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were leading members of Henry VI's affinity. Morton was a former
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Lancastrians confirmed his post as High Sheriff of the North Riding. His previous conduct might have hinted at other allegiances for in 1459 the king appointed a northern embassy to Scotland, but Strangeways
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942:Strangeways
335:Christopher
233:State Trial
220:John Morton
197:Blore Heath
129:Anne Orrell
50:Predecessor
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1398:A. Onslow
1378:R. Onslow
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1018:Sheffield
797:Beauchamp
711:Pickering
696:Pickering
607:John Wood
284:Southwark
251:numerous
248:Edward IV
201:Wakefield
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58:Successor
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1413:Cornwall
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972:Mordaunt
922:Charlton
902:Popham I
777:Doreward
772:Stourton
726:Doreward
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1525:FitzRoy
1520:Whitley
1515:Lowther
1484:Denison
1459:Mitford
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1383:Bromley
1282:Gregory
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1083:Cordell
1068:Pollard
962:Catesby
927:Wenlock
912:Oldhall
857:Russell
827:Russell
817:Baynard
812:Chaucer
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767:Chaucer
762:Tiptoft
757:Esturmy
736:Redford
394:5 April
326:William
189:Yorkist
156:of the
154:Speaker
139:Sheriff
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1555:Thomas
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1464:Abbot
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