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A12738 The history of Great Britaine under the conquests of ye Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans Their originals, manners, warres, coines & seales: with ye successions, lives, acts & issues of the English monarchs from Iulius Cæsar, to our most gracious soueraigne King Iames. by Iohn Speed. Speed, John, 1552?-1629.; Schweitzer, Christoph, wood-engraver. 1611 (1611) STC 23045; ESTC S117937 1,552,755 623

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c_z william_n wickham_n bishop_n of_o winchester_n 0639_o 08_o 07_o oh_o  _fw-fr juxta_fw-la winchester_n h_n henry_n beauford_n cardinal_n of_o winchester_n found_v it_o and_o give_v it_o land_n to_o the_o value_n of_o 158._o l._n 13._o s._n 4._o d._n and_o s._n john_n de_n foder_v bridge_n a_o ho●…pital_n be_v give_v to_o it_o two_o chaplain_n 35_o poor_a men._n 3._o woman_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr juxta_fw-la southampton_n le_fw-fr teley_o alias_o le●…o_v loco_fw-la s._n edward_n and_o m_o s._n marry_o henry_n the_o three_o and_o peter_n de_fw-fr rupibus_fw-la augustine_n eriers_n 0160_o 02_o 09_o ob_fw-la o_fw-la juxta_fw-la southampton_n sancti_fw-la dionis_fw-la p_o k._n richard_n the_o first_o call_v cord●…-lion_n anno_fw-la dom._n 1179._o black_a canon_n 0091_o 09_o 00_o o_fw-mi  _fw-fr southampton_n beatae_fw-la mariae_fw-la magd._n h_n confirm_v by_o pope_n alexander_n anno_fw-la dom._n 1179._o 0016_o 16_o 02_o ob_n o_o apple-durwell_a in_o the_o isle_n of_o wight_n p_o nicholas_n spenser_n and_o margery_n his_o wife_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 〈◊〉_d praeceptoria_fw-la 0118_o 16_o 7_o oh_o  _fw-fr bello-loco_a m._n king_n john_n 0428_o 06_o 08_o oh_o o_o bromere_n s._n trinity_n p_o s._n mary_n s._n michael_n baldwin_n earl_n of_o rivers_n and_o devonshire_n black_a canon_n 0200_o 05_o 01_o ob_fw-la o_fw-la chritwynh●…ms_fw-la si_fw-la ●…e_fw-fr christchurch_n of_o twynham_n p_o isabel_n de_fw-fr fortibus_fw-la sometime_o countess_n of_o albemarle_n and_o devonshire_n and_o lady_n of_o the_o isle_n found_v it_o for_o william_n de_fw-fr fortibus_fw-la earl_n of_o albemarle_n and_o richard_n the_o red●…ers_n earl_n of_o devonshire_n a._n d._n 1161._o this_o be_v place_v also_o in_o devonshire_n 0544_o 06_o 00_o oh_o o_o caresbroc_n in_o the_o isle_n of_o wight_n s._n marry_o magd._n p_o black_a monk_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr deretford_n in_o the_o isle_n of_o wight_n sanctae_fw-la elizabetha_n p_o king_n edward_n the_o three_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr ham●…le_fw-fr saint_n andrew_n p_o grey_a monk_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr hide_n saint_n peter_n m_o saint_z paul_n s._n grimball_n first_o king_n alfride_n after_o perform_v by_o k._n edward_n senior_n and_o last_o the_o monk_n themselves_o remove_v from_o the_o old_a tempore_fw-la henrici_fw-la primi_fw-la black_a monk_n 0865_o 01_o 06_o ob_fw-la q_o mottisfount_n sanctae_fw-la trinitatis_fw-la p_o ranulph_n flammard_n bishop_n of_o durham_n richard_n de_fw-fr riparijs_fw-la earl_n of_o devonshire_n and_o william_n de_fw-fr bruere_fw-fr tempore_fw-la gulielms_n rufi_n black_a canon_n or_o augustine_n of_o berton_n 0167_o 15_o 08_o ob_fw-la o_fw-la portsmouth_n a_o church_n and_o hospital_n peter_n de_fw-fr rupibus_fw-la 0033_o 19_o 05_o ob_fw-la o_fw-la quarrer_n in_o the_o isle_n of_o wight_n s._n marry_o magd._n m_n baldwine_n earl_n of_o devonshire_n and_o richard_n his_o son_n about_o the_o time_n of_o king_n stephen_n white_a monk_n 0184_o 01_o 10_o o_o o_o redford_n or_o redbridge_n m_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr romsey_n n_o king_n edgar_n and_o earl_n alwyn_n nun_n 0528_o 08_o 10_o ob_fw-la o_fw-la southwyke_n saint_n mary_n p_o william_n pontlarge_v sieve_n pontlearch_n and_o william_n dany_n norman_n also_o william_n the_o pontey_v a_o benefactor_n regular_a canon_n 0314_o 17_o 10_o ob_fw-la o_fw-la tychefeild_n saint_n marie_n m_o peter_n de_fw-fr rupibus_fw-la bishop_n of_o winchester_n 0280_o 19_o 10_o ob_fw-la o_fw-la whorwell_n sanctae_fw-la crucis_fw-la n_o saint_n peter_n queen_n aelfrith_n black_a nun_n 0403_o 12_o 10_o o_o o_o wyntney_n p_o 0059_o 01_o 00_o oh_o o_o sanctae_fw-la elizabethae_fw-la c_o 0112_o 17_o 04_o ob_fw-la o_fw-it sanctae_fw-la crucis_fw-la h_n henry_n blois_n brother_n to_o king_n stephen_n 0084_o 04_o 02_o o_o o_o hereford-shire_n place_n dedication_n founder_n and_o time_n order_n value_v  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr l_o s_o d_o 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leomenstre_n saint_n jacob_n p_o m●…rewald_n a_o king_n of_o the_o mercian_n and_o k._n henry_n the_o first_o black_a monk_n of_o r●…ding_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr lymbroke_n n_o white_a nun_n ●…023_n 17_o 08_o o_fw-mi  _fw-fr wiggemore_n sancto_fw-la jacobo_n p_o black_a canon_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr wormesty_n p_o 0083_o 10_o 02_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr hertford_n a_o celestina_n to_o s._n alban_n p_o black_a monk_n 0086_o 14_o 8_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr saint_n alban_n saint_n alban_n martyr_n m_o offa_n king_n of_o the_o mercian_n anno_fw-la d●…_n 795._o black_a monk_n 2510_o 06_o 01_o ob_fw-la q_o hertford-shire_n place_n dedication_n founder_n and_o time_n order_n value_v  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr l_o s._n d._n ob_fw-la q._n beluero_n a_o celestina_n to_o s._n alban_n saint_n mary_n s._n joh._n baptist._n p_o black_a monk_n 0135_o 05_o 10_o oh_o o_o bosco_n near_o flamsteed_o s._n egidius_n n_o nun_n 0046_o 16_o 01_o ob_n o_o button_n saint_n marie_n p_o monk_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr binham_n in_o com._n norff._n a_o celestina_n to_o s._n albant_fw-la p_o 0160_o 01_o 00_o oh_o o_o chesthunte_o n_o henr._n rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la domin_n we_o hibernia_n dux_n norm_a aquitan_n &_o come_v ange_v confirm_a shestrehunt_n moniales_n totam_fw-la terram_fw-la dom._n ten_o cumpertin_n suis_fw-la quae_fw-la canonicis_fw-la de_fw-la cathale_n quos_fw-la amoveri_fw-la fecimus_fw-la at_o westm._n 11._o aug._n 24._o regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la nun_n 0027_o 06_o 8_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr chille_n n_o black_a nun_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr chiltree_n n_o black_a nun_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr hatfeild_n peverel_n in_o com._n essex_n a_o cell_n to_o saint_n alban_n saint_n mary_n p_o daughter_n of_o ingelrick_n and_o wife_n to_o peverel_n in_o k._n william_n the_o conqueror_n time_n black_a monk_n of_o saint_n alban_n 0083_o 19_o 07_o o_o o_o hychin_n f_o k._n edward_n the_o second_o john_n blomnil_n and_o adam_n rouse_v and_o john_n cobham_n carmelites_n or_o white_a friar_n 0004_o 09_o 04_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr langley_n regis_fw-la f_o robert_n son_n of_o roger_n helle_n baron_fw-fr preach_v friar_n 0150_o 14_o 08_o o_o o_o langley_n vid●…_n leicestershire_n n_o fundator_fw-la antecessor_n uxoris_fw-la francisci_fw-la bigo●…_n militis_fw-la &_o einsdem_fw-la uxoris_fw-la sororum_fw-la nun_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr mersey_n s._n helen_n p_o alien_n roger_n fitz-ran●…lph_a  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr mirdiall_n saint_n mary_n p_o black_a canon_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr monketon_n in_o dioc._n s._n david_n a_o celestina_n to_o s._n alban_n p_o 0113_o 02_o 06_o ob_fw-la q_o new-bigging_a infra_fw-la villam_fw-la de_fw-la huchyn_n p_o 0015_o 01_o 11_o oh_o o_o royston_n alias_o cr●…x_n rohaysiae_fw-la s._n john_n baptist_n s._n th●…m_n martyr_n p_o eustach_n de_fw-fr marc_n knight_n lord_n of_o n●…cels_n and_o radulphus_fw-la de_fw-fr rancester_n and_o other_o renew_v it_o canon_n 0106_o 03_o 01_o oh_o o_o royston_n s._n john_n s._n i●…mes_n apostles_n h_o 0005_o 06_o 10_o oh_o o_o roweney_n a_o free_a chapel_n or_o hospital_n 0013_o 10_o 09_o o_o o_o sopewell_n saint_n mary_n n_o the_o abbot_n of_o saint_n alban_n black_a nun_n 0068_o 08_o 00_o oh_o o_o thele_n c_o william_n bishop_n of_o london_n a_o master_n 4_o chaplain_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr tynmouth_n in_o come_v northb._n a_o celestina_n to_o s._n alban_n p_o fundator_fw-la antecessor_n dueis_fw-la norfolcia_n 0511_o 04_o 01_o ob_fw-la o_fw-la ware_n p_o the_o progenitor_n of_o king_n richard_n mother_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr wymondley_n p_o richard_n argenten_n canon_n 0037_o 10_o 06_o ob_n o_o huntingdon-shire_n place_n dedication_n founder_n and_o time_n order_n ualue_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr l._n s._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d q._n huntingdon_n saint_n mary_n p_o eustachius_n lo●…tot_n black_a canon_n augustine_n 0232_o 0_o 00_o ob_n  _fw-fr 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