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LEME

Lexicons of Early Modern English

Index of Proper Names

NameLEME IDs
Acosta, José de701
Albertus Magnus917
Angelus Politianus84
Anghiera, Peter Martyr d’82, 143, 1158
Anna, Queen of England299
Anne, duchess of Somerset1229
Apis Lapis203
Archbishop of Canterbury270, 285
Ariosto, Ludovico197
Arthus, Gotthard314
Aspley, John345
Atwater, William, bishop of Lincoln38
Awdely, John100
Bacon, Roger1441
Bacon, Sir Nicholas, Keeper of the Great Seal124, 195
Baldwin, William1393
Bales, Peter539
Banister, John136
Barclay, Alexander705
Baret, John127
Barkley, Elizabeth1147
Barley, William876
Barnes, Barnabe206
Barret, Robert225
Barrough, Philip169
Bartholomaeus Anglicus162
Bastard, Thomas226
Bathe, William317
Batman, Stephen162, 1290
Becke, Edmund72
Bedwell, William318
Bellot, Jacques652
Belosses, Sir Henry922
Benese, Richard1260
Berkeley, Mary621
Berners, Juliana22, 217, 313
Billingsley, Henry118
Blagrave, John172
Blum, Hans263
Blundeville, Thomas185, 211, 1445
Blunt, Charles, Lord Mountjoy226
Bokenham, Osbern1209
Bolton, Edmund293
Boorde, Andrew60, 85, 638, 1416, 1432
Bossewell, John1446
Bourne, William131, 146
Boyle, Sir Richard, earl of Cork343
Bray, Edmund, High Sheriff of Oxford155
Brethren117
Bright, Timothy137, 1437
Brigit, countess of Bedford143
Brinsley, John998
Bromley, Sir Henry237
Brooke, Thomas69
Brunschig, Hieronymus47
Bubb, William690
Buckhurst, Lord High Treasurer266
Bulkeley, Edward180
Bulleyn, William97
Bullinger, Heinrich1229
Bullokar, John323, 1390
Bullokar, William154
Burton, Peter1130
C., L. W.264
Caesar, Caius Julius102
Caius, John1388
Calepino, Ambrogio1027
Camden, William278, 1138
Campion, Thomas266
Carew, Richard311
Cartier, Jacques155, 228
Cartwright, Thomas330
Cary, Lord Henry, Baron of Hunsdon97, 162
Cawdrey, Robert276, 820, 1425, 1426
Caxton, William19
Cecil, Sir Robert, Queen’s Secretary, Viscount Cranborne123, 259, 268, 701, 1269
Cecil, Sir William, Baron Burghley102, 112, 127, 169, 172, 179, 184, 199, 221, 298, 710, 1446
Chalmer, David106
Chaloner, Sir Thomas78
Charles, Prince of Wales336, 1427
Chaucer, Geoffrey789, 1269
Chauliac, Guy de1251
Cheke, Sir John1264
Chewt, Antony206
Cholmondeley, Randolph700
Chytraeus, David119
Clement, Francis177
Clinton, Sir Henry, Master of Hart Hounds of the Queen138
Cockeram, Henry343
Colet, John1452
Commaundre, Robert188
Cooper, Thomas101, 1400
Coote, Edmund216
Copland, Robert1251
Copland, William1177
Cordier, Mathurin998
Cotgrave, Randle298
Cotton, Sir Robert278
Cowell, John285
Cuningham, William92
da Silva, Nuno228
Dale, Dr Valentino173
Darbishire, William1002
Davis, John228
Day, Angel649
De Lawne, Nathaniel1247
de Worde, Wynkyn24
Debney, Robert, Mayor of Norwich1247
Hyrne, Sir Thomas1247
Gleane, Sir Peter1247
Dee, John118, 322
Dekker, Thomas287, 288, 689
del Corro, Antonio190
Deuiere, Edward, Lord Bulbeck, earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England1394
Dier, Master Edward142, 160
Digges, Leonard150, 195
Digges, Thomas124, 150
Dodoens, Rembert149
d’Outremeuse, Jean947
Draxe, Thomas997
Du Bartas, Guillaume de Salluste170, 279, 1270, 1407, 1455
Du Wes, Giles842
Duchess of Northumberland67
Duddeley, Robert228
Dudley, John, Lord Lisle, earl of Warwick79
Dudley, Lady276, 820, 1425, 1426
Dudley, Robert, earl of Leicester92, 101, 107, 147, 150, 164, 168, 1385, 1400
Duncan, Andrew215
Eden, Richard82, 143
Edmonds, Clement, Clerk of the Privy Council317
Edward VI64, 72, 73, 707, 1230, 1393
Edward, duke of Somerset71
Edward, earl of Lincoln131
Edward, Lord Zouche205, 333
Edwards of Chryke, John1258
Elizabeth I93, 110, 137, 149, 165, 197, 204, 208, 236, 258, 1158, 1417
Elizabeth, countess of Shrewsbury109
Elmer, John, Lord Bishop of London144
Elyot, Sir Thomas53, 63
Erasmus45
Erondelle, Pierre1147
Estienne, Robert76, 990
Euclid118
Evans, John335
Fanshaw, Sir Henry, the King’s Remembrancer in the Court of Exchequer322
Faulkener, W. G.217
Fioravanti, Leonardo156
Fitzherbert, John40, 1152
Fleetwood, William813
Fleming, Abraham168, 990, 1388
Flemyng, Sir Thomas, Lord Chief Justice289
Florio, John147, 155, 231, 273, 299, 325
Folkingham, W.702
Fortescue, Master William237
Frampton, John142, 160
Francis of Vallois, Duke of Anjou, Berry, Maine, and Alencon652
Fraunce, Abraham134, 181
Fulbecke, William800
Gabelkouer, Oswald236
Gascoigne, George138, 139
Geoffrey the Grammarian (Galfridus, Anglicus)26
George, Bishop of London347
Gerard, John218, 221
Gilby, Anthony165
Gill, Alexander331
Gleane, Sir Peter1247
Goeurot, Jean803
Golding, Arthur102, 119
Goodrich, Thomas, Bishop of Ely, Lord Chancellor75
Googe, Barnabe96
Gordon, D.923
Granger, Thomas324
Grantham, Henry621
Greaves, Paul212
Greene, Robert196, 200, 201
Grevel, Sir Edward237
Grindal, Edmund, Bishop of London1418
Gryndall, William217
Guillim, John294
Hakluyt, Richard228
Hales, My Lady96
Hall, John103
Hall, Joseph320, 1434
Handson, Ralph310
Harington, Lady Anne80, 273, 720
Harington, Lord John197, 997
Harman, Thomas109, 202
Harriot, Thomas714
Harrison, Lucas125
Hart, John121
Hartwell, Abraham214
Harvey, Gabriel152, 206
Hastings, Lady276, 820, 1425, 1426
Hatton, Sir Christopher, Lord Chancellor539
Hay, George, Chief Chancellor of Scotland348
Healey, John325, 1434
Hemmingsen, Niels116
Henriette-Marie de France, Princess1409
Henry VIII49, 53, 59, 62, 63, 1443
Henry, earl of Northampton293
Henry, earl of Pembroke225
Henry, earl of Southampton231
Henry, Prince of Wales222, 290, 896
Herrey, Robert F.157, 1410
Hervet, Gentian45
Hester, John156
Heylyn, Peter336
Heyward, Edward315
Higden, Ranuphus20
Higgins, John173
Hinds, Walter1379
Holland, Joseph789
Holland, Philemon258, 259, 275, 720, 1138
Hollyband, Claude80, 128, 205, 862
Holt, John1413
Holyoake, Francis222
Hopton, Arthur300
Hopton, Sir Owen891
Horman, William38
Howard, Charles, earl of Nottingham228, 340
Hudson, Thomas170, 1270, 1407
Huise, John347
Huloet, Richard75
Hume, Alexander272
Huntar, Alexander348
Hyrne, Sir Thomas1247
Indagine, Johannes ab90
Inns of Court and Chancery98
James I170, 171, 272, 275, 279, 281, 294, 297, 320, 326, 331, 335, 1138, 1270, 1407, 1423, 1455
James, Richard334
James, Thomas289
John XXI, Pope67
John, Archbishop of Canterbury214
John, Archbishop of York1421
John, Bishop of Lincoln1430
John, Count of Cassilissae215
Jones, John107
Jones, Zachary1423
Jonson, Ben269
Joscelin, John34
Josephus267
Juda, Leo1229
Junius, Hadrianus173
Kirke, Edward152
Lambarde, William875
Land, John, merchant263
Lanfranco of Milan103
Langham, William148
Langland, William77
Langton, Lord Doctor301
Latham, Symon321
Lawson, William922
Le Mayre, Marten283
Legh, Gerard98
Leigh, Lady276, 820, 1425, 1426
Lentulo, Scipio621
Lescarbot, Marc290
Levens, John120
Leventhorpe, John324
Lever, Ralph129
Lewys Evans1418
Lily, William110, 999, 1443, 1452
Littleton, Sir Thomas175
Livius, Titus258
Livy1431
Lloyd, Humphrey67, 1394
Lloyd, John280
Locke, John342
Lodge, Thomas267
London Aldermen265
Lord Wotton, Baron of Marleigh308
Loyer, Pierre le1423
Lucar, Cyprian192
Lucy, countess of Bedford231, 273
Lynne, Walter1229
Lyte, Henry149
M., A.236
Mainwaring, Henry333
Mallin, William1385
Maplet, John111
Margaret, Countess of Salisbury45
Markham, Gervase312
Marlorat, Augustin117
Marston, John232
Marten, Anthony1158
Martin, Gregory163
Martinengo, Nestore1385
Martinus, Petrus207
Mary I82, 638, 842
Mascall, Leonard178
Medina, Pedro de160
Mellis, J.322
Merbecke, John1230
Middleton, Sir Thomas280
Mildmay, Sir Walter, Chancellor of the Court of Exchequer116
Minadoi, Giovanni214
Minsheu, John237, 326, 344, 1430
Monardes, Nicolás142
Montague, Lady Jane, Viscountess276, 323, 820, 1390, 1425, 1426
Montague, Sir Edward178
Montaigne, Michel de273
Moore, Philip891
Morel, Guillaume168
Morton, John, archbishop of Canterbury1413
Mosan, Jacob265, 1422
Moulin, Pierre du1247
Mulcaster, Richard164
Munson, Sir Thomas, Master of the King’s Armory, and Master of the King’s Hawks321
Mustian, Francis, of Peckam287
Myldmay, Sir Walter, Chancellor of the Exchequer119
Nashe, Thomas203
Neck, Cornelius Gerritszoon van der227
Neck, Jacob265
Newbolt, John1257
Newton, Thomas158
Norden, John208, 1127
Norton, Robert277, 322, 1424, 1429
Nowell, Laurence65, 1387
Ovid105, 883
Owen, Lewis280
Owen, Sir Roger280
Paget, Sir William83
Palsgrave, John49
Parker, John34
Passe, Crispijn van de921
Patten, William140
Peacham, Henry144, 209, 340
Peake, Robert896
Peend, Thomas105
Pelegromius, Simon159
Pellicanus, Konrad1229
Perceval, Richard198, 237
Perne, D., deacon of Ely Cathedral1388
Phayer, Thomas803
Pitiscus, Bartholomaeus310
Pliny the Elder259
Plutarch275
Poukter, Richard1438
Powell, David130
Proclus, Diadochus1258
Puckering, Sir John, Keeper of the Great Seal209
Purchas, Samuel723
Puttenham, George184
Rabbards, Raph1456
Raleigh, Sir Walter218, 291, 1454
Rastell, John46, 151, 836, 846, 1268, 1449, 1451
Rastell, William846
Rathborne, Aaron1427
Ravenscroft, Thomas1439
Recorde, Robert56, 61, 73, 322
Reeve, Edmund999
Reinolds, John, Master Gunner1429
Richard Poulter267, 1438
Charles, earl of Nottingham, Lord High Admiral267, 1438
Richmond, Lady Frances, Duchess of304
Rid, Samuel296, 690
Rider, John186, 222
Ridley, Mark257
Ripley, George1456
Robert, earl of Essex198
Robinson, Robert328
Roe, Master William, Alderman of London192
Roger, earl of Rutland231
Rogers, Thomas233
Rutton, Mathias, Citizen of London227
Sackville, Master Robert128, 862
Sackville, Richard, earl of Dorset312
Sacrobosco, John de881
Salesbury, William62, 1258
Sanford, John301
Sciences, Students of the118
Scot, Sir John237
Selden, John315
Sentleger, Master Nicholas105
Serlio, Sebastiano896
Seymore, Edward, earl of Hertford233, 277, 1127
Sherrey, Richard69, 83
Sidney, Sir Henry799
Sir John Paieton271
Skene, John847
Smith Sir Thomas310
Smith, John304, 850
Smith, Master Thomas, Sheriff of London265
Smith, Miles297
Smith, Sir Thomas314, 329
Smyth, Nicholas84
Soone, William, attr.1453
Spalding, Augustus314
Speed, John302
Speight, Thomas268, 1269
Spelman, Henry284
Spenser, Edmund152
Stafford, Robert286
Stanbridge, John23, 37
Stanhope, Master Thomas, sheriff of Nottinghamshire136
Stanihurst, Richard710
Stanley, Master, Treasurer of the Mint120
Stepney, William199
Stevin, Simon1424, 1438
Stockwood, John292
Strachey, William305
Sturtevant, Simon123, 270, 306
Surgeons of London61, 103
Surgeons, London Fraternity of158
Swinburn, Henry1421
Sylvester, Josuah279, 1270, 1407, 1455
T. S.313
T., I.263
T., J.1428
Talbot, Robert864
Tamworth, Master, in Venice70
Tanner, Robert204
Tapp, John271
Tate, Francis1204
Thevet, Andrew799
Thomas Neville, Dean of Canterbury257
Thomas, duke of Norfolk60, 705, 1416
Thomas, earl of Sussex111
Thomas, Lord Ellesmere, Lord Chancellor300
Thomas, Lord Howard, earl of Arundel and Surrey286
Thomas, William70, 881, 1431
Thomasius179
Thorie (Thorius), John190, 206, 238
Thynne, Thomas874
Tooke, John313
Tracy, Master Richard58
Traheron, Bartholomew58
Trevisa, John20
Trinity House, Deptford345
Turner, William54, 59, 64, 71. 112, 1417
Twyne, Thomas1394
Tymme, Thomas117
Tyndale, William50, 692
Udall, John207
Vallans, William193
Vere, Edward de, earl of Oxford156, 649
Veron, Jean76, 990
Verstegan, Richard281
Vigo, Johannes de58
Villers, George, earl of Buckingham1130
Virginia, Adventurers, Favourers, and Wellwishers for714
Waddington, Ralph990
Walsingham, Sir Francis159, 180, 186
Walter, earl of Essex129
Wardon, Thomas521
Welde, William317
Whalleye, Master Richard56
Whitgift, John, archbishop of Canterbury190
Whittingham, William93
Whittinton, Robert39, 1414, 1448
Willes, Richard143
William, earl of Pembroke84, 1434
William, Lord Cavendish998
William, Lord Compton702
Wilson, Thomas79, 308, 707
Windham, Master Francis185
Wingfield, Lady276, 820, 1425, 1426
Winter, Sir William, Master of the Queen’s Ordinance by Sea146
Wirsung, Christoph (Christof)265, 1422
Wise, Thomas1003
Withals, John78, 1418
Withers, Fabrian90
Wood, Thomas921
Woodall, John329
Wostenholure, John310
Wotton, Anthony1447
Wright, Edward309, 1438
Wyclif, John289
Zouch, Lord (see Edward)1437

Ed. Ian Lancashire and Isabel Zhu, with contributions from Julia DaSilva, Paramita Dutta, Xueqi Fan, Sky Li, Kristie Lui, Annika Sparrell, Timothy Aberdingk Thijm, and Shirley Wang
© 2025 Ian Lancashire