that_fw-mi cum_fw-la aliquâ_fw-la muliere_fw-la alicui_fw-la in_o maritagium_fw-la ità _fw-la quod_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la servitio_fw-la terra_fw-la illa_fw-la sit_fw-la quieta_fw-la &_o à _fw-la se_fw-la &_o haeredibus_fw-la suis_fw-la versus_fw-la capitalem_fw-la dominum_fw-la acquietanda_fw-la and_o bracton_n express_o lib._n 2._o cap._n 7._o quoniam_fw-la terra_fw-la data_fw-la bastado_n in_fw-la maritagium_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la vel_fw-la bastardo_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la in_fw-la se_fw-la tacitam_fw-la habet_fw-la conditionem_fw-la vel_fw-la expressam_fw-la de_fw-la reversione_n etc._n etc._n see_v also_o sir_n thomas_n manwaring_n lawcase_n mistake_v pag._n 10_o 11._o so_o that_o land_n may_v be_v give_v in_o free-marriage_n to_o any_o man_n with_o any_o woman_n whosoever_o without_o any_o exception_n and_o if_o with_o any_o woman_n whosoever_o then_o certain_o with_o a_o bastard_n and_o bracton_n more_o express_o that_o land_n may_v then_o be_v give_v to_o a_o 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inter_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o ipsum_fw-la de_fw-la terrâ_fw-la &_o eodem_fw-la maritagio_fw-la factis_fw-la etc._n etc._n dated_n anno_fw-la sexto_fw-la johannis_n regis_fw-la 1204._o see_v the_o deed_n at_o large_a in_o the_o advertisement_n to_o the_o reader_n at_o the_o end_n of_o my_o book_n style_v sir_n thomas_n manwaring_n lawcase_n mistake_v pag._n 53._o transcribe_v from_o the_o record_n in_o the_o tower_n of_o london_n 2._o another_o see_v in_o my_o book_n of_o antiquity_n pag._n 152._o wherein_o it_o be_v covenant_v that_o john_n the_o scot_n nephew_n of_o randle_n earl_n of_o chester_n and_o lincoln_n by_o his_o elder_a sister_n shall_v marry_v helen_n daughter_n of_o lewellyn_n prince_n of_o north-wales_n and_o that_o the_o say_v lewellyn_n shall_v give_v to_o the_o say_v john_n in_o free-marriage_n all_o the_o manor_n of_o budford_n in_o warwickeshire_n and_o the_o manor_n of_o suttehele_n in_o worcester_n shire_n cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la sicut_fw-la 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