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In parallel with his judicial career, he actively added to the not inadequate lands his father had left him, primarily in his native
Nottinghamshire. In addition, he benefited from lands brought to him in his three marriages, particularly the last. By the time of his death, he had increased his
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Mortein, of
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by another criminal gang. Later that year, as part of King
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16:Member of the Parliament of England
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