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decimo_fw-la ego_fw-la henricus_fw-la providente_fw-la divina_fw-la clementia_n rex_fw-la anglorum_fw-la &_o normannorum_fw-la dux_n wilhelmi_n magni_fw-la regis_fw-la filius_fw-la qui_fw-la edwardo_n regi_fw-la haereditario_fw-la jure_fw-la successit_fw-la in_o regnum_fw-la videns_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la messem_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la meo_fw-la multam_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o agricolas_fw-la quidem_fw-la paucos_fw-la et_fw-la ab_fw-la hoc_fw-la plurimum_fw-la laborantes_fw-la in_o messe_n et_fw-la in_o ipsa_fw-la lincolniensem_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la multa_fw-la plebe_fw-la foecundam_fw-la ex_fw-la authoritate_fw-la &_o consilio_fw-la predicti_fw-la papae_fw-la paschalis_n &_o assenfu_n simul_fw-la &_o prece_fw-la roberti_n lincolniensis_fw-la episcopi_fw-la &_o totius_fw-la capituli_fw-la svi_fw-la cum_fw-la ipso_fw-la annuente_fw-la domino_fw-la anselmo_n beatae_fw-la memoriae_fw-la cantuariensi_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la &_o thoma_n secundo_fw-la venerabili_fw-la eboracensium_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la &_o universis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la &_o abbattibus_fw-la totius_fw-la angliae_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la ducibus_fw-la comitibus_fw-la &_o principibus_fw-la regni_fw-la mei_fw-la elyense_a monasterium_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_fw-la episcopalem_fw-la sedem_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o caeteros_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la regni_fw-la mei_fw-la liberam_fw-la &_o absolutam_fw-la perenniter_fw-la statuo_fw-la &_o confirmo_fw-la vid._n mr._n selden_n be_v notas_fw-la &_o spicilegium_fw-la ad_fw-la eadmer_n et_fw-la dugdale_n monasticon_fw-la and_o what_o if_o all_o the_o bishopric_n of_o england_n erect_v both_o before_o and_o after_o be_v erect_v by_o act_n of_o parliament_n and_o not_o by_o the_o king_n letter_n patent_n only_o in_o king_n edward_n the_o elder_n be_v time_n upon_o the_o letter_n of_o pope_n formosus_fw-la congregata_fw-la est_fw-la synodus_fw-la senatorum_fw-la procerum_fw-la &_o populorum_fw-la &_o nobilium_fw-la gentis_fw-la angliae_fw-la in_o quâ_fw-la presidebat_fw-la plegmundus_n archiepiscopus_fw-la tum_o sibi_fw-la rex_fw-la cum_fw-la suis_fw-la et_fw-fr plegmundus_n archiepiscopus_fw-la salubre_fw-la concilium_fw-la iniverunt_fw-la and_o constitute_v and_o elect_v five_o bishop_n in_o the_o province_n of_o the_o gewissi_n where_o there_o have_v till_o then_o be_v but_o two_o divide_v those_o two_o bishopric_n into_o five_o by_o act_n of_o parliament_n spelman_n counc_n volume_n 1._o pag._n 387_o 388._o malmesbury_n de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la