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A09564 The catalogue of the chancellors of England, the lord keepers of the Great Seale: and the lord treasurers of England With a collection of divers that have been masters of the Rolles. By I.P. Summerset herald. Philipot, John, 1589?-1645. 1636 (1636) STC 19846; ESTC S114645 67,021 176

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