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of_o novemb_v anno_fw-la regni_fw-la 29._o 1355._o in_o etc._n in_o dugd._n 1_o vol._n p._n 317._o m.s._n ret._n par._n p._n 80._o 80._o 13._o etc._n etc._n sr._n rob._n câ—tton_n p._n 86_o etc._n etc._n like_a manner_n richard_n fitz-alan_n earl_n of_o arundel_n upon_o his_o humble_a petition_n wherein_o he_o remonstrate_v that_o edmund_n earl_n of_o arundel_n his_o father_n have_v be_v unjust_o put_v to_o death_n be_v thereupon_o as_o heir_n unto_o he_o full_o restore_v and_o because_o the_o death_n of_o his_o father_n have_v be_v occasion_v by_o the_o mean_n of_o roger_n mortimer_n grandfather_n to_o the_o foresay_a roger_n earl_n of_o march_n to_o prevent_v all_o further_a heartburning_n between_o the_o two_o family_n it_o be_v now_o 10._o now_o dagd_n 1_o vol._n p._n 317._o 〈◊〉_d claus_n 28_o ed._n 3._o in_o dâ—rse_n m._n 10._o by_o indenture_n make_v betwixt_o this_o earl_n richard_n and_o the_o say_a earl_n roger_n agree_v that_o edmund_n son_n and_o heir_n to_o the_o say_v richard_n shall_v take_v to_o wise_a alice_n the_o daughter_n of_o the_o say_v roger_n and_o that_o she_o shall_v have_v three_o thousand_o mark_n for_o her_o portion_n viz._n one_o thousand_o at_o the_o seal_v of_o that_o agreement_n upon_o their_o marriage_n at_o her_o seven_o year_n of_o age_n one_o thousand_o more_o and_o at_o she_o accomplish_v the_o age_n of_o thirteen_o the_o remain_v thousand_o now_o before_o this_o as_o we_o have_v already_o observe_v the_o king_n in_o council_n resolve_v to_o withdraw_v the_o mart_n or_o staple_n of_o wool_n from_o the_o town_n of_o flanders_n because_o that_o people_n tho'_o they_o receive_v much_o advantage_n thereby_o have_v not_o keep_v true_a touch_n with_o he_o and_z according_o he_o command_v the_o same_o to_o be_v keep_v at_o 102._o at_o holinsh_fw-mi engl._n chren_n p._n 948._o statute-beek_n p._n 102._o westminster_n chichester_n lincoln_n bristol_n canterbury_n hull_n and_o other_o place_n in_o pursuance_n of_o which_o wholesome_a 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stâ—â—ehouse_n ibid._n that_o one_o or_o two_o of_o those_o stone-loave_n be_v yet_o to_o be_v see_v in_o st._n peter_n church_n at_o leyden_n in_o memory_n of_o this_o most_o just_a and_o extraordinary_a judgement_n however_o this_o good_a earl_n william_n king_n edward_n father-in-law_n have_v be_v all_o along_o a_o most_o virtuous_a prince_n victorious_a in_o war_n wise_a and_o judicious_a well-spoken_a and_o learned_a a_o great_a friend_n to_o peace_n affable_a to_o all_o man_n and_o universal_o belove_v after_o he_o have_v govern_v his_o province_n of_o heinalt_n holland_n zealand_n and_o friesland_n for_o the_o space_n of_o 32_o year_n die_v as_o before_o we_o say_v and_o with_o 29._o with_o frois_fw-fr c._n 29._o great_a pomp_n be_v bury_v at_o the_o friar_n in_o valenciennes_n the_o bishop_n of_o cambray_n himself_o sing_v the_o mass_n and_o beside_o the_o english_a lord_n there_o be_v present_v many_o duke_n earls_z and_o baron_n of_o sundry_a country_n as_o well_o for_o the_o 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