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23 P.VIII.10, fo 131: ‘pro iure archidiaconali’ (discussion of X 2.26.15, dealing with the establishment of prescriptive rights).

24 P.VIII.10, fo 51: ‘Pro hac glossa nota bene Arch’, xii d, c illud (Dist 12, c 4).

25 O.IX.4, fo 173v: ‘Nota pro Mauricio de Wynter contra Symondes’.

26 P.VIII.10, fo 113v: ‘Contra Pede’ (referring to X 2.20.37). There is a similar annotation in O.VII.5, fo 51v: ‘Nota contra Pede’.

27 O.VII.5, fo 139v: ‘Contra Mag. Grene et pro Ricardo Rudhale’.

28 O.VIII.7, fo 50: ‘Nota contra opinionem domini Rotherham’.

29 P.VIII.10, fos 14v, 18: ‘Nota absolutio tenet iniusta ut hic … et melius ff. De precario l. fi.’ (Dig 43.26.22).