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enim_fw-la haec_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o natio_fw-la quavis_fw-la barbara_fw-la quanquam_fw-la honorem_fw-la nesciant_fw-la honorari_fw-la tamen_fw-la supra_fw-la modum_fw-la affectant_fw-la say_v giraldus_n cambrensis_fw-la now_o this_o fair_a time_n of_o peace_n which_o king_n henry_n enjoy_v give_v he_o leisure_n to_o seek_v out_o all_o mean_n to_o supply_v his_o coffer_n wherein_o he_o be_v very_o vigilant_a and_o hear_v of_o the_o great_a sum_n which_o roger_n archbishop_n of_o york_n have_v give_v by_o his_o testament_n to_o godly_a use_n send_v commissioner_n to_o find_v out_o and_o to_o seize_v the_o same_o to_o his_o own_o use_n allege_v that_o the_o archbishop_n have_v give_v judgement_n in_o his_o life_n time_n that_o it_o be_v against_o law_n any_o ecclesiastical_a person_n shall_v dispose_v any_o thing_n by_o will_n unless_o before_o he_o clergy_n the_o king_n send_v after_o money_n give_v to_o pious_a use_n by_o testator_n of_o the_o clergy_n be_v sick_a and_o that_o 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the_o vacancy_n of_o lincoln_n hold_v 18_o year_n to_o the_o king_n use_n his_o necessity_n to_o be_v bold_a with_o the_o church_n and_o to_o hold_v their_o benefice_n vacant_a as_o he_o do_v the_o bishopric_n of_o lincoln_n eighteen_o year_n he_o make_v a_o new_a coin_n in_o england_n which_o be_v round_o decry_v the_o old_a and_o put_v all_o the_o coiner_n to_o great_a ransom_n for_o corrupt_v the_o old_a money_n and_o beside_o to_o save_v his_o purse_n in_o regard_n the_o continual_a charge_n of_o horse_n and_o armour_n be_v heavy_a unto_o he_o he_o cause_v every_o man_n land_n and_o substance_n to_o be_v rate_v for_o the_o furnish_n thereof_o and_o first_o begin_v the_o same_o in_o his_o dominion_n beyond_o the_o sea_n ordain_v that_o whosoever_o have_v a_o hundredpound_n aniovin_n money_n in_o good_n and_o chattle_n shall_v find_v a_o horse_n and_o all_o military_a furniture_n thereunto_o and_o whosoever_o have_v in_o chattel_n forty_o thirty_o or_o twenty_o pound_n aniovin_n 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