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cooper_n immediate_o both_o in_o lincoln_n and_o winchester_n see_v more_o of_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 40._o william_n chaderton_n william_n 〈◊〉_d doctor_n of_o divinity_n be_v consecrate_v bishop_n of_o west-chester_n continue_v there_o 〈◊〉_d and_o in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o year_n 1594._o be_v 〈◊〉_d to_o lincoln_n where_o he_o yet_o 〈◊〉_d the_o bishopric_n of_o lincoln_n be_v value_v in_o the_o queen_n book_n at_o 894_o l._n 18_o s._n 1_o d._n ob_fw-la and_o pay_v to_o the_o pope_n for_o first_o 〈◊〉_d 5000_o ducat_n the_o bishop_n of_o coventry_n and_o lichfield_n 1._o dwyna_n oswy_n king_n of_o mercia_n or_o mid_a england_n erect_v 〈◊〉_d episcopal_a see_v at_o lichfield_n the_o year_n 656._o and_o ordain_v one_o diuma_n or_o dwyna_n bishop_n there_o 2._o cellach_n cellach_n
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