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habuit_fw-la die_fw-la qua_fw-la rex_fw-la edwardus_fw-la fuit_fw-la vivus_fw-la &_o mortuus_fw-la record_n &_o sicut_fw-la meâ_fw-la jussione_n dirationatae_fw-la sunt_fw-la apud_fw-la keneteford_n per_fw-la plures_fw-la scyras_fw-la ante_fw-la meos_fw-la barones_n e._n viz._n gaulfridum_n constansiensem_fw-la episcopum_fw-la &_o balwinum_fw-la abbatem_fw-la &_o petrum_fw-la de_fw-la valonnus_n &_o picotum_n vicecomitem_fw-la &_o tehehen_fw-ge de_fw-mi heliom_n &_o hugonem_fw-la de_fw-la hosden_n &_o gocelinum_n de_fw-fr norwicum_n &_o plures_fw-la alios_fw-la testae_fw-la rogero_n bigot_n willielmus_fw-la rex_fw-la anglorum_fw-la lanfranco_n archiep._n a._n &_o rogero_n comiti_fw-la moritonio_n &_o gauffrido_n constantiensi_fw-la episcopo_fw-la salutem_fw-la mando_n vobis_fw-la &_o praecipio_fw-la ut_fw-la iterum_fw-la faciatis_fw-la congregari_fw-la omnes_fw-la scyras_fw-la quae_fw-la interfuerunt_fw-la placito_fw-la habito_fw-la de_fw-la terris_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la de_fw-la hely_n antequam_fw-la mea_fw-la conjux_fw-la in_o normaniam_fw-la novissimè_fw-la veniret_fw-la cum_fw-la quibus_fw-la etiam_fw-la sint_fw-la de_fw-la baronibus_fw-la meis_fw-la qui_fw-la competenter_fw-la adesse_fw-la poterunt_fw-la &_o praedicto_fw-la placito_fw-la interfuerunt_fw-la et_fw-la qui_fw-la terras_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la tenent_fw-la jury_n quibus_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la congregatis_fw-la eligantur_fw-la plures_fw-la de_fw-la illis_fw-la anglis_fw-la qui_fw-la sciunt_fw-la quomodo_fw-la terrae_fw-la jacebant_fw-la praefatae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la die_fw-la qua_fw-la rex_fw-la edwardus_fw-la obiit_fw-la et_fw-la quod_fw-la inde_fw-la dixerint_fw-la ibidem_fw-la jurando_fw-la testentur_fw-la quo_fw-la facto_fw-la restituantur_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la terrae_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o dominico_fw-la svo_fw-la erant_fw-la die_fw-la obitûs_fw-la edwardi_fw-la exceptis_fw-la his_fw-la quas_fw-la homines_fw-la clamabunt_fw-la i_o sibi_fw-la dedisse_fw-la illas_fw-la vero_fw-la literis_fw-la signate_n quae_fw-la sint_fw-la et_fw-la qui_fw-la eas_fw-la tenent_fw-la tenant_n qui_fw-la autem_fw-la tenent_fw-la theinlande_n quae_fw-la proculdubio_fw-la debent_fw-la teneri_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la faciant_fw-la concordiam_fw-la cum_fw-la abb._n quam_fw-la meliorem_fw-la poterint_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la noluerint_fw-la terrae_fw-la remaneant_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la manor_n hoc_fw-la quoque_fw-la de_fw-la tenentibus_fw-la socam_fw-la et_fw-la sacam_fw-la fiat_fw-la denique_fw-la praecipio_fw-la ut_fw-la illi_fw-la homines_fw-la faciant_fw-la pontem_fw-la de_fw-la heli_n qui_fw-la meo_fw-la praecepto_fw-la et_fw-la dispositione_n hucusque_fw-la illum_fw-la soliti_fw-la sunt_fw-la facere_fw-la willielmus_fw-la rex_fw-la anglorum_fw-la goffrido_n episcopo_fw-la et_fw-fr rodberto_n et_fw-la comiti_fw-la moritonio_n aliud_fw-la salutem_fw-la facite_fw-la simul_fw-la