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the_o inscription_n be_v not_o yet_o altogether_o deface_v 59_o thomas_n rotheram_n translate_v to_o lincoln_n 1471._o and_o after_o to_o york_n see_v york_n 60._o john_n alcocke_n translate_v to_o worcester_n 1476._o and_o after_o to_o ely_n see_v ely_n 61._o john_n russell_n translate_v to_o lincoln_n 1480._o see_v lincoln_n 62._o edmund_n audley_n translate_v to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d see_v salisbury_n 63._o thomas_n savage_a translate_v to_o london_n and_o york_n 〈◊〉_d york_n 64._o richard_n fitz_n jame_v translate_v to_o chichester_n 1504_o and_o after_o to_o london_n see_v london_n 65._o john_n fisher_n doctor_n of_o divinity_n for_o deny_v 〈◊〉_d acknowledge_v the_o king_n supremacy_n in_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n he_o be_v execute_v on_o tower_n hill_n june_n 22._o 1535._o be_v make_v cardinal_n about_o a_o month_n before_o his_o head_n be_v set_v on_o london_n bridge_n and_o his_o body_n bury_v in_o bark_v churchyard_n 66._o john_n fisher_n common_o call_v the_o black_a friar_n 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