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ad_fw-la ann_n p._n 329._o where_o he_o have_v these_o observable_a word_n dedit_fw-la legatus_fw-la in_o dolo_fw-la procuratoribus_fw-la capitulorum_fw-la licentiam_fw-la ad_fw-la propria_fw-la revertendi_fw-la retentis_fw-la tantum_fw-la archiepiscopis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la &_o abbatibus_fw-la &_o simplicibus_fw-la praelatis_fw-la unde_fw-la non_fw-la immerito_fw-la timuerunt_fw-la ne_fw-la procuratâ_fw-la eorum_fw-la absentiâ_fw-la qui_fw-la majoris_fw-la prudentiae_fw-la erant_fw-la &_o experientiae_fw-la &_o prae_fw-la multitudine_fw-la potentiores_fw-la ad_fw-la contradicendum_fw-la aliquid_fw-la statueretur_fw-la in_o praejudicium_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o proctor_n of_o chapter_n be_v numerous_a and_o resolute_a enough_o to_o quash_n a_o oppressive_a demand_n there_o make_v by_o the_o legate_n and_o to_o rescue_v the_o liberty_n of_o the_o gallican_n church_n for_o that_o time_n from_o papal_a encroachment_n in_o england_n the_o way_n be_v for_o the_o dean_n or_o prior_n to_o 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17._o sarum_n 2._o vol._n coll_n of_o rec._n n._n 16_o 17._o which_o he_o call_v petition_n of_o the_o low_a house_n of_o convocation_n 1_o o_o e._n vi_o to_o the_o upper_a the_o former_a of_o these_o 16._o these_o n._n 16._o be_v not_o a_o single_a petition_n but_o four_o several_a request_n or_o rather_o the_o minute_n of_o four_o join_v together_o with_o a_o certain_a query_n annex_v in_o the_o close_a of_o they_o of_o these_o the_o first_o relate_v to_o the_o collection_n of_o ecclesiastical_a law_n appoint_v by_o act_n of_o parliament_n to_o be_v make_v in_o h._n the_o viii_o th_n time_n the_o second_o be_v a_o proposal_n for_o adjoin_v the_o low_a house_n of_o convocation_n to_o that_o of_o parliament_n the_o three_o concern_v the_o committee_n for_o reform_v the_o office_n the_o four_o be_v about_o the_o statute_n of_o first_o fruit_n and_o ten_o the_o query_n add_v be_v whether_o the_o clergy_n of_o the_o convocation_n may_v liberal_o speak_v their_o mind_n without_o danger_n 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my_o transcript_n of_o the_o act_n be_v a_o blank_a and_o there_o be_v but_o this_o one_o day_n therefore_o in_o which_o it_o can_v be_v suppose_v that_o this_o petition_n may_v have_v be_v draw_v and_o present_v do_v yet_o i_o find_v mention_v the_o first_o paper_n and_o the_o four_o several_a article_n of_o it_o possit_fw-la it_o sess._n 3.22_o nou._n istâ_fw-la die_fw-la convenientibus_fw-la in_o inferiori_fw-la domo_fw-la concordatum_fw-la suis_fw-la ut_fw-la dominus_fw-la prolocutor_n nomine_fw-la totius_fw-la domûs_fw-la referal_n r_o mo_z subsequentes_fw-la petitiones_fw-la viz._n 1_o o._n quòd_fw-la provideatur_fw-la ut_fw-la ecclesiasticae_fw-la leges_fw-la examinentur_fw-la &_o promulgentur_fw-la juxta_fw-la statutum_fw-la parliamenti_fw-la editum_fw-la 35_o h._n viii_o 2._o item_n ut_fw-la pro_fw-la nonnullis_fw-la urgentibus_fw-la causis_fw-la convocatio_fw-la huius_fw-la cleri_fw-la si_fw-la fieri_fw-la possit_fw-la assumatur_fw-la &_o cooptetur_fw-la in_o inferiorem_fw-la domum_fw-la parliamenti_fw-la sicut_fw-la ab_fw-la antiquo_fw-la fieri_fw-la consuevit_fw-la 3._o item_n ut_fw-la opera_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la &_o alicrum_fw-la etc._n etc._n as_o before_o p._n 181._o 4._o item_n ut_fw-la rigour_n statuti_fw-la de_fw-la primitiis_fw-la domino_fw-la nostro_fw-la regi_fw-la solvendis_fw-la aliquantisper_fw-la in_o certis_fw-la urgentibus_fw-la clausulis_fw-la moderetur_fw-la &_o reformetur_fw-la si_fw-la commodè_fw-la fieri_fw-la possit_fw-la in_o the_o order_n they_o there_o lie_v but_o give_v not_o the_o least_o hint_n of_o this_o second_o nor_o do_v archbishop_n parker_n in_o antiquitates_fw-la britannicae_n where_o he_o speak_v 339._o speak_v p._n 339._o large_o of_o matter_n agitate_a in_o this_o convocation_n say_v a_o syllable_n of_o it_o on_o the_o contrary_a both_o he_o and_o bishop_n burnet_n give_v we_o some_o particular_n that_o do_v not_o seem_v very_o consistent_a with_o the_o supposal_n of_o such_o a_o petition_n bishop_n burnet_n word_n be_v that_o the_o act_n which_o repeal_v the_o statute_n of_o the_o six_o article_n be_v occasion_v by_o a_o speech_n that_o archbishop_n cranmer_n have_v in_o convocation_n in_o which_o he_o exhort_v the_o clergy_n to_o give_v themselves_o much_o to_o the_o study_n of_o scripture_n and_o to_o consider_v serious_o what_o need_v reformation_n etc._n etc._n upon_o which_o some_o intimate_v to_o he_o that_o as_o long_o as_o these_o six_o article_n stand_v in_o force_n it_o be_v not_o safe_a for_o they_o to_o deliver_v their_o opinion_n this_o he_o report_v to_o the_o council_n upon_o which_o they_o order_v this_o act_n of_o repeal_n 40_o repeal_n hist._n ref._n vol._n 2._o p._n 40_o his_fw-la lordship_n mean_n agree_v that_o the_o repeal_n of_o this_o statute_n shall_v be_v propose_v in_o parliament_n thus_o his_o lordship_n out_o of_o archbishop_n parker_n paper_n and_o thus_o the_o archbishop_n himself_o out_o of_o the_o record_n of_o convocation_n say_v convocation_n exit_fw-la 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chapterhouse_n appear_v to_o have_v be_v the_o place_n of_o reception_n for_o the_o convocation_n clergy_n 1421._o clergy_n see_v wals._n hist._n angl._n ad_fw-la ann_n 1421._o and_o in_o the_o 4_o h._n v._o the_o roll_n say_v le_fw-fr chanceleur_fw-fr per_fw-la commandment_n du_fw-fr roy_fw-fr assigna_fw-la a_fw-fr les_fw-fr ditz_fw-fr chivaler_n citizein_n &_o burgeoises_n une_fw-fr maison_fw-fr appellee_fw-mi le_fw-fr froitour_n dedeinz_fw-fr l'abbee_n de_fw-fr westminster_n a_o tenir_fw-fr en_fw-fr yâ—elle_fw-fr leur_fw-fr counseilles_n &_o assemblees_n and_o in_o the_o 6_o h._n vi_o it_o be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o place_n where_o the_o commons_o ordinary_o sit_v usitata_fw-la sit_v the_o roll_n go_v further_a and_o say_v eorum_fw-la domus_fw-la communis_fw-la antiquitùs_fw-la usitata_fw-la in_o a_o manuscript_n of_o mr._n petyt_n print_v by_o bishop_n burnet_n 100_o burnet_n hist._n ref._n vol._n 1._o coll._n of_o rec._n p._n 100_o but_o though_o the_o place_n of_o their_o meeting_n puzzle_v he_o yet_o the_o time_n it_o seem_v do_v not_o for_o as_o to_o that_o he_o inform_v we_o that_o the_o clergy_n who_o meet_v by_o virtue_n of_o the_o convocation-writ_a in_o parliament_n time_n come_v together_o heretofore_o on_o some_o other_o day_n than_o that_o on_o which_o the_o parliament_n begin_v 224._o begin_v p._n 224._o he_o know_v not_o it_o seem_v that_o they_o have_v do_v so_o a_o late_a too_o and_o that_o the_o custom_n for_o a_o age_n and_o half_n be_v for_o they_o to_o assemble_v the_o day_n after_o the_o parliament_n this_o usage_n begin_v in_o the_o time_n of_o h._n the_o viii_o the_o and_o be_v then_o often_o practise_v but_o not_o regular_o fix_v till_o towards_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o his_o reign_n from_o which_o time_n to_o the_o late_a revolution_n it_o hold_v and_o from_o thence_o the_o parliament_n and_o convocation-writ_n have_v summon_v to_o the_o very_a same_o day_n which_o have_v join_v these_o two_o body_n yet_o more_o close_o than_o 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