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family_n 633_o c_o bigrame_n a_o family_n 501_o c_o billesdun_n 812_o f_o biland_n or_o belleland_n 723_o b_o th._n bill_v lord_n chief_a justice_n of_o the_o king_n bench_n 505_o e_o bindon_n 212_o b_o binchester_n 738_o e_o binchester_n penis_fw-la ibid._n binbrige_fw-la isle_n 274_o a_o birdlip_n hill_n 365_o f._n 366_o c_o pirinus_fw-la the_o apostle_n of_o the_o westsaxon_n 384_o c_o birling_n 332_o d_o birthin_n a_o river_n 636_o c_o birtport_n or_o burtport_n 210_o e_o biscaw_n win_v 188_o bisham_n 286_o b_o bishop_n of_o durham_n 735_o bishop_n of_o bath_n and_o wells_n 232_o c_o bishop_n castle_n 189_o e_o bishop_n thorps_n 707_o c_o bishop_n whether_o they_o may_v hold_v castle_n 244_o c_o bishop_n gate_n in_o london_n 423_o d_o bishop_n their_o place_n and_o precedency_n in_o england_n 161_o bisseme_v 401_o b_o bisset_n a_o honourable_a family_n 245.574_o a_o bittlesden_n 396_o d_o bitumen_n that_o be_v sea_n coal_n 735_o c_o biwell_n castle_n 808_o c_o bihan_n castle_n 537_o a_o bithric_a lord_n of_o gloucester_n 368_o bizacium_n in_o africa_n 478_o e_o blackborne_n 752_o d_o blackburne_n shire_n ibid._n e_o blacklow_n hill_n 564_o d_o blackelead_v 767_o b_o blackemere_n a_o barony_n 598_o d_o blackemore_n forest_n 213_o f_o blackeamore_n 717_o b_o blacketaile_v point_n 213_o blackewater_v a_o creek_n 443_o e_o rob._n blanchmain_v 518_o b_o blackeney_n 479_o a_o mercate_z blandford_n 215_o e_o blatum_n bulgium_n 775_o c_o blean_n leveney_n castle_n 628_o d_o blatherwicke_n 514_o b_o blechindon_n 377_o a_o blencarn_n a_o brook_n 763_o c_o blenkensop_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 800_o b_o blestium_fw-la 617_o c_o blickling_n 478_o b_o bletso_n 399_o d_o blewet_v 224_o c_o blisworth_n 507_o a_o blithe_a 551_o a_o blithe_a a_o river_n 586_o d._n 466_o e_fw-la 812_o a_o bliphborough_n 486_o e_o blithfield_n 586_o e_o charles_n blount_n or_o blunt_n lord_n montjoy_z earl_n of_o devonshire_n 208_o d_o blounts_n or_o blunt_n of_o kinlet_n 574_o why_o so_o call_v 591_o b_o blunt_n baron_n montjoy_n 555_o c_o gilbert_n blund_n 461_o d_o boadicia_n or_o bunduica_n wife_n to_o king_n prasutaegus_fw-la 49_o boadicia_n or_o bunduica_n a_o noble_a and_o warlike_a lady_n 406_o e._n 51_o be_v vanquish_v and_o poison_v herself_o 52_o bocking_n a_o fat_a personage_n 446_o a_o bocton_n malherb_n 331_o b_o bodine_n what_o he_o conceive_v of_o the_o name_n britain_n 5_o sir_n th._n bodley_n a_o singular_a benefactor_n to_o oxford_n library_n 382_o c_o bodman_n 191._o boduarie_n 679_o c_o boeth_n what_o it_o signify_v 732_o c_o bohuns_fw-mi earles_n of_o hereford_n etc._n etc._n 621_o e_o humphrey_n de_fw-fr behun_n earl_n of_o essex_n 454_o hugh_n de_fw-fr bolebec_n 396_o a_o bolebec_n barony_n 809_o e_o bolebec_n castle_n 396_o a_o bolerium_n 187_o bollin_n a_o river_n 610_o b_o bolingbroke_n 541_o f_o bolsover_n castle_n 556_o c_o bonosus_n a_o notorious_a bibber_n hang_v himself_o 71_o boniface_n see_v winifrid_n bonvill_n lord_n 206_o c._n 231_o b._n his_o calamity_n ibid._n c_o bolton_n castle_n 729_o a_o borrodale_n 767_o a_o bone-well_a 619_o f_o bonhommes_n a_o religious_a order_n 395_o a_o bonhommes_n college_n 244_o bonium_n 602_o e_o booth_n a_o family_n 610_o c_o borsarse_n alias_o brentwood_n 442_o borwick_n 809_o d_o borrovicus_fw-la ibid._n boscastle_n 195_o boseham_n 306_o f_o bostoke_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 609_o d_o boston_n 532_o c_o burn_a and_o ransack_v 532_o d_o bothal_n castle_n 812_o d_o bosworth_n town_n 518_o d_o bosworth_n field_n ibid._n d_o botereux_n castle_n 195_o botereux_n a_o family_n 566_o b_o botherwic_n 544_o d_o botontines_n 515_o d_o bottlebrig_n or_o botolph_n bridg_n 502_o buy_v on_o 510_o a_o bovium_n 643_o c_o bourchiers_n earl_n of_o bath_n 598_o c_o 207_o c_o bourchier_n baron_n of_o berner_n 405_o d_o bourchiers_n de_fw-fr berner_n lord_n 472_o d_o bourchiers_n a_o honourable_a
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
d_o ela_n countess_n of_o salisbury_n 244_o a_o queen_n elizabeth_n a_o excellent_a prince_n 256_o f._n her_o virtue_n 292._o 297._o 298._o her_o tomb_n 430._o b_o ellandunum_n 446._o d_o elen_n a_o river_n 769._o c_o elden_n hole_n 557._o e_o elenborough_n 769._o c_o elephant_n bone_n find_v in_o britain_n 447._o c_o ellen_n hall_n 584._o c_o eliot_n his_o conceit_n of_o the_o name_n of_o britain_n 5_o ellesmer_n a_o barony_n 592._o a_o sir_n th._n egerton_n baron_fw-fr ellesmer_n ibid._n north_n elmham_n a_o bishop_n see_v 466._o d_o elmeley_n 650._o e_o elmesley_n 722._o d_o elmet_n a_o territory_n 694._o e_o elmore_n 362._o b_o eles_o 485._o d_o elnemouth_n 769._o c_o eleutherus_n pope_n 67_o elrich_n road_n 532_o elsing_n 482._o a_o eltham_n 327_o eston_n 501._o e_o elvan_n 67_o elwy_a a_o river_n 679._o d_o emildon_n 814._o b_o emme_n mother_n to_o king_n edward_n confessor_n clear_v herself_o of_o incontinency_n 211_o enderby_n 401_o hugh_n enermeve_v of_o depe_v 533_o englishman_n convert_v become_v zealous_a christian_n 137._o studious_n in_o liberal_a science_n ib._n enfield_n 437_o english_a name_n what_o they_o signify_v and_o imply_v 139_o engelrame_v de_fw-fr coucy_n first_o earl_n of_o bedford_n 402._o f_o england_n 138_o english_a saxon_n return_v into_o germany_n ibid._n bring_v thither_o military_a knowledge_n learning_n and_o religion_n ibid._n engine_n to_o assault_n in_o old_a time_n 400_o england_n full_a of_o vice_n 143_o england_n divide_v into_o county_n or_o shire_n by_o aelfred_n 138_o little_a england_n beyond_o wales_n 652_o english_a man_n whence_o they_o take_v name_n 138_o englishman_n the_o guard_n of_o the_o emperor_n of_o constantinople_n 154_o english_a tongue_n of_o what_o continuance_n 133_o english_a mayor_n 681._o e_o entweissel_n name_n of_o a_o place_n and_o gentleman_n 746._o a_o equites_fw-la aurati_fw-la that_o be_v knights_z whereupon_o so_o call_v 174_o erdburrow_n 522_o erdessey_n 620._o e_o erdeswick_n 583._o e_o eriry_n mountain_n 667._o d_o ernald_n bois_n or_o de_fw-fr bosco_n 396._o b_o erewash_n a_o river_n 555._o c_o eryngum_fw-la in_fw-it cornwall_n 186_o escrick_n 707._o â—_o eske_n a_o river_n 765._o â—_o 781._o c_o eslinton_n 813._o c_o espringold_n 400._o d_o eresby_n 541._o e_o ermin-streete_n 64_o or_o ermingstreet_n 485._o c._n 501._o f_o erminsul_n or_o irmunsull_n 64_o esquire_n what_o degree_n of_o gentry_n 176_o esquire_n of_o five_o sort_n ibid._n steph._n the_o eschaler_n a_o baron_n 485._o â—_o essex_n 439_o essex_n earl_n 453_o essex_n cheese_n 443._o c_o essex_n knight_n 283._o f_o henry_n de_fw-fr essex_n become_v a_o monk_n 681._o d_o essex_n a_o family_n 443._o a_o essendum_fw-la 18_o essendon_n 526._o d_o esterford_n or_o east-sturford_a 446_o ester_n or_o easter_n celebrate_v on_o the_o lord_n day_n only_o 118_o eston_n aliâs_fw-la estanues_fw-la ad_fw-la turrim_fw-la 444._o e_o eston_n nesson_n 506._o c_o estotovils_n a_o honourable_a family_n 533._o b_o estre_fw-fr aliâs_fw-la plaisy_n 445._o a_o ethered_a vanquish_a and_o slay_v 550._o e_o esturmies_n or_o sturmy_n 254._o f_o ethelbert_n a_o insufficient_a king_n 143_o ethelbert_n king_n martyr_n 618._o e_o etocetum_n 582._o e_o ethelbury_n 728._o d_o k._n etheldred_n a_o virtuous_a prince_n 216._o b._n his_o tomb_n ibid._n ethelward_n a_o writer_n 130_o covesham_n evesham_n or_o eisham_n 577._o e_fw-la eudo_fw-la sewer_n to_o k._n henry_n the_o first_o 459._o e_fw-la eudo_fw-la a_o noble_a norman_a 541._o d_o evel_v a_o town_n 221._o b_o evelmouth_n 225._o d_o evenlode_n a_o river_n 376._o b_o vale_n of_o eisham_n or_o evesham_n 577_o ever_o or_o ewer_n a_o town_n 394._o b_o evers_n baron_n ibid._n e_o everingham_n a_o baron_n 550._o d_o evers_n baron_n whence_o descend_v 453._o b_o evers_n of_o axholm_n 813._o b_o evers_n noble_a baron_n 738._o e_o ewelme_n or_o newelme_n 388._o c_o ewias_n 631._o c_o ewias_n castle_n 617._o d_o eustach_n de_fw-fr hach_n a_o baron_n 246._o b_o eustow_n aliâs_fw-la helenstow_n 40â—_n a_o exchequer_n court_n 177.178_o exit_fw-la a_o river_n 203._o b_o exeter_n college_n in_o oxford_n 381_o exeter_n 203._o f_o exeter_n dukes_n 205._o d_o exeter_n marquesse_n 206._o a_o exeter_n earl_n ibid._n a_o exminster_n ibid._n b_o exmore_n 203._o c_o eythorp_n in_o buckingham-shire_n 395._o f_o f._n of_o faculty_n the_o court_n 181_o fairefax_v a_o family_n of_o gentleman_n 692_o b._n 723._o d_o falco_n or_o falques_fw-fr brent_n a_o faithless_a man_n 400._o c._n 812._o b_o falcon_n of_o the_o best_a kind_n 644._o b_o falkesley_n bridge_n 582._o a_o d_o falemouth_n 189_o fanhop_n baron_n 401._o d_o farendon_n 279._o e_fw-la farmer_n knight_n 506._o e_o fastineog_n 666._o a_o fastidius_n a_o bishop_n of_o britain_n 84_o faulconbergs_n baron_n 714._o a_o faustus_n a_o good_a son_n of_o a_o bad_a father_n 642._o c_o fawey_n 190_o fawsley_n 508_o faux_n what_o it_o signify_v 692_o fekenham_n forest_n 574._o f_o feldings_n knight_n 519._o f_o fenwick_n hall_n 809._o d_o fenwick_n a_o family_n ibid._n ferrars_n baron_n of_o grooby_n 520._o f_o henry_n ferrars_n of_o baddisley_n a_o gentleman_n well_o descend_v and_o as_o well_o see_v in_o antiquity_n 568._o d_o rob._n ferrars_n how_o inter_v 569_o lord_n ferrars_n of_o chartley_n 584._o f_o fernham_n royal_a 394._o d_o fernham_n why_o so_o call_v 294._o e_o fetherston_n haugh_n 799._o e_o fetherstons_n a_o family_n ibid._n fettiplace_v a_o family_n 220._o â—_o 281._o feversham_n 334._o d_o fieldon_n a_o part_n of_o warwickeshire_n 561._o b._n 223._o a_o feldon_n 561._o b_o fenis_n or_o fienlesse_a 223._o a._n 316._o b_o fienes_n baron_n dacres_n 813._o b_o sir_n richard_n fienes_n or_o fenis_fw-la baron_n say_v and_o sele_n 376._o f_o the_n file_n 753._o a_o file_n what_o it_o signify_v 715._o a_o file_n ibid._n filioll_n 217._o c_o finborrow_n 607._o b_o finchdale_n 742._o a_o fir_n tree_n find_v in_o axelholm_n 544._o b_o fisburging_n 819._o c_o a_o fish_n pool_n or_o mere_a by_o saint_n alban_n dry_v up_o 411._o c_o fishes_n with_o one_o eye_n a_o piece_n 667_o fishgard_n 654._o c_o fish_n pond_n foreshow_v the_o death_n of_o monk_n 609._o c_o fitten_n a_o family_n 610_o fitz-alans_a earl_n of_o arundel_n 309.310.589_o f_o fits-herberts_a and_o ancient_a family_n 553._o d_o sir_n anthony_n fitz-herbert_a ibid._n a_o most_o famous_a lawyer_n 359._o b_o fitz-hugh_n baron_n 730._o d_o fitz-harding_n lord_n of_o berkley_n 362._o d_o robert_n fitz-haimon_a slay_v 368_o fitz-teke_a 406._o c_o robert_n fitz-stephen_n the_o first_o of_o norman_a race_n that_o attempt_v ireland_n by_o way_n of_o conquest_n 657._o f_o rob._n fitz-walter_n de_fw-fr clare_n 407_o fitz-walters_n baron_n 446._o c_o fitz-walters_n ensigne-bearer_n of_o london_n 215._o d_o fitz-lewis_n a_o family_n 442._o e_o geffrey_n fiz-peter_n earl_n of_o essex_n 454._o b._n a_o worthy_a justicer_n of_o england_n ibid._n c_o fitz-stephen_n a_o writer_n 427._o b_o fitz-paine_n baron_n 215._o d_o fitzwarins_a 281._o b_o sir_n fulque_fw-fr fitzwarin_a 598._o b_o fitz-williams_n a_o ancient_a family_n 690._o a_o rich._n fitz-punt_n a_o norman_a 618_o henry_n fitz-roy_a earl_n of_o nottingham_n &_o duke_n of_o richmond_n 551._o d_o flamborough_n head_n 714._o â—_o flamstead_n 414._o b_o flatbury_n 578._o b_o plaviâ—s_n sanctus_n 341._o d_o fleame_z dike_a or_o flight_n dike_a 490_o fleet_n a_o riveret_n in_o london_n 423._o f_o flemings_n a_o family_n 646._o e_o fleming_n 202._o d._n 755._o d_o flemingston_n or_o flemston_n a_o town_n 646._o e_o flemings_n plant_v in_o wales_n 654.652_o d_o flemish_n high_a way_n in_o wales_n 652_o flint_n shire_n 679_o flint_n castle_n 680._o d_o flint_n earles_n 681._o f_o flixton_n 715._o b_o flixton_n or_o faelixton_n 468._o b_o floddon_n a_o hill_n 816._o a_o floddon_n field_n ibid._n florus_n a_o poet_n ibid._n float_v a_o kind_n of_o boat_n 597._o b_o faelix_fw-la bishop_n of_o east_n england_n 466._o c._n 480._o c_o fluor_fw-la find_v in_o derby_n shire_n 557_o foix_n a_o family_n 759_o foliamb_n a_o great_a family_n 556._o b_o foliots_n a_o family_n 575._o c_o 482._o a_o folkingham_n 535._o a_o folkstone_n 349._o b_o a_o font_n of_o brass_n in_o saint_n alban_n church_n 412_o d_o forcatulus_n his_o conceit_n of_o the_o name_n britain_n 5_o fordington_n 212._o d_o ford_n castle_n 815._o e_fw-la the_o foreland_n of_o kâ—nt_n 342._o d_o fornesse_n 754._o â—_o fornesse_n fels_n 755._o a_o sir_n john_n fortescue_n 396._o e_o forses_n or_o waterfall_n 759._o f_z forefense_n 780._o the_o first_o ibid._n the_o second_o 790._o a._n the_o three_o ibid._n b._n the_o four_o 16._o c_o forestwhat_n it_o be_v and_o why_o so_o call_v 293._o c_o forest_n law_n ibid._n d_o forest_n in_o sussex_n 320._o d_o fortunie_n a_o tournament_n 407._o d_o fortunate_a land_n 4_o forty_o foot_n way_n 511._o f._n 515._o a._n 64_o fosse_n dike_a 537._o f_o fosse_n wad_n what_o it_o be_v 569._o c_o fosse_n a_o river_n 702._o b_o
tower_n 319._o d_o wilde_n ipres_n 332._o c._n earl_n of_o kent_n 352._o e_fw-la ipswich_n or_o gipwich_n 464._o c_o ireland_n the_o site_n thereof_o 56_o irk_v a_o river_n 746._o a_o irchenfield_n or_o archenfield_n 617._o e_o irt_n a_o riveret_n 765._o e_o irmunsull_n see_v ermine_n 64_o irthing_n a_o river_n 782._o f_o irthington_n 745._o e_o irwell_n a_o river_n 745._o e_o iron_n or_o iron_n mine_n 581._o b_o isa_n a_o river_n see_v usa_fw-la isabelâ—_n de_fw-fr fortibus_fw-la 207._o e_o isan_n parles_fw-fr a_o rock_n 763._o b_o isc_n river_n see_v ex._n isca_n danmoniorum_n 203._o f_o isca_n silurum_n 204._o a_o iscaw_n 20_o isis_n hair_n or_o isidis_n plocamos_a 211_o isis_n a_o river_n 241._o c_o isis_n a_o river_n in_o glocestershire_n see_v ouse_n islip_n 377._o a_o simon_n islip_n 332._o c_o is-urium_a brigantum_n 701._o c_o ithancester_n 443._o d_o itium_n be_v whitsan_n not_o callais_n 348_o judeal_o the_o totenais_n 201._o f_o ivel_n the_o river_n 221._o b_o julham_n or_o chilham_n 336._o b_o julia_n street_n 639._o e_o julian_n the_o apostata_fw-la usurp_v the_o empire_n 79._o be_v declare_v caesar_n 78_o julius_n caesar_n attempt_v britain_n 34_o julius_n a_o martyr_n in_o britain_n 73_o 636._o e_fw-la jullaber_n 336._o b_o ivo_n talboys_n of_o anjou_n 532._o f_o ivo_n a_o persian_a bishop_n 499._o a_o a_o jury_n of_o 12._o man_n 153_o justice_n of_o the_o forest_n 293._o e_fw-la justice_n ordain_v by_o aelfred_n 158_o justice_n of_o peace_n institute_v by_o k._n edward_n the_o three_o 160_o justice_n of_o assize_n 160.179_o justice_n or_o chief_a justicer_n of_o england_n 178_o justice_n itinerant_a 179_o justice_n in_o eyre_n ibid._n justice_n of_o goal_n delivery_n ibid._n justice_n of_o nisi_fw-la prius_fw-la ibid._n jutae_n a_o people_n in_o germany_n 128_o why_o so_o call_v 130_o ixning_n 459._o d_o k_n kaderne_a 18_o kainho_n a_o barony_n 401._o d_o katherine_n dowager_n of_o spain_n inter_v 513_o keiana_n scot_n 649._o b_o keidelston_n 553._o e_o keimes_n a_o barony_n 654._o c_o keina_n a_o devout_a virgin_n 236._o f_o keirch_n 20_o kilhop_n a_o riveret_n 738._o c_o kelnsey_n 714._o a_o kelsay_n 543._o a_o ken_n a_o river_n 753._o f_o kenchester_n 618._o d_o kendale_n or_o kirkby_n kendal_n 759_o kendale_n baron_n and_o earl_n ibid._n k._n kenelm_n a_o saint_n 365._o e_o kenelworth_n or_o killingworth_n 566_o kenelworth_n castle_n ibid._n dictum_fw-la de_fw-la kenelworth_n 567_o kenet_n the_o river_n 255_o a_o keninghal_n 472_o c_o keniwalcsh_n vanguish_v the_o britan_n 221_o d_o kent_n 323._o why_o so_o call_v ibid._n kentishman_n right_o courteous_a and_o valiant_a 324_o c_o kent_n earles_n 352_o d_o kentish_a pety-king_n or_o potentate_n 37_o kentsand_n 753_o f_o kentigern_n bishop_n of_o glasco_n 679_o c_o a_o great_a clerk_n 378_o f_o kernaw_n 183_o kernellare_n what_o it_o be_v 753_o f_o kesar_n for_o caesar_n 326_o c_o kesteven_n a_o part_n of_o lincolnshire_n 533_o b_o keston_n 326_o c_o keswicke_n 763_o c_o ket_n a_o rebel_n hang_v 473_o b_o kettel_n the_o name_n of_o a_o family_n 543_o b_o kettleby_n 543_o a_o kettering_n 510_o keven_n 21_o keven_n caer_n 661_o e_o kevenles_a castle_n 624_o a_o kevin_n 21_o saint_n kibie_n a_o holy_a man_n 673_o a_o kidderminster_n 573_o f._n a_o barony_n 514_o a_o kidwelly_n 649_o kildale_n castle_n 721_o e_o kighley_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 693_o kilgarth_n 192_o killey_n 816_o e_o kilgarran_n 654_o e_o killingworth_n see_v kenelworth_n kilmain_n lhoyd_n 650_o d_o kilnsey_n crag_n 697_o b_o kilpeck_n a_o castle_n and_o family_n 617_o the_o king_n champion_n ibid._n kilton_n castle_n 720_o c_o kime_n a_o noble_a family_n 535_o e_o kimbolton_n or_o kinnibantum_fw-la castle_n 501_o c_o kindreton_n 610_o b_o kindreton_n baron_n 609_o b_o kined_a a_o saint_n 646_o c_o kinefeage_n castle_n 644_o d_o king_n what_o it_o signify_v 163._o his_o sovereign_a power_n etc._n etc._n ibid._n his_o royal_a prerogative_n 163_o king_n of_o england_n make_v heir_n to_o their_o subject_n 485_o e._n f_o king_n in_o britain_n during_o the_o roman_n empire_n there_o 67_o the_o king_n court_n of_o justice_n 177_o king_n bench_n 178_o kingston_n lacie_n 216_o f_o king_n clear_v 272_o c_o king_n knight_n or_o taine_n 293_o e_o kingston_n upon_o tamis_n 297_o b_o king_n delfe_n 500_o b_o kingston_n upon_o hull_n 712_o d_o king_n ditch_n by_o cambridge_n 488_o c_o kingswood_n abbey_n 364_o c_o kinnoburga_n 502_o b_o kinnersley_n 620_o c_o kinton_n 561_o c_o kirkham_n 709_o d_o kirkby_n beller_n 522_o f_o kirkby_n morside_n 722_o c_o kirkby_n the_o same_o that_o pontfret_n 695_o c_o kirkby_n lonsdale_n 760_o c_o kirkby_n stephen_n ibid._n d_o kirby_n thore_fw-la 761_o c_o kirk_n oswald_n 777_o f_o kirkton_n 532_o c_o kirsop_n a_o river_n 781_o d_o kirtling_n 491_o b_o kirton_n 203_o d_o kit_n coty_n house_n 332_o b_o kitsons_n knight_n 461_o e_o knarisborow_n castle_n 699_o f_o knebworth_n 406_o e_o knevet_v a_o family_n 472_o c._n d_o knevet_n or_o knivet_n baron_n of_o escrick_n 707_o e_o knight_n what_o degree_n of_o gentry_n 170_o knight_n simple_o so_o call_v 173_o knight_n of_o four_o sort_n 171_o knight_n banaret_n ibid._n knight_n of_o the_o bath_n 172_o knight_n dub_v earl_n 174_o knight_n a_o title_n of_o dignity_n 175_o knight_n how_o dub_v 176_o knight_n bachelar_n ibid._n knight_n twelve_o employ_v in_o the_o conquest_n of_o glamorgan-shire_n 641_o e._n f_o knightleys_n ancient_a knight_n 508_o knighton_n 623_o e_o kniveton_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 553_o e_o knock_v castle_n 597_o b_o knoll_n 328_o a_o knoll_v baron_n the_o rotherfield_n 389_o e_fw-la knot_n a_o dainty_a fowl_n 543_o c_o knotsford_n a_o town_n 610_o c_o knute_n the_o hardy_a or_o hardy_a knut_n 143_o knute_n king_n of_o the_o danes_n vanquisheth_z ethelbert_n 143_o kowain_n 18_o kumero_fw-la 10_o kumbri_n or_o kambry_n 765_o b_o kumari_fw-la ibid._n kumeraeg_n ibid._n kwrm_n a_o british_a drink_n 31_o l._n laberius_n durus_n slay_v by_o kentishman_n lac_n a_o riveret_n 753_o d_o lacie_n 213_o d_o lacy_n conqueror_n of_o ireland_n 631_o c_o lacie_n the_o norman_a 695_o d_o john_n lackland_n who_o he_o be_v 255_o f_o lacon_n a_o family_n 591_o d_o lactorodum_fw-la seem_v to_o be_v stony_a stratford_n 397_o b_o laelianus_n a_o usurper_n in_o britain_n murder_v 71_o laetavia_n 111_o laeti_fw-la ibid._n laetus_n a_o valiant_a captain_n 69_o laeford_n by_o contraction_n lord_n 168_o lanae_fw-la 19_o lake_n in_o staffordsh_fw-mi of_o a_o strange_a nature_n 588_o b._n c_o william_n lambard_n commend_v 323_o b_o william_n lambard_n his_o hospital_n 327_o f_o lambeth_n 303_o b_o lambley_n nunnery_n 799â—_n â—_z lamborne_n 283_o f_o lambourn_n manor_n 440_o c_o lamprey_n 574_o c_o lane_n the_o name_n of_o a_o family_n 509_o f_o lanandiffry_n 649_o d_o lancashire_n 745_o lancaster_n or_o loncaster_n town_n 754_o b_o lancaster_n lord_n 755_o f_o lancaster_n earles_n 756_o lancaster_n duke_n 757_o lancham_n 463_o d_o lanchester_n 742â—_n â—_z landaff_n 642_o d_o land_n end_v 188_o lanerco_v abbey_n or_o priory_n 782_o c_o 785_o c_o langerston_n 465_o a_o abbot_n langley_n 414_o f_o king_n langley_n ibid._n f_o langley_n 592_o a_o langho_n 750_o a_o langton_n a_o family_n 752_o e_o langanum_n 668_o b_o lanheath_n 491_o a_o lapis_fw-la tituli_fw-la see_v stonar_n lacelle_v a_o family_n 707_o e._n 724_o c_o latham_n 749_o a_o latimer_n what_o it_o be_v 598â—_n â—_z latimer_n a_o town_n 394_o e_o latimer_n de_fw-fr corby_n a_o family_n 507_o b_o latimer_n lord_n 721_o f._n 729_o d_o latimer_n a_o surname_n 598_o c_o lavatrae_n 732_o d_o laver_n a_o river_n ibid._n e_o lavellin_n a_o high_a hill_n 767_o f_z lawleye_n a_o family_n 591_o f_z lawless_a court_n 441_o e_fw-la law_n of_o england_n in_o a_o tripartite_a division_n 153_o law-courts_a of_o england_n 177_o law_n that_o be_v heap_n of_o stone_n 802_o b_o de_fw-fr la_fw-fr land_n a_o family_n 542_o c_o laurence_n noel_n repayrer_n of_o our_o saxon_n language_n 188_o laxton_n or_o lexinton_n a_o town_n and_o name_n of_o a_o family_n 550_o lay_v 21_o lea_n or_o ley_n a_o river_n 406_o e_o lea_n the_o name_n of_o a_o family_n 592_o d_o leach_n 21_o lead_n of_o darbyshire_n 556_o e_o league_n 21_o leak_n knight_n 556_o b_o leam_fw-la the_o river_n 507_o e_o leama_n brook_v 561_o d_o leamington_n ibid._n d_o leanminster_n 17_o leckhamsted_n 396_o e_o leddets_n a_o family_n 507_o b_o long-leat_a 245_o a_o leaden_a a_o river_n 620_o e_o ledbury_n a_o town_n ibid._n lee_n knight_n 280_o c_o lee_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 610_o c_o sir_n henry_n lee_n 395_o f_o leeds_n castle_n 331_o c_o leeds_n 694_o e_o leegh_n 441_o c_o leez_fw-fr 445_o c_o legeolium_n 695_o a_o leibourne_n 332_o c_o leiden_fw-mi castle_n build_v by_o hengist_n 130_o leighton_n knight_n 593_o a_o leighton_n buzzard_n 402_o e_o leighton_n
in_o huntingdon-shire_n 501_o d_o leiton_n 439_o f_o leighton_n a_o family_n 667_o d_o leicestershire_n 517_o leicester_n town_n 519_o d_o leike_v a_o town_n 587_o c_o lemster_n or_o leinster_n 619_o f_o lemster_n ore_n 620_o a_o lemster_n bread_n 620_o lenae_fw-la 17_o leneham_n 331_o a_o leofrike_a earl_n of_o mercian_n 567_o e_o leofrike_n first_o bishop_n of_o excester_n 204_o d_o leofrike_n lord_n of_o brane_n or_o burne_n 533_o a_o leoftane_a abbot_n of_o s._n alban_n 393_o c_o leolin_n prince_n of_o wales_n his_o behaviour_n to_o king_n edward_n 363_o e_o lean_n vaur_n a_o fabulous_a giant_n 604_o leon_n vaur_n what_o it_o signify_v ib._n leonell_n duke_n of_o clarence_n 462_o d_o leprosy_n why_o term_v elephantiasis_n 522_o d._n when_o it_o come_v first_o into_o england_n ibid._n lestoff_n 468_o d_o leskerd_n 191_o lestuthiel_n 190_o lettuy_n what_o it_o be_v 399_o f_o leuca_n 21_o leven_n a_o river_n 781_o c._n 782_o b_o leveney_n a_o river_n 628_o c_o levensand_n 754_o f_o lever_n maur_n 67_o leventhorps_n a_o family_n 408_o c_o s._n lewis_n king_n of_o france_n take_v prisoner_n 249_o e_o lewis_n of_o france_n his_o pretend_a title_n to_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n 340_o lewis_n a_o town_n 313_o e_o lewknors_n 312_o e_o leymouth_n 440_o a_o lhan_n what_o it_o signify_v 631_o d_o lhan_n beder_n 657_o d_o lhan_n badern_n vaur_n 658_o a_o lhan_n stephen_n 650_o c_o lhan_n devi_fw-la brevi_fw-la 657_o b_o lhanthony_n abbey_n 631_o c_o lhan_n vais_fw-fr 672_o e_o lhan_n vethlin_n 662_o d_o lhan_n heron_n 193_o lhan_n stuphadon_n or_o launstaveton_n 196_o c_o lhein_n 668_o b_o lhewellin_n ap_fw-mi sisil_n prince_n of_o wales_n 680_o a_o lhewellin_n ap_fw-mi gryffith_n the_o last_o british_a prince_n of_o wales_n 670_o b_o lhewellin_n last_v prince_n of_o wales_n of_o british_a race_n 624_o c._n slay_v ib._n lhuyd_v his_o opinion_n concern_v the_o name_n of_o britain_n 5.24_o library_n in_o oxford_n furnish_v 381_o lichfield_n 585_o b._n a_o archiepiscopall_a see_v 585_o d_o lickey_n hill_n 574_o d_o lid_n what_o it_o be_v 491_o d_o lid_n river_n 199_o d._n 781_o f_o lida_n town_n 351_o a_o lid_n castle_n 781._o liddesdale_n ibid._n lidgate_n a_o village_n 461_o f_o john_n lidgate_n a_o monk_n ibid._n liesne_n abbey_n 328_o b_o lieutenant_n in_o every_o county_n or_o shire_n institute_v by_o king_n aelfred_n 159_o lilborne_n 515_o c_o lime_n river_n and_o town_n 210_o b_o limestone_n great_a store_n 694_o f_z limit_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n 789_o e_fw-la d._n see_v scotland_n limsey_n a_o family_n 567_o e_o lime_n a_o port_n town_n 549_o e_o line_n or_o flax_n of_o the_o best_a 620_o a_o lillinstone_n 396_o c_o lincolnshire_n 529_o lincoln_n city_n 538_o b._n whence_o the_o name_n be_v derive_v ibid._n lincoln_n earl_n 544_o e_o f_o lindsey_n a_o part_n of_o lincolnshire_n 537_o f_o robert_n of_o lincoln_n 313_o d_o lincoln_n college_n in_o oxford_n 381_o linstock_n castle_n 778_o a_o lingein_n a_o family_n 665_o d_o lin_n 480_o d._n why_o so_o call_v ibid._n old_a lin_n 480_o king_n lin_n ibid._n linnum_fw-la episcopi_fw-la ibid._n lin_n peris_fw-la pool_n 668_o d_o lin_n a_o river_n 547_o c_o dâ—_n la_fw-fr line_v 213_o f_o linton_n or_o lenton_n a_o town_n 547_o d_o lioness_n 187_o lisl_n a_o family_n in_o the_o isle_n of_o ely_n 494_o d_o l'isle_n a_o family_n 276_o a_o l'isle_n of_o rougmount_n 490_o b_o lister'_v a_o family_n 592_o e_o viscount_n l'isle_n 280_o d_o liver_n a_o river_n 192_o litton_n a_o family_n 406_o e_o litchfield_n in_o hantshire_n 272_o c_o littleborough_n 549_o e_o lites_n cary_n 224_o f_o littleton_n a_o family_n 574_o d_o littleton_n alias_o westcot_n a_o learned_a lawyer_n and_o a_o famous_a ibid._n livery_n and_o seisin_n in_o old_a time_n 340_o the_o lizard_n 189_o llydan_n what_o it_o be_v 111_o louder_n a_o river_n and_o family_n 792_o lode_n work_n 184_o looghor_n 646_o a_o lollius_n urbicus_n propretor_n in_o britain_n 66_o lollham_n bridge_n 512_o a_o london_n 421_o d_o london_n a_o ancient_a colony_n 50_o london_n call_v augusta_n 79_o 80_o london_n stone_n 423_o a_o london_n wall_n ibid._n c_o london_n bridge_n 434_o a_o london_n highway_n from_o saint_n alban_n turn_v out_o of_o watling-street_n 415_o b_o london_n or_o londres_n a_o family_n 649_o d_o maurice_n de_fw-fr londres_n or_o london_n ibid._n c_o lonchamp_v a_o family_n 532_o longford_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 553_o d_o long-meg_n a_o stone_n 777_o e_o longvils_n a_o family_n 397_o c_o lonsdale_n 760_o 'loo_o a_o river_n 192_o lophamford_n 467_o d_o lora_n countess_n of_o leicester_n a_o recluse_v votary_n 339_o a_o lortie_n the_o name_n of_o a_o family_n 221_o d_o lothbrooke_n the_o dane_n 207_o a_o lottery_n use_v by_o saxon_n 135_o louvain_n a_o family_n 444_o e_fw-la lovel_n 374._o a_o family_n 505_o d_o lord_n of_o castle_n cary_n 514_o a_o lovet_v a_o family_n 553_o d_o loughborough_n 521_o d_o lowland-man_n 126_o louth_n 542_o c_o lowy_n of_o tunbridge_n 330_o a_o lowy_n of_o briony_n ibid._n luceni_n in_o ireland_n 121_o lucensii_n in_o spain_n ibid._n sir_n rich._n lucy_n lord_n justice_n of_o england_n become_v a_o cannon_n 328_o b_o lucy_n a_o family_n 769_o f_o lucius_n king_n of_o britain_n 67_o lucy_n knight_n a_o ancient_a family_n 564_o f_o luculleae_n certain_a spear_n 62_o ludgate_n 423_o c_o ludham_n 478_o d_o ludlow_n 590_o c_o ludlowes_n a_o family_n 594_o b_o luffeild_n 396_o f_o luffenham_n or_o leffingham_n south_n and_o north_n town_n 525_o lugier_n a_o river_n 619_o d_o lugus_n what_o it_o signify_v 779_o a_o lullingstone_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 328_o e_o lumley_n castle_n 742_o b_o lumleys_n baron_n ibid._n lune_fw-fr or_o lone_n a_o river_n 753_o c_o lupicinus_n send_v into_o britain_n 78_o lupus_n earl_n of_o chester_n 611_o a_o lusoriae_fw-la nave_n 811_o d_o lthe_v a_o lake_n 468_o d_o 442_o a_o luthingland_n ibid._n luton_n 402_o e_o lutter_n worth_n 517_o f._n a_o episcopal_a see_v 519_o d_o lygons_n a_o family_n 577_o b_o th._n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr lind_n 213_o f_o lyquorice_n in_o great_a plenty_n grow_v 550_o f_o lyrpoole_n or_o litherpoole_n 748_o d_o m_o machlen_v 661_o b_o maclesfield_n a_o town_n and_o forest_n 610_o b_o madin-boure_n or_o madn_v bower_n madn_v money_n ibid._n madock_n false_o deal_v withal_o by_o his_o guardian_n john_n earl_n of_o waren_fw-ge 677_o b_o maeatae_n 796_o d_o magic_a practise_v in_o britain_n 234_o a_o magnavill_v alias_o mandevil_n 452_o b._n earl_n of_o essex_n 453_o e_o magnavil_n his_o end_n ibid._n f_o magnentius_n a_o usurper_n 77._o call_v taporus_n ibid._n a_o fortunate_a prince_n 77._o kill_v himself_o ibid._n magnus_n a_o dane_n 314_o c._n his_o monument_n ibid._n magoclunus_fw-la a_o tyrant_n in_o britain_n 113_o magon_n a_o god_n 803_o d_o mahel_n earl_n of_o hereford_n 358_o f_o maiden_n castle_n 212_o c_o maiden_n bradley_n 24_o maiden_n way_n 761_o e_o maidenhead_n or_o maiden-hith_n 286_o c_o maidstone_n 330_o e_o maidulph_n the_o irish_a scot_n 242_o c_o main_n what_o it_o signify_v 569_o c_o mayor_n of_o london_n first_o ordain_v main_a amber_n 188_o malcolm_n can_v mor_fw-mi king_n of_o scot_n 500_o c_o maldon_n 446_o e._n force_v by_o queen_n boadicia_n 448_o malduit_n or_o manduit_n 570_o mallet_n a_o family_n 223_o e_fw-la mallivery_n 700_o b_o malmesbury_n 242_o b_o malpas_n 603_o e._n baron_n thereof_o ibid._n maltravers_n baron_n 217_o a_o malvern_n hill_n 577_o b_o malveisin_n 814_o a_o mamignot_n 326_o d_o maminot_n baron_n 332_o d_o mancastle_n 746_o b_o mancester_n 569_o c_o manchester_n 746_o a_o manchet_n the_o fine_a 420_o a_o manchester_n why_o so_o call_v 747_o a_o mandrubatius_n see_v androgeus_n oppress_v by_o cassibilinus_fw-la 37_o manduite_n a_o family_n 591_o e_fw-la mangonell_n 400_o d_o manor_n or_o de_fw-fr maneriis_fw-la a_o family_n 815_o e_fw-la manor_n earl_n of_o rutland_n 527_o a_o b._n 536_o b_o manober_n castle_n 651_o c_o mansion_n what_o they_o be_v 65_o mansfield_n a_o great_a mercate_z town_n in_o shirewood_n 550_o b_o manwaring_n or_o memilwaring_n a_o family_n 608_o a_o sir_n peter_n manwood_n knight_n 339_o b_o sir_n roger_n manwood_n knight_n ibid._n marble_n quarry_n 736_o e_o marca_n 18_o marden_n 620_o d_o the_o march_n 589_o b_o marga_n what_o it_o be_v 536_o e_o margan_n castle_n 644_o e_o marga_n 20_o margaret_n countess_n of_o richmond_n 216_o d_o margaret_n countess_n of_o salisbury_n behead_v 250_o d_o lord_n marcher_n 589_o c._n 165_o marcley_n hill_n 620_o b._n move_v ibid._n marcus_n make_v emperor_n in_o britain_n by_o the_o army_n 84_o mareschall_n of_o harlot_n 294_o b_o mareschall_n earl_n of_o penbroch_o why_o so_o name_v 655_o b_o mareschall_n earl_n of_o penbroch_o slay_v at_o a_o tournament_n 407_o d_o mary_n queen_n of_o scot_n her_o end_n her_o tomb_n 511_o c._n
207_o b_o nectaridius_n 79_o needle_n 274_o e_o needham_n a_o family_n 464_o a_o 598_o c_o needwood_n 586â—_n â—_z neirford_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 480_o 481_o d_o neirborough_n ibid._n d_o nen_n the_o river_n his_o head_n 507_o c_o nen_n river_n 497_o a_o nen_n or_o aufon_n river_n overflow_v the_o flat_a country_n 513_o c_o nesse_n 351._o a_o promontory_n 451_o d_o nesta_n a_o welsh_a lady_n and_o a_o revengeful_a woman_n 628_o e_o netherby_n 781_o d_o netherwent_n 640_o b_o s_o neoth_o 378_o c_o s._n neot_n or_o needs_o 497_o c_o neotus_fw-la a_fw-fr holy_a man_n 191.497_o a_o neotstow_v 191_o nero_n the_o emperor_n how_o he_o stand_v affect_v to_o britain_n 48_o nettlested_n 463_o c_o nevern_n river_n 654_o d_o nevill_n a_o family_n their_o descent_n 737_o c_o nevil_n lord_n faulconberg_n earl_n of_o kent_n 353_o c_o rich._n nevil_n earl_n of_o warwick_n slay_v 415_o d_o john_n nevil_n marquesse_n montacute_n 222_o c._n 403_o rich._n nevil_n earl_n of_o warwick_n ibid._n rob._n lord_n nevil_n kill_v in_o adultery_n 729_o c_o nevill_n a_o honourable_a name_n 769_o nevin_n a_o mercate_z village_n 668_o b_o newark_n upon_o trent_n 549_o c_o newburg_n 672_o f_o newborrough_n abbey_n 723_o b_o newborroughs_n or_o de_fw-la novo_fw-la burgo_n 213_o a_o will._n of_o newborrough_n 723_o b_o newbury_n 283_o d_o new_a castle_n upon_o tine_n 809_o f_o new_a castle_n upon_o tivy_a in_o wales_n 650_o e_o new_a college_n in_o oxford_n 381_o e_o newenden_n 351_o b_o newenham_n abbey_n 207_o a_o newgate_n in_o london_n 423_o c_o new_a forest_n 259_o b_o newhall_n 446_o c_o newland_n 767_o a_o newleame_a 495_o b_o newmerch_n 364_o b_o bernard_n newmarch_n a_o valiant_a and_o politic_a norman_a 628_o e_o new-market_n or_o newmercate_a town_n 459_o d_o new-market_n heath_n ibid._n e._n 490_o d_o newmarch_n the_o name_n of_o a_o family_n 221_o c_o newnham_n 401_o newnham_n regis_fw-la 562_o d_o newnham_n well_n ibid._n e_o newport_n painel_n 397_o c_o newport_n in_o monmouthshire_n 639_o d_o newport_n in_o penbrockshire_n 654_o newport_n a_o family_n 605_o d_o newport_n knight_n 594_o f_o newsted_n 547_o c_o neustria_n what_o country_n 144_o newton_n in_o northamptonshire_n 509_o f_o newton_n in_o glamorganshire_n 643_o newton_n in_o mongomeryshire_n 661_o nicen_n creed_n establish_v 77_o s._n nicolas_n isle_n 200_o nicolas_n of_o tewksbury_n 202_o c_o nicolans_n fabricius_n de_fw-fr petrisco_n a_o good_a antiquarian_n 97_o nicolaa_n de_fw-fr albeniaco_fw-it a_o inheretrix_fw-la 364_o f_o nid_n or_o neath_n a_o river_n 645_o f_z 699_o e_o nidherdale_n ibid._n e_o nide_v a_o name_n of_o reproach_n 333_o b_o niger_n usurp_v the_o empire_n in_o syria_n 68_o slay_v by_o septimius_n severus_n ibid._n ninnius_n a_o learned_a professor_n 378_o f_o ninius_n 6_o ninias_n or_o ninianus_n a_o holy_a britain_n 118_o nobilis_fw-la caesar_n what_o title_n 104_o nobilissimus_fw-la the_o son_n of_o constantine_n a_o emperor_n 85_o nobility_n in_o england_n of_o two_o sort_n 164_o noel_n a_o family_n 284_o c_o nonesuch_n 287_o c_o normanton_n fields_n for_o dormanton_n field_n 511_o f_o norris_n 384_o a_o norris_n of_o ricot_n 384_o a_o norman_n why_o so_o call_v 144_o what_o outrage_n they_o commit_v 144_o norman_n renown_v for_o martial_a prowess_n 153_o norman_n conquest_n set_v down_o at_o large_a 145_o etc._n etc._n normandy_n give_v to_o rollo_n 144_o normandy_n award_v away_o from_o the_o king_n of_o england_n 733_o d_o norrham_n a_o town_n 816_o b_o north_n allertonshire_n 723_o f._n the_o fair_a there_o ibid._n b_o north_n baron_n 491_o b_o north_n hall_n 415_o d_o northamptonshire_n 505_o north_n elmham_n 481_o f_o north_n leach_n 366_o b_o north-wales_n 659_o c_o norfolk_n 471_o northwich_n 607_o f_o norfolk_n man_n wrangle_v lawyer_n 471_o c_o norwich_n a_o bishop_n see_v 472_o a_o norwich_n what_o it_o signify_v 473_o e_o norfolk_n earles_n and_o duke_n 482_o b_o norton_n in_o suffolk_n 464_o a_o norton_n dany_n 507_o a_o norwich_n a_o city_n much_o endanger_v 475_o c_o north-riding_a 717_o northampton_n 509_o a._n why_o so_o name_v ibid._n northampton_n field_n fight_v 509_o e_o northamptonshire_n ibid._n f_o northamptonshire_n earles_n 515_o e_o northumberland_n 799_o nosthil_n 690_o f_o noteley_n abbey_n 396_o a_o nottinghamshire_n 547_o nottingham_n 547_o d._n why_o so_o call_v ibid._n nottingham_n earl_n 551_o b_o northumberland_n king_n duke_n and_o earl_n 819_o d_o novatian_n heretic_n 84_o nun_n eton_n 569_o a_o the_o first_o english_a nun_n 339_o c_o o_n obsidianus_n lapis_fw-la what_o cole_n 735_o c_o ochiâ—hole_n 230_o d_o ock-river_n 286_o c_o ockham_n octha_n 128_o odiam_fw-la 269_o e_o odingsels_n 567_o c_o odo_n bishop_n 333_o a_o odo_n earl_n of_o kent_n and_o bishop_n of_o baieux_n 352_o c_o oën_n a_o welsh_a rebel_n 658_o b_o offa_n king_n of_o the_o mercian_n his_o devout_a munificence_n to_o the_o church_n 410_o f_o offa_n dike_n 421_o e._n 623_o offa_n church_n 561_o e_o offton_n 463_o c_o ogle_n castle_n 812_o a_o ogmor_n 643_o a_o ogle_n baron_n ibid._n oilway_o a_o riveret_n 636_o c_o oyster_n called_z mira_n 449_o f_o oyster_n hill_n by_o s._n alban_n 413_o d_o oyster_n pip_n in_o kent_n 335_o a_o okeham_n 526_o a_o okenyate_n 593_o oldbury_n 269_o d_o old_a man_n of_o bullen_n 345_o c_o old_n castle_n execute_v 329â—_n â—_z old_a street_n or_o ouldstreet_n 540â—_n â—_z old_a town_n 617_o c_o south_n okindon_n 442_o d_o o-neall_n great_a monarch_n of_o ireland_n 126_o onion_n hole_n 271_o b_o onion_n penny_n ibid._n e_o orbey_v a_o family_n 607â—_n â—_z orcas_n what_o point_n 1_o orchard_n the_o honour_n of_o certain_a baron_n 223â—_n â—_z ordalium_fw-la what_o trial_n 211_o a_o ordulph_n his_o tomb_n 199_o e_o ordgar_n ibid._n over_o a_o river_n 465_o d_o oreford_n ibid._n orell_n a_o family_n 748_o a_o oriall_a college_n in_o oxford_n 381_o d_o original_a of_o nation_n and_o their_o name_n 4_o ormesby_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 542_o c_o ormeskirke_n 744_o a_o orthote_n 139_o orton_n or_o overton_n 502_o b_o orwell_n a_o river_n 463_o f_o orwell_n haven_n 465_o a_o orewood_n 184_o osgodby_n 543_o a_o osith_v a_o virgin_n 451_o c_o s._n osiths_n a_o town_n ibid._n b_o osney_n abbey_n found_v 375_o c_o ostorius_n lieutenant_n for_o the_o roman_n 590_o a_o ostorius_n his_o adventure_n and_o service_n in_o britain_n 42.43_o his_o victory_n 44._o honour_a with_o triumphant_a ornament_n 45_o oswald_n bishop_n of_o worcester_n a_o maintainer_n of_o monastical_a life_n 576_o b_o oswald_n slay_v by_o penda_n 597_o glorious_o entomb_v 540_o f_o oswald_n 690_o f._n 806_o c_o oswald_n his_o epitaph_n 748_o c_o fables_n go_v of_o he_o 540_o f_o oswaldslaw_n hundred_o 578_o c_o oswestre_n 597_o c_o otherhalfe_n stone_n 191_o otelands_n 295â—_n â—_z otford_n 328_o e_o oteley_n 698_o d_o ottadini_n 796_o ottery_n river_n 206_o c_o otterbourne_n field_n 803_o c_o ottery_n s._n maris_n ibid._n overburrow_n 753_o d_o overwent_n 640_o b_o oulney_n 397_o c_o oundale_n for_o avondale_n 510_o c_o ounsbery_n hill_n 721_o d_o ousley_n 565_o e_o ouse_n a_o river_n in_o glocestershire_n 367_o a_o ouse_n river_n first_o call_v ure_n and_o your_o 689_o ouse_n or_o ouze_n river_n 241_o ouse_n the_o great_a 471_o b_o ousbourne_n a_o riveret_n 701_o d_o owen_n justice_n of_o the_o common_a plea_n 592_o a_o owen_n glendowerdwy_n or_o glendour_n a_o notable_a rebel_n 623_o c_o owers_n 274_o e_o outborow_n what_o it_o be_v 815_o b_o oxfordshire_n 373_o oxford_n 377_o c._n make_v a_o university_n 380_o f_o oxford_n earles_n 389_o d_o oxney_n 351_o f_o p_o pacatianus_n vicegerent_n or_o deputy_n in_o britain_n 75_o padstow_n 193_o palace_n in_o westminster_n 431_o b_o palatine_n what_o it_o be_v 601_o b_o paganell_n or_o painell_n 207_o b_o pagett_v of_o beaudesert_n baron_n 585_o a_o palatine_a count_n 167_o pandon_v gate_n 810_o b_o pant_n a_o river_n or_o creek_n 443_o b_o pannonian_n whence_o they_o take_v name_n 26_o pantulph_n baron_n 594_o c_o pall_n what_o it_o be_v 336_o d_o paul_n papinianus_n the_o great_a lawyer_n 703_o d_o palmer_n 366_o a_o pap_n castle_n 768_o a_o parr_n earl_n of_o essex_n 454_o f_o parr_n of_o kendale_n 759_o e_o parr_n lord_n of_o horton_n 509_o f_o parcus_n in_o varro_n for_o a_o park_n 375_o e_o parise_n a_o family_n 489_o e_fw-la parish_n first_o set_v out_o in_o england_n 160_o parish_n church_n how_o many_o in_o england_n 161_o park_n in_o england_n 375_o e_o parker_n a_o family_n 463_o e_o parker_n lord_n morley_n 473_o a_o parker_n baron_fw-fr mont-aegle_n 754_o a_o parliament_n house_n 431_o c_o parliament_n 177_o parrham_n a_o little_a town_n 465_o e_o passham_n 397_o b_o paston_n a_o townelet_n and_o family_n 478_o f_o pastwn_n 21_o pattern_n a_o bishop_n in_o wales_n 668_o b_o pateshul_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 507_o a_o pateshull_n
sea_n be_v warm_a 2_o sea_n coal_n 735_o c._n 799_o d_o sea_n man_n catch_v 466.720_o b_o seal_n how_o they_o sleep_v and_o be_v catch_v 720_o c_o seven_o mile_n dike_a 490_o b_o seavenshale_v 801_o f_o seckinton_n 569_o e_o sefton_n 748_o d_o seghil_n ibid._n segonax_n 37_o segrave_n a_o town_n 523_o b._n a_o family_n ibid._n segraves_n baron_n 568_o c_o stephen_n segrave_n his_o rise_n and_o fall_n 501_o c_o d_o jane_n seimor_n mother_n to_o king_n edward_n the_o six_o 224_o seimors_n or_o saint_n maurs_n earl_n of_o hertford_n 416_o seimor_n duke_n of_o somerset_n 240_o b_o seimor_n or_o saint_n maur_n earl_n of_o hertford_n 634_o d_o seneca_n a_o great_a usurer_n in_o britain_n 457_o c_o sejont_n a_o river_n 668_o d_o selwood_n 233_o a_o selwhat_o it_o signify_v 271_o c_o selbey_v a_o family_n 812_o f_o selbrittenden_n 351_o c_o selaby_n 737_o c_o selbury_n 255_o a_o semarc_n or_o de_fw-fr s._n medardo_n a_o family_n 714_o d_o sempringham_n 534_o d_o serjeanties_n 213_o seovenburgenses_n 829_o c_o seton_n 811_o f_o sevenoke_n 328_o d_o sevenoke_n alderman_n of_o london_n his_o hospital_n and_o school_n 328_o d_o severn_n river_n his_o head_n 661_o c_o commend_v 357_o d_o a_o noble_a river_n 573_o d_o severus_n propretor_n in_o britain_n 65_o severus_n emperor_n his_o exploit_n 67._o he_o enter_v britain_n 69._o fence_v britain_n with_o a_o wall_n 69._o die_v at_o york_n 70.703_o b_o his_o funeral_n ibid._n canonize_a a_o god_n 70_o seward_n a_o poet_n 632_o d_o sexwulph_n first_o abbot_n of_o peterburgh_n abbey_n 512_o c_o sezay_n 724_o e_fw-la shaft_n 184_o shaftsbury_n 214_o d_o sharnborne_n 480_o c_o shavington_n 607_o e_fw-la scheath_n 609_o d_o sheafield_n 689_o c_o shene_n 297_o c_o sheep_n devour_v man_n etc._n etc._n 505_o c_o sheffeld_n baron_n 544_o d_o shengay_n a_o commaundery_a 485_o e_o shelford_n a_o barony_n 472_o e_o shepey_n isle_n 333_o c_o ship_n of_o king_n hiero_n 32_o shipston_n 561_o c_o shirburne_n a_o brook_n run_v through_o shirbourne_n 696_o b_o a_o town_n and_o castle_n 214_o a._n a_o bishop_n see_v 214_o b_o shirley_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 313_o c_o 553_o d._n 505_o e_fw-la shire_n divide_v into_o hundred_o 158_o shirewood_n forest_n 547_o b_o shire_n how_o many_o in_o england_n 159_o shoad_n 184_o shobery_n 441_o c_o shorne_n 329_o b_o shobery_n nesse_n ibid._n shochlach_n 604_o b_o shoreham_n 313_o b_o shotwich_n castle_n 606_o e_o shrawerden_n castle_n 597_o b_o shrewsbury_n 595_o a_o shrewsbury_n earles_n 599_o b_o shropshire_n 589_o shugbury_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 561_o d_o shurland_n 334_o a_o sible_n hemingham_n 450_o b._n see_v heningham_n or_o heveningham_n sicily_n the_o isle_n cut_v from_o italy_n 346_o d_o whence_o it_o take_v name_n 273_o d_o sidlie_n a_o learned_a knight_n 332_o b_o cider_n a_o drink_n 20_o sidius_fw-la geta_n his_o good_a service_n in_o britain_n 41_o sidmanton_n 272_o c_o sidnacester_n 543_o f_o sidneys_o 329_o e_o sir_n robert_n sidney_n baron_n of_o pensheret_n and_o viscount_n lisle_n 329_o e_fw-la 280_o f_o sigebert_n a_o tyrant_n 272_o e_o sigga_n a_o noble_a woman_n 806_o b_o silcester_n or_o selcester_n 270_o a_o silt_n â—9_n d_o simon_n zelotes_n in_o britain_n 68_o sinbrech_n or_o simon_n breach_n 126_o sinodun_fw-la 281_o b_o zion_n 420_o e_fw-la sister_n kirk_n 714_o b_o siwards_n a_o family_n 646_o e_o siward_n earl_n of_o huntingdon_n 502_o c_o skales_n baron_n 405_o e_o skeffington_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 522_o e_o skelton_n castle_n 720_o c_o skiddaw_n a_o hill_n 767_o c_o skinffrith_n castle_n 632_o b_o skipton_n in_o craven_n 694_o b_o skipwiths_n a_o family_n 521_o b_o slebach_n a_o commandery_a 652_o c_o sleford_n 535_o d_o sleep_v a_o town_n 498_o f_o smith_n a_o family_n 607_o e_o snath_n 729_o d_o snodhil_n castle_n 617_o d_o snowden_n forest_n 667_o a_o snowdon_n hill_n ibid._n soar_n a_o river_n 517_o b_o sockburne_n 737_o d_o sodales_fw-la augustales_fw-la 448_o b_o sodbury_n 364_o c_o soham_n 493_o a_o solway_n frith_n 775_o solente_n frith_n 267_o e_fw-la soldurii_fw-la 20_o solidurii_fw-la what_o they_o be_v 99_o solidarii_fw-la 171_o solidus_fw-la a_o coin_n of_o gold_n 99_o solyhill_n 567_o a_o solom_n moss_n 782_o a_o somery_n baron_n of_o dudley_n 397_o a_o noble_a family_n 581_o somerley_n 468_o e_o somersham_n 499_o a_o somersetshire_n 220._o whence_o it_o take_v name_n 220_o b_o somerset_n dukes_n and_o earl_n 239_o c_o somerton_n 224_o f._n town_n 220_o c_o snite_n a_o brook_n 549_o c_o soureby_n 724_o e_o sow_n a_o river_n in_o staffordshire_n 583_o e_o southam_n 561_o d_o sowdiur_n 20_o south-anton_n town_n 260_o f_o southton_n or_o sutton_n in_o herefordshire_n 620_o d_o southampton_n earles_n 272_o f_o southybank_n 530_o a_o south_n rhey_n or_o sutherey_n why_o so_o call_v 295_o south_n saxon_n kingdom_n 321_o c_o south_n wales_n 659_o c_o southwels_n a_o family_n 473_o a_o southwold_n 467_o a_o spadiard_n 185_o spain_n rend_v from_o africa_n 346â—_n â—_z spalding_n 532_o b_o spaldwick_n 501_o d_o spelwell_n by_o dantrey_n 508_o spenser_n knight_n ibid._n spenser_n alias_o de_fw-fr spenser_n execute_v 269_o c._n de_fw-fr spenser_n baron_n spenser_n lord_n spenser_n baron_n of_o wormleighton_n 508_o de_fw-fr spenser_n baronesse_n 330_o hugh_n spenser_n 642_o b_o spigurnell_n what_o it_o signify_v 312_o a_o spilmans_fw-mi knight_n 480_o d_o hospital_n on_o stanemore_n 732_o f_o hospital_n in_o the_o street_n 540_o e_o sponde_v his_o tomb_n in_o torcester-church_n 506_o b_o spring_n turn_v stick_n &_o straw_n into_o stone_n 518_o a_o spurnhead_n 714_o a_o saint_n ives_n a_o town_n 498_o f_o saint_n johns_n baron_n of_o basin_n 269_o b_o sir_n oliver_n saint_n john_n 239_o saint_n johns_n baron_n of_o lagham_n 303_o e_o saint_n legiers_n or_o sellenger_n 331_o saint_n guerir_fw-fr or_o saint_n leech_n 191_o saint_n lizies_n a_o family_n 498_o a_o saint_n lo_o or_o sentlow_n 196_o a_o saint_n george_n knight_n or_o of_o the_o garter_n 485_o d_o saint_n martin_n a_o family_n 246_o a_o saint_n maries_fw-fr a_o town_n 481_o b_o saint_n paul_n or_o sampol_n a_o family_n 544_o a_o saint_n stephens_n in_o westminster_n 431_o a_o saint_n maurs_n or_o seimors_n 224_o a_o saint_n cler_n 591_o e_o simon_n saint_n liz_n or_o selis_n the_o first_o earl_n of_o northampton_n 509_o simon_n de_fw-fr saint_n liz_n the_o second_o 515_o f_o saint_n john_n his_o knight_n 241_o f_o saint_n swithins_n feast_n rainy_a 265_o d_o staffords_n of_o blatherwic_n knight_n 514_o b_o staffords_n of_o grafton_n 395_o e_o staffords_n dukes_n of_o buckingham_n 397_o e_o stafford_n of_o suthwick_n earl_n of_o devonshire_n 208_o staffords_n earl_n of_o wiltshire_n 256_o c_o staffordshire_n 581_o stafford_n town_n 584_o d_o stafford_n hold_v carborough_n castle_n 717_o e_o stamford_n a_o citizen_n of_o london_n 208_o standard_n what_o it_o be_v 724_o standon_n 408_o a_o standrop_n or_o stainthorp_n 737_o b_o stanford_n upon_o avon_n 515_o b_o stanford_n river_n 440_o stanford_n upon_o welland_n 533_o e_fw-la a_o university_n begin_v at_o this_o stanford_n 533_o e_o stanford_n destroy_v ibid._n stanes_n 419_o d_o stanes_n forest_n or_o waren_fw-ge 421_o c_o stanely_n the_o expensfull_a bishop_n of_o ely_n 499_o a_o stanlaw_n 606_o f_o stanley_v a_o noble_a family_n 583_o f_z stanley_n whence_o descend_v 606_o stanley_n earl_n of_o derby_n 749_o f_o stanemore_n 732_o e_fw-la stannary_n and_o their_o lord_n warden_n 185_o stanhopes_n 549_o a_o stanton_n a_o family_n 553_o d_o stanwel_n 419_o c_o stanwicks_n 782_o e_o star_n chamber_n 179_o station_n or_o mansion_n in_o antonine_n 399_o f_o steanford_n 547_o c_o steort_n 187_o stert_n point_n 201_o d_o stew_n 434_o d_o stephanides_n see_v fitz_n stephen_n steven_n hauh_o a_o town_n 406_o e_fw-la stibium_fw-la find_v in_o darbyshire_n 556_o f_o stiliard_n 435_o c_o stilton_n or_o stichilton_n 501_o f_o stilicho_n protector_n to_o honorius_n in_o his_o minority_n 73_o stipper_n stone_n hill_n 592_o c_o stoke_n battle_n there_o fight_v 549_o a_o stonar_n what_o place_n 339_o f_o stoke_n curry_n 221_o a_o stoke_n pogey_n 394_o c._n 521_o c_o stockepont_n a_o petty_a barony_n 610_o stoke_n fleming_n 202_o stokesley_n 521_o a_o stone_n a_o town_n why_o so_o call_v 783_o stone_n make_v by_o art_n 253_o a._n b_o stoneheng_n 251_o stoneham_n 262_o d_o stonely_n abbey_n in_o huntingdonshire_n 501_o c_o stoneley_n 562_o e_o stonely_n holme_n ibid._n stony_a serpent_n of_o s._n hilda_n 718_o e_o stones_n with_o stony_a serpent_n in_o they_o 721_o a_o stony_a street_n 349_o stone_n resemble_v cochles_a etc._n etc._n 363_o e_o stony_a strand_n 21_o stoner_n a_o family_n 389_o a_o store_n a_o river_n 408_o c_o bishop_n stortford_n ibid._n stow_z on_o the_o will_v 366_o a_o stow_n in_o lincolnshire_n 543_o d_o stouphs_n or_o hot_a house_n use_v much_o 681_o d_o stow_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 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brigantes_n whereof_o they_o take_v name_n see_v pasquier_n iâ—_n les_fw-fr recherche_fw-fr de_fw-fr france_n lib._n cap._n 40._o reinerus_n reinecciuâ—_n yet_o be_v they_o in_o ireland_n call_v brigantes_n in_o some_o copy_n cartismanduâ—_n tacitus_n tacitus_n the_o put_n of_o one_o time_n for_o another_o a_o place_n in_o tacitus_n correct_v correct_v maldon_n humber_n humber_n first_o call_v ure_n and_o your_o westriding_a the_o river_n doâ—_n wortley_n wentworth_n sheafield_n furnivall_n rotheram_n connisborrow_a florilegus_n 487._o the_o family_n of_o fitz-williams_n dancastre_n tickhill_n plaâ—_n anno_o 3._o joan._n reg._n pl._n m._n 4._o h._n 3._o marshland_n nosthill_n saint_n oswalds_n the_o river_n calder_n anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 209._o dvi_o the_o genii_n of_o place_n lib._n ep._n 40._o vopiscus_n in_o probus_n halifax_n some_o will_v have_v it_o to_o be_v call_v aforetime_o the_o chapel_n in_o the_o grove_n fax_fw-la what_o it_o be_v halifax_n law_n almond-bury_a 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monstr_n le_fw-fr droit_n 35._o f._n 1._o 1._o river_n or_o redâ—ers_n redâ—ers_n river_n or_o redâ—ers_n gascoignes_n wetherby_n tadcaster_n calcaria_n calcarienses_n de_fw-fr decurionibu_n l._n 27._o the_o roman_a language_n in_o province_n augustin_n lib._n 19_o de_fw-la civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la itinerarium_fw-la t._n edes_n the_o river_n nid_v rippley_n knarsborrow_n castle_n drop_v well_o a_o well_o turn_v wood_n into_o stone_n wakeman_n saint_n wilfrides_n needle_n pyramid_n devil_n bolt_n is-urium_n aldborrow_n i_o old_a borrow_n eboracum_n york_n fosse-river_n the_o manor_n that_o victor_n who_o andreâ—_n scot_n set_v forth_o of_o late_a severus_n the_o temple_n of_o bellona_n l.i.c._n constantius_n constantine_n the_o great_a vincentii_fw-la speculum_fw-la historiale_a scotland_n in_o time_n past_a subject_a to_o the_o archbishop_n of_o york_n see_v in_o scotland_n a_o library_n flaccus_n alcwinus_fw-la or_o albinus_n flourish_v anno_o 780._o the_o sixty_o six_o archbishop_n 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island_n orae_n maritimae_n ogygia_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr macula_fw-la in_o luna_fw-la that_o be_v of_o the_o spot_n in_o the_o moon_n isle_n cerne_n hibernia_n call_v scotia_n the_o state_n of_o ireland_n giral_n cambrensis_fw-la in_o topographia_fw-la hibernia_n cattle_n irish_a mantle_n and_o rug_n horse_n call_v hobby_n hawk_n disease_n disease_n uskebah_n why_o grape_n be_v not_o ripe_a in_o britain_n ireland_n why_o call_v ogygia_n britan_n the_o first_o inhabitant_n of_o ireland_n little_a britain_n caesarea_n roman_a conquest_n irishmen_n out_o of_o spain_n in_o other_o copy_n tholanus_fw-la anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 431._o palladius_n vincent_n l._n 9_o c._n 7_o monk_n of_o ireland_n holy_a man_n and_o learned_a contempt_n of_o riches_n english_a saxon_n seem_v to_o have_v have_v their_o letter_n and_o write_v from_o the_o irish._n art_n and_o piety_n sow_v among_o nation_n in_o sundry_a age_n oustmanni_n who_o haply_o be_v those_o that_o tacitus_n name_v aestiones_n 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chambre_n in_o the_o forest_n 607._o a_o chamberlain_n sometime_o tankervils_n 389._o d_o chamberlainship_n of_o england_n 489._o f_o rob._n chamberlain_n a_o archrobber_n 531._o e_fw-la champernoun_n or_o campernulh_n 201._o c_o john_n chandos_n make_v baneret_n 171.365_o b_o chandos_n baron_n 365._o b_o chariot_n fight_n of_o the_o britan_n 36_o charing_n cross_n 432._o c_o charles_n the_o eight_o king_n of_o france_n his_o apophthegm_n 403._o a_o charleton_n in_o worcestershire_n 578._o b_o charleton_n castle_n 594._o a_o charletons_n lord_n of_o powis_n ib._n charlecot_n a_o place_n 564_o f._n a_o family_n 565._o a_o charnewood_n or_o charley_n forest_n 521._o d_o charta_fw-la de_fw-fr foresta_n 293._o â—_o charter_n house_n in_o london_n 433._o d_o chartley_n castle_n 584._o f_o chure_n a_o fish_n 755._o d_o chatery_n or_o cheatrish_a 494._o d_o chatmosse_n 747._o a_o chuttesworth_n 554._o b_o chaucer_n our_o english_a homer_n bear_v at_o woodstock_n 375._o f_o chaucombs_n a_o family_n 568._o e_o chaumonds_n 196._o b_o chancery_n 80_o chancellor_n 180_o chaworth_n a_o family_n 395_o e._n 555._o descend_v from_o cahors_n in_o quercy_n 549._o c_o cheapen_v what_o it_o signify_v 243._o d_o cheardsley_n 395._o f_o cheaâ—ford_n hundred_n 442_o c_o cherkâ—â—i_n 587._o d_o cheadse_n 587._o d_o chellington_n 581._o e_o chelmer_n river_n 444._o d_o chelmerford_n or_o chenceford_n 445_o chelsey_n 421._o c_o chenâ—y_n baron_n of_o hersford_n 466_o chency_n or_o chieny_v a_o house_n 394._o a_o sir_n henry_n cheiney_n baron_n 401_o chepstow_n 633._o b._n lord_n thereof_o ibid._n c_o cherry_n tree_n bring_v into_o britain_n 324._o b_o chertford_n 258._o e_o chertsey_n 294._o the_o monastery_n thereof_o found_v 294._o d_o cherwel_n the_o river_n 373._o b._n his_o head_n 507._o e_o chesil_n a_o bank_n or_o sandrige_n 210._o e_fw-la chess_n of_o the_o best_a 601_o cheshire_n ibid._n county_n palatine_n 601._o b_o chesham_n bois_fw-fr 394._o f_o chesterfield_n 452._o e._n in_o scardale_n 556_o chester_n earl_n 611._o f_o chester_n earl_n count_n palatine_n 612._o a._n what_o baron_n he_o have_v under_o he_o ibid._n chester_n earldom_n make_v a_o principality_n 612._o f_o chester_n or_o west-chester_n city_n 604._o c_o chester_n and_o cheshiremen_n describe_v 602._o a_o chester_n what_o they_o be_v 793._o d_o chester_n in_o the_o wall_n 800._o f_o chester_n upon_o the_o street_n 742._o c_o little_n chester_n 554._o c_o chesterton_n under_o lime_n 583._o c_o chetwoods_n a_o family_n 399._o d_o chivalry_n court_n 190_o chevin_n 698._o d_o cheviot_n hill_n 812._o e_o chic_a or_o chick_n the_o old_a name_n of_o saint_n osith_n 451._o c_o chidleys_n 203._o a_o chicheley_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n 510._o b_o chichester_n 307._o c._n earl_n of_o chichester_n ibid._n f_o chicksand_n 401._o c_o chillingham_n 815._o c_o chilterne_n 389_o c._n 393._o c._n why_o so_o call_v â—â—id_v chippenham_n 243._o d_o chirke_n 677._o c_o christ_n church_n in_o hantshire_n 259._o c_o christianity_n flourish_v in_o britain_n 75_o 67_o 68_o christ_n church_n in_o oxford_n 383._o a_o chrisanthus_fw-la bishop_n of_o the_o novatian_o 84_o churn_n the_o river_n 366._o a_o churnet_n a_o river_n 587._o c_o cholmondley_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 607._o d_o chopwel_n a_o riveret_n 735._o b_o christ_n church_n in_o canterbury_n 337._o b_o cirncester_n 366._o b_o cinque_fw-fr port_n 318._o a_o which_o they_o be_v 325_o cilurnum_n 806._o b_o cimbrica_n chersonesus_n 129_o citizen_n 177_o cissbury_n 312._o d_o cistertion_n monk_n 295._o a_o civilis_fw-la a_o deputy_n in_o britain_n 80_o civitas_n or_o city_n what_o it_o signify_v in_o caesar_n 417._o d_o city_n by_o what_o ceremony_n build_v by_o roman_n 102_o john_n clapham_n a_o brave_a warrior_n 697._o b_o clare_n a_o noble_a village_n 462._o a_o noble_a family_n of_o earl_n ibid._n b_o clarence_n 462._o b._n duke_n thereof_o ibid._n claridon_n 240_o e_z clares_z earl_n of_o gloucester_n 330_o richard_n de_fw-fr clare_n his_o commendation_n 416._o a_o earl_n of_o clare_n whence_o so_o style_v 415._o e_o claudia_n rufina_n a_o british_a lady_n 62_o 68_o claudius_n caesar_n honour_v as_o a_o god_n in_o britain_n 448._o b_o clausentum_n 261._o a_o claudius_n caesar_n first_o that_o vanquish_v the_o britain_n 45._o he_o bring_v the_o south_n part_n of_o britain_n to_o be_v a_o province_n 101_o claudius_n contentus_fw-la 341._o e_o clavering_n 453._o b_o clavering_n the_o name_n of_o fitz_n richard_n 81._o a_o claxton_n 738._o a_o claxton_n a_o family_n ibid._n clay-hill_n 245._o d_o clemens_n maximus_n a_o usurper_n 341._o c_o clee_n hill_n 591._o d_o clere_n a_o family_n 478_o b_o cley_n brook_n 518._o b_o clifton_n a_o family_n in_o nottingham_n 547_o sir_n gervase_n clifton_n baron_n clifton_n 502._o d_o clâ—ff_n a_o town_n 329._o d_o clifford_n castle_n 618._o a_o clifford_n earl_n of_o cumberland_n 618._o b_o clifton_n a_o family_n earl_n of_o lincoln_n 545_o clipsby_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 478_o d_o clithero_o castle_n 750._o a_o clive_n ad_fw-la hoo_n 329._o d_o cliveland_n 720._o b_o clopton_n a_o town_n &_o family_n 565_o clodius_n albinus_n propretor_n in_o britain_n 67_o cloudesbury_n 749._o e_fw-la cluid_fw-la a_o river_n in_o wales_n 676._o c_o cluid_n a_o river_n ibid._n d_o clun_n castle_n 589._o e_o clun_n or_o colun_n a_o river_n ibid._n e_o clyto_n that_o be_v the_o prince_n 164._o a_o addition_n give_v to_o all_o the_o king_n son_n ibid._n cnobersburg_n 468._o e_fw-la cnout_n or_o canut_n delf_n 501._o b_o cobham_n town_n 329._o c_o cobham_n baron_n ibid._n b_o lord_n cobham_n of_o sterborrow_n 303._o e_fw-la coc_fw-la a_o river_n 696._o b_o coach_n or_o coccus_n 19_o coach_n what_o colour_n 26_o coccium_n 745._o f_o cockar_n a_o river_n 767._o f_o cockington_n 202._o e_o cockley_n chappell_n 745._o f_o cock_n eye_n a_o worshipful_a family_n 574._o a_o codanus_n sinus_n that_o be_v the_o oost_n sea_n 141_o codenor_n castle_n 555._o d_o canobies_n what_o they_o be_v 603._o c_o cogans_n 207._o c_o cogeshal_n a_o town_n 446._o a_o cogeshal_n a_o family_n 446._o b_o coin_n antique_a of_o aemilianus_n &_o marius_n etc._n etc._n 643._o e_fw-la coin_v piece_n of_o embase_v silver_n 65._o a_o d_o coin_n british_n and_o roman_a in_o britain_n 88_o etc._n etc._n coinage_n of_o tinn_n 186_o coignier_n a_o noble_a family_n 737._o d_o coignier_n baron_n ibid._n coitie_n 643._o e_o cokains_n a_o family_n 553._o d_o coker_n a_o river_n 753._o c_o cokarsand_n abbey_n ibid._n cokermouth_n 767._o f_o sir_n edward_n cook_n knight_n 481._o c_o his_o commendation_n ibid._n cokerington_n 542._o c_o cole_n a_o river_n 394._o a_o col_n a_o river_n near_o saint_n alban_n 414._o a_o colbrook_n 394._o a_o coalpit_n on_o fire_n 581._o d_o coles_n give_v evidence_n of_o ancient_a mere-marke_n 515._o d_o coles-hull_n or_o hill_n 681._o d_o coleshul_n 567._o c_o cole_n overton_n or_o cole_n orton_n why_o so_o call_v 519._o c_o colbrand_n the_o giant_n 267._o a_o colliweston_n 514._o d_o colchester_n 450._o e_o colecester_n 808._o c_o colham_n 419._o c_o colingwoods_n a_o warlike_a family_n 813._o c_o collerford_n 806._o b_o colne_n a_o river_n 450._o a_o carl_n coln_n ibid._n wake_n coln_n ibid._n whites_n coln_n ibid._n calne_n a_o town_n ibid._n coln_n engain_n ibid._n colepeper_n a_o family_n 526._o b_o colonies_n 703._o a_o colony_n what_o it_o be_v 448._o a_o colvil_n 537._o a_o columbe_fw-la a_o river_n 203._o a_o columbton_n ibid._n saint_n columb_n 193_o comata_fw-la 20_o comati_fw-la ibid._n comb_v what_o it_o signify_v 207._o b_o 393._o d_o comb_n marton_n 20._o a_o comb_n 21_o comb_n abbey_n 569_o a_o combat_n appoint_v between_o henry_n of_o lancaster_n and_o thomas_n mowbray_n duke_n of_o norfolk_n 428._o f._n between_o roger_n bishop_n of_o salisbury_n and_o william-montacute_n earl_n of_o salisbury_n 249._o a._n between_o edmond_n and_o cnute_n 360._o b_o comes_fw-la britanniorum_fw-la 76_o comes_fw-la littoris_fw-la saxonici_fw-la ibid._n 325._o a_o come_v sacrarum_fw-la largitionum_fw-la 77_o comes_fw-la privatarum_fw-la ibid._n come_v a_o title_n of_o dignity_n 166_o comites_fw-la what_o they_o be_v at_o first_o 165._o see_v more_o in_o earl_n comitatus_fw-la caesaris_fw-la ibid._n cominus_fw-la atrebas_fw-la or_o of_o arras_n 35.37_o commodus_n the_o emperor_n 66_o common_a plea_n court_n 178_o compton_n in_o the_o hole_n 561_o c_o sir_n henry_n compton_n baron_n 561_o compton_n murdack_n 565._o a_o composition_n between_o king_n stephen_n and_o henry_n duke_n of_o anjou_n 482._o b_o composition_n of_o name_n 27_o concani_n a_o nation_n in_o cantabria_n 121_o condate_n 608._o c_o condorcum_fw-la 742._o c_o condover_n 592._o a_o congar_n 231._o d_o congersbury_n 231._o d_o congleton_n 608._o n_o conquest_n a_o family_n 401._o e_o wil._n canning_n his_o monument_n 237._o f_o coningsbees_n 415._o d._n a_o family_n of_o good_a name_n and_o worth_n 620._o d_o connisborow_n castle_n 689._o f_o constable_n burton_n 714._o b_o