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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 138 Collections and/or Records:
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Pleas before John Raby at Ely, 21 Mar. 5 Geo I [1719], pleas before John Raby [at Ely], 19 Apr. 6 Geo. I [1720], pleas before John Raby at Wisbech, 19 Sept. 7 Geo. I [1720] and pleas at Ely before John Raby, 31 Mar. 5 Geo. [1719] , 1719 - 1720
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E5/2/3
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery. This is the first roll.
1r. Thomas Charles Cadwall Adams Moore, gentleman, brought a suit against Nathaniel Brew, gentleman, relating to five acres of marshland in Whittlesey, Eastrea and Coates. This is a common recovery.
1v. Final concord: William Large, plaintiff, and Thomas Crosse and Anne, his wife, defendants, relating to a messuage, a barn or...
Dates:
1719 - 1720
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Pleas before John Raby at Wisbech, 1 Oct. 4 Geo I [1717]
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E5/2/2
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r.-v. Thomas Harris, cleric, brought a suit against David Waite, gentleman, relating to ten acres of land with appurtenances in Elm. This is a common recovery.
2r. Thomas Jones of Downham, cleric, answered John Leaford in an action of trespass that his livestock trampled and overgrazed the grass growing in Leaford’s close, one comprising a lot of 12...
Dates:
1 Oct. 4 Geo I [1717]
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Pleas before John Raby at Wisbech, 1 Sept. 5 Geo I [1718]
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E5/2/4
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. William Nicholas and Matthew Hull complain against Thomas Jones of Downham, cleric, in an action of trespass that between 12 July 1718 and 6 Aug. following his livestock trampled and overgrazed the grass and crops growing in a close belonging to Nicholas and Hull called Westmore at Downham causing damage. The entry is incomplete; no outcome is stated.
...
Dates:
1 Sept. 5 Geo I [1718]
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Pleas before John Raby at Wisbech, 10 Aug. 6 Geo I [1719]
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E5/2/5
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. William Ball of Leverington Parson’s Drove, yeoman, is summoned to answer Thomas Browne in an action of debt of 150 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 9 July 1718 at Wisbech. The bond of obligation is recited. No outcome is stated.
1r. Aungier Peacocke, gentleman, complains against John Barber of Witchford, labourer, in an action of trespass...
Dates:
10 Aug. 6 Geo I [1719]
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Pleas before John Raby at Wisbech, 19 Sept. 7 Geo I [1720]
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E5/2/7
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Thomas Thacker of March, waterman, answered Stephen Lade in an action of trespass on the case that Thacker was indebted in the sum of 80 shillings for a gelding, 1 Jan. 1720 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete; no outcome is stated.
1r. John Town of Wisbech St Peter, gentleman, answered Anne Kelsall, widow, in an action of trespass on the case that Town was...
Dates:
19 Sept. 7 Geo I [1720]
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Pleas before John Raby at Wisbech, 17 May 1725
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E5/2/10
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Mary Harrison, widow, and Thomas Harrison, executors of the will of Thomas Harrison, lately Mary’s husband, deceased, complain against Mary Bamford of Wisbech St Mary, executor of the will of Edward Bamford, lately her husband, deceased, in an action of trespass on the case relating to a debt of 28 pounds for goods or services rendered between Thomas Harrison and...
Dates:
17 May 1725
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Pleas before John Raby at Wisbech and Ely, 14 May 8 Geo I [1722], 15 Oct. 9 Geo I [1722], 4 June 9 Geo I [1723] and 14 Oct. 10 Geo I [1723], 15 Oct. 9 Geo I [1722], 4 June 9 Geo I [1723], 14 Oct. 10 Geo I [1723]
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E5/2/8
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery. This roll contains records of four separate sittings.
1r. John Adams brought a suit against Martin Wilkin, gentleman, relating to a messuage, a barn or store-house, a stable, a garden, 30 acres of marshland with appurtenances in Wisbech. This is a common recovery.
1v. Thomas Mallabar, cleric, complains against Jeremiah Hunston of Wisbech St Peter, cleric, in an...
Dates:
14 May 8 Geo I [1722], 15 Oct. 9 Geo I [1722], 4 June 9 Geo I [1723] and 14 Oct. 10 Geo I [1723]; 15 Oct. 9 Geo I [1722]; 4 June 9 Geo I [1723]; 14 Oct. 10 Geo I [1723]
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Pleas before John Raby at Wisbech and Ely, 26 May 10 Geo. I [1724] and 5 Oct. 11 Geo I [1724], 1724-10-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E5/2/9
Scope and Contents
Wisbech, 26 May 10 Geo I [1724]. Pleas before John Raby, chief justice of the Isle of Ely. There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Charles King, gentleman, brought a suit against John King, gentleman, relating to 18 acres of marshland with appurtenances in Upwell. This is a common recovery.
1v. John Leeds complains against Robert Mewtas of Manea, gentleman, and Mary Mewtas of the same...
Dates:
26 May 10 Geo. I [1724] and 5 Oct. 11 Geo I [1724]; 1724-10-05
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Pleas [before Lestrange Calthorpe] at Wisbech, 8 Sept. 26 Chas II [1674]
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E4/3/5
Scope and Contents
This roll lacks a formal heading; the date and place of the court is derived from a non-contemporaneous label on the outer membrane. There is no gaol delivery.
1r. William Soule of Chatteris, yeoman, answered Richard Cooper in an action of trespass that between 1 Nov. 1673 and 20 Mar. 1674 his livestock trampled and overgrazed the grass growing in Cooper’s close situated near Key’s Lane at...
Dates:
8 Sept. 26 Chas II [1674]
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Pleas before Lestrange Calthorpe at Wisbech, 8 Sept. 26 Chas II [1674]
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E4/3/6
Scope and Contents
This roll may originally have been part of EDR E4/3/5, which itself lacks a formal heading. It has been treated historically as a separate item and has been assigned a separate classmark.
1r. Final concord: George Dymond, gentleman, plaintiff, and Robert Hurton, gentleman, defendant, relating to a messuage and three acres of pasture with appurtenances in Upwell.
1r. Final concord:...
Dates:
8 Sept. 26 Chas II [1674]
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Pleas before Robert Bernard, 9 Apr. 1656
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E3/2/6
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Robert Neale, senior, and John Smalewood, both yeomen of Manea, to answer James Best of Downham, together with Samuel Warner of Edmonton, Middlesex., concerning a messuage in Downham. Dated 26 Mar. 1651, outcome not stated.
1r. William Key, yeoman of Downham, to answer Mark Roper in an action of trespass that he entered a close, adjacent to that of...
Dates:
9 Apr. 1656
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Pleas before Robert Bernard at Ely, 2 Apr. 1651
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E3/1/2
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Anne Jemett [?Jewell] of Wisbech, widow, answered Jonh Finch in an action of trespass on the case relating to a sum of 14 pounds loaned or borrowed by Jemett, 6 Jan. 1646 at Wisbech. Jemett fined; to pay costs and damages.
1r. William Neave of Wisbech, apothecary, answered William Hunston, gentleman and an attorney of this court, in an action of...
Dates:
2 Apr. 1651
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Pleas before Robert Bernard at Ely, 17 Sept. 1651
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E3/1/3
Scope and Contents
This roll lacks a formal heading; the date and place of sitting of the court is derived from a non-contemporaneous label. There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Edward Betty of Wisbech, chapman, answered Oliver Browne in an action of trespass on the case relating to an agreement for the bargain and sale of 1000 cony [rabbit] skins, 1 Oct. 1650 at Wisbech. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
...
Dates:
17 Sept. 1651
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Pleas before Robert Bernard at Ely , 21 Apr. 1652
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E3/1/4
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Common recovery: John Davenport brought a suit against Richard Graunger relating to two messuages, two cottages, two gardens, seven acres of land, one acre of meadow, one acre of pasture and one acre of wood with appurtenances in Wimblington and Doddington.
1v. John Ellis of Tydd St Mary’s, Lincolnshire, husbandman, answered Edmund Halle in an action...
Dates:
21 Apr. 1652
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Pleas before Robert Bernard at Ely, 17 Sept. 1653
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E3/1/7
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Arthur Taylor of Wisbech, gentleman, is summoned to answer Robert Pulter in an action of debt of 40 shillings relating to the rent on the lease of a shop with appurtenances, part of a messuage called the Bell in Wisbech, 17 Dec. 1649. Taylor fined; to pay costs and damages.
1r. John Barnard of Aldreth, husbandman, is summoned to answer Thomas Aungeir...
Dates:
17 Sept. 1653
Conditions Governing Access:
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Pleas before Robert Bernard at Ely, 29 Mar. 1654
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E3/2/2
Scope and Contents
The contents of this roll have not been examined owing to its poor physical condition.
Dates:
29 Mar. 1654
Conditions Governing Access:
Not available for consultation. Please contact repository.
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Pleas before Robert Bernard at Ely, 18 Apr. 1655
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E3/2/3
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. John Marshall of Wisbech to answer Edmund Ferrour in a controversy between them relating to coleseed and a debt of £300. Dated 24 Mar. 1654, outcome: referred to the next general sessions, judgement in favour of Ferrour.
1v. Edmund Booth, gentleman of Walsoken, to answer a charge of debt of £24 brought by Mary Maltman, which Booth refused to pay:...
Dates:
18 Apr. 1655
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Pleas before Robert Bernard at Ely, 1655
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E3/2/3a
Scope and Contents
This roll lacks a formal heading, it is assumed to be 1655. There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Henry Parratt gentleman of Holbeach, Lincolnshire, to answer John Barron, grocer; an agreement dated 6 June 1651 Parratt claims £100 from Barron for crops. Dated 18 Apr. 1655, outcome: Barron awarded £38.
1v. Thomas Bladworth, husbandman, of Manea to answer Alice Wydidge, widow, executrix of...
Dates:
1655
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Pleas before Robert Bernard at Ely, 26 Aug. 1656
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E3/2/5
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Peter Andrews, Peter Watson, John Granestock, John Mason, Robert Robinson, Edward Fordham, John Elwood to answer John Cawthorn and William Cawthorn that they took John and William’s lambs, wethers, ewes and rams valued at £50 from Byall Fen, where it is claimed the sheep were causing damage. Dated 9 Apr. 1656: referred to the general sessions at Ely, where a fine of...
Dates:
26 Aug. 1656
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Pleas before Robert Bernard at Ely, 25 Mar. 1657
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E3/3/1
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Simon Thomson, husbandman of Wisbech St Mary, to answer Thomas Ground in an action of trespass for taking cattle worth £20 at Leverington. Dated 20 Oct. 1656, referred to next general sessions.
1r. Robert Levitt to answer John Coop, gentleman, for taking cattle valued at £20. Dated 17 Feb. 1656, referred to next general sessions.
1v....
Dates:
25 Mar. 1657
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Pleas before Robert Bernard at Wisbech, 18 Sept. 1650
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E3/1/1
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Edward Crispe of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, grocer, answered Thomas Ogard in an action of trespass on the case relating to the sale of one barrel of rape oil, 8 Nov. 1647 at Wisbech. To proceed to the next session.
1r. Luke Dalby of Doddington, husbandman, answered Agnes Tedmont, widow, in an action of trespass on the case relating to the possession of...
Dates:
18 Sept. 1650
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Pleas before Robert Bernard at Wisbech, 21 Sept. 1652
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E3/1/5
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Robert Marrum of Wisbech, joiner, answered Edward Gill and Anne, his wife, in an action of trespass on the case that on 2 Aug. 1652 he slandered Anne Gill at Wisbech by publicly saying, ‘You common whore, you common [?] whore. You are in the office of a mid-wife but it were fitter you were whipped at a cart arse then to be in that office. You whore, you whore, you...
Dates:
21 Sept. 1652
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Pleas before Robert Bernard at Wisbech, 13 Apr. 1653
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E3/1/6
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. Richard Murley of Tydd St Mary’s, Lincolnshire, husbandman, answered Robert Buck, gentleman, in an action of trespass on the case relating to the possession of two heifers worth seven pounds, 1 Aug. 1652 at Wisbech. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial.
1r. Philip [? Vipen] of Sutton, yeoman, and William [? Vipen] of Sutton, yeoman, answered...
Dates:
13 Apr. 1653
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Pleas before Robert Bernard at Wisbech, 19 Sept. 1654
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E3/2/1
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. John Garner junior, merchant, to answer Thomas Blaxley, and wife Elizabeth, in the matter of the sale at Leverington from Thomas to John of copyhold messuage and four acres in the manor of Gedney Abbott, in return for the discharge of a bond of £17 due to John Rix of Wisbech, which discharge was not done. Dated 2 Apr. 1654. Outcome: jury find in favour of...
Dates:
19 Sept. 1654
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Pleas before Robert Bernard at Wisbech, 4 Sept. 1655
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E3/2/4
Scope and Contents
There is no gaol delivery.
1r. John Bradles, husbandman of Doddington, to answer Thomas Woodfall in an action that Bradles stole a mare and a foal from the pound at Doddington. Dated 20 Aug. 1655, outcome not stated.
1r. John Millward, clerk of Leverington, to answer Anthony Walsham in a debt of £12. Dated 21 Apr. 1655, outcome not stated.
1v. Henry Ogard,...
Dates:
4 Sept. 1655
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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