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in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o ancient_a right_n of_o the_o commons_o assert_v cite_v a_o record_n in_o the_o tower_n tertio_fw-la of_o e._n 2._o membrana_fw-la 16_o ta_fw-la dorso_fw-la rotulo_n clauso_fw-la where_o there_o be_v these_o word_n enter_v viz._n inhibitio_fw-la nè_fw-la qui_fw-la magnates_fw-la viz._n come_v baro_n miles_n seu_fw-la aliqua_fw-la alia_fw-la notabilis_fw-la persona_fw-la transeat_fw-la ad_fw-la part_n transmarinas_fw-la so_o that_o by_o this_o videlicet_fw-la milites_fw-la be_v comprehend_v under_o the_o word_n magnates_n and_o nobilis_fw-la be_v no_o more_o than_o notabilis_fw-la fleta_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 42._o fol._n 93.37_o h._n 3._o in_o majori_fw-la aula_n westm._n in_o praesentia_fw-la regis_fw-la archiepiscoporum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la abbatum_fw-la priorum_fw-la comitum_fw-la baronum_fw-la militum_fw-la et_fw-la aliorum_fw-la magnatum_fw-la regni_fw-la angliae_fw-la etc._n etc._n which_o allow_v milites_fw-la to_o be_v magnates_n in_o the_o time_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o three_o and_o some_o inferior_a to_o the_o milites_fw-la under_o the_o word_n aliorum_fw-la lambert_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr priscis_fw-la anglor_fw-la legibus_fw-la fol._n 176._o recite_v verbatim_o a_o charter_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o de_fw-fr confirmationibus_fw-la legum_fw-la edwardi_fw-la regis_fw-la testibus_fw-la archiepiscopis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la baronibus_fw-la comitibus_fw-la vice-comitibus_a et_fw-la optimatibus_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la angliae_fw-la so_o that_o the_o word_n optimates_fw-la stoop_v as_o low_a as_o to_o knight_n and_o sheriff_n for_o there_o be_v no_o viscount_n till_o long_a after_o the_o time_n of_o king_n hen._n the_o first_o the_o same_o sense_n of_o the_o word_n magnate_v &_o proceres_fw-la appear_v in_o a_o record_n of_o the_o exchequer_n in_o the_o king_n remembrancer_n office_n inter_fw-la communia_fw-la brevia_fw-la de_fw-la termino_fw-la trinitatis_fw-la 34._o e._n 1._o nay_o the_o word_n baro_n &_o 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