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there_o be_v no_o english_a army_n in_o those_o part_n able_a to_o fight_v sr._n bertram_n or_o to_o raise_v the_o siege_n they_o call_v a_o council_n of_o war_n and_o conclude_v to_o treat_v with_o the_o constable_n which_o they_o do_v so_o discreet_o that_o they_o be_v permit_v to_o go_v away_o with_o all_o their_o good_n and_o what_o they_o please_v to_o carry_v and_o be_v also_o convey_v safe_o into_o limosin_n where_o they_o incur_v not_o blame_v of_o their_o friend_n for_o what_o they_o have_v do_v thus_o sr._n bertram_n prosper_v in_o this_o expedition_n and_o win_v many_o town_n and_o castle_n from_o the_o english_a before_o he_o return_v into_o france_n viii_o but_o now_o it_o be_v time_n to_o look_v at_o home_n and_o see_v how_o king_n edward_n behave_v himself_o in_o this_o juncture_n he_o for_o his_o part_n 234._o part_n m._n s._n rot._n parl._n p._n 107._o sr._n rob._n cotton_v abridgm_n p._n 111._o m.s._n vet_z angl._n in_o bibl._n c.c.c._n cantab._n c._n 234._o in_o 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chief_a of_o which_o place_n be_v there_o name_v particular_o as_o that_o of_o the_o chancellor_n treasurer_n privy_a seal_n and_o the_o like_a and_o none_o of_o the_o clergy_n they_o be_v enough_o take_v up_o by_o their_o spiritual_a affair_n if_o they_o mind_v they_o according_a to_o their_o duty_n save_v unto_o the_o king_n his_o prerogative_n free_o to_o choose_v or_o remove_v officer_n provide_v they_o may_v be_v of_o the_o laity_n only_o to_o which_o petition_n althô_o the_o king_n answer_n be_v then_o that_o he_o will_v do_v by_o advice_n of_o his_o council_n yet_o we_o find_v that_o in_o this_o very_a 43._o very_a philipot_n catal_a chancellor_n p._n 43._o month_n of_o march_n william_n of_o wickham_n bishop_n of_o winchester_n and_z lord_z chancellor_z of_o england_n do_v deliver_v up_o the_o great_a seal_n unto_o the_o king_n at_o westminster_n who_o immediate_o deliver_v it_o to_o sr._n robert_n thorpe_n one_o of_o the_o justice_n of_o the_o law._n at_o the_o same_o time_n 40â—_n time_n philipâ—ts_n catal_a treasurer_n p._n 39_o &_o godwin_n catal._n bish_n 40â—_n thomas_n brentingham_n alias_o brantington_n bishop_n of_o excester_n be_v also_o remove_v from_o be_v lord_n treasurer_n in_o who_o place_n sir_n richard_n scroop_n of_o boulton_n a_o baron_n of_o the_o realm_n succeed_v on_o the_o 27_o of_o march._n and_o then_o it_o pass_v into_o a_o law_n that_o for_o the_o future_a the_o chancellor_n treasurer_n and_o clerk_n of_o the_o privy_a seal_n shall_v not_o be_v spiritual_a man_n but_o that_o secular_a person_n only_o shall_v have_v those_o employment_n after_o which_o tho'_o sometime_o indeed_o the_o clergy_n do_v attain_v the_o say_a dignity_n yet_o it_o be_v much_o more_o seldom_o and_o in_o process_n of_o time_n very_o rare_a or_o never_o this_o do_v 111._o do_v m.s._n rot._n par._n p._n 107._o 107._o 8._o sr._n rob._n cotton_n abridgm_n p._n 111._o sr._n robert_n thorpe_n the_o new-lord_n chancellor_n declare_v that_o for_o as_o much_o as_o 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parliament_n it_o be_v etc._n be_v m.s._n rot._n par._n 45._o ed._n 3._o n._n 7_o 11_o 13._o p._n 107._o sr._n rob._n cotton_n p._n 111_o etc._n etc._n agree_v that_o a_o staple_n shall_v be_v hold_v at_o melcomb_n regis_fw-la in_o dorsetshire_n after_o which_o the_o petition_n of_o the_o commons_o not_o before_o answer_v be_v now_o read_v and_o answer_v before_o the_o king_n the_o lord_n spiritual_a and_o temporal_a and_o the_o commons_o which_o do_v the_o king_n license_v the_o estate_n to_o depart_v and_o the_o parliament_n end_v petition_n of_o the_o commons_o with_o their_o answer_n that_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la and_o the_o charter_n of_o the_o forest_n may_v be_v observe_v in_o all_o point_n and_o also_o that_o every_o petition_n now_o exhibit_v may_v be_v by_o some_o of_o the_o lord_n consider_v it_o please_v the_o king._n for_o that_o the_o realm_n have_v be_v of_o long_a time_n govern_v by_o man_n of_o the_o church_n to_o the_o disherison_n of_o the_o crown_n the_o lord_n 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