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A brief history of the succession collected out of the records, and the most authentick historians, written for the satisfaction of the Earl of H.
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Somers, John Somers, Baron, 1651-1716.
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large_a recite_v it_o in_o his_o charter_n whereby_o he_o confirm_v their_o liberty_n 240._o liberty_n rich._n hagulstad_n 310._o brompt_v 10.21_o mat._n paris_n 240._o sciatis_fw-la i_o misericordia_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o communi_fw-la consilio_fw-la baronum_fw-la regni_fw-la angliae_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la regni_fw-la regem_fw-la coronatum_fw-la esse_fw-la etc._n etc._n henry_n the_o first_o you_o see_v have_v reason_n to_o believe_v and_o own_v the_o power_n of_o the_o kingdom_n in_o set_v the_o crown_n upon_o what_o head_n they_o please_v and_o therefore_o he_o desire_v to_o secure_v it_o that_o way_n to_o his_o posterity_n to_o that_o end_n in_o the_o 13_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n 1138._o reign_n coacio_fw-la concilio_n fecit_fw-la omnes_fw-la principes_fw-la &_o potentes_fw-la anglicani_n regni_fw-la adjurare_fw-la terram_fw-la &_o regnum_fw-la willielmo_n filio_fw-la svo_fw-la etc._n etc._n gervas_n cron._n 1138._o he_o summon_v a_o council_n and_o procure_v all_o the_o great_a and_o 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cleri_fw-la &_o populi_fw-la electus_n est_fw-la à _fw-la wil._n cant._n archiepiscopo_fw-la in_o regem_fw-la consecratur_fw-la r._n hagulstad_n a_o 1156._o f._n 312._o consentientibus_fw-la