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ferè_fw-la totâ_fw-la nobilitate_fw-la regni_fw-la magistrorum_fw-la &_o clericorum_fw-la m._n par._n p._n 372._o 1247._o fecit_fw-la dominus_fw-la rex_fw-la magnates_fw-la suos_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la &_o angliae_fw-la archidiaconos_n per_fw-la scripta_fw-la sva_fw-la regius_fw-la londinum_n evocari_fw-la ib._n p._n 719._o &_o again_o convenerant_fw-la etiam_fw-la tùnc_fw-la ibidem_fw-la ut_fw-la praetactum_fw-la est_fw-la archidiaconi_n angliae_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la &_o totius_fw-la cleri_fw-la pars_fw-la non_fw-la minîma_fw-la cum_fw-la ipsis_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la conquerentes_fw-la communiter_fw-la super_fw-la intolerabilibus_fw-la &_o frequentibus_fw-la exactionibus_fw-la domini_fw-la papae_fw-la tandem_fw-la de_fw-la communi_fw-la consilio_fw-la provisum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la gravamina_fw-la terrae_fw-la domino_fw-la papae_fw-la seriatim_fw-la monstrarentur_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la communitatis_fw-la totius_fw-la cleri_fw-la &_o populi_n regni_fw-la anglicani_n pp._n 720_o 721._o 1255._o post_fw-la festum_fw-la s_n t._n mich._n tenuit_fw-la rex_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la suum_fw-la apud_fw-la westminster_n convocatis_fw-la ibidem_fw-la episcopis_fw-la abbatibus_fw-la &_o prioribus_fw-la comitibus_fw-la &_o baronibus_fw-la &_o totius_fw-la regni_fw-la majoribus_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la petebat_fw-la a_o clero_fw-la de_fw-fr laïcis_fw-la foedis_fw-la suis_fw-la sibi_fw-la suffragium_fw-la subsidium_fw-la suffragium_fw-la subsidium_fw-la exhiberi_fw-la disponens_fw-la hoc_fw-la priùs_fw-la a_o clero_fw-la &_o post_fw-la eà _fw-la à _fw-la populo_fw-la majori_fw-la &_o minori_fw-la extorquere_fw-la episcopi_fw-la vero_fw-la abbates_n priores_fw-la &_o procuratores_fw-la qui_fw-la ibidem_fw-la pro_fw-la universitate_fw-la affuerunt_fw-la nolentes_fw-la huic_fw-la exactioni_fw-la adquiescere_fw-la gravamina_fw-la summo_fw-la pontifici_fw-la sub_fw-la sigillis_fw-la destinarunt_fw-la quorum_fw-la tenor_n talis_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr archidiaconatu_fw-la 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vide_fw-la procuratorium_fw-la subprioris_fw-la &_o capituli_fw-la bathon_n apud_fw-la pryn._fw-la parl._n wr._n vol._n 1._o p._n 118._o but_o that_o too_o disperse_v without_o come_v to_o a_o temper_n or_o pitch_v upon_o any_o expedient_a and_o thus_o the_o matter_n rest_v till_o the_o count_n and_o baron_n come_v in_o open_o to_o their_o quarrel_n as_o they_o do_v in_o a_o parliament_n of_o that_o year_n at_o lincoln_n 1297._o lincoln_n rex_fw-la indixit_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la apud_fw-la lincoln_n in_fw-la octavis_fw-la s._n joh._n bapt._n in_o quo_fw-la orta_fw-la est_fw-la dissensio_fw-la inter_fw-la ipsum_fw-la &_o quosdam_fw-la comites_fw-la &_o barones_n regni_fw-la quòd_fw-la tam_fw-la clerum_fw-la quam_fw-la populum_fw-la intolerabili_fw-la onere_fw-la conabatur_fw-la opprimere_fw-la petebat_fw-la enim_fw-la iteratò_fw-la a_o clero_fw-la medietatem_fw-la omnium_fw-la bonorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la à _fw-la laincis_fw-la verò_fw-la sextum_fw-la denarium_fw-la responderunt_fw-la 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