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A69746 Articles of inquiry concerning matters ecclesiastical exhibited to the ministers, church-wardens, and side-men of every parish within the Diocesse of Lichfield and Coventry, in the first episcopal visitation of the Right Reverend Father in God, John, by divine providence Lord Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, in the first year of his consecration, An. Dom. 1662. Church of England. Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry. Bishop (1661-1670 : Hacket); Hacket, John, 1592-1670. 1662 (1662) Wing C4052; ESTC R6535 4,684 12

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