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from_o foreign_a part_n 152_o vacancy_n ibid._n purveyance_n ibid._n abere_fw-la murder_n among_o the_o saxon_n 62_o accolites_n among_o the_o saxon_n 18_o accusation_n witness_n among_o the_o saxon_n 94_o action_n among_o the_o saxon_n 53_o acquittal_n vide_fw-la knight-service_n administration_n vide_fw-la intestate_a adultery_n among_o the_o saxon_n 26_o among_o the_o norman_n 88_o after_o 145_o advowsons_n cognizance_n 111_o aedeling_n 33_o age_n vide_fw-la infancy_n aid_n after_o the_o norman_a time_n 125_o 173_o 178_o alderman_n 33_o alienation_n license_v 114_o 171_o allegiance_n according_a to_o the_o saxon_n 53_o the_o norman_n 94_o amercement_n 163_o apostasy_n punish_v by_o the_o saxon_n 25_o after_o 121_o appeal_v among_o the_o saxon_n 53_o the_o norman_n 94_o after_o 171_o appeal_v to_o rome_n 110_o settle_a 111_o to_o ecclesiastical_a court_n ibid._n archbishop_n vide_fw-la metropolitan_n array_v 191_o etc._n etc._n arm_n assessment_n 128_o vide_fw-la array_v austin_n the_o monk_n his_o come_n and_o his_o action_n 11_o etc._n etc._n b._n bail_n 122_o 21_o 158_o etc._n etc._n 182_o bark_n vide_fw-la bridges_n baron_fw-fr vide_fw-la court._n bargain_n and_o sale_n of_o good_n among_o the_o saxon_n 67_o the_o norman_n 82_o baron_n war_n 221_o etc._n etc._n bastardy_n among_o the_o saxon_n 26_o battle_n trial_n among_o the_o saxon_n 56_o battery_n punish_v by_o the_o saxon_n 62_o 120_o bigamist_n 91_o bishop_n among_o the_o saxon_n 16_o vide_fw-la prelacy_n among_o the_o norman_n their_o power_n increase_v 77_o etc._n etc._n vide_fw-la election_n their_o oath_n to_o the_o pope_n 115_o blasphemy_n punish_v by_o the_o saxon_n 25_o 61_o among_o the_o norman_n 86_o bloodshed_n vide_fw-la manslaughter_n bridge_n 164_o briton_n their_o religion_n and_o government_n 1_o etc._n etc._n conversion_n 2_o instruct_v in_o learning_n 4_o a_o province_n ibid._n the_o last_o that_o submit_v to_o the_o papalty_n and_o the_o first_o that_o shake_v it_o off_o 13_o burgage_n among_o the_o saxon_n 51_o burghbote_n ibid._n burglary_n punish_v by_o the_o saxon_n 63_o burn_v of_o wood_n punish_v by_o the_o saxon_n ibid._n vide_fw-la 121_o burrough_n mag._n chart._n burrough_n english_a 66_o c._n canon-law_n 75_o vide_fw-la prelacy_n carriage_n 165_o 166_o castle_n their_o use_n 73_o 165_o etc._n etc._n abuse_v 104_o occasion_n of_o the_o first_o civil_a war_n 130_o castles-guard_n vide_fw-la mag._n chart._n 166_o de_fw-fr cautione_n admittenda_fw-la 113_o chancery_n 178_o chancemedley_n 179_o church_n maintenance_n by_o the_o saxon_n 18_o etc._n etc._n franchise_n 44_o alienation_n 115_o reparation_n 146_o churchman_n action_n 183_o 184_o discharge_v from_o torn_n 183_o purveyance_n 17_o 143_o their_o complaint_n 141_o 147_o privilege_v from_o distress_n 150_o cricksceat_fw-la among_o the_o saxon_n 19_o norman_n 86_o vide_fw-la first-fruit_n circuit_n 120_o citation_n 113_o 151_o 242_o clerk_n trial_n 116_o 143_o 151_o killer_n of_o clerk_n 116_o 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debt_n to_o the_o king_n mag._n chart._n decenâ—â—_n among_o the_o saxon_n 43_o norman_n 83_o deed_n among_o the_o saxon_n 67_o defamation_n 146_o 149_o departure_n beyond_o sea_n without_o licence_n 112_o diocese_n among_o the_o saxon_n 23_o distress_n in_o the_o norman_n time_n 89_o mag._n charta_fw-la 161_o etc._n etc._n vide_fw-la county-court_n disseisin_n vide_fw-la redisseisin_n &_o novel-disseisin_a dower_n in_o the_o saxon_a time_n 64_o norman_a time_n 91_o 160._o e._n ecclesiastical_a cognizance_n and_o power_n 109_o etc._n etc._n 80_o 127_o vide_fw-la stat_n circumspect_a agatis_fw-la &_o articuli_fw-la cleri_fw-la ederbrece_n among_o the_o saxon_n 63_o edward_n the_o first_o 133_o edward_n the_o second_o 35_o election_n 75_o 112_o 144_o 151_o elegit_fw-la among_o the_o saxon_n 59_o englishire_n a_o saxon_a law_n 62_o error_n vide_fw-la appeal_n escheat_n 167_o vide_fw-la forfeiture_n felony_n escuage_z mag._n charta_fw-la 173_o etc._n etc._n excommunication_n in_o the_o 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fugam_fw-la fecit_fw-la 53_o fugitive_n 167_o g._n gavel-kind_n among_o the_o saxon_n 66_o norman_n 100_o glebe_n among_o the_o saxon_n 20_o good_n find_v saxon_a law_n 68_o norman_n 89_o sale_n ibid._n grithbrech_n vide_fw-la frithbrech_n h._n habendum_fw-la saxon_n 67_o hamsockne_v saxon_n 63_o heresy_n punish_v by_o the_o saxon_n 24_o norman_n 86_o after_o 121_o haubergettum_fw-la haubertum_fw-la halbargellum_fw-la what_o it_o be_v 194_o heretock_n saxon_n 33_o henry_n the_o first_o 74_o henry_n the_o second_o 104_o henry_n the_o three_o 129_o etc._n etc._n shift_n for_o money_n 130_o foreign_a council_n 132_o yield_v up_o his_o interest_n in_o the_o militia_n to_o the_o lord_n ibid._n etc._n etc._n heordpeny_n vide_fw-la peter-pence_n highway_n privilege_n 190_o hundred_o and_o the_o court_n saxon_n 42_o norman_n 83_o hundred_o setena_n saxon_n 43_o i._n idolatry_n punish_v by_o the_o saxon_n 60_o norman_n 86_o vide_fw-la blasphemy_n imprisonment_n saxon_n 62_o norman_n 94_o incest_n punish_v by_o the_o saxon_n 62_o indictment_n saxon_a law_n 53_o infancy_n among_o the_o saxon_n 55_o after_o 123_o infangtheoff_n saxon_n 46_o inheritance_n saxon_n 62_o norman_n 100_o after_o 122_o etc._n etc._n inquest_n saxon_n 56_o interdict_v in_o the_o saxon_a time_n 24_o after_o 113_o intent_n punish_v by_o the_o norman_n 94_o intestate_a saxon_a law_n 68_o norman_n 89_o afterwards_o 144_o etc._n etc._n 165_o etc._n etc._n john_n 106_o judgement_n vide_fw-la execution_n judge_n vide_fw-la justice_n judicatory_a 118_o etc._n etc._n jury_n grand_a &_o petit_fw-fr among_o the_o saxon_n 56_o justice_n and_o their_o court_n among_o the_o saxon_n 52_o chief_a justice_n 119_o judge_n or_o justice_n itinerant_a after_o the_o norman_n 120_o 124_o 177_o k._n king_n among_o the_o saxon_n election_n continuance_n covenant_n maintenance_n power_n in_o church_n matter_n 22_o etc._n etc._n 35_o among_o the_o norman_n election_n 70_o etc._n etc._n covenant_n 72_o etc._n etc._n power_n 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no_o not_o against_o king_n do_v they_o then_o acknowledge_v any_o and_o therefore_o the_o form_n of_o the_o indictment_n for_o contrive_v the_o death_n of_o their_o king_n 11._o conclude_v only_o felonicè_fw-la as_o may_v appear_v in_o that_o form_n of_o a_o indictment_n for_o a_o offence_n of_o that_o nature_n intend_v and_o plot_v against_o edmond_n the_o saxon_a king_n whenas_o for_o the_o plot_v against_o alliance_n though_o of_o common_a and_o inferior_a nature_n the_o indictment_n conclude_v felonicè_fw-la &_o proditoriè_fw-la and_o whereas_o the_o penalty_n 13._o in_o case_n of_o treachery_n against_o the_o country_n be_v death_n and_o forfeiture_n of_o the_o whole_a estate_n both_o real_a and_o personal_a in_o treachery_n against_o the_o king_n 26._o it_o be_v only_a loss_n of_o life_n and_o of_o the_o personal_a estate_n and_o therefore_o it_o may_v seem_v that_o majesty_n have_v not_o yet_o arrive_v at_o its_o full_a growth_n or_o else_o that_o the_o great_a measure_n 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