Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	call_v	church_n	time_n	2,817	5	3.2368	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36798	Monasticon anglicanum, or, The history of the ancient abbies, and other monasteries, hospitals, cathedral and collegiate churches, in England and Wales with divers French, Irish, and Scotch monasteries formerly relating to England / collected, and published in Latin, by Sir William Dugdale, Knight ..., in three volums; and now epitomized in English, page by page; with sculptures of the several religious habits.; Monasticon anglicanum. English	Dugdale, William, Sir, 1605-1686.; Dodsworth, Roger, 1585-1654.; Stevens, John, d. 1726. History of the antient abbeys, monasteries, hospitals, cathedral and collegiate churches.; Wright, James, 1643-1713.	1693 (1693)	Wing D2487; ESTC R8166	281,385	375

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this_o be_v found_v by_o john_n de_fw-fr toryton_n the_o land_n give_v to_o these_o monk_n be_v recite_v and_o confirm_v by_o king_n john_n in_o the_o sixteen_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n vid._n vol._n 2._o p._n 918._o value_v at_o 135_o l._n 3_o s._n 6_o d._n per_fw-la annum_fw-la holmcoltrum_fw-la in_o cumberland_n found_v an._n 1150._o king_n henry_n two_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v the_o founder_n of_o this_o abbey_n king_n richard_n the_o i._o in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n confirm_v their_o land_n as_o 〈◊〉_d also_o k._n henry_n iii_o in_o the_o 39_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n john_n gernoun_n and_o margaret_n his_o wife_n found_v and_o endow_v a_o chantry_n in_o this_o abbey_n church_n for_o four_o chaplain_n monk_n of_o this_o house_n and_o two_o secular_a chaplain_n this_o john_n than_o hold_v two_o part_n of_o the_o manor_n of_o wyggeton_n by_o cornage_n as_o be_v find_v by_o inquisition_n 6_o e._n 3._o vid._n vol._n 3._o p._n 34._o value_v at_o 427_o l._n 19_o s._n 3_o d._n ob_fw-la q._n per_fw-la annum_fw-la tarent_n in_o dorsetshire_n this_o abbey_n be_v found_v for_o nun_n of_o the_o cistercian_n order_n by_o richard_n bishop_n of_o durham_n john_n queen_n of_o scot_n give_v to_o this_o house_n cum_fw-la corpore_fw-la svo_fw-la with_o her_o body_n land_n in_o stanton_n in_o cambridgeshire_n to_o the_o value_n of_o 20_o l._n per_fw-la annum_fw-la all_o the_o estate_n belong_v to_o this_o monastery_n be_v confirm_v by_o king_n henry_n iii_o who_o be_v also_o himself_o a_o benefactor_n value_v at_o 215_o l._n 7_o s._n 9_o d._n per_fw-la annum_fw-la tiltey_n alias_o wudeham_n in_o essex_n found_v anno_fw-la 1152._o this_o be_v first_o give_v by_o maurice_n son_n of_o jeffery_n de_fw-fr teretia_n to_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n of_o st._n john_n baptist_n of_o wodeham_n and_o endow_v with_o several_a land_n confirm_v by_o king_n henry_n ii_o after_o ward_n king_n richard_n the_o first_o confirm_v the_o same_o estate_n to_o the_o monk_n 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