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A36231 Judge Dodaridge, his law of nobility and peerage wherein the antiquities, titles, degrees, and distinctions, concerning the peeres and nobility of this nation, are excellently set forth : with the knights, esquires, gentleman, and yeoman, and matters incident to them, according to the lawes and customes of England.; Magazine of honour Bird, William, 17th cent.; Doddridge, John, Sir, 1555-1628. 1658 (1658) Wing D1794; ESTC R11125 103,063 198

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