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borough_n etc._n etc._n and_o that_o the_o city_n of_o london_n be_v tax_v to_o 618_o l._n 3_o s._n 5_o d._n the_o city_n of_o norwich_n to_o 8_o l._n 6_o s._n 11_o d._n the_o city_n of_o canterbury_n to_o 53_o l._n 13_o s._n 3_o d._n ob_fw-la norfolk_z 285_o l._n 6_o s._n 10_o d._n suffolk_n 1214_o l._n 5_o s._n 4_o d._n ob_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o sum_n of_o all_o the_o sum_n then_o express_v be_v 31648_o l._n whereof_o allowable_a for_o fee_n and_o wage_n of_o commissioner_n and_o collector_n 651_o l._n 16_o s._n 2_o d._n and_o so_o remain_v 31006_o l._n 4_o s._n and_o 10_o d._n note_v that_o the_o university_n of_o cambridg_n and_o oxford_n and_o the_o college_n of_o eton_n be_v except_v see_v rot._n 30._o h._n 3._o ex_fw-la parte_fw-la reman_n dom._n thesaur_n in_o scemino_fw-la in_fw-la auxilio_fw-la nobis_fw-la concess_n ad_fw-la primogenitam_fw-la siliam_fw-la nostram_fw-la maritand_n and_o note_v that_o king_n henry_n the_o three_o have_v aid_n grant_v to_o he_o in_o parliament_n ad_fw-la isabellam_fw-la sororem_fw-la svam_fw-la imperatori_fw-la maritand_n but_o that_o be_v of_o benevolence_n rot._n 42._o h._n 3._o ibid._n 6_o monstrat_fw-la r._n johannes_n le_fw-fr francois_n baro_n de_fw-fr scaccario_n quod_fw-la cum_fw-la dominus_fw-la rex_fw-la non_fw-la caperet_fw-la nisi_fw-la 20_o s._n de_fw-fr integro_fw-la feodo_fw-la militis_fw-la de_fw-la auxilio_fw-la ad_fw-la primogenitam_fw-la filiam_fw-la svam_fw-la maritand_n radol_n fill_v rad._n fill_n mich._n injust_a exegit_fw-la de_fw-la eodem_fw-la 30_o s._n ad_fw-la primogenitam_fw-la filiam_fw-la svam_fw-la maritand_n pro_fw-la duabus_fw-la partibus_fw-la unius_fw-la feodi_fw-la militis_fw-la &_o averia_fw-la sva_fw-la cepit_fw-la &_o eadetinet_fw-la et_fw-la ideo_fw-la mandatum_fw-la est_fw-la vic._n com._n bed_n &_o buck._n quod_fw-la venire_fw-la faciant_fw-la etc._n etc._n predict_v r._n ad_fw-la respondendum_fw-la eidem_fw-la johanni_n de_fw-fr predict_v transgressione_n &_o predict_v averio_fw-la etc._n etc._n so_o as_o it_o appear_v by_o this_o that_o some_o hold_v that_o the_o statute_n of_o westm_n 1._o aforesaid_a be_v but_o a_o confirmation_n of_o the_o common_a law_n and_o that_o the_o king_n also_o ought_v not_o to_o take_v more_o but_o that_o be_v doubt_v ibid._n in_o regno_fw-la 2_o e._n 1._o rot._n 3._o de_fw-la auxilio_fw-la ad_fw-la militiam_fw-la which_o be_v mean_v of_o knight_n of_o the_o king_n son_n in_o the_o time_n of_o henry_n the_o three_o &_o isabel_n comitissa_n albermarte_n perdonata_fw-la 116_o l._n 8_o s._n 7_o d._n pro_fw-la eodem_fw-la auxilio_fw-la quia_fw-la boldwinus_fw-la de_fw-la insula_fw-la fratre_fw-la ejus_fw-la cujus_fw-la haeres_fw-la ipsa_fw-la est_fw-la fuit_fw-la infra_fw-la aetatem_fw-la &_o in_o custodia_fw-la ejus_fw-la &_o quia_fw-la tenentes_fw-la dictae_fw-la isabellae_fw-la onerentur_fw-la per_fw-la servitium_fw-la militare_fw-la de_fw-la predict_v pecuniis_fw-la note_v that_o that_o be_v before_o the_o statute_n of_o west_n 1._o and_o by_o that_o it_o appear_v that_o if_o one_o within_o age_n be_v in_o ward_n of_o the_o king_n he_o shall_v not_o be_v contributory_a to_o aid_v but_o his_o tenant_n which_o hold_v of_o he_o and_o then_o hold_v of_o the_o king_n by_o reason_n of_o ward_n shall_v pay_v aid_n unto_o the_o king_n as_o it_o appear_v by_o that_o record_n ibid._n 30_o e._n 1._o rex_fw-la dilectis_fw-la &_o fidelibus_fw-la vic._n kauc_v &_o rico._n de_fw-fr r._n salutem_fw-la sciatis_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o primo_fw-la die_v junii_fw-la anno_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la 18._o praelati_fw-la comites_fw-la barones_n &_o caeteri_fw-la magnates_fw-la de_fw-la regno_fw-la nostro_fw-la conceditur_fw-la pro_fw-la fe_o &_o tota_fw-la communitate_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la regni_fw-la in_o pleno_fw-la parliamento_fw-la nostro_fw-la nobis_fw-la concesserunt_fw-la 40_o s._n de_fw-fr singulis_fw-la feodis_fw-la militum_fw-la in_o dicto_fw-la regno_fw-la ad_fw-la auxilium_fw-la tenure_n note_v that_o this_o double_a charge_n be_v in_o respect_n that_o they_o be_v discharge_v of_o any_o contribution_n for_o socage_n which_o i_o conceive_v be_v for_o the_o difficulty_n to_o find_v the_o socage_n tenure_n ad_fw-la primogenitam_fw-la filiam_fw-la nostram_fw-la maritand_n levandos_fw-mi sicut_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la auxilium_fw-la alius_fw-la in_o casu_fw-la consil_n levari_fw-la consuevit_fw-la cvi_fw-la quidem_fw-la levationi_fw-la faciend_n pro_fw-la dicta_fw-la communitatis_fw-la easiamento_fw-la hucusque_fw-la supersedimus_fw-la faciend_n gratiose_fw-la assignavimus_fw-la vos_fw-la ad_fw-la praedictum_fw-la auxilium_fw-la etc._n etc._n note_v that_o his_o elder_a daughter_n be_v marry_v to_o the_o earl_n of_o bar._n ibid._n t._n r._n 34_o e._n 1._o de_fw-fr auxilio_fw-la concesso_fw-la ad_fw-la militiam_fw-la silij_fw-la regis_fw-la ibid._n hill_n 4_o h._n 4._o rot._n 19_o de_fw-la rationabili_fw-la auxilio_fw-la de_fw-la will._n domino_fw-la roos_n for_o the_o marriage_n of_o blanch_n the_o king_n elder_a daughter_n out_o of_o the_o manor_n of_o wragby_n in_o the_o county_n of_o lincoln_n the_o like_a m._n rot._n 5._o h._n 4._o rot._n 33._o lincoln_n and_o rot._n 34._o lincoln_n and_o rot._n 35._o lincoln_n and_o tr._n r._n 5._o h._n 4._o rot._n 2._o kauc_v and_o rot._n 3._o kauc_v and_o rot._n 5._o kauc_v see_v ibid._n p._n r._n 21_o e._n 3._o rot._n cantab._n de_fw-fr auxilio_fw-la ad_fw-la filium_fw-la regis_fw-la primogenitum_fw-la faciend_n per_fw-la episcopum_fw-la eliensem_fw-la by_o which_o it_o appear_v that_o a_o bishop_n for_o his_o land_n which_o he_o hold_v by_o knight_n service_n or_o socage_n shall_v pay_v aid_n but_o those_o who_o hold_v by_o frankalmoign_n or_o by_o divine_a service_n shall_v not_o pay_v aid_n as_o before_o be_v say_v see_v ibid._n 20_o e._n 3._o rot._n 13_o and_o 14._o de_fw-la auxiliando_fw-la ad_fw-la primogenitum_fw-la filium_fw-la regis_fw-la militem_fw-la faciend_n and_o collector_n thereupon_o appoint_v by_o all_o which_o 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