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B06755 The case of the Honourable William Ward Esq; son and heir apparent of the Right Honourable Edward Lord Ward, John Levett, Gent., and Mary his wife: humbly offered to the consideration of the Right Honourable the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parliament assembled. Ward, William, Esq., fl. 1679. 1679 (1679) Wing W838C; ESTC R186259 4,041 5

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