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no_o shire_n ground_n by_o reason_n whereof_o the_o law_n of_o england_n can_v have_v no_o currant_n passage_n therein_o for_o all_o the_o ordinary_a minister_n and_o executioner_n of_o the_o process_n of_o the_o law_n of_o england_n or_o which_o have_v viscountile_a jurisdiction_n be_v the_o officer_n of_o particular_a shire_n as_o the_o sheriff_n the_o coroner_n the_o escheater_n and_o such_o like_a therefore_o by_o the_o say_a act_n of_o parliament_n there_o be_v erect_v in_o wales_n 4_o other_o new_a ordain_v shire_n of_o the_o land_n not_o former_o so_o divide_v namely_o the_o several_a shire_n of_o radnor_n brecknock_n montgomery_n and_o denbigh_n so_o that_o now_o the_o shire_n be_v 13._o viz._n 1_o radnor_n shire_n 2_o brecknock_n shire_n 3_o monmoth_n shire_n 4_o glamorgan_n shire_n 5_o carmarthyn_n shire_n 6_o pembrock_n shire_n 7_o cardigan_n shire_n 8_o montgomery_z shire_n 9_o merionith_n shire_n 10_o caernarvon_n shire_n 11_o denbigh_n shire_n 12_o flint_n shire_n 13_o 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