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de_fw-fr attachiamento_fw-la capto_fw-la extra_fw-la portam_fw-la orientalem_fw-la in_o suburbiis_fw-la exoniensibus_fw-la &_o quarens_fw-la in_o misericordia_fw-la pro_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la injust_a ibidem_fw-la cepit_fw-la regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 27._o edw._n the_o 3._o an._n d._n 1353._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n john_n spicer_n roger_n atwil_n simon_n atpitt_n john_n otrey_n john_n samaster_n the_o pasture_n of_o croldich_n alias_o southenhay_n be_v set_v to_o rend_v for_o five_o shilling_n per_fw-la annum_fw-la licentia_fw-la petita_fw-la &_o concessa_fw-la pro_fw-la discarcandis_fw-la navibus_fw-la in_o portu_fw-la exoniensi_fw-la regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 28._o edw._n the_o 3._o an._n d._n 1354._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n john_n spicer_n john_n gyst_n roger_n atwill_n henry_n furbor_n william_n bennett_n john_n week_n esquire_n elect_v the_o first_o recorder_n of_o this_o city_n and_o have_v a_o pension_n of_o three_o pound_n per_fw-la annum_fw-la allow_v he_o and_o afterward_o 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the_o first_o bishop_n of_o exeter_n the_o middle_a of_o they_o be_v the_o seat_n of_o the_o say_a bishop_n sit_v in_o his_o pontisicalibus_fw-la between_o the_o king_n and_o the_o queen_n and_o that_o it_o may_v further_o appear_v what_o great_a favour_n and_o honour_v this_o bishop_n receive_v both_o from_o the_o king_n and_o the_o queen_n at_o his_o instalment_n which_o be_v on_o the_o seven_o and_o twenty_v day_n of_o may_n in_o the_o six_o year_n of_o the_o say_v king_n reign_n annuque_fw-la domini_fw-la 1049._o i_o here_o recite_v the_o very_a word_n mention_v in_o the_o say_v king_n charter_n sc_n i_o king_n edward_n take_v bishop_n leofric_n by_o the_o right_a hand_n and_o edith_n my_o queen_n by_o the_o lief_a do_v install_v he_o the_o first_o and_o most_o famous_a bishop_n of_o exeter_n with_o a_o great_a desire_n of_o abundance_n of_o blessing_n to_o all_o such_o as_o shall_v further_o and_o increase_v the_o same_o ☞_o ☞_o but_o with_o a_o fearful_a and_o execrable_a curse_n upon_o all_o such_o as_o shall_v diminish_v or_o take_v any_o thing_n from_o it_o this_o king_n be_v the_o first_o that_o miraculous_o heal_v disease_n common_o call_v struma_n 96._o stone_n fol._n 96._o or_o the_o king's-evil_a which_o blessing_n god_n have_v continue_v to_o all_o his_o successor_n even_o to_o this_o very_a day_n queen_n edith_n remain_v his_o wife_n for_o eighteen_o year_n space_n her_o epitaph_n viz._n antiqua_fw-la fuit_fw-la orta_fw-la domo_fw-la pia_fw-la vixit_fw-la inivit_fw-la virgo_fw-la pudica_fw-la thorum_fw-la sponsa_fw-la pudica_fw-la polum_fw-la 8._o william_n the_o conqueror_n in_o the_o second_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n annoque_fw-la domini_fw-la 1067._o free_o bestow_v st._n stephen_n church_n within_o this_o city_n on_o this_o cathedral_n and_o make_v the_o bishop_n patron_n thereof_o and_o in_o his_o general_a survey_n we_o read_v thus_o of_o this_o city_n in_o civitate_fw-la exonia_fw-la habet_fw-la rex_fw-la c_o c_o c._n domesdâ—â—â—_n 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city_n charter_n a_o pump_n erect_v near_o st._n paul_n church_n the_o city_n of_o sarum_n be_v infect_v with_o the_o plague_n of_o pestilence_n for_o the_o better_a relief_n of_o their_o sickly_a poor_a a_o considerable_a sum_n of_o money_n be_v here_o collect_v and_o send_v to_o they_o regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 4._o charles_n the_o 1._o an._n d._n 1628._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n john_n lynn_n francis_n cross_v john_n tayler_n jun._n john_n copper_n humphrey_n bidgood_n in_o the_o lady_n chapel_n of_o this_o cathedral_n be_v a_o fair_a monument_n erect_v to_o the_o memory_n of_o sir_n john_n doderidge_n knight_n who_o die_v 13._o septembris_fw-la and_o his_o effigy_n be_v lively_o portray_v in_o alabaster_n in_o his_o scarlet_a gown_n and_o robe_n and_o a_o court_n roll_n in_o his_o hand_n he_o be_v first_o sergeant_n at_o law_n to_o prince_n henry_n than_o solicitor_n general_n to_o king_n james_n of_o famous_a memory_n after_o that_o principal_a sergeant_n at_o law_n to_o the_o say_a king_n and_o last_o call_v by_o he_o to_o be_v one_o of_o the_o judge_n of_o the_o honourable_a court_n of_o king_n bench_n where_o he_o spend_v the_o rest_n of_o his_o day_n be_v 17._o year_n he_o be_v so_o general_a a_o scholar_n as_o it_o be_v hard_a to_o say_v whether_o he_o be_v better_a artist_n divine_a common_a or_o civil_a lawyer_n he_o depart_v this_o life_n at_o forster_n near_o egham_n in_o surry_n and_o according_a to_o his_o desire_n his_o body_n be_v bring_v down_o and_o here_o inter_v 14._o octobris_fw-la then_o next_o follow_v who_o epitaph_n be_v thus_o inscribe_v learning_n adieu_o for_o doderidge_n be_v go_v to_o fix_v his_o earthly_a to_o a_o heavenly_a throne_n rich_a urn_n of_o learned_a dust_n scarce_o can_v be_v find_v more_o worth_a enshrine_v in_o six_o foot_n of_o ground_n nvnc_fw-la obiit_fw-la doderigvs_fw-la jvdex_fw-la another_o fair_a monument_n thereunto_o adjoin_v be_v erect_v in_o memory_n of_o his_o lady_n with_o this_o inscription_n on_o a_o 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