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697_o vere_n earl_n of_o oxford_n 389_o d_o vere_n the_o good_a earl_n 390_o b_o vere_n earl_n of_o oxford_n become_v a_o monk_n 450_o d_o vere_n 202_o f_o vere_n earl_n of_o oxford_n and_o marquesse_n of_o dublin_n verdon_v a_o family_n 517_o f._n 620_o b_o veriad_n 19_o vernaies_n knight_n 565_o a_o vernons_n a_o family_n 567_o a_o verulam_n or_o verlam_n city_n in_o old_a time_n 408_o f_o vesey_n baron_n 722_o c._n near_o to_o saint_n albon_n verulam_n tribute_n 409_o c_o vespasian_n his_o act_n in_o britain_n 41_o 42_o uffa_o 458_o a_o ufkin_n ibid._n ufford_n a_o town_n 465_o c_o valentinian_n a_o arrian_n 83_o valentine_n a_o rebel_n in_o britain_n suppress_v 80_o ufford_n earl_n of_o suffolk_n 465_o c_o uffords_n 813_o b_o vicarius_fw-la or_o vicegerent_n in_o britan_n 76_o viscount_n what_o title_n of_o honour_n 167_o viscount_n of_o honour_n who_o be_v first_o in_o england_n 521_o e_o victor_n the_o son_n of_o maximus_n slay_v 83_o victorina_n 271_o b_o victorinus_n a_o commendable_a governor_n under_o honorius_n in_o britain_n 85_o victory_n what_o name_v it_o have_v in_o divers_a language_n 457_o e_o vecturiones_n who_o so_o call_v 117_o vellocatus_n costrell_n to_o venutius_n marry_v his_o wife_n 53_o victrix_n a_o legion_n 604_o c_o vies_z 244_o a_o villa_n forinseca_v what_o it_o be_v 391_o e_o villiers_n a_o family_n 523_o a_o vineyard_n in_o britain_n 71_o the_o vine_n 269_o d_o vines_n in_o england_n ibid._n e_o vineyard_n in_o glocestershire_n 357_o f_o vincents_n rock_n 239_o a_o virius_n lupus_n propretor_n 69_o virgin_n eleven_o thousand_o martyr_n 197_o a._n 286_o c_o visigothi_n 294_o c_o visi_fw-la saxones_n ibid._n viscount_v a_o family_n vitsan_n 347_o d_o vitrum_fw-la 19_o viterinus_n 691_o d_o ulpius_n marcellus_n a_o brave_a warrior_n 66._o his_o vigilancy_n and_o temperance_n ibid._n ulphus_n his_o horn_n 704_o e_o ulse_n a_o lake_n 776_o c_o ulstley_n 773_o a_o ulysses_n whether_o ever_o in_o britain_n 32_o ulyssippo_n that_o be_v lisbon_n whence_o it_o take_v name_n 32_o ulverston_n 755_o c_o umfranvils_n a_o family_n 806_o b._n 535_o university_n college_n in_o oxford_n 381_o c_o university_n a_o public_a school_n 381_o b_o unstrote_n a_o river_n 138_o voisy_a bishop_n of_o excester_n 567_o vortigern_n the_o last_o monarch_n of_o british_a blood_n and_o the_o bane_n of_o his_o country_n 624_o b._n burn_v with_o lightning_n ibid._n vortigerne_v alias_o gourtigern_n send_v for_o saxon_n 128_o vortimer_n a_o valiant_a britain_n where_o bury_v 538_o e_o uppingham_n 525_o e_o upton_n 577_o vortiporius_n a_o tyrant_n of_o the_o dimetae_n 113_o ursula_n a_o holy_a virgin_n 197_o ursus_n de_fw-fr abtot_n 570._o sheriff_n of_o worcestershire_n 578_o e_fw-la usa_fw-la or_o isa_n that_o be_v ouse_n a_o river_n 296_o usipian_n their_o venturous_a and_o memorable_a fact_n 57_o uske_n a_o river_n 628_o a_o uske_n a_o town_n 636_o c_o utcester_n 587_o e_o uther_n pendragon_n 195._o why_o so_o call_v 410_o uxbridge_n 419â—_n â—_z w_n wada_n a_o saxon_a duke_n 719_o b_o wadensbourg_n 241_o d_o wadham_n 382_o a_o wahul_n woodhil_n or_o odill_n 399_o c_o baron_n de_fw-fr wahul_n ibid._n wake_n baron_n wake_v and_o estotevill_n 202_o d._n 407_o 533_o a_o wake_n of_o blisworth_n 533_o b_o wakefield_n 693_o d_o wakeman_n of_o rippon_n 700_o d_o wainfleete_n in_o lincolnshire_n 542_o b_o wales_n 615_o c_o d._n 22._o annex_v and_o unite_v to_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n 114_o walch_n 22_o walcher_n bishop_n of_o durham_n slay_v in_o a_o commotion_n 743_o d_o wall_n by_o lichfield_n 582_o e_o wall_n of_o turf_n between_o edinburgh_n frith_n and_o cluid_n 86_o wall_n end_n 811_o b_o wall_n of_o stone_n build_v in_o britain_n 86_o wallbery_n 453_o d_o walbrooke_n in_o london_n 423_o a_o walbeof_n a_o family_n 628_o e_o walden_n 452_o b_o walde_n of_o earl_n of_o northampton_n and_o of_o huntingdon_n 502_o c_o 515_o c._n his_o disloyal_a treachery_n ibid._n walleran_n earl_n of_o mellent_a and_o first_o earl_n of_o worcester_n 579_o a_o waller_n 330_o e_o wallerond_n 618_o a_o walfleot_n oyster_n 444_o d_o walli_n wallon_n 22.113_o wallingford_n 281_o d_o wallop_n or_o welhope_n a_o place_n 262_o wallop_n a_o family_n ibid._n b_o wallot_n isle_n 443_o c_o walmesford_n bridge_n 511_o d_o walnut-tree_n at_o glastenburie_n 227_o walney_n a_o island_n 755_o c_o walpole_n 481_o b_o walshal_n 581_o f_o walsh_n a_o family_n 364_o walsh_n what_o it_o signify_v 113_o walsingham_n 470_o c_o walsingham_n a_o town_n 479_o c_o walsingham_n knight_n ibid._n walter_n de_fw-fr hemingford_n 721_o walter_n 752_o f_o walter_n espec_n 709_o d_o waltham_n cross_n 437_o d_o waltham_n forest_n 439_o c_o waltham_n abbey_n or_o waltham_n across_o a_o town_n 439_o c_o walton_n in_o darbyshire_n 556_o b_o walton_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 572_o walwick_n 802_o a_o walwort_n a_o herb_n call_v danes-blood_n 452_o b_o wandlesworth_n 303_o a_o wandle_n a_o river_n 287_o f_o wansdike_n 241_o d_o wantage_n 281_o a_o wantsum_n or_o wentfar_o a_o riveret_n 473_o c._n see_v stour_n in_o kent_n beware_v a_o town_n 407_o c_o wapentake_v what_o they_o be_v 159_o ware_n a_o priest_n and_o baron_n of_o the_o parliament_n 746_o a_o west_n baron_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr ware_n 312_o warburgton_n a_o place_n and_o family_n 610_o b_o ward_n 179_o warden_n of_o the_o march_n 799_o b_o warden_n of_o the_o cinque_fw-fr port_n 325_o b_o wardon_n 401_o c_o wardon_n hundred_o in_o northamptonshire_n 507_o b_o wardour_n a_o castle_n 246_o a_o ward-staff_n 440_o c_o warham_n town_n 213_o c_o warkworth_n 813_o a_o warington_n 748_o b_o warnford_n 269_o a_o war_n civil_a between_o york_n and_o lancaster_n determine_v in_o the_o death_n of_o edward_n the_o young_a earl_n of_o warwick_n 570_o warwast_o 201_o c_o warwickeshire_n 561_o warwick_n town_n 562_o f_o warwick_n earles_n 569_o f_o warwick_n in_o cumberland_n 778_o a_o wash_v a_o
botereaux_n botereaux_n de_fw-fr sancto_fw-it laudâ—_n stow._n greenvil_n greenvil_n rous._n stratton_n the_o river_n tamar_n tamar_n canonâ—corum_fw-la launston_n salt-esse_a saint_n ursula_n and_o 11000._o virgin_n earl_n of_o cornwall_n robert_n de_fw-fr monte._n 1175._o 1175._o haeresinventus_fw-la haeresinventus_fw-la â—ande_fw-fr d'_fw-fr or_n &_o do_v azure_a ala_fw-la bordeure_fw-fr de_fw-fr gueules_n memoriale_n de_fw-mi aquitaine_n duke_n of_o cornwall_n orig._n 35._o h._n 6._o sand_n make_v ground_n fruitful_a tavistoke_n the_o charter_n of_o the_o foundation_n lecture_n of_o the_o saxon_a tongue_n plymouth_n 13._o henry_n 4._o 4._o de_fw-fr valle_o tarta_fw-la tarta_fw-la valle_o tortis_fw-la â—ive_a de_fw-fr valle_o torta_fw-la torta_fw-la custodias_fw-la custodias_fw-la praetor_n gogmagog_n francis_n drake_n drake_n narrow_a passage_n passage_n rous._n the_o first_o tiâ—_n that_o priest_n be_v forbid_v marriage_n stert_n caudâ—_n in_o dutch_n a_o tail_n totnes_n totnes_n non_fw-fr geldâ—_n geldâ—_n cantlow_n lord_n zoâ—_n call_v usuâ—_n dertmouth_n stoke_n fleming_n briew_n see_v sommersetshire_n carry_v of_o cockington_n hacombe_n the_o family_n of_o the_o carew_n danes_n when_o they_o first_o enter_v britain_n britain_n the_o river_n ex._n pliny_n antic_a stone_n tiverton_n poltimore_n poltimore_n ex._n ex._n caer_fw-mi leon_n or_o vske_n in_o monmouth_n shire_n excester_n excester_n welshman_n caer_fw-mi what_o it_o signify_v cornel._n nepos_n nepos_n excester_n william_n malmesbury_n malmesbury_n domesday_n weare_n ch._n 24._o ed._n 3_o duke_n of_o eâ—cester_n see_v the_o earâ—â—_n of_o dorset_n philip_n comiâ—â—us_n cap._n 50._o marquesse_n of_o excester_n 1605._o pouderham_n pouderham_n redvers_fw-la or_o rivers_n holcombe_n burnet_n exmouth_n otterey_n honnyton_n moridunum_n wiscomb_n see_v in_o somerset_n shire_n axminster_n the_o register_n of_o newenham_n hercules_n his_o promontory_n saint_n nectan_n william_n of_o malmesbury_n dinham_n 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husband_n son_n son_n good_a health_n morton_n strangwaies_o bindon_n newborougâ—â—_n grand_fw-fr serjeantie_n middleton_n forrest_n of_o white-hartâ—_a white_a hart_n silver_n shirburne_n chiston_n shaftsbury_n shaftsbury_n domesday_n the_o prophecy_n of_o aquila_n baron_n fit_a payne_n baron_fw-fr briâ—â—â—â—_n baron_n poâ—â—nings_n blandfordâ—_n vindogladiâ—_n winburn_n burn_v in_o the_o saxon_a tongue_n what_o it_o signify_v annal_n of_o the_o english-saxons_a english-saxons_a or_o paynim_n paganorum_fw-la badbury_n kingston_n lacy._n canford_n coperose_n or_o vitriol_n alum_n tho._n walsingham_n 1317._o cranburne_n viscount_n cranborne_n 1604._o filioll_n earl_n and_o marquess_n of_o dorset_n the_o life_n of_o osmund_n manuscript_n see_v the_o duke_n of_o somerset_n somerset_n in_o normandy_n 1553._o belgae_n from_o the_o belgae_n in_o gaul_n low-countries_n the_o netheâ—_n land_n belgae_n whenc_n they_o be_v name_v name_v or_o weather_n denshire_n dunster_n castle_n the_o 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foelicis_fw-la foelicis_fw-la hic_fw-la situs_fw-la situs_fw-la cobortis_fw-la equitum_fw-la equitum_fw-la decurioni_fw-la decurioni_fw-la glevi_n that_o be_v of_o gloucester_n diiâ—_n manibus_fw-la that_o be_v to_o the_o dead_a ghost_n ghost_n mâ—â—jâ—s_n that_o be_v month_n month_n d._n die_v that_o be_v day_n day_n filia_fw-la charissâ—maefecerunt_fw-la percepier_n bristol_n baron_n de_fw-mi barkley_n earl_n and_o duke_n of_o somerset_n patent_n anno_fw-la primo_fw-la henric._n tertii_fw-la tertii_fw-la de_fw-fr malo_fw-la lacu_fw-la lacu_fw-la de_fw-fr comitatu_fw-la earl_n apostlicall_a see_v earles_n o_o dorset_n the_o river_n isiâ—_n or_o ouze_n wansdike_n dikes_n of_o the_o march_n lediard_n saint_n john_n wood-toun_a or_o wotton_n basset_n breden_n forrest_n forrest_n prince_n of_o the_o blood_n malmesbury_n ingleborne_n maidulph_n the_o scot._n aldeme_n william_n malmesbury_n conucell_v at_o aix_n dantesey_n baron_fw-fr danvers_n calne_n a_o synod_n as_o touch_v the_o 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