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EGERTON, Sir John (c.1551-1614), of Egerton and Oulton, Cheshire, Wrinehill, Staffs., Talacre, Flints. and Bassinghall, London

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b. c. 1551,STAC 8/129/6, ff. 22, 62, depositions by Edward and Roland Egerton. The inquisition post mortem relating to Egerton’s father suggests 1554/5: CHES 3/82/18. 1st s. of John Egerton of Egerton and Oulton and Jane, da. of Piers Mostyn of Talacre, Flints. educ. L. Inn 1602. m. (1) by 1573, Margaret (bur. 12 Feb. 1597), da. of Sir Roland Stanley of Hooton and Storeton, Cheshire, 5s. (3 d.v.p.) 6da. (2 d.v.p.); (2) 23 Dec. 1602, Anne (d. 11 Dec. 1619), da. and h. of Robert Byrnand of Knaresborough, Yorks., wid. of Francis Trappes (will pr. 9 June 1574), Goldsmith of London and William Blount (bur. 15 Mar. 1597), Clothworker of St. Michael Bassishaw, London, s.p. G. Ormerod, Cheshire, ii. 629; Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 68; P.H. Lawson, ‘Fam. Memoranda of the Stanleys of Alderley’, Chester Arch. Soc. Jnl. n.s. xxiv. pt. 2, p. 84; St. Michael Bassishaw (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxxii), 121; L. Inn Admiss.; PROB 11/56, f. 216; 89, f. 150. He did not, as has been claimed, father a large family of bastards: J.C. Wedgwood, Parliamentary Hist. of Staffs. i. (Wm. Salt. Arch. Soc.), 408. suc. fa. 1591; CHES 3/82/18. Kntd. 8 Apr. 1599. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 95. d. 28 Apr. 1614. C142/401/104. sig. Jo[hn] Egerton.
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J.p. Cheshire by 1587–d. (custos rot. 1601–d.), Staffs. 1599–d., Flints. 1605 – d., Lichfield, Staffs. by 1606–?d.; E163/14/8; C231/1, ff. 71v, 117v; 181/2, ff. 21, 151; C66/1988; JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 101–2. commr. musters, Staffs. 1601; APC, 1600–1, p. 147. high steward, Tamworth, Staffs. 1602; E315/309, f. 142. commr. subsidy, Staffs. and Lichfield 1608. SP14/31/1.

Recorder, Lichfield by 1606. C181/2, f. 21.

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EGERTON, Sir John (c.1551-1614), of Egerton and Oulton, Cheshire, Wrinehill, Staffs., Talacre, Flints. and Bassinghall, London
Main residences: Egerton; Oulton, Cheshire; Wrinehill, Staffs.; Talacre, Flints.; Bassinghall, London.
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EDWARDS, Evan (c.1594-1670), of Dorset House, Fleet Street, London; later of Chester, Cheshire and Rhual, Mold, Flints.

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b. c. 1594,Stated to have been aged about 70 in 1664: CSP Dom, 1663-4, p. 584. 1st s. of Thomas ap Edward of Rhual and Alice, da. of Lewis ap David of Abergele, Denb. m. 20 May 1620, Joan (d.1664), da. of Simon Thelwall of Lincoln’s Inn and Woodford, Essex, 4s. d.v.p. 1da. d. 3 Dec. 1670.Cal. N. Wales Letters ed. B.E. Howells (Univ. Wales, Bd. of Celtic Studies, Hist. and Law ser. xxiii), 25-9, 243 and ped. at end of vol. sig. Evan Edwards.
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Sec. to Richard Sackville, 3rd earl of Dorset, c. 1612 – 24, to 4th earl of Dorset (Sir Edward Sackville*) 1624–31/2.Cal. N. Wales Letters, 24–5; PROB 11/143, f. 208.

Baron, Chester Exchequer 1625 – 45, 1660–?d.C66/2360/7; CSP Dom. 1663–4, p. 564; 1664–5, p. 73.

Commr. exacted fees, Cheshire and Flints. 1635;C181/4, f. 192v. j.p. Cheshire 1636–?45;SP16/405. commr. charitable uses, Flints. 1637, array 1642–3.C192/1, unfol.; Northants. RO, FH133.

Comptroller of customs, Chester 1639 – 45, 1660–d.Cal. N. Wales Letters, 27, 29; CTB, 1660–7, p. 6; 1669–72, p. 698.

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EDWARDS, Evan (c.1594-1670), of Dorset House, Fleet Street, London; later of Chester, Cheshire and Rhual, Mold, Flints.
Main residences: Dorset House, Fleet Street, London; Chester, Cheshire; Rhual, Mold, Flints.
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EDMONDES, John (bef. 1563/6-?1611/12), of York

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b. bef. 1563 /6, His yr. bro. Sir Thomas was aged c.60 in 1626, see London Mar. Lics. (Harl. Soc. xxvi), 175. However, at his death in 1639, his age was given as c.76, see C142/613/47. 3rd but 1st surv. s. of Thomas Edmondes of Plymouth, Devon and Fowey, Cornw. and 1st w. Joan, da. of Anthony Delabere of Sherborne, Dorset; bro. of Sir Thomas*. ?; ?unm. suc. fa. Aug. 1604. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 327. d. ?1611 /12. sig. Jo[hn] Edmondes.
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Sec. to Edmund, 3rd Bar. Sheffield, ld. pres. Council in the North, by 1604–?d.; Hull RO, bench bk. 4, f. 357v. freeman, Hull, Yorks. 1604. Hull RO, freemens’ reg. 1396–1645, f. 139.

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EDMONDES, John (bef. 1563/6-?1611/12), of York
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EDMONDES, Sir Thomas (1563/6-1639), of Blackfriars, London and Albyns, Stapleford Abbots, Essex

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b. 1563 /6, 5th s. of Thomas Edmondes (d.1604) of Plymouth, Devon and Fowey, Cornw. and 1st w. Joan, da. of Anthony Delabere of Sherborne, Dorset; bro. of John*.C142/613/47; London Mar. Lics. (Harl. Soc. xxvi), 175; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 327. m. (1) May 1601, Magdalen (d. 31 Dec. 1614), da. and coh. of Sir John Wood, clerk of the signet, of Albyns, Stapleford Abbots, Essex 2s. d.v.p. incl. Henry*, 3da.; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiv), 620; J. Morant, Essex, i. 177. (2) lic. 11 Sept. 1626, aged 60, Sarah (d.1629), da. of Sir James Harington† of Exton, Rutland, wid. of Francis, Lord Hastings†, Sir George Kingsmill† of Burghclere, Hants and Edward, 11th Lord Zouche, s.p. London Mar. Lics. 175; CP (Zouche). Kntd. 20 May 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 109. d. 1970. Smyth’s Obit. ed. H. Ellis (Cam. Soc. xliv), 16; C142/613/47. sig. Tho[mas] Edmondes.
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Sec. to amb. (Sir) Henry Unton† 1591 – 92, 1595 – 96; agent in France 1592 – 95, 1597 – 99; envoy, Spanish Neths. 1599 – 1600, France 1601; commr. treaty of Boulogne 1600; amb., Spanish Neths. 1604 – 09, France 1610 – 17, 1629–30. Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 22, 98–104, 265.

Sec. for French tongue 1596–1621; CSP Dom. 1595–7, p. 218. clerk of PC (extraordinary) 1599, (ordinary) 1601–14; APC, 1598–9, p. 740; C66/1559. PC 1616–d.; Ibid. 1616–17, p. 98. comptroller, king’s Household 1616 – 18, treas. 1618–d.; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 47, 136. commr. banishment of Jesuits 1618, wine casks 1619–21; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, p. 65. clerk of the Crown, Chancery 1620–9; CSP Dom. 1611–18, pp. 407, 417; 1628–9, p. 572; Chamberlain Letters, ii. 293. commr. purveyance compositions 1622, Virg. plantation 1624; CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 360; C66/2463; Rymer, vii. pt. 4, p. 145. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1625–d.; CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 326; commr. poor relief 1631, transportation of felons 1633, defective titles 1635, wardrobe inquiry 1635, colonial govt. 1636. APC, 1630–1, p. 4; CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 474; 1631–3, p. 547; 1635–6, p. 363; Rymer, ix. pt. 1, p. 7.

Freeman, Southampton, Hants 1603, Poole, Dorset 1623, Coventry, Warws. 1624; HMC 11th Rep. III, 23; Hutchins, Dorset, i. 32; Coventry Archives, BA H/C/17/1, f. 268. commr. oyer and terminer, the Verge 1604 – d., the Marshalsea 1620 – d., Home, Midland and Oxf. circuits 1620–d.; C181/1, f. 93v; 181/3, ff. 1, 5–7. j.p. Essex 1608 – d., Westminster 1618 – d., Berks., Glos., Herts., Kent, Northants. and Surr. 1621 – d., Slaughter liberty, Glos. 1624 – d., Hants 1625 – d., custos rot. Mdx. 1619–d.; C181/2, f. 331; 181/3, f. 104v; C231/4, p. 81. steward, Havering-atte-Bower, Essex 1619; E315/ 310, f. 80. lt. Waltham forest, Essex by 1620; VCH Essex, ii. 619; APC, 1619–21, p. 279; commr. sewers, Essex, Herts. and Mdx. 1623 – d., new bldgs., Mdx. 1624, annoyances, Mdx. 1625, London 1630; C181/3, ff. 91v, 157r; Rymer, vii. pt. 4, p. 96; viii. pt. 3, p. 114. dep. lt. Essex 1626–?d.; Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. (ser. 3), x. 120. commr. martial law, Mdx. 1627, survey of the Thames 1630 – 31, repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Mdx. 1631, sewers, Westminster 1634. APC, 1627–8, p. 237; C181/3, f. 219; CSP Dom. 1631–3, pp. 6, 133; C181/4, p. 191.

Member, French Co. 1611, E. India Co. 1614. T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 285.

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EDMONDES, Sir Thomas (1563/6-1639), of Blackfriars, London and Albyns, Stapleford Abbots, Essex
Main residences: Blackfriars, London; Albyns, Stapleford Abbots, Essex.
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EDMONDES, Henry (1604-1635), of Blackfriars , London

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bap. 12 Feb. 1604,Stapleford Tawney, Essex par. reg. transcript at Soc. Gen. p. 10. 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Thomas Edmondes* (d.1639) and Magdalen, da. of Sir John Wood, clerk of the signet, of Albyns, Essex. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1620, BA 1623. unm. cr. KB 1 Feb. 1626. Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 162. bur. bef. 1 Sept. 1635 on or bef. 1 Sept. 1635.
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EDMONDES, Henry (1604-1635), of Blackfriars , London
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EDGCUMBE, Sir Richard (c.1564-1639), of Mount Edgcumbe, Maker, Cornw.

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b. c. 1564,Aged 74 in 1639: MI, Maker. An alternative estimate of c.1570, based on C142/303/132, was adopted by HP Commons, 1558-1603, ii. 75. 1st s. of Peter or Piers Edgcumbe† of Mount Edgcumbe and Margaret, da. of Sir Andrew Lutterell of Dunster Castle, Som. Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 142. educ. M. Temple 1585. M. Temple Admiss. m. (1) settlement 21 June 1602 (with £2,000), Anne, da. of Sir George Carey† of Cockington, Devon, s.p.; (2) 1609, Mary (d. 13 July 1620), da. of Sir Thomas Coteel of London, merchant, 3s. (1 d.v.p.). Cornw. RO, ME 839, 3064; Vivian, 142. Kntd. 23 July 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 121. suc. fa. 1607. C142/303/132. d. 22 or 23 Mar. 1639. MI, Maker; C142/579/52. sig. Ry[chard] Edgcumbe.
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Commr. sewers, Cornw. 1605, Devon 1634, C181/1, f. 122v; 181/4, f. 163v. under-sheriff, Cornw. 1610–11, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 23 (listed as Sir Robert). commr. piracy, Devon 1615, 1624, 1630, Cornw. 1624, C181/2, f. 242; 181/3, ff. 113, 130; 181/4, f. 52v. j.p. 1617 – at least37, Devon 1617 – 26, 1629-at least 1637, C231/4, ff. 34, 43, 265; E163/18/12, f. 17; C66/2761. commr. encroachments, Plymouth, Devon 1617, DCO, ‘Letters and Warrants 1615–19’, f. 66. subsidy, Cornw. 1622, 1624, 1626, C212/22/21, 23; E179/89/308. dep. lt. c.1623-at least 1637, Cornw. RO, CY/7260; Buller Pprs. ed. R.N. Worth, 17. commr. billeting, Devon and Cornw. 1625, APC, 1625–6, p. 55. Privy Seal loan, Cornw. 1625–6, E401/2586, p. 81. Forced Loan 1626–7, C193/12/2. martial law, Devon and Cornw. 1627, APC, 1627–8, p. 79. swans, W. Country 1629. C181/4, f. 2v.

Member, Mines Royal Co. 1607 – 18, 1628–d., Cornw. RO, ME 2500, 2502. New Eng. Co. 1620. A. Brown, Genesis of US ii. 883.

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EDGCUMBE, Sir Richard (c.1564-1639), of Mount Edgcumbe, Maker, Cornw.
Main residence: Mount Edgcumbe, Maker, Cornw.
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EDGCUMBE, Piers (c.1610-1667), of Mount Edgcumbe, Cornw.; later of Cotehele, Calstock, Cornw.

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b. c. 1610, 1st s. of Sir Richard Edgcumbe* of Mount Edgcumbe and his 2nd w. Mary, da. of Sir Thomas Coteel of London.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 142. educ. St. John’s, Camb. 1626; Al. Cant. ?Leiden 1629; E. Peacock, Index to Eng. Speaking Students at Leyden Univ. (Index Soc. xiii), 32 (entered as Perseus Edsgaimb). Padua 1632-3; G. Andrich, Univ. Patavinae, 140. MD (hon.) Oxf. 1644. Cornw. RO, ME 3090; Ath. Ox. iv. (Fasti) 66 incorrectly assigns him a DCL. m. 6 June 1636 (with £3,000), Mary, da. of John Glanville* of Broad Hinton, Wilts., 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 2da. Coll. Top. et Gen. v. 218; C142/579/52; Cornw. RO, ME 3044; PROB 11/324, f. 26v. suc. fa. 1639, uncle Thomas Coteel* 1640. d. 6 Jan. 1667. Vivian, 142; PROB 11/184, f. 127v. sig. P[iers] Edgcumbe.
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Member, Mines Royal Co. 1639 – d., dep. gov. 1654 – 57, asst. 1657–64. BL, Loan 16 (iii), ff. 4, 8, 10, 16, 49.

Master of game on the Devon estates of the 4th earl of Bedford (Sir Francis Russell*) 1639; Cornw. RO, ME 3089. commr. assessment, Cornw. 1641 – 42, 1660 – 61, 1663–d., SR v. 82, 210, 329, 456, 529, 572, 619. col. militia by 1642, Cornw. RO, ME 2925; C181/7, pp. 313, 358. j.p. from 1642, 1660 – at least66, Devon 1660-at least 1666, C231/5, p. 529; C220/9/4, ff. 12v, 17; C66/3074. commr. array, Devon and Cornw. 1642, Northants. RO, FH 133. oyer and terminer, Cornw. c. 1642 – 46, Western circ. 1665 – d., sheriff, Cornw. 1660–1, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 23. dep. lt. by 1662. SP29/60/66.

Col. horse and ft. (roy.) c.1642–6. P.R. Newman, Roy. Officers in Eng. and Wales, 119; Cornw. RO, ME 2925.

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EDGCUMBE, Piers (c.1610-1667), of Mount Edgcumbe, Cornw.; later of Cotehele, Calstock, Cornw.
Main residences: Mount Edgcumbe, Cornw.; Cotehele, Calstock, Cornw.
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EARLE (ERLE), Christopher (c.1590-1634), of Sturminster Marshall, Dorset and the Middle Temple, London

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b. c. 1590, Date calculated from age at admiss. to Christ Church, Oxf. 2nd s. of Thomas Earle of Charborough, Dorset and Dorothy, da. of William Pole† of Shute, Devon; bro. of Walter*. Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 502; Vis. Dorset (Harl. Soc. xx), 37. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1608, aged 18; M. Temple 1609, called 1617. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. 26 Apr. 1623 (with £1,600), Elizabeth, da. of Sir Edward Denny of Bishops Stortford, Herts., 1s. 2da. PROB 11/165, f. 348v; C142/509/19; Dorset RO, D/BLX/T23. d. 29 Mar. 1634. C142/509/19. sig. Christofer Erle.
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Freeman, Poole, Dorset 1614, Dorset RO, DC/PL/B1/1/1, f. 59. Weymouth, Dorset 1621, Dorset RO, WYP/AD1/3, f. 16. Lyme Regis, Dorset 1631; Dorset RO, DC/LR/B/6/11, f. 16. commr. subsidy, Poole 1621–2. C212/22/20–1.

Member, Virg. Co. 1620, Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iii. 61. Dorchester New Eng. Co. 1624. F.R. Troup, John White, Patriarch of Dorchester, 452.

Recorder, Lyme Regis from 1631; Dorset RO, DC/LR/B/6/11, f. 16. ancient, M. Temple by 1633. MTR, ii. 810.

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EARLE (ERLE), Christopher (c.1590-1634), of Sturminster Marshall, Dorset and the Middle Temple, London
Main residences: Sturminster Marshall, Dorset; the Middle Temple, London.
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DUNCOMBE, Edward (c.1562-1634), of Buckingham, Bucks.

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b. c. 1562, Age estimated from date of admission to I. Temple. o.s. of Bennet Duncombe of Maids’ Moreton, Bucks. and his w. Dorothy. educ. I. Temple 1580. unm. Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lviii), 45; Lipscomb, Bucks. iii. 535; I. Temple Admiss. suc. fa. aft. 1583. VCH Bucks. iii. 464. d. 21 Mar. 1634. Smyth’s Obit. ed. H. Ellis (Cam. Soc. xliv), 9.
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DUNCOMBE, Edward (c.1562-1634), of Buckingham, Bucks.
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DRAKE, Sir Francis, 1st Bt. (1588-1637), of Buckland Abbey, Buckland Monachorum, Devon

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b. 16 Sept. 1588,C142/292/180. o.s. of Thomas Drake of Buckland Abbey and Elizabeth, da. of one Gregory of Plympton St. Mary, Devon and wid. of John Elford of Sheepstor, Devon. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 299. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 1604; L. Inn 1606. Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. m. (1) 22 Sept. 1602 (with £660), Jane (bur. 26 Feb. 1613), da. of Sir Amias Bampfield† of Poltimore, Devon, 1da. d.v.p.; (2) lic. 5 Oct. 1615, Joan, da. of Sir William Strode* of Newnham, Plympton St. Mary, 5s. 4da. Vivan, 299, 301; E. F. Eliott-Drake, Fam. and Heirs of Sir Francis Drake, i. 170. suc. fa. 1606; C142/292/180. cr. bt. 2 Aug. 1622. CB. d. 11 Mar. 1637. C142/550/96. sig. Fra[ncis] Drake.
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Commr. piracy, Devon 1619 – 20, 1624, 1630, C181/2, f. 348; 181/3, ff. 2, 130; 181/4, f. 52v. j.p. 1624–d., C231/4, f. 164v; C193/13/2, f. 14. commr. billeting, Devon and Cornw. 1625–6, APC, 1625–6, pp. 55–6, 396–7. martial law, 1625 – 26, 1627–8, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, p. 181; APC, 1627–8, p. 79. Forced Loan, Devon 1627, C193/12/2, f. 10; Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. sheriff 1632–3, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 37. commr. sewers 1634, C181/4, f. 163v. incorporation of maltsters 1636. PC2/46, p. 374.

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DRAKE, Sir Francis, 1st Bt. (1588-1637), of Buckland Abbey, Buckland Monachorum, Devon
Main residence: Buckland Abbey, Buckland Monachorum, Devon.
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