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totius_fw-la diocesis_fw-la vestrae_fw-la citari_fw-la faciatis_fw-la ut_fw-la concilio_fw-la praedicto_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la interfitis_fw-la sicut_fw-la diligant_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o communem_fw-la regni_fw-la utilitatem_fw-la testae_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o short_o after_o celebrate_v apud_fw-la portesmue_n solemnitatem_fw-la festi_fw-la pentecostes_fw-la rex_fw-la cum_fw-la reginâ_fw-la in_o normanniam_fw-la transfretârunt_fw-la exinde_fw-la veniunt_fw-la ad_fw-la colloquium_fw-la reges_fw-la anglorum_fw-la &_o francorum_fw-la prope_fw-la insulam_fw-la andelard_n &_o pacificè_fw-la convenit_fw-la inter_fw-la eos_fw-la &_o barones_n the_o regno_fw-la francorum_fw-la be_v fidejussores_fw-la pro_fw-la rege_fw-la svo_fw-la and_o undertake_v the_o guarranty_n to_o compel_v he_o if_o he_o shall_v violate_v that_o peace_n et_fw-la eodem_fw-la modo_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la in_o parte_fw-la regis_fw-la anglorum_fw-la et_fw-la eodem_fw-la anno_fw-la rex_fw-la fecit_fw-la generalitèr_fw-la acclamari_fw-la ut_fw-la legalis_fw-la assisa_fw-la panis_fw-la inviolabilitèr_fw-la sub_fw-la poenâ_fw-la collistrigiali_fw-la observaretur_fw-la quae_fw-la probata_fw-la fuit_fw-la per_fw-la pistorem_fw-la gaufridi_fw-la silij_fw-la petri_n justitiarii_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o pistorem_fw-la r._n de_fw-fr thurnam_n ità _fw-la quòd_fw-la pistores_fw-la sic_fw-la poterint_fw-la vendere_fw-la king_n john_n be_v dead_a 299._o and_o leave_v his_o son_n henry_n very_o young_a willielmus_fw-la marescallus_fw-la comes_fw-la pembrochiae_fw-la without_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o commons_o or_o knight_n citizens_z and_o burgess_n elect_v be_v ordain_v regis_fw-la &_o regni_fw-la tutor_n obiit_fw-la willielmus_fw-la 304._o mariscallus_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o regni_fw-la rector_n post_fw-la cujus_fw-la mortem_fw-la petrus_n wintoniensis_fw-la fuit_fw-la without_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o commons_o custos_fw-la regis_fw-la in_o anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1221._o upon_o a_o rebellion_n of_o fulke_n de_fw-fr brent_n and_o other_o convenerunt_fw-la magnates_fw-la angliae_fw-la ad_fw-la regem_fw-la apud_fw-la westmonasterium_fw-la ut_fw-la de_fw-la negotiis_fw-la regni_fw-la tractarent_fw-la no_o knight_n citizens_z or_o burgess_n mention_v 4._o or_o 5._o henry_n the_o three_o convenerunt_fw-la magnates_fw-la regis_fw-la no_o commons_o apud_fw-la westmonasterium_fw-la ut_fw-la de_fw-la negotiis_fw-la regni_fw-la tractarent_fw-la 316._o anno_fw-la 316._o domini_fw-la 1223._o apud_fw-la londonias_fw-la rex_fw-la venit_fw-la without_o the_o commons_o cum_fw-la baronibus_fw-la ad_fw-la colloquium_fw-la anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1224._o convenerunt_fw-la ad_fw-la colloquium_fw-la apud_fw-la northampton_n rex_fw-la cum_fw-la archiepiscopis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la comitibus_fw-la baronibus_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la de_fw-la regni_fw-la negotiis_fw-la tractaturi_fw-la no_n knight_n citizens_z or_o burgess_n elect_v there_o present_a voluit_fw-la item_n rex_fw-la uti_fw-la concilio_fw-la magnatum_fw-la suorum_fw-la de_fw-la terris_fw-la transmarinis_fw-la quas_fw-la rex_fw-la francorum_fw-la paulatim_fw-la occupaverat_fw-la but_o be_v hinder_v by_o other_o accident_n eodem_fw-la anno_fw-la rex_fw-la henricus_fw-la ad_fw-la natale_n tenuit_fw-la curiam_fw-la svam_fw-la apud_fw-la 318._o oxoniam_fw-la &_o postmodum_fw-la in_o octabis_n epiphaniae_fw-la apud_fw-la londonias_fw-la veniens_fw-la cum_fw-la baronibus_fw-la ad_fw-la colloquium_fw-la requisitus_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la cantuariensi_fw-la &_o magnatibus_fw-la aliis_fw-la no_n commons_o although_o great_o concern_v in_o their_o estate_n and_o liberty_n ut_fw-la libertates_fw-la &_o liberas_fw-la consuetudines_fw-la pro_fw-la quibus_fw-la guerra_fw-mi mota_fw-la fuit_fw-la contra_fw-la patrem_fw-la suum_fw-la confirmaret_fw-la which_o the_o king_n yield_v unto_o habito_fw-la concilio_fw-la misit_fw-la literas_fw-la svas_fw-la ad_fw-la singulos_fw-la vicecomites_fw-la rogni_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la 12_o milites_fw-la vel_fw-la legales_fw-la homines_fw-la utriusque_fw-la comitatûs_fw-la per_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la facerent_fw-la inquiri_fw-la no_o writ_n to_o elect_a member_n of_o a_o house_n of_o commons_o in_o parliament_n quae_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la libertates_fw-la in_o angliae_fw-la tempore_fw-la regis_fw-la henrici_fw-la avi_fw-la svi_fw-la &_o factam_fw-la inquisitionem_fw-la ad_fw-la londonias_fw-la mitterent_fw-la ad_fw-la regem_fw-la in_o quindecim_fw-la diebus_fw-la post_fw-la pascha_fw-la which_o say_v sir_n henry_n spelman_n be_v never_o find_v or_o return_v eodem_fw-la anno_fw-la murmuratio_fw-la non_fw-la modica_fw-la fuit_fw-la à _fw-la magnatibus_fw-la angliae_fw-la contra_fw-la hubertum_fw-la de_fw-la burgo_n justiciarium_fw-la &_o rex_fw-la henricus_fw-la curiam_fw-la svam_fw-la apud_fw-la northampton_n tenuit_fw-la when_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n cum_fw-la suffraganeis_fw-la suis_fw-la &_o militia_n magna_fw-la nimis_fw-la be_v present_a and_o with_o great_a solemnity_n pronounce_v excommunication_n against_o the_o disturber_n of_o the_o king_n the_o church_n and_o kingdom_n undè_fw-la barones_n saluberrimo_fw-la concilio_fw-la usi_fw-la venerunt_fw-la apud_fw-la northampton_n ad_fw-la regem_fw-la universi_fw-la surrender_v unto_o he_o the_o castle_n and_o land_n which_o they_o have_v obtain_v or_o gain_v from_o the_o crown_n anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1225._o which_o be_v anno_fw-la 9_o henry_n the_o three_o rex_fw-la henricus_fw-la ad_fw-la natale_n domini_fw-la tenuit_fw-la curiam_fw-la svam_fw-la apud_fw-la westmonasterium_fw-la praesentibus_fw-la clero_fw-la &_o populo_fw-la cum_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la regionis_fw-la solemnitate_fw-la completâ_fw-la hubert_n de_fw-fr burgo_n domini_fw-la regis_fw-la justitiarius_n ex_fw-la parte_fw-la regis_fw-la proposuit_fw-la coram_fw-la archiepiscopis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la comitibus_fw-la baronibus_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la universis_fw-la damna_fw-la &_o injurias_fw-la quae_fw-la regi_fw-la illata_fw-la fuerant_fw-la in_o partibus_fw-la transmarinis_fw-la ex_fw-la quibus_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la rex_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o comites_fw-la multi_fw-la &_o barones_n sunt_fw-la exhaeredati_fw-la cum_fw-la ipso_fw-la petiit_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la concilium_fw-la &_o auxilium_fw-la and_o demand_v a_o fifteen_o of_o all_o the_o movable_n in_o england_n tà m_fw-la ecclesiasticorum_fw-la quam_fw-la laicorum_fw-la unto_o which_o archiespicopus_fw-la &_o tota_fw-la concio_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la comitum_fw-la abbatum_fw-la &_o baronum_n habitâ_fw-la deliberatione_n regi_fw-la dedêre_fw-la responsum_fw-la quod_fw-la gratantèr_fw-la adquiescerent_fw-la si_fw-la illis_fw-la diu_fw-la petitas_fw-la libertates_fw-la without_o any_o elect_v for_o the_o commons_o concedere_fw-la voluisset_fw-la annuit_fw-la itaque_fw-la rex_fw-la cupiditate_fw-la ductus_fw-la quod_fw-la petebant_fw-la magnates_fw-la eodem_fw-la anno_fw-la 324._o convenerunt_fw-la apud_fw-la westmonasterium_fw-la ad_fw-la colloquium_fw-la rex_fw-la anglorum_fw-la cum_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la no_n commons_o mention_v where_o the_o king_n jussit_fw-la sententialiter_fw-la diffinire_fw-la quid_fw-la de_fw-la proditore_fw-la svo_fw-la falcasio_fw-la foret_fw-la agendum_fw-la whereupon_o proceres_fw-la concenserunt_fw-la cum_fw-la rege_fw-la that_o he_o shall_v abjure_v the_o kingdom_n quo_fw-la facto_fw-la precepit_fw-la rex_fw-la will_n '_o comiti_fw-la warrenno_n to_o see_v it_o do_v anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1226._o venit_fw-la interea_fw-la terminus_fw-la concilii_fw-la apud_fw-la westmonasterium_fw-la 336._o praefixus_fw-la ubi_fw-la rex_fw-la cum_fw-la clero_fw-la &_o magnatibus_fw-la regni_fw-la none_o summon_v or_o elect_v for_o the_o commons_o comparere_fw-la debuerat_fw-la ut_fw-la domini_fw-la papae_fw-la mandatum_fw-la audiret_fw-la whereupon_o the_o legate_n press_v the_o english_a prelate_n and_o clergy_n in_o parliament_n very_o hard_o for_o a_o ten_o upon_o their_o spiritual_a live_n they_o answer_v that_o ista_fw-la quae_fw-la nobis_fw-la proponitis_fw-la regnum_fw-la sententialiter_fw-la tangunt_fw-la &_o generaliter_fw-la omnes_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la patronos_fw-la which_o may_v have_v require_v the_o assent_n of_o a_o house_n of_o commons_o yet_o be_v not_o then_o either_o summon_v or_o elect_v tangunt_fw-la episcopos_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la suffraganeos_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la innumeres_n angliae_fw-la praelatos_fw-la cumque_fw-la ergo_fw-la rex_fw-la propter_fw-la infirmitatem_fw-la &_o archiepiscopi_fw-la nonnulli_fw-la &_o episcopi_fw-la &_o alij_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la praelati_fw-la sunt_fw-la absentes_fw-la &_o in_fw-la eorum_fw-la absentiam_fw-la papae_fw-la respondere_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la nec_fw-la debeant_fw-la quia_fw-la si_fw-la id_fw-la facere_fw-la presumerent_fw-la in_o prejudidicum_fw-la omnium_fw-la absentium_fw-la praelatorum_fw-la fieret_fw-la et_fw-la hiis_fw-la dictis_fw-la venit_fw-la johannes_n mariscallus_fw-la &_o alij_fw-la nuntij_fw-la regis_fw-la ad_fw-la omnes_fw-la praelatos_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-la rege_fw-la baronias_fw-la tenent_fw-la in_o capite_fw-la destinatis_fw-la districtè_fw-la mandantes_fw-la ne_fw-la laicum_fw-la feudum_fw-la sacrae_fw-la romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la obligârent_fw-la unde_fw-la a_o servitio_fw-la sibi_fw-la debito_fw-la personaliter_fw-la haec_fw-la omne_fw-la cum_fw-la magister_fw-la otto_n intellexisset_fw-la statum_fw-la hiis_fw-la qui_fw-la alterum_fw-la diem_fw-la ibi_fw-la in_o media_fw-la quadragesimae_fw-la dum_fw-la ipse_fw-la procureret_fw-la regis_fw-la adventum_fw-la &_o
they_o be_v the_o common_a people_n or_o that_o the_o nobility_n be_v intend_v to_o be_v a_o part_n of_o they_o but_o rather_o that_o their_o will_n and_o action_n be_v whole_o submit_v to_o the_o peerage_n reformare_fw-la voluissent_fw-la regnum_fw-la deformatum_fw-la i_o deberent_fw-la primùm_fw-la accersire_fw-la in_o crastino_n post_fw-la ejus_fw-la adventum_fw-la in_o angliam_fw-la intraverunt_fw-la magnates_fw-la capitulum_n cantuariense_n so_o great_a a_o power_n have_v they_o then_o over_o their_o tenant_n and_o the_o common_a people_n ducentesque_fw-la reverenter_fw-la reges_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o alemanniae_fw-la the_o earl_n of_o gloucester_n stans_fw-la in_o medio_fw-la call_v out_o the_o king_n of_o almain_n by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o earl_n of_o cornwall_n to_o take_v the_o oath_n for_o a_o general_a reformation_n of_o the_o kingdom_n eodem_fw-la anno_fw-la being_n 43._o henry_n the_o three_o congregati_fw-la sunt_fw-la nobiles_fw-la angliae_fw-la londini_fw-la prout_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la prius_fw-la condixerant_fw-la whither_o come_v quidam_fw-la de_fw-la secreto_fw-la regis_fw-la francorum_fw-la concilio_fw-la decanus_n bituricensis_fw-la ubi_fw-la non_fw-la modicè_fw-la tractatum_fw-la fuit_fw-la de_fw-la negotio_fw-la inter_fw-la duos_fw-la reges_fw-la francia_fw-la &_o angliae_fw-la &_o quid_fw-la in_o partibus_fw-la transmarinis_fw-la actum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la &_o exinde_fw-la probatum_fw-la after_o which_o a_o monk_n of_o st._n alban_n ex_fw-la parte_fw-la regis_fw-la reginae_fw-la &_o magnatibus_fw-la angliae_fw-la find_v the_o king_n queen_n &_o magnatibus_fw-la scotiae_fw-la in_o their_o parliament_n and_o inform_v they_o of_o the_o cause_n of_o his_o come_a ex_fw-la parte_fw-la regis_fw-la reginae_fw-la &_o baronum_fw-la angliae_fw-la request_v that_o the_o king_n and_o queen_n will_v not_o fail_v to_o come_v into_o england_n to_o treat_v of_o matter_n of_o great_a concernment_n and_o secrecy_n with_o much_o difficulty_n obtain_v letter_n patent_n from_o the_o king_n queen_n and_o nobility_n of_o scotland_n communitèr_fw-la sigillatas_fw-la tà m_fw-la sigillo_fw-la regis_fw-la quam_fw-la omnium_fw-la magnatum_fw-la scotiae_fw-la ad_fw-la regem_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o totam_fw-la communitatem_fw-la wherein_o they_o grant_v their_o request_n dummodo_fw-la se_fw-la facerent_fw-la rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o magnates_fw-la which_o explain_v the_o extent_n and_o true_a meaning_n of_o the_o precede_a word_n tota_n communitas_fw-la angliae_fw-la de_fw-la scripto_fw-la svo_fw-la sibi_fw-la prius_fw-la promisso_fw-la securos_fw-la and_o return_v by_o he_o domino_fw-la regi_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o reginae_fw-la &_o magnatibus_fw-la terrae_fw-la literas_fw-la commendatorias_fw-la and_o do_v short_o after_o send_v the_o earl_n of_o bochan_n and_o other_o honourable_a commissioner_n to_o treat_v with_o the_o king_n of_o england_n &_o ejus_fw-la concilio_n who_o at_o their_o come_n speak_v with_o the_o say_a monk_n nullam_fw-la in_o publico_fw-la super_fw-la expeditione_n negotij_fw-la erga_fw-la regem_fw-la &_o regni_fw-la communitatem_fw-la which_o may_v in_o this_o place_n well_o be_v understand_v to_o intend_v the_o baronage_n reliquerunt_fw-la redeuntes_fw-la certificationem_fw-la eodem_fw-la anno_fw-la ex_fw-la concilio_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la francia_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o totius_fw-la baronagij_fw-la the_o earl_n of_o clare_n and_o leicester_n john_n mansell_n peter_n de_fw-fr sabaudia_n and_o robert_n wallerand_n be_v send_v ad_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la magnum_fw-la regis_fw-la francorum_fw-la pro_fw-la pluribus_fw-la negotiis_fw-la regna_fw-la francia_fw-la &_o angliae_fw-la contingentibus_fw-la carry_v with_o they_o a_o charter_n or_o resignation_n from_o their_o king_n to_o the_o king_n of_o france_n and_o letter_n of_o credence_n to_o compose_v with_o that_o king_n and_o his_o council_n super_fw-la negotiis_fw-la without_o the_o commons_o or_o their_o consent_n inter_fw-la eosdem_fw-la reges_fw-la &_o eorum_fw-la regna_fw-la diu_fw-la agitatis_fw-la but_o for_o that_o the_o countess_n of_o leicester_n refuse_v to_o resign_v that_o part_n which_o she_o hold_v or_o claim_v 3._o in_o normandy_n infecto_fw-la negotio_fw-la cachinnantibus_fw-la francis_n redierunt_fw-la in_o the_o mean_a time_n the_o almain_n perceive_v how_o little_a their_o king_n elect_v be_v respect_v in_o england_n return_v home_o say_v exit_fw-la quo_fw-la compatriotae_fw-la svi_fw-la ipsum_fw-la non_fw-la venerantur_fw-la nos_fw-la ipsum_fw-la quomodo_fw-la honoribus_fw-la prosequemur_fw-la and_o in_o his_o absence_n elect_v another_o eodem_fw-la anno_fw-la king_n henry_n the_o three_o in_o franciam_fw-la transfretavit_fw-la and_o require_v restitution_n to_o be_v make_v of_o the_o province_n in_o france_n unjust_o take_v away_o from_o his_o father_n king_n john_n and_o detain_v from_o he_o unto_o which_o the_o french_a answer_v that_o the_o donation_n of_o normandy_n be_v not_o free_a but_o by_o force_n extort_a by_o rollo_n so_o as_o the_o king_n if_o he_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o regain_v it_o have_v not_o money_n to_o raise_v a_o army_n and_o especial_o when_o he_o do_v see_v his_o own_o subject_n ready_a to_o make_v war_n against_o he_o be_v enforce_v to_o yield_v to_o a_o peace_n that_o pro_fw-la 300000_o turonensibus_fw-la paruis_fw-la &_o restitutione_n terrarum_fw-la in_o france_n unto_o he_o ad_fw-la valorem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 20000_o librarum_fw-la in_o gasconia_n the_o king_n be_v to_o resign_v and_o release_v to_o the_o king_n of_o france_n his_o duchy_n of_o normandy_n and_o county_n of_o anjou_n &_o ex_fw-la tunc_fw-la literarum_fw-la suarum_fw-la abbreviavit_fw-la titulum_fw-la ut_fw-la nec_fw-la ducem_fw-la normanniae_fw-la nec_fw-la comitem_fw-la andegaviae_n se_fw-la vocaret_fw-la and_o fear_v that_o he_o have_v commit_v perjury_n in_o take_v the_o oath_n to_o observe_v the_o provision_n enforce_v from_o he_o at_o oxford_n send_v secret_o to_o the_o pope_n 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