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60:Predecessor
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1104:Antony Bek
832:United to
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650:17 October
576:References
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492:Brown 2008
413:Brown 2008
226:, wife of
52:Term ended
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880:Heathwred
860:Æthelwold
660:cite book
515:King 2005
354:Citations
321:castellan
316:in 1304.
286:cardinals
282:Holy Land
255:Salisbury
251:Treasurer
242:towns of
204:Edward II
70:Successor
44:Appointed
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916:Cutheard
865:Cynewulf
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850:Eadberht
845:Cuthbert
259:Isabella
182:Ancestry
121:Catholic
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941:Ealdred
936:Sexhelm
911:Eardulf
895:Eardulf
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703:. 1834.
691:. 1887.
278:crusade
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931:Uhtred
926:Wigred
921:Tilred
885:Ecgred
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104:France
80:Orders
817:Finan
812:Aidan
220:Alice
167:-mont
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834:York
827:Tuda
666:link
652:2012
607:ISBN
110:Died
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