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the_o manor_n and_o castle_n of_o bolesovore_n in_o derbishire_n the_o manor_n and_o soak_v of_o mansfield_n in_o nottinghamshire_n and_o the_o manor_n of_o oswardbec_n in_o the_o same_o county_n the_o manor_n of_o wurfield_n stratton_n and_o cunedoure_n in_o shropshire_n with_o wigginton_n and_o wulrune_n hampton_n in_o staffoâ—dshire_n moreover_o for_o helen_n his_o wife_n who_o soon_o after_o marry_v 2d_o to_o robert_n the_o quency_n command_n be_v give_v by_o the_o king_n that_o she_o shall_v forthwith_o have_v livery_n 2d_o of_o these_o lordship_n hereafter_o name_v whereof_o john_n earl_n of_o chester_n and_o huntendon_n her_o late_a husband_n die_v seize_v to_o hold_v until_o such_o time_n as_o by_o a_o perfect_a extant_a of_o all_o his_o land_n she_o shall_v have_v a_o sufficient_a dowry_n assign_v unto_o she_o viz._n fordringhey_n and_o jarewel_n in_o com._n northampt._n keweston_n in_o com._n bedf._n tottenham_n in_o com._n midd._n brampton_n cunnington_n and_o limpay_v in_o 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