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estre_fw-fr aliâs_fw-la plaisy_n 445._o a_o ethered_a vanquish_a and_o slay_v 550._o e_o esturmies_n or_o sturmy_n 254._o f_o ethelbert_n a_o insufficient_a king_n 143_o ethelbert_n king_n martyr_n 618._o e_o etocetum_n 582._o e_o ethelbury_n 728._o d_o k._n etheldred_n a_o virtuous_a prince_n 216._o b._n his_o tomb_n ibid._n ethelward_n a_o writer_n 130_o covesham_n evesham_n or_o eisham_n 577._o e_fw-la eudo_fw-la sewer_n to_o k._n henry_n the_o first_o 459._o e_fw-la eudo_fw-la a_o noble_a norman_a 541._o d_o evel_v a_o town_n 221._o b_o evelmouth_n 225._o d_o evenlode_n a_o river_n 376._o b_o vale_n of_o eisham_n or_o evesham_n 577_o ever_o or_o ewer_n a_o town_n 394._o b_o evers_n baron_n ibid._n e_o everingham_n a_o baron_n 550._o d_o evers_n baron_n whence_o descend_v 453._o b_o evers_n of_o axholm_n 813._o b_o evers_n noble_a baron_n 738._o e_o ewelme_n or_o newelme_n 388._o c_o ewias_n 631._o c_o ewias_n castle_n 617._o d_o eustach_n de_fw-fr hach_n a_o baron_n 246._o b_o eustow_n aliâs_fw-la helenstow_n 40â—_n a_o exchequer_n court_n 177.178_o exit_fw-la a_o river_n 203._o b_o exeter_n college_n in_o oxford_n 381_o exeter_n 203._o f_o exeter_n dukes_n 205._o d_o exeter_n marquesse_n 206._o a_o exeter_n earl_n ibid._n a_o exminster_n ibid._n b_o exmore_n 203._o c_o eythorp_n in_o buckingham-shire_n 395._o f_o f._n of_o faculty_n the_o court_n 181_o fairefax_v a_o family_n of_o gentleman_n 692_o b._n 723._o d_o falco_n or_o falques_fw-fr brent_n a_o faithless_a man_n 400._o c._n 812._o b_o falcon_n of_o the_o best_a kind_n 644._o b_o falkesley_n bridge_n 582._o a_o d_o falemouth_n 189_o fanhop_n baron_n 401._o d_o farendon_n 279._o e_fw-la farmer_n knight_n 506._o e_o fastineog_n 666._o a_o fastidius_n a_o bishop_n of_o britain_n 84_o faulconbergs_n baron_n 714._o a_o faustus_n a_o good_a son_n of_o a_o bad_a father_n 642._o c_o fawey_n 190_o fawsley_n 508_o faux_n what_o it_o signify_v 692_o fekenham_n forest_n 574._o f_o feldings_n knight_n 519._o f_o fenwick_n hall_n 809._o d_o fenwick_n a_o family_n ibid._n ferrars_n baron_n of_o grooby_n 520._o f_o henry_n ferrars_n of_o baddisley_n a_o gentleman_n well_o descend_v and_o as_o well_o see_v in_o antiquity_n 568._o d_o rob._n ferrars_n how_o inter_v 569_o lord_n ferrars_n of_o chartley_n 584._o f_o fernham_n royal_a 394._o d_o fernham_n why_o so_o call_v 294._o e_o fetherston_n haugh_n 799._o e_o fetherstons_n a_o family_n ibid._n fettiplace_v a_o family_n 220._o â—_o 281._o feversham_n 334._o d_o fieldon_n a_o part_n of_o warwickeshire_n 561._o b._n 223._o a_o feldon_n 561._o b_o fenis_n or_o fienlesse_a 223._o a._n 316._o b_o fienes_n baron_n dacres_n 813._o b_o sir_n richard_n fienes_n or_o fenis_fw-la baron_n say_v and_o sele_n 376._o f_o the_n file_n 753._o a_o file_n what_o it_o signify_v 715._o a_o file_n ibid._n filioll_n 217._o c_o finborrow_n 607._o b_o finchdale_n 742._o a_o fir_n tree_n find_v in_o axelholm_n 544._o b_o fisburging_n 819._o c_o a_o fish_n pool_n or_o mere_a by_o saint_n alban_n dry_v up_o 411._o c_o fishes_n with_o one_o eye_n a_o piece_n 667_o fishgard_n 654._o c_o fish_n pond_n foreshow_v the_o death_n of_o monk_n 609._o c_o fitten_n a_o family_n 610_o fitz-alans_a earl_n of_o arundel_n 309.310.589_o f_o fits-herberts_a and_o ancient_a family_n 553._o d_o sir_n anthony_n fitz-herbert_a ibid._n a_o most_o famous_a lawyer_n 359._o b_o fitz-hugh_n baron_n 730._o d_o fitz-harding_n lord_n of_o berkley_n 362._o d_o robert_n fitz-haimon_a slay_v 368_o fitz-teke_a 406._o c_o robert_n fitz-stephen_n the_o first_o of_o norman_a race_n that_o attempt_v ireland_n by_o way_n of_o conquest_n 657._o f_o rob._n fitz-walter_n de_fw-fr clare_n 407_o fitz-walters_n baron_n 446._o c_o fitz-walters_n ensigne-bearer_n of_o london_n 215._o d_o fitz-lewis_n a_o family_n 442._o e_o geffrey_n fiz-peter_n earl_n of_o essex_n 454._o b._n a_o worthy_a justicer_n of_o england_n ibid._n c_o fitz-stephen_n a_o writer_n 427._o b_o fitz-paine_n baron_n 215._o d_o fitzwarins_a 281._o b_o sir_n fulque_fw-fr fitzwarin_a 598._o b_o fitz-williams_n a_o ancient_a family_n 690._o a_o rich._n fitz-punt_n a_o norman_a 618_o henry_n fitz-roy_a earl_n of_o nottingham_n &_o duke_n of_o richmond_n 551._o d_o flamborough_n head_n 714._o â—_o flamstead_n 414._o b_o flatbury_n 578._o b_o plaviâ—s_n sanctus_n 341._o d_o fleame_z dike_a or_o flight_n dike_a 490_o fleet_n a_o riveret_n in_o london_n 423._o f_o flemings_n a_o family_n 646._o e_o fleming_n 202._o d._n 755._o d_o flemingston_n or_o flemston_n a_o town_n 646._o e_o flemings_n plant_v in_o wales_n 654.652_o d_o flemish_n high_a way_n in_o wales_n 652_o flint_n shire_n 679_o flint_n castle_n 680._o d_o flint_n earles_n 681._o f_o flixton_n 715._o b_o flixton_n or_o faelixton_n 468._o b_o floddon_n a_o hill_n 816._o a_o floddon_n field_n ibid._n florus_n a_o poet_n ibid._n float_v a_o kind_n of_o boat_n 597._o b_o faelix_fw-la bishop_n of_o east_n england_n 466._o c._n 480._o c_o fluor_fw-la find_v in_o derby_n shire_n 557_o foix_n a_o family_n 759_o foliamb_n a_o great_a family_n 556._o b_o foliots_n a_o family_n 575._o c_o 482._o a_o folkingham_n 535._o a_o folkstone_n 349._o b_o a_o font_n of_o brass_n in_o saint_n alban_n church_n 412_o d_o forcatulus_n his_o conceit_n of_o the_o name_n britain_n 5_o fordington_n 212._o d_o ford_n castle_n 815._o e_fw-la the_o foreland_n of_o kâ—nt_n 342._o d_o fornesse_n 754._o â—_o fornesse_n fels_n 755._o a_o sir_n john_n fortescue_n 396._o e_o forses_n or_o waterfall_n 759._o f_z forefense_n 780._o the_o first_o ibid._n the_o second_o 790._o a._n the_o three_o ibid._n b._n the_o four_o 16._o c_o forestwhat_n it_o be_v and_o why_o so_o call_v 293._o c_o forest_n law_n ibid._n d_o forest_n in_o sussex_n 320._o d_o fortunie_n a_o tournament_n 407._o d_o fortunate_a land_n 4_o forty_o foot_n way_n 511._o f._n 515._o a._n 64_o fosse_n dike_a 537._o f_o fosse_n wad_n what_o it_o be_v 569._o c_o fosse_n a_o river_n 702._o b_o
405_o huntingdon_n shire_n 497_o kent_n 324_o lanca-shire_n 745_o leicester-shire_n 517_o lincolnshire_n 529_o middlesex_n 419_o monmouth_n 631_o norfolk_n 467_o northamptonshire_n 505_o nottinghamshire_n 547_o northumberland_n 799_o oxford-shire_n 373_o richmondshire_n 727_o rutland-shire_n 525_o shrop-shire_n 589_o somersetshire_n 220_o stafford-shire_n 581_o suffolk_n 459_o sussex_n 306_o surrey_n 294_o warwickeshire_n 561_o westmoreland_n 759_o wilt-shire_n 241_o worcester-shire_n 573_o yorkshire_n 689_o the_o shire_n of_o wales_n anglesey_n 671_o brecknock_n 627_o cardiganshire_n 657_o carmarden-shire_n 649_o carnarvon-shire_n 667_o denbigh-shire_n 675_o flintshire_n 679_o glamorgan-shire_n 641_o merioneth-shire_n 665_o montgomery_n 661_o penbroke-shire_n 651_o radnor-shire_n 623_o the_o first_o index_n or_o table_n serve_v from_o the_o begin_n of_o britain_n to_o the_o end_n of_o england_n a_o a_o the_o first_o letter_n thus_o shape_v a_o 762_o c_o aaron_n a_o martyr_n 73_o f._n 636_o f_o ab-adam_a a_o baron_n 364_o d_o aballaba_n 761_o a_o abendon_n or_o abington_n 279_o d_o aber_n 21_o f_o aber_n avon_n 645_o f_o aberbury_n castle_n 592_o f_o aber_n conwey_n 669_o e_o aberford_n 696_o b_o aberfraw_n 672_o f_o abergevenny_n 635_o a_o abergevenny_n castle_n defame_v for_o treason_n 635_o b_o abergevenny_n lord_n ibid._n abtot_n a_o family_n 579_o b_o abus_n the_o same_o that_o humber_n 710_o d_o academia_n in_o attica_n 486_o f_o accabler_n 21_o f_o ackmancester_n 234_o d_o acmunderness_n 752_o e_o acton_n 364_o a_o acton_n burnel_n 591_o f_o adam_n de_fw-fr portu_fw-la 269_o a_o ad_fw-la ansam_fw-la 448_o c_o adeliza_n queen_n her_o praise_n 309_o a_o aden_n what_o it_o signify_v 117_o c_o aderborne_v a_o river_n 245_o d_o adington_n 510_o b_o ad_fw-la lapidem_fw-la 262_o d_o adminius_n 418_o c_o admiral_n court_n 180_o b_o ad_fw-la murum_fw-la 819_o c_o adraste_n a_o goddess_n among_o the_o britain_n 31_o c_o adrian_n the_o emperor_n in_o britain_n 65_o d_o ad_fw-la rotum_fw-la etc._n etc._n 449_o c_o adalph_n re-edifieth_a peterburgh_n abbey_n 512_o f_o aeleonor_n k._n edward_n the_o first_o his_o wife_n 397_o a_o aeleonor_n k._n henry_n the_o three_o his_o widow_n live_v in_o a_o nunnery_n 254_o c_o aeleonor_n cobham_n 304_o a_o k._n aelfred_n a_o prince_n much_o trouble_v 224_o b_o c._n first_o monarch_n of_o england_n 158_o c._n second_o founder_n of_o oxford_n university_n 376_o b_o aelfritha_n k._n edgar_n wife_n 254_o c_o 262_o b._n a_o cruel_a and_o hateful_a stepdame_n 211_o d_o aelward_n meaw_z that_o be_v to_o say_v white_z 217_o b_o aeneus_fw-la silvius_n that_o be_v pope_n pius_fw-la secundus_fw-la 818_o e_o equity_n court_v in_o england_n 178_o aequivocation_n of_o adam_n bishop_n of_o hereford_n 363_o b_o aesica_n 781_o d_o aestii_n 21_o f_o aeternalis_fw-la domus_fw-la what_o it_o be_v 645_o d_o aethelbald_n the_o good_a king_n of_o the_o mercian_n 554_o a._n stab_v to_o death_n 569_o e_o aethiopian_n why_o so_o name_v 23_o c_o 26_o b_o aethling_n that_o be_v the_o prince_n 614_o a_o aeton_n 393_o f_o aeton_n or_o eton_n school_n 288_o f_o agelocum_n 545_o f_o jul._n agricola_n lieutenant_n of_o the_o twenty_o legion_n in_o britain_n 53_o e._n propretor_n in_o britain_n 54_o b._n discomfit_v the_o ordovices_n 54_o c_o d._n conquer_v anglesey_n ibid._n his_o civil_a and_o politic_a government_n in_o britain_n 54_o f._n his_o martial_a skill_n 55._o his_o other_o virtue_n and_o behaviour_n 55_o 56._o he_o vanquisheth_z the_o caledonian_n 57_o his_o patience_n 57_o his_o oration_n to_o his_o soudier_n 59_o his_o victory_n 61._o his_o modesty_n 62_o agrippina_n the_o empress_n her_o haughty_a mind_n 44_o e_fw-la f_o aidon_n castle_n 808_o f_o ailesburies_n gentleman_n 395_o f_o ailesburie_n 395_o c_o ailesford_n 3â—1_n f_o ailwin_n healf_n koning_n 499_o e_o ainsbury_n or_o ainulphsbury_n 497_o c_o ainulph_n a_o religious_a man_n ibid._n airmins_n a_o family_n 5â—3_n a_o akemanstreet-way_n 377_o b_o alabaster-stone_n 544_o c_o alabaster_n stone_n about_o burton_n upon_o trent_n 586_o b_o alan_n a_o river_n 194_o c._n 246_o d_o alan_n the_o son_n of_o flaold_n 589_o f_o alaricus_n king_n of_o the_o goth_n 86_o b_o alaun_n a_o river_n 259_o c._n 813_o c_o alban_n a_o country_n 126_o c_o alban_n whence_o they_o take_v their_o name_n 26_o b_o s._n alban_n of_o verlam_n our_o stephen_n and_o protomartyr_n of_o britain_n 73_o f._n 409_o f_o albany_n 126_o s._n alban_n a_o town_n 408_o c_o s._n alban_n church_n &_o town_n 410_o c_o 412_o d_o s._n alban_n battle_n 413_o c_o albenies_n earles_n of_o sussex_n 320_o e_o albinus_n 126_o albina_n 24_o b_o albinus_n create_v caesar_n 68_o he_o usurp_v the_o empire_n 69._o be_v slay_v ibid._n albion_n 1_o 23._o whence_o it_o take_v name_n 24_o a_o albrighton_n 594_o a_o alchester_n 377_o b_o alcwin_n a_o learned_a english_a saxon_n 137_o f._n 704_o c_o alborow_n 701_o c._n 731_o c._n 466_o a_o aldelme_n abbat_n 244._o a_o singular_a scholar_n and_o a_o devout_a man_n ibid._n aldersgate_n in_o london_n 423_o d_o aldgate_n in_o london_n 423_o e_o aldingham_n 755_o d_o ale_n the_o ancient_a englishman_n drink_n 554_o f_o alen_n a_o riveret_n 676_o f._n 681_o f_o alexander_n of_o hales_n a_o great_a clerk_n 365_o a_o alexander_n the_o bountiful_a bishop_n of_o lincoln_n 383_o e._n 539_o d_o profuse_a in_o building_n 549_o d_o king_n alexander_n the_o great_a never_o in_o britain_n 32_o d_o alfreton_n 555_o e_o algar_n earl_n 379_o a_o alheale_n 14_o d_o alford_n in_o lincolnshire_n 542_o b_o alingtons_n a_o family_n 489_o e_o knight_n 406_o d_o alipius_n 79_o allabany_n 126_o allectus_n his_o treachery_n 73._o be_v vanquish_v and_o slay_v ibid._n allobrogae_fw-la 19_o almain_n whence_o they_o take_v their_o name_n 26_o b._n 124_o almondbury_n 692_o d_o alne_n river_n 566_o a._n 813_o c_o alnwick_n or_o anwich_n 813_o c_o alon_n a_o river_n 801_o e_o alone_a 794_o c_o alps_n of_o britain_n 667_o c_o alps_n why_o so_o call_v 24_o alresford_n 262_o e_fw-la all-soul_n college_n in_o oxford_n 382_o alsten_n more_o 799_o c_o alt_z a_o river_n 748_o c_o althorp_n 508_o d_o altar_n of_o the_o gentile_n and_o their_o religion_n 751_o d_o e_o alterynnis_n 617_o c_o altmouth_n a_o town_n 748_o e_o alvertonshire_n 723_o e_o alum_n make_v 217_o a_o alum_n earth_n discover_v by_o sir_n th._n chaloner_n knight_n 721_o d_o alured_n see_v aelfred_n alwena_n a_o devout_a woman_n 494._o d_o ambacti_fw-la 16_o amboglana_n 760_o b_o ambleside_n ibid._n ambresbury_n 254_o b_o ambro._n what_o it_o be_v 127_o abrones_n ibid._n ambrose_n aurelius_n 128_o ambrose_n aurelianus_n 254_o b_o amersham_n 394_o e_fw-la amphibalus_fw-la a_o martyr_n 636_o f_o ampthil_n 401_o d_o anas_n a_o river_n 297_o a._n why_o so_o call_v 245_o c_o ancaster_n 537_o b_o ancaster_n heath_n ibid._n d_o andate_fw-it or_o andates_n a_o goddess_n among_o the_o britain_n 31._o 457_o e_fw-la andradswald_n 306_o c_o audragathins_n a_o traitor_n drown_v himself_o 83_o anderida_n the_o weald_a 329_o d_o andernesse_n 752_o e_o androgeus_n cynobelinus_n his_o son_n the_o same_o that_o mandrubatius_n why_o so_o call_v 417_o e_o anesty_n in_o hertfordshire_n 405_o f_o angel_n a_o province_n in_o dania_n 130_o angel_n 610_o c_o ri._n angervil_n philobiblos_n 381_o f_o angle_n or_o englishman_n whence_o they_o come_v 130_o anglesey_n 671._o why_o so_o call_v 672_o c_o conquer_v by_o king_n edward_n the_o first_o ibid._n d._n invade_v by_o suetonius_n paulinus_n 49_o angotby_n 545_o a_o anger_n 440_o b_o ankam_n a_o river_n 543_o a_o ankro_n the_o river_n 569_o c_o anne_n wife_n to_o king_n richard_n the_o second_o 297_o d_o anne_n bullen_n mother_n to_o queen_n elizabeth_n 256_o f_o anna_n a_o christian_a king_n 466_o a_o annius_n viterbiensis_n 24_o anselm_n against_o priest_n marriage_n 201_o b_o ansty_n or_o ancienty_n liberty_n 707_o a_o ant_n or_o anton_n a_o river_n 260_o e_o antivestaeum_n 187_o anthony_n 193_o antoninus_n pius_fw-la britannicus_n 66_o philosophus_fw-la ibid._n anubis_n latrans_fw-la 17_o apelby_n 761_o a_o apennini_n 18_o apollinaris_n a_o herb_n 98_o appropriate_a church_n what_o they_o be_v and_o how_o many_o 161_o apthorp_n 514_o e_o aquila_n his_o pprophecy_n 214_o c_o aquileia_n the_o city_n commend_v 83_o aquitania_n why_o so_o call_v 27_o be_v 21_o ara_n ibid._n arar_n 20_o araxis_n a_o river_n in_o france_n 694_o a_o arat_fw-la 20_o arbeia_n 769_o c_o arch_n a_o court_n 181_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n 136_o archbishop_n three_o in_o britain_n 155._o in_o england_n two_o 160_o arconfield_n 618_o a_o archdeacon_n 222_o c_o archdeaconries_n in_o england_n how_o many_o 161_o archigubernius_fw-la 66_o ardudwy_n 665_o e_o areol_n 594_o e_o be_v a_o river_n 693_o f._n why_o so_o call_v 694_o a_o arian_n what_o they_o be_v 81_o arelate_n 21_o aremorica_n 19_o arfast_a bishop_n of_o east_n england_n 471_o f_o arden_n forest_n 358_o b_o arden_n
a_o forest_n in_o warwickshire_n 565_o c_o ardern_o a_o family_n 604_o b_o argentons_n 406_o d._n 489_o e_o arian_n condemn_v 77_o arianism_n in_o britain_n 78_o ariconium_n 618_o d_o aristobulus_n mention_v by_o saint_n paul_n in_o britain_n 68_o arlech_n castle_n 665_o e_o armanthwaite_n 777_o f_o armaturae_fw-la what_o they_o be_v 783_o arm_n of_o ailsburies_n 395_o d_o arm_n of_o will._n de_fw-fr albeny_n 320_o e_fw-la arm_n of_o the_o alfretons_n baron_n 555_o e._n of_o the_o bainard_n 271._o d_o of_o the_o argentons_n 406_o d._n of_o the_o bardolp_n 481_o e._n of_o the_o blewet_v 271_o d._n of_o the_o bow_n 737_o b._n of_o the_o bohun_v 311_o f._n of_o brabant_n 820_o e._n of_o charleton_n lord_n of_o powis_n 663_o c._n of_o colchester_n 451_o a._n of_o cusanz_n 271_o d._n of_o ela_n countess_n of_o salisbury_n 249_o d._n of_o the_o ferrars_n 526_o a._n of_o sir_n hen._n guildford_n 352_o b._n of_o harold_n 617_o d._n of_o holland_n knight_n 749_o d._n of_o th._n howard_n duke_n of_o norfolk_n 483_o c._n of_o the_o first_o king_n of_o england_n of_o norman_a blood_n 724._o of_o the_o lucy_n 768_o f._n of_o lumly_n 742_o b._n of_o the_o mauleis_fw-la 719._o of_o montfichet_n 453_o of_o the_o monthault_n 690_o e._n of_o the_o mortimer_n de_fw-fr attilborough_n 473_o b._n of_o the_o musard_n 555_o f._n of_o the_o muschamp_n 815_o c._n of_o saier_n quincy_n and_o roger_n his_o son_n 267_o arm_n of_o the_o percy_n 768._o of_o the_o percy_n and_o lucy_n ibid._n of_o redvers_fw-la earl_n of_o denshire_n 207_o e._n of_o the_o scale_n 405_o e._n of_o the_o segraves_n 568_o f._n of_o the_o sturmy_n 254_o f._n of_o the_o lord_n stourton_n 245_o b._n of_o vaulx_n 786_o e._n of_o vermandor_n 304_o b._n of_o vescy_n 723_o a._n 722_o f._n of_o viponts_n 763._o of_o warren_n earl_n 304_o b_o army_n of_o god_n and_o holy_a church_n 509_o d_o armorica_n what_o it_o signify_v 111_o armorica_n 19.12_o armorican_a briton_n whence_o they_o come_v 5_o arnulph_n of_o montgomery_n conqueror_n of_o penbrochsh_n 655_o a_o arrow_n a_o river_n 565_o d_o arrow_n a_o town_n 566_o a_o arthur_n a_o british_a prince_n 128_o arthur_n place_n of_o nativity_n and_o death_n 194_o ap._n arthur_n a_o writer_n 632_o f_o arthur_n battle_n against_o mordred_n 194_o arthur_n sepulchre_n 227_o f_o arthur_n epitaph_n 230_o a_o b_o arthur_n table_n 776_o d_o king_n arthur_n palace_n 221_o b_o artisan_n or_o craftsman_n 177_o arvandus_n his_o child_n kill_v 262_o d._n 276_o a_o arveragus_n 62_o arundel_n earl_n 309.310_o th._n arundel_n baron_n of_o wardour_n 246_o a._n count_n of_o the_o empire_n ib._n arundale_n 308_o d_o arundel_n knight_n 193_o arwerton_n 463_o e_fw-la s._n asaph_n a_o bishop_n see_v 679_o d_o s_o asaph_z a_o goodly_a and_o upright_a man_n ibid._n e_o ascohes_n knight_n 543_o a_o ascot_n 396_o a_o ashbie_n mares_n 507_o b_o ashbie_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr zouch_n 519_o a_o ashburnham_n 317_o e_o ashburne_n in_o the_o peake_n 553_o d_o ashle_n manor_n 481_o f_o ashdown_n 442_o f_o ashridge_n 395_o a_o ashford_n 335_o d_o ashwell_n 406_o a_o ashwell_n thorp_n 472_o d_o askerton_n castle_n 782_o f_o ask_v a_o family_n 729_o f_o asserius_fw-la a_fw-fr learned_a monk_n 378_o c_o assize_n what_o they_o be_v 445â—_n â—_z astbury_n 608_o f_o astley_n castle_n 569_o b_o astley_n baron_n ibid._n b_o astley_v a_o noble_a family_n 581_o d_o astleis_n knight_n 217_o a_o aston_n a_o family_n 584_o e_o th._n aston_n the_o first_o head-schoolemaster_n of_o shrewsbury_n 596_o b_o astroite_n a_o stone_n 536_o c_o astwell_n 505_o e_o athelney_n 224_o b_o athelwold_n murder_v by_o edgar_n 262_o b_o athyrston_n 569_o d_o attrebatii_n 278_o attacotti_n 79.127_o attal-sarisin_a 185_o attilbridge_n 473_o d_o attilburgh_n ibid._n b_o attila_n the_o scourge_n of_o god_n 197_o a_o atton_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 722_o b_o avallon_n a_o island_n â—25_n e_o aubrey_n a_o family_n 628_o e_o audience_n court_n 181_o audre_fw-la causey_n 459_o d_o audre_fw-la 492_o e_fw-la s._n audre_fw-la or_o etheldreda_n ibid._n f_o s._n audry_n liberty_n 493_o c_o aventon_n 258_o d_o aven_n a_o river_n in_o hantshire_n 258_o e_o avens_n a_o family_n 485_o d_o averham_n or_o aram_n a_o place_n 549_o aufon_n river_n see_v nen._n augusta_n see_v london_n augusta_n what_o they_o be_v 424_o d_o augustus_n caesar_n intend_v a_o voyage_n into_o britain_n 39_o he_o neglect_v britain_n ibid._n augustine_n apostle_n of_o the_o english_a nation_n 336_o d._n 136._o where_o inter_v 337_o f._n s._n augustine_n cross_n 342_o a._n augustine_n oak_n 578_o d._n e_o aulus_n atticus_n slay_v 61_o aulus_n plautius_n send_v into_o britain_n 40._o his_o exploit_n there_o 41_o mercate_z aultun_n 269_o a_o awdley_n or_o aldelegh_n baron_n 583â—_n â—_z henry_n awdley_n 583_o f._n 584_o a_o james_n lord_n awdley_n 584_o a_o awdley_n end_n 452_o a_o baron_n awdley_n of_o walden_n 452_o d_o awkenbury_n 501_o c_o awkland_n 738_o d_o aulaf_n the_o dane_n adopt_v 261_o f_o aulbemarle_n earles_n 715_o b_o auldby_n 709_o e_o aulcestâ—r_n 566_o b_o aulton_n castle_n 587_o c_o avon_n a_o river_n in_o somersetshire_n 236_o c_o avon_n what_o it_o signify_v 358_o a_o avon_n a_o river_n in_o wiltshire_n 242_o a_o avon_n river_n the_o less_o 515_o b._n 517_o avon_n a_o river_n in_o wales_n 665_o e_o avon-well_a 515_o b_o aure_n a_o yellow_a or_o golden_a colour_n 26_o aurelius_n conanus_fw-la a_o tyrant_n 113_o aurelius_n ambrose_n 259_o a_o aurenche_n or_o de_fw-la abrincis_fw-la 349_o b_o ausley_n castle_n 588_o e_o austclive_a 363_o d_o s._n astins_n church_n in_o canterbury_n 337_o e_o axe_n a_o river_n 206_o f_o axan_n minster_n ibid._n f_o axelholme_n a_o isle_n 544_o b_o b_o bablac_n 373_o c_o babthorp_n name_n of_o a_o place_n and_o family_n 710_o babthorps_n father_n and_o son_n ib._n b_o bacon_n a_o family_n 463_o e_o sir_n nicholas_n bacon_n l._n keeper_n 461_o f_o john_n baconthorpe_n the_o resolute_a doctor_n 479_o b_o bad_a 21_o badbury_n hill_n 216_o e_o baddeley_n 607_o e_o bartholomew_n lord_n badilsmeere_v 331_o d_o badesley_n 566_o d_o baggington_n 562_o e_o bagot_n 586_o e_o bagmere_n poole_n 609_o b_o baines_n or_o bath_n much_o use_v 732_o bainard_n castle_n in_o london_n 424_o b_o bainard_n 243_o f_o bailliol_n college_n in_o oxford_n 381_o c_o baine_n a_o river_n 727_o f_o bainhams_n 359_o a_o baintbrig_n ibid._n baskewell_n a_o river_n 557_o b_o bala_n a_o town_n 666_o c_o baldach_n 473_o f_o baldock_n 406_o c_o baldwine_n a_o justice_n 395_o e_o baldwine_n le_fw-fr pettour_n 464_o b_o balshall_n a_o commander_n of_o the_o templar_n 566_o d_o bamborow_n 813_o e_fw-la bampfeild_n a_o family_n 203_o e_o bampton_n 207_o b_o ban_n a_o river_n in_o lincolnshire_n 541_o banbury_n 376_o a_o banchor_n or_o bangor_n monastery_n 603_o a_o bannavenna_n that_o be_v wedon_n 508_o banne_n down_o 234_o b_o bandog_n or_o mastiff_n 434_o e_fw-la baneret_n what_o title_n of_o gentry_n 171_o a_o baram_n down_o 345_o a_o barangi_n 154_o barbacan_a in_o london_n 433_o d_o bard_n 4.14.15_o bard_n 19_o bardolphs_n lord_n their_o tenor_n of_o certain_a land_n 302_o d_o bardus_n 19_o bardney_n abbey_n 540_o f_o bardolphs_n baron_n 481_o e._n 548_o f_o bariden_n a_o river_n 473_o d_o barkley_n baron_n 239_o a_o william_n viscount_n barkley_n earl_n of_o nottingham_n 551_o c_o barklow_n 452_o a_o bark-shire_n 129_o barkway_n 405_o f_o barnard_n castle_n 736_o e_o saint_n barnard_n college_n in_o oxford_n found_v 382_o b._n re-edify_v 383_o b_o barley_n a_o town_n and_o fam_o 405_o f_o barley_n the_o best_a 485_o b_o barnwel_n abbey_n 487_o f._n castle_n 510_o c_o barnet_n 425_o e_o barnet_n field_n 415_o d_o barry_n a_o island_n 643_o a_o barries_n viscount_n in_o ireland_n 643_o baringtons_n a_o family_n 453_o d_o barington_n hall_n ibid._n baro_n what_o it_o signify_v 168_o baron_n what_o degree_n of_o honour_n ib._n barony_n many_o in_o northumberland_n 799_o c_o baron_n to_o the_o count_n palatine_n of_o chester_n 612_o 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