high_a and_o the_o low_a tripartite_a britain_n dist._n 80._o cap._n 1._o 1._o chester_n britain_n in_o five_o part_n lib._n 28._o the_o saxon_n heptarchy_n or_o seven_o kingdom_n england_n divide_v into_o shire_n or_o county_n county_n a_o hide_n as_o some_o think_v be_v so_o much_o land_n as_o one_o plough_n can_v ear_n in_o one_o year_n as_o other_o think_v 4._o yard-land_n aelfred_n he_o be_v name_v in_o piece_n of_o coin_n also_o alured_n in_o our_o english_a chronicle_n hundred_o wapentak_v tithing_n and_o lath_n leth._n shire_n the_o division_n of_o england_n according_a to_o the_o law_n the_o manuscript_n book_n of_o s._n edmund_n edmund_n doomsday_n book_n wales_n divide_v into_o shire_n shire_n or_o london_n 897._o math._n westmonast_n he_o flourish_v in_o the_o year_n 1070._o 1070._o mercia_n sheriff_n of_o the_o shire_n twelve_o man_n justice_n of_o peace_n justice_n of_o assize_n england_n divide_v into_o parish_n bishop_n monastery_n or_o abbay_n a_o hundred_o priory_n of_o monk_n alien_n king_n henry_n the_o five_o have_v dissolve_v before_o the_o king_n bracton_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 8._o seneca_n the_o prince_n prince_n nobilis_fw-la caesar._n caesar._n caesar_n nobilissimus_fw-la nobilissimus_fw-la dux_n cornubiae_fw-la natus_fw-la natus_fw-la lord_n a_o duke_n duke_n duke_n duke_n earl_n sigonius_n regni_fw-la italici_n lib._n 5._o afterwards_o a_o golden_a rod_n or_o verger_n be_v use_v marqueste_n marqueste_n an._n 4._o henriâ—_n 4._o in_o paratitlis_fw-la ad_fw-la codicem_fw-la p._n pithaeus_n in_o memorab_n campaniae_fw-la campaniae_fw-la a_o authentical_a record_n of_o the_o exchequer_n exchequer_n or_o maundevil_n cincture_n of_o the_o sword_n sword_n penbrochiae_fw-la in_o another_o place_n count_n palatine_n pithaus_fw-la viscount_n baron_n in_o parergis_n see_v goldastus_n pag._n 14._o lord_n about_o the_o year_n 580._o nâ—riots_n or_o relevies_n haply_o mancusae_fw-la that_o be_v 30._o denier_n many_o thanes_z in_o england_n in_o the_o conqueror_n time_n court-baron_n math._n paris_n pag._n 1262._o baronage_n of_o england_n bishop_n baron_n 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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 â—nustas_fw-la k._n edward_n the_o second_o murder_v wilkes_n of_o stone_n or_o shellfish_n stonâ—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 edwardâ—_n richard_n the_o three_o king_n oâ—_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 naturâ—erum_fw-la frideswide_a frideswide_a menevensis_fw-la menevensis_fw-la studia_fw-la 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asheridgâ—â—_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 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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 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