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A38873 An exact account of the whole proceedings against the Right Reverend Father in God, Henry, Lord Bishop of London, before the Lord Chancellor and the other ecclesiastical commissioners Compton, Henry, 1632-1713.; England and Wales. Ecclesiastical Commission (1686) 1688 (1688) Wing E3591; ESTC R5368 18,930 34

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