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devil_n bolt_n 701_o b_o divona_n 17_o divitiacus_n a_o mighty_a prince_n 34_o dobuni_n 354._o whence_o so_o name_v ibid._n dodo_n or_o dudo_fw-la a_o english_a saxon_n 581_o 359_o c_o dod_n of_o s._n quintin_n a_o writer_n 142_o dodington_n 607_o e_fw-la dog_n of_o britain_n 263_o d._n 126._o of_o scotland_n s._n dogmael_n or_o s._n tehwell_n 654_o d_o d'oilye_n of_o hoch_n horton_n baron_n 375_o b_o dologethle_n 665_o e_fw-la dolphin_n 164_o doomsday_n book_n 153_o domitian_n torment_v with_o envy_n 61_o don_n or_o dune_n a_o river_n 689_o d_o s_o donat_n castle_n 643_o e_o dor_n a_o river_n 176_o d_o dormceaster_n 501_o e_fw-la dormer_n knight_n 395_o f._n 396_o a_o dornford_n 501_o e_fw-la k._n dorne_n his_o penny_n 212_o b_o dorchester_n 384_o b._n 212_o c_o dorsetshire_n 209_o dorset_n marquess_n and_o earl_n 217_o c_o dotterell_n a_o bird_n 443_o c_o dove_n or_o dough_n a_o river_n 587_o b_o dover_n 344_o b_o dover_n castle_n ibid._n dovy_n a_o river_n 665_o dowbridge_n upon_o watling-streete_n 408_o d_o dowgate_n or_o dourgate_n in_o london_n 423_o e_o downes_n 313_o d_o downham_n 494_o c_o draicot_n a_o town_n in_o staffordshire_n and_o a_o family_n 587_o e_fw-la dragon_n in_o banner_n 195_o sir_n francis_n drake_n 200_o e._n where_o bear_v ibid._n his_o navigation_n ibid._n draiton_n 419_o c_o draiton_n in_o shropshire_n 594_o b_o draiton_n beauchamp_n 394_o f_o draiton_n basset_n 581_o f_o draiton_n in_o northamptonshire_n 510_o b_o drax_n a_o village_n 707_o e_o driby_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 542_o c_o driffield_n 711_o d_o droit-wich_a or_o durtwich_n 574_o e_o drop_v well_o 700_o a_o druidae_n 4_o 12_o 13_o 14_o the_o etymology_n of_o their_o name_n 14_o druidae_n in_o britain_n do_v service_n in_o war_n 49._o they_o hold_v one_o god_n 68_o druidae_n seat_v in_o anglesey_n 671_o d_o drumbough_n castle_n 775_o c_o druries_n a_o family_n 461_o e_o drystocke_n 325_o e_o duddensand_n 754_o f_o dudden_n a_o river_n 581_o c_o ambrose_n dudley_n earl_n of_o warwick_n 571_o a_o john_n dudley_n earl_n of_o warwick_n behead_v ibid._n dudleys_n 280_o e_o john_n dudley_n duke_n of_o northumberland_n his_o stile_n and_o demeanour_n 821_o e_fw-la f_o rob._n dudley_n earl_n of_o leicester_n 524_o b_o dulcitius_n a_o redoubt_a captain_n 80_o dulverton_n 220_o c_o duina_fw-la first_o bishop_n of_o lichfield_n 585_o d_o duglesse_a a_o riveret_n 749_o c_o dun_n a_o notorious_a thief_n 402_o d_o dunbriton_n frith_n 56_o dunham_n 610_o c_o dunmaw_v 444_o e_o dunnington_n 521_o f._n 567_o c_o dunstable_n 402_o a._n the_o cross_n there_o ibid._n dunster_n castle_n 220_o d_o dunstan_n abbot_n 227_o d_o dunstan_n put_v down_o marry_v priest_n 576_o b._n 243_o d_o dunstaburg_n 813_o e_o dunsley_n 718_o d_o dunseavill_n 243_o dunum_n 21_o 247_o dunwich_n 466_o c._n a_o bishop_n see_v ibid._n dunus_fw-la sinus_n 718_o d_o john_n duns_n alias_o scotus_n 814_o b_o durobrivae_n 501_o e_o dur_n and_o dour_a beginning_n and_o termination_n of_o place_n what_o they_o signify_v 209_o d_o durham_n city_n 739_o e_o durham_n college_n in_o oxford_n found_v 381_o f._n re-edify_v 383_o durham_n bishopric_n a_o county_n palatine_n 736_o a_o dursley_n 364_o c_o durance_n an_o house_n of_o the_o wroth_n 437_o e_o durocobrivae_n 413_o e_o durnovaria_n what_o it_o signify_v 212â—_n â—_z durosiponte_n 491_o d_o durotriges_n whence_o derive_v 209_o dû_fw-fr what_o colour_n 26_o dutton_n a_o place_n and_o worthy_a family_n 602_o f_o dwr_n 20_o dux_n britanniae_fw-la 76_o dux_n or_o duke_n what_o title_n of_o honour_n 164._o under_o a_o count_n or_o comes_n ib._n dux_n and_o come_v the_o same_o ibid._n dux_n or_o duke_n a_o title_n of_o charge_n ib._n a_o title_n of_o honour_n 165_o duke_n investure_n or_o creation_n ibid._n duke_n hereditary_a ibid._n e_o eadburga_n a_o lady_n profess_a religion_n 395_o c_o eadburton_n a_o town_n ibid._n eadelmton_n or_o edmonton_n 437_o d_o king_n eadgar_n style_v monarch_n of_o whole_a albion_n his_o triumph_n 605_o b_o k._n eadgar_n the_o peaceable_a 130_o a_o eadr_v style_v king_n of_o great_a britain_n 139_o a_o ealburg_n 701_o e_fw-la ealderman_n 164_o ealphage_n a_o learned_a priest_n marry_v 201_o b_o ealpheg_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n execute_v 326_o d_o earl_n what_o title_n of_o honour_n 165_o earl_n by_o office_n 502_o c_o earles_n or_o eorle_n hereditary_a 166_o earl_n how_o create_v ibid._n earl_n apostolical_a 239_o e_o earl_n imperial_a ibid._n earl_n coln_n 450_o d_o earles_n dike_v 714_o d_o earth_n 155_o earth_n turn_v wood_n into_o stone_n 401_o e_o earth_n a_o rampire_n in_o cornwall_n 189_o easton_n nesse_n 467_o a_o east-riding_a 709_o east-angle_n 456_o 458_o eton_n in_o bedfordshire_n 401_o a_o earth_n by_o divers_a occasion_n alter_v 1_o eaton_n what_o they_o be_v 63_o eaye_n 467_o f_o saint_n ebba_n a_o holy_a virgin_n 743_o a_o ebchester_n ib._n ebissa_n 128_o eboracum_n or_o eburacum_n that_o be_v york_n why_o so_o call_v 702_o d_o eccles_n 478_o e_o eccleshall_n 584_o 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streona_n 595_o d_o edrick_n sylvaticus_fw-la 624_o e_fw-la k._n edward_n the_o confessor_n where_o bear_v 377_o a_o edward_n confessor_n 143_o b_o edward_n earl_n of_o warwick_n behead_v 670_o e_o edward_n the_o first_o king_n of_o england_n his_o praise_n 776_o a_o edwardston_n 463_o a_o k._n edward_n the_o second_o entomb_v 361_o a._n murder_v 363_o b_o k._n edward_n the_o three_o his_o virtue_n 297_o d._n a_o most_o renown_a prince_n 278_o edwin_n the_o prince_n make_v away_o by_o his_o brother_n athelstan_n 213_o e_o egbert_n call_v his_o kingdom_n england_n 138._o vanquisheth_z the_o dane_n 143_o effingham_n 296_o f_o egelricke_n a_o wealthy_a bishop_n of_o durham_n 742_o egerton_n whence_o descend_v 603_o egleston_n 736_o e_o egremond_n a_o arch-rebel_n 724_o d_o egremont_n castle_n 766_o a_o the_o eight_o 360_o b_o eimot_n a_o river_n 762_o
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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 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 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
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 36â—_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 trâ—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 419â—_n â—_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
language_n be_v call_v nesse_n the_o river_n vedra_n or_o be_v witton_n baron_n evers_n or_o d'eure_n aukland_n vinovium_n binchester_n as_o concern_v the_o mother_n goddess_n see_v in_o lancashire_n anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 236._o votum_fw-la solvit_fw-la li_z ben_z merito_fw-la i_o pay_v his_o vow_n willing_o and_o due_o branspath_n castle_n salt_n stone_n dunelmus_fw-la durham_n or_o duresme_fw-fr gallilee_n for_o no_o woman_n may_v enter_v into_o durham_n church_n beereparke_n 1346._o battle_n of_o nevil_n cross_n shrirburne_n hospital_n finchdale_n lumley_n baron_n lumley_n chester_n upon_o the_o street_n condercum_n hilton_n castle_n glasier_n first_o in_o england_n ebchester_n saint_n ebba_n saint_n tabb_v girwy_n jarrow_a bede_n basilicae_fw-la saint_n bede_n bishop_n of_o durham_n see_v the_o earl_n of_o northumberland_n mosses_n mosses_n cespites_fw-la lanca-shire_n bâ—ufes_n rochdale_n cockley_n mancunium_n mancunium_n centurionis_fw-la trafford_n mosses_n when_o they_o come_v fir_n tree_n in_o caesar_n time_n grow_v not_o in_o britain_n holecroft_n holecroft_n pincerne_v winwicke_n fish_n dig_v out_o of_o the_o ground_n ormeskirk_n stanleys_n earl_n of_o derby_n duglesse_a a_o riveret_n wiggin_n biggin_n what_o it_o be_v the_o family_n of_o the_o holland_n the_o holland_n coat_n of_o arm_n arm_n with_o flower_n de_fw-la lyz._n bellisama_n penigent_a pendle_n hill_n clowdesbery_n penninae_n alps_n pen_n in_o british_a what_o it_o be_v clithero_o whaley_n riblechester_n in_o the_o house_n of_o thomas_n rhodes_n rhodes_n haply_o decúrio_fw-la alae_fw-la asturum_fw-la susceptum_fw-la solvit_fw-la â—_o votum_fw-la libens_fw-la lubens_fw-la meritò_fw-la deae_fw-la matres_fw-la mother_n goddess_n see_v in_o the_o bishopric_n of_o durham_n plutarch_n in_o m._n marcellus_n altar_n of_o the_o gentile_n genes_n 8._o haply_o c._n al._n for_o centurio_n alae_fw-la sarmatarum_fw-la out_o of_o william_n lambards_n note_n ribodunum_n coccium_n pennyworth_n 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