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archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n the_o archbishop_n will_v by_o no_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o 〈◊〉_d he_o any_o testimony_n of_o sufficiency_n at_o last_o 〈◊〉_d much_o ado_n he_o procure_v the_o pope_n to_o authorise_v two_o other_o bishop_n for_o the_o allowance_n or_o reject_v of_o he_o who_o they_o be_v i_o can_v not_o call_v to_o remembrance_n and_o they_o by_o the_o exceed_a great_a importunity_n of_o the_o prince_n admit_v he_o to_o consecration_n which_o he_o receive_v september_n 26._o 1360._o see_v more_o of_o this_o matter_n in_o thomas_n lylde_v bishop_n of_o ely_n he_o sit_v bishop_n here_o 25._o year_n 50._o walter_n skirlawe_n walter_n skirlawe_n doctor_n of_o law_n be_v consecrate_v january_n 14._o 1385._o remove_v to_o bath_n and_o well_n the_o year_n follow_v and_o soon_o after_o to_o durham_n see_v more_o of_o he_o in_o durham_n 51._o richard_n scroop_n richard_n scroop_n doctor_n of_o law_n brother_n unto_o william_n scroop_n earl_n of_o wiltshire_n and_o treasurer_n of_o 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successor_n he_o have_v recover_v again_o whatsoever_o be_v take_v from_o his_o see_v lanfranke_a archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n assist_v very_o favourable_o his_o cause_n urgens_fw-la aemulum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d &_o potentiae_fw-la say_v w._n malmbury_n the_o rather_o no_o doubt_n say_v he_o because_o he_o think_v it_o best_o in_o policy_n to_o weaken_v the_o see_v of_o york_n what_o he_o may_v that_o contend_v with_o he_o in_o authority_n &_o greatness_n this_o wulstan_n be_v borneat_a hichenton_n in_o warwickshire_n his_o father_n and_o mother_n who_o name_n be_v eatstan_n and_o 〈◊〉_d long_o before_o their_o death_n sever_v themselves_o by_o mutual_a consent_n and_o lead_v a_o monastical_a life_n then_o as_o though_o heaven_n be_v not_o to_o be_v enter_v without_o a_o monk_n cowl_n they_o not_o only_o cause_v 〈◊〉_d son_n to_o be_v teach_v and_o bring_v up_o in_o the_o monastery_n of_o peterborough_n but_o also_o exhort_v he_o earnest_o especial_o his_o mother_n in_o any_o wise_a to_o 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contain_v they_o in_o very_a 〈◊〉_d obedience_n but_o also_o arm_v such_o a_o number_n of_o people_n as_o the_o city_n 〈◊〉_d afford_v cause_v they_o to_o 〈◊〉_d out_o and_o set_v upon_o the_o 〈◊〉_d who_o they_o 〈◊〉_d kill_v and_o take_v a_o number_n of_o they_o prisoner_n he_o die_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d year_n of_o age_n 1095._o january_n 19_o which_o day_n afterward_o 〈◊〉_d be_v 〈◊〉_d be_v make_v a_o holy_a day_n &_o appoint_v unto_o the_o celebration_n of_o his_o memory_n he_o be_v bury_v in_o his_o own_o church_n 〈◊〉_d the_o church_n be_v burn_v his_o 〈◊〉_d only_o escape_v the_o violence_n of_o the_o fire_n how_o he_o appear_v unto_o his_o old_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bishop_n of_o 〈◊〉_d be_v at_o creeklade_n at_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o his_o death_n 〈◊〉_d the_o same_o unto_o he_o and_o many_o thing_n more_o strange_a if_o any_o man_n desire_v to_o read_v they_o let_v he_o 〈◊〉_d they_o in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o other_o that_o discourse_n they_o at_o large_a this_o for_o my_o part_n i_o think_v 〈◊〉_d if_o not_o too_o much_o 25._o 〈◊〉_d a_o canon_n of_o bayon_n be_v consecrate_v bishop_n of_o worcester_n at_o canterbury_n june_n 15._o 〈◊〉_d a_o man_n well_o learned_a very_o eloquent_a &_o a_o great_a house_n keeper_n he_o take_v away_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o monk_n that_o 〈◊〉_d have_v place_v there_o and_o die_v afterward_o at_o that_o place_n may_v 5._o 1112._o he_o be_v bury_v in_o the_o body_n of_o his_o church_n 〈◊〉_d before_o the_o roodlost_a he_o have_v a_o elder_a brother_n name_v 〈◊〉_d then_o archbishop_n of_o york_n and_o a_o son_n that_o afterward_o be_v 〈◊〉_d archbishop_n there_o of_o they_o and_o some_o other_o matter_n 〈◊〉_d he_o see_v more_o in_o york_n soon_o after_o his_o death_n to_o wit_n may_v 20._o 〈◊〉_d the_o cathedral_n church_n 〈◊〉_d and_o city_n of_o worceter_n be_v burn_v and_o quite_o 〈◊〉_d with_o casual_a 〈◊〉_d one_o monk_n three_o servant_n of_o the_o monastery_n and_o 〈◊〉_d townsman_n perish_v in_o that_o fire_n 26._o theulphus_n a_o canon_n of_o bayon_n likewise_o be_v elect_v bishop_n of_o worceter_n december_n 28._o 1113._o but_o not_o 〈◊〉_d until_o june_n 27._o 1115._o he_o die_v at_o his_o manor_n of_o 〈◊〉_d october_n 21._o 1123._o and_o be_v bury_v hard_o by_o 〈◊〉_d his_o predecessor_n in_o that_o place_n i_o doubt_v not_o where_o upon_o one_o marble_n lie_v just_a before_o the_o 〈◊〉_d door_n we_o see_v the_o deface_v image_n of_o two_o bishop_n 27._o simon_n chaplain_n and_o chancellor_n unto_o queen_n adelicia_n the_o second_o wife_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o be_v consecrate_v may_v 23._o 1125._o he_o be_v liberal_a according_a to_o the_o proportion_n of_o his_o ability_n affable_a and_o very_a courteon_n 28._o alured_n after_o simon_n w._n 〈◊〉_d that_o live_v in_o those_o day_n place_v alured_v for_o his_o next_o successor_n 〈◊〉_d some_o put_v john_n 〈◊〉_d before_o he_o and_o florent_fw-la wigorn_n leave_v he_o quite_o out_o of_o the_o reckon_v 29._o john_n pagham_n he_o give_v bibery_n unto_o the_o abbey_n of_o 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o manor_n of_o elm_n bishop_n unto_o his_o own_o see_n 30._o roger_n son_n unto_o the_o earl_n of_o gloucester_n die_v august_n 9_o 1179._o at_o tours_n in_o france_n and_o be_v bury_v there_o 31._o baldwyn_n abbot_n of_o ford_n consecrate_v 1181._o be_v translate_v to_o canterbury_n 1184._o see_v more_o there_o 32._o william_n de_fw-fr northale_n consecrate_v september_n 21._o 1186._o die_v 1190._o 33._o robert_n a_o canon_n of_o lincoln_n son_n unto_o william_n fitz-ralf_n seneschal_n of_o normandy_n become_v bishop_n of_o worceter_n 1191._o and_o die_v the_o year_n follow_v 34._o henry_n abbot_n of_o glastonbury_n be_v make_v bishop_n of_o worceter_n that_o sanarike_v bishop_n of_o bath_n and_o well_n 〈◊〉_d unite_v that_o abbey_n to_o his_o see_v see_v more_o of_o that_o matter_n in_o wels._n he_o
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