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consuetudinibus_fw-la &_o libertatibus_fw-la testibus_fw-la gilberto_n filio_fw-la ricardi_n &_o adeliza_n sorore_fw-la mea_fw-la &_o willielmo_n blundo_n &_o alexandro_n de_fw-fr tresgor_n &_o regero_fw-la de_fw-la bello_fw-la campo_n &_o willielmo_n de_fw-fr sais_n &_o roberto_n de_fw-fr sais_n &_o ricardo_n filio_fw-la aluredi_fw-la &_o hugone_n filio_fw-la osberti_fw-la &_o henrico_n de_fw-fr chalder_n apud_fw-la saintonam_fw-la she_o found_v the_o monastery_n of_o canwell_n in_o staffordshire_n within_o four_o mile_n of_o lichfield_n as_o appear_v by_o this_o transcript_n which_o i_o receive_v from_o mr._n dugdale_n the_o original_a remain_v with_o sir_n william_n peshale_v of_o suggenhill_n in_o staffordshire_n anno_fw-la 1638._o it_o be_v also_o in_o monasticon_fw-la 1_o parson_n pag._n 439._o universis_fw-la sanctae_fw-la dei_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la geva_fw-la filia_fw-la hugonis_fw-la comitis_fw-la cestriae_fw-la &_o uxor_fw-la gaufridi_fw-la ridelli_n 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de_fw-fr combermere_n henricus_fw-la bysset_fw-la johannes_n de_fw-fr danvillâ_fw-la martinus_n angevinus_n hugo_n de_fw-fr dutton_n johannes_n filius_fw-la thurstani_fw-la etc._n etc._n lib._n c._n fol._n 62._o a._n also_o witness_n ricardus_n fitton_n willielmus_fw-la filius_fw-la ricardi_n robertus_fw-la venator_n adam_n de_fw-fr dutton_n hugo_n ejus_fw-la frater_fw-la etc._n etc._n apud_fw-la dodyngton_n this_o abbey_n be_v after_o translate_v to_o whalley_n in_o lancashire_n 1296._o this_o john_n constable_n of_o cheshire_n give_v all_o hield_n in_o aston_n nigh_o great_a budworth_n to_o methroso_n punterling_a render_v a_o welsh_a lance_n yearly_a on_o st._n bartholomew_n day_n m._n num_fw-la 1._o which_o at_o this_o day_n belong_v to_o leycester_n of_o tabley_n he_o marry_v alice_n sister_n of_o william_n mandevyle_n by_o who_o he_o have_v issue_n roger_n constable_n of_o cheshire_n who_o assume_v the_o surname_n of_o lacie_n eustace_n surnamed_n de_fw-fr cester_n richard_n 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