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courtier_n 337_o b_o becco_n 20_o beda_n 6._o a_o learned_a englishman_n 137_o beda_n venerabilis_fw-la 744_o a_o bedw_n 19_o beddington_n 302_o c_o bedfordshire_n 399_o bedford_n town_n ibid._n e_o bedford_n lord_n earl_n and_o duke_n 402_o f_o john_n duke_n of_o bedford_n his_o style_n and_o monument_n 403_o a_o bedifoyd_a 208_o a_o bedingfeild_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 468_o b_o de_fw-fr la_fw-fr beech_n knight_n 282_o e_o beeston_n a_o castle_n and_o family_n 607_o b_o saint_n bee_n 766_o a_o saint_n bega_n a_o devout_a irish_a woman_n ibid._n beichiad_n 19_o belerium_n what_o cape_n 1_o belgae_n in_o gaul_n and_o britain_n 219_o b._n whence_o so_o name_v ibid._n d_o king_n beleus_n his_o habergeon_n 11_o robert_n de_fw-fr belesmo_n rebell_v 591_o d._n a_o cruel_a man_n 599_o b_o bellisma_n aestuarium_fw-la a_o frith_n 752_o bellister_n castle_n 799_o e_o beln_n melin_n &_o phelin_n all_o one_o 98_o belingsgat_n in_o london_n 423_o e_o belinuntia_n 98_o belinus_n a_o god_n ibid._n what_o it_o signify_v 391_o e_o belleland_n or_o biland_n 723_o b_o bellasise_n a_o family_n 723_o b_o beller_n a_o noble_a family_n sometime_o 522_o f_o bellotucadrus_fw-la 691_o d_o benefician_n what_o town_n 478_o f_o benedictine_n monk_n 226_o d_o benington_n 407_o f_o s._n benno_n 680_o c_o s._n bennaventa_n be_v wedon_n 508_o c_o d_o s._n bennit_n in_o the_o holm_n a_o abbey_n 478_o c_o bengley_n 815_o b_o bengorion_a 125_o bensted_n a_o family_n 407_o f_o bensbury_n for_o knebensbury_v 302_o f_o benson_n 388_o d_o bently_n 463_o e_o bear_n park_n or_o beau_n park_n never_o to_o durham_n 741_o bericus_n a_o traitor_n to_o britain_n 40_o berengarius_fw-la le_fw-fr moigne_n that_o be_v monk_n 510_o c_o berkhamsted_n 414_o c_o bermingham_n or_o bremicham_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 567_o b_o bermondsey_n abbey_n 434_o b_o bernack_n 514_o e_o benrer_n a_o family_n 405_o d_o berniciae_fw-la 817_o a._n 797_o b_o bernwood_n 393_o e._n 395_o berohdon_n or_o baradon_n 525_o f_o berosus_n confute_v 10_o berry_n by_o wicomb_n 393_o c_o berstaple_n 208_o b_o bertelin_n a_o eremite_n 584_o d_o berwick_n town_n 816_o e_o berwicks_n what_o they_o be_v ibid._n f_o berwic_n in_o elmet_n 696_o b_o bery_n 594_o d_o bery_n pomerie_n 202_o a_o betula_n or_o betulla_n 19_o betheney_n see_v stafford_n betony_n 20_o beverley_n a_o town_n 711_o d_o john_n of_o beverley_n ibid._n bever_n in_o tivy_a river_n what_o creature_n they_o be_v 657_o e_o beverston_n castle_n 364_o d_o beufes_n of_o lancashire_n 745_o e_fw-la bevil_n a_o family_n 192.562_o a_o bezant_n or_o bezantine_n what_o they_o be_v 421_o a_o bibroci_fw-la 286_o d_o buy_v what_o it_o signify_v 543_o b_o begleswade_n 401_o c_o bigod_n the_o name_n of_o rollo_n the_o norman_a 144_o hugh_n bigod_n lord_n chief_a justice_n of_o england_n 482_o c_o hugh_n bigod_n earl_n of_o norfolk_n 482_o b_o bigod_n the_o name_n of_o hypocrite_n and_o superstitious_a person_n 144_o bigod_n a_o family_n 465_o d_o bigot_n a_o 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
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 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violent_a lightning_n and_o fiery_a impression_n which_o after_o they_o be_v appease_v the_o islander_n certify_v he_o that_o some_o one_o of_o great_a eminency_n be_v dead_a and_o a_o little_a after_o now_o he_o say_v moreover_o that_o there_o be_v a_o certain_a island_n there_o wherein_o saturn_n be_v by_o briareus_n close_v up_o and_o keep_v in_o prison_n sound_v asleep_a for_o sleep_n be_v the_o mean_n to_o hold_v he_o captive_a about_o who_o person_n there_o be_v many_o daemon_n at_o his_o foot_n that_o stand_v attend_v as_o servitor_n thus_o they_o take_v pleasure_n in_o old_a time_n as_o now_o also_o at_o this_o day_n bold_o to_o devise_v strange_a wonder_n and_o tale_n of_o place_n far_o remote_a in_o a_o certain_a secure_a vein_n of_o lie_v as_o it_o be_v by_o authority_n in_o the_o narrow_a sea_n
520_o f_o sir_n henry_n grey_n baron_fw-fr grey_n of_o grooby_n 521_o a_o grey_n of_o sandacro_n 553_o d_o greys_n earles_n of_o kent_n 553_o c_o th._n grey_n of_o ruthin_n marquesse_n dorset_n 217_o e_o henry_n grey_n marquesse_n dorset_n and_o duke_n of_o suffolk_n 217_o f_z 470_o c._n behead_v 217_o greye_n baron_n of_o wilton_n 396_o d._n their_o badge_n 621_o a._n 396_o d_o john_n grey_n earl_n of_o tankervil_n 663_o d_o greystocks_n baron_n 778_o c_o greystock_n castle_n 778_o b_o s._n grimbald_n 378_o c_o grimsby_n 542_o c_o grimstons-garth_a ibid._n grimstons_n a_o family_n 714_o a_o griphin_n a_o family_n 507_o b._n 607_o e_o grismunds_n tower_n 366_o d_o grâ—n_n and_o gronne_n what_o they_o signify_v 486_o b_o grooby_n 520_o f_o grossement_fw-fr castle_n 630_o b_o grossvenour_n common_o call_v gravenour_n a_o famous_a family_n 604_o b_o grosthead_n or_o groste_v a_o worthy_a bishop_n of_o lincoln_n 540_o b._n c_o ground_n most_o fat_a and_o battle_n 478_o ground_n burn_v for_o tillage_n 675_o c_o gruffin_n ap_fw-mi conan_n a_o noble_a prince_n of_o wales_n 670_o a_o guadiana_n 297_o a_o guaine_n 21_o gwain_n ibid._n gualt_n what_o it_o signify_v 20_o guarth_n what_o it_o signify_v 563_o b_o guarthenion_n why_o so_o call_v 624_o guash_n see_v wash_v gueda_n wife_n to_o earl_n goodwin_n 363_o b_o guenliana_n a_o woman_n of_o manly_a courage_n 649_o c_o grerif_n 21_o guerir_fw-fr ibid._n gwif_n 19_o guild_n hall_n in_o london_n 435_o a_o guildford_n 295_o b_o guildford_n a_o family_n 352_o b_o guineth_n uranc_n 19_o guineth_n 659_o f_o guiniad_n fish_n 666_o b_o guiscard_v of_o engolism_n 502_o c_o gundulph_n bishop_n of_o rochester_n 333_o a_o gunora_n a_o norman_a lady_n 620_o c_o gunpowder_n treason_n 754_o a_o gunter_n a_o family_n 628_o f_o guorong_n what_o it_o signify_v 325_o c_o guortimer_n defeat_v hengist_n &_o the_o saxon_n 332_o a._n where_o bury_v 340_o a_o guvia_n 19_o gwin_n a_o colour_n 26_o guoloppum_fw-la 132_o guy_n brient_n a_o baron_n 212_o e_o sir_n guy_n of_o warwick_n 267_o a._n 564_o guy_n cliff_n or_o gibcliff_n 564â—_n â—_z gynâ—ecia_n 263_o c_o h_n hacomb_n 202_o e_o hadseigh_n 441_o b_o hadley_n 463_o d_o pope_n hadrian_n the_o four_o choke_v with_o a_o fly_n 415_o a_o hadugato_n a_o duke_n or_o leader_n of_o the_o english_a saxon_n 138_o hagmond_n abbey_n 594_o hail_n a_o river_n 193_o haduloha_n 138_o haimon_n dentatus_n 641_o c_o robert_n fitz_n haimon_n subdue_v glamorganshire_n 641_o d_o hakeds_n a_o kind_n of_o pike_n 499_o haledon_n 80â—_n d_o hales_n monastery_n 197_o e._n 365_o a_o halesworth_n 467_o c_o halifax_n 691_o f_o halifax_n law_n 69â—_n b_o halton_n hall_n 808_o f_o halyston_n 812_o f_o hamden_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 395_o hameldon_n hill_n 215_o c_o hamon_n 260_o f_o sir_n hamon_n mascy_n 610_o c_o hampton_n in_o herefordshire_n 620_o hampton_n court_n 420_o b_o hamsted_n hill_n 421_o b_o hang_a wall_n of_o mark_n antony_n 763_o c_o hanley_n castle_n 577_o b_o hanmere_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 68â—_n hannibal_n never_o war_v in_o britain_n 32_o hans_n a_o river_n 587_o c_o hansacre_n a_o family_n 578_o b_o hansard_n a_o family_n 543_o a_o hantshire_n 258_o hanwell_n 376_o e_o hanworth_n 420_o b_o king_n harald_n slay_v 317_o a_o harald_n lightfoot_n 379_o b_o harald_n haardred_n 707_o d_o harald_n the_o bastard_n 143_o harald_n goodwin_n son_n usurp_v the_o crown_n of_o england_n 145_o his_o worthy_a and_o princely_a part_n 146_o harborrow_n or_o haaburgh_n 517_o c_o harbotle_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 812_o f_o andrew_n of_o harcla_n earl_n of_o carlisle_n a_o traitor_n degrade_v 780_o c_o harcourt_n 584_o e_o harden_n or_o hawarden_n 680_o e_o hardes_n ancient_a gentleman_n 339_o d_o harde-cnut_a his_o death_n 303_o b_o his_o immoderate_a feast_n ibid._n th._n harding_n 208_o e_o fit_n harding_n baron_n of_o barkley_n 223_o a_o hard_a knot_n a_o mountain_n 765_o e_o hardwick_n a_o town_n 555_o f._n and_o a_o family_n ibid._n haresfield_n 419_o c_o harford_n west_n 653_o b_o harington_n or_o haveringtons_n a_o family_n 755_o d_o harington_n baron_n 526_o b._n of_o old_a descent_n ibid._n harington_n lord_n 206_o e_o sir_n john_n harington_n baron_fw-fr harington_n of_o exton_n ibid._n haringworth_n the_o honour_n of_o the_o zouch_v baron_n 414_o a_o harleston_n 472_o e_o harlestons_n a_o family_n ibid._n harold_n ewias_n 617_o d_o harold_n a_o gentleman_n ibid._n harptree_n 223_o d_o harrow_n on_o the_o hill_n 420_o a_o harrowden_n 510_o a_o hartle_n pole_n 738_o b_o hart_n hall_n in_o oxford_n 381_o d_o harewich_n 451_o e_o harewood_n castle_n 698_o e_o haslingbury_n 453_o d_o hastings_n a_o noble_a family_n in_o time_n past_a 584_o c_o hastings_n lord_n of_o abergevenny_n 568_o e_o hastings_n baron_n of_o loughborow_n 394_o c_o sir_n edward_n hastings_n sole_a baron_n thereof_o 521_o b_o baron_n hastings_n and_o hoo_n 319_o b_o sir_n william_n hastings_n lord_n hastings_n 318_o f_o hastings_n great_a gentleman_n in_o sussex_n ibid._n hastings_z a_o town_n whence_o it_o take_v the_o name_n 317_o f_o rape_n of_o hastings_n 318_o d._n lord_n thereof_o ibid._n george_n l._n hastings_n first_o of_o that_o name_n earl_n of_o huntingdon_n 503_o a_o hatfield_n bradock_n 453_o e_o bishop_n hatfield_n 406_o f_o hatfield_n poveril_n 445_o c_o hatherton_n 607_o e_o hatfield_n chace_n 690_o e_o hatley_n s_o george_n 485_o d_o hatterel_n hill_n 6â—1_n c_o sir_n christopher_n hatton_n lord_n chancellor_n of_o england_n 508_o his_o commendation_n ibid._n his_o monument_n 509_o a_o havelock_n a_o foundling_n 542_o d_o haverds_n a_o family_n 628_o e_o haudelo_n lord_n burnell_n 330_o c_o havering_n 441â—_n â—_z hawghton_n conquest_n 401_o e_o hawghlee_n castle_n 464_o a_o sir_n john_n hawkwood_n 450_o b_o haulton_n a_o town_n and_o castle_n 611_o haure_n 21_o the_o haw_n 200_o hawsted_a 450_o d_o hawthorn_n at_o glastenbury_n 227_o e_o hay_n a_o town_n 627_o f_o hay_n castle_n 766_o f_o headon_n a_o town_n 713_o c_o healy_n castle_n 583_o e_o hartly_n castle_n 760_o d_o heavenfield_n 806_o d_o hebrew_n call_v huesi_n wherefore_o 23_o heidon_n or_o heydon_n knight_n 479_o b_o sir_n christopher_n heidon_n 326_o c_o heil_n a_o idol_n of_o the_o saxon_n 212_o heilston_n or_o hellas_n 189_o heina_n a_o religious_a votary_n 699_o e_o heitsbury_n 245_o d_o hieu_n a_o religious_a woman_n 738_o b_o helbeck_n 727â—_n â—_z helbeck_n a_o crag_n 784_o b_o helena_n the_o mother_n of_o constantine_n the_o great_a bear_v at_o colchester_n 451_o a_o helena_n a_o devout_a empress_n 74_o helenum_n 187_o helion_n a_o family_n 452_o a_o hell-kettle_n deep_a pit_n 737â—_n â—_z helmet_n of_o gold_n find_v 537_o e_o helvius_n pertinax_n employ_v in_o britan_n 66._o propraetor_n in_o britan_n 67_o hemingston_n 464_o a_o hemp_n the_o best_a 210_o d_o hempsted_n 414_o c_o hen-dinas_n 588_o b_o heneti_n whence_o they_o take_v name_n 26_o hengham_n lord_n 472_o f_o hengist_n and_o horsa_n brethren_n 127._o they_o signify_v a_o horse_n ibid._n hengrave_n 461â—_n â—_z hengston_n hill_n 196_o d_o henningham_n 450_o a_o henly_n in_o arden_n 566_o a_o henly_n hundred_o 389_o a_o henly_n upon_o tamis_n 389_o b_o king_n henry_n the_o six_o his_o virtue_n inter_v and_o translate_v 294_o d_o king_n henry_n the_o seven_o his_o virtue_n 297_o f_o henry_n the_o four_o emperor_n inter_v in_o chester_n 605_o c_o henry_n of_o lancaster_n claim_v the_o crown_n of_o england_n 680_o d_o henry_n fitz-roy_a 240_o b_o king_n henry_n the_o second_o his_o commendation_n 284_o e_o henry_n prince_n rebell_v against_o king_n henry_n the_o second_o his_o father_n 465_o a_o henry_n the_o seven_o proclaim_v king_n 518_o c_o king_n henry_n the_o six_o twice_o take_v prisoner_n by_o his_o own_o subject_n 509_o e_o heorten_n 738_o b_o heorthus_fw-la 135_o heptarchy_n of_o the_o saxon_n describe_v with_o several_a shire_n under_o every_o kingdom_n 157_o heptarchy_n of_o the_o saxon_n 136_o reduce_v to_o a_o monarchy_n 138_o herbert_n bishop_n of_o norwich_n 475_o a_o herbert_n losenga_n bishop_n 472_o a_o herbert_n baron_n of_o shurland_n 334_o b_o herbert_n earles_n of_o penbroch_o 359_o a_o sir_n philip_n herbert_n baron_n of_o shurland_n &_o earl_n of_o montgomery_n 663_o b_o herbert_n a_o honourable_a family_n in_o wales_n 655_o d_o le_fw-fr herbert_n a_o way_n in_o wales_n 665_o f_o hercules_n whether_o ever_o any_o 207_o c_o herefordshire_n 617_o hereford_n city_n 618_o e_o hereford_n earles_n 621_o b._n c._n etc._n etc._n hereford_n duke_n 622_o a_o hereford_n viscount_n ibid._n herring_n fish_v by_o hollander_n etc._n etc._n 717_o f_o herring_n in_o yarmouth_n 478_o a_o herring_n frequent_v our_o coast_n 718_o a_o herlaxton_n 537_o d_o heron_n or_o heiron_n a_o family_n 806_o b._n 815_o e_fw-la herlotâ—a_fw-la 197_o b_o hermae_fw-la 64_o herst_n monceaux_n 315_o a_o herst_n what_o it_o
river_n or_o guash_n 525_o e_o wash_v a_o dangerous_a arm_n of_o the_o sea_n 480_o d_o washburnes_n village_n and_o family_n 577_o d_o waste_v 806_o a_o waterfall_n 730_o c_o water_n divide_v 399_o c_o water_n germander_n see_v scordium_n watford_n 415_o a_o watchtower_n erect_v by_o c._n caligula_n 40_o watlesbury_n 592_o f_o watling-street_n highway_n 64_o watling-street_n a_o town_n 593_o waveney_n a_o river_n 467_o d_o waver_v a_o river_n 773_o b_o wauburn_n 479_o a_o wauburnham_n ibid._n weable_o 620_o b_o weable_o ale_n ibid._n weald_n in_o kent_n 329_o d_o weare_n a_o town_n 205_o c_o wear_v the_o decay_n of_o excester_n haven_n 205_o c_o weddesborrow_n 581_o f_o wedensday_n 135_o weedon_n in_o the_o street_n 508_o c_o weimouth_n 211_o b_o will_n ebb_v and_o flow_v 558_o c_o welles_n medicinable_a 497_o d_o welch_n poole_n a_o town_n 662_o b_o welles_n baron_n 541_o e._n 542_o b_o welles_n viscount_n 542_o welles_n the_o city_n 223_o d_o welland_n river_n 505_o b_o welledon_n 514_o d_o welhop_n a_o riveret_n 738_o c_o wellingborow_n 509_o f_o wenlock_n 591_o e_o wemme_n 594_o c_o wenman_v a_o family_n 384_o a_o go_v a_o river_n 690_o f_o wentsbeck_n a_o river_n 812_o b_o wentsdale_n 727_o e_o wentworth_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 689_o e_o wentworth_v baron_n 463_o c_o weorth_o what_o it_o signify_v 582_o be_v a_o river_n 738_o werburga_n or_o warburga_n a_o holy_a virgin_n 508_o c._n 583_o werburgs_n church_n in_o chester_n 605_o werith_n what_o colour_n 26_o werke_n castle_n 815_o a_o werlam_n or_o verlam_n city_n in_o great_a distress_n 51_o werlam-street_n 64_o werminster_n 245_o c_o werywall_n 754_o d_o west_n baron_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr ware_n 312_o d_o 746_o b_o westminster_n sometime_o thorney_n 428_o e_o westminster_n church_n 428_o f_o monument_n therein_o 429_o f_o westminster_n hall_n 431_o e_o westmoreland_n 759_o westmoreland_n earl_n 763_o d_o westride_v 489_o d_o west_n saxon_n bring_v the_o heptarchy_n to_o a_o monarchy_n 138_o westâ—_n sexenlage_n 153._o 159_o west_n saxon_n kingdom_n 294_o c_o west_n wales_n 647_o b_o west_n weal_n 184_o wetherby_n 699_o a_o wetherill_n 778_o a_o wever_n a_o river_n 601_o e_o wever_n a_o hill_n 586_o f_o wey_n river_n 294_o e_o whaddon_n 396_o d_o wiatts_n a_o family_n 331_o e_o wyatt_n his_o unfortunate_a end_n ibid._n e_o wic_n what_o it_o signify_v 326.355_o wiceii_fw-la 354_o f._n 573_o d_o wiche_n that_o be_v salt_n pit_n 573_o b_o which_o a_o town_n 575_o b_o which_o wood_n forest_n 374_o b_o which_o a_o learned_a canonist_n 575_o a_o wichliff_n die_v 517_o f_o wickham_n bishop_n of_o winchester_n 265_o e._n his_o praise_n 266_o c._n d_o his_o equivocant_fw-la mot_fw-fr 288_o d_o wicombe_n or_o wickham_n a_o town_n 393_o d_o widdevile_n or_o woodvill_n a_o family_n 506_o c_o widdevill_n lord_n rivers_n ibid._n d_o earl_n rivers_n ibid._n high_a constable_n of_o england_n ibid._n etc._n etc._n behead_v ibid._n e_o widdevill_n earl_n river_n 405_o e_o wie_z river_n 358_o e._n 618_o a_o a_o wife_n demise_v to_o another_o 312_o f_o wigenhall_n 481_o b_o wight_n isle_n 273_o c._n etc._n etc._n why_o so_o call_v ibid._n the_o lord_n thereof_o 276_o c._n d_o wiggin_n 749_o c_o wigmore_n 619_o c_o wigton_n 774_o b_o wilberhams_n or_o wilburhams_n a_o family_n 607_o d_o wilberham_n 490_o b_o a_o wild_a man_n catch_v in_o the_o sea_n 466_o a_o wilfride_n bishop_n 275_o d._n 308_o c_o wilfride_n archbishop_n of_o york_n 700_o c_o wilfreed_n needle_n ibid._n c_o willebrode_o ah_o learned_a englishman_n 137_o willey_n or_o willeley_n 591_o d_o a_o river_n and_o village_n 245_o e._n 246_o wharton_n castle_n 701_o d_o wheallep_n castle_n 701_o d_o wheathamsted_n 406_o e_o john_n of_o wheathamsted_n ibid._n f_o wherfe_n the_o river_n 696_o d._n why_o so_o call_v ibid._n f_o whetston_n 339_o c_o whitehart_n forest_n 213_o f_o whereupon_o so_o call_v 214_o a_o whitehart_n silver_n ibid._n whitchurch_n in_o shropshire_n 598_o whitgaraburge_n 275_o c_o whitgift_n archbishop_n of_o caterbury_n 542_o d._n his_o good_a deed_n 302_o b_o whitby_n 718_o b_o white_n hall_n the_o king_n house_n 432_o whitham_n 446_o b_o whitehorse_n vale_n 279_o c_o whitney_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 618_o whitsan_n 348_o b_o white_n spur_n 176_o whittington_n 598_o b_o whorwel_n 262_o a_o william_n of_o newborough_n 8_o william_n or_o wilcock_n of_o mouthwy_a 665_o william_n of_o york_n 695_o c_o william_n of_o malmesbury_n 242_o f_o william_n long-espee_a 145_o 249_o d_o slay_v near_o damiata_n 249_o e_o william_n the_o bastard_n or_o conqueror_n 145._o his_o title_n to_o the_o crown_n ibid._n where_o he_o land_v 316_o e._n invade_v england_n 145_o he_o fight_v with_o king_n harald_n ibid._n f._n swear_v to_o keep_v all_o the_o ancient_a law_n of_o england_n 414_o c._n be_v inaugurate_v king_n 152_o disavow_v his_o title_n and_o conquest_n 152._o his_o behaviour_n present_o upon_o victory_n 152._o his_o seal_n ibid._n he_o enact_v excellent_a law_n 153_o his_o policy_n to_o root_v out_o and_o weaken_v the_o english_a 152_o williams_n of_o tame_a 384_o a_o willibourne_n a_o river_n 245_o d_o willimot_n wick_n 801_o e_o willoford_n 785_o c_o willoughby_n freeze_v to_o death_n in_o a_o voyage_n 555_o d_o willoughbye_n baron_n of_o brook_n 244_o c._n 577_o b_o willoughbies_n baron_n 465.541_o e_o willoughby_n of_o parrham_n 543_o d_o willoughby_n earl_n of_o vandosme_n 54r_n willoughby_n knight_n 547_o c_o wiltshire_n 241_o wiltshire_n earl_n 256_o d._n e_o wilton_n a_o town_n 246_o c_o wilton_n castle_n 621_o a._n 721_o a_o wimundham_n or_o windham_n 473_o d_o wimundham_n in_o leicestersh_fw-mi 522_o wimondly_n 406_o c_o winander_fw-ge mere_n 755_o b_o winburne_n what_o it_o signify_v 216_o a_o winburne_n minster_n 215_o e_o wincaunton_n 221_o d_o winchelcombe_n town_n &_o abbey_n 365_o d_o winchelsey_n 319_o b_o winchel_n see_v over_o old_a winchester_n 809_o e._n 269_o a_o winchester_n 262_o winchester_n bishop_n 265_o e_o winchester_n tower_n in_o windsor_n castle_n 288_o d_o winchester_n earles_n and_o marquess_n 267_o b._n d_o winchindon_n 395_o f_o windesor_n baron_n 289_o a._n 320â—_n â—_z windesor_n a_o family_n 419_o c_o windesor_n town_n 286_o d._n e_o windsor_n castle_n 288_o d_o windlesor_n forest_n 293_o b_o windrush_n river_n 374_o a_o wingfeld_v in_o darbyshire_n 555_o e_o winfeilds_n knight_n 512_o a_o winifrid_n a_o learned_a englishman_n 137._o the_o apostle_n of_o germany_n 203._o d_o winkles_n or_o cockle_n on_o hil-top_n 727_o c_o winster_n a_o river_n 760_o a_o winterton_n a_o cape_n 478_o d_o winwidfield_n 694_o e_o winwicke_n 748_o b_o wip_v fleet_n 340_o a_o wire_n a_o river_n 753_o a_o wire-dale_n ibid._n wirkington_n 769_o wirral_n 601_o e._n 606_o d_o wiske_n a_o river_n 723_o e_o withburga_n a_o saint_n 482_o a_o witherington_n or_o woderington_n a_o castle_n and_o name_n of_o a_o martial_a family_n 812_o e_o wittlesmere_n 500_o d_o witton_n a_o castle_n 738_o c_o wiza_n a_o riveret_n 773_o 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be_v people_v 11_o wormhill_n 556_o d_o wormleighton_n 561_o d_o wormgay_n or_o wrongey_n 481_o e_o worsted_n a_o town_n 478_o c_o worsted_n stuff_n whence_o so_o call_v 478_o c_o wortley_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 689_o wotton_n under_o wever_n 586_o wotton_n a_o family_n and_o baron_n wotton_n of_o merlay_v 331_o a_o wotton_n under_o edge_n 364_o c_o will_v what_o they_o be_v 364â—_n â—_z wragby_n 540_o e_o wreak_n a_o river_n 517_o b_o wreken_fw-mi a_o river_n in_o leicestershire_n 522_o c_o wreken_fw-mi a_o hill_n 593_o d_o wreshill_n castle_n 710_o a_o wrexham_n 677_o b_o wriothesleys_n or_o writhosley_n earl_n of_o southamton_n 273_o a_o wringcheese_n 19â—_n writtle_n a_o large_a parish_n 445_o e_o wrotesley_n or_o wrothesley_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 581_o d_o wroxcester_n 593_o b_o wroxhall_n 566_o d_o wulfrune_n a_o devout_a woman_n 581_o wulfrune_n
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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 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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
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
676_o b_o denbigh_n make_v a_o shire_n 677_o e_o depford_n 326_o c_o depenbach_n 603_o c_o deping_n 534_o c_o derlington_n 737_o d_o derwen_n a_o river_n 752_o d_o derwent_n a_o river_n 553_o b_o derwent_n fell_v 767_o a_o deorhirst_n 360_o a_o deorham_n or_o derham_n 364_o dercoma_n 20_o derechel_n 21_o dereham_n 482_o a_o derchefu_n 21_o dert_n a_o river_n 201_o d_o dertinton_n 201â—_n â—_z dertmore_n 201_o d_o dertmouth_n 202_o c_o despencer_n a_o noble_a family_n 322_o b_o hugh_n le_fw-fr despencer_n 267_o c_o despenser_n baron_n 636_o a_o devi_n a_o river_n 258_o devy_n bishop_n of_o saint_n david_n 226_o deverril_n why_o so_o call_v 245_o dewsborrough_n 693_o a_o devonshire_n earles_n 207_o c_o despotae_fw-la 164_o diana_n chamber_n 426_o a_o digby_n a_o ancient_a race_n 525_o e_o sir_n everard_n digby_n 525_o f_o alane_n de_fw-fr dinant_n baron_n of_o burton_n 510_o a_o dimetae_n 647_o dimock_n a_o worshipful_a family_n 535_o f._n 541_o c_o dimocks_n the_o king_n champion_n 541_o c_o dilston_n a_o town_n 808_o b_o dinevor_n castle_n 649â—_n â—_z dinleys_n or_o dingleys_n a_o family_n 578_o b_o dishmarch_n 690_o e_fw-la ditch_n or_o fore-sense_n in_o cambridge_n shire_n 490_o a_o dinhams_n a_o family_n 395_o f._n 207_o b_o or_o dinant_n aul._n didius_n lieutenant_n in_o britain_n 48_o dicalidones_n or_o deucalidones_n rather_o why_o so_o call_v 117_o dignity_n ecclesiastical_a how_o many_o in_o england_n 161_o diamond_n in_o cornwall_n 186_o diamond_n or_o diamond_n near_o bristol_n 239_o a._n b_o dictum_fw-la 669_o f_o diganwy_n ibid._n diocese_n under_o every_o several_a bishop_n 160_o 161_o disce_fw-la or_o dis_n a_o town_n 472_o e_o distentâ—ns_n gentleman_n 766_o f_o disart_n castle_n 680_o b_o dive_v a_o family_n 399â—_n â—_z de_fw-fr divisis_fw-la a_o monastery_n 513_o e_o division_n of_o country_n threefold_a 154_o have_v or_o devilsburne_n a_o river_n 808_o b_o have_v or_o devil_n dike_a 459_o 490_o c_o have_v or_o devil_n 609_o c_o have_v or_o 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 c_o ecclesiastical_a living_n hereditary_a 595_o f_o echingham_n baron_n 320_o eclipse_n of_o the_o sun_n in_o aries_n disastrous_a to_o shrewsbury_n 598_o a_o edelfleda_n or_o elfleda_n a_o noble_a lady_n 610_o d_o eden_n a_o river_n 776_o 760_o c_o edenborgh_n frith_n 56_o edgecomb_n 193_o edge_v a_o hill_n 561_o b_o edgar_n eathling_n or_o aethling_n 146_o edindon_n 244_o e_o edith_n virgin_n a_o saint_n 582_o b_o edith_n king_n eadgars_n daughter_n 246_o d_o edith_n a_o lady_n profess_v 395_o c_o edmund_n of_o langley_n his_o devise_n and_o presage_v 510_o edmund_n crouchbacke_n king_n of_o sicily_n delude_v by_o the_o pope_n 756_o b_o k._n edmund_n martyrdom_n 467_o saint_n edmund_n a_o most_o christian_n king_n and_o martyr_n 460_o c_o s._n edmund_n liberty_n 459_o c_o s._n edmunds_n bury_v ibid._n s._n edmund_n dike_a 490_o f_o edmund_n king_n of_o england_n piteous_o slay_v 364_o a_o k._n edmund_n ironside_n 143_o edmund_n of_o woodstock_n earl_n of_o kent_n 353_o a_o edrick_n 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
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
fosse_n way_n 562._o b_o the_o fossae_n 366._o a._n 64_o fowl_n delicate_a 543._o b._n c_o fossards_n a_o family_n 709._o b_o fotheringhay_n castle_n 510._o d_o file_n of_o fouldrey_n 755._o c_o foulness_n a_o river_n 711._o b_o foulness_n a_o isle_n 443._o c_o a_o fountain_n ebb_v and_o flow_v 643._o f._n 650._o b_o fountain_n abbey_n 700._o e_o fowy_n 190_o fracastorius_fw-la his_fw-la opinion_n of_o stone-fish_n 363._o â—_o framlingham_n castle_n 465._o d_o fraomarius_n k._n of_o the_o almain_n 79_o frankner_n in_o britain_n 72._o destroy_v 73_o fredrick_n the_o first_o emperor_n hold_v pope_n adrian_n the_o four_o his_o stirrup_n 415._o a_o frank_n a_o people_n of_o germany_n 122_o where_o they_o dwell_v 130_o freedstol_n 712._o a_o french_a or_o gaulifh_a province_n cast_v off_o the_o roman_a yoke_n 86_o free_a waren_fw-ge what_o it_o be_v 694._o d_o from_fw-mi or_o frico_fw-la a_o saxon_a goddess_n 135._o how_o portray_v ibid._n fremund_n villainous_o slay_v 561._o e_fw-la register_v a_o saint_n ibid._n fremantle_n 272._o c_o frechevils_n or_o freshwel_n a_o family_n 555._o f_o fresh_n water_n isle_n 274._o a_o fretherick_n abbot_n of_o saint_n alban_n 414._o c_o frevils_n a_o family_n 582._o c._n d_o friday_n 135_o fredeswide_a a_o saint_n 378._o a_o frisone_n come_v into_o britain_n 131_o frodesham_n castle_n 610._o a_o frome_n river_n or_o frau_n 212._o a_o frompton_n ibid._n jul._n frontinus_n his_o exploit_n against_o the_o silures_n 54_o froshwel_n a_o river_n 443._o d._n 444._o d_o frowen_n shoal_n 347._o â—_o fulham_n 421_o c_o funarius_n a_o name_n of_o gratianus_n 77_o furnivall_n a_o noble_a family_n 587._o c_o furnivall_n baron_n 394._o d_o g_o gabrantovici_n why_o so_o call_v 714._o d_o gabrosentum_n 743._o c._n 810._o a_o gael_n 121_o gaesatae_fw-la 18_o gauge_n 315._o c_o gaidelach_n 121_o gaideli_fw-la that_o be_v scot_n 123_o gainsborough_n 543._o c_o gaiothel_n 121_o gaiothlac_n ibid._n gal_n a_o sweet_a smell_a shrub_n 544_o gallath_n why_o so_o call_v 23_o whence_o derive_v 20_o galba_n ibid._n gall_o 22_o gall_n ibid._n gaul_n commend_v 22._o their_o exploit_n ibid._n gaul_n name_v gomori_fw-la and_o cimbri_n 11._o their_o religion_n 12_o galgacus_n a_o valiant_a britain_n 47_o his_o oration_n 58_o gallana_n 802_o a_o gallatum_n 761_o d_o galtre_n forest_n 723_o d_o galvus_fw-la 20_o gamage_n a_o family_n 643_o gamlinghay_n 485_o d_o ganoc_n 669_o f_o gaol_n 22_o gargraves_n knight_n 691_o a_o garianonum_n 477_o a._n b_o garlick_n grow_v in_o plenty_n 213_o d_o order_n of_o the_o garter_n 278_o c_o garumâ—a_n 20_o garw_n ibid._n gascoignes_n a_o ancient_a family_n 698_o f_o gasehound_n 263_o f_z gastenoy_n a_o family_n 553_o c_o gateshead_n 743_o b_o gavelkind_n 325_o d_o gaunlesse_a a_o riveret_n 738_o d_o gaunt_n baron_n of_o folkinham_n 535_o a_o gawthorp_n 698_o f_o gait_n or_o black_a amber_n 719_o d_o gehennae_fw-la 21_o geddington_n 509_o f_o gedney_n or_o godney_n moor_n 230_o c_o geduch_n 18_o geffray_n ap_fw-mi arthur_n or_o of_o monmouth_n 5._o his_o narration_n of_o brutus_n and_o the_o name_n of_o britain_n discuss_v 5_o b_o geldable_a a_o part_n of_o suffolk_n 459_o c_o geld_v a_o river_n 783_o b_o geneu_fw-fr wat_fw-mi it_o signify_v 190_o saint_n genovef_n fernham_n 461_o e_o genounia_n a_o province_n in_o britain_n 66_o gentleman_n 177_o george_n duke_n of_o clarence_n murder_v 462_o e._n drown_v in_o a_o butt_n of_o malvesey_n 510_o e_o saint_n german_a in_o britain_n 132_o 192_o 410_o c._n he_o rebuke_v vortiger_n 624_o d._n preach_v against_o pelagian_n 378_o f._n 707_o d_o german_n call_v scythian_n 122_o german_n whence_o they_o take_v their_o name_n 26_o german_a word_n agree_v with_o the_o persian_a 129_o gernegans_fw-la knight_n 729_o d_o gernons_n a_o family_n 537_o b_o gernston_n 472_o f_o gerrard_n bramley_n a_o house_n and_o barony_n 584_o b_o gerrard_n de_fw-fr rhodes_n 541_o c_o gerrard_n a_o baron_n 584_o c_o gessi_fw-la 18_o gessum_n ibid._n gessoriacum_n 348_o a_o d._n it_o be_v bologne_n or_o bullen_n ibid._n d_o geveny_n or_o gevenny_n a_o river_n 635_o gevissi_n 294_o c_o giant_n in_o cornwall_n 186_o giant_n tooth_n and_o bone_n 451_o d_o giddy_a hall_n 441_o f_o giffard_n a_o family_n 581_o e_o giffard_n 365_o f_o giffard_n earles_n of_o buckingham_n 397_o d_o giffard_n baron_n 396_o a._n 541_o b_o gilbertine_n a_o religious_a order_n 534_o c_o gildas_n 8._o a_o learned_a professor_n 378_o f_o gild_a vale_n 617_o e_o gillesland_n barony_n 782_o e_o gillesland_n lord_n 786_o e_o gilling_n 730_o a_o gillingham_n forest_n 214_o d_o gilbourgh_n 507_o f_z a_o fort_n there_o 508_o a_o gipping_n see_v orwell_n gipping_n a_o village_n 463_o girald_n of_o windesor_n a_o valiant_a captain_n 652_o a_o girald_n or_o giraldines_n a_o noble_a and_o renown_a family_n 652_o b_o giraldus_n cambrensis_fw-la archdeacon_n of_o brecknock_n 627_o b_o giraldus_n cambrensis_fw-la 8_o girwy_n 743_o gervii_fw-la what_o people_n 491_o c_o gisburgh_n 721_o b_o gises_n a_o family_n 362_o b_o gisleberi_fw-la of_o clare_n earl_n of_o hertford_n 407_o b_o githa_n earl_n goodwin_n wife_n 207_o b_o glanoventa_n 812_o d_o glanvil_n a_o family_n 469_o a_o glass_n 19_o glass_n house_n 306_o e_o glamorganshire_n 641_o a_o glanford_n a_o town_n 543_o a_o glasier_n first_o bring_v into_o england_n 743_o a_o glastenbury_n abbey_n 226_o a_o glastum_fw-la that_o be_v woad_n 19_o glawn_n ibid._n gledaugh_n 652_o c_o glediau_n 215_o f_o glemham_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 465_o e_o glen_n a_o river_n 534_o d._n 815_o d_o glendal_n ibid._n gloucester_n shire_n 357_o a_o gloucester_n city_n 360_o d_o gloucester_n earl_n 368_o c._n d_o etc._n etc._n gloucester_n duke_n 369_o c_o gloucester_n hall_n in_o oxford_n build_v and_o enlarge_v 382_o a_o gluis_fw-la 20_o godiva_n the_o wife_n of_o earl_n leofrick_n 543_o d._n she_o free_v coventry_n from_o tribute_n 568_o a_o god_n house_n 268_o c_o godstow_n nunnery_n 376_o b_o godmanchester_n 498_o b_o godmanham_n 711_o c_o godolcan_n or_o godolphin_n hill_n 189_o godrick_n or_o goodrick_n a_o good_a and_o devout_a man_n 74â—_n a_o godrus_n a_o danish_a k._n christen_v 223_o godwin_n or_o goodwin_n sands_n 340_o f_o godwin_n or_o goodwin_n the_o earl_n of_o kent_n his_o treachery_n 295_o c_o his_o equivocation_n 307_o a_o his_o frandulent_a fetch_n to_o get_v barkley_n 36â—_n e_o gold-cliff_n 634_o e_o gold_n and_o silver_n vein_n 767_o b_o golden_n harnish_n find_v 816_o c_o gold_n and_o silver_n mine_n in_o cornewal_n 186_o gomer_n and_o his_o posterity_n 10_o gomer_n what_o it_o signify_v ibid._n goodwick_n 481_o c_o gorlois_n prince_n of_o cornwall_n 195_o gorlston_n 468_o d_o gorges_n a_o family_n 364â—_n â—_z gormo_n or_o guthrum_n the_o dane_n 463_o d_o gormod_n 21_o gormon_n the_o dane_n 498_o d_o gorombery_n 413_o d_o goropius_n becanus_n what_o he_o think_v as_o touch_v the_o name_n of_o britain_n 5_o goth_n language_n have_v some_o resemblance_n of_o welsh_a and_o dutch_a 123_o government_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n under_o and_o after_o constantine_n the_o great_a 76_o a_o goth_n depaint_v 123_o goth_n a_o noble_a nation_n 123_o goth_n and_o vandal_n the_o same_o ib._n they_o come_v from_o the_o getae_n 130_o gourmand_n 21_o gournaies_n or_o gornaye_n 222_o e_o matthew_n gournay_n 222_o f._n 364_o hugh_n de_fw-fr gornay_n a_o traitor_n 472_o goutte_n what_o they_o be_v 237_o b_o gower_n 646_o a_o grace_n dieu_fw-fr sometime_o a_o nunnery_n 521_o f_o grafton_n 506_o grafton_n in_o worcestershire_n 574_o e_o grandebeof_o a_o baron_n of_o normandy_n 712_o c_o grandison_n lord_n his_o descent_n 286_o b_o grandison_n lord_n 617_o d_o john_n grandison_n bishop_n of_o exeter_n 203_o b._n 206_o d_o grand-sergeanty_n 406_o c_o grant_n a_o river_n 486_o a_o grancester_n 486_o b_o grantham_n 537_o d_o hugh_n grantmaismill_n or_o grant-maisnill_a 518_o c_o granvill_n 645_o f_o granvils_n a_o family_n 646_o gratianus_n surname_v funarius_n and_o why_o 77._o perfidious_o slay_v by_o andragathius_n 81_o gratianus_n a_o britain_n declare_v emperor_n by_o the_o army_n 84_o gravesend_n 329_o b_o graham_n a_o family_n 781_o gregory_n the_o great_a a_o mean_n of_o the_o englishman_n conversion_n to_o christ_n 136_o greleye_n a_o family_n 746_o b_o greeklade_n see_v creeklade_n greek_n inhabit_v the_o coast_n and_o along_o the_o isle_n 27_o greek_n arrive_v in_o britain_n 28_o griesley_n castle_n 553_o c_o griesleys_n a_o ancient_a family_n ib._n e_o grenvils_n 196_o a_o west_n greenwich_n 326_o d._n greenwich_n 326_o d_o green_n a_o wealthy_a family_n 507_o a_o green_n norton_n ibid._n green_n noble_a gentleman_n 510_o c_o grenhaugh_n castle_n 753_o a_o gresham_n college_n 4â—5_n b_o greshenhal_n 482_o a_o greve_n what_o it_o signify_v 330_o a_o sir_n foulk_n grevil_n a_o worthy_a knight_n 517_o e_fw-la sir_n foulk_n grevil_n father_n and_o son_n worshipful_a knight_n 565_o f_o greys_n of_o grooby_n
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
49_o novantes_fw-la people_n of_o galloway_n carick_n kyle_n &_o cuningham_n 18_o mertae_n in_o sutherland_n novantum_fw-la chersonesus_n sive_fw-la promontorium_n the_o mull_n of_o galloway_n 19_o nodius_fw-la flu_fw-la the_o river_n nid_v 17_o orcas_n sive_fw-la tarverdrum_fw-la howbune_n 54_o randvara_n reinfraw_fw-ge 24_o rerigonium_n bargeny_n 19_o selgovae_n the_o people_n of_o lidesdale_n evesdale_n eskdale_n annandale_n and_o nidisdale_n 16_o tamea_n haply_o tanea_n in_o rosse_n taizali_n the_o people_n of_o buquahan_n 47_o tarvedrum_n promont_n see_v orcas_n tans_fw-fr flu_fw-fr tau_n the_o river_n 35_o 41_o vacomagi_n the_o people_n of_o murray_n 49_o vararis_fw-la murray_n ibid._n vernicones_n haply_o mernis_n 45_o victoria_n haply_o inch-keith_n 15_o vidogara_n haply_o air_n 20_o virvedrum_n see_v orcas_n uzellum_fw-la a_o place_n in_o eusdale_n 16_o the_o family_n of_o great_a worth_n and_o honour_n in_o scotland_n in_o this_o book_n mention_v a_o abercorne_n earl_n 15_o aberneth_n or_o abernothy_n 36_o albany_n dukâ—s_n 39_o angus_n or_o anguis_fw-la earl_n 4â—_n areskin_n see_v ereskin_n ardmanoch_n 52_o arol_n earl_n 42_o argilo_n earl_n 37,38_o arran_n earl_n 22_o athol_n earl_n 40_o aubigny_n or_o obigny_n lord_n 26_o b_o baclugh_n 16_o balmerinoch_n 34_o bothwell_n earl_n 48_o buquhan_n earl_n 48_o borthwicke_n baron_n 13_o boid_v baron_n 21,22_o brus_n 16,19_o c_o cambell_n 37_o cassile_a earl_n 19_o crawford_n earl_n 22_o cathanes_n earl_n 53_o creicton_n baron_n sauhquer_v 17_o 51_o carthcart_n 24_o carlile_n carrict_a bailive_n and_o earl_n 20_o chasteau_n herald_n duke_n 23_o clan-hatan_a 35_o clan-ranald_n 52_o colvil_n 32_o comen_fw-fr 36.45.48_o culrosse_n 32_o cuningham_n 21_o d_o darnley_n or_o darley_n 24_o douglasse_n or_o duglasse_n 19_o 23.45.48_o dromund_n 36_o dunbarre_v earl_n 11_o dunfirmling_n earl_n 13.32_o e_o eglington_n earles_n 21_o eriskin_n 12.29.47_o elphingston_n 29.34.49_o f_o fivie_n baron_n 32_o fleming_n 18.29_o forbois_n 46_o fraser_n 52_o felton_n viscount_n 12_o fife_n earl_n 35_o g_o gordon_n 49_o glencarn_n earl_n 21_o glamy_n baron_n 44_o graham_n 36_o goury_n 42_o greye_n 44_o galloway_n lord_n 693_o h_n hadington_n viscount_n 12_o halyburton_n ibid._n hamilton_n 15.22.23_o huntley_n 13.42.49_o hepburn_n 16_o hereis_n or_o herris_n 17_o hide_n 36.42_o home_n or_o hume_n baron_fw-fr de_fw-fr berwicke_n 11_o hume_z earl_n ibid._n i_o innerm_v 36_o k_o keith_n 45_o kennedis_n 19_o kir_n 10.15_o kinghorn_n earl_n 32.44_o kinloss_n 49_o l_o levenox_n or_o lennox_n earl_n 25_o lindesey_n 22.44.49_o lesley_n 34.49_o levingston_n 29_o leon_n or_o lion_n 32.43_o lovet_n 52_o linlithquo_n or_o lithquo_n earl_n 15_o lorn_n lord_n 38.49_o lothien_n earl_n 15_o lundoris_fw-la 34_o m_n mac-conell_a 38_o mac-intoscech_a 35_o mar_n earl_n 47_o martial_a earl_n 45_o maxwel_n 18_o menteith_n earl_n 36_o merch_n earl_n 11_o methwen_n 42_o murray_n earl_n 50_o montrose_n 44_o montgomery_n earl_n 21_o morton_n earl_n 17_o murray_n 36.40.42_o n_o newbottle_n 69_o o_o orkeney_n earles_n 53_o olyphant_n 36_o ogilvy_n or_o ogilby_n 44_o p_o pearth_n earl_n 42_o r_o ramsey_n 12.23_o randolph_n 50_o reinfraw_n 24_o rethwen_n 42_o rothes_n earl_n 35.49_o rothsay_n dukedom_n 22_o roos_n 24_o rosse_n earl_n 52_o roxburgh_n 10_o s_o scone_n 42_o scot_n 16_o steward_n 25.48.51_o sutherland_n earl_n 53_o seincler_n 32.53_o somervill_n 23_o seton_n 13_o sempell_v 24.49_o sauhquer_n or_o sanquer_v 17_o salton_n 49_o strathern_a earl_n 36_o spiny_a 49_o t_o toricles_n 17_o thirlestanâ—_n 10_o tulibardin_n 36_o five_o urquhart_n 52_o uchiltrey_n 21_o w_n wemmis_n 32_o wintwoun_n earl_n 13_o wigton_n earl_n 18_o z_o zeister_n or_o zester_n 10.12_o a_o table_n of_o ireland_n and_o the_o isle_n adjoin_v to_o britain_n a_o absenty_n 85_o admiral_n of_o england_n extent_n of_o his_o authority_n 232_o alderney_n 214_o anglesey_n 203_o antrim_n county_n 112_o annal_n of_o ireland_n 150_o annal_n of_o the_o isle_n of_o man_n 205_o arran_n 99.214_o armagh_n county_n 107_o arklo_n lord_n thereof_o 90_o art_n and_o piety_n sow_v among_o nation_n in_o sundry_a age_n 85_o b_o bagnall_n 121_o etc._n etc._n bannomanna_n 62_o barry_n 78_o base_a pool_n 227_o bernacle_n 204_o barnwell_n 94.95_o berminghams_n 100_o bingham_n 100l_n 103_o bisset_n 113_o bishopric_n of_o ireland_n 73._o poor_a 106_o blunt_n lord_n montjoy_z 77.105_o 107._o deputy_n 133_o etc._n etc._n boil_v barony_n 103_o brehon_n law_n 140_o britain_n be_v inhabit_v ireland_n 65_o britain_n herb_n 222_o britain_n huis_fw-la 221_o british_a armoury_n ibid._n british_a sea_n 57_o where_o deep_a 227_o burk_n 81.100.101.104.117_o etc._n etc._n burgus_n what_o 222_o buth_n 22_o butiphant_n viscount_n 78_o butler_n 82.88_o etc._n etc._n burrough_n baron_n lord_n deputy_n 115_o c_o caesarea_n 65_o cavon_n county_n 106_o cahir_n baron_n 82_o carew_n 76.79.85_o carick_a earl_n 82_o carausius_n 88_o cassiles_n archbishop_n 82_o casquet_n 224_o castle-conell_a baron_n 81_o caterlough_n county_n 85_o cattle_n 63_o cavanaghes_n 85_o cause_n of_o rebellion_n 101_o caurus_n the_o wind_n 59_o chamberlan_n 224_o cerne_n island_n 62_o chamber_n of_o ireland_n 95_o chevers_n 90_o chair_o boy_n 113_o clany-boy_n clan-moris_n 75_o clancar_n earl_n 76_o clandonels_a 101_o clan_n william_n 81_o clan_n gibbon_n ibid._n clogh_a bishopric_n 115_o clare_n county_n 98_o clan_n richard_n earl_n 100_o cogan_n 70.79_o connacht_v or_o conaught_n 98_o colby_n 86_o conaught_n lord_n 104_o constable_n of_o ireland_n 97_o colran_a county_n 114_o columb_n saint_n 215_o cork_n county_n 77._o a_o kingdom_n 79_o court_n of_o ireland_n 72_o coner_n bishopric_n 111_o curraghmore_n baron_n 79_o croft_n sir_n hugh_n slay_v 179_o curcy_n 71.77.53.209_o curthbert_n a_o saint_n 220_o cut_n coin_n livery_n 76.101_o d_o darcy_n 96_o deemstert_n 204_o delton_n 96_o dalvin_n baron_n ibid._n deputy_n of_o ireland_n 71_o desmond_n earl_n 76_o dessie_n viscount_n 79_o disease_n in_o ireland_n 63_o devereux_n 90_o dillon_n 96_o donell_n gormy_a 102_o docwra_n 133_o etc._n etc._n dublin_n county_n 91._o city_n and_o university_n 92._o mark_n 94_o duke_n of_o ireland_n ibid._n dunboin_fw-fr baron_fw-fr 85_o dunganon_n baron_n 115_o durgarvan_n barony_n 79_o dunkellin_n baron_n 100_o dansany_n baron_n 95_o 216_o e_o englishman_n first_o enter_v ireland_n 70_o eastmeath_n 95_o essex_n earl_n 112._o lord_n deputy_n 117_o ewst_fw-la 216_o f_o farn_n island_n 220_o fermoy_n viscount_n 78_o farn_n isle_n 220_o fermanagh_n county_n 106_o fitz_n eustace_n baron_n 88_o fitz-patric_n 8_o fitz-geralds_a 82.87_o fitz-stephens_n 70.79.89_o fitz-william_n lord_n deputy_n 121_o etc._n etc._n fitz-urse_a 107_o fortunate_a isle_n 217_o freeze_a sea_n 219_o g_o garnesey_n 224_o galloglass_n 101.147_o galloway_n county_n 99_o gavalock_n 122_o genevill_n 97.163_o gersey_n 224_o glinne_n 90.113_o goodwin_n sand_n 222_o gormanston_n viscount_n 95_o lord_n grey_n 75_o h_n hawk_n 63_o hereditary_a territory_n of_o england_n in_o france_n 232_o hylas_n island_n 216_o hirth_n ibid._n hoby_n 63_o holy_a cross_n of_o tiperary_n 82_o holy_a island_n 62.220_o holy-wood_n 94_o horse_n 63_o houth_n baron_n 94_o husey_n 95_o i_o ibarcan_a baron_n 99_o ila_n 215_o jenevill_n see_v genevill_n jona_n ibid._n iniskellin_n 106.112.101_o ireland_n call_v ogygia_n 64._o call_v scotia_n 66.117_o inhabit_v by_o britain_n 65._o not_o conquer_v by_o roman_n 66._o enter_v by_o henry_n the_o second_o 69._o divide_v 72._o neglect_a 118_o irishman_n out_o of_o spain_n 66_o irish_a monk_n 67.110_o teach_v the_o english_a to_o write_v 68_o their_o manner_n 140_o ireland_n neglect_v 218_o k_o kerry_n county_n 75_o kilkenny_n county_n 84_o kildare_n county_n 87._o earl_n killalo_n bishopric_n 100_o killin_n baron_n 95_o kinsale_n 135_o king_n county_n 86_o kern_n 147_o knight_n of_o the_o valley_n 81_o konctoe_n battle_n 100_o l_o lacy_n 82.95.96_o etc._n etc._n 203_o leinster_n 84_o leinster_n marquesse_n 94_o leicestre_n 86_o letrim_n county_n 103_o letrim_n baron_n ibid._n levison_n 135_o limerick_n county_n 81_o lewis_n 216_o lindisfarn_n 220_o lixnaw_v baron_n 75_o lovel_n 85_o longford_n county_n 97_o londey_n 202_o louth_n county_n 105._o earl_n ibid._n baron_n 106_o lycanthropia_n a_o disease_n 83_o m_o mac_n andan_n 85_o mac_n carty_n 77_o mac-clen_a 216_o mac_n connell_n 102.113.216_o mac_n guilly_n 113_o mac_n donell_n 120_o mac_n guir_n 106.121_o mac_n genis_n 109.120_o mac_n mahon_n 107_o mac_n morogh_n 69_o mac_n william_n 101.104_o mac_n teg_n 77_o man_n isle_n 203._o lord_n 213_o mac_n swim_v 117_o mac_n she_o be_v 82_o majo_n county_n 100_o mandevile_v 109.213_o marshal_n e._n of_o penbroke_a 70_o 86_o 87.155_o marshal_n of_o ireland_n 72_o malachi_n a_o saint_n 108_o meth_n 94._o the_o bishop_n 95._o the_o lord_n 96_o messet_n 155_o monaghan_n county_n 107_o montgarret_n viscount_n 89_o mont-norris_n 107.134_o more_o 105_o morley_n 72_o munster_n 74_o muscegro_n 99_o n_o nangle_n 96_o navan_n a_o baronet_n 95_o nogente_n or_o nugent_n 96_o norris_n sir_n john_n 122_o etc._n etc._n normandy_n lose_v 226_o
have_v all_o britan_n to_o be_v unâ—derstood_v sandwich_n *_o escaetria_n 23._o e._n 3._o p._n 2._o cantium_n the_o promontory_n the_o foreland_n foreland_n british_a sea_n sea_n or_o boil_v sandon_n deale_n where_o caesar_n arrive_v caesar_n entry_n into_o britain_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr artees_n natuâ—_n see_v page_n 34_o 35_o etc._n etc._n castra_n navalia_fw-la caesar_n ship-campe_n dubris_n dover_n darell_n in_o sussex_n suffragan_n to_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n a_o band_n of_o the_o tungricane_n castleguard_n change_v the_o streightâ—_n of_o calais_n or_o narrow_a sea_n whether_o brittany_n be_v in_o time_n pass_v join_v unto_o france_n france_n frowen_v shoal_n shoal_n welch_n de_fw-fr civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 16._o c._n 7._o 7._o as_o a_o type_n of_o the_o gentile_n call_v morini_n morini_n that_o be_v from_o itius_n portus_n the_o short_a passage_n between_o france_n and_o britain_n gessoriacum_n tabula_fw-la pentegeriana_n now_o set_v forth_o by_o m._n welser_n bonania_n galliae_fw-la pag._n 272._o in_o basil_n edition_n and_o pag._n 251._o l._n poining_n by_o king_n henric_n the_o eight_o his_fw-mi for_o rumney_n marsh._n marsh._n petrus_n nannius_n nannius_n viri_fw-la palnstres_fw-la 795._o rumney_n doomsday_n book_n book_n the_o penalty_n for_o these_o offence_n 1287._o lid._n dnagenesse_n dnagenesse_n hulver_n or_o holy-tree_n ilices_fw-la anderida_n andredceaster_n oxeney_n appledore_n sisingherst_n bengebury_n homsteed_n guildford_n kentish_n capon_n earl_n of_o kent_n an._n 15._o e._n 2._o saint_z brieu_o the_o walsingham_n duffin_n in_o the_o british_a tongue_n signify_v low_a deep_a or_o flat_a bodo_n what_o it_o signify_v in_o british_a and_o french_a french_a padus_n padus_n or_o cove_n wiccii_n vine_n and_o wine_n severn_n higra_fw-la forrest_n of_o deane_n arden_n iron_n lidney_n abone_n aventon_n trajectus_n s._n breulais_n severne_n tewksbury_n mustard_n pauncefote_n or_o pauncevolt_v placita_fw-la 15._o edw._n 1._o 1._o decurio_fw-la 878._o 878._o robert_n curthose_n curthose_n domes-day-booke_n domes-day-booke_n sextarios_fw-la *_o elmore_n minch_v cam-bridge_n *_o barkley_n see_v bristol_n in_o somersetshire_n goodwin_n fraudulent_a fetch_n fetch_n de_fw-fr honestis_fw-la â—nustas_fw-la k._n edward_n the_o second_o murder_v wilkes_n of_o stone_n or_o shellfish_n stonâ—fied_v shellfish_n stonify_v the_o bradstone_n deorham_n marianus_n marianus_n james_n of_o newmerch_a *_o de-la-ware_n wotton_n under_o edge_n viscount_n lisle_n douresley_n inq._n 6._o r._n 2._o vleigh_n escaetria_n 8._o h._n 4._o beverston_n castle_n cotswould_n will_v what_o it_o be_v in_o english_a campden_n inqui._n 2._o edward_n 1_o hales_n *_o alexander_n of_o hales_n he_o flourish_v 1230._o doctor_n ungain-said_a sudley_n baron_n of_o chan._n see_v baneret_n before_o baron_n of_o sudley_n 20._o h._n 6._o escaetria_n 13._o edward_n 4._o todington_n tracy_n winchelcombe_n sherifdome_n *_o coberley_n clifford_n baron_n 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