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B02501 Oliver Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the dominions and territories thereto belonging. To all parsons, ministers, lecturers, vicars, and curates ... whereas the minister and inhabitants of the parish of Edgbaston, in our county of Warwick, have made their humble petition to us ... England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell); Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658. 1658 (1658) Wing C7176B; ESTC R174329 2,697 1

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