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etc._n etc._n et_fw-la dicit_fw-la quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la à _fw-la domino_fw-la rege_fw-la habuit_fw-la in_o mandatis_fw-la ducendi_fw-la &_o liberandi_fw-la corpus_fw-la ipsius_fw-la johannis_n de_fw-fr bildeston_n praefat_fw-la justic._n hic_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la quaesitum_fw-la est_fw-la à _fw-la praedicto_fw-la johanne_n wyndwick_n si_fw-la quam_fw-la aliam_fw-la detentionis_fw-la praefat_fw-la johannis_n de_fw-fr bildeston_n habeat_fw-la causam_fw-la qui_fw-la dicit_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la breve_fw-la predict_v tantum_fw-la et_fw-la quia_fw-la videtur_fw-la curiae_fw-la breve_fw-la predict_v sufficientem_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la causam_fw-la predict_v johannem_fw-la de_fw-la bildeston_n in_o prisona_fw-la marescall_n reg._n hic_fw-la retinend_n etc._n etc._n idem_fw-la johannes_n dimittitur_fw-la per_fw-la manucaptionem_fw-la willielmi_n de_fw-fr wakefield_n rectoris_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la de_fw-la willingham_n johannis_n de_fw-fr wyndwick_n de_fw-fr come_v 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deliberari_fw-la non_fw-la debeat_fw-la rex_fw-la justiciar_n suis_fw-fr de_fw-fr banco_n salut_fw-la cum_fw-la nos_fw-la nuper_fw-la ad_fw-la significationem_fw-la s._n de_fw-fr isle_n etc._n etc._n usque_fw-la ibi_fw-la excommunicate_a extitisse_fw-la nec_fw-la se_fw-la velle_fw-la etc._n etc._n esset_fw-la satisfactum_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la ipsius_fw-la n._n virtute_fw-la mandati_fw-la nostri_fw-la praed_fw-we cap_a &_o in_o prisona_fw-la nostra_fw-la de_fw-la newgate_n tunc_fw-la detenti_fw-la etc._n etc._n &_o nolentes_fw-la eo_fw-la praetextu_fw-la praefato_fw-la n._n per_fw-la breve_fw-la nostrum_fw-la praed_fw-we via_fw-la praecludat_fw-la quo_fw-la minus_fw-la appellac_fw-la suae_fw-la negotium_fw-la etc._n etc._n processerat_fw-la &_o appellant_n statut_fw-la etc._n etc._n per_fw-la breve_fw-la nostrum_fw-la praeceperimus_fw-la praefat_fw-la vic_a quod_fw-la scire_fw-la facerent_fw-la etc._n etc._n signific_a &_o consult_v &_o circumspect_a in_o placitis_fw-la per_fw-la 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