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This distribution table includes all the Chancery Final Decrees we were able to access (27,866 cases).  A few rolls (maybe a dozen) were unfit in whole or in part.  Numbers, as always, should be used with some skepticism.  At the early end, there is almost certainly a survival problem.  Likewise, the relationship between the number of final decrees and the whole number of cases is unclear.  Assembling a final decree record was apparently optional.  The incentives for assembling a final decree may have been stronger at some times than at others, so the relationship between all cases and final decrees may not have been stable.  The numbers for any particular year are not completely consistent, because the only date for some cases (probably less than 1%) was the date of the bill; for all other cases the date used was the date of the decree.
  
 
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! Calendar Year !! Number of Cases !! Total by Decade !! Average by Decade !! Total by Reign !!
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! 1587
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! 1588
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| 46
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! 1589
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| 63
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| 578
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| 58
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! 1590
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| 53
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! 1591
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| 82
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! 1592
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| 37
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! 1593
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| 20
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! 1594
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| 43
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! 1595
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| 51
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! 1596
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| 35
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! 1597
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| 77
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! 1598
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| 68
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! 1599
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| 63
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| 529
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| 53
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! 1600
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| 61
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! 1601
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| 70
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! 1602
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| 78
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! 1603
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| 62
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! 1604
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| 61
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! 1605
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| 60
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! 1606
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| 62
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! 1607
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| 67
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! 1608
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| 79
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! 1609
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| 95
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| 695
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| 70
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! 1610
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| 93
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! 1611
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| 144
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! 1612
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| 204
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|
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! 1613
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| 152
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|
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! 1614
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| 130
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! 1615
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| 114
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! 1616
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| 85
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! 1617
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| 94
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! 1618
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| 111
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! 1619
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| 123
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| 1230
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| 123
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! 1620
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| 117
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|         
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! 1621
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| 93
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! 1622
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| 181
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|
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! 1623
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| 197
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|
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! 1624
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| 124
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! 1625
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| 85
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|
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! 1626
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| 140
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|
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! 1627
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| 144
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|
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! 1628
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| 176
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|
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|
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|
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|-
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! 1629
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| 163
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| 1,420
 +
| 142
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|
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|-
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! 1630
 +
| 168
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|
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|
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|-
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! 1631
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| 192
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! 1632
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| 183
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! 1633
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| 172
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|
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|
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|-
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! 1634
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| 182
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|
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|
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|-
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! 1635
 +
| 174
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|
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|
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|
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|-
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! 1636
 +
| 99
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|
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|
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|
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|-
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! 1637
 +
| 160
 +
|
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|
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|
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|-
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! 1638
 +
| 189
 +
|
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|
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|
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|-
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! 1639
 +
| 214
 +
| 1,733
 +
| 173
 +
|
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|-
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! 1640
 +
| 130
 +
|
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|
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|
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|-
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! 1641
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| 108
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|
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|
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|
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|-
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! 1642
 +
| 56
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|
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|
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|
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|-
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! 1643
 +
| 4
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|
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|
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|
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|-
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! 1644
 +
| 33
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|
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|
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|
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|-
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! 1645
 +
| 45
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|
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|
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|
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|-
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! 1646
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| 49
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|
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|
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! 1647
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| 69
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|
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|-
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! 1648
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| 93
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|
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|
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|
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|-
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! 1649
 +
| 104
 +
| 691
 +
| 69
 +
|
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|-
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! 1650
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| 120
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|
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|
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! 1651
 +
| 166
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|
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|
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|-
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! 1652
 +
| 236
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|
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|
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|-
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! 1653
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| 239
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|
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|
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|-
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! 1654
 +
| 188
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|
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|-
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! 1655
 +
| 217
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|
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|-
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! 1656
 +
| 242
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|
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|
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|
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|-
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! 1657
 +
| 263
 +
|
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|
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|
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|-
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! 1658
 +
| 217
 +
|
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|
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|
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|-
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 +
 +
! 1659
 +
| 153
 +
| 2,041
 +
| 204
 +
|
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|-
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! 1660
 +
| 135
 +
|
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|
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|
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|-
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! 1661
 +
| 205
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|
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|
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|
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|-
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! 1662
 +
| 221
 +
|
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|
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|
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|-
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! 1663
 +
| 252
 +
|
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|
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|
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|-
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 +
! 1664
 +
| 207
 +
|
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|
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|
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|-
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 +
 +
! 1665
 +
| 138
 +
|
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|
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|
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|-
 +
 +
 +
! 1666
 +
| 157
 +
|
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|
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|
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|-
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 +
 +
! 1667
 +
| 163
 +
|
 +
|
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|
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|-
 +
 +
 +
! 1668
 +
| 194
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
 +
 +
! 1669
 +
| 209
 +
| 1,881
 +
| 188
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
 +
 +
! 1670
 +
| 206
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
 +
 +
! 1671
 +
| 218
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
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|-
 +
 +
 +
! 1672
 +
| 174
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
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|-
 +
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| 6
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| 9
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| 7
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| 8
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| 7
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|
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| 6
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|
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! 1779
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| 8
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| 67
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| 7
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|
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| 12
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|
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| 10
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| 13
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 +
| 13
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! 1784
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| 12
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 +
| 10
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|
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 +
| 6
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|
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|
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|
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|-
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! 1787
 +
| 5
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|
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|
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|
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|-
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! 1788
 +
| 7
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|
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|
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|
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|-
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! 1789
 +
| 9
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| 97
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| 10
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|
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|-
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! 1790
 +
| 8
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|
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|
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|
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|-
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! 1791
 +
| 9
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|
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|
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|
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|-
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! 1792
 +
| 7
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|
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|
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|
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|-
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 +
 
 +
! 1793
 +
| 6
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|
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|
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|
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|-
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 +
 
 +
! 1794
 +
| 14
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|
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|
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|
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|-
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 +
 
 +
! 1795
 +
| 9
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|
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|
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|
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|-
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 +
 
 +
! 1796
 +
| 5
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|
 +
|
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|
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|-
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 +
 
 +
! 1797
 +
| 6
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|
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|
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|
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|-
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 +
 
 +
! 1798
 +
| 7
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|
 +
|
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|
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|-
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 +
 
 +
! 1799
 +
| 3
 +
| 74
 +
| 7
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|
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|-
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 +
 
 +
! 1800
 +
| 3
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|
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|
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|
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|-
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 +
 
 +
! 1801
 +
| 7
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
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|-
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 +
 
 +
! 1802
 +
| 7
 +
|
 +
|
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|
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|-
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 +
 
 +
! 1803
 +
| 1
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|
 +
|
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|
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|-
 +
 
 +
 
 +
! 1804
 +
| 8
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|
 +
|
 +
|
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|-
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 +
 
 +
! 1805
 +
| 3
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
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|-
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 +
 
 +
! 1806
 +
| 3
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|
 +
|
 +
|
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|-
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 +
 
 +
! 1807
 +
| 7
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
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|-
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 +
 
 +
! 1808
 +
| 10
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
 
 +
 
 +
! 1809
 +
| 3
 +
| 54
 +
| 5
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
 
 +
 
 +
! 1810
 +
| 6
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
 
 +
 
 +
! 1811
 +
| 7
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
 
 +
 
 +
! 1812
 +
| 6
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
 
 +
 
 +
! 1813
 +
| 5
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
 
 +
 
 +
! 1814
 +
| 3
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
 
 +
 
 +
! 1815
 +
| 8
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
 
 +
 
 +
! 1816
 +
| 4
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
 
 +
 
 +
! 1817
 +
| 11
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
 
 +
 
 +
! 1818
 +
| 8
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
 
 +
 
 +
! 1819
 +
| 8
 +
| 66
 +
| 7
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
 
 +
 
 +
! 1820
 +
| 10
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
 
 +
 
 +
! 1821
 +
| 8
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
 
 +
 
 +
! 1822
 +
| 9
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
 
 +
 
 +
! 1823
 +
| 6
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
 
 +
 
 +
! 1824
 +
| 6
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
 
 +
 
 +
! 1825
 +
| 10
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
 
 +
 
 +
! 1826
 +
| 6
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
 
 +
 
 +
! 1827
 +
| 12
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
 
 +
 
 +
! 1828
 +
| 12
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
 
 +
 
 +
! 1829
 +
| 11
 +
| 90
 +
| 9
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
 
 +
 
 +
! 1830
 +
| 17
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
 
 +
 
 +
! 1831
 +
| 23
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
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|-
 +
 
 +
 
 +
! 1832
 +
| 14
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
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|-
 +
 
 +
 
 +
! 1833
 +
| 15
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
 
 +
 
 +
! 1834
 +
| 16
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
 
 +
 
 +
! 1835
 +
| 11
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
 
 +
 
 +
! 1836
 +
| 15
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
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|-
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 +
 
 +
! 1837
 +
| 11
 +
|
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|
 +
|
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|-
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 +
 
 +
! 1838
 +
| 11
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
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|-
 +
 
 +
 
 +
! 1839
 +
| 22
 +
| 155
 +
| 16
 
|  
 
|  
 +
|-
 +
 +
 +
! 1840
 +
| 10
 
|  
 
|  
 
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! 1581
+
! 1841
 +
| 23
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|
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|
 
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|-
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! 1842
 +
| 22
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
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Line 402: Line 2,643:
  
  
! 1582
+
! 1843
 +
| 42
 
|  
 
|  
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|
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|
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|-
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! 1844
 +
| 31
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
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Line 410: Line 2,659:
  
  
! 1583
+
! 1845
 +
| 38
 +
|
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|
 
|  
 
|  
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! 1846
 +
| 29
 
|  
 
|  
 
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Line 418: Line 2,675:
  
  
! 1584
+
! 1847
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| 46
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|
 
|  
 
|  
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! 1848
 +
| 38
 
|  
 
|  
 
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Line 426: Line 2,691:
  
  
! 1585
+
! 1849
 +
| 45
 +
| 324
 +
| 32
 
|  
 
|  
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|-
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! 1850
 +
| 44
 
|  
 
|  
 
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|  
Line 434: Line 2,707:
  
  
! 1586
+
! 1851
 +
| 56
 +
|
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|
 
|  
 
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|-
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! 1852
 +
| 59
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
Line 442: Line 2,723:
  
  
! 1587
+
! 1853
 +
| 63
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|
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|
 
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|  
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|-
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! 1854
 +
| 66
 
|  
 
|  
 
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|  
Line 450: Line 2,739:
  
  
! 1588
+
! 1855
 +
| 90
 +
|
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|
 
|  
 
|  
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|-
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! 1856
 +
| 88
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
Line 458: Line 2,755:
  
  
! 1589
+
! 1857
 +
| 85
 +
|
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|
 
|  
 
|  
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|-
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! 1858
 +
| 78
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
Line 466: Line 2,771:
  
  
! 1590
+
! 1859
 +
| 86
 +
| 709
 +
| 71
 
|  
 
|  
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|-
 +
 +
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! 1860
 +
| 94
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
Line 474: Line 2,787:
  
  
! 1591
+
! 1861
 +
| 68
 
|  
 
|  
 +
|
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|
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|-
 +
 +
 +
! 1862
 +
| 73
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
Line 482: Line 2,803:
  
  
! 1592
+
! 1863
 +
| 71
 +
|
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 +
|-
 +
 +
 +
! 1864
 +
| 61
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
Line 490: Line 2,819:
  
  
! 1593
+
! 1865
 +
| 82
 +
|
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 +
|-
 +
 +
 +
! 1866
 +
| 80
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
Line 498: Line 2,835:
  
  
! 1594
+
! 1867
 +
| 108
 
|  
 
|  
 +
|
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|
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|-
 +
 +
 +
! 1868
 +
| 111
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
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! 1595
+
! 1869
 +
| 117
 +
| 885
 +
| 89
 
|  
 
|  
 +
|-
 +
 +
 +
! 1870
 +
| 104
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
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! 1596
+
! 1871
 +
| 92
 +
|
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 +
|-
 +
 +
 +
! 1872
 +
| 94
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
Line 522: Line 2,883:
  
  
! 1597
+
! 1873
 +
| 73
 +
|
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 +
|-
 +
 +
 +
! 1874
 +
| 98
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
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! 1598
+
! 1875
 +
| 75
 +
|
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 +
|-
 +
 +
 +
! 1876
 +
| 10
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
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! 1599
+
! 1877
 +
| 6
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 +
|-
 +
 +
 +
! 1878
 +
| 3
 +
| 555
 +
| 62
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
  
  
! 1600
+
! 1879
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
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 +
! 1880
 +
|
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|
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|
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|
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Latest revision as of 23:42, 22 November 2016

This distribution table includes all the Chancery Final Decrees we were able to access (27,866 cases). A few rolls (maybe a dozen) were unfit in whole or in part. Numbers, as always, should be used with some skepticism. At the early end, there is almost certainly a survival problem. Likewise, the relationship between the number of final decrees and the whole number of cases is unclear. Assembling a final decree record was apparently optional. The incentives for assembling a final decree may have been stronger at some times than at others, so the relationship between all cases and final decrees may not have been stable. The numbers for any particular year are not completely consistent, because the only date for some cases (probably less than 1%) was the date of the bill; for all other cases the date used was the date of the decree.

Calendar Year Number of Cases Total by Decade Average by Decade Total by Reign Summary Summary
1534 1 Decade Cases
1535 1530s 25
1536 2 1540s 479
1537 3 1550s 1,236
1538 14 1560s 936
1539 5 25 1570s 412
1540 8 1580s 578
1541 23 1590s 529
1542 34 1600s 695
1543 17 1610s 1,230
1544 66 1620s 1,420
1545 64 1630s 1733
1546 66 1640s 691
1547 5 Henry VIII: 311 1650s 2,041
1548 53 1660s 1,881
1549 53 479 48 1670s 1,914
1550 45 1680s 1,910
1551 61 1690s 1,600
1552 54 1700s 1,371
1553 46 Edward VI: 387 1710s 1,465
1554 63 1720s 986
1555 54 1730s 764
1556 118 1740s 453
1557 97 1750s 287
1558 54 Mary; Philip & Mary: 386 1760s 134
1559 54 1,236 124 1770s 67
1560 122 1780s 97
1561 134 1790s 74
1562 117 1800s 54
1563 67 1810s 66
1564 78 1820s 90
1565 100 1830s 155
1566 93 1840s 324
1567 109 1850s 709
1568 81 1860s 885
1569 35 936 94 1870s 555
1570 62 Total Cases 27,866
1571 46
1572 38
1573 59
1574 38
1575 45
1576 34
1577 28
1578 21
1579 41 412 41
1580 53
1581 53
1582 53
1583 70
1584 70
1585 66
1586 63
1587 51
1588 46
1589 63 578 58
1590 53
1591 82
1592 37
1593 20
1594 43
1595 51
1596 35
1597 77
1598 68
1599 63 529 53
1600 61
1601 70
1602 78
1603 62
1604 61
1605 60
1606 62
1607 67
1608 79
1609 95 695 70
1610 93
1611 144
1612 204
1613 152
1614 130
1615 114
1616 85
1617 94
1618 111
1619 123 1230 123
1620 117
1621 93
1622 181
1623 197
1624 124
1625 85
1626 140
1627 144
1628 176
1629 163 1,420 142
1630 168
1631 192
1632 183
1633 172
1634 182
1635 174
1636 99
1637 160
1638 189
1639 214 1,733 173
1640 130
1641 108
1642 56
1643 4
1644 33
1645 45
1646 49
1647 69
1648 93
1649 104 691 69
1650 120
1651 166
1652 236
1653 239
1654 188
1655 217
1656 242
1657 263
1658 217
1659 153 2,041 204
1660 135
1661 205
1662 221
1663 252
1664 207
1665 138
1666 157
1667 163
1668 194
1669 209 1,881 188
1670 206
1671 218
1672 174
1673 229
1674 201
1675 208
1676 188
1677 187
1678 133
1679 171 1,914 191
1680 138
1681 167
1682 188
1683 193
1684 221
1685 180
1686 235
1687 245
1688 198
1689 145 1,910 191
1690 190
1691 216
1692 179
1693 137
1694 169
1695 155
1696 119
1697 128
1698 168
1699 139 1,600 160
1700 119
1701 135
1702 134
1703 117
1704 128
1705 120
1706 149
1707 145
1708 162
1709 162 1,371
1710 159
1711 173
1712 162
1713 150
1714 118
1715 147
1716 134
1717 130
1718 143
1719 149 1,465 147
1720 110
1721 111
1722 106
1723 131
1724 125
1725 81
1726 62
1727 75
1728 102
1729 83 986 99
1730 100
1731 101
1732 80
1733 68
1734 82
1735 83
1736 62
1737 67
1738 55
1739 66 764 76
1740 51
1741 57
1742 37
1743 55
1744 53
1745 33
1746 48
1747 41
1748 40
1749 38 453 45
1750 43
1751 46
1752 24
1753 29
1754 32
1755 26
1756 25
1757 15
1758 26
1759 21 287 29
1760 19
1761 14
1762 16
1763 15
1764 17
1765 18
1766 11
1767 9
1768 6
1769 9 134 13
1770 2
1771 8
1772 8
1773 4
1774 9
1775 7
1776 8
1777 7
1778 6
1779 8 67 7
1780 12
1781 10
1782 13
1783 13
1784 12
1785 10
1786 6
1787 5
1788 7
1789 9 97 10
1790 8
1791 9
1792 7
1793 6
1794 14
1795 9
1796 5
1797 6
1798 7
1799 3 74 7
1800 3
1801 7
1802 7
1803 1
1804 8
1805 3
1806 3
1807 7
1808 10
1809 3 54 5
1810 6
1811 7
1812 6
1813 5
1814 3
1815 8
1816 4
1817 11
1818 8
1819 8 66 7
1820 10
1821 8
1822 9
1823 6
1824 6
1825 10
1826 6
1827 12
1828 12
1829 11 90 9
1830 17
1831 23
1832 14
1833 15
1834 16
1835 11
1836 15
1837 11
1838 11
1839 22 155 16
1840 10
1841 23
1842 22
1843 42
1844 31
1845 38
1846 29
1847 46
1848 38
1849 45 324 32
1850 44
1851 56
1852 59
1853 63
1854 66
1855 90
1856 88
1857 85
1858 78
1859 86 709 71
1860 94
1861 68
1862 73
1863 71
1864 61
1865 82
1866 80
1867 108
1868 111
1869 117 885 89
1870 104
1871 92
1872 94
1873 73
1874 98
1875 75
1876 10
1877 6
1878 3 555 62
1879
1880