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A80533 A copie of the petition presented to the Kings Majesty by the high sheriffe accompanied with many hundreds of gentlemen and free-holders of the county of Rutland, as his Majesty passed through their county towards Yorke: to which his Majesty was pleased graciously to promise an answer. 1642 (1642) Wing C6218; Thomason 669.f.6[1]; ESTC R211790 2,422 1

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