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regni_fw-la tractarent_fw-la after_o which_o the_o king_n have_v suppress_v the_o welsh_a the_o same_o year_n and_o build_v a_o strong_a castle_n at_o montgomery_n disband_v his_o army_n concedentibus_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la de_fw-la quolibet_fw-la scuto_fw-la duo_fw-la marcas_fw-la argenti_fw-la 113._o anno_fw-la 1223._o the_o seven_o of_o his_o reign_n rex_fw-la henricus_fw-la in_o octavis_fw-la 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 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 suit_n contra_fw-la patrom_n suum_fw-la confirmaret_fw-la 308._o anno_fw-la 1224._o 8_o h._n 3._o per_fw-la idem_fw-la tempus_fw-la convenerunt_fw-la ad_fw-la colloquium_fw-la in_o octavis_fw-la sanctae_fw-la trinitatis_fw-la apud_fw-la norââ¦amptonam_fw-la rex_fw-la cum_fw-la archiepiscopis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la comitibus_fw-la baronibus_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la multis_fw-la lord_n peer_n and_o other_o of_o his_o counsel_n de_fw-la regni_fw-la negotiis_fw-la tractaturi_fw-la voluit_fw-la enim_fw-la rex_fw-la uti_fw-la consilio_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 311._o anno_fw-la 1229._o 9_o h._n 3._o the_o king_n demand_v advice_n and_o a_o aid_n of_o the_o fifteen_o part_n of_o his_o people_n good_n to_o recover_v his_o foreign_a territory_n archiepiscopus_fw-la &_o concio_fw-la tota_fw-la apud_fw-la westm._fw-la episcoporum_fw-la comitum_fw-la et_fw-la baronum_fw-la abbatum_fw-la &_o priorum_fw-la habita_fw-la deliberatione_n regi_fw-la dedere_fw-la responsum_fw-la quod_fw-la regiis_fw-la petitioibus_fw-la gratanter_fw-la adquiescerent_fw-la si_fw-la illis_fw-la diu_fw-la petitas_fw-la libertates_fw-la concedere_fw-la voluisset_fw-la whereupon_o he_o grant_v and_o confirm_v the_o great_a charter_n 312._o the_o same_o year_n martio_n mense_fw-la convenerunt_fw-la apud_fw-la westmonasterium_fw-la ad_fw-la colloquium_fw-la rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la cum_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la suis_fw-la ubi_fw-la rex_fw-la sententialiter_fw-la jussit_fw-la diffinire_fw-la quid_fw-la de_fw-la proditore_fw-la svo_fw-la falcatio_fw-la suis_fw-la agendum_fw-la proceres_fw-la vero_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la pariter_fw-la consenserunt_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la patri_fw-la svo_fw-la multis_fw-la fideliter_fw-la servierat_fw-la annis_fw-la ne_fw-la de_fw-la vita_fw-la periclitaretur_fw-la vel_fw-la membris_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la angliam_fw-la aeternaliter_fw-la abjuraret_fw-la omnes_fw-la communiter_fw-la addixerunt_fw-la which_o be_v according_o execute_v forthwith_o 119._o anno_fw-la 1226._o 10_o h._n 3._o venit_fw-la interea_fw-la terminus_fw-la concilii_fw-la ad_fw-la festum_fw-la sancti_fw-la hillarii_n apud_fw-la westm._fw-la praesixus_fw-la 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a_o aid_n against_o the_o emperor_n from_o england_n et_fw-fr de_fw-fr rerum_fw-la exigentiis_fw-la communiter_fw-la tractarent_fw-la ibidem_fw-la h_z anno_fw-la 130._o 1231._o 15_o h._n 3._o convenerunt_fw-la ad_fw-la colloquium_fw-la apud_fw-la westm._fw-la rex_fw-la cum_fw-la praelatis_fw-la et_fw-la aliis_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la regni_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o king_n this_o year_n intend_v to_o marry_v the_o king_n of_o scot_n daughter_n indignantibus_fw-la comitibus_fw-la et_fw-la baronibus_fw-la suis_fw-la unmersis_fw-la because_o hubert_n who_o be_v chief_a justice_n have_v marry_v the_o elder_a daughter_n he_o thereupon_o desist_v from_o his_o purpose_n 132_o anno_fw-la 1232._o convenerunt_fw-la
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puzzle_v so_o many_o and_o none_o else_o have_v hitherto_o full_o or_o true_o explain_v which_o i_o humble_o submit_v to_o the_o reader_n consideration_n the_o 3._o write_v i_o have_v find_v in_o our_o record_n touch_v the_o election_n of_o any_o knight_n of_o county_n to_o a_o parliamentary_a council_n before_o 49_o h._n 3._o be_v this_o of_o claus._n 38_o h._n 3._o m._n 7._o &_o 12._o dorso_fw-la not_o mention_v in_o any_o treatise_n of_o our_o parliament_n or_o collection_n of_o parliamentary_a writ_n of_o summons_n i_o have_v see_v transcribe_v with_o my_o own_o hand_n out_o of_o the_o roll_n itself_o as_o worthy_a observation_n rex_fw-la vic._n bed_n et_fw-fr berks_n salutem_fw-la cum_fw-la comites_fw-la &_o barones_n &_o caeteri_fw-la magnates_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la nobis_fw-la firmiter_fw-la promiserunt_fw-la angliae_fw-la quod_fw-la erunt_fw-la london_n à _fw-la die_v pasche_a prox_n futur_fw-la in_o tres_fw-la septimanas_fw-la cum_fw-la equis_fw-la et_fw-la armis_fw-la 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the_o realm_n have_v firm_o promise_v the_o king_n to_o be_v at_o london_n 3._o week_n after_o easter_n with_o their_o horse_n and_o arm_n not_o to_o hold_v a_o parliament_n or_o great_a council_n but_o to_o march_v from_o thence_o to_o portsmouth_n without_o any_o delay_n and_o to_o cross_v the_o sea_n to_o the_o king_n in_o gascoigne_n to_o aid_v he_o against_o the_o king_n of_o castle_n and_o that_o he_o shall_v distrain_v all_o who_o hold_v 20_o l._n land_n a_o year_n of_o the_o king_n in_o capite_fw-la or_o of_o any_o of_o his_o ward_n within_o their_o respective_a county_n to_o accompany_v the_o lord_n and_o great_a man_n in_o this_o expedition_n and_o thereupon_o it_o require_v a_o voluntary_a aid_n of_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o freeholder_n and_o inhabitant_n in_o each_o county_n towards_o this_o expedition_n in_o manner_n aforesaid_a for_o which_o end_n they_o be_v to_o elect_v 2_o knight_n in_o each_o county_n to_o appear_v before_o the_o king_n privy_a council_n not_o the_o 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certify_v the_o king_n council_n by_o certain_a discreet_a man_n ââ¦hosen_v by_o they_o at_o the_o same_o time_n as_o the_o knight_n of_o county_n be_v both_o which_o writ_n be_v enter_v together_o in_o the_o same_o membrana_fw-la differ_v but_o two_o day_n in_o their_o date_n and_o full_o explain_v each_o other_o 5_o by_o parallel_v it_o with_o this_o writ_n in_o claus._n 19_o h._n 3._o m._n 8._o dorso_fw-la rex_fw-la vic._n sussex_n salutem_fw-la scias_n quod_fw-la archiepiscopi_fw-la episcopi_fw-la abbates_n priores_fw-la comites_fw-la barones_n &_o omnes_fw-la alii_fw-la de_fw-la regno_fw-la nostro_fw-la angliae_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-la nobis_fw-la tenent_fw-la in_o capite_fw-la spontanea_fw-la voluntate_fw-la sua_fw-la et_fw-la sine_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la concesserunt_fw-la nobis_fw-la efficax_n auxilium_fw-la ad_fw-la magna_fw-la negotia_fw-la nostra_fw-la expedienda_fw-la unde_fw-la provisum_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr constlio_fw-la illorum_fw-la quod_fw-la habeant_fw-la de_fw-la singulis_fw-la feodis_fw-la militum_fw-la ward_n quae_fw-la de_fw-la nobis_fw-la tenent_fw-la in_o capite_fw-la dvas_fw-la marcas_fw-la ad_fw-la praedictum_fw-la auxilium_fw-la nobis_fw-la faciendum_fw-la et_fw-la unde_fw-la providerint_fw-la reddere_fw-la nobis_fw-la unam_fw-la medietatem_fw-la ante_fw-la festum_fw-la sancti_fw-la michaelis_fw-la anno_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la 19_o &_o aliam_fw-la medietatem_fw-la ad_fw-la pasch._n anno_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la 20._o ideo_fw-la tibi_fw-la praecipimus_fw-la quod_fw-la ad_fw-la mandatum_fw-la venerabilis_fw-la patris_fw-la r._n cicestr_n episcopi_fw-la cancellarii_n nostri_fw-la sine_fw-la dilatione_fw-la distringas_fw-la omnes_fw-la milites_fw-la et_fw-la liberè_fw-la tenentes_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-la eo_fw-la tenent_fw-la per_fw-la servicium_fw-la
consilio_fw-la &_o magnatum_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la existentium_fw-la provisum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la baroniae_fw-la terrae_fw-la &_o tenementa_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-la nobis_fw-la tenent_fw-la in_o capite_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la nobis_fw-la servicium_fw-la suum_fw-la nobis_fw-la debitum_fw-la juxta_fw-la mandatum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la facere_fw-la noluerunt_fw-la capiantur_fw-la in_o manum_fw-la nostram_fw-la donec_fw-la tam_fw-la de_fw-la dicto_fw-la servicio_fw-la quam_fw-la de_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la transgressione_n nobis_fw-la satisfecerint_fw-la vobis_fw-la mandamus_fw-la sirmiter_fw-la injungentes_fw-la quod_fw-la baronias_fw-la ven._n patris_fw-la s_o winton_n episcopi_fw-la &_o abbatis_fw-la de_fw-fr abindon_n qui_fw-la servicium_fw-la suum_fw-la nobis_fw-la debitum_fw-la ad_fw-la mandatum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la facere_fw-la noluerunt_fw-la capias_fw-la in_o manum_fw-la nostram_fw-la &_o catalla_fw-la sua_fw-la cum_fw-la bonis_fw-la &_o catallis_fw-la in_o ipsis_fw-la 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firmiter_fw-la injungentes_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-fr com._n praedicto_fw-la duos_fw-la milites_fw-la et_fw-la de_fw-la qualibet_fw-la civitate_fw-la duos_fw-la cives_fw-la et_fw-la de_fw-la quolibet_fw-la burgo_n duos_fw-la burgenses_n de_fw-la discretioribus_fw-la ipsius_fw-la comitatus_fw-la sine_fw-la dilationeeligi_fw-la et_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la venire_fw-la faciatis_fw-la ad_fw-la diem_fw-la et_fw-la lââ¦cum_fw-la praedictos_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la dicti_fw-la milites_fw-la pro_fw-la communitate_fw-la com._n praedicti_fw-la etc._n etc._n tunc_fw-la ibidem_fw-la habeant_fw-la sufficientem_fw-la potestatem_fw-la ad_fw-la faciend_n quod_fw-la tunc_fw-la de_fw-la communi_fw-la consilio_fw-la ordinabitur_fw-la in_o praemissis_fw-la et_fw-la habeas_fw-la ibi_fw-la nomina_fw-la militum_fw-la civium_fw-la &_o burgensium_n et_fw-la hoc_fw-la breve_fw-la testae_fw-la rege_fw-la apud_fw-la westm._fw-la 20_o die_v julii_n 28_o die_v august_n consimiles_fw-la literae_fw-la diriguntur_fw-la singulis_fw-la vicââ¦omit_n per_fw-la angliam_fw-la et_fw-la ubi_fw-la est_fw-la unus_fw-la vic._n duorum_fw-la com._n dicitur_fw-la sic_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-la utroque_fw-la com._n praedictorum_fw-la duos_fw-la milites_fw-la etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la supra_fw-la it_o be_v observable_a first_o that_o this_o parliament_n be_v call_v as_o well_o for_o the_o benefit_n and_o security_n of_o the_o people_n of_o the_o realm_n as_o for_o the_o weighty_a affair_n of_o the_o king_n and_o kingdom_n 2_o that_o de_fw-fr discretioribus_fw-la be_v the_o only_a qualification_n require_v in_o the_o knight_n citizen_n and_o burgess_n to_o be_v elect_v 3_o that_o they_o be_v to_o have_v sufficient_a power_n for_o the_o commonalty_n of_o the_o county_n city_n and_o burrough_n for_o which_o they_o be_v choose_v only_o ad_fw-la faciend_n quod_fw-la tunc_fw-la de_fw-la communi_fw-la consilio_fw-la ordinabitur_fw-la in_o praemissis_fw-la 4_o that_o some_o be_v sheriff_n of_o two_o county_n 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pro_fw-la se_fw-la et_fw-la communitate_fw-la com._n praedicti_fw-la etc._n etc._n divisim_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la tunc_fw-la ibidem_fw-la habeant_fw-la ad_fw-la faciend_n quod_fw-la tunc_fw-la de_fw-la communi_fw-la consilio_fw-la ordinabitur_fw-la in_o praemissis_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la pro_fw-la defectu_fw-la hujusmââ¦di_fw-la potestatis_fw-la negotia_fw-la praedicta_fw-la non_fw-la remaneant_fw-la infacta_fw-la et_fw-la habeas_fw-la etc._n etc._n testae_fw-la ut_fw-la supra_fw-la consimiles_fw-la literae_fw-la diriguntur_fw-la singulis_fw-la uic_fw-la per_fw-la angliam_fw-la claus._n 33_o e._n 1._o dor_n 10._o &_o 20._o there_o be_v no_o writ_n to_o sheriff_n enter_v with_o the_o rest_n to_o the_o spiritual_a and_o temporal_a lord_n either_o of_o summons_n or_o prorogation_n but_o a_o space_n leave_v for_o their_o entry_n with_o other_o writ_n then_o omit_v cl._n 34_o e._n 1._o d._n 2._o there_o be_v a_o writ_n at_o large_a enter_v vicecom_v ebor._n agree_v in_o form_n with_o 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