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of_o law_n or_o custom_n that_o appear_v to_o be_v burdensome_a or_o inconvenient_a anno_fw-la 1428._o the_o last_o day_n of_o convocation_n dominus_fw-la ex_fw-la assensu_fw-la confratrum_fw-la suorum_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la petitionem_fw-la cleri_fw-la poenam_fw-la in_o constitutione_n propter_fw-la excessiva_fw-la stipendia_fw-la capellanorum_fw-la tam_fw-la contra_fw-la dantes_fw-la quam_fw-la recipientes_fw-la latam_fw-la pro_fw-la parte_fw-la dantium_fw-la suspendit_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la proximam_fw-la convocationem_fw-la &_o ipsos_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la poenâ_fw-la minimè_fw-la involutos_fw-la fore_fw-la decrevit_fw-la anno_fw-la 1529._o sess_n 91._o prolocutor_n intrans_fw-la etc._n etc._n perijt_fw-la quòd_fw-la praesentati_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la beneficia_fw-la non_fw-la arctentar_fw-la per_fw-la diecesanos_n scripto_fw-la aliquo_fw-la obligatorio_n aut_fw-la poenâ_fw-la temporali_fw-la obligari_fw-la ad_fw-la resi_n ientiam_fw-la anno_fw-la 1541._o sess_n 20._o clerus_fw-la exposuit_fw-la peâ—…ionem_fw-la de_fw-la conjugy_n sactis_fw-la in_o bethlem_n abolendis_fw-la anno_fw-la 1555._o sess_n 3._o the_o clergy_n grant_v a_o subsidy_n &_o illie_a expoluit_fw-la clerus_fw-la tres_fw-la petitiones_fw-la primùm_fw-la quòd_fw-la omnes_fw-la beneficati_fw-la qui_fw-la spe_fw-la remissionis_fw-la primorum_fw-la fructuum_fw-la ex_fw-la communi_fw-la rumore_fw-la sacerdotia_fw-la assecuti_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la obligentur_fw-la rependere_fw-la duplos_fw-la etc._n etc._n 2_o do_v ut_fw-la possint_fw-la diplomata_fw-la apostolica_fw-la pro_fw-la sacerdotiis_fw-la retinend_n assequi_fw-la postremò_fw-la quòd_fw-la statutum_n tollatur_fw-la pro_fw-la decimis_fw-la solvendis_fw-la etc._n etc._n &_o quòd_fw-la decimarum_fw-la causae_fw-la emergentes_fw-la coram_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la examinentur_fw-la &_o decidantur_fw-la festival_n 4._o about_o festival_n 4._o for_o the_o appointment_n of_o new_a festival_n or_o improve_n the_o service_n of_o the_o old_a anno_fw-la 1434._o oct._n 9_o dominus_fw-la ex_fw-la consensu_fw-la confratrum_fw-la suorum_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la petitionem_fw-la cleri_fw-la ordain_o that_o st._n frideswide_n day_n cum_fw-la novem_fw-la lectionibus_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la festum_fw-la cum_fw-la regimine_fw-la chori_fw-la secundum_fw-la usum_fw-la sarum_n pertinent_a per_fw-la totam_fw-la provinciam_fw-la svam_fw-la perpetuò_fw-la celebraretur_fw-la anno_fw-la 1444._o oct._n 24._o magister_fw-la willelmus_fw-la byconil_n offic._n curiae_fw-la cant._n totius_fw-la cleri_fw-la praelocutor_n supplicabat_fw-la domino_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la cleri_fw-la ut_fw-la dies_fw-la translationis_fw-la s._n edwardi_fw-la etc._n etc._n sub_fw-la duplici_fw-la festo_fw-la per_fw-la svam_fw-la provinciam_fw-la solempnizari_fw-la posset_n de_fw-fr confratrum_fw-la suorum_fw-la consensu_fw-la concedere_fw-la dignaretur_fw-la king_n 5._o for_o the_o archbishop_n intercession_n with_o the_o king_n 5._o for_o the_o archbishops_n intercession_n with_o the_o king_n to_o restrain_v the_o lay_v officer_n from_o oppress_v the_o church_n or_o to_o pray_v their_o assistance_n in_o the_o enforcement_n of_o ecclesiastical_a law_n anno_fw-la 1394._o supplicatio_fw-la cleri_fw-la direct_v to_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n and_o the_o archbishop_n of_o york_n chancellor_n of_o england_n that_o for_o the_o suppression_n of_o lollardy_n they_o will_v intercede_v with_o the_o king_n ut_fw-la dignetur_fw-la extendere_fw-la cum_fw-la effectu_fw-la brachium_fw-la suae_fw-la majestatis_fw-la anno_fw-la 1463._o jul._n 18._o petitum_fw-la fuit_fw-la per_fw-la magistrum_fw-la johannem_fw-la stock_n prolocutorem_fw-la à _fw-la domino_fw-la ut_fw-la ipse_fw-la regiae_n majestati_fw-la scriberet_fw-la pro_fw-la liberatione_n certarum_fw-la personarum_fw-la ecclesiasticarum_fw-la in_o custodià _fw-la laicali_fw-la incarceratarum_fw-la &_o custoditarum_fw-la ut_fw-la secundum_fw-la cartam_fw-la alius_fw-la per_fw-la regem_fw-la viris_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la concessam_fw-la suis_fw-la ordinariis_fw-la possint_fw-la liberari_fw-la anno_fw-la 1480._o apr._n 3_o a_o petition_n present_v by_o the_o prolocutor_n to_o the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n pray_v they_o in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o clergy_n to_o intercede_v with_o the_o king_n for_o protection_n to_o the_o church_n against_o the_o encroachment_n of_o lay-officer_n molest_v and_o imprison_v the_o clergy_n discipline_n 6._o for_o the_o execution_n of_o discipline_n 6._o for_o more_o strict_a execution_n of_o ecclesiastical_a discipline_n as_o anno_fw-la 1586._o march_n 15._o extract_v out_o of_o the_o upper_a house_n book_n '_o the_o low_a house_n beseech_v the_o bishop_n to_o be_v careful_a of_o ordination_n to_o restrain_v their_o officer_n from_o excessive_a fee_n and_o that_o they_o will_v force_v every_o institute_v person_n within_o a_o certain_a time_n to_o take_v induction_n or_o else_o sequester_v the_o 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