INDEX.
A
A, without the cross-stroke used in ancient Inscriptions, 996. Words ending in it, denote Land surrounded with Water, 1472
Aaron, a British Martyr, xcii. 718
ABALLABA, 989
Abbendon, 160
Abbenus, a Hermit, ib.
Abberbury-castle, 651
Sir Rich. de, 167
Abberton, 629
Abbo, 488
Abbot – Geo. A. B. of Cant. 181
Rob. B. of Salisb. 182
Sir Maurice, L. Mayor of London, ib.
Abbots – in England, ccxli. in Scotland, 1169
Parliamentary Barons, ccxli. 505, 886, 1169.
Abbotston, 138
Abbylease, 1358
Aber, what, 792, 889, 1099, 1335
Aber-Avon, 741
Aberbroth, 1254
Aber-Lhienaug Castle, 808
Aber-Lake, 1271
Aberchinder, 1266
Abercuruinig Monastery, 1048
Abercorn-castle, 1190, 1222
Earl of, 1190
Abercromby, Lord, 1238. Francis, Baron Glasford, 1262
Aberdau-Gledheu, 755
Aber-Daran, 790
Aberdeen, – New and Old, 1260. Spaw, 1261
Aber-Dyvy, 758
Aberford, 865
Aber-Fraw, 811
Abergavenni, 697, 715. Castle, held by Homage, Ward, and Marriage, 716. Lords of, 715, 716
Aber-Gwain, 758
Aber-Gwily, 705
Aber-Hondhy, ib.
Aber-Kynwy, 802
Aberlemno, 1256
Aberlowr, 1266
Aber-Meneu, 757
Aber-Nant-bychan, 774
Abernethy Alexander, Baron Saltoun, 1266
Aberneth, 1238
Aber-Sannan, 751
Aber-Tawi, 742
Aber-Teivi Castle, 756
Aber-Trent, 1238
Aberwick, what, 1099
Aber-Ystwith, 772
Abinger, 184
Abingdon, 161, 489. Historiographer, 103. Earl of, 161. Fam. 621. Mrs. wrote the obscure Letter about the Powder-Plot to the Lord Monteagle, 622
Ableb Count of Dublin, 1367
ABONE, 270
Aborigines, 1495
Aboyn, Earl of, 1263
ABRAVANUS, or Aber-ruanus, 1201
Absenties in Ireland, 1344, 1355
Abthanes, 1167
Abtot, Ursus de, 614, 626, 627. Sheriff of Worcestershire, temp. W. 1. 631. Fam. 619.
Abulci, and Abulæ, bands, where plac’d, 208, 258
Academy Mareschallian at Aberdeen, 1261. by whom founded, ibid.
Acamanni civitas, 87
Achard, Robert, 167
Acho, K. of Norway, 1471. conquer’d the Western Isles, ib. defeated and put to flight by Alexander K. of Scots, ib. Where dy’d and bury’d, ib.
Achonry, annex’d to Killalla, 1382, 1386
Ackham, 879
Aclea, 183
Acley, 941
Ackmanchester, 87
ACMODÆ, 1501
Acknel-way, 329
Acres, Joanna de, 441
Acronius, 563
ACT of Uniformity, 9. Cause of the Decay of the Cornish Language, ib.
Acton-Burnel, 650
Acton in Glocestershire, 280
Acton, Fam. 631
Actun, 654
Adain in British what, 1185
Adam, – Bish. of Hereford, 278.
His Slyness, ib.
Son of Liolfe, 1061
Adaman, – Abbot, 870. Grove, ib.
Adare, 1346
Ad ANSAM, 418
Aquilam minorem,
Columnam,
Fines,
Herculem, 419
PONTEM, 546, 561
Rotam,
Septem Fratres,
Tres Tabernas, 419
Lineam Valli, 986
Taum, 460
Ad Murum, 1087
Adamson, Robert, 987
Adder-beads, what, 816
Adderbourn-River, 111
Addington, 520
Adeliza, – Wife of Hen. 1. 200. Daughter of Godfrey Barbatus Duke of Lorrain, 213
Adelstow, 23
Ader, what, 1438
Adle, 860. Mill, ib.
Adheredus, Duke of Mercia, 781. drove the Danes into Buttington in Montgomeryshire, where they winter’d, ib.
Adrecy, Norman de, 571
Adrian 1. Pope, 223
Adulph, – King Edgar’s Chancellor, 523
Earl of Northumberland, 1103
Advocates, where in Scotland retain’d in Cases of High Treason, 1171
ADURNI PORTUS, 205
Adwen, 747
Adwick in the Street, 849
Ædes Termini, 1285
St. Ædith, 331
Ægira in Achaia, 901
Æglea, 109
Ægyptians, whence descended, xiii
Æilward, 63
Ælfhelm, 151
Ælfhere, ib.
Ælfric, Archbishop, 329
Ælfred, See Alfred.
Q. Ælfrith murther’d King Edward, 55. assum’d the Habit of a Nun, ib. built a Nunnery at Ambresbury, to expiate her Crime, 125. – and at Inglefield, 168
Ælffi, Abbot of Peterborough, 547
Ælfwold, 978
Ælfwide, K. Alfred’s Wife, 143
Ælla, the first Saxon that erected a Kingdom in Sussex, 197, 213, 214
Ælia–cohors, whence so call’d, 1044. Classica where in pay for Sea-Service, 1090. Classis whence so call’d, 1044
Æmilius Paulus Papinianus, a famous Lawyer, 879
Æneas Silvius, Nuncio in Scotland from Pope Eugenius, 1248. his Saying concerning King James 1. of Scotland’s murder, ib. Vid. P. Pius 2.
Æneia, 1251
Æternales domus, and Æternæ, Sepulchres so call’d, 738, 739
Æthelbald, King of the Mercians, 542. gave Farnham to the Church of Winchester, 181. present at a Synod call’d by Cuthbert Archbishop of Canterbury, 225. defeated, 293. betray’d, 587. – by whom, ib. assassinated by Beared, 614. where buried, 586
Æscwin, Bishop of Dorchester, 329
ÆSICA, 1027
Æthelbert King of the East-Angles, 687. defeated by Ceaulin, 191. built Rochester-Cathedral, 231. gave Canterbury to Austin the Monk, 237, 239. first Founder of St. Paul's London, 375. first Christian King of the Saxons, 411. gave Tillingham to St. Paul's Monastery in London, ib. murder’d at Hereford by Quendred Offa's wife, while he courted their Daughter, ⌈⌈a rel="part80" href="part80.html#p687"⌉687
Ætheldreda wife of Tombertus Governour of the Girvii, 461
Æthelfleda, See Ethelfleda.
Æthelred, King, adopted Anlaf the Dane to secure his People from his ravages, but in vain, 137. inaugurated at Kingston, 187, destroy’d Rochester, 231. call’d a General Council at Einsham, 294. confirmed the Charter of Einsham Monastery, ib. fought the Danes at Merton, 303. drove Canutus the Dane out of Lincoln and retook it, 564. divided Mercia into five Bishopricks, 617. sail’d round Anglesey and wasted it, 808. solemniz’d his Marriage with Offa’s Daughter at Catarrick, 923. slain by the Danes at Wittingham, 62. bury’d in Winburn-Minster, ib.
Æthelstan, see Athelstan.
Æthelwald Nephew to King Alfred, 181. fortify’d Winburn, 62. fled to the Danes, ib.
Æthelwerd, 274
Æthelmar, 294
Æthelwolph, defeated the Danes at Ockley, 183. tho’ in Orders, by dispensation from the Pope, succeeded his Father in his Kingdom, ib.
Æthicus, goes falsely under the name of being translated by St. Jerom, 4
Æthiopians, whence descended, xiii why so call’d, xxix
Æthered, 578
Afer Dionysius, 1524
Agabo, 1353
Agasæus, 140
AGELOCUM, 582
Agle, 583
Aglionby, – John 1017, Thomas 1025. Fam. 1026
Agnes, – Wife of W. de Creketot, 440. Sister of Ranulph Earl of Chester, 639, 682. Wife of W. de Ferrars Earl of Derby, 639, 682. Wife of Walter de Falconberge, 909. only Daughter and Heir of the Piercies, 1104
Agnes Island, 1522
Agnew ex Insula, 1200
Agrariæ Stationes, 1043
Agricola, – a Pelagian Heretick, 353. – See Julius Agricola. Georgius, 932
Agriculture, a peculiar method of, in Cornwall, 8. – in Devonshire, 31
Ague, cur’d by the application of barbarous Characters, 1030
Agrigentum, 651
Aguomine, 1316
Aid of Boroughs and Villages to marry the King’s Daughter, 600
Aidan, a Scotch Bishop, 1081. First instructed King Oswald and his Northumbrians in Christianity, 1081, 1502. by his Prayers sav’d Bamborough-Castle from the fury of Penda the Mercian, 1094. erected Lindisfarne into a Bishoprick, 1502
Aidon, 1083. in British what, 1087
Aidon-Castle, ib.
Ailesford, See Aylesford.
Ailesham, 466
Ailmer – fam. in Ireland, 1360. Barons Balrath, 1372
Ailsbury, 330. Vale of, ib. Earls of, 331. William of, ib. de, Fam. ib.
Ailwin, sirnam’d Healf Koning, 505
Aimundus, King of Sicily, 980
Ainsbury, or Ainulphs-bury, 502
Ainsworth, W. 897
Ainulph, a pious person, 502
Ainza, 1266
Akernbank, 994
Aldrick, 373
Ard, Proper names ending in it, signify Valour, 1009
Aire-River, 1205
Airle, 1255. Earls of, ib.
Air-Moines, 570
Aiton, 885
Aix la Chapelle, 27
Aka, 630
Alabaster-works, 641. where found, 573
ALA – Augusta Gordiana, where quarter’d, 1016. Petriana, where, 1020. Prima Herculea, where, 1022. Sabiniana, whence so called, 1044
Alains, serv’d in Britain under the Romans, 603
Alan, Vid. Rufus & Niger.
Alani 434
Alanus, ib.
Alan, – Son of Flaold a Norman, 646. Son of Waldevus, 1061. Lord of Galloway in Scotland, 144, 1202. Sylvestris, 673. a River, 23, 112
Alaric, King of the Goths, ciii. took the City of Rome, cv
Alaun River 134
ALAUNA, 1226
ALAUNUS, riv. 1093
Alaw-River, 810
Albanach Thomas, rais’d a desperate body of Men, and seiz’d on part of Ireland, 1383. His Posterity tyrannized there long under the name of Mac-William, ib.
ALBANIA, 803, 1153, 1412, 1495
Albanenses, 1495
St. Alban, the British Proto-Martyr, xcii. 352, 718
St. Albans, 350, 353, 355, 459. built out of old Verulam, 350. Two Battles fought there, 356
Albany, with its Dukes, 1245. Mountains of, 1247
Albemarle, – in Normandy, 902. Earls and Dukes of, and Holderness, 902, 903. William Earl of, surpriz’d Fotheringhay-Castle in the hands of revolters, 521. Stephen Earl of, and Holderness, receiv’d Bitham-castle of William 1. to enable him to feed his infant Son with white Bread, 560. Baldwin, Earl of, and Holderness, receiv’d Headon of King John to hold in free-burgage, 898
Albenies, who, 559
Albeney – William de, Earl of Arundel, 459, 682. Nigell de, Bow-bearer to William Rufus, 913. – had 140 Knights Fees in England, and 120 in Normandy, ib. Roger, commanded by K. Hen. 1. to take the name of Mowbray, ib. Hugh de, Earl of Arundel, 474, 826
Albeniaco Nicholas de, 282. Willielmus de, 559
Albin, what, 1245
Albinus, General of the British Army, lxxxvii. feignedly made Emperor by Severus, ibid. defeated by Severus (who was himself chose Emperor at Rome) and slain, lxxxvii, 965
’Aλβιων, i
Albrighton, 654
Albuger, Sir Thomas, 258
Albury, 184
Alcannings, 84
Alcher, routed the Danes, 246
Alchester, 302
Alcocke John, – Bishop of Ely, 483. Bishop of Worcester, 875
Alcuinus, a learned English Monk, clxvii. erected an University at Paris, ib. 881. Tutour to Charles the Great, 881. Where dy’d and bury’d, ib.
Aldborough, 868
Aldborrow, 875
Alderley, 278. Judge Hales born here, ib.
Aldermaston, 167
Aldermen, why so call’d, 394
Alderminster, 627
Alderney, 1507. Race of, ib.
Aldersgate, 373
Alderton, 103
Aldgate, 373
Aldhelm, Abbot of Malmesbury, 100, 103. the first Saxon that wrote in Latin, 104. taught the Saxons to compose Latin Verse, ib. tutelar Saint to King Athelstan, ib.
St. Aldhelm’s Mead, ib. Bell, ib.
Aldhelmertone, ib.
Aldinius, last King of the South Saxons, 213. by whom slain, ib.
Aldingham, 978
Aldgitha, Daughter of Aldred Earl of Northumberland, 949
Aldport, 965
Aldred, – Archbishop of York, 600. Earl of Northumberland, 949, 1103
Aldworth, 165
Ale, – whence deriv’d, 588. conduceth to long Life, more than Wine, 589. in Ireland, where best, 1364
ALECTUM, 1252
Alectus, See C. Allectus.
Alesborough, 629
Alesburie, fam. 526
Aletum, 1512
Alexander – the Great, never in Britain, xlv. Bishop of Lincoln, 495, 581. II. King of Scotland 509. Earl of Huntingdon, ib. a Military Bishop, 582. Duke of Albany, 1177. – outlaw’d by his Brother James the 3d of Scotland, 1245. – kill’d at Paris by the Splinter of a Lance, as he view’d a Tournament, ib. Earl of Merch, 1180. III. King of Scots, 1196. Sir William, Earl of Sterling, 1226. Sheriff of Angus, 1255. – slain in a bloody Battle against the Macdonalds of the Isles, ib. Earl of Ross, 1274. Son of Maurice Girald, one of the Conquerors of Ireland, 1321. King of Scots, defeated and drove Acho King of Norway out of the Western Isles, 1471
Alfarig, 1273
Alfhun, Bishop, 448
Alfhelm, Prince slain as he was hunting, by Edric Streona, 655
Alfred King, recover’d of a Sickness at St. Guerir, as he was at his Devotions, 19. oblig’d the Danes to take an Oath to depart his Dominions, 72. Godfather to Godrun, King of the Danes, ib. defeated by the Danes and forced to abscond in Athelney, 74. had a Vision of St. Cuthbert, after a Victory over the Danes, and from thence esteemed him as his Tutelar Saint, 75. defeated the Danes at Edindon, 108. – with few Forces at Farnham, 181. where born, 163. reliev’d Rochester when besieg’d by the Danes, 231. translated Boetius de consolatione Philosophiæ, 297. after the Danish Wars, restor’d the Muses to Oxford, and built three Colleges there, 304. retook London from the Danes, and committed its Government to his Son-in-law, 380. fix’d the Bounds of the Counties of the Iceni, 433, after he had got Godrun to embrace Christianity, rewarded him for it, 443. besieg’d the Danes in Nottingham-Castle, but in vain, 578. made St. Cuthbert's Church a Sanctuary, 933. oblig’d to Terms with the Danes, and assign’d them Northumberland, 1103. his Monument at Driffield, 890.
Alfred of Beverley, 246
Alfreton, 590. Ranulph de, ib.
Alfrick, Earl of Leicester, 558. slain by Hubba the Dane, ib.
Alfrith, – Cousin to King Alfred, 163, 167, Archbishop of Canterbury, 641. Abbot of St. Albans, 354
Alfritha, see Ælfrith.
Alga, 765
Algar, Earl of Leicester, 303, 305, 542
Alh, 906
Alice, Daughter – of Thomas Earl of Sarum, 118. of Hugh le Brune, 194. of Thomas Chaucer, 320. of Hugh Grant-maisnill, 531. of Henry de Lacy, 574. of Guy of Thouars, 927. of Robert de Rumeney, 1062. of Reginald de Lucy, ib.
Alice, Countess – of Oxford, 484. of Warwick, 614
Alione, 1040
Alladius, an Irish Prince, 1444
, 583
C. Allectus, slew his Friend Carausius and usurp’d the Government, xcii. laid wait for the Romans in the Isle of Wight, xcii. 154. defeated and slain by Asclepiodatus, xcii. 372
Allen, – Thomas clvii. William 192. Fam. 451. Ld. Bathurst, 285. a River, 820, 826. Viscount, 1360
Allerdale, 1022
All-Hallows Monastery in Dublin, 1366. made an University by Queen Elizabeth, 1367
Allingham, 134
Allington-castle, 230
Allington, fam. 487. Sir William, 346. Gyles, ib. William, Baron Wimondley, 346. – Baron of Killard, ib. 1380
Allinton, 134
Allobroges, why so called, xxv
All-Souls College in Oxford, 311. founded by Henry Chichley, Archb. of Canterbury, ib. receiv’d great Benefactions from Col. William Codrington, ib.
Almans, when first heard of, cli
Almaric, Earl of Glocester, 288
Almondbury, 855
Alms-Houses of Beverley, 893. None admitted here, but give Bond to leave All to the Poor, when they die, ib.
Alms-Knights, 173
Alne, or Alenus, 607
Alne, or Alaunus, 1093
Alnewick, 991
Alnmouth, 1085
Alnwick, or Alanwick-castle, 1094. held by Tenure of twelve Knights Service, ib.
Aloa, 1231
ALONE, 1071
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Alparc, 965
Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, 294
Alphonso, Son of King Edward 1. 387
Alpin – Dogs, clii. Lakes, 792, 797. Plants, 792. Fish, 798. golden Trout, 978
Alpinus, Son of Eochal King of Brun-Albain, 1245
Alre, 138
Alresford, ib.
Alric, a Saxon, 864
Alsa, 434
Alstenmoor, 1068
Alt riv. 969
Altars – Roman, 582, 668, 670, 1011. rais’d out of Flattery to the Emperors, 973. crown’d with Garlands, and anointed by the Pagans in their Sacrifices, 1014
Altar – and Temple of Claudius, 418. inscrib’d to Hercules, 1085. – to Ulysses, 1227. Stone, 761
Alterynnis, 685
Altham, Baron of, 1340
Althorp, 517
Altmouth, 969
Alum, – where sought, 1440. Earth, 63, 806, 906, 910. Works, 911. Stone, 1266
Alverton-shire, 914
Alveston, 279
Alvingham, 571
Alured of Marleberg, 685
Alway, 1226
Alwen-River, 821
Alwerton, 13. Lords of, ib.
Alwin, – Bishop of Winchester, 294. a Child dedicated to a Monkish Life, 495
Amalthean Horn, 91
Amabilla, Daughter of William de Egremond, 1061
St. Amand, 107. Barons of, 166, 285
, 583
Ambacti, who, xxi
Amber, – where found, 470. a Mass of, big as a horse thrown out of the Sea, 1264
Amberley, 199
Ambleside, 986
AMBOGLANA, ib. ad lineam Valli, 1039
Ambresbury, 125, 126
Ambro, what, cliv
Ambrones, swarm’d into Italy with the Cimbrians, ib.
Ambrose-wood-hill, 817
Ambrosius Aurelianus, vid. Aurelius Ambrosius.
Ambrosden, 302
Ambry, 689
Amersham, 329
Amicia, Daughter – of William Earl of Glocester, 288. of Rob. Bossu, Earl of Leicester, 613. of the last of the Marmions, 920
Ammon, whence deriv’d, 869
, 583
St. Amphibalus, the British Proto-martyr, 142, 718. instructed 1000 Christians who were martyr’d at Lichfield, 640. first that instructed St. Alban in the Christian Faith, 357, 718. where he was born, 718
Amund-River, 1247
Amulets, how used, 992
Anand-River, 1177
Anarawd, Prince of North-Wales, 786, and Anglesey, 1316. gave Lands to the Stratcluyd Britains, to drive away the Saxons, 802. gave the Saxons a total Overthrow, ib. gave Lands to the Church, out of thankfulness to God, 803
Ancaster, 561. Heath, ib.
Ancastle, 321
Anchor-hill, 974
Anchors, where dug-up, 354
Ancon, what, 11
Ancones and Ancona, ib.
Ancoates, 964
Ancrum, 1175
Andates, or Andraste, a tutelar Deity in Essex, 436, 851. called Goddess of Victory, xliii. cxi. 436
Anderness, 975
Andragathius, sent in a close Chariot by Maximus, under pretence of Gratian’s wife, ci. leapt out and murder’d Gratian as he came with design to receive her, ib. threw himself into the Sea, after Maximus was put to death, ciii
Andrastes, xliii. See Andates.
Andreds-ceaster, 258
Andreas Bernardus, a Poet of Tholouse, 532
Andrews, Lancelot, Bishop of Winchester, where buried, 193
St. Andrew, 85. his Bones brought to Scotland by a Grecian Monk and gave Name to a City there, 1233
St. Andrews, 1233, when made an Episcopal See, ib. when, by whom, and why, its Bishop was made Primate and Metropolitan of all Scotland, ib.
Androgeus a Name, why given, 363
Angel Justinian, 899
Angervil, Richard, Bp. of Durham, 310
ANGLESEY, 805, 1439. Earls of, 812
Anglesford, 230
Angloen, in Denmark, 901
Angolesme, Guiscard de, Earl of Huntingdon, 509
Angotby, 570
Angre Chipping, 407
Angus, 1251. Earls of, 559, 1256. Marsh of, 938
Anjou, Henry de, 555. besieg’d Nottingham-castle, but in vain, 578
Ankam-River, 570
Anker-River, 613
Ankerige, 493
Anlaby, 897
Anlaf, the Dane, 137. adopted by K. Æthelred, to free his People from Ravages, but in vain, ib. defeated in a pitch’d battle by K. Athelstan, 1097
Ann, – Countess of Pembroke, 858. of Huntingdon, 328. Daughter of Thomas de Woodstock, 428. Dutchess of York, 477. Queen of England, 546. Lady Harrington, 547. Countess of Warwick, 615. Sister of Edward Mortimer, 915. Daughter of Edward Lord Hastings, 970. Dutchess and Heiress of Hamilton, 1177. Daughter of the Lord Oliphant, 1180. Countess of Lothian, 1192
Anna, King, 437. slain a pitch’d battle by Penda the Mercian, 448. where bury’d, ib.
Annaly, 1373
Annan, riv. 1195
Annesley – Arthur, Baron of Newport-Pagnel and Earl of Anglesey, 812. Viscounts Valence, 1335. Barons Altham, 1340
Annos, who, 1441
Annoth, 1522
Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, 34. the first that prohibited Marriage to the Clergy, ib. Abbot of St. Edmondsbury, 439. ordain’d Bishops for Ireland, 1398
Anstossen, what, ib.
Ansty-Liberty, 884
Ant, riv. 135
Anthony, a Town, 22
Antibacchium, 11
Antibarrium, ib.
Antiocheis, a Poem, 81
Antiochus, called a Thunderbolt, 188
Antiquity, a curious piece of, where found, 537
Antirrhium, 11
Antimony or Stibium, where found, 591
, 10
, what, 844
ANTIVESTÆUM Promontorium, 10, 11
Antonia, 273
Antoninus–Pius, 419, 713. made all within the Bounds of the Roman Empire Citizens of Rome, lxxxi. chastis’d the Brigantes for making inroads into Genounia, 777, 778, 841. built a Turf-wall to guard against the incursions of the Picts and Scots, 1044, 1221. Caracalla, prosecuted the War in Britain by his Captains, lxxxix. – was so vain as to stile himself Britannicus Maximus, ib.
Antport, 135
Antrim, – Town and County of, 1403. Earls of, 1406
Antrum, an Island in Gaul, 850
Apelthwate, 986
Apenninus, xxv
Apennine, – Mount, 327. English, 932, 971, 983, 984
Apewood-Castle, 634
Apledor-Castle, 210
Apleton-Nun, 885
, xxv
Apollo Grannus, 1185
An Apostolical Earl, 97
Apotheosis, what, lxxxix. 180, 960
Apples, None come to maturity in the Orkneys, 1474
April, call’d Easter-month, clxiv
Aptera, what, 1185
Apthorp, 525
Apulby Thomas de, Bishop of Carlisle, 1006
Apuldore, 258
Aqua Lena, 228
AQUÆ SOLIS, 108
Aquila, 60. his Prophecy, ib.
Aquinum, 270
Aquitani, 7
Aquitanus Prosper, 1401
Ara, what, in British, 606, 851
Araris, river, 857
ARBEIA, vid. Ierby.
Arbuthnet, Viscount, 1258
Arca, what, 419
Arcadius, 1489
Archbishopricks, in Ireland, 1329. by whom and when erected, 1398
Archbishops – of Canterbury – their Suffragan, 249. stil’d Primates of all England, 881. sued by the Britains for using the Stile of Metropolitan of Wales, but cast them, 756. of York formerly presided over Scotland, 880. had warm disputes with Canterbury for precedency, 881. by decree of Pope Alexander, subjected to Canterbury, ib. stil’d Primates of England by accommodation, at the request of King Edward 3, ib. of Scotland, and their Jurisdiction, 1161
Arch-deacon Guarin, 689
Arch-deaconries, ccxxix
Arch-deacon, fam. 37
Archer Nicholas de, 524
Archiepiscopal See – of London translated to Canterbury, 379. – of Kaer-Lheion in Wales, translated to Menevia, 718, 756. to Dôll in Britagne which ended that Dignity in Wales, 756
Archigubernus, lxxxi
Architrenius, a Poem, 33
Arcluid, in British what, 1218
Arcoll, 654
Arcubus W. de, 939
Ardart, 1333
Arden, 606
Ardenburg, ib.
Arden, fam. ib.
Arden Turkill de, ib.
Ardern, fam. 667
Ardee, 1393
Ardfrath, 1410
Ardmanoch, 1273
Ardmor, 1341
Ardnary, 1384
Ardoch, 1237, 1240. Roman Camp there, why and by whom made, 1240, 1495
Ardrossan-Castle, 1205
Ardulph, a petty Prince of Northumberland, 907. defeated Wada a Saxon Duke, 907, 972
Arduthie, 1257
Are, 857. made navigable by Act of Parliament, 10 W. 3. ib.
Areans, who, 1049. where stationed, ib.
Aremoricæ, who, xxv
Aren-Voudhwy, 784. Benlhyn, ib. Nig, ib.
Arey-Brescen, 1465
Arfastus, 457
Argat, 1465
Argenton, – Rich. de, 438, 449. Elizabeth, 346. David de, ib.
Argetocoxus, a Petty King, 1229. His wife’s Answer to Julia the Empress reproaching her for Adultery, ib.
Argile, or Argathelia, 1241. Earl Marquis and Duke of, 1242. from whom they derive their Pedigree, ib.
Argita, river, 1411
Arglas, 1401. Viscount Barrington of, ib.
Argonauts, 1244. said to have carry’d Argos on their Shoulders, 500 Miles, ib.
Argos, ib.
Ar-gwithil, what, 1241
Arianism – first in England, xcviii. by whom favoured, ib.
Arica, 1507
ARICONIUM, 687
Arith, 15
Arklo, Lords thereof, 1363
Arksey, 848
Ar-lech, – what, 785. Castle, ib.
Arlington, 369
Armacha an Irish Queen, 1397
Armagh, County and City, ib.
Armanthwaite, 1021
Armaturæ, who, 1034
Arm, 1519
Armed Knight, a Rock, 10
Armeniac, Earl of, 64
Armigeri, who, and why so called, ccxlviii
Armitage, 1193
Armôn, 781
Armor, what, xxv
Armoric, Lord’s Prayer in, 10
Armorica, xxv, xxix, xxxviii, cxxxii. Britannica, 1523
Armour, old pieces of, where dug-up, 474
Arms, and Instruments of Brass, where found, 14, 598, 793, 804
ARMS, – why Branches of the Blood-Royal family bore them different, 27. of the – Trevylians, 11, Godolphins, 15. Trefusis, 16. Trenances, ib. Rosagans, 17. Roscarrock, ib. Penroses, ib. Arundels, 22. Botereauxs, 24. Earls of Cornwall, 27. Hollands, 41, 970. Stourtons, 110. Esturmies, 126. Quincies, 143. Bluets, 149. Bainards, ib.Cusans, ib. Earls of Surrey and Warren, 194. Bohuns, 204. D’Aubeneys, 213. Ailesburys, 331. De Scales, 345. Argentons, 346. Montfitchets, 426. Mortimers, 459. Bardolphs, 475. Zouches, 533. Ferrars, 545. St. Pauls, 573. De Alfretons, 590. Musards, ib. Chaucumbs, 612. Segraves, ib. Ewias, 685. Barons Monthault, 826. Mauleys, 907. Vescys, 913. Dukes of Brunswick and Lunenburgh, 915. Kings of England, of Norman descent, ib. Bowes, 939. Lumleys, 949. Viponts, 999. Lucies and Percies, 1010. Earls of Warwick, 1019. Muschamps, 1097. Brabant, 1104. Fergus Lord of Galloway, 1201. Stewarts Dukes of Lenox, 1220. Lyons, 1251
Armyn – Mary, Daughter of Henry Talbot, 857. a great Benefactress to the Poor, ib. Sir William, ib.
Arne, 1518
Arondel, what in French, 22
Arondel, fam. See Arundel.
Arosse-Castle, 1463
Arpennies, 411
Arran, – river, 357. in Scotland, 1207. in Ireland, 1379. Earls of, ib. Isle of, 1461
Arrol, 1250. Earls of, Hereditary Constables of Scotland ever since the Bruces, ib.
Arrow-heads, where found, 692
Arsic, Barons of, 294
Arsony, Treason in Ireland, 1345
Artabri in Spain, whence called, 1335
Arthur King, always set the Cornish in the front of the battle, 7. where born, 23. said to have been begotten by Uther Pendragon, 24. his Palace, 70. slew great numbers of the Saxons at Badon-hill, 89. his round Table, 141, 583, 997, 1019, where inaugurated, 149. defeated some Rebels at Dover, 249. footsteps of his Hound where to be seen, 704. gave audience to the Roman Embassadours at Kaer-Lheion, 718. defeated the Saxons near the River Dugles, 970. where slain, 23. where buried, 80. – his Chair, a Mountain in Scotland, 1186. his Oven, 1223. Isle, 1522
Arthur, Prince, Son of Hen. VII. 832
Artificial Rocks, 121
Artois, Blanch of, 980
Arvandus, Petty King of the Isle of Wight, 138. murther’d, 154
Arverni, 778
Arviragus, when flourish’d in Britain, lxxvii. fortify’d Dover-Castle against the Romans, 249. said to have marry’d the Daughter of Claudius, 273
Arun, 199
Arundel, – 199, 186. Knightly family, 21. call’d the Great, 22. Sir John, eminent for his Services to K. Charles I. 21. – created Lord Trerice, ib. John de, 63. John Lord Wardour made Count of the Empire by Rodolph 2, 112. Lady defended Wardour-Castle a week with 25 men against 1300, ib. Dignity of Earl annex’d to the Lordship of, 201. Earls of, 201, 658. Earls of Surrey, 194. Level, 200. Forest, 212. House, 383
Arvonia, 793
Arwel, 423
Arwenack, 17
Arwerton, 443
Arwystili, Lords of, 780
St. Asaph, 823
Ascough, fam. 941
Aserby, 557
Ashburne, 586
Ashburnham, 209. Lord, ib.
Ashburton, 29
Ashbury-Park, 162
Ashby – St. Leger, 516. de la Zouch, 533
Ashcough, fam. 570
Ashele-Manor, 475. Held by the Tenure of Overseeing the Table-Linnen at the Coronation, ib.
Ashellwell-thorp, 458
Asheridge, 330
Ashford, 237
Ashlers, 1051
Ashley, – 102. fam. 63. Sir Anthony. ib.
Ashmole Elias, 314. His Musæum, ib.
Ashted, 192
Ashton, Sir Walter, 1252. Baron Forfar, ib.
Ashwood-Heath, 634
Ask, a Saxon, 862
Askeodnish, 1242
Askerton-Castle, 1033
Aske, fam. 921
Aslakton, 577
Aspeley-Gowiz, 340
Asphaltites, a Lake in Judea, 650
Assenshire, 1274
Asserius, or Asser, 19, 67, 304
Astalbridge, 302
Astally, ib.
Astbury, 676
Asteley-Castle, 613
Asteley, – Fam. ib. Sir Jacob, 170. Baron Astley of Reading, ib.
Aston-Steeple, 297
Aston, – Fam. 639, 967. Thomas, 656
Astræa, Goddess, 725
Astroites, or Star-Stone, – where found, 560, 599, 1406. – will move, if put into Vinegar, 560
Astures, – 684. serv’d in Britain under the Romans, 603. in garrison at Chester on the Street, 950. – Tribune of the first Cohort at Æsica, 1027. Second wing of, at Silcester, 1081
Astwell, 513
Asylum, what, 676
At-Court, Francis Lord of Penbroke, 766
Aterith, 1381
Athanasius, first that introduced Monkery in the Western Church, 666
ATHANATON, 242
Athboy, 1371
Athelsted, 145
Athelm, Nephew to King Alfred, 199
Athelney, 74. a curiosity suppos’d to have been lost by King Alfred, found here, ib.
Athelstan, King, made St.Buriens a Sanctuary, 11. conquer’d the Silly-Islands, 11, 1523. – the Danmonii, 12. gave great Privileges to Adelstow, 23. fix’d the boundary betwixt the Cornish Britains and English, 26. drove the Britains out of Exeter, 40. built Exeter Cathedral in honour of St. Peter, ib. – Muchelney-Monastery, 71. inaugurated at Kingston, 187. call’d a Council of his wisemen and made several good Laws, 235. overthrew the Danes in a Sea-fight at Sandwich, 246. made the Princes of Wales Tributary, 688. took York from the Danes and demolish’d their Castle, 882. esteem’d John de Beverley his Tutelar Saint, 891. went barefoot from Garmondsay to St. Cuthbert's Tomb, 933. took Constantine King of Scots and his Kingdom under his protection, 1019. – and Eugenius King of Cumberland and his, ib. defeated 3 Kings at Brumford in a pitch’d Battle, 1097. drove the Danes out of Northumberland, before assign’d them by King Alfred, 1103
Athelstan, an English Commander slain with his Men in Scotland, 1183
Athelstanford, ib.
Athelwold Earl, slain by K. Edgar, for tricking him of his Mistress, 137
Athelwolf, rebell’d against his Brother Edward the elder, 149. where slain in battle by his Brother, 488
Atheney Philip de, 414
Athenry, Barony, 1381
Atherton, 967
Athesis, 937
Athie, 1359
Athlone, 1375, 1388. Earl of 1388
Athol, – infamous for Witches, 1247. John Earl of, 237, 1247
Athulph, Bishop of Carlisle, 1025
Atkyns, Sir Robert, Knight of the Bath, 285
Atlynge, King, 460
Aton, 1180
Attal-Sarisin, leavings of the Saracens, 4
Attila the Hun, 26. said to have martyr’d 11,000 Virgins, 26, 170
Attilborough, 459
Attilbridge, 460
Atton 912. fam. ib. 913, 944. Gilbert de, 913
Attorneys, formerly none in the Isle of Man, 1454
Attrebates, 159
ATTREBATII, ib.
Attrech, what, 160
Att-Scarre, 919
Avangk, what, 771
Aubigny, 1219
St. Aubin – or Alban-town, 1510. Bay, 1511
Aubrey-John, 123, 736. Sir John, 731
Aubrey, fam. – 708. follow’d Bernard Newmarsh into Brecknockshire, and receiv’d possessions there, after reduced, ib.
Aubury, 127
Auchincochtie, 1258
Auckford, – Alured 61. Nichol ib. Eskilling, ib.
Audeville William, Abbot, 628
Audley-end, 425
Audley-Thomas, Baron Walden, ib. Hugh de, Earl of Glocester, 288. James Lord, where slain fighting for King Henry 6, 638. James de, one of the first Knights of the Garter, 173. Sir Thomas, 292, 483
Audley, fam. 283, 654, 969, 1401
Audre, 491
S. Audry, ib. Liberty of, ib.
Aveling, 285
Aven-brook, 1211
Avenel, –fam. 479. Robert, 1196
Avenglas, what, 1002
Avenmore, 1339
Aventon, 270
Aufric, 630
Augusta, the second Roman Legion, 374
AUGUSTA, – a Name of London, ib. a most honourable Title, ib.
Rauracorum, 461, 687
Augustin the Monk. See Austin.
St. Augustin’s Cross, 246
AUGUSTORITUM, 480
Augustus, whether ever in Britain, lii, liii. his Policy in keeping the outward Provinces in his hands, and giving the others to Proconsuls, 820. compar’d with King Edward I. ib.
Augustus Thuanus Esmerius, 758
Avis, – wife of Robert de Quincy, 682. Daughter of William le Grosse Earl of Albemarle, 903
Aukland, – West, 944. St. Helen, ib. Bishop’s, ib.
Aulcester, 607
Auldby, 887
Aulerci, 147
Aulerton, 582
Auloed, Son of Harald, 1366
Aulre, 72
Aulfrick, 630
Aulus Plautius, led the Roman Army into Britain, liv. receiv’d the Dobuni under his protection, 268. obtain’d a Victory over Caractacus Cunobeline's Son, lv. 333. attempted the Trinobantes; 363. slew Togodumnus, 363, 416. triumph’d over Caractacus, lv.364, 841
Aunsby, 557
Aungier Earls of Longford, 1376
Aurelius – Ambrosius, fought several battles with the Saxons, with various success, cliv. 133. defeated the Saxons at Maisbelly, 847. where slain in a set-battle, 126. Commodus, Emperor, stil’d by his Flatterers Britannicus, 919. – commanded every one to call him Hercules Son of Jupiter, ib. Asclepiodatus, defeated Allectus in a set-battle, 372.
Aureval Roger de. 146
Avon, – river, 87, 102, 133, 270, 495, 511, 597, in British, what, 515, 747. y Sant, 798
Avonog, 771
Auranches Henry of, Poet-Laureat to K. Henry III. 6, 589
Ausculph, Prince of Dublin, 1366. besieg’d Dublin in the hands of the English, ib.
Ausley-Castle, 612
AUSOBA, river, 1380
Ausonius, 759
Aust, 278. Clive, ib.
Austin (the English Apostle) sent hither by Gregory the Great, clxv. converted the English to Christianity, ib. fix’d an Episcopal See at Canterbury, 239. where he landed, 243. consecrated Melitus first Bishop of London under the Saxons, 379. disputed with the British Bishops about matters relating to the Church, 629. his Oak, ib.
Aw, river, 1242
Awkenbury, 507
Awn, 1347
Ax, river, 43
Axanminster, 43
AXANTOS, 1523
AXELODUNUM, 1083
Axey, 573
Axholme-Island, ib. its extent, ib.
Axmouth, 44
Axones, a People of Gaul, clvii