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1081:Background
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876:Weymouth
847:Carlisle
812:Ormskirk
792:Oswestry
747:Cheriton
717:Nantwich
648:2nd Hull
588:Stratton
469:Edgehill
449:Plymouth
434:1st Hull
353:Langport
339:Plymouth
325:Stratton
173:Strength
71:Location
1513:(1997)
1401:29 July
1176:pikemen
936:Kilsyth
767:Lincoln
698:Arundel
663:Winceby
573:Reading
199:90 dead
189:13 guns
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1397:. 2020
1379:
1153:Battle
1142:Bodmin
986:Newark
916:Alford
911:Naseby
777:Bolton
732:Newark
311:Bodmin
227:Exeter
182:8 guns
113:Result
1091:Devon
1071:Devon
752:Selby
688:Alton
538:Leeds
367:Truro
241:Wells
1515:ISBN
1493:2020
1472:2020
1437:ISBN
1422:2020
1403:2019
1377:ISBN
1093:and
1073:and
1041:The
993:1646
859:1645
762:York
710:1644
526:1643
428:1642
156:Sir
151:Sir
63:Date
1124:At
1053:in
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