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rex_fw-la &_o magnates_fw-la regni_fw-la mat._n west_n anglicani_n regni_fw-la praesules_fw-la &_o proceres_fw-la 536._o gervasius_n 133._o episcopi_fw-la &_o proceres_fw-la radulphus_fw-la de_fw-la diceto_fw-la praelati_fw-la proceres_fw-la &_o populus_fw-la regni_fw-la as_o another_o 493._o clerus_fw-la &_o populus_fw-la regni_fw-la hoveden_n the_o whole_a kingdom_n as_o dr._n stillingfleet_n show_v we_o out_o of_o the_o quadripartite_a history_n 392._o the_o body_n of_o the_o realm_n as_o sr._n roger_n twisden_n term_v it_o clar._n yet_o i_o conceive_v that_o the_o clause_n so_o much_o toss_v to_o and_o fro_o without_o any_o right_a settlement_n refer_v to_o the_o ordinary_a curia_fw-la regis_fw-la to_o which_o the_o king_n tenant_n be_v bind_v by_o their_o tenure_n to_o come_v and_o where_o ordinary_a justice_n or_o jurisdiction_n in_o all_o or_o most_o cause_n be_v exercise_v and_o this_o give_v some_o account_n why_o the_o bishop_n who_o have_v be_v from_o the_o norman_n 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