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c._n 4._o 7_o h._n 4._o c._n 15._o 11_o h._n 4._o c._n 1._o 1_o h._n 5._o c._n 1._o 6_o h._n 6._o c._n 4._o 8_o h._n 6._o c._n 7._o 10_o h._n 6._o c._n 2._o 23_o h._n 6._o c._n 11._o 15._o 27_o h._n 8._o c._n 26._o 34_o h._n 8._o c._n 13._o 35_o h._n 8._o c._n 11._o 9ly_n that_o the_o king_n by_o his_o tibi_fw-la praecipimus_fw-la firmiter_fw-la injungentes_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la omittatis_fw-la manifest_v that_o the_o sheriff_n be_v bind_v at_o their_o peril_n to_o obey_v execute_v both_o these_o writ_n without_o dispute_v or_o disobey_v they_o 10_o that_o though_o the_o writ_n enjoin_v the_o sheriff_n only_o &_o habeas_fw-la ihi_fw-la hoc_fw-la breve_fw-la yet_o the_o sheriff_n be_v to_o return_v the_o name_n of_o the_o knight_n elect_v together_o with_o the_o writ_n as_o the_o practice_n and_o return_n in_o those_o time_n resolve_v the_o next_o writ_n i_o have_v meet_v with_o for_o elect_a knight_n citizen_n and_o burgess_n be_v those_o in_o claus._n 23_o e._n 1._o m'_fw-fr 4._o dorso_fw-la rex_fw-la vic._n northt_v salutem_fw-la quia_fw-la cum_fw-la comitibus_fw-la baronibus_fw-la &_o caeteris_fw-la proceribus_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la super_fw-la remediis_fw-la contra_fw-la pericula_fw-la quae_fw-la eidem_fw-la regno_fw-la hiis_fw-la diebus_fw-la imminent_a providend_n colloquium_fw-la habere_fw-la volumus_fw-la et_fw-la tractatum_fw-la per_fw-la quod_fw-la eye_n mandavimus_fw-la quod_fw-la sint_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la die_v dominica_n prox_n post_fw-la sestum_fw-la sancti_fw-la martini_n in_o yeme_a prox_n futur_fw-la apud_fw-la westm._fw-la ad_fw-la tractand_v ordinand_n &_o faciend_n qualiter_fw-la sit_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la periculis_fw-la obviand_n tibi_fw-la praecipimus_fw-la firmiter_fw-la injungentes_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-fr com._n praevicto_fw-la duos_fw-la milites_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr quolibet_fw-la civitate_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la com._n duos_fw-la cives_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr quolibet_fw-la burgo_n duos_fw-la burgenses_n de_fw-fr 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praedicti_fw-la communi_fw-la assensu_fw-la eligi_fw-la et_fw-la usque_fw-la eborum_fw-la in_o crastino_n ascenfionis_fw-la domini_fw-la venire_fw-la fecisti_fw-la ad_fw-la facienda_fw-la et_fw-la exequenda_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la eye_n ibidem_fw-la injungerentur_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la nostra_fw-la 3._o pro_fw-la obserbatione_fw-la magnae_fw-la cartae_fw-la de_fw-la libertatibus_fw-la angliae_fw-la et_fw-la cartae_fw-la similiter_fw-la de_fw-la foresta_n electus_fw-la est_fw-la in_o com._n warr._n &_o per_fw-la nos_fw-la una_fw-la cum_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la aliis_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la de_fw-la eodem_fw-la com._n assignatus_fw-la ad_fw-la transgressiones_fw-la quas_fw-la contra_fw-la tenores_fw-la praedictarum_fw-la cartarum_fw-la ibidem_fw-la fieri_fw-la contingat_fw-la audiend_n et_fw-fr terminand_n per_fw-la quod_fw-la ad_fw-la praemissa_fw-la facienda_fw-la in_o com._n tuo_fw-la prout_fw-la erat_fw-la electus_fw-la nequit_fw-la intendere_fw-la quoquo_fw-la 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parte_fw-la fieri_fw-la faciamus_fw-la testae_fw-la rege_fw-la apud_fw-la sanctum_fw-la edmundum_n 10_o die_v ju._n in_o and_o from_o the_o former_a writ_n and_o their_o various_a return_n there_o be_v sundry_a thing_n very_o observable_a which_o i_o shall_v note_v before_o i_o pass_v to_o the_o next_o ensue_v 1._o the_o occasion_n of_o these_o writ_n and_o last_o parliament_n wit_n the_o examination_n confirmation_n and_o establishment_n of_o the_o new_a perambulation_n of_o the_o forest_n then_o make_v and_o return_v to_o the_o king_n by_o the_o commissioner_n special_o appoint_v thereunto_o for_o the_o common_a profit_n of_o the_o people_n of_o the_o realm_n upon_o the_o lord_n and_o commons_o earnest_a request_n in_o former_a parliament_n as_o you_o may_v read_v at_o large_a in_o thomas_n walsingham_n hist._n angliae_fw-la p._n 35._o 37_o 38_o 42_o 44_o 48._o ypodigm_n neustriae_fw-la p._n 84_o 85_o 86_o 87_o 88_o mat._n westm._n ann._n 1297_o 1299._o my_o plea_n for_o the_o lord_n p._n 98._o to_o 104._o claus._n 28_o e._n 1._o d._n 13._o and_o claus._n 9_o e._n 2._o d._n 6._o schedula_fw-la 2._o the_o excellent_a principle_n of_o right_n and_o justice_n comprise_v in_o they_o that_o perambulation_n of_o forest_n though_o make_v and_o return_v by_o special_a commissioner_n appoint_v by_o the_o king_n and_o parliament_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v ratify_v as_o bind_v till_o the_o reason_n exception_n and_o complaint_n of_o all_o person_n concern_v therein_o be_v public_o hear_v and_o descide_v before_o the_o lord_n in_o parliament_n and_o they_o public_o summon_v by_o proclamation_n in_o each_o county_n to_o propound_v their_o exception_n and_o reason_n against_o they_o if_o they_o have_v any_o which_o rule_n ought_v to_o be_v still_o observe_v in_o all_o other_o like_o public_a case_n both_o in_o and_o out_o of_o parliament_n 3._o the_o special_a command_n and_o limitation_n of_o the_o king_n in_o and_o by_o these_o writ_n command_v all_o sheriff_n throughout_o 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and_o commission_n for_o themselves_o and_o the_o several_a commonalty_n of_o the_o county_n city_n borough_n for_o which_o they_o serve_v to_o hear_v do_v and_o consent_v to_o such_o thing_n as_o shall_v happen_v to_o be_v ordain_v by_o common_a advice_n and_o counsel_n in_o those_o parliament_n which_o ought_v to_o be_v comprise_v in_o the_o return_n of_o their_o election_n 6._o that_o all_o old_a and_o new_a knight_n citizen_n and_o burgess_n elect_v for_o this_o parliament_n be_v enforce_v to_o put_v in_o manucaptor_n to_o appear_v at_o the_o day_n prefix_v who_o be_v express_v in_o all_o the_o sheriff_n return_n 7._o that_o these_o old_a knight_n citizen_n and_o burgess_n summon_v to_o this_o new_a parliament_n be_v by_o a_o special_a clause_n in_o the_o writ_n of_o summons_n itself_o order_v to_o receive_v their_o reasonable_a expense_n in_o come_v to_o abide_v at_o and_o return_v from_o the_o parliament_n from_o the_o commonalty_n of_o the_o county_n city_n and_o burrough_n 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two_o special_a writ_n more_o issue_v to_o the_o two_o justice_n of_o the_o forest_n beyond_o and_o on_o this_o side_n trent_n to_o summon_v all_o the_o forester_n under_o they_o to_o this_o parliament_n of_o which_o in_o its_o proper_a section_n in_o due_a time_n i_o find_v no_o more_o bundle_n of_o writ_n for_o election_n issue_v to_o sheriff_n now_o extant_a in_o the_o tower_n during_o the_o reign_n of_o edward_n the_o 1._o only_o the_o transcript_n of_o some_o of_o they_o be_v in_o the_o clause_n roll_v ensue_v the_o next_o writ_n of_o this_o nature_n be_v that_o of_o clause_n 30_o e._n 1._o dorse_v 9_o rex_fw-la vic._n ebor._fw-la salutem_fw-la quia_fw-la super_fw-la diversis_fw-la &_o arduis_fw-la negotiis_fw-la nos_fw-la et_fw-la statum_n regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la ac_fw-la pro_fw-la commodo_fw-la &_o securitate_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la regni_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la in_o prox_n festo_fw-la sancti_fw-la michis_n london_n duximus_fw-la statuend_a tibi_fw-la praecipimus_fw-la firmiter_fw-la injungentes_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-fr com._n praedicto_fw-la duos_fw-la milites_fw-la et_fw-la de_fw-la qualibet_fw-la civitate_fw-la duos_fw-la cives_fw-la et_fw-la de_fw-la quolibet_fw-la burgo_n duos_fw-la burgenses_n de_fw-la discretioribus_fw-la ipsius_fw-la comitatus_fw-la sine_fw-la dilationeeligi_fw-la et_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la venire_fw-la faciatis_fw-la ad_fw-la diem_fw-la et_fw-la lâ—…cum_fw-la praedictos_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la dicti_fw-la milites_fw-la pro_fw-la communitate_fw-la com._n praedicti_fw-la etc._n etc._n tunc_fw-la ibidem_fw-la habeant_fw-la sufficientem_fw-la potestatem_fw-la ad_fw-la faciend_n quod_fw-la tunc_fw-la de_fw-la communi_fw-la consilio_fw-la ordinabitur_fw-la in_o praemissis_fw-la et_fw-la habeas_fw-la ibi_fw-la nomina_fw-la militum_fw-la civium_fw-la &_o burgensium_n et_fw-la hoc_fw-la breve_fw-la testae_fw-la rege_fw-la apud_fw-la westm._fw-la 20_o die_v julii_n 28_o die_v august_n consimiles_fw-la literae_fw-la diriguntur_fw-la singulis_fw-la vicâ—…omit_n per_fw-la angliam_fw-la et_fw-la ubi_fw-la est_fw-la unus_fw-la vic._n duorum_fw-la com._n dicitur_fw-la sic_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-la utroque_fw-la com._n praedictorum_fw-la duos_fw-la milites_fw-la etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la supra_fw-la it_o be_v observable_a first_o that_o this_o parliament_n be_v call_v as_o well_o for_o the_o benefit_n and_o security_n of_o the_o people_n of_o the_o realm_n as_o for_o the_o weighty_a affair_n of_o the_o king_n and_o kingdom_n 2_o that_o de_fw-fr discretioribus_fw-la be_v the_o only_a qualification_n require_v in_o the_o knight_n citizen_n and_o burgess_n to_o be_v elect_v 3_o that_o they_o be_v to_o have_v sufficient_a power_n for_o the_o commonalty_n of_o the_o county_n city_n and_o burrough_n for_o which_o they_o be_v choose_v only_o ad_fw-la faciend_n quod_fw-la tunc_fw-la de_fw-la communi_fw-la consilio_fw-la ordinabitur_fw-la in_o praemissis_fw-la 4_o that_o some_o be_v sheriff_n of_o two_o county_n 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pro_fw-la se_fw-la et_fw-la communitate_fw-la com._n praedicti_fw-la etc._n etc._n divisim_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la tunc_fw-la ibidem_fw-la habeant_fw-la ad_fw-la faciend_n quod_fw-la tunc_fw-la de_fw-la communi_fw-la consilio_fw-la ordinabitur_fw-la in_o praemissis_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la pro_fw-la defectu_fw-la hujusmâ—…di_fw-la potestatis_fw-la negotia_fw-la praedicta_fw-la non_fw-la remaneant_fw-la infacta_fw-la et_fw-la habeas_fw-la etc._n etc._n testae_fw-la ut_fw-la supra_fw-la consimiles_fw-la literae_fw-la diriguntur_fw-la singulis_fw-la uic_fw-la per_fw-la angliam_fw-la claus._n 33_o e._n 1._o dor_n 10._o &_o 20._o there_o be_v no_o writ_n to_o sheriff_n enter_v with_o the_o rest_n to_o the_o spiritual_a and_o temporal_a lord_n either_o of_o summons_n or_o prorogation_n but_o a_o space_n leave_v for_o their_o entry_n with_o other_o writ_n then_o omit_v cl._n 34_o e._n 1._o d._n 2._o there_o be_v a_o writ_n at_o large_a enter_v vicecom_v ebor._n agree_v in_o form_n with_o 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which_o they_o serve_v and_o that_o without_o the_o vote_n order_n ejection_n or_o privity_n of_o the_o commons_o in_o parliament_n who_o have_v then_o no_o power_n to_o remove_v eject_v imprison_v suspend_v their_o own_o member_n or_o issue_n writ_n for_o new_a election_n as_o of_o late_o they_o do_v claus._n 6_o e._n 2._o d._n 31._o i_o meet_v with_o this_o writ_n of_o prorogation_n but_o not_o with_o the_o original_a writ_n of_o summons_n issue_v to_o the_o sheriff_n rex_fw-la vic._n ebor._fw-la salutem_fw-la licet_fw-la nuper_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la apud_fw-la lincoln_n ut_fw-la supra_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la usque_fw-la ordinavimus_fw-la tibi_fw-la praecipimus_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-fr com._n tuo_fw-la duos_fw-la milites_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr qualibet_fw-la civitate_fw-la duos_fw-la cives_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr quolibet_fw-la burgo_n duos_fw-la burgenses_n de_fw-la discretioribus_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la laborand_n potentioribus_fw-la eligi_fw-la &_o eos_fw-la ad_fw-la 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praedictos_fw-la sine_fw-la dilatione_fw-la eligi_fw-la &_o eos_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la usque_fw-la westm._fw-la ad_fw-la dictam_fw-la diem_fw-la dominicam_fw-la post_fw-la dictum_fw-la festum_fw-la assumptionis_fw-la venire_fw-la facias_fw-la in_o forma_fw-la praedicta_fw-la et_fw-la babeas_fw-la ibi_fw-la nomina_fw-la dictorum_fw-la militum_fw-la civium_fw-la &_o burgensium_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la breve_fw-la testae_fw-la ut_fw-la supra_fw-la eodem_fw-la modo_fw-la mandatum_fw-la est_fw-la singull_n vic._n per_fw-la angliam_fw-la also_o in_o claus._n 6._o e._n 2._o m._n 27._o dorso_fw-la i_o find_v this_o special_a memorial_n enter_v memorandum_n quod_fw-la die_fw-la lunae_fw-la prox_n ante_fw-la festum_fw-la decollationis_fw-la propria_fw-la sancti_fw-la johannis_n baptistae_fw-la anno_fw-la regis_fw-la edwardi_fw-la fill_n regis_fw-la edwardi_fw-la sexto_fw-la dom._n rex_fw-la apud_fw-la westm._fw-la praecepit_fw-la quod_fw-la milites_fw-la cives_fw-la &_o burgenses_n qui_fw-la ad_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la regis_fw-la ibidem_fw-la summonitum_fw-la converant_a pro_fw-la communitatibus_fw-la civibus_fw-la et_fw-la burgis_fw-la angliae_fw-la ad_fw-la propria_fw-la remearent_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la reverterent_fw-la ibidem_fw-la in_o crastino_n sancti_fw-la michaelis_fw-la prox_n futur_fw-la sub_fw-la paena_fw-la quae_fw-la decet_fw-la t._n rege_fw-la apud_fw-la westm._fw-la 28_o die_v augusti_n a_o clear_a evidence_n that_o the_o knight_n citizen_n and_o burgess_n then_o summon_v and_o send_v to_o the_o parliament_n can_v neither_o prorogue_v nor_o adjourn_v themselves_o nor_o depart_v thence_o without_o the_o king_n special_a licence_n which_o be_v enter_v on_o record_n and_o be_v liable_a to_o a_o fit_a penalty_n if_o they_o return_v not_o upon_o the_o day_n of_o prorogation_n prefix_v by_o the_o king_n i_o shall_v only_o observe_v by_o the_o way_n that_o whereas_o the_o king_n in_o his_o answer_n to_o the_o second_o article_n of_o the_o commons_o petition_v 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particular_n 1._o particular_a writ_n to_o all_o sheriff_n and_o the_o warden_n of_o the_o cinqueport_n after_o the_o parliament_n end_v and_o dissolve_v to_o summon_v to_o uuinchester_n only_o half_a the_o knight_n citizens_z burgess_n and_o baron_n of_o the_o cinque-port_n former_o summon_v to_o the_o parliament_n at_o london_n to_o appear_v before_o the_o king_n and_o his_o counsel_n with_o their_o particular_a name_n in_o the_o writ_n and_o a_o special_a clause_n to_o summon_v their_o companion_n in_o case_n any_o of_o they_o since_o die_v and_o that_o to_o avoid_v the_o great_a expense_n and_o trouble_n of_o summon_v all_o the_o rest_n 2_o the_o reason_n why_o they_o be_v thus_o summon_v not_o to_o make_v law_n nor_o grant_v new_a subsidy_n nor_o alter_v any_o thing_n former_o agree_v upon_o and_o pass_v by_o common_a consent_n in_o parliament_n for_o that_o have_v be_v very_o illegal_a dangerous_a unparliamentary_a but_o only_o to_o inform_v the_o king_n and_o his_o counsel_n how_o a_o subsidy_n of_o fifty_o thousand_o pound_n grant_v to_o the_o k._n by_o that_o parliament_n in_o a_o entire_a sum_n and_o then_o to_o be_v raise_v by_o a_o proportionale_fw-la rate_n lay_v by_o they_o upon_o every_o parish_n throughout_o the_o realm_n may_v be_v speedy_o and_o full_o raise_v according_a to_o their_o intention_n by_o this_o way_n of_o levy_n when_o as_o the_o king_n and_o his_o counsel_n upon_o consideration_n find_v that_o the_o entire_a sum_n can_v not_o be_v raise_v in_o this_o way_n according_a to_o their_o intention_n but_o will_v fall_v far_o short_a of_o their_o computation_n there_o be_v not_o so_o many_o parish_n in_o england_n as_o they_o conceive_v 3_o that_o the_o commons_o and_o whole_a parliament_n may_v sometime_o mistake_v and_o err_v in_o their_o computation_n and_o proceed_n 4_o that_o no_o subsidy_n or_o aid_n can_v be_v grant_v or_o levy_v for_o the_o necessary_a defence_n of_o the_o realm_n by_o sea_n or_o land_n nor_o the_o way_n and_o manner_n of_o raise_v they_o alter_v but_o in_o and_o by_o common_a consent_n in_o a_o full_a parliamenâ—…_n 5_o that_o in_o doubtful_a grant_n of_o subsidy_n and_o act_n of_o this_o nature_n mention_v in_o this_o writ_n the_o best_a and_o speedy_a way_n to_o resolve_v the_o doubt_n and_o know_v the_o true_a intention_n of_o they_o be_v to_o confer_v with_o those_o member_n who_o first_o grant_v and_o pass_v they_o 6_o we_o have_v here_o the_o particular_a name_n of_o all_o the_o ancient_a city_n and_o borough_n in_o each_o county_n and_o of_o the_o cinque-port_n which_o in_o that_o age_n send_v citizen_n burgess_n and_o baron_n to_o the_o parliament_n be_v one_o of_o the_o full_a record_n for_o this_o purpose_n i_o have_v see_v and_o more_o exact_a than_o any_o roll_n or_o writ_n for_o levy_v their_o expense_n 7_o here_o be_v the_o name_n of_o half_a the_o knight_n citizens_z burgess_n and_o baron_n of_o the_o port_n summon_v to_o this_o parliament_n who_o have_v writ_n for_o their_o expense_n grant_v they_o in_o repair_v to_o winchester_n by_o virtue_n of_o thiâ—…_n write_v as_o dorse_v 22._o of_o this_o roll_n import_v of_o which_o more_o in_o its_o proper_a place_n 8_o the_o sheriff_n be_v require_v to_o inquire_v and_o certify_v the_o number_n of_o all_o the_o parish_n church_n chapel_n prebend_n in_o their_o respective_a county_n the_o writ_n to_o sheriff_n in_o claus._n 46_o e._n 3._o dorse_v 11._o be_v only_o in_o the_o usual_a form_n quod_fw-la de_fw-la com._n tuo_fw-la duos_fw-la milites_fw-la de_fw-la discretioribus_fw-la &_o probioribus_fw-la militibus_fw-la civibus_fw-la burgensibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n &_o add_v laborand_n potentioribus_fw-la eligi_fw-la etc._n etc._n ad_fw-la faciend_n &_o consentiend_n hiis_fw-la quae_fw-la tunc_fw-la de_fw-la communi_fw-la consilio_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la ordinari_fw-la contigerit_fw-la etc._n etc._n ita_fw-la quod_fw-la etc._n etc._n seu_fw-la propter_fw-la improvidam_fw-la electionem_fw-la militum_fw-la etc._n etc._n as_o in_o former_a writ_n in_o this_o parliament_n upon_o complaint_n make_v of_o sheriff_n and_o other_o unfitting_a person_n elect_v knight_n of_o shire_n this_o ensue_a ordinance_n be_v make_v to_o rectify_v these_o abuse_v to_o disable_v the_o election_n of_o such_o for_o the_o future_a rot._n parl_n a_o 46_o e._n 3._o n._n 13._o auxi_fw-la un_fw-fr ordnance_n fait_fw-fr en_fw-fr mesme_fw-fr la_fw-fr parliament_n fuit_fw-la luez_fw-fr en_fw-fr manere_fw-la come_v ensuet_n pur_fw-it ceo_fw-la que_fw-fr tower_n gentz_n de_fw-fr ley_n que_fw-fr pursuont_fw-fr diverse_v busoignes_fw-la en_fw-fr les_fw-fr court_n le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr pour_fw-fr singulere_v person_n ove_z queux_fw-fr ils_fw-fr sont_fw-fr procurent_fw-la &_o font_n mettre_fw-fr pleuseurs_fw-fr petition_n en_fw-fr parlementz_n en_fw-fr nom_fw-fr des_fw-fr comune_v que_fw-fr riens_fw-la lour_v touch_n mes_fw-fr solement_n les_fw-fr singuler_o person_n ou_fw-fr queuz_fw-fr ils_fw-fr sont_fw-fr de_fw-fr moiez_fw-fr auxi_fw-la viscontz_n que_fw-fr sont_fw-fr comunes_n minister_n au_o people_n et_fw-fr dovient_fw-fr demurrer_n sur_fw-fr lour_v office_n pour_fw-fr droit_fw-fr fair_a a_fw-fr checune_fw-fr sont_fw-fr nomez_fw-fr et_fw-fr ont_fw-fr devant_fw-fr ces_fw-fr heures_fw-fr retornez_fw-fr en_fw-fr parlementz_n chivaler_n des_fw-fr countee_n per_fw-la mesme_n les_fw-fr viscontz_n est_fw-fr accord_n &_o assenta_fw-mi en_fw-fr cest_fw-fr parliament_n que_fw-fr desorme_n nul_fw-fr home_n de_fw-fr ley_fw-fr pursuont_fw-fr busoigue_n en_fw-fr la_fw-fr court_n le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr ne_fw-fr uiscount_n pour_fw-fr le_fw-fr temps_fw-fr que_fw-fr il_fw-fr est_fw-fr uiscount_n soient_fw-fr retournem_fw-la ne_fw-la acceptem_fw-la chibaler_n des_fw-fr countees_n ne_fw-fr que_fw-fr ces_fw-fr qui_fw-fr sont_fw-fr gentm_n de_fw-fr ley_fw-fr &_o uiscountz_n over_o retournez_fw-fr au_fw-fr parliament_n eient_a gagem_n num._n 14._o mes_fw-fr voyet_fw-mi lo_o roy_fw-fr que_fw-fr chivaler_n &_o 3._o sersaunts_n des_fw-fr meulz_n valeurs_n du_fw-fr paiis_fw-la soiz_fw-fr retornez_fw-fr desore_n chivalers_n en_fw-fr parlementz_n &_o quill_n sount_v estuz_fw-fr en_fw-fr plein_fw-fr count_n by_o virtue_n of_o this_o ordinance_n all_o sheriff_n of_o county_n have_v always_o by_o special_a clause_n insert_v into_o writ_n of_o election_n ever_o since_o be_v disable_v to_o be_v choose_v knight_n of_o the_o shire_n or_o burgess_n and_o sometime_o apprentice_n and_o man_n of_o law_n while_o they_o plead_v and_o practise_v for_o the_o reason_n express_v in_o this_o ordinance_n the_o very_a next_o writ_n of_o summons_n to_o parliament_n clau_n 47_o e._n 3._o m._n 13._o dor_n be_v thus_o alter_v &_o some_o new_a clause_n put_v into_o they_o in_o pursuance_n of_o this_o ordinance_n rex_fw-la vic._n kanc._n salutem_fw-la quia_fw-la de_fw-la avisamento_fw-la confilii_fw-la nostri_fw-la etc._n etc._n tibi_fw-la praecipimus_fw-la firmiter_fw-la injungentes_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-fr com._n tuo_fw-la duos_fw-la milites_fw-la gladiis_fw-la cinctos_fw-la seu_fw-la armigeros_fw-la de_fw-la dicto_fw-la com_n digniores_fw-la et_fw-la probiores_fw-la et_fw-la in_o actibus_fw-la armorum_fw-la magis_fw-la expertos_fw-la et_fw-la discreâ—…_n et_fw-fr non_fw-fr alterin_n conditionis_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr qualibet_fw-la civitate_fw-la com._n illius_fw-la duos_fw-la cives_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr quolibet_fw-la burgo_n duos_fw-la burgenses_n qui_fw-la in_o navigio_fw-la et_fw-la exercitio_fw-la mercandisarum_fw-la notitiam_fw-la habeant_fw-la meliorem_fw-la eligi_fw-la et_fw-la eos_fw-la ad_fw-la dictos_fw-la diem_fw-la &_o locum_fw-la venire_fw-la facias_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la iidem_fw-la milites_fw-la plenam_fw-la &_o sufficientem_fw-la potestatem_fw-la pro_fw-la se_fw-la etc._n etc._n as_o in_o ordinary_a writ_n ab_fw-la ipfis_fw-la habeant_fw-la ad_fw-la faciend_n &_o consentiend_n eye_n quae_fw-la tunc_fw-la de_fw-la communi_fw-la confilio_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la favente_fw-la domino_fw-la contingant_fw-la ordinari_fw-la super_fw-la negotiis_fw-la antedictis_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la pro_fw-la defectu_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la potestatis_fw-la seu_fw-la propter_fw-la improvidam_fw-la electionem_fw-la militum_fw-la civium_fw-la aut_fw-la burgensium_fw-la praedictorum_fw-la dicta_fw-la negotia_fw-la nostra_fw-la infecta_fw-la non_fw-la remaneant_fw-la quovis_fw-la modo_fw-la nolumus_fw-la autem_fw-la quod_fw-la tu_fw-la seu_fw-la aliquis_fw-la alius_fw-la uicecome_v regni_fw-la praedicti_fw-la aut_fw-la aliquis_fw-la alterius_fw-la conditionis_fw-la quam_fw-la superius_fw-la specificatur_fw-la aliqualiter_fw-la sit_fw-la electus_fw-la et_fw-la habeas_fw-la ibi_fw-la nomina_fw-la praedictorum_fw-la militum_fw-la civium_fw-la &_o burgensium_n et_fw-la hoc_fw-la breve_fw-la testae_fw-la ut_fw-la supra_fw-la consimilia_fw-la brevia_fw-la diriguntur_fw-la singulis_fw-la vicecomitibus_fw-la per_fw-la angliam_fw-la in_o the_o writ_n to_o the_o warden_n of_o the_o cinqueport_v this_o new_a clause_n of_o qualification_n be_v insert_v et_fw-la de_fw-la quolibet_fw-la portu_fw-la portuum_fw-la praedictorum_fw-la duos_fw-la barones_n de_fw-la melioribus_fw-la &_o in_o navigio_fw-la et_fw-la exercitio_fw-la mercandizarum_fw-la discretioribus_fw-la eligi_fw-la without_o any_o other_o alteration_n it_o be_v observable_a that_o these_o writ_n issue_v in_o time_n of_o war_n both_o by_o land_n and_o sea_n with_o other_o france_n as_o be_v evident_a by_o rot._n parl_n 47_o e._n 3._o num_fw-la 2_o 3_o 4._o thereupon_o these_o new_a qualification_n of_o knight_n citizens_z burgess_n and_o baron_n of_o the_o cinqueport_n be_v insert_v into_o these_o
sequentibus_fw-la habuerunt_fw-la diligentem_fw-la tractatum_fw-la rex_fw-la &_o magnates_fw-la quomodo_fw-la conterrerent_fw-la wallensium_n tam_fw-la intollerabilem_fw-la cum_fw-la irruptionibus_fw-la suis_fw-la crebris_fw-la insolentiam_fw-la submonetur_fw-la igitur_fw-la generaliter_fw-la tota_fw-la angliae_fw-la militia_n ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la tenentur_fw-la ad_fw-la servitia_fw-la militaria_fw-la domâ—…no_fw-la regi_fw-la sint_fw-la prompti_fw-la &_o parati_fw-la sequi_fw-la regem_fw-la profecturum_fw-la in_o walliam_n cum_fw-la equis_fw-la &_o armis_fw-la die_fw-la lunae_fw-la ante_fw-la nativitatem_fw-la b._n johannis_n baptistae_fw-la apud_fw-la cestriam_fw-la etc._n etc._n eodemque_fw-la tempore_fw-la cum_fw-la instanter_fw-la &_o constant_a respondissent_fw-la magnates_n regni_fw-la communiter_fw-la regi_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la magna_fw-la instantia_fw-la in_o memorato_fw-la parliamento_fw-la urgenter_n pecuniam_fw-la insinitam_fw-la sibi_fw-la dari_fw-la postulasset_fw-la pro_fw-la negotio_fw-la apuliae_fw-la expediendo_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la arduis_fw-la promovendis_fw-la quod_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la potuerunt_fw-la sine_fw-la eorum_fw-la irrestaurabili_fw-la subversione_n toties_fw-la inaniter_fw-la substantiolas_fw-la svas_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la exinanitionem_fw-la effundere_fw-la etc._n etc._n cu_z constant_a &_o praecisè_fw-la respondissent_fw-la quasi_fw-la uno_fw-la ore_fw-la magnates_fw-la regni_fw-la in_o parliamento_fw-la regi_fw-la cum_fw-la urgenter_n ab_fw-la eye_v postulasset_fw-la auxilium_fw-la pecuniare_fw-la quòd_fw-la nec_fw-la voluerunt_fw-la nec_fw-la potuerunt_fw-la amplius_fw-la sustinere_fw-la tale_n extortiones_fw-la rex_fw-la iratus_fw-la ad_fw-la alia_fw-la se_fw-la convertit_fw-la aslutiae_fw-la argumenta_fw-la etc._n etc._n duravit_fw-la adhuc_fw-la praelibati_fw-la parliamenti_fw-la altercatio_fw-la inter_fw-la regem_fw-la &_o regni_fw-la magnates_fw-la usque_fw-la diem_fw-la dominicam_fw-la proximam_fw-la post_fw-la ascensionem_fw-la &_o multiplicabantur_fw-la contra_fw-la regem_fw-la variae_fw-la diatim_fw-la querimoniae_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la quia_fw-la nesciebant_fw-la adhuc_fw-la magnates_fw-la quomodo_fw-la suum_fw-la prothea_n tenere_fw-la voluissent_fw-la quia_fw-la arduum_fw-la fuerat_fw-la negotium_fw-la &_o difficile_fw-la dilatum_fw-la est_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la festum_fw-la sancti_fw-la barnabae_n apud_fw-la oxoniam_fw-la diligen_n ter_z celebrandum_fw-la interim_n optimates_fw-la angliae_fw-la fibi_fw-la praecaventes_fw-la &_o providentes_fw-la consoederati_fw-la sunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n instant_a vero_fw-la festo_fw-la sancti_fw-la barnabae_n apostoli_fw-la magnates_fw-la et_fw-la nobiles_fw-la terrae_fw-la ad_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la quod_fw-la oxoniae_fw-la tenendum_fw-la suis_fw-la properabant_fw-la praeceperuntque_fw-la omnibus_fw-la qui_fw-la eisdem_fw-la servitium_fw-la militare_fw-la debuerant_fw-la quatenus_fw-la cum_fw-la ipsis_fw-la venirent_fw-la parati_fw-la veluti_fw-la ad_fw-la corpora_fw-la sua_fw-la contra_fw-la hostiles_fw-la insoltus_fw-la defensuri_fw-la etc._n etc._n parliamento_fw-la autem_fw-la incipiente_fw-la solidabatur_fw-la magnatum_fw-la propositum_fw-la &_o confilium_fw-la immutabile_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o all_o the_o debate_n and_o transaction_n of_o this_o parliament_n recite_v at_o large_a in_o our_o historian_n there_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o any_o knight_n citizens_z burgess_n commons_o but_o only_o of_o comites_fw-la magnates_fw-la barones_n nobiles_fw-la who_o act_v and_o speak_v all_o who_o be_v style_v universitas_fw-la regni_fw-la and_o the_o statute_n and_o ordinance_n they_o make_v at_o oxford_n statuta_fw-la baronum_fw-la to_o which_o the_o londoner_n and_o other_o assent_v 961._o cirea_n festum_fw-la sancti_fw-la leonardi_n tale_n iniit_fw-la consilium_fw-la universitas_fw-la baronagii_fw-la quod_fw-la tunc_fw-la londinierat_fw-la 954._o anno_fw-la 1259._o 42_o h._n 3_o fuit_fw-la rex_fw-la ad_fw-la natale_n domini_fw-la londini_fw-la ubi_fw-la magna_fw-la sollicitudine_fw-la tractatum_fw-la est_fw-la inter_fw-la nobiles_fw-la regni_fw-la quomodo_fw-la conservato_fw-la svo_fw-la salubri_fw-la proposito_fw-la satisfacerent_fw-la defiderio_fw-la regis_fw-la richardi_fw-la de_fw-la alemannia_n etc._n etc._n proposuerunt_fw-la igitur_fw-la magnates_fw-la accipere_fw-la juramentum_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la rege_fw-la aleman_n antequam_fw-la applicuisset_fw-la ne_fw-la regno_fw-la angliae_fw-la quomodolibet_fw-la noceret_fw-la vel_fw-la provisionem_fw-la communem_fw-la impediret_fw-la comes_fw-la autem_fw-la legriae_fw-la simon_n non_fw-la sine_fw-la multoram_fw-la admiratione_n in_o partibus_fw-la adhuc_fw-la transmarinis_fw-la morabatur_fw-la unde_fw-la in_o magna_fw-la parte_fw-la suis_fw-la consilium_fw-la baronagii_fw-la mutilatum_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o crastino_fw-la autem_fw-la intraverunt_fw-la magnates_fw-la angliae_fw-la capitulum_fw-la cantuariense_n where_o king_n richard_n take_v a_o solemn_a oath_n before_o they_o which_o they_o prescribe_v and_o administer_v to_o he_o in_o octavis_fw-la purificationis_fw-la congregati_fw-la sunt_fw-la nobiles_fw-la angliae_fw-la londini_fw-la prous_a inter_fw-la se_fw-la prius_fw-la condixerant_fw-la etc._n etc._n over_o against_o which_o be_v print_v in_o the_o margin_n parliamentum_fw-la londini_fw-la habitum_fw-la after_o which_o the_o historian_n inform_v we_o william_n de_fw-fr hortuna_fw-la cedula_fw-la be_v send_v into_o scotland_n negotia_fw-la enim_fw-la ardua_fw-la sed_fw-la secreta_fw-la regi_fw-la &_o reginae_fw-la as_o scotioe_v magnatibus_fw-la sibi_fw-la injuncta_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o reginae_fw-la &_o magnatium_fw-la angliae_fw-la quicum_fw-la illoâ—…_n veniret_fw-la regem_fw-la scotiae_fw-la &_o reginam_fw-la &_o regni_fw-la magnates_fw-la ibi_fw-la ad_fw-la parliameutum_fw-la in_o uâ—…nit_fw-la prout_fw-la desideravit_fw-la congregatos_fw-la etc._n etc._n by_o which_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o in_o this_o age_n the_o king_n queen_n and_o noble_n of_o england_n and_o scotland_n constitute_v and_o make_v up_o the_o parliament_n of_o both_o kingdom_n without_o any_o elect_a knight_n of_o shire_n citizen_n or_o burgess_n introduce_v in_o succeed_a time_n the_o same_o year_n 957._o circa_fw-la kalend._n apr._n ex_fw-la praecepto_fw-la et_fw-la consilio_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la angliae_fw-la et_fw-la totius_fw-la baronagii_fw-la arripuerunt_fw-la iter_fw-la transmarinum_fw-la ad_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la magnum_fw-la regis_fw-la francorum_fw-la tenendum_fw-la in_o francia_n pro_fw-la pluribus_fw-la arduis_fw-la negotiis_fw-la regna_fw-la francia_fw-la &_o angliae_fw-la de_fw-la resignatione_fw-la normanniae_fw-la et_fw-la literas_fw-la credentiae_fw-la etc._n etc._n magnates_fw-la vero_fw-la angliae_fw-la statutis_fw-la quae_fw-la inceperant_fw-la salubriter_fw-la intendebant_fw-la ad_fw-la malas_fw-la consuetudines_fw-la injurias_fw-la et_fw-la corruptelas_fw-la amodo_fw-la delendas_fw-la omnino_fw-la assidui_fw-la et_fw-la confederati_fw-la 340._o anno_fw-la 1265._o 49_o h._n 3._o after_o the_o battle_n of_o evesham_n wherein_o the_o baron_n be_v slay_v and_o rout_v on_o the_o nativity_n of_o our_o lady_n septemb_n 8._o rex_fw-la potestati_fw-la regiae_n restitutus_fw-la de_fw-la consilio_fw-la silij_fw-la victoris_fw-la wintoniam_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la convocavit_fw-la ubi_fw-la consilio_fw-la inito_fw-la civitatem_fw-la londinensem_fw-la ob_fw-la svam_fw-la rebellionem_fw-la privavit_fw-la suis_fw-la privilegiis_fw-la &_o libertatibus_fw-la antiquis_fw-la capitaneos_fw-la etiam_fw-la factionis_fw-la contra_fw-la regem_fw-la juxta_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la ejus_fw-la plectendos_fw-la jubet_fw-la carceri_fw-la mancipari_fw-la rex_fw-la et_fw-la regni_fw-la proceres_fw-la write_v matthew_n westminster_n apud_fw-la winton_n ordinarunt_fw-la quod_fw-la ditiores_fw-la civitatis_fw-la londinensis_fw-la in_o carcerem_fw-la truderentur_fw-la quod_fw-la cives_fw-la antiquis_fw-la libertatibus_fw-la privarentur_fw-la et_fw-la quod_fw-la stipites_fw-la et_fw-la cathenae_fw-la quibus_fw-la civitas_n fuerat_fw-la roborata_fw-la de_fw-la medio_fw-la tollerentur_fw-la pro_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la simoni_n de_fw-la monteforti_fw-la comiti_fw-la leicestriae_fw-la in_o regis_fw-la contemptum_fw-la et_fw-la etiam_fw-la damnum_fw-la regni_fw-la fortiter_fw-la adhaeserunt_fw-la quo_fw-la totum_fw-la factume_v by_o all_o these_o historical_a passage_n in_o matthew_n paris_n rishanger_n his_o continuer_n and_o mat._n westminster_n it_o be_v most_o apparent_a beyond_o contradiction_n that_o as_o there_o be_v many_o writ_n of_o summons_n under_o k._n henry_n 3._o to_o parliamentary_a council_n issue_v to_o the_o spiritual_a and_o temporal_a lord_n before_o 49_o h._n 3._o not_o extant_a in_o the_o clause_n roll_n or_o other_o record_n so_o there_o be_v no_o knight_n of_o shire_n citizen_n burgess_n or_o commons_o elect_v or_o summon_v by_o writ_n or_o charter_n to_o these_o great_a council_n or_o parliament_n during_o all_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o 〈◊〉_d until_o the_o parliament_n hold_v at_o london_n in_o octabis_n sancti_fw-la hillarii_n the_o 49._o year_n of_o his_o reign_n when_o they_o be_v first_o elect_v &_o summon_v by_o writ_n for_o aught_o appear_v by_o history_n or_o record_n there_o be_v none_o but_o the_o archbishop_n bishop_n abbot_n prior_n earl_n nobles_z baron_n spiritual_a and_o temporal_a lord_n of_o the_o realm_n summon_v to_o consult_v act_v debate_v order_v enact_v law_n or_o ordinance_n or_o grant_v refuse_v aid_n subsidy_n or_o expostulate_v with_o the_o king_n or_o pope_n in_o any_o of_o they_o as_o all_o these_o transcribe_v passage_n evidence_n with_o the_o record_n of_o claus._n 18_o h._n 3._o m._n 10._o vic._n lincoln_n claus._n 19_o h._n 3_o m._n 20._o cite_v in_o my_o epistle_n before_o the_o first_o part_n of_o this_o brief_a register_n calendar_n and_o survey_n and_o those_o of_o 48_o h._n 3._o here_o cite_v p._n 4._o to_o 10._o to_o which_o i_o shall_v superadde_a for_o further_a confirmation_n of_o this_o truth_n claus._n 18_o h._n 3_o m._n 27._o rex_fw-la majori_fw-la et_fw-la civibus_fw-la suis_fw-la dublin_n etc._n etc._n where_o the_o king_n recite_v the_o death_n of_o the_o earl_n marshal_v slay_v in_o
ireland_n subjoin_v nos_fw-la vero_fw-la ea_fw-la occasione_n convocavimus_fw-la archiepiscopos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la comites_fw-la barones_n et_fw-la omnes_fw-la magnates_fw-la nostros_fw-la angliae_fw-la quod_fw-la sint_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la apud_fw-la london_n die_v dominica_n prox_n post_fw-la instanteâ—…_n mediam_fw-la quadragesimam_fw-la ad_fw-la tractandum_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la ibidem_fw-la super_fw-la hiis_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la statum_n nostrum_fw-la &_o terrae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o hiberniae_fw-la tangentibus_fw-la &_o nos_fw-la domino_fw-la concedente_fw-la de_fw-la consilio_fw-la praedictorum_fw-la ibidem_fw-la providebimus_fw-la secundum_fw-la quod_fw-la nobis_fw-la et_fw-la indempnitati_fw-la tâ—…rrae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o hiberniae_fw-la viderimus_fw-la expedire_fw-la quod_fw-la verò_fw-la ad_fw-la diem_fw-la illum_fw-la actum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la et_fw-la provisum_fw-la vobis_fw-la sine_fw-la mora_fw-la &_o dispendio_fw-la et_fw-la significari_fw-la curabimâ—…_n t._n rege_fw-la apud_fw-la c._n westm._fw-la 27_o die_v martii_fw-la plac._n 18_o h._n 3._o rot_n 15._o dorso_fw-la claus._n 19_o h._n 3._o dorso_fw-la 1._o &_o dorso_fw-la 9_o fitzberbert_n darrein_a presentment_n 23._o provisum_fw-la est_fw-la coram_fw-la domino_fw-la rege_fw-la archtepiscopis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la comitibus_fw-la &_o baronibus_fw-la &_o consilio_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la quod_fw-la nulla_fw-la assisa_fw-la ultimae_fw-la praesentationis_fw-la de_fw-la caetero_fw-la capiatur_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesiiis_fw-la praebendatis_fw-la nec_fw-la de_fw-la praebendis_fw-la etc._n etc._n pat._n 20_o h._n 3._o d._n 13._o 18._o rex_fw-la vic._n norff._n &_o suff._n scias_n quod_fw-la die_fw-la merc._n in_o crastino_fw-la sancti_fw-la vinc._n in_fw-la curia_fw-la nostra_fw-la coram_fw-la nobis_fw-la et_fw-la coram_fw-la venerabili_fw-la patre_fw-la e._n cantuar._n archiepiscopo_fw-la &_o coepiscopis_fw-la sulâ—…_n et_fw-la coram_fw-la majori_fw-la parte_fw-la comitum_fw-la et_fw-la baronum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la angliae_fw-la pro_fw-la communi_fw-la utilitate_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la provisum_fw-la suis_fw-la tam_fw-la à _fw-la praedictis_fw-la archiepiscopis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la comitibus_fw-la &_o baronibus_fw-la quam_fw-la à _fw-la nobis_fw-la conâ—…ssum_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-la caetero_fw-la omnes_fw-la viduae_fw-la etc._n etc._n râ—…citing_v the_o statute_n of_o merton_n make_v that_o year_n according_a to_o the_o 79._o print_a latin_a prologue_n thereof_o claus._n 37_o h._n 3._o dorso_fw-la 9_o de_fw-fr magna_fw-la carta_n tenenda_fw-la ad_fw-la inâ—…antiam_fw-la pâ—…latorum_fw-la &_o magnatum_fw-la regm_n nostri_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o claus._n 43_o h._n 3._o dor_n 9_o where_o the_o pope_n by_o his_o letter_n earnest_o press_v king_n henry_n the_o 3_o to_o restore_v his_o brother_n adomar_n to_o his_o bishopric_n of_o winchester_n be_v enforce_v to_o relinquish_v it_o and_o england_n too_o by_o the_o baron_n prosecution_n the_o king_n in_o his_o letter_n to_o the_o pope_n there_o record_v allege_v that_o though_o he_o be_v ready_a to_o graâ—…fie_v his_o holiness_n in_o any_o thing_n he_o may_v yet_o he_o can_v not_o consent_v to_o adomars_n restitution_n add_v your_o nuntio_n who_o bring_v this_o letter_n preces_fw-la et_fw-la praecepta_fw-la vestra_fw-la coram_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o praelatis_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la qui_fw-la tunc_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la aderant_fw-la ac_fw-la alia_fw-la universitate_fw-la comitum_fw-la baronum_fw-la ac_fw-la procerume_n regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la plenè_fw-la et_fw-la diligenter_fw-la exposuit_fw-la et_fw-la diebus_fw-la pluribus_fw-la nitebamur_fw-la nos_fw-la consilium_fw-la nostrum_fw-la et_fw-la universitatem_fw-la praedictam_fw-la to_o give_v their_o assent_n for_o adomars_n restitution_n tamen_fw-la mandatis_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la personam_fw-la nostram_fw-la verum_fw-la etiam_fw-la universitatem_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la contingit_fw-la non_fw-la possumus_fw-la absque_fw-la gravi_fw-la dispendio_fw-la et_fw-la subversione_n jurium_fw-la et_fw-la consuetudinum_fw-la regni_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la et_fw-la contra_fw-la juramentum_fw-la proprium_fw-la adimplere_fw-la et_fw-la quanquam_fw-la hoc_fw-la facere_fw-la vellemus_fw-la praedicta_fw-la universitas_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la quae_fw-la unius_fw-la confilii_fw-la et_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la existit_fw-la propter_fw-la grave_n et_fw-la notabiles_fw-la excessus_fw-la praedicto_fw-la fratri_fw-la nostro_fw-la objectas_fw-la id_fw-la nullatenus_fw-la sustineret_fw-la etc._n etc._n which_o passage_n with_o other_o in_o this_o memorable_a letter_n of_o the_o king_n compare_v with_o that_o letter_n send_v about_o the_o same_o time_n by_o the_o lord_n against_o adomars_n restitution_n to_o the_o pope_n ex_fw-la parte_fw-la regni_fw-la et_fw-la totius_fw-la angliae_fw-la universitata_fw-la scriptum_fw-la a_o barnagio_fw-it mention_v by_o 978._o matthew_n paris_n anno_fw-la 1258._o and_o print_v in_o his_o additamenta_fw-la p._n 215_o 216_o 217._o beginning_n thus_o sanctissimo_fw-la patri_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la alexandro_n etc._n etc._n communitas_fw-la comitum_fw-la procerum_fw-la magnatum_fw-la aliorumque_fw-la regni_fw-la angliâ—…_n etc._n etc._n reâ—…iting_v that_o the_o king_n by_o the_o pope_n power_n and_o assistance_n can_v not_o without_o their_o counsel_n and_o assent_v much_o less_o against_o their_o will_n effect_v what_o he_o desire_v nor_o reform_v his_o kingdom_n but_o de_fw-la procerum_fw-la &_o magnatum_fw-la suorum_fw-la consilio_fw-la caeterum_fw-la praefatus_fw-la dominus_fw-la rex_fw-la attendens_fw-la impossibile_fw-it pondus_fw-la negotii_fw-la memorati_fw-la et_fw-la statum_n regni_fw-la svi_fw-la imbecillum_fw-la voluit_fw-la et_fw-la expressè_fw-la concessit_fw-la ut_fw-la de_fw-la procerum_fw-la &_o magnatum_fw-la consilio_fw-la sinè_fw-la quibus_fw-la regnum_fw-la suum_fw-la gubernare_fw-la non_fw-la poterat_fw-la nec_fw-la negotium_fw-la prosequi_fw-la memoratum_fw-la dicta_fw-la reformatio_fw-la promoveret_fw-la which_o adomar_n break_v his_o oath_n and_o recede_v from_o his_o promise_n oppose_v to_o the_o great_a disturbance_n and_o almost_o total_a subversion_n of_o the_o whole_a realm_n etc._n etc._n his_o unbrideled_a rapine_n tyranny_n and_o oppâ—…ssions_n which_o they_o there_o expresâ—…_n at_o large_a be_v such_o and_o render_v he_o so_o odious_a that_o scituri_fw-la pro_fw-la certo_fw-la quod_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la dominus_fw-la rex_fw-la &_o regni_fw-la majores_fw-la assemble_v in_o a_o parliamentary_a council_n hoc_fw-la vellent_fw-la communitas_fw-la tamen_fw-la out_o of_o parliament_n ipsius_fw-la ingressum_fw-la in_o angliam_fw-la jam_fw-la nullatenus_fw-la sustineret_fw-la which_o letter_n be_v subscribe_v and_o seal_v by_o 6._o earl_n and_o 4._o nobleman_n vice_fw-la totius_fw-la communitatis_fw-la barnagit_fw-la in_o testimonium_fw-la praedictorum_fw-la be_v likewise_o compare_v with_o the_o pope_n answer_v thereunto_o 222._o literae_fw-la papale_v missae_fw-la communitati_fw-la angliae_fw-la alexander_n episcopuâ—…_n etc._n etc._n dilectis_fw-la filiis_fw-la nobilibus_fw-la uiris_fw-la consiliariis_fw-la charissimi_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la silij_fw-la nostri_fw-la illustris_fw-la regis_fw-la angliae_fw-la ac_fw-la caeteris_fw-la proceribus_fw-la et_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la regni_fw-la angiiae_fw-la salutem_fw-la et_fw-la apostolicam_fw-la benedictionem_fw-la etc._n etc._n will_v infallible_o evidence_n first_o that_o the_o king_n prelate_n earl_n spiritual_n temporal_a baron_n and_o noble_n of_o the_o realm_n be_v our_o only_a parliament_n member_n without_o any_o knight_n citizen_n or_o burgess_n annex_v to_o or_o prâ—…t_v with_o they_o before_o 49_o h._n 3._o 2ly_a that_o they_o be_v then_o usual_o style_v the_o communitas_fw-la or_o universitas_fw-la regni_fw-la or_o barnagii_n baronagii_fw-la or_o communitas_fw-la comitum_fw-la procerum_fw-la et_fw-la magnatum_fw-la regni_fw-la anggliae_fw-la and_o only_o intend_v denote_v by_o these_o title_n and_o phrase_n not_o the_o knight_n citizens_z burgess_n or_o commons_o in_o parl._n as_o e_o sir_n rob_n cotton_n and_o other_o of_o note_n as_o well_o as_o some_o injudicious_a antiquary_n have_v mistake_v speaker_n which_o have_v 360._o elsewhere_o at_o large_a evince_v beyond_o all_o contradiction_n i_o shall_v not_o here_o further_o insist_v upon_o but_o proceed_v to_o some_o other_o general_a observation_n on_o the_o precedent_a writ_n 2_o from_o the_o manifold_a variety_n and_o difference_n of_o these_o recite_v writ_n both_o of_o election_n and_o prorogation_n before_o and_o since_o the_o statute_n of_o henry_n 4._o 5_o &_o 6._o touch_v election_n the_o reader_n may_v discern_v the_o gross_a oversight_n and_o mistake_n of_o sir_n edward_n cook_n in_o his_o 4._o institutes_n p._n 10._o that_o these_o writ_n of_o summons_n and_o election_n can_v receive_v no_o alteration_n but_o by_o act_n of_o parliament_n which_o have_v elsewhere_o touch_v and_o at_o large_a refute_v register_n part_n 1._o p._n 395._o 396_o 397._o i_o shall_v prosecute_v no_o further_o 3_o i_o shall_v observe_v from_o the_o precedent_a writ_n that_o no_o person_n ought_v of_o right_a to_o be_v elect_v knight_n of_o any_o county_n nor_o citizen_n burgess_n or_o baron_n of_o any_o city_n borough_n or_o port_n wherein_o they_o be_v elect_v but_o such_o as_o be_v real_a actual_a member_n of_o the_o say_v respective_a county_n city_n borough_n port_n reside_v or_o inhabit_v within_o they_o as_o this_o clause_n in_o all_o the_o recite_v writ_n de_n comitatu_fw-la tuo_fw-la duos_fw-la milites_fw-la et_fw-la de_fw-la qualibet_fw-la civitate_fw-la duos_fw-la milites_fw-la et_fw-la de_fw-la quolibet_fw-la burgo_n duos_fw-la burgenses_n &_o de_fw-fr quolibet_fw-la portu_fw-la duos_fw-la barones_n &c._n &c._n de_fw-fr discretioribus_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la laborandum_fw-la potentioribus_fw-la eligi_fw-la etc._n etc._n clear_o import_n and_o the_o statute_n of_o 7_o h._n 4._o c._n 15._o 1_o
h._n 5._o c._n 1._o 10_o h._n 6._o c._n 2._o 23_o h._n 6._o c._n 15._o be_v declaratory_a only_o in_o this_o point_n most_o punctual_o enact_v in_o precise_a term_n and_o if_o any_o other_o person_n who_o be_v no_o inhabitant_n or_o resident_n within_o or_o proper_a member_n of_o such_o county_n city_n borough_n port_n be_v elect_v or_o return_v they_o may_v lawful_o refuse_v to_o sit_v or_o serve_v as_o the_o writ_n and_o these_o statute_n clear_o evidence_n without_o the_o least_o contempt_n or_o penalty_n the_o people_n election_n of_o such_o contrary_a to_o the_o writ_n and_o these_o statute_n be_v void_a in_o law_n and_o unable_a to_o contradict_v or_o reverse_v the_o writ_n act_n to_o the_o contrary_a if_o insist_v on_o 4_o these_o usual_a clausâ—…s_n in_o most_o writ_n de_fw-fr discretioribus_fw-la et_fw-la ad_fw-la laborandum_fw-la potentioribus_fw-la seclude_v and_o exempt_v all_o infant_n under_o age_n idiot_n lunatic_n insiâ—…m_n age_a sickly_a person_n unable_a to_o 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