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land_n bâ—_n tenure_n in_o capite_fw-la or_o knight_n service_n be_v
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praerogativam_fw-la regis_fw-la some_o of_o these_o prerogative_n especial_o those_o that_o relate_v to_o justice_n and_o peace_n be_v so_o essential_a to_o royalty_n that_o they_o be_v for_o ever_o inherent_a in_o the_o crown_n and_o make_v the_o crown_n they_o be_v like_o the_o sunbeam_n in_o the_o sun_n and_o as_o inseparable_a from_o it_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v hold_v by_o great_a lawyer_n that_o a_o prerogative_n in_o point_n of_o government_n can_v be_v restrain_v or_o bind_v by_o act_n of_o parliament_n but_o be_v as_o unalterable_a as_o the_o law_n of_o the_o mede_n and_o persian_n wherefore_o the_o lord_n and_o commons_o rot._n parl._n 42._o edw._n 3._o num_fw-la 7._o declare_v that_o they_o can_v not_o assent_v in_o parliament_n to_o any_o thing_n that_o tend_v to_o the_o disherison_n of_o the_o king_n and_o the_o crown_n whereunto_o they_o be_v swear_v no_o though_o the_o king_n shall_v desire_v it_o and_o every_o king_n of_o england_n as_o he_o be_v debtor_n 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gilbert_n sheldon_n lord_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n consecrate_a bishop_n of_o london_n 1660_o and_o translate_v to_o canterbury_n 1663._o dr._n richard_n stern_a lord_n archbishop_n of_o york_n consecrate_a bishop_n of_o carlisle_n 1660_o and_o translate_v to_o york_n 1664._o dr._n humphrey_n henchman_n lord_n bishop_n of_o london_n consecrate_a bishop_n of_o salisbury_n 1660_o and_o translate_v to_o london_n 1663._o dr._n john_n cousin_n consecrate_v bishop_n of_o durham_n 1660._o dr._n george_n morley_n consecrate_a bishop_n of_o worcester_n 1660_o and_o translate_v to_o winchester_n 1662._o dr._n william_n piers_n bishop_n of_o bath_n and_o wells_n consecrate_v 1632._o dr._n robert_n skinner_n consecrate_a bishop_n of_o bristol_n 1636_o then_o translate_v to_o oxford_n 1640_o and_o last_o to_o worcester_n 1663._o dr._n henry_n king_n lord_n bishop_n of_o chichester_n consecrate_v 1641._o dr._n william_n lucy_n lord_n bishop_n of_o st._n david_n consecrate_v 1660._o dr._n benjamin_n laney_n lord_n bishop_n of_o ely_n consecrate_v 1660_o bishop_n of_o peterborough_n thence_o translate_v to_o lincoln_n 1663._o last_o to_o ely_n 1667._o dr._n gilbert_n ironside_n bishop_n of_o bristol_n consecrate_v 1660._o dr._n edward_n reynolds_n consecrate_v 1660_o bishop_n of_o norwich_n he_o be_v also_o abbot_n of_o st._n bennet_n de_fw-fr hulmo_n the_o sole_a abbot_n now_o rema_v in_o england_n dr._n william_n nicolson_n consecrate_a bishop_n of_o gloucester_n 1660._o dr._n john_n hacket_n consecrate_a bishop_n of_o coventry_n and_o lichfield_n 1661._o dr._n seth_n ward_n consecrate_a bishop_n of_o exeter_n 1661._o translate_v to_o salisbury_n 1667._o dr._n herbert_n crofts_n consecrate_a bishop_n of_o hereford_n 1661._o dr._n henshaw_n consecrate_v bishop_n of_o peterborough_n 1663._o dr._n rainbow_n consecrate_a bishop_n of_o carlisle_n 1664._o dr._n blandford_n consecrate_v bishop_n of_o oxford_n 1665._o dr._n dolben_n bishop_n of_o rochester_n consecrate_v 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