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Excerpt from A History of the College of Arms, and the Lives of All the Kings, Heralds, and Pursuivants From the Reign of Richard III., Founder of the College, Until the Present Time: With a Preliminary Dissertation Relative to the Different Orders in England, Particularly the Gentry, Since the Norman Conquest
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