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124:(Royal)
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289:Towton
169:30,000
151:
103:Result
807:Tudor
1001:York
649:2017
627:2017
519:Horn
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497:and
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52:Date
409:by
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595:^
583:^
545:.
429:.
401:,
682:e
675:t
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