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death_n of_o stephen_n which_o he_o do_v but_o as_o to_o his_o right_n and_o title_n it_o add_v nothing_o to_o that_o it_o be_v hereditary_a for_o he_o be_v acknowledge_v the_o true_a heir_n by_o his_o adversary_n stephen_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o the_o best_a man_n of_o the_o kingdom_n who_o all_o likewise_o acknowledge_v it_o by_o own_v the_o accord_n and_o swear_v to_o observe_v it_o on_o the_o 1154._o 24_o of_o october_n the_o year_n follow_v king_n stephen_n die_v and_o on_o the_o 19_o of_o december_n follow_v henry_n be_v crown_v at_o westminster_n by_o theobald_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n and_o maud_n the_o empress_n be_v satisfy_v with_o the_o enthron_n of_o her_o son_n quit_v her_o pretension_n king_n henry_n the_o second_o die_v in_o france_n july_n 7._o 1189_o 7._o his_o elder_a son_n and_o heir_n richard_n be_v by_o walter_n archbishop_n of_o roven_n gird_v with_o the_o sword_n of_o the_o dukedom_n of_o normandy_n on_o the_o 20_o of_o the_o same_o month_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o bishop_n earl_n and_o baron_n of_o normandy_n and_o before_o his_o come_n into_o england_n etc._n every_o freeman_n of_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n by_o the_o command_n of_o his_o mother_n alienor_fw-la swear_v fealty_n to_o richard_n king_n of_o england_n son_n of_o king_n henry_n as_o to_o their_o liege_n lord_n against_o all_o men._n afterward_o 10._o come_v to_o london_n congregatis_fw-la ibi_fw-la archiepiscopis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la comitibus_fw-la baronibus_fw-la &_o copiosa_fw-la militum_fw-la multitudine_fw-la in_o occursum_fw-la ejus_fw-la quorum_fw-la consilio_fw-la &_o assensu_fw-la ipse_fw-la dux_n 3_o nonas_fw-la septembris_fw-la consecratus_fw-la &_o coronatus_n est_fw-la apud_fw-la westmonasterium_fw-la in_o regem_fw-la angliae_fw-la a_o baldwino_n cantuariensi_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o arch-bishop_n bishop_n earls_z baron_n and_o a_o copious_a multitude_n of_o knight_n meet_v he_o by_o who_o advice_n and_o assent_n the_o normandy_n duke_n be_v crown_v king_n of_o england_n by_o baldwin_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n many_o other_o bishop_n there_o name_v assist_v et_fw-la omnibus_fw-la fere_n abbatibus_fw-la &_o prioribus_fw-la &_o comitibus_fw-la &_o baronibus_fw-la angliae_fw-la astantibus_fw-la almost_o all_o the_o abbot_n prior_n earl_n and_o baron_n of_o england_n be_v spectator_n ralph_n de_fw-fr diceto_n then_o dean_n of_o st._n paul_n london_n who_o in_o the_o vacancy_n of_o that_o church_n and_o bishopric_n 50._o supply_v the_o office_n of_o the_o bishop_n at_o king_n richard_n coronation_n have_v this_o passage_n comes_fw-la itaque_fw-la pictavorum_n richardus_fw-la haereditario_fw-la jure_fw-la praemovendus_fw-la in_o ragem_n post_fw-la tam_fw-la cleri_fw-la quam_fw-la populi_n solemnem_fw-la &_o debitam_fw-la electionem_fw-la involutus_fw-la est_fw-la triplici_fw-la sacramento_n etc._n etc._n therefore_o richard_n earl_n of_o poictou_n be_v by_o hereditary_n right_o 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