The Knights of the Royal Oak was an intended order of chivalry in England. It was proposed in 1660 at the time of the restoration of Charles II of England to be a reward for those Englishmen who had faithfully and actively supported Charles during his nine years of exile in continental Europe. Members of the order were to be called "Knights of the Royal Oak", and bestowed with a silver medal, on a ribbon, depicting the king in the Royal oak tree .[1] Boscobel House , then called the "Oak of Boscobel",[2] hid to escape the Roundheads after the Battle of Worcester in 1651. Men were selected from all the counties of England and Wales, with the number from each county being in proportion to the population. William Dugdale in 1681 noted 687 names, each with a valuation of their estate in pounds per year. The estates of 18 men were valued at more than £3,000 per year. The names of the recipients are also listed in the baronetages, published in five volumes, 1741.[3] Henry Cromwell-Williams , a zealous royalist and first cousin once removed to Oliver Cromwell , was one of the men proposed to be one of these knights.[4]
Charles II circa 1661 The order was never established, abandoned out of concerns at the time that it might perpetuate dissension and keep alive the differences between Parliament and the King, which were better left forgotten:
"...it being wisely judged," says Noble, in his 'Memoirs of the Cromwell family', "that the order was calculated only to keep awake animosities, which it was the part of wisdom to lull to sleep."
Instead of individual honours being made, 29 May, Charles' birthday, was set aside as Oak Apple Day (Restoration Day) to commemorate the Restoration. Celebration was made by the wearing of oak leaves in the hat; oak apples gilded, with a few leaves surrounding them, were sold in the streets of London. The statue of Charles I of England , at Charing Cross , was also decorated with branches of oak on this day. The day is still observed in parts of England today. The modern organisation styling itself "Knights of the Royal Oak Society" is not legally recognised as one of the chivalric orders of the United Kingdom .[5] [6]
Berkshire
John Blagrave £2,000Hungerford Dunch £2,000John Elwayes £700
Edmund Fettiplace £700
John Freeman £800
Richard Garrard £1,000
Edward Keyte £1,000
Sir St. John Moore £1,500
Colonel Richard Nevil £1,500
George Purefoy £3,000
Sir Compton Read, 1st Baronet £2000John Whitwicke £800 Buckinghamshire
Thomas Abraham, of Wingrave £600
Thomas Catesby £800
– Claver, of Woovinge £600
Captain Peter Dayrell £600
Charles Dormer £3,000
William Dormer £1,000
Francis Ingoldsby £1,000– Wells, of Lillingston £600 Cambridgeshire
Robert Balam of Beaufort Hall £600
Sir Thomas Bennet Wisbech £2,000
Thomas Chicheley £2,000William Colvile of Newton £1000
Thomas Ducket £1,000
Sir Thomas Leventhorpe, 4th Baronet £2,000Sir Thomas Marsh £1,500
Captain John Millicent of Bergham £700
Captain Thomas Storey £800
Sir Thomas Willys, 1st Baronet £1,000Cheshire
Thomas Baskerville £1,000
Thomas Cholmondeley £2,000
John Crew £1,000
Roger[7]
Henry Harpur £600
— Leigh of Lyme £4,000
Sir Thomas Mainwaring, 1st Baronet £1,000James Poole £2,000
Darcie Savage £1,000
Edward Spencer £600
Peter Wilbraham £1,000
Roger Wilbraham £1,000
Sir Thomas Wilbraham £3,000 Cumberland
Francis Howard £1,500
Colonel Lamplugh £1,000
William Layton £1,000
Christopher Musgrave £1,000Thomas Curwen £1,000
William Penington £1,000
Edward Stanley £600
Wrightington Senhouse £600 Devon
Sir Copplestone Bamfield of Poltimore £1,900Col. Arthur Bassett of Umberleigh £1,000
Sir William Courtenay of Powderham £3,000Sir John Davie, 1st Baronet £2,000Sir John Drake, 1st Baronet £800Richard Duke of Otterton £1,000
Francis Fulford of Fulford £1,000
Col. John Giffard (1602–1665) of Brightley £1,000
Arthur Northcott £800
Sir John Northcott, Bt £1,500
Sir Courtney Pole of Shute £1,000
Sir John Rolle (d.1706) of Stevenstone £1,000
John Tuckfield of Little Fulford £1,000
— Willoughby £1,700 Dorset
– Baskervile £1,000
Col. Humphrey Bishop £800
Capt. Henry Boteler £600
Thomas Freake £4,000
Col. Robert Lawrence £700
Woolley Miller £1,000
John Still £1,000
Col. Strangwayes £5,000
William Thomas £600John Tregonwell £1,100Sir John Turbervile £1,500 Durham
Col. William Blakeston £600
Anthony Byerley £600
Samuel Davison £600
Colonel Eden £1,000
Marke Milbanke £2,000
Ralph Millett £600
John Tempest £1,000Essex
Sir William Ayloffe, 3rd Baronet £1,000Capt. Bramston £1,000— Clifton of Woodford £800
Thomas Coates £1,000
William Knight £1,000
Thomas Lewther £1,000
Capt. Charles Maynard £1,000
Capt. Charles Mildmay £1,000
Major Scott £1,000
Henry Woolaston £1,000
John Wrothe £1,500 Gloucestershire
John Browneinge Esq. £1000
Duncombe Colchester £800
William Cooke £1,000
John Delabere £1,000
Benedict Hall of High Meadow £4,000
Sir Humphrey Hanmore (qv Hanham) £1,000
Sir Humphrey Hooke £1,500William Jones £800
Thomas Lloyd £800
Thomas Masters £1,000
Thomas Morgan £800
John Smythe £1,000
Richard Stevens £800 Hampshire
Sir Humphrey Bennet knt £1,000
Major Edward Cooke £1,500
Henry Cooke esq the younger £1,000
Edward Knight esq of Chawton £1,000
John Norton esq £1,000
George Pitt esq of Strathfieldsay £4,000Sir Henry Titchborne of Titchbourne £1,000
William Wall esq of Crundall £1,000
William Walle esq of Leushott £1,000 Herefordshire
John Barnibee of Boothall £1,000
Humphrey Baskerville £1,000
Roger Bodenham, £2,000
Wallop Brobaston £1,200
Fitzwilliam Coningsby of Hampton Court £2,000Humphrey Cornewall £6,000Sir Edward Hopton £2,500Henry Lingen £2,000Sir Thomas Tomkins £2,000
Roger Vaughan £1,500
Thomas Whitney £2,000
Herbert Westfaling £800Hertfordshire
Edward Bashe £1,500
Edmund Field £600John Gore £600
Ralph Gore £600
William Gore £800
— Harrison of Balls £600
John Jessen £600
Thomas Keytley £800
Capt. Thomas Morley £1,000
Francis Shalcrosse £800
Peter Soames £1,500
Edward Watts £600
Sir Henry Wrothe of Durante, in Enfield, Middlesex £2,000 Huntingdonshire
– Apreece esq of Washingley £1,000
Robert Apreece esq £1,500
Richard Naylor esq £600
Thomas Rous esq £800
John Stone esq £1,000
Major Lionel Walden esq £600
Henry Cromwell-Williams esq of Bodsey £2,000Kent
Edward Badbye esq £1,000
John Clinckerd esq £600
William Delaune knt £2,500
William Dyke esq £1,000
Thomas Englishe esq £700
Humphrey Hide, jun esq £600
William Kenwricke esq £600
Thomas Leigh knt £1,500
Stephen Leonard esq £1,000
Edward Roper esq £2,000
William Roper esq £600
Sir Richard Sands knt £1,000
Roger Twisden esq £1,000 Lancashire
Francis Anderton esq £1,000
Col James Anderton £1,500
Edmund Asheton esq £1,000
Christopher Banister esq £1,000
Richard Boteler esq £1,000
— Ffarrington esq of Worden £1,000
— Fleetwood esq of Penwortham £1,000
Thomas Greenhalgh esq £1,000
John Girlington esq £1,000
Thomas Holt esq £1,000
Robert Holte esq £1,000
John Ingleton senior esq £1,000
Colonel Kirby £1,500
Henry Norris esq £1,200
Roger Nowell esq £1,000
Thomas Preston esq £2,000
Thomas Stanley esq £1,000
William Stanley esq £1,000Edward Tildesley esq £1,000
– Walmesley of Dunkenhalgh esq £2,000 Leicestershire
Major Brudnell £1,000
Capt William Cole £600
George Dashwood esq £1,000
Sir George Faunt knt £2,000
William Lawford esq £1,000
Col Neville of Holt £2,000
– Pochin esq of Barkby £1,000
– Skevington esq of Skevington £1,000
Sir Edward Smythe knt £800
William Street esq £1,000
– Terringham esq £1,000
Richard Verney esq £1,000
– Whaley esq of Norton £1,000 Lincolnshire
William Blythe £1,000
Sir John Browne knt £1,000
William Broxholme esq £1,000
Sir Robert Carr, 3rd Baronet of Sleford £4,000– Desyad esq of Harleston £1,000
Charles Dymoke esq of Scrivelsby £1,000
John Hanby esq £1,500
Jervas Nevill esq £1,200
Sir John Newton, 2nd Baronet of Hather £3,000John South esq £2,000
Capt William Thorold £1,500
William Welby esq £600 London and Middlesex
Major Matthew Bayley £600
Capt John Bagshawe £600
Capt Hercules Baron £600
Capt Richard Crane £600
Robert Blore esq £1,000
Capt Samuel Clarke £600
Charles Cheney esq £4,000
Capt Ralph Clarke £600
Capt Francis Crane £1,000
Col. William Carlos £800Charles Carryll esq £1,000
Lt Cox £600
Alderman Francis Dashwood £2,000
Henry Englishe esq £2,000
Col Sir Ralph Freeman knt £1,000
Col Charles Gifford £600
William Goldsborough esq £1,500
Leonard Hamond esq £1,000
Thomas Hughes esq £1,500
Alderman Francis Knight £2,000
Capt Valentine Knight £1,500
Commissary General Sir Edward Knightley knt £5,000
Frances Maunsell esq £600
Alderman Lewis £2,000
Capt Edward Maunsell £800
Col Thomas Neville £1,500
Sir Roger Norwich, 2nd Baronet £2,000Major Rob Peyton £1,000
Major Christ Pickeringe £600
Col Charles Progers £600
Col James Progers £600
Thomas Reynold esq £2,000
Sir William Roberts, 1st Baronet of Willesden £1,000Colonel Sampson £600
George Skipp esq £600
Alderman Sterlinge £2,000
Col Standish £600
Robert Thomas esq £3,000
Morrice Tresham esq £600
George Tresham esq £600
Edward Turner esq son of Baron Turner £600
Col Arthur Trevor £1,000
Thomas Tunman esq £1,000
Sir Robert Viner knt £3,500
Peter Vandeput £800
Col Sir Thos Woodcocke knt £1,000
Edmund Warcup esq £800
Capt Joseph Ward £600
Charles Whitlaker esq £1,000
Capt Thomas Willowbie £600
Sir Thomas Allen knt £2,000
Sir Anthony Bateman knt £2,000
Sir Thomas Bateman knt £2,000
Sir William Bateman knt £2,000
Alderman Sir Thomas Bloodworth knt £3,000
Alderman Bonfoy £2,000
George Cary esq £600
Sir Richard Chiverton knt £3,000
Edward Dutton esq £1,000
Sir James Muddiford knt £1,500
Edward Palmer esq £800
Henry Progers esq £600
Sir Wm Peake knt £1,000
Thomas Padnall esq £1,000
Ald Richard Shelbury £1,000
Sir George Smyth knt £2,000
Sir William Turner knt £2,000
Ald Thorowgood £2,000
Samuel Foote esq £1,500
Alderman Clutterbucke £2,000
Sir John Lawrence knt £2,000
Sir John Fredericke knt £2,000
Alderman Wade £2,000
Ald Bathurst £2,000
Sir Francis Compton knt £2,000
Capt George Gage £600
Col John Russell £1,000
Col Thomas Baynton £600
Sir Thomas Danyell knt £600
M Gen Randall Elgerton £1,000
Col Francis Lovelace £600
Col Morgan £600
Sir Gilbert Gerrard £600
Major Henn afterwards Sir Henry Henn £600
Capt Roger Gardiner £600
Lieut Hambleton £600
– Morgan esq £800
George Tresham esq £600
William Washborne esq £600
Capt Philip Sherrard £600
Cornet Stanley £1,000
Hatton Compton esq £600[9] Richard Mounteney esq £1,000
Arthur Maunsell £600
Thomas Hardinge esq £1,500
Thomas Fisher esq £600
Nicholas Kemishe esq £600
Thomas Dacres esq of Cheshunt £1,000
James Jobson esq £1,000
John Cowell esq qy Sir John Coe knt one of the Masters in Ch of Depden Suffolk £600
Henry Kersley esq £600
Peter Vandeput esq £800
Richard Raynsford esq a judge £600Edward Atkinson esq £1,000
William Barker esq £1,200
Thomas Elmes esq of Lilford co Northampton £1,500
John Keelinge son of Justice Keelinge £600
Wm Haselwood esq of Maidwell £3,000
William Marshall esq £600
Francis Roper esq £600
Thomas Waller esq £1,000 Norfolk
Christopher Bedingfeld esq of Wyghton £800
Osburne Clarke esq £1,000
John Coke esq £1,000
Thomas Garrard esq £1,000
John Hobart esq of Blickling and Intwood £1,000
Christopher Jug esq £1,500
John Kendall esq of Thetford £1,000
Sir Thomas Meddowe knt of Yarmouth £2,000
John Nabbes esq £2,000
Richard Nixson esq £1,000
Lawrence Oxborow esq of Hackbech Hall £800
William Paston esq of Paston £800
Sir Joseph Payne knt of Norwich £1,000
Valentine Saunders esq £600
Capt Henry Stewart £1,000
John Tasburgh esq £600
Sir Charles Waldegrave, 3rd Baronet £2,000Robert Wright esq £1,000
Thomas Wright esq of Kilverston £1,000
John Wyndham esq of Felbrigge £3,500 Northamptonshire
John Adams esq £1,000
– Arundel esq of Stoke £1,000
George Clarke esq of Watford £3,000
Edward Palmer esq £1,200
Bryan Johnson esq £1,000
Walter Kirkham esq of Fineshade Abbey £800
Francis Lane esq £600
Thomas Morgan esq £600
Tanfield Moulso esq of Thingdon £600
Humphrey Orme esq of Peterboro £1,000– Ouley esq of Catesby £1,000
William Stafford esq of Blatherwick £3,000
William Tate esq of Delapre £1,500
Francis Thursby esq of Abington £1,000
John Willoughby esq £600 Northumberland
Thomas Beewicke esq £2,000
Daniel Collingwood esq £600
George Collingwood esq £800
Sir William Foster knt £1,000
Sir Thomas Horseley knt £1,000
Charles Howard esq £600
Robert Shafto esq £1,000
– Thometon esq of Netherwhitton £800 Nottinghamshire
Cecil Cooper esq of Thurgarton £1,000
Sir John Curzon, 1st Baronet £500– Eyre esq of Mansfield Woodhouse £2,000
– Middleton esq £1,000
John Palmer esq £600
– Whaley esq £1,200 Oxfordshire
Sir John Clarke £2,000
Sir Anthony Cope, 4th Baronet £4,000– Gardiner esq of Tew £800
James Herne esq £1,000
Sir Henry Jones knt £1,500
Sir Francis Henry Lee, 4th Baronet £3,000Rowland Lucey esq £1,600
Sir Francis Norris £1,500
Sir Thomas Penyston, 2nd Baronet £800Matthew Skinner esq £600
Welsborne Sill esq £600
Thomas Stoner esq £3,000
Sir Timothy Tynell £1,500
Cuthbert Warcupp esq £1,000
Sir Francis Wenman knt £1,500
George Wenman esq £2,000 Rutland
Abel Barker esq 1000Christopher Browne esq 600
Samuel Browne esq 600
Edward Fawkenor esq of Uppingham 1600
Richard Halford esq of Ediweston 600
Henry Noel esq 1000Shropshire
Francis Charleton esq £2,000
Thomas Cornwall esq £500
Henry Davenport esq £800
Andrew Forrester esq £1,000
Richard Fowler esq £1,000
John Kynnaston esq £1,000
Robert Leighton esq £800
Charles Mainwaringe esq £600
Andrew Newport esq £800William Oakeley esq £800Col William Owen £800
Thomas Talbott esq £1,000
George Weld esq £1,000
Thomas Whitmore esq £600Sir John Wylde knt £1,000 Somerset
Warwick Bamfield esq £1,000
Sir William Basselt of Claverton £1,800Edward Berkley esq £1,000
Samuel Gorges esq £600
John Hall esq £900
John Carey esq £1,500
John Hunt esq £1,500
– Lacey esq of Hartley £1,000
Francis Luttrell esq £1,500Sir George Norton knt £1,800
Peregrine Palmer esq £1,500
John Pawlet esq £1,000
Edward Phelips esq £1,500George Stawell esq £5,000
John Tint esq £1,000 Staffordshire
Capt Francis Biddulph £600
Richard Congreve esq £600
Johnathan Cope esq £800
Charles Cotton esq £600
Walter Fowler esq £1,500
Walter Gifford esq £1,500
Henry Grey esq of Envile £1,000
Colonel Lane £700
Francis Leveson esq £2,000
Robert Leveson esq £600
Richard Oakover esq £1,000
Edwin Scrumshire esq £1,000
Thomas Whitgrave esq £600Suffolk
William Barker esq £600
Capt Bennett £1,000
William Blomfield esq £600
Joseph Brand esq of Edwardston £1,000John Brookes esq £1,000
Richard Cooke esq £1,000
Robert Crane esq £1,500
John Gibbes esq £800
Clement Higham esq £1,000
Roger Kedington esq £800
Sir Edmund Poley knt £1,000Edmond Sheppard esq £1,000
Charles Stutteville esq of Dalham £1,500
Robert Style esq £600
John Warner esq £1,000
Henry Warner esq £1,000
Randall Williams esq £600 Surrey
Capt Bartholomew £600
Richard Berry esq £1,000
Charles Bickerstaffe esq £600
Thomas Brand esq £700
Edward Bromfeild esq £1,000
Sir Adam Browne, 2nd Baronet £1,600George Browne esq £600
Capt Roger Clarke £600
John Dawes esq £700
Thomas Delmahoy esq £1,200
George Duke esq £600
Roger Duncombe esq £1,000
Giles Dunster esq £600
Edward Evelyn esq of Ditton £600Sir John Evelyn, 1st Baronet, of Godstone £1,800Charles Good esq £700
James Gresham esq £800
Capt John Holmendon £600
Edward Moore esq £600
William Muschamp esq of Roebarnes £600
Roger Pettyward (Pettiward) esq of Putney, Surrey,[10] Peter Quinnall esq £600
Vincent Randall esq £1,000
Geo Smyth esq £600
White Titchbourne esq £1,000
— Thomas esq of Cobham £600
George Turner esq £1,000
Geo Vernon esq of Farnham £800
Geo Woodroffe esq of Poyle £1,500
Edward Woodward esq £1,000
Davis Wymondswold esq of Putney £2,000
James Zouch esq £2,000 Warwickshire
John Bridgman esq £1,000
Thomas Broughton esq of Lawford £800
William Combes esq £800
William Dylke esq of Maxstoke Castle £800
Thomas Flint esq £700
— Jenings esq of Bromesbam £1,000
— Keyte esq of Camden £1,000
— Middlemore esq of Edgebaston £2,000
Edward Peyton esq £1,800
Capt Geo Rawley £700
Seabright Reppington esq £1,000
— Sheldon esq of Beoley £2,000
John Stratford esq £1,000
Richard Verney esq of Compton £600
William Wood esq £800 Westmorland
Allan Bellingham esq £1,500
Richard Braythwaite esq £600
Sir Thomas Braythwaite knt £1,500
Thomas Cabetas esq £600
Christ Crackenthorpe esq £600
John Dalston esq £600
James Duckett esq £800
Daniel Fleminge esq £1,800
Thomas Leybourne esq £600
John Lowther esq £4,000
John Otway esq £600 Wiltshire
Thomas Baskervile esq £1,200
William Boddenham esq £600
George Bond esq £800
Walter Buckland esq £900
John Bowles esq £600
William Duckett esq £1,000
Sir John Ernley knt £1,000
John Gore esq £600
John Holte esq £800
Richard Grubham Howe esq £1,200
Edward Hyde esq £600
Oliver Nicholas esq £1,000
John Norden esq £800Sir John Scroope knt £700
William Willoughby esq £600 Worcestershire
William Acton esq £1,000
Sir Rowland Berkeley knt £1,000
Philip Brace esq £600
Henry Bromley £1,000Thomas Child esq £2,000
Sir Henry Lyttelton, 2nd Baronet of Frankley £3,000Matthew Morphew esq £1,000
Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Wytley £2,000Samuel Sandys esq of Umbersley £1,000
Thomas Savage esq of Elmley Castle £800
– Sheldon esq of Broadway £600
Francis Sheldon esq £600
Sherrington Talbott esq £1,000
Joseph Walsh esq £1,000
Major Thomas Weld £600
Sir John Woodford knt £2,000 Yorkshire
Francis Bayldon esq £600
John Beilby esq £1,000
Major John Beverley £600
Barrington Bourchier esq £1,000
John Calverley esq of Calverley £1,000
Walter Calverley esq £1,000
Nicholas Chaloner esq £600
Marmaduke Constable esq £1,000
Thomas Danby esq £3,000
Robert Doldon esq £600
Capt John Garnett £600
Richard Hutton esq £1,000
James Moyser esq £1,000
William Osbaldiston esq £1,000
– Pennyman esq £1,000
Thomas Tancred esq £800
Edward Trotter esq £1,000
Major Vavasor of Weston £600
Sir Walter Vavasor knt £1,000
Sir Christ Wandesford knt £2,000 Wales
Anglesey
– Bodden, Esq. £1,000
William Bould, Esq. £1,000
Pierce Lloyd, Esq. £1,000
John Robinson, Esq. £800
Thomas Wood, Esq. £600 Brecknockshire
Richard Gwynn, Esq. £600
John Jefferys, Esq. £600
Walter Vaughan, Esq. £700
Wilbourne Williams, Esq. £600 Cardiganshire
Carmarthenshire
Altham (John?) Vaughan, Esq. £1,000
Philip Vaughan, Esq. £600
Henry Maunsell, Esq. £700
Rowland Gwynn, Esq. £899
Charles Vaughan, Esq. £600
William Gwynn, Esq. £700
Nicholas Williams, Esq. £1,000
Richard Gwynn, Esq. £700 Caernarvonshire
Sir John Owen's heir £1,500 Denbighshire
Charles Salisburie, Esq. £1,300
Huscall Thelwall, Esq. £600
Foulke Middleton, Esq. £600
John Wynn, Esq. £600
Sir Thomas Middleton, Knt. (of Chirk Castle, Wrexham) £600Bevis Lloyd, Esq. £600
John Lloyd, Esq. £600 Flintshire
Sir Roger Mostyn, 1st Baronet , of Mostyn £4,000Sir Edward Mostyn, Knt £1,500
– Salisbury, of Hegragge, Esq. £600
Robert Davies, Esq. £2,000
John Puliston, Esq. £2,500
Sir Thomas Hanmer, 2nd Baronet £3,000William Hanmer, Esq. Glamorganshire
Sir – Esterlinge, Knt. £2,000
Herbert Evans, Esq. £1,500
David Jenkins, Esq. £1,500
Thomas Mathews, Esq. £1,100
William Bassett, Esq. £800
William Herbert, Esq. £1,000
Edmund Lewis, Esq. £800
David Mathews, Esq. £1,000 Merionethshire
– Attwyll, of Parke, Esq. £1,500
Lewis Owen , Esq. £600John Lloyd, Esq. £600
William Vaughan, Esq. £1,200
William Salesbury , Esq. £800William Price , Esq. £1,500Howell Vaughan, Esq. £800 Monmouthshire
William Morgan , Esq. £4,000William Jones, of Lanarthe, Esq. £1,000
Thomas Lewis, Esq. £1,000
Charles Vann, Esq. £800
Walter Rumsey , Esq. £600William Jones, of Llantrischent, Esq. £600
– Milbourne, Esq. £800 Montgomeryshire
John Pugh, Esq. £1,000
– Owen, Esq., of Ruserton £1,000
– Blaney, Esq. £1,000
Roger Lloyd, Esq. £800
Richard Owen, Esq. £800
Richard Herbert, Esq. £700
Sir Edward Lloyd £1,200Edmund Waring , Esq. £700Pembrokeshire
Thomas Langhorne, Esq. £800
Lewis Wogan, Esq. £1,000
Hugh Bowen, Esq. £600
Essex Merricke, Esq. £600
Sir John Lort, Knt. (Bart. after) £2,000Radnorshire
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