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paris_n say_v of_o this_o charter_n that_o when_o king_n john_n see_v the_o baron_n too_o powerful_a for_o he_o 50._o he_o fol._n 255._o num_fw-la 30_o 50._o gratanter_fw-la eye_n concederet_fw-la leges_fw-la &_o libertates_fw-la quas_fw-la petebant_fw-la he_o willing_o grant_v the_o law_n and_o liberty_n which_o they_o ask_v or_o petition_v for_o so_o in_o the_o charter_n itself_o 18._o itself_o ibid._n fol._n 256._o lin_v 18._o concessimus_fw-la etiam_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la liberis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la nostri_fw-la regni_fw-la angliae_fw-la pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o haeredibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la in_o perpetuum_fw-la omnes_fw-la libertates_fw-la subscriptas_fw-la habendas_fw-la &_o tenendas_fw-la eye_v &_o haeredibus_fw-la suis_fw-la de_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o haeredibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la that_o be_v and_o we_o have_v also_o grant_v to_o all_o our_o freeman_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o england_n for_o we_o and_o our_o heir_n for_o ever_o capite_fw-la by_o freeman_n here_o to_o be_v understand_v the_o tenant_n in_o capite_fw-la all_o the_o under-written_a liberty_n to_o have_v and_o to_o hold_v to_o they_o and_o their_o heir_n of_o we_o and_o our_o heir_n etc._n etc._n chap._n xxvi_o of_o the_o great_a council_n and_o parliament_n during_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o three_o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n edward_n the_o three_o the_o first_o great_a council_n i_o find_v in_o this_o king_n reign_n be_v on_o the_o eight_o of_o the_o octave_n of_o 60._o of_o matt._n paris_n fol._n 266._o num_fw-la 60._o epiphany_n anno_fw-la 1223._o 7_o h._n 3._o the_o king_n have_v keep_v his_o christmas_n at_o oxford_n come_v to_o london_n to_o have_v a_o colloquium_fw-la with_o his_o baron_n and_o the_o archbishop_n and_o other_o magnate_v press_v the_o king_n to_o confirm_v the_o liberty_n and_o free_a custom_n for_o which_o war_n have_v be_v move_v against_o his_o father_n and_o which_o he_o have_v confirm_v by_o oath_n upon_o the_o recess_n of_o 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