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cum_fw-la archiepiscopis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la comitibus_fw-la baronibus_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la multis_fw-la lord_n peer_n and_o other_o of_o his_o counsel_n de_fw-la regni_fw-la negotiis_fw-la tractaturi_fw-la voluit_fw-la enim_fw-la rex_fw-la uti_fw-la consilio_fw-la magnatum_fw-la suorum_fw-la de_fw-la terris_fw-la transmarinis_fw-la quas_fw-la rex_fw-la francorum_fw-la paulatim_fw-la occupaverat_fw-la 311._o anno_fw-la 1229._o 9_o h._n 3._o the_o king_n demand_v advice_n and_o a_o aid_n of_o the_o fifteen_o part_n of_o his_o people_n good_n to_o recover_v his_o foreign_a territory_n archiepiscopus_fw-la &_o concio_fw-la tota_fw-la apud_fw-la westm._fw-la episcoporum_fw-la comitum_fw-la et_fw-la baronum_fw-la abbatum_fw-la &_o priorum_fw-la habita_fw-la deliberatione_n regi_fw-la dedere_fw-la responsum_fw-la quod_fw-la regiis_fw-la petitioibus_fw-la gratanter_fw-la adquiescerent_fw-la si_fw-la illis_fw-la diu_fw-la petitas_fw-la libertates_fw-la concedere_fw-la voluisset_fw-la 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by_o 978._o matthew_n paris_n anno_fw-la 1258._o and_o print_v in_o his_o additamenta_fw-la p._n 215_o 216_o 217._o beginning_n thus_o sanctissimo_fw-la patri_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la alexandro_n etc._n etc._n communitas_fw-la comitum_fw-la procerum_fw-la magnatum_fw-la aliorumque_fw-la regni_fw-la angliââ¦_n etc._n etc._n reââ¦iting_v that_o the_o king_n by_o the_o pope_n power_n and_o assistance_n can_v not_o without_o their_o counsel_n and_o assent_v much_o less_o against_o their_o will_n effect_v what_o he_o desire_v nor_o reform_v his_o kingdom_n but_o de_fw-la procerum_fw-la &_o magnatum_fw-la suorum_fw-la consilio_fw-la caeterum_fw-la praefatus_fw-la dominus_fw-la rex_fw-la attendens_fw-la impossibile_fw-it pondus_fw-la negotii_fw-la memorati_fw-la et_fw-la statum_n regni_fw-la svi_fw-la imbecillum_fw-la voluit_fw-la et_fw-la expressè_fw-la concessit_fw-la ut_fw-la de_fw-la procerum_fw-la &_o magnatum_fw-la consilio_fw-la sinè_fw-la quibus_fw-la regnum_fw-la suum_fw-la 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praedictorum_fw-la be_v likewise_o compare_v with_o the_o pope_n answer_v thereunto_o 222._o literae_fw-la papale_v missae_fw-la communitati_fw-la angliae_fw-la alexander_n episcopuââ¦_n etc._n etc._n dilectis_fw-la filiis_fw-la nobilibus_fw-la uiris_fw-la consiliariis_fw-la charissimi_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la silij_fw-la nostri_fw-la illustris_fw-la regis_fw-la angliae_fw-la ac_fw-la caeteris_fw-la proceribus_fw-la et_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la regni_fw-la angiiae_fw-la salutem_fw-la et_fw-la apostolicam_fw-la benedictionem_fw-la etc._n etc._n will_v infallible_o evidence_n first_o that_o the_o king_n prelate_n earl_n spiritual_n temporal_a baron_n and_o noble_n of_o the_o realm_n be_v our_o only_a parliament_n member_n without_o any_o knight_n citizen_n or_o burgess_n annex_v to_o or_o prââ¦t_v with_o they_o before_o 49_o h._n 3._o 2ly_a that_o they_o be_v then_o usual_o style_v the_o communitas_fw-la or_o universitas_fw-la regni_fw-la or_o barnagii_n baronagii_fw-la or_o communitas_fw-la comitum_fw-la procerum_fw-la et_fw-la magnatum_fw-la regni_fw-la anggliae_fw-la and_o only_o intend_v denote_v by_o these_o title_n and_o phrase_n not_o the_o knight_n citizens_z burgess_n or_o commons_o in_o parl._n as_o e_o sir_n rob_n cotton_n and_o other_o of_o note_n as_o well_o as_o some_o injudicious_a antiquary_n have_v mistake_v speaker_n which_o have_v 360._o elsewhere_o at_o large_a evince_v beyond_o all_o contradiction_n i_o shall_v not_o here_o further_o insist_v upon_o but_o proceed_v to_o some_o other_o general_a observation_n on_o the_o precedent_a writ_n 2_o from_o the_o manifold_a variety_n and_o difference_n of_o these_o recite_v writ_n both_o of_o election_n and_o prorogation_n before_o and_o since_o the_o statute_n of_o henry_n 4._o 5_o &_o 6._o touch_v election_n the_o reader_n may_v discern_v the_o gross_a oversight_n and_o mistake_n of_o sir_n edward_n cook_n in_o his_o 4._o institutes_n p._n 10._o that_o these_o writ_n of_o summons_n and_o election_n can_v receive_v no_o alteration_n but_o by_o act_n of_o parliament_n which_o have_v elsewhere_o touch_v and_o at_o large_a refute_v register_n part_n 1._o p._n 395._o 396_o 397._o i_o shall_v prosecute_v no_o further_o 3_o i_o shall_v observe_v from_o the_o precedent_a writ_n that_o no_o person_n ought_v of_o right_a to_o be_v elect_v knight_n of_o any_o county_n nor_o citizen_n burgess_n or_o baron_n of_o any_o city_n borough_n or_o port_n wherein_o they_o be_v elect_v but_o such_o as_o be_v real_a actual_a member_n of_o the_o say_v respective_a county_n city_n borough_n port_n reside_v or_o inhabit_v within_o they_o as_o this_o clause_n in_o all_o the_o recite_v writ_n de_n comitatu_fw-la tuo_fw-la duos_fw-la milites_fw-la et_fw-la de_fw-la qualibet_fw-la civitate_fw-la duos_fw-la milites_fw-la et_fw-la de_fw-la quolibet_fw-la burgo_n duos_fw-la burgenses_n &_o de_fw-fr quolibet_fw-la portu_fw-la duos_fw-la barones_n &c._n &c._n de_fw-fr discretioribus_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la laborandum_fw-la potentioribus_fw-la eligi_fw-la etc._n etc._n clear_o import_n and_o the_o statute_n of_o 7_o h._n 4._o c._n 15._o 1_o
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