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A52775 A sermon preached at the funerall of the Honourable Sir Francis Vincent, Knight and baronet at Stokedawbernon in the county of Surrey, the tenth day of Apill [sic], 1640 by Thomas Neesham. clerke and rector of the same church. Neesham, Thomas. 1642 (1642) Wing N413; ESTC R28714 23,075 35

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