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Letter guide

Mr Richard Napier [Sandy]

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Mr Gerence James [Marks]

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Cite this as: Lauren Kassell, Michael Hawkins, Robert Ralley, and John Young, ‘Letter guide’, A Critical Introduction to the Casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/reading-the-casebooks/the-manuscripts/letter-guide, accessed 19 May 2025.