The Judges of England: With Sketches of Their Lives, and Miscellaneous Notices Connected with the Courts at Westminster, from the Time of the Conquest, Volume 4 |
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| Title | The Judges of England: With Sketches of Their Lives, and Miscellaneous Notices Connected with the Courts at Westminster, from the Time of the Conquest, Volume 4 The Judges of England: With Sketches of Their Lives, and Miscellaneous Notices Connected with the Courts at Westminster, from the Time of the Conquest, Edward Foss |
| Author | Edward Foss |
| Publisher | Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | Sep 18, 2006 |
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