Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	king_n	son_n	william_n	9,700	5	7.8840	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26173	Jus Anglorum ab antiquo, or, A confutation of an impotent libel against the government by king, lords, and commons under pretence of answering Mr. Petyt, and the author of Jani Anglorum facies nova : with a speech, according to the answerer's principles, made for the Parliament at Oxford.	Atwood, William, d. 1705?; Brady, Robert, 1627?-1700. Full and clear answer to a book.; Petyt, William, 1636-1707. Antient right of the Commons of England asserted.; Atwood, William, d. 1705? Jani Anglorum facies nova.	1681 (1681)	Wing A4175; ESTC R9859	138,988	352

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hold_v clevintune_v 13._o chetel_fw-mi the_o hunter_n hold_v lodesorde_n e._n pater_fw-la ejus_fw-la tenuit_fw-la de_fw-la rege_fw-la e._n hamshire_n terra_fw-la tainorum_fw-la regis_fw-la 1._o alwi_n the_o son_n of_o saul_n hold_v tederley_n franciginae_fw-la pater_fw-la ejus_fw-la ten●it_fw-la in_o alodium_fw-la de_fw-la rege_fw-la e._n nota_fw-la in_o cambridgeshire_n of_o 37_o owner_n of_o house_n in_o the_o seven_o ward_n but_o 3_o be_v franciginae_fw-la 2._o vluric_n hold_v locherlei_n 6._o four_o english_a man_n brother_n i_o take_v it_o hold_v wallope_v 7._o edmund_n hold_v land_n of_o the_o king_n alodium_fw-la pater_fw-la eorum_fw-la tenuit_fw-la in_o alodium_fw-la 8._o agemund_n hold_v weldeve_n e._n ipsemet_fw-la tenuit_fw-la in_o alodium_fw-la de_fw-la rege_fw-la e._n 9_o another_o agemund_n hold_v hotlop_n 10._o alwi_n hold_v locherslei_n 11._o agemund_n hold_v sotesdine_n 12._o sawin_n hold_v half_o a_o hide_n in_o rocheborne_n 13._o vlviet_v the_o hunter_n hold_v 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33._o edwin_n 34._o ralph_n mortimer_n hold_v several_a possession_n some_o of_o which_o he_o have_v jure_fw-la haereditario_fw-la from_o before_o the_o repute_a conquest_n ipse_fw-la radulphus_fw-la tenet_fw-la ordie_n this_o manor_n t._n r._n e._n extra_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la emptum_fw-la fuit_fw-la eo_fw-la pacto_fw-la &_o conventione_n ut_fw-la post_fw-la tertium_fw-la haeredem_fw-la cum_fw-la omni_fw-la peeunia_fw-la manerium_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la sancti_fw-la petri_n de_fw-la episcopatu_fw-la recuperet_fw-la nunc_fw-la qui_fw-la tenet_fw-la radulphus_fw-la est_fw-la tertius_fw-la haeres_fw-la berkshire_n scire_fw-la berroche_n scire_fw-la 1._o walter_n hold_v one_o hide_v in_o cheneteberie_n which_o king_n edward_n give_v his_o ancestor_n etc._n de_fw-fr firma_fw-la svam_fw-la &_o solut_a ab_fw-la omni_fw-la consuetud_fw-la propter_fw-la forestam_fw-la custodiend_n excepta_fw-la forisfactura_fw-la regis_fw-la etc._n etc._n 2._o edward_n hold_v one_o hide_v in_o coserige_n he_o 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