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The Restoration Regime in Action: the Relationship Between Central and Local in Government in Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire, 1660–1678*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

P. J. Norrey
P. J. Norrey
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University of Bristol
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The Historical Journal , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , December 1988 , pp. 789 - 812
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