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this_o treatise_n
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the_o barons-war_n and_o at_o other_o time_n three_o title_n create_v or_o give_v where_o none_o be_v before_o as_o to_o the_o first_o viz._n of_o such_o title_n as_o be_v before_o their_o patent_n of_o creation_n it_o appear_v that_o awbry_n de_fw-fr vere_n as_o mr._n cambden_n say_v have_v the_o choice_n of_o four_o earldom_n viz._n dorset_n wilts_n berks_n and_o oxfordshire_n of_o which_o four_o shire_n there_o have_v be_v official_a earl_n both_o in_o the_o saxon_n and_o afterward_o in_o the_o norman_n time_n he_o choose_v oxfordshire_n which_o be_v grant_v to_o he_o by_o henry_n the_o one_a it_o be_v confirm_v to_o he_o by_o patent_n of_o creation_n by_o hen._n the_o second_o according_a to_o this_o follow_a patent_n the_o patent_n to_o awbry_n de_fw-fr vere_n confirm_v he_o earl_n of_o oxford_n henricus_fw-la secundus_fw-la rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o dux_n normaniae_n &_o aquitaniae_n &_o comes_fw-la andigaviae_n archiepiscopis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la abbatibus_fw-la 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conficiend'detis_fw-la in_o mandatis_fw-la tam_fw-la vic'_fw-la nostro_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la com'_v cestr_n '_o quam_fw-la vic'_fw-la nostris_fw-la civitat_fw-la '_o cestr_n '_o quod_fw-la facta_fw-la proclamatione_fw-la in_o prox_n '_o com'_v suis_fw-fr post_fw-la receptionem_fw-la eorundem_fw-la brevium_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la tenend'de_v die_v &_o loco_fw-la praed'dictus_fw-la vic'_fw-la dc'i_fw-la com'_v cestr_n '_o dvos_fw-la milites_fw-la gladio_fw-la cinctos_fw-la magis_fw-la idoneos_fw-la &_o discretos_fw-la com'_v praed'&_n praed'&_n praed'vic_a '_o dc'ae_fw-la civet_fw-la '_o cestr_n '_o dvos_fw-la cives_fw-la dc'ae_fw-la civet_fw-la '_o de_fw-fr discretioribus_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la nomina_fw-la eorundem_fw-la milit_fw-la '_o sic_fw-la eligend'in_v quibusdam_fw-la indentur_fw-la '_o in_o it_o '_o ipsum_fw-la vic'_fw-la civitat_fw-la '_o &_o illos_fw-la qui_fw-la hujusmo'i_fw-la electioni_fw-la interfuerint_fw-la ac_fw-la nomina_fw-la praed'civium_fw-la sic_fw-la 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insignimus_fw-la constituimus_fw-la &_o creavimus_fw-la per_fw-la praesentes_fw-la eidemque_fw-la a._n nomen_fw-la stilum_fw-la titulum_fw-la statum_fw-la gradum_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la &_o honorem_fw-la ducis_fw-la c._n imposuimus_fw-la dedimus_fw-la &_o praebuimus_fw-la ac_fw-la per_fw-la praesentes_fw-la imponumus_fw-la damus_fw-la &_o praebemus_fw-la ac_fw-la ipsum_fw-la a._n hujusmodi_fw-la nomine_fw-la stilo_fw-it titulo_fw-la statu_fw-la gradu_fw-la dignitate_fw-la &_o honore_fw-la ducis_fw-la per_fw-la gladij_fw-la cincturum_fw-la capae_fw-la &_o circuli_fw-la aurei_fw-la impositionem_fw-la in_o capite_fw-la &_o traditionem_fw-la aureae_fw-la virgae_fw-la insignimus_fw-la investimus_fw-la &_o realiter_fw-la nobilitamus_fw-la per_fw-la praesentes_fw-la habend'&_n habend'&_n tenend'nomen_fw-la stilum_fw-la titulum_fw-la statum_fw-la gradum_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la &_o honorem_fw-la ducis_fw-la c._n predict_v '_o cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la singulis_fw-la praeeminentijs_fw-la honoribus_fw-la caeterisque_fw-la hujumodi_fw-la nomini_fw-la stilo_fw-it titulo_fw-la statui_fw-la gradui_fw-la dignitati_fw-la &_o honori_fw-la ducis_fw-la pertinentibus_fw-la sive_fw-la spectantibus_fw-la prefat_n '_o a._n &_o heredibus_fw-la masculis_fw-la de_fw-la corpore_fw-la svo_fw-la exeuntibus_fw-la in_o perpetuum_fw-la volentes_fw-la &_o per_fw-la present_n concedentes_fw-la pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la heredibus_fw-la &_o successoribus_fw-la nostris_fw-la quod_fw-la predictus_fw-la a._n &_o haeredes_fw-la svi_fw-la masculi_fw-la predicti_fw-la nomen_fw-la stilum_fw-la titulum_fw-la statum_fw-la gradum_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la &_o honorem_fw-la predict_v '_o successive_a gerant_fw-la &_o habeant_fw-la &_o eorum_fw-la quilibet_fw-la gerat_fw-la &_o habeat_fw-la &_o per_fw-la nomen_fw-la ducis_fw-la c._n successive_a vocitenter_n &_o nuncupenter_n &_o eorum_fw-la quilibet_fw-la vocitetur_fw-la &_o nuncupetur_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la idem_fw-la a._n &_o haeredes_fw-la masculi_fw-la 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