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their_o jurisdiction_n be_v to_o deal_v with_o heresy_n schism_n and_o other_o mere_a spiritual_a and_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n and_o therein_o to_o proceed_v juxta_fw-la legem_fw-la divinam_fw-la &_o canon_n ecclesiae_fw-la and_o as_o they_o be_v call_v so_o they_o be_v often_o command_v by_o the_o king_n be_v write_v to_o deal_v with_o nothing_o that_o concern_v the_o king_n law_n of_o the_o land_n his_o crown_n and_o dignity_n etc._n etc._n and_o the_o same_o be_v so_o declare_v by_o act_n of_o parliament_n 25_o hen._n 8._o cap._n 19_o and_o what_o cannon_n they_o make_v with_o the_o royal_a assent_n be_v bind_v upon_o themselves_o and_o all_o the_o laity_n but_o before_o the_o abovementioned_a act_n a_o disme_n grant_v by_o the_o clergy_n in_o the_o convocation_n do_v not_o bind_v the_o clergy_n before_o the_o royal_a assent_n the_o first_o day_n of_o their_o meeting_n the_o upper_a house_n choose_v a_o bishop_n for_o their_o prolocutor_n and_o the_o low_a house_n be_v require_v 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to_o take_v care_n of_o the_o church_n and_o church_n assembly_n the_o overseer_n of_o the_o poor_a to_o take_v care_n of_o the_o poor_a sick_a aged_n orphan_n and_o other_o object_n of_o charity_n and_o last_o the_o clerk_n to_o wait_v on_o he_o at_o divine_a service_n and_o for_o the_o civil_a government_n of_o village_n the_o lord_n of_o the_o manor_n or_o soil_n who_o from_o the_o crown_n immediate_o hold_v or_o mediate_o hold_v dominium_fw-la soli_fw-la be_v say_v to_o have_v in_o he_o the_o royalty_n as_o if_o he_o be_v a_o little_a king_n and_o have_v a_o kind_n of_o jurisdiction_n and_o a_o court_n baron_fw-fr incident_a to_o the_o manor_n and_o sometime_o a_o court_n leet_n by_o grant_n from_o the_o king_n to_o which_o the_o inhabitant_n owe_v suit_n and_o service_n and_o where_o small_a matter_n as_o escheat_n upon_o felony_n or_o other_o accident_n common_a nuisance_n etc._n etc._n admit_v of_o tenant_n pass_v of_o estate_n relief_n herriot_n hunt_v hawk_v fish_v etc._n 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kingdom_n est_fw-la nempe_fw-la jus_fw-la ipsius_fw-la insulae_fw-la ut_fw-la quisquis_fw-la illius_fw-la sit_fw-la dominus_fw-la rex_fw-la vocetur_fw-la cvi_fw-la etiam_fw-la fas_fw-la est_fw-la corona_n aurca_fw-la coronari_fw-la walsingh_n 17_o r._n 2._o this_o island_n be_v take_v from_o the_o britain_n by_o the_o scot_n and_o from_o they_o regain_v by_o edwin_n king_n of_o northumberland_n afterward_o the_o norwegian_n seize_v it_o from_o who_o alexander_n the_o three_o wrest_v it_o and_o about_o the_o year_n 1340._o william_n montacute_n earl_n of_o salisbury_n descend_v from_o the_o norwegian_a king_n of_o man_n win_v it_o from_o the_o scot_n and_o afterward_o sell_v it_o to_o w._n lord_n scroop_n who_o forfeit_v the_o same_o for_o treason_n to_o king_n h._n 4_o he_o grant_v it_o to_o h._n percy_n earl_n of_o northumberland_n who_o be_v 5_o h._n 4._o attaint_v of_o treason_n in_o 7_o h._n 4._o it_o be_v by_o parliament_n enact_v the_o king_n shall_v have_v the_o forfeiture_n 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