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confirmata_fw-la ad_fw-la instantiam_fw-la serenissimi_fw-la principis_fw-la richardi_fw-la romanorum_fw-la regis_fw-la charissimi_fw-la fratris_fw-la nostri_fw-la concedimus_fw-la mercatoribus_fw-la alemanniae_fw-la illis_fw-la videlicet_fw-la qui_fw-la habent_fw-la domum_fw-la in_o civitate_fw-la nostra_fw-la london_n quae_fw-la gildhalla_n teutonicorum_fw-la vulgariter_fw-la nuncupatur_fw-la quod_fw-la eos_fw-la universos_fw-la manutenebimus_fw-la per_fw-la totum_fw-la regnum_n nostrum_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la ijsdem_fw-la libertatibus_fw-la &_o liberis_fw-la consuetudinibus_fw-la quibus_fw-la ipsi_fw-la nostris_fw-la &_o antiquitatem_fw-la progenitorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la temporibus_fw-la usi_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o gavisi_fw-la ipsosque_fw-la extra_fw-la huiâ—sinodi_fw-la libertates_fw-la &_o liberas_fw-la consuetudines_fw-la non_fw-la trahemus_fw-la nec_fw-la trahi_fw-la aliquatenus_fw-la permittemus_fw-la in_o cvius_fw-la rei_fw-la testimonium_fw-la have_v literas_fw-la nostras_fw-la fieri_fw-la fecimus_fw-la patentes_fw-la the_o same_o in_o english_a a_o charter_n for_o the_o merchant_n of_o almain_n who_o have_v a_o house_n at_o london_n common_o call_v stiliard_n the_o guildhall_n of_o the_o dutch_a grant_v in_o the_o 44._o year_n of_o henry_n the_o three_o renew_a and_o confirm_v in_o the_o 1._o &_o 29._o year_n of_o edward_n the_o first_o at_o the_o instant_a request_n of_o the_o most_o gracious_a prince_n richard_n king_n of_o the_o roman_n our_o most_o dear_a brother_n we_o do_v grant_v unto_o the_o merchant_n of_o alemain_n namely_o unto_o those_o that_o have_v a_o house_n in_o our_o city_n of_o london_n common_o call_v the_o guildhall_n of_o the_o dutch_a merchant_n that_o we_o will_v throughout_o our_o whole_a realm_n maintain_v all_o and_o every_o of_o they_o in_o all_o those_o liberty_n and_o free_a custom_n which_o both_o in_o our_o time_n and_o in_o the_o time_n of_o our_o progenitor_n they_o have_v use_v and_o enjoy_v antiquity_n neither_o will_v we_o enforce_v they_o beyond_o these_o liberty_n and_o free_a custom_n nor_o in_o any_o wife_n permit_v they_o to_o be_v enforce_v in_o witness_v whereof_o we_o have_v cause_v these_o our_o letter_n to_o be_v make_v patent_n mandatum_fw-la regis_fw-la edwardi_fw-la primi_fw-la de_fw-la mercatoribus_fw-la alienigenis_fw-la mercatores_fw-la extranei_fw-la vendant_fw-la mercimonia_fw-la sva_fw-la in_o civitate_fw-la london_n etc._n etc._n infra_fw-la quadraginta_fw-la dies_fw-la post_fw-la ingressum_fw-la suum_fw-la anno_fw-la 3._o edwardi_fw-la primi_fw-la the_o same_o in_o english_a a_o mandate_n of_o king_n edward_n the_o first_o concern_v outlandish_a merchant_n we_o will_v and_o command_v that_o outlandish_a merchant_n do_v sell_v their_o ware_n in_o the_o city_n of_o london_n etc._n etc._n within_o forty_o day_n of_o their_o arrival_n the_o great_a charter_n grant_v unto_o foreign_a merchant_n by_o king_n edward_n the_o first_o in_o the_o 31_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n common_o call_v carta_n mercatoria_fw-la anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1303._o edwardus_n dei_fw-la gratia_fw-la rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la dominus_fw-la hiberniae_fw-la dux_fw-la aquitaniae_fw-la archiepiscopis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la abbatibus_fw-la prioribus_fw-la comitibus_fw-la baronibus_fw-la justitiarijs_fw-la vicecomitibus_fw-la praepositis_fw-la ministris_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la ballivis_fw-la &_o fidelibus_fw-la suis_fw-la salutem_fw-la circa_n bonum_fw-la statum_fw-la omnium_fw-la mercatorum_fw-la subscriptorum_fw-la regnorum_fw-la terrarum_fw-la &_o provinciatum_fw-la videlicet_fw-la alemanniae_fw-la francia_fw-la hispaniae_fw-la protugalliae_fw-la navarrae_n lombardiae_fw-la thusciae_fw-la provincie_n cataloniae_fw-la ducatus_fw-la nostri_fw-la aquitaniae_fw-la tholosanie_fw-la caturluni_fw-la flandriae_n brabantie_n &_o omnium_fw-la aliarum_fw-la terrarum_fw-la &_o locorum_fw-la extraneorum_fw-la quocunque_fw-la nomine_fw-la censeantur_fw-la venientium_fw-la in_o regnum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la anglie_a &_o ibidem_fw-la