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often_o and_o thereby_o return_v upon_o the_o emperor_n what_o he_o intend_v to_o have_v put_v on_o he_o regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 15._o edw._n the_o 2._o an._n d._n 1321._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n william_n wotton_n john_n perour_n john_n tailor_n thomas_n spicer_n john_n davy_n a_o subsidy_n grant_v of_o the_o six_o penny_n of_o every_o man_n good_n within_o this_o city_n in_o the_o wall_n of_o the_o choir_n on_o the_o south_n side_n of_o st._n peter_n church_n be_v two_o ancient_a monument_n and_o thereon_o two_o statue_n in_o their_o complete_a armour_n their_o helmet_n lie_v under_o their_o head_n their_o pourtrayture_n cut_v across_o legged_a to_o signify_v they_o have_v be_v at_o the_o holy_a land_n upon_o the_o one_o be_v the_o arm_n of_o bohun_n earl_n of_o hereford_n and_o on_o the_o other_o the_o coat_n armour_n of_o raleigh_n of_o raleigh_n who_o heir_n be_v chichester_n regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 16._o edw._n the_o 2._o an._n d._n 1322._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n robert_n
solidorum_fw-la regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 34._o edw._n the_o 3._o an._n d._n 1360._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n john_n spicer_n warren_n bailiff_n walter_n crisp_n richard_n goldsmith_n robert_n bromn_n consuctudo_fw-la in_o civitate_fw-la exoniensi_fw-la est_fw-la quoâ—_n ubi_fw-la maritus_fw-la &_o uxor_fw-la ejus_fw-la sunt_fw-la seisiti_fw-la de_fw-la aliquibus_fw-la terris_fw-la &_o tenementis_fw-la infra_fw-la eandem_fw-la civitatem_fw-la ut_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la uxoris_fw-la sive_fw-la in_o feodo_fw-la simplici_fw-la vel_fw-la talliato_n maritus_fw-la post_fw-la exitum_fw-la inter_fw-la eos_fw-la habitum_fw-la potest_fw-la dimittere_fw-la dictas_fw-la terras_fw-la ad_fw-la terminum_fw-la viginti_fw-la &_o novem_fw-la annorum_fw-la haec_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la habetur_fw-la etiam_fw-la anno_fw-la secundo_fw-la richardi_fw-la secundi_fw-la reg._n 29._o the_o city_n be_v much_o infect_v with_o the_o pestilence_n regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 35._o edw._n the_o 3._o an._n d._n 1361._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n john_n gist_n william_n rokâ—â—_n roger_n atwill_n walter_n atwood_n william_n stokely_n regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 36._o edw._n the_o 3._o an._n d._n 1362._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n john_n gist_n roger_n plenty_n nicholas_n brittestow_v william_n hardy_n robert_n stoke_n the_o baker_n of_o this_o city_n have_v by_o way_n of_o a_o confederacy_n secret_o agree_v among_o themselves_o that_o in_o regard_n they_o can_v not_o sell_v their_o bread_n at_o their_o own_o pleasure_n and_o make_v it_o at_o their_o own_o assiize_n that_o therefore_o they_o will_v not_o bake_v at_o all_o by_o mean_n whereof_o the_o city_n for_o two_o day_n together_o be_v destitute_a of_o bread_n for_o which_o offence_n they_o be_v all_o indict_v find_v guilty_a of_o the_o say_a offence_n and_o fine_v 26_o s._n 8_o d._n regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 37._o edw._n the_o 3._o an._n d._n 1363._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n john_n gist_n roger_n atwill_n william_n gervis_n william_n seamer_n walter_n atwood_n si_fw-mi legata_fw-la sint_fw-la tenementa_fw-la testamento_fw-la &_o idem_fw-la testamentum_fw-la non_fw-la probetur_fw-la &_o seisina_fw-la inde_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la capta_fw-la &_o liberata_fw-la infra_fw-la annum_fw-la &_o diem_fw-la tunc_fw-la secundum_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la civitatis_fw-la praedictae_fw-la non_fw-la valent_fw-la legata_fw-la rot._n 33._o quilibet_fw-la existens_fw-la aetatis_fw-la sexdecim_fw-la annorum_fw-la potest_fw-la secundum_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la civitatis_fw-la praedictae_fw-la condere_fw-la testamentum_fw-la de_fw-la terris_fw-la suis_fw-la rot._n 33._o both_o which_o custom_n be_v contrary_a to_o the_o course_n of_o the_o common_a law_n for_o the_o late_a can_v be_v make_v till_o full_a age_n and_o the_o former_a paff_v without_o livery_n and_o seisin_n for_o in_o the_o testator_n life_n time_n livery_n can_v not_o be_v make_v because_o his_o will_n be_v ambulatory_a until_o his_o death_n and_o no_o estate_n pass_v during_o his_o life_n nor_o can_v livery_n be_v make_v after_o his_o decease_n for_o than_o it_o come_v too_o late_o regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 38._o edw._n the_o 3._o an._n d._n 1364._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n john_n gist_n walter_n atwood_n john_n tirling_n roger_n fitz-hugh_n henry_n welland_n regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 39_o edw._n the_o 3._o an._n d._n 1365._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n nicholas_n tavernâ—r_n william_n hardy_n rebert_n wilsford_n adam_n scutt_n john_n nymett_n exemplificatio_fw-la sub_fw-la magno_fw-la sigillo_fw-la angliae_fw-la ad_fw-la requisitionem_fw-la majoris_fw-la ballivorum_fw-la &_o comitatis_fw-la câ—vitatis_fw-la exoniensis_fw-la fuit_fw-la obtenta_fw-la cujusdam_fw-la certificationis_fw-la per_fw-la thesaurarium_fw-la &_o camerarium_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la mandatum_fw-la factae_fw-la &_o in_o canceliarium_fw-la missae_fw-la in_o haec_fw-la verba_fw-la scil_n civitas_n exoniensis_fw-la tempore_fw-la regis_fw-la edvardi_fw-la non_fw-la geldabit_fw-la nisi_fw-la quando_fw-la 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