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| There are numerous abbreviations, some standard French forms and a few that seem a little ad hoc. The second part of the document has more of the same. To find them all, work through the text pages with the transcript window open. | |
| Royal writ of 1328 (Westminster Abbey. Muniments. Coronation No.II). All images from The New Palaeographical Society 1910, Plate 197. | |
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