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east_n hundred_o martinsley_n wrange_a dye_n oukhamsook_v and_o in_o these_o hundred_o be_v 2_o market-town_n viz._n vppingham_n wedn._n okenham_n saturday_n the_o principal_a town_n in_o this_o shire_n be_v oakham_n lie_v in_o the_o latitude_n of_o 52_o deg_fw-la 45_o min._n it_o bear_v from_o london_n n._n n._n w._n and_o be_v distant_a therefrom_o 72_o mile_n thus_o from_o london_n to_o barnet_n 10_o mile_n to_o st._n alban_n 20._o to_o luton_n 28._o to_o bedford_n 40._o to_o wellingbury_n 52._o to_o kettering_n 57_o to_o uppingham_n 69._o to_o oakham_n 74._o oakham_n be_v a_o fair_a market-town_n and_o a_o horse-shoe_n be_v the_o badge_n thereof_o take_v from_o a_o royalty_n enjoy_v by_o the_o baron_n of_o the_o lordship_n which_o be_v this_o if_o any_o noble_a by_o birth_n come_v within_o the_o precinct_n of_o the_o same_o lordship_n he_o shall_v forfeit_v as_o a_o homage_n a_o shoe_n from_o the_o horse_n whereon_o he_o ride_v unless_o he_o redeem_v it_o by_o money_n in_o 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