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A History of the County of Rutland
… be his heir. 96 Sampson Sheffield and his wife Elizabeth (Woodruffe) made a settlement of the manor in 1610; 97 and …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… to elect, but they having no suitable person, Benjamin Woodruffe, of Christ Church, without leave from … and Richard White, of St. Mary Hall, was nominated. Woodruffe threatened an appeal to common law. The gist of the … for the year cannot present a fitting person; and were Woodruffe's claim allowed, such a precedent "would destroy …