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ad_fw-la tout_fw-fr les_fw-fr halt_a court_n &_o officer_n the_o justice_n que_fw-fr le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr ad_fw-la &_o per_fw-la reason_n de_fw-fr son_n royal_a seignory_n il_fw-fr ad_fw-la tout_fw-fr les_fw-fr royal_a service_n &_o royal_a escheat_n que_fw-fr le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr ad_fw-la &_o pur_fw-it ceo_fw-la cest_fw-fr county_n est_fw-fr meerement_n disjoin_v &_o separate_v del_o lorone_n come_v est_fw-fr dit_fw-fr en_fw-fr le_fw-fr case_n del_fw-it duchy_n blow_n 215._o b._n issint_fw-la que_fw-fr nul_fw-fr brief_a del_o roy_fw-fr courge_n la_fw-fr forsque_fw-la brief_a de_fw-la error_n que_fw-fr esteant_fw-fr le_fw-fr dernier_fw-fr resort_n &_o appeal_v est_fw-fr solement_n except_o horse_n de_fw-fr tout_fw-fr lour_v charter_n 15._o eliz._n diet._n 321._o &_o 345._o &_o 34._o henr._n 6._o 42._o issint_fw-la en_fw-fr ireland_n que_fw-fr est_fw-fr realm_n aperluy_fw-fr erroneous_a idgement_n do_v en_fw-fr le_fw-fr chief_a place_n la_o serra_fw-mi rever_v en_fw-fr bank_n le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr en_fw-fr engleterre_fw-fr et_fw-la bracton_n lib._n 3._o titul_n de_fw-fr corona_n cap._n 8._o dit_fw-fr que_fw-fr comites_fw-la palatini_n regalem_fw-la habent_fw-la potestatem_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la saluo_fw-la dominio_fw-la domino_fw-la regi_fw-la sicut_fw-la principi_fw-la le_fw-fr royal_a jurisdiction_n de_fw-mi countee_fw-mi palatine_a appâeât_fw-mi en_fw-fr lâ_n charter_n del_fw-it edw._n 3._o grant_v per_fw-la authority_n de_fw-fr parliament_n per_fw-la que_fw-fr le_fw-fr palatinate_n de_fw-fr lancaster_n est_fw-la erect_v ou_fw-fr le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr grant_v all_o john_n de_fw-fr g._n duke_n de_fw-fr lancaster_n quod_fw-la habeat_fw-la infra_fw-la comitatum_fw-la lancastriae_fw-la cancellariam_n svam_fw-la ac_fw-la brevia_fw-la sva_fw-la sub_fw-la sigillo_fw-la svo_fw-la pro_fw-la officio_fw-la cancellariae_fw-la deputando_fw-la consignanda_fw-la justitiarios_fw-la suos_fw-la tam_fw-la ad_fw-la placita_fw-la coronae_fw-la quam_fw-la ad_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la alia_fw-la placita_fw-la communem_fw-la legem_fw-la tangentia_fw-la tenend_n ac_fw-la cognitiones_fw-la corundem_fw-la &_o quascunque_fw-la executiones_fw-la per_fw-la brevia_fw-la sva_fw-la &_o ministros_fw-la suos_fw-la ibidem_fw-la faciend_n &_o quaecunque_fw-la alia_fw-la libertates_fw-la &_o iura_fw-la regalia_z ad_fw-la comitatum_fw-la palatinum_fw-la pertinentia_fw-la adeò_fw-la liberé_fw-la &_o intogré_fw-fr sicut_fw-la comes_fw-la cestriae_fw-la infra_fw-la âundem_fw-la comitatum_fw-la cestriae_fw-la dignoscitur_fw-la obtinere_fw-la etc._n etc._n lest_o charter_n de_fw-fr lancaster_n ad_fw-la relation_n all_o royal_a liberty_n deal_v county_n palatine_n de_fw-fr chester_n que_fw-fr avoit_fw-fr mesme_fw-fr les_fw-fr court_n &_o jurisdiction_n comment_n que_fw-fr le_fw-fr charter_n del_fw-it wil._n le_fw-fr conqueror_n que_fw-fr fait_fw-fr hugh_n lupus_n le_fw-fr primer_n countee_fw-mi de_fw-fr chester_n soit_fw-fr general_n viz._n d'aver_n &_o
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