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his_o papacy_n a._n d._n 1078_o in_o the_o five_o roman_a council_n which_o be_v call_v for_o the_o restauration_n of_o holy_a church_n procure_v this_o canon_n to_o be_v make_v because_o we_o have_v be_v inform_v that_o in_o many_o place_n investiture_n of_o church_n have_v be_v make_v by_o layman_n contrary_a to_o the_o extant_a the_o none_o of_o these_o be_v extant_a decree_n of_o holy_a father_n and_o from_o thence_o many_o disturbance_n have_v happen_v in_o the_o church_n to_o the_o oppression_n of_o christian_a religion_n we_o decree_v that_o no_o clerc_n shall_v receive_v the_o investiture_n of_o any_o bishopric_n abbey_n or_o church_n from_o the_o hand_n of_o emperor_n or_o king_n or_o any_o other_o lay_v person_n man_n or_o woman_n if_o any_o one_o shall_v presume_v to_o do_v this_o let_v he_o know_v such_o investiture_n be_v make_v void_a by_o apostolic_a authority_n and_o that_o he_o be_v excommunicate_v until_o he_o give_v just_a satisfaction_n labbe_n tom._n x._o col._n 371_o 372._o can._n 2._o in_o the_o seven_o council_n at_o rome_n hold_v under_o this_o pope_n a._n d._n 1080._o henry_n the_o four_o be_v depose_v from_o the_o empire_n and_o rodulph_n make_v emperor_n and_o the_o seven_o canon_n concern_v his_o deposition_n and_o excommunication_n be_v in_o a_o high_a strain_n and_o worth_a note_n in_o this_o council_n the_o former_a canon_n be_v confirm_v with_o this_o addition_n that_o if_o afterward_o any_o one_o shall_v receive_v a_o bishopric_n or_o abbey_n from_o any_o lay-person_n they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v esteem_v as_o bishop_n or_o abbat_n nor_o any_o obedience_n be_v to_o be_v pay_v to_o they_o as_o such_o and_o the_o grace_n of_o st._n peter_n and_o entrance_n into_o the_o church_n be_v interdict_v they_o until_o they_o have_v quit_v the_o place_n they_o have_v so_o receive_v and_o in_o like_a manner_n it_o be_v decree_v concern_v inferior_a ecclesiastic_a dignity_n ibid._n col._n 381._o can._n 1._o in_o the_o same_o council_n it_o be_v also_o decree_v that_o if_o any_o emperor_n king_n duke_z marquess_z earl_n or_o other_o secular_a potentate_n or_o person_n shall_v presume_v to_o give_v the_o investiture_n of_o bishopric_n or_o any_o other_o ecclesiastic_a dignity_n he_o shall_v be_v liable_a to_o the_o same_o sentence_n and_o furthermore_o unless_o he_o repent_v and_o leave_v the_o church_n to_o its_o own_o liberty_n he_o shall_v feel_v the_o divine_a vengeance_n in_o this_o life_n as_o well_o in_o his_o body_n as_o in_o his_o other_o affair_n that_o his_o soul_n may_v be_v safe_a at_o the_o come_n of_o the_o lord_n ibid._n can._n 2._o pope_n urban_n the_o second_o in_o the_o eight_o year_n of_o his_o papacy_n a._n d._n 1095._o hold_v a_o council_n at_o clermont_n in_o france_n in_o which_o it_o be_v decree_v that_o no_o clerc_n shall_v receive_v any_o ecclesiastic_a honour_n from_o a_o lay-person_n ibid._n col._n 508._o can._n 15._o nor_o any_o king_n or_o other_o prince_n shall_v make_v investiture_n of_o ecclesiastic_a honour_n ibid._n can._n 16._o nor_o that_o any_o bishop_n or_o priest_n shall_v do_v fealty_n or_o homage_n to_o any_o king_n or_o layman_n can._n 17._o the_o same_o pope_n in_o the_o last_o year_n of_o his_o papacy_n a._n d._n 1099._o hold_v a_o council_n at_o rome_n about_o the_o begin_n of_o may_n or_o latter_a end_n of_o april_n in_o which_o he_o declare_v all_o abbat_n excommunicate_v which_o for_o the_o future_a shall_v presume_v any_o way_n to_o receive_v the_o investiture_n of_o abbey_n from_o any_o lay-hand_n and_o forbid_v all_o bishop_n to_o ordain_v or_o consecrate_v they_o ibid._n col._n 617._o can._n 17._o he_o that_o will_v see_v what_o advantage_n the_o clergy_n make_v of_o these_o canon_n and_o decree_n let_v he_o read_v the_o ecclesiastical_a story_n in_o henry_n the_o first_o and_o henry_n the_o second_o the_o life_n of_o king_n john_n and_o henry_n the_o three_o and_o who_o will_v see_v the_o beginning_n and_o progress_n of_o this_o
land_n that_o come_v to_o they_o or_o pass_v by_o write_v or_o perhaps_o as_o we_o now_o call_v it_o deed_n from_o their_o ancestor_n can_v not_o sell_v or_o alien_n it_o from_o their_o heir_n and_o that_o for_o vouch_v of_o thing_n sell_v etc._n etc._n no_o man_n horse_n or_o ox_n can_v be_v buy_v or_o sell_v without_o a_o voucher_n alfred_n foed_n alured_n &_o guthrum_n ibid._n fol._n 36._o hundred_o and_o tithing_n erect_v by_o alfred_n that_o be_v one_o then_o that_o shall_v take_v upon_o he_o to_o make_v good_a the_o sale_n and_o thing_n sell_v according_a to_o the_o bargain_n .._o this_o king_n according_a to_o ingulph_n first_o divide_v the_o province_n into_o into_o without_o doubt_n as_o to_o this_o part_n of_o the_o division_n 284._o de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la aelfâ—ed_fw-la fol._n 284._o ingulph_n be_v mistake_v for_o asser_n who_o live_v in_o aelfred_n time_n mention_n osric_z earl_n of_o hamshire_n and_o ethelwolph_n earl_n of_o bark-shire_n under_o ethelbert_n and_o eanwulf_n earl_n of_o somersetshire_n under_o his_o father_n ethelwolph_n there_o be_v also_o mention_v as_o witness_n to_o a_o charter_n of_o king_n ethelbald_n a._n d._n 716._o cite_v by_o ingulphus_n egga_n earl_n of_o lincoln_n and_o lencitus_n earl_n of_o leicester_n a._n histor_n croyland_n fol._n 485._o a._n therefore_o such_o division_n be_v before_o nevertheless_o it_o be_v most_o probable_a the_o partition_n of_o county_n into_o hundred_o and_o tithing_n be_v make_v in_o his_o time_n as_o appear_v in_o the_o notice_n county_n those_o into_o hundred_o and_o those_o again_o into_o decime_n or_o tithing_n that_o every_o english_a man_n live_v under_o law_n shall_v be_v within_o some_o hundred_o or_o tithing_n 886._o edward_n the_o elder_a a._n d._n 886._o of_o this_o see_v more_o in_o the_o first_o part_n of_o this_o history_n he_o make_v also_o a_o survey_n of_o all_o the_o county_n hundred_o and_o tithing_n throughout_o england_n and_o the_o roll_n thereof_o be_v call_v the_o roll_n of_o winchester_n b._n all_o county_n survey_v by_o alfred_n in_o his_o history_n fol._n 516._o b._n the_o chief_a city_n of_o the_o west-saxon_a kingdom_n because_o it_o be_v keep_v then_o out_o of_o this_o roll_n and_o that_o afterward_o make_v by_o william_n the_o conqueror_n in_o imitation_n of_o it_o but_o more_o exact_a ingulphus_n take_v out_o the_o particular_n of_o the_o land_n and_o tenement_n belong_v to_o croyland_n abbey_n edward_n his_o son_n call_v the_o elder_a mercia_n edward_n the_o elder_a a._n d._n 900._o sax._n an._n 901._o disturb_a by_o ethelwald_n ibid._n 905._o who_o fly_v to_o the_o dane_n in_o northumberland_n and_o persuade_v they_o to_o invade_v mercia_n because_o the_o first_o succeed_v aelfr_v less_o learned_a but_o more_o potent_a in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o reign_n he_o receive_v some_o disturbance_n from_o the_o pretence_n of_o ethelwald_n his_o uncle_n son_n to_o the_o kingdom_n who_o not_o be_v able_a to_o make_v good_a his_o cause_n flee_v to_o 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433._o l._n 1._o the_o pope_n policy_n to_o gain_v money_n from_o the_o english_a friar_n predicant_o and_o minor_n go_v through_o city_n town_n castle_n and_o village_n in_o england_n and_o offer_v plenary_a indulgence_n to_o any_o who_o be_v confess_v and_o true_o penitent_a that_o will_v undertake_v the_o cross_n and_o soon_o after_o the_o pope_n send_v into_o england_n friar_n thomas_n a_o templar_n and_o one_o of_o his_o domestic_n with_o his_o bull_n to_o absolve_v any_o one_o from_o his_o vow_n upon_o payment_n of_o a_o certain_a sum_n of_o money_n towards_o the_o defray_a the_o expense_n of_o the_o holy_a war_n and_o whoever_o shall_v pay_v any_o money_n for_o this_o end_n although_o he_o be_v under_o no_o vow_n yet_o he_o shall_v have_v the_o benefit_n of_o this_o indulgence_n in_o the_o year_n 1237._o at_o christmas_n the_o king_n keep_v his_o court_n at_o winchester_n at_o fol._n 435._o n._n 10_o 20_o 30_o 40_o 50._o a._n d._n 1237._o a_o parliament_n at_o winchester_n 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transact_v and_o according_o on_o st._n hilary_n day_n a_o
constable_n of_o dover_n castle_n henry_n montfort_n elder_a son_n to_o the_o earl_n of_o leicester_n be_v make_v by_o the_o king_n commission_n constable_n of_o dover_n castle_n warden_n of_o the_o cinque_fw-fr port_n and_o have_v the_o chamberlain-ship_n of_o sandwich_n commit_v to_o he_o during_o pleasure_n on_o the_o four_o of_o peace_n of_o append._n n._n 210._o the_o king_n appoint_v conservator_n of_o the_o peace_n june_n the_o king_n relate_v that_o by_o divine_a grace_n there_o have_v be_v a_o firm_a peace_n make_v between_o he_o and_o his_o baron_n to_o be_v inviolable_o observe_v through_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n do_v by_o the_o advice_n and_o assent_n of_o his_o baron_n constitute_v and_o appoint_v in_o all_o county_n of_o england_n keeper_n and_o conservator_n of_o that_o peace_n during_o pleasure_n command_v and_o enjoin_v they_o by_o their_o faith_n and_o allegiance_n that_o they_o strict_o look_v after_o the_o conservation_n of_o the_o peace_n in_o their_o county_n 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be_v to_o have_v their_o expense_n allow_v upon_o the_o common_a charge_n for_o forty_o day_n and_o that_o he_o shall_v send_v from_o city_n castle_n and_o burgh_n a_o proportionable_a number_n of_o man_n as_o well_o horse_n as_o foot_n according_a to_o their_o bigness_n and_o ability_n nor_o be_v any_o man_n to_o pretend_v or_o plead_v that_o harvest_n be_v then_o to_o begin_v or_o any_o other_o family_n or_o domestic_a employment_n as_o a_o let_v or_o hindrance_n see_v it_o be_v more_o safe_a and_o better_a for_o a_o man_n with_o the_o security_n of_o his_o person_n to_o be_v somewhat_o damnify_v in_o his_o good_n than_o with_o a_o total_a destruction_n of_o his_o land_n and_o good_n by_o the_o impious_a hand_n of_o those_o who_o thirst_v after_o his_o blood_n to_o wit_n the_o king_n and_o if_o they_o can_v prevail_v will_v spare_v neither_o age_n nor_o sex_n but_o deliver_v they_o to_o the_o torture_n of_o a_o cruel_a death_n therefore_o this_o command_n of_o the_o king_n the_o sheriff_n be_v to_o publish_v and_o give_v notice_n to_o every_o one_o that_o as_o they_o love_v the_o honour_n of_o he_o and_o the_o nation_n and_o their_o own_o life_n and_o as_o they_o will_v avoid_v the_o perpetual_a disinheritance_n of_o themselves_o and_o heir_n they_o shall_v hasten_v to_o prepare_v themselves_o as_o powerful_o as_o they_o can_v so_o as_o they_o may_v be_v at_o the_o place_n and_o time_n aforesaid_a let_v they_o know_v that_o if_o he_o shall_v find_v any_o contemner_n of_o his_o command_n or_o any_o that_o shall_v be_v negligent_a or_o remiss_a in_o the_o performance_n of_o it_o that_o he_o will_v seize_v their_o person_n and_o good_n as_o of_o those_o that_o will_v not_o preserve_v he_o and_o his_o kingdom_n from_o confusion_n and_o perpetual_a disinheritance_n this_o declaration_n and_o command_n be_v date_v at_o st._n paul_n london_n on_o the_o six_o of_o july_n on_o the_o nine_o of_o july_n dors._n july_n pat._n 48_o hen._n 3._o m._n 11._o dors._n he_o send_v his_o writ_n to_o the_o good_a best_a or_o stout_a man_n probis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la of_o len_n yarmouth_n donwich_n oxford_n joswich_n and_o all_o other_o city_n burgh_n and_o town_n upon_o the_o coast_n of_o norfolk_n and_o suffolk_n to_o be_v obedient_a to_o the_o direction_n of_o hugh_n le_fw-fr d'espenser_n his_o justiciary_a in_o secure_v the_o coast_n of_o those_o county_n who_o he_o have_v send_v to_o they_o to_o that_o purpose_n the_o earl_n of_o leicester_n will_v be_v think_v a_o strict_a observer_n of_o the_o king_n command_n that_o other_o may_v real_o be_v so_o and_o therefore_o obtain_v the_o king_n kingdom_n king_n append_v n._n 218._o montfort_n ride_v with_o a_o body_n of_o horse_n about_o the_o kingdom_n licence_n to_o ride_v with_o a_o body_n of_o arm_a horse_n about_o the_o kingdom_n when_o he_o have_v prohibit_v all_o other_o to_o do_v it_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o hostage_n and_o prisoner_n he_o carry_v about_o with_o he_o this_o licence_n be_v date_v 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nor_o send_v and_o of_o all_o such_o as_o depart_v without_o his_o licence_n and_o keep_v they_o safe_a until_o further_a order_n on_o the_o 24_o of_o september_n the_o king_n dors._n king_n pat._n 48_o hen._n 3._o m._n 3._o dors._n write_v to_o the_o sheriff_n of_o oxford_n and_o buckingham_n shire_n to_o command_v and_o enjoin_v all_o knight_n and_o free-tenant_n in_o his_o bailywic_n that_o be_v able_a to_o bear_v arm_n and_o have_v land_n to_o the_o value_n of_o a_o hundred_o shilling_n or_o ten_o pound_n a_o year_n under_o the_o penalty_n of_o lose_v all_o the_o land_n and_o tenement_n they_o hold_v in_o the_o kingdom_n that_o they_o shall_v come_v to_o he_o in_o their_o proper_a person_n with_o horse_n and_o arm_n wherever_o he_o be_v in_o england_n in_o all_o haste_n to_o oppose_v the_o stranger_n that_o be_v to_o come_v from_o beyond_o sea_n who_o be_v to_o be_v furnish_v with_o money_n for_o their_o expense_n in_o the_o army_n until_o three_o week_n after_o michaelmass_n and_o the_o sheriff_n be_v to_o provide_v for_o the_o expense_n of_o such_o as_o be_v not_o able_a by_o tax_v the_o county_n and_o also_o for_o the_o expense_n of_o the_o foot_n matthew_n westminster_n english_a westminster_n f._n 385._o n._n 10._o what_o the_o king_n of_o france_n think_v of_o the_o english_a say_v that_o almost_o all_o france_n as_o far_o as_o the_o alps_o by_o the_o instigation_n of_o the_o king_n of_o france_n peter_z earl_n of_o savoy_n boniface_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n and_o the_o elect_a of_o lion_n and_o other_o of_o the_o queen_n relation_n be_v in_o great_a indignation_n with_o the_o english_a that_o behave_v themselves_o seditious_o towards_o and_o traitorous_o oppose_v their_o king_n which_o may_v raise_v a_o suspicion_n in_o they_o of_o the_o inclination_n and_o willingness_n of_o those_o people_n to_o assist_v the_o king_n but_o speak_v not_o of_o any_o ship_n provide_v or_o force_n raise_v there_o to_o reduce_v they_o to_o obedience_n though_o the_o 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puniantur_fw-la sicut_fw-la ipsi_fw-la transgressores_fw-la totum_fw-la vinum_fw-la illius_fw-la qui_fw-la vendidit_fw-la contra_fw-la assisam_fw-la capietur_fw-la ad_fw-la opus_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o praeterea_fw-la dominus_fw-la vini_n &_o venditores_fw-la sint_fw-la in_o misericordia_fw-la regis_fw-la inquirendum_fw-la est_fw-la per_fw-la omnes_fw-la comitatus_fw-la de_fw-la hidis_fw-la &_o carucatis_fw-la &_o si_fw-la justitiarii_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la haec_fw-la attornati_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la se_fw-la bene_fw-la habuerint_fw-la &_o si_fw-la de_fw-la omnibus_fw-la receperunt_fw-la &_o si_fw-la aliqua_fw-la concelaverunt_fw-la de_fw-fr custodibus_fw-la portuum_fw-la maris_fw-la si_fw-la quid_fw-la receperunt_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la reddiderunt_fw-la &_o si_fw-la mercedem_fw-la aliquam_fw-la receperunt_fw-la pro_fw-la jure_fw-la regis_fw-la retinendo_fw-la &_o si_fw-la quis_fw-la aliquid_fw-la receperit_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la fuerit_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la attornatus_fw-la inquirendum_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la omnes_fw-la venerint_fw-la ad_fw-la summonitiones_fw-la justitiarum_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la sicut_fw-la venire_fw-la debent_fw-la &_o si_fw-la quis_fw-la sit_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la venerit_fw-la quis_fw-la ille_fw-la fuerit_fw-la &_o qualiter_fw-la nominatus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la assisa_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la de_fw-fr forestis_n haec_fw-la est_fw-la assisa_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la sunt_fw-la praecepta_fw-la de_fw-la forestis_n suis_fw-la in_o anglia_fw-it facta_fw-la per_fw-la assensum_fw-la &_o consilium_fw-la archiepisc_n &_o episcoporum_fw-la &_o abbatum_fw-la comitum_fw-la &_o baronum_fw-la &_o militum_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la dominus_fw-la rex_fw-la primum_fw-la defendit_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la aliquis_fw-la ei_fw-la forisfaciat_fw-la de_fw-la venatione_fw-la sva_fw-la vel_fw-la de_fw-la forestis_fw-la suis_fw-la in_o aliqua_fw-la re_fw-mi non_fw-la vult_fw-la quod_fw-la confidant_a in_o hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la habuit_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la de_fw-la illis_fw-la per_fw-la eorum_fw-la catalla_fw-la hucusque_fw-la qui_fw-la ei_fw-la forisfecerint_fw-la de_fw-la venatione_fw-la sva_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr forestis_n suis_fw-fr nam_fw-la si_fw-la qui_fw-la a_o modo_fw-la ei_fw-la forisfecerint_fw-la inde_fw-la &_o inde_fw-la convicti_fw-la fuerint_fw-la plenariam_fw-la vult_fw-la de_fw-la illis_fw-la justitiam_fw-la fieri_fw-la qualis_fw-la facta_fw-la fuit_fw-la tempore_fw-la henrici_fw-la avi_fw-la patris_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la viz._n ut_fw-la amittant_fw-la oculos_fw-la &_o testiculos_fw-la item_n dominus_fw-la rex_fw-la defendit_fw-la quod_fw-la nullus_fw-la habeat_fw-la arcu_fw-la vel_fw-la sagittas_fw-la neque_fw-la cane_n neque_fw-la leporarios_fw-la in_o forestis_fw-la suis_fw-la nisi_fw-la habeat_fw-la ipsum_fw-la regem_fw-la