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their_o tenor_n be_v alter_v viz._n per_fw-la baroniam_fw-la as_o appear_v by_o matthew_n paris_n anno_fw-la 1070._o 66._o and_o of_o that_o tenure_n have_v continue_v ever_o since_o as_o shall_v be_v apparent_v by_o the_o consultation_n of_o clarendon_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o henry_n the_o second_o by_o glanvil_n and_o other_o authority_n in_o the_o constitution_n hold_v at_o clarendon_n 6._o co._n 2._o inst_z f._n 6._o tempore_fw-la h._n 2._o ann._n 1164._o certain_a recapitulation_n of_o the_o prerogative_n of_o the_o king_n and_o his_o people_n than_o seek_v to_o be_v infringe_v by_o the_o pope_n and_o his_o clergy_n it_o be_v thus_o express_v in_o the_o eleven_o article_n archiepiscopi_fw-la &_o episcopi_fw-la &_o universa_fw-la persona_fw-la regni_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-la rege_fw-la tenent_fw-la in_o capite_fw-la ãâ¦ã_o possessiones_fw-la svas_fw-la de_fw-la rege_fw-la sicut_fw-la baroniam_fw-la &_o inde_fw-la respondeant_fw-la justatiariiâ_n ãâ¦ã_o regis_fw-la &_o sicut_fw-la caeteri_fw-la baroâââ_n debeam_fw-la interest_n curiae_fw-la regis_fw-la cum_fw-la baronibus_fw-la qââusquâ_n perveniatur_fw-la ad_fw-la diminutionem_fw-la membrorum_fw-la vel_fw-la mortem_fw-la 2._o glanvil_n the_o most_o ancient_a writer_n of_o the_o law_n of_o this_o realm_n now_o extant_a ãâ¦ã_o ãâ¦ã_o have_v these_o word_n notandum_fw-la autem_fw-la quod_fw-la nec_fw-la episcopus_fw-la nec_fw-la abbas_n quia_fw-la eorum_fw-la baroniae_fw-la sunt_fw-la de_fw-la elcemesyna_n regis_fw-la &_o antecessoris_fw-la ejus_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la de_fw-fr dominicis_fw-la suit_n aliquam_fw-la partem_fw-la dare_v ad_fw-la remanentiam_fw-la sine_fw-la assensu_fw-la &_o confirmatione_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la 3._o my_o three_o authority_n shall_v be_v a_o notable_a record_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o henry_n the_o three_o and_o it_o be_v this_o mandatum_fw-la est_fw-la omnibus_fw-la episcopis_fw-la qui_fw-la conventuri_fw-la sunt_fw-la apud_fw-la glocestriam_fw-la die_v sabba_n thy_o 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