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A History of the County of Oxford
… dominant Tory influence in Oxfordshire. 29 In 1680-1 James Bertie, Lord Norreys, later earl of Abingdon, rapidly built … steward in 1685. 32 Osbaldeston was returned with Richard Bertie in 1685. The earl of Abingdon's waning popularity at … was an alliance of interests, perhaps helped by Henry Bertie's rescue of Lovelace from prison during the invasion. …