jure_fw-la coronae_fw-la as_o directus_fw-la dominus_fw-la scotiae_fw-la the_o second_o authority_n shall_v be_v that_o of_o rot_n parl._n 40_o edw._n 3._o nu_fw-la 7_o 8._o where_o it_o be_v resolve_v in_o full_a parliament_n by_o the_o praelate_n the_o earl_n and_o the_o commons_o that_o neither_o the_o king_n nor_o any_o other_o can_v put_v the_o realm_n nor_o people_n thereof_o into_o such_o subjection_n sans_o assent_n d'eux_fw-fr the_o occasion_n be_v king_n john_n have_v surrender_v his_o crown_n to_o the_o pope_n and_o receive_v it_o back_o again_o to_o hold_v it_o as_o a_o feudatary_n to_o the_o papal_a see._n and_o it_o appear_v to_o they_o by_o many_o evidence_n that_o he_o have_v do_v so_o sans_fw-fr lour_v assent_v and_o contrary_a to_o his_o coronation_n oath_n mr._n selden_n in_o his_o dissertatio_fw-la ad_fw-la fletam_fw-la pag._n 552_o 553._o give_v this_o account_n of_o it_o cum_fw-la sub_fw-la edwardo_n tertio_fw-la in_o ordinum_fw-la consessu_fw-la quaestio_fw-la 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afterward_o they_o be_v give_v up_o it_o be_v do_v in_o parliament_n postmodum_fw-la kalend._n augusti_fw-la clero_fw-la &_o populo_fw-la ad_fw-la concilium_fw-la londoniae_n congregato_fw-la adstantibus_fw-la archiepiscopis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la caeterâque_fw-la multitudine_fw-la maximâ_fw-la procerum_fw-la &_o magnatum_fw-la statuit_fw-la rex_fw-la &_o concessit_fw-la ut_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la tempore_fw-la in_o anteà _fw-la nullus_fw-la electus_fw-la per_fw-la dationem_fw-la baculi_fw-la pastoralis_fw-la vel_fw-la annuli_fw-la de_fw-la episcopatu_fw-la vel_fw-la abbathiâ_fw-la investiretur_fw-la per_fw-la regem_fw-la vel_fw-la quamcunque_fw-la aliam_fw-la persenam_fw-la saecularem_fw-la collect._n pag._n 1000_o and_o for_o the_o king_n be_v interpose_v his_o authority_n in_o allow_v or_o disallow_v the_o person_n of_o bishop_n before_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n william_n the_o first_o nulla_fw-la erat_fw-la electio_fw-la prelatorum_fw-la merè_fw-la libera_n &_o canonica_n sed_fw-la omnes_fw-la dignitates_fw-la tam_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la quà m_fw-la abbatum_fw-la regis_fw-la curia_fw-la pro_fw-la suâ_fw-la complacentia_fw-la conferebat_fw-la ingulphus_n pag._n 509._o and_o in_o king_n william_n the_o conqueror_n time_n lanfrank_n be_v choose_v archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n consensu_fw-la &_o consilio_fw-la omnium_fw-la baronum_fw-la suorum_fw-la omniumque_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la &_o abbatum_fw-la totiusque_fw-la populi_fw-la angliae_fw-la brev._n relat._n de_fw-fr will._n com._n normann_n auth._n anonym_n eligentibus_fw-la eum_fw-la senioribus_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cum_fw-la episcopis_fw-la &_o principibus_fw-la clero_fw-la &_o populo_fw-la angliae_fw-la in_fw-la curiâ_fw-la regis_fw-la in_o assumptione_n sanctae_fw-la mariae_fw-la gervas_n dorob_fw-la col._n pag._n 1653._o in_o the_o reign_n of_o his_o successor_n king_n william_n rufus_n anselm_n be_v choose_v in_o like_a manner_n vid._n eadmer_n lib._n 1._o and_o in_o king_n henry_n the_o 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usher_n in_o his_o antiqu._n 63._o p._n 63._o britan._n eccles_n give_v we_o other_o instance_n of_o bishop_n elect_v in_o parliament_n or_o great_a council_n postquam_fw-la praedicti_fw-la senioris_fw-la germanus_n &_o lupus_n pelagianam_fw-la haeresin_fw-la extirpaverant_a episcopos_fw-la pluribus_fw-la in_o locis_fw-la britanniae_fw-la consecraverunt_fw-la super_fw-la omnes_fw-la autem_fw-la britannos_fw-la dextralis_fw-la partis_fw-la britanni_n beatum_fw-la dubricium_n summum_fw-la doctorem_fw-la à _fw-la rege_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la omni_fw-la parochia_fw-la electum_fw-la archiepiscopum_fw-la consecraverunt_fw-la hac_fw-la dignitate_fw-la ei_fw-la à _fw-la germano_n &_o lupo_n data_fw-la constituerunt_fw-la ei_fw-la episcopalem_fw-la sedem_fw-la concessu_fw-la regis_fw-la maurici_n principum_fw-la cleri_fw-la &_o populi_n apud_fw-la podium_fw-la lantavi_fw-la addit_fw-la galfridus_n ab_fw-la eodem_fw-la dubricio_n vrbis_fw-la legionum_fw-la tunc_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la 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carlisle_n which_o be_v erect_v by_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o anno_fw-la dom._n 1133._o the_o prior_n of_o hagulstad_n speak_v of_o this_o in_o general_a term_n coll._n pag._n 257._o consecratus_fw-la est_fw-la adulphus_n prio_fw-la de_fw-fr nostlia_n ad_fw-la urbem_fw-la karleol_n quam_fw-la rex_fw-la henricus_fw-la initiavit_fw-la ad_fw-la sedem_fw-la episcopalem_fw-la math._n westm_n in_o like_a manner_n pag._n 241._o rex_fw-la henricus_fw-la novum_n fecit_fw-la episcopatum_fw-la apud_fw-la carleolum_fw-la in_o limbo_n angliae_fw-la et_fw-la galwalliae_fw-la et_fw-la posuit_fw-la ibi_fw-la primum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la nomine_fw-la ethelulphum_fw-la sancti_fw-la oswaldi_n priorem_fw-la abbas_n jorvallensis_n tell_v we_o the_o story_n in_o like_a term_n collect._n pag._n 1019._o eodem_fw-la anno_fw-la rex_fw-la fecit_fw-la novum_n episcopatum_fw-la apud_fw-la karliolum_fw-la quem_fw-la arnulfo_n priori_fw-la de_fw-la sancto_fw-la bertulpho_n contulit_fw-la but_o it_o appear_v by_o 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and_o again_o in_o the_o same_o chapter_n debet_fw-la rex_fw-la judicium_fw-la rectum_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la facere_fw-la &_o justitiam_fw-la per_fw-la consilium_fw-la procerum_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la tenere_fw-la ista_fw-la verò_fw-la debet_fw-la omne_fw-la rex_fw-la in_o propriâ_fw-la personâ_fw-la inspectis_fw-la &_o tactis_fw-la sacrosanctis_fw-la evangeliis_fw-la &_o super_fw-la sacras_fw-la &_o sanctas_fw-la reliquias_fw-la coram_fw-la regno_fw-la sacerdotio_fw-la &_o clero_fw-la jurare_fw-la antequà m_fw-la ab_fw-la archiepiscopis_fw-la &_o episcopis_fw-la regni_fw-la coronetur_fw-la lambard_n de_fw-fr priscis_fw-la anglorum_fw-la legibus_fw-la page_n 138._o &_o page_n 142._o hence_o we_o see_v that_o judicium_fw-la procerum_fw-la &_o consilium_fw-la procerum_fw-la be_v essential_a to_o the_o english_a government_n without_o which_o right_a and_o justice_n can_v reign_v but_o a_o perverse_a will_n will_v rule_v the_o roast_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o king_n edward_n the_o first_o prynn_n collect_n tom._n 3._o pag._n 158._o when_o pope_n gregory_n the_o ten_o send_v reymundus_n de_fw-fr nogeriis_fw-la his_o chaplain_n as_o his_o nuntio_n into_o england_n etc._n etc._n among_o other_o thing_n to_o demand_v and_o receive_v from_o the_o king_n eight_o year_n arrear_n of_o the_o annual_a tribute_n and_o peter-pence_n then_o due_a to_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n write_v to_o he_o a_o very_a remarkable_a letter_n in_o which_o among_o other_o thing_n he_o tell_v he_o that_o his_o last_o parliament_n be_v dissolve_v the_o soon_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o own_o sickness_n so_o that_o he_o can_v not_o then_o super_n petitione_n census_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la deliberationem_fw-la habere_fw-la cum_fw-la praelatis_fw-la &_o proceribus_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la sine_fw-la quorum_fw-la communicato_fw-la consilio_fw-la sanctitati_fw-la vestrae_fw-la super_fw-la praedictis_fw-la non_fw-la possumus_fw-la respondere_fw-la &_o jurejurando_a in_o coronatione_n nostra_fw-la praestito_fw-la sumus_fw-la astricti_fw-la quod_fw-la jura_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la servabimus_fw-la illibata_fw-la nec_fw-la aliquid_fw-la quod_fw-la diadema_fw-la tangit_fw-la regni_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la absque_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la requisito_fw-la concilio_n faciemus_fw-la and_o therefore_o he_o defer_v return_v the_o pope_n a_o answer_n till_o the_o next_o session_n of_o parliament_n pro_fw-la firmo_fw-la scituri_fw-la pie_n pater_fw-la &_o domine_fw-la quòd_fw-la in_o alio_fw-la parliamento_fw-la nostro_fw-la quod_fw-la ad_fw-la festum_fw-la sancti_fw-la michaelis_fw-la intendimus_fw-la celebrare_fw-la habito_fw-la &_o communicato_fw-la consilio_fw-la cum_fw-la praelatis_fw-la &_o proceribus_fw-la memoratis_fw-la vobis_fw-la super_fw-la praemissis_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la consilio_fw-la dabimus_fw-la responsionem_fw-la by_o this_o letter_n it_o appear_v that_o whatever_o do_v diadema_fw-la regni_fw-la tangere_fw-la can_v not_o nor_o aught_o to_o be_v do_v sine_fw-la concilio_n 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that_o the_o king_n desire_v only_o dignitates_fw-la regibus_fw-la ante_fw-la debitas_fw-la sibi_fw-la exhiberi_fw-la hoved._n pag._n 292._o b._n and_o in_o another_o letter_n to_o the_o pope_n on_o the_o king_n behalf_n they_o declare_v the_o same_o ibid._n pag._n 292_o 293._o our_o archbishop_n indeed_o use_v to_o fetch_v their_o pall_v from_o rome_n but_o that_o entitle_v the_o pope_n to_o no_o jurisdiction_n here_o so_o that_o the_o subject_a matter_n of_o the_o law_n of_o clarendon_n then_o enact_v into_o statute-law_n be_v in_o king_n william_n rufus_n his_o time_n the_o law_n and_o usage_n of_o the_o realm_n and_o therefore_o anselm_n and_o becket_n oath_n be_v in_o substance_n the_o same_o and_o those_o law_n and_o usage_n have_v be_v usurp_v upon_o since_o and_o the_o usurpation_n purge_v by_o the_o law_n make_v about_o the_o time_n of_o the_o reformation_n the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n be_v now_o the_o same_o in_o substance_n with_o those_o ancient_a oath_n aforemention_v 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more_o than_o their_o ancestor_n have_v do_v and_o in_o the_o 25._o h._n 8._o cap._n