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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 leiâ—…_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 maâ—…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 weâ—…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 sâ—…r_v william_n molineux_n lanc._n 113_o john_n mountgomery_n essex_n 339_o jeâ—…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 nevilâ—…_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
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