Selected quad for the lemma: son_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
son_n	daughter_n	nephew_n	wife_n	20,039	5	10.2157	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17946	The historie of Cambria, now called Wales: a part of the most famous yland of Brytaine, written in the Brytish language aboue two hundreth yeares past: translated into English by H. Lhoyd Gentleman: corrected, augmented, and continued out of records and best approoued authors, by Dauid Powel Doctor in diuinitie	Caradoc, of Llancarvan, d. 1147?; Powell, David, 1552?-1598.; Llwyd, Humphrey, 1527-1568.; Price, John, Sir, 1502?-1555.	1584 (1584)	STC 4606; ESTC S121940	250,742	447

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genelogy_n esteem_v among_o all_o nation_n 31._o gerald_n de_fw-fr windsor_n steward_n of_o pembroke_n 154._o gilbert_n strangbow_n earl_n of_o strigule_n 169.172_o gladys_n daughter_n to_o lhewelyn_n ap_fw-mi jorwerth_n 298._o gwaith_n y_fw-fr dinas_fw-la newydh_fw-mi 47._o gwaynyttyd_v 113._o ggo_v d_o 19_o spoil_v by_o the_o dane_n 42._o gwenwynwyn_n lord_n of_o powy_n 250._o get_v again_o the_o castle_n of_o pool_n 248._o lay_v siege_n to_o the_o castle_n of_o payne_n in_o eluel_n 251._o discomfit_v 252._o detain_v prisoner_n by_o the_o counsel_n 260._o release_v of_o his_o oath_n of_o obedience_n to_o the_o king_n by_o the_o pope_n 267._o gweythen_a 32._o gwyneth_n ¶_o see_v north-wales_n gilbert_n de_fw-fr humfrevile_n 125._o his_o heir_n 134._o glamorgan_n d_o 19_o spoil_v 71._o win_v from_o the_o welshman_n 122_o goth_n whence_o they_o come_v 39_o grono_fw-it ap_fw-mi owen_n ap_fw-mi edwin_n lord_n of_o tegengl_n 172._o grono_fw-it ap_fw-mi ednyvet_n vachan_fw-mi 327._o gruffyth_fw-mi ap_fw-mi madoc_n slay_v 49._o gruffyth_fw-mi ap_fw-mi lhewelyn_n ap_fw-mi sitsylht_n 90._o he_o be_v slay_v 101._o gruffyth_fw-mi ap_fw-mi conan_n come_v to_o anglesey_n 112._o he_o war_v against_o trahaern_a ap_fw-mi caradoc_n 113._o join_v with_o rée_n ap_fw-mi theodor_n 114._o obtain_v the_o principality_n of_o north-wales_n 115._o he_o make_v peace_n with_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o 174._o die_v 190._o his_o statute_n to_o reform_v the_o abuse_n of_o minstrel_n 191._o gruffyth_fw-mi ap_fw-mi rée_n ap_fw-mi theodor_n 175._o put_v himself_o in_o armour_n against_o the_o king_n 176._o he_o take_v the_o town_n of_o caermardhyn_n 178._o he_o die_v 190._o gruffyth_fw-mi ap_fw-mi trahaerne_v ap_fw-mi caradoc_n 162._o gruffyth_o maylor_n l._n of_o bromfield_n 242._o gruffyth_fw-mi ap_fw-mi rée_v take_v by_o his_o brother_n maelgon_n and_o send_v to_o prison_n 250._o set_v at_o liberty_n 252._o he_o die_v 256._o gruffyth_fw-mi ap_fw-mi lhewelyn_n ap_fw-mi jorwerth_n 280_o go_v with_o a_o army_n against_o william_n martial_n 282.292_o disquiet_v his_o father_n 297._o valiant_a and_o courageous_a 298.307_o imprison_a by_o his_o brother_n ibidem_fw-la great_a suit_n to_o the_o k._n for_o his_o inlargment_n 301._o deliver_v to_o the_o k._n and_o send_v to_o the_o tower_n where_o seek_v to_o escape_v he_o break_v his_o neck_n 307._o gruffyth_o lord_n of_o dinas_n bran_n 293.300.304.321.327_o gurmond_n d_o 15.6_o gwgan_n ap_fw-mi meyric_n 34._o h._n haste_v the_o dane_n 39_o henry_n the_o first_o k._n of_o england_n 157._o he_o come_v into_o wales_n 173._o again_o 184._o he_o be_v in_o danger_n to_o be_v slay_v 185._o he_o die_v 188._o henry_n the_o second_o king_n of_o england_n 204._o he_o come_v to_o wales_n 206._o put_v in_o danger_n of_o his_o life_n 207._o he_o make_v peace_n with_o the_o lord_n of_o wales_n 208._o come_v to_o southwales_n 209._o again_o 219._o he_o come_v to_o north-wales_n 221._o lie_v encamp_v at_o berwyn_n 222._o in_o danger_n to_o be_v slay_v ibidem_fw-la he_o go_v the_o ireland_n 230._o return_v from_o ireland_n again_o 232._o forsake_v his_o wife_n 239._o he_o die_v 241._o henry_n the_o three_o king_n of_o england_n 276._o come_v to_o wales_n and_o build_v a_o castle_n at_o mountgomerie_n 280._o come_v again_o with_o a_o army_n to_o wales_n 283._o again_o 289._o marry_v 293._o come_v again_o to_o wales_n 299._o call_v to_o appear_v before_o the_o abbot_n of_o aberconwy_n &_o cymer_n 309._o he_o come_v again_o to_o wales_n 310._o he_o and_o the_o earl_n of_o chester_n come_v to_o wales_n 322._o come_v to_o montgomerie_n and_o make_v peace_n with_o the_o prince_n 326._o he_o die_v 328._o henry_n lacie_n lord_n of_o denbigh_n and_o earl_n of_o lincoln_n 377._o henry_n prince_n of_o wales_n 392._o henry_n sidney_n knight_n of_o the_o order_n 400._o howel_n the_o brother_n of_o conan_n tindaethwy_n 22._o king_n of_o man_n 25._o howel_n dha_n prince_n of_o southwales_n 45._o prince_n of_o all_o wales_n 52._o his_o law_n 53._o he_o go_v to_o rome_n 54_o he_o die_v 58._o howel_n ap_fw-mi jevaf_fw-mi 62._o use_v his_o brother_n meyric_n cruel_o 63._o rule_v north-wales_n 64._o he_o be_v slay_v 66._o howel_n ap_fw-mi edwin_n 88_o he_o be_v slay_v 93._o howel_n ap_fw-mi grono_n lord_n of_o stratywy_n cydewen_n and_o gwyr_n 159._o he_o be_v traitorous_o slay_v 161._o howel_n ap_fw-mi ithel_n lord_n of_o ros_n &_o ryvonioc_n 183._o howel_n ap_fw-mi owen_n gwyneth_n a_o valiant_a captain_n 199._o howel_n ap_fw-mi jevaflord_n of_o arust_o 240._o hubert_n de_fw-fr burgh_n keep_v the_o castle_n of_o dover_n 275._o give_v the_o french_a navy_n a_o overthrow_n 277._o some_o of_o the_o baron_n conspire_v against_o he_o 283._o owner_n of_o montgomerie_n 284._o his_o folly_n 285._o commit_v to_o prison_n 288._o escape_v out_o of_o prison_n 289._o reconcile_v to_o the_o king_n 292._o huganus_n lord_n of_o westwales_n 47._o hugh_n lupus_n earl_n of_o chester_n 151.155_o he_o die_v 157._o hugh_n de_fw-fr montgomerie_n earl_n

of_o salope_n 155._o he_o be_v slay_v 156._o hugh_n earl_n of_o chester_n win_v mehenyth_n 197._o hugh_n lacie_n 151._o i._o iago_n ap_fw-mi edwal_n 59.62_o jago_n ap_fw-mi edwal_n 87._o jestyn_n ap_fw-mi gurgant_n lord_n of_o glamorgan_n 119._o jevaf_fw-mi ap_fw-mi edwal_n 59.60.70_o igmond_n come_v to_o anglisey_n 41._o john_n king_n of_o england_n make_v knight_n go_v to_o ireland_n &_o return_v again_o 240._o lose_a normandy_n anjou_n mayne_n and_o poytiers_n 258._o go_v to_o ireland_n 261._o go_v to_o wales_n 264._o and_o again_o 265._o make_v his_o kingdom_n tributary_n to_o the_o pope_n 270._o he_o destroy_v the_o march_n of_o wales_n 275._o he_o die_v 276._o john_n le_fw-fr fleming_n 125._o his_o heir_n 136._o john_n de_fw-fr cremona_n a_o cardinal_n 186._o john_n scot_n earl_n of_o chester_n 288.293_o john_n of_o monmouth_n 290.310_o john_n peckam_n archbishop_n of_o canturburie_n 338._o john_n uoisye_n bishop_n of_o excester_n 393._o john_n sutton_n alias_o dudley_n earl_n of_o warwick_n 397._o john_n williams_n l._n williams_n of_o thame_n 399._o jonaval_a the_o son_n of_o meyric_n 67._o jorwerth_n drwyndwn_n 227._o jorwerth_n ap_fw-mi blethyn_n 157.158_o condemn_v and_o cast_v into_o prison_n 160._o set_v at_o liberty_n 167._o slay_v cruel_o 170._o jorwerth_n ap_fw-mi owen_n ap_fw-mi caradoc_n lord_n of_o caerlheon_n upon_o usc_n 230._o wan_a caerlheon_n again_o 234._o obtain_v the_o king_n favour_n 236._o joseph_n of_o aremathia_n 12._o ithel_n k._n of_o gwent_n 29._o juor_fw-la the_o son_n of_o alan_n 7._o juor_fw-la the_o son_n of_o ednerth_n ap_fw-mi cadogoan_n 154._o k._n kentwine_v k._n of_o westsex_n 8._o kenulph_n k._n of_o west_n 16._o he_o destroy_v wales_n 25._o l._n lhanbadarn_n destroy_v by_o the_o dane_n 71._o lhanvaes_n 293._o loegria_n lhoeger_n 1._o lhechryd_n 117._o lhewelyn_n ap_fw-mi sitsylht_n 83.84_o lhewelyn_n ap_fw-mi jorwerth_n 245._o take_v his_o uncle_n david_n prisoner_n 250._o call_v a_o parliament_n 257._o marry_v jone_n the_o daughter_n of_o king_n john_n 259._o make_v peace_n with_o k._n john_n 265._o release_v by_o the_o pope_n of_o his_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n to_o the_o k._n of_o england_n &_o command_v to_o war_n against_o he_o 267._o he_o win_v ruthlan_n and_o dyganwy_n 270._o excommunicate_v by_o the_o pope_n 271._o he_o win_v shrewesburie_n ibidem_fw-la go_v with_o a_o army_n to_o southwales_n 273._o also_o to_o brechnocke_v 277._o lead_v a_o army_n to_o pembroke_n 279._o come_v to_o the_o k._n at_o shrewesburie_n 281._o destroy_v all_o the_o march_n to_o southwales_n 287._o enter_v into_o england_n 288._o come_v with_o a_o army_n to_o brechnocke_v ibid._n take_v the_o town_n of_o salop_n again_o 291._o conclude_v peace_n with_o k._n henry_n the_o three_o 292._o call_v all_o the_o lord_n and_o baron_n of_o wales_n together_o 297._o he_o die_v 298._o lhewelyn_n ap_fw-mi gruffyth_fw-mi choose_v prince_n of_o wales_n 314._o divide_v the_o principality_n between_o he_o and_o his_o brother_n owen_n ibidem_fw-la enter_v the_o earl_n of_o chestersland_n 321._o cause_v the_o earl_n to_o retire_v ibid._n destroy_v the_o erldom_n of_o chester_n 326._o make_v peace_n with_o the_o k._n 326._o refuse_v to_o come_v to_o k._n edward_n coronation_n 328._o excuse_v himself_o to_o the_o archbishop_n 329._o make_v peace_n with_o k._n edward_n 334._o he_o be_v marry_v 336._o his_o answer_n to_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canturburie_n 340._o his_o answer_n to_o the_o king_n offer_v 366._o he_o be_v slay_v 374._o lhywarch_n ap_fw-mi owen_n 69._o lhywarch_n ap_fw-mi trahaern_n 164.169.171_o lhyyn_fw-mi destroy_v 65._o locust_n destroy_v ireland_n 42._o lumbards_n whence_o they_o come_v 39_o m._n madoc_n ap_fw-mi riryd_n 164.166.172_o madoc_n ap_fw-mi meredyth_n ap_fw-mi blethyn_n 210._o madoc_n ap_fw-mi owen_n gwyneth_n 227._o madoc_n ap_fw-mi gruffyth_fw-mi maylor_n 255.293_o madoc_n cousin_n to_o prince_n lhewelyn_n 380._o discomfit_v edmund_n the_o king_n brother_n and_o h._n lacie_n earl_n of_o lincoln_n ibid._n take_v and_o send_v to_o prison_n 381._o maelgon_n gwyneth_n 2._o maelgon_fw-mi ap_fw-mi rée_n 242._o escape_v out_o of_o prison_n 243._o win_v the_o castle_n of_o strat_n meyric_n ibid._n his_o unconstancy_n 266._o die_v 286._o maelgon_n the_o son_n of_o maelgon_n 287.289.290.308.315.380_o magedawc_n 16._o manaw_fw-mi d_o 14.5_o marry_o princess_n of_o wall_n 393._o mathraval_a d_o 6._o &_o 11.267_o maud_n the_o empress_n come_v to_o england_n 195._o she_o die_v 240._o menevia_fw-la d_o 18._o destroy_v 114._o spoil_v 154._o the_o see_v make_v subject_a to_o the_o see_v of_o canturburie_n 160._o spoil_v 289._o merdhin_a or_o merlin_n 4._o meredyth_n ap_fw-mi owen_n 69.71_o he_o die_v 73._o meredyth_n ap_fw-mi owen_n ap_fw-mi edwin_n prince_n of_o southwales_n 103._o he_o be_v slay_v 110._o meredyth_n ap_fw-mi blethyn_n 157.158_o take_v by_o his_o brother_n jorwerth_n and_o send_v to_o the_o king_n prison_n 159._o he_o escape_v out_o of_o prison_n 162._o meredyth_n ap_fw-mi gruffyth_fw-mi ap_fw-mi rees_n lord_n of_o caerdigan_n and_o stratywy_n 204._o meriadoc_n 2._o merionyth_n d_o 9_o meruyn_n urych_n 22.24_o he_o be_v slay_v 28._o meyric_n the_o son_n of_o arthpoel_n 85._o miles_n fitzwater_n earl_n of_o hereford_n 148._o moon_n d_o 6.7_o destroy_v 29.65.69.71_o monk_n and_o freer_n late_o receive_v in_o wales_n 253._o mooren_n of_o cattle_n in_o wales_n 69._o morgan_z of_o glamorgan_n 380.382_o morganwc_n d_o 19_o ¶_o see_v glamorgan_n mont_fw-fr paladour_n 5._o montgomerie_n 152.280_o murca_v 173._o n._n nicholas_n heath_n bishop_n of_o worcester_n 397._o norman_n whence_o they_o come_v 39_o tithe_v and_o put_v to_o death_n 92._o they_o destroy_v dyvet_n 110._o north-wales_n describe_v d_o 6._o descend_v three_o time_n to_o a_o woman_n d_o 13._o o._n offa_n k._n of_o mercia_n 18._o his_o ditch_n 19_o d_o 5._o he_o drive_v the_o welshman_n beyond_o the_o ditch_n ibid._n oswestrie_n castle_n build_v 201._o the_o town_n burn_v 288._o owen_n ap_fw-mi jorwerth_n traitorouslie_o slay_v 232_o owen_n ap_fw-mi meredyth_n lord_n of_o cydewen_n 325._o owen_n tuver_n 390.391_o owen_n the_o son_n of_o howel_n dha_n 58._o owen_n the_o son_n of_o dyfnwal_n 71._o oliver_n de_fw-fr s._n john_n 125._o his_o heir_n 136._o owen_n ap_fw-mi edwin_n 155._o he_o die_v 160._o owen_n ap_fw-mi cadogan_n take_v away_o gerald_n wife_n 163._o fly_v to_o ireland_n 165._o pardon_v and_o call_v home_o again_o 170._o submit_v himself_o to_o k._n h._n 1.174_o he_o go_v with_o the_o king_n to_o normandy_n and_o be_v make_v knight_n 175._o he_o be_v slay_v 182._o owen_n gwyneth_n 188.193_o he_o burn_v caermardhyn_a 193._o take_v the_o castle_n of_o mould_n 199._o build_v a_o castle_n at_o yal_a 201._o win_v the_o castle_n of_o basingwerke_n 223._o make_v war_n upon_o owen_n cyvelioc_n 224._o win_v the_o castle_n of_o ruthlan_n and_o all_o tegengl_n ibid._n he_o die_v 225._o owen_n ap_fw-mi gruffyth_fw-mi 314.334_o p._n paganus_fw-la de_fw-la turberuile_n 125_o his_o issue_n and_o heir_n 132._o parliament_n when_o it_o first_o begin_v 182._o penant_fw-fr bachwy_fw-fr 173._o pembroke_n d_o 18_o the_o castle_n build_v 154._o the_o same_o castle_n build_v again_o 163._o peter_n le_fw-fr soore_n 125._o his_o heir_n 135._o polydor_z virgil_n reprehend_v d_o 23._o poole_n take_v by_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canturburie_n 248._o the_o castle_n overthrow_v 288._o powy_n d_o 11.35_o the_o partition_n of_o it_o 211._o priest_n forbid_v to_o marry_v 162._o prophecy_n cause_n of_o much_o hurt_n 5._o pwlhgwitie_n 113._o q._n quo_fw-la warránto_fw-la 336._o r._n radnor_n destroy_v 71._o rees_n ap_fw-mi owen_n ap_fw-mi edwin_n 111._o he_o obtain_v the_o rule_n of_o southwales_n 112._o he_o be_v slay_v 113._o rees_n ap_fw-mi theodor_n prince_n of_o southwales_n 113._o he_o join_v with_o gruffyth_n ap_fw-mi conan_n 114._o overthrow_v and_o put_v to_o flight_v the_o child_n of_o blethyn_n ap_fw-mi convyn_n 117._o overcom_v his_o enemy_n at_o lhandydoch_n 119._o he_o be_v slay_v ibid._n rees_n ap_fw-mi gruffyth_fw-mi call_v the_o lord_n rees_n 204._o make_v peace_n with_o the_o king_n 208._o lay_v siege_n to_o caermardhin_n 210._o do_v his_o homage_n to_o the_o king_n 220._o make_v war_n upon_o the_o earl_n of_o clare_n ibid._n win_v the_o castle_n of_o aberteivi_fw-la and_o cilgerran_n 223._o come_v with_o a_o power_n to_o powy_n 230._o come_v to_o the_o k._n at_o pembroke_n 231._o come_v to_o the_o court_n 235._o his_o feast_n 237._o he_o win_v the_o castle_n of_o s._n clere_n abercorran_n and_o lhanstephan_n 242._o likewise_o the_o castle_n of_o dinevowr_n &_o lhanhayaden_a 243._o take_v prisoner_n by_o his_o son_n 244._o he_o take_v caermarthin_n ciun_n radnor_n the_o castle_n of_o payne_n in_o eluel_n 247._o he_o die_v 249._o rees_n ap_fw-mi meredyth_n knight_n 378_o reginald_n de_fw-fr sully_n 125._o his_o heir_n 135._o reginald_n graylord_n of_o ruthyn_n 377._o richard_n de_fw-fr granuile_n or_o greenféeld_v 125._o his_o issue_n 131._o richard_n de_fw-fr syward_n 125._o his_o heir_n