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A14573 A catalog of the bishops of Excester with the description of the antiquitie and first foundation of the Cathedrall church of the same. Collected by Iohn Vowell alias Hoker, gentleman. Hooker, John, 1526?-1601. 1584 (1584) STC 24885; ESTC S102101 32,358 40

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