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A36794 The baronage of England, or, An historical account of the lives and most memorable actions of our English nobility in the Saxons time to the Norman conquest, and from thence, of those who had their rise before the end of King Henry the Third's reign deduced from publick records, antient historians, and other authorities / by William Dugdale ... Dugdale, William, Sir, 1605-1686. 1675 (1675) Wing D2480; ESTC R16723 3,454,491 1,220

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