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the_o clerge_n by_o leave_v 139_o militia_n 58_o 102_o 143_o 122._o vide_fw-la war._n mint_n 44_o 84._o vide_fw-la parliament_n monastery_n dissolve_v 117._o maintain_v by_o henry_n the_o four_o 86_o money_n out_o of_o england_n to_o rome_n stop_v 32._o n._n navy_n royal_a as_o fort_n for_o the_o public_a safety_n maintain_v at_o the_o public_a charge_n 148_o nisi_fw-la prius_fw-la 98_o nonresidency_a 139_o noble_a lady_n trial_n 101._o o._n oyer_n &_o terminer_n 54_o 98_o ordinary_n not_o to_o be_v question_v in_o the_o civil_a court_n for_o thing_n under_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n 28_o 29._o have_v cognizance_n of_o usury_n 28._o of_o avoidance_n bigamy_n and_o bastardy_n 29._o grant_v administration_n 30._o visit_v hospital_n and_o call_v executor_n to_o account_v 90._o have_v power_n to_o fine_a and_o imprison_v 91_o 141._o to_o keep_v court_n but_o the_o authority_n doubtful_a 137._o have_v cognizance_n of_o the_o heresy_n 91_o 138._o matrimony_n nonresidence_n ibid._n in_o queen_n elizabeth_n time_n their_o jurisdiction_n leave_v in_o doubt_n 168_o etc._n etc._n oath_n ex_fw-la officio_fw-la first_fw-mi bring_v in_o by_o the_o churchman_n in_o matter_n ecclesiastical_a 92._o afterward_o by_o the_o parliament_n into_o the_o star-chamber_n in_o case_n criminal_a 142._o p._n pardon_v of_o crime_n not_o absolute_o in_o the_o king_n 11_o parliament_n without_o the_o king_n consist_v of_o three_o state_n 69._o without_o the_o clergy_n 34_o parliament_n power_n in_o order_v of_o the_o crown_n 75_o 133_o 162._o in_o order_v the_o king_n person_n by_o protector_n 9_o vide_fw-la protector_n in_o order_v their_o child_n in_o order_v their_o family_n 10_o 75._o in_o order_v their_o revenue_n 10_o 75_o 68_o in_o order_v their_o council_n 83_o in_o the_o militia_n vide_fw-la militia_n and_o war._n in_o confer_v place_n of_o honour_n and_o trust_v 11_o 23_o in_o order_v the_o mint_n vide_fw-la mint_n in_o make_v ecclesiastical_a law_n concern_v church-government_n 131_o etc._n etc._n 121_o 165._o concern_v doctrine_n 123_o 131_o 138_o etc._n etc._n concern_v worship_n 131_o concern_v church-censure_n 140_o in_o grant_v licenses_fw-la and_o dispensation_n 137_o in_o final_a appeal_n 133_o in_o order_v itself_o 14_o 76_o in_o judicature_n 15_o 111_o parliament_n not_o inconstant_a though_o mutable_a 110_o peace_n justice_n and_o their_o session_n 62_o etc._n etc._n 99_o etc._n etc._n 148_o etc._n etc._n 173_o etc._n etc._n penal_a law_n execute_v to_o get_v money_n 108_o 114_o plead_n in_o english_a 57_o pope_n power_n in_o england_n abate_v 33_o etc._n etc._n vide_fw-la ordinary_a supremacy_n archbishop_n prelacy_n not_o favour_v by_o the_o canon_n 140._o their_o power_n since_o the_o time_n of_o queen_n mary_n 166._o their_o dignity_n and_o power_n distinguish_v 28_o 34_o priest_n wage_n 41_o 91_o praemunire_n and_o provisor_n 32_o 34_o etc._n etc._n 89_o proclamation_n make_v equal_a to_o law_n 125._o alter_v 158_o protector_n variety_n of_o they_o make_v a_o doubtful_a government_n 3_o 5_o 72_o purveyance_n regulate_v 31_o 39_o r._n ravishment_n consent_v to_o forfeit_v jointure_n 56_o request_v court_n establish_v by_o cardinal_n wolsey_n 140_o richard_n the_o second_o his_o reign_n 6._o endeavour_n to_o over-rule_v the_o parliament_n but_o fail_v in_o the_o conclusion_n 7_o richard_n the_o three_o reign_n 108._o his_o title_n by_o usurpation_n and_o murder_n ibid._n riot_n 101._o s._n sanctuary_n change_v into_o few_o privilege_a place_n 151_o servant_n imbezel_v felony_n ibid._n 174_o sheriff_n court_v regulate_v 149._o election_n of_o sheriff_n 55._o farm_n of_o the_o county_n 98._o continuance_n in_o service_n ibid._n extortion_n ibid._n soldier_n vide_fw-la war._n staple_n 42_o etc._n etc._n 111_o star-chamber_n 19_o etc._n etc._n 141_o stealer_n of_o man_n and_o woman_n felony_n 174_o supremacy_n supreme_a head_n 120._o certain_o not_o absolute_a or_o arbitrary_a power_n nor_o a_o legislative_a power_n 166_o etc._n etc._n supreme_a governor_n 159._o in_o cause_n ecclesiastical_a ibid._n etc._n etc._n in_o temporal_a ibid._n t._n ten_o and_o first-fruit_n