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this_o title_n inquisitio_fw-la facta_fw-la de_fw-la servitiis_fw-la consuetudinibus_fw-la &_o libertatibus_fw-la insul_n de_fw-fr gerese_n 3._o &_o guernese_n &_o legibus_fw-la constitutis_fw-la in_o insulis_fw-la per_fw-la dominum_fw-la johannem_fw-la regem_fw-la per_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la roberti_n blondel_n radulphi_n burnel_n etc._n etc._n qui_fw-la dicunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n then_o follow_v constitutiones_fw-la &_o provisiones_fw-la constitutae_fw-la per_fw-la dominum_fw-la johannem_fw-la regem_fw-la postquam_fw-la normannia_n alienata_fw-la fuit_fw-la imprimis_fw-la constituit_fw-la duodecim_fw-la coronatores_fw-la juratos_fw-la ad_fw-la placita_fw-la &_o jura_n ad_fw-la coronam_fw-la spectantia_fw-la custodienda_fw-la ii_o constituit_fw-la etiam_fw-la &_o concessit_fw-la pro_fw-la securitate_fw-la insularium_fw-la quod_fw-la ballivus_fw-la de_fw-la coetero_fw-la per_fw-la visum_fw-la dictorum_fw-la coronatorum_fw-la poterit_fw-la placitare_fw-la absque_fw-la brevi_fw-la de_fw-la nova_fw-la disseisinâ_fw-la factâ_fw-la infrà _fw-la annum_fw-la de_fw-la morte_fw-la antecessorum_fw-la infrà _fw-la annum_fw-la de_fw-fr dote_v similiter_fw-la infrà _fw-la annum_fw-la de_fw-la feodo_fw-la invadiato_fw-it semper_fw-la de_fw-la incumbreio_fw-la maritagii_fw-la etc._n etc._n iii_o two_o debent_fw-la eligi_fw-la de_fw-la indigenis_fw-la insularum_fw-la per_fw-la ministros_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o optimates_fw-la patriae_fw-la scilicet_fw-la post_fw-la mortem_fw-la vnius_fw-la eorum_fw-la alter_fw-la fide_fw-la dignus_fw-la vel_fw-la alio_fw-la casu_fw-la legitimo_fw-la debet_fw-la substitui_fw-la iv._o electi_fw-la debent_fw-la jurare_fw-la sine_fw-la conditione_n ad_fw-la manutenendum_fw-la &_o salvandum_fw-la jura_n domini_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o patriotarum_n v._o ipsi_fw-la duodecim_fw-la in_o quâlibet_fw-la insulâ_fw-la in_fw-la absentiâ_fw-la justiciariorum_fw-la royal._n &_o unà _fw-la cum_fw-la justiciariis_fw-la cum_fw-la ad_fw-la part_n illas_fw-la venerint_fw-la debent_fw-la judicare_fw-la de_fw-la omnibus_fw-la casibus_fw-la in_o dictâ_fw-la insulâ_fw-la qualitercunque_fw-la emergentibus_fw-la exceptis_fw-la casibus_fw-la nimis_fw-la arduis_fw-la &_o siquis_fw-la legitimè_fw-la convictus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la à _fw-la fidelitate_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la tanquà m_fw-la proditor_n recessisse_fw-la vel_fw-la manus_fw-la injecisse_fw-la violentas_fw-la in_o ministros_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la modo_fw-la á¸ebito_fw-la ossicium_fw-la exercendo_fw-la vi_o ipsi_fw-la duodecim_fw-la debent_fw-la emendas_fw-la sive_fw-la amerciamenta_fw-la omnium_fw-la praemissorum_fw-la taxare_fw-la praedictis_fw-la tamen_fw-la arduis_fw-la casibus_fw-la exceptis_fw-la aut_fw-la aliis_fw-la casibus_fw-la in_o quibus_fw-la secundùm_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la insularum_fw-la merè_fw-la spectat_fw-la redemptio_fw-la pro_fw-la voluntate_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o curiae_fw-la suae_fw-la vii_o si_fw-mi dominus_fw-la rex_fw-la velit_fw-la certiorari_fw-la de_fw-la recordo_fw-la placiti_fw-la corà m_fw-la justiciariis_fw-la &_o ipsis_fw-la duodecim_fw-la agitati_fw-la justiciarii_fw-la cum_fw-la ipsis_fw-la duodecim_fw-la debent_fw-la recordum_fw-la facere_fw-la &_o de_fw-la placitis_fw-la agitatis_fw-la corà m_fw-la ballivo_fw-la &_o ipsis_fw-la juratis_fw-la in_o dictis_fw-la insulis_fw-la ipsi_fw-la debent_fw-la recordum_fw-la facere_fw-la conjunctim_fw-la viii_o item_n quod_fw-la nullum_fw-la placitum_fw-la infrà _fw-la quamlibet_fw-la dictarum_fw-la insularum_fw-la coram_fw-la quibuscunque_fw-la justiciariis_fw-la inceptum_fw-la debet_fw-la extrà _fw-la dictam_fw-la insulam_fw-la adjornari_fw-la