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Edward Gamage was a Welsh Anglican priest in the 17th century. [1]
Langley was born at St Brides Major and educated at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. [2] He held livings at Coychurch, Peterstone and Ogmore. Langford was Archdeacon of Llandaff from 1668 until 1670; when he was succeeded by his son Thomas. He died in 1686. [3]
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