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former_a law_n and_o custom_n of_o kent_n the_o first_o whereof_o be_v this_o that_o the_o church_n shall_v be_v free_a and_o enjoy_v her_o judgement_n rent_n and_o pension_n and_o 35._o
prisoner_n and_o slay_v by_o this_o usurper_n at_o tymmouth_n upon_o occasion_n of_o which_o insurrection_n and_o war_n i_o conceive_v this_o council_n be_v most_o probable_o summon_v soon_o after_o this_o usurp_a regicide_n ethelred_n be_v slay_v himself_o even_o by_o those_o seditious_a subject_n who_o expel_v and_o slay_v osr_v to_o advance_v he_o to_o the_o 9_o throne_n the_o common_a fate_n of_o bloody_a usurper_n especial_o in_o this_o kingdom_n of_o northumberland_n as_o our_o historian_n observe_v 1â—…_n king_n offa_n in_o the_o year_n 793._o call_v a_o provincial_n 793._o parliamentary_a council_n where_o archbishop_n humbert_n and_o his_o suffragan_n with_o all_o the_o primate_fw-la and_o nobles_n be_v present_a wherein_o he_o treat_v with_o thâ—m_n about_o sound_v the_o monastery_n of_o st._n alban_n the_o first_o martyr_n in_o the_o place_n where_o his_o corpse_n be_v found_v endow_a it_o with_o land_n and_o privilege_n placuit_fw-la omnibus_fw-la regis_fw-la 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abbatem_fw-la eye_v nomine_fw-la willegodum_fw-la praefecit_fw-la cui_fw-la cum_fw-la ipso_fw-la monasterio_n jura_n regalia_z concessit_fw-la this_o king_n then_o reign_v over_o 20_o shire_n at_o the_o same_o time_n by_o the_o unanimous_a assent_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o noble_n z_o give_v out_o of_o all_o those_o county_n to_o the_o english_a 314._o school_n at_o rome_n peter-pence_n in_o english_a call_v romescot_n yet_o he_o privilege_v the_o church_n of_o st._n alban_n with_o so_o great_a liberty_n that_o this_o church_n alone_o shall_v be_v quit_v of_o the_o apostolical_a custom_n and_o tribute_n call_v romescot_n when_o as_o neither_o the_o king_n nor_o archbishop_n nor_o any_o bishop_n abbot_z or_o prior_n or_o any_o other_o in_o the_o realm_n be_v exempt_v 6._o frow_fw-mi this_o payment_n and_o likewise_o grant_v that_o the_o church_n of_o st._n alban_n shall_v faithful_o collect_v the_o say_a romescot_n from_o all_o the_o county_n of_o hertford_n wherein_o the_o say_a church_n be_v situate_v and_o receive_v the_o money_n collect_v to_o that_o church_n own_o use_n and_o that_o the_o abbot_n thereof_o or_o a_o monk_n constitute_v his_o archdeacon_n under_o he_o shall_v exercise_v episcopal_a authority_n over_o all_o the_o priest_n &_o layman_n within_o the_o possession_n belong_v to_o the_o abbey_n and_o that_o he_o shall_v make_v subjection_n to_o no_o archbishop_n bishop_n or_o legate_n but_o only_o to_o the_o pope_n himself_o so_o as_o that_o church_n have_v omne_fw-la jura_fw-la regalia_z and_o the_o abbot_n thereof_o for_o the_o time_n be_v pontificalia_fw-la ornamenta_fw-la and_o that_o by_o the_o great_a charter_n of_o this_o king_n then_o make_v with_o the_o unanimous_a consent_n of_o all_o his_o bishop_n and_o noble_n in_o this_o great_a council_n what_o land_n he_o give_v to_o the_o monastery_n of_o st._n augustine_n and_o christchurch_n in_o canterbury_n and_o the_o archbishop_n there_o you_o may_v read_v at_o large_a in_o the_o chronicle_n 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alferus_n duke_n of_o mercia_n and_o many_o other_o noble_n side_v with_o the_o marry_a secular_a priest_n against_o the_o monkish_a clergy_n combine_v to_o advance_v â—oung_a ethelred_n elect_v he_o unanimous_o for_o their_o king_n disavow_v edward_n as_o illegitimate_a and_o beget_v of_o a_o harlot_n before_o marriage_n as_o malmesbury_n de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la regum_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 8._o osburn_n in_o the_o life_n of_o dunstan_n nicholas_n trivet_n johannis_n parisiâ—nsis_n vincentius_n antoninus_n matthew_n parker_n in_o the_o life_n of_o archbishop_n dunstan_n mr._n fox_n and_o other_o repute_v he_o though_o ingulphus_n huntindon_n hoveden_n mat_n westminster_n florentius_n wigornensis_n bromton_n abbot_n ethelred_n simeon_n dunelmensis_n radulphus_fw-la cistrensis_fw-la and_o the_o generality_n of_o our_o modern_a historian_n repute_v he_o edgar_n lawful_a son_n and_o right_a heir_n to_o the_o crown_n whereupon_o the_o most_o of_o the_o noble_n elect_v he_o to_o succeed_v 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