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A81836 A letter to a person of quality, concerning the fines received by the church at its restoration, wherein, by the instance of one of the richest cathedrals a very fair guess may be made at the receipts and disbursements of all the rest. By a prebend of the Church of Canterbury Du Moulin, Peter, 1601-1684. 1668 (1668) Wing D2559; ESTC R231723 2,665 7

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