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he_o be_v receyve_v with_o procession_n and_o great_a solemnity_n 1320._o 1320._o in_o this_o man_n his_o time_n be_v there_o a_o viâ—…et_n fifte_n found_v in_o dublin_n whereof_o m._n william_n rodyarde_n be_v chancellor_n a_o well_o learned_a man_n and_o one_o that_o proceed_v doctor_n of_o the_o canon_n law_n in_o this_o university_n bigenor_n decease_v in_o the_o year_n .1349_o 1349._o 1349._o johanne_n de_fw-fr saint_n paul_n be_v consecrate_v archbishop_n upon_o bigenor_n his_o death_n he_o decease_v in_o the_o year_n .1362_o thomas_n mynot_n succéede_v johanne_n 1363._o 1363._o &_o die_v in_o the_o year_n 1376._o robert_n wyckeford_n succéede_v thomas_n 1375._o 1375._o &_o die_v in_o the_o year_n 1390._o robert_n waldâ—…by_n succéede_v wykeforde_n 1390._o 1390._o this_o prelate_n be_v first_o a_o augustine_n friar_n and_o a_o great_a preacher_n and_o account_v a_o virtuous_a and_o sincere_a liver_n he_o decease_v in_o the_o year_n 1397._o â—…chaâ—…_n pâ—…thalis_n be_v remoove_v 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