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tower_n 319._o d_o wilde_n ipres_n 332._o c._n earl_n of_o kent_n 352._o e_fw-la ipswich_n or_o gipwich_n 464._o c_o ireland_n the_o site_n thereof_o 56_o irk_v a_o river_n 746._o a_o irchenfield_n or_o archenfield_n 617._o e_o irt_n a_o riveret_n 765._o e_o irmunsull_n see_v ermine_n 64_o irthing_n a_o river_n 782._o f_o irthington_n 745._o e_o irwell_n a_o river_n 745._o e_o iron_n or_o iron_n mine_n 581._o b_o isa_n a_o river_n see_v usa_fw-la isabelâ—_n de_fw-fr fortibus_fw-la 207._o e_o isan_n parles_fw-fr a_o rock_n 763._o b_o isc_n river_n see_v ex._n isca_n danmoniorum_n 203._o f_o isca_n silurum_n 204._o a_o iscaw_n 20_o isis_n hair_n or_o isidis_n plocamos_a 211_o isis_n a_o river_n 241._o c_o isis_n a_o river_n in_o glocestershire_n see_v ouse_n islip_n 377._o a_o simon_n islip_n 332._o c_o is-urium_a brigantum_n 701._o c_o ithancester_n 443._o d_o itium_n be_v whitsan_n not_o callais_n 348_o judeal_o the_o totenais_n 201._o f_o ivel_n the_o river_n 221._o b_o julham_n or_o chilham_n 336._o b_o julia_n street_n 639._o e_o julian_n the_o apostata_fw-la usurp_v the_o empire_n 79._o be_v declare_v caesar_n 78_o julius_n caesar_n attempt_v britain_n 34_o julius_n a_o martyr_n in_o britain_n 73_o 636._o e_fw-la jullaber_n 336._o b_o ivo_n talboys_n of_o anjou_n 532._o f_o ivo_n a_o persian_a bishop_n 499._o a_o a_o jury_n of_o 12._o man_n 153_o justice_n of_o the_o forest_n 293._o e_fw-la justice_n ordain_v by_o aelfred_n 158_o justice_n of_o peace_n institute_v by_o k._n edward_n the_o three_o 160_o justice_n of_o assize_n 160.179_o justice_n or_o chief_a justicer_n of_o england_n 178_o justice_n itinerant_a 179_o justice_n in_o eyre_n ibid._n justice_n of_o goal_n delivery_n ibid._n justice_n of_o nisi_fw-la prius_fw-la ibid._n jutae_n a_o people_n in_o germany_n 128_o why_o so_o call_v 130_o ixning_n 459._o d_o k_n kaderne_a 18_o kainho_n a_o barony_n 401._o d_o katherine_n dowager_n of_o spain_n inter_v 513_o keiana_n scot_n 649._o b_o keidelston_n 553._o e_o keimes_n a_o barony_n 654._o c_o keina_n a_o devout_a virgin_n 236._o f_o keirch_n 20_o kilhop_n a_o riveret_n 738._o c_o kelnsey_n 714._o a_o kelsay_n 543._o a_o ken_n a_o river_n 753._o f_o kenchester_n 618._o d_o kendale_n or_o kirkby_n kendal_n 759_o kendale_n baron_n and_o earl_n ibid._n k._n kenelm_n a_o saint_n 365._o e_o kenelworth_n or_o killingworth_n 566_o kenelworth_n castle_n ibid._n dictum_fw-la de_fw-la kenelworth_n 567_o kenet_n the_o river_n 255_o a_o keninghal_n 472_o c_o keniwalcsh_n vanguish_v the_o britan_n 221_o d_o kent_n 323._o why_o so_o call_v ibid._n kentishman_n right_o courteous_a and_o valiant_a 324_o c_o kent_n earles_n 352_o d_o kentish_a pety-king_n or_o potentate_n 37_o kentsand_n 753_o f_o kentigern_n bishop_n of_o glasco_n 679_o c_o a_o great_a clerk_n 378_o f_o kernaw_n 183_o kernellare_n what_o it_o be_v 753_o f_o kesar_n for_o caesar_n 326_o c_o kesteven_n a_o part_n of_o lincolnshire_n 533_o b_o keston_n 326_o c_o keswicke_n 763_o c_o ket_n a_o rebel_n hang_v 473_o b_o kettel_n the_o name_n of_o a_o family_n 543_o b_o kettleby_n 543_o a_o kettering_n 510_o keven_n 21_o keven_n caer_n 661_o e_o kevenles_a castle_n 624_o a_o kevin_n 21_o saint_n kibie_n a_o holy_a man_n 673_o a_o kidderminster_n 573_o f._n a_o barony_n 514_o a_o kidwelly_n 649_o kildale_n castle_n 721_o e_o kighley_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 693_o kilgarth_n 192_o killey_n 816_o e_o kilgarran_n 654_o e_o killingworth_n see_v kenelworth_n kilmain_n lhoyd_n 650_o d_o kilnsey_n crag_n 697_o b_o kilpeck_n a_o castle_n and_o family_n 617_o the_o king_n champion_n ibid._n kilton_n castle_n 720_o c_o kime_n a_o noble_a family_n 535_o e_o kimbolton_n or_o kinnibantum_fw-la castle_n 501_o c_o kindreton_n 610_o b_o kindreton_n baron_n 609_o b_o kined_a a_o saint_n 646_o c_o kinefeage_n castle_n 644_o d_o king_n what_o it_o signify_v 163._o his_o sovereign_a power_n etc._n etc._n ibid._n his_o royal_a prerogative_n 163_o king_n of_o england_n make_v heir_n to_o their_o subject_n 485_o e._n f_o king_n in_o britain_n during_o the_o roman_n empire_n there_o 67_o the_o king_n court_n of_o justice_n 177_o king_n bench_n 178_o kingston_n lacie_n 216_o f_o king_n clear_v 272_o c_o king_n knight_n or_o taine_n 293_o e_o kingston_n upon_o tamis_n 297_o b_o king_n delfe_n 500_o b_o kingston_n upon_o hull_n 712_o d_o king_n ditch_n by_o cambridge_n 488_o c_o kingswood_n abbey_n 364_o c_o kinnoburga_n 502_o b_o kinnersley_n 620_o c_o kinton_n 561_o c_o kirkham_n 709_o d_o kirkby_n beller_n 522_o f_o kirkby_n morside_n 722_o c_o kirkby_n the_o same_o that_o pontfret_n 695_o c_o kirkby_n lonsdale_n 760_o c_o kirkby_n stephen_n ibid._n d_o kirby_n thore_fw-la 761_o c_o kirk_n oswald_n 777_o f_o kirkton_n 532_o c_o kirsop_n a_o river_n 781_o d_o kirtling_n 491_o b_o kirton_n 203_o d_o kit_n coty_n house_n 332_o b_o kitsons_n knight_n 461_o e_o knarisborow_n castle_n 699_o f_o knebworth_n 406_o e_o knevet_v a_o family_n 472_o c._n d_o knevet_n or_o knivet_n baron_n of_o escrick_n 707_o e_o knight_n what_o degree_n of_o gentry_n 170_o knight_n simple_o so_o call_v 173_o knight_n of_o four_o sort_n 171_o knight_n banaret_n ibid._n knight_n of_o the_o bath_n 172_o knight_n dub_v earl_n 174_o knight_n a_o title_n of_o dignity_n 175_o knight_n how_o dub_v 176_o knight_n bachelar_n ibid._n knight_n twelve_o employ_v in_o the_o conquest_n of_o glamorgan-shire_n 641_o e._n f_o knightleys_n ancient_a knight_n 508_o knighton_n 623_o e_o kniveton_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 553_o e_o knock_v castle_n 597_o b_o knoll_n 328_o a_o knoll_v baron_n the_o rotherfield_n 389_o e_fw-la knot_n a_o dainty_a fowl_n 543_o c_o knotsford_n a_o town_n 610_o c_o knute_n the_o hardy_a or_o hardy_a knut_n 143_o knute_n king_n of_o the_o danes_n vanquisheth_z ethelbert_n 143_o kowain_n 18_o kumero_fw-la 10_o kumbri_n or_o kambry_n 765_o b_o kumari_fw-la ibid._n kumeraeg_n ibid._n kwrm_n a_o british_a drink_n 31_o l._n laberius_n durus_n slay_v by_o kentishman_n lac_n a_o riveret_n 753_o d_o lacie_n 213_o d_o lacy_n conqueror_n of_o ireland_n 631_o c_o lacie_n the_o norman_a 695_o d_o john_n lackland_n who_o he_o be_v 255_o f_o lacon_n a_o family_n 591_o d_o lactorodum_fw-la seem_v to_o be_v stony_a stratford_n 397_o b_o laelianus_n a_o usurper_n in_o britain_n murder_v 71_o laetavia_n 111_o laeti_fw-la ibid._n laetus_n a_o valiant_a captain_n 69_o laeford_n by_o contraction_n lord_n 168_o lanae_fw-la 19_o lake_n in_o staffordsh_fw-mi of_o a_o strange_a nature_n 588_o b._n c_o william_n lambard_n commend_v 323_o b_o william_n lambard_n his_o hospital_n 327_o f_o lambeth_n 303_o b_o lambley_n nunnery_n 799â—_n â—_z lamborne_n 283_o f_o lambourn_n manor_n 440_o c_o lamprey_n 574_o c_o lane_n the_o name_n of_o a_o family_n 509_o f_o lanandiffry_n 649_o d_o lancashire_n 745_o lancaster_n or_o loncaster_n town_n 754_o b_o lancaster_n lord_n 755_o f_o lancaster_n earles_n 756_o lancaster_n duke_n 757_o lancham_n 463_o d_o lanchester_n 742â—_n â—_z landaff_n 642_o d_o land_n end_v 188_o lanerco_v abbey_n or_o priory_n 782_o c_o 785_o c_o langerston_n 465_o a_o abbot_n langley_n 414_o f_o king_n langley_n ibid._n f_o langley_n 592_o a_o langho_n 750_o a_o langton_n a_o family_n 752_o e_o langanum_n 668_o b_o lanheath_n 491_o a_o lapis_fw-la tituli_fw-la see_v stonar_n lacelle_v a_o family_n 707_o e._n 724_o c_o latham_n 749_o a_o latimer_n what_o it_o be_v 598â—_n â—_z latimer_n a_o town_n 394_o e_o latimer_n de_fw-fr corby_n a_o family_n 507_o b_o latimer_n lord_n 721_o f._n 729_o d_o latimer_n a_o surname_n 598_o c_o lavatrae_n 732_o d_o laver_n a_o river_n ibid._n e_o lavellin_n a_o high_a hill_n 767_o f_z lawleye_n a_o family_n 591_o f_z lawless_a court_n 441_o e_fw-la law_n of_o england_n in_o a_o tripartite_a division_n 153_o law-courts_a of_o england_n 177_o law_n that_o be_v heap_n of_o stone_n 802_o b_o de_fw-fr la_fw-fr land_n a_o family_n 542_o c_o laurence_n noel_n repayrer_n of_o our_o saxon_n language_n 188_o 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463_o c_o ogle_n castle_n 812_o a_o ogmor_n 643_o a_o ogle_n baron_n ibid._n oilway_o a_o riveret_n 636_o c_o oyster_n called_z mira_n 449_o f_o oyster_n hill_n by_o s._n alban_n 413_o d_o oyster_n pip_n in_o kent_n 335_o a_o okeham_n 526_o a_o okenyate_n 593_o oldbury_n 269_o d_o old_a man_n of_o bullen_n 345_o c_o old_n castle_n execute_v 329â—_n â—_z old_a street_n or_o ouldstreet_n 540â—_n â—_z old_a town_n 617_o c_o south_n okindon_n 442_o d_o o-neall_n great_a monarch_n of_o ireland_n 126_o onion_n hole_n 271_o b_o onion_n penny_n ibid._n e_o orbey_v a_o family_n 607â—_n â—_z orcas_n what_o point_n 1_o orchard_n the_o honour_n of_o certain_a baron_n 223â—_n â—_z ordalium_fw-la what_o trial_n 211_o a_o ordulph_n his_o tomb_n 199_o e_o ordgar_n ibid._n over_o a_o river_n 465_o d_o oreford_n ibid._n orell_n a_o family_n 748_o a_o oriall_a college_n in_o oxford_n 381_o d_o original_a of_o nation_n and_o their_o name_n 4_o ormesby_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 542_o c_o ormeskirke_n 744_o a_o orthote_n 139_o orton_n or_o overton_n 502_o b_o orwell_n a_o river_n 463_o f_o orwell_n haven_n 465_o a_o orewood_n 184_o osgodby_n 543_o a_o osith_v a_o virgin_n 451_o c_o s._n osiths_n a_o town_n ibid._n b_o osney_n abbey_n found_v 375_o c_o ostorius_n lieutenant_n for_o the_o roman_n 590_o a_o ostorius_n his_o adventure_n and_o service_n in_o britain_n 42.43_o his_o victory_n 44._o honour_a with_o triumphant_a ornament_n 45_o oswald_n bishop_n of_o worcester_n a_o maintainer_n of_o monastical_a life_n 576_o b_o oswald_n slay_v by_o penda_n 597_o glorious_o entomb_v 540_o f_o oswald_n 690_o f._n 806_o c_o oswald_n his_o epitaph_n 748_o c_o fables_n go_v of_o he_o 540_o f_o oswaldslaw_n hundred_o 578_o c_o oswestre_n 597_o c_o otherhalfe_n stone_n 191_o otelands_n 295â—_n â—_z otford_n 328_o e_o oteley_n 698_o d_o ottadini_n 796_o ottery_n river_n 206_o c_o otterbourne_n field_n 803_o c_o ottery_n s._n maris_n ibid._n overburrow_n 753_o d_o overwent_n 640_o b_o oulney_n 397_o c_o oundale_n for_o avondale_n 510_o c_o ounsbery_n hill_n 721_o d_o ousley_n 565_o e_o ouse_n a_o river_n in_o glocestershire_n 367_o a_o ouse_n river_n first_o call_v ure_n and_o your_o 689_o ouse_n or_o ouze_n river_n 241_o ouse_n the_o great_a 471_o b_o ousbourne_n a_o riveret_n 701_o d_o owen_n justice_n of_o the_o common_a plea_n 592_o a_o owen_n glendowerdwy_n or_o glendour_n a_o notable_a rebel_n 623_o c_o owers_n 274_o e_o outborow_n what_o it_o be_v 815_o b_o oxfordshire_n 373_o oxford_n 377_o c._n make_v a_o university_n 380_o f_o oxford_n earles_n 389_o d_o oxney_n 351_o f_o p_o pacatianus_n vicegerent_n or_o deputy_n in_o britain_n 75_o padstow_n 193_o palace_n in_o westminster_n 431_o b_o palatine_n what_o it_o be_v 601_o b_o paganell_n or_o painell_n 207_o b_o pagett_v of_o beaudesert_n baron_n 585_o a_o palatine_a count_n 167_o pandon_v gate_n 810_o b_o pant_n a_o river_n or_o creek_n 443_o b_o pannonian_n whence_o they_o take_v name_n 26_o pantulph_n baron_n 594_o c_o pall_n what_o it_o be_v 336_o d_o paul_n papinianus_n the_o great_a lawyer_n 703_o d_o palmer_n 366_o a_o pap_n castle_n 768_o a_o parr_n earl_n of_o essex_n 454_o f_o parr_n of_o kendale_n 759_o e_o parr_n lord_n of_o horton_n 509_o f_o parcus_n in_o varro_n for_o a_o park_n 375_o e_o parise_n a_o family_n 489_o e_fw-la parish_n first_o set_v out_o in_o england_n 160_o parish_n church_n how_o many_o in_o england_n 161_o park_n in_o england_n 375_o e_o parker_n a_o family_n 463_o e_o parker_n lord_n morley_n 473_o a_o parker_n baron_fw-fr mont-aegle_n 754_o a_o parliament_n house_n 431_o c_o parliament_n 177_o parrham_n a_o little_a town_n 465_o e_o passham_n 397_o b_o paston_n a_o townelet_n and_o family_n 478_o f_o pastwn_n 21_o pattern_n a_o bishop_n in_o wales_n 668_o b_o pateshul_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 507_o a_o pateshull_n
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