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B06144 To the right honourable, the knights, citizens, and burgesses of the Parliament of England, assembled in the House of Commons at Westminster. The humble petition of the tenants and freeholders of the mannor of Gillingham in the county of Dorset. 1641 (1641) Wing T1647; ESTC R185239 6,165 3

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