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shall_v be_v give_v to_o the_o church_n and_o bishop_n forseverall_a offence_n commit_v habeat_fw-la for_o than_o they_o have_v a_o great_a part_n in_o all_o fine_n and_o mulct_n together_o with_o the_o king_n iii_o further_o for_o point_n of_o honour_n and_o dignity_n it_o appear_v by_o the_o law_n of_o king_n aethelstan_n that_o every_o archbishop_n be_v equal_a to_o a_o duke_n of_o a_o province_n every_o bishop_n to_o a_o earl_n and_o so_o esteem_v in_o their_o valuation_n vid._n ll._n aethelst_n regis_fw-la apud_fw-la lambardum_fw-la pag._n 71._o and_o concil._n britan._n pag._n 405._o cap._n 13._o de_fw-la weris_fw-la seu_fw-la wergildis_fw-la 1._o capitum_fw-la aestimationibus_fw-la the_o title_n of_o baron_n be_v not_o then_o know_v or_o use_v among_o the_o saxon_n but_o they_o call_v the_o nobility_n thane_n vid._n ll._n inae_fw-la pag._n 187._o 9_o and_o the_o bishop_n be_v equal_a or_o rather_o superior_a tothe_n thanus_n major_n and_o the_o priest_n to_o the_o thanus_n minor_n the_o bishop_n and_o earl_n be_v value_v at_o eight_o thousand_o thrymse_n messetheine_n and_o woruldtheine_n id_fw-la est_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la et_fw-la secularis_fw-la thani_fw-la duo_fw-la millia_fw-la thrimsa_fw-la missae_fw-la 406._o presbyteri_fw-la and_o secularis_fw-la thani_fw-la jusjurandum_fw-la in_fw-la anglorum_fw-la lege_fw-la reputatur_fw-la aeque_fw-la sacrum_fw-la and_o sacerdos_fw-la thani_fw-la rectitudine_fw-la dignus_fw-la est_fw-la the_o priest_n be_v then_o account_v equal_a to_o a_o knight_n or_o lord_n of_o the_o town_n and_o be_v common_o style_v by_o the_o name_n of_o sr_n as_o a_o knight_n be_v though_o now_o it_o be_v deride_v and_o out_o of_o use_n out_o of_o these_o law_n and_o some_o other_o do_v the_o learned_a antiquary_n who_o be_v so_o well_o verse_v in_o the_o antiquity_n and_o monument_n of_o our_o law_n and_o kingdom_n full_o set_v down_o the_o ancient_a dignity_n and_o order_n of_o the_o clergy_n magno_fw-la sane_fw-la in_fw-la honore_fw-la fuit_fw-la universus_fw-la clerus_fw-la regen_n cùm_fw-la apud_fw-la populum_fw-la and_o proceres_fw-la tùm_fw-la apud_fw-la ipsos_fw-la reges_fw-la anglo_fw-la saxonicos_fw-la nec_fw-la precariâ_fw-la hoc_fw-la quidem_fw-la concessione_fw-la sed_fw-la ipsis_fw-la confirmatum_fw-la legibus_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la ad_fw-la altar_fw-la celebrans_fw-la minori_fw-la thano_n 1._o villa_n domino_fw-la atque_fw-la militi_fw-la aequiparabatur_fw-la in_fw-la censu_fw-la capitis_fw-la pariter_fw-la aestimatus_fw-la 515._o pariterque_fw-la alias_fw-la honorandus_fw-la quia_fw-la thani_fw-la rectitudine_fw-la dignus_fw-la est_fw-la inquit_fw-la lex_fw-la abbas_n five_o coenobiarcha_fw-la inter_fw-la thanos_n maiores_fw-la quos_fw-la barones_fw-la regis_fw-la appellârunt_fw-la posteri_fw-la primicerius_fw-la fuit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la similiter_fw-la inter_fw-la comites_fw-la ipsos_fw-la maiores_fw-la qui_fw-la integro_fw-la fruebantur_fw-la comitatu_fw-la juribusque_fw-la comitivis_fw-la archiepiscopus_fw-la duci_fw-la and_o satrapa_n amplissime_fw-la provinciae_fw-la pluribus_fw-la gaudenti_fw-la comitatibus_fw-la praficiebatur_fw-la vt_fw-la and_o caeteriomnes_n ecclesiastici_fw-la comparibus_fw-la suis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la secularibus_fw-la amplectebantur_fw-la siquidem_fw-la reges_fw-la universum_fw-la clerum_fw-la laetâ_fw-la front_fw-la et_fw-la ex_fw-la eo_fw-la semper_fw-la sibi_fw-la legebant_fw-la primos_fw-la à _fw-la conciliis_fw-la primos_fw-la adofficia_fw-la reip_n obeunda_fw-la quip_fw-la sub_fw-la his_fw-la seculis_fw-la apud_fw-la ipsos_fw-la solùm_fw-la erat_fw-la literarum_fw-la clavis_fw-la et_fw-la scientiae_fw-la dum_fw-la militiae_fw-la prorsus_fw-la indulgerent_fw-la laici_fw-la factumque_fw-la est_fw-la interea_fw-la ut_fw-la os_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la oraculum_fw-la esset_fw-la plebis_fw-la os_fw-la episcopi_fw-la oraculum_fw-la regis_fw-la et_fw-la reipub_n primi_fw-la igitur_fw-la sedebant_fw-la in_fw-la omnibus_fw-la regni_fw-la comitijs_fw-la et_fw-la tribunalibus_fw-la episcopi_fw-la in_fw-la regali_fw-la quidem_fw-la palatio_fw-la cum_fw-la regni_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la in_fw-la comitatu_fw-la unà _fw-la cum_fw-la comite_fw-la et_fw-la justitiario_n comitatûs_fw-la in_fw-la turno_fw-la vicecomitis_fw-la cum_fw-la vicecomite_n in_fw-la hundredo_fw-la cum_fw-la demino_fw-la hundredi_n sic_fw-la ut_fw-la in_fw-la promovenda_fw-la iustitia_fw-la usquequaque_fw-la gladius_fw-la gladium_fw-la 3._o adjuvaret_fw-la et_fw-la nihil_fw-la inconsulto_fw-la sacerdote_fw-la qui_fw-la velut_fw-la saburra_fw-la in_fw-la navi_fw-la fuit_fw-la ageretur_fw-la mutavit_fw-la priscam_fw-la hanc_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la gulielmus_fw-la primus_fw-la etc._n etc._n iv._o after_o the_o conquest_n william_n the_o first_o divide_v the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n from_o the_o secular_a not_o with_o a_o purpose_n to_o diminish_v the_o ecclesiastieall_a authority_n imò_fw-la jureiurando_fw-la confirmavit_fw-la leges_fw-la sancta_fw-la 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