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What does Plowden mean?

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Proper noun
  1. A surname​.
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Coke began reporting cases in the traditional manner, by copying out and repeating cases found in earlier law reports, such as those of Edmund Plowden.
Why had Plowden, by the way, been so keen about relieving her from her father's importunities?
Claire Millns, called to the bar in 2001, and Mark Hypolite, called in 2002, had both successfully completed 12 month pupillages with Plowden Buildings.
All these years later, there is a continuing debate over why the great expectations of the Plowden era were not fulfilled.
Nevertheless, Plowden did accelerate the adoption of progressive methods in schools.
For instance, the committee chaired by Lady Plowden favoured external inspection of schools, a view nowadays seen as traditionalist.

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