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etc._n etc._n et_fw-la dicit_fw-la quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la à _fw-la domino_fw-la rege_fw-la habuit_fw-la in_o mandatis_fw-la ducendi_fw-la &_o liberandi_fw-la corpus_fw-la ipsius_fw-la johannis_n de_fw-fr bildeston_n praefat_fw-la justic._n hic_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la quaesitum_fw-la est_fw-la à _fw-la praedicto_fw-la johanne_n wyndwick_n si_fw-la quam_fw-la aliam_fw-la detentionis_fw-la praefat_fw-la johannis_n de_fw-fr bildeston_n habeat_fw-la causam_fw-la qui_fw-la dicit_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la breve_fw-la predict_v tantum_fw-la et_fw-la quia_fw-la videtur_fw-la curiae_fw-la breve_fw-la predict_v sufficientem_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la causam_fw-la predict_v johannem_fw-la de_fw-la bildeston_n in_o prisona_fw-la marescall_n reg._n hic_fw-la retinend_n etc._n etc._n idem_fw-la johannes_n dimittitur_fw-la per_fw-la manucaptionem_fw-la willielmi_n de_fw-fr wakefield_n rectoris_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la de_fw-la willingham_n johannis_n de_fw-fr wyndwick_n de_fw-fr come_v 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