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reginae_fw-la virtute_fw-la cujus_fw-la quidem_fw-la brevis_fw-la predict_v jam_fw-la def._n tunc_fw-la vic._n dict_z com._n norff._n &_o suff._n vicesimo_fw-la die_fw-la martii_fw-la dicto_fw-la anno_fw-la 18._o apud_fw-la gippewicum_fw-la in_o predict_v com._n suff._n fieri_fw-la fecit_fw-la &_o levavit_fw-la de_fw-la bonis_fw-la catallis_fw-la praedicti_fw-la gilberti_n ad_fw-la triginta_fw-la et_fw-la quinque_fw-la solidorum_fw-la de_fw-la 4_o l._n 19_o s._n predict_v prout_fw-la ipse_fw-la nuper_fw-la vic._n jam_fw-la defend_v super_fw-la brevi_fw-la illo_fw-la coram_fw-la praefatis_fw-la baronibus_fw-la apud_fw-la westm_n ad_fw-la crastinum_fw-la clausi_n paschae_fw-la praedicti_fw-la returnavit_fw-la prout_fw-la hic_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la scaccario_fw-la liquet_fw-la de_fw-la recordo_fw-la ac_fw-la cum_fw-la dictus_fw-la dom._n rex_fw-la quinto_fw-la die_v maii_n dicto_fw-la anno_fw-la 18._o mandasset_fw-la quoddam_fw-la aliud_fw-la breve_fw-la de_fw-la fieri_fw-la fac_fw-la extra_fw-la hoc_fw-la scac._n praefato_fw-la nuper_fw-la vic._n jam_fw-la defend_v tunc_fw-la vic._n dicti_fw-la com._n norff._n &_o suff._n existent_a direct_v per_fw-la quod_fw-la quidam_fw-la breve_fw-la eidem_fw-la vic._n praeceptum_fw-la fuit_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la omittat_fw-la propter_fw-la aliquam_fw-la libertatem_fw-la quin_fw-la eam_fw-la ingrederetur_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr bonis_fw-la &_o catallis_fw-la terris_fw-la &_o tenementis_fw-la praedicti_fw-la gilberti_n in_fw-la dicta_fw-la balliva_fw-la sua_fw-la fieri_fw-la faceret_fw-la 11l_o 17_n 8d_n de_fw-fr remanencia_fw-la 26_o marc_n quas_fw-la debebat_fw-la praefatae_fw-la reginae_fw-la de_fw-la auro_fw-la svo_fw-la de_fw-la quodam_fw-la 4_o fine_a 260marc_n dicto_fw-la domino_fw-la regi_fw-la solut_a pro_fw-la dominio_fw-la &_o manrrio_fw-la de_fw-fr catyngston_n etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la supra_fw-la et_fw-la quod_fw-la denarios_fw-la illos_fw-la haberet_fw-la ad_fw-la scac._n dicti_fw-la dom._n regis_fw-la apud_fw-la westm_n in_o crastino_n sancti_fw-la michaelis_fw-la dicto_fw-la anno_fw-la 18._o praefatae_fw-la reginae_fw-la seu_fw-la 5_o ejus_fw-la in_fw-la ea_fw-la parte_fw-la receptori_fw-la ibidem_fw-la tunc_fw-la solvend_fw-mi prout_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la brevi_fw-la plenius_fw-la continetur_fw-la quod_fw-la quidem_fw-la breve_fw-la deliberatum_fw-la fuit_fw-la sextodecimo_fw-la die_v julii_n dicto_fw-la anno_fw-la 18._o apud_fw-la villam_fw-la westm_n predict_v praefato_fw-la jam_fw-la defendenti_fw-la tunc_fw-la vic._n dict_z com._n norff._n &_o suff._n existenti_fw-la per_fw-la manus_fw-la praedicti_fw-la roberti_n calcote_n virtute_fw-la cujus_fw-la quidem_fw-la brevis_fw-la dictus_fw-la jam_fw-la defendens_fw-la tunc_fw-la vic._n dict_z com._n norff._n &_o suff._n 20_o die_v septembr_n dicto_fw-la anno_fw-la 18_o apud_fw-la gippewicum_fw-la predict_v fieri_fw-la fecit_fw-la et_fw-la levavit_fw-la de_fw-fr bonis_fw-la et_fw-la catallis_fw-la praedicti_fw-la gilberti_n ad_fw-la valenciam_fw-la 30_o solidorum_fw-la resid_v de_fw-fr 4._o l._n 19_o s._n predict_v prout_fw-la ipse_fw-la jam_fw-la defend_v super_fw-la brevi_fw-la illo_fw-la coram_fw-la praefatis_fw-la baronibus_fw-la apud_fw-la westm_n ad_fw-la crastinum_fw-la sancti_fw-la michaelis_fw-la returnavit_fw-la prout_fw-la hic_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la scaccario_fw-la liquet_fw-la de_fw-la recordo_fw-la quae_fw-la quidem_fw-la summae_fw-la per_fw-la dictum_fw-la jam_fw-la defend_v sic_fw-la levatae_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la se_fw-la attingunt_fw-la ad_fw-la dict_z 4_o l._n 19_o s._n et_fw-la licet_fw-la praefata_fw-la regina_fw-la post_fw-la levationem_fw-la &_o return_v brevium_fw-la praedictorum_fw-la sic_fw-la factorum_fw-la saepius_fw-la requisivit_fw-la praefat_fw-la jam_fw-la defend_v ad_fw-la ei_fw-la solvend_fw-mi dict_z 4_o l._n 19_o s._n jam_fw-la in_o demanda_fw-fr ipse_fw-la tamen_fw-la jam_fw-la defend_v 4_o l._n 19_o s._n illos_fw-la sive_fw-la aliquam_fw-la inde_fw-la parcellam_fw-la praefatae_fw-la reginae_fw-la nondum_fw-la solvit_fw-la sed_fw-la hoc_fw-la facere_fw-la contradixit_fw-la ad_fw-la dampnum_fw-la