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praedictae_fw-la etc._n etc._n whereupon_o the_o king_n attorney_n dicit_fw-la quod_fw-la decimae_fw-la praedictae_fw-la pertinent_a ad_fw-la regem_fw-la &_o non_fw-la ad_fw-la alium_fw-la quia_fw-la sunt_fw-la infra_fw-la bundas_fw-la forestae_fw-la de_fw-la inglewood_n &_o quod_fw-la rex_fw-la in_o foresta_n sua_fw-la praedicta_fw-la potest_fw-la villa_n aedificare_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la construere_fw-la terras_fw-la assartare_fw-la &_o ecclesias_fw-la illas_fw-la cum_fw-la decimis_fw-la terrarum_fw-la illarum_fw-la pro_fw-la voluntate_fw-la sua_fw-la cuicunque_fw-la voluerit_fw-la confer_v eo_fw-la quod_fw-la foresta_n illa_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la infra_fw-la limites_n alicuius_fw-la parochiae_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-fr petit_fw-fr quod_fw-la decimae_fw-la illae_fw-la domino_fw-la regi_fw-la remaneant_fw-la prout_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la debent_fw-la ratione_fw-la praedicta_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la quia_fw-la dominus_fw-la rex_fw-la super_fw-la praemissis_fw-la vult_fw-la certiorari_fw-la ut_fw-la unicuique_fw-la tribuatur_fw-la quod_fw-la suum_fw-la est_fw-la william_n of_o vesci_n justice_n of_o the_o forest_n beyond_o trent_n and_o thomas_n of_o normanuill_n his_o escheator_n for_o those_o part_n for_o so_o be_v the_o division_n ancient_o of_o escheatorship_n be_v assign_v commissioner_n to_o inquire_v of_o the_o truth_n &_o certificent_a regem_fw-la ad_fw-la proximum_fw-la parlamentum_fw-la etc._n etc._n so_o be_v the_o word_n of_o the_o record_n where_o the_o attorney_n challenge_v not_o the_o right_a by_o prerogative_n but_o only_o in_o regard_n that_o the_o place_n be_v the_o demesne_fw-la land_n of_o the_o crown_n &_o not_o assign_v to_o any_o parish_n the_o tithe_n be_v grantable_a by_o the_o king_n as_o owner_n at_o his_o pleasure_n and_o so_o it_o well_o agree_v both_o with_o that_o liberty_n challenge_v by_o king_n john_n in_o the_o name_n of_o his_o baronage_n that_o they_o may_v found_v new_a church_n at_o their_o pleasure_n in_o their_o 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grossis_fw-la priori_fw-la de_fw-la carleol_n &_o praedecessoribus_fw-la suis_fw-la de_fw-la dominicis_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la infra_fw-la forestam_fw-la de_fw-la inglewood_n provenientibus_fw-la &_o extra_fw-la quaruncunque_fw-la parochiarum_fw-la limites_n existentibus_fw-la per_fw-la cartam_fw-la progenitorum_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la nunc_fw-la concessis_fw-la &_o per_fw-la cartam_fw-la ipsius_fw-la d._n r._n nunc_fw-la confirmatis_fw-la etc._n etc._n a_o prohibition_n shall_v be_v grant_v against_o the_o bishop_n of_o carleol_n that_o claim_v they_o it_o be_v upon_o a_o record_n send_v thither_o out_o of_o the_o parliament_n as_o in_o the_o roll_n appear_v large_o and_o edward_n the_o first_o give_v such_o tithe_n of_o the_o forest_n of_o dene_fw-mi as_o increase_v not_o within_o any_o parish_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o landaff_n by_o which_o title_n the_o bishop_n afterward_o dor_n claim_v they_o and_o no_o question_n be_v of_o that_o point_n but_o for_o common_a or_o 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