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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bishop_n of_o constantia_n that_o join_v with_o odo_n 〈◊〉_d of_o kent_n etc._n etc._n william_n warewe_v a_o normaine_a bear_v and_o chaplain_n both_o to_o the_o conqueror_n and_o his_o two_o son_n william_n and_o henry_n a_o very_a grave_n and_o a_o wise_a man_n have_v be_v much_o employ_v in_o sundry_a ambassaye_n be_v prefer_v at_o last_o unto_o this_o bishopric_n by_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o and_o consecrate_v thereunto_o in_o august_n 1107._o together_o with_o 〈◊〉_d other_o he_o first_o begin_v to_o enlarge_v his_o church_n as_o above_o i_o have_v mention_v &_o obtain_v from_o the_o king_n plympton_n brampton_n and_o saint_n stephens_n in_o exeter_n brampton_n he_o give_v to_o his_o cathedral_n church_n and_o it_o be_v afterward_o allot_v unto_o the_o dean_n for_o a_o part_n of_o the_o corpse_n of_o his_o deanery_n saint_n stephens_n with_o the_o see_v belong_v to_o the_o same_o he_o reserve_v to_o himself_o and_o to_o his_o successor_n who_o thereby_o be_v 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lordship_n thus_o by_o policy_n he_o purchase_v the_o manor_n of_o bishop_n clist_o by_o a_o devise_n gain_v cornish_a wood_n and_o by_o power_n wrest_v the_o patronage_n of_o sowton_n from_o the_o true_a ownor_n this_o bishop_n after_o he_o have_v occupt_v this_o see_v about_o 23._o year_n die_v july_n 22._o 1280._o and_o be_v bury_v in_o his_o own_o church_n in_o a_o sumptuous_a tomb_n of_o alabaster_n stand_v upon_o the_o south_n side_n of_o the_o entrance_n into_o the_o lady_n chapel_n upon_o it_o this_o epitaphe_n follow_v be_v yet_o to_o be_v see_v olim_fw-la syncerus_fw-la pater_fw-la omni_fw-la dignus_fw-la amore_fw-la primus_fw-la walterus_n magno_fw-la 〈◊〉_d hic_fw-la in_o honore_fw-la edidit_fw-la hic_fw-la plura_fw-la 〈◊〉_d laud_fw-la statuta_fw-la quae_fw-la tanquam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d servant_n hic_fw-la omne_fw-la tuta_fw-la atque_fw-la hoc_fw-la collegium_fw-la quod_fw-la glaseney_n plebs_fw-la vocat_fw-la omnis_fw-la condidit_fw-la egregmm_n pro_fw-la voce_fw-la data_fw-la sibi_fw-la somnis_fw-la quot_fw-la loca_fw-la construxit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d quot_fw-la bona_fw-la 〈◊〉_d quam_fw-la sanctam_fw-la duxit_fw-la vitam_fw-la vox_fw-la dicere_fw-la quae_fw-la scit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gens_fw-la exomensis_fw-la et_fw-la chorus_n &_o turbae_fw-la quod_fw-la natus_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la fuit_fw-la urbe_fw-la plus_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d festum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d gabrielis_fw-la gaudeat_fw-la in_o 〈◊〉_d pater_fw-la iste_fw-la fidelis_fw-la peter_n quivill_a ann_n 1281._o be_v consecrate_v bishop_n of_o erceter_n he_o first_o institute_v a_o chaunter_n and_o a_o subdeane_n in_o this_o church_n to_o the_o one_o he_o impropriate_v painton_n &_o chidleigh_n and_o to_o the_o other_o the_o rectory_n of_o eglosheyl_n in_o cornwall_n he_o be_v a_o liberal_a and_o a_o special_a benefactor_n to_o the_o hospital_n of_o saint_n johns_n in_o exeter_n as_o well_o in_o good_n as_o in_o livelyhood_n he_o first_o begin_v to_o enlarge_v and_o increase_v his_o church_n from_o the_o chancel_n 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