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House of Commons

constituent parts of Parliament, being the assembly of knights of shires, or the representatives of counties; citizens, or the representatives of

Scyre-gemot, or Sciremot

by the bishop of the diocese and the ealdorman in shires that had ealdormen; and by the bishop and the sheriff

Witena-gemot, or Wittena-gemote

was composed of prelates and abbots, of the aldermen of shires, and as it is generally expressed, of the noble and

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