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ratificamus_fw-la &_o confirmamus_fw-la prout_fw-la literae_fw-la praedictae_fw-la rationabiliter_fw-la testant_a in_o cujus_fw-la etc._n etc._n test._n reg._n apud_fw-la westminst_n 26_o die_v junii_fw-la five_o it_o be_v inconsistent_a with_o kingdom_n the_o royalty_n and_o praeeminence_n of_o a_o separate_a and_o distinct_a kingdom_n that_o we_o be_v thus_o a_o distinct_a kingdom_n have_v be_v clear_o make_v out_o before_o it_o be_v plain_a the_o nobility_n of_o ireland_n be_v a_o order_n of_o peer_n clear_o distinct_a from_o the_o peerage_n of_o england_n the_o privilege_n of_o the_o one_o extend_v not_o into_o the_o other_o kingdom_n a_o lord_n of_o ireland_n may_v be_v arrest_v by_o his_o body_n in_o england_n and_o so_o may_v a_o lord_n of_o england_n in_o ireland_n whilst_o their_o person_n remain_v sacred_a in_o their_o respective_a kingdom_n a_o voyage_n royal_a may_v be_v make_v into_o ireland_n as_o the_o year-book_n 11_o hen._n 4._o 17._o fol._n 7._o and_o lord_n cook_n 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receperunt_fw-la simili_fw-la modo_fw-la henricum_fw-la regem_fw-la angliae_fw-la in_o dominum_fw-la &_o regem_fw-la hiberniae_fw-la &_o svi_fw-la devenerunt_fw-la &_o ei_fw-la &_o heredibus_fw-la suis_fw-la fidelitatem_fw-la contra_fw-la omnes_fw-la juraverunt_fw-la matthew_n paris_z likewise_o in_o his_o history_n speak_v of_o king_n hen._n ii_o be_v in_o ireland_n say_v archiepiscopi_fw-la &_o episcopi_fw-la ipsum_fw-la in_o regem_fw-la &_o dominum_fw-la receperunt_fw-la &_o ei_fw-la fidelitatem_fw-la &_o homagium_fw-la juraverunt_fw-la john_n brampton_n abbot_n of_o jornaâ—…_n in_o his_o historia_fw-la jornalensi_fw-la pag._n 1070._o speak_v of_o hen._n ii_o have_v these_o word_n recepit_fw-la ab_fw-la unoquoque_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la &_o episcopo_fw-la hiberniae_fw-la literas_fw-la cum_fw-la sigillis_fw-la suis_fw-la in_o modum_fw-la chartae_fw-la pendentibus_fw-la regnum_fw-la hiberniae_fw-la sibi_fw-la &_o haeredibus_fw-la suis_fw-la confirmantes_fw-la &_o testimonium_fw-la 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clergy_n as_o we_o find_v at_o large_a in_o chron._n gervasii_fw-la doroborn_a p._n 1387._o edit_fw-la lond._n a_o 1652._o the_o law_n of_o king_n john_n call_v john_n the_o great_a charter_n of_o king_n john_n grant_v in_o the_o 17_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n upon_o the_o agreement_n make_v between_o he_o and_o his_o baron_n at_o running-mead_n between_o staines_n and_o windsor_n be_v but_o a_o confirmation_n of_o the_o law_n of_o edward_n the_o confessor_n and_o henry_n the_o first_o as_o etc._n mat._n paris_n relate_v it_o anno_fw-la regis_fw-la johannis_n 17._o venientes_fw-la ad_fw-la regem_fw-la magnates_fw-la petierunt_fw-la quasdam_fw-la libertates_fw-la &_o leges_fw-la regis_fw-la edwardi_fw-la cum_fw-la aliis_fw-la libertatibus_fw-la sibi_fw-la &_o regno_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la anglicanae_n concessis_fw-la confirmari_fw-la prout_fw-la in_o charta_fw-la regis_fw-la hen_n i._o ascriptae_fw-la continentur_fw-la the_o same_o historian_n give_v we_o also_o at_o 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