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1272:Henry Ormsby
1247:Henry Ormsby
1192:Edmund Hayes
1077:John Doherty
1047:John Stewart
1037:Arthur Wolfe
1017:Godfrey Lill
997:Warden Flood
957:John Forster
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313:Edward Baber
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266:Later career
240:Arthur Corye
232:Robert Cecil
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74:, including
68:Law Officers
55:
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1486:1616 deaths
1481:1553 births
1432:Denis Henry
1317:John Monroe
1287:Hugh Holmes
1197:John George
932:John Temple
422:Good Friday
307:Family life
219:or another
64:Elizabeth I
1475:Categories
1302:John Naish
1042:John Toler
1022:John Scott
987:John Bowes
867:John Bathe
721:Garton E.
689:13 January
629:13 January
605:13 January
557:13 January
433:References
418:almshouses
317:Chew Magna
300:knighthood
280:Callington
244:corruption
197:corruption
183:Gray's Inn
96:almshouses
1072:Henry Joy
1007:John Gore
286:(MP) for
179:barrister
143:Welsh Row
106:Biography
1526:Ludgrove
1460:Category
1267:Hugh Law
736:Hall J.
325:Recorder
321:Somerset
288:Cheshire
120:Nantwich
92:Nantwich
701:Sources
375:malaria
315:MP, of
217:treason
209:treason
147:James I
124:Woodhey
84:Dorfold
72:James I
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258:, Sir
203:, the
135:Mary I
62:under
768:Acton
348:Ralph
344:Acton
163:Acton
88:Acton
772:ISBN
757:ISBN
742:ISBN
727:ISBN
712:ISBN
691:2013
631:2013
607:2013
559:2013
329:Bath
173:and
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133:to
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