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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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numerous_a army_n he_o besiege_v it_o hot_o for_o about_o forty_o day_n viz._n from_o the_o 8_o day_n before_o the_o ides_n of_o april_n till_o the_o 15_o before_o the_o kalend_n of_o july_n at_o last_o the_o wall_n be_v pull_v down_o by_o the_o saracen_n and_o they_o enter_v the_o city_n in_o great_a number_n many_o christian_n be_v slay_v and_o some_o drown_v in_o the_o sea_n for_o fear_n among_o who_o be_v the_o patriarch_n and_o his_o train_n the_o king_n of_o cyprus_n and_o oto_n de_fw-fr grandison_n escape_v in_o a_o ship_n with_o their_o follower_n item_n this_o year_n the_o lord_n pope_n martin_n grant_v our_o lord_n king_n edward_n the_o ten_o of_o all_o ecclesiastical_a benefice_n in_o ireland_n for_o seven_o year_n together_o as_o a_o supply_n towards_o a_o relief_n for_o the_o holy_a land_n item_n the_o elder_a son_n of_o the_o earl_n of_o clare_n be_v bear_v the_o same_o year_n mccxcii_o edward_n king_n of_o england_n again_o enter_v scotland_n and_o be_v choose_v king_n john_n lord_n balliol_n of_o gallweya_n obtain_v the_o whole_a kingdom_n of_o scotland_n by_o right_a of_o inheritance_n and_o do_v homage_n to_o our_o lord_n edward_n king_n of_o england_n at_o newcastle_n upon_o tine_n on_o s._n stephen_n day_n florentius_n earl_n of_o holland_n robert_n brus_n earl_n of_o carrick_n john_n hastings_n john_n come_v patrick_n de_fw-fr dunbar_n john_n vescie_a nicholas_n soul_n and_o william_n roos_n who_o be_v then_o at_o difference_n in_o the_o say_a kingdom_n submit_v themselves_o to_o the_o judgement_n of_o king_n edward_n item_n a_o fifteen_o of_o all_o the_o good_n of_o layman_n in_o ireland_n be_v grant_v to_o our_o lord_n the_o king_n of_o england_n to_o be_v collect_v on_o the_o feast_n of_o s._n michael_n item_n sir_n peter_n genevile_n knight_n die_v this_o year_n item_n rice_n ap_fw-mi meredyke_n be_v bring_v to_o york_n and_o there_o drag_v at_o the_o horse_n tail_n etc._n etc._n mccxciii_o a_o general_a and_o open_a war_n be_v this_o year_n wage_v at_o sea_n with_o the_o norman_n item_n no_o small_a number_n of_o the_o norman_n be_v cut_v off_o in_o a_o sea-engagement_n by_o the_o baron_n of_o the_o port_n of_o england_n and_o other_o their_o coadjutor_n between_o easter_n and_o whitsuntide_n for_o this_o a_o war_n break_v out_o between_o england_n and_o france_n whereupon_o philip_n king_n of_o france_n direct_v his_o letter_n of_o citation_n to_o the_o king_n of_o england_n to_o appear_v in_o person_n at_o his_o parliament_n to_o answer_v what_o the_o king_n have_v to_o say_v to_o he_o but_o find_v no_o compliance_n with_o this_o order_n he_o forthwith_o by_o the_o counsel_n of_o his_o parliament_n declare_v he_o outlaw_o and_o condemn_v he_o item_n gilbert_n clare_n earl_n of_o gloucester_n and_o his_o wife_n come_v into_o ireland_n about_o the_o feast_n of_o s._n luke_n mccxciv_o william_n montfort_n in_o the_o king_n council_n hold_v at_o westminster_n before_o the_o king_n die_v sudden_o he_o be_v dean_n of_o s._n paul_n in_o london_n the_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n who_o doubt_v what_o the_o king_n will_v expect_v from_o every_o one_o of_o they_o have_v instruct_v he_o as_o a_o person_n who_o the_o king_n will_v confide_v in_o what_o to_o signify_v from_o they_o to_o he_o as_o soon_o as_o he_o return_v to_o the_o king_n and_o be_v address_v himself_o to_o speak_v as_o he_o have_v design_v he_o grow_v speechless_a fall_v down_o and_o be_v carry_v out_o by_o the_o king_n servant_n in_o a_o miserable_a condition_n upon_o this_o sight_n people_n grow_v fearful_a and_o begin_v to_o take_v he_o for_o the_o great_a procurer_n of_o the_o ten_o of_o ecclesiastical_a benefice_n to_o the_o king_n and_o of_o the_o scrutiny_n and_o search_n after_o the_o fold_n of_o christ_n as_o also_o of_o the_o contribution_n grant_v the_o king_n afterward_o item_n the_o city_n of_o bourdeaux_n with_o the_o adjacent_a country_n of_o gascoign_n be_v take_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
conqueror_n 772._o conventria_n 505._o cook_n 724._o cooper_n tho._n 469._o copeley_n 177._o cope_n 255._o copeland_n lord_n of_o 821._o coperas_fw-la 50_o 753._o coppermine_n 821_o 833._o copsi_fw-la 866._o coque_v 776._o coquet_n 859._o coracle_n 553_o 590._o corby_n castle_n 832._o lincolnshire_n 489._o coria_n danmoniorum_n 921_o 958._o corberley_n 240._o corbet_n 12_o 13_o 544_o 545_o 546_o 548_o 561._o corboyl_n w._n 198._o corbridge_n 854_o corda_n 907._o cordal_n sir_n w._n 370._o corffe-castle_n 45_o 53._o corinium_n 240_o coriondi_n 979._o coritani_n 429_o 566._o cork_n 979._o corkery_n 999._o cormac_n mac_n tegn_n 979._o cornage_n 839._o cornavii_n &_o cornabii_n 499_o 565_o 947._o corndon-hill_n 651_o 653._o cornhill_n 133._o cornish-man_n 31._o rebel_n 40._o cornovaille_n in_o armorica_n 2._o cornwaille_fw-fr jeffr._n 542._o cornoviorum_fw-la trib_o cohort_n ●_o cornubia_n 1._o cornwall_n 288_o cornwall_n earl_n of_o 3_o 6_o 8_o 14_o 22_o 49_o 87_o 141_o 239_o 310._o cornwall_n 1_o 2_o 8_o 13_o 15_o 16_o 23._o cornwalley_n 375_o 760._o corraght_o 962._o corsica_n 17._o corstopitum_fw-la 854._o cortiani_n 760._o corve_fw-la fl_fw-mi 541._o corvesdale_n 541._o corvesham_n 542._o cory_n maller_n 61._o cosham_n 87._o cousin_n bishop_n 782_o 783._o cossini_n 1._o coston_n 81._o cotes_n 447._o cotgrave_n 557._o cottenham_n 403._o cotteswold_n 231_o 238_o 249._o cottingham_n 738._o cotton_n sir_n rob._n 423_o 456_o 824._o cotton_n 123_o 408._o coucy_n 290_o 796._o coventry_n 505_o 506_o 507_o 514._o covert_n 173._o coughton_n 503._o county_z palatine_n 782_o 787._o count_n palatine_a 553_o 567_o 772._o of_o the_o empire_n 90._o of_o the_o saxon-shore_n lxxvii_o 186_o 365_o 389_o 391._o of_o britain_n lxxvii_o imperial_a largess_n lxxviii_o ●●unties_n england_n divide_v into_o clxvii_o ●●urt-barons_n clxxvi_o ●●urts_n of_o england_n clxxxiii_o ●●urtneys_n 8_o 10_o 28_o 29_o 31_o 32_o 34_o 36_o 50_o 192_o 209_o 217._o ●●●bridge_v 611._o ●●●ay-stakes_n 993._o c●●drey_n 171._o cowel_n 952._o cow_n 128._o cowholm_n 386._o cow-castle-hill_n 497._o cowley_n abr._n 333._o cowling-castle_n 190._o cowlidge_n 407._o cowick_n 725._o cowlock_o 993._o cow_n wild_a 931_o 1046._o cowy_o 953._o cowney_n 411._o c●yn_n fl_fw-mi 1014._o c●●fala_n 411._o c●●ti_fw-la 738_o 742._o c●ytmoss-hill_n 497._o coral_n 500_o 551._o cradoc_n 691._o craecca_n 101._o craga_n 710._o c●anborn_n 50_o 234._o cranbroke_a 212._o ●rane_n sir_n er._n 385_o 386._o cranfield_n 335._o cranmer_z 488._o crashaw_n r._n 497._o cravens_n 533_o 710_o 728_o 731._o crawford_n 914._o crawdendale-waith_a 808_o 815._o crackenthorp-hall_n 813._o ●●rac_o 398_o 755_o 772_o 779._o c●●ach_v 494._o ●●ecca_fw-mi rivulet_n 190._o creden_n fl_fw-mi 30._o hill_n 579._o creigh_n 956._o creightons_n 905_o 945._o creke_fw-mi 432._o ●●eones_n cressys_n 485._o crevecer_n 191._o crevequer_n 209._o crew_n 561._o crew_n s_o morthard_n 39_o crey_n st_o marry_o 189._o north_n ib._n creyford_n 190._o crey-fish_n 760._o cricklade_n 85_o 101._o crida_n 566._o ●_o crispin_n be_v monument_n 211._o crispin_n 39_o 140._o ●rispinian_n horse_n 707._o ●roc_fw-fr 562._o ●●●ckern_n torr._n 37._o ●●●ckhern_a 59_o crococalana_n 466_o 4●7_n crodaegh_n 1021._o croeun_fw-mi 462._o croft-castle_n 577._o crofts_n ib._n cromb_n d'abetot_n 525._o cromcruach_n 636._o cromarty_n 947_o 956._o cromer_z 390_o 947._o cromer_n 211._o cromwel_n 160_o 354_o 420_o 456_o 471_o 478_o 493._o crophul_n 577._o crosbys_n 801_o 832_o cross_n of_o stone_n a_o boundary_a 930._o cross_n a_o costly_a one_o 121._o fraternity_n 138_o cross_n build_v upon_o high_a place_n 840._o erect_v in_o churchyard_n 843._o cronch-back_a 796._o crouch-bay_n 344._o crowdendalewaith_n 569._o crowherst_n 178._o crowland_n 437_o 460_o 461._o crowther_n br._n 726._o croxden-abby_n 539._o croxton_n 491._o croyden_n 158_o 159._o cruces_fw-la 996._o cruicston_n 918._o crysty_a th._n 291._o cuckamsley-hill_n 151._o cuckfield_n 173._o cuckmer-haven_n 174._o cuddington_n 158._o cudlington_n 255._o cujacius_n jac._n 118._o cukeney-manour_n 484._o culchit_n 789._o culfarth_n 369._o curlos_n a_o barony_n 927_o 949._o cumberland_n 819._o king_n of_o 837._o cumbermer_n 560._o cumbernland_o 921._o cummerford_n 103._o cunetio_n 98_o 104._o cunninghams_n 908_o 914._o cunnington_n 423._o cuno_n lxxxix_o cunobelinus_n 278_o 308_o 347_o 348._o cupre_n 928._o curcies_o 58_o 714_o 979_o 1014_o 1021._o curcys_n 58._o curia_fw-la 899._o ottadinorum_n 854._o curlew-mountain_n 1005_o 1006._o curmi_fw-fr xxxv_o 492._o curraghmore_n barony_n 98._o curson_n sir_n rob._n 491_o 492._o curthhose_n see_v rob._n curthose_n curtius_n montan_n 203._o curwens_n 823._o cusan_o 126._o custom_n king_n 801._o st._n cuthbert_n 755_o 772_o 773_o 774_o 776_o 779_o 780._o st._n cuthbert_n body_n 862._o cuthburg_n 49._o cuthred_n 253_o 307._o cuthwulph_n 258_o 280_o 286_o 291_o 447_o 448._o cylt_n or_o chylt_n 277_o 283._o cymberth_n 117_o 130._o cyn_n 455._o cyngetorix_n 186._o king_n cynric_n 91_o 106_o 112_o 225_o 270._o cypman_n i.e._n a_o merchant_n 87._o cyppan_n what_o 87._o cyprus_n call_v kerastis_n 1._o break_v off_o from_o syria_n 207._o d._n dabernoun_n 155._o d'abtot_n ursus_n 520_o 525._o de_fw-fr abtots_fw-fr 522._o daci_n 278._o dacre_n 175_o 545_o 776_o 831_o 835_o 836._o dacres_n 858._o dacorum-hundred_n 303._o dairel_n 281._o dalinea_n 931._o dalanson_n 473._o dalaley-castle_n 545._o dalboge_v 952_o dalby_n 442._o dalby_n will_n 458._o dalegrigs_fw-mi 179._o dalemain_n 842._o dallington_n 179._o dalma●ian-horse_n 291_o 501._o dalmatian_n bring_v over_o to_o serve_v in_o england_n 501_o 848._o daltons_n 999._o dalrea_n ●32_n dalreudin●_n 931._o damnii_n 915._o damnonii_n 1._o dan_o what_o 706._o dan_fw-mi riv_fw-mi 473_o 561._o danbury_n 346._o danby_n 753_o 754_o 766._o dan-denis_a what_o 32._o dane-end_n 303_o danes_n cli_o etc._n etc._n 13_o 26_o 29_o 31_o 35_o 43_o 48_o 60_o 61_o 62_o 63_o 88_o 142_o 154_o 155_o 190_o 194_o 202_o 210_o 218_o 219_o 222_o 235_o 258_o 272_o 279_o 310_o 316_o 325_o 328_o 349_o 365_o 368_o 372_o 383_o 397_o 468_o 529_o 558_o 575_o 637_o 710_o 720_o 721_o 738_o 778_o 780._o danes-bank_n 724._o blood_n 352_o 398._o castle_n 37._o weed_n 458._o field_n 291._o more_o plain_a 270._o daniel_n bish_n of_o bangor_n 665_o of_o the_o w._n sax._n 130._o daningshow_v riv_o 562._o danmonii_n 1._o danmunith_n 1._o dantley_n ●7_n 102_o 134._o dantsey_n jam_fw-la bar_n of_o 102._o dantrey_n 432._o danvers_n a_o family_n 87_o 102_o 104_o 760._o danvers_n henry_n 87_o 102_o 766._o sir_n john_n 102._o conier_n 746._o danum_fw-la 480_o 707._o darcies_o a_o family_n 346_o 351_o 472_o 724_o 766_o 998._o darcy_n thomas_n lord_n 352._o darel_n 99_o 211_o 756._o darent_fw-la riv_fw-la 190._o darfield_n 497._o dariena-strait_n 27._o darioritum_fw-la in_o france_n 403._o dark_v 164_o darlaston_n 538._o darley-hill_n 497._o darly_n lord_n of_o 918._o darly_n lord_n 914_o 934._o darnii_n dartford_n 190_o 216._o daubeney_n ●64_n 170_o 179_o 7●2_n daubeny_v giles_n 319._o will._n 172._o henry_n 59_o davenport_n 562._o davenport_n ibid._n daugledhau_n 635._o david_n de_fw-fr sciredun_n 28._o i._o king_n of_o scot_n 894_o ii_o king_n of_o scot_n 124_o brother_n to_o william_n king_n of_o scot_n 42._o king_n of_o scot_n lay_v waste_n north-alverton_n 756._o brother_n of_o prince_n lhewelin_n 688._o ap_fw-mi jenkin_n ap_fw-mi enion_n 655._o s._n david_n 641_o 643._o s._n david_n 63●_n etc._n etc._n martin_n bishop_n of_o 585._o peter_z bishop_n of_o 632._o davies_n john_n 679._o davison_n timoth._n 872._o daurona_n 979._o dauranche_n 203._o dawney_n 725_o 756._o dawney_n john_n 725._o dawn_v 560._o daw_n sir_n jonat_n 249._o dawtrey_n 181._o days_n long_a 948._o dea_fw-la fluv_fw-la 909._o deae_fw-la matres_fw-la 785_o 792._o deal_v 203._o dean_n clxxxviii_o dean_n 232_o 437._o dean-forest_n 232_o 245._o dean_n a_o fam._n 437._o deben_fw-mi 373._o debenham_n ibid._n decebalus_n 277_o 278._o s._n decombe●_n 58._o s._n decumanus_n 58._o d_o you_o riv_v 555_o 556_o 636_o 909_o 939._o deemster_n 1052._o deepdale_n ●31_n deepden_n 163._o deeping_n 462_o 464_o 476._o deeping-east_n 475._o defensores_fw-la 800._o dees_n ab._n 955._o deheu_o 622_o 650._o deification_n lxxii_o deincourts_n 465_o 266._o deincourt_n edm._n 465._o sir_n ralph_n 483._o deira_n 706._o deirland_n ibid._n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr bere_n 577._o de_fw-fr la_fw-fr cres_n 5●4_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr land_n 447_o 471._o de_fw-fr la_fw-fr ley_n 484._o de_fw-fr la_fw-fr mares_n 69_o 142._o de_fw-fr la_fw-fr mere_n 560._o de_fw-fr la_fw-fr pole_n see_v pole_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr val_fw-fr 858._o de_fw-fr la_fw-fr ware_n 172_o 238._o delf_n of_o chalk_n 163._o delgovitia_n 737._o delgwe_n 738._o delvin_n baron_n 998._o demetae_n 621._o demetia_n 100_o 622._o denbigh_n 679._o denchworth-north_n 139._o south_n ibid._n denelage_n clxii_o clxviii_o dengenesse_n 211._o dengy_n 344._o denham_n 284._o denis_n sir_n tho._n 31_o 33._o denmark_n xxxi_o deny_v hen._n 665._o edward_n lord_n 340._o dennet_n 957._o dennis_n a_o fam._n 248._o dennys_n sir_n gilb._n 248._o den_n 179._o denton_n 774._o deorhirst_n 233_o 245._o depeham_n 396._o deptford_n 188_o 214_o 229._o derby_n 49●_n etc._n
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 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