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in_o the_o pettibag_n sect_n xx._n the_o form_n of_o the_o writ_n to_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n the_o 29_o of_o aug._n 1661._o rex_fw-la reverendissimo_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la patri_fw-la praedilecto_fw-la &_o fideli_fw-la conciliario_n nostro_fw-la gulielmo_n eadem_fw-la gratia_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la cantuariensi_fw-la totius_fw-la angliae_fw-la primate_n '_o &_o metropolitano_fw-it salutem_fw-la quia_fw-la de_fw-la advisamento_fw-la &_o assensu_fw-la concilii_fw-la nostri_fw-la pro_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la arduis_fw-la &_o urgentibus_fw-la negotiis_fw-la nos_fw-la statum_n &_o defensionem_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la anglicanae_n concernen_fw-ge '_o quoddam_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la apud_fw-la civitatem_fw-la nostram_fw-la westm_n '_o octavo_fw-la die_fw-la maii_n praeterito_fw-la teneri_fw-la ordinavimus_fw-la &_o ibidem_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la cum_fw-la caeteris_fw-la praelat_n '_o magnatibus_fw-la &_o proceribus_fw-la 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marquis_n of_o winchester_n be_v lord_n treasurer_n the_o next_o in_o precedency_n to_o the_o lord_n chancellor_n by_o the_o act_n of_o 31._o h._n 8._o have_v the_o exemplar_n to_o two_o duke_n one_o marquis_n fourteen_o earl_n one_o viscount_n and_o thirty_o one_o baron_n all_o which_o be_v his_o consimilar_n and_o it_o be_v probable_a the_o reason_n why_o this_o exemplar_n be_v give_v to_o the_o treasurer_n and_o not_o to_o the_o chancellor_n be_v because_o thomas_n goodrick_n bishop_n of_o ely_n be_v then_o lord_n chancellor_n and_o so_o it_o be_v not_o proper_a for_o that_o bishop_n to_o be_v exemplar_n for_o the_o reason_n before_o allege_a now_o in_o the_o first_o car._n primi_fw-la thomas_n coventry_n be_v lord_n keeper_n and_o have_v a_o distinct_a writ_n the_o duke_n of_o buckingham_n have_v the_o exemplar_n who_o have_v one_o marquis_n thirty_o seven_o earl_n eleven_o viscount_n and_o forty_o seven_o baron_n to_o his_o consimilar_n also_o in_o the_o 15._o car._n 1._o john_n 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