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608:in reply to
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1321:Cary family
1226:1643 deaths
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863:(1593–1860)
786:John Aubrey
612:during the
601:jure divino
559:Lord Keeper
394:Oxfordshire
183:Oxfordshire
141:Preceded by
89:Preceded by
1215:Categories
1197:1633–1643
1186:Henry Cary
817:References
803:Assessment
794:John Hales
772:Ben Jonson
597:episcopacy
555:ship money
468:Ben Jonson
464:John Hales
337:Early life
255:Cavalrymen
241:Allegiance
221:Alma mater
735:John Bell
646:Arminians
592:attainder
573:quarterly
519:Charles I
459:Great Tew
430:authority
426:tradition
390:Great Tew
351:Elizabeth
205:, England
203:Berkshire
134:Charles I
125:1643–1643
121:In office
82:Charles I
69:In office
904:(1750).
842:(1906).
790:Socinian
680:John Pym
599:existed
581:Beaufort
424:than by
375:Falkland
323:Royalist
245:Royalist
1036:(ed.).
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545:to the
541:in the
539:Newport
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512:Lettice
398:Lettice
367:Ireland
343:Burford
315:English
199:Newbury
187:England
179:Burford
130:Monarch
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422:reason
210:Spouse
176:c.1610
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754:Works
562:Finch
531:Scots
410:Dutch
363:Devon
1076:for
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618:bill
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478:and
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