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A54665 Villare cantianum, or, Kent surveyed and illustrated being an exact description of all the parishes, burroughs, villages and other respective mannors included in the county of Kent : and the original and intermedial possessors of them ... / by Thomas Philipott ... : to which is added an historical catalogue of the high-sheriffs of Kent, collected by John Phillipot, Esq., father to the authour. Philipot, John, 1589?-1645.; Philipot, Thomas, d. 1682. 1659 (1659) Wing P1989; ESTC R35386 623,091 417

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