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II. Some Observations upon the Life of Cecily Duchess of York, Daughter of Ralph de Nevil, Earl of Westmorland and of Richmond, by Joan, natural Daughter of John Duke of Lancaster. Communicated by the Reverend Mark Noble, F.S.A.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

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Very few persons have lived to see such great revolutions in their family as Cecily duchess of York. Her father, from a baron, became a great and puissant earl; and no less than nine of his sons were, by descent, marriage, or creation, peers of the realm, his daughters matched suitably with the first nobility or gentry.

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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1800

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