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A40672 The history of the worthies of England who for parts and learning have been eminent in the several counties : together with an historical narrative of the native commodities and rarities in each county / endeavoured by Thomas Fuller.; History of the worthies of England Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661.; Fuller, John, b. 1640 or 41. 1662 (1662) Wing F2441; ESTC R6196 1,376,474 1,013

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richard_n badew_o essex_n 335_o john_n badby_n lond._n 204_o sir_n francis_n bacon_n westmin_n 241_o robert_n bacon_n oxf._n 337_o sir_n nicholas_n bacon_n suff._n 62_o 75_o ralph_n baines_n york_n 197_o john_n baconthorpe_n norfolk_n 255_o william_n baitman_n norw_n 276_o sir_n richard_n baker_n oxf._n 338_o john_n bale_n suff._n 60_o thomas_n bagnol_v staff_n 44_o christopher_n bambridge_n westmorl_n 136_o bankinus_n londin_n lond._n 217_o sir_n john_n banks_n cumb._n 219_o john_n ball_n oxf._n 339_o john_n bancroft_n ib._n 333_o richard_n bancroft_n lanc._n 112_o ralph_n baldock_n her●…f_n 21_o sir_n paul_n ban_v essex_n 347_o hugo_n de_fw-fr balsham_n camb._n 160_o amias_n bamfeild_n devon_n 272_o richard_n barnes_n lanc._n 110_o william_n barry_n kent_n 94_o thomas_n barrington_n essex_n 340_o john_n barnston_n chesh._n 183_o john_n barkham_n devon_n 276_o juliana_n barnes_n lond._n 217_o richard_n de_fw-fr barking_n essex_n 325_o adam_n of_o bark_v ib._n 332_o thomas_n barret_n ib._n 340_o a_o john_n barret_n norfolk_n 258_o john_n barnet_n hertf._n 21_o edward_n bash_n ib._n 30_o richard_n de_fw-fr baskervill_n heref._n 44_o sir_n james_n baskervill_n ib._n 46_o john_n barningham_n suff._n 69_o herbert_n de_fw-fr basham_n sussex_n 101_o william_n barlow_n ib._n 103_o salephilax_n the_o bard_n wales_n 13_o john_n of_o basingsloke_n hant._n 10_o b_o valentine_n barret_n kent_n 94_o john_n basket_n berk._n 108_o thomas_n basket_n dorce_v 28●…_n john_n basket_n wilt._n 163_o abbot_n of_o battle_n sussex_n 106_o walter_n the_o bawd_n simon_n &_o alii_fw-la essex_n 343_o james_n baynam_n glocest._n 354_o richard_n basset_n bedf._n 121_o john_n basset_n cornw._n 210_o thomas_n beckington_n somers_n 23_o thomas_n becket_n lond._n 203_o bede_n durham_n 292_o sir_n thomas_n beigney_n devon_n 265_o philip_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr beach_n berk._n 104_o margaret_n beaufort_n bedf._n 115_o anne_n beauchamp_n ox●…_n 330_o richard_n beauchamp_n berk._n 92_o  _fw-fr &_o worc._n 171_o sir_n edward_n bellingham_n westmorl_n 138_o thomas_n bell_n glocest._n 362_o beavois_n hant._n 9_o
devon_n 262_o roger_n come_v ibid._n 268_o dr._n john_n cousin_n durh._n 295_o dr._n richard_n cousin_n ibid._n 296_o thomas_n cole_n berk._n 97_o sir_n john_n cokeyn_n bedf._n 116_o richard_n cox_n buck_n 131_o samuel_n collins_n ibid._n 137_o ralph_n of_o cogshall_n essex_n 332_o henry_n cotton_n hants_n 7_o sir_n robert_n cotton_n hunt_v 52_o sir_n rowland_n cotton_n shrop._n 16_o william_n cotton_n lond._n 206_o t●…omas_n cotton_n camb._n 167_o william_n collet_n ibid._n 161_o john_n of_o cornwa●…_n cornw._n 203_o godfrey_n of_o cornwall_n ibid._n  _fw-fr sir_n john_n cornwall_n shr●…p_n 15_o brian_n cornwall_n staff_n 53_o richard_n conwail_v heref._n 46_o thomas_n conisby_n hertf●…_n 32_o sir_n thomas_n conisby_n heref._n 47_o john_n courcy_n somers_n 25_o john_n collington_n ibid._n 30_o thomas_n coriat_n somers_n 31_o william_n coppinger_n suff._n 71_o sir_n william_n co_n d●…ll_o ibid._n 7●…_n eleanor_n cobham_n surr._n 80_o richard_n corbet_n ibid._n 83_o john_n col●…on_n norfolk_n 255_o john_n coupeland_n northumb._n 312_o richard_n courtney_n devon_n 252_o william_n courtney_n ibid._n 250_o peter_n courtney_n ibid._n 253_o richard_n crackanthorp_n cumb._n 221_o sir_n randall_n crew_n chesh._n 178_o randall_n crew_n ibid._n 184_o william_n crew_n ibid._n ibid._n thomas_n crofts_n suff._n 75_o james_n cranford_n warw._n 128_o lyonel_n c●…anfeild_n lond._n 211_o sir_n james_n crofts_n heref._n 41_o thomas_n cranley_n surr._n 81_o thomas_n cranmer_n nott._n 316_o robert_n crowley_n northamp_n 290_o roger_n of_o crowland_n linc._n 164_o thomas_n cromwell_n surr._n 83_o sir_n oliver_n cromwell_n hunt_n 54_o thomas_n cromwell_n cambr._n 168_o sir_n henry_n cromwell_n ibid._n 169_o sir_n george_n crook_n buck._n 133_o john_n croke_n ibid._n 140_o john_n crane_n camb._n 160_o william_n crowmer_n kent_n 95_o ralph_n cudworth_n lanc._n 117_o henry_n cuffe_n somers_n 28_o bartholomew_n culie_n leic._n 132_o thomas_n curson_n lond._n 223_o john_n curd_n northamp_n 283_o sir_n john_n cut_v cambr._n 168_o roger_n curson_n derb._n 232_o john_n cut-cliffe_n devon_n 263_o hugh_n curwen_n alias_o coren_n westmor_n 140_o john_n cumin_n alias_o come_v worc._n 167_o d._n name_n shire_n page_z michael_n dalton_n camb._n 159_o sir_n robert_n dallington_n northamp_n 288_o sir_n thomas_n dacres_n hertf._n 32_o henry_n danvers_n wilt._n 153_o marry_o dale_n somers_n 37_o samuel_n daniel_n ibid._n 28_o walter_n daniel_n york_n 205_o george_n day_n shrop._n 5_o william_n day_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr sir_n john_n darell_n berk._n 111_o james_n davenant_n lond._n 207_o sir_n humphrey_n davenport_n chesh._n 178_o john_n damerell_n devon_n 271_o john_n of_o darlington_n durh._n 295_o robert_n darcy_n essex_n 339_o john_n davies_n heref._n 40_o sir_n robert_n dennis_n devon_n 272_o baldwin_n devonius_n ibid._n 274_o sir_n edward_n denny_n hertf._n 32_o robert_n devereux_n heref._n 38_o walter_n devereux_n ibid._n 46_o  _fw-fr &_o caermar_n 28_o john_n dee_n lanc._n 116_o john_n delves_n staff_n 53_o simon_n dewes_n suff._n 75_o david_n archidiaconus_fw-la bedf._n 122_o francis_n dillingham_n ibid._n 117_o sir_n james_n dier_n somers_n 25_o john_n digby_n warw._n 124_o richard_n of_o devise_n wilt._n 155_o john_n diggons_n hant._n 14_o leonard_n digges_n kent_n 82_o daniel_n dike_n hertf._n 28_o jeremiah_n dike_n ibid._n  _fw-fr nicholas_n dixon_n ibid._n 29_o sir_n wolstan_n dixie_n hunt_v 53_o sir_n robert_n dimock_n line_n 174_o sir_n william_n doddington_n hants_n 14_o robert_n dodford_n northamp_n 290_o sir_n william_n dormer_n bedf._n 126_o robert_n dormer_n buck_n 141_o thomas_n dorman_n ibid._n 137_o john_n dod_n chesh._n 181_o thomas_n dove_n lond._n 207_o john_n doreward_n essex_n 339_o sir_n john_n doderidge_n devon_n 257_o george_n downham_n chesh._n 189_o john_n downham_n ibid._n 191_o john_n donne_n lond._n 221_o john_n douland_n westminst_n 244_o edmund_n doubleday_n ibid._n 245_o sir_n robert_n doyle_n oxf._n 345_o sir_n william_n druery_n suff._n 63_o drugo_n drury_n norfolk_n 272_o thomas_n drax_n warw._n 125_o michael_n drayton_n ibid._n 126_o john_n driton_n sussex_n 109_o john_n drusius_n hants_n 12_o sir_n francis_n drake_n devon_n 261_o st._n dunstan_n somers_n 21_o william_n dudley_n staff_n 42_o edmund_n dudley_n ibid._n 43_o john_n dudley_n ibid._n 44_o 53_o sir_n robert_n dudley_n surr._n 84_o augustin_n dudley_n northamp_n 283_o john_n of_o dunstable_n bedf._n 116_o arthur_n duck_n devon_n 262_o brian_n duppa_n kent_n 73_o james_n duport_n leic._n 134_o richard_n dugard_a worc._n 176_o e._n name_n shire_n page_z robert_n eaglesfield_n cumberl_n 222_o adam_n de_fw-fr easton_n heref._n 36_o st._n ealphage_n kent_n 67_o john_n easday_n ibid._n 99_o ealread_n of_o rievaulx_n york_n 205_o st._n ebba_n northumb._n 304_o thomas_n ecklestone_n chesh._n 180_o king_n edward_n iii_o berk._n 88_o edward_n son_n to_o king_n edgar_z dorset_z 278_o king_n edward_n i._n westmin_n 236_o king_n edward_n iu._n caernar_n 28_o st._n edward_n the_o confessor_n oxf._n 331_o king_n edward_n v._n westmin_n 337_o king_n edward_n vi._n middl._n 178_o edward_n son_n to_o edward_n iii_o oxf._n 330_o edward_n son_n to_o king_n richard_n iii_o york_n 191_o edward_n son_n to_o king_n henry_n vi._n westmin_n 236_o st._n edmund_n berk._n 89_o  _fw-fr &_o suff._n 56_o edmund_n son_n to_z king_n henry_n vii_o kent_z 66_o edmund_n son_n to_z king_n edward_z iii_o hertf._n 19_o edmund_n son_n to_z king_n edward_z i._n oxf._n 330_o edmund_n of_o hadham_n hertf._n 19_o thomas_n edwardston_n suff._n 59_o sir_n clement_n edmunds_n shrop._n 6_o sr._n edwold_n oxf._n 331_o st._n edburgh_n hant._n 4_o  _fw-fr &_o buck._n 128_o thomas_n eden_n essex_n 336_o richard_n edgcomb_n devon_n 271_o sir_n peter_n edgeombe_n cornw._n 210_o st._n edith_n wilt._n 147_o william_n edendon_n ibid._n 150_o john_n ede_fw-mi wales_n 15_o st._n edilburge_n essex_n 322_o william_n egremont_n cumb._n 220_o sir_n thomas_n egerton_n chesh._n 176_o eleanor_n daughter_n to_o king_n edward_n i._n berk._n 88_o  _fw-fr &_o hants_n 4_o queen_n elisabeth_n kent_n 66_o elisabeth_n daughter_n to_o king_n edward_n iu._n westmin_n 237_o elisabeth_n daughter_n to_o king_n charles_n i._n ibid._n 239_o elisabeth_n daughter_n to_o earl_n of_o clare_n suff._n 71_o elisabeth_n daughter_n to_o king_n edward_n i._n flint_n 37_o thomas_n of_o ely_n suff._n 68_o hugh_n elio_n somers_n 35_o sir_n thomas_n eliot_n camb._n 168_o nicholas_n of_o ely_n camb._n 152_o humphrey_n ely_n heref._n 41_o st._n elfred_n hunt_v 49_o john_n of_o eltham_n kent_n 65_o bridget_n of_o eltham_n ibid._n  _fw-fr john_n elryngton_n middl._n 188_o elvodugus_n probus_n flint_n 39_o sir_n richard_n empson_n northamp_n 287_o wi●…liam_n englebert_n dorce_v 284_o samson_n erderswick_n staff_n 45_o john_n erghom_n york_n 230_o william_n essex_n berk._n 108_o henry_n de_fw-fr essex_n bedf._n 121_o alexander_n of_o esseby_n somers_n 27_o nicholas_n estwick_n northamp_n 291_o ethelbert_n heref._n 35_o st._n ethelburgh_n essex_n 322_o sylvester_n de_fw-fr everton_n bedf._n 116_o john_n eve●…sden_n cambr._n 157_o hugh_n of_o evesham_n worc._n 168_o elias_n of_o evesham_n  _fw-fr 174_o walter_n of_o evesham_n  _fw-fr 176_o walter_n eustathius_n york_n 195_o marbod_v evan_n wales_n 10_o william_n evans_n monm_n 54_o sir_n ralph_n evar_n alias_o ewer_n york_n 222_o sir_n thomas_n exmew_n denb_n 35_o william_n of_o exeter_n 〈◊〉_d 275_o sir_n simon_n eyre_n suff._n 71_o f._n name_n shire_n page_z peter_n fabel_n middl._n 186_o anthony_n faunt_n 〈◊〉_d 142_o robert_n fabian_n lond._n 218_o john_n fastolfe_n norfolk_n 253_o eustathius_n de_fw-fr fauconbridge_n york_n 195_o guido_n de_fw-fr fairfax_n ibid._n 199_o sir_n nicholas_n fairfax_n ibid._n 222_o robert_n farrar_n caermar_n 27_o sir_n jeffrey_n fenton_n notting_n 319_o edward_n fenton_n ibid._n 318_o roger_n fenton_n lanc._n 116_o john_n fen_n somers_n 29_o sir_n richard_n fenys_n oxf._n 345_o daniel_n feat_o ibid._n 340_o nichol●…s_n of_o fernham_n surr._n 80_o john_n feckenham_n worc._n 177_o haimo_n of_o feversham_n kent_n 80_o besil_n feriplace_n berk._n ●…10_n henry_n filmer_n ibid._n 90_o sir_n anthony_n fitz-herbert_n derb._n 253_o richard_n fishacre_n alias_o 〈◊〉_d devon_n 263_o richard_n fishbourn_n hunt_n 53_o simon_n fish_n kent_n 69_o john_n fisher_n leic._n 141_o  _fw-fr &_o york_n 194_o edward_n fines_n linc._n 158_o sir_n moil_n finch_n kent_n 96_o sir_n henry_n finch_n ibid._n 76_o sir_n john_n fineux_n ibid._n ibid._n bertram_z fitz-allin_n linc._n 166_o robert_n floyd_n alias_o fludd_n kent_n 78_o richard_n fletcher_n kent_n 72_o giles_n fletcher_n ibid._n 78_o  _fw-fr &_o lond._n 221_o john_n 〈◊〉_d northamp_n 288_o fleta_n or_o fleet_n lond._n 212_o florence_n of_o worcester_n worc._n 174_o william_n flower_n camb._n 151_o humphrey_n foster_n berk._n 107_o humphrey_n forster_n ibid._n 109_o humphrey_n foster_n cumb._n 218_o john_n de_fw-fr ford_n devon_n 263_o john_n fowler_n somers_n 36_o gilbert_n fo●…ot_n devon_n 251_o robert_n foliot_n ibid._n iaeid_v sir_n henry_n fortescue_n ibid._n 256_o sir_n john_n fortescue_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr sir_n adrian_n fortescue_n  _fw-fr
 _fw-fr edward_n fox_n gloc._n 355_o richard_n fox_n linc._n 157_o john_n fox_n ibid._n 167_o martin_n fotherbie_n ibid._n 158_o william_n de_fw-fr folvil_n leic._n 133_o john_n freeman_n northamp_n 301_o ralph_n fresbourn_n northumb._n 307_o st._n frideswide_a oxf._n 331_o valentine_n 〈◊〉_d york_n 228_o edward_n frieze_n ibid._n ibid._n sir_n martin_n frobisher_n ibid._n 202_o acceptus_fw-la fruin_n suss._n 104_o sir_n thomas_n frowicke_n 〈◊〉_d 183_o thomas_n frowicke_n ibid._n 188_o william_n fulke_n lond._n 219_o furio_n co_fw-la de_fw-fr brean●…ee_o berk._n 104_o stephen_n de_fw-fr fulbu●…ne_n camb._n 152_o nicholas_n fuller_n hants_n 12_o g._n name_n shire_n page_z william_n gascoigne_n bedf._n 125_o thomas_n gascoigne_n york_n 208_o sir_n william_n gascoigne_n ibid._n 199_o sir_n john_n gates_n essex_n 346_o john_n de_fw-fr gatesden_n hertf._n 24_o 〈◊〉_d of_o gainsbo_n ough_o linc._n 155_o simon_n of_o gaunt_n lond._n 205_o henry_n of_o gaunt_n linc._n 153_o harvis_n gadarn_n montg_n 4_o thomas_n 〈◊〉_d shrop._n  _fw-fr stephen_n give_v dinner_n suff._n 6_o christopher_n st._n german_n lond._n 212_o richard_n george_n essex_n 323_o sir_n humphrey_n gilbert_n ibid._n 332_o william_n gilbert_n ibid._n ibid._n 〈◊〉_d gilbert_n 〈◊〉_d 5_o gil●…ert_n of_o westminst_n 242_o john_n gibbon_n som._n 29_o g●…bert_n of_o sempringham_n linc._n 154_o thomas_n gibson_n northumb._n 307_o william_n gisford_n staff_n 46_o gildas_n the_o wise_a somers_n 27_o gildas_n the_o four_o wales_z 13_o bernard_n gilpin_n westmor_n 139_o richard_n gilpin_n ibid._n 141_o john_n giles_n 〈◊〉_d 24_o anthony_n gilby_n linc._n 167_o giles_n de_fw-fr bruse_n breckn_n 23_o giraldus_n cambrensis_fw-la pembr_n 57_o robert_n glover_n kent_n 82_o  _fw-fr &_o warw._n 120_o john_n glover_n ibid._n ibid._n bartholomew_n glanvile_n norfolk_n 269_o william_n glyn_n anglesey_n 19_o owen_n glendowerwye_n flint_n 39_o robert_n of_o gloucester_n gloc._n 358_o richard_n duke_n of_o gloucester_n cumb._n 228_o edmund_n gourney_n norfolk_n 258_o john_n goslin_n ibid._n 275_o matthew_n gournay_n somers_n 25_o francis_n godwin_n northam_n 284_o thomas_n godwin_n berk._n 92_o gabriel_n goodman_n denb_n 35_o godfrey_n goodman_n ibid._n 34_o katherine_n gowches_n hants_n 5_o roger_n goad_n buck._n 136_o thomas_n goad_n cambr._n 159_o godfrey_n goldsborough_n ibid._n 153_o sir_n francis_n godolphin_n cornw._n 〈◊〉_d john_n goddard_n essex_n 333_o nicholas_n gorrham_n hertf._n 26_o james_n goldwell_n kent_n 72_o thomas_n goldwell_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr thomas_n goodrig_n linc._n 157_o william_n gouge_n middl._n 184_o george_n goring_n surr._n 96_o john_n gower_n york_n 207_o  _fw-fr &_o berk._n 107_o william_n goldingham_n essex_n 339_o sir_n thomas_n gresham_n norfolk_n 259_o henry_n greene_n northamp_n 297_o anne_n greene_n oxf._n 34●…_n wil●…m_o grocirie_a somers_n 36_o robert_n grosthead_n suff._n 57_o sir_n f●…lke_n grevill_n warw._n 127_o william_n the_o grenvil_n cornw._n 199_o thomas_n granvil_n ibid._n 210_o sir_n richard_n greenvil_n 〈◊〉_d 258_o henry_n grey_n be●…f_n 118_o lord_n a●…thur_n grey_n buck._n 134_o william_n g●…ey_n derby_n 232_o lord_n anthony_n grey_n durh._n 299_o jane_n grey_n leic_a 127_o katherine_n grey_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr mary_n grey_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr john_n griffin_n wales_n 15_o john_n gregory_n euck._n 136_o arthur_n gregory_n doro._n 284_o edmund_n grindall_n cumb._n 218_o john_n grandesson_n heref._n 37_o richard_n of_o gravesend_n kent_n 71_o john_n ggo_v wales_n 15_o edmund_n guest_n york_n 198_o john_n gwin_n berk._n 91_o john_n gwillim_n heref._n 40_o gualo_n britannus_n wales_n 14_o guido_n de_fw-fr mona_n anglesey_n 18_o h._n name_n shire_n page_z sir_n james_n hales_n kent_n 69_o thomas_n hale_n somers_n 34_o hales_n warw._n 130_o alexander_n of_o hales_n gloe_n 358_o thomas_n of_o hales_n ibid._n 359_o richard_n hale_n hertf._n 30_o edward_n hall_n lond._n 219_o joseph_n hall_n leic._n 129_o robert_n halam_n wilt._n 149_o john_n of_o halifax_n alius_fw-la sacro_fw-la bosco_n york_n 206_o henry_n hammond_n surr._n 85_o john_n hanvile_n oxf._n 336_o james_n harrington_n rutl._n 348_o sir_n john_n harrington_n somers_n 28_o lord_n john_n harrington_n warw._n 130_o sir_n robert_n harecourt_n berk._n 107_o sir_n william_n harper_n bedf._n 118_o walter_n haddon_n buck._n 135_o john_n harman_n alias_o vesty_n warw._n 122_o john_n harley_n buck._n 130_o richard_n hampole_n alias_o role_n york_n 193_o john_n harding_n ibid._n 208_o richard_n hackluit_fw-la heref._n 39_o haimo_n of_o hithe_n kent_n 71_o haimo_n of_o feversham_n ibid._n 80_o edward_n halsall_n lanc._n 120_o william_n harvey_n kent_n 79_o jeffery_n de_fw-fr harby_n leic._n 132_o robert_n de_fw-fr harby_n ibid._n 133_o meredith_n hanmer_n flint_n 39_o william_n hastings_n leic._n 141_o sir_n edward_n hastings_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr francis_n hastings_n ibid._n 142_o sir_n edward_n harwood_n linc._n 162_o job_n hartop_n ibid._n 163_o thomas_n haslewood_n kent_n 81_o sir_n christopher_n hatton_n northamp_n 285_o hugh_n hatton_n chesh._n 186_o raw_a hay_n cornw._n 202_o andrew_n de_fw-fr harcla_fw-fr cumb._n 225_o elisabeth_n hardwicke_n derb._n 237_o sir_n william_n hankford_n devon_n 255_o edmund_n of_o haddam_n hertf._n 19_o sir_n william_n hampton_n gloc._n 361_o thomas_n hawkes_n essex_n 323_o sir_n john_n hawkewood_n ibid._n 330_o samuel_n harsnet_n ibid._n 326_o king_n henry_n i._n york_n 190_o king_n henry_n iii_o hants_n 4_o king_n henry_n iu._n linc._n 152_o king_n henry_n v._n radn_n 59_o king_n henry_n vi._n berk._n 89_o king_n henry_n vii_o pembr_n 56_o king_n henry_n viii_o kent_z 66_o henry_n son_n to_z king_n henry_n viii_o suff._n 79_o henry_n son_n to_z king_n charles_n i._n ibid._n ibid._n henry_n fitz-roy_n son_n to_o k._n henry_n viii_o essex_n 321_o henry_n bishop_n of_o winch._n and_o card._n angl._n hunt_n 15_o 16._o henrietta_n daughter_n to_o king_n charles_n i._n devon_n 274_o charles_n herle_n cornw._n 205_o st._n herebert_n cumberl_n 217_o sir_n william_n herle_n devon_n 255_o george_n herbert_n montgom_n 46_o edward_n herbert_n ibid._n ibid._n william_n herbert_n monm_n 52_o sir_n anthony_n fitz_n herbert_n derb._n 233_o  _fw-fr &_o gloc._n 356_o st._n helen_n essex_n 322_o roger_n of_o hereford_n heref._n 39_o nicholas_n hereford_n wales_n 9_o martin_n heton_n lanc._n 112_o john_n herdwick_n leic._n 137_o  _fw-fr &_o york_n 194_o nicholas_n heath_n lond._n 205_o john_n heiwood_n ibid._n 221_o sir_n john_n hewet_n northam_n 301_o thomas_n hereningham_n essex_n 340_o juline_n herring_n montg_n 47_o thomas_n hides_n berk._n 96_o john_n of_o hide_n hants_n 10_o 11_o sir_n nicholas_n hide_v wilt._n 153_o sir_n rowland_n hill_n shrop._n 10_o haimo_n of_o hithe_n kent_n 71_o ralph_n de_fw-fr hingham_n norfolk_n 249_o sir_n oliver_n hingham_n ibid._n 253_o john_n higham_n suff._n 74_o sir_n robert_n hicham_n ibid._n 72_o hilarius_n bishop_n of_o chichester_n surr._n 92_o st._n hilda_n york_n 191_o alban_n hill_n wales_n 12_o sr._n hildetha_n essex_n 322_o arthur_n hildersham_n cambr._n 158_o sir_n john_n howard_n berk._n 107_o thomas_n howard_n essex_n 328_o william_n howard_n surr._n 83_o charles_n howard_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr henry_n howard_n norfolk_n 263_o queen_n katherine_n howard_n lond._n 202_o robert_n holcot_n northam_n 289_o gilbert_n of_o holland_n linc._n 164_o thomas_n holland_n shrop._n 9_o philem_n holland_n warw._n 127_o henry_n holland_n worc._n 176_o hugh_n holland_n wales_n 16_o john_n holyman_n buck._n 130_o  _fw-fr &_o somers_n 34_o francis_n holyoake_n warw._n 128_o wilfr_n holme_n york_n 209_o robert_n holgate_n ibid._n 194_o laurence_n holebeck_n linc._n 166_o thomas_n hoo_n bedf._n 124_o  _fw-fr &_o hertf._n 32_o sir_n william_n hollis_n notting_n 323_o james_n hobart_n norfolk_n 258_o richard_n holsworth_n northumb._n 305_o john_n hooper_n somers_n 21_o sir_n william_n horn_n cambr._n 160_o robert_n horn_n durh._n 295_o richard_n hooker_n devon_n 264_o richard_n howland_n essex_n 326_o george_n horsey_n hertf._n 32_o thomas_n howel_n breck_n 23_o john_n hornby_n linc._n 165_o robert_n hownslow_n middl._n 184_o john_n howson_n lond._n 207_o robert_n hood_n notting_n 320_o john_n horminger_n suff._n 68_o john_n holbrook_n surr._n 85_o nicholas_n hortresham_n suss._n 108_o william_n horeman_n wilt._n 156_o roger_n hoveden_n york_n 206_o william_n hugh_n ibid._n 209_o st._n hugh_n linc._n 152_o hugh_n of_o reading_n berk._n 95_o laurence_n humphred_n buck._n 136_o john_n hunt_n wilt._n 148_o gregory_n of_o huntingdon_n hunt_n 50_o henry_n of_o huntingdon_n ibid._n 51_o matthew_n hutton_n lanc._n 111_o sir_n richard_n hutton_n cumb._n 219_o roger_n hutchison_n hertf._n 27_o randal_n hugden_n chesh._n 190_o richard_n huloet_n camb._n 158_o sir_n john_n huddlestone_n camb._n 168_o hucarius_n levita_fw-la cornw._n 202_o sir_n william_n huser_n linc._n 160_o john_n huser_n ibid._n 174_o i._n name_n shire_n page_z william_n james_n chesh._n 175_o thomas_n james_n hants_n 12_o richard_n fitz-james_n somers_n 23_o john_n fitz-james_n ibid._n 24_o james_n son_n to_o king_n charles_n i._n westmin_n 239_o thomas_n jackson_n durh._n 297_o robert_n jermin_n suff._n 75_o john_n jewel_n devon_n 253_o john_n jegon_n
essex_n 326_o jeffery_n rutl._n 348_o sir_n john_n jefferey_n sussex_n 105_o thomas_n ilam_n lond._n 233_o john_n incent_n hertf._n 29_o sir_n francis_n inglesfeild_n berk._n 109_o john_n son_n to_o king_n edward_n i._n ibid._n 88_o sir_n oliver_n st._n john_n wilt._n 152_o sir_n john_n st._n john_n bedf._n 125_o oliver_n st._n john_n ibid._n ibid._n hugh_n johnes_n wales_n 11_o william_n johnes_n monm_n 53_o thomas_n jones_n lanc._n 112_o benjamin_n johnson_n westmin_n 243_o thomas_n johnson_n york_n 204_o robert_n johnson_n linc._n 169_o joan_n daughter_n to_o king_n edward_n ii_o lond._n 201_o thomas_n joyce_n oxf._n 332_o george_n joy_n bedf._n 117_o sir_n ralph_n josceline_n hertf._n 29_o joceline_n of_o wells_n somers_n 22_o josephus_n iscanus_n devon_n 274_o barthol_n iscanus_n ibid._n ibid._n roger_n of_o st._n ives_n hunt_v 51_o sir_n anthony_n jud_v kent_n 84_o robert_n ivory_n lond._n 217_o st._n justinian_n pembr_n 57_o william_n juxton_n sussex_n 104_o k._n name_n shire_n page_z katherine_n daughter_n to_o king_n henry_n iii_o lond._n 201_o katherine_n daughter_n to_o king_n henry_n vii_o ibid._n 202_o katherine_n daughter_n to_o king_n charles_n i._n westmin_n 240_o john_n kendricke_n berk._n 97_o st._n kenelm_n gloc._n 353_o john_n kemp_n kent_n 69_o thomas_n kempe_n ibid._n 71_o john_n of_o kent_n ibid._n 80_o henry_n keble_n lond._n 233_o matthew_n kellison_n northamp_n 292_o richard_n kendal_n westminst_n 139_o sir_n edward_n kelley_n alias_o talbot_n worc._n 172_o st._n keyne_n breckn_n 22_o st._n kiby_n cornw._n 198_o kiltor_n ibid._n 205_o john_n king_n buck._n 132_o henry_n king_n ibid._n ibid._n sir_n william_n kingston_n gloc._n 368_o sir_n anthony_n kingston_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr robert_n kinaston_n shrop._n 16_o john_n kinyngham_n suff._n 68_o kidstone_n lanc._n 122_o john_n kite_n lond._n 205_o hugh_n kirkstead_n linc._n 164_o john_n of_o killingworth_n warw._n 124_o john_n de_fw-fr kirkby_n westmor_n 136_o william_n knight_n lond._n 205_o henry_n de_fw-fr knighton_n leic_a 133_o sir_n robert_n knowles_n chesh._n 179_o sir_n francis_n knowles_n oxford_n 334_o &_o 335_o sir_n henry_n knowles_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr sir_n william_n knowles_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr sir_n robert_n knowles_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr sir_n thomas_n knowles_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr lettuce_n knowles_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr sir_n thomas_n kneisworth_n cumb._n 160_o l._n name_n shire_n page_z nicholas_n latham_n northamp_n 293_o william_n lawd_n berk._n 93_o roger_n layburn_n cumb._n 218_o gerh._n langbane_n ibid._n 221_o henry_n langley_n essex_n 339_o edmund_n of_o langley_n hertf._n 19_o robert_n langland_n shrop._n 8_o richard_n laken_n ibid._n 12_o richard_n lanham_n suff._n 68_o robert_n langton_n westmor_n 140_o stephen_n langton_n kent_n 97_o simon_n langton_n ibid._n 99_o walter_n de_fw-fr langton_n leic._n 128_o thomas_n langton_n ibid._n 133_o john_n laurence_n essex_n 323_o arthur_n lakes_n hants_n 7_o sir_n thomas_n lakes_n ibid._n 9_o lamfrid_n ibid._n 10_o william_n lamb_n kent_n 85_o hugh_n latimer_n leic._n 127_o william_n laxton_n northamp_n 293_o william_n law_n wilt._n 156_o blegabride_n langauride_n wales_n 13_o laurentius_n anglicus_n lond._n 216_o thomas_n legge_n norfolk_n 276_o john_n lewkenor_n surr._n 95_o francis_n leigh_n warw._n 133_o thomas_n leigh_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr sir_n james_n ley_n wilt_n 152_o edward_n lee_n york_n 194_o paulin_n de_fw-fr leeds_n ibid._n 215_o john_n lepton_n ibid._n 231_o leoline_n denb_n 34_o john_n leventhorpe_n essex_n 340_o hucarius_n the_o levite_n cornw._n 202_o hugh_n legate_n hertf._n 26_o thomas_n leaver_n lanc._n 115_o william_n lempster_n heref._n 39_o sir_n anthony_n st._n leger_n kent_n 73_o william_n de_fw-fr leicester_n leic._n 132_o robert_n de_fw-fr leicester_n ibid._n  _fw-fr thomas_n linacer_fw-fr derb._n 235_o august_n linsell_n essex_n 326_o thomas_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr lynd_n dorc._n 284_o simon_n lynch_n essex_n 337_o  _fw-fr &_o kent_n 85_o william_n lyford_n berk._n 96_o william_n lynwood_n linc._n 156_o william_n lilly_n hants_n 11_o william_n lidlington_n linc._n 164_o nicholas_n lyra_n lond._n 217_o nicholas_n of_o lynne_n norfolk_n 254_o alan_n of_o lynne_n ibid._n 256_o thomas_n lydyate_n oxf._n 338_o edward_n littleton_n staff_n 42_o sir_n thomas_n littleton_n ibid._n ibid._n  _fw-fr &_o worc._n 171_o william_n de_fw-fr lichfield_n staff_n 45_o john_n lydgate_n suff._n 68_o herbert_n lose_v oxf._n 332_o  _fw-fr &_o suff._n 58_o adam_n loftus_n york_n 198_o william_n longchamp_n essex_n 342_o john_n lowe_n worc._n 168_o sir_n richard_n lovelace_n berk._n 110_o henry_n longuile_n buck._n 141_o maud_n lucy_n cumb._n 222_o john_n lucas_n essex_n 347_o egid._n lucas_n ibid._n 340_o william_n de_fw-fr lubbenham_n lei●…_n 132_o thomas_n lupsett_n lond._n 218_o m._n name_n shire_n page_z john_n marbeck_n berk._n 91_o john_n mason_n ibid._n 93_o thomas_n magnus_n notting_n 320_o sir_n henry_n martin_n lond._n 214_o gregory_n martin_n suss._n 111_o richard_n martin_n devon_n 275_o william_n martin_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr alan_n de_fw-fr marton_n berk._n 104_o 〈◊〉_d daughter_n to_o king_n edward_n i._n berk._n 88_o philip_n ma●…pas_n lond._n 232_o queen_n mary_n kent_n 66_o mary_n daughter_n to_o king_n charles_n i._n westminst_n 238_o mary_n daughter_n to_o king_n edward_n i._n berk._n 88_o mary_n daughter_n to_o king_n henry_n viii_o kent_z 66_o mary_n daughter_n to_o king_n james_n ibid._n 67_o lady_n margaret_n countess_z of_o richmond_z berk._n 115_o maud_n countess_n of_o northumberland_n cumb._n 222_o simon_n firz-mary_n lond._n 228_o walter_n male-clerk_n cumb._n 225_o john_n marre_n alias_o marry_v york_n 207_o george_n marsh_n lanc._n 108_o  _fw-fr &_o chesh._n 188_o john_n marshal_n worc._n 175_o stephen_n marshal_n hunt_n 52_o adam_n of_o marsh_n somers_n 27_o matthew_n of_o we●…minst_n 242_o tobias_n matthew_n somers_n 34_o john_n may_n suff._n 61_o thomas_n may_n suff._n 110_o john_n matthew_n buck._n 137_o andrew_n marvail_n cambr._n 159_o roger_n the_o martivall_n leic._n 129_o hugh_n of_o manchester_n lanc._n 114_o sir_n john_n markham_n notting_n 317_o william_n mansfield_n ibid._n 318_o john_n maundrell_n wilt._n 148_o sir_n halvatheus_fw-la maulever_n alias_o mallevorer_n york_n 221_o  _fw-fr &_o warw._n 120_o william_n makilsfeild_n chesh._n 174_o thomas_n maldon_n essex_n 333_o henry_n marny_n ibid._n 346_o sir_n henry_n maynard_n ibid._n 347_o perotine_n massey_n hant._n 5_o john_n mandevile_n hertf._n 26_o ralph_n of_o maidenstan_n kent_n 70_o sir_n roger_n manwood_n ibid._n 76_o robert_n mascall_n shrop._n 5_o  _fw-fr &_o sussex_n 113_o leonard_n maw_n suff._n 61_o richard_n mayo_n alias_o mayhow_v wilt._n 150_o richard_n mayhowe_n ibid._n ibid._n oliver_n of_o malmesbury_n ibid._n 154_o william_n of_o malmesbury_n walter_n de_fw-fr merton_n surr._n 81_o john_n de_fw-fr metingham_n suff._n 64_o st._n meliorus_n cornw._n 199_o joseph_n mede_n essex_n 334_o simon_n mepham_n kent_n 71_o william_n de_fw-fr melton_n york_n 195_o sir_n christopher_n metcalfe_n ibid._n 222_o rowland_n merrick_n angle_n 19_o ambrose_n merlin_n carmar_n 29_o michael_n wilt._n 158_o sir_n hugh_n middleton_n denb_n 36_o david_n middleton_n chesh._n 189_o sir_n henry_n middleton_n walter_n mildmey_n essex_n 335_o thomas_n milles_n kent_n 82_o anthony_n milemay_n northamp_n 300_o st._n milburgh_n shrop._n 3_o thomas_n mitton_n ibid._n 16_o john_n of_o milverton_n somers_n 35_o william_n minor_n staff_n 44_o sir_n thomas_n more_n lond._n 208_o  _fw-fr &_o dorset_n 289_o margaret_n more_n lond._n 209_o peter_n morw_v linc._n 167_o george_n monox_n lond._n 233_o sir_n william_n mounson_n linc._n 163_o john_n mordant_n bedf._n 105_o thomas_n morton_n york_n 229_o john_n morton_n dorset_n 279_o robert_n morton_n richard_n montague_n buck._n 132_o james_n montague_n northamp_n 284_o edward_n montague_n ibid._n 287_o &_o 293_o sir_n henry_n montague_n ibid._n 289_o guido_n de_fw-fr mona_n anglesey_n 18_o george_n mountain_n york_n 199_o fines_n morison_n linc._n 167_o sir_n richard_n morisin_n essex_n 327_o sir_n john_n mortimer_n heref._n 46_o edmund_n mortimer_n suff._n 56_o lady_n mohun_n somers_n 30_o william_n mohun_n cornw._n 211_o john_n molle_fw-la devon_n 250_o george_n monk_n ibid._n 259_o thomas_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr more_n gloc._n 358_o s●…r_v william_n molineux_n lanc._n 113_o john_n mountgomery_n essex_n 339_o je●…y_n of_o monmouth_n monm_n 50,52_o john_n of_o ibid._n 50_o thomas_n of_o ibid._n 53_o henry_n of_o monmouth_n radnor_n 59_o john_n much_o york_n 213_o richard_n mulcaster_n westmor_n 139_o n._n name_n shire_n page_z sir_n robert_n naunton_n suff._n 64_o thomas_n of_o newmarket_n cambr._n 153_o john_n newburgh_n doro._n 289_o william_n of_o newborough_n york_n 206_o cicely_n nevil●…_n durh._n 291_o bishop_n ralph_n nevil_n bishop_n alexander_n nevil_n ibid._n 293_o bishop_n robert_n nevil_n bishop_n george_n nevil_n hugo_n de_fw-fr nevil_n essex_n 342_o john_n de_fw-fr nevil_n thomas_n nevile_n kent_n 99_o anne_n nevil_n warw._n 118_o st._n neot_n essex_n 323_o hugh_n of_o st._n neot_n hant._n 50_o humphrey_n necton_n suff._n 67_o thomas_n neale_n gloc._n 359_o richard_n neile_n westminst_n 241_o nesta_n breck_n
warw._n 120_o henry_n of_o sandwich_n kent_n 71_o robert_n samuel_n suff._n 58_o william_n sauter_n lond._n 203_o gilbert_n segrave_n leic._n 128_o thomas_n scroop_n suff._n 69_o richard_n scroop_n york_n 196_o sir_n jervas_n scroop_n linc._n 174_o robert_n the_o scribe_n york_n 205_o thomas_n scott_n ibid._n 214_o john_n scott_n kent_n 95_o william_n scott_n ibid._n 94_o john_n scotus_n northumb._n 307_o gilbert_n de_fw-fr sempringham_n linc._n 154_o william_n sengham_n lond._n 216_o john_n selden_n suss._n 110_o 〈◊〉_d sclater_n bedf._n 117_o john_n scrivener_n buck._n 129_o richard_n senhouse_n cumber_n 219_o william_n sevenoake_n kent_n 84_o john_n seintleger_n ibid._n 94_o st._n sewall_n york_n 227_o thomas_n seymore_n wilt._n 151_o edward_n seymore_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr jane_n seymore_n ibid._n 146_o sir_n francis_n seymore_n ibid._n 164_o robert_n the_o searcher_n alias_o perscrutator_n york_n 207_o sertor_n of_o wales_n wales_n w●…les_n william_n shakespeare_n warw._n 126_o edmund_n sheffield_n linc_n 166_o john_n shoreditch_n middl._n 188_o shamborn_n norfolk_n 264_o robert_n of_o shrew●…bury_n shrop._n 4_o ralph_n of_o shrewsbury_n shrop._n 4_o robert_n of_o shrewsbury_n  _fw-fr 8_o sir_n anthony_n shirley_n sussex_n 107_o sir_n robert_n shirley_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr sir_n thomas_n shirley_n  _fw-fr 108_o william_n shirwood_n durh._n 297_o robert_n sherbo●…n_n hants_n 6_o john_n of_o shepey_n kent_n 71_o anthony_n shugburgh_n warw._n 133_o nathaniel_n shute_n york_n 211_o jo●…ah_n shute_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr richard_n sharp_a somers_n 34_o william_n siveyer_n durh._n 297_o edward_n simonds_n her●…f_n 28_o sir_n henry_n sidney_n kent_n 74_o sir_n philip_n sidney_n  _fw-fr 75_o francis_n sidney_n  _fw-fr 85_o humphrey_n sidenham_n somers_n 29_o richard_n sibbs_n su●…_n 69_o robert_n skinner_n northamp_n 285_o john_n skelton_n cumb._n 221_o  _fw-fr &_o norfolk_n 257_o sir_n william_n de_fw-fr skipwith_n bis_fw-la linc._n 160_o william_n skipwith_n leic._n 142_o john_n skuish_a cornw._n 204_o sir_n james_n skudamore_n heref._n 47_o william_n sleightholm_n york_n 193_o sir_n henry_n sl●…gsby_n ibid._n 223_o henry_n smith_n surrey_n 87_o sir_n thomas_n smith_n berk._n 94_o  _fw-fr &_o essex_n 328_o john_n smith_n chesh._n 179_o william_n smith_n  _fw-fr 184_o miles_n smith_n d._n d._n heref._n 38_o richard_n smith_n worc._n 175_o william_n smith_n lanc._n 119_o john_n smith_n  _fw-fr 120_o henry_n smith_n leic._n 134_o robert_n smith_n  _fw-fr 136_o robert_n southwell_n suff._n 71_o laurence_n sommercote_n suss._n 108_o sophia_n daughter_n to_o king_n james_n kent_n 67_o robert_n sommercoat_n linc._n 155_o william_n of_o somerset_n wi●…t_n 154_o maurice_n somerset_n somers_n 27_o john_n spicer_n wilt._n 148_o john_n spine_n somers_n 35_o thomas_n spring_n suff._n 71_o john_n speed_n chesh._n 181_o john_n sprint_v gloc._n 360_o miles_n spencer_n ●…estmor_n 140_o edmund_n spencer_n lond._n 219_o william_n spencer_n northamp_n 299_o robert_n spencer_n  _fw-fr 300_o thomas_n sparkes_n linc._n 167_o charles_n stuart_n son_n to_o james_n d._n of_o york_n ●…stminst_a 240_o john_n still_o linc._n 158_o nicholas_n stanford_n ibid._n 165_o sir_n william_n stamford_n 〈◊〉_d 183_o sir_n simon_n steward_n cambr._n 169_o henry_n stafford_n breck_n 23_o  _fw-fr &_o staff_n 45_o edmund_n stafford_n staff_n 45_o john_n stafford_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr john_n stafford_n dorc._n 279_o humphrey_n stafford_n leic._n 141_o henry_n standish_n lanc._n 109_o john_n standish_n  _fw-fr 114_o thomas_n stanley_n staff_n 53_o james_n stanley_n lanc._n 109_o john_n stratford_n warw._n 121_o ralph_n stratford_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr robert_n stratford_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr william_n fitz-stephens_n lond._n 216_o john_n stow_n ibid._n 219_o alexander_n strange_n ibid._n 224_o egid._n strangwayes_o dorce_v 289_o sir_n humphrey_n starkey_n chesh._n 177_o john_n stathom_n derb._n 233_o john_n stanbery_n devon_n 253_o thomas_n stapleton_n suss._n 111_o sir_n robert_n stapleton_n york_n 223_o william_n of_o strickland_n westmor_n 137_o richard_n stock_n york_n 231_o simon_n stock_n kent_n 80_o matthew_n stoakes_n buck._n 135_o thomas_n stucke_o devon_n 258_o walter_n de_fw-fr stuchesly_n gloc._n 363_o thomas_n sternhold_n hants_n 11_o stump_n wilt._n 157_o henry_n sturmy_n ibid._n 161_o sir_n richard_n sutton_n chesh._n 182_o richard_n sutton_n linc._n 168_o sir_n george_n summer_n dorc._n 282_o simon_n sudbury_n alias_o tibald_a suff._n 59_o richard_n sulcard_n westmin_n 242_o t._n name_n shire_n page_z sir_n john_n talbot_n shrop._n 7_o 12_o richard_n talbot_z ibid._n 5_o sir_n gilbert_n talbot_n  _fw-fr 16_o sir_n edmund_z talbot_z york_z 221_o sir_n edward_n talbot_n alias_z kelley_n worc._n 172_o thomas_n tarlton_n staff_n 47_o william_n tavernour_n oxf._n 344_o rowland_n tailor_n suff._n 57_o thomas_n tailor_n york_n 210_o robert_n testwood_n berk._n 96_o hester_n temple_n buck._n 138_o john_n terer_n chesh._n 192_o alan_n of_o tewksbury_n gloc._n 358_o thomas_n thirlby_n cambr._n 153_o robert_n thorne_n somers_n 36_o sir_n nicholas_n throckmorton_n warw._n 123_o sir_n arthur_n throgmorton_n northam_n 301_o john_n thornborogh_n wilt._n 151_o sir_n john_n thin_a ibid._n 164_o francis_n thin_a kent_n 82_o st._n theliah_n merion_n 43_o sir_n rice_n ap-thomas_n carmar_n 27_o thomas_n of_o woodstock_n son_n to_o king_n edward_n iii_o oxf._n 330_o thomas_n son_n to_o edward_n i._n york_n 191_o thomas_n ap-william_n etc._n etc._n flint_n 40_o st._n theorithoid_n essex_n 3●…2_n john_n thorpe_n norfolk_n 257_o simon_n thurway_n cornw._n 203_o john_n tiptoft_n cambr._n 155_o sir_n james_n tirrel_n cornw._n 210_o john_n tyrril_n essex_n 338_o gervase_n of_o tilbury_n ibid._n 332_o sir_n frederick_n tilney_n linc._n 161_o dr._n tighe_n ibid._n 167_o christopher_n tye_n westmin_n 244_o thomas_n tisdall_n oxf._n 341_o st._n tibba_n rutl._n 347_o simon_n tibald_n alias_o sudbury_n suff._n 59_o cuthbert_n tonstall_n york_n 197_o robert_n tomson_n hants_n 10_o john_n tower_n norfolk_n 149_o robert_n townson_n cambr._n 153_o sir_n roger_n townsend_n norfolk_n 272_o john_n tower_n ibid._n 249_o michael_n tregury_n cornw._n 199_o john_n tregonwell_n ibid._n 202_o john_n trevisa_n cornw._n 204_o bartholomew_n traheron_n ibid._n ibid._n nicholas_n tremaine_n devon_n 266_o andrew_n tremaine_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr edward_n trotman_n gloc._n 356_o sir_n william_n tracy_n ibid._n ibid._n richard_n tracy_n gloc._n 359_o sir_n edmund_n de_fw-fr trafford_n lanc._n 122_o elias_n de_fw-fr trekingham_n linc._n 164_o george_n trigg_n ibid._n 168_o trestram_fw-la middl._n 186_o sir_n thomas_n tressam_fw-la northamp_n 300_o thomas_n tressam_fw-la  _fw-fr  _fw-fr william_n turner_n northumb._n 305_o william_n tucker_n devon_n 275_o john_n tuckvile_n ibid._n 276_o james_n turbervil_n dorc._n 279_o richard_n turpin_n leic._n 133_o thomas_n tusser_n essex_n 334_o sir_n brian_n tuke_n ibid._n 346_o roger_n twiford_n middl._n 184_o william_n twisse_n berk._n 96_o v._n name_n shire_n page_z robertus_fw-la de_fw-la vaus_fw-la cumber_n 225_o sir_n nicholas_n vaux_n northamp_n 298_o walter_n vaughan_n wilt._n 164_o richard_n vaughan_n carnar_n 31_o henry_n vavasor_n york_n 222_o albericus_n de_fw-fr veir_fw-fr bedf._n 121_o veal_n cor●…w_o 205_o john_n vernon_n derb._n 244_o sir_n francis_n vere_n essex_n 331_o sir_n horace_n vere_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr henry_n vere_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr aubrey_n de_fw-fr vere_n ibid._n 333_o henry_n veer_v northamp_n 298_o sir_n robert_n venile_n norfolk_n 252_o john_n vesty_n alias_o harman_n warw._n 122_o richard_n verney_n ibid._n 133_o george_n villiers_n leic._n 130_o richard_n vines_n ibid._n 134_o machell_n vivan_n northumb._n 308_o thomas_n vipont_n westmor_n 136_o robert_n de_fw-fr vipont_n ibid._n 141_o vinarius_fw-la capellanus_fw-la norf._n 269_o richard_n ulverston_n lanc._n 114_o sir_n henry_n umpton_n berk._n 94_o sir_n edward_n umnpton_n ibid._n 110_o john_n underhill_n oxf._n 333_o thomas_n underhill_n warw._n 130_o nicholas_n upton_n devon_n 264_o st._n ursula_n cornw._n 199_o w._n name_n shire_n page_z john_n watson_n worc._n 170_o robert_n watson_n norw_n 276_o john_n warner_n westmin_n 241_o john_n walch_n linc._n 174_o sertor_n of_o wales_n wales_n 10_o richard_n walsh_n worc._n 181_o john_n wallis_n or_o welsh_a ibid._n 174_o henry_n wakefield_n york_n 196_o armigell_n waad_n ibid._n 202_o robert_n walby_n york_n 229_o john_n walby_n  _fw-fr 230_o simon_n ward_n ibid._n 218_o samuel_n ward_n suff._n 70_o  _fw-fr &_o durh._n 298_o john_n walter_n heref._n 41_o walter_n bishop_n of_o carlisle_n cumb._n 225_o robert_n fi●…z-walter_n essex_n 330_o matilda_n fitz-walter_n ibid._n 336_o sir_n john_n walter_n shrop._n 7_o richard_n of_o wallingford_n berk._n 95_o george_n walker_n lanc._n 118_o john_n of_o waltham_n essex_n 325_o roger_n of_o waltham_n ibid._n 333_o sir_n isaac_n wake_v northamp_n 286_o nicholas_n wadham_n somers_n 30_o 30_o john_n 12._o 8._o 8._o gen._n 30._o 30._o 30._o act_n 6._o 1._o 1._o gen._n 2._o 12._o 12._o psal._n 107._o 8._o 8._o isaiah_n 55._o 1._o 1._o deut._n 2._o 28._o 28._o h._n huntingdon_n huntingdon_n sir_n john_n sidney_n samuel_n beauland_n on_o ne●…eius_n ne●…eius_n psal._n 136._o 4._o 4._o act_n 3._o 41._o 41._o reader_n in_o our_o follow_a
virg._n ae●…_n lib._n 1._o juxta_fw-la finem_fw-la finem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d in_o helvidium_n helvidium_n camden_n in_o cambridgeshire_n cambridgeshire_n 〈◊〉_d twin_n ant._n acad._n ox._n pag._n 333._o 333._o gulielmus_fw-la zoon_n zoon_n so_o mr._n fox_n spell_n it_o in_o his_o act_n and_o mon._n pag._n 1573._o call_v s●…il_n well_o at_o this_o day_n day_n gen._n 6._o 2._o 2._o there_o be_v but_o 3._o more_o maryre_v in_o this_o county_n whereof_o john_n hullier_n fellow_n of_o kings-col_a be_v most_o remarkable_a remarkable_a sir_n james_n ware_n in_o the_o archbishop_n of_o tuam_fw-la tuam_fw-la ireland_n proper_o be_v no_o kingdom_n till_o the_o time_n of_o k._n henry_n the_o eight_o eight_o sir_n james_n ut_fw-la prius_fw-la prius_fw-la john_n philipot_n in_o his_o catal._n of_o chancellor_n pag._n 23._o 23._o idem_fw-la in_o his_o catalogue_n of_o treasurer_n pag._n 16._o 16._o bishop_n godwin_n in_o the_o bishop_n of_o winchester_n winchester_n godwin_n in_o the_o catal._n of_o landaffe_n and_o rochester_n rochester_n idem_fw-la in_o the_o biposh_n of_o r●…chester_n r●…chester_n bale_n pag._n 576._o and_o pit_n pag._n 625._o 625._o bale_n de_fw-fr script_n ang._n cent._n 7._o num._n 60._o 60._o idem_fw-la i_o bidem_fw-la bidem_fw-la bale_n make_v he_o to_o flourish_v under_o k._n henry_n the_o four_o four_o see_v his_o speech_n in_o parliament_n speed_z pag._n pag._n godwin_n in_o the_o bishop_n of_o carlisle_n carlisle_n mr._n martin_n benefice_v near_o northampton_n northampton_n the_o particular_n of_o this_o be_v procure_v for_o i_o by_o my_o worthy_a friend_n matthew_n gilly_n esquire_n from_o elizabeth_n the_o bishop_n sole_a survive_a daughter_n daughter_n mill_n cat._n of_o hon._n pag._n 1010._o 1010._o bale_n de_fw-fr script_n brit._n cent._n 8._o num_fw-la 46._o 46._o milles_n ut_fw-la supra_fw-la supra_fw-la chronicon_fw-la ●…o_o bromton_n pag._n 887._o amp._n amp._n camden_n bri●…_n in_o cambridgeshire_n cambridgeshire_n pit_n de_fw-mi it_o aug._n d●…script_n pag._n 3●…8_n 3●…8_n b●…le_a d●…pt_n brit._n cent._n 4._o num._n 48._o 48._o bale_n descript_n brit._n cent._n 5._o num._n 40._o s._n n._n n._n bale_n descript._n brit._n cent._n 5._o num._n 88_o 88_o cent._n octa_fw-la num._n 43._o 43._o polychron_n lib._n ult_n cap._n 10._o 10._o bal●…_n d●…ript_n b●…_n c●…w_n 9_o num._n 67._o 67._o so_o his_o son-in-law_n inform_v i_o i_o with_o mrs._n skinner_n daughter_n to_o sir_n ed._n coke_n a_o very_a religious_a gentlewoman_n gentlewoman_n henry_n of_o huntingdon_n huntingdon_n stow_n survey_n of_o london_n pag._n 575._o 575._o this_o story_n be_v o●…_n his_o own_o relation_n relation_n bale_n descript_n b●…t_fw-la cent._n oct_n num._n 77._o 77._o idem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la misprint_v sir_n robert●…n_o ●…n_z my_o ecclesiastical_a history_n history_n lord_n herbert_n in_o the_o life_n of_o k._n henry_n the_o 8_o pag._n 181._o amos_n 4._o 7._o 7._o vate_fw-la royal_a of_o eng._n pag._n 19_o 19_o camden_n brit._n in_o ch●…shire_n ch●…shire_n william_n smith_n in_o his_o vale_n royal_a pag._n 18._o 18._o in_o the_o wonder_n of_o angle_n sea_n sea_n 〈◊〉_d smith_n in_o his_o vale-royal_a of_o england_n pag._n 17._o 17._o once_o anno_fw-la 14._o and_o again_o anno_fw-la 1583._o 1583._o see_v our_o pro_fw-la verb_n in_o kent_n kent_n holinshead_n chron._n pag._n 489._o 489._o stow_n survey_n of_o london_n pag._n 522._o 522._o draytons_n po_n lyalbion_n song_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ●…_n king_n 19_o 12._o 12._o in_o his_o brit._n in_o ireland_n ireland_n pitz_n de_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d script_n pag._n 388._o 388._o in_o his_o 〈◊〉_d of_o cardinal_n cardinal_n in_o his_o cata_n of_o bishop_n of_o exeter_n exeter_n bishop_n god●…_n in_o the_o arch_a bishop_n 〈◊〉_d york_n york_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d idem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d †_o in_o his_o comment_n on_o the_o 90._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d r._n parker_n in_o scel_n cant_n in_o the_o master_n of_o queens-colledge_n queens-colledge_n in_o his_o cata._n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o lincola_n print_v 1616._o 1616._o in_o 〈◊〉_d cestriensi_fw-la natus_fw-la bishop_n godwin_n in_o the_o bishop_n of_o durham_n durham_n sir_n j._n harrington_n pag._n 206._o 206._o luk._n 8._o 3._o 3._o joh._n 13._o 29._o 29._o in_o his_o elizabe●…h_n anno_fw-la 1596._o 1596._o bishop_n williams_z williams_z alled●…ed_a by_o sir_n f●…a_n b●…con_n in_o his_o censure_n on_o the_o earl_n of_o some_o rset_n amp._n amp._n sir_n hen._n sp._n g●…oss_n verbo_fw-la justiciarius_fw-la seem_v to_o assign_v he_o 1_o edw._n 5._o 1_o rich._n 3._o 1_o hen._n 7._o 7._o in_o sir_n henry_n spelm._n ut_fw-la prius_fw-la john_n 12._o 12._o act_n 19_o 24_o 24_o 〈◊〉_d brit._n in_o cheshire_n cheshire_n camden_n ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la weaver_n fun_n mon._n pag._n 436_o 436_o sir_n wal._n r●…leigh_n hist._n of_o the_o world_n lib_n 5._o pag._n 545._o 545._o lamberts●…er_o ●…er_z amb_n of_o kent_n kent_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o this_o county_n county_n so_o be_v it_o write_v in_o the_o table_n over_o 〈◊〉_d tomb_n tomb_n william_n smith_n vale-royal_a pag._n 16._o 16._o pitz_n the_o scrip●…_n brit._n anno_fw-la 1340._o 1340._o bale_n script_n brit._n cent._n 8._o num._n 98._o 98._o ang._n script_n num._n 992._o 992._o mrs._n blackmore_n a_o stationer_n wife_n in_o pauls-church-yard_n pauls-church-yard_n in_o his_o description_n of_o warwickeshire_n warwickeshire_n gen._n 30._o 36._o 36._o see_v archbishop_n usher_v cron._n cron._n so_o my_o good_a friend_n dr._n tates_n principal_a of_o brasennose_n have_v inform_v i_o i_o mr._n hatcher_n in_o his_o manuscript_n catalogue_n of_o the_o fellow_n of_o kings-colledge_n kings-colledge_n fox_n act_n &_o mon._n pag._n 1958._o 1958._o mr._n ha●…cher_n ut_fw-la prius_fw-la prius_fw-la act_n 10._o 38._o 38._o isaith_o 9_o 3._o 3._o will._n smith_n in_o his_o v●…le_n pag._n 18._o 18._o the_o vale-royal_a of_o england_n pag._n 86._o idem_fw-la pag._n 199._o 199._o vale_fw-la royal_a of_o england_n write_v by_o witt._n webb_n p._n 22._o 22._o christs-coll_a register_n register_n master_n john_n spencer_n library_n keeper_n of_o zion-colledge_n zion-colledge_n pu●…chas_n his_o pi●…grims_n 1._o part_n pag._n 226._o &_o s●…q_fw-la s●…q_fw-la mat._n 4._o ●…_n ●…_n purchas_n his_o pilgrim_n lib._n 3._o pag._n 255._o 255._o bale_n de_fw-fr script_n brit._n gent._n 6._o nu●…_n 1●…_n 1●…_n pit_n de_fw-la ang._n script_n pag._n 690._o 690._o script_n brit._n ceut_n 9_o num._n 17._o 17._o pro._n 20._o 25._o 25._o gal._n 4._o 4._o 4._o mat._n 12._o 8._o 8._o in_o the_o church_n behind_o the_o exchange_n exchange_n stow_n su●…vey_n of_o london_n pag._n 585._o 585._o d●…_n willet_n in_o his_o catalogue_n of_o good_a work_n since_o the_o reformation_n pag._n 1226._o 1226._o stow_n survey_n of_o london_n pag._n 1226._o 1226._o stow_z his_o survey_n of_o london_n pag._n 154._o 154._o vale_fw-la royal_a of_o england_n pa._n 207._o 207._o ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la carew_n survey_v of_o cornwall_n pag._n 55._o 55._o num._n 11._o 5._o 5._o camden_n brit._n in_o cornwall_n cornwall_n polydore_v virgil_n de_fw-fr invent._n rerum_fw-la in_o lib_n 3._o cap._n 8._o pag._n 251._o 251._o virg._n 〈◊〉_d 6._o 6._o lib._n 3._o epig._n 5●…_n 5●…_n c●…rew_v in_o his_o sur._n of_o corn._n pag._n 100_o 100_o cam_n english_a brit._n in_o cornwall_n cornwall_n c●…ews_n sur_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d c●…wall_n fol._n 115._o 115._o id●…m_fw-la fol._n 141._o 141._o 〈◊〉_d lib._n 8._o cap._n 3._o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lib._n 3._o cap._n 5._o mela_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 4._o 4._o 〈◊〉_d sur._n of_o cornwall_n fol._n 126._o 126._o ca●…ew_a 〈◊〉_d of_o cornwall_n fol._n 141._o 141._o see_v master_n 〈◊〉_d note_n on_o polyolbion_n pag._n 131._o 131._o rich._n white_a of_o basing-stoke_n in_o hist._n brit._n mart._n and_o english_a martyr_n on_o octob._n 21._o 21._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o cata._n sanct._n brit._n anno_fw-la d●…m_fw-la 411_o 411_o carew_n survey_v of_o corn._n fol._n 59_o 59_o godwin_n in_o the_o archbish_a of_o york_n york_n b●…le_fw-fr de_fw-fr scrip._n brit._n cent._n 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