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eorum_fw-la de_fw-la extero_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la nostra_fw-la hyberniae_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o morte_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o vita_fw-la legibus_fw-la consuetudinibus_fw-la utantur_fw-la auglicanis_fw-la firmiter_fw-la inhibentes_fw-la ne_fw-la quis_fw-la eos_fw-la contra_fw-la hanc_fw-la concessionem_fw-la nostram_fw-la injust_a vexet_fw-la in_o aliquo_fw-la vel_fw-la perturbet_fw-la in_o cujus_fw-la etc._n etc._n testae_fw-la rege_fw-la apud_fw-la gillingham_n 25_o die_v martii_fw-la per_fw-la ipsum_fw-la regem_fw-la and_o by_o his_o letter_n patent_n constitute_v johannem_fw-la de_fw-la breton_n custos_fw-la or_o warden_n of_o the_o city_n of_o london_n as_o follow_v viz._n rex_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ballivis_fw-la &_o fidelibus_fw-la suis_fw-la ad_fw-la quod_fw-la etc._n etc._n sciatis_fw-la quod_fw-la dilectum_fw-la &_o fidelem_fw-la nostrum_fw-la johannem_fw-la le_fw-fr breton_n constituimus_fw-la 3._o custodem_fw-la civitatis_fw-la london_n ad_fw-la amerciandos_fw-la aldermannos_fw-la &_o alios_fw-la quoscunque_fw-la de_fw-la civitate_fw-la praedicta_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la rationabilem_fw-la praemonitionem_fw-la seu_fw-la summonitionem_fw-la custodis_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la pro_fw-la negotiis_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o civitatem_fw-la illam_fw-la tangentibus_fw-la venire_fw-la contempserent_fw-la &_o etiam_fw-la ad_fw-la vicecomites_fw-la civitatis_fw-la predict_v &_o ipsorum_fw-la clericos_fw-la ac_fw-la ministros_fw-la mercedem_fw-la svi_fw-la officii_fw-la capientes_fw-la cum_fw-la super_fw-la hoc_fw-la modo_fw-la debito_fw-la convicti_fw-la fuerint_fw-la juxta_fw-la quantitatem_fw-la delictorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la castigandos_fw-la &_o puniendos_fw-la quantum_fw-la necesse_fw-la fuerit_fw-la &_o quatenus_fw-la sua_fw-la discretio_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la viderit_fw-la faciendum_fw-la specialem_fw-la tenore_fw-la praesentium_fw-la 2._o committimus_fw-la potestatem_fw-la quam_fw-la diu_fw-la nos_fw-la placuerit_fw-la durando_fw-la in_o cujus_fw-la etc._n etc._n have_v 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