Sir Simonds D'Ewes and the Levying of Ship Money, 1635-1640

The Historical Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 253-287

  Salt, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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