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it_o into_o his_o collection_n for_o the_o curiosity_n of_o the_o thing_n as_o himself_o say_v it_o be_v also_o publish_v by_o mr._n prynn_n in_o his_o trial_n of_o archbishop_n laud._n 394._o i_o will_v further_o add_v that_o it_o be_v more_o correct_v in_o utenhovius_n than_o in_o the_o transcript_n which_o be_v the_o case_n of_o all_o thâ—_n instrument_n and_o memorial_n publish_v by_o he_o which_o i_o have_v have_v occasion_n to_o compare_v either_o with_o the_o original_n or_o with_o other_o copy_n pag._n 251._o lin_v 2._o cox_n be_v without_o any_o good_a colour_n turn_v out_o both_o of_o his_o deanery_n of_o christ-church_n and_o his_o prebendary_a at_o westminster_n he_o be_v put_v into_o the_o marshalsea_n but_o on_o the_o 19_o of_o august_n 1553._o be_v discharge_v cox_n have_v no_o prebendary_a the_o historian_n will_v have_v say_v prebend_n at_o westminster_n but_o beside_o his_o deanery_n of_o christ-church_n oxford_n be_v dean_n of_o westminster_n and_o prebendary_a of_o 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out_o yet_o he_o be_v still_o keep_v prisoner_n till_o king_n philip_n procure_v his_o liberty_n but_o his_o see_n be_v not_o fill_v till_o february_n next_o for_o then_o heath_n have_v his_o congee_n d'elire_fw-la the_o historian_n date_v the_o queen_n commission_n by_o authority_n of_o which_o he_o suppose_v holgate_n to_o have_v be_v deprive_v on_o the_o 16_o of_o march_n 1554._o ebor._n but_o the_o see_v of_o york_n be_v void_a before_o this_o for_o the_o dean_n and_o chapter_n of_o york_n assume_v to_o themselves_o the_o archiepiscopal_a jurisdiction_n void_a by_o his_o deprivation_n on_o the_o 8_o of_o march_n 1554._o he_o be_v discharge_v out_o of_o the_o tower_n 1555._o january_n 18._o his_o see_n be_v not_o fill_v till_o june_n or_o july_n of_o the_o year_n 1555._o for_o however_o the_o congee_n d'elire_fw-la may_v issue_v out_o in_o february_n heath_n have_v not_o possession_n of_o the_o archbishopric_n until_o his_o election_n be_v confirm_v at_o rome_n and_o his_o bull_n be_v publish_v in_o england_n which_o bull_n be_v not_o dispatch_v till_o the_o 21_o of_o june_n 1555._o pag._n 275._o lin_v 28._o on_o or_o before_o the_o 18_o of_o march_n this_o year_n 1554_o be_v those_o other_o see_v st._n david_n chester_n bristol_n lincoln_n gloucester_n hereford_n declare_v vacant_a the_o register_n of_o canterbury_n in_o which_o all_o these_o deprivation_n be_v record_v testify_v that_o on_o the_o 20_o of_o march_n 1554._o the_o bishop_n of_o winchester_n london_n chichester_n and_o durham_n by_o virtue_n of_o the_o queen_n commission_n direct_v to_o they_o pronounce_v the_o sentence_n of_o deprivation_n upon_o john_n taylor_n bishop_n of_o lincoln_n ob_fw-la nullitatem_fw-la consecrationis_fw-la ejus_fw-la &_o defectum_fw-la tituli_fw-la svi_fw-la quem_fw-la habuit_fw-la à _fw-la rege_fw-la edwardo_n sexto_fw-la per_fw-la literas_fw-la patentes_fw-la cum_fw-la hâc_fw-la clausulâ_fw-la dum_fw-la bene_fw-la se_fw-la gesserit_fw-la upon_o john_n hooper_n 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