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"ref": "1899, Great Britain, Calendar of the State Papers Relating to Ireland ...: Apr. 1599-Feb. 1600, Public Record Office, page 134",
"text": "His Lordship having left a ward there, the castle being wardable, the Lord Mountgarrett was put at liberty, and therehence [the Lord Lieutenant] marched to Limerick, […]",
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"Liable to the tax called castle-guard."
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"(UK, obsolete) Liable to the tax called castle-guard."
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