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A46594 The royal charter of confirmation granted by His Most Excellent Majesty King James II, to the Trinity-House of Deptford-Strond for the government and encrease of the navigation of England, and the relief of poor mariners, their widdows and orphans, &c. England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II) 1685 (1685) Wing J381; ESTC R2580 74,522 223

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