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A63179 [The tryal of John Hambden for conspiring the death of the king, and raising a rebellion in this kingdom at the Sessions-House in the Old-Bayly, London ... 30th of December, 1685 ...] Hampden, John, 1656?-1696.; England and Wales. Court of King's Bench. 1685 (1685) Wing T2193; ESTC R4697 75,252 56

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