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in_o the_o month_n of_o may._n 52._o john_n boltsham_n or_o bottlesham_n chaplain_n unto_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n after_o the_o time_n of_o his_o consecration_n never_o see_v his_o cathedral_n church_n 53._o richard_n young_a make_v the_o window_n of_o the_o parish_n church_n of_o freindsbury_n 54._o john_n kempe_n be_v translate_v first_o to_o chichester_n 1422._o then_o to_o london_n and_o after_o that_o to_o york_n and_o canterbury_n see_v canterbury_n 55._o john_n langdon_n a_o monk_n of_o canterbury_n he_o be_v bear_v in_o kent_n and_o bring_v up_o in_o oxford_n where_o he_o proceed_v doctor_n of_o divinity_n a_o man_n very_o well_o learned_a in_o history_n and_o antiquity_n especial_o he_o be_v very_o well_o see_v among_o other_o thing_n i_o find_v he_o write_v a_o chronicle_n of_o england_n which_o whether_o it_o be_v yet_o extant_a or_o no_o i_o know_v not_o he_o die_v at_o the_o council_n of_o basill_n 1434._o 56._o thomas_n browne_n he_o be_v at_o the_o 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