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and_o assent_n the_o normandy_n duke_n be_v crown_v king_n of_o england_n by_o baldwin_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n many_o other_o bishop_n there_o name_v assist_v et_fw-la omnibus_fw-la fere_n abbatibus_fw-la &_o prioribus_fw-la &_o comitibus_fw-la &_o baronibus_fw-la angliae_fw-la astantibus_fw-la almost_o all_o the_o abbot_n prior_n earl_n and_o baron_n of_o england_n be_v spectator_n ralph_n de_fw-fr diceto_n then_o dean_n of_o st._n paul_n london_n who_o in_o the_o vacancy_n of_o that_o church_n and_o bishopric_n 50._o supply_v the_o office_n of_o the_o bishop_n at_o king_n richard_n coronation_n have_v this_o passage_n comes_fw-la itaque_fw-la pictavorum_n richardus_fw-la haereditario_fw-la jure_fw-la praemovendus_fw-la in_o ragem_n post_fw-la tam_fw-la cleri_fw-la quam_fw-la populi_n solemnem_fw-la &_o debitam_fw-la electionem_fw-la involutus_fw-la est_fw-la triplici_fw-la sacramento_n etc._n etc._n therefore_o richard_n earl_n of_o poictou_n be_v by_o hereditary_n right_o 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