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de_fw-fr attachiamento_fw-la capto_fw-la extra_fw-la portam_fw-la orientalem_fw-la in_o suburbiis_fw-la exoniensibus_fw-la &_o quarens_fw-la in_o misericordia_fw-la pro_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la injust_a ibidem_fw-la cepit_fw-la regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 27._o edw._n the_o 3._o an._n d._n 1353._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n john_n spicer_n roger_n atwil_n simon_n atpitt_n john_n otrey_n john_n samaster_n the_o pasture_n of_o croldich_n alias_o southenhay_n be_v set_v to_o rend_v for_o five_o shilling_n per_fw-la annum_fw-la licentia_fw-la petita_fw-la &_o concessa_fw-la pro_fw-la discarcandis_fw-la navibus_fw-la in_o portu_fw-la exoniensi_fw-la regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 28._o edw._n the_o 3._o an._n d._n 1354._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n john_n spicer_n john_n gyst_n roger_n atwill_n henry_n furbor_n william_n bennett_n john_n week_n esquire_n elect_v the_o first_o recorder_n of_o this_o city_n and_o have_v a_o pension_n of_o three_o pound_n per_fw-la annum_fw-la allow_v he_o and_o afterward_o 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the_o first_o bishop_n of_o exeter_n the_o middle_a of_o they_o be_v the_o seat_n of_o the_o say_a bishop_n sit_v in_o his_o pontisicalibus_fw-la between_o the_o king_n and_o the_o queen_n and_o that_o it_o may_v further_o appear_v what_o great_a favour_n and_o honour_v this_o bishop_n receive_v both_o from_o the_o king_n and_o the_o queen_n at_o his_o instalment_n which_o be_v on_o the_o seven_o and_o twenty_v day_n of_o may_n in_o the_o six_o year_n of_o the_o say_v king_n reign_n annuque_fw-la domini_fw-la 1049._o i_o here_o recite_v the_o very_a word_n mention_v in_o the_o say_v king_n charter_n sc_n i_o king_n edward_n take_v bishop_n leofric_n by_o the_o right_a hand_n and_o edith_n my_o queen_n by_o the_o lief_a do_v install_v he_o the_o first_o and_o most_o famous_a bishop_n of_o exeter_n with_o a_o great_a desire_n of_o abundance_n of_o blessing_n to_o all_o such_o as_o shall_v further_o and_o increase_v the_o same_o ☞_o ☞_o but_o with_o a_o fearful_a and_o execrable_a curse_n upon_o all_o such_o as_o shall_v diminish_v or_o take_v any_o thing_n from_o it_o this_o king_n be_v the_o first_o that_o miraculous_o heal_v disease_n common_o call_v struma_n 96._o stone_n fol._n 96._o or_o the_o king's-evil_a which_o blessing_n god_n have_v continue_v to_o all_o his_o successor_n even_o to_o this_o very_a day_n queen_n edith_n remain_v his_o wife_n for_o eighteen_o year_n space_n her_o epitaph_n viz._n antiqua_fw-la fuit_fw-la orta_fw-la domo_fw-la pia_fw-la vixit_fw-la inivit_fw-la virgo_fw-la pudica_fw-la thorum_fw-la sponsa_fw-la pudica_fw-la polum_fw-la 8._o william_n the_o conqueror_n in_o the_o second_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n annoque_fw-la domini_fw-la 1067._o free_o bestow_v st._n stephen_n church_n within_o this_o city_n on_o this_o cathedral_n and_o make_v the_o bishop_n patron_n thereof_o and_o in_o his_o general_a survey_n we_o read_v thus_o of_o this_o city_n in_o civitate_fw-la exonia_fw-la habet_fw-la rex_fw-la c_o c_o c._n domesdâ—â—â—_n 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