Richard Blund was Archdeacon of Barnstaple from 1264 to 1265. [1]
Richard Blund was Archdeacon of Barnstaple from 1264 to 1265. [1]
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Exeter College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England and the fourth oldest college of the University.
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The West of England line is a British railway line from Basingstoke, Hampshire, to Exeter St David's in Devon, England. Passenger services run between London Waterloo station and Exeter; the line intersects with the Wessex Main Line at Salisbury. Despite its historic title, it is not today's principal route from London to the West of England: Exeter and everywhere further west are reached more quickly from London Paddington via the Reading–Taunton line.
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