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it_o be_v charge_v by_o and_o lay_v upon_o more_o than_o tenant_n of_o the_o king_n in_o chief_a but_o that_o he_o be_v chargeable_a upon_o the_o account_n of_o aid_n or_o service_n with_o but_o two_o knight_n fee_n which_o he_o say_v may_v appear_v by_o the_o certificate_n of_o the_o then_o prior_n de_fw-fr feodis_fw-la quae_fw-la ipse_fw-la tunc_fw-la prio_fw-la tenuit_fw-la de_fw-la veteri_fw-la feoffamento_fw-la that_o be_v the_o number_n of_o knight_n with_o which_o he_o be_v to_o serve_v according_a to_o the_o first_o infeodation_n from_o the_o crown_n &_o de_fw-fr novo_fw-la which_o be_v the_o number_n of_o knight_n fee_n raise_v under_o he_o by_o sub-infeodations_a the_o first_o be_v all_o that_o he_o can_v be_v answerable_a for_o but_o the_o second_o can_v not_o be_v charge_v without_o their_o own_o consent_n the_o charge_n upon_o such_o be_v quaedam_fw-la subsidia_fw-la per_fw-la magnates_fw-la &_o communitatem_fw-la regni_fw-la spontaneâ_fw-la &_o merâ_fw-la voluntate_fw-la regi_fw-la concessa_fw-la and_o thus_o we_o find_v the_o record_n 1._o that_o the_o king_n tenant_n be_v answerable_a no_o far_o than_o according_a to_o the_o vetus_fw-la feoffamentum_fw-la so_o in_o the_o 26_o of_o henry_n the_o 3d._a scaccario_n the_o sheriff_n be_v require_v to_o show_v cause_n why_o he_o distrain_v a_o man_n for_o two_o knight_n fee_n who_o plead_v that_o he_o hold_v but_o one_o de_fw-fr veteri_fw-la feoffamento_fw-la monstravit_fw-la etc._n etc._n quod_fw-la cum_fw-la non_fw-la teneat_fw-la de_fw-fr veteri_fw-la feoffamento_fw-la nisi_fw-la feod_fw-la unius_fw-la militis_fw-la in_o comitate_fw-la tuo_fw-la tu_fw-la exig_n etc._n etc._n quantum_fw-la pertinet_fw-la ad_fw-la feod_fw-la duorum_fw-la militum_fw-la &_o eâ_fw-la occatione_n averia_fw-la sua_fw-la cepisti_fw-la etc._n etc._n 2._o that_o lord_n of_o manor_n can_v not_o charge_v their_o tenant_n without_o their_o consent_n rex_fw-la omnibus_fw-la &_o liberè_fw-la tenentibus_fw-la de_fw-la episcopatu_fw-la lond._n 3._o recite_v the_o great_a debt_n which_o the_o bishop_n have_v contract_v in_o the_o king_n service_n the_o king_n earnest_o entreat_v the_o bishop_n tenant_n to_o make_v a_o contribution_n towards_o the_o supply_n of_o his_o necessity_n which_o sure_o need_v never_o have_v be_v if_o the_o bishop_n have_v by_o virtue_n of_o the_o feudal_n law_n power_n of_o charge_v his_o tenant_n or_o raise_v upon_o they_o what_o he_o have_v please_v unde_fw-la vos_fw-la affectuosè_fw-la rogamus_fw-la quatenus_fw-la amoris_fw-la nostri_fw-la intuitu_fw-la efficax_n ei_fw-la faciatis_fw-la auxilium_fw-la ad_fw-la debita_fw-la sua_fw-la quibus_fw-la pro_fw-la favore_fw-la nostro_fw-la honoratus_fw-la est_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la exaudita_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la prece_fw-la nostrâ_fw-la precibus_fw-la vestris_fw-la pro_fw-la loco_fw-la &_o tempore_fw-la nobis_fw-la porrigendis_fw-la aures_fw-la benignas_fw-la exhibere_fw-la debeamus_fw-la 3._o when_o there_o be_v a_o grant_n of_o more_o than_o from_o the_o king_n immediate_a tenant_n who_o grant_n be_v in_o the_o nature_n of_o service_n 6._o if_o it_o reach_v beyond_o the_o vetus_fw-la feoffamentum_fw-la it_o be_v spontanea_fw-la voluntate_fw-la suâ_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la 2._o but_o there_o be_v a_o knock_a record_n which_o i_o wonder_v i_o find_v no_o where_o insist_v upon_o to_o prove_v the_o king_n tenant_n to_o charge_v other_o sciatis_fw-la quod_fw-la arch._n episc_n 3._o abbates_n priores_fw-la comites_fw-la barones_n &_o omnes_fw-la alii_fw-la de_fw-la regno_fw-la nostro_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-la nobis_fw-la tenent_fw-la in_o capite_fw-la spontaneâ_fw-la voluntate_fw-la suâ_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la concess_n nobis_fw-la efficax_n auxilium_fw-la etc._n etc._n undeprovisum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la habeamus_fw-la de_fw-la singulis_fw-la feodis_fw-la militum_fw-la &_o wardis_fw-la quae_fw-la de_fw-la nobis_fw-la tenent_fw-la in_o capite_fw-la dvas_fw-la marcas_fw-la ad_fw-la praed_fw-we auxilium_fw-la here_o be_v a_o grant_n only_o from_o tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la and_o yet_o it_o may_v be_v urge_v that_o other_o record_n explain_v this_o show_v that_o the_o grant_v reach_v to_o the_o novum_fw-la feoffamentum_fw-la as_o well_o as_o the_o vetus_fw-la but_o it_o will_v be_v say_v that_o i_o make_v a_o argument_n for_o they_o which_o they_o be_v wise_a than_o to_o offer_v since_o the_o record_n of_o this_o very_o clear_o overthrow_v it_o yet_o if_o there_o be_v no_o better_o i_o may_v offer_v this_o that_o they_o may_v cultivate_v and_o improve_v it_o the_o matter_n of_o fact_n i_o take_v it_o be_v that_o the_o tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la grant_v by_o themselves_o a_o charge_n upon_o the_o vetus_fw-la feoffamentum_fw-la and_o the_o record_n which_o mention_n their_o grant_n go_v no_o far_o but_o another_o record_n of_o a_o grant_n from_o ecclesiastic_a tenant_n in_o chief_a be_v more_o express_a and_o explain_v the_o other_o cum_fw-la peteremus_fw-la à _fw-la praelatis_fw-la angliae_fw-la quod_fw-la nobis_fw-la auxilium_fw-la facerent_fw-la 3._o pro_fw-la magnâ_fw-la necessitate_v nostrâ_fw-la de_fw-la quâ_fw-la eye_n constabat_fw-la viz._n epis_n abbatibus_fw-la abbissis_n grant_v prioribus_fw-la &_o priorissis_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-la nobis_fw-la tenent_fw-la in_o capite_fw-la ipsi_fw-la nobis_fw-la liberaliter_fw-la concesserunt_fw-la auxilium_fw-la tale_n viz._n de_fw-fr singulis_fw-la feodis_fw-la militum_fw-la suorum_fw-la 40_o s._n de_fw-fr tot_fw-la feodis_fw-la de_fw-la quot_fw-la ipsi_fw-la tenentur_fw-la nobis_fw-la respondere_fw-la quando_fw-la nobis_fw-la faciunt_fw-la servitium_fw-la militare_fw-la this_o be_v express_v that_o the_o tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la grant_v only_o for_o so_o many_o knight_n fee_n as_o be_v of_o the_o vetus_fw-la feoffamentum_fw-la that_o be_v so_o many_o as_o they_o be_v to_o answer_v for_o when_o they_o be_v to_o perform_v their_o military_a service_n to_o the_o crown_n but_o whereas_o in_o the_o 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