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to_o defend_v the_o march_n beside_o 36_o man_n of_o arm_n and_o 40_o halberdier_n for_o the_o defence_n of_o his_o own_o castle_n king_n bailiol_n only_o ibid._n only_o m.s._n &_o sr._n rob._n ibid._n undertake_v to_o find_v but_o 20_o man_n of_o arm_n for_o he_o be_v reduce_v so_o low_o now_o that_o among_o other_o method_n for_o his_o supply_n the_o king_n of_o england_n be_v fain_o to_o grant_v he_o towards_o the_o maintenance_n of_o his_o estate_n 44._o estate_n estate_n 44._o together_o with_o the_o manor_n of_o hexlisham_n three_o hundred_o pound_n per_fw-la annum_fw-la out_o of_o the_o desme_n within_o the_o diocese_n of_o york_n during_o the_o vacancy_n of_o that_o archbishopric_n for_o to_o the_o establish_n of_o the_o credit_n of_o this_o m.s._n so_o often_o by_o i_o cite_v which_o agree_v notwithstanding_o exact_o with_o that_o abridgement_n of_o the_o record_n of_o sr._n robert_n cotton_n set_v forth_o by_o mr._n william_n prynne_n we_o be_v to_o understand_v april_n 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