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secundae_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la barones_n baron_n of_o a_o second_o degree_n matth._n paris_n anno_fw-la 1215_o have_v these_o word_n 1215._o summoneri_fw-la faciemus_fw-la archiepiscopos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la abbates_n comites_fw-la &_o majores_fw-la barones_n regni_fw-la sigillatim_fw-la per_fw-la literas_fw-la nostras_fw-la et_fw-la praeterea_fw-la faciemus_fw-la submoneri_fw-la in_o generali_fw-la per_fw-la vicecomites_fw-la &_o ballivos_fw-la nostros_fw-la omnes_fw-la alios_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o cap._n tenent_fw-la de_fw-la nobis_fw-la ad_fw-la certum_fw-la diem_fw-la here_o we_o see_v two_o different_a sort_n of_o baron_n the_o one_o summon_v by_o the_o king_n be_v write_v the_o other_o by_o the_o sheriff_n the_o first_o sort_n by_o writ_n seal_v by_o the_o chancellor_n the_o rest_n by_o writ_n to_o the_o sheriff_n yet_o both_o hold_v in_o capite_fw-la but_o certain_o omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-la rege_fw-la tenent_fw-la in_o capite_fw-la must_v be_v understand_v with_o a_o 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entail_v upon_o he_o so_o that_o he_o be_v call_v to_o parliament_n not_o by_o have_v the_o land_n only_o but_o by_o virtue_n of_o the_o creation_n of_o his_o ancestor_n and_o the_o entail_v upon_o it_o in_o so_o much_o that_o i_o still_o conceive_v that_o the_o ancient_a nobility_n from_o whatsoever_o beginning_n it_o arise_v be_v make_v inheritable_a by_o creation_n and_o investiture_n of_o robe_n upon_o which_o sometime_o follow_v cnarter_n which_o direct_v how_o it_o shall_v descend_v and_o the_o confusion_n in_o historian_n have_v proceed_v from_o their_o not_o distinguish_v baron_n from_o baron_n peer_n so_o call_v not_o from_o their_o parity_n in_o honour_n but_o in_o estate_n and_o tenure_n but_o want_v investiture_n be_v call_v or_o leave_v out_o at_o the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o king_n this_o distinction_n be_v clear_o mention_v in_o the_o old_a modus_fw-la tenendi_fw-la parliamentorum_fw-la print_v by_o mr._n hakewell_n summoneri_fw-la 4._o debent_fw-la omnes_fw-la &_o singuli_fw-la comites_fw-la &_o barones_n &_o eorum_fw-la pares_fw-la all_o earl_n and_o baron_n ought_v to_o be_v summon_v as_o also_o their_o peer_n i_o know_v the_o authority_n of_o this_o treatise_n have_v be_v question_v by_o some_o learned_a man_n but_o by_o none_o with_o more_o violence_n and_o less_o reason_n than_o by_o mr._n prin_fw-mi in_o his_o four_o part_n of_o his_o register_n of_o writ_n etc._n p._n 591._o to_o which_o easy_a answer_n may_v be_v give_v if_o we_o consider_v the_o translator_n out_o 743_o of_o the_o saxon_a tongue_n may_v easy_o translate_v word_n which_o they_o think_v of_o a_o equivalent_a signification_n by_o word_n in_o use_n at_o that_o time_n as_o wittena_n gemot_n for_o parliament_n and_o the_o like_a other_o of_o as_o great_a judgement_n have_v as_o strenuous_o defend_v the_o authority_n of_o it_o sir_n edward_n cook_n in_o his_o jurisdiction_n court_n of_o the_o court_n of_o parliament_n strong_o defend_v its_o antiquity_n and_o mr._n hakewell_n pag._n 135._o
and_o the_o determination_n promulgate_v by_o their_o assent_n and_o the_o assent_n of_o the_o king_n for_o the_o layman_n do_v usual_o meet_v with_o the_o clergy_n in_o their_o council_n in_o those_o day_n to_o which_o purpose_n see_v a_o tractate_n of_o a_o late_a learned_a writer_n in_o his_o jani_fw-la angl._n fac_fw-la nov_fw-mi pag._n 213._o which_o come_v not_o to_o my_o hand_n till_o very_o late_o now_o whether_o this_o agitation_n of_o the_o clergy_n in_o matter_n of_o blood_n have_v reference_n to_o the_o ordinary_a court_n of_o justice_n in_o which_o they_o may_v not_o be_v present_a or_o to_o all_o in_o general_n be_v not_o material_a since_o it_o be_v only_o produce_v to_o show_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o word_n and_o certain_o if_o it_o be_v inclusive_a as_o to_o those_o court_n it_o be_v not_o exclusive_a to_o any_o other_o and_o agitation_n in_o trial_n be_v natural_o before_o sentence_n agitation_n in_o trial_n must_v extend_v to_o preliminary_n let_v we_o now_o 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