Militia Commissions

Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Interregnum, 1650. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1876.

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'Militia Commissions', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Interregnum, 1650, (London, 1876) pp. 504-513. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/domestic/interregnum/1650/pp504-513 [accessed 20 April 2024]

Commissions granted by the Council of State to Officers of the Militia as follows.

H. stands horse, F. for foot, D. for dragoons:

Date. County. Troop. Office. Name. Reference.
1649–50. I. 119.
Feb. 19 Essex F Col. Sir Thos. Honywood 24
" " " F Lieut.-Col. John Langley
" " " F Major Sam. Gooday
" " " F Col. Joachim Matthewes
" " " F Lieut.-Col. Robt. Beard
" " " F Major Sam. Champney
" " " F Col. Thos. Cooke
" " " F Lieut.-Col. Wm. Jermyn
" " " F Major John Guy
" 26 " H Capt. Sir Thos. Honnywood
" " " H Capt. Col. Thos. Cooke
" " " D Capt. Joachim Matthewes
" 27 Norfolk F Col. Sir Jno. Hubart 50
" " " F Lieut.-Col. Jno. Caulson
" " " F Major Robt. Doughty
" " " F Capts. Thos. Parker, Wm. Steward, Jos. Rayley, Jno. Burage.
" " " F Col. Robt. Wilton
" " " F Lieut.-Col. Jno. Balliston
" " " F Major Sam. Prentice
" " " F Capts. Jno. Stebin, Richd. Neve, Wm. Bullocke, Thos. Bodham.
" " " F Col. Rob. Woodsend
" " " F Lieut.-Col. Rich. Harvy
" " " F Major Rich. Browne
" " " F Capts. Thos. Denny, Jno. Sayer, Jno. Wymer.
" " " F Col. —
" " " F Lieut.-Col. Thomas Russell
" " " F Major Thos. Sponsell
" " " F Capts. Thos. Springell, Fras. Waller, John Waller, Dennis Bucke.
" " " H & D Col. Rob. Jermy 51
" " " H Major Ralph Woolmer
" " " H Capts. Nich. Bell, John Lawrence Thos. Warde.
" " " D Capts. Thos. Mansfield, Hy. Cooke
" " For Norwich F Col. Chas. Geo. Corke
" " " " F Lieut.-Col. Thos. Barret
" " " F Major Thos. Ashwell
" " " F Capts. Sam. Brewster, Nich. Salter, John Man.
Mar. 2 Derby H&F Commander-in-Chief. Col. Nathl. Barton 20
" " " — Lieut.-Col. —
" " " — Major —
" " " H Major Robt. Greenwood
" " Devon H & D Col. Wm. Fry 16
" " " H&D Major Richd. Foxworthy
" " " F Col. Philip Croker
" " " F Lieut.-Col. Richd. Pearse
" " " F Major Joseph Hunkin
" " " F Col. Thos. Sanders
" " " F Lieut.-Col. Jas. Pearse
" " " F Major Jas. Clerke
" " " — Col. Robt. Rowles
Mar. 5 Rutland H Commander-in-Chief. Col. Thos. Waite 60
" " " F Commander-in-Chief. Captn. Jno. Hatcher 60
" " Leicester H Col. Thos. Lord Grey of Groby 40
" " " H Major Hen. Danvers
" " " H Col. Sir Arthur Hesilrigge
" " " H Major Hen. Smith
" " " H Col. Thos. Beaumont
" " " H Major John Goodman
" " " H Col. Wm. Hartop
" " " H Lieut.-Col. John Pratt
" " " H Major Wm. Ward
" 8 Dorset H Capt. Robt. Pelham 18
" " " H " Jas. Dewy
" " " H " John Chafyn
" " " H " Rich. Yeardley
" " " H " Ed. Butler
" " " D " Alex. Arny
" " " F " John Arthur
" " " F Lieut.-Col. Barret Lacy
" " " F " Ed. Thornehull
" " " F " John Lea
" " " F " Rich. Gould
" " " F " Ed. Masters
" " " F " Matthew Harvey
" " " F " Jas. Baker
" " " F " Robt Williams
" " " F " Jierome Pottecary
" " " F " Lionell Browne
" 19 Cornwall [F] [Capts.] Hunt Greenwood, Wm. Hicks, Geo. Beare. 8
" 20 Northampton H Col. Thos. Brookes 52
" " " H Major Ed. Horseman
" " " H Capt. Rob. Guy
" " " H " Hen. Benson
" " " H " John Strike
" 22 Lancaster F Col. Gilbert Ireland 42
" " " F Capt. Thos. Cubham
" " " H Major Ed. Robinson
" " " H Capt. Ed. French
" " " H " Clement Toulnson
April 2 Northampton H Col. Hy. Benson 52
" " " H Major Geo. Benson
" " " H Capt. Jno. Shepheard
" " Salop H " Roger Evans
" " " F Col. Thos. Mackworth 71
" " " F Capts. Ed. Cresset, Wm. Crowne, Wm. Incks, Rich. Hennage.
" 5 Oxford H " Wm. Draper, Thos. Appletree, and Hen. Goodwyn. 58
" " " F " Thos. Higgins, Richd. Castle, Unton Crooke, jun., Thos. Goodwyn. 58
" 10 Wilts F Col. Wm. Eyre 73
" " " F Lieut.-Col. Gabriel Martyn
" " " F Major Jas. Baynton
April 10 Wilts F Capts. Jno. Goddard, Hy. Francklin, Isaac Burges, Jas. Goddard, Jas. Hulbert.
" " " H Col. Edmund Ludlow
" " " H Major Wm. Ludlow
" " " H Capts. John Long, Ed. Stokes, Nich. Greene, Thos. Dove.
" " York F Col. Matthew Allured 81
" " " F " Major Geo. Ewrye
" " " F " Hy. Tempest
" " " F Lieut.-Cols. Major Rob. Orme, Capt. Isaac Newton, and Lieut.-Col. Spencer.
" " " F Majors Timothy Scarth, Capt. Peregrine Lassells, Joshua Greathead.
" " " F Capts. Hy. Fotherby, Fras. Bacon, Uriah Wright, John Lodge, Lieut. Matthew Pearson, Wm. Rowden, Jno. Stephenson, Hen. Lisle of Gisborough, Humphry Harrison, John Attye, Thos. Foster, Ed. Place, John Goodyeare, Rob. Medcalfe, Majors John Clayton and Geo. Gill, Wm. Ferrer, John Ward, Lieut.Col. John Ashton, Capt. Taylor of Queanby, Lieut.-Col. Hy. Currer.
" 20 Dorset H Col., also Commander-in-Chief in the county. — Heane 18
" 22 Suffolk H Col. Brampton Gourdon 65
" " " H Major Jno. Moody
" " " H Capt. Robt. Sparrow
" 29 Cornwall H Capt. in the East Division. Col. Ant. Rous 8
" 30 Salop [F] Major Wm. Brayne, under Mackworth 71
" " Nottingham — Commander-in-Chief. Col. John Hutchinson 54
" " " — Capt. Thos. Poulton
" " " H Capts. Rob. Kirkby and Hen. Champion.
" " " D Capt. Edmund Richards
May 7 Norfolk — Major — Browne 51
" 11 Suffolk H Capt. Richd. Moyse 65
" " " H " Maltiward
" " " H " Humphry Brewster
" 14 Stafford H Col. Thos. Crompton 69
" " " H " John Ashenhurst
" " " F " Hen. Danvers
" " " F Lieut-Col. Ed. Downes
" " " F Major Thos. Gent
" " " F Col. John Goring
" " " F Lieut.-Col. Thos. Adshed
" " " F Major Robt. Smith
" 24 Lancaster F Capt. Jas. Brettergh, in room of Peter Seddon. 42
" " " F Col. Thos. Birch 42
May 24 Lancaster F Lieut.-Col. Alexr. Standish 42
" " " F Capt. Roger Tattersall 42
" " Devon H " Wm. Fry 16
" " " D " Thos. Sanders
" " " D " Robt. Hatch
" " " F " Wm. Bastard
" " " F " Jas. Pearse
" " " F " Gabriel Barrons
" " " F " Saml. Searle
" " " F " Hy. Marwood
" " " F " Jas. Clarke
" " " F " Wm. Sumpter
" " " F " Jos. Hunkyn
" " " F " Lawrence Vicary
" " " F " John Arscot
" " " F " Maurice Rolle
" " " F " Thos. Barton
June 12 Suffolk F Col. John Fothergill 65
" " " F Capts. John Gooch and Wm. Chaplin, Thos. Alabaster (erased).
" " " H Capt. Ant. Barry, under Gourdon
" 25 Oxford F Col. Jas. Whitlock 58
" " " F Lieut.-Col. Rob. Warcup 58
" 27 Warwick F Col. John Barker 77
" " " F Lieut.-Col. Robt. Phipps
" " " F Major Robt. Blake
" " " F Capts. Sam. Ward, Thos. Rose, Abraham Owen.
" " " F H Col., and Commander of some troops. Wm. Purefoy
" " " F Lieut.-Col. Waldine Willington
" " " F Major Wm. Thornton
" " " F Capts. Gilbert Dukeson, Robt. Girder
" " " H " Richd. Taylor, Fras. Barnard, under Purefoy.
" " Bedford H " Wm. Whitehead, Wm. Ivery 6
" " Kent F Col. Capt. John Dixwell 36
" " " F Lieut.-Col. Capt. Ed. Scott
" " " F Major Capt. Michel Belke
" " " F Col. Capt. John Twisleton
" " " F Lieut.-Col. Capt. John Selliard
" " " F Major Ed. Sharpe
July 6 Suffolk F Col. Jas. Harvey 65
" " " F Lieut.-Col. Anthy. Fox
" " " F Major Geo. Sparling
" " " F Capts. John Stubbing and John Sheppard.
" " " F Capts. (for defence of the sea coast.) Humphry Brewster, Fras. Brewster, Daniel Clench, Barth. Buttolph.
" 8 Kent H Col. Wm. Kennerick 36
" " Chester — " Hy. Brooke 10
" " " — " Robt. Duckenfield
" " " — " Thos. Croxton
" " " — " Hy. Bradshaw, jun.
" 9 Warwick H Major Jno. Hawksworth, under Purefoy 77
" " " F Col. Jos. Hawksworth
" " " F Lieut-Col. John Hawford
" " " F Major Matthew Bridges
" " " F Col. Ed. Peyto
July 9 Warwick F Capt. —Brownell, under Barker
" 15 Cambridge F Col. John Lowry 12
" " " F Major Agricola Waylet
" " " H Capt. Capt. Wm. Pickering
" " Devon H " Richd. Foxworthy 17
" " " H " Arthur Forscue
" " " D " Servington Savery
" " " F " Philip Harrice
" " " F " Robt. Redler
" " " F " John Jacob
" " " F " Robt. Barnes
" " " F " John Rowe
" " " F " Jas. Prysey
" " " F " Jas. Fortescue
" " " F " Robt. Cruse
" " " F " John Cooke
" " " F " John Wichalfe
" " " F " Wm. Venner
" 16 Rutland H Major Benj. Norton, under Waite 60
" " Cornwall — Serjt.-Major for the county. Col. Philip Lower 9
" 31 Westmoreland H Capt. Rd. Crackenthorp 79
Aug. 2 Suffolk F Major — Gattway, under Fothergill 66
" 6 Essex F Capts. Thos. Winroll, Henry Colman, — Hunter. Under Honeywood. 24
" " " H " William Harlackenden and John Maidstone. Under Honeywood.
" " " D Capt. Robt. Maidstone Under Honeywood.
" " " F Capts. Thos. Morrell, — Staple, and — Winterflood, under Cooke. 25
" " " D Capt. —Turner
" 10 Huntingdon H Capt. John Filbrig 30
" " Wilts F Col. John Dove 73
" " " F Lieut.-Col. Thos. Eyre
" " " F Major Hen. Wansey
" " " F Capts. Bennet Swaine, Rich. Hill, Wm. Temple, Ant. Trotman, Hy. Thistlewhait.
" " Isle of Ely D Capt. Richd. Harrison 13
" " " F " Barnaby Moysse
" " " F " John Cole
" " " F " Joseph Cole
" " York H Capts. Col. Matthew Allured, Lieut.-Col. Peregreene Lasscells, Col. Lawrence Parsons (erased), Capts. Geo. Byard, Leonard Smelt, and Hugh Savill. 82
" " " D " Capts. Ed. Place, Uriah Wright, and Jas. Best, and Lieut. Matthew Peirson.
" " " H " Col. Geo. Ewrye, Major Jno. Bethell, Lieut.-Col. Matthew Beckwith, in place of Col. Parsons. [I. 9, p. 79.]
13 North Wales H Capt. Rich. Price 95
" " " H Lieut. Thos. Nicholls
" " " H Cornet Hy. Williams
" " " H Capt. Andrew Ellice
" " " H Lieut. Capt. David Morrice
" " " H Cornet John Hollyman
" " " D Capt. Lewis Price
Aug. 13 North Wales D Lieut. Sam. Hordley
" " " D Cornet John Price
" " " F Capts. Evan Lloyd, Edw. Allen, Hugh Prichard.
" " " F Lieuts. Edw. Vaughan, Mich. Jenkins, Wm. Winne.
" 14 Cambridge F Lieut.-Col. Jas. Quarles, under Lowry 12
" 16 Essex H Capt. John Wright, under Cooke 24
" " " H " John Fitch, "
" " Surrey H Capts. Major Lewis Audeley, — Westbrooke. 61
" " Suffolk F Lieut.-Col. Capt. Anth. Brewster 66
" " " F Capt. Fras. Plumstead in place of Capt. Thos. Alabaster. [I. 9, p. 3.] 66
" " Lancaster F " Wm. Mawdesley under Ireland. 43
" " " F " Hugh Hesketh under Ireland.
" " " F Major Wm. Ernott under Birch
" " " F Capt. Rob. Marsden under Birch
" " " F " Thos. Eckersall under Birch
" " " F " — under Birch
" " " F Col. Rd. Standish
" " " F Lieut.-Col. Joseph Rigby
" " " F Major Wm. West
" " " F Capt. Adam Sands
" " " F " Christ. White
" " " F " Rich. Whitehead
" " " F " John Bayley
" " " H " Capt. Hen. Ogle
" 19 Essex F " Capt. Wolfe, under Matthewes 24
" " Salop F Lieut.-Col. Wm. Crowne under Mackworth. 71
" " " F Major Wm. Jinks under Mackworth.
" 21 Kent F Capts. Peter Bedingfield, Rich. Bate, Jacob Turner. Under Dixwell. 36
" " " F Capt. Capt. John Boys, in Sandwich. under Dixwell.
" " " F Capts. Wm. Smith, Thos. Plummerfield, Roger Goldstone, and Phineas Pett, under Twistleton.
" " " F Capt. Thos. Plummer, in Tenterden
" " Bucks H Col. Geo. Fleetwood 2
" " " H Major John Deverell
" " " H Capt. Rob. Aldridge
" " " D Capts. John Gibson, John Green
" " Hereford H Capt. John James 32
" " " H Capt. Fras. Pember, John Cholmley John Herring
" " Sussex H Capts. Two blank commissions 63
" 22 Chester F Col. Henry Brooke 10
" " " F Lieut.-Col. John Brooke
" " " F Major John Broomhall
" " " F Capt. Ralph Pownall
" " " F " Ed. Stelfox
" " " F " Thos. Lathome
" " " F " Cheny Bostocke
" " " F " John Davies
" " " F " Robt. Pyke
" " " F Col. Robt. Duckenfield 11
" " " F Lieut.-Col. —Birkenhead
" " " F Major Sym. Finch
" " " F Capt. Jas. Stockport
" " " F " Thos. Partington
Aug. 22 Chester F Capt. John Corbet
" " " F " Hy. Greene
" " " F " Jonathan Ridge
" " " F " Philip Eyton
" " " F Col. Thos. Croxton
" " " F Lieut.-Col. Gilbert Gerrard
" " " F Major Geo. Malbone
" " " F Capt. John Delves
" " " F " Hugh Whitney
" " " F " Thos. Malbone
" " " F " Thos. Walley
" " " F " John Holford
" " " F Col. Hen. Bradshaw
" " " F Lieut.-Col. Lawrence Downes
" " " F Major Alex. Newton
" " " F Capt. Wm. Fitton
" " " F " Wm. Fallowes
" " " F " Wm. Watson
" " " F " Ed. Alcocke
" " " F " Rich. Grantherne
" " " H " Robt. Duckenfield
" " " H Lieut. Wm. Shipley
" " " H Cornet John Griffith
" " " H Quartermaster — Gardner
" " Kent H Capts. Ed. Peke (dead), Chas. Bowles, Rd. Bowen, under Kennerick. 37
" " " F " Fras. Butcher, Ed. Owre, Jeremy Masterson, Geo. Knowler, Nath. Sharpy, Philip Lane, Thos. Sterry.Ed. Prescot, for Dover under Dixwell.
" " " F " Silam Callant, Gervas Maplisden, Nich. Francklyn, under Twistleton.
" " " F Capt. Israel Spencer
" " " F " Wm. Cullen
" 23 Berks H Capt. Arthur Evelin 4
" " " H Lieut. Wm. Stephenson
" " " H Cornet Rich. Greene
" " " H Quartermaster Wm. White
" " " F Capt. Vincent Goddard
" " " F Lieut. Andrew Keepe
" " " F Ensign Arthur Horne
" 24 Northampton H Capt. Fras. Sayer, under Brookes 52
" 28 Norwich F " Nich. Salter 51
" 29 Cambridge F " Thos. French, for the town of Cambridge. 12
" " Hertford F Col. John Marsh 28
" " " F Lieut.-Col. John Kensey
" " " F Major Wm. Reeve
" " " F Capt. Jas. Ayleward
" " " F " John Heath
" " " F " Brett Netter
" " " F " Thos. Randall
" " " H " John Marsh
" " " D " Thos. Plomer
" " Four northern counties. H Col. Sir Arthur Hesilrigge
" " " H Major Col. Hy. Sanderson 87
Aug. 29 Four northern counties. H Capts. Rob. Hutton, John Ogle, Ed. Fenwicke, and Mann Dowson. 87
Sept. 6 Westmoreland D Capt. John French 79
" 7 Suffolk F Capt. John Benefice in Southwold 66
" 9 " F Capt. Thos. Salmon, under Harvey 66
" " Warwick D Capts. John Hunt and John Persons, under Hawksworth. 78
" 10 Cambridge D Capt. John Linsey of Cambridge 12
" " " F " John Linsey, of Witliford, not accepted.
" " " D " Ed. Stacie
" " Salop D " Robt. Alleyne under Mackworth. 71
" " " F " Chas. Langford under Mackworth.
" " Kent F Capts. Rob. Joseph, Wm. Rolfe, under Twistleton. 37
" " " F Capt. Wm. Deeds, supernumerary company in Hythe under Dixwell.
" 12 Rutland H Capt. Lieut.-Col. Benj. Norton 60
" " South Wales H Capts. Jno. Williams and Jenkin Jones. 91
" " " D " John Dancy
" " North Wales D 2 commissions blank. 95
" 13 Cumberland H Capt. Man Dowson 14
" " " D " John Nary 14
" 16 Sussex H Capts. Thos. Jenner, Jos. Young 63
" " " F " Walter Everenden, Thos. Hayes 63
" 20 " F " Wm. Freeman, Nicholas Sheppard, Ed. Madgwick, Hy. Alderton, Arthur Bettisworth, Rd. Coldham, Wm. Cooper, James Morris.
Thos. Collins, for the city of Chichester.
" " " H Capt. Rich. Boughton
" 25 Volunteers,— Devon. F " Geo. Rattenbury, of Plymouth
" " " D " Blank commissions sent to Major-General Desborow. 17
" " " H "
" " " F "
" " " F "
" 27 Hants H Capts. Chas. Terrey and John Geale 34
" " " D Capt. Ed. Barnes 34
" 28 Somerset H Major Jenkins, under Popham 67
" " Lancaster F Lieut.-Col. Ed. Aspinall under Ireland 43
" " " F Major John Fox under Ireland
" " " F Capt. — Croft under Ireland.
" " " F " Wm. Waller, under Standish
" " " F " Edmund Chatterton, under Birch
" " Oxford D " Thos. Butler 58
" " " F " Wm. Woodward 58
Oct. 1 Hants, for volunteers. F " Robt. Reeve 35
" " " F Lieut. Wm. Erwaker
" " " F Ensign Thos. Adams
" " " F Capt. — Woodman
" " " F Lieut. Philip Stone
" " " F Ensign Thos. Winter
" " " F Capt. — Angell
Oct. 1 Hants F Lieut. volunteers —
" " " F Ensign — —
" " " F Capt. " Geo. Searle
" " " F Lieut. " — Smith
" " " F Ensign " — —
" " " F Capt. " Sam. Geare
" " " F Lieut. " Wm. Tarrent
" " " F Ensign " — —
" " Four northern counties. D Capts. Capt. John Rose, John Bamston, Ralph Baldwin, Henry James, John French, and — Narie, and Thos. Hunter, under Hesilrigge. 87
" 4 Cambridge F Capt. John Bridgman, of Felbourne, vice, under Lowrie, John Linsey, of Witliford. 12
" 9 Cornwall H Capt. for the whole county. Col. Anthy. Rous. 9
" " " F Capt. Rich. Lovis, Thomas Penwarne, Geo. Kekewich, John Ingoe. 9
" 14 Nottingham H Capt. Richd. Dobson 54
" " " H Lieut. Thos. Lupton
" " " H Cornet Wm. Smith
" " " H Capt. Jonathan Everard
" " " H Lieut. — —
" " " H Cornet — —
" 19 Lincoln F Col. Ed. Syler 44
" " " F Lieut.-Col. — —
" " " F Major — —
" " " F Capts. (8) — —
" " " H Capt. Ed. Syler
" 24 Suffolk F Lieut.-Col. — Alleblaster, under Fothergill 66
" " " F Capt. John Brandling in Ipswich
" " " F " " Jacob Carey in Ipswich
" 30 Berks F Colonel Arthur Evelyn 4
" " " F Lieut.-Col. John Blagrave
" " " F Major Vincent Goddard
Nov. 1 Norfolk H Capt. — Durdan, in Lynn 51
" 7 Kent F Capt. Martin Pike, under Twisleton 37–8
" " " F Capt. Wm. Lancaster, in Romney, under Dixwell.
" " " F Capt. John Pollen, vice Jeremy Masterson, under Dixwell.
" " Lincoln H Capt. Capt. Robert Yerburgh 44
" 9 North Wales H Capt. Hugh Courtney of a troop to be raised in counties Carnarvon and Anglesea. 95
" " Suffolk F Col. Humphry Brewster 66
" " " F Lieut.-Col. Daniel Clinch
" " " F Major Fras. Brewster
" " " F Capts. John Stubbing, John Base, junr.
" 18 " H Capt. Thos. Clarke, under Purefoy 78
" 20 Warwick F Capt. Nath. Eden, under Peyto 78
" " Middlesex F Col. Edmund Harvey 46
" " " F Lieut.-Col. Robt. Hampton
" " " F Major John Barnes
" " " F Capts. James Hawley, John Redding, Benj. Holdyn, Robt. Tannet, Rich. Owen, Stephen Seagood, Jeoffry Hughson.
Nov. 20 Middlesex H Capt. Wm. Powell alias Hinson 46
" " " H Capt. Isaac Needham 46
Nov. 21 Warwick H Capt. Wm. Booth, Timothy St. Nicholas, under Purefoy. 78
Dec. 2 Northampton H Major John Stirke, under Benson 52
" " Leicester H Major Hen. Smith, under Lord Grey 40
Dec. 6 Lincoln H Capt. Wm. Dolman 44
" " " F Col. — Lister
" " " F Capt. — Clarke
Dec. 10 Suffolk D Capts. Robt. Fenton, John Harwyn, — Dasset. 66
Dec. 13 Essex F Capts. Solomon Stebbing, Ed. Rayner, under Honeywood. 25
" " " F Capt. Thos. Morrell, under Cooke 25
Dec. 16 Lincoln H Capt. Mich. Muncton 44
" " " F Col. Draynor Massingbird
" " " F Lieut.-Col. Rich. Bryan
" " " F Major — Lillingston
" " " F Capts. Nehemiah Rawson, — Kingerby.
" " " D Capt. — Wells.
Dec. 17 Wilts H Major — Cole 73
" " " H Capt. — King in place of Capt. Long [I. 15, p. 18]. 73
Dec. 19 Kent H Capt. Geo. Kadwell, under Kenrick, vice Edw. Peake, dead [I. 15, p. 23]. 38
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