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that_fw-mi cum_fw-la aliquâ_fw-la muliere_fw-la alicui_fw-la in_o maritagium_fw-la ità _fw-la quod_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la servitio_fw-la terra_fw-la illa_fw-la sit_fw-la quieta_fw-la &_o à _fw-la se_fw-la &_o haeredibus_fw-la suis_fw-la versus_fw-la capitalem_fw-la dominum_fw-la acquietanda_fw-la and_o bracton_n express_o lib._n 2._o cap._n 7._o quoniam_fw-la terra_fw-la data_fw-la bastado_n in_fw-la maritagium_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la vel_fw-la bastardo_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la in_fw-la se_fw-la tacitam_fw-la habet_fw-la conditionem_fw-la vel_fw-la expressam_fw-la de_fw-la reversione_n etc._n etc._n see_v also_o sir_n thomas_n manwaring_n lawcase_n mistake_v pag._n 10_o 11._o so_o that_o land_n may_v be_v give_v in_o free-marriage_n to_o any_o man_n with_o any_o woman_n whosoever_o without_o any_o exception_n and_o if_o with_o any_o woman_n whosoever_o then_o certain_o with_o a_o bastard_n and_o bracton_n more_o express_o that_o land_n may_v then_o be_v give_v to_o a_o 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we_o afterward_o lib._n 10._o eccles_n hist_o pag._n 787._o ricardus_n pulcherrimus_fw-la pver_fw-la quem_fw-la solum_fw-la ex_fw-la ermentrude_v filiâ_fw-la hugonis_fw-la de_fw-fr claromonte_n genuit_fw-la consulatum_fw-la cestriae_fw-la scilicet_fw-la tenuit_fw-la so_o that_o earl_n hugh_n only_o beget_v richard_n on_o ermentrude_v his_o wife_n &_o then_o by_o sure_a consequence_n out_o of_o his_o word_n it_o must_v needs_o follow_v that_o geva_n be_v be_v one_o of_o the_o earl_n bastard_n she_o be_v no_o child_n by_o ermentrude_v his_o wife_n which_o be_v clear_o prove_v without_o a_o point_n of_o law_n and_o can_v by_o any_o point_n of_o law_n be_v take_v off_o again_o if_o geva_n have_v be_v a_o lawful_a daughter_n by_o ermentrude_v than_o she_o will_v have_v be_v sole_a heir_n to_o her_o brother_n richard_n and_o aught_o to_o have_v have_v the_o earldom_n of_o chester_n which_o she_o never_o have_v nor_o ever_o claim_v see_v this_o more_o full_o in_o my_o answer_n to_o the_o 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