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right_n because_o the_o fee-simple_n abide_v in_o he_o and_o his_o chapter_n 645._o and_o so_o may_v a_o dean_n and_o master_n of_o a_o hospital_n 413._o and_o these_o be_v call_v body_n politic_a by_o littleton_n that_o the_o exercise_n of_o the_o bishop_n power_n may_v be_v restrain_v by_o ancient_a composition_n as_o be_v see_v in_o the_o two_o ancient_a ecclesiastical_a body_n of_o st._n paul_n and_o litchfield_n concern_v which_o it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o where_o the_o composition_n be_v extant_a both_o party_n be_v equal_o bind_v to_o observe_v their_o part_n thus_o by_o the_o remissness_n and_o absence_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o litchfield_n from_o their_o see_n by_o go_v to_o chester_n and_o then_o to_o coventry_n the_o dean_n have_v great_a power_n lodge_v in_o they_o as_o to_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n there_o after_o long_o contest_v the_o matter_n come_v to_o a_o composition_n a._n d._n 1428._o by_o which_o the_o bishop_n be_v to_o visit_v they_o but_o 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