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699._o leges_fw-la sâi_fw-la edw._n lamb._n arch._n &_o bib._n cot._n sub_fw-la effig_a claud._n d._n d._n cron._n sax._n nuper_fw-la ed._n cujus_fw-la prosapia_fw-la oriunda_fw-la est_fw-la cerdico_fw-la cerdico_fw-la malm_n f._n 7._o quam_fw-la successivae_fw-la sobolis_fw-la prosapia_fw-la prosapia_fw-la non_fw-la parum_fw-la lineâ_fw-la regiae_n stirpis_fw-la exexorbitaverunt_fw-la exexorbitaverunt_fw-la cron._n sax._n p._n 16_o &_o 61._o 61._o cron._n sax._n &_o bromton_n col_fw-fr 770._o super_fw-la populum_fw-la &_o regnum_fw-la elegerunt_fw-la elegerunt_fw-la spelm._n conc._n 1._o vol._n f._n 291_o 292._o 292._o fund_z const_n 1._o part_n f._n 80._o 80._o bracton_n l._n 2._o c._n 29._o council_n calchuthense_o legantinum_n &_o pananglicum_fw-la an._n 787._o haeres_fw-la patriae_fw-la an._n 800._o vel_fw-la potius_fw-la 801._o 801._o cart._n in_o regist_n ab._n bib._n cot._n claud._n b._n cum_fw-la licentià _fw-la &_o consensu_fw-la totius_fw-la gentis_fw-la nostre_fw-fr etc._n etc._n etc._n few_o historian_n take_v notice_n of_o he_o vid._n tamen_fw-la bib._n cot._n domitian_n a._n 8._o sax._n &_o lat._n which_o show_v he_o to_o have_v be_v king_n of_o kent_n surrey_n and_o suffex_n suffex_n evid_v ec._n cant._n inter_fw-la decem_fw-la script_n col_fw-fr 2220._o 2220._o bib._n cot._n julius_n d._n 2._o f._n 125._o a_o a_o vid._n cart._n orig._n in_o bib._n cot._n eod_a an._n egbert_n &_o ethelwolf_n act_v together_o both_o king_n king_n mon._n 1._o vol._n f._n 195._o an._n 843._o welding_n ealle_fw-fr britone_n britone_n asser_n men._n end_v with_o the_o life_n of_o king_n alfred_n f._n 156._o 156._o nic._n gloc._n in_o bib._n cot._n caligula_n a._n end_v with_o the_o life_n of_o ethelwolf_n ethelwolf_n rituale_fw-la in_o bib._n cot._fw-la coronat_fw-la ethelredi_fw-la &_o h._n 1._o 1._o pictav_n de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la ejus_fw-la f._n 205._o 205._o an._n 855._o 855._o bib._n cot._n tiber._n b._n albas_n floriacencis_n floriacencis_n exantiq_fw-la sax._n nobili_fw-la prosapia_fw-la oriundus_fw-la etc._n etc._n omnium_fw-la comprovincialium_fw-la comprovincialium_fw-la exgeneris_fw-la successione_n successione_n asser_n men._n men._n cron._n de_fw-fr mailros_n mailros_n bradies_n introd_a f._n 359._o 359._o asser_n epistola_fw-la haereditaria_fw-la immo_fw-la commendatoria_fw-la commendatoria_fw-la append._n aquavitae_fw-la alfredi_n alfredi_n ita_fw-la haereditas_fw-la aethelwolfis_n rs._n primei_fw-la ad_fw-la i_o devoluta_fw-la est_fw-la per_fw-la cartam_fw-la inde_fw-la confectam_fw-la in_o concilio_fw-la nostro_fw-la apud_fw-la langedene_n langedene_n ethelwerdi_n cron._n f._n 479._o ordinati_fw-la sunt_fw-la silij_fw-la ejus_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n cron._n de_fw-fr mailros_n f._n 143._o an._n 160._o an._n 160._o 160._o append._n sup_v sup_v polycron_n r._n higden_n f._n 255._o s._n dun._n f._n 125._o 126._o an._n 872._o 872._o append._n sup._n de_n haereditate_fw-la quam_fw-la deus_fw-la ac_fw-la principes_fw-la cum_fw-la senioribus_fw-la populi_fw-la misericorditer_fw-la ac_fw-la benign_a dederunt_fw-la dederunt_fw-la s._n dun._n a_o ducibus_fw-la &_o presulibus_fw-la totius_fw-la gentis_fw-la eligitur_fw-la &_o non_fw-la solum_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la verum_fw-la etiam_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la populo_fw-la adoratur_fw-la ut_fw-la eye_v praeseset_v praeseset_v asserii_fw-la annales_n &_o huntindon_n huntindon_n vid._n his_o book_n dedicate_v to_o maud_n wife_n to_o w._n 1._o m_o s._n in_o bib._n cot._n &_o ed._n ipse_fw-la stemmate_a regali_fw-la a_o primatis_fw-la electus_fw-la an._n 925._o or_o 924._o 924._o mat._n west_n f._n 180._o selden_n note_n upon_o polyolb_n f._n 211._o &_o ms._n lelandi_n &_o wendover_n ms._n in_o bib._n cot._n cot._n cron._n sax._n p._n 11._o huntindon_n f._n 204._o electus_n est_fw-la rex_fw-la in_o merce_fw-la an._n 944._o 944._o bib._n cot._n vitel._n d._n 15._o vita_fw-la sti_fw-la dunstani_fw-la autore_fw-la osberno_fw-la dorob_fw-la edit_fw-la inser_n script_n sub_fw-la nomine_fw-la anglia_fw-it sacra_fw-la success_v in_o jure_fw-la frarris_fw-la frarris_fw-la bib._n cot._fw-la cleopat_fw-la b._n 13._o alter_v author_n aquavitae_fw-la sti._n dunstani_fw-la mox_fw-la proximus_fw-la haeres_fw-la eadredus_fw-la eadredus_fw-la vid._n enquiry_n say_v to_o be_v dr._n brady_n p._n 14._o and_o the_o doctor_n introd_a f._n 364._o 364._o bib._n cot._n sup._n an._n 955._o post_fw-la hunc_fw-la surrexit_fw-la eadwig_n regnandi_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la polien_n licet_fw-la in_o utraque_fw-la plebe_fw-la regum_fw-la numeros_fw-la &_o nomina_fw-la suppleretelectus_fw-la suppleretelectus_fw-la quoniam_fw-la in_o commisso_fw-la regimine_fw-la insipienter_fw-la egit_fw-la egit_fw-la ib._n hoc_fw-la ita_fw-la omnium_fw-la conspiration_n relicto_fw-la elegere_fw-la sibi_fw-la do._n dictante_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n ib._n et_fw-la regnum_fw-la ipsius_fw-la velut_fw-la aequus_fw-la haeres_fw-la abutroque_fw-la populo_fw-la electus_fw-la electus_fw-la bib._n cot._n 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est_fw-la ut_fw-la nunquam_fw-la amplius_fw-la esset_fw-la rex_fw-la danus_n in_o arglià _fw-la arglià _fw-la bib._n cot._n domition_n a._n 8._o sup_n sup_n an._n 1015._o or_o 1016._o 1016._o knighton_n f._n 2320._o misit_fw-la clameum_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n malm_n f._n 39_o dani_n cnutonem_fw-la eligunt_fw-la eligunt_fw-la internal_a vid._n argl._n saer_n hist_o maj._n winton_n '_o cujusdam_fw-la ducis_fw-la fill_n nomine_fw-la algivam_fw-la accepit_fw-la in_fw-la concubinam_fw-la exqua_fw-la genuit_fw-la filium_fw-la nomine_fw-la edmundum_n irââside_n et_fw-fr et_fw-fr cite_v and_o apply_v spelman_n glos_n f._n 277._o bib._n cot._n cleoâ_n b._n 13._o de_fw-fr regno_fw-la &_o nominibus_fw-la regum_fw-la anglor_fw-la etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr edm._n irnenside_n iste_fw-la erat_fw-la bastardus_fw-la bastardus_fw-la ingulfas_fw-la f._n 58._o 58._o leofric_n come_v &_o tota_fw-la nobilitas_fw-la exparte_v aquilonis_fw-la fluminis_fw-la tamesiae_fw-la elegerunt_fw-la haroldum_n &_o hardecnut_n fratrem_fw-la ejus_fw-la etc._n etc._n edw._n conf._n vid._n etiam_fw-la ib._n cleop._n a._n 7._o 7._o bib._n cot._n abbreu._n cron._n fin_n '_o temp_n cron_n '_o breve_fw-la ad_fw-la an._n 1062._o haraldus_n rex_fw-la eligitur_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la populo_fw-la angl._n angl._n malm_n f._n 43._o 43._o vid._n scrip._n norm_a eucomium_fw-la emmae_fw-la regno_fw-la haereditatis_fw-la vestrae_fw-la privamini_fw-la privamini_fw-la gemet_fw-la f._n 271._o 271._o m._n s._n cite_v in_o monast_n 1._o vol._n regni_fw-la cura_fw-la reginae_fw-la assensu_fw-la &_o magnatum_fw-la consilio_fw-la comiti_fw-la godwino_fw-la commitritur_fw-la donec_fw-la qui_fw-la digrus_fw-la esset_fw-la eligeretur_fw-la &_o bib._n cot._n domitia_n a._n 13._o cron._n wint._n wint._n gemet_fw-la f._n 271._o ipse_fw-la autem_fw-la