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land_n heir_n issue_n remainder_n 2,235 5 10.5989 5 true
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B02594 The case of Mary dutchess of Norfolk Norfolk, Mary Howard, Duchess of, 1659?-1705 1700 (1700) Wing C949; ESTC R225486 5,844 4

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