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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
family_n 450_o d_o bowes_n or_o bough_n a_o worshipful_a family_n 731_o c._n 737_o a._n why_o so_o call_v 732_o e_o bowland_n forest_n 750_o b_o bowtetort_v a_o family_n 465_o b_o boxley_n 332_o c_o brachae_n 19_o bradenham_n 393._o e_o brance_n 19_o briti_n ibid._n bridburn_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 553_o bradford_n 244_o f_o bradewardin_n a_o place_n 6â—8_n c_o bradwardin_n the_o profound_a doctor_n 618_o c_o bradstons_n ancestor_n of_o viscount_n montacute_n and_o baron_n wentworth_n 364_o a_o braibrooke_n castle_n 1513_o e_o braibrookes_n baron_n ibid._n e_o brackley_n 505_o d_o braibrook_n 329_o c_o brakenbake_n 724_o e_o brackenbury_n a_o family_n of_o good_a note_n 737_o c_o bramble_n 274_o c_o brampton_n 783_o a_o bramton_n 815_o b_o bramton_n brian_n castle_n 619_o c_o bramish_n a_o river_n 815_o b_o bancaster_n 408_o a_o brian_n de_fw-fr brampton_n 619_o c_o brand_n 568_o e_o brandon_n a_o family_n suffolk_n 465_o e_o branspeth_n castle_n 739_o branonium_n 575_o a_o charles_n brandon_n duke_n of_o suffolk_n 470_o c_o brannodunum_n 480_o a_o bransford_n or_o bensford-bridge_n 517_o e_o brazen_a weapon_n 188_o brazen_a nose_n college_n in_o oxford_n 383_o a_o brasmatias_fw-la a_o kind_n of_o earthquake_n 620_o c_o bray_n 286_o d._n lord_n bray_n 297_o b._n the_o breach_n by_o greenwich_n 328_o a_o nicolas_n breakspeare_n that_o be_v pope_n adrian_n the_o forth_o 414_o f_o breakspeare_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 419_o b_o brechanius_n his_o 24._o daughter_n all_o saint_n 627_o a_o breden_n forest_n 224_o a_o breedon_n hill_n 577_o e_o breedon_n a_o village_n ibid._n breertons_n a_o family_n 608_o f._n their_o death_n foreshow_v 609_o b_o breerton_n a_o place_n 609_o brechnockshire_n 627_o brechnock_v town_n 628_o a_o brechnock_v mere_a ibid._n brechnock_v lord_n ibid._n brechnock_v make_v a_o shire_n 677_o e_o bremenium_n 803_o brember_v castle_n 313_o c_o bremetonacum_n 753_o c_o bremicham_n or_o bermingham_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 567_o burn_v what_o it_o signify_v 677_o bremin_n what_o it_o be_v 33_o brennus_n 677_o brennus_n a_o renown_a king_n 33_o bretenham_n 463_o b_o breton_n a_o river_n ibid._n brent_n a_o river_n 421_o brent_n see_v falke_v de_fw-fr brent_n brentmarsh_n 230_o e_o brentford_n 421_o brentwood_n 442_o a_o brentwell_n or_o brounswell_n 421_o brose_n baron_n 113_o c._n 201_o f_o breoses_n a_o family_n 553_o d_o will._n de_fw-fr breos_n or_o braus_n a_o strong_a rebel_n 629_o b_o breoses_n lord_n of_o brechnock_n 623_o breton_n a_o family_n 556_o b_o bretts_n 128_o f_o breusais_n 138_o f_o brian_n who_o so_o call_v 117_o bridlington_n 714_o d_o john_n of_o bridlington_n ibid._n brewood_n 583_o a_o bricol_n 400_o e_o bridge_n casterton_n 534_o b_o bridgford_n by_o nottingham_n 548_o brig_n for_o glansford_n 543_o a_o brigantes_n in_o britain_n rebel_v 43_o brigantes_n 685._o whereof_o they_o take_v name_n ibid._n brill_n for_o burihill_n 395_o b_o breint_n fitz_n conty_n 282_o a_o brient_n 202_o c_o d_o brient_n baron_n 215_o d_o brinlo_n 568_o f_o brienston_n 215_o e_o brimsfeild_n 365_o f_o bridgewater_n 225_o a_o earl_n of_o bridgewater_n 225_o c_o bridkirk_n 768_o b_o briewer_n baron_n 222_o e_o bristol_n or_o bristol_n a_o city_n 237_o a_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o name_n ibid._n b_o bret_n the_o primitive_a of_o the_o britain_n 26_o brit_n or_o birth_n the_o first_o name_n of_o the_o britain_n 25_o birth_n what_o it_o signify_v 26_o britain_n or_o britanny_n whence_o it_o take_v name_n 27._o why_o late_o discover_v and_o know_v 33._o mention_v by_o lucretius_n first_o of_o any_o latin_a writer_n ib._n twice_o schoolemistres_n to_o france_n 138_o britain_n the_o great_a that_o be_v england_n 155_o britain_n the_o less_o that_o be_v scotland_n ibid._n britain_n how_o divide_v 154.155_o britain_n what_o name_v it_o have_v 1._o the_o site_n thereof_o 1._o the_o form_n of_o it_o ibid._n why_o call_v another_o world_n 24._o the_o division_n and_o compass_n of_o it_o 2.4_o britain_n have_v sundry_a name_n 23_o the_o position_n thereof_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o heaven_n 4._o how_o fruitful_a and_o commodious_a 3._o her_o first_o inhabitant_n 4._o the_o name_n 5_o britain_n under_o what_o sign_n or_o planet_n 182_o britain_n portract_v in_o woman_n habit_n 24._o the_o roman_a world_n 45_o discover_v to_o be_v a_o island_n 61_o a_o province_n presidial_a 62._o how_o it_o be_v govern_v under_o and_o after_o constantine_n the_o great_a 62_o 76._o how_o it_o become_v subject_a to_o the_o roman_n 62._o infect_v by_o barbarian_n 79._o bring_v to_o civility_n 63._o call_v romania_n and_o roman_a isle_n 88_o britain_n ruin_n and_o downfall_n 107_o britain_n and_o france_n whether_o ever_o conjoin_v 346_o a_o britain_n come_n first_o out_o of_o gaul_n 11.12_o britan_n in_o religion_n language_n and_o manner_n agree_v with_o the_o gaul_n 13.14.15.16.17_o britan_n employ_v by_o caesar_n in_o base_a service_n 38_o britan_n general_o rebel_n 49._o their_o grievance_n ibid._n britain_n cast_n off_o the_o roman_n yoke_n 86_o britain_n how_o they_o may_v derive_v their_o descent_n from_o the_o trojan_n 88_o britan_n in_o armorica_n 110_o britan_n of_o wales_n and_o cornewale_v 112.113_o britan_n send_n ambassador_n to_o the_o saxon_n 128_o britan_n retain_v their_o ancient_a language_n 23_o britan_n long_a live_v 555_o b_o britan_n paint_a themselves_o blue_a with_o wood_n 20_o britan_n manner_n and_o custom_n out_o of_o julius_n caesar_n 29._o out_o of_o strabo_n ibid._n out_o of_o diodorus_n siculus_n 29._o out_o of_o pomponius_n mela_n ibid._n out_o of_o cernelius_n tacitus_n 30._o out_o of_o dio_fw-mi nicaus_fw-la ibid._n out_o of_o herodian_a ibid._n out_o of_o pliny_n 3â—_n out_o of_o solinus_n ibid._n britain_n burse_n 428_o d_o britannica_fw-la the_o herb_n see_v scorby_n or_o scurvigrasse_n britanniciani_n what_o they_o be_v 111_o briten_v huis_fw-mi 40_o brithin_n a_o kind_n of_o drink_n 5_o british_a tongue_n full_a of_o greek_a word_n 28_o british_a state_n submit_v to_o caesar_n 37_o british_a isle_n mention_v by_o polybius_n 33_o of_o british_a pearl_n a_o breastplate_n 38_o british_a name_n import_v colour_n 26_o british_a town_n what_o they_o be_v 29_o britwales_n or_o welshmen_n 113_o briva_n what_o it_o signify_v 414_o brocket_n knight_n 406_o f_o brocovum_fw-la 762_o d_o broge_n 19_o break_z by_o a_o place_n 522_o f._n a_o family_n 523_o a_o brome_n 467_o f_o bromesgrave_n 574â—_n â—_z bromefield_n 677_o a_o wolter_n bronscorn_o bishop_n of_o excester_n 190_o brook_n a_o family_n of_o ancient_a descent_n 611_o a_o brook_n l._n cobham_n 329_o c_o baron_n brook_n 244_o c_o bronholme_n 478_o e_o brougham_n 762_o d_o brotherton_n 695_o b_o sir_n anthony_n browne_n first_o viscount_n montacute_n 482_o b_o sir_n ant._n brown_a marquesse_n montacute_n 222_o d_o broughton_n 376_o e_o broughton_n in_o hantshire_n 262_o c_o brundenels_n a_o family_n 514_o b_o bruges_n baron_fw-fr chandos_n 365_o b_o bruin_n a_o family_n 442_o b_o burg-morfe_a or_o bridg-north_n 591_o b_o robert_n brus_n the_o noble_a 500_o e_o baron_n brus_n of_o skelton_n 720_o c_o bruse_n a_o noble_a family_n 526_o b_o brutus_n 5._o why_o so_o call_v 8_o bucken_n that_o be_v beech_n tree_n 393_o george_n buck_n 22_o d_o buchonia_n and_o buckenham_n 393_o a_o buckinghamshire_n 393_o buer_n a_o family_n 463_o b_o walter_n buc_n and_o his_o race_n 812_o b_o buckingham_n town_n 396_o c._n earl_n 397_o d_o buckhurst_n baron_n 320_o buelth_n 627_o e_o bugden_n 497_o d_o bulchobaudes_n 79_o buldewas_n or_o bildas_n 593_o e_o bulkley_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 607_o anne_n bullen_n or_o bollen_a marchianesse_n of_o penbroch_o 655_o e_o bullen_n or_o bollen_a earl_n of_o wiltshire_n 256_o e_o bullen_n or_o bollogne_n in_o france_n the_o same_o that_o gessoriacum_n and_o bonoia_n 348_o d_o th._n bullen_n earl_n of_o wiltshire_n die_v for_o sorrow_n 257_o bulleum_fw-la silurum_fw-la 627_o e_o bulley_n or_o busley_n a_o noble_a norman_a 551_o a_o bulverith_n 316_o e_o buly_n castle_n 76â—_n c_o bulnesse_n 775_o c_o bumsted_n helion_n 452_o a_o bungey_a 468_o b_o burdos_n or_o burdelois_n 473_o a_o burford_n in_o shropshire_n 590_o f_o burn_a elly_n 463_o d_o burgess_n 177_o burgh_n under_o stanemore_n 760_o burgh_n castle_n 468_o e_o burgh_n clere_n 72_o c_o burgi_n what_o they_o be_v 760_o f_o burly_n a_o fair_a place_n 526_o b_o burons_n a_o ancient_a family_n burrium_n 636_o c_o s_o buriens_fw-la in_o cornwall_n 188._o why_o so_o call_v ibid._n burnel_n baron_n 330_o c_o burcester_n 337_o b_o burdet_n 566_o c_o bunbury_n for_o boniface_n burry_n 607_o burghersh_n alias_o burgwash_n 320_o bartholomew_n burgwash_n a_o baron_n 320_o b_o burghley_n 514â—_n â—_z burgh_n 727_o f_o burghsted_n 442_o e_o burgh_n or_o burrow_n baron_n 543_o f_o burne_n a_o barony_n ibid._n burnel_n a_o family_n 591_o f_o burrowes_n what_o they_o be_v 515_o e_o burrow_n bank_n 452_o e_o burrow_n hill_n
be_v ibid._n hertlebury_n castle_n 574_o b_o hertford_n shire_n 405_o hertford_n town_n 407_o a_o hertford_n earles_n 415_o e_fw-la call_v earl_n of_o clare_n ibid._n herty_n point_n 207_o b_o doctor_n hervey_n his_o causey_n 489_o c_o hervey_n first_o bishop_n of_o ely_n 493_o d_o herward_o a_o valiant_a englishman_n 533_o a_o heston_n 420_o a_o hesus_n 17_o hesselwood_n 696_o c_o house_n 17_o heveningham_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 467._o c_o hexhamshire_n 799._o d_o hextold_v a_o river_n 807._o d_o hextoldesham_n ibid._n heyford_n warin_n 377._o a_o heyford_n purcell_n 377._o a_o hide_v a_o family_n 281._o a_o hide_v what_o it_o be_v 158_o 339._o e_o highgate_n castle_n 778._o c_o high_n cross_n 518._o a_o high_a dike_n a_o streete-way_n 534._o a_o 64_o high_a ridge_n ibid._n highham_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 463._o c_o highham_n ferrars_n 510._o b_o high-land_n man_n 119.126_o higra_fw-la 707._o c._n what_o it_o be_v 357._o e_o saint_n hilda_n a_o she_o saint_n and_o her_o miracle_n 718._o e_o hill_n erect_v for_o what_o purpose_n 406._o e_o hildersham_n 489._o e_fw-la hildeard_n ancient_a knight_n 713._o f_o hilton_n a_o castle_n and_o family_n 742._o e_o himilco_n never_o in_o britain_n 33._o hinchingbrooke_n 497._o d_o hindersket_n or_o hunderdskell_n a_o castle_n 723._o e_o hinkley_n a_o barony_n 518._o c_o heath_n or_o hide_v a_o town_n 349._o b_o heath_n what_o it_o signify_v ibid._n hitch_v 406._o c_o honorio_n 329._o c_o baron_n honorio_n 318_o 319._o ho's_z a_o family_n 542._o c_o hobart_n knight_n and_o attorney_n general_n to_o king_n 476_o sir_n edward_n hoby_n knight_n 286._o b_o 334._o a_o hobelar_n 272.275_o b_o hocke_n and_o hock_n old_a english_a for_o mire_n and_o dirt_n 402._o a_o hoch_n norton_n 375._o a_o hockley_n in_o the_o hole_n 402._o c_o hodde_n hill_n 215._o c_o hodesdon_n 408._o d_o hodingdon_n 578._o c_o hodlestons_n a_o ancient_a family_n 699._o e._n 765._o d_o hodeng_n a_o family_n 394._o c_o hodnet_n a_o town_n and_o family_n 594._o b_o hodney_n a_o river_n 628._o a_o hoel_n the_o good_a prince_n of_o wales_n 650._o c_o holborn_n or_o oldburn_n 432._o f_o holcrofts_n a_o ancient_a family_n 608._o d_o holcroft_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 747._o d_o holdernesse_n a_o promontory_n 713._o c_o holdenby_n house_n 508._o e_o holdernesse_n a_o promontory_n 713._o c_o holdernesse_n honour_n 715._o b_o holes_n within_o the_o ground_n 440._o d_o holland_n a_o part_n of_o lincolnshire_n 529._o why_o so_o call_v ibid._n holland_n a_o great_a family_n 519._o b_o and_o most_o noble_a 749_o john_n holland_n of_o denshire_n 205._o a_o his_o coat_n of_o arm_n ibid._n d_o john_n holland_n duke_n of_o exeter_n and_o earl_n of_o huntingdon_n 205._o d_o henry_n holland_n duke_n of_o excester_n ibid._n his_o miserable_a case_n ibid._n f_o john_n holland_n half_a brother_n to_o king_n richard_n the_o second_o behead_v at_o plaisi_n 445._o b_o holland_n knight_n 353._o b_o holland_n earl_n of_o kent_n ibid._n john_n holland_n the_o young_a his_o stile_n 502._o f_o henry_n holland_n duke_n of_o excester_n his_o fall_n 502._o f_o thomas_n holland_n earl_n of_o kent_n and_o duke_n of_o surrey_n 304._o â—_o behead_v 304._o c_o holme_n cultraine_n abbey_n 773._o a_o holmesdale_n 294._o b_o holme_n pier_n pount_n 548._o f_o holme_n castle_n 296._o f_o holmes_n chappell_n a_o town_n 609._o a_o holme_n lacie_n 621._o a_o holt_n in_o denbigh_n shire_n 677._o b_o holt_n castle_n 594._o b_o holly_n head_n 673._o a_o holy_a island_n 814._o e_o hooten_n 606._o e_o hope_n castle_n 681._o a_o horn_n church_n 441._o f_o horn_n castle_n 541._o c_o hornby_n castle_n 753._o f_o honorius_n emperor_n 83._o succour_v the_o distress_a britain_n against_o invasion_n of_o barbarian_n 86_o honoriaci_n what_o soldier_n 118_o honoriani_n 127_o horse_n run_v 723._o d_o horse_n the_o badge_n or_o cognisance_n of_o the_o old_a duke_n of_o saxony_n 135_o horse_n heath_n 489._o e_o horton_n 691._o f_z hote-spur_a 596._o c_o hotham_n a_o family_n 711._o d._n 721_o howard_n a_o noble_a family_n 472._o c_o henry_n lord_n howard_n earl_n of_o northampton_n 516._o e_o henry_n baron_fw-fr howard_n of_o marnhil_n 215._o c_o charles_n lord_n howard_n earl_n of_o nottingham_n 551._o d_o tho._n viscount_n howard_n of_o bindon_n 213._o a_o howard_n earl_n of_o surrey_n 304._o e_o thomas_n lord_n howard_n of_o walden_n 452_o e._n 470._o d._n earl_n of_o suffolk_n ibid._n william_n lord_n howard_n of_o naworth_n 783._o b_o john_n lord_n howard_n duke_n of_o norfolk_n the_o first_o of_o that_o house_n 483_o slay_v ibid._n thomas_n howard_n his_o son_n vanquish_v the_o scot_n 483._o c_o henry_n howard_n earl_n of_o surry_n a_o learned_a nobleman_n ibid._n tho._n howard_n last_o duke_n of_o norfolk_n ibid._n houden_n and_o houden-shire_n 710._o c_o houghton_n 480._o a_o howgill_n castle_n 762._o c_o howley_n 693._o e_o howty_a a_o brook_n 608._o e_o hubert_n de_fw-fr burge_n earl_n of_o kent_n 352_o hubba_n the_o dane_n 208._o f_z hubbestow_v ibid._n huckstow_n forest_n 592._o c_o huddleston_n 696._o c_o huesi_n 23_o hugh_n the_o norman_a 212._o d._n a_o traitor_n 205._o a_o hugolin_n or_o hugh_n spenser_n 642_o b_o hugh_z earl_n of_o shrewsbury_n slay_v 672._o d_o hull_n the_o river_n 711._o c_o hull_n the_o town_n 712._o d_o humphrey_n duke_n of_o gloucester_n and_o his_o stile_n 369._o c._n the_o good_a duke_n and_o a_o favourer_n of_o learning_n 382_o his_o death_n 561._o c_o humber_n a_o arm_n of_o the_o sea_n 689_o 542._o e_fw-la humel_n or_o hymell_n castle_n 514._o b_o hundred_o or_o century_n appoint_v 158._o d_o hungerbourne_n 255._o c_o hungerford_n 195_o hungerford_n town_n 282._o e_o hungerford_n baron_n 245._o d._n 282_o hunibald_n a_o bald_a writer_n 6_o hunshâ—l_a â—_o forâ—_n 509._o d_o hunstanston_n 418._o b_o hansdon_n a_o baron_n seat_n 408_o c_o hunt_n cliffe_n 720._o e_o huntercombs_n a_o family_n 394_o c_o 815_o d_o huntingdon_n castle_n in_o hereford_n shire_n 620._o c_o huntingdon_n shire_n 497._o e_o huntingdon_n town_n 497._o d_o huntingdon_n earles_n 502._o c_o huntingfeld_n town_n and_o baron_n 467._o c_o huntly_n nab_n 720_o f_o hurling_n 186_o hurler_n 193_o hurst_n castle_n 260._o d_o huscarles_n what_o they_o be_v 576._o e_o hussy_n the_o first_o and_o last_o baron_n of_o that_o name_n 535._o d_o hyeritha_n a_o sheesaint_n 208._o b_o 1._o james_n the_o six_o of_o scotland_n style_v king_n of_o great_a britain_n 141._o a_o mild_a and_o gracious_a prince_n 298._o b_o james_n the_o four_o king_n of_o scotland_n slay_v 483._o c_o tho._n james_n of_o oxford_n a_o studious_a antiquarian_n 639._o â—_o janus_n with_o two_o forehead_n 97_o japhet_n progeny_n how_o it_o be_v propagate_v 10_o jarrow_n 743_o d_o iberi_fw-la whence_o they_o take_v name_n 20_o iccius_n portus_fw-la in_o france_n a_o port_n townelet_n 3â—_n iceni_n 456_o ichnild-street_n 456._o d_o iceniiâ—_n britain_n discomfit_v 43_o idle_a a_o river_n 550._o d_o jermins_n knight_n 461._o d_o jermegans_fw-la knight_n 468._o e_o jerby_n a_o town_n 769._o c_o jervis_n or_o jorvalle_n abbey_n 729._o c_o jerusalem_n in_o hand_n to_o be_v re-edify_v 79._o jestine_n a_o rebel_n against_o prince_n rhese_n 641._o e_o jesu_n of_o bethlems_n house_n 297._o e_fw-la 410._o f_o jesus_n college_n in_o oxford_n 383._o b_o john_n jewel_n bishop_n of_o salisbury_n 208._o e._n a_o profound_a clerk_n 248._o e_o s_o jie_n 193_o ikborowgh_n 482._o b_o ikeâ—ild_n street_n 64_o iken_v street_n 402._o d_o ikesworth_n 461._o d_o land_n of_o what_o use_n 478_o d_o a_o island_n float_v 478_o d_o isle_n of_o ely_n 485._o c._n why_o so_o call_v 492._o f_z il-bre_a a_o isle_n 607._o a_o ilcester_n or_o ivelcester_n 221._o e_o ilfarcomb_n 207._o a_o ilkley_n 697._o c_o ilstreet_n 603._o e_fw-la k._n ina_n 226._o c_o innes_n of_o court_n and_o chancery_n in_o london_n 427._o c_o inborow_n what_o it_o be_v 815._o b_o incubi_fw-la 17_o infant_n of_o spain_n 164_o inglebey_n a_o family_n 535._o f._n 699._o f_o ingleborne_n 242._o c_o ingleborrow_n hill_n 749._o e_o inglefields_n a_o ancient_a family_n 284._o c_o inglini_n bipenniferi_fw-la 154_o inis_fw-la wen_n 24_o insula_fw-la caeruli_n ibid._n inundation_n in_o monmouth_n shire_n and_o somerset_n shire_n 634._o d_o joan_n the_o fair_a maid_n of_o kent_n 353._o b_o joan_n de_fw-fr acres_n 369._o b_o johannes_n de_fw-fr sacro_fw-la bosco_fw-la 692._o c_o john_n of_o weathamsted_n 7_o john_n earl_n of_o athol_n cruel_o execute_v 336._o a_o john_n of_o gaunt_n his_o stile_n 757._o b_o king_n john_n his_o sword_n at_o lin._n 480._o f_o king_n john_n call_v judicial_o into_o question_n in_o france_n and_o indict_v for_o murder_v his_o nephew_n arthur_n 733._o d_o saint_n johns_n knight_n of_o jerusalem_n 428._o a._n 433._o a_o joseph_n of_o arimathea_n 68_o joseph_n iscanus_n a_o poet_n 204._o d_o joseph_n scaliger_n 10_o ipres_fw
call_v knight_n of_o the_o rhodes_n and_o now_o of_o malt._n templar_n templar_n lord_n of_o s._n john_n charterhouse_n barbacan_a galâ—ottus_n martius_n london_n bridge_n see_v of_o southwark_n in_o suthrey_n saint_n saviour_n suffolkehouse_n s._n thomas_n hospital_n stew_n band-dogge_n or_o mastiff_n society_n or_o company_n of_o citizen_n â—â—ibus_fw-la ward_n ward_n or_o portgrave_n praetor_n or_o major_n 1411._o 1405._o the_o burse_n 1567._o royal_a exchange_n grehams_n college_n guicciardin_n guicciardin_n orpheus_n harp_n a_o star_n star_n or_o beyond_o radcliffe_n isle_n of_o dog_n edmonton_n waltham_n crosse._n enfield_n chase._n waltham_n forest._n waltham_n abbey_n baron_fw-fr deny_v copthall_n durolitum_n berking_n rode_a the_o river_n the_o book_n of_o ely_n chipping_n anger_n libre_fw-la inq._n de_fw-fr ripariu_n *_o marsh_n holes_n cut_v out_o in_o kent_n pag._n 334._o tilbury_n convennos_fw-la thâ—_n isle_n canvey_n beamfleot_fw-la s._n shobery_n anno_fw-la 894._o rochfort_n lord_n rochfoâ—_n *_o lawless_a court_n havering_n rumford_n see_v the_o the_o annalle_n brent-wood_n caesaromagus_n call_v in_o the_o itinerary_a table_n baromagus_fw-la south-okindon_a bruin_n thorndon_n baron_fw-fr petre._n ashdowne_n arpen_v wine_n radulphus_fw-la de_fw-la dicero_n the_o family_n of_o the_o essex_n dengy_n hundred_o essex_n cheese_n the_o norman_n call_v he_o peverell_n in_o the_o record_n saint_n hilary_n term_v e._n 2.17_o in_o the_o keep_n of_o the_o treasurer_n and_o chamberlain_n of_o the_o exchequer_n seal_n or_o signet_n first_o take_v up_o among_o englishman_n baron_n rich._n the_o book_n of_o saint_n martin_n in_o london_n canonium_n cogeshall_n tirell_n easterford_n whitham_n camalodunum_n maldon_n camulus_fw-la a_o god_n claudius_n in_o britannia_n servius_n servius_n deify_v the_o altar_n and_o temple_n of_o claudius_n dio_fw-mi say_v fourscore_o thousand_o idumanuâ—_n idumanuâ—_n domesday_n the_o bound_n of_o colony_n cogeshall_n lib._n 9_o cap._n 54._o hawkwood_n hawkwood_n 4._o verse_n *_o 14._o h._n 4._o colonia_n colchester_n 1105._o helen_n great_a constantine_n mother_n s._n osith_v chic_a baron_n darcy_n of_o chich._n nesse_n giant_n giant_n bone_n harewich_n *_o barklow_n *_o ancient_a tomb_n danes-bloud_n walden_n common_o call_v mandeville_n baron_fw-fr audley_n of_o walden_n 1597._o burrow-banke_n saffron_n baron_n of_o clavering_n see_v in_o northumberland_n baron_n montfichet_n the_o montfichet_a coat_n of_o arm_n playz_n haslingbury_n barington_n hatefield_n brad-oke_n earl_n of_o essex_n register_n of_o walden_n register_n of_o walden_n monastery_n see_v the_o earl_n of_o hereford_n eliz._n sister_n to_o rich._n duke_n of_o york_n ichenild-street_n sphen_n seneca_n his_o usury_n in_o britanny_n andates_n or_o andrastes_n the_o goddess_n victory_n in_o kent_n kent_n earl_n or_o lieutenant_n lieutenant_n seven_o kingdom_n east-angle_n uff_o kine_n ralph_n precedent_n of_o east-angle_n cheese_n novus_n mercatus_fw-la newmercate_a newmarket_n heath_n s._n edmunds_n bury_n guord_v or_o worth_a bery_n the_o britan._n malmesburiensis_fw-la eversden_n eversden_n now_o but_o two_o two_o or_o scâ—eschal_n *_o humphrey_n duke_n of_o gloucester_n ikesworth_n blund_n *_o drury_n 1173._o hengrave_n culfurth_n sir_n nicholas_n bacon_n lidgate_n john_n lidgate_n stoke_n clare_n earl_n of_o clare_n clare_n ad_fw-la albam_fw-la pompiam_fw-la pompiam_fw-la aucensis_n or_o ewâ—_n guliel_n gemiâ—icensis_fw-la lib._n 7._o c._n 37._o rob._n montensis_fw-la duke_n of_o clarence_n 1421._o sudbury_n edwardeston_n edwardeston_n barones_n monte-chensie_a minor_a histor._n matth._n paris_n *_o waldgrave_n buer_n cumbretonium_fw-la bretenham_n baron_n wentworth_n *_o lancham_n hadley_n gathrum_fw-la or_o garmo_n the_o dane_n bentley_n arwerton_n wulpet_n vera_fw-la narratio_fw-la norton_n hagoneth_n farter_n a_o pretty_a conceit_a tenure_n ipswich_n domesday_n book_n waleton_n langerston_n langerston_n other_o call_v it_o thredle_v boutetort_v rendelisham_n rendelisham_n cedde_n cedde_n some_o name_n it_o winchell_n framlingham_n parrham_n baron_n willoughbey_v of_o parrham_n oreford_n triton_n and_o monster_n of_o the_o sea_n aldburgh_n pease_n grow_v out_o of_o the_o rock_n dunwich_n allectum_fw-la or_o halecum_fw-la blithborrow_n blithborrow_n de_fw-fr casineto_fw-la easton-nesse_a extensio_fw-la a_o promontory_n lib._n 3._o de_fw-la natura_fw-la deorum_fw-la wingfield_n philip_n huntingfield_n henningham_n halesworth_n hoxon_n king_n edmund_n martyrdom_n cornwalleis_n eaye_n libre_fw-la inquisitionum_fw-la inquisitionum_fw-la by_o intrusion_n reap_v the_o commodity_n thereof_o bedingfield_n flixton_n bungey_n mettingham_n luthingland_n lestoffe_n somerley_n town_n cnoberi_fw-la vrbs_fw-la duke_n and_o earl_n of_o suffolk_n inquisit_a 5._o rich._n 2._o leland_n in_o his_o commentary_n upon_o his_o cygnea_fw-la cantio_fw-la walsingham_n pag._n 358._o regist._n monal_n de_fw-fr melsâ—_n see_v hull_n in_o yorkshire_n sitomagus_n thetford_n magus_n the_o family_n of_o the_o knevet_n baron_n bourchier_n of_o berner_n hengham_n lord_n of_o rhia_n *_o sculton_n wood_n rise_v windham_n attilborough_n mortimer_n venta_n icenorum_n caster_n horsford_n horsford_n de_fw-fr casineto_fw-la norwich_n wic_n in_o the_o saxon_n tongue_n what_o it_o signify_v signify_v in_o the_o english_a saxon_a grammar_n augusta_n raâ—racorum_n raâ—racorum_n fine_a as_o some_o take_v it_o it_o or_o dutchman_n of_o the_o low_a country_n a_o ruff_n de_fw-fr rariorum_fw-la animatium_fw-la historia_fw-la *_o halles-hall_n hobart_n garieniâ—_n ostium_n yarmouth_n garianonâ—â—_n garianonâ—â—_n caurus_n caurus_n aquilo_n cerdicus_fw-la the_o saxon._n cerdick_n sand_n william_n worcester_z worcester_z domesday_n book_n book_n portuense_n portuense_n lieutenant_n herting_n herting_n halecum_fw-la portuense_n the_o river_n thyrn_n blickling_n ailesham_n *_o worsted_n worsted_n stuffe_n saint_n benet_n in_o 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