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a young clergyman was found who would perform the funeral rites. After an extremely lengthy sermon on social morality, he said "By the will of the deceased it is expected that I should mention her and say nothing but what was well of her. All I shall say of her, therefore, is this — she was born well, lived well, and died well; for she was born with the name of
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1388: /
1238:Clerkenwell
1192:Pentonville
1095:Royal Lodge
1028:Ivy Cottage
367:Westminster
353:(1768–1838)
157:River Fleet
92:Fleet River
79:in 1553 as
38:John Strype
1403:Categories
1373:51°30′42″N
1293:Marshalsea
1202:Wandsworth
1055:Anmer Hall
1038:Wren House
827:24 January
786:required.)
483:References
384:Gloucester
376:Nottingham
325:Site today
317:. By 1921
73:Henry VIII
1263:Gatehouse
1243:The Clink
1197:Thameside
1060:Wood Farm
445:Tom Jones
400:Edinburgh
209:Edward VI
207:In 1553,
183:Holbein's
137:Francis I
131:, 1533):
85:orphanage
77:Edward VI
1376:0°6′21″W
1356:Category
1298:Millbank
1273:Holloway
1172:Belmarsh
1106:See also
1076:Windsor
1067:Tamarisk
1003:Birkhall
945:Official
731:6 August
606:(1888).
541:6 August
434:See also
215:for the
191:(1533).
169:Cardinal
161:St Bride
1308:Newgate
1216:Defunct
1182:Feltham
1177:Brixton
991:Private
884:20 July
616:(ed.).
509:6 March
407:Beatles
405:In the
388:Bristol
315:in 1920
139:, with
129:Holbein
109:History
1165:Active
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458:(1832)
452:(1749)
409:film,
392:Dublin
292:Surrey
69:London
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1253:Fleet
858:7 May
834:same.
780:
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463:Notes
425:Ringo
380:Leeds
224:when
1187:Isis
886:2023
860:2018
829:2011
816:ISBN
733:2013
588:ISBN
566:ISBN
543:2013
511:2013
417:Paul
398:and
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