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and_o testament_n petition_v king_n richard_n the_o ii_o that_o it_o may_v be_v fulfil_v and_o represent_v how_o she_o have_v obtain_v a_o new_a bull_n from_o pope_n vrban_n direct_v to_o the_o archdeacon_n of_o london_n for_o that_o purpose_n the_o king_n thereupon_o grant_v his_o licence_n quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la archidiaconus_fw-la ad_fw-la erectionem_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la collegii_fw-la faciendam_fw-la procedere_fw-la valeat_fw-la juxta_fw-la vim_o formam_fw-la &_o effectum_fw-la dictarum_fw-la literarum_fw-la apostolicarum_fw-la for_o which_o licence_n she_o give_v the_o king_n 20_o mark_n as_o be_v express_v in_o the_o letter_n patent_n v._o monast_n anglicanum_n 3._o tom._n de_fw-fr ecclesiis_fw-la collegiatis_fw-la p._n 108._o there_o be_v some_o act_n of_o this_o abbot_n mention_v in_o a_o ms._n register_n former_o belong_v to_o this_o church_n now_o in_o sir_n john_n cotton_n library_n and_o other_o in_o our_o record_n at_o the_o end_n of_o swapham_n in_o the_o 18_o 19_o and_o 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