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simon_n mepham_n 52._o john_n stratford_n 53._o thomas_n bradwardine_n 54._o simon_n islip_n 55._o simon_n iâ—ngham_n 56._o w._n wittlesey_n 57_o simon_n sudbury_n 58._o william_n courtney_n 59_o thomas_n arundel_n 60._o henry_n chichley_n 61._o john_n stafford_z 62._o john_n kemp._n 63._o thomas_n bourchier_n 64._o john_n morton_n 65._o henry_n deane_n 66._o william_n warham_n 67._o thomas_n cranmer_n 68_o reginald_n pool_n 69._o matthew_n parker_n 70._o edmond_n grindal_n 71._o john_n whitgift_n 72._o richard_n bancroft_n 73._o george_n abbot_n 74._o william_n laud._n 75._o william_n juxon_n 76._o gilbert_n sheldon_n archbishop_n of_o york_n 1._o paulinus_n 2._o cedda_n 3._o wilfrid_n 4._o bosa_n 5._o john_n of_o beverley_n 6._o wilfrid_n 7._o egbert_n 8._o albertus_n 9_o eanbaldus_n the_o first_o 10._o eanbaldus_n the_o second_o 11._o wulfius_n 12._o wimundus_n 13._o wilferus_n 14._o ethelbald_n 15._o redward_n 16._o wulstan_n 17._o oskitel_n 18._o athelwold_n 19_o oswald_n 20._o 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