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yield_v these_o right_n to_o be_v more_o than_o precarious_a for_o according_a to_o he_o the_o tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la be_v the_o only_a member_n of_o the_o great_a council_n before_o 49_o h._n 3._o and_o if_o other_o be_v after_o it_o be_v by_o usurp_a upon_o the_o right_n of_o tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la 42._o ib._n p._n 210._o ib._n 42._o who_o and_o not_o other_o when_o the_o ãâã_d government_n be_v set_v up_o represent_v how_o be_v city_n and_o burrough_n hold_v in_o capite_fw-la represent_v according_o to_o this_o and_o how_o come_v they_o ever_o to_o be_v represent_v begin_v to_o be_v represent_v by_o two_o knight_n for_o every_o county_n out_o of_o their_o own_o number_n and_o they_o at_o first_o that_o be_v then_o elect_v their_o own_o representative_n and_o yet_o these_o tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la may_v be_v set_v aside_o if_o the_o king_n and_o his_o council_n please_v nor_o be_v any_o power_n give_v to_o other_o to_o choose_v till_o â0_n h._n 6._o c._n 2._o which_o give_v 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3._o they_o be_v empower_v to_o consent_v to_o what_o the_o communi_fw-la consilio_fw-la contigerit_fw-la ordinari_fw-la 3._o p._n 246._o 27_o e._n 3._o and_o that_o such_o a_o council_n make_v law_n as_o the_o statute_n of_o the_o staple_n make_v the_o 21_o and_o e._n 3._o to_o which_o the_o answer_n be_v very_o obvious_a that_o they_o make_v only_a ordinance_n not_o law_n and_o that_o these_o be_v magna_fw-la consilia_fw-la take_v in_o a_o sense_n total_o different_a from_o the_o generalia_fw-la concilia_fw-la or_o parliament_n and_o all_o this_o appear_v above_o the_o power_n and_o subtlety_n of_o our_o learned_a doctor_n evasion_n in_o that_o the_o record_v cite_v by_o himself_o in_o the_o 26_o e._n 3._o call_v the_o assembly_n they_o be_v summon_v to_o concilium_fw-la only_a and_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n in_o the_o twenty_o eight_o of_o that_o king_n call_v what_o be_v do_v in_o the_o twenty_o seven_o ordinance_n 13._o 28_o e._n 3._o c._n 13._o and_o that_o meet_v a_o great_a 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p._n 15._o in_o mark_fw-mi add_v p._n 239._o p._n 16._o l._n 11._o read_v vicinata_fw-la p._n 18._o l._n 10._o r._n 25._o p._n 28._o l._n 12._o r._n in_o chief_a p._n 39_o l._n 5._o r._n have_v p._n 47._o l._n 21._o r._n endure_v l._n 23._o r._n deposceret_fw-la p._n 82._o in_o mark_fw-mi deal_n shire_n after_o cambridg_n p._n 100_o l._n 17._o r._n sharnborn_a p._n 110._o in_o mark_fw-mi towards_o the_o bottom_n add_v domesday_n p._n 124._o l._n 6._o r._n paragio_fw-it p._n 133._o l._n 24._o add_v and_o according_a to_o their_o chattel_n p._n 139._o add_v of_o before_o a_o title_n p._n 151._o l._n 13._o r._n conticuissent_fw-la p._n 156._o in_o mark_fw-mi r._n lord_n for_o knight_n p._n 163._o l._n 2._o r._n âit_n l._n 10._o r._n integra_fw-la p._n 201._o l._n 8._o r._n title_n in_o the_o addition_n page_n 8._o l._n 5._o r._n article_n p._n 23._o in_o mark_fw-mi leges_fw-la sancti_fw-la ed._n p._n 25._o l._n 12._o r._n of_o king_n john_n charter_n viz._n tenant_n etc._n etc._n ib._n 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eisneciam_fw-la svam_fw-la de_fw-la baronia_fw-la quae_fw-la fuit_fw-la lamberti_n scoteny_n thomas_n de_fw-fr scoteny_n dorso_fw-la
petyt_n p._n 228._o nor_o early_a commencement_n than_o the_o commons_o what_o king_n henry_n a_o little_a before_o his_o death_n begin_v that_o be_v to_o call_v such_o earl_n and_o baron_n 228._o ib._n p._n 228._o quos_fw-la dignatus_fw-la est_fw-la such_o as_o he_o please_v edward_n the_o first_o and_o his_o successor_n constant_o observe_v this_o be_v the_o constitution_n of_o the_o house_n of_o lord_n 210._o viz._n the_o rebellious_a baron_n who_o frame_v the_o new_a government_n p._n 210._o the_o lord_n make_v the_o commons_o and_o the_o king_n make_v the_o lord_n the_o king_n follow_v montfort_n pattern_n 229._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 229._o for_o call_v the_o commons_o to_o parliament_n which_o yet_o be_v not_o montfort_n alone_a for_o they_o the_o rebellious_a baron_n frame_v and_o set_v up_o the_o new_a government_n 210._o p._n 210._o after_o which_o they_o send_v out_o writ_n in_o the_o king_n name_n to_o summon_v a_o parliament_n with_o commons_o as_o well_o as_o 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to_o look_v with_o a_o different_a aspect_n nor_o can_v he_o shroud_v himself_o under_o my_o title_n for_o i_o be_v a_o old_a face_n which_o have_v honourable_a scar_n and_o flaw_n in_o it_o and_o a_o professor_n aspect_n and_o they_o understand_v not_o raillery_n and_o figure_n who_o observe_v not_o how_o i_o expose_v he_o by_o the_o allusion_n he_o will_v have_v it_o and_o bring_v many_o argument_n 22._o jan._n angl._n etc._n etc._n p._n 22._o among_o which_o the_o judgement_n of_o a_o whole_a parliament_n of_o that_o famous_a king_n ed._n 3._o but_o that_o be_v not_o infallible_a that_o the_o common_a council_n of_o the_o kingdom_n in_o king_n john_n charter_n be_v only_o a_o council_n for_o scutage_n and_o aid_v grant_v by_o tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la whereas_o aid_n sometime_o signify_v such_o as_o to_o be_v sure_o be_v grant_v by_o the_o great_a council_n and_o therefore_o do_v always_o 12._o against_o jani_fw-la etc._n etc._n p._n 10_o 11_o 12._o far_o what_o need_n be_v there_o 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concern_v take_v of_o salmon_n a_o record_n tell_v we_o be_v statutum_fw-la rot._n pat._n 14._o ed._n 2._o de_fw-fr inquirend_n de_fw-fr salmonibus_fw-la captis_fw-la in_o com._n glou._n contra_fw-la statutum_fw-la statutum_n de_fw-fr communi_fw-la consilio_fw-la regni_fw-la ordain_v of_o the_o common_a council_n oâ_n the_o kingdom_n the_o historian_n express_v this_o parliament_n thus_o his_o temporibus_fw-la convocatis_fw-la ââtentioribus_fw-la terrae_fw-la suae_fw-la apud_fw-la westmonasterium_fw-la condidit_fw-la rex_fw-la statuta_fw-la quae_fw-la westmonasterii_n secundi_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la 35._o ma._n west_n foe_fw-mi 412._o l._n 35._o here_o the_o more_o powerful_a man_n of_o the_o land_n be_v call_v or_o summon_v to_o that_o parliament_n not_o a_o syllable_n of_o the_o word_n communitas_fw-la or_o commons_o but_o the_o dr._n will_v not_o deny_v but_o that_o the_o commons_o be_v part_v thereof_o for_o the_o 13â_n of_o e._n 1._o be_v about_o 21_o year_n after_o 49._o h._n 3._o anno_fw-la 27._o e._n 1._o 47._o rast._n stat._n foe_o 47._o the_o statute_n of_o fines_n be_v ordain_v de_fw-fr communi_fw-la concilio_n regni_fw-la yet_o no_o mention_n be_v make_v in_o the_o body_n 8._o rot._n claus._n 8_o e._n 2._o m._n 8._o of_o the_o assent_n of_o lord_n or_o commons_o notwithstanding_o they_o give_v their_o assent_n thereto_o otherwise_o it_o can_v not_o have_v be_v a_o law_n oâ_n statute_n dor_n rot._n parl._n 15_o e._n 3._o n._n 50._o dor_n for_o the_o parliament_n of_o 15_o e._n 3_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o statute_n of_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la and_o other_o statute_n be_v make_v by_o king_n peer_n and_o commons_o and_o so_o this_o 27_o e._n 1._o and_o there_o be_v writ_n of_o summons_n dorso_fw-la rot._n claus._n 27_o e._n 1._o m._n 9_o dorso_fw-la de_fw-fr parliamento_fw-la tenendo_fw-la to_o this_o parliament_n which_o mat._n 48._o ma._n west_n foe_fw-mi 431._o l._n 48._o westm._n more_o historicâ_n thus_o general_o deliver_v dominica_n secunda_fw-la quadragâmae_fw-la citatis_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la regni_fw-la apud_fw-la westmonasterium_fw-la no_o commons_o particularise_v anno_fw-la 28_o e._n 1._o 49._o rast._n stat._n foe_o 49._o the_o statute_n call_v articuli_fw-la ãâã_d chartas_n regis_fw-la rot._n pat._n 7_o e._n 3._o pars_fw-la prim_fw-la m._n 21._o the_o inquirend_n de_fw-fr diversis_fw-la provisoribus_fw-la hospitii_fw-la regis_fw-la as_o a_o writ_n upon_o the_o 2._o chapâ_n concern_v purveyor_n prove_n be_v organed_a de_fw-la communi_fw-la concilio_n regni_fw-la by_o the_o ammon_a council_n of_o the_o kingdom_n the_o dr_n 36_o dr_n dr_n dr_n mat._n west_n foe_fw-mi 433._o l._n 36_o historian_n mention_v this_o parliament_n write_v in_o octabis_n sancti_fw-la hillatenente_fw-la rege_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la suum_fw-la lincolâ_n conquesti_fw-la sunt_fw-la comites_fw-la &_o barones_n not_o a_o âârd_n of_o the_o commons_o yet_o most_o certain_a âs_n they_o be_v also_o there_o as_o be_v evident_a by_o ãâã_d write_v of_o summons_n and_o expense_n to_o that_o parliament_n dorso_fw-la mr._n pryn_n four_o part_n of_o parliamentary_a writ_n p._n 12_o 13._o 16._o rot._n claus._n 29._o e._n 1._o m._n 17._o dorso_fw-la and_o the_o sheriff_n of_o kent_n be_v âmmanded_v to_o levy_v the_o wage_n for_o waresius_fw-la valoignes_n and_o henry_n de_fw-fr appletrefield_n âights_n of_o the_o county_n nuper_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la de_fw-la praeâto_fw-la nostro_fw-la usque_fw-la lincolniam_fw-la pro_fw-la comitatu_fw-la ââdicto_fw-la venientibus_fw-la ibidem_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la super_fw-la versis_fw-la negotiis_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o populum_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la ââialiter_fw-la tangentibus_fw-la tractatur_fw-la '_o to_o treat_v with_o âe_a king_n upon_o several_a affair_n especial_o ruch_v the_o king_n and_o people_n the_o statute_n of_o 1_o e._n 3._o be_v the_o communi_fw-la ââncilio_fw-la regni_fw-la concordatum_fw-la &_o statutum_n in_o âârliamento_fw-la apud_fw-la westm._fw-la 64._o rast._n stat._n 1_o foe_n 64._o agree_v and_o ââacted_v by_o the_o common_a council_n of_o the_o kingdom_n 20._o rot._n pat._n 1._o e._n 3._o m._n 20._o in_o a_o parliament_n at_o westminster_n ãâã_d 20._o rot._n claus._n 2_o e._n 3._o m._n 20._o as_o several_a other_o record_n ennumerate_v âhe_v several_a part_n thereof_o per_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o praeââos_fw-la comites_fw-la barones_n &_o communitatem_fw-la regni_fw-la ibidem_fw-la existentes_fw-la by_o the_o king_n and_o prelate_n earl_n baron_n and_o the_o commâânalty_n of_o the_o realm_n there_o be_v now_o what_o say_v the_o historian_n wâ_n thus_o he_o express_v this_o parliament_n 29._o walsingham_n f._n 126._o l._n 28._o &_o 29._o pâânatale_fw-la regina_fw-la cum_fw-la filio_fw-la svo_fw-la ante_fw-la festum_fw-la ââphaniae_fw-la venit_fw-la londonias_fw-la ubi_fw-la cum_fw-la magno_fw-la gââdio_fw-la &_o muneribus_fw-la est_fw-la suscepta_fw-la convenit_fw-la eââilluc_fw-la tota_fw-la regni_fw-la nobilitas_fw-la citata_fw-la per_fw-la prius_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la tenendum_fw-la ibidem_fw-la in_o crastââdicti_fw-la festi_fw-la but_o to_o press_v the_o dr._n with_o full_a weighâ_n shall_v afford_v he_o some_o precedent_n of_o address_n to_o the_o whole_a representative_a body_n the_o commons_o of_o england_n as_o to_z wiâ_n which_o take_v in_o all_o the_o member_n before_o ãâã_d suppose_a conquest_n or_o noble_n which_o ãâã_d as_o comprehensive_a after_o 1._o tressage_n commune_v at_fw-fr les_fw-fr tressage_n commune_v the_o cest_fw-fr ââsent_fw-fr parliament_n bartrum_n rot._n parl._n 11_o h._n 4._o n._n 36._o pour_fw-fr johan_n bartrum_n as_o tressage_n commune_v furneys_n rot._n parl._n 13_o h._n 4._o n._n 23._o pour_fw-fr labbe_n de_fw-fr furneys_n etc._n etc._n que_fw-fr pââ_n considerer_n les_fw-fr premise_n &_o prier_fw-la à _fw-la nostrââ_n sânieur_n le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr de_fw-fr granty_a per_fw-la auctorite_n parliament_n etc._n etc._n in_o the_o like_a form_n 18._o pour_fw-fr tho._n chaucer_n esq_n 2_o h._n 5._o n._n 18._o etc._n etc._n petition_v pour_fw-fr mairs_n constable_n &_o la_fw-fr compaigne_n de_fw-fr âââstaple_n a_o caleys_n direct_v as_o aforesaid_a as_o tressage_n commune_v supply_v hurlement_n lucy_n que_fw-fr fuist_n la_fw-fr feme_fw-fr esmond_n ââgairs_n count_n de_fw-fr kent_n 19_o rot._n parl._n 2_o h._n 5._o n._n 47._o rot._n parl_n 9_o h._n 5._o n._n 19_o que_fw-fr pleise_v a_o voz_fw-mi tressage_n discretionsâââsiderer_n âââsiderer_z pour_fw-fr le_fw-fr countess_n de_fw-fr march_n 32._o rot._n parl._n 3_o h._n 6._o n._n 29._o ibid._n n._n 32._o pleise_v a_o tress_n commune_v pour_fw-fr john_n lescrop_a chivaler_n in_o like_a manner_n treshonorables_n et_fw-fr tressage_n commune_v labbe_n de_fw-fr newenham_n against_o monsieur_n ââlip_n courtnay_n chivaler_n 12._o rot._n parl._n 4_o h._n 4._o n._n 12._o at_fw-fr les_fw-fr treshonourables_fw-fr &_o tressage_n commune_v de_fw-fr cest_fw-fr present_a parliament_n supââ_n treshumblement_n etc._n etc._n upon_o which_o petition_n and_o other_o assent_v to_o after_o deliver_v to_o the_o king_n and_o lord_n the_o abbot_n âas_v relieve_v and_o sir_n philip_n be_v adjudge_v ând_o award_v to_o the_o tower_n as_o treshonourable_n 16._o rot._n parl._n 2_o h._n 5._o n._n 16._o &_o tressage_n commune_v etc._n etc._n pleise_v a_o vostre_fw-fr tressage_n discretion_n the_o ânsiderer_n &_o auxi_fw-la prier_fw-la nostre_fw-fr seignieur_n leâoy_fw-fr salman_n pour_fw-fr thomas_n salman_n the_o granty_a &_o ordeign_a en_fw-fr son_fw-fr dit_fw-fr parâment_fw-fr peradvy_n &_o assent_v de_fw-fr toutz_fw-fr les_fw-fr seigâeurs_fw-fr espirituelx_fw-fr &_o temporelx_n etc._n etc._n qua_fw-la quidem_fw-la petitione_n coram_fw-la domino_fw-la reââ_n &_o dominis_n spiritualibus_fw-la &_o temporality_n existentibus_fw-la lectâ_fw-la &_o materiâ_fw-la in_o eadem_fw-la âânius_fw-la intellectâ_fw-la idem_fw-la dominus_fw-la rex_fw-la de_fw-la asâânsu_fw-la dominorum_fw-la predictorum_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la requiâionem_fw-la communitatis_fw-la predicte_n etc._n etc._n as_o tressage_n 51._o rot._n parl._n 8_o h._n 6._o n._n 51._o &_o treshonorables_n commons_o de_fw-fr cest_fw-fr present_a parliament_n monstrent_fw-la les_fw-fr mair_n alderman_n &_o commune_v the_o la_fw-fr ãâã_d thou_fw-mi de_fw-fr londres_n que_fw-fr please_v avoz_n tressagâ_n &_o tresprudez_n discretion_n considerer_n ãâã_d as_o tresgratious_a chivaler_n rot._n parl._n 11_o h._n 4._o n._n 35._o pour_fw-fr mounseur_fw-fr johan_n trebeel_n chivaler_n &_o tressage_n sire_n ãâã_d valer_n &_o commune_v the_o cest_fw-fr present_a parliament_n supply_v treshumblement_n etc._n etc._n quele_n petition_n ãâã_d devant_fw-fr le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr &_o les_fw-fr seignieurs_fw-fr â_o parliament_n en_fw-fr entendue_a &_o le_fw-fr dit_fw-fr johaâ_n amesme_fw-fr en_fw-fr plein_fw-fr parliament_n 17._o rot._n parl._n 4_o h._n 5._o n._n 17._o etc._n etc._n pur_fw-mi johâ_n alleyn_n &_o autres_fw-fr chivaler_n autres_fw-fr autres_fw-fr autres_fw-fr rot._n parl._n 4_o h._n 4._o n._n 19_o pur_fw-mi mounseur_fw-fr thomas_n pomeroy_n chivaler_n alice_n treshonourables_n &_o tressagâ_n commune_v de_fw-fr cest_fw-fr present_a parliament_n 3._o honourable_n &_o tressage_n communâ_n barton_n communâ_n communâ_n communâ_n rot._n parl._n 3_o h._n 5._o pars_fw-la 1._o n._n 7._o pur_fw-it henry_n barton_n as_o honourable_a &_o tressage_n seânieurs_fw-fr les_fw-fr commune_v de_fw-fr cest_fw-fr present_a parlâment_n etc._n etc._n sondwich_n etc._n etc._n etc._n rot._n parl._n 3_o h._n 5._o pars_fw-la 1._o n._n 9_o gentz_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr villae_fw-la de_fw-fr sondwich_n as_o