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A52385 To the Parliament of the Commonvvealth of England, and every individual member thereof The declaration of Daniel Noddel solicitor for the freeholders and commoners within the mannor of Epworth, in the Isle of Axholm, in number about 1200 besides new erected cottages, on the behalf of himself and all the said commoners: discovering the plot and design of Master John Gibbon and his fellow-projectors to gain a posession of the said freeholders ancient inheritance in their commonable grounds there, contrary to law. Noddel, Daniel. 1653 (1653) Wing N1217A; ESTC R219026 22,788 34

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