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April in the Year aforesaid at the Parish and in the County aforesaid with a Certain Razor made of Iron and Steel
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of the Value of two Pence which she the said
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the Foreman of
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the said Jurors on behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their
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Hands and Seals the Day and Year first abovementioned
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E:Umfreville
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Samson Kemp
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