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CHETTLE, Thomas (c.1553-1641), of Broad Street, Worcester, Worcs.

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b. c. 1553. educ. ?Brasenose, Oxf. 1565, ?BA 1567, ?G. Inn 1569. Al. Ox.; GI Admiss. m. by 1589, da. of Thomas Hanbury of Redcross Street, London, 2s. d.v.p. 5da. Vis. Worcs. ed. Metcalfe, 31; Vis Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xxvii), 67; Al. Ox. (Chetle, Richard). bur. 28 Jan. 1641 28 Jan. 1641. Worcs. RO, MF288/1, All Saints Worcester par. reg. (ex inf. Sue Campbell). sig. Thomas Chetel.
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Constable, All Saints Ward, Worcester 1588 – 89; member of the Forty-Eight, Worcester aft. 1588, low chamberlain 1590 – 91, auditor 1593 – 94, 1596 – 97, 1599 – 1600, 1602 – 03, 1607 – 08, the Twenty-Four by 1600, high chamberlain 1600 – 01, low bailiff 1603 – 04, low alderman 1604 – 05, high bailiff 1605 – 06, judge of Ct. of Orphans 1605 – 06, high alderman 1606 – 07, permanent alderman 1622–7; Worcs. RO, X496.5/BA9360, shelf 644/1, ff. 169v, 176, 185v, 196, 205, 207; Chamber Order Bk. of Worcester ed. S. Bond (Worcs. Hist. Soc. n.s. viii), 22, 54, 64, 77, 92, 97, 178, 206. gov. of g.s. and almshouse, Worcester by 1622 – 33, treas. 1623 – 24, 1626–7. Worcs. RO, b261.1 BA/3617/7, ff. 74v, 78v, 88, 90.

Warden of the Weavers, Walkers and Clothiers’ Co., Worcester 1589 – 90, asst. by 1596, high master 1603 – 04, 1622–3; Worcs. RO, b705:232 BA6955/2, ff. 11, 45v, 122; VCH Worcs. ii. 291. gov. Free sch. and Trin. almshouse, Worcester by 1626. C91/3/3.

Collector subsidy, Worcester 1603, E179/260/1. assessor, Privy Seal loan 1612, Chamber Order Bk. of Worcester, 116. commr. subsidy 1626. E179/201/294.

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CHEKE, Thomas II (c.1590-c.1636), of Mottistone, I.o.W.; later of Crewkerne, Som.

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b. c. 1590, 1st s. of Thomas Cheke I* of Mottistone and 1st w. Dorothy, da. of William Geffrey, merchant, of Newport, I.o.W.Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 54. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 1610, aged 20. Al. Ox. m. by 1623, Eleanor, da. of James Bisse of Batcombe, Som., 1s. 1da. Vis. Som. (Harl. Soc. xi), 8; F. Grigson, Bisse Fam. 58. suc. fa. 1618. C142/367/14. d. c. 1636. Taunton Wills (Brit. Rec. Soc., Index Lib. xlv), 146.
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Freeman, Yarmouth I.o.W. 1614, mayor 1620 – 21, alderman 1621–2. Add. 5669, ff. 28, 47v, 70.">footnote]

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CHEKE, Thomas II (c.1590-c.1636), of Mottistone, I.o.W.; later of Crewkerne, Som.
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CHEKE, Thomas I (1561-1618), of Mottistone, I.o.W. and Lincoln’s Inn, London

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bap. 27 Apr. 1561,Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 5), x. 296-7. 1st s. of James Cheke (d.1574) of Mottistone and Elizabeth, da. of one Thornhill of Wooland, Dorset. Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 54; PROB 11/56, f. 193. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. BA 1583; Thavies Inn 1583; L. Inn 1583, called 1591. Al. Ox.; LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 20. m. (1) by 1589, Dorothy, da. of William Geffrey, merchant, of Newport, I.o.W., 3s. 2da.; W. Berry, Hants Gen. 98. (2) aft. 14 Sept. 1617, ‘his young wife’, s.p. PROB 11/131, f. 400. suc. grandfa. 1575. Hants RO, 1575B/12. d. 22 Jan. 1618. C142/367/14.
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Escheator, Hants and Wilts. 1593–4; List of Escheators comp. A.C. Wood (L. and I. Soc. lxxii), 150. freeman, Southampton, Hants 1599, HMC 11th Rep. III, 22. recorder 1611–d.; Soton Assembly Bks. 1611–14 ed. J.W. Horrocks (Soton Rec. Soc. xxiv), 20–1. j.p. Hants by 1601 – d., chairman of q. sess.; C66/1549, 1620, 1988; Royalist’s Notebk. ed. F. Bamford, 140. freeman, Yarmouth, I.o.W. 1604, steward 1609–d.; Add. 5669, f. 7; R. Worsley, Hist. I.o.W. 160. commr. survey, Sandown Castle, I.o.W. 1608, SP14/34/29. subsidy, I.o.W. 1608, SP14/31/1. gaol delivery, Southampton 1611–d.; C181/2, ff. 160, 298v. steward to Winchester chapter by 1614–d. Hants RO, 44M69/G2/41.

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CHEKE, Thomas I (1561-1618), of Mottistone, I.o.W. and Lincoln’s Inn, London
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CHEKE, Sir Thomas (1570-1659), of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster and Pyrgo, Havering, Essex

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b. 7 Jan. 1570,Calculated from C142/213/120 and WARD 9/316, f. 64. 1st s. of Henry Cheke† of Elstow, Beds. and the King’s Manor, York, clerk of the PC 1576-81 and sec. to Council in the North 1581-6, and Frances, da. of Sir Humphrey Radcliffe† of Elstow. Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 177, 373. educ. ? St. Peter’s, York g.s.; L. Inn 1590. J. Strype, Life of Sir John Cheke (1821), p. 145; LI Admiss. m. (1) by 2 Mar. 1594, Katherine (d. 11 Feb. 1615), da. of Peter Osborne† of S. Fambridge, Essex and Chicksands, Beds., kpr. of privy purse 1551 and remembrancer of the exch., ?1da. d.v.p. ; C66/1411, m. 8; W. Winters, Waltham Holy Cross, 56; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 578. (2) by May 1616, Essex (d.15 Aug. 1658), da. of Robert Rich†, 1st earl of Warwick, 5s. (2 ) 6da. (1 d.v.p). Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 177, 373; St. Martin-in-the-Fields 1550-1619 (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxv), 50, 52, 102, 170, 176-7; St. Martin-in-the-Fields 1619-36 (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxvi), 5; J.P. Malcolm, Londinium Redivivum, iii. 216; D. Lysons, Environs of London, iv. 199; Le Neve, Mon. Angl. 1650-79, pp. 61-2. suc. fa. 1586; Kntd. 11 May 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 105. bur. 25 Mar. 1659 25 Mar. 1659. Strype, 146. sig. Thomas/Tho[mas] Cheek.
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Cllr. Virg. Co. 1619-at least 1623; Virg. Co. Recs. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, i. 227, 211; iv. 80. member, Amazon River Co. to 1620, APC, 1619–21, p. 204. Somers Is. Co. 1620, T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 264. Providence Is. Co. c.1632. A.P. Newton, Colonising Activities of English Puritans, 126.

Freeman, Boston, Lincs. 1620, Maldon, Essex 1626, Colchester, Essex 1628; J.F. Bailey, Transcript of Mins. of Boston Corporation, ii. 318; W.J. Petchey, Prospect of Maldon, 267; Essex RO, T/A 465/114, f. 69v. commr. subsidy, Essex 1621 – 22, 1624, 1626, 1628, 1641; C212/22/20–1, 23; E115/104/94; 115/80/29; SR, v. 62, 84. j.p. Essex 1621 – 32, by 1644 – at least48, Havering-atte-Bower, Essex 1639; C231/4, f. 129; 231/5, pp. 76, 339. commr. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1622 – 33, 1640, Essex 1622 (highways’ repair), 1629-at least 1645, C181/3, ff. 56, 68v; 181/4, ff. 1v, 109, 144v-5, 193; 181/5, f. 254. sewers, Havering and Dagenham levels 1622 – at least33, Dengie and Rochford hundreds 1633 – at least45, Rainham bridge to Mucking mill, Essex 1627 – at least44, Essex and Kent 1642; C181/3, ff. 43, 233; 181/4, ff. 76, 138; 181/5, pp. 454, 489, 497. dep. lt. Essex 1625 – 26, 1643; Maynard Ltcy. Bk. ed. B. Quintrell, 93, 140–1; HMC 7th Rep. 556. commr. Forced Loan, Essex, Maldon, Harwich 1626–7, Bodl. Firth C4, p. 257; SP16/52/64; C193/12/2, ff. 80v, 84. charitable uses, Essex 1629-at least 1630, C192/1, unfol. gaol delivery, Havering-atte-Bower 1633 – d., Essex 1644-at least 1645, C181/4, f. 139; 181/5, ff. 238, 254; 181/6, p. 272. perambulation of Waltham Forest, Essex 1641, C181/5, f. 208. Poll Tax 1641, Irish contributions 1642, SR, v. 107, 141. sequestration of delinquents’ lands 1643, execution of Ordinances 1643, levy money 1643, defence of Eastern Assoc. 1643, New Model Ordinance 1645, national militia 1648. A. and O. i. 112, 169, 229, 292, 536, 621, 638, 965, 1082, 1236–7.

Elder, Essex classis 1646–8. H. Smith, ‘Presbyterian Organisation of Essex’, Essex Review, xxviii. 16.

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CHEKE, Sir Thomas (1570-1659), of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster and Pyrgo, Havering, Essex
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CHAWORTH, Sir George (c.1569-1639), of Annesley, Notts. and Westminster

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b. c. 1569, 1st s. of John Chaworth of Cropwell Butler, Notts. and Jane, da. of David Vincent of Barnack, Northants.Vis. Notts. (Harl. Soc. iv), 128; Add. 6705, f. 29. educ. Trin. Oxf. 1586, aged 17, MA 1605; G. Inn, entered 1605. Al. Ox.; GI Admiss. m. Mary (d. 28 July 1646), da. of Thomas Kniveton† of Mercaston, Derbys., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. Kntd. 29 May 1605; suc. uncle Henry in Annesley estate by 1610; cr. Visct. Chaworth [I] 4 Mar. 1628; suc. fa. 1628. d. 3 July 1639. CSP Dom. 1639, p. 364; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 138; CB, iii. 155; J.T. Godfrey, Notes on Churches of Notts.: Hundred of Bingham, 315-16. sig. G[eorge] Chaworth.
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Servant to Lady Arbella Stuart by 1603, E.T. Bradley, Life of Lady Arabella Stuart, ii. 165, 186. to James I c.1604; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 73. equerry by 1608-at least 1610; E179/70/122; REQ 2/409/34. amb. Spanish Neths. 1621; gent. of privy chamber 1621–?; Loseley Mss ed. A.J. Kempe, 422, 437. farmer of petty writs in Chancery 1623–7. C78/307/1.

J.p. Notts. by c.1607-at least c.1614, 1616 – 29, liberty of Southwell and Scroby, Notts. 1609–29; C66/1748; 66/2047; C231/4, f. 31; 231/5, p. 13; C181/2, f. 79; 181/4, f. 9. kpr. Kingswood and Fellwood forests, Glos. 1614–?d.; constable, Bristol castle 1616–?30; CSP Dom. 1611–18, pp. 228, 360. commr. subsidy, Notts. 1621 – 22, 1624, Nottingham 1621 – 22, Newark 1621–2, C212/22/20–1, 23. sewers, Leics. and Notts. 1625, 1629, C181/3, f. 162; 181/4, f. 23v. musters, Notts. 1621–6, APC, 1619–21, p. 368; E401/2586, pp. 203–5. Forced Loan 1627, Notts. Co. Recs. comp. H.H. Copnall, 111. swans, Midland counties 1627; C181/3, f. 227. sheriff, Notts. 1638–d. List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 105.

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CHAWORTH, Sir George (c.1569-1639), of Annesley, Notts. and Westminster
Main residences: Annesley, Notts.; Westminster.
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CHARNOCK, Thomas (1587-1648), of Astley Hall, Chorley, Lancs.

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b. 7 Jan. 1587,DL7/21/6; Lancs. Inquisitions pt. 2 (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xvi), 37-9. 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Robert Charnock of Charnock and Astley, Lancs. and his 1st w. Isabel, da. of Sir William Norris of Speke, Lancs.; bro. of Roger*. m. by 1608, Bridget, da. and h. of John Molyneux of New Hall, Lancs., 2s. 2da. Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxii), 8-9. suc. fa. 1616. bur. 24 May 1648. Chorley Par. Reg. (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. xxxviii), 103. sig. Tho Chernock.
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Freeman, Preston, Lancs. by 1602, Preston Guild Roll (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 54. Liverpool 1617, G. Chandler, Liverpool Under Jas. I, 204. Wigan by 1628; D. Sinclair, Hist. Wigan, i.197. j.p. Lancs. by 1620-at least 1630. Lancs. RO, QSC4–11.

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CHARNOCK, Thomas (1587-1648), of Astley Hall, Chorley, Lancs.
Main residence: Astley Hall, Chorley, Lancs.
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CHAPMAN, Henry (by 1556-1623), of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb.

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b. by 1556,Assuming minimum age 21 on becoming a freeman. 1st s. of Oswald Chapman of Newcastle and Marion, da. of Henry Anderson†, grocer and alderman of Newcastle. Vis. Northumb. ed. Foster, 59. m. (1) Joanna (bur. 2 Oct. 1604) ?s.p.; R. Welford, Hist. Newcastle and Gateshead, iii. 425. (2) c.1606, Rebecca Garrard, 2da. Durham UL, DPRI/1/1623/C8/1; Vis. Northumb. 59. suc. fa. 1566. d. 17 Apr. 1623. Northumbrian Monuments ed. C.H. Hunter Blair (Newcastle-upon-Tyne Recs. Cttee. iv), 49. sig. H[enry] Chapman.
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Freeman, Merchant Adventurers’ Co., Newcastle-upon-Tyne by 1577, Clothworkers’ Co., London; Ibid. 49; Newcastle Merchant Adventurers ed. F.W. Dendy (Surtees Soc. ci), 212. sheriff, Newcastle 1581 – 82, alderman by 1586, mayor 1586 – 87, 1597, 1608 – 09, 1619–20, Northumb. RO, ZAN/M13/B34. hostman 1600–d.; Newcastle Hostmen ed. F.W. Dendy (Surtees Soc. cv), 11. member, High Commission, York prov. 1605; HMC Hatfield, xv. 495. commr. subsidy, Newcastle 1608; SP14/31/1. gov. Merchant Adventurers’ Co., Newcastle 1608, Hostmen’s Co. 1609; Northumb. RO, ZAN/M13/B34. alderman, London Jan.-Feb. 1611; A.B. Beaven, Aldermen of London, ii. 52; Northumbrian Monuments, 49. commr. River Tyne conservancy 1618.

Commr. Union 1604. CJ, i. 208a.

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CHAPMAN, Henry (by 1556-1623), of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb.
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CHAPMAN, William.

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EITHERof Bath, Som. s. of Richard Chapman, alderman of Bath. m. (1) Edith (bur. 13 May 1599), s.p.; (2) by 1612, Dorothy (bur. 27 June 1626), 1da. d.v.p. suc. fa. 1572. d. 20 Oct. 1627.R. Rawlinson, Hist. and Antiqs. of Cathedral Church of Salisbury, and Abbey Church of Bath (1719), p. 261; Abbey Church of SS. Peter and Paul, Bath ed. A.J. Jewers (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxvii-xxviii), 337, 344.Freeman, Bath, Som. ?1578, alderman by 1593-d., mayor and coroner 1593-4. Accts. of Chamberlains of Bath, 1568-1602 ed. F.D. Wardle (Som. Rec. Soc. xxxviii), 37, 133; Abbey Church of SS. Peter and Paul, Bath, 352.ORof Bath. o. s. of John Chapman of Bath, gent. and da. of one Horton of Wilts. m. 5 Jan. 1598, Joan (bur. 25 July 1643), da. of John Webb of Bromham, Wilts. 5s. 5da. (3 d.v.p.). d. 16 June 1647. Vis. Som. and Bristol (Harl. Soc. n.s. xi), 19; Abbey Church of SS. Peter and Paul, Bath, 21, 204, 347, 362; PROB 11/205, ff. 342-5; A Wood, ‘Monumental inscriptions in the churches of Bath’ ed. J.G. Godwin Misc. Gen. et Her. n.s. iv. 32.Freeman, Bath, Som. ?1605, Bath RO, chamberlains’ accts transcript, i. no. 46. alderman by 1616-; d., mayor and coroner 1616-17, 1623-4, 1630-1, 1639-40, 1641-2.; Bath RO, mayoral list transcript; Abbey Church of SS. Peter and Paul, Bath, 366. ?churchwarden, St. Peter and St. Paul, Bath, Som. 1630-1; Abbey Church of SS. Peter and Paul, Bath, 28. commr. subsidy, Bath, Som. 1641. SR, v. 89.
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CHAMPERNOWNE, Arthur (1580-c.1650), of Dartington, nr. Totnes, Devon

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b. 25 May 1580,C142/232/69. 1st s. of Gawen Champernowne of Dartington and Roberta, da. of Gabriel de l’Orge, comte de Montgomery; stepbro. to Sir John* and Thomas Horner*. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 163; Misc. Gen. et Her. n.s. iv. 162. educ. M. Temple 1598. M. Temple Admiss. m. 17 June 1598, Bridget, da. of Sir Thomas Fulford of Fulford, Devon, 6s. 7da. Vivian, 163-4. suc. fa. 1592. C142/232/69. admon. 1650. Devonshire Wills ed. E.A. Fry, 37. sig. Ar[thur] Champernowne.
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J.p. Devon 1618-at least 1643, C231/4, f. 67v; Devon RO, QS28/1. commr. piracy 1624, 1630, 1637–9, C181/3, f. 130; 181/4, f. 52v; 181/5, ff. 84v, 133. billeting, Devon and Cornw. 1625, APC, 1625–6, pp. 55, 267. martial law 1625, 1627, SP16/2/84; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, p. 180; APC, 1627–8, p. 79. Forced Loan, Devon 1627, C193/12/2, f. 10v. sewers 1634, C181/4, f. 163v. incorporation of maltsters 1636, PC2/46, p. 374. assessment 1641–2, SR, v. 61, 83, 150. array 1642. Northants. RO, FH133.

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CHAMPERNOWNE, Arthur (1580-c.1650), of Dartington, nr. Totnes, Devon
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CHAMBRE, Calcot (c.1573-1635), of Williamscote, Oxon. and Carnew, co. Wicklow

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b. c. 1573, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of George Chambre of Petton, Salop and Judith, da. and h. of Walter Calcott, merchant of the Staple, of Williamscote.Vis. Oxon. (Harl. Soc. v), 150; Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 97-99. educ. Shrewsbury sch. 1581. Shrewsbury Sch. Regestrum Scholarium comp. E. Calvert, i. 73. m. (1) c.1599, Mary, da. and coh. of Edward Villiers of Hothorpe, Northants., 1s. 2da.; Nichols, County of Leicester, ii. 828, 830; C2/Jas.I/C19/50. (2) c.Sept. 1611, (with £3,000), Lucy (d. 28 Aug. 1622), da. and coh. of John Gobert of Coventry, Warws., s.p. Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 293; WARD 9/96, f. 194v. suc. fa. 1594. C142/242/47. d. 29 Oct. 1635. W.R. Williams, Parl. Hist. Oxon. 178.
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Asst. to the corp. of Banbury, Oxon. 1608; Banbury Corp. Recs. (Banbury Hist. Soc. xv), 98–102, 303. freeman, Gorey, co. Wexford 1619; Wexford ed. P.H. Hore, vi. 612. commr. prizes, Leinster 1627. APC, 1627, p. 460.

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CHAMBRE, Calcot (c.1573-1635), of Williamscote, Oxon. and Carnew, co. Wicklow
Main residences: Williamscote, Oxon; Carnew, co. Wicklow, [I].
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