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clergy_n of_o thinferior_a house_n to_o be_v call_v up_o to_o the_o chapitour_n his_o grace_n to_o declare_v the_o cause_n of_o this_o convocation_n archbishop_n the_o clergy_n order_v to_o retire_v and_o debate_n about_o the_o business_n of_o convocation_n as_o declare_v by_o the_o archbishop_n at_o the_o same_o time_n that_o the_o register_n speak_v of_o the_o president_n be_v declare_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o convocation_n in_o this_o solemn_a manner_n they_o general_o add_v that_o the_o clergy_n be_v thereupon_o require_v to_o go_v down_o to_o their_o house_n and_o confer_v about_o the_o matter_n propose_v to_o they_o by_o his_o grace_n who_o also_o very_o frequent_o enjoin_v the_o return_n of_o their_o answer_n within_o a_o certain_a time_n anno_fw-la 1369._o kal._n febr._n the_o archbishop_n assidentibus_fw-la confratribus_fw-la etc._n etc._n &_o procuratoribus_fw-la cant._n provinciae_fw-la coram_fw-la eo_fw-la etc._n etc._n explain_v to_o they_o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o propose_v a_o supply_n and_o then_o it_o follow_v et_fw-la super_fw-la petitione_n praedictâ_fw-la rogavit_fw-la dictos_fw-la religiosos_fw-la quòd_fw-la se_fw-la insimul_fw-la traherent_fw-la ad_fw-la aliquam_fw-la partem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la praedictae_fw-la &_o clerum_fw-la suae_fw-la dioeceseos_fw-la &_o prov._n quòd_fw-la and_o aliam_fw-la parten_v ejusdem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la se_fw-la traherent_fw-la tractarent_fw-la &_o delibearent_a the_o petitione_n predict_v quid_fw-la &_o quantum_fw-la concedere_fw-la velint_fw-la &_o deliberatione_n habitâ_fw-la per_fw-la cosdem_fw-la sibi_fw-la refer_v &_o intimare_fw-la de_fw-la voluntate_fw-la corum_fw-la in_o dictâ_fw-la domo_fw-la capitulari_fw-la super_fw-la praemissis_fw-la die_fw-la crastino_fw-la anno_fw-la 1379._o may_v 9_o the_o archbishop_n explain_v the_o occasion_n of_o the_o meeting_n reformation_n and_o subsidy_n and_o then_o habitâ_fw-la in_o domo_fw-la capitulari_fw-la inter_fw-la praelatos_fw-la &_o procuratores_fw-la quadam_fw-la deliberatione_n super_fw-la materiâ_fw-la convocationis_fw-la idem_fw-la pater_fw-la injunxit_fw-la singulis_fw-la procuratoribus_fw-la quòd_fw-la eodem_fw-la die_fw-la post_fw-la prandium_fw-la in_o dicto_fw-la loco_fw-la comparerent_fw-la tractaturi_fw-la super_fw-la materia_fw-la antedictâ_fw-la anno_fw-la 1383._o dec._n 2._o the_o archbishop_n explain_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o convocation_n meeting_n and_o the_o next_o session_n praecepit_fw-la procuratoribus_fw-la quòd_fw-la ad_fw-la aliquem_fw-la locum_fw-la in_o tali_fw-la negotio_fw-la hactenùs_fw-la consuetum_fw-la se_fw-la declinarent_fw-la ac_fw-la de_fw-la &_o super_fw-la negotio_fw-la etc._n etc._n per_fw-la ipsum_fw-la eye_n exposito_fw-la diligenter_n tractarent_fw-la &_o super_fw-la deliberatione_n suâ_fw-la in_o eâ_fw-la parte_fw-la responsum_fw-la sibi_fw-la &_o confratribus_fw-la suis_fw-la ibidem_fw-la protunc_fw-la personaliter_fw-la existentibus_fw-la mellori_fw-la modo_fw-la et_fw-la forma_fw-la quibus_fw-la poterant_fw-la praeberent_fw-la anno_fw-la 1399._o oct._n 8._o coram_fw-la domino_fw-la comparuerunt_fw-la personaliter_fw-la reverendi_fw-la in_o chisto_fw-la patres_fw-la etc._n etc._n &_o praelatorum_fw-la &_o cleri_fw-la provinciae_fw-la antedictae_fw-la procuratores_fw-la &_o expositâ_fw-la ibidem_fw-la per_fw-la dominum_fw-la causa_fw-la convocationis_fw-la tractabant_fw-la ipse_fw-la dominus_fw-la &_o reverendi_fw-la patres_fw-la episcopi_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la de_fw-la negotiis_fw-la communibus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la aliis_fw-la praetit_fw-la &_o procuratoribus_fw-la cleri_fw-la scorsim_fw-la separatis_fw-la anno_fw-la 1408._o july_n 23._o the_o archbishop_n explain_v the_o cause_n of_o their_o meeting_n and_o then_o clero_fw-la verò_fw-la inferiori_fw-la à _fw-la praefatis_fw-la majoribus_fw-la praelatis_fw-la seorsim_fw-la separato_fw-la &_o in_o scolis_fw-la theologiae_n sub_fw-la domo_fw-la capitulari_fw-la praefatâ_fw-la juxta_fw-la assignationem_fw-la archiepiscopi_fw-la conveniente_a more_o solito_fw-la iidem_fw-la venerabiles_fw-la patres_fw-la etc._n etc._n anno_fw-la 1415._o nou._n 18._o reverendissimus_fw-la pater_fw-la conveniens_fw-la in_o domo_fw-la capitulari_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la s._n pauli_n cum_fw-la suffraganeis_fw-la suis_fw-la abbatibus_fw-la prioribus_fw-la decanis_fw-la archidiaconis_fw-la &_o procuratibus_fw-la cleri_fw-la suae_fw-la provinciae_fw-la in_o multitudine_fw-la copiosâ_fw-la exposuit_fw-la eye_n causas_fw-la suae_fw-la convocationis_fw-la quibus_fw-la expositis_fw-la decani_fw-la archidiaconi_fw-la &_o procuratores_fw-la capitulorum_fw-la &_o cleri_fw-la de_fw-la mandato_fw-la dicti_fw-la reverendissimi_fw-la patris_fw-la traxerunt_fw-la se_fw-la in_o domum_fw-la inferiorem_fw-la sub_fw-la domo_fw-la predict_v capitulari_fw-la &_o intra_fw-la tempus_fw-la
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his_o majesty_n but_o they_o may_v understand_v that_o as_o oft_o as_o the_o king_n have_v occasion_n to_o solicit_v business_n in_o convocation_n he_o send_v commissioner_n of_o his_o own_o to_o do_v it_o as_o every_o one_o must_v know_v who_o cast_v his_o eye_n upon_o our_o convocation-register_n never_o so_o slight_o these_o be_v say_v to_o come_v thither_o ex_fw-la parte_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la and_o their_o come_n as_o occasion_v require_v to_o represent_v the_o desire_n of_o the_o king_n and_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o kingdom_n be_v a_o custom_n so_o much_o know_v and_o establish_v that_o the_o register_n take_v notice_n of_o the_o archibishop_n do_v it_o as_o a_o thing_n singular_a and_o extraordinary_a anno_fw-la 1380._o dec._n 1._o et_fw-la quia_fw-la protunc_fw-la dominus_fw-la meus_fw-la archiepiscopus_fw-la erat_fw-la cancellarius_fw-la angliae_fw-la nec_fw-la comparuit_fw-la alius_fw-la pro_fw-la parte_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la qui_fw-la exponeret_fw-la 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