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com._n surr._n &_o adae_fw-la de_fw-la hadham_n in_o balliva_fw-la sua_fw-la fieri_fw-la faciat_fw-la 704l_o 6_n 8d_n de_fw-fr remanen_n 750_o l._n the_o auro_n reginae_fw-la as_o the_o marginal_a note_n thereof_o resolve_v we_o quas_fw-la iidem_fw-la thomas_n adam_n &_o thomas_n &_o adam_n in_o curia_n domini_fw-la edwardi_fw-la nuper_fw-la regis_fw-la angliae_fw-la avi_fw-la regis_fw-la huius_fw-la coram_fw-la baronibus_fw-la de_fw-la scaccario_fw-la 9_o die_v junii_fw-la anno_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la quinto_fw-la recognovit_fw-la se_fw-la &_o quemlibet_fw-la eorundem_fw-la in_o solidum_fw-la debere_fw-la philippae_n nuper_fw-la reginae_fw-la angliae_fw-la defunct_a &_o quas_fw-la ei_fw-la solvisse_fw-la debuerunt_fw-la ad_fw-la terminos_fw-la dudum_fw-la praeteritos_fw-la prout_fw-la domino_fw-la regi_fw-la constat_fw-la per_fw-la inspectionem_fw-la rotulorum_fw-la huius_fw-la scaccarii_fw-la &_o ei_fw-la non_fw-la solverint_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la quidem_fw-la denar_fw-mi 5_o ad_fw-la manum_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la avi_fw-la occasione_n mortis_fw-la praefatae_fw-la nuper_fw-la reginae_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la devoluti_fw-la et_fw-la jam_fw-la ad_fw-la manum_fw-la regis_fw-la huius_fw-la per_fw-la mortem_fw-la diti_fw-la regis_fw-la avi_fw-la devolvuntur_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la denarios_fw-la illos_fw-la haberent_fw-la hic_fw-la in_o crastino_fw-la sancti_fw-la michaelis_fw-la hoc_fw-la termino_fw-la regi_fw-la solvend_fw-mi sicut_fw-la continetur_fw-la inter_fw-la brevia_fw-la execut_fw-la pro_fw-la rege_fw-la hoc_fw-la termino_fw-la et_fw-la ad_fw-la predict_v crastinum_fw-la praedicti_fw-la vicecom_v retornaverunt_fw-la breve_fw-la &_o mandarunt_fw-la quod_fw-la ceperunt_fw-la in_o manum_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la de_fw-la terris_fw-la &_o catallis_fw-la praedictor_fw-la thomae_fw-la saunford_n &_o adae_fw-la yedding_n in_fw-la balliva_fw-la sua_fw-la ad_fw-la valenciam_fw-la 10_o s._n de_fw-fr debito_fw-la praedicto_fw-la et_fw-la quod_fw-la praedicti_fw-la thomas_n de_fw-fr lodelowe_n &_o adam_n de_fw-fr hadham_n nichil_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la quia_fw-la praefata_fw-la regina_fw-la mortua_fw-la est_fw-la prout_fw-la superius_fw-la continetur_fw-la et_fw-la denarii_fw-la praediti_fw-la ad_fw-la regem_fw-la et_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la alium_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la pertinent_a ideo_fw-la eidem_fw-la vic._n viz._n walterus_n deget_fw-la &_o willielmus_fw-la kingeston_n onerentur_fw-la de_fw-la 10_o s._n versus_fw-la regem_fw-la de_fw-la 10_o s._n predict_v praetextu_fw-la returni_fw-la svi_fw-la predict_v memorand_fw-fr capio_fw-la quod_fw-la precept_n suit_n vic._n glouc._n per_fw-la breve_fw-la huius_fw-la scaccarii_fw-la that_fw-mi 8._o die_v novemer_n anno_o quarto_fw-la regis_fw-la nunc_fw-la sicut_fw-la plury_n quod_fw-la de_fw-la bonis_fw-la &_o catallis_fw-la thomae_fw-la moigne_n &_o de_fw-fr terris_fw-la &_o ren_fw-it quae_fw-la sua_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la anno_fw-la regni_fw-la dom._n e._n â—nuper_fw-la regis_fw-la angliae_fw-la avi_fw-la regis_fw-la huius_fw-la 38_o seu_fw-la postea_fw-la in_o 5_o quorumcunque_fw-la manibus_fw-la eadem_fw-la terrae_fw-la &_o tenementa_fw-la tunc_fw-la existerent_fw-la in_o balliva_fw-la sua_fw-la fieri_fw-la faceret_fw-la 74_o s._n 4_o d._n ob_fw-la de_fw-fr remanentia_fw-la 4_o l._n 14s_o 10_o d._n ob_fw-la quaâ—_n dictus_fw-la thomas_n debet_fw-la philippae_n nuper_fw-la reginae_fw-la angl._n defunctae_fw-la de_fw-la auro_fw-la svo_fw-la de_fw-la 4_o fine_a 47_o l._n 8_o s._n 3_o d._n pro_fw-la maritagio_fw-la haeredum_fw-la adae_fw-la de_fw-la bromhull_n roberti_n robelkyn_n &_o willielmi_n malefant_fw-fr infra_fw-la aetatem_fw-la &_o in_o misericordia_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la avi_fw-la existentium_fw-la havend_n qui_fw-la quidem_fw-la denar_fw-mi ad_fw-la manum_fw-la dicti_fw-la dom._n regis_fw-la per_fw-la mortem_fw-la praefatae_fw-la nuper_fw-la reginae_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la devoluti_fw-la &_o jam_fw-la ad_fw-la 5_o manum_fw-la regis_fw-la nunc_fw-la per_fw-la mortem_fw-la dicti_fw-la regis_fw-la avi_fw-la devolvuntur_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la denarios_fw-la illos_fw-la hic_fw-la haberet_fw-la in_o crastino_fw-la sancti_fw-la michaelis_fw-la hoc_fw-la termino_fw-la regi_fw-la solvendos_fw-la sicut_fw-la continetur_fw-la inter_fw-la brevia_fw-la execut_fw-la pro_fw-la rege_fw-la de_fw-la hoc_fw-la tempore_fw-la et_fw-la ad_fw-la predict_v crastinum_fw-la predict_v vic._n returnavit_fw-la breve_fw-la et_fw-la mandavit_fw-la quod_fw-la cepit_fw-la in_o manum_fw-la regis_fw-la de_fw-la bonis_fw-la &_o catallis_fw-la praedicti_fw-la thomae_fw-la moigne_n ad_fw-la valenciam_fw-la 74_o s._n 10_o s._n ob_fw-la