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baron_n prosecution_n the_o king_n in_o his_o letter_n to_o the_o pope_n there_o record_v allege_v that_o though_o he_o be_v ready_a to_o graâ—…fie_v his_o holiness_n in_o any_o thing_n he_o may_v yet_o he_o can_v not_o consent_v to_o adomars_n restitution_n add_v your_o nuntio_n who_o bring_v this_o letter_n preces_fw-la et_fw-la praecepta_fw-la vestra_fw-la coram_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o praelatis_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la qui_fw-la tunc_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la aderant_fw-la ac_fw-la alia_fw-la universitate_fw-la comitum_fw-la baronum_fw-la ac_fw-la procerume_n regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la plenè_fw-la et_fw-la diligenter_fw-la exposuit_fw-la et_fw-la diebus_fw-la pluribus_fw-la nitebamur_fw-la nos_fw-la consilium_fw-la nostrum_fw-la et_fw-la universitatem_fw-la praedictam_fw-la to_o give_v their_o assent_n for_o adomars_n restitution_n tamen_fw-la mandatis_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la personam_fw-la nostram_fw-la verum_fw-la etiam_fw-la universitatem_fw-la 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by_o 978._o matthew_n paris_n anno_fw-la 1258._o and_o print_v in_o his_o additamenta_fw-la p._n 215_o 216_o 217._o beginning_n thus_o sanctissimo_fw-la patri_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la alexandro_n etc._n etc._n communitas_fw-la comitum_fw-la procerum_fw-la magnatum_fw-la aliorumque_fw-la regni_fw-la angliâ—…_n etc._n etc._n reâ—…iting_v that_o the_o king_n by_o the_o pope_n power_n and_o assistance_n can_v not_o without_o their_o counsel_n and_o assent_v much_o less_o against_o their_o will_n effect_v what_o he_o desire_v nor_o reform_v his_o kingdom_n but_o de_fw-la procerum_fw-la &_o magnatum_fw-la suorum_fw-la consilio_fw-la caeterum_fw-la praefatus_fw-la dominus_fw-la rex_fw-la attendens_fw-la impossibile_fw-it pondus_fw-la negotii_fw-la memorati_fw-la et_fw-la statum_n regni_fw-la svi_fw-la imbecillum_fw-la voluit_fw-la et_fw-la expressè_fw-la concessit_fw-la ut_fw-la de_fw-la procerum_fw-la &_o magnatum_fw-la consilio_fw-la sinè_fw-la quibus_fw-la regnum_fw-la suum_fw-la gubernare_fw-la non_fw-la poterat_fw-la nec_fw-la negotium_fw-la prosequi_fw-la memoratum_fw-la dicta_fw-la reformatio_fw-la promoveret_fw-la which_o adomar_n break_v his_o oath_n and_o recede_v from_o his_o promise_n oppose_v to_o the_o great_a disturbance_n and_o almost_o total_a subversion_n of_o the_o whole_a realm_n etc._n etc._n his_o unbrideled_a rapine_n tyranny_n and_o oppâ—…ssions_n which_o they_o there_o expresâ—…_n at_o large_a be_v such_o and_o render_v he_o so_o odious_a that_o scituri_fw-la pro_fw-la certo_fw-la quod_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la dominus_fw-la rex_fw-la &_o regni_fw-la majores_fw-la assemble_v in_o a_o parliamentary_a council_n hoc_fw-la vellent_fw-la communitas_fw-la tamen_fw-la out_o of_o parliament_n ipsius_fw-la ingressum_fw-la in_o angliam_fw-la jam_fw-la nullatenus_fw-la sustineret_fw-la which_o letter_n be_v subscribe_v and_o seal_v by_o 6._o earl_n and_o 4._o nobleman_n vice_fw-la totius_fw-la communitatis_fw-la barnagit_fw-la in_o testimonium_fw-la praedictorum_fw-la be_v likewise_o compare_v with_o the_o pope_n answer_v thereunto_o 222._o literae_fw-la papale_v missae_fw-la communitati_fw-la angliae_fw-la alexander_n episcopuâ—…_n etc._n etc._n dilectis_fw-la filiis_fw-la nobilibus_fw-la uiris_fw-la consiliariis_fw-la charissimi_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la silij_fw-la nostri_fw-la illustris_fw-la regis_fw-la angliae_fw-la ac_fw-la caeteris_fw-la proceribus_fw-la et_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la regni_fw-la angiiae_fw-la salutem_fw-la et_fw-la apostolicam_fw-la benedictionem_fw-la etc._n etc._n will_v infallible_o evidence_n first_o that_o the_o king_n prelate_n earl_n spiritual_n temporal_a baron_n and_o noble_n of_o the_o realm_n be_v our_o only_a parliament_n member_n without_o any_o knight_n citizen_n or_o burgess_n annex_v to_o or_o prâ—…t_v with_o they_o before_o 49_o h._n 3._o 2ly_a that_o they_o be_v then_o usual_o style_v the_o communitas_fw-la or_o universitas_fw-la regni_fw-la or_o barnagii_n baronagii_fw-la or_o 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suffolk_n gyppeswich_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o 28_o e._n 1._o 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o oreford_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o e._n 1._o newcastle_n under_o line_n 2_o burgess_n 45_o e._n 3._o stafford_z 2_o burgess_n 26_o 28_o e._n 1._o 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o staffordsh_fw-mi blechingleigh_n borough_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o 28_o e._n 1._o 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o surry_n gildeford_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o 28_o e._n 1._o 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o ryegate_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o 28_o e._n 1._o 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o southwerke_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o 28_o e._n 1._o 42_o &_o 45_o e_z 3._o chichester_n city_n 2_o citizen_n 26_o e._n 1._o 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o sussex_n arundel_n borough_n 2_o burgess_n 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o brembre_v 2_o burgess_n 42_o e._n 3._o east_n greenstead_n 2_o burgess_n 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o horsham_n 2_o burgess_n 42_o &_o 45_o e._n 3._o lewes_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o e._n 1._o 42_o &_o 45_o e_z 3._o midhurst_n 2_o burgess_n 45_o e._n 3._o seaford_n 2_o burgess_n 26_o e._n 1._o 45_o e._n 3._o 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