The top covers on each page are free fronts. Tracking down the author of a free front signature is sometimes tricky. One very useful resource is Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page, which has lists of the Peerages and MPs - using Google's Advanced Search against the top page of the site allows one to search for possible names based on sometimes indecipherable signatures. The other site that one may need for a Free Front is the Clergy of the Church of England Database which allows one to search for Bishops. A Bishop would sign a free front with the name of his see preceded by his initials, so ideally one needs to check who was the incumbent at the time of the front.
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