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warwick_n before_o sir_n guye_n fairfax_n and_o sir_n john_n vavisour_n it_o be_v find_v by_o verdict_n 7._o m._n 21._o h._n 7._o that_o the_o father_n of_o the_o tenant_n have_v take_v the_o order_n of_o deacon_n and_o after_o marry_v a_o wife_n and_o have_v issue_n the_o tenant_n die_v and_o the_o issue_n of_o the_o tenant_n do_v enter_v upon_o who_o the_o pleyntife_n do_v enter_v as_o next_o heir_n collateral_a to_o the_o father_n of_o the_o tenant_n bastard_n a_o deacon_n take_v a_o wife_n have_v issue_n &_o die_v the_o issue_n adjudge_v not_o bastard_n upon_o who_o he_o do_v reenter_v etc._n etc._n and_o for_o difficulty_n the_o justice_n do_v adjourn_v the_o assize_n and_o it_o be_v debate_v in_o the_o escheke_a chamber_n if_o the_o tenant_n shall_v be_v a_o bastard_n etc._n etc._n and_o here_o by_o advice_n it_o be_v adjudge_v that_o he_o shall_v not_o be_v bastard_n etc._n etc._n ¶_o frowicke_n chief_a justice_n say_v to_o i_o in_o the_o nineteeen_o year_n of_o henry_n the_o 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&_o reginae_fw-la primo_fw-la &_o tertio_fw-la irrotulatur_fw-la sic_fw-la praesentatum_fw-la est_fw-la per_fw-la totum_fw-la homagium_fw-la quòd_fw-la simon_n heynes_n bastard_n heynes_n clericus_fw-la diu_fw-la antè_fw-la istam_fw-la curiam_fw-la vid._n per_fw-la dvos_fw-la annos_fw-la iam_fw-la elapsos_fw-la fuit_fw-la sesitus_fw-la secundum_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la huius_fw-la manerij_fw-la in_o dominio_fw-la svo_fw-la ut_fw-la de_fw-la feodo_fw-la de_fw-la &_o in_fw-la duabus_fw-la acris_fw-la terrae_fw-la percellis_fw-la de_fw-la xxxv_o acris_fw-la &_o dimidij_fw-la terrae_fw-la nuper_fw-la in_o tenura_fw-la joannis_n heynes_n ac._n de_fw-mi &_o in_fw-la uno_fw-la tenemento_fw-it vocat_fw-la bernardes_n nuper_fw-la in_fw-la tenura_fw-la joannis_n cotton_n ac_fw-la de_fw-la &_o in_o lvij_o acris_fw-la &_o iij._n rodis_fw-la terrae_fw-la &_o pasturae_fw-la sive_fw-la plus_fw-la sive_fw-la minus_fw-la prout_fw-la iacent_fw-la in_o campis_fw-la de_fw-fr myldenhall_n praedicta_fw-la 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