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A38205 Articles of impeachment of the Commons assembled in Parliament in the name of themselves, and of all the Commons of England : against Matthew Wren doctor in divinitie, late Bishop of Norwich, and now Bishop of Ely, for severall crimes and misdemeanors committed by him, when he was Bishop of Norwich. Wren, Matthew, 1585-1667, defendant.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. 1641 (1641) Wing E2525; ESTC R6057 7,167 15

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