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ibid._n what_o it_o signify_v 391_o e_o belleland_n or_o biland_n 723_o b_o bellasise_n a_o family_n 723_o b_o beller_n a_o noble_a family_n sometime_o 522_o f_o bellotucadrus_fw-la 691_o d_o benefician_n what_o town_n 478_o f_o benedictine_n monk_n 226_o d_o benington_n 407_o f_o s._n benno_n 680_o c_o s._n bennaventa_n be_v wedon_n 508_o c_o d_o s._n bennit_n in_o the_o holm_n a_o abbey_n 478_o c_o bengley_n 815_o b_o bengorion_a 125_o bensted_n a_o family_n 407_o f_o bensbury_n for_o knebensbury_v 302_o f_o benson_n 388_o d_o bently_n 463_o e_o bear_n park_n or_o beau_n park_n never_o to_o durham_n 741_o bericus_n a_o traitor_n to_o britain_n 40_o berengarius_fw-la le_fw-fr moigne_n that_o be_v monk_n 510_o c_o berkhamsted_n 414_o c_o bermingham_n or_o bremicham_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 567_o b_o bermondsey_n abbey_n 434_o b_o bernack_n 514_o e_o benrer_n a_o family_n 405_o d_o berniciae_fw-la 817_o a._n 797_o b_o bernwood_n 393_o e._n 395_o berohdon_n or_o baradon_n 525_o f_o berosus_n confute_v 10_o berry_n by_o wicomb_n 393_o c_o berstaple_n 208_o b_o bertelin_n a_o eremite_n 584_o d_o berwick_n town_n 816_o e_o berwicks_n what_o they_o be_v ibid._n f_o berwic_n in_o elmet_n 696_o b_o bery_n 594_o d_o bery_n pomerie_n 202_o a_o betula_n or_o betulla_n 19_o betheney_n see_v stafford_n betony_n 20_o beverley_n a_o town_n 711_o d_o john_n of_o beverley_n ibid._n bever_n in_o tivy_a river_n what_o creature_n they_o be_v 657_o e_o beverston_n castle_n 364_o d_o beufes_n of_o lancashire_n 745_o e_fw-la bevil_n a_o family_n 192.562_o a_o bezant_n or_o bezantine_n what_o they_o be_v 421_o a_o bibroci_fw-la 286_o d_o buy_v what_o it_o signify_v 543_o b_o begleswade_n 401_o c_o bigod_n the_o name_n of_o rollo_n the_o norman_a 144_o hugh_n bigod_n lord_n chief_a justice_n of_o england_n 482_o c_o hugh_n bigod_n earl_n of_o norfolk_n 482_o b_o bigod_n the_o name_n of_o hypocrite_n and_o superstitious_a person_n 144_o bigod_n a_o family_n 465_o d_o bigot_n a_o family_n 633_o c_o bigrame_n a_o family_n 501_o c_o billesdun_n 812_o f_o biland_n or_o belleland_n 723_o b_o th._n bill_v lord_n chief_a justice_n of_o the_o king_n bench_n 505_o e_o bindon_n 212_o b_o binchester_n 738_o e_o binchester_n penis_fw-la ibid._n binbrige_fw-la isle_n 274_o a_o birdlip_n hill_n 365_o f._n 366_o c_o pirinus_fw-la the_o apostle_n of_o the_o westsaxon_n 384_o c_o birling_n 332_o d_o birthin_n a_o river_n 636_o c_o birtport_n or_o burtport_n 210_o e_o biscaw_n win_v 188_o bisham_n 286_o b_o bishop_n of_o durham_n 735_o bishop_n of_o bath_n and_o wells_n 232_o c_o bishop_n castle_n 189_o e_o bishop_n thorps_n 707_o c_o bishop_n whether_o they_o may_v hold_v castle_n 244_o c_o bishop_n gate_n in_o london_n 423_o d_o bishop_n their_o place_n and_o precedency_n in_o england_n 161_o bisseme_v 401_o b_o bisset_n a_o honourable_a family_n 245.574_o a_o bittlesden_n 396_o d_o bitumen_n that_o be_v sea_n coal_n 735_o c_o biwell_n castle_n 808_o c_o bihan_n castle_n 537_o a_o bithric_a lord_n of_o gloucester_n 368_o bizacium_n in_o africa_n 478_o e_o blackborne_n 752_o d_o blackburne_n shire_n ibid._n e_o blacklow_n hill_n 564_o d_o blackelead_v 767_o b_o blackemere_n a_o barony_n 598_o d_o blackemore_n forest_n 213_o f_o blackeamore_n 717_o b_o blacketaile_v point_n 213_o blackewater_v a_o creek_n 443_o e_o rob._n blanchmain_v 518_o b_o blackeney_n 479_o a_o mercate_z blandford_n 215_o e_o blatum_n bulgium_n 775_o c_o blean_n leveney_n castle_n 628_o d_o blatherwicke_n 514_o b_o blechindon_n 377_o a_o blencarn_n a_o brook_n 763_o c_o blenkensop_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 800_o b_o blestium_fw-la 617_o c_o blickling_n 478_o b_o bletso_n 399_o d_o blewet_v 224_o c_o blisworth_n 507_o a_o blithe_a 551_o a_o blithe_a a_o river_n 586_o d._n 466_o e_fw-la 812_o a_o bliphborough_n 486_o e_o blithfield_n 586_o e_o charles_n blount_n or_o blunt_n lord_n montjoy_z earl_n of_o devonshire_n 208_o d_o blounts_n or_o blunt_n of_o kinlet_n 574_o why_o so_o call_v 591_o b_o blunt_n baron_n montjoy_n 555_o c_o gilbert_n blund_n 461_o d_o boadicia_n or_o bunduica_n wife_n to_o king_n prasutaegus_fw-la 49_o boadicia_n or_o bunduica_n a_o noble_a and_o warlike_a lady_n 406_o e._n 51_o be_v vanquish_v and_o poison_v herself_o 52_o bocking_n a_o fat_a personage_n 446_o a_o bocton_n malherb_n 331_o b_o bodine_n what_o he_o conceive_v of_o the_o name_n britain_n 5_o sir_n th._n bodley_n a_o singular_a benefactor_n to_o oxford_n library_n 382_o c_o bodman_n 191._o boduarie_n 679_o c_o boeth_n what_o it_o signify_v 732_o c_o bohuns_fw-mi earles_n of_o hereford_n etc._n etc._n 621_o e_o humphrey_n de_fw-fr behun_n earl_n of_o essex_n 454_o hugh_n de_fw-fr bolebec_n 396_o a_o bolebec_n barony_n 809_o e_o bolebec_n castle_n 396_o a_o bolerium_n 187_o bollin_n a_o river_n 610_o b_o bolingbroke_n 541_o f_o bolsover_n castle_n 556_o c_o bonosus_n a_o notorious_a bibber_n hang_v himself_o 71_o boniface_n see_v winifrid_n bonvill_n lord_n 206_o c._n 231_o b._n his_o calamity_n ibid._n c_o bolton_n castle_n 729_o a_o borrodale_n 767_o a_o bone-well_a 619_o f_o bonhommes_n a_o religious_a order_n 395_o a_o bonhommes_n college_n 244_o bonium_n 602_o e_o booth_n a_o family_n 610_o c_o borsarse_n alias_o brentwood_n 442_o borwick_n 809_o d_o borrovicus_fw-la ibid._n boscastle_n 195_o boseham_n 306_o f_o bostoke_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 609_o d_o boston_n 532_o c_o burn_a and_o ransack_v 532_o d_o bothal_n castle_n 812_o d_o bosworth_n town_n 518_o d_o bosworth_n field_n ibid._n d_o botereux_n castle_n 195_o botereux_n a_o family_n 566_o b_o botherwic_n 544_o d_o botontines_n 515_o d_o bottlebrig_n or_o botolph_n bridg_n 502_o buy_v on_o 510_o a_o bovium_n 643_o c_o bourchiers_n earl_n of_o bath_n 598_o c_o 207_o c_o bourchier_n baron_n of_o berner_n 405_o d_o bourchiers_n de_fw-fr berner_n lord_n 472_o d_o bourchiers_n a_o honourable_a
520_o f_o sir_n henry_n grey_n baron_fw-fr grey_n of_o grooby_n 521_o a_o grey_n of_o sandacro_n 553_o d_o greys_n earles_n of_o kent_n 553_o c_o th._n grey_n of_o ruthin_n marquesse_n dorset_n 217_o e_o henry_n grey_n marquesse_n dorset_n and_o duke_n of_o suffolk_n 217_o f_z 470_o c._n behead_v 217_o greye_n baron_n of_o wilton_n 396_o d._n their_o badge_n 621_o a._n 396_o d_o john_n grey_n earl_n of_o tankervil_n 663_o d_o greystocks_n baron_n 778_o c_o greystock_n castle_n 778_o b_o s._n grimbald_n 378_o c_o grimsby_n 542_o c_o grimstons-garth_a ibid._n grimstons_n a_o family_n 714_o a_o griphin_n a_o family_n 507_o b._n 607_o e_o grismunds_n tower_n 366_o d_o grâ—n_n and_o gronne_n what_o they_o signify_v 486_o b_o grooby_n 520_o f_o grossement_fw-fr castle_n 630_o b_o grossvenour_n common_o call_v gravenour_n a_o famous_a family_n 604_o b_o grosthead_n or_o groste_v a_o worthy_a bishop_n of_o lincoln_n 540_o b._n c_o ground_n most_o fat_a and_o battle_n 478_o ground_n burn_v for_o tillage_n 675_o c_o gruffin_n ap_fw-mi conan_n a_o noble_a prince_n of_o wales_n 670_o a_o guadiana_n 297_o a_o guaine_n 21_o gwain_n ibid._n gualt_n what_o it_o signify_v 20_o guarth_n what_o it_o signify_v 563_o b_o guarthenion_n why_o so_o call_v 624_o guash_n see_v wash_v gueda_n wife_n to_o earl_n goodwin_n 363_o b_o guenliana_n a_o woman_n of_o manly_a courage_n 649_o c_o grerif_n 21_o guerir_fw-fr ibid._n gwif_n 19_o guild_n hall_n in_o london_n 435_o a_o guildford_n 295_o b_o guildford_n a_o family_n 352_o b_o guineth_n uranc_n 19_o guineth_n 659_o f_o guiniad_n fish_n 666_o b_o guiscard_v of_o engolism_n 502_o c_o gundulph_n bishop_n of_o rochester_n 333_o a_o gunora_n a_o norman_a lady_n 620_o c_o gunpowder_n treason_n 754_o a_o gunter_n a_o family_n 628_o f_o guorong_n what_o it_o signify_v 325_o c_o guortimer_n defeat_v hengist_n &_o the_o saxon_n 332_o a._n where_o bury_v 340_o a_o guvia_n 19_o gwin_n a_o colour_n 26_o guoloppum_fw-la 132_o guy_n brient_n a_o baron_n 212_o e_o sir_n guy_n of_o warwick_n 267_o a._n 564_o guy_n cliff_n or_o gibcliff_n 564â—_n â—_z gynâ—ecia_n 263_o c_o h_n hacomb_n 202_o e_o hadseigh_n 441_o b_o hadley_n 463_o d_o pope_n hadrian_n the_o four_o choke_v with_o a_o fly_n 415_o a_o hadugato_n a_o duke_n or_o leader_n of_o the_o english_a saxon_n 138_o hagmond_n abbey_n 594_o hail_n a_o river_n 193_o haduloha_n 138_o haimon_n dentatus_n 641_o c_o robert_n fitz_n haimon_n subdue_v glamorganshire_n 641_o d_o hakeds_n a_o kind_n of_o pike_n 499_o haledon_n 80â—_n d_o hales_n monastery_n 197_o e._n 365_o a_o halesworth_n 467_o c_o halifax_n 691_o f_o halifax_n law_n 69â—_n b_o halton_n hall_n 808_o f_o halyston_n 812_o f_o hamden_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 395_o hameldon_n hill_n 215_o c_o hamon_n 260_o f_o sir_n hamon_n mascy_n 610_o c_o hampton_n in_o herefordshire_n 620_o hampton_n court_n 420_o b_o hamsted_n hill_n 421_o b_o hang_a wall_n of_o mark_n antony_n 763_o c_o hanley_n castle_n 577_o b_o hanmere_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 68â—_n hannibal_n never_o war_v in_o britain_n 32_o hans_n a_o river_n 587_o c_o hansacre_n a_o family_n 578_o b_o hansard_n a_o family_n 543_o a_o hantshire_n 258_o hanwell_n 376_o e_o hanworth_n 420_o b_o king_n harald_n slay_v 317_o a_o harald_n lightfoot_n 379_o b_o harald_n haardred_n 707_o d_o harald_n the_o bastard_n 143_o harald_n goodwin_n son_n usurp_v the_o crown_n of_o england_n 145_o his_o worthy_a and_o princely_a part_n 146_o harborrow_n or_o haaburgh_n 517_o c_o harbotle_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 812_o f_o andrew_n of_o harcla_n earl_n of_o carlisle_n a_o traitor_n degrade_v 780_o c_o harcourt_n 584_o e_o harden_n or_o hawarden_n 680_o e_o hardes_n ancient_a gentleman_n 339_o d_o harde-cnut_a his_o death_n 303_o b_o his_o immoderate_a feast_n ibid._n th._n harding_n 208_o e_o fit_n harding_n baron_n of_o barkley_n 223_o a_o hard_a knot_n a_o mountain_n 765_o e_o hardwick_n a_o town_n 555_o f._n and_o a_o family_n ibid._n haresfield_n 419_o c_o harford_n west_n 653_o b_o harington_n or_o haveringtons_n a_o family_n 755_o d_o harington_n baron_n 526_o b._n of_o old_a descent_n ibid._n harington_n lord_n 206_o e_o sir_n john_n harington_n baron_fw-fr harington_n of_o exton_n ibid._n haringworth_n the_o honour_n of_o the_o zouch_v baron_n 414_o a_o harleston_n 472_o e_o harlestons_n a_o family_n ibid._n harold_n ewias_n 617_o d_o harold_n a_o gentleman_n ibid._n harptree_n 223_o d_o harrow_n on_o the_o hill_n 420_o a_o harrowden_n 510_o a_o hartle_n pole_n 738_o b_o hart_n hall_n in_o oxford_n 381_o d_o harewich_n 451_o e_o harewood_n castle_n 698_o e_o haslingbury_n 453_o d_o hastings_n a_o noble_a family_n in_o time_n past_a 584_o c_o hastings_n lord_n of_o abergevenny_n 568_o e_o hastings_n baron_n of_o loughborow_n 394_o c_o sir_n edward_n hastings_n sole_a baron_n thereof_o 521_o b_o baron_n hastings_n and_o hoo_n 319_o b_o sir_n william_n hastings_n lord_n hastings_n 318_o f_o hastings_n great_a gentleman_n in_o sussex_n ibid._n hastings_z a_o town_n whence_o it_o take_v the_o name_n 317_o f_o rape_n of_o hastings_n 318_o d._n lord_n thereof_o ibid._n george_n l._n hastings_n first_o of_o that_o name_n earl_n of_o huntingdon_n 503_o a_o hatfield_n bradock_n 453_o e_o bishop_n hatfield_n 406_o f_o hatfield_n poveril_n 445_o c_o hatherton_n 607_o e_o hatfield_n chace_n 690_o e_o hatley_n s_o george_n 485_o d_o hatterel_n hill_n 6â—1_n c_o sir_n christopher_n hatton_n lord_n chancellor_n of_o england_n 508_o his_o commendation_n ibid._n his_o monument_n 509_o a_o havelock_n a_o foundling_n 542_o d_o haverds_n a_o family_n 628_o e_o haudelo_n lord_n burnell_n 330_o c_o havering_n 441â—_n â—_z hawghton_n conquest_n 401_o e_o hawghlee_n castle_n 464_o a_o sir_n john_n hawkwood_n 450_o b_o haulton_n a_o town_n and_o castle_n 611_o haure_n 21_o the_o haw_n 200_o hawsted_a 450_o d_o hawthorn_n at_o glastenbury_n 227_o e_o hay_n a_o town_n 627_o f_o hay_n castle_n 766_o f_o headon_n a_o town_n 713_o c_o healy_n castle_n 583_o e_o hartly_n castle_n 760_o d_o heavenfield_n 806_o d_o hebrew_n call_v huesi_n wherefore_o 23_o heidon_n or_o heydon_n knight_n 479_o b_o sir_n christopher_n heidon_n 326_o c_o heil_n a_o idol_n of_o the_o saxon_n 212_o heilston_n or_o hellas_n 189_o heina_n a_o religious_a votary_n 699_o e_o heitsbury_n 245_o d_o hieu_n a_o religious_a woman_n 738_o b_o helbeck_n 727â—_n â—_z helbeck_n a_o crag_n 784_o b_o helena_n the_o mother_n of_o constantine_n the_o great_a bear_v at_o colchester_n 451_o a_o helena_n a_o devout_a empress_n 74_o helenum_n 187_o helion_n a_o family_n 452_o a_o hell-kettle_n deep_a pit_n 737â—_n â—_z helmet_n of_o gold_n find_v 537_o e_o helvius_n pertinax_n employ_v in_o britan_n 66._o propraetor_n in_o britan_n 67_o hemingston_n 464_o a_o hemp_n the_o best_a 210_o d_o hempsted_n 414_o c_o hen-dinas_n 588_o b_o heneti_n whence_o they_o take_v name_n 26_o hengham_n lord_n 472_o f_o hengist_n and_o horsa_n brethren_n 127._o they_o signify_v a_o horse_n ibid._n hengrave_n 461â—_n â—_z hengston_n hill_n 196_o d_o henningham_n 450_o a_o henly_n in_o arden_n 566_o a_o henly_n hundred_o 389_o a_o henly_n upon_o tamis_n 389_o b_o king_n henry_n the_o six_o his_o virtue_n inter_v and_o translate_v 294_o d_o king_n henry_n the_o seven_o his_o virtue_n 297_o f_o henry_n the_o four_o emperor_n inter_v in_o chester_n 605_o c_o henry_n of_o lancaster_n claim_v the_o crown_n of_o england_n 680_o d_o henry_n fitz-roy_a 240_o b_o king_n henry_n the_o second_o his_o commendation_n 284_o e_o henry_n prince_n rebell_v against_o king_n henry_n the_o second_o his_o father_n 465_o a_o henry_n the_o seven_o proclaim_v king_n 518_o c_o king_n henry_n the_o six_o twice_o take_v prisoner_n by_o his_o own_o subject_n 509_o e_o heorten_n 738_o b_o heorthus_fw-la 135_o heptarchy_n of_o the_o saxon_n describe_v with_o several_a shire_n under_o every_o kingdom_n 157_o heptarchy_n of_o the_o saxon_n 136_o reduce_v to_o a_o monarchy_n 138_o herbert_n bishop_n of_o norwich_n 475_o a_o herbert_n losenga_n bishop_n 472_o a_o herbert_n baron_n of_o shurland_n 334_o b_o herbert_n earles_n of_o penbroch_o 359_o a_o sir_n philip_n herbert_n baron_n of_o shurland_n &_o earl_n of_o montgomery_n 663_o b_o herbert_n a_o honourable_a family_n in_o wales_n 655_o d_o le_fw-fr herbert_n a_o way_n in_o wales_n 665_o f_o hercules_n whether_o ever_o any_o 207_o c_o herefordshire_n 617_o hereford_n city_n 618_o e_o hereford_n earles_n 621_o b._n c._n etc._n etc._n hereford_n duke_n 622_o a_o hereford_n viscount_n ibid._n herring_n fish_v by_o hollander_n etc._n etc._n 717_o f_o herring_n in_o yarmouth_n 478_o a_o herring_n frequent_v our_o coast_n 718_o a_o herlaxton_n 537_o d_o heron_n or_o heiron_n a_o family_n 806_o b._n 815_o e_fw-la herlotâ—a_fw-la 197_o b_o hermae_fw-la 64_o herst_n monceaux_n 315_o a_o herst_n what_o it_o
in_o huntingdon-shire_n 501_o d_o leiton_n 439_o f_o leighton_n a_o family_n 667_o d_o leicestershire_n 517_o leicester_n town_n 519_o d_o leike_v a_o town_n 587_o c_o lemster_n or_o leinster_n 619_o f_o lemster_n ore_n 620_o a_o lemster_n bread_n 620_o lenae_fw-la 17_o leneham_n 331_o a_o leofrike_a earl_n of_o mercian_n 567_o e_o leofrike_n first_o bishop_n of_o excester_n 204_o d_o leofrike_n lord_n of_o brane_n or_o burne_n 533_o a_o leoftane_a abbot_n of_o s._n alban_n 393_o c_o leolin_n prince_n of_o wales_n his_o behaviour_n to_o king_n edward_n 363_o e_o lean_n vaur_n a_o fabulous_a giant_n 604_o leon_n vaur_n what_o it_o signify_v ib._n leonell_n duke_n of_o clarence_n 462_o d_o leprosy_n why_o term_v elephantiasis_n 522_o d._n when_o it_o come_v first_o into_o england_n ibid._n lestoff_n 468_o d_o leskerd_n 191_o lestuthiel_n 190_o lettuy_n what_o it_o be_v 399_o f_o leuca_n 21_o leven_n a_o river_n 781_o c._n 782_o b_o leveney_n a_o river_n 628_o c_o levensand_n 754_o f_o lever_n maur_n 67_o leventhorps_n a_o family_n 408_o c_o s._n lewis_n king_n of_o france_n take_v prisoner_n 249_o e_o lewis_n of_o france_n his_o pretend_a title_n to_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n 340_o lewis_n a_o town_n 313_o e_o lewknors_n 312_o e_o leymouth_n 440_o a_o lhan_n what_o it_o signify_v 631_o d_o lhan_n beder_n 657_o d_o lhan_n badern_n vaur_n 658_o a_o lhan_n stephen_n 650_o c_o lhan_n devi_fw-la brevi_fw-la 657_o b_o lhanthony_n abbey_n 631_o c_o lhan_n vais_fw-fr 672_o e_o lhan_n vethlin_n 662_o d_o lhan_n heron_n 193_o lhan_n stuphadon_n or_o launstaveton_n 196_o c_o lhein_n 668_o b_o lhewellin_n ap_fw-mi sisil_n prince_n of_o wales_n 680_o a_o lhewellin_n ap_fw-mi gryffith_n the_o last_o british_a prince_n of_o wales_n 670_o b_o lhewellin_n last_v prince_n of_o wales_n of_o british_a race_n 624_o c._n slay_v ib._n lhuyd_v his_o opinion_n concern_v the_o name_n of_o britain_n 5.24_o library_n in_o oxford_n furnish_v 381_o lichfield_n 585_o b._n a_o archiepiscopall_a see_v 585_o d_o lickey_n hill_n 574_o d_o lid_n what_o it_o be_v 491_o d_o lid_n river_n 199_o d._n 781_o f_o lida_n town_n 351_o a_o lid_n castle_n 781._o liddesdale_n ibid._n lidgate_n a_o village_n 461_o f_o john_n lidgate_n a_o monk_n ibid._n liesne_n abbey_n 328_o b_o lieutenant_n in_o every_o county_n or_o shire_n institute_v by_o king_n aelfred_n 159_o lilborne_n 515_o c_o lime_n river_n and_o town_n 210_o b_o limestone_n great_a store_n 694_o f_z limit_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n 789_o e_fw-la d._n see_v scotland_n limsey_n a_o family_n 567_o e_o lime_n a_o port_n town_n 549_o e_o line_n or_o flax_n of_o the_o best_a 620_o a_o lillinstone_n 396_o c_o lincolnshire_n 529_o lincoln_n city_n 538_o b._n whence_o the_o name_n be_v derive_v ibid._n lincoln_n earl_n 544_o e_o f_o lindsey_n a_o part_n of_o lincolnshire_n 537_o f_o robert_n of_o lincoln_n 313_o d_o lincoln_n college_n in_o oxford_n 381_o linstock_n castle_n 778_o a_o lingein_n a_o family_n 665_o d_o lin_n 480_o d._n why_o so_o call_v ibid._n old_a lin_n 480_o king_n lin_n ibid._n linnum_fw-la episcopi_fw-la ibid._n lin_n peris_fw-la pool_n 668_o d_o lin_n a_o river_n 547_o c_o dâ—_n la_fw-fr line_v 213_o f_o linton_n or_o lenton_n a_o town_n 547_o d_o lioness_n 187_o lisl_n a_o family_n in_o the_o isle_n of_o ely_n 494_o d_o l'isle_n a_o family_n 276_o a_o l'isle_n of_o rougmount_n 490_o b_o lister'_v a_o family_n 592_o e_o viscount_n l'isle_n 280_o d_o liver_n a_o river_n 192_o litton_n a_o family_n 406_o e_o litchfield_n in_o hantshire_n 272_o c_o littleborough_n 549_o e_o lites_n cary_n 224_o f_o littleton_n a_o family_n 574_o d_o littleton_n alias_o westcot_n a_o learned_a lawyer_n and_o a_o famous_a ibid._n livery_n and_o seisin_n in_o old_a time_n 340_o the_o lizard_n 189_o llydan_n what_o it_o be_v 111_o louder_n a_o river_n and_o family_n 792_o lode_n work_n 184_o looghor_n 646_o a_o lollius_n urbicus_n propretor_n in_o britain_n 66_o lollham_n bridge_n 512_o a_o london_n 421_o d_o london_n a_o ancient_a colony_n 50_o london_n call_v augusta_n 79_o 80_o london_n stone_n 423_o a_o london_n wall_n ibid._n c_o london_n bridge_n 434_o a_o london_n highway_n from_o saint_n alban_n turn_v out_o of_o watling-street_n 415_o b_o london_n or_o londres_n a_o family_n 649_o d_o maurice_n de_fw-fr londres_n or_o london_n ibid._n c_o lonchamp_v a_o family_n 532_o longford_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 553_o d_o long-meg_n a_o stone_n 777_o e_o longvils_n a_o family_n 397_o c_o lonsdale_n 760_o 'loo_o a_o river_n 192_o lophamford_n 467_o d_o lora_n countess_n of_o leicester_n a_o recluse_v votary_n 339_o a_o lortie_n the_o name_n of_o a_o family_n 221_o d_o lothbrooke_n the_o dane_n 207_o a_o lottery_n use_v by_o saxon_n 135_o louvain_n a_o family_n 444_o e_fw-la lovel_n 374._o a_o family_n 505_o d_o lord_n of_o castle_n cary_n 514_o a_o lovet_v a_o family_n 553_o d_o loughborough_n 521_o d_o lowland-man_n 126_o louth_n 542_o c_o lowy_n of_o tunbridge_n 330_o a_o lowy_n of_o briony_n ibid._n luceni_n in_o ireland_n 121_o lucensii_n in_o spain_n ibid._n sir_n rich._n lucy_n lord_n justice_n of_o england_n become_v a_o cannon_n 328_o b_o lucy_n a_o family_n 769_o f_o lucius_n king_n of_o britain_n 67_o lucy_n knight_n a_o ancient_a family_n 564_o f_o luculleae_n certain_a spear_n 62_o ludgate_n 423_o c_o ludham_n 478_o d_o ludlow_n 590_o c_o ludlowes_n a_o family_n 594_o b_o luffeild_n 396_o f_o luffenham_n or_o leffingham_n south_n and_o north_n town_n 525_o lugier_n a_o river_n 619_o d_o lugus_n what_o it_o signify_v 779_o a_o lullingstone_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 328_o e_o lumley_n castle_n 742_o b_o lumleys_n baron_n ibid._n lune_fw-fr or_o lone_n a_o river_n 753_o c_o lupicinus_n send_v into_o britain_n 78_o lupus_n earl_n of_o chester_n 611_o a_o lusoriae_fw-la nave_n 811_o d_o lthe_v a_o lake_n 468_o d_o 442_o a_o luthingland_n ibid._n luton_n 402_o e_o lutter_n worth_n 517_o f._n a_o episcopal_a see_v 519_o d_o lygons_n a_o family_n 577_o b_o th._n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr lind_n 213_o f_o lyquorice_n in_o great_a plenty_n grow_v 550_o f_o lyrpoole_n or_o litherpoole_n 748_o d_o m_o machlen_v 661_o b_o maclesfield_n a_o town_n and_o forest_n 610_o b_o madin-boure_n or_o madn_v bower_n madn_v money_n ibid._n madock_n false_o deal_v withal_o by_o his_o guardian_n john_n earl_n of_o waren_fw-ge 677_o b_o maeatae_n 796_o d_o magic_a practise_v in_o britain_n 234_o a_o magnavill_v alias_o mandevil_n 452_o b._n earl_n of_o essex_n 453_o e_o magnavil_n his_o end_n ibid._n f_o magnentius_n a_o usurper_n 77._o call_v taporus_n ibid._n a_o fortunate_a prince_n 77._o kill_v himself_o ibid._n magnus_n a_o dane_n 314_o c._n his_o monument_n ibid._n magoclunus_fw-la a_o tyrant_n in_o britain_n 113_o magon_n a_o god_n 803_o d_o mahel_n earl_n of_o hereford_n 358_o f_o maiden_n castle_n 212_o c_o maiden_n bradley_n 24_o maiden_n way_n 761_o e_o maidenhead_n or_o maiden-hith_n 286_o c_o maidstone_n 330_o e_o maidulph_n the_o irish_a scot_n 242_o c_o main_n what_o it_o signify_v 569_o c_o mayor_n of_o london_n first_o ordain_v main_a amber_n 188_o malcolm_n can_v mor_fw-mi king_n of_o scot_n 500_o c_o maldon_n 446_o e._n force_v by_o queen_n boadicia_n 448_o malduit_n or_o manduit_n 570_o mallet_n a_o family_n 223_o e_fw-la mallivery_n 700_o b_o malmesbury_n 242_o b_o malpas_n 603_o e._n baron_n thereof_o ibid._n maltravers_n baron_n 217_o a_o malvern_n hill_n 577_o b_o malveisin_n 814_o a_o mamignot_n 326_o d_o maminot_n baron_n 332_o d_o mancastle_n 746_o b_o mancester_n 569_o c_o manchester_n 746_o a_o manchet_n the_o fine_a 420_o a_o manchester_n why_o so_o call_v 747_o a_o mandrubatius_n see_v androgeus_n oppress_v by_o cassibilinus_fw-la 37_o manduite_n a_o family_n 591_o e_fw-la mangonell_n 400_o d_o manor_n or_o de_fw-fr maneriis_fw-la a_o family_n 815_o e_fw-la manor_n earl_n of_o rutland_n 527_o a_o b._n 536_o b_o manober_n castle_n 651_o c_o mansion_n what_o they_o be_v 65_o mansfield_n a_o great_a mercate_z town_n in_o shirewood_n 550_o b_o manwaring_n or_o memilwaring_n a_o family_n 608_o a_o sir_n peter_n manwood_n knight_n 339_o b_o sir_n roger_n manwood_n knight_n ibid._n marble_n quarry_n 736_o e_o marca_n 18_o marden_n 620_o d_o the_o march_n 589_o b_o marga_n what_o it_o be_v 536_o e_o margan_n castle_n 644_o e_o marga_n 20_o margaret_n countess_n of_o richmond_n 216_o d_o margaret_n countess_n of_o salisbury_n behead_v 250_o d_o lord_n marcher_n 589_o c._n 165_o marcley_n hill_n 620_o b._n move_v ibid._n marcus_n make_v emperor_n in_o britain_n by_o the_o army_n 84_o mareschall_n of_o harlot_n 294_o b_o mareschall_n earl_n of_o penbroch_o why_o so_o name_v 655_o b_o mareschall_n earl_n of_o penbroch_o slay_v at_o a_o tournament_n 407_o d_o mary_n queen_n of_o scot_n her_o end_n her_o tomb_n 511_o c._n
513_o b_o mary_n lady_n fane_n 330_o d_o mary_n hall_n in_o oxford_n 381_o d_o mary_n magdalen_n college_n in_o oxford_n 382_o b_o s_o maries_fw-fr of_o radcliff_n 237â—_n â—_z marius_n a_o mighty_a strong_a man_n 779_o d_o markham_n a_o uncorrupt_a judge_n markham_n a_o village_n and_o name_n of_o family_n 550_o e_o markham_n lord_n chief_a justice_n of_o england_n 550_o e_o marle_n 20.393_o c_o marleborough_n 255_o d_o marleborough_n statute_n 256_o a_o marlowe_n 393_o marmion_n a_o family_n 729_o e_fw-la marmion_n the_o king_n champion_n 582_o c_o marney_n baron_n 213_o a_o marnhill_n 215_o c_o marquesites_n find_v 720_o f_o marquesse_n what_o degree_n of_o honour_n 165_o marquesse_n how_o create_v ibid._n marchland_n 690_o e_o martin_n bishop_n of_o tours_n against_o put_v heretic_n to_o death_n 82_o martin_n vicegerent_n in_o britain_n stab_v himself_o 78_o martin_n lord_n of_o keimes_n martin_n a_o family_n 654_o d_o martyr_n in_o britain_n 73_o mason_n first_o bring_v into_o england_n 743_o a_o massagetes_n scythian_n 121_o massham_n 729_o c_o matrafall_n 662_o d_o mawde_z the_o empress_n lady_n of_o the_o english_a 453_o e._n king_n henry_n the_o first_o his_o wife_n 284_o d_o mawde_z of_o saint_n valeri_n a_o stout_a dame_n 623_o c_o saint_n maudit_fw-la castle_n 189_o maugre_o lhewellin_n a_o castle_n 623_o c_o mauley_n baron_n 709_o c_o peter_n mauley_n 719_o c_o malt_n of_o abbington_n 280_o a_o malt_n how_o make_v 485_o b_o maundbury_n 212_o c_o maunsel_n 641_o e_o maxey_n castle_n 515_o a_o maximus_n usurp_v the_o empire_n 82._o his_o virtue_n ib._n style_v trevericus_n emperor_n ibid._n maximus_n the_o usurper_n vanquish_v and_o put_v to_o death_n by_o theodosius_n 83_o maxstock_n castle_n 567_o c_o meal_n what_o they_o be_v 479_o e_o east-mean_a hundred_o 268_o f_z west-mean_a hundred_o ibid._n meansborow_n hundred_o ibid._n meanuari_fw-la ibid._n meaux_n abbey_n 712_o e_o walter_n medantinus_n a_o official_a earl_n 621_o medaghom_n 634_o b_o medcalfe_n a_o numerous_a family_n 729_o a_o medeshandsted_a alias_o medeswelhamsted_n ibid._n medeswel_o a_o gulf_n 512_o b_o medley_n 693_o f_o medvan_n 67_o medway_n river_n 329_o d_o meermarke_n in_o old_a time_n 515_o c_o melborn_n castle_n 554_o a_o melcomb_n regis_fw-la 211_o c_o melfield_n 815_o d_o long_n melford_n a_o hospital_n 462_o melienith_n 624_o a_o melin_n what_o colour_n 26_o melitus_n a_o roman_a bishop_n of_o london_n 426_o c_o melkin_n a_o great_a professor_n of_o learning_n 378_o f_o melton_n mowbray_n 522_o e_o menai_n 668_o c_o mendip_n hill_n 230_o d_o mendlesham_n 465_o b_o meneg_n 189_o menevia_n 653_o d_o menils_n baron_n 721_o b_o merbury_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 609_o f_o mercian_n of_o the_o north_n 559_o b_o merchenlage_n 153_o merworth_n 330_o d_o mercury_n have_v the_o charge_n of_o way_n 64_o mergate_n 413_o merion_n shire_n 667_o merivale_n 569_o d_o merkin_n 188_o merlin_n the_o britan_n tages_n where_o bear_v 649_o f_o mersey_n a_o river_n 745â—_n â—_z mesey_n mouth_n 610_o b_o mershland_n 481_o a_o merton_n a_o pool_n 749_o d_o merton_n 302_o d_o merton_n college_n 302_o statute_n of_o merton_n 302_o e_o merton_n brook_v a_o riveret_n 554_o d_o metham_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 710_o metaris_n or_o maltraith_n 529_o c_o mettingham_n 468_o c_o merlin_n sylvester_n the_o british_a apollo_n 640_o a_o michael_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr pole_n earl_n of_o suffolk_n 7â—_n e_o saint_n michael_n mount_n 188_o michelham_n 315_o d_o michael_n scotus_n a_o great_a mathematician_n 773_o b_o middlesex_n 419_o middleton_n abbey_n build_v by_o king_n athelstane_n 213_o middleton_n a_o family_n 698_o d_o middlewich_n 607_o f_o mikel_n bar_n 701_o f_o milburga_n a_o devout_a virgin_n 591_o e_o sir_n walter_n mildmay_n a_o worthy_a knight_n 514_o c_o mildred_n a_o saint_n 340_o b_o milstons_n 681_o a._n 556_o f_o milford_n haven_n 651_o d_o millum_fw-la castle_n 765_o d_o mimmes_n 415_o d_o mineran_n what_o town_n 407_o f_o minchins_n that_o be_v nun_n 362_o b_o mineral_n stone_n 720_o f_o minshul_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 608_o minster_n 334_o a_o minster_n what_o it_o signify_v 245_o c_o minster_n lovel_n 373_o f_o misselto_n of_o the_o oak_n 14_o missenden_n a_o town_n 394_o c._n de_fw-fr missenden_n gentleman_n 394_o e_o mitford_n 812_o b_o mitton_n 731_o b_o mitten_n a_o family_n 665_o d_o mixon_n 274_o e_o modwena_n or_o mow_v a_o religious_a virgin_n 569_o e._n 586_o b._n her_o epitaph_n 586_o c_o moeles_n 196_o a._n 221_o c_o mogontus_n 691_o d_o mohuns_fw-mi 190_o f_o mohun_v or_o moion_n 220_o d_o moignes_n or_o monk_n of_o essex_n a_o family_n 245_o b_o moilenly_a 676_o c_o moinglath_n ibid._n mole_n a_o river_n why_o so_o call_v 297_o mould_n 681_o a_o molineaux_n a_o family_n 748_o mona_n taciti_fw-la a_o isle_n 671_o mona_n subdue_v by_o julius_n agricola_n ibid._n monastical_a life_n or_o monkery_n when_o first_o profess_v 603_o a_o monastery_n what_o they_o be_v 603_o c_o monastery_n suppress_v 163_o monkchester_n 810_o b_o monkton_n see_v exeter_n monk_n layman_n 603_o c_o monk_n a_o family_n 208_o a_o monk_n regular_a or_o of_o the_o clergy_n ibid._n monk_n weremouth_n 742_o f_o monmouthshire_n 631_o monmouth_n town_n 632_o b._n the_o natall_a place_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o five_o 632_o e_o monmouth_n a_o academy_n 633_o e_o monow_n a_o river_n 617.631_o c_o montacute_n a_o place_n why_o so_o call_v 222_o b_o montacute_v knight_n 510_o a_o montacute_v a_o family_n 222_o c_o earles_n of_o salisbury_n ibid._n 249_o th._n montacute_n earl_n of_o salisbury_n slay_v before_o orleans_n 250_o mont_n aegle_n baron_n 753_o f_o montchensyes_n baron_n 329_o a_o guarin_n montchensy_n another_o rich_a crassus_n 463_o b_o montferrant_n castle_n 709_o b_o montfichets_fw-mi baron_n 453_o c_o montfichet_n baron_n 440_o a._n 809_o e_fw-la montfort_n 566_o a_o simon_n de_fw-fr montfort_n earl_n of_o leicester_n 523_o e_o simon_n de_fw-fr montford_n the_o young_a disloyal_a to_o his_o prince_n 523_o e_o simon_n montfort_n another_o catiline_n 577_o f._n slay_v 578_o a_o montgomeryshire_n 661_o montgomery_n town_n and_o castle_n 661_o f_o montgomerie_n earl_n 663_o b_o montgomerie_n make_v a_o shire_n 677_o mont_n turold_v a_o fort_n 513_o a_o montjoy_n 555_o monthault_n baron_n 680_o e_o monument_n or_o tomb_n in_o paul_n church_n in_o london_n 426_o d._n etc._n etc._n the_o moor_n in_o monmouthshire_n 694_o d_o moores_n what_o they_o be_v 759_o b_o mordants_n baron_n 399_o b_o moresby_n a_o place_n and_o name_n of_o gentleman_n 766_o c_o f_o mooreland_n 586_o e_o mor_n 21_o morinwyr_n ibid._n morimarusa_n 11_o morley_n baron_n 315_o c._n 453_o d_o morison_n sir_n richard_n and_o charles_n 415_o a_o moregate_n in_o london_n 423_o d_o mordant_n 510_o c_o morton_n cardinal_n and_o archbish._n of_o canterbury_n 212_o b_o morpeth_n 812_o c_o morton_n corbet_n 594_o e_o morvils_n a_o family_n 775_o f_o hugh_n morvil_n that_o slay_v thomas_n becket_n 777_o f_o mortimer_n earles_n of_o march_n 619_o mortimer_n of_o attilborough_n 473_o b_o morwic_n 813_o b_o mortimer_n hole_n 548_o e_o roger_n mortimer_n the_o elder_a sentence_v to_o death_n 624_o e_o roger_n mortimer_n the_o last_o declare_v heir_n apparent_a to_o the_o crown_n 625_o a_o the_o mosses_n 745_o d._n whence_o they_o come_v 747_o b_o the_n moto_fw-la 783_o b_o mont_n sorel_n or_o mount_n soar_n hill_n 521_o a_o mowbray_n 304_o f_o mowbraies_n a_o family_n the_o original_n of_o their_o race_n 723_o c_o mowbray_n much_o affect_v the_o templar_n 566_o d_o mowbraies_n whence_o descend_v 481_o c_o thomas_n mowbray_n duke_n of_o norfolk_n 482_o e._n banish_v ibid._n mowbray_n 221_o f_z moult-grave_a castle_n 719_o c_o mountsbay_n 188.189_o moushole_n 188_o mouthwy_a a_o commot_n in_o wales_n 665_o d_o moyen_fw-mi 213_o b_o moyly_a gaer_n 679_o c_o muchelney_n 222_o a_o the_o mues_n 432_o c_o munden_n furnivall_n 408_o b._n 703_o a_o municipia_fw-la what_o they_o be_v 409_o murdack_n a_o family_n 565_o a._n 409_o musard_n baron_n of_o staveley_n 555_o f_o muschamp_v baron_n 815_o c_o musgraves_n village_n and_o a_o family_n 760_o d_o musgrave_n baron_n ibid._n d_o mustard_n the_o best_a 359_o b_o mynyd_n margan_n 644_o e_o n_o nadder_n a_o river_n 245_o d_o naitanus_n a_o king_n of_o the_o pict_n 118_o name_n of_o family_n alter_v 583_o e_fw-la name_n of_o family_n take_v from_o place_n 748_o a_o name_n take_v from_o the_o father_n forename_n 813_o b_o nannius_n 82_o nant_n pencarn_n a_o river_n 639_o f_z nant-wich_a 607_o f_o natan_n leod_n or_o nazaleod_n 258_o f_o nation_n the_o same_o have_v sundry_a name_n 23_o nation_n at_o first_o have_v name_n of_o their_o own_o 25_o navy_n royal_a of_o england_n 333_o e_o naworth_n castle_n 784_o f_o neath_n or_o nid_v a_o river_n 645_o f_o neath_n a_o town_n 643_o d_o neath_n land_n 649_o d_o nectan_n a_o saint_n
sea_n be_v warm_a 2_o sea_n coal_n 735_o c._n 799_o d_o sea_n man_n catch_v 466.720_o b_o seal_n how_o they_o sleep_v and_o be_v catch_v 720_o c_o seven_o mile_n dike_a 490_o b_o seavenshale_v 801_o f_o seckinton_n 569_o e_o sefton_n 748_o d_o seghil_n ibid._n segonax_n 37_o segrave_n a_o town_n 523_o b._n a_o family_n ibid._n segraves_n baron_n 568_o c_o stephen_n segrave_n his_o rise_n and_o fall_n 501_o c_o d_o jane_n seimor_n mother_n to_o king_n edward_n the_o six_o 224_o seimors_n or_o saint_n maurs_n earl_n of_o hertford_n 416_o seimor_n duke_n of_o somerset_n 240_o b_o seimor_n or_o saint_n maur_n earl_n of_o hertford_n 634_o d_o seneca_n a_o great_a usurer_n in_o britain_n 457_o c_o sejont_n a_o river_n 668_o d_o selwood_n 233_o a_o selwhat_o it_o signify_v 271_o c_o selbey_v a_o family_n 812_o f_o selbrittenden_n 351_o c_o selaby_n 737_o c_o selbury_n 255_o a_o semarc_n or_o de_fw-fr s._n medardo_n a_o family_n 714_o d_o sempringham_n 534_o d_o serjeanties_n 213_o seovenburgenses_n 829_o c_o seton_n 811_o f_o sevenoke_n 328_o d_o sevenoke_n alderman_n of_o london_n his_o hospital_n and_o school_n 328_o d_o severn_n river_n his_o head_n 661_o c_o commend_v 357_o d_o a_o noble_a river_n 573_o d_o severus_n propretor_n in_o britain_n 65_o severus_n emperor_n his_o exploit_n 67._o he_o enter_v britain_n 69._o fence_v britain_n with_o a_o wall_n 69._o die_v at_o york_n 70.703_o b_o his_o funeral_n ibid._n canonize_a a_o god_n 70_o seward_n a_o poet_n 632_o d_o sexwulph_n first_o abbot_n of_o peterburgh_n abbey_n 512_o c_o sezay_n 724_o e_fw-la shaft_n 184_o shaftsbury_n 214_o d_o sharnborne_n 480_o c_o shavington_n 607_o e_fw-la scheath_n 609_o d_o sheafield_n 689_o c_o shene_n 297_o c_o sheep_n devour_v man_n etc._n etc._n 505_o c_o sheffeld_n baron_n 544_o d_o shengay_n a_o commaundery_a 485_o e_o shelford_n a_o barony_n 472_o e_o shepey_n isle_n 333_o c_o ship_n of_o king_n hiero_n 32_o shipston_n 561_o c_o shirburne_n a_o brook_n run_v through_o shirbourne_n 696_o b_o a_o town_n and_o castle_n 214_o a._n a_o bishop_n see_v 214_o b_o shirley_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 313_o c_o 553_o d._n 505_o e_fw-la shire_n divide_v into_o hundred_o 158_o shirewood_n forest_n 547_o b_o shire_n how_o many_o in_o england_n 159_o shoad_n 184_o shobery_n 441_o c_o shorne_n 329_o b_o shobery_n nesse_n ibid._n shochlach_n 604_o b_o shoreham_n 313_o b_o shotwich_n castle_n 606_o e_o shrawerden_n castle_n 597_o b_o shrewsbury_n 595_o a_o shrewsbury_n earles_n 599_o b_o shropshire_n 589_o shugbury_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 561_o d_o shurland_n 334_o a_o sible_n hemingham_n 450_o b._n see_v heningham_n or_o heveningham_n sicily_n the_o isle_n cut_v from_o italy_n 346_o d_o whence_o it_o take_v name_n 273_o d_o sidlie_n a_o learned_a knight_n 332_o b_o cider_n a_o drink_n 20_o sidius_fw-la geta_n his_o good_a service_n in_o britain_n 41_o sidmanton_n 272_o c_o sidnacester_n 543_o f_o sidneys_o 329_o e_o sir_n robert_n sidney_n baron_n of_o pensheret_n and_o viscount_n lisle_n 329_o e_fw-la 280_o f_o sigebert_n a_o tyrant_n 272_o e_o sigga_n a_o noble_a woman_n 806_o b_o silcester_n or_o selcester_n 270_o a_o silt_n â—9_n d_o simon_n zelotes_n in_o britain_n 68_o sinbrech_n or_o simon_n breach_n 126_o sinodun_fw-la 281_o b_o zion_n 420_o e_fw-la sister_n kirk_n 714_o b_o siwards_n a_o family_n 646_o e_o siward_n earl_n of_o huntingdon_n 502_o c_o skales_n baron_n 405_o e_o skeffington_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 522_o e_o skelton_n castle_n 720_o c_o skiddaw_n a_o hill_n 767_o c_o skinffrith_n castle_n 632_o b_o skipton_n in_o craven_n 694_o b_o skipwiths_n a_o family_n 521_o b_o slebach_n a_o commandery_a 652_o c_o sleford_n 535_o d_o sleep_v a_o town_n 498_o f_o smith_n a_o family_n 607_o e_o snath_n 729_o d_o snodhil_n castle_n 617_o d_o snowden_n forest_n 667_o a_o snowdon_n hill_n ibid._n soar_n a_o river_n 517_o b_o sockburne_n 737_o d_o sodales_fw-la augustales_fw-la 448_o b_o sodbury_n 364_o c_o soham_n 493_o a_o solway_n frith_n 775_o solente_n frith_n 267_o e_fw-la soldurii_fw-la 20_o solidurii_fw-la what_o they_o be_v 99_o solidarii_fw-la 171_o solidus_fw-la a_o coin_n of_o gold_n 99_o solyhill_n 567_o a_o solom_n moss_n 782_o a_o somery_n baron_n of_o dudley_n 397_o a_o noble_a family_n 581_o somerley_n 468_o e_o somersham_n 499_o a_o somersetshire_n 220._o whence_o it_o take_v name_n 220_o b_o somerset_n dukes_n and_o earl_n 239_o c_o somerton_n 224_o f._n town_n 220_o c_o snite_n a_o brook_n 549_o c_o soureby_n 724_o e_o sow_n a_o river_n in_o staffordshire_n 583_o e_o southam_n 561_o d_o sowdiur_n 20_o south-anton_n town_n 260_o f_o southton_n or_o sutton_n in_o herefordshire_n 620_o d_o southampton_n earles_n 272_o f_o southybank_n 530_o a_o south_n rhey_n or_o sutherey_n why_o so_o call_v 295_o south_n saxon_n kingdom_n 321_o c_o south_n wales_n 659_o c_o southwels_n a_o family_n 473_o a_o southwold_n 467_o a_o spadiard_n 185_o spain_n rend_v from_o africa_n 346â—_n â—_z spalding_n 532_o b_o spaldwick_n 501_o d_o spelwell_n by_o dantrey_n 508_o spenser_n knight_n ibid._n spenser_n alias_o de_fw-fr spenser_n execute_v 269_o c._n de_fw-fr spenser_n baron_n spenser_n lord_n spenser_n baron_n of_o wormleighton_n 508_o de_fw-fr spenser_n baronesse_n 330_o hugh_n spenser_n 642_o b_o spigurnell_n what_o it_o signify_v 312_o a_o spilmans_fw-mi knight_n 480_o d_o hospital_n on_o stanemore_n 732_o f_o hospital_n in_o the_o street_n 540_o e_o sponde_v his_o tomb_n in_o torcester-church_n 506_o b_o spring_n turn_v stick_n &_o straw_n into_o stone_n 518_o a_o spurnhead_n 714_o a_o saint_n ives_n a_o town_n 498_o f_o saint_n johns_n baron_n of_o basin_n 269_o b_o sir_n oliver_n saint_n john_n 239_o saint_n johns_n baron_n of_o lagham_n 303_o e_o saint_n legiers_n or_o sellenger_n 331_o saint_n guerir_fw-fr or_o saint_n leech_n 191_o saint_n lizies_n a_o family_n 498_o a_o saint_n lo_o or_o sentlow_n 196_o a_o saint_n george_n knight_n or_o of_o the_o garter_n 485_o d_o saint_n martin_n a_o family_n 246_o a_o saint_n maries_fw-fr a_o town_n 481_o b_o saint_n paul_n or_o sampol_n a_o family_n 544_o a_o saint_n stephens_n in_o westminster_n 431_o a_o saint_n maurs_n or_o seimors_n 224_o a_o saint_n cler_n 591_o e_o simon_n saint_n liz_n or_o selis_n the_o first_o earl_n of_o northampton_n 509_o simon_n de_fw-fr saint_n liz_n the_o second_o 515_o f_o saint_n john_n his_o knight_n 241_o f_o saint_n swithins_n feast_n rainy_a 265_o d_o staffords_n of_o blatherwic_n knight_n 514_o b_o staffords_n of_o grafton_n 395_o e_o staffords_n dukes_n of_o buckingham_n 397_o e_o stafford_n of_o suthwick_n earl_n of_o devonshire_n 208_o staffords_n earl_n of_o wiltshire_n 256_o c_o staffordshire_n 581_o stafford_n town_n 584_o d_o stafford_n hold_v carborough_n castle_n 717_o e_o stamford_n a_o citizen_n of_o london_n 208_o standard_n what_o it_o be_v 724_o standon_n 408_o a_o standrop_n or_o stainthorp_n 737_o b_o stanford_n upon_o avon_n 515_o b_o stanford_n river_n 440_o stanford_n upon_o welland_n 533_o e_fw-la a_o university_n begin_v at_o this_o stanford_n 533_o e_o stanford_n destroy_v ibid._n stanes_n 419_o d_o stanes_n forest_n or_o waren_fw-ge 421_o c_o stanely_n the_o expensfull_a bishop_n of_o ely_n 499_o a_o stanlaw_n 606_o f_o stanley_v a_o noble_a family_n 583_o f_z stanley_n whence_o descend_v 606_o stanley_n earl_n of_o derby_n 749_o f_o stanemore_n 732_o e_fw-la stannary_n and_o their_o lord_n warden_n 185_o stanhopes_n 549_o a_o stanton_n a_o family_n 553_o d_o stanwel_n 419_o c_o stanwicks_n 782_o e_o star_n chamber_n 179_o station_n or_o mansion_n in_o antonine_n 399_o f_o steanford_n 547_o c_o steort_n 187_o stert_n point_n 201_o d_o stew_n 434_o d_o stephanides_n see_v fitz_n stephen_n steven_n hauh_o a_o town_n 406_o e_fw-la stibium_fw-la find_v in_o darbyshire_n 556_o f_o stiliard_n 435_o c_o stilton_n or_o stichilton_n 501_o f_o stilicho_n protector_n to_o honorius_n in_o his_o minority_n 73_o stipper_n stone_n hill_n 592_o c_o stoke_n battle_n there_o fight_v 549_o a_o stonar_n what_o place_n 339_o f_o stoke_n curry_n 221_o a_o stoke_n pogey_n 394_o c._n 521_o c_o stockepont_n a_o petty_a barony_n 610_o stoke_n fleming_n 202_o stokesley_n 521_o a_o stone_n a_o town_n why_o so_o call_v 783_o stone_n make_v by_o art_n 253_o a._n b_o stoneheng_n 251_o stoneham_n 262_o d_o stonely_n abbey_n in_o huntingdonshire_n 501_o c_o stoneley_n 562_o e_o stonely_n holme_n ibid._n stony_a serpent_n of_o s._n hilda_n 718_o e_o stones_n with_o stony_a serpent_n in_o they_o 721_o a_o stony_a street_n 349_o stone_n resemble_v cochles_a etc._n etc._n 363_o e_o stony_a strand_n 21_o stoner_n a_o family_n 389_o a_o store_n a_o river_n 408_o c_o bishop_n stortford_n ibid._n stow_z on_o the_o will_v 366_o a_o stow_n in_o lincolnshire_n 543_o d_o stouphs_n or_o hot_a house_n use_v much_o 681_o d_o stow_n
river_n or_o guash_n 525_o e_o wash_v a_o dangerous_a arm_n of_o the_o sea_n 480_o d_o washburnes_n village_n and_o family_n 577_o d_o waste_v 806_o a_o waterfall_n 730_o c_o water_n divide_v 399_o c_o water_n germander_n see_v scordium_n watford_n 415_o a_o watchtower_n erect_v by_o c._n caligula_n 40_o watlesbury_n 592_o f_o watling-street_n highway_n 64_o watling-street_n a_o town_n 593_o waveney_n a_o river_n 467_o d_o waver_v a_o river_n 773_o b_o wauburn_n 479_o a_o wauburnham_n ibid._n weable_o 620_o b_o weable_o ale_n ibid._n weald_n in_o kent_n 329_o d_o weare_n a_o town_n 205_o c_o wear_v the_o decay_n of_o excester_n haven_n 205_o c_o weddesborrow_n 581_o f_o wedensday_n 135_o weedon_n in_o the_o street_n 508_o c_o weimouth_n 211_o b_o will_n ebb_v and_o flow_v 558_o c_o welles_n medicinable_a 497_o d_o welch_n poole_n a_o town_n 662_o b_o welles_n baron_n 541_o e._n 542_o b_o welles_n viscount_n 542_o welles_n the_o city_n 223_o d_o welland_n river_n 505_o b_o welledon_n 514_o d_o welhop_n a_o riveret_n 738_o c_o wellingborow_n 509_o f_o wenlock_n 591_o e_o wemme_n 594_o c_o wenman_v a_o family_n 384_o a_o go_v a_o river_n 690_o f_o wentsbeck_n a_o river_n 812_o b_o wentsdale_n 727_o e_o wentworth_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 689_o e_o wentworth_v baron_n 463_o c_o weorth_o what_o it_o signify_v 582_o be_v a_o river_n 738_o werburga_n or_o warburga_n a_o holy_a virgin_n 508_o c._n 583_o werburgs_n church_n in_o chester_n 605_o werith_n what_o colour_n 26_o werke_n castle_n 815_o a_o werlam_n or_o verlam_n city_n in_o great_a distress_n 51_o werlam-street_n 64_o werminster_n 245_o c_o werywall_n 754_o d_o west_n baron_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr ware_n 312_o d_o 746_o b_o westminster_n sometime_o thorney_n 428_o e_o westminster_n church_n 428_o f_o monument_n therein_o 429_o f_o westminster_n hall_n 431_o e_o westmoreland_n 759_o westmoreland_n earl_n 763_o d_o westride_v 489_o d_o west_n saxon_n bring_v the_o heptarchy_n to_o a_o monarchy_n 138_o westâ—_n sexenlage_n 153._o 159_o west_n saxon_n kingdom_n 294_o c_o west_n wales_n 647_o b_o west_n weal_n 184_o wetherby_n 699_o a_o wetherill_n 778_o a_o wever_n a_o river_n 601_o e_o wever_n a_o hill_n 586_o f_o wey_n river_n 294_o e_o whaddon_n 396_o d_o wiatts_n a_o family_n 331_o e_o wyatt_n his_o unfortunate_a end_n ibid._n e_o wic_n what_o it_o signify_v 326.355_o wiceii_fw-la 354_o f._n 573_o d_o wiche_n that_o be_v salt_n pit_n 573_o b_o which_o a_o town_n 575_o b_o which_o wood_n forest_n 374_o b_o which_o a_o learned_a canonist_n 575_o a_o wichliff_n die_v 517_o f_o wickham_n bishop_n of_o winchester_n 265_o e._n his_o praise_n 266_o c._n d_o his_o equivocant_fw-la mot_fw-fr 288_o d_o wicombe_n or_o wickham_n a_o town_n 393_o d_o widdevile_n or_o woodvill_n a_o family_n 506_o c_o widdevill_n lord_n rivers_n ibid._n d_o earl_n rivers_n ibid._n high_a constable_n of_o england_n ibid._n etc._n etc._n behead_v ibid._n e_o widdevill_n earl_n river_n 405_o e_o wie_z river_n 358_o e._n 618_o a_o a_o wife_n demise_v to_o another_o 312_o f_o wigenhall_n 481_o b_o wight_n isle_n 273_o c._n etc._n etc._n why_o so_o call_v ibid._n the_o lord_n thereof_o 276_o c._n d_o wiggin_n 749_o c_o wigmore_n 619_o c_o wigton_n 774_o b_o wilberhams_n or_o wilburhams_n a_o family_n 607_o d_o wilberham_n 490_o b_o a_o wild_a man_n catch_v in_o the_o sea_n 466_o a_o wilfride_n bishop_n 275_o d._n 308_o c_o wilfride_n archbishop_n of_o york_n 700_o c_o wilfreed_n needle_n ibid._n c_o willebrode_o ah_o learned_a englishman_n 137_o willey_n or_o willeley_n 591_o d_o a_o river_n and_o village_n 245_o e._n 246_o wharton_n castle_n 701_o d_o wheallep_n castle_n 701_o d_o wheathamsted_n 406_o e_o john_n of_o wheathamsted_n ibid._n f_o wherfe_n the_o river_n 696_o d._n why_o so_o call_v ibid._n f_o whetston_n 339_o c_o whitehart_n forest_n 213_o f_o whereupon_o so_o call_v 214_o a_o whitehart_n silver_n ibid._n whitchurch_n in_o shropshire_n 598_o whitgaraburge_n 275_o c_o whitgift_n archbishop_n of_o caterbury_n 542_o d._n his_o good_a deed_n 302_o b_o whitby_n 718_o b_o white_n hall_n the_o king_n house_n 432_o whitham_n 446_o b_o whitehorse_n vale_n 279_o c_o whitney_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 618_o whitsan_n 348_o b_o white_n spur_n 176_o whittington_n 598_o b_o whorwel_n 262_o a_o william_n of_o newborough_n 8_o william_n or_o wilcock_n of_o mouthwy_a 665_o william_n of_o york_n 695_o c_o william_n of_o malmesbury_n 242_o f_o william_n long-espee_a 145_o 249_o d_o slay_v near_o damiata_n 249_o e_o william_n the_o bastard_n or_o conqueror_n 145._o his_o title_n to_o the_o crown_n ibid._n where_o he_o land_v 316_o e._n invade_v england_n 145_o he_o fight_v with_o king_n harald_n ibid._n f._n swear_v to_o keep_v all_o the_o ancient_a law_n of_o england_n 414_o c._n be_v inaugurate_v king_n 152_o disavow_v his_o title_n and_o conquest_n 152._o his_o behaviour_n present_o upon_o victory_n 152._o his_o seal_n ibid._n he_o enact_v excellent_a law_n 153_o his_o policy_n to_o root_v out_o and_o weaken_v the_o english_a 152_o williams_n of_o tame_a 384_o a_o willibourne_n a_o river_n 245_o d_o willimot_n wick_n 801_o e_o willoford_n 785_o c_o willoughby_n freeze_v to_o death_n in_o a_o voyage_n 555_o d_o willoughbye_n baron_n of_o brook_n 244_o c._n 577_o b_o willoughbies_n baron_n 465.541_o e_o willoughby_n of_o parrham_n 543_o d_o willoughby_n earl_n of_o vandosme_n 54r_n willoughby_n knight_n 547_o c_o wiltshire_n 241_o wiltshire_n earl_n 256_o d._n e_o wilton_n a_o town_n 246_o c_o wilton_n castle_n 621_o a._n 721_o a_o wimundham_n or_o windham_n 473_o d_o wimundham_n in_o leicestersh_fw-mi 522_o wimondly_n 406_o c_o winander_fw-ge mere_n 755_o b_o winburne_n what_o it_o signify_v 216_o a_o winburne_n minster_n 215_o e_o wincaunton_n 221_o d_o winchelcombe_n town_n &_o abbey_n 365_o d_o winchelsey_n 319_o b_o winchel_n see_v over_o old_a winchester_n 809_o e._n 269_o a_o winchester_n 262_o winchester_n bishop_n 265_o e_o winchester_n tower_n in_o windsor_n castle_n 288_o d_o winchester_n earles_n and_o marquess_n 267_o b._n d_o winchindon_n 395_o f_o windesor_n baron_n 289_o a._n 320â—_n â—_z windesor_n a_o family_n 419_o c_o windesor_n town_n 286_o d._n e_o windsor_n castle_n 288_o d_o windlesor_n forest_n 293_o b_o windrush_n river_n 374_o a_o wingfeld_v in_o darbyshire_n 555_o e_o winfeilds_n knight_n 512_o a_o winifrid_n a_o learned_a englishman_n 137._o the_o apostle_n of_o germany_n 203._o d_o winkles_n or_o cockle_n on_o hil-top_n 727_o c_o winster_n a_o river_n 760_o a_o winterton_n a_o cape_n 478_o d_o winwidfield_n 694_o e_o winwicke_n 748_o b_o wip_v fleet_n 340_o a_o wire_n a_o river_n 753_o a_o wire-dale_n ibid._n wirkington_n 769_o wirral_n 601_o e._n 606_o d_o wiske_n a_o river_n 723_o e_o withburga_n a_o saint_n 482_o a_o witherington_n or_o woderington_n a_o castle_n and_o name_n of_o a_o martial_a family_n 812_o e_o wittlesmere_n 500_o d_o witton_n a_o castle_n 738_o c_o wiza_n a_o riveret_n 773_o b_o wye_n a_o town_n in_o kent_n 335_o d_o woad_n 19_o woburn_n 401_o e_o woden_n 241_o d_o woden_n a_o saxon_n god_n 135_o woderington_n see_v witherington_n wold_n in_o leicestershire_n 523._o a_o wollaton_n 547_o woodvil_n see_v widvil_n wolpher_n a_o pagan_a king_n kill_v his_o two_o son_n 583._o become_v a_o christian_a 512._o d_o wolsey_n cardinal_n a_o butcher_n son_n 469_o c_o wollover_n 815_o c_o wolstane_n bishop_n of_o worcester_n canonize_v a_o saint_n 576_o d_o wolvehunt_n a_o family_n 556_o d_o wolverton_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 397_o wolf_n destroy_v 665_o wondy_n 634_o c_o woodbridge_n 465_o d_o wooden_a how_o portray_v 135_o woodhall_n 407_o woodham_n walter_n 446_o b_o woodland_n a_o part_n of_o warwickshire_n 561_o b_o woodnoths_n 607_o e_o woodstock_n 375_o d_o wooton_n basset_n 242_o a_o woodrising_n 473_o a_o worcestershire_n 573_o worcester_n 575_o c_o worcester_n earles_n 578_o f_o workensopl_n 550_o f_o workesworth_n 556_o e_o world_n how_o it_o begin_v to_o be_v people_v 11_o wormhill_n 556_o d_o wormleighton_n 561_o d_o wormgay_n or_o wrongey_n 481_o e_o worsted_n a_o town_n 478_o c_o worsted_n stuff_n whence_o so_o call_v 478_o c_o wortley_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 689_o wotton_n under_o wever_n 586_o wotton_n a_o family_n and_o baron_n wotton_n of_o merlay_v 331_o a_o wotton_n under_o edge_n 364_o c_o will_v what_o they_o be_v 364â—_n â—_z wragby_n 540_o e_o wreak_n a_o river_n 517_o b_o wreken_fw-mi a_o river_n in_o leicestershire_n 522_o c_o wreken_fw-mi a_o hill_n 593_o d_o wreshill_n castle_n 710_o a_o wrexham_n 677_o b_o wriothesleys_n or_o writhosley_n earl_n of_o southamton_n 273_o a_o wringcheese_n 19â—_n writtle_n a_o large_a parish_n 445_o e_o wrotesley_n or_o wrothesley_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 581_o d_o wroxcester_n 593_o b_o wroxhall_n 566_o d_o wulfrune_n a_o devout_a woman_n 581_o wulfrune_n
49_o novantes_fw-la people_n of_o galloway_n carick_n kyle_n &_o cuningham_n 18_o mertae_n in_o sutherland_n novantum_fw-la chersonesus_n sive_fw-la promontorium_n the_o mull_n of_o galloway_n 19_o nodius_fw-la flu_fw-la the_o river_n nid_v 17_o orcas_n sive_fw-la tarverdrum_fw-la howbune_n 54_o randvara_n reinfraw_fw-ge 24_o rerigonium_n bargeny_n 19_o selgovae_n the_o people_n of_o lidesdale_n evesdale_n eskdale_n annandale_n and_o nidisdale_n 16_o tamea_n haply_o tanea_n in_o rosse_n taizali_n the_o people_n of_o buquahan_n 47_o tarvedrum_n promont_n see_v orcas_n tans_fw-fr flu_fw-fr tau_n the_o river_n 35_o 41_o vacomagi_n the_o people_n of_o murray_n 49_o vararis_fw-la murray_n ibid._n vernicones_n haply_o mernis_n 45_o victoria_n haply_o inch-keith_n 15_o vidogara_n haply_o air_n 20_o virvedrum_n see_v orcas_n uzellum_fw-la a_o place_n in_o eusdale_n 16_o the_o family_n of_o great_a worth_n and_o honour_n in_o scotland_n in_o this_o book_n mention_v a_o abercorne_n earl_n 15_o aberneth_n or_o abernothy_n 36_o albany_n dukâ—s_n 39_o angus_n or_o anguis_fw-la earl_n 4â—_n areskin_n see_v ereskin_n ardmanoch_n 52_o arol_n earl_n 42_o argilo_n earl_n 37,38_o arran_n earl_n 22_o athol_n earl_n 40_o aubigny_n or_o obigny_n lord_n 26_o b_o baclugh_n 16_o balmerinoch_n 34_o bothwell_n earl_n 48_o buquhan_n earl_n 48_o borthwicke_n baron_n 13_o boid_v baron_n 21,22_o brus_n 16,19_o c_o cambell_n 37_o cassile_a earl_n 19_o crawford_n earl_n 22_o cathanes_n earl_n 53_o creicton_n baron_n sauhquer_v 17_o 51_o carthcart_n 24_o carlile_n carrict_a bailive_n and_o earl_n 20_o chasteau_n herald_n duke_n 23_o clan-hatan_a 35_o clan-ranald_n 52_o colvil_n 32_o comen_fw-fr 36.45.48_o culrosse_n 32_o cuningham_n 21_o d_o darnley_n or_o darley_n 24_o douglasse_n or_o duglasse_n 19_o 23.45.48_o dromund_n 36_o dunbarre_v earl_n 11_o dunfirmling_n earl_n 13.32_o e_o eglington_n earles_n 21_o eriskin_n 12.29.47_o elphingston_n 29.34.49_o f_o fivie_n baron_n 32_o fleming_n 18.29_o forbois_n 46_o fraser_n 52_o felton_n viscount_n 12_o fife_n earl_n 35_o g_o gordon_n 49_o glencarn_n earl_n 21_o glamy_n baron_n 44_o graham_n 36_o goury_n 42_o greye_n 44_o galloway_n lord_n 693_o h_n hadington_n viscount_n 12_o halyburton_n ibid._n hamilton_n 15.22.23_o huntley_n 13.42.49_o hepburn_n 16_o hereis_n or_o herris_n 17_o hide_n 36.42_o home_n or_o hume_n baron_fw-fr de_fw-fr berwicke_n 11_o hume_z earl_n ibid._n i_o innerm_v 36_o k_o keith_n 45_o kennedis_n 19_o kir_n 10.15_o kinghorn_n earl_n 32.44_o kinloss_n 49_o l_o levenox_n or_o lennox_n earl_n 25_o lindesey_n 22.44.49_o lesley_n 34.49_o levingston_n 29_o leon_n or_o lion_n 32.43_o lovet_n 52_o linlithquo_n or_o lithquo_n earl_n 15_o lorn_n lord_n 38.49_o lothien_n earl_n 15_o lundoris_fw-la 34_o m_n mac-conell_a 38_o mac-intoscech_a 35_o mar_n earl_n 47_o martial_a earl_n 45_o maxwel_n 18_o menteith_n earl_n 36_o merch_n earl_n 11_o methwen_n 42_o murray_n earl_n 50_o montrose_n 44_o montgomery_n earl_n 21_o morton_n earl_n 17_o murray_n 36.40.42_o n_o newbottle_n 69_o o_o orkeney_n earles_n 53_o olyphant_n 36_o ogilvy_n or_o ogilby_n 44_o p_o pearth_n earl_n 42_o r_o ramsey_n 12.23_o randolph_n 50_o reinfraw_n 24_o rethwen_n 42_o rothes_n earl_n 35.49_o rothsay_n dukedom_n 22_o roos_n 24_o rosse_n earl_n 52_o roxburgh_n 10_o s_o scone_n 42_o scot_n 16_o steward_n 25.48.51_o sutherland_n earl_n 53_o seincler_n 32.53_o somervill_n 23_o seton_n 13_o sempell_v 24.49_o sauhquer_n or_o sanquer_v 17_o salton_n 49_o strathern_a earl_n 36_o spiny_a 49_o t_o toricles_n 17_o thirlestanâ—_n 10_o tulibardin_n 36_o five_o urquhart_n 52_o uchiltrey_n 21_o w_n wemmis_n 32_o wintwoun_n earl_n 13_o wigton_n earl_n 18_o z_o zeister_n or_o zester_n 10.12_o a_o table_n of_o ireland_n and_o the_o isle_n adjoin_v to_o britain_n a_o absenty_n 85_o admiral_n of_o england_n extent_n of_o his_o authority_n 232_o alderney_n 214_o anglesey_n 203_o antrim_n county_n 112_o annal_n of_o ireland_n 150_o annal_n of_o the_o isle_n of_o man_n 205_o arran_n 99.214_o armagh_n county_n 107_o arklo_n lord_n thereof_o 90_o art_n and_o piety_n sow_v among_o nation_n in_o sundry_a age_n 85_o b_o bagnall_n 121_o etc._n etc._n bannomanna_n 62_o barry_n 78_o base_a pool_n 227_o bernacle_n 204_o barnwell_n 94.95_o berminghams_n 100_o bingham_n 100l_n 103_o bisset_n 113_o bishopric_n of_o ireland_n 73._o poor_a 106_o blunt_n lord_n montjoy_z 77.105_o 107._o deputy_n 133_o etc._n etc._n boil_v barony_n 103_o brehon_n law_n 140_o britain_n be_v inhabit_v ireland_n 65_o britain_n herb_n 222_o britain_n huis_fw-la 221_o british_a armoury_n ibid._n british_a sea_n 57_o where_o deep_a 227_o burk_n 81.100.101.104.117_o etc._n etc._n burgus_n what_o 222_o buth_n 22_o butiphant_n viscount_n 78_o butler_n 82.88_o etc._n etc._n burrough_n baron_n lord_n deputy_n 115_o c_o caesarea_n 65_o cavon_n county_n 106_o cahir_n baron_n 82_o carew_n 76.79.85_o carick_a earl_n 82_o carausius_n 88_o cassiles_n archbishop_n 82_o casquet_n 224_o castle-conell_a baron_n 81_o caterlough_n county_n 85_o cattle_n 63_o cavanaghes_n 85_o cause_n of_o rebellion_n 101_o caurus_n the_o wind_n 59_o chamberlan_n 224_o cerne_n island_n 62_o chamber_n of_o ireland_n 95_o chevers_n 90_o chair_o boy_n 113_o clany-boy_n clan-moris_n 75_o clancar_n earl_n 76_o clandonels_a 101_o clan_n william_n 81_o clan_n gibbon_n ibid._n clogh_a bishopric_n 115_o clare_n county_n 98_o clan_n richard_n earl_n 100_o cogan_n 70.79_o connacht_v or_o conaught_n 98_o colby_n 86_o conaught_n lord_n 104_o constable_n of_o ireland_n 97_o colran_a county_n 114_o columb_n saint_n 215_o cork_n county_n 77._o a_o kingdom_n 79_o court_n of_o ireland_n 72_o coner_n bishopric_n 111_o curraghmore_n baron_n 79_o croft_n sir_n hugh_n slay_v 179_o curcy_n 71.77.53.209_o curthbert_n a_o saint_n 220_o cut_n coin_n livery_n 76.101_o d_o darcy_n 96_o deemstert_n 204_o delton_n 96_o dalvin_n baron_n ibid._n deputy_n of_o ireland_n 71_o desmond_n earl_n 76_o dessie_n viscount_n 79_o disease_n in_o ireland_n 63_o devereux_n 90_o dillon_n 96_o donell_n gormy_a 102_o docwra_n 133_o etc._n etc._n dublin_n county_n 91._o city_n and_o university_n 92._o mark_n 94_o duke_n of_o ireland_n ibid._n dunboin_fw-fr baron_fw-fr 85_o dunganon_n baron_n 115_o durgarvan_n barony_n 79_o dunkellin_n baron_n 100_o dansany_n baron_n 95_o 216_o e_o englishman_n first_o enter_v ireland_n 70_o eastmeath_n 95_o essex_n earl_n 112._o lord_n deputy_n 117_o ewst_fw-la 216_o f_o farn_n island_n 220_o fermoy_n viscount_n 78_o farn_n isle_n 220_o fermanagh_n county_n 106_o fitz_n eustace_n baron_n 88_o fitz-patric_n 8_o fitz-geralds_a 82.87_o fitz-stephens_n 70.79.89_o fitz-william_n lord_n deputy_n 121_o etc._n etc._n fitz-urse_a 107_o fortunate_a isle_n 217_o freeze_a sea_n 219_o g_o garnesey_n 224_o galloglass_n 101.147_o galloway_n county_n 99_o gavalock_n 122_o genevill_n 97.163_o gersey_n 224_o glinne_n 90.113_o goodwin_n sand_n 222_o gormanston_n viscount_n 95_o lord_n grey_n 75_o h_n hawk_n 63_o hereditary_a territory_n of_o england_n in_o france_n 232_o hylas_n island_n 216_o hirth_n ibid._n hoby_n 63_o holy_a cross_n of_o tiperary_n 82_o holy_a island_n 62.220_o holy-wood_n 94_o horse_n 63_o houth_n baron_n 94_o husey_n 95_o i_o ibarcan_a baron_n 99_o ila_n 215_o jenevill_n see_v genevill_n jona_n ibid._n iniskellin_n 106.112.101_o ireland_n call_v ogygia_n 64._o call_v scotia_n 66.117_o inhabit_v by_o britain_n 65._o not_o conquer_v by_o roman_n 66._o enter_v by_o henry_n the_o second_o 69._o divide_v 72._o neglect_a 118_o irishman_n out_o of_o spain_n 66_o irish_a monk_n 67.110_o teach_v the_o english_a to_o write_v 68_o their_o manner_n 140_o ireland_n neglect_v 218_o k_o kerry_n county_n 75_o kilkenny_n county_n 84_o kildare_n county_n 87._o earl_n killalo_n bishopric_n 100_o killin_n baron_n 95_o kinsale_n 135_o king_n county_n 86_o kern_n 147_o knight_n of_o the_o valley_n 81_o konctoe_n battle_n 100_o l_o lacy_n 82.95.96_o etc._n etc._n 203_o leinster_n 84_o leinster_n marquesse_n 94_o leicestre_n 86_o letrim_n county_n 103_o letrim_n baron_n ibid._n levison_n 135_o limerick_n county_n 81_o lewis_n 216_o lindisfarn_n 220_o lixnaw_v baron_n 75_o lovel_n 85_o longford_n county_n 97_o londey_n 202_o louth_n county_n 105._o earl_n ibid._n baron_n 106_o lycanthropia_n a_o disease_n 83_o m_o mac_n andan_n 85_o mac_n carty_n 77_o mac-clen_a 216_o mac_n connell_n 102.113.216_o mac_n guilly_n 113_o mac_n donell_n 120_o mac_n guir_n 106.121_o mac_n genis_n 109.120_o mac_n mahon_n 107_o mac_n morogh_n 69_o mac_n william_n 101.104_o mac_n teg_n 77_o man_n isle_n 203._o lord_n 213_o mac_n swim_v 117_o mac_n she_o be_v 82_o majo_n county_n 100_o mandevile_v 109.213_o marshal_n e._n of_o penbroke_a 70_o 86_o 87.155_o marshal_n of_o ireland_n 72_o malachi_n a_o saint_n 108_o meth_n 94._o the_o bishop_n 95._o the_o lord_n 96_o messet_n 155_o monaghan_n county_n 107_o montgarret_n viscount_n 89_o mont-norris_n 107.134_o more_o 105_o morley_n 72_o munster_n 74_o muscegro_n 99_o n_o nangle_n 96_o navan_n a_o baronet_n 95_o nogente_n or_o nugent_n 96_o norris_n sir_n john_n 122_o etc._n etc._n normandy_n lose_v 226_o
the_o saxon_n conquest_n gildas_n the_o saxon_n manner_n lib._n 9_o cap._n 2._o originum_fw-la the_o saxon_n shore_n or_o coast_n comites_fw-la littoris_fw-la saxonici_fw-la saxonici_fw-la sperabat_fw-la for_o timebat_fw-la timebat_fw-la baieux_fw-fr saxones_n baiocassini_fw-la lib._n 8._o epist._n ad_fw-la namantium_fw-la namantium_fw-la ciuli_fw-la ciuli_fw-la by_o hang_v they_o indifferent_o one_o with_o another_o lib._n 2._o epist._n 4â—_n a_o horse_n the_o badge_n or_o cognisance_n of_o the_o saxon_n these_o ceremony_n adam_n bremensis_n ascribe_v to_o the_o saxon_n which_o tacitus_n attribute_v to_o the_o suevian_o the_o saxon_n go_n wednesday_n friday_n tuesday_n tuesday_n de_fw-fr temporibus_fw-la eoster_n a_o goddess_n herthus_n a_o goddess_n earth_n thursday_n have_v name_n from_o this_o thor._n thor._n ingenti_fw-la priapo_n a_o monarchy_n always_o in_o the_o englishman_n heptarchy_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 5._o â—96_n â—96_n augustine_n the_o englishman_n apostle_n englishman_n convert_v to_o the_o faith_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 1._o 1._o englishman_n englishman_n hol-deirâ—â—esse_a hol-deirâ—â—esse_a christ._n the_o river_n small_a in_o yorkshire_n beda_n report_v all_o this_o of_o paulinus_n archbishop_n of_o york_n and_o not_o of_o augustine_n the_o religion_n of_o the_o englishman_n the_o learning_n of_o englishman_n britain_n twice_o schoolmistress_n of_o france_n the_o flit_a back_n again_o of_o anglo-saxon_n into_o germany_n england_n about_o the_o year_n 800._o theod._n that_o be_v a_o nation_n epist._n to_o zacharie_n the_o pope_n porphyrius_n de_fw-fr theolog._n phâ—_n ael_n â—al_a etc._n etc._n vlf._n ard_n athel_n and_o ethel_n bert._n bald._n ken_n and_o kin._n cuth_o ead._n fred._n gisle_n hold._n helm_n hare_n and_o here._n hild._n wiga_n leod._n leof_o mund._o rad_n red_n and_o rod._n ric._n sig._n stan._n wi._n willi._n wold_n the_o name_n of_o britain_n bring_v into_o use_n again_o da-hen_n winccinga_n winccinga_n dâ—â—_n the_o religion_n of_o the_o dane_n hereupon_o peradventure_o we_o have_v our_o thursday_n so_o call_v call_v burn_a offering_n lib._n 1._o 1._o theophania_n the_o waste_n and_o spoil_v that_o the_o dane_n make_v dangelt_n dangelt_n or_o demame_n demame_n otherwise_o call_v alured_n 1012._o cut_a in_o his_o coin_n the_o dane_n afflict_v england_n 200._o year_n and_o reign_v about_o 20._o 20._o hardy-knout_a edward_n the_o confessor_n confessor_n of_o canterbury_n nordmanni_n nord-lâ—udi_a helâ—â—ldus_n the_o book_n of_o sangall_n concern_v the_o act_n of_o charles_n the_o great_a great_a calvus_n calvus_n crassus_n crassus_n normandy_n neustria_n neustria_n rou._n rou._n the_o foole._n bigod_n bigod_n baptism_n baptism_n longa_n spata_fw-la duke_n of_o normandy_n normandy_n domuâ—_n regius_fw-la major_n major_n or_o tostre_fw-fr norman_n 10â—6_n the_o charter_n of_o william_n conqueror_n the_o history_n of_o saint_n stephen_n abbey_n at_o cane_n in_o normandy_n the_o norman_n conquest_n conquest_n hungary_n a_o comet_n malcolm_n malcolm_n mil._n calumbus_fw-la filius_fw-la osberni_fw-la osberni_fw-la andium_fw-la andium_fw-la pictonum_fw-la pictonum_fw-la cenomannorum_fw-la cenomannorum_fw-la bononiae_fw-la bononiae_fw-la when_o day_n and_o night_n be_v of_o a_o length_n about_o the_o eleven_o day_n of_o september_n september_n durus_fw-la stanford_n bridge_n near_o york_n york_n 14._o octob._n octob._n or_o heavy_a axe_n botescaâ—les_n the_o seal_n of_o william_n conqueror_n conqueror_n normandy_n domesday-booke_n domesday-booke_n a_o jury_n of_o twelve_o twelve_o as_o touch_v the_o fact_n the_o warlike_a prowess_n of_o the_o norman_n th._n fazel_n in_o the_o six_o book_n of_o the_o latter_a decad._n chalcondilas_n in_o pembroke_n shire_n of_o consolation_n to_o albina_n nicephorus_n how_o country_n be_v divide_v divide_v cap._n 6._o britan_n great_a and_o small_a britain_n the_o high_a and_o the_o low_a tripartite_a britain_n dist._n 80._o cap._n 1._o 1._o chester_n britain_n in_o five_o part_n lib._n 28._o the_o saxon_n heptarchy_n or_o seven_o kingdom_n england_n divide_v into_o shire_n or_o county_n county_n a_o hide_n as_o some_o think_v be_v so_o much_o land_n as_o one_o plough_n can_v ear_n in_o one_o year_n as_o other_o think_v 4._o yard-land_n aelfred_n he_o be_v name_v in_o piece_n of_o coin_n also_o alured_n in_o our_o english_a chronicle_n hundred_o wapentak_v tithing_n and_o lath_n leth._n shire_n the_o division_n of_o england_n according_a to_o the_o law_n the_o manuscript_n book_n of_o s._n edmund_n edmund_n doomsday_n book_n wales_n divide_v into_o shire_n shire_n or_o london_n 897._o math._n westmonast_n he_o flourish_v in_o the_o year_n 1070._o 1070._o mercia_n sheriff_n of_o the_o shire_n twelve_o man_n justice_n of_o peace_n justice_n of_o assize_n england_n divide_v into_o parish_n bishop_n monastery_n or_o abbay_n a_o hundred_o priory_n of_o monk_n alien_n king_n henry_n the_o five_o have_v dissolve_v before_o the_o king_n bracton_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 8._o seneca_n the_o prince_n prince_n nobilis_fw-la caesar._n caesar._n caesar_n nobilissimus_fw-la nobilissimus_fw-la dux_n cornubiae_fw-la natus_fw-la natus_fw-la lord_n a_o duke_n duke_n duke_n duke_n earl_n sigonius_n regni_fw-la italici_n lib._n 5._o afterwards_o a_o golden_a rod_n or_o verger_n be_v use_v marqueste_n marqueste_n an._n 4._o henriâ—_n 4._o in_o paratitlis_fw-la ad_fw-la codicem_fw-la p._n pithaeus_n in_o memorab_n campaniae_fw-la campaniae_fw-la a_o authentical_a record_n of_o the_o exchequer_n exchequer_n or_o maundevil_n cincture_n of_o the_o sword_n sword_n penbrochiae_fw-la in_o another_o place_n count_n palatine_n pithaus_fw-la viscount_n baron_n in_o parergis_n see_v goldastus_n pag._n 14._o lord_n about_o the_o year_n 580._o nâ—riots_n or_o relevies_n haply_o mancusae_fw-la that_o be_v 30._o denier_n many_o thanes_z in_o england_n in_o the_o conqueror_n time_n court-baron_n math._n paris_n pag._n 1262._o baronage_n of_o england_n bishop_n baron_n abbat_n baron_n of_o the_o parliament_n matth._n paris_n vavasor_n signius_fw-la noble_n of_o a_o inferior_a rank_n knight_n wherefore_o knight_n be_v call_v in_o latin_a milites_fw-la solidarij_fw-la baneret_n baneret_n fars_n 2._o pat._n 15.8.3_o m._n 22._o and_o 23._o 23._o hominum_fw-la ad_fw-la vexillum_fw-la vexillum_fw-la hominum_fw-la ad_fw-la arma_fw-la knight_n of_o the_o bath_n knight_n de_fw-fr moribus_fw-la germanorum_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 22._o epist._n 94._o 94._o be_v dub_v knight_n knight_n other_o say_v 100_o 100_o compliment_n compliment_n ennoblishment_n ennoblishment_n nobilitationis_fw-la nobilitationis_fw-la king_n or_o queen_n queen_n priest_n in_o dorso_fw-la pat._n 51._o h._n 3._o esquire_n esquire_n esses_n gentleman_n citizen_n yeoman_n parliament_n the_o king_n court._n king_n bench._n common_a pleas._n exchequer_n justice_n itinerant_a star-chambe_a court_n of_o 〈◊〉_d admiral_n court_n chancery_n chancery_n socratum_fw-la that_o be_v the_o place_n of_o judgement_n epist._n 6._o lib._n 11._o robert_n fitz._n stephen_n who_o live_v under_o henry_n the_o second_o court_n of_o request_n ecclesiastical_a court_n see_v the_o antiquity_n of_o the_o british_a church_n court_n of_o the_o arch_n court_n of_o audience_n court_n of_o faculty_n under_o what_o sign_n in_o heaven_n britain_n lie_v the_o order_n or_o method_n of_o the_o work_n ensue_v ensue_v welch_n welch_n welshman_n ostidamnej_fw-la cossini_n corn_n and_o kern_n kern_n perâ—copsca_n or_o procopia_n procopia_n bretaigne_n or_o little_a britain_n strabo_n orewood_n tin_n lib._n 6._o cap._n 8._o &_o 9_o 9_o â—o_o the_o common_a wealth_n of_o tinner_n l._n warden_n of_o the_o stannary_n cornish_a diamond_n pilchard_n pilchard_n which_o peradventure_o be_v gerre_n in_o pliny_n hurling_n havillan_n in_o architrenio_n western_a people_n most_o strong_a and_o hardy_a hardy_a tame_a those_o of_o the_o terciere_n &_o â—_o bellerium_fw-la or_o antivestaeum_n steort_n what_o iâ—_n signify_v signify_v castellidi_fw-la lipantâ—n_n lipantâ—n_n mardi_n mecha_n or_o the_o red-sea_n red-sea_n mardi_n mecha_n or_o the_o red-sea_n s._n burien_n burien_n silly_a or_o sorling_n a_o trophy_n baron_n of_o ticis_fw-la ticis_fw-la marine_a amber_n that_o be_v ambrose_n stone_n s._n michael_n mount_n michelstow_n laurence_n noel_n weapon_n of_o brass_n brass_n pyrrhecorax_n cornish_n chough_n chough_n a_o narrow_a passage_n between_o two_o creek_n or_o arm_n of_o the_o sea_n mountsbay_n goldphin_n hill_n the_o family_n of_o the_o godolphin_n 'loo_o pool_n menna_n meneg_n ocâ—â—num_fw-la the_o liskard_n voluba_n falemouth_n falemouth_n brindiâ—_n brindiâ—_n leland_n pendinas_n cenionis_fw-la ostium_fw-la perin_n glasnith_n arwenak_n carminow_n rossiâ—_n lansladron_n in_o the_o time_n of_o edward_n the_o first_o foy_n the_o mohun_v vzella_n britan_n have_v not_o the_o letter_n â—_o vxellodunum_n in_o france_n how_o the_o haven_n in_o cornwall_n come_v to_o be_v stop_v up_o leskerd_n bodman_n the_o book_n of_o winchester_n abbey_n s._n neot_n doomsday_n doomsday_n doniert_n prayer_n for_o the_o soul_n etc._n etc._n wringcheese_n hurler_n the_o river_n 'loo_o s._n germane_a trematon_n trematon_n de_fw-fr vallet_fw-la edge-comâ—_a anthony_n s._n jie_n jie_n in_o aquilâ—â—nâ—m_n or_o north._n s._n columb_n lhanheton_fw-la lib._n 3._o philâ—peinos_n of_o wâ—â—liam_n britâ—â—_n who_o live_v anno_o 117_o 117_o swallow_n castle_n denis_n padstow_n tindagel_n the_o place_n of_o arthur_n nativity_n architrenius_n banner_n tufa_fw-la a_o banner_n
see_v in_o lincolnshire_n inquisit_a 2._o e_o 3_o watling_n street_n etocetum_n wall_n penck-ridge_n the_o river_n trent_n new_a castle_n under_o lyme_n trentham_n stone_n erdeswick_n name_n alter_v according_a to_o divers_a habitation_n cankwood_n ll._n audley_n *_o hastange_n noel_n harcourt_n stafford_n cap_n grave_n marianus_n *_o tick_n hall_n chartley._n l._n ferrars_n of_o chartley._n beaudesert_n l_o l._n paget_n lichfield_n about_o the_o year_n 779._o history_n of_o rochester_n rochester_n cedda_n wil._n malmesbur_n a._n alabaster_n burton_n upon_o trent_n who_o also_o it_o name_v mow_v 1904._o 1904._o tir_v conell_n the_o river_n blithe_n needwood_n forest._n mooreland_n the_o river_n dove_n hans_n churnet_n de-la-cres_a aulton_n teyn_n checkley_n utcester_n tutesbury_n in_o his_o book_n entitle_v the_o praise_n of_o divine_a wisdom_n gervase_n of_o tilbury_n earl_n and_o baron_n of_o stafford_n see_v duke_n of_o buckingham_n the_o marcherâ—_n l._n marcher_n marchiones_fw-la iâ—_n old_z history_n the_o canopy_n 27._o hen._n 8._o clun_n river_n bishop_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d coluno_fw-it ca_fw-mi strum_fw-la clun_n castle_n caer_fw-mi caradoc_n king_n caratacus_n tacitus_n see_v the_o 43._o and_o 44._o page_n page_n with_o the_o strong_a arm_n ludlow_n iron_n hook_n 1139._o jenevile_n the_o council_n in_o the_o march_n burford_n cornwall_n inquis_fw-la 40._o ed._n 3_o baron_n and_o barony_n conjugata_fw-la cleehill_n blunt_z in_o the_o norman_a language_n signify_v yellow_a hair_n of_o the_o head_n bridg-north_n bridg-north_n de_fw-fr saneta_fw-mi clara._n lib._n inquis_fw-la willey_n or_o willeley_n lib._n inquis_fw-la wenlock_n william_n malmesbury_n or_o wivell_n *_o lord_n wenlocke_v claus._n 17._o edw._n 4._o acton_n burnel_n langley_n condover_n pichford_n a_o fountain_n of_o pitch_n or_o birumen_n pouderbach_n stipperstons_n stipperstons_n or_o welshmen_n course_n routon_n rutunium_n brocard_n castle_n uriconium_n wroxcester_n stratton_n wreken-hill_n bildas_n dalaley_n usocona_n okenyate_a charleton_n tong._n draiton_n 1459._o inq._n 2.10_o e._n 2._o wem_n red-castle_n morton_n corbet_n corbet_n a_o forename_n *_o shrewsbury_n prebendâ—_n pass_v hereditary_o *_o battle_n of_o shrewsbury_n 1463._o battailefield_n the_o british_a sweat_n or_o sweat_a sickness_n hieronymus_n fracastorius_fw-la float_v shrawerden_n knock_v nesse_n baron_n le_fw-fr strange_a 20._o ed._n 4._o oswestre_fw-fr welsh_a cortons_n 642._o oswald_z slay_v see_v in_o norhthumberland_n eclipse_n in_o aries_n whittington_n the_o life_n of_o fulke_n write_v in_o french_a baron_n fitzwarin_n latimer_n what_o it_o signify_v white-church_n album_fw-la monasterium_fw-la ellesmer_n 1205._o baron_fw-fr of_o ellesmer_n earl_n of_o shrewsbury_n h._n huntingdot_n in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o misery_n of_o life_n see_v in_o ireland_n county_n palatine_n petr._n pitbaus_fw-la in_o the_o description_n of_o campaine_n joh._n tilius_fw-la the_o most_o commendable_a cheese_n cheese_n wirrall_n lucian_n the_o monk_n of_o the_o praise_n of_o chester_n deva_n deva_n the_o river_n dee_n divona_n bonium_fw-la banchor_n monkery_n rutilius_n claudius_n that_o banchor_n of_o which_o saint_n bernard_n speak_v in_o the_o life_n of_o malachi_n be_v in_o ireland_n bonium_n or_o banchor_n be_v of_o flintshire_n out_o of_o the_o rol_o of_o domesday_n of_o chel-shire_n baron_n of_o mal-pas_a mal-pas_a per_fw-la breve_fw-la recognitionis_fw-la itinerar_fw-it lib._n 2._o cap._n 13._o shoclach_n gros-venour_a deunana_n deva_n chester_n chester_n a_o colony_n of_o the_o roman_n *_o the_o row_v marianus_n scotus_n about_o the_o year_n 960._o church_n repair_v rodulphus_fw-la glaber_n wirall_n law_n what_o it_o be_v 1173._o il-bre_a finborrow_n ridly_n beeston_n woodhay_n bulkley_n 1134._o tree_n under_o ground_n saltpit_n nantwich_n calveley_n vale_fw-la royall_n northwich_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-fr fascino_n angel_n devil_n middlewich_n bostock_n pever_n dutton_n chronicle_n of_o wall_n towchet_n rock-savage_a maclesfield_n thelwall_n runkhorne_n elfle_v or_o ethelfle_v in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 78._o anno._n 51._o earl_n of_o chester_n baron_n to_o the_o earl_n of_o chester_n chester_n haubergella_n haubergella_n land_n and_o possession_n the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o mercian_n wales_n silures_n dimetae_n ordovices_n tacitus_n silures_n mistake_v for_o siluros_n the_o river_n munow_v blestium_fw-la old_a town_n alterynnis_n the_o seat_n of_o the_o cecil_n harald_n ewias_n the_o family_n of_o ewias_n their_o coat_n of_o arm_n tregoz_fw-mi and_o grandison_n pag._n 286._o snod_n hill_n marble_n gild_a vale._n irchenfeld_n kilpect_n the_o river_n why_o clifford_n castle_n the_o clifford_n inquis_fw-la 26._o e._n 1._o the_o profound_a doctor_n hereford_n kenchester_n 793._o s._n ethelbert_n martyr_n brampton_n brian_n wigmore_n baron_n mortimer_n richard_n castle_n lord_n of_o richard_n castle_n bone_n well_o lemster_n lemster_n over_o the_o best_a wool_n lemster_n bread_n and_o webley_n ale_n webley_n baron_n verdon_n basservile_a see_v gemition_n lib._n ult_n fin._n hilarii_n 20._o ed._n 3._o marden_n sutton_n marcley_n hill_n a_o mountain_n move_n scudamore_n or_o escudamor_n wilton_n baron_n grey_a de_fw-fr wilton_n goderich_n castle_n *_o earl_n of_o hereford_n constable_n of_o england_n 1156._o 2._o par._n chart_n a_o 1._o reg._n joan._n matth._n paris_n joan._n the_o book_n of_o walden_n the_o book_n of_o lanthony_n mâ—â—nastery_n henry_n the_o four_o king_n of_o england_n castle_n colwe_n or_o mauds_n castle_n in_o colweâ—â—_n matth._n paris_n radnor_n owen_n glendour_n magesetae_fw-la prestaine_v knighton_n offa_n dike_a vortigern_n lewellin_n guarthenion_n guarish_n in_o british_a slander_n and_o eniaw_v just_a earl_n of_o march_n the_o book_n of_o lanthony_n abbey_n see_v earl_n of_o ulster_n see_v in_o yorkshire_n towards_o the_o end_n bulleum_fw-la hay_o brecknock_n linsavethen_a mere._n brecknock_n mere._n loventium_fw-la bricenaw_n mere._n brecknock_n blean_n leveney_n lord_n of_o brechnock_n call_v also_o braus_n and_o breus_n red_a book_n in_o the_o exchequer_n ewias_fw-la lacy._n lanthony_n baron_n lacy._n saint_n john_n baptist._n hodney_n grossemont_n skinffrith_n historia_fw-la minor_n matth._n paris_n monmouth_n geffrey_n ap-arthur_n or_o of_o monmouth_n chepstow_n earl_n of_o strighâ—ll_n or_o pembrock_n venta_n caer-went_a the_o book_n of_o landaffe_n church_n strighull_n castle_n portskew_v *_o sudbroke_n coin_v of_o severus_n medaile_n inq._n 3_o e._n i._n woundy_z the_o family_n of_o saint_n maur_n or_o seimor_n the_o moor_n a_o inundation_n in_o january_n 1607._o gold-cliffe_n river_n uske_n abergevenny_n lord_n of_o abergevenny_n clausae_fw-la 49._o edw._n 3._o *_o baronesse_n le_fw-fr despenser_n 6._o ed._n 2._o burrium_n uske_n isca_n legionis_fw-la câ—er_v lheon_n be_v uske_n these_o inscription_n be_v to_o be_v see_v at_o mathern_n in_o the_o bishop_n of_o landaffes_n house_n veteranuâ—_n cohortis_fw-la in_o print_a copy_n claudius_n pompeianum_n and_o lâ—llianus_n avitus_n coss._n anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 210._o 210._o centurio_n thomas_n james_n newport_n dun-settan_a whence_o come_v the_o name_n of_o glamorgan_n the_o subdue_a of_o glamorgan-shire_n robert_n fitz-haimon_a 12._o knight_n caerdiffe_n caer_fw-mi philli._n the_o mouth_n of_o ratostabius_n traith_n taff._n landaff_n history_n of_o landaff_n caerdiffe_n robert_n curthose_n duke_n of_o normandy_n sully_n haply_o so_o call_v of_o the_o silures_n barry_n a_o wonderful_a cave_n or_o hole_n cowbridge_n bovium_n neath_n saint_n donat_n stradling_n antique_a piece_n of_o coin_n ogmor_n river_n a_o fountain_n ebb_v and_o flow_v sandfords_n well_o a_o fountain_n at_o cales_n or_o cadiz_n eternal_a habitation_n nidus_fw-la flu_fw-la i._o the_o river_n neath_n nidum_n the_o town_n neath_n loghoâ—_n gower_n th._n walsingh_n book_n of_o neth_n monastery_n joh._n r._n 5._o swinsey_n leucarum_n loghor_n lord_n of_o glamorgan-shire_n west-wales_n caer_fw-mi marden-shire_n kidwelly_n guenliana_n a_o woman_n of_o manly_a courage_n lord_n of_o ogâ—mor_n and_o kidwelly_n river_n tovie_n dinevor_fw-la maredunum_fw-la caer_fw-mi merdin_fw-fr merlin_n merlin_n divinour_n or_o prophet_n cantre_v bitham_n cantre_v cave_n under_o the_o ground_n cantredmaur_n talcharn_n lhan-stephan_n taff_n river_n river_n haelius_fw-la whiteland_n piece_n of_o roman_a coin_n new_a castle_n loventium_fw-la loventium_fw-la legalis_fw-la comitatus_fw-la tenby_n manobe_a castle_n milford_n haven_n pembroke_n the_o beginning_n of_o the_o giralds_n family_n in_o ireland_n the_o roll_n of_o service_n carew_n castle_n gledawgh_n flemings_n in_o wales_n little_a england_n beyond_o wales_n harford_n weâ—_n filium_fw-la tan_n credi_fw-la octopitarum_n saint_n david_n laud._n saint_n patrâ—â—_n saint_n david_n body_n of_o tree_n in_o the_o sea_n falcon_n keimes_n barony_n fisgard_n newport_n saint_n dogmael_n the_o welsh_a call_v he_o saint_n tegwel_n lord_n of_o keimes_n martin_n kilgarran_n salmon_n leap_n earl_n of_o penbroke_a see_v pag._n 407._o some_o write_v that_o john_n duke_n of_o bedford_n be_v first_o for_o a_o short_a time_n earl_n of_o penbroke_a cardiganshire_n king_n caratacus_n zonaras_n tuerobius_n 〈◊〉_d river_n rosse_n stratfleur_a kilgarran_n the_o salmon_n leap_v castoreâ—_n bevers_n cardigan_n fitz-stephen_n the_o river_n sâ—â—ccia_n ystwith_a the_o river_n ridol_n lord_n of_o cardiganshire_n ordovices_n veneti_n guineth_n guineth_n vannes_n genounia_fw-la
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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v feed_v upon_o herb_n and_o weed_n o_o prefix_v to_o the_o name_n of_o the_o noble_a man_n in_o ireland_n by_o way_n of_o excellency_n brehons_n professionâ—_n hereditary_a tanistry_n girald_n cambren_n galloglass_n kern_n barritus_n water-cress_n shamroot_n this_o place_n be_v corrupt_v in_o the_o copy_n the_o whole_a year_n out_o of_o a_o old_a fragment_n haply_o hollâ—wood_n gresholme_n stockholme_n and_o scalmey_n silimnus_n bernacle_n annal_n of_o th._n otterborn_n anno_fw-la 7._o h._n 4._o scottish_a or_o western_a iles._n earl_n of_o orkney_n thule_n thule_n for_o britain_n island_n lib._n 2._o belli_fw-la gothici_n shetland_n which_o some_o call_v hethland_n bergos_n nerigon_n the_o freeze_a sea_n or_o cronium_n lindisfarne_a holy_a island_n farn_v isle_n bede_n in_o the_o life_n of_o cuthbert_n saxon_a land_n lib._n 7._o birchanis_n borkun_n the_o british_a armoury_n or_o storehouse_n holland_n coast_n britten_n huis_fw-la portus_n morinorum_n 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mathematicis_fw-la axantos_fw-la ushant_n siambis_n mariner_n call_v it_o the_o seam_n veneti_n insulae_fw-la vene_z came_z vannes_n venna_n caro_n i._o charles_n fiâ—shing_v as_o heâ—gardus_n say_v nesidae_fw-la nesidae_fw-la samnitum_fw-la bacchus_n oleron_n uliarus_n lex_fw-la rhodia_n admiral_n of_o england_n hereditary_a territory_n in_o france_n belong_v to_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n
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