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Unreasonable Fees Oppress Widow in Crown Augmentation Case
The London Evening Post reports a widow executrix charged 11 6s 8d for the Crown’s Augmentation of a country vicarage. Fees including 1s 6d for Auditor’s certificate and 13s 4d for will enrollment, plus poundage, left the claimant with little after officers’ charges and further attendances.
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Sir Isaac Newton
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Francis Wilson
Robert Wilson
John Norris
General Wade
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Henry Bromley
George Bubb Dodington
Great Britain
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William Gates
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Thomas Astley