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B23311
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The history of Waltham-Abby in Essex, founded by King Harold by Thomas Fuller.
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Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661.
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1655
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Wing F2442
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to_o confess_v that_o they_o have_v do_v evil_a and_o be_v amerce_v twenty_o mark_n to_o the_o abbot_n which_o he_o not_o only_o remit_v unto_o they_o but_o also_o on_o their_o submission_n assoil_v they_o from_o the_o excommunication_n anno_fw-la dom._n 1248_o anno_fw-la regis_fw-la hen._n 3_o 33._o the_o brawl_n betwixt_o the_o abbot_n and_o townsman_n of_o waltham_n be_v no_o soon_o chesthunt_n the_o suit_n betwixt_o the_o abbot_n of_o waltham_n and_o the_o lord_n of_o chesthunt_n end_v but_o far_o fierce_a begin_v betwixt_o the_o say_a abbot_n and_o the_o lord_n of_o chesthunt_n on_o the_o like_a occasion_n this_o chesthunt_n be_v a_o large_a parish_n in_o hertford-shire_n confine_v on_o the_o west_n of_o waltham_n so_o call_v say_v hertford-shire_n say_v in_o his_o short_a survey_n of_o hertford-shire_n norden_n quasi_fw-la castanetum_fw-la of_o chestnut-tree_n though_o now_o i_o believe_v one_o hardly_o appear_v in_o the_o whole_a lordship_n in_o this_o suit_n plaintiff_n peter_n 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