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svo_fw-la cordis_fw-la consilio_fw-la inpraemeditatus_fw-la credens_fw-fr renunciavit_fw-la pontificatui_n spondens_fw-la regi_fw-la &_o archiepiscopo_fw-la se_fw-la dum_fw-la viveret_fw-la illum_fw-la non_fw-la reclamaturum_fw-la nec_fw-la aliquam_fw-la calumniam_fw-la inde_fw-la moturum_fw-la qui_fw-la cunque_fw-la substitutus_fw-la fuisset_fw-la but_o thurstan_n afterward_o repent_v of_o his_o rashness_n contrary_a to_o his_o agreement_n in_o parliament_n go_v to_o the_o pope_n against_o the_o king_n command_n to_o the_o council_n at_o rheims_n be_v there_o consecrate_v archbishop_n of_o york_n by_o pope_n calixtus_n himself_o contrary_a to_o his_o promise_n to_o the_o king_n agent_n and_o canterbury_n who_o there_o public_o protest_v against_o his_o consecration_n without_o make_v any_o subjection_n to_o the_o see_v of_o canterbury_n whereupon_o the_o king_n prohibit_v thurstan_n to_o return_v into_o england_n or_o any_o of_o his_o dominion_n swear_v that_o he_o shall_v never_o return_v while_o he_o live_v unless_o he_o will_v make_v his_o subjection_n to_o the_o see_v of_o canterbury_n which_o oath_n he_o refuse_v to_o violate_v at_o the_o pope_n personal_a request_n to_o he_o though_o he_o then_o absolve_v he_o voluntary_o from_o this_o oath_n say_v 126._o quod_fw-la dicit_fw-la se_fw-la quoniam_fw-la apostolicus_n est_fw-la i_o à _fw-la fide_fw-la quam_fw-la pollicitus_fw-la sum_fw-la absoluturum_fw-la si_fw-la contra_fw-la eandem_fw-la fidem_fw-la thurstinum_n eboraci_fw-la recepero_fw-la non_fw-la videtur_fw-la regiae_fw-la honestati_fw-la convenire_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la absolutioni_fw-la consentire_fw-la quis_fw-la enim_fw-la fidem_fw-la svam_fw-la cuivis_fw-la polâ—câ—ntii_fw-la amplius_fw-la crederetur_fw-la cum_fw-la eam_fw-la meo_fw-la exemplo_fw-la tam_fw-la facile_fw-la absolutione_n annihilari_fw-la posse_fw-la videret_fw-la as_o in_o this_o famous_a parliamentary_a council_n of_o salisbury_n so_o in_o all_o precedent_n and_o subsequent_a great_a council_n and_o convention_n during_o the_o whole_a reign_n of_o king_n h._n 1._o the_o prelate_n earl_n baron_n spiritual_a and_o temporal_a lord_n be_v only_o summon_v as_o member_n not_o any_o knight_n citizens_z burgess_n or_o commons_o elect_v by_o the_o people_n which_o i_o shall_v next_o make_v good_a in_o a_o parliamentary_a daniel_n council_n in_o the_o 1._o year_n of_o his_o reign_n anno_fw-la 1100._o he_o be_v elect_v and_o crown_v king_n of_o england_n abolish_v ill_a law_n confirm_a king_n edward_n law_n and_o the_o great_a charter_n of_o liberty_n under_o his_o seal_n communi_fw-la concilio_n baronum_fw-la regni_fw-la archiepiscoâ—is_fw-la episcopis_fw-la comitiâ—uâ—_n proceribus_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la et_fw-la optimatibus_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la angliae_fw-la there_o subscribe_v to_o his_o charter_n then_o grant_v as_o witness_n see_v here_o p._n 58_o
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custodias_fw-la cum_fw-la â—egibus_fw-la patâ—ii_fw-la &_o judiciiâ—_n commisit_fw-la quid_fw-la plura_fw-la judicia_fw-la commitâ—ntur_fw-la injustis_fw-la leges_fw-la exlegibus_fw-la justicia_fw-la injâ—riosis_n et_fw-la eum_fw-la nobiles_fw-la de_fw-la regno_fw-la &_o in_o regno_fw-la de_fw-la oppressionibus_fw-la sibi_fw-la irrogatis_fw-la coram_fw-la rege_fw-la causam_fw-la deponerent_fw-la petro_n episcopo_fw-la impedience_n non_fw-la fuit_fw-la qui_fw-la eye_n justitiam_fw-la exhiberet_fw-la etc._n etc._n cumque_fw-la his_fw-la &_o consimâ—â—ibus_fw-la injuriis_fw-la richardus_fw-la comes_fw-la regni_fw-la mareschallus_n viderâ—t_fw-la tam_fw-la nobiles_fw-la quam_fw-la igâ—bbiles_fw-la opâ—rimere_fw-la &_o iâ—ra_fw-la regni_fw-la penitus_fw-la deponere_fw-la zelo_fw-la justitiae_fw-la provocatus_fw-la associatis_fw-la sibi_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la ad_fw-la regem_fw-la audacter_fw-la accessit_fw-la increpans_fw-la eum_fw-la audientibus_fw-la multis_fw-la quod_fw-la 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futur_fw-la continuari_fw-la seu_fw-la proâ—ogari_fw-la &_o interim_n vos_fw-fr eâ—_n caeteros_fw-la prelatos_n et_fw-la proceres_fw-la tunc_fw-la absentes_fw-la convocari_fw-la faceremus_fw-la ac_fw-la nos_fw-la quanquam_fw-la huâ—usmodi_fw-la â—iâ—tio_fw-la noâ—s_fw-la dâ—mâ—sâ—_n eâ—_n periculosa_fw-la plurimum_fw-la videâ—tur_fw-la eorum_fw-la petitioni_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la annuentes_fw-la etc._n etc._n parliamentum_fw-la praedictum_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la octav_fw-mi praedictas_fw-la duximus_fw-la continuandum_fw-la seu_fw-la prorogandum_fw-la ac_fw-la praelatis_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la militibus_fw-la civibus_fw-la &_o burgensibus_fw-la injâ—nximus_fw-la quod_fw-la tunc_fw-la ibid._n intersint_fw-la quacunque_fw-la excusatione_fw-la cessante_fw-la ac_fw-la omnibus_fw-la aliis_fw-la praetermissis_fw-la ne_fw-fr igitur_fw-la contingat_fw-la quod_fw-la absit_fw-la dicta_fw-la negotia_fw-la ad_fw-la nostri_fw-la &_o regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la damnum_fw-la &_o dedecus_fw-la 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seize_v into_o the_o king_n hand_n as_o forfeit_v they_o thereupon_o require_v a_o copy_n of_o the_o article_n council_n and_o respite_n to_o answer_v to_o the_o copy_n of_o the_o bill_n it_o be_v answer_v by_o the_o lord_n that_o see_v they_o have_v hear_v it_o read_v it_o shall_v suffice_v for_o by_o law_n they_o ought_v to_o have_v no_o copy_n for_o council_n it_o be_v say_v that_o to_o such_o article_n if_o any_o be_v wherein_o council_n be_v to_o be_v have_v they_o shall_v have_v it_o otherwise_o not_o wherefore_o they_o be_v then_o appoint_v to_o answer_v to_o no_o crime_n or_o offence_n but_o only_o to_o their_o liberty_n to_o which_o they_o answer_v by_o their_o council_n that_o this_o court_n ought_v not_o to_o have_v any_o conusance_n or_o jurisdiction_n of_o they_o for_o certain_a cause_n then_o allege_v but_o at_o last_o they_o be_v order_v to_o say_v what_o they_o can_v otherwise_o they_o will_v give_v judgement_n against_o they_o as_o those_o who_o have_v nothing_o to_o 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that_o in_o a_o parliament_n hold_v at_o london_n this_o year_n about_o the_o feast_n of_o st._n john_n upon_o the_o petition_n of_o the_o knight_n of_o shire_n john_n straw_n captain_n of_o those_o in_o the_o insurrection_n at_o bury_n and_o myldenhale_n tractationi_fw-la et_fw-la suspentioni_fw-la adjudicatur_fw-la to_o wit_n by_o the_o king_n and_o lord_n licet_fw-la multi_fw-la putassent_fw-la eum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la pecunia_fw-la redimendum_fw-la 316._o in_o the_o 7._o year_n of_o r._n 2._o rege_fw-la vocante_fw-la congregati_fw-la sunt_fw-la multi_fw-la de_fw-la nobilibus_fw-la regni_fw-la apud_fw-la rading_n to_o restrain_v the_o seditious_a motion_n of_o john_n de_fw-fr northampton_n late_a mayor_n of_o london_n qui_fw-la ingenia_fw-la facinora_fw-la nisus_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr quibus_fw-la et_fw-la convictus_fw-la est_fw-la ibidem_fw-la his_o familiar_a clerk_n accuse_v he_o both_o of_o divers_a practice_n and_o design_n project_v by_o he_o as_o well_o to_o the_o prejudice_n of_o the_o king_n as_o of_o the_o whole_a city_n of_o london_n and_o object_v they_o against_o he_o when_o judgement_n be_v to_o be_v give_v against_o he_o in_o the_o king_n presence_n he_o plead_v that_o such_o a_o judgement_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v give_v against_o he_o in_o the_o absence_n of_o the_o duke_n his_o lord_n whereby_o he_o raise_v a_o sinister_a suspicion_n as_o well_o in_o the_o people_n as_o noble_n against_o the_o duke_n of_o lancaster_n the_o justice_n who_o be_v to_o pronounce_v the_o judgement_n tell_v he_o he_o ought_v to_o refute_v his_o charge_n by_o duel_n or_o by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o realm_n to_o submit_v himself_o to_o draw_v hang_a and_o quarter_a at_o which_o when_o he_o stand_v mute_a and_o say_v nothing_o decretum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la perpetuo_fw-la carceri_fw-la tradiretur_fw-la et_fw-la eâ—us_fw-la bona_fw-la regis_fw-la usibus_fw-la confisâ—arentur_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la londonias_fw-la non_fw-la appropinquaret_fw-la per_fw-la centum_fw-la miliaria_fw-la in_o vita_fw-la sua_fw-la whereupon_o he_o be_v send_v prisoner_n to_o tyntagel_n castle_n in_o cornwall_n and_o his_o good_n seize_v on_o by_o the_o king_n officer_n 3â—3_n in_o the_o parliament_n of_o 7_o r._n 2._o hold_v at_o westminster_n the_o monday_n next_o before_o the_o feast_n of_o all_o saint_n num_fw-la 17._o brier_n cressingham_n and_o john_n spicâ—worth_n esquire_n be_v accuse_v before_o the_o lord_n for_o surrender_v the_o castle_n of_o drinkham_n in_o flanders_n to_o the_o king_n enemy_n for_o money_n without_o consent_n of_o the_o king_n lieutenant_n spickworth_n prove_v that_o the_o same_o be_v not_o in_o his_o custody_n and_o thereupon_o he_o be_v discharge_v cressingham_n plead_v that_o he_o yield_v the_o same_o upon_o necessity_n without_o money_n and_o submit_v himself_o to_o the_o lord_n order_n who_o think_v this_o no_o good_a cause_n and_o therefore_o commit_v he_o to_o prison_n the_o same_o parliament_n n._n 24_o 25._o sir_n william_n de_fw-fr elinsham_n sir_n thomas_n trivet_n sir_n henry_n de_fw-fr ferrier_n and_o sir_n william_n farnden_n knight_n and_o robert_n fitz-ralph_n esquire_n be_v accuse_v before_o the_o lord_n in_o parliament_n for_o sell_v the_o castle_n of_o burburgh_n with_o all_o the_o arm_n ammunition_n and_o provision_n therein_o to_o the_o french_a the_o king_n enemy_n for_o sundry_a sum_n of_o gold_n receive_v by_o they_o of_o the_o french_a without_o authority_n from_o the_o king_n or_o his_o lieutenant_n who_o plead_v they_o surrender_v it_o for_o salvation_n of_o themselves_o and_o their_o people_n etc._n etc._n after_o all_o their_o excuse_n make_v they_o be_v upon_o consideration_n adjudge_v insufficient_a by_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o chancellor_n by_o their_o order_n pronounce_v this_o judgement_n against_o they_o that_o they_o shall_v repay_v all_o the_o money_n they_o receive_v from_o the_o enemy_n to_o the_o king_n be_v commit_v to_o prison_n ransom_v at_o the_o king_n will_v and_o moreover_o that_o sir_n will._n de_fw-fr farnden_n be_v the_o great_a offender_n shall_v be_v at_o the_o king_n mercy_n both_o for_o body_n and_o good_n to_o do_v with_o they_o as_o he_o please_v 337._o in_o this_o parliament_n there_o be_v a_o duel_n fight_v between_o john_n walsh_n a_o english_a esquire_n and_o one_o of_o navarr_n who_o accouse_v he_o of_o treason_n against_o the_o king_n and_o realm_n effectual_o but_o yet_o false_o out_o of_o envy_n walsh_n have_v lie_v with_o his_o wife_n while_o he_o be_v under_o captain_n of_o cherburgh_n as_o he_o afterward_o confess_v this_o dueâ—_n be_v fight_v within_o the_o list_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o king_n and_o noble_n of_o the_o realm_n where_o this_o navarrois_fw-mi be_v vanquish_v by_o walsh_n regali_fw-la judicio_fw-la tractus_fw-la et_fw-la suspensus_fw-la est_fw-la quanquam_fw-la regina_fw-la et_fw-la plures_fw-la alii_fw-la pro_fw-la eo_fw-la preces_fw-la sedulas_fw-la porrexissent_fw-la 300._o in_o the_o 2._o of_o parliament_n of_o 7_o r._n 2._o n._n 13.10_o 19_o john_n cavendish_n a_o fishmonger_n of_o london_n pray_v surety_n of_o the_o peace_n
every_o temporal_a lord_n be_v in_o full_a parliament_n examine_v touch_v the_o answer_n of_o the_o say_a sir_n william_n and_o the_o matter_n and_o evidence_n which_o they_o have_v examine_v say_v several_o that_o the_o say_v william_n have_v do_v his_o message_n well_o and_o legal_o and_o that_o in_o the_o person_n of_o the_o say_v william_n there_o be_v no_o fault_n nor_o evil_n touch_v the_o say_a message_n nor_o any_o thing_n that_o he_o do_v to_o the_o person_n of_o the_o say_a duke_n whereupon_o walter_n clapton_n chief_a justice_n of_o the_o king_n bench_n by_o command_n of_o the_o king_n adjudge_v and_o declare_v that_o the_o say_v william_n shall_v be_v full_o excuse_v and_o acquit_v for_o ever_o in_o time_n to_o come_v touch_v this_o matter_n 3_o the_o 93._o last_o day_n of_o this_o parliament_n it_o be_v agree_v by_o the_o king_n and_o lord_n that_o all_o the_o remembrance_n call_v raggeman_n or_o blantâ—es_n charter_n late_o seal_v in_o the_o city_n of_o london_n and_o 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