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assisam_fw-la si_fw-la ea_fw-la occasione_n etc._n etc._n testae_fw-la rege_fw-la apud_fw-la shene_n tertio_fw-la die_fw-la junii_fw-la m._n 7._o johannes_n the_o githerd_a captus_fw-la &_o detentus_fw-la in_o prisona_fw-la regis_fw-la eborac_n promorte_fw-fr matth._n samson_n de_fw-fr eborac_n unde_fw-la rectatus_fw-la est_fw-la habet_fw-la literas_fw-la regis_fw-la vicecomiti_fw-la ebor._fw-la quod_fw-la traditur_fw-la per_fw-la ballium_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la primam_fw-la assisam_fw-la that_fw-mi apud_fw-la langele_n quinto_fw-la die_fw-la aprilis_fw-la clauss_n anno_o tertio_fw-la edw._n 2._o m._n 3._o adam_n le_fw-fr pepper_n captus_fw-la &_o detentus_fw-la in_o gaola_n regis_fw-la ebor._fw-la pro_fw-la morte_fw-la henrici_fw-la le_fw-fr sumer_n de_fw-fr estricke_n unde_fw-la rectatus_fw-la est_fw-la habet_fw-la literas_fw-la regis_fw-la vicecomiti_fw-la ebor._fw-la quod_fw-la ponatur_fw-la per_fw-la ballium_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la primam_fw-la assisam_fw-la testae_fw-la 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termino_fw-la paschae_fw-la anno_fw-la regis_fw-la e._n 3_o post_fw-la conquestum_fw-la angliae_fw-la 15._o inter_fw-la alia_fw-la sic_fw-la continetur_fw-la ut_fw-la sequitur_fw-la adhuc_fw-la de_fw-la termino_fw-la paschae_fw-la london_n sc_n dominus_fw-la rex_fw-la mandavit_fw-la dilecto_fw-la &_o fideli_fw-la svo_fw-la roberto_n de_fw-fr dalton_n constabulario_fw-la turris_n suae_fw-la london_n vel_fw-la ejus_fw-la locum-tenenti_a breve_fw-la suum_fw-la in_o haec_fw-la verba_fw-la edwardus_fw-la deigratia_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o franâ—iae_fw-la rex_fw-la &_o dominus_fw-la hiberniae_fw-la dilecto_fw-la &_o fideli_fw-la svo_fw-la roberto_n de_fw-fr dalton_n constabulario_fw-la turris_n suae_fw-la london_n vel_fw-la ejus_fw-la locum-tenenti_a salutem_fw-la mandamus_fw-la vobis_fw-la quod_fw-la johannem_fw-la de_fw-la bildeston_n cappellanum_fw-la quem_fw-la vicecomites_fw-la nostri_fw-la london_n ad_fw-la mandatum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la apud_fw-la praedictam_fw-la turrim_n vobis_fw-la liberabunt_fw-la ab_fw-la eisdem_fw-la recipiatis_fw-la &_o in_o prisona_fw-la nostra_fw-la turri_n praedicta_fw-la custodiri_fw-la faciatis_fw-la quousque_fw-la aliud_fw-la vobis_fw-la super_fw-la hoc_fw-la duxerimus_fw-la de_fw-la mandato_fw-la testae_fw-la i_o ip_n so_o apud_fw-la turrim_n nostram_fw-la london_n trigesimo_fw-la die_fw-la martii_fw-la anno_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la angliae_fw-la sextodecimo_fw-la regni_fw-la vero_fw-la nostri_fw-la francia_fw-la tertio_fw-la et_fw-la modo_fw-la scilicet_fw-la in_o craft_n ascension_n dom._n anno_fw-la reg._n nunc_fw-la 18._o coram_fw-la domino_fw-la rege_fw-la apud_fw-la westm._fw-la venit_fw-la johannes_n de_fw-fr wyndwick_n locumtenens_a praedicti_fw-la constabularii_fw-la &_o adduxit_fw-la coram_fw-la justiciarios_fw-la hic_fw-la in_o curia_fw-la praedicta_fw-la johannem_fw-la de_fw-la bildeston_n quem_fw-la alius_fw-la à _fw-la praefatis_fw-la vicecomitibus_fw-la virtute_fw-la brevis_fw-la praedicti_fw-la recipit_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la dicit_fw-la quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la à _fw-la domino_fw-la rege_fw-la habuit_fw-la in_o mandatis_fw-la ducendi_fw-la &_o liberandi_fw-la corpus_fw-la ipsius_fw-la johannis_n de_fw-fr bildeston_n praefat_fw-la justic._n hic_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la quaesitum_fw-la est_fw-la à _fw-la praedicto_fw-la johanne_n wyndwick_n si_fw-la quam_fw-la aliam_fw-la detentionis_fw-la praefat_fw-la johannis_n de_fw-fr bildeston_n habeat_fw-la causam_fw-la qui_fw-la dicit_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la breve_fw-la predict_v tantum_fw-la et_fw-la quia_fw-la videtur_fw-la curiae_fw-la breve_fw-la predict_v sufficientem_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la causam_fw-la predict_v johannem_fw-la de_fw-la bildeston_n in_o prisona_fw-la marescall_n reg._n hic_fw-la retinend_n etc._n etc._n idem_fw-la johannes_n dimittitur_fw-la per_fw-la manucaptionem_fw-la willielmi_n de_fw-fr wakefield_n rectoris_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la de_fw-la willingham_n johannis_n de_fw-fr wyndwick_n de_fw-fr come_v 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