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A43536 Erōologia Anglorum. Or, An help to English history Containing a succession of all the kings of England, and the English-Saxons, the kings and princes of Wales, the kings and lords of Man, and the Isle of Wight. As also of all the arch-bishops, bishops, dukes, marquesses, and earles, within the said dominions. In three tables. By Robert Hall, Gent. Peter Heylyn, 1600-1662. 1641 (1641) Wing H1713; ESTC R216457 108,040 378

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1_o wil._n de_fw-fr romara_n e._n of_o lincoln_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr ✚_o ✚_o ✚_o  _fw-fr 2_o gilb._n de_fw-fr gaunt_n 1216_o 3_o gilb._n de_fw-fr gaunt_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr ✚_o ✚_o ✚_o 1218_o 4_o randal_n de_fw-fr meschines_n e._n of_o che._n who_o grandfather_n half_a brother_n unto_o wil._n de_fw-fr romara_n by_o the_o mother_n side_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr ✚_o ✚_o ✚_o 1232_o 5_o john_n ●acy_n descend_v by_o his_o mother_n from_o e._n randall_n 1251_o 6_o henry_n de_fw-fr lacie_n who_o daughter_n alice_n be_v marry_v unto_o tho._n e._n of_o lancaster_n and_o settle_v all_o her_o land_n upon_o that_o family_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr ✚_o ✚_o ✚_o 1354_o 7_o hen._n d._n of_o lanc_n *_o ●361_n 8_o john_n of_o gaunt_n d._n of_o lanc._n *_o 1399_o 9_o hen._n of_o bullingbroke_n d._n of_o lanc._n after_o k._n of_o eng._n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr ✚_o ✚_o ✚_o 1467_o 10_o ●ohn_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr pole_n son_n and_o heir_n of_o john_n d._n of_o suffolk_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr ✚_o ✚_o ✚_o ●525_n 11_o henry_n brandon_n son_n and_o heir_n of_o charl●s_n d._n of_o suffolk_n  _fw-fr ✚_o ✚_o ✚_o 1572_o 12_o edward_n fenys_n lord_n clinton_n lord_n admiral_n create_v earl_n of_o lincoln_n by_o queen_n elizabeth_n 1585._o 13_o hen._n fenys_n 1616_o 14_o tho._n fenys_n 1618._o 15_o theophilus_n fenys_n now_o earl_n of_o lincoln_n 1641._o lindsey_n lindsey_n be_v one_o of_o the_o 3_o part_n of_o lincolnshire_n the_o other_o 2_o be_v holland_n which_o we_o speak_v of_o late_o and_o kesteven_n not_o yet_o become_v a_o honorary_a title_n as_o the_o other_o be_v it_o contain_v all_o the_o northern_a part_n thereof_o from_o the_o river_n witham_n unto_o humber_n and_o from_o the_o ocean_n to_o the_o trent_n happy_a above_o the_o rest_n not_o in_o bigness_n only_o but_o that_o in_o this_o part_n stand_v the_o city_n of_o lincoln_n the_o chief_a denominator_fw-la of_o the_o county_n which_o be_v the_o antien_o call_v lindum_n as_o before_o i_o say_v give_v to_o this_o part_n the_o name_n of_o lindsey_n for_o by_o that_o name_n 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