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eadmerus_fw-la l._n p._n 6._o seld_o spic_fw-la p._n 165._o &_o &_o spond_v annal_n ad_fw-la a_o d._n 1237._o 1237._o cambden_n in_o wilt._n wilt._n cambden_n in_o wilt._n wilt._n view_v of_o the_o civil_a law_n part_n 2._o c._n 1._o sect._n 6._o p._n 104._o 104._o 24_o h._n 8._o c._n 12._o and_o 1_o eliz._n c._n 1._o 2._o 3._o 3._o lib._n stat._n ut_fw-la fol._n 38._o 38._o conc._n imp._n &_o sacr._n l._n 8._o c._n 22._o art_n 7._o 7._o coke_n 1._o inst._n l._n 1._o §._o 1._o and_o part_v 2._o in_o stat._n de_fw-fr westm._n c._n 1._o p._n 501._o praesertim_fw-la part_n 4._o c._n 7._o 287._o 287._o part_n 4._o c._n 76._o p._n 356._o 356._o 23_o eliz._n c._n 1._o 3_o jac._n c._n 4._o 4._o code_n hen._n 4._o l._n 7._o tit._n 1._o art_n 47._o 47._o 1_o instit._n l._n 1._o c._n 5._o sect._n 35._o fol._n 30._o 30._o 29_o ed._n 3._o stat._n 6._o 6._o of_o many_o more_o instance_n these_o at_o present_a may_v suffice_v in_o the_o letter_n of_o ch._n i._n may_v 18._o in_o the_o 9th_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n and_o feb._n 8._o the_o same_o year_n of_o ch._n ii_o jul._n 24._o 1674._o and_o jan._n 11._o 1665._o and_o sept._n 10._o 1666._o and_o mar._n 8._o 1676._o and_o jun._n 8._o 1680._o beside_o many_o more_o register_v and_o many_o which_o be_v not_o but_o aught_o to_o be_v and_o to_o have_v be_v be_v coke_n 1._o inst._n l._n 1._o sect._n 31._o fol._n 27._o 27._o stat._n 14_o ed._n 3._o cap._n 4._o 4._o daniel_n in_o the_o life_n of_o rufus_n p._n 44._o 44._o lord_n coke_n out_o of_o the_o parliament_n roll_n 18_o h._n 3._o 3._o v._o cottoni_n posthuma_n p._n 280._o 281._o 281._o hist._n of_o the_o right_n of_o prince_n in_o dispose_v of_o church_n land_n and_o eccl._n promotion_n p._n 322._o 322._o guiccard_n in_o hist_o l._n 4._o 4._o regist._n ex_fw-la annal_n pontif._n fol_n 3._o 3._o this_o in_o scriptis_fw-la be_v the_o assertion_n of_o the_o present_a bishop_n of_o sarum_n dr._n ward_n be_v in_o answer_n to_o the_o dean_n narrative_a narrative_a hist._n reform_v part_n 2._o lib._n 1._o p._n 6._o 7_o 8_o &_o 9_o 9_o part._n 3._o c._n 4._o sect._n 4._o p._n 190._o 190._o bishop_n god_n win_v in_o his_o account_n of_o rich._n poor_a p._n 276._o &_o spondanus_n supra_fw-la supra_fw-la the_o establish_v church_n c._n 12._o p._n 144._o etc._n etc._n etc._n 25_o edw._n 3._o stat._n 6._o 6._o coke_n inst._n part._n 2._o upon_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la c._n 1._o p_o 3._o where_o fleta_n bracton_n glanvil_n and_o other_o be_v cite_v by_o he_o he_o see_v bishop_n sanderson_n say_v book_n especial_o pag._n 30._o 31._o to_o pag._n 34._o 35._o etc._n etc._n etc._n in_o ibid._n p._n 45_o where_o bishop_n sanderson_n cite_v the_o statute_n of_o 1_o ed._n 5._o and_o make_v a_o wholesome_a use_n of_o it_o p._n 45_o which_o compare_v with_o 1_o eliz._n c._n 1._o 1._o baronius_n a._n d._n 1059._o n._n 23._o 23._o littleton_n §._o 64â—_n &_o coke_n upon_o he_o p._n 344._o 344._o paâ—lo_fw-la scarpi_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la n._n 77._o pag._n 23._o 23._o stat._n 1._o elizab._n 1_o 1_o coke_n 1._o inst._n l._n 3._o fol._n 344._o 344._o westm._fw-la 1._o 49._o &_o 3_o ed._n 1._o wing_n p._n 378._o 378._o coke_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la inst._n p._n 3._o 3._o 1_o inst._n l._n 1._o sect._n 1_o &_o stat._n de_fw-fr westm._n c._n 1._o p._n 501._o 501._o coke_n 1._o inst._n l._n 2._o c._n 11._o sect._n 136._o f._n 96._o a._n and_o f._n 344._o 344._o 2_o inst._n c._n 19_o p._n 298._o 298._o 2_o inst._n c._n 19_o p._n 298._o 298._o 1._o eliz._n c._n 1._o §_o 1._o g_o eusâ—_n in_o vita_fw-la constantini_n l._n 4._o c._n 24._o 24._o paulus_n scarpius_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la n._n 85._o 86._o 87._o tancredus_n and_o lindwood_n provin_n l._n 3._o tit._n 2._o pag._n 125._o 126._o 126._o w._n malm._n hist._n nov_n l._n 2._o sub_fw-la initium_fw-la flor._n wig._n ad_fw-la an._n 1086._o hoveden_n ad_fw-la eundem_fw-la an._n daniel_n in_o the_o life_n of_o rufus_n p._n 48._o eadmer_n p._n 55._o &_o 117._o 117._o cambden_n in_o wilt._n call_v they_o all_o the_o state_n of_o england_n and_o say_v that_o of_o every_o penny_n of_o the_o 3d._a penny_n of_o sarum_n the_o king_n have_v 20._o s._n s._n to_o who_o add_v daniel_n p._n 48._o a_o good_a historian_n though_o not_o a_o old_a one_o one_o a._n d._n 1133._o dan_o in_o his_o life_n p._n 57_o 57_o eadmer_n p._n 187._o flor._n wigorn._n &_o rog._n hoved._n ad_fw-la a_o 1116._o 1116._o w._n malm._n de_fw-fr pontif._n l._n 2._o f._n 142._o b._n b._n daniel_n in_o king_n stephen_n p._n 61._o 61._o camden_n in_o wilt._n wilt._n bishop_n godwin_n in_o roger_n the_o 3d._a bishop_n of_o sarum_n sarum_n ego_fw-la osmundus_fw-la notifico_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la sarisb_n i_o construxisse_fw-la &_o in_o ea_fw-la canonicos_fw-la constituisse_fw-la &c_n &c_n mag._n char._n osmundi_fw-la in_o statut._n de_fw-la collatione_fw-la prebendarum_fw-la f._n 36._o b._n 37._o a._n a._n what_o be_v say_v by_o malmsb._n f._n 161._o fol._n 91._o edit_n london_n be_v not_o say_v of_o bishop_n herman_n but_o bishop_n roger_n who_o be_v after_o os_fw-mi mund_o make_v it_o nothing_o to_o the_o purpose_n beside_o that_o it_o be_v write_v when_o roger_n be_v in_o greatness_n and_o flatter_v for_o it_o de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la reg._n l._n 5._o 5._o see_v h._n knighton_n apud_fw-la bee_n fol._n 2351._o and_o bish._n godwin_n p._n 272._o &_o osmund_n chartar_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la supra_fw-la will._n 1._o be_v so_o eminent_a for_o devotion_n that_o it_o be_v confess_v by_o his_o hater_n so_o say_v daniel_n in_o the_o life_n of_o will._n 1._o p._n 43._o rad._n de_fw-fr diceto_fw-la a._n d._n 1072._o p._n 485._o 485._o registr_n jo._n davysone_n dec._n a._n d._n 1375._o fol._n 13._o 13._o regist._n davysoni_fw-la fol._n 3._o 3._o flor._n wig._n a._n d._n 1092._o with_o who_o agree_v hoveden_n &_o simeon_n dunelmensis_n and_o petrus_n blesensis_n cite_v by_o camden_n in_o wilt._n wilt._n regist._n jo._n davysoni_fw-la s._n 3._o a._n etc._n etc._n inter_fw-la gesta_fw-la richardi_fw-la episcopi_fw-la sarum_n sarum_n evidentiarum_fw-la tom._n 20._o f._n 120._o 120._o camden_n in_o wilt._n name_n but_o one_o or_o two_o bishop_n whoever_o have_v it_o but_o a_o long_a train_n of_o earl_n who_o have_v part_n of_o the_o old_a castle_n for_o a_o dwell_a house_n a_o long_a time_n after_o the_o removal_n of_o the_o cathedral_n &_o townsman_n townsman_n de_fw-fr pontif._n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la malm._n novel_a l._n 5._o 5._o castrum_n comitis_fw-la non_fw-la episcopi_fw-la matth._n paris_n fol._n 439._o camden_n in_o wilts_n bishop_n god_n win_v p._n 280._o 280._o ministâ—â—_n d._n regis_fw-la regis_fw-la infâ—a_fw-la castrum_n domini_fw-la regis_fw-la regis_fw-la volentes_fw-la privilegium_fw-la illud_fw-la in_o perpetuá_fw-la firmitate_fw-la manere_fw-la burton_n de_fw-fr libertate_fw-la capellarum_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la 1245_o 1245_o judge_n jenkins_n p._n 24._o say_v it_o be_v treason_n to_o pay_v obedience_n to_o the_o pope_n or_o to_o any_o other_o than_o to_o the_o king_n for_o which_o he_o cite_v 23_o eliz._n cap._n 1._o and_o 3_o jac._n cap._n 4._o §._o 22_o 23._o 23._o 25_o ed._n 3._o c._n 22._o 7_o rich._n 2._o c._n 12._o 12._o dignitas_fw-la est_fw-la decani_fw-la &_o omnium_fw-la canâ—nicorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n dignitas_fw-la est_fw-la decani_fw-la &_o omnium_fw-la canâ—nicorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n 1_o ed._n 6._o cap._n 2._o §._o 3._o 1_o eliz._n cap._n 1._o §._o 17_o 18_o &_o 8_o eliz._n cap._n 1._o g_o cokâ—_n 1_o inst._n l._n 2._o cap._n 11._o 134._o 134._o 27_o ed._n 3._o cit._n praem_n cap._n 1._o with_o which_o statute_n compare_v 25_o ed._n 3._o cap._n 22._o and_o 7_o rich._n 2._o cap._n 12._o where_o that_o king_n delaresâ—_n against_o his_o grant_v any_o such_o licence_n as_o be_v pretend_v pretend_v 16_o r._n 2._o cap._n 5._o hist._n council_n trident._n l._n 5._o pag._n 101._o an._n 1551._o 1551._o of_o the_o 32_o act_n be_v those_o of_o 50_o ed._n 3._o cap._n 1._o &_o 2._o a._n d._n 1376._o &_o 1_o rich._n 2._o cap._n 1._o &_o 34_o ed._n 1._o st._n 4._o cap._n 4._o &_o 4_o h._n 4._o cap._n 3._o 3._o paolo_fw-la sarpi_n n._n 74._o p._n 22._o 22._o lib._n statut._n statut._n that_o be_v the_o conqueror_n himself_o from_o who_o captain_n osmund_n have_v all_o he_o have_v in_o the_o world_n and_o do_v hold_v by_o knight_n service_n or_o any_o who_o â—he_v say_v osmund_n may_v have_v entrust_v or_o employ_v employ_v sir_n t._n ridley_n view_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n part_v 3._o cap._n §._o 2._o pag._n 172_o 173._o 173._o de_fw-fr septeâ—nio_n in_o septennium_fw-la duntaâ—at_fw-la duntaâ—at_fw-la fol._n 67._o 2._o 2._o fol._n 65._o 65._o 65._o 65._o folly_n 63._o 63._o folly_n 63._o 63._o see_v 25_o hen._n 8._o 20._o &_o 26_o hen._n 8._o 1._o &_o 1_o eliz._n 1._o §._o 17._o n._n i._o &_o §._o 18._o n._n 1._o