Manuscript Sources
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Bodleian Library |
GB 0161 MSS. Eng. e. 3326-9 |
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British Museum |
Add. MSS 4805, 4806, 22358, 22625–22629, |
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Lambeth Palace Library |
Talbot MS 3129 |
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The National Archives |
PRO C104/262 |
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Norfolk Record Office |
NRS 8549, 8862, 8899, 21089, 21140, 23508, |
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The Royal Archives |
RA Geo. Add. MSS 1/49, 28/52, |
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15743–4 |
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Suffolk Record Office |
941/78/7/1 |
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University of Hull Archives |
DDHO/4/5/23, DDHO/40/26/41 |
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Warwickshire Record Office |
CR2017/C246/68 |
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Wiltshire Record Office |
WSRO 2057/F4/25 |
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