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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At least two of the men mentioned above had links with the duchy .
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Because of Gloucester's influence in the duchy , royal servants naturally looked to him for lordship.
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But the duchy also required government and administration during the absences of its ruler.
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Hastings' retinue was essentially the duchy of Lancaster connection in the north midlands.
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In May 1469 Edward tried again, turning once more to the resources of the duchy of Lancaster.
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It is clear that neither of them could call on the personal loyalty of the royal servants in the duchy .
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Some of it was in any case independent of the Neville influence, notably the element deriving from the duchy of York.
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The position during the seventeenth century of the duchy of Savoy was much more uncertain than that of Venice.