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23_o c_o 26_o b_o aethling_n that_o be_v the_o prince_n 614_o a_o aeton_n 393_o f_o aeton_n or_o eton_n school_n 288_o f_o agelocum_n 545_o f_o jul._n agricola_n lieutenant_n of_o the_o twenty_o legion_n in_o britain_n 53_o e._n propretor_n in_o britain_n 54_o b._n discomfit_v the_o ordovices_n 54_o c_o d._n conquer_v anglesey_n ibid._n his_o civil_a and_o politic_a government_n in_o britain_n 54_o f._n his_o martial_a skill_n 55._o his_o other_o virtue_n and_o behaviour_n 55_o 56._o he_o vanquisheth_z the_o caledonian_n 57_o his_o patience_n 57_o his_o oration_n to_o his_o soudier_n 59_o his_o victory_n 61._o his_o modesty_n 62_o agrippina_n the_o empress_n her_o haughty_a mind_n 44_o e_fw-la f_o aidon_n castle_n 808_o f_o ailesburies_n gentleman_n 395_o f_o ailesburie_n 395_o c_o ailesford_n 3â—1_n f_o ailwin_n healf_n koning_n 499_o e_o ainsbury_n or_o ainulphsbury_n 497_o c_o ainulph_n a_o religious_a man_n ibid._n airmins_n a_o family_n 5â—3_n a_o akemanstreet-way_n 377_o b_o alabaster-stone_n 544_o c_o alabaster_n stone_n about_o burton_n upon_o trent_n 586_o b_o alan_n a_o river_n 194_o c._n 246_o d_o alan_n the_o son_n of_o flaold_n 589_o f_o alaricus_n king_n of_o the_o goth_n 86_o b_o alaun_n a_o river_n 259_o c._n 813_o c_o alban_n a_o country_n 126_o c_o alban_n whence_o they_o take_v their_o name_n 26_o b_o s._n alban_n of_o verlam_n our_o stephen_n and_o protomartyr_n of_o britain_n 73_o f._n 409_o f_o albany_n 126_o s._n alban_n a_o town_n 408_o c_o s._n alban_n church_n &_o town_n 410_o c_o 412_o d_o s._n alban_n battle_n 413_o c_o albenies_n earles_n of_o sussex_n 320_o e_o albinus_n 126_o albina_n 24_o b_o albinus_n create_v caesar_n 68_o he_o usurp_v the_o empire_n 69._o be_v slay_v ibid._n albion_n 1_o 23._o whence_o it_o take_v name_n 24_o a_o albrighton_n 594_o a_o alchester_n 377_o b_o alcwin_n a_o learned_a english_a saxon_n 137_o f._n 704_o c_o alborow_n 701_o c._n 731_o c._n 466_o a_o aldelme_n abbat_n 244._o a_o singular_a scholar_n and_o a_o devout_a man_n ibid._n aldersgate_n in_o london_n 423_o d_o aldgate_n in_o london_n 423_o e_o aldingham_n 755_o d_o ale_n the_o ancient_a englishman_n drink_n 554_o f_o alen_n a_o riveret_n 676_o f._n 681_o f_o alexander_n of_o hales_n a_o great_a clerk_n 365_o a_o alexander_n the_o bountiful_a bishop_n of_o lincoln_n 383_o e._n 539_o d_o profuse_a in_o building_n 549_o d_o king_n alexander_n the_o great_a never_o in_o britain_n 32_o d_o alfreton_n 555_o e_o algar_n earl_n 379_o a_o alheale_n 14_o d_o alford_n in_o lincolnshire_n 542_o b_o alingtons_n a_o family_n 489_o e_o knight_n 406_o d_o alipius_n 79_o allabany_n 126_o allectus_n his_o treachery_n 73._o be_v vanquish_v and_o slay_v ibid._n allobrogae_fw-la 19_o almain_n whence_o they_o take_v their_o name_n 26_o b._n 124_o almondbury_n 692_o d_o alne_n river_n 566_o a._n 813_o c_o alnwick_n or_o anwich_n 813_o c_o alon_n a_o river_n 801_o e_o alone_a 794_o c_o alps_n of_o britain_n 667_o c_o alps_n why_o so_o call_v 24_o alresford_n 262_o e_fw-la all-soul_n college_n in_o oxford_n 382_o alsten_n more_o 799_o c_o alt_z a_o river_n 748_o c_o althorp_n 508_o d_o altar_n of_o the_o gentile_n and_o their_o religion_n 751_o d_o e_o alterynnis_n 617_o c_o altmouth_n a_o town_n 748_o e_o alvertonshire_n 723_o e_o alum_n make_v 217_o a_o alum_n earth_n discover_v by_o sir_n th._n chaloner_n knight_n 721_o d_o alured_n see_v aelfred_n alwena_n a_o devout_a woman_n 494._o d_o ambacti_fw-la 16_o amboglana_n 760_o b_o ambleside_n ibid._n ambresbury_n 254_o b_o ambro._n what_o it_o be_v 127_o abrones_n ibid._n ambrose_n aurelius_n 128_o ambrose_n aurelianus_n 254_o b_o amersham_n 394_o e_fw-la amphibalus_fw-la a_o martyr_n 636_o f_o ampthil_n 401_o d_o anas_n a_o river_n 297_o a._n why_o so_o call_v 245_o c_o ancaster_n 537_o b_o ancaster_n heath_n ibid._n d_o andate_fw-it or_o andates_n a_o goddess_n among_o the_o britain_n 31._o 457_o e_fw-la andradswald_n 306_o c_o audragathins_n a_o traitor_n drown_v himself_o 83_o anderida_n the_o weald_a 329_o d_o andernesse_n 752_o e_o androgeus_n cynobelinus_n his_o son_n the_o same_o that_o mandrubatius_n why_o so_o call_v 417_o e_o anesty_n in_o hertfordshire_n 405_o f_o angel_n a_o province_n in_o dania_n 130_o angel_n 610_o c_o ri._n angervil_n philobiblos_n 381_o f_o angle_n or_o englishman_n whence_o they_o come_v 130_o anglesey_n 671._o why_o so_o call_v 672_o c_o conquer_v by_o king_n edward_n the_o first_o ibid._n d._n invade_v by_o suetonius_n paulinus_n 49_o angotby_n 545_o a_o anger_n 440_o b_o ankam_n a_o river_n 543_o a_o ankro_n the_o river_n 569_o c_o anne_n wife_n to_o king_n richard_n the_o second_o 297_o d_o anne_n bullen_n mother_n to_o queen_n elizabeth_n 256_o f_o anna_n a_o christian_a king_n 466_o a_o annius_n viterbiensis_n 24_o anselm_n against_o priest_n marriage_n 201_o b_o ansty_n or_o ancienty_n liberty_n 707_o a_o ant_n or_o anton_n a_o river_n 260_o e_o antivestaeum_n 187_o anthony_n 193_o antoninus_n pius_fw-la britannicus_n 66_o philosophus_fw-la ibid._n anubis_n latrans_fw-la 17_o apelby_n 761_o a_o apennini_n 18_o apollinaris_n a_o herb_n 98_o appropriate_a church_n what_o they_o be_v and_o how_o many_o 161_o apthorp_n 514_o e_o aquila_n his_o pprophecy_n 214_o c_o aquileia_n the_o city_n commend_v 83_o aquitania_n why_o so_o call_v 27_o be_v 21_o ara_n ibid._n arar_n 20_o araxis_n a_o river_n in_o france_n 694_o a_o arat_fw-la 20_o arbeia_n 769_o c_o arch_n a_o court_n 181_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n 136_o archbishop_n three_o in_o britain_n 155._o in_o england_n two_o 160_o arconfield_n 618_o a_o archdeacon_n 222_o c_o archdeaconries_n in_o england_n how_o many_o 161_o archigubernius_fw-la 66_o ardudwy_n 665_o e_o areol_n 594_o e_o be_v a_o river_n 693_o f._n why_o so_o call_v 694_o a_o arian_n what_o they_o be_v 81_o arelate_n 21_o aremorica_n 19_o arfast_a bishop_n of_o east_n england_n 471_o f_o arden_n forest_n 358_o b_o arden_n
522_o a_o burrow_n bridge_n 701_o a_o burrow_n a_o town_n 522_o b_o baron_n burrow_n or_o burgh_n 303_o f_o burrough_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 522_o burrow_n of_o southwark_n 303_o d_o burthr_v the_o last_o king_n of_o mercian_n 554_o a_o burse_n of_o london_n or_o royal_a exchange_n 439_o b_o burgh_n upon_o sands_n 775_o e_o burgundian_n bring_v into_o britain_n 71_o burton_n lazar_n 522_o a_o burton_n upon_o trent_n 586_o b_o burwell_n castle_n 490_o burial_n of_o man_n with_o leg_n a_o cross_n 808_o a_o bury_v abbey_n 460_o e_fw-la bustler_n a_o family_n 489_o e_o busleys_n or_o bussey_n a_o family_n 535_o busy_a gap_n 800_o f_o butler_n of_o wem_n 592_o c_o butler_n of_o woodhall_n ibid._n c_o butler_n earl_n of_o wiltshire_n 256_o d_o butler_n a_o family_n 748_o b_o butler_n or_o boteler_n of_o ireland_n 752_o f_o butterby_n 739_o butsiet_a 20_o buttington_n 662_o burton_n well_o 557_o c_o byliricay_n 442_o e_o c_o cablu_n 21_o cadbury_n 221_o c_o cadier_n arthur_n or_o arthur_n chair_n a_o hill_n 627_o c_o cadocus_n earl_n of_o cornwall_n 197_o b_o cadugan_n ap_fw-mi blethin_n 658_o c._n 662_o c_o a_o renown_a britain_n caerulus_fw-la &_o caerulum_fw-la 24_o caesar_n entry_n into_o britain_n 343_o e_o where_o he_o pass_v over_o the_o tamis_n 295_o e_o caesaromagus_n 442_o b_o caesarea_n the_o name_n of_o many_o city_n 442_o b_o jul._n caesar_n his_o temperance_n and_o small_a port_n 38_o his_o patience_n ibid._n conquer_v not_o britain_n 38_o he_o neglect_v britain_n ibid._n caesares_fw-la 164_o caer_n what_o it_o signify_v 204_o a_o caer_fw-mi caradocke_n a_o hill_n 590_o a_o caer_fw-mi custein_v 668_o d_o caerdiff_n 642_o d_o caerfuse_n 661_o e_o caer_n gai_n 666_o a_o caer_fw-mi guby_n 673_o a_o caer_fw-mi guortigern_n ibid._n caerhean_n ibid._n caer_fw-mi leon_n ibid._n caermardenshire_n 649_o caermarden_n city_n 649_o e_o caernarvonshire_n 667_o caernarvon-towne_n 668_o e_o caer_n palladâ—r_n 270_o a_o caer_fw-mi phillicastle_n 642_o a_o caer_fw-mi segonte_fw-fr 270_o a_o caer_fw-mi vorran_n 800_o e_o caer_n go_v 633_o d_o caer_n wisk_n 679_o d_o caihaigne_v a_o family_n 395_o caius_n caesar_n mean_v to_o invade_v britain_n 40._o his_o vanity_n his_o voyage_n thither_o 41._o his_o triumph_n over_o britain_n 42_o cainsham_n 236_o e_fw-la calaterium_fw-la nemus_fw-la 723_o d_o caishoberry_n 415_o a_o calc_n i._o lime_n calcaria_n 699_o a_o calder_n the_o river_n 691_o a_o caldwell_n 731_o c_o caledonian_n make_v head_n against_o the_o roman_n 56_o caloughdon_n 568_o c_o calphurnius_fw-la agricola_n 66_o calshot_n or_o caldshore_n 260_o d_o calveley_n a_o place_n and_o worthy_a family_n 608_o d_o sir_n hugh_n calveley_n a_o valiant_a knight_n 608_o d_o callais_n no_o ancient_a town_n 348_o b_o calthrop_n a_o family_n 463_o e_o cam_n a_o river_n why_o so_o call_v 486_o a_o cam_n 21_o camalet_n 221_o b_o camalet_n town_n ibid._n c_o camalodunum_n 43._o lose_v 50_o cambodunum_n 449._o camb-alan-river_n 194_o camboritum_n 486_o a_o camden_n or_o camp_n den_n 364_o f_o camden_n the_o author_n his_o opinion_n of_o the_o name_n of_o britannia_n and_o the_o original_n of_o britan_n 9_o cambridge_n in_o glocestershire_n 362_o c_o cambridgeshire_n 485_o cambridge_n deface_v and_o burn_v 488_o b_o cambridge_n town_n and_o university_n 486_o c_o when_o it_o become_v a_o university_n 489_o a_o camulus_fw-la a_o god_n 446_o e_o camel_n a_o river_n 194_o camelsford_n ibid._n candishor_n cavendish_n 554_o b_o camois_n baron_n 312_o e_fw-la candocus_fw-la see_v cadocus_n cambridge_n earl_n 495_o e_o camvills_n a_o family_n 569_o a_o camur_fw-la 21._o candetum_n 20_o cangi_n a_o people_n in_o britain_n 611_o b_o 231_o a._n subdue_v 43_o cankwood_n 583_o e_fw-la canterium_fw-la 19_o cantroe_v 20_o cantelowe_n a_o honourable_a family_n 514_o a_o cantlow_n 201_o f_o th._n cantlow_n a_o bishop_n and_o saint_n 619_o c_o cantium_n what_o cape_n 1_o canterbury_n college_n in_o oxford_n 381_o a_o canterbury_n 336_o c._n canterbury_n archbishop's_n primate_fw-la of_o britain_n 338_o e_z cantre_v what_o it_o be_v 650_o b_o cantre_v bitham_n ibid._n cantre_v maur_n 650_o c_o can_n a_o river_n 759_o c._n 445_o d_o cancefeild_n a_o family_n 755_o d_o candale_n or_o kendale_n a_o barony_n 759_o c_o canel_n cole_n 735_o d_o canonium_n be_v chelmesford_n 445_o d_o cantabri_n and_o scythian_n of_o like_a manner_n 121_o canvey_n isle_n 441_o a_o cantaber_n a_o spaniard_n founder_n of_o cambridge_n university_n 487_o a_o canutus_n his_o apophth_n 261_o e_o canvills_n a_o family_n 515_o c_o capgrave_n his_o legend_n 646_o capitatio_fw-la a_o tribute_n 100_o caradauc_v urichfas_n 590_o c_o king_n caradock_n 633â—_n â—_z f._n deliver_v unto_o ostorius_n 590_o a._n take_v prisoner_n by_o queen_n cactismana_n 44._o his_o undaunted_a courage_n ibid._n caratacus_n prince_n of_o the_o dimeiae_fw-la 657_o e._n 43_o caranton_n 220_o cardiganshire_n 657._o lord_n thereof_o 658_o c_o cardigan_n a_o town_n 657_o e_o careg_n castle_n 650_o carleton_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 472_o d_o carew_n of_o surry_n 302_o c_o carew_n a_o family_n 652_o c_o carew_n castle_n ibid._n carew_n of_o anthony_n 198_o d_o carewe_n a_o noble_a family_n 202_o e_fw-la 282_o d_o carry_v 202_o e_fw-la r._n carew_n 193_o carew_n baron_n of_o clopton_n 565_o b_o careston_n 517_o c_o carlisle_n 778_o d._n old_a carlisle_n 773_o b._n carlisle_n have_v one_o earl_n 780_o d_o carnaby_n a_o family_n 808_o f_o carthismandua_n wife_n to_o venusius_n a_o stout_a lady_n 48._o her_o loose_a life_n and_o adultery_n 53_o carmelite_n friar_n 351_o e._n bring_v first_o into_o england_n 813_o d_o carthmell_n 755_o a_o caribec_n 121_o carisbrook_n 275_o c_o careswell_n a_o castle_n and_o family_n 587_o carausius_n usurp_v the_o empire_n 72._o govern_v britain_n well_o ib._n slay_v by_o allectus_n 72_o carus_n and_o carinus_n emperor_n 73_o carminow_n 190_o car_n a_o family_n 815_o carr_n a_o river_n 210_o c_o carmouth_n 210_o b_o carram_n 815_o a_o carvill_n a_o family_n 481_o a_o carvilius_n 37_o henry_n cary_n baron_n of_o hunsden_n his_o high_a and_o noble_a descent_n 408_o 409_o sir_n edmund_n cary_n knight_n of_o high_a descent_n 414_o e_o cassibelinus_n general_n of_o the_o britain_n army_n 36_o cassibellinus_n or_o cassiavelanus_fw-la encounter_v caesar_n and_o the_o roman_n 37._o be_v repulse_v ibid._n treat_v about_o peace_n with_o caesar_n 37_o cassii_n 391_o c._n why_o so_o call_v ibid._n f_o caster_n 473_o d_o caster_n in_o huntingdonshire_n 502_o a_o castigand_n a_o high_a hill_n 501_o d_o castle_n in_o the_o peake_n ib._n 502_o a_o castle_n acre_n 481_o c._n 557_o d_o castle_n ashby_n 509_o e_o castle_n camp_n 488_o f._n 489_o f_o castle_n cary_n 696_o b_o castle_n coach_n 662_o b_o castle_n colwen_n or_o of_o maud_n in_o colewent_n 623_o b_o castle_n crest_n by_o lichfeild_n 582_o e_o castle_n comb_n 243_o e_o castle_n dinas_n bran_n 677_o c_o castle_n dinas_n 628_o d_o castleford_n 695_o a_o castle_n gardiner_n 345_o a._n 201_o c_o castle_n pain_n 623_o b_o castle_n steed_n 783_o b._n 793_o d._n 808_o castor_n 542_o d_o catadunae_fw-la or_o waterfall_n 759_o f_o castellan_n denis_n 194_o catesby_n a_o town_n 508_o b._n anancient_a family_n ib._n taint_v by_o rob._n catesby_n of_o ashbie_n saint_n leger_n ibid._n 431_o d_o catheri_fw-la heretic_n 84_o catlidge_n 498_o b_o catmose_n a_o vale_n 525_o f_o caterna_n 18_o caterva_fw-la ibid._n cattieuch_n lani_fw-la 391_o catarick_n 730_o c_o d_o caturactonium_n 730_o c_o caturfa_n 18_o caud_n a_o river_n 778_o b_o caudbeck_n ibid._n c_o sir_n will._n cavendish_n or_o candish_n baron_n of_o hardwick_n 556_o a_o cave_n a_o family_n 515_o b_o a_o cave_n wonderful_a in_o glamorganshire_n 643_o b_o course_n castle_n 592_o e_o causey_n or_o highway_n in_o britain_n 63._o what_o name_v they_o have_v in_o divers_a author_n 64._o by_o who_o and_o how_o they_o be_v make_v 64._o in_o italy_n and_o else_o where_o 64_o cawood_n 707_o d_o caxton_n 485_o c_o cecily_n nevil_n mother_n to_o king_n edward_n the_o four_o 511_o b._n a_o unfortunate_a lady_n ibid._n b_o c._n her_o tomb_n subvert_v 510_o e_fw-la rob._n cecil_n baron_n of_o essendon_n viscount_n cranburn_n 217_o c_o rob._n cecil_n earl_n of_o salisbury_n 250_o e_o thomas_n cecil_n earl_n of_o excester_n 206_o a_o sir_n wil._n cecil_n baron_fw-fr burghley_n 514_o e_o cedos_n caesar_n 18_o century_n see_v hundred_o celtae_n whence_o derive_v 20_o cerdick_n a_o warlike_a saxon_a 477_o d_o cerdick_n sand_n ibid._n cerdick_n shore_n ibid._n cerastis_n 184_o cerealis_n vanquish_v 50._o he_o conquer_v the_o brigantes_n 54_o cerne_n abbey_n 212_o b_o cerygy_n drudion_n 675_o c_o cester_n a_o addition_n to_o city_n 517_o cester_n over_n ibid._n cleyc_a 518_o b_o chad_n a_o famous_a bishop_n of_o lichfield_n 585_o e._n 441_o a_o canonize_a a_o saint_n ibid._n sir_n thomas_n chaloner_n a_o learned_a knight_n 721_o d_o
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 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