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year_n of_o age_n and_o be_v lay_v in_o the_o tomb_n so_o long_o before_o provide_v for_o he_o upon_o it_o i_o find_v engrave_v these_o verse_n which_o rather_o for_o his_o honour_n then_o any_o great_a commendation_n they_o deserve_v i_o have_v think_v good_a to_o set_v down_o wilhelmus_fw-la dictus_fw-la wickham_n iacet_fw-la hic_fw-la niece_n victus_fw-la istius_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la praesul_fw-la reparavit_fw-la eamque_fw-la largus_n erat_fw-la dapifer_fw-la probat_fw-la hoc_fw-la cum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d pauper_fw-la 〈◊〉_d pariter_fw-la regni_fw-la fuerat_fw-la bene_fw-la dexter_a hunc_fw-la docet_fw-la esse_fw-la pium_fw-la fun_n datio_fw-la collegiorum_fw-la oxoniae_fw-la primum_fw-la stat_fw-la wintoniaeque_fw-la secundum_fw-la jugiter_fw-la oretis_fw-la tumulum_fw-la quicunque_fw-la videtis_fw-la pro_fw-la tantis_fw-la meritis_fw-la quod_fw-la sit_fw-la sibi_fw-la vita_fw-la perennis_fw-la 53._o henry_n beauforte_n the_o pope_n be_v now_o grow_v to_o
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henry_n the_o seven_o let_v down_o so_o as_o now_o except_o a_o break_a tower_n or_o two_o and_o some_o piece_n of_o wall_n there_o be_v nothing_o of_o it_o remain_v this_o good_a bishop_n be_v translate_v to_o durham_n the_o year_n 1228._o or_o as_o some_o deliver_v 1225._o see_v much_o more_o of_o he_o there_o 8._o robert_n byngham_n the_o chapter_n of_o salisbury_n elect_v then_o for_o their_o bishop_n robert_n 〈◊〉_d one_o of_o their_o own_o company_n the_o year_n 1228._o and_o the_o year_n follow_v he_o be_v consecrate_v at_o shaftsbury_n this_o man_n with_o great_a diligence_n set_v forward_o the_o work_n begin_v by_o his_o predecessor_n yet_o be_v not_o able_a to_o finish_v the_o same_o although_o he_o sit_v bishop_n well_o near_o 20_o year_n he_o die_v november_n 3._o 1246._o and_o leave_v his_o church_n indebt_v 1700._o mark_n a_o man_n of_o great_a year_n great_a learning_n and_o great_a virtue_n he_o lie_v bury_v upon_o one_o side_n of_o the_o presbytery_n and_o his_o 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our_o lady_n in_o new_a salisbury_n be_v now_o quite_o finish_v he_o hallow_a or_o dedicate_v the_o same_o with_o great_a solemnity_n september_n 30._o 1258._o in_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o king_n and_o a_o great_a number_n of_o prelate_n noble_n &_o other_o great_a personage_n all_o which_o he_o feast_v very_o magnificent_o he_o lie_v entoomb_v in_o a_o fair_a monument_n on_o the_o south_n side_n of_o the_o choir_n 11._o walter_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr wyle_z walter_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr wyle_z succéede_v he_o the_o year_n 1264._o and_o die_v 1270._o 12._o robert_n de_fw-fr wikehampton_n robert_n de_fw-fr wikehampton_n deane_n of_o salisbury_n be_v elect_v by_o the_o chapter_n of_o salisbury_n soon_o after_o the_o decease_n of_o his_o predecessor_n and_o have_v his_o election_n confirm_v by_o the_o prior_n and_o covent_n of_o canterbury_n the_o archbishopric_n be_v void_a the_o bishop_n of_o the_o realm_n think_v it_o a_o 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o covent_n shall_v perform_v that_o which_o they_o 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