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^{page 132 note 7} Stafford County Record Office, Lord Stafford MSS., D 641/1/2/57. I am grateful to Miss F. Ranger, the Registrar of the National Register of Archives, for bringing the list of the Stafford MSS. to my notice and to Mr. F. B. Stitt, the County Archivist at Stafford, for providing me with a copy of the relevant account.

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