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9_o novum_n quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la ab_fw-la aliquo_fw-la adquisivit_fw-la caesar_n intelligitur_fw-la apud_fw-la germanos_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la feudo_fw-la semper_fw-la exceptus_fw-la 2._o f._n 56._o apud_fw-la gallos_n rex_fw-la in_fw-la ligio_fw-la pater_fw-la non_fw-la exceptus_fw-la quia_fw-la id_fw-la datur_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la qui_fw-la superiorem_fw-la non_fw-la agnoscit_fw-la cui_fw-la si_fw-la insidiatur_fw-la vasalli_n pater_fw-la domino_fw-la subiectus_fw-la crimen_fw-la perduellionis_fw-la principibus_fw-la comittit_fw-la vasallus_fw-la domino_fw-la reverentiam_fw-la &_o honorem_fw-la debet_fw-la ejusque_fw-la commodo_fw-la augere_fw-la atque_fw-la damna_fw-la infecta_fw-la avertere_fw-la obligatus_fw-la est_fw-la in_o feuda_fw-la concedendis_fw-la ordo_fw-la hominum_fw-la non_fw-la attenditur_fw-la nam_fw-la &_o superiores_fw-la ab_fw-la inferioribus_fw-la feuda_fw-la accipiunt_fw-la et_fw-la per_fw-la vicariam_fw-la personam_fw-la insiurandum_fw-la 26._o accipiunt_fw-la inter_fw-la politicos_fw-la caesar_n &_o reges_fw-la feuda_n dare_v possunt_fw-la deuce_n marchiones_fw-la principes_fw-la comites_fw-la &_o barones_n feuda_n dare_v possunt_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la caesari_n aut_fw-la regi_fw-la subjecti_fw-la sunt_fw-la maiora_fw-la sunt_fw-la autem_fw-la regalia_z quae_fw-la ad_fw-la statum_fw-la reipubl_n '_o administrationem_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la summi_fw-la principis_fw-la decus_fw-la pertinent_a and_o à _fw-fr cicerone_n be_v say_v to_o be_v jura_n majestatis_fw-la à _fw-la livio_n jura_n imperij_fw-la sunt_fw-la autem_fw-la majora_fw-la regalia_z leges_fw-la condere_fw-la easque_fw-la si_fw-la dubia_fw-la sint_fw-la interpretari_fw-la lib._n 8._o sect._n 1_o c._n deuce_n principes_fw-la comites_fw-la &_o barones_n equites_fw-la &_o nobiles_fw-la creare_fw-la l._n 5._o de_fw-la dignat_fw-la '_o facere_fw-la notarios_fw-la doctores_fw-la comites_fw-la palatinos_n spurios_fw-la facere_fw-la legitimos_fw-la novel_a 89._o 9_o veniam_fw-la 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mercy_n or_o pay_v escuage_z which_o though_o it_o be_v to_o be_v assess_v by_o parliament_n be_v not_o then_o understand_v to_o be_v a_o parliament_n compose_v of_o a_o house_n of_o commons_o but_o a_o parliament_n after_o the_o ancient_a way_n consist_v only_o of_o the_o lord_n spiritual_a and_o temporal_a the_o king_n great_a officer_n of_o state_n judges_z and_o council_n which_o our_o king_n and_o their_o council_n both_o general_a and_o special_a be_v not_o ignorant_a of_o either_o as_o to_o its_o right_a use_n or_o necessity_n for_o public_a good_a or_o preservation_n when_o king_n john_n be_v right_o inform_v and_o in_o fear_n enough_o of_o a_o invasion_n intend_v by_o the_o king_n of_o france_n his_o profess_a and_o know_v enemy_n 234._o et_fw-fr de_fw-fr omnibus_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o transmarinis_fw-la partibus_fw-la agebatur_fw-la edoctus_fw-la do_v not_o only_a inbreviare_n omnes_fw-la nave_n universis_fw-la portubus_fw-la totius_fw-la angliae_fw-la per_fw-la brevia_fw-la sua_fw-la sed_fw-la alius_fw-la literas_fw-la universis_fw-la vicecomitibus_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la misit_fw-la et_fw-la direxit_fw-la sub_fw-la hac_fw-la forma_fw-la johannes_n dei_fw-la gratia_fw-la rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la etc._n etc._n summon_v per_fw-mi bonos_fw-es summonitores_fw-la omnes_fw-la barones_n milites_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la liberos_fw-la homines_fw-la &_o servientes_fw-la vel_fw-la quicunque_fw-la sint_fw-la vel_fw-la de_fw-la quocunque_fw-la teneant_fw-la qui_fw-la arma_fw-la habere_fw-la debent_fw-la vel_fw-la arma_fw-la habere_fw-la possint_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la homagium_fw-la nobis_fw-la vel_fw-la ligeantiam_fw-la fecerunt_fw-la quod_fw-la sicut_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o seipsos_fw-la &_o omne_fw-la sua_fw-la diligunt_fw-la sint_fw-la apud_fw-la doveram_fw-la ad_fw-la instans_fw-la clausum_fw-la paschae_fw-la bene_fw-la parati_fw-la cum_fw-la equis_fw-la &_o armis_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la toto_fw-la posse_fw-la svo_fw-la ad_fw-la defendendum_fw-la caput_fw-la nostrum_fw-la &_o capita_fw-la sua_fw-la &_o terram_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la nullus_fw-la remaneat_fw-la qui_fw-la arma_fw-la portare_fw-la possit_fw-la sub_fw-la nomine_fw-la culvertagii_fw-la &_o perpetuae_fw-la servitatis_fw-la when_o both_o in_o england_n and_o france_n nihil_fw-la magis_fw-la quam_fw-la opprobrium_fw-la significavit_fw-la et_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la sequatur_fw-la dominum_fw-la suum_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la terram_fw-la non_fw-la habent_fw-la &_o arma_fw-la habere_fw-la possint_fw-la illuc_fw-la veniant_fw-la ad_fw-la capiendum_fw-la solidatas_fw-la nostras_fw-la &_o tu_fw-la omnem_fw-la attractum_fw-la victualium_fw-la &_o omne_fw-la mercata_fw-la ballivarum_fw-la tuarum_fw-la venire_fw-la facias_fw-la ut_fw-la sequantur_fw-la exercitum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la nullum_fw-la mercatum_fw-la de_fw-la ballivis_fw-la tuis_fw-la alibi_fw-la teneatur_fw-la &_o tuipse_v tunc_fw-la sis_fw-la ibi_fw-la cum_fw-la predictis_fw-la summonitoribus_fw-la &_o scias_fw-la quod_fw-la scire_fw-la volumus_fw-la quomodo_fw-la venerint_fw-la de_fw-la ballivis_fw-la tuis_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la venerint_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la non_fw-la &_o videas_fw-la quod_fw-la tu_fw-la ita_fw-la efforciate_n venias_fw-la cu_z 〈…〉_z equis_fw-la &_o armis_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la ita_fw-la exequatis_fw-la ut_fw-la inde_fw-la ad_fw-la corpus_fw-la tuum_fw-la nos_fw-la capere_fw-la debeamus_fw-la &_o tu_fw-la inde_fw-la habeas_fw-la rotulum_fw-la tuum_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la certificandum_fw-la qui_fw-la remanserunt_fw-la whereupon_o say_v that_o historian_n his_o ergo_fw-la literis_fw-la per_fw-la angliam_fw-la divulgatis_fw-la convenerunt_fw-la ad_fw-la maritima_fw-la in_o locis_fw-la diversis_fw-la homines_fw-la diversae_fw-la conditionis_fw-la et_fw-la aetatis_fw-la sed_fw-la cum_fw-la per_fw-la dies_fw-la pauce_n tantae_fw-la multitudini_fw-la victus_fw-la defuisset_fw-la remiserunt_fw-la ad_fw-la propria_fw-la principes_fw-la militiae_fw-la ex_fw-la inormi_fw-la vulgo_fw-la copiosam_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la milites_fw-la solummodo_fw-la servientes_fw-la &_o liberos_fw-la homines_fw-la cum_fw-la balistariis_fw-la &_o sagittariis_fw-la juxta_fw-la maritima_fw-la retinentes_fw-la omnibus_fw-la igitur_fw-la congregati_fw-la ad_fw-la pugnam_fw-la aestimati_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o exercitu_fw-la apud_fw-la barham_n dâ—nam_fw-la inter_fw-la milites_fw-la electos_fw-la &_o servientes_fw-la strenuos_fw-la &_o bene_fw-la armatos_fw-la sexaginta_fw-la millium_fw-la virorum_fw-la fortium_fw-la quibus_fw-la si_fw-la er_fw-mi ga_fw-mi regem_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o defensionem_fw-la patriae_fw-la cor_fw-la fuisset_fw-la &_o anima_fw-la una_fw-la non_fw-la fuisset_fw-la princeps_fw-la sub_fw-la coelo_fw-la contra_fw-la quem_fw-la regnum_fw-la angliae_fw-la se_fw-la non_fw-la defenderet_fw-la and_o it_o be_v no_o marvel_n to_o the_o people_n of_o england_n who_o then_o have_v not_o learned_a to_o be_v afraid_a or_o make_v bugbear_n of_o public_a 69._o good_a or_o kick_v 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de_fw-fr montbegon_n in_o lincolnshire_n all_o the_o land_n betwixt_o the_o river_n of_o ribble_z and_o merse_n in_o lancashire_n the_o land_n which_o he_o have_v in_o demesne_n in_o the_o manor_n of_o grimsby_n in_o com'_n lincoln_n and_o all_o the_o land_n which_o the_o earl_n of_o gloucester_n have_v in_o demesne_n in_o that_o manor_n the_o honour_n of_o eye_n nottingham_n barony_n and_o castle_n stafford_z and_o the_o whole_a county_n of_o stafford_n except_o the_o fee_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o chester_n earl_n robert_n ferrer_n hugh_n de_fw-fr mortimer_n gervase_n paganel_n and_o the_o forest_n of_o canoc_n the_o fee_n of_o alan_n de_fw-fr lincoln_n ernise_v the_o burun_a hugh_n de_fw-fr scoteny_n robert_n de_fw-fr chalz_n ralph_n fitz_n oates_n norman_n de_fw-fr verdun_n and_o robert_n de_fw-fr staford_n odo_n bishop_n of_o 72._o baieux_n william_n the_o conqueror_n half_a brother_n have_v one_o hundred_o eighty-four_a manor_n give_v he_o in_o kent_n thirty-nine_a in_o essex_n 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earl_n of_o surrey_n and_o sussex_n have_v in_o yorkshire_n the_o great_a lordship_n of_o connigsburgh_n in_o the_o 74._o soak_v whereof_o be_v near_o twenty-eight_a town_n and_o hamlet_n westtune_n in_o shropshire_n in_o essex_n twenty-one_o lordship_n in_o suffolk_n eighteen_o in_o oxfordshire_n maple_n durham_n and_o gaddington_n in_o hantshire_n frehinton_n in_o cambridgeshire_n seven_o in_o buckinghamshire_n brotone_n and_o cauretelle_n in_o huntingtonshire_n chevevaltone_n with_o three_o other_o lordship_n in_o bedfordshire_n four_o and_o in_o norfolk_n one_o hundred_o thirty-nine_a and_o the_o castle_n of_o rigate_n in_o surrey_n yale_n and_o bromfeild_n with_o their_o large_a extent_n in_o shropshire_n and_o be_v at_o the_o battle_n of_o lewes_n on_o the_o king_n part_n ralph_n de_fw-fr 142._o mortimer_n have_v give_v he_o by_o the_o conqueror_n in_o berkshire_n five_o manor_n in_o yorkshire_n eighteen_o beside_o divers_a hamlet_n in_o wiltshire_n ten_o in_o hantshire_n 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castle_n and_o lordship_n of_o bledleveny_n and_o bulkedinas_n castle_n and_o manor_n of_o nerberth_n comot_n of_o amgeid_n and_o pennewick_n castle_n and_o dominion_n of_o montgomery_n and_o bulkedinas_n manor_n and_o hundred_o of_o cherbury_n castle_n of_o dolvaren_n and_o territory_n of_o redevaugh_v town_n and_o territory_n of_o ewyas_n castle_n of_o kery_n and_o rodewin_n castle_n of_o dynebegh_n castle_n and_o cantre_v of_o buelch_n comot_n of_o ros_n rowenock_n konuegh_n and_o diomam_fw-la and_o in_o somersetshire_n the_o castle_n of_o brugwater_n with_o three_o manor_n bayliwick_n of_o the_o forest_n of_o north_n pederton_n exmore_n noreech_n chich_n mendip_n and_o warren_n of_o somerton_n three_o manor_n in_o kent_n one_o in_o com'_n buck_n '_o and_o one_o in_o staffordshire_n and_o keep_v in_o his_o house_n a_o constant_a table_n in_o imitation_n of_o king_n arthur_n round_a table_n for_o one_o hundred_o knight_n king_n henry_n the_o three_o after_o the_o battle_n of_o evesham_n give_v unto_o his_o son_n edmond_n to_o hold_v to_o he_o and_o the_o heir_n of_o his_o body_n the_o earldom_n honour_n and_o land_n of_o leicester_n and_o stewardship_n of_o england_n the_o earldom_n honour_n and_o land_n with_o the_o castle_n manor_n and_o land_n of_o robert_n de_fw-fr ferrer_n earl_n of_o derby_n and_o nicholas_n de_fw-fr segrave_n the_o custody_n of_o the_o castle_n of_o caermarden_n and_o cardigan_n and_o icy_a of_o lundy_n the_o castle_n of_o sherborne_n in_o com'_n dor_n '_o the_o castle_n of_o kenilworth_n in_o com'_n warwick_n with_o all_o the_o land_n thereunto_o belong_v the_o honour_n earldom_n castle_n and_o town_n of_o lancaster_n and_o be_v count_n palatine_n thereof_o with_o their_o appurtenance_n together_o with_o the_o castle_n of_o tutbury_n with_o its_o great_a appurtenance_n in_o the_o county_n of_o stafford_n the_o honour_n and_o castle_n of_o monmouth_n the_o honour_n town_n and_o castle_n of_o leicester_n with_o all_o the_o land_n and_o 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christianity_n in_o this_o our_o british_a isle_n whither_o with_o divers_a good_a author_n we_o believe_v that_o king_n lucius_n who_o be_v say_v to_o lie_v 34._o bury_v at_o winchester_n do_v in_o the_o year_n 156_o after_o the_o birth_n of_o our_o redeemer_n or_o in_o the_o year_n 185_o 186_o or_o 187._o write_v his_o letter_n to_o pope_n eleutherius_fw-la to_o transmit_v unto_o he_o the_o roman_a law_n it_o be_v allow_v by_o sir_n henry_n spelman_n to_o have_v be_v write_v rege_fw-la &_o proceribus_fw-la regni_fw-la britanniae_fw-la and_o that_o faganus_n and_o dervianus_fw-la two_o doctor_n be_v send_v by_o eleutherius_fw-la to_o king_n lucius_n baptise_a he_o &_o cum_fw-la regulis_fw-la populum_fw-la baptizant_fw-la clerum_fw-la ordidinant_n 3._o metropolitanos_fw-la &_o 28._o episcopos_fw-la instituunt_fw-la rex_fw-la ambrose_n aurelius_n ut_fw-la memoriale_a procerum_fw-la britanniae_fw-la quos_fw-la hengistus_n saxonesque_fw-la svi_fw-la complice_n nefanda_fw-la proditione_n in_o monte_fw-fr ambrosij_fw-la qui_fw-la nunc_fw-la vulgò_fw-la stohenge_n dicitur_fw-la trucidaverant_fw-la 480._o consul_n '_o &_o barones_n aeternum_fw-la fieret_fw-la praegrandes_fw-fr lapides_fw-la qui_fw-la ibidem_fw-la in_o borum_fw-la memoriam_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o praesens_fw-la positi_fw-la sunt_fw-la ab_fw-la hybernia_n cum_fw-la magna_fw-la manu_fw-la germano_n 60_o svo_fw-la uther_n illuc_fw-la transmisso_fw-la deportari_fw-la fecit_fw-la qui_fw-la câ—â—n_fw-la allati_fw-la fuissent_fw-la congregati_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o monte_fw-fr ambrosij_fw-la edicto_fw-la regis_fw-la magnates_fw-la eum_fw-la clero_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la magno_fw-la honore_fw-la dictorum_fw-la nobilium_fw-la sepulturam_fw-la prepararent_fw-la in_o the_o charter_n of_o king_n aethelbert_n confirm_v his_o grant_n of_o the_o land_n give_v to_o the_o church_n of_o st._n pancrase_n in_o the_o year_n 605._o it_o be_v 119._o mention_v to_o have_v be_v do_v consensu_fw-la venerabilis_fw-la augustini_fw-la 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