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John de Beauchamp, 2nd Baron Beauchamp of Somerset was an English peer and was feudal baron of Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset.
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Vincent Stuckey Stratton Coles was an Anglican priest, who served as Principal of Pusey House, Oxford from 1897 to 1909.
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Colonel William Strode, Jr — called William Strode of Barrington to distinguish him from contemporaries of the same name, principally the Strodes of Newnham in Devon — was an English Parliamentarian officer and Member of Parliament. A wealthy cloth merchant, he acquired several estates in his native county of Somerset. He was noted for his local philanthropy as well as his political and military opposition to King Charles I and Charles II.
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