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dictae_fw-la civitatis_fw-la pro_fw-la tempore_fw-la existenti_fw-la per_fw-la viam_fw-la recognitionis_fw-la et_fw-la nisi_fw-la fecerit_fw-la concessit_fw-la quod_fw-la summa_fw-la praedicta_fw-la de_fw-la terris_fw-la tenementis_fw-la bonis_fw-la et_fw-la cattallis_fw-la suis_fw-la levetur_fw-la per_fw-la formam_fw-la et_fw-la viam_fw-la recognitionis_fw-la prout_fw-la per_fw-la eandem_fw-la illius_fw-la recognitionem_fw-la patet_fw-la et_fw-la plenius_fw-la liquet_fw-la praedictus_fw-la tamen_fw-la willielmus_fw-la dictas_fw-la xl_o l._n seu_fw-la aliquam_fw-la inde_fw-la percellam_fw-la praefato_fw-la nunc_fw-la camerario_fw-la non_fw-la soluit_fw-la licet_fw-la sepius_fw-la fuerit_fw-la requisitus_fw-la sicut_fw-la ex_fw-la ipsius_fw-la camerarij_fw-la informatione_fw-la accepimus_fw-la ideo_fw-la tibi_fw-la praecipimus_fw-la quod_fw-la per_fw-la probos_fw-la et_fw-la legales_fw-la homines_fw-la dictae_fw-la civitatis_fw-la scire_fw-la facias_fw-la praefato_fw-la willielmo_n ê™_z sit_fw-la hic_fw-la in_o curia_fw-la domine_fw-la reginae_fw-la nunc_fw-la in_o camera_fw-la guihaldae_fw-la civitatis_fw-la praedictae_fw-la coram_fw-la nobis_fw-la prefatis_fw-la maiore_fw-la et_fw-la twenty-four_o de_fw-fr communi_fw-la consilio_fw-la xij_o mensis_fw-la februarij_fw-la iam_fw-la instantis_fw-la proxime_fw-la futuri_fw-la tenenda_fw-la ad_fw-la ostendendum_fw-la et_fw-la demonstrandum_fw-la si_fw-la quid_fw-la pro_fw-la se_fw-la habeat_fw-la quare_fw-la praedictus_fw-la camerarius_fw-la executionem_fw-la praedictarum_fw-la xl_o l._n versus_fw-la eum_fw-la habere_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la si_fw-la sibi_fw-la viderit_fw-la expedire_fw-la et_fw-la habeas_fw-la tunc_fw-la ibidem_fw-la nomina_fw-la illorum_fw-la per_fw-la quos_fw-la etc_n etc_n et_fw-la hoc_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la et_fw-la ceterus_fw-la datum_n in_o camera_fw-la guihaldae_fw-la civitatis_fw-la praedictae_fw-la secundo_fw-la die_fw-la februarij_fw-la anno_fw-la dictae_fw-la domine_fw-la reginae_fw-la xvij_o ¶_o then_o if_o the_o say_a party_n or_o recognitor_n do_v not_o appear_v upon_o this_o summons_n or_o if_o he_o do_v appear_v he_o do_v not_o satisfy_v the_o court_n then_o a_o writ_n of_o fieri_fw-la facias_fw-la in_o the_o like_a form_n be_v to_o be_v grant_v and_o send_v out_o against_o the_o say_a recognitor_n the_o entry_n to_o be_v make_v when_o any_o orphan_n receive_v his_o part_n and_o portion_n at_o the_o court_n hold_v before_o nicholas_n martin_n mayor_n and_o the_o twenty-four_o of_o the_o common_a council_n of_o the_o city_n of_o excester_n the_o xx_o of_o april_n in_o the_o xvij_o year_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o our_o sovereign_a lady_n queen_n elizabeth_n john_n maunder_v the_o son_n of_o henrye_n maunder_v late_a citizen_n of_o the_o city_n of_o exon_n come_v and_o knowledge_v he_o to_o be_v full_o satisfy_v and_o content_v of_o all_o his_o part_n and_o portion_n or_o of_o xl_o l_o if_o it_o be_v a_o sum_n certain_a dew_n to_o he_o by_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o city_n of_o his_o father_n good_n and_o therefore_o clear_o do_v discharge_v this_o court_n and_o the_o recognitor_n but_o if_o it_o be_v a_o maiden_n orphan_n and_o she_o marry_v then_o the_o entry_n must_v be_v make_v in_o the_o name_n of_o her_o husband_n &_o of_o herself_o and_o both_o of_o they_o must_v be_v present_a in_o the_o court_n &_o confess_v satisfaction_n that_o be_v to_o say_v walter_n edmunds_n of_o the_o city_n of_o excester_n tayler_n and_o anne_n his_o wife_n the_o daughter_n and_o one_o of_o the_o orphan_n of_o thomas_n lambert_n late_a of_o the_o city_n of_o excester_n citizen_n and_o apothecary_n decess_v come_v and_o knowledge_v they_o self_n to_o be_v satisfy_v of_o her_o portion_n be_v vj._n l._n xiij.s.iiij_fw-la d._n etc_n etc_n the_o duty_n which_o by_o every_o officer_n be_v to_o be_v do_v and_o excute_v the_o chamberlain_n have_v the_o general_a charge_n and_o oversight_n aswell_o of_o any_o thing_n appertain_v to_o any_o orphan_n as_o also_o of_o every_o 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the_o officer_n upon_o the_o charge_n discharge_v or_o new_a take_n of_o any_o recognisance_n ¶_o the_o charge_n and_o fee_n for_o every_o orphanage_n of_o one_o hundred_o pound_n and_o upward_o ¶_o to_o the_o chamberlain_n iij._n s.iiij_fw-la d._n