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inhabitant_n shall_v not_o be_v depress_v by_o the_o yoke_n of_o any_o bishop_n or_o his_o official_o but_o in_o all_o thing_n shall_v submit_v to_o the_o decree_n of_o the_o abbot_n and_o although_o this_o be_v do_v by_o the_o council_n of_o his_o bishop_n and_o senator_n that_o do_v not_o impeach_v but_o rather_o fortify_v the_o king_n right_o to_o do_v it_o by_o their_o judgement_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v do_v by_o he_o in_o the_o law_n of_o king_n alured_n he_o grant_v indulgence_n and_o immunity_n for_o the_o clergy_n themselves_o and_o when_o gregory_n send_v augustin_n the_o monk_n and_o his_o companion_n to_o convert_v the_o saxon_n they_o stay_v in_o the_o isle_n of_o thanet_n till_o the_o king_n pleasure_n be_v know_v and_o whether_o he_o will_v grant_v they_o indulgence_n to_o exercise_v their_o religion_n here_o and_o instruct_v other_o therein_o which_o the_o king_n although_o it_o be_v sufficient_o different_a from_o the_o religion_n then_o profess_v by_o the_o heathen_a saxon_n do_v grant_v unto_o these_o dissenter_n and_o encourage_v they_o so_o far_o that_o at_o length_n they_o become_v of_o their_o persuasion_n the_o application_n may_v be_v thus_o far_o proper_a that_o if_o pagan_n give_v so_o much_o indulgence_n to_o christian_n it_o will_v ill_o beseem_v christian_n not_o to_o give_v the_o like_a to_o one_o another_o 7._o some_o precedent_n in_o the_o time_n of_o w._n 1._o and_o after_o 496._o eadmerus_n f._n 165._o 167_o 7_o e_o 3_o quare_fw-la impâ—_n 19_o 5_o rep._n f._n 10â—_o mat._n paris_n anno_fw-la 1119_o coke_n 5_o rep._n eccleâ—_n case_n f._n 106â—_n roger_n hovenden_n f._n 496._o down_o unto_o our_o own_o memory_n may_v be_v next_o in_o order_n remember_v w._n 1._o grant_v a_o full_a indulgence_n by_o his_o charter_n of_o exemption_n unto_o battel-abbey_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v under_o no_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o it_o be_v a_o indulgence_n to_o the_o freeholders_n when_o he_o divide_v the_o bishop_n court_n from_o the_o hundred_o court_n which_o before_o that_o sit_v both_o together_o so_o be_v his_o appropriate_a of_o church_n without_o cure_n to_o ecclesiastical_a person_n the_o like_a exemption_n and_o indulgence_n be_v grant_v by_o his_o charter_n to_o the_o abbey_n of_o reading_n h._n 1._o grant_v a_o indulgence_n by_o his_o charter_n to_o the_o abbey_n of_o read_v and_o say_v he_o do_v it_o as_o well_o in_o regard_n of_o ecclesiastical_a as_o regal_a power_n h._n 2._o grant_v a_o indulgence_n to_o his_o people_n that_o none_o of_o the_o pope_n decree_n shall_v be_v execute_v here_o nor_o any_o of_o his_o bull_n of_o excommunication_n 14â—_n not._n in_o eadâ—_n mer_fw-fr p._n 14â—_n he_o do_v the_o like_a to_o his_o clergy_n of_o normandy_n in_o the_o exemption_n he_o grant_v to_o they_o 5._o 45_o h._n 3._o rot._n stanâ—_n in_o 14._o dorson_n 1_o e._n 1._o rot._n stans_fw-la in_fw-la 5._o dorson_n h._n 11._o