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illegitimitatem_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-fr fuerat_fw-la procreatus_fw-la de_fw-fr legitimo_fw-la thoro_n willielmi_n conquestoris_n unde_fw-la unanimi_fw-la assensu_fw-la svo_fw-la ipsum_fw-la refutaverunt_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la rege_fw-la omnino_fw-la recusaverunt_fw-la &_o henricum_fw-la fratrem_fw-la ejus_fw-la in_o regem_fw-la erexerunt_fw-la mat._n westm_n f._n 246._o a_o 1153._o n._n 10._o rex_fw-la stephanus_n omni_fw-la haerede_fw-la viduatus_fw-la praeter_fw-la solumodo_fw-la henricum_fw-la ducem_fw-la recognovit_fw-la in_fw-la conventu_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la &_o aliorum_fw-la de_fw-la regno_fw-la optimatum_fw-la quod_fw-la dux_n henricus_fw-la jus_o haereditarium_fw-la in_o regnum_fw-la angliae_fw-la habebat_fw-la &_o dux_n benign_a concessit_fw-la ut_fw-la rex_fw-la stephanus_n tota_fw-la vita_fw-la sua_fw-la suum_fw-la regnum_fw-la pacifice_fw-la possideret_fw-la chronica_fw-la gervasii_fw-la col_fw-fr 1412._o lin_v 4._o convenerunt_fw-la interim_n die_fw-la statuto_fw-la 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