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the_o city_n itself_o 1269_o 55_o john_n adrian_n walter_n potter_n philip_n taylor_n 1270_o 56_o the_o same_o gregory_n roches_o henry_n walleis_n 1271_o 57_o sir_n walter_n harvey_n richard_n harris_n john_n de_fw-fr wodeley_n king_n edward_n the_o first_o begin_v his_o reign_n the_o 16_o of_o november_n 1272._o 1272_o 1_o sir_n walter_n harvey_n john_n horn._n walter_n potter_n 1273_o 2_o henry_n walleis_n nicholas_n winchester_n henry_n coventry_z 1274_o 3_o gregory_n rokesley_n lucas_n batencourt_n henry_n frowick_n 1275_o 3_o the_o same_o john_n horn._n ralph_n blount_n 1276_o 5_o the_o same_o robert_n de_fw-fr arar_n ralph_n l._n fewre_n 1277_o 6_o the_o same_o john_n adrian_z walter_n largley_n 1278_o 7_o the_o same_o robert_n bâ—sing_v william_n le_fw-fr meyre_n 1279_o 8_o gregory_n rokesley_n thomas_n box._fw-la ralph_n moor_n 1280_o 9_o the_o same_o willliam_n farrendon_n nicholas_n winchester_n 1281_o 10_o henry_n walleis_n william_n le_fw-fr meyre_n richard_n chigwell_n 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1297_o 26_o henry_n walleis_n richard_n refham_n thomas_n sely._n 1298_o 27_o elias_n russel_n john_n armentor_n henry_n fingene_n 1299_o 28_o the_o same_o lucas_n de_fw-fr havering_n richard_n champnes_n 1300_o 29_o sir_n john_n blunt._n robert_n collor_n peter_n de_fw-fr bessenho_n 1301_o 30_o the_o same_o hugh_n pourte_n simon_n paris_n 1302_o 31_o the_o same_o will._n combmartin_n john_n de_fw-fr burford_n 1303_o 32_o the_o same_o roger_n paris_n john_n de_fw-fr lincoln_n 1304_o 33_o the_o same_o william_n causon_n reginald_n thunderley_n 1305_o 34_o the_o same_o geoffry_n at_o the_o conduit_n simon_n billet_n king_n edward_n the_o ii_o begin_v his_o reign_n the_o second_o of_o july_n anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1307._o 1307_o 1_o sir_n john_n blunt._n nicholas_n pigol_n nigellus_n drury_n 1308_o 2_o nicholas_n faringdon_n william_n basin_n james_n butler_n 1309_o 3_o thomas_n roman_a roger_n le_fw-fr palmer_n james_n of_o st._n edmond_n 1310_o 4_o richard_n reffam_n simon_n cooper_n peter_n blacney_n 1311_o 5_o sir_n john_n gysor_n simon_n metwâ—â—â—_n richard_n wâ—â—ford_n 1312_o 6_o sir_n john_n gysor_n john_n lambin_n adam_n lutkin_n 1313_o 7_o nicholas_n faringdon_n robert_n garden_n hugh_n garton_n 1314_o 8_o sir_n john_n gysor_n stephen_n abingdon_n hammond_n chickwell_n 1315_o 9_o stephen_n de_fw-fr abington_n hammond_n goodcheap_n william_n bodeleigh_n 1316_o 10_o john_n wingrave_n william_n caston_n ralph_n balancer_n 1317_o 11_o the_o same_o john_n prior._n william_n furneaux_n 1318_o 12_o the_o same_o john_n pointel_n john_n dalling_n 1319_o 13_o hammond_n chickwell_n simon_n de_fw-fr abington_n john_n preston_n 1320_o 14_o nicholas_n faringdon_n reinald_n at_o the_o conduit_n william_n prodham_n 1321_o 15_o hammond_n chickwell_n râ—chard_n constantine_n richard_n de_fw-fr hackney_n 1322_o 16_o the_o same_o john_n grantham_n richard_n de_fw-fr ely_n 1323_o 17_o nicholas_n farindon_n adam_n of_o salisbury_n john_n of_o oxford_n 1324_o 18_o hammond_n 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bukilsworth_n john_n ireland_n 1366_o 40_o the_o same_o john_n ward_n thomas_n of_o lee._n 1367_o 41_o james_n andrew_n john_n tarngold_n william_n dickman_n 1368_o 42_o simon_n mordan_n robert_n goideler_n adam_n wimondham_n 1369_o 43_o john_n chichester_n john_n piel_n hugh_n holdich_n 1370_o 44_o john_n barn_n william_n walworth_n robert_n gayton_n 1371_o 45_o the_o same_o adam_n staple_n robert_n hatfield_n 1372_o 46_o john_n piel_n john_n philpot._n nicholas_n brembar_v 1373_o 47_o adam_n of_o bury_n john_n aubery_n john_n fish_v 1374_o 48_o william_n walworth_n richard_n lion_n william_n woodhouse_n 1375_o 49_o john_n ward_n john_n hadley_n william_n newport_n 1376_o 50_o adam_n staple_n john_n northampton_n robert_n land_n richard_z the_o ii_o begin_v his_o reighn_n the_o 21._o of_o june_n 1377._o a._n d._n a._n r._n lord_n mayor_n sheriff_n 1377_o 1_o sir_n nicholas_n brember_v nicholas_n twiford_n andrew_n pikeman_n 1378_o 2_o john_n philpot._n john_n boseham_n thomas_n 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john_n wade_z john_n warner_n king_n henry_n the_o iv_o begin_v his_o reign_n the_o 29._o of_o september_n 1399._o 1399_o 1_o sir_n thomas_n knoll_v william_n waldren_n william_n hende_v 1400_o 2_o sir_n john_n francis_n john_n wakel_n william_n ebot_n 1401_o 3_o sir_n john_n shadworth_n william_n venor_fw-la john_n framingham_n 1402_o 4_o john_n walcot_n richard_n marlowe_n robert_n chichely_n 1403_o 5_o sir_n william_n ascham_n thomas_n falconer_n thomas_n pool_n 1404_o 6_o john_n hind_n william_n louth_n stephen_n spilman_n 1405_o 7_o sir_n john_n woodcock_n henry_n barton_n william_n cromer_z 1406_o 8_o sir_n ric._n whittington_n nicholas_n watton_n geoffry_n brooke_n 1407_o 9_o sir_n william_n stondon_n henry_n pontfract_n henry_n halton_n 1408_o 10_o sir_n draw_v barentine_n thomas_n buck._n william_n norton_n 1409_o 11_o richard_n marlowe_n john_n law_n william_n chicheley_n 1410_o 12_o sir_n thomas_n knoll_v john_n penne._n thomas_n pike_n 1411_o 13_o sir_n robert_n chicheley_n 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