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Did you know ………..

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Did you know ...........

……….. that the third Duke of Norfolk was a keen chess player and invented the “queen sacrifice”?

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  1. The Grundisburgh martyr | murreyandblue

    […] put to death, such that it was last used in Canterbury on the 15th of that month. For comparison, the third Duke of Norfolk was scheduled for beheading in January 1547 but reprieved when Henry VIII died a few hours […]

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