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Compare 1577 edition: 1 Moreouer in this parlement, the king demanded iudgement against his brother Iohn, and Hugh No|uant the bishop of Couentrie and Chester,The bishop of Chester. for such traitorous and most disloiall attempts as they had made against him and his countries, and iudgement was giuen that both the said earle and bishop should haue summons giuen them peremptorilie to ap|peare, and if within fortie daies after, they came not to answer such plaints as might be laid against them, then should earle Iohn forfeit all that he had within the realme, and the bishop should stand to the iudgement of the bishops, in that he was a bishop, and to the temporall lords in that he had béene the kings shiriffe.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 In this parlement also, in the kalends of Aprill, the king procured a subsidie to be granted to him, to wit,A subsid [...]. two shillings of euerie plough land through England, which maner of subsidie by an old name is called Teemen toll, or Theyme toll. He also com|manded EEBO page image 143 that euerie man should make for him the third part of knights seruice, accordinglie as euerie sée might beare, to furnish him foorth into Norman|die. He demanded of the moonks Cisteaux, all their woolles for the same yeare. But bicause that seemed an ouer greeuous burthen vnto them, they fined with him, as after shall appeare. The fourth day of this parlement, by the kings permission manie greeuous complaints were exhibited against the archbishop of Yorke,The archbi|shop of Yorke accused. for extortion and other vniust vexations, which he had practised: but he passed so little thereof, that he made no answer vnto their billes.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Gerard de Camuille charged with felonie and treason.Moreouer through the procurement of the lord chancellour, Gerard de Camuille was arreigned for receiuing théeues, and robbers, which had robbed cer|teine merchants of their goods, that were going to the faire of Stamfort; also they appealed him of trea|son for refusing to stand to his triall by order of the kings lawes at commandement of the kings iusti|ces, bearing himselfe to be earle Iohns man, and ai|ding the same earle against the king. But all these accusations he flatlie denied, and so his aduersaries put in pledges to follow their suit, and he put in the like to defend himselfe by one of his fréeholders.

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