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ric._n freberne_n john_n hayton_n walt._n whitweb_n henry_n dodenhale_n x._o an._n 1355._o 29_o e._n 3._o ric._n stoke_n nich._n michael_n henry_n clerk_n will._n botoner_n will._n yarmouth_n ric._n stoke_n nich._n percy_n will._n botoner_n henry_n clarke_n will._n botoner_n xx._n henry_n clarke_n will._n botoner_n henry_n dodenhale_n nich._n michael_n john_n tofte_n john_n papenham_n james_n benyngton_n john_n percy_n henry_n clarke_n will._n botoner_n xxx_o adam_n botoner_n will._n wolf_n john_n papenham_n an._n 1377._o 1_o r._n â—_o john_n papenham_n janyn_n swynnysh_v ric._n luff_n henry_n kele_n john_n knight_n ric._n dodenhale_n janyn_n deyster_n xl._n adam_n botoner_n ric._n clarke_n henry_n kele_n john_n tofte_n henry_n kele_n henry_n kele_n john_n scarborought_v john_n liberde_n john_n northwode_n john_n crosse._n l._n ric._n lichefeld_n john_n onley_n ric._n clarke_n john_n preston_n geffrey_n hampton_n will._n whitchurch_n an._n 1399._o 1_o h._n 4._o nich._n dodeley_n 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