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... John ; they emigrated to America about 1670. A Robert Maltbye witnesses a deed of land for William in 1673 ; the relationship of this Robert is unknown , as this is the only time he appears upon the records . In Betham's ' Baronetage ...
... John ; they emigrated to America about 1670. A Robert Maltbye witnesses a deed of land for William in 1673 ; the relationship of this Robert is unknown , as this is the only time he appears upon the records . In Betham's ' Baronetage ...
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... JOHN T. PAGE . Long Itchington , Warwickshire . was JOHN PENHALLOW ( 10th S. iv . 507 ) .- He was the son of Thomas Penhallow , and descended from John Penhallow , who lived married to Mary , daughter and coheiress of in the time of ...
... JOHN T. PAGE . Long Itchington , Warwickshire . was JOHN PENHALLOW ( 10th S. iv . 507 ) .- He was the son of Thomas Penhallow , and descended from John Penhallow , who lived married to Mary , daughter and coheiress of in the time of ...
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... John Hough , eventually Bishop of Worcester , was superseded as President by Samuel Parker , Bishop of Oxford , and after the latter's death , for a few months , by Bonaventure Gifford , titular Bishop of Madaura . Thomas Collins , the ...
... John Hough , eventually Bishop of Worcester , was superseded as President by Samuel Parker , Bishop of Oxford , and after the latter's death , for a few months , by Bonaventure Gifford , titular Bishop of Madaura . Thomas Collins , the ...
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... John Dynely at the Hague , 12 August , 1628 , ibid . , p . 558 . In letters not in the Reliquiĉ ' Wotton mentions : - · 3. A painter , Jacques de Gein . 4. A musician , servant to Prince Charles , and by birth an Italian from Padua . 5 ...
... John Dynely at the Hague , 12 August , 1628 , ibid . , p . 558 . In letters not in the Reliquiĉ ' Wotton mentions : - · 3. A painter , Jacques de Gein . 4. A musician , servant to Prince Charles , and by birth an Italian from Padua . 5 ...
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... John Wilkes , Esq . , Gough's ' Camden's Britannia , ' 1789 , vol . i . girl " ( " Letters p . 205 , the name is Beigham . A foot - note addressed to his Daughter , ' London , 1804 , refers to Tanner , 561 . Yet in his earlier years he ...
... John Wilkes , Esq . , Gough's ' Camden's Britannia , ' 1789 , vol . i . girl " ( " Letters p . 205 , the name is Beigham . A foot - note addressed to his Daughter , ' London , 1804 , refers to Tanner , 561 . Yet in his earlier years he ...
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