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gratiâ_fw-la nostra_fw-la exoneravimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n praefatnm_fw-la de_fw-la omnibus_fw-la &_o on_fw-we nimodis_fw-la corrodiis_fw-la reddit_fw-la feod_a annuitat_fw-la pensionibus_fw-la portionibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n praeterquam_fw-la de_fw-la de_fw-fr eadem_fw-la rectoria_fw-la de_fw-la exeun_fw-mi '_o ac_fw-la archidiacono_n de_fw-la &_o successoâ—bus_fw-la suis_fw-la pro_fw-la procurationibus_fw-la &_o synodalibus_fw-la annuatim_fw-la solvend_fw-mi etc._n etc._n for_o that_o in_o such_o grant_n as_o i_o have_v see_v from_o the_o crown_n of_o impropriate_a rectory_n those_o payment_n annual_a payment_n of_o procuration_n and_o so_o of_o synodal_n too_o be_v continue_v and_o leave_v as_o a_o charge_n though_o many_o other_o burden_n be_v take_v away_o upon_o the_o proprietary_n again_o whereas_o many_o other_o ecclesiastical_a live_n since_o the_o certificate_n of_o their_o value_n into_o the_o exchequer_n about_o the_o 26_o of_o h._n 8._o be_v improve_v and_o make_v better_o 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