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quod_fw-la nulla_fw-la specialis_fw-la causa_fw-la captionis_fw-la five_o detentionis_fw-la predict_v johannis_n exprimitur_fw-la sed_fw-la generaliter_fw-la quod_fw-la detentus_fw-la est_fw-la in_o prisona_fw-la predict_v per_fw-la speciale_a mandatum_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la ideo_fw-la predictus_fw-la johannes_n remittitur_fw-la perfato_fw-la custodi_fw-la marr._n hospitii_fw-la predict_v salvo_fw-la custodiend_n quousque_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o be_v quousque_fw-la secundum_fw-la legem_fw-la deliberatus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la and_o if_o that_o court_n which_o be_v the_o high_a for_o ordinary_a justice_n can_v deliver_v he_o secundum_fw-la legem_fw-la what_o law_n be_v there_o i_o beseech_v you_o my_o lord_n that_o can_v be_v seek_v for_o in_o any_o other_o inferior_a court_n to_o deliver_v he_o now_o my_o lord_n because_o this_o draught_n if_o it_o be_v enter_v in_o the_o roll_n as_o it_o be_v prepare_v for_o no_o other_o purpose_n will_v be_v a_o great_a declaration_n 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saurario_fw-la receptus_n scaccaâ—ii_fw-la svi_fw-la sub_fw-la custodia_fw-la dom._n the_o saurarii_fw-la &_o camerarii_fw-la ibidem_fw-la remanentia_fw-la viz._n placita_fw-la coram_fw-la domino_fw-la rege_fw-la apud_fw-la westmonastexium_fw-la de_fw-la termino_fw-la paschae_fw-la anno_fw-la regis_fw-la e._n 3_o post_fw-la conquestum_fw-la angliae_fw-la 15._o inter_fw-la alia_fw-la sic_fw-la continetur_fw-la ut_fw-la sequitur_fw-la adhuc_fw-la de_fw-la termino_fw-la paschae_fw-la london_n sc_n dominus_fw-la rex_fw-la mandavit_fw-la dilecto_fw-la &_o fideli_fw-la svo_fw-la roberto_n de_fw-fr dalton_n constabulatio_fw-la turris_n suae_fw-la london_n vel_fw-la ejus_fw-la locum-tenenti_a breve_fw-la suum_fw-la in_o haec_fw-la verba_fw-la edwardus_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o francia_fw-la rex_fw-la &_o dominus_fw-la hiberniae_fw-la dilecto_fw-la &_o fideli_fw-la svo_fw-la roberto_n de_fw-fr dalton_n constabulario_fw-la turris_n suae_fw-la london_n vel_fw-la ejus_fw-la locum-tenenti_a salutem_fw-la mandamus_fw-la vobis_fw-la quod_fw-la jobarnem_fw-la de_fw-fr bildeston_n cappellanum_fw-la quem_fw-la vicecomites_fw-la nostri_fw-la london_n ad_fw-la mandatum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la apud_fw-la praedictam_fw-la turrim_n vobis_fw-la liberabunt_fw-la ab_fw-la eisdem_fw-la â—ecipiatis_fw-la &_o in_o prisona_fw-la nostra_fw-la turri_n praedicta_fw-la custodiri_fw-la faciatis_fw-la quo_fw-la usque_fw-la aliud_fw-la vobis_fw-la super_fw-la hoc_fw-la duxerimus_fw-la de_fw-la mandato_fw-la testae_fw-la i_o ipso_fw-la apud_fw-la turrim_n nostiam_fw-la london_n trigesimo_fw-la die_fw-la martii_fw-la anno_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la angliae_fw-la sexto_fw-la decimo_fw-la regni_fw-la vero_fw-la nostri_fw-la francia_fw-la tertio_fw-la et_fw-la modo_fw-la sciliceâ—_fw-la in_o crast._n ascension_n dom._n anno_fw-la reg._n nunc_fw-la 18._o coram_fw-la domino_fw-la rege_fw-la apud_fw-la westm._fw-la venit_fw-la johannes_n de_fw-fr wyndwick_n locumtenens_a praedicti_fw-la constabularii_fw-la &_o adduxit_fw-la coram_fw-la justiciarios_fw-la hic_fw-la in_o curia_fw-la praedicta_fw-la johannem_fw-la de_fw-la bildeston_n quem_fw-la alius_fw-la à _fw-la praefatis_fw-la vicecomitibus_fw-la virtute_fw-la brevis_fw-la praedicti_fw-la recipit_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la dicit_fw-la quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la à _fw-la domino_fw-la rege_fw-la habuit_fw-la in_o mandatis_fw-la ducendi_fw-la &_o liberandi_fw-la corpus_fw-la ipsius_fw-la johannis_n de_fw-fr bildeston_n praefat_fw-la justic._n hic_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la quaesitum_fw-la est_fw-la à _fw-la praedicto_fw-la johanne_n wyndwick_n si_fw-la quam_fw-la aliam_fw-la detentionis_fw-la praefat_fw-la johannis_n de_fw-fr bildeston_n habeat_fw-la causam_fw-la qui_fw-la dicit_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la breve_fw-la predict_v tantum_fw-la et_fw-la quia_fw-la videtur_fw-la curiae_fw-la breve_fw-la predict_v sufficientem_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la causam_fw-la predict_v johannem_fw-la de_fw-la bildeston_n in_o prisona_fw-la marescall_n reg._n hic_fw-la retinend_n etc._n etc._n idem_fw-la johannes_n dimittitur_fw-la per_fw-la manucaptionem_fw-la willielmi_n de_fw-fr wakefield_n rectoris_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la de_fw-la willingham_n johannis_n de_fw-fr wyndwick_n de_fw-fr come_v lancastr_n johannis_n de_fw-fr lakenham_n &_o johannis_n de_fw-fr norton_n de_fw-fr come_v norsolciae_fw-la nicolai_n de_fw-fr wandesford_n de_fw-fr come_v midd._n &_o rogeri_n de_fw-fr bromley_n de_fw-fr come_v staff_n qui_fw-la eum_fw-la manuceperunt_fw-la habendi_fw-la eum_fw-la coram_fw-la domino_fw-la rege_fw-la in_o octabis_n sanctae_fw-la trinitatis_fw-la ubicunque_fw-la etc._n etc._n viz._n corpora_fw-la pro_fw-la corpore_fw-la ad_fw-la quas_fw-la octab._n sanct_a trinit_fw-la coram_fw-la domino_fw-la rege_fw-la apud_fw-la westm._fw-la venit_fw-la predict_v johannes_n per_fw-la mandatum_fw-la predict_v et_fw-la super_fw-la hoc_fw-la dominus_fw-la rex_fw-la mandavit_fw-la justiciariis_fw-la suis_fw-la hic_fw-la quoddam_fw-la breve_fw-la suum_fw-la clausum_fw-la in_o haec_fw-la verba_fw-la edwardus_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_fw-la rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o francia_fw-la &_o dominus_fw-la hiberniae_fw-la dilectis_fw-la &_o fidelibus_fw-la suis_fw-la willielmo_n scott_n &_o sociis_fw-la suis_fw-la justiciariis_fw-la ad_fw-la placita_fw-la coram_fw-la nobis_fw-la tenenda_fw-la assignatis_fw-la salutem_fw-la cum_fw-la nuper_fw-la mandaverimus_fw-la dilecto_fw-la &_o fideli_fw-la nostro_fw-la roberto_n de_fw-fr dalton_n constabulario_fw-la turris_n nostrae_fw-la de_fw-fr london_n vel_fw-la ejus_fw-la locum-tenenti_a ibidem_fw-la quod_fw-la johannem_fw-la de_fw-la bildeston_n capellanum_fw-la &_o detentum_fw-la in_o prisona_fw-la turris_n predict_v precept_n nostro_fw-la pro_fw-la suspicion_n contrafact_n magni_fw-la sigilli_fw-la nostri_fw-la cum_fw-la attach_v &_o aliis_fw-la causis_fw-la captionem_fw-la &_o detentionem_fw-la predict_v tangentibus_fw-la salvo_fw-la vel_fw-la secure_a duc_fw-fr facerent_fw-la coram_fw-la nobis_fw-la in_o crastin_a ascensionis_fw-la domini_fw-la ubicunque_fw-la tunc_fw-la fuissemus_fw-la in_o anglia_fw-it prisonae_fw-la maresc_n nostri_fw-la ibid._n liberandum_fw-la in_fw-la eadem_fw-la quousque_fw-la per_fw-la quendam_fw-la informatorem_fw-la essemus_fw-la plenius_fw-la informati_fw-la custodiendum_fw-la vel_fw-la habita_fw-la inde_fw-la informat_fw-la predict_v ulter_fw-la super_fw-la hoc_fw-la fieri_fw-la facerimus_fw-la quod_fw-la fore_fw-la videramus_fw-la faciendum_fw-la secundum_fw-la legem_fw-la &_o consuetudinem_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la angliae_fw-la nos_fw-la in_o casu_fw-la quod_fw-la dictus_fw-la informator_fw-la non_fw-la venit_fw-la coram_fw-la nobis_fw-la ad_fw-la informandum_fw-la nos_fw-la plenius_fw-la super_fw-la premissis_fw-la nolentes_fw-la eidem_fw-la johanni_n eadem_fw-la de_fw-la causa_fw-la justiriam_fw-la differi_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la vobis_fw-la mandamus_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la predict_v informator_n in_o quinden_a sanctae_fw-la trinitatis_fw-la proxime_fw-la futurum_fw-la vel_fw-la citra_fw-la non_fw-la venerit_fw-la nos_fw-la super_fw-la praemissis_fw-la plenius_fw-la informatur_fw-la tunc_fw-la adventum_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la informatoris_fw-la minime_fw-la expectato_fw-la eidem_fw-la johanni_n super_fw-la hoc_fw-la fieri_fw-la faciatis_fw-la justitiae_fw-la complementum_fw-la johan._n prout_fw-la fore_fw-la videritis_fw-la faciendum_fw-la secundum_fw-la legem_fw-la &_o consuetudinem_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la angliae_fw-la testae_fw-la i_o ipso_fw-la apud_fw-la westmonast_n 12_o die_v maii_n anno_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la angliae_fw-la 18._o vero_fw-la nostri_fw-la francia_n 5._o quo_fw-la quidem_fw-la breve_fw-la inspecto_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la proclamatio_fw-la quod_fw-la siquis_fw-la dominum_fw-la regem_fw-la super_fw-la praemissis_fw-la informare_fw-la vel_fw-la erga_fw-la ipsum_fw-la johannem_fw-la prosequi_fw-la voluerit_fw-la quod_fw-la veniat_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la super_fw-la hoc_fw-la when_fw-mi predict_v will._n de_fw-fr wakefield_n nicol._n de_fw-fr wandsworth_n johannes_n brunwyn_n johannes_n laggerham_n johannes_n de_fw-fr norton_n &_o roger_n de_fw-fr bromeley_n omnes_fw-la de_fw-la comitatu_fw-la middlesex_n &_o manuceperunt_fw-la predict_v johan._n de_fw-fr bildeston_n habend_n eum_fw-la coram_fw-la domino_fw-la rege_fw-la de_fw-la die_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la praefat_fw-la quindenam_fw-la sanctae_fw-la trinitatis_fw-la ubicunque_fw-la etc._n etc._n ad_fw-la quem_fw-la diem_fw-la anno_fw-la 18._o coram_fw-la domino_fw-la rege_fw-la apud_fw-la westmonasterium_fw-la venit_fw-la praedictus_fw-la johann_n de_fw-fr bildeston_n per_fw-la mandatum_fw-la predict_v &_o iterata_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la proclamatio_fw-la in_o forma_fw-la qua_fw-la superius_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la nullus_fw-la venit_fw-la ad_fw-la dominum_fw-la regem_fw-la informandum_fw-la etc._n etc._n per_fw-la quod_fw-la concess_n 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