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esq_n sir_n william_n beecher_n kt._n berks._n richard_n nevil_n esq_n sir_n richard_n poll_n kt_n of_o the_o bath_n burough_n of_o new_a windsor_n sir_n richard_n braham_n kt._n sir_n thomas_n higgon_n kt._n borough_n of_o reading_n sir_n thomas_n doleman_n kt._n richard_n aldworth_n esq_n burough_n of_o wallingford_n sir_n john_n benet_n knight_n of_o the_o bath_n robert_n packer_n esq_n borough_n of_o abingdon_n sir_n george_n stonehouse_n bar._n buck_n sir_n william_n bowyer_n kt._n and_o bar._n sir_n william_n terringham_n kt._n of_o the_o bath_n town_n of_o buck_n sir_n richard_n temple_n bar._n sir_n william_n smith_n bar._n borough_n of_o chipping_n wiccomb_n sir_n edmond_n pie_n kt._n and_o bar._n sir_n john_n burlace_n bar._n borough_n of_o aylesbury_n sir_n richard_n ingoldsby_n knight_n of_o the_o bath_n sir_n thomas_n lee_n bar._n borough_n of_o agmondesham_n sir_n will._n drake_n kt._n sir_n thomas_n proby_n bar._n borough_n of_o wendever_n richard_n hampden_n esq_n 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