Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	charles_n	king_n	kingdom_n	4,909	5	5.8418	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70453	Historical antiquities, in two books the first treating in general of Great-Brettain and Ireland : the second containing particular remarks concerning Cheshire / faithfully collected out of authentick histories, old deeds, records, and evidences, by Sir Peter Leycester, Baronet ; whereunto is annexed a transcript of Doomsday-book, so far as it concerneth Cheshire, taken out of the original record.	Leycester, Peter, Sir, 1614-1678.	1673 (1673)	Wing L1943; ESTC R2116	480,429	448

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william_n earl_n warren_n and_o surrey_n 1139._o margaret_n marry_v to_o conan_n earl_n of_o little-brettain_a after_o to_o bohuis_n she_o die_v 1201._o hoveden_n p._n 822._o 1_o malcolme_n iu._n obiit_fw-la sine_fw-la prole_fw-la 1165._o 2_o william_n king_n of_o scotland_n die_v 1214._o ermengard_n daughter_n of_o richard_n viscount_n beaumond_n 1186._o 2_o henry_n patrick_n de_fw-fr galightly_n one_o of_o the_o competitor_n 1_o alexander_n ii_o king_n of_o scotland_n obiit_fw-la 1249._o joan_n sister_n to_o h_n 3_o king_n of_o england_n 1221._o alexander_n iii_o king_n of_o scotland_n kill_v by_o a_o fall_n from_o his_o horse_n a._n 1285._o margaret_n daughter_n of_o hen._n 3._o king_n of_o england_n 1251._o david_n son_n of_o alexander_n iii_o die_v before_o his_o father_n without_o issue_n alexander_n marry_v the_o daughter_n of_o the_o earl_n of_o flanders_n but_o he_o die_v before_o his_o father_n leave_v no_o issue_n margaret_z wife_n of_o the_o king_n of_o norwey_n margaret_n 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both_o against_o the_o king_n and_o his_o chief_a justice_n but_o upon_o more_o deliberate_a advice_n surrender_v they_o paris_n pag._n 318_o 319_o &_o 320._o anno_fw-la 1229._o the_o king_n have_v gather_v a_o great_a army_n together_o at_o portsmouth_n think_v to_o transport_v they_o beyond_o sea_n to_o recover_v those_o land_n which_o his_o father_n have_v lose_v but_o not_o find_v sufficient_a ship_n for_o half_a his_o army_n he_o impute_v the_o fault_n to_o the_o treachery_n of_o hubert_n de_fw-fr burgo_n that_o he_o shall_v have_v be_v bribe_v thereunto_o by_o the_o queen_n of_o france_n and_o draw_v his_o sword_n to_o have_v kill_v hubert_n randle_n earl_n of_o chester_n interpose_v and_o save_v he_o that_o he_o get_v out_o of_o the_o king_n sight_n till_o his_o fury_n be_v pass_v paris_n pag._n 363._o and_o in_o the_o same_o year_n randle_n earl_n of_o chester_n refuse_v to_o pay_v tithe_n to_o the_o pope_n paris_n ibidem_fw-la anno_fw-la 1230._o randle_n earl_n of_o chester_n march_v through_o anjou_n and_o take_v certain_a castle_n and_o so_o return_v into_o little_a britain_n where_o the_o king_n have_v make_v he_o commander_n in_o chief_a of_o his_o force_n together_o with_o william_n martial_n and_o william_n albemarle_n paris_n pag._n 367._o anno_fw-la 1232._o in_o the_o parliament_n assemble_v at_o london_n the_o king_n demand_v money_n for_o the_o discharge_v of_o his_o debt_n occasion_v by_o the_o war_n the_o earl_n of_o chester_n answer_v for_o the_o nobility_n of_o the_o kingdom_n tell_v he_o that_o the_o earl_n baron_n and_o knight_n which_o hold_v of_o he_o in_o capite_fw-la be_v personal_o with_o he_o in_o the_o service_n and_o have_v exhaust_v their_o own_o money_n in_o that_o service_n and_o therefore_o ought_v not_o to_o pay_v any_o thing_n and_o so_o nothing_o be_v grant_v paris_n pag._n 372._o in_o this_o year_n randle_n earl_n of_o chester_n do_v a_o second_o time_n save_o the_o life_n of_o hubert_n de_fw-fr burgo_n when_o the_o king_n 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in_o perpetuùm_fw-la per_fw-la ipsum_fw-la regem_fw-la selden_n tit._n hon._n pag._n 595._o and_o since_o this_o time_n the_o title_n of_o earl_n of_o chester_n have_v be_v usual_o join_v with_o that_o of_o prince_n of_o wales_n in_o the_o patent_n selden_n ibidem_fw-la pag._n 598._o so_o that_o now_o the_o black_a prince_n be_v prince_n of_o wales_n duke_n of_o cornwall_n and_o earl_n of_o chester_n in_o the_o 40._o of_o edward_n the_o three_o his_o style_n be_v princeps_fw-la aquitaniae_n &_o walliae_fw-la dux_n cornubiae_fw-la &_o comes_fw-la cestriae_fw-la lib._n c._n fol._n 181._o w._n he_o die_v june_n 8._o 1376._o 50_o ed._n 3._o in_o the_o life-time_n of_o his_o father_n 4._o richard_z of_o bordeaux_n son_n and_o heir_n to_o the_o black_a prince_n be_v create_v prince_n of_o wales_n duke_n of_o cornwall_n and_o earl_n of_o chester_n by_o his_o grandfather_n king_n edward_n the_o three_o in_o festo_fw-la sancti_fw-la michaelis_fw-la 1376._o 50_o edw._n 3._o stowe_n but_o 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bishopric_n here_o 1541._o 33_o hen._n 8._o ii_o henry_n mann_n doctor_n of_o divinity_n afterward_o bishop_n of_o the_o

defective_a especial_o not_o exact_v in_o show_v the_o time_n punctual_o and_o oft_o time_n a_o great_a space_n omit_v in_o their_o history_n be_v skip_v over_o of_o the_o state_n of_o the_o brettan_n after_o the_o roman_a yoke_n cease_v i_o shall_v speak_v when_o i_o come_v to_o wales_n chap._n iii_o of_o the_o time_n when_o the_o saxon_n come_v into_o brettaine_n and_o how_o long_o their_o power_n continue_v there_o 1._o upon_o the_o declination_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n brettaine_n be_v leave_v naked_a of_o man_n and_o arm_n as_o i_o have_v show_v before_o whereby_o the_o poor_a brettan_n become_v a_o prey_n to_o the_o pict_n and_o scot_n two_o cruel_a nation_n from_o beyond_o the_o sea_n the_o scot_n from_o the_o south_n and_o the_o pict_n from_o the_o north._n gildas_n cap._n 11._o pag._n 13._o transmarinas_fw-la dicimus_fw-la have_v gentes_fw-la non_fw-la quòd_fw-la extrà_fw-la bretanniam_fw-la sunt_fw-la positae_fw-la sed_fw-la quià_fw-la à_fw-la parte_fw-la britonum_fw-la 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stowe_n say_v 492._o norfolk_n  _fw-fr suffolk_n cambridgeshire_n isle_n of_o ely_n 7._o the_o kingdom_n of_o mercia_n it_o begin_v under_o creodda_n an._n dom._n 582._o glocestershire_n herefordshire_n worcestershire_n warwickshire_n leycestershire_n rutlandshire_n northamptonshire_n lincolnshire_n huntingdonshire_n bedfordshire_n buckinghamshire_n oxfordshire_n staffordshire_n derbyshire_n shropshire_n nottinghamshire_n cheshire_n hartfordshire_n the_o other_o part._n but_o that_o of_o the_o westsaxons_a at_o last_o prevail_v over_o all_o the_o rest_n and_o egbert_n king_n of_o the_o westsaxons_a be_v the_o first_o sole_a monarch_n of_o all_o england_n among_o the_o saxon_n he_o be_v crown_v king_n of_o all_o england_n at_o winchester_n about_o anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 823._o polychronicon_n and_o soon_o after_o command_v that_o all_o that_o part_n of_o brettaine_n whereof_o he_o have_v now_o the_o sovereignty_n shall_v be_v call_v england_n and_o ever_o since_o it_o have_v retain_v the_o name_n of_o england_n polychronicon_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 28._o see_v also_o verstegan_n pag._n 148_o 149._o he_o be_v the_o first_o also_o or_o his_o son_n ethelwolfe_n who_o divide_v england_n into_o shire_n as_o at_o this_o day_n they_o stand_v divide_v the_o name_n whereof_o you_o have_v in_o the_o table_n precede_v and_o king_n alfred_n afterward_o divide_v they_o into_o hundred_o and_o tithing_n so_o malmesbury_n yet_o ingulphus_n say_v that_o alfred_n divide_v both_o the_o shire_n and_o the_o hundred_o but_o be_v mistake_v else_o malmesbury_n will_v not_o have_v leave_v that_o out_o chap._n iu._n how_o the_o saxon_n derive_v their_o pedigree_n from_o sem_fw-mi as_o i_o find_v it_o register_v by_o asser_n menevensis_n pag._n 1._o in_o the_o pedigree_n of_o alfred_n also_o by_o ailredus_n abbas_n rievallis_n in_o his_o pedigree_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o second_o also_o florentius_n pag._n 294._o and_o also_o by_o matthew_n paris_n in_o the_o edition_n put_v out_o by_o dr._n wats_n anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 1640._o pag._n 94._o as_o follow_v 1._o beadwig_n son_n of_o sem._n 2._o wala_n 3._o hathra_n 4._o itermod_n 5._o heremod_n 6._o celdwa_n 7._o beu_n 8._o garwa_o or_o cetwa_n 9_o geta_n pro_fw-la deo_fw-la habitus_fw-la

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the_o earl_n of_o chester_n it_o will_v not_o be_v amiss_o brief_o to_o

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time_n of_o peda_n son_n of_o penda_n huntingdon_n lib._n 3._o pag._n 332._o it_o be_v call_v mercia_n not_o from_o the_o river_n mersey_n run_v from_o the_o corner_n of_o wirral_n in_o cheshire_n because_o that_o river_n be_v the_o utmost_a limit_v thereof_o westward_o but_o i_o rather_o believe_v that_o river_n take_v denomination_n from_o this_o kingdom_n which_o it_o bound_v on_o that_o side_n and_o be_v call_v mercia_n because_o it_o abut_v or_o border_v upon_o part_n of_o all_o or_o most_o of_o the_o other_o kingdom_n of_o the_o heptarchy_n for_o march_n in_o the_o saxon_a tongue_n signify_v a_o border_n or_o limit_v hence_o we_o call_v the_o part_n of_o wales_n next_o border_v upon_o england_n the_o march_n of_o wales_n and_o at_o this_o day_n we_o call_v the_o utmost_a border_n of_o a_o piece_n of_o land_n a_o land-march_n now_o pronounce_v landmark_a which_o be_v as_o much_o as_o a_o mere_a or_o boundary_a iii_o i_o shall_v now_o brief_o run_v over_o the_o king_n of_o mercia_n 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kenred_n son_n of_o wulfere_n in_o the_o five_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n go_v to_o rome_n and_o become_v a_o monk_n in_o st._n peter_n church_n in_o rome_n where_o he_o continue_v all_o his_o life_n he_o begin_v his_o reign_n anno_fw-la 704._o and_o reign_v five_o year_n 9_o ceolred_n son_n of_o ethelred_n fight_v stout_o against_o ina_n king_n of_o the_o westsaxons_a ceolred_n be_v bury_v at_o lichfield_n he_o begin_v his_o reign_n anno_fw-la 708._o and_o reign_v eight_o year_n 10._o ethelbald_n the_o proud_a who_o malmesbury_n style_v pronepos_fw-la pendae_fw-la ex_fw-la alwio_fw-la fratre_fw-la reign_v peaceable_o one_o and_o forty_o year_n this_o ethelbald_a and_o almost_o all_o the_o nobility_n of_o mercia_n be_v much_o addict_v to_o adultery_n reject_v their_o wife_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o letter_n of_o boniface_n archbishop_n of_o mentz_n and_o german_a legate_n to_o ethelbald_a about_o anno_fw-la 747._o he_o found_v the_o abbey_n of_o crowland_n and_o be_v slay_v by_o his_o 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perform_v earl_n leofric_n grant_v the_o townsman_n a_o freedom_n by_o charter_n polychronicon_n lib._n 6._o cap._n 26._o westminster_n pag._n 424._o which_o charter_n mr._n dugdale_n in_o his_o warwickshire_n pag._n 86._o conceive_v rather_o a_o freedom_n from_o servile_a tenure_n than_o only_a toll_n this_o illustrious_a leofric_n die_v at_o his_o own_o town_n of_o bromley_n the_o last_o day_n of_o august_n obiit_fw-la 1057_o anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1057._o so_o florentius_n and_o hoveden_n pag._n 444._o and_o also_o matt._n westminster_n and_o be_v bury_v at_o coventry_n in_o the_o monastery_n which_o he_o have_v build_v there_o the_o rich_a monastery_n then_o in_o england_n vi_o algar_n son_n of_o earl_n leofric_n succeed_v his_o father_n in_o the_o earldom_n of_o mercia_n anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1057._o hoveden_n pag._n 444._o and_o be_v style_v earl_n of_o chester_n by_o huntingdon_n pag._n 366._o and_o also_o earl_n of_o leycester_n by_o ingulphus_n pag._n 898._o anno_fw-la 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autem_fw-la diebus_fw-la xl_o solidis_fw-la similiter_fw-la heinfaram_fw-la vel_fw-la forestel_n in_o his_o festis_fw-la diebus_fw-la &_o die_v dominico_n qui_fw-la faciebat_fw-la iv_o libras_fw-la exsolvebat_fw-la in_fw-la aliis_fw-la diebus_fw-la xl_o solidos_fw-la hangenuitham_n faciens_fw-la in_o civitate_fw-la x_o solidos_fw-la dabat_fw-la praepositus_fw-la autèm_fw-la regis_fw-la vel_fw-la comitis_fw-la hanc_fw-la forisfacturam_fw-la faciens_fw-la xx_o solidis_fw-la emendabat_fw-la qui_fw-la revelach_n faciebat_fw-la vel_fw-la latrocinium_fw-la vel_fw-la violentiam_fw-la foeminae_fw-la in_o domo_fw-la inferebat_fw-la unumquodque_fw-la horum_fw-la xl_o solidis_fw-la emendabatur_fw-la vidua_fw-la si_fw-la alicui_fw-la se_fw-la non_fw-la legitimè_fw-la commiscebat_fw-la xx_o solidis_fw-la emendabat_fw-la puella_fw-la verò_fw-la x_o solidis_fw-la pro_fw-la simili_fw-la causâ_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o civitate_fw-la terram_fw-la alterius_fw-la saisibat_fw-la &_o not_o poterat_fw-la diratiocinare_a svam_fw-la esse_fw-la xl_o solidis_fw-la emendabat_fw-la similitèr_fw-la &_o ille_fw-la qui_fw-la clamorem_fw-la indè_fw-la faciebat_fw-la &_o svam_fw-la esse_fw-la debere_fw-la non_fw-la posset_n diratiocinare_a qui_fw-la terram_fw-la svam_fw-la vel_fw-la propinqui_fw-la svi_fw-la relevare_fw-la volebat_fw-la x_o solidos_fw-la dabat_fw-la qud_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la poterat-uel_a nolebat_fw-la terram_fw-la ejus_fw-la in_o manum_fw-la regis_fw-la praepositus_fw-la accipiebat_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la terminum_fw-la quod_fw-la debebat_fw-la gablum_fw-la non_fw-la reddebat_fw-la x_o solidis_fw-la emendabat_fw-la si_fw-mi ignis_fw-la civitatem_fw-la comburebat_fw-la de_fw-la cujus_fw-la domo_fw-la exibat_fw-la emendabat_fw-la per_fw-la tres_fw-la or_o as_o denariorum_fw-la &_o svo_fw-la propinquiori_fw-la vicino_fw-la dabat_fw-la dvos_fw-la solidos_fw-la omnium_fw-la harum_fw-la forisfacturarum_fw-la dvae_fw-la part_n erant_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o tertia_fw-la comitis_fw-la si_fw-mi sinè_fw-la licentiâ_fw-la regis_fw-la ad_fw-la portum_fw-la civitatis_fw-la nave_n venirent_fw-la vel_fw-la à_fw-la portu_fw-la recederent_fw-la de_fw-la unoquoque_fw-la homine_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o navibus_fw-la esset_fw-la xl_o solidos_fw-la habebant_fw-la rex_fw-la &_o comes_fw-la si_fw-mi contrà_fw-la pacem_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o super_fw-la ejus_fw-la prohibitionem_fw-la navis_fw-la adveniret_fw-la tàm_fw-la ipsam_fw-la quàm_fw-la homines_fw-la cùm_fw-la omnibus_fw-la quae_fw-la ibi_fw-la erant_fw-la habebant_fw-la rex_fw-la &_o comes_fw-la si_fw-mi verò_fw-la cum_fw-la pace_fw-la &_o licentiâ_fw-la regis_fw-la venisset_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la erant_fw-la quietè_fw-la vendebant_fw-la quae_fw-la habebant_fw-la sed_fw-la cùm_fw-la discederet_fw-la quatuor_fw-la denarios_fw-la de_fw-la unoquoque_fw-la lesth_n habebant_fw-la rex_fw-la &_o comes_fw-la si_fw-la habentibus_fw-la martrinas_n pelles_fw-mi juberet_fw-la praepositus_fw-la regis_fw-la ut_fw-la nulli_fw-la venderent_fw-la donèc_fw-la sibi_fw-la priùs_fw-la ostensas_fw-la compararet_fw-la qui_fw-la hoc_fw-la non_fw-la observabant_fw-la xl_o solidis_fw-la emendabant_fw-la vir_fw-la siuè_fw-la mulier_fw-la falsam_fw-la mensuram_fw-la in_o civitate_fw-la faciens_fw-la deprehensus_fw-la iv_o solidis_fw-la emendabat_fw-la similiter_fw-la malam_fw-la cervisiam_fw-la faciens_fw-la aut_fw-la in_o cathedrâ_fw-la ponebatur_fw-la stercoris_fw-la aut_fw-la quatuor_fw-la solidos_fw-la dabat_fw-la praepositis_fw-la hanc_fw-la forisfacturam_fw-la accipiebant_fw-la ministri_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o comitis_fw-la in_o civitate_fw-la in_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la terrâ_fw-la fuisset_fw-la sive_fw-la episcopi_fw-la siuè_fw-la alterius_fw-la hominis_fw-la similiter_fw-la &_o theoloneum_fw-la siquis_fw-la illud_fw-la detinebat_fw-la ultrà_fw-la tres_fw-la noctes_fw-la xl_o solidis_fw-la emendabat_fw-la tempore_fw-la regis_fw-la edwardi_fw-la erant_fw-la in_o civitate_fw-la hâc_fw-la septem_fw-la monetarii_fw-la qui_fw-la dabant_fw-la septem_fw-la libras_fw-la regi_fw-la &_o comiti_fw-la extrà_fw-la firmam_fw-la quandò_fw-la moneta_fw-la vertebatur_fw-la tunc_fw-la erant_fw-la xii_o judices_fw-la civitatis_fw-la et_fw-la hi_o erant_fw-la