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Against Ancient Law and Custom: The Wills of Henry VII, Lady Margaret Beaufort, and James IV of Scots

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On 8th February 2008 a judgment from the Court of Appeal became the latest legal link in a chain of events that had been pursued for nearly 100 years.

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Nash, M.L. (2017). Against Ancient Law and Custom: The Wills of Henry VII, Lady Margaret Beaufort, and James IV of Scots. In: Royal Wills in Britain from 1509 to 2008. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-60145-2_2

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