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whole_a nobility_n of_o england_n 44._o which_o be_v all_o the_o king_n man_n though_o not_o his_o feudal_n especial_o immediate_a tenant_n before_o who_o the_o test_n of_o charter_n use_v to_o be_v as_o in_o henry_n the_o three_o time_n the_o earl_n only_o subscribe_v at_o the_o request_n of_o the_o rest_n or_o it_o may_v be_v only_o his_o tenant_n in_o chief_a subscribe_v as_o be_v usual_a in_o the_o eighteen_o the_o king_n impeache_n his_o brother_n odo_n for_o his_o extortion_n 1._o this_o be_v at_o the_o isle_n of_o wight_n 647._o in_o insulâ_fw-la vectâ_fw-la ei_fw-la obviavit_fw-la ibi_fw-la in_o mirum_fw-la congregatis_fw-la in_o aulâ_fw-la regali_fw-la primoribus_fw-la regni_fw-la this_o be_v matter_n of_o ordinary_a justice_n and_o though_o primores_fw-la regni_fw-la be_v name_v yet_o it_o may_v have_v be_v only_o such_o of_o they_o as_o attend_v on_o his_o war_n or_o in_o his_o court_n and_o it_o be_v not_o probable_a that_o be_v abroad_o all_o the_o primores_fw-la 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ecclesiastical_a law_n be_v establish_v 168._o de_fw-fr communi_fw-la consilio_fw-la arch._n episc_n abb._n et_fw-la omnium_fw-la procerum_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la for_o william_n the_o second_o whereas_o a_o great_a antiquary_n will_v not_o say_v whether_o there_o be_v any_o solemn_a convention_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o common_a or_o general_a council_n in_o his_o time_n it_o be_v manifest_a there_o be_v and_o we_o may_v find_v the_o mark_n of_o distinction_n between_o his_o ordinary_a curia_n &_o great_a council_n or_o parliament_n 983._o he_o be_v crown_v convocatis_fw-la terrae_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la say_v bromton_n volentibus_fw-la animus_fw-la provincialium_fw-la malm_n that_o be_v 120._o the_o whole_a kingdom_n agree_v or_o the_o major_a part_n indeed_o it_o seem_v the_o norman_n be_v for_o duke_n robert_n but_o the_o english_a be_v not_o so_o waste_v as_o some_o imagine_v 215._o but_o that_o they_o carry_v it_o angli_fw-la tamen_fw-la fideliter_fw-la ei_fw-la juvabant_fw-la as_o simeon_n of_o durham_n show_v 461._o and_o hoveden_n out_o of_o he_o in_o the_o second_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n he_o hold_v a_o curia_n on_o christmas_n at_o london_n 1088._o but_o it_o be_v more_o than_o a_o curia_fw-la de_fw-fr more_fw-it for_o there_o be_v justiciarii_fw-la ac_fw-la principes_fw-la totius_fw-la angliae_fw-la 983._o in_o the_o three_o 2._o turmas_fw-la optimatum_fw-la accivit_fw-la &_o guentoniae_fw-la congregavit_fw-la he_o call_v together_o the_o troop_n or_o army_n of_o noble_n barones_n aloquitur_fw-la inveigh_v against_o his_o brother_n robert_n and_o persuade_v they_o to_o a_o war_n 680._o &_o ut_fw-la consilium_fw-la inirent_fw-la quid_fw-la sit_fw-la agendum_fw-la jussit_fw-la bid_v they_o consider_v or_o advise_v what_o be_v to_o be_v do_v his_o dictis_fw-la omnes_fw-la assenssum_fw-la dederunt_fw-la 2._o all_o consent_v to_o a_o war._n the_o king_n be_v very_o ill_o omnes_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la principes_fw-la coeunt_fw-la 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