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| Although I have used z in the transcript for the abbreviation mark for the suffix -ibus, as in presentibus, it does not actually represent the letter z. It just looks like one. Letter forms are somewhat variable in this less than formal hand, e particularly curling at all angles and sometimes back to front. |
| Petition to Henry VI of 1441. (London, National Archives, E28/G8/18). All images by permission of the National Archives. |
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