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of_o canterbury_n give_v out_o commission_n to_o several_a person_n for_o the_o exercise_n of_o the_o archiepiscopal_a jurisdiction_n in_o their_o name_n and_o by_o their_o authority_n the_o chapter_n continue_v in_o possession_n of_o this_o jurisdiction_n till_o the_o publication_n of_o cardinal_n pole_n bull_n of_o provision_n to_o the_o archbishopric_n viz._n till_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o year_n 1556._o and_o during_o that_o time_n give_v commission_n to_o the_o several_a officer_n and_o judge_n of_o the_o court_n of_o the_o archbishopric_n have_v the_o spiritual_a jurisdiction_n of_o all_o vacant_a bishopric_n give_v institution_n to_o all_o benefice_n in_o they_o and_o in_o the_o diocese_n of_o cunterbury_n give_v commission_n for_o the_o consecration_n of_o bishop_n etc._n etc._n of_o all_o which_o act_v do_v a_o peculiar_a register_n be_v make_v entitle_v vacatio_fw-la sedis_fw-la metropoliticae_fw-la christi_fw-la cantuar._n post_fw-la depositionem_fw-la thomae_fw-la 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quae_fw-la ad_fw-la archiepiscopum_fw-la canturiensem_fw-la sede_fw-la plenâ_fw-la pertinuit_fw-la ipsa_fw-la sede_fw-la jam_fw-la per_fw-la attincturam_fw-la