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Compare 1577 edition: 1 Shortlie after betwixt Easter and Whitsuntid [...], Wil. Thorne. a great synod was holden at Winchester by the bishops and cleargie, where Ermenfred the bishop of Sion or Sitten, Polydor. Sim. Dunel. with two cardinals Iohn and Peter sent thither from pope Alexander the second, did sit as chéefe commissioners. In this synod was Stigand the archbishop of Canturburie depriued of his bishoprike, for thrée speciall causes.Stigand arch+bishop of Can|turburie de|priued

Compare 1577 edition: 1 1 First, for that he had wrongfullie holden that bishoprike, whilest the archbishop Robert was li|uing.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 EEBO page image 92 Secondlie, for that he kept the see of Winche|ster in his hands, after his inuestiture vnto Cantur|burie, which he ought not to haue doone.

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