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upon_o do_v not_o pay_v and_o refund_v it_o within_o 2_o or_o 3_o year_n after_o seize_v also_o and_o take_v at_o his_o own_o price_n the_o wool_n which_o the_o merchant_n than_o have_v in_o the_o port_n ready_a to_o be_v transport_v and_o all_o the_o land_n and_o great_a estate_n of_o bohun_n earl_n of_o hereford_n and_o clare_n earl_n of_o regis_fw-la gloucester_n and_o upon_o the_o marriage_n of_o his_o daughter_n the_o lady_n elizabeth_n to_o the_o first_o with_o a_o gift_n in_o tail_n to_o they_o the_o reversion_n in_o the_o crown_n and_o the_o like_a to_o gilbert_n de_fw-fr clare_n earl_n of_o gloucester_n and_o hertford_n by_o marriage_n of_o his_o daughter_n the_o lady_n joan_n restore_v they_o in_o tail_n as_o aforesaid_a unto_o they_o and_o make_v not_o only_o the_o say_v humphrey_n de_fw-fr bohun_n roger_n bygod_n earl_n martial_n who_o upon_o second_o fail_n he_o afterward_o confiscate_v and_o all_o other_o who_o have_v join_v with_o he_o in_o refuse_v to_o serve_v he_o in_o his_o war_n according_a to_o the_o tenure_n of_o their_o land_n to_o be_v glad_a and_o well_o content_a with_o his_o general_a pardon_n in_o the_o same_o year_n grant_v to_o hugh_n kent_n de_fw-fr galvy_n in_o ireland_n and_o the_o heir_n male_n of_o his_o body_n the_o liberty_n of_o enjoy_v the_o benefit_n of_o the_o english_a law_n in_o terra_fw-la sua_fw-la hyberniae_fw-la as_o the_o write_v ensue_a wlll_v evidence_n viz._n rex_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ballivis_fw-la &_o fidelibus_fw-la suis_fw-la in_o hybernia_n ad_fw-la quos_fw-la etc._n etc._n salutem_fw-la volentes_fw-la hugoni_n kent_n de_fw-fr galvy_n hyberniae_fw-la gratia_fw-la 9_o facere_fw-la specialem_fw-la concedimus_fw-la ei_fw-la pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o haeredibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la &_o liberi_fw-la svi_fw-la de_fw-la corpore_fw-la ipsius_fw-la hugonis_fw-la legitime_fw-la procreati_fw-la &_o procreandi_fw-la hanc_fw-la habeant_fw-la libertatem_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsi_fw-la &_o posteri_fw-la 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 before_o in_o the_o 13_o or_o 14_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n fine_v gregory_n the_o rokesly_a mayor_n of_o london_n for_o that_o he_o renounce_v the_o mayoralty_n and_o deliver_v the_o common_a seal_n of_o the_o mayoralty_n or_o city_n to_o stephen_n de_fw-fr ashren_n &_o aliis_fw-la de_fw-la communitate_fw-la london_n sine_fw-la licencia_fw-la ipsius_fw-la regis_fw-la for_o which_o he_o