chattel_n whatsoever_o even_o in_o like_a manner_n as_o it_o be_v use_v and_o accustom_v in_o london_n regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 19_o edw._n the_o 1._o an._n d._n 1291._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n john_n zouch_n william_n gatepath_n john_n rook._n william_n kerswell_n william_n buffet_v regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 20._o edw._n the_o 1._o an._n d._n 1292._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n william_n gatepath_n william_n kerswell_n henry_n goldecot_n william_n well_o richard_n montin_n bishop_n quivell_n in_o the_o eleven_o year_n of_o his_o government_n 18._o octobris_fw-la by_o drink_v a_o syrup_n and_o in_o too_o hasty_a swallow_v it_o be_v choke_v and_o lie_v bury_v in_o the_o lady_n chapel_n of_o his_o own_o church_n the_o franciscan_a or_o grey_n friar_n report_v that_o he_o die_v of_o god_n just_a judgement_n for_o that_o he_o favour_v not_o nor_o will_v suffer_v they_o to_o build_v their_o new_a intend_a house_n notwithstanding_o his_o promise_n make_v to_o the_o king_n of_o so_o do_v this_o mayor_n with_o richard_n poltymore_n herbert_n de_fw-fr pyne_n and_o william_n le_fw-fr speke_n knight_n be_v witness_n to_o a_o deed_n of_o one_o ongarus_n de_fw-fr sancto_n milone_n a_o citizen_n hereof_o wherein_o he_o give_v to_o the_o dean_n and_o chapter_n of_o this_o church_n his_o wood_n at_o stoke_n call_v stoke-wood_n and_o unite_v the_o same_o to_o their_o manor_n of_o stoke_n now_o common_o call_v stoke_n canonicorum_fw-la regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 21._o edw._n the_o 1._o an._n d._n 1293._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n richard_n tantifer_fw-la john_n feniton_n john_n cook_n alexander_n coryton_n robert_n newton_n thomas_n bitton_n 15._o januarii_n be_v install_v bishop_n of_o this_o diocese_n the_o see_v of_o canterbury_n be_v void_a by_o john_n roman_n arch._n bishop_n of_o york_n hugh_n courtney_n the_o second_o of_o that_o name_n be_v now_o make_v earl_n of_o devon_n as_o heir_n general_n to_o the_o lord_n ridever_v late_a earl_n of_o devon_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o son_n of_o hugh_n the_o son_n of_o john_n the_o son_n of_o robert_n and_o mary_n the_o daughter_n and_o heir_n to_o william_n ridever_v name_v william_n de_fw-fr verona_n the_o son_n to_o baldwyn_n the_o first_o the_o son_n to_o richard_n ridever_v the_o first_o earl_n of_o devon_n so_o create_v by_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o son_n to_z william_n the_o conqueror_n regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 22._o edw._n the_o 1._o an._n d._n 1294._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n john_n zouch_n walter_n langdon_n john_n rook_n william_n buffet_v john_n horn_n modus_fw-la forma_fw-la &_o processus_fw-la quomodo_fw-la meretrices_fw-la infra_fw-la civitatem_fw-la praedictam_fw-la sunt_fw-la attachiandae_fw-la rot._n 15._o regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 23._o edw._n the_o 1._o an._n d._n 1295._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n john_n zouch_n walter_n langdon_n william_n kerswell_n william_n buffet_v roger_n wheaton_n customia_fw-la pro_fw-la vinis_fw-la solebat_fw-la reddi_fw-la de_fw-la antiquo_fw-la pro_fw-la singulo_fw-la dolio_fw-la 4_o d._n rot._n 31._o regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 24._o edw._n the_o 1._o an._n d._n 1296._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n walter_n tantifer_fw-la walter_n langdon_n william_n kerswell_n robert_n newton_n roger_n wheaton_n consuetudo_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la viginti_fw-la quatuor_fw-la de_fw-la communi_fw-la concilio_n dictae_fw-la civitatis_fw-la elegi_fw-la debent_fw-la &_o solebant_fw-la per_fw-la consensum_fw-la majoris_fw-la partis_fw-la dictae_fw-la societatis_fw-la regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 25._o edw._n the_o 1._o an._n d._n 1297._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n walter_n tantifer_fw-la walter_n langdon_n robert_n newton_n william_n kerswell_n henry_n trecott_n the_o king_n come_v into_o the_o county_n of_o devon_n and_o visit_v the_o house_n of_o plimpton_n and_o take_v this_o city_n in_o the_o way_n of_o his_o return_n homeward_o a_o composition_n make_v between_o the_o city_n and_o the_o dean_n and_o chapter_n for_o a_o lane_n lead_v to_o the_o city-wall_n between_o st._n catharques_n almshouse_n and_o the_o black_a friar_n now_o the_o earl_n of_o bedford_n house_n regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 26._o edw._n the_o 1._o an._n d._n 1299._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n walter_n tantifer_fw-la william_n buffet_v william_n kerswell_n roger_n wheaton_n nicholas_n paige_n it_o be_v now_o find_v by_o verdict_n that_o as_o the_o land_n within_o this_o city_n of_o a_o freeman_n descend_v to_o any_o person_n so_o by_o the_o custom_n the_o freedom_n of_o he_o say_v city_n descend_v therewith_o regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 27._o edw._n the_o 1._o an._n d._n 1299._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n john_n horn_n nicholas_n paige_n roger_n beynim_fw-la robert_n newton_n stephen_n bennant_n inquisitio_fw-la capta_fw-la fuit_fw-la versus_fw-la maritum_fw-la pro_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la verberavit_fw-la &_o male_a tractaverit_fw-la vxorem_fw-la unde_fw-la commissus_fw-la fuit_fw-la goal_n rot._n 23._o major_a &_o communitas_fw-la consituere_fw-la solebant_fw-la custodes_fw-la de_fw-la &_o in_fw-la portu_fw-la exonicensi_fw-la ad_fw-la scrutandum_fw-la in_o navibus_fw-la batellis_fw-la &_o alibi_fw-la ne_fw-la aliquis_fw-la monetum_fw-la argentum_fw-la vel_fw-la aurum_fw-la extra_fw-la regnum_fw-la transvehat_fw-la rot._n 26._o libertas_n seu_fw-la franchesia_n civitatis_fw-la exoniensis_fw-la descendit_fw-la per_fw-la successionem_fw-la haereditariam_fw-la sive_fw-la â—i_fw-la patre_fw-la fratre_fw-la vel_fw-la auunculo_fw-la vel_fw-la quocunque_fw-la alio_fw-la cvi_fw-la quis_fw-la haeres_fw-la existis_fw-la rot_v 36._o regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 28._o edw._n the_o 1._o an._n d._n 1300._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n william_n gatepatb_n john_n paige_n jordan_n atlane_n robert_n newton_n john_n perour_n edmond_n earl_n of_o cornwall_n die_v sans_o issue_n whereby_o the_o earldom_n revert_v again_o to_o the_o crown_n and_o come_v to_o the_o king_n hand_n regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 29._o edw._n the_o 1._o an._n d._n 1301._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n william_n tantifer_fw-la stephen_n langdon_n william_n kerswell_n john_n gervis_n roger_n beynim_fw-la the_o mayor_n of_o this_o city_n be_v this_o year_n choose_v by_o the_o voice_n of_o four_o and_o twenty_o freeman_n and_o citizen_n hereof_o upon_o their_o oath_n rot._n 1._o great_a contention_n arise_v between_o the_o dean_n and_o chapter_n of_o this_o churth_n and_o the_o warden_n and_o friar_n preacher_n common_o call_v the_o black_a friar_n touch_v the_o burial_n of_o sir_n henry_n rawley_n knight_n who_o corpse_n the_o dean_n and_o chapter_n require_v to_o be_v present_v at_o st._n peter_n church_n before_o it_o shall_v be_v inter_v which_o the_o say_v friar_n refuse_v to_o do_v yet_o the_o dean_n and_o chapter_n cause_v it_o there_o to_o be_v bring_v where_o the_o same_o be_v present_v it_o be_v send_v back_o again_o to_o the_o fryer_n house_n which_o they_o will_v not_o receive_v therein_o but_o make_v fast_o their_o gate_n by_o mean_n whereof_o the_o say_a corpse_n lie_v so_o long_o unbury_v till_o it_o stanke_z and_o at_o last_o the_o canon_n be_v enforce_v to_o bury_v it_o in_o st._n peter_n church_n regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 30._o edw._n the_o 1._o an._n d._n 1302._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n roger_n beynim_fw-la roger_n newton_n walter_n duport_n thomas_n farthein_n michael_n champernon_n a_o agreement_n make_v between_o the_o dean_n and_o chapter_n and_o the_o prior_n and_o friar_n preacher_n that_o no_o person_n within_o the_o say_a city_n and_o suburb_n shall_v be_v bury_v within_o the_o church_n or_o cemitery_n of_o the_o say_a friar_n but_o that_o he_o shall_v first_o be_v present_v at_o st._n peter_n church_n rot._n 16._o a_o great_a contention_n arise_v between_o the_o mayor_n and_o commonalty_n of_o this_o city_n and_o the_o tenant_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o kenton_n and_o wyke_n earl_n marshal_n of_o england_n for_o deny_v to_o pay_v murage_n for_o their_o ware_n and_o merchandize_n rot._n 13._o about_o this_o time_n flourish_v one_o walter_n of_o exeter_n so_o name_v be_v here_o bear_v who_o be_v a_o monk_n of_o the_o order_n of_o st._n bennet_n and_o dwell_v in_o a_o little_a cell_n in_o cornwall_n call_v st._n caroke_n near_o about_o lystithiel_n he_o be_v well_o see_v in_o history_n and_o at_o the_o request_n of_o one_o baldwyn_n a_o citizen_n here_o write_v the_o history_n of_o guy_n of_o warwick_n regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 31._o edw._n the_o 1._o an._n d._n 1303._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n roger_n wheaton_n walter_n langdon_n william_n kerswell_n william_n buffet_v henry_n trecott_n a_o controversy_n arise_v between_o the_o mayor_n and_o commonalty_n and_o the_o tenant_n of_o kenton_n touch_v certain_a attachment_n make_v upon_o the_o river_n of_o exeunt_n the_o like_a difference_n arise_v between_o the_o tenant_n of_o kenton_n against_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o limston_n and_o prattishead_n rot._n 18._o sundry_a person_n break_v ground_n in_o croll_n ditch_n for_o stand_n before_o the_o time_n appoint_v for_o lammas_n fair_a be_v all_o attach_v to_o answer_v the_o mayor_n and_o commonalty_n for_o the_o same_o rot._n 42._o consuetudo_fw-la in_o civitate_fw-la exoniensi_fw-la est_fw-la approbata_fw-la quod_fw-la liceat_fw-la unicuique_fw-la civi_fw-la infra_fw-la eandem_fw-la civitatem_fw-la omne_fw-la tenementa_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o eadem_fw-la civitate_fw-la habuerit_fw-la aut_fw-la perquisiverit_fw-la in_o
tenendum_fw-la curiam_fw-la sive_fw-la curias-dictae_a civitatis_fw-la quoties_fw-la i_o ab_fw-la eisdem_fw-la abesse_fw-la contigerit_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la faciendum_fw-la omne_fw-la alia_fw-la in_o dicta_fw-la civitate_fw-la &_o curia_fw-la quae_fw-la ego_fw-la facerem_fw-la si_fw-la personaliter_fw-la interessem_fw-la in_o cujus_fw-la rei_fw-la testimonium_fw-la have_v literas_fw-la patentes_fw-la sigillo_fw-la officii_fw-la majoratûs_fw-la ficri_fw-la feci_fw-la sigillatum_fw-la datum_fw-la exoniae_fw-la praedicto_fw-la decimâ—_n septimo_fw-la die_fw-la mensis_fw-la martii_fw-la anno_fw-la regni_fw-la regis_fw-la edvardi_fw-la tertii_fw-la à _fw-la conquestu_fw-la octavo_fw-la this_o martin_n lekenn_n 18._o martii_fw-la die_v in_o his_o mayoralty_n and_o thomas_n lichfield_n be_v elect_v mayor_n to_o supply_v for_o the_o residue_n of_o this_o year_n that_o office_n regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 9_o edw._n the_o 3._o an._n d._n 1335._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n henry_n hughton_n robert_n pleigh_n thomas_n furbor_n william_n lydeland_n alexander_n wallis_n custos_fw-la &_o magister_fw-la domus_fw-la beatae_fw-la mariae_fw-la magdalenae_fw-la extra_fw-la portam_fw-la australem_fw-la civitatis_fw-la exoniensis_fw-la tulerunt_fw-la glebam_fw-la pro_fw-la redditu_fw-la exeunte_fw-la de_fw-la quodam_fw-la gardino_fw-la extra_fw-la portam_fw-la oriâ—ntalem_fw-la civitatis_fw-la praedictae_fw-la vocato_fw-la morley_n shulteshay_n jacente_fw-la inter_fw-la gardinum_fw-la willielmi_n tantifer_fw-la &_o richardi_fw-la russell_n &_o haec_fw-la consuetude_n vocata_fw-la gleba_fw-la adjudicatum_fw-la fuit_fw-la decano_fw-la &_o capitulo_fw-la beati_fw-la petri_n exoniensis_fw-la quoddam_fw-la tenementum_fw-la scâ—tuatum_fw-la be_v vico_fw-la australi_fw-la civitatis_fw-la exoniensis_fw-la secundum_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la civitatis_fw-la praedictae_fw-la &_o dicitur_fw-la shortford_n decanus_n &_o capitulum_n beati_fw-la petri_n exoniensis_fw-la recuperaverunt_fw-la seisinam_fw-la unius_fw-la tenementi_fw-la in_o parochia_fw-la sanctae_fw-la sativole_n extra_fw-la portam_fw-la orientalem_fw-la dictae_fw-la civitatis_fw-la secumdum_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la esusdem_fw-la civitatis_fw-la &_o dicitur_fw-la gavelock_n regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 10._o edw._n the_o 3._o an._n d._n 1336._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n henry_n hughton_n thomas_n furbor_n john_n coles_n william_n shillingford_n john_n colebrook_n the_o king_n in_o parliament_n hold_v at_o westminster_n make_v a_o duchy_n of_o the_o earldom_n of_o cornwall_n and_o give_v the_o same_o to_o his_o elder_a son_n prince_n edward_n surname_v the_o black_a prince_n from_o his_o dreadful_a act_n and_o send_v his_o letter_n thereof_o to_o the_o mayor_n by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o mayor_n of_o his_o honourable_a city_n of_o exeter_n and_o also_o send_v a_o writ_n for_o the_o proclaim_v thereof_o and_o withal_o make_v this_o city_n parcel_n of_o the_o say_a duchy_n as_o former_o it_o be_v of_o the_o earldom_n this_o city_n be_v now_o hold_v of_o the_o say_a duke_n as_o parcel_n of_o the_o say_a duchy_n by_o the_o fee_n farm_n rend_v of_o twenty_o pound_n per_fw-la annum_fw-la regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 11._o edw._n the_o 3._o an._n d._n 1337._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n thomas_n gervis_n rober_n noble_a richard_n pleigh_n john_n newton_n john_n davy_n bishop_n grandison_n found_v and_o build_v the_o college_n and_o church_n of_o outcry_n st_n mary_n in_o the_o county_n of_o devon_n and_o endow_v the_o same_o with_o great_a livelihood_n he_o be_v also_o a_o liberal_a benefactor_n to_o the_o vicar_n choral_n of_o his_o own_o church_n regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 12._o edw._n the_o 3._o an._n d._n 1338._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n henry_n haughton_n nicholas_n godescott_n richard_n pleigh_n thomas_n furbor_n john_n davy_n consuctudo_fw-la in_o civitate_fw-la exoniensi_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la nothus_fw-la non_fw-la gaudebit_fw-la privilegio_fw-la ullo_fw-la pariter_fw-la cum_fw-la legitimis_fw-la which_o well_o agree_v with_o a_o rule_n in_o law_n qui_fw-la ex_fw-la damnato_fw-la coitu_fw-la nascuntur_fw-la inter_fw-la liberos_fw-la non_fw-la computentur_fw-la regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 13._o edw._n the_o 3._o an._n d._n 1339._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n thomas_n lichfield_n robert_n bridport_n john_n cook_n john_n newton_n roger_n wythom_n fines_n for_o the_o conveyance_n of_o land_n or_o rent_n be_v now_o usual_o levy_v within_o this_o city_n whereof_o i_o here_o think_v good_a to_o instance_n one_o or_o two_o instead_o of_o many_o viz._n haec_fw-la est_fw-la finalis_fw-la concordia_fw-la facta_fw-la inter_fw-la johanem_fw-la carpenter_n quaerentem_fw-la &_o robertum_fw-la cottrell_n defensorem_fw-la de_fw-la duabus_fw-la acris_fw-la terrae_fw-la jacentibus_fw-la in_o suburbiis_fw-la extra_fw-la portam_fw-la orientalem_fw-la civitatis_fw-la exoniensis_fw-la haec_fw-la est_fw-la finalis_fw-la concordiae_fw-la facta_fw-la inter_fw-la robertum_fw-la brâ—dworthy_n quaerentem_fw-la &_o walteram_fw-la dâ—_n swemthull_n &_o matildam_n vxorem_fw-la ejoo_o defensorem_fw-la de_fw-la uno_fw-la messuagio_fw-it jacente_fw-la in_o summo_fw-la vico_fw-la civitatis_fw-la exoniensis_fw-la regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 14._o edw._n the_o 3._o an._n d._n 1340._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n henry_n hughton_n robert_n bridport_n thomas_n furbor_n richard_n pleigh_n richard_n halberton_n i_o hold_v it_o likewise_o requisite_a to_o set_v down_o how_o ancient_a the_o inrolment_n of_o deed_n have_v here_o be_v and_o thereof_o only_o to_o give_v you_o a_o like_a precedent_n or_o two_o viz._n irrotulatur_fw-la charta_fw-la willielmi_n leigh_n facta_fw-la thomae_fw-la robin_n de_fw-fr uno_fw-la messuagio_fw-it jacent_fw-la infra_fw-la parochiam_fw-la dâ—â—i_fw-la stephani_fw-la civitatisâ—_n exoniensis_fw-la irrotulatur_fw-la charta_fw-la rogeri_n shillingford_n facta_fw-la waltero_fw-la hugthon_n de_fw-la uno_fw-la mâ—ssuagio_fw-it â—acente_fw-la extra_fw-la portam_fw-la occidentalem_fw-la civitatis_fw-la 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