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of_o enquiry_n or_o interrogatories_n to_o be_v administer_v to_o every_o marry_a clergyman_n form_v in_o march_n 1554._o when_o the_o persecution_n of_o the_o marry_a clergy_n begin_v in_o the_o diocese_n of_o canterbury_n the_o first_o be_v whether_o he_o have_v be_v a_o religious_a and_o of_o what_o order_n and_o in_o what_o monastery_n or_o house_n a_o copy_n of_o these_o article_n i_o have_v give_v in_o the_o follow_a collection_n 8._o pag._n 292._o lin_v 6._o what_o cardinal_n pole_n instruction_n be_v i_o do_v not_o know_v nor_o be_v it_o false_o understand_v by_o learned_a man_n what_o be_v the_o power_n of_o a_o legate_n a_o latere_fw-la in_o those_o day_n but_o i_o find_v the_o original_a bull_n of_o cardinal_n beacon_n legatine_n power_n in_o scotland_n and_o have_v give_v it_o a_o room_n in_o the_o collection_n though_o it_o be_v large_a since_o no_o doubt_n cardinal_n pool_n bull_n be_v in_o the_o same_o form_n we_o have_v no_o such_o necessity_n of_o borrow_a light_n 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john_n kardmaker_n chancellor_n of_o that_o church_n pag._n 320._o lin_v 45._o gardiner_z bishop_n of_o winchester_n be_v believe_v to_o be_v the_o base_a son_n of_o richard_n woodvil_n that_o be_v brother_n to_o queen_n elizabeth_n wife_n to_o king_n edward_n iu._n bishop_n godwin_n deliver_v a_o more_o probable_a relation_n which_o he_o affirm_v to_o have_v receive_v from_o a_o kinsman_n of_o gardiner_n that_o he_o be_v the_o base_a son_n of_o lionel_n woodvil_n bishop_n of_o salisbury_n which_o lionel_n be_v the_o son_n of_o richard_n woodvil_n mention_v by_o the_o historian_n 1117._o with_o godwin_n agree_v mill_n in_o his_o genealogical_a catalogue_n of_o the_o nobility_n of_o england_n pag._n 321._o lin_v 44._o heath_n archbishop_n of_o york_n have_v the_o seal_n in_o febr._n after_o viz._n in_o 1556._o hethe_n receive_v the_o great_a seal_n on_o the_o first_o day_n of_o january_n 1556._o according_o to_o stow._n dugdale_n also_o write_v that_o he_o be_v constitute_v chancellor_n 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