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pountney_n m._n john_n lambyn_n s._n 1312_o adam_n lutekyn_n s._n this_o year_n be_v many_o good_a law_n make_v in_o the_o parliament_n london_n where_o unto_o the_o king_n and_o his_o lord_n be_v swear_v anno._n 7._o nycolas_n faringdon_n m._n adam_n burden_n s._n 1313_o hugh_n bayton_n s._n the_o english_a man_n encounter_v with_o robert_n le_fw-fr bruse_n and_o his_o scot_n at_o estrivalen_n where_o be_v fight_v a_o strong_a battle_n estrivelyn_n in_o the_o end_n whereof_o the_o englyshman_n be_v discomfit_v and_o so_o egre_o pursue_v by_o the_o scot_n that_o many_o of_o the_o nobleman_n be_v slay_v as_o gylbert_n de_fw-fr clare_n columna_fw-la erle_n of_o gloucester_n sir_n robert_n clyford_n sir_n edmond_n of_o manle_n with_o other_o lord_n and_o baron_n to_o the_o number_n of_o xlii_o knight_n and_o lxvii_o baron_n beside_o xxii_o man_n of_o name_n which_o be_v take_v prisoner_n and_o ten_o m._n common_a soldier_n slay_v after_o this_o time_n robert_n le_fw-fr bruise_v reign_v 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after_o hang_v at_o york_n anno._n 10._o john_n wengrave_v m._n william_n caston_n s._n 1316_o ralph_n palmer_n s._n the_o scot_n enter_v y_o e_o border_n of_o northumberland_n &_o most_o cruel_o rob_v &_o spoil_v the_o country_n spare_v neither_o man_n woman_n nor_o child_n to_o this_o mischief_n be_v join_v so_o exceed_v dearth_n &_o scarcity_n famine_n y_z e_z wheat_n be_v sell_v for_o four_o mark_v y_fw-fr e_o quarter_n y_fw-fr e_fw-la common_a people_n do_v eat_v horse_n flesh_n &_o other_o vile_a beast_n &_o many_o dye_v for_o hunger_n anno._n 11._o 1317_o john_n wengrave_n m._n john_n prior_n s_o willian_n furnex_n s_o battaille_n king_n edward_n assemble_v a_o new_a host_n and_o go_v into_o northumberland_n where_o he_o lay_v siege_n to_o barwike_n but_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n the_o scot_n by_o a_o other_o way_n invade_v y_o e_o border_n of_o england_n &_o waste_v the_o country_n even_o to_o york_n and_o slay_v a_o great_a noumber_n special_o of_o religious_a people_n 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place_n between_o y_o e_o two_o king_n and_o those_o lord_n which_o before_o be_v swear_v to_o king_n edward_n do_v now_o yield_v dyvers_a town_n of_o the_o country_n of_o poytiers_n unto_o the_o french_a king_n the_o duke_n of_o lancaster_n aryve_v at_o caleis_n and_o enter_v france_n with_o a_o company_n of_o soldier_n where_o not_o far_o from_o arde_n the_o duke_n of_o burgoyne_n lodge_v within_o a_o mile_n of_o his_o army_n with_o a_o great_a power_n the_o space_n of_o xviii_o day_n and_o never_o proffer_v battle_n but_o last_o go_v away_o by_o night_n and_o then_o the_o duke_n pass_v further_o into_o france_n anno._n 44._o john_n chichester_n m._n john_n pyell_n s._n 1369_o hugh_n hoiditch_n s_o this_o year_n die_v queen_n phylip_n wife_n to_o edward_n the_o thyrd_o build_v she_o build_v y_o e_o college_n in_o oxenford_n call_v queen_n college_n pestilence_n in_o this_o year_n be_v the_o thyrd_o mortality_n or_o pestilence_n whereof_o die_v much_o people_n anno._n 45._o 1370_o 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