HISTORICAL & LITERARY

CONNECTED WITH THE PALATINE COUNTIES OF

60670

LANCASTER AND CHESTER

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THE CHETHAM SOCIETY.

VOL. VI.

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REV. RICHARD PARKINSON, B.D., CANON OF MANCHESTER, VICE-PRESIDENT. THE HON. & VERY REV. WILLIAM HERBERT, DEAN OF MANCHESTER. GEORGE ORMEROD, ESQ., D.C.L., F.R.S., F.S.A., F.G.S., SEDBURY PARK. SAMUEL HIBBERT WARE, ESQ., M.D., F.R.S.E., EDINBURGH.

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