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B18452 Camden's Britannia newly translated into English, with large additions and improvements ; publish'd by Edmund Gibson ...; Britannia. English Camden, William, 1551-1623.; Gibson, Edmund, 1669-1748. 1695 (1695) Wing C359 2,080,727 883

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king_n for_o the_o performance_n of_o certain_a duty_n and_o and_o service_n and_o this_o tenure_n they_o call_v the_o hold_v by_o the_o straw_n which_o be_v first_o change_v into_o lease_n for_o three_o life_n during_o the_o late_a civil_a war_n thereby_o to_o augment_v the_o lord_n revenue_n the_o tenant_n be_v then_o oblige_v to_o pay_v yearly_o a_o quitrent_a and_o a_o fine_a at_o renew_v the_o king_n of_o this_o island_n have_v at_o different_a time_n be_v tributary_n both_o to_o the_o king_n of_o england_n scotland_n and_o norway_n and_o be_v oblige_v in_o token_n of_o their_o subjection_n to_o these_o state_n to_o pay_v a_o certain_a homage_n at_o the_o coronation_n of_o any_o of_o the_o prince_n of_o these_o kingdom_n they_o have_v make_v many_o war_n in_o attempt_n to_o enlarge_v their_o dominion_n beyond_o the_o confine_n of_o this_o little_a island_n not_o only_o in_o venedotia_n against_o the_o king_n of_o north-wales_n especial_o in_o anglesey_n but_o also_o in_o ireland_n where_o godred_a ●147_n cron._n of_o man._n an._n ●147_n son_n to_o olave_n king_n of_o man_n be_v crown_v king_n of_o dublin_n and_o subdue_v a_o great_a part_n of_o leinster_n but_o leave_v it_o not_o to_o his_o successor_n likewise_o for_o some_o year_n by_o the_o favour_n and_o aid_n of_o magnus_n king_n of_o norway_n they_o have_v under_o their_o subjection_n some_o if_o not_o all_o the_o island_n on_o the_o west_n part_n of_o scotland_n 293._o hollinsh_fw-mi ●_o 293._o which_o be_v call_v hebrides_n and_o upon_o this_o account_n style_v themselves_o king_n of_o man_n and_o of_o the_o island_n but_o alexander_n king_n of_o scotland_n an._n 1266._o not_o only_o recover_v these_o island_n but_o reduce_v the_o isle_n of_o man_n itself_o to_o his_o subjection_n and_o place_v
burthred_a 482_o 491._o burton_n 434_o 448_o 473_o 533_o 728_o 740._o burnwel_n 353._o burwell_n 408._o busbie_n 487_o 707._o bushbury_n 538._o bussey_n 465._o bustler_n 406._o busy-gap_n 848._o buth_n 914._o buthe_n 1069._o butterby_n 776._o butiphant_n 980._o butler_n 100_o 239_o 243_o 294_o 296_o 319_o 342_o 346_o 454_o 503_o 543_o 545_o 593_o 594_o 789_o 793_o 983_o 984_o 988._o buttermeer_n 803._o buttevillein_n 437._o buttington_n 651._o buxton_n 494._o bwlch_n 645._o bwrdh_fw-mi arth._n 628._o by_o buy_v and_o byan_n their_o signification_n 397_o 472_o 511._o bygon_n 217._o by-law_n what_o they_o signify_v 397._o byrth-ove_a 498._o byrdhyn_n fl_fw-mi 593._o byrig_n its_o signification_n 91._o byrk_n 724._o byron_n 481._o byrsa_n 472._o c._n cadbury_n 59_o north_n 59_o 78._o cadell_n 998._o cadir_n 919._o cadleys_n 996._o st._n cadoc_n ap_fw-mi gwyelliw_n 691._o cadvan_n a_o british_a king_n 691._o cadwalla_n 709_o 725_o 853_o 854._o cadwellon_fw-mi 691._o de_fw-fr cadurcis_n or_o chaworth_n 62._o sibylla_n 93._o coel_v 8._o caer_fw-mi 30_o 603_o 654_o 689._o caer-caradock_a 54●_n 551._o caerdiff_a ●09_n 610._o caer-guid_a 899._o caerhendinas_a 549_o 554._o caerlaverock_a 907._o ●aerliph_n will._n 272._o ●●er-mardhin_a 622_o 630._o ●aer-narvon_a 665_o 666_o 673._o ●aer-palladur_a 70._o caervorran_a 793_o 807_o 848_o 869._o caesar-augusta_n 343._o caesarea_n or_o cherburg_n 343._o caesar_n be_v hill_n 181._o altar_n 205._o caesar_n julius_n 155_o 172_o 187_o 188_o 197_o 199_o 120_o 203_o 204_o 205_o 213_o 221._o vid._n julius_n ●aesaromagus_n 342_o 343_o 155_o 357._o caesar_n who_o call_v clxxii_o cahaignes_n 280._o cahan_n 1018._o ca●are_v 995._o cainc_fw-la what_o 185_o 186._o cainsham_n 67_o 72_o 76_o 82._o caishoe_n hundred_o 296._o caishobery_n 302._o cain_n john_n 404_o 413._o caius_z a_o famous_a roman_a 656._o caius_n bericus_n 347._o calais_n 208_o 209_o 777._o calaterium_fw-la nemus_n 755._o calc_n what_o 714._o calcaria_n 714_o 715._o caldeco●_n 597_o 714_o 732._o calder_n riv_o 707._o cadley_n 1049._o caldstream_n 901._o caldwell_n 762._o calebeg_n 1021._o caledon_n 506._o caledonia_n 925_o 926_o 935._o caledonii_n 986._o caligula_n xliv_o 308._o callan_n riv_o 988._o callan_n town_n ib._n callidromos_n 235._o callipolis_n 235._o callistratia_n 235._o caln_v 87_o 102._o calphurnius_fw-la 631._o calshot-castle_n 116_o 131._o calthrop_n 371._o caltost_n a_o family_n 484._o calves-heath_n 537._o caly_a 384._o cam_n xxiv_o cam_n 236_o 403._o cam_n what_o in_o danish_a 11._o what_o 〈◊〉_d british_a 403._o camalet_n 58_o 76_o 77._o c●na●●c_n 575._o camalodunum_fw-la xlv_o xlvi_o lii_o etc._n etc._n 347_o 357_o 706._o cambeck_n 835_o 839._o cambell_n 914_o 943._o cambodunum_fw-la 709_o 711_o 727._o camboritum_fw-la 403_o 404._o cambria_n xi_o 573._o cambridge_n in_o glocestershire_n 236._o cambridge_n 404_o etc._n etc._n camden_n a_o town_n 238_o 239._o viscount_n of_o ib._n camel_n 155._o camel_n riv_o 11_o 403._o camlet_n west_n 59_o east_n ib._n camelford_n 11._o camelot_n 921_o 957._o camera_fw-la dianae_n 315_o 330_o 331._o camoi_v baron_n 172._o john_n ib._n campbell-town_n 952._o camvil_n 506._o camulus_fw-la 348._o camus_n be_v cross_a 953._o cancfield_n 796._o candida_fw-la casa_fw-la 910._o candish_n or_o cavendish_n will._n 491._o candorus_n 14._o canford_n 50._o cangani_fw-la 185_o 186._o cangi_n 67_o 75_o 76_o 77_o 377_o 564._o canke_z or_o canock-wood_n 531_o 532_o 556._o canninge_n 77._o canning_n hundr_n 67_o 75_o 77._o cannington_n 67_o 75_o 77._o canole-coal_n 771._o canonium_n 346._o canon_n resident_n 92._o cantaber_n 404._o cantabri_n 977._o cantire_a 931._o cantlow_n 61_o 172_o 437_o 592_o 598._o cantelupo_n geo._n de_fw-fr 28_o 526._o tho._n 576._o nich._n 469._o canterbury_n 296_o etc._n etc._n hubert_n archb._n of_o 98._o 354._o archbishop_n primat●s_fw-la of_o all_o england_n 720._o cantium_fw-la 185._o cantium_fw-la pro●_n 203._o cantreu-bychan_a 589_o 622._o cantreu-mewr_a 622._o canvey_n island_n 341._o canvils_n 439._o canute_n 40_o 121_o 159_o 203_o 234_o 246_o 316_o 328_o 368_o 468_o 772_o 774._o capel-king_n 630._o capellar-hill_n 581._o capel-shnan_a 635._o capulet_n 359._o caracalla_n 785_o caradauc_v urichf●a●_n 541._o caradocks_n 60._o caratacus_n xlvii_o 307_o 347_o 541_o 641_o 643._o carausius_n lxxiii_o 284_o 312._o carbantorigum_fw-la 907._o carbray_n 979._o cardigan_n 642._o cardines_fw-la 909._o careg-cowse_a 6_o 20._o caren_n what_o 20._o carentocus_n 58._o carenton_n ibid._n caresbrook-castle_n 128_o 134._o caresdike_n 475._o careswell_n 534._o carew-castle_n 630._o carew_n rich._n 10_o 16._o george_n lord_n 39_o sir_n george_n 903._o geo._n dean_n 39_o sir_n francis_n 159._o nich._n bar_n 31_o 159._o john_n 177._o thomas_n 978._o george_n 980._o nich._n 987._o peter_n 988._o carew_n 29_o 141_o 159_o 630_o 987._o caress_n 513_o 610._o carga●l_o 7._o ca●house_n 724._o carick_a mac-griffin_n 984._o carigfergus_n 1016._o carion_n 186._o carini_n 947_o carleton_n 384_o 396_o 443_o 449._o george_n 369._o ralph_n de_fw-fr 384_o 396._o carlingford_n 1009._o carlisle_z 833._o ●4_n carmelites_n first_o in_o england_n 860._o carminow_v 7._o carn_n what_o 18_o 77._o carnaby_n 855._o carn-brag_a ibid._n carn_n chy_fw-la ibid._n carn_n innis_n ibid._n carn-margh_a ibid._n carn-ulac_a ibid._n carnon_n of_o carna_n 17._o carpenter_n john_n 248._o car_fw-fr sir_n rob._n 85._o car_n 862._o car_fw-fr riu._n 43._o carram_n 861._o car_n t._n 74._o carack_n 992._o carrict_a 911._o carriden_n 899._o corrocium_n 756._o de_fw-fr carss_n 923._o carthage_n 30._o carthaginian_n never_o in_o britain_n cix_o carthcart_n riv_o 908._o cartismandun_v thirty_o 347_o 541_o 703_o 704._o cartmel_n 795._o cartwright_n jo._n 512._o carvilius_n 186._o carvils_n a_o fam._n 392._o carus_n and_o carinus_n lxxiii_o carys_n 29_o 41_o 302._o cary_n sir_n henr._n 296_o 319._o sir_n edw._n 302._o george_n baron_n 319._o cary-castle_n 61._o cary-lites_n ibid._n cashalton_n 158._o caslys_n 528._o cassandra_n 367._o cassii_n 277_o 278_o 295._o cassibelin_n town_n 296._o cassil_n 983._o cassibelaunus_n 277_o 278_o 368._o cassiterides_n 1111._o cassivelannus_n longimanus_fw-la 678._o de_fw-fr castel_n a_o frenchman_n 29_o 45._o caster_n 424_o 435._o casterley_n 111._o castilion_n joh._n bapt●_n 141._o castle-ashby_n 434._o castle-cary_a 56_o 61_o 712._o castle-croft_a 530._o castle-dun_a 916._o castleford_n 711_o 749._o castelhpain_n 585._o castelham_n 591._o castelh_n colwen_n 585._o castle_n conel_n 984._o castelh-corndochen_a 663._o castle-comb_n 87._o castle-danis_a 11._o castle-dinas_a 590._o castleden_n 498._o castlegarde_n 28_o 34_o 205._o castle-green_a 48._o castle-hill_n 54_o 510_o 538._o castle-how_a 811._o castleknock_a 993._o castle_n in_o the_o peak_n 495._o castle-martin_a 990._o castle-mill_n 290._o castle-park_n 580._o castelh-prysor_a 663._o castle-ruff_n 219._o castle-steed_n 835_o 839_o 855._o castlethorp_a 285._o castle_n in_o england_n 862._o ireland_n 1020._o castleford_n tho._n de_fw-fr 729._o castra_n constantia_n 1107._o castor_n 385_o 388_o 396_o 471._o castra_n alata_n 897._o castra_n exploratorum_n 841._o catabathmos_n 231_o 232._o catapultae_n 672._o catarratconium_n 761._o caterlogh_n 988._o catesby_z 432_o 520._o catarick_n 761_o 767_o 768._o catharin_n daughter_n of_o w._n herbert_n 214_o widow_n of_o th._n lord_n berkley_n 249._o wife_n of_o henry_n v._n 318._o wife_n of_o henry_n viii_o 437._o duchess_n of_o suffolk_n 479._o wife_n of_o john_n talbot_n 549._o s._n catharine_n well_o 905._o cathbregion_n 59_o catigern_n 193._o cathness_n earl_n of_o 947._o catini_n ibid._n catlidge_n 408_o 415._o catmose_n vale_n 455._o catteshul_n 154._o catti_n 277._o cattieuchlani_n 277_o 278_o 307_o 566._o catti-hill_n 537._o cattimarus_fw-la 277._o cattle_n the_o riches_n of_o ireland_n 985._o cattle-stealer_n 908._o catvellani_n 231._o caturactonium_n 761_o 767._o catus_n decianus_n 365_o caude_n 833_o caudebeck_n ibid._n cave_n family_n 439._o cavel_n 12._o cavenaugh_v 988_o 992._o cavendish_v 36_o 872._o cavendish_n will._n 493_o 711._o cavern_n 342_o 622_o 623._o caversfield_n 284._o caversham_n 281._o caun_n 77._o caurse-castle_n 543._o cauze_n 484._o cawood_n 722._o caxton_n 403._o cay-hill_n 89._o ceada_n 341_o 344._o s._n ceada_n see_v chad._n ceadwalla_n see_v cadwalla_n ceaster_n 193._o ceaulin_n 70_o 85_o 100_o 111_o 159_o 238_o 240_o 266._o cecil_n rob._n 51_o 456._o de_fw-fr fortibus_fw-la 61._o sir_n tho._n 159._o tho._n earl_n 442._o william_n lord_n 126_o 296_o 305_o 438_o 442_o 463_o 476_o 574._o cecil_n 32_o 94_o 107_o 760._o cecil_n daughter_n to_o w._n baron_n bonevil_n 33_o 67._o daughter_n to_o jordan_n fitz-stephens_n 29._o countess_z of_o oxon_n 319._o wife_n to_o j._n bourchier_n 62._o daughter_n of_o hugh_n d'albeney_n 668._o cedda_fw-mi 373._o cedwalla_n 117_o 129_o 168._o celd_v 217._o celibacy_n first_o enjoin_v priest_n 27_o 519_o 547._o celnius_n fluv_n celtae_n twelve_o xv_o xvii_o xxi_o xxiii_o celtiberian_n 185_o 186._o celurca_fw-la 938._o cenimagni_n 77_o 365_o 365_o 395._o cenio_n 7._o cenionis_fw-la ostium_fw-la ibid._n ceol_n 111._o ceolfrid_n 784._o cerdick_n 100_o 114_o 129_o 280_o 389._o cerdickford_n 114._o cerdicksand_n 389._o ceremony_n at_o the_o investiture_n of_o the_o prince_n of_o wales_n 695_o 696._o at_o the_o
gawthorp_n 714._o gearsy_o 1107._o gait_n where_o find_v 751_o 752._o geddington_n 434._o gedney-moor_n 66._o gee_o w._n 745._o goose_n drop_v down_o in_o certain_a place_n 751._o geld_v what_o 669_o 835_o gemina_n martia_n victrix_n 347._o genevil_n 1006._o geneu_fw-fr what_o 7._o genii_fw-la 708._o genissa_n 234._o genova_n 709._o genounia_n lxviii_o 649_o 650_o 704_o 705_o gentleman_n in_o england_n who_o clxxxiv_o geoffrey_n bishop_n of_o constance_n 82_o of_o monmouth_n censure_v v_o seven_o xxxviii_o lxiv_o clxiii_o vid._n galfrid_n george_n d._n of_o clarence_n 370_o 507_o 508_o 765._o st._n george_n a_o ancient_a family_n 403._o george_n e._n of_o march_n 896._o gephyrae_fw-la 279._o gerard_n tho._n baron_n 531._o gerard_n bromley_n ib._n gereves-end_n what_o 189._o st._n german_n 7_o 10_o 13_o 258_o 298_o 610_o 692._o german_n ocean_n 963._o german_n their_o original_n xi_o st._n germains_n 902._o gerno_fw-it fl_fw-mi 384._o gernegans_fw-la 760._o gernons_n 345_o 407_o 466_o 491_o 1010._o gerrard_n earl_n of_o macclesfield_n 572._o gertrude_n 549._o gherberd_n 567._o giants-bone_n 351._o dance_v 990._o giddy_a hall_n 342._o giffard_n john_n lord_n 261_o 273_o 549_o 550._o walter_n 281_o 282._o gifford_n w._n 154._o john_n 250._o william_n 322._o gifford_n lord_n 239._o gilbert_n of_o sempringham_n 464._o gilbertine_n friar_n ib._n gilberts-hill_n 544._o see_v wreken-hill_n gildas_n 258_o 568._o gildsborough_n 432._o gill_n what_o 835._o gill_n john_n 724._o gillesland_n 835_o 836._o gilling_n 761._o castle_n 755._o gillingham-forest_n 193_o 2●●_n gilshaughlin_n 813._o gilpatrick_n a_o dane_n 760._o gilpin_n 844._o gimes-grave_n 401._o gimmingham_n 390_o 397._o ging-abbatissae_a 345._o ging-grave_n ib._n gipping_n fl_fw-mi 371._o a_o village_n ib._n gipsy_n see_v vipsey_n girald_n giraldines_n and_o fits-giralds_a 630_o giraldus_n cambrensis_fw-la 589_o 630._o of_o windsor_n 630_o 633._o girald_n earld_v of_o kildare_n 1002._o girnego_n 947._o girwii_n 408._o girwy_n 779_o 783._o gisburgh_n 753_o 766._o gise_n 235_o 236._o giflebert_n 406._o giso_n 68_o gladiol_n 662._o glal_n y_fw-fr villaft_n 695_o glamorgan-shire_n 609_o 613_o 614_o 620._o glamys_o 927_o 937._o glancolkeyn_fw-mi 1017._o glandilagh_n 993._o glanferd-bridge_n 472._o glan-jores_a 998._o glan-lhin_a 468._o glanoventa_n 869._o glanvil_n barth_n de_fw-fr 373_o 400._o sir_n john_n 38._o glanvil_n 376_o 390._o glasco_n 916._o glason_n fl_fw-mi 983._o glasni●h_o 7._o glassenbury_n 63_o 64_o 78._o pyramid_n of_o 66._o glass-house_n 167._o glastum_fw-la and_o glass_n xxi_o xxix_o xxxv_o glazier_n 779._o gledsmore_n 303._o gleineu_fw-fr nadroeth_n 683._o glemham_n 373._o glen_n fl_fw-mi 861._o glencarn_n 908._o glendale_n 861._o glendowr_n camp_n 527_o 528._o glene_n fl_fw-mi 408._o glenlion_n 951._o glessaria_n 1103._o glefton-castle_n 803._o gletscher_fw-fr what_o 668._o glevum_n 231._o gline_n 173_o 1017._o glines_n 932._o glinne_n 993._o gloucester_n 231_o 234_o 235_o 246_o 247._o gloucestershire_n 231_o 232_o 245_o 251._o gloucester_n humphrey_n 189._o henry_n duke_z of_o 333._o glotta_n 913_o 1069._o glover_n rob._n 130_o 147._o glovus_fw-la 235._o glow_n what_o 235._o glyder_n 667_o 668._o glyn-dowrdwy_a owen_n 585_o 587_o 591_o 592_o 665._o glynne_n sir_n w._n 271._o gobannium_n 585_o 598._o gobions_n 294_o 295_o 443._o goccium_n 793._o goda_n 239_o 578._o godalming_n 154._o goderich-castle_n 578._o godfrey_n brother_n to_o h._n duke_n of_o brabant_n 345._o godiva_n 472._o godmanchester_n see_v goodmanchester_n godmenham_n 738._o godolcen-hill_n 6._o godolonac_n what_o ib._n godolphin_n will._n 21._o godricus_n 778._o godrus_n 60._o godshil_n 131._o gods-house_n 123_o 142_o 265_o 266_o 746._o godstow_n 255_o 269._o godwick_n 392._o godwin_n earl_n 154_o 167_o 212_o 219_o 236_o 237._o francis_n 600._o godwin-sand_n 201._o godwin_n 280._o gogarth_n prom._n 666_o gogmagog-hill_n 406_o 415._o g●lborn_n 557._o gold_n for_o perpetual_a lamp_n 719._o gold-cliff_n 597._o golden_a 7._o golden-vale_n 575._o golding_n 986._o goldington_n sir_n john_n 438._o gold-shaving_n 915._o gomer_n x_o xi_o xci_o ci_fw-fr civ_o gonevil_n 404._o gonora_n 586._o gonshil_n 180_o goodman_n dr._n gab_n 318._o goodmanchester_n 421_o 422_o 4●6_n goodmans-field_n 334._o goodrick_n sir_n h._n 733._o goodwin-sand_n 201._o goose_n 774._o gorambury_n 301._o gordon_n 949._o gordon_n earl_n of_o huntley_n 944._o gorges_n 238._o gorlois_n 12_o gorlston_n 376_o gormanston_n viscount_n of_o 997._o gormo_n 421_o 422_o 371_o 772_o 780._o gornays_n 60_o 68_o gorwerth_n 635._o gospatrick_n 812_o 866_o 895._o g●sseford_n 857._o goat_n what_o 467._o goth_n 277._o gottico_n ib._n st._n govin_n point_n 617._o govenny_n fl_fw-mi 598._o gourney_n 238._o gower_z a_o poet_n 166._o gowle_o 725_o grace-dieu_a a_o nunnery_n 447._o grafton_n 430_o 439_o 518_o 524._o duke_n of_o 439_o 440._o graham_n 834_o 931_o 932_o 938._o sir_n richard_n 842._o grahams-dike_a 921._o grampius-mons_a 925_o 943._o grampound_n 8_o 22._o grandbeofe_n 755._o grand-serjeanty_a 47_o 55_o 470_o grandison_n 29_o 33_o 39_o 86_o 574._o granni_fw-la what_o 897._o grantc_a 403._o river_n ib._n grantham_n 467_o 727._o granthorp_n 833._o grant-maisnil_a h._n 444_o 446._o grantsbain-hill_n 925_o 943._o granvil_n sir_n tho._n 41_o 614._o sir_n rich._n 41_o 613._o gratian_n emp._n lxxxii_o gravenors_n 557._o gravesend_n 190_o 216._o graven-hull-wood_n 271._o the_o graunge_a 132._o gregory_n w._n 580._o grekelade_v 83_o 101_o 257._o grenvil_n 12._o greenchester_n 848._o greenhithe_n 216._o greenholme_n 811._o green_n 431_o 434._o greenlow_n 301_o greenways_n 281._o greenwich_n 188_o 214._o greisley_n castle_n 490._o greisleys_n ib._n grenevil_n earl_n of_o bath_n 81._o grenhough_n 794._o grenocle_n 177._o grensted_n 179._o gresham_n 397_o sir_n tho._n 3●9_n 310_o 323_o 397._o gresholm_n 1050._o gressenhall_n 393._o gretland_n 707._o grevil_n lord_n brook_n 443._o sir_n fulk_n 88_o 512._o grey_n of_o ruthin_n 393_o 598_o 630._o baron_n 765_o 766._o chillingham_n 937._o codnor_n 193_o 218_o 493._o dorset_z 33_o 52_o 67_o 378_o 426_o 507._o grooby_n 446_o kent_n 214_o 288_o 681._o poyis_o 65_o visc_n lisle_n 139_o rotherfeild_n 266_o 762._o sandiacre_n 492._o stamford_n 452_o 476._o wilton_n 281_o 578._o grey_n 266_o 652_o 712_o 722_o 765_o 766_o 782_o 861_o 978_o 992_o 1013._o greystock_n 833_o baron_n of_o 545_o 755_o 782_o 796._o griffin_n 431_o 437._o griffith_n 677._o st._n grimbald_n 257_o 258._o grime_n 471._o grimesby_n 471_o 479._o grimscar_n 708_o grimston-garth_a 740._o grimston_n ib._n grindal_n a_o b._n cant._n 841._o grinshil_n 553._o griphons_n 561._o grismund_n tower_n 240_o 250._o grobys_n 302._o gromlock_n 636._o gron_n what_o 403._o groninghen_fw-mi 403._o gronne_n 62._o grooby_n 446._o groombridge_n 179._o grosvenour_n 577._o grossmont_n 595._o grosst_a robert_n bishop_n of_o lincoln_n 469._o grove_n and_o groviers_n what_o 78._o the_o ground_n 991_o 993._o grovil_n 471_o 472._o gruffydh_fw-mi ap_fw-mi kynan_n 656_o 666._o gryffin_n prince_n of_o wales_n 576._o guar_n earl_n of_o warwick_n 507._o guarth_n what_o 501_o 586._o guel-hea_a what_o 140._o gubbins_n 38._o gueda_n 237_o 247_o gueord_n what_o 368._o guer_n what_o 713._o s._n guerir_fw-fr 9_o guert_n 372._o guidi_n 958._o guido_n 46_o 49._o guildford_n 154_o 161_o 162._o sir_n john_n 212._o east_n 182._o guildford_n 211._o guin_n what_o 118._o guiscard_v 426._o guise_n 517._o guith_n what_o 899._o the_o gulf_n 1110._o gumrock_n 924._o gundulf_n 193_o 194._o gunora_n 577._o gunpowder-plot_n the_o contriver_n of_o 320_o 794._o gunter_n 590._o guorong_n what_o 187._o gurmon_n 240._o gurmundus_fw-la 240_o 250._o gurney_n matt._n 577._o gur-taeni_a what_o 430._o guthlacus_n 460_o 461._o guthrun_n 421_o 422_o 772_o 780._o guy_n of_o warwick_n 121_o 122_o 502_o 506_o 512._o guy-cliff_n 502._o guyse_n sir_n john_n 250._o gwair_a what_o 690._o gwaly_n vilast_n 628._o gwarth_n what_o 30._o ennion_n 586._o gwastedin-hill_n 588._o gwayr_a 502._o gwdh-glas_n 673._o gwe_o what_o 647._o gwen-draeth_a vechan_n fl_fw-mi 621._o gwenthian_n 621._o gwerthrinion-cast_a 586._o gwiniad_n 656_o 662_o 669._o gwith_n 208._o gwy_o what_o 587_o 592._o gwyddaint_n 691._o gwydhgrig_n what_o 692._o vaen_fw-la 694._o gwydryn-hill_n 675._o gwyg_fw-mi what_o 686._o gwyn_n 627._o gwyneth_n 649_o 650._o gwyn-vynydh_a 653._o gwyr_n what_o 629._o gwys_n 635._o gymwynas_a 661._o gynoecia_n 118._o gynegium_fw-la in_o britain_n lxxviii_o gyne_n lord_n of_o 796._o h_o haardread_a harold_n 722_o 736._o habitancum_n 849._o hach_n 90._o eustace_n de_fw-fr 90._o beauchamp_n 61._o hackington_n 200_o hackney_n alice_n 331._o hacombe_n 29._o haddon_n 494_o 497._o hadham_n e._n of_o richm._n 764._o hadleigh_n 341._o hadley_n 371._o hadington_n 522_o 895._o hadinton-hill_n 900._o hadrian_n pope_n 299_o 302_o 475_o 308._o hadsors_n 1010._o hael_n hall_n etc._n etc._n what_o 765._o haesfield_n 233._o hage_n what_o 154._o haymond-abby_n 546._o hagoneth-castle_n 372._o haia_n de_fw-fr plumpton_n 832._o hay_z 930_o 992._o haigh_o 802._o haile_o fl_fw-mi 10._o hailweston_n 420._o hainault_n e._n of_o camb._n 412._o haireholme_n 783._o hakeds_n what_o 422._o halden_n 672._o hale_o sir_n matth._n 247._o rich._n 304._o edw._n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr 162._o
57●_n 572._o leighton_n 289_o 291_o 424_o 428_o 448_o 487_o 987._o leighton_n 544_o 655._o leike_v 534._o leir_n king_n 446._o leir_n riv_o 445._o leinster_n 986._o leith_n 222._o lelanonius_n 917._o lemanis_n 218._o lemington_n 240._o lemster_n 577._o lew_n what_o 399._o len_n or_o lynne_n 392._o lennox_z 917._o duke_n of_o 919._o lodowick_n duke_n of_o 768._o lenham_n 192._o lenn_n 398._o lennard_n samp_o 175._o lenos_fw-la charles_n 768._o lenthal_n sir_n rowl_n 161._o rowland_n 577._o lenton_n 478_o 487_o 488._o leod_n what_o 131._o leof_o 238._o leofgar_o 576._o leofrick_n 31_o 449_o 505_o 510_o 514._o leofstan_n 277_o 301_o 302_o 449._o leofwin_n 211_o 341_o 480._o leogria_n clxiii_o leolin_n prince_n of_o wales_n 238._o s._n leonards-forest_n 179._o leonard_n tho._n 83._o leonel_n duke_n of_o clarence_n 51_o 370._o leonis_fw-la castrum_n 681._o monasterium_fw-la 577._o leonminster_n see_v lemster_n leon_n or_o lion_n 937._o leon_n in_o spain_n 558._o leon_n vaur_n 558._o s._n leonard_n be_v forest_n 169._o leper_n 778._o leprosy_n 448._o leskerd_fw-mi 8_o 19_o lesley_n 948._o lesleys_n 928_o 943._o lestoffe_n 376._o lestormin_n 8._o lestrange_n hamon_n 393._o eubulo_n 473_o 474._o john_n 544_o 548_o 239_o 256_o 309_o 391._o lestrange_n 548_o 549_o 550._o lestuthiel_n 8._o leth_n 899._o lethowsow_n 1110._o letrim_n 1005._o lettidur_n 286._o leucarum_n 614._o leucopibia_n 910._o levatrae_n 807._o level_n 725._o level-tax_a 181._o leventhorps_n 295._o s._n leven_n 20._o leven_n 833._o levens_n 805_o 810._o levin_n riv_n 917_o 927_o 949._o levingston_n 900_o 905._o levinus_n 10._o lewellin_n 556._o lewes_n 173_o 182._o lewes_n isl_n 1072._o robert_n 319._o lewis_n dauphin_z 201_o 202_o 205_o 474._o thomas_n 481_o 487._o john_n 636._o sir_n john_n 729._o a_o welsh_a family_n 284._o lewkenors_n 172._o lewkney_n 179._o lexinton_n 483_o 486._o ley_n riv_n 339._o ley_n and_o leigh_n 104._o leys_n 112._o leyburn_n 809._o leyden_n cxxv_o leymouth_n 340._o leyton_n 340_o 355._o stone_n 355._o lhan_n 595_o 603_o 654._o lhan_n babo_n 678._o badarn_n owen_n 661._o dhewi_n brevi_fw-la 641_o 644._o dhinam_n 653._o dieu_fw-fr 330._o badarn_n vawr_n 642._o eeblic_a 665._o eedr_n 641._o eery_n 667._o boydy_n 625_o 628._o burn_v 627._o deilaw_n vawr_n 627._o yn_v dhyuri_n 621._o drinio_n common_a 587._o edern_n 645._o elian_n 675._o elwy_o 687._o enion_n vrenin_n 691._o gadok_v 620._o goedmor_n 645_o 677._o gristiolis_n 677._o gwert_n 681._o gyvelach_n 619._o hamwlch_n 593._o heron_n 10._o idan_n 375._o idlos_n 650._o iltud_fw-ge vawr_n 618._o isav_fw-mi 645._o y_fw-fr krwys_n 647._o lyeni_n 593._o newydh_fw-mi 626_o rhudh_n 680_o rhwydrus_n 677._o rwst_n 685._o s._n aer_v 594._o stephan-castle_n 623._o vaes_n 675_o 676._o vair_n 678_o vair_n y_fw-fr bryn_n 637._o vair_n be_v gaea_n 6●5_n vair_n ing_v hornwy_n 674._o viangel_n 686._o vihangel_n geneur_n glyn_n 647._o vihangel_n gerwerth_n 627_o vihangel_n tat_fw-fr y_fw-fr lhyn_n 593._o uw_o lhyn_n 663._o vylhin_n 651_o 654._o wennog_n 678._o yken_n 366._o lhavan_n what_o 641._o lhech_v what_o 620._o your_o ast_n 645_o 677._o lhecheu_o what_o 619._o lhech_v y_o gowre_n 647._o lhe_o herbert_n 656._o lhewelin_n aur_fw-it dorchog_n 659._o ap_fw-mi s●tsylht_n 685._o ap_fw-mi jorwerth_n 685._o ap_fw-mi gruffydh_fw-mi 585_o 586_o 592_o 635_o 666_o 685._o lheweny_v riv_o 590._o lhoegrig_n 671._o lhong_n what_o 311._o lhongporth_n 311._o lhoyd_n pierce_n 677._o john_n 685._o lhug_n 587._o lhw_v 311._o lhwyn_n 392_o 399_o 645._o lhwyven_v 624._o lhygwy_o 677._o lhyn_n 468._o lhyn-promont_n 664._o lhyn_n your_o avanck_n 645._o y_fw-fr dymarchen_n 669._o eigian_a 669._o lhan_n lhwch_n 892._o lhydaw_n 665._o lhyngklys_n 592._o peris_fw-la ●65_n 669._o savadhan_n 590_o 592_o 626._o feirn_n 669._o teivi_fw-la 641._o lhyr_n king_n 677._o lhysvaen_fw-la 678._o libnius_n fluv_n 994._o lichfield_n 532_o etc._n etc._n licinus_n 784._o s._n licius_fw-la simon_n de_fw-fr 474._o leckey-hill_n 518._o lid_n 834_o 408._o riv_fw-la 25_o town_n in_o kent_n 211._o lidbury_n 578_o 581._o liddesdale_n 905._o lidford_n 25_o 38._o lidgate_n 369._o john_n 370._o lidston_n 25._o leesnes-abbey_n 189._o liffer_v riv_o 1019._o liffy_n riv_o 993._o liga_fw-la 1110._o ligon_n 1110._o ligons_n 520._o lilborne_n 432_o 439._o lilleshull-abbey_n 545._o lillingston_n 281._o lime_n riu._n and_o town_n 43_o 51._o lime_n in_o kent_n 209_o 210_o 223._o limestone_n 711_o 714._o limerick_n 983._o liming_n 199._o limni_fw-la 1050._o lymoges_n 709._o limsey_n ralph_n 294_o 295._o rob._n de_fw-fr 505_o 533._o lin_n riv_n 481._o lincoln_n 467_o etc._n etc._n rob._n de_fw-fr 47_o 48._o henr._n bishop_n of_o 263._o oliver_z bishop_n of_o 272._o alexander_n bishop_n of_o 256_o 263_o 269_o 465_o 469_o 484._o edward_z earl_n of_o 155._o john_n earl_n of_o 265_o 266_o 377_o 483._o de_fw-fr lincolnia_n a_o family_n 54._o lindaw_n 468._o line_v t._n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr 47._o linham_n 725._o lindisfarne_v 772_o 776_o 778_o 1103._o lindley_n 452._o lindsey_n 464_o 467_o 477._o earl_n of_o 478_o 479._o lindsey_n a_o family_n 915_o 923_o 938_o 943._o lord_n of_o wolverly_n 505._o lindum_n a_o city_n of_o rhodes_n 311._o lindum_n 467_o 468_o 488._o in_o scotland_n 900._o lingens_n 655._o lingones_n 501_o 713_o 731._o linstock_n 832._o linlithquo_n 468_o 900._o linternum_n 468._o lisia_fw-la 1110._o lismor_n 981._o lithancrace_n 847._o lioness_n 5_o 20._o liquorice_n 485_o 712_o 715._o liskeard_n 119._o lisle_n or_o de_fw-fr insula_n 131_o 132_o 139_o 407_o 411_o 412._o l'isle_n de_fw-fr dieu_fw-fr 1114._o de_fw-fr rey_n 1115._o lismehago_n 923._o lisour_n albreda_n 712._o a_o fam_fw-la 712._o lister_n 544._o litherpool_n or_o lirpool_n 790._o lith-hill_n 164._o littleburies_n 565._o littleborrough_n 480_o 484._o little-ch_a 491_o 497._o littlecot_a 99_o littleton_n tho._n 517_o 518._o littleton_n paynel_n 104._o littleton_n 518._o litton_n 294._o littus_n altum_fw-la 497._o lley_o 275._o llawn_n 328._o llhaw_v 311._o liver_n riv_o 10._o liulphus_n 778._o lixnaw_fw-mi baron_n of_o 977._o the_o lizard_n 7._o s._n liz_n simon_n de_fw-fr 423_o 433_o 440_o 474._o s._n lize_n 421_o 425_o 440._o vid._n de_fw-fr s._n licio_n loadstone_n 28._o local_a genius_n 709._o lochor-river_n 613._o locust_n 661._o lodework_n 2._o loder_n 808._o lodge-lane_n 495._o lodge_v on_o the_o wold_n 447._o loghor_n 614._o loghor-river_n ibid._n logi●_n fluv_n 1019_o 1020._o lollham-bridge_n 435._o lollius_n urbicus_n lxviii_o lon_n fl_fw-mi 795_o 811._o loncashire_n 795_o etc._n etc._n londey-island_n 1049._o london_n 310_o etc._n etc._n maurice_n bishop_n of_o 314_o 329_o 346_o 357._o william_n bishop_n of_o 357._o richard_z bishop_n of_o 351._o maurice_n of_o 921._o london_n a_o family_n 611_o 621._o london_n monast_n 929._o longar-river_n 914._o longchamps_n 46._o longditch_n 435._o longdon_n 517._o long_n espee_fw-mi 797._o longford_n 491._o longford-county_n 1000_o longleat_n 89_o 105._o longovicum_n 778._o 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1004_o eagh_n 1013_o 1019._o ern_a 1009._o fort_n 1019._o longus_n 947._o awe_o 952._o bruin_n bay_n 956._o cure_n 907._o ediff_n 952._o fin_fw-fr 931_o 952._o kinkeran_n 933._o keave_v ibid._n lomund_n 917._o lathea_n 944._o lothy_n 945._o nesse_n 944_o 956._o maban_n 907._o rian_n 911._o louth_n 471._o louth_n county_n 1007._o lowlander_n clxiv_o lowther_n sir_n j._n 817_o 841._o loxa_n fluv_v 943._o luceni_n 978._o lucia_n granddaughter_n of_o e._n leofrick_n 505_o 506._o lucullus_n 165._o lucy_n godfrey_n 11●_n richard_n 189_o 34●_n 369_o 445._o lucy_n daughter_n of_o john_n nevil_n 156._o miles_n earl_n of_o hereford_n 590._o wife_n of_o marmaduke_n de_fw-fr thwenge_v 752._o lucy_n a_o family_n 502._o lud_n riv_o 471._o k._n luddus_n 310_o 312._o ludham_n 390._o ludlow_n 541._o ludlow_n a_o fam._n 545._o ludwall_n 655._o luffeld_v a_o fam._n 281._o luffenham-south_n 455_o 456_o lugier_n riv_fw-la 576._o luguballia_n 772._o lullingston_n 190._o e._n lullington_n 539._o lumley_n john_n baron_n of_o ●8_o 171._o rich._n earl_n of_o scarborough_n 765._o baron_n of_o 752._o lumleys_n 778_o 859._o lundenwic_n 222._o lupanaria_fw-la 322._o lupel_v 253._o lupicinus_n lxxix_o 201._o lupus_n hugh_n 564_o 565_o 567_o