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1070:Background
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1054:destroyed
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1409:27 March
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458:Edgehill
438:Plymouth
423:1st Hull
342:Langport
328:Plymouth
314:Stratton
162:Strength
60:Location
1502:(1997)
1390:29 July
1165:pikemen
925:Kilsyth
756:Lincoln
687:Arundel
652:Winceby
562:Reading
188:90 dead
178:13 guns
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1142:Battle
1131:Bodmin
975:Newark
905:Alford
900:Naseby
766:Bolton
721:Newark
300:Bodmin
216:Exeter
171:8 guns
102:Result
1080:Devon
1060:Devon
741:Selby
677:Alton
527:Leeds
356:Truro
230:Wells
1504:ISBN
1482:2020
1461:2020
1426:ISBN
1411:2020
1392:2019
1366:ISBN
1082:and
1062:and
1030:The
982:1646
848:1645
751:York
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417:1642
145:Sir
140:Sir
52:Date
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