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ypodigmae_fw-la neustr_n p._n 84._o &_o de_fw-fr foresta_n in_o usu_fw-la extunc_fw-la efficacius_fw-la haberentur_fw-la &_o voluntarias_fw-la super_fw-la his_fw-la exactiones_fw-la inductas_fw-la de_fw-la caetero_fw-la quasi_fw-la id_fw-la irritum_fw-la revocaret_fw-la petentibus_fw-la comitibus_fw-la &_o baronibus_fw-la rex_fw-la articulos_fw-la in_o praedictis_fw-la chartis_fw-la contentos_fw-la innovari_fw-la insuper_fw-la &_o observari_fw-la mandavit_fw-la henry_n de_fw-fr knyghton_n add_v rogavitque_fw-la populum_fw-la accepta_fw-la licentia_fw-la ut_fw-la omne_fw-la condonarentur_fw-la ei_fw-la &_o orarent_fw-la pro_fw-la eo_fw-la &_o orabant_fw-la quidam_fw-la publicè_fw-la alii_fw-la vero_fw-la sic_fw-la alii_fw-la vero_fw-la occulte_fw-la pauci_fw-la vero_fw-la bene_fw-la anno_fw-la 32_o edw._n 1._o this_o king_n be_v again_o affront_v by_o thomas_n corbridge_n archbishop_n of_o york_n for_o when_o the_o king_n by_o his_o letter_n patent_n grant_v to_o mr._n john_n bouhs_n 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