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758:(1647β1684), son. In the words of Prince he "enlarged and beautified" Ash "to a greater perfection than it was of before, enclosed a park adjoyning to the house with a good wall; made fish ponds, walks, gardens well furnished with great variety of choice fruits etc., so that now it may vye, for beauty and delight, with most other seats in those parts" Having lived for a long time beneath his station in a tenant's house on the estate, he was happy again to reside at "this sweet and pleasant place which with so much care and cost he had finished", but died soon after. He had argued with his next half-brother and
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752:(1650β1722), who on account of the Churchill residence having been destroyed during the Civil War, and the Churchill family having been heavily fined for its Royalist support, was born at Ash, his mother's family home. Ash too was shortly thereafter "burnt and demolished" by Parliamentarian troops, and "lay long in ruins" during which time the family moved one mile away to Trill. The Duke's early childhood was thus spent in comparative poverty.
619:(c. 1537 β 1586), eldest son and heir. The only Drake heir of Ash in ten generations not to bear the name John. He is said by Prince "greatly to have exhausted his estate", but for a noble cause "for the honor and safety of his country" and "in the discovery of foreign regions, and such other vertuous achievements as purchase glory and renown". He was "a person of high spirit" who stood up to the great Admiral Sir
1596:(1650β1722). Prince's father Bernard Prince had married secondly (as her second husband) to Jane Drake, (Vivian, p. 296) a daughter of Philip Drake of Salcombe, third in descent from John Drake of Axmouth, father of John Drake (died 1558) of Ash, in the parish of Musbury. Jane was thus 3rd cousin of Sir John Drake (died 1636) of Ash, the father of
656:(1586), which claimed the lives of several other magistrates and occupants of the infected court house. The foreign prisoners who were the source of the infection had by co-incidence been captured at sea by Sir Bernard himself. He married Gertrude Fortescue (died 1601), daughter of Bartholomew Fortescue of
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in Devon, the Devon topographer and arbiter of landscape gardening, visited Ash on 13 February 1795, as part of one of his tours around the county. His watercolour painting of the house and corresponding journal entry survives, in the Devon Record Office. He was familiar with Prince's text and noted
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Heer is the monument of Sr
Barnard Drake Kt. who had to wife Dame Garthrud the daughter of Bartholomew Fortescue of Filly Esqr. by whom hee had three sonnes and thre daughters where of whear five living at his death viz John, Hugh, Marie, Margaret and Helen. He died the Xth of April 1586 and Dame
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Heer lieth the body of John Drake of Aish Esq.r and Amie his wife whoe was the daughter of Sr Roger
Graynfeild Kt. by whom hee had issue six sones where of lived three at his death viz Barnard, Robart and Richard. He died the 4th of October 1558 and she died the 18th of Februarie
99:(ca. 1695β1733), who died without children and bequeathed all his estates to his widow Anne Williams (died 1793), who remarried to George Speke, MP, and had by him a daughter Anne Speke (before 1741β1797), who brought the Drake estates, including Ash and the
287:. He died without sons leaving a daughter Christiana Billet as his sole heiress. Christiana Billet married twice, firstly to John Drake (by whom she had a son John Drake), secondly to Richard Francheney (by whom she had a son Christopher Francheney).
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John Drake Esq buried here ye II of Aprill 1628. Dorothye Drake his wife buried here ye 13 of Dece.r. 1631. Sr John Drake
Knighte buried here ye 26 of Aug 1636. Dame Mary Rosewell wife of Sr Henry Rosewell Knighte was buried here the 4 of November
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Vivian, 1895, p.293 "Daughter of Roger
Greenfield of Stow". Byrne states however that Roger had a daughter named Amy (Byrne, Muriel St. Clare, (ed.) The Lisle Letters, 6 vols, University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London, 1981, vol.3,
792:(1658β1716), younger son The 2nd Baronet had died having broken the entail, but without having reassigned it as he had intended onto his youngest half-brother William Drake, the future 4th Baronet, and thus on his death was effectively
126:, whom they considered to be below the rank of gentry, that he was descended from their ancient Drake family of Ash, and a famous physical confrontation broke out in the court of Queen Elizabeth I between Admiral Sir
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to a new design, to which Sir
Bernard replied "that though her Majesty could give him a nobler, yet she could not give an antienter coat than his". Sir Francis however had the last laugh. A small detail in his new
1300:"Formedon, a writ of right for claiming entailed property" as stated in Byrne, Muriel St. Clare, (ed.) The Lisle Letters, 6 vols, University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London, 1981, vol.5, p.408, note 6
63:(1650β1722), whose mother was Elizabeth Drake, but was in fact probably in ruins at the time of his birth. The future Duke was however baptised in 1650 in the Chapel at Ash, which had been licensed by the
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Vivian, p.299, pedigree of Drake of
Crowndale and Buckland Abbey, states erroneously "The Drake family of Crowndale and Buckland Abbey used the same arms but the tail of the wyvern is not nowed" (knotted)
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As seen quartered (2nd quarter of 7) in the 1577 portrait of
Richard Drake in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Pole however gives these arms as Billet of Bozuns Hele and gives Billet of Ash as
59:, long the residence of the ancient Drake family, the heir of which remarkably was always called John, only one excepted, for ten generations. It was formerly believed to have been the birthplace of
882:"We find all its beauty passed away - the park destroy'd, the ponds filled up - except in one long parallelogram at the entrance, and the garden more abundant in weed than flowers or choice fruit."
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1588:, 1810 edition, London, pp. 328β332, biography of Drake, Sir Bernard, Knight (Prince's step-mother Jane Drake was a third cousin of the Drakes of Ash and he was a godson to
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Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The
Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.292, pedigree of Drake of Ash
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was his sister
Elizabeth Drake (1648β1694), who in the words of Prince "to her immortal honor" and generosity re-settled the estates as her brother had wished onto William.
700:(died 1628), son and heir, who married Dorothy Button, daughter of William Button of Aston, Wiltshire. The tablet under his effigy in Musbury Church is inscribed thus:
1560:, (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, pp. 292β8, pedigree of Drake of Ash
186:(a common variant of "de Ash"), whose relationship to the foregoing holder Quardus is unknown, was granted the estate by "John, Lord Courtenay", according to Pole.
79:(1625β1669), the wartime occupant who had suffered so greatly for the Royalist cause received some recompense at the end of the troubles by being created a
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Church, North Devon, depicting Sir
Bernard Drake (died 1586), who erected the monument to which it was originally affixed in memory of his brother-in-law,
429:(died 1628), who erected the monument in 1611, son of Sir Bernard, with his wife Dorothy Button (died 1631). Also shown four times are the arms of Drake:
845:(ca. 1695β1733), who died without children and bequeathed all his estates to his widow Anne Williams (died 1793), who remarried to George Speke, MP, of
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Courtney, William Prideaux Courtney, biography of Prince, John (1643β1723), published in Dictionary of National Biography, London, 1885-1900, Volume 46
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John Drake (died 1558) (eldest son and heir), who married Amy Grenville (died 1578), a daughter of Roger Grenville (1477β1524), lord of the manors of
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when it sank in Portsmouth Harbour in 1545, by his wife Thomasine Cole, daughter of Thomas Cole of Slade. She would thus have been a sister of Sir
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Warin) Hampton. He died without male issue and left two daughters as his co-heiresses, Jone and Alis. The arms of Hamton of Rockbere and Ash were:
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Garthrud his wief was here bured the XIIth of Februarie 1601 unto the memorie of whome John Drake Esqr. his sonne hath set this monument Anno 1611
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gave him "a box on the ear", "for which offence he incurred her Majesty's displeasure". Sir Francis thereupon was awarded by the Queen his own
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on the family estates which thus prevented him from inheriting. Sir Bernard thus never owned Ash and lived instead at Herebeare in Bickington.
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became extinct. He bequeathed all his estates including Ash to his wife Anne Williams (died 1793), daughter of William Peere Williams, MP.
200:, Devon, whose wife was Juliana de Esse, heiress of Ash, having been given it by Henry de Esse. The arms of Orwey of Orwey and Ash were:
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Sir John Drake (died 1636), who married Elinor Boteler (died 1666, buried in Holyrood Church, Southampton), daughter and co-heiress of
623:, of no provable family relationship to himself, when he tried to usurp the armorials of Drake of Ash, and in the royal court of Queen
1572:(died 1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, pp. 122β3
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Bernard Drake (?-1687), the future 3rd Baronet, (eldest son of his father by his second wife Dionis Strode, 8th daughter of Sir
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John Billet, wife of Alis Hampton, who on the allocation of her father's estates received Ash. The arms of Billet of Ash were:
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in Somerset, and had by him a daughter Anne Speke (before 1741β1797), who brought the Drake estates, including Ash and the
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showing his own portrait and arms in Filleigh Church. The tablet under his effigy in Musbury Church is inscribed thus:
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sparked the Civil War) whom "having very highly disoblig'd him by an indigestible extravagance" he cut-off from the
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in 1660. He had suffered much for the Royalist cause during the Civil War. His sister Elizabeth Drake married Sir
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John Strech, husband of Jone de Orwey, sister and co-heiress (with her sister Phillipa de Orwey, wife of Warren (
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that the door and windows of the chapel were then blocked up and in contrast to Prince's description wrote:
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36:, Devon. Devon Record Office 564M/F7/129. It was then in use as a farmhouse. This is the house re-built by
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Monument to the Drake family of Ash, south aisle of Musbury Church. It depicts the following persons:
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The earliest record of the Drake family of Devon is in an undated "very old deed" in Latin quoted by
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552:(died 1640) "A man of very great estate". He recovered Ash from Symon Francheney by exercise of a
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Or possibly she was a daughter of Roger I's grandson Roger Grenville (died 1545), Captain of the
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1550:& Rowe, Margery (Eds.), Travels in Georgian Devon: The Illustrated Journals of The Reverend
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1578:& Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p. 135 "Ashe House"
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40:(1647β1684) after its near destruction during the Civil War. The building at left is a chapel
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107:(1732β1792), who sold them piece-meal to various persons. Ash House survives today as a
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Symon Francheney, son, the legality of whose tenure of Ash was challenged in a suit of
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to have been witnessed by "Walterus Draco" and "Wymondus de Dennex" and others. Thus
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273:(1535β1603) by George Gower (1540β1596) in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
220:(1535β1603) by George Gower (1540β1596) in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
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Christopher Francheney, who held Ash after the death of his parents. The arms of
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1612:, quoting: "Worseley, John, Duke of Marlborough, i. 2β6") and one of Prince's
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1592:(died 1669)). John Prince had a family connection to his great contemporary
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in 1660. Ash was rebuilt "to a greater perfection than it was of before" by
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in Devon. The tablet under his effigy in Musbury Church is inscribed thus:
548:(13 miles south-west of Ash) by his wife Agnes Kelloway. He was called by
833:(1732β1792) disposed of the Drake estates piece-meal. Portrait after Sir
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421:(c. 1537 β 1586), his son, with his wife Gertrude Fortescue (died 1601);
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A dexter cubit arm couped at the elbow proper holding a battle-axe sable
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812:(ca. 1695β1733), younger son Last in the male line, on whose death the
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722:, (c. 1566 β 1637). Their 4th daughter Elizabeth Drake married Sir
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Cassel's Latin Dictionary: "Draco -onis, a kind of snake, dragon"
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Warin) Hampton) of John de Orwey The arms of Strech of Ash were:
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1007:, (1643β1723) The Worthies of Devon, 1810 edition, London, p.329
544:, 2 1/2 miles south-west of Ash, son and heir of John Drake of
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whose attempted unconstitutional arrest by King James I in the
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Argent, a chevron purple between three battle-axes erect sable
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Anne Speke (before 1741β1797), heiress of Ash, whose husband
748:(1620β1688) of Glanville Wotton in Dorset and was mother of
726:(1620β1688) of Glanville Wotton in Dorset and was mother of
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when the latter made claim to the armorials of Drake of Ash.
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1554:, 1789-1800, 4 vols., Tiverton, 1999, vol.2, pp. 121β2
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19th century stained glass, Musbury Church, showing crest:
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857:(1732β1792), who sold them piece-meal to various persons.
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property. he married Margaret Cole, daughter of John Cole.
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Quardus de Ash is the earliest holder of Ash according to
1600:(died 1669), whose sister was Elizabeth Drake, mother of
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Warin Hampton, son of Phillipa de Orwey, wife of Warren (
130:(c. 1537 β 1586) of Ash and Admiral Sir Francis Drake of
711:(Mary Rosewell was the sister of John Drake (died 1636))
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The Drake family of Ash rejected a claim by Admiral Sir
475:(died 1570). The arms of Drake of Ash are shown in the
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Argent, on a chief gules three cinquefoils of the first
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private residence in much the same form as depicted by
371:: Detail from top of 1611 monument in Musbury Church;
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Argent, a wyvern wings displayed and tail nowed gules
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Ermine, on a chief gules three lions rampant argent
162:. The descent of the estate of Ash was as follows:
67:in 1387. Ash was "burnt and demolished" during the
1620:(died 1586) of Ash, son of John Drake (died 1558).
932:. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). pp. 737β740.
498:of the arms of Drake's wife, Gertrude Fortescue.
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923:"Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st Duke of"
676:) in memory of the latter of whom he erected a
226:John de Orwey (son), who died without children.
387:("The eagle does not catch flies"). The Drake
154:, the lords of which from about 1190 were the
1034:See for example the history of the manors of
720:John Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield
242:Argent, a bend engrailed sable between three
28:, watercolour dated 13 February 1795 by Rev.
524:form of the name "Drake", meaning in Latin "
95:(1647β1684). The last in the male line was
251:John Strech, son, who died without children
994:Listed building text, Chapel at Ashe House
943:Listed building text, Chapel at Ashe House
1608:(died 1669) was John Prince's godfather,(
990:Listed building text, Ashe House, Musbury
267:Gules, on a fess argent two mullets sable
196:John de Orwey, of Orwey in the parish of
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202:Argent, on a chief indented sable three
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1604:(1650β1722).(Vivian, pp. 292β297)
1602:John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
1594:John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
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728:John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
393:John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
61:John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
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648:he had contracted whilst serving as a
142:The estate of Ash was a member of the
855:Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford
831:Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford
730:(1650β1722), born at Ash (see below).
636:was a tiny image of the Drake of Ash
590:His third son as mentioned above was
105:Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford
488:wings displayed and tail nowed gules
365:wings displayed and tail nowed gules
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16:Historic estate in Devon, England
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89:Restoration of the Monarchy
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929:Encyclopædia Britannica
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1405:Abbreviation of Latin
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806:(ca. 1689β1724), son
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520:(drakon)) was the
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1016:Pole, p.122
871:Oxton House
861:Ash in 1795
837:(1723β1792)
798:heir at law
625:Elizabeth I
608:Elizabeth I
496:quarterings
208:. The arms
198:Kentisbeare
34:Oxton House
1628:Categories
1552:John Swete
1548:Gray, Todd
1040:Ashreigney
887:References
867:John Swete
698:John Drake
650:magistrate
646:gaol fever
484:Argent, a
480:escutcheon
427:John Drake
397:supporters
379:The Drake
361:Argent, a
292:Francheney
85:Charles II
77:John Drake
30:John Swete
1321:Mary Rose
1265:Drake of
1211:see below
794:intestate
606:to Queen
598:, MP, an
522:Latinized
353:Latinized
177:overlords
115:in 1795.
73:Axminster
69:Civil War
1616:was Sir
1614:Worthies
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920:(1911).
851:advowson
660:, North
658:Filleigh
573:Bideford
562:entailed
558:Formedon
546:Otterton
510:Westcote
492:sinister
469:Filleigh
310:Formedon
244:martlets
158:, later
101:advowson
83:by King
1542:Sources
1330:Revenge
1271:Axmouth
1267:Exmouth
1036:Roseash
768:Newnham
740:on the
738:baronet
652:at the
600:Equerry
542:Axmouth
314:Exmouth
256:Hampton
184:de Esse
148:Musbury
138:Descent
87:on the
81:baronet
49:Musbury
1407:Quarto
1310:p.303)
875:Kenton
796:. His
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526:dragon
518:Ξ΄ΟάκΟΞ½
490:. The
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477:dexter
415:centre
363:wyvern
278:Billet
231:Strech
182:Henry
166:de Ash
57:estate
662:Devon
634:crest
596:Esher
532:of a
514:Draco
461:Right
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373:right
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355:form
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144:manor
113:Swete
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