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in_o pursuance_n of_o a_o verdict_n after_o inquest_n in_o a_o jure_fw-la patronatus_fw-la rep._n he_o may_v have_v six_o chaplain_n and_o every_o archbishop_n may_v have_v eight_o chaplain_n 13._o he_o may_v unite_v and_o consolidate_v small_a parish_n and_o assist_v the_o civil_a magistrate_n in_o execution_n of_o some_o statute_n concern_v ecclesiastical_a affair_n and_o by_o the_o statute_n of_o 1_o eliz._n cap._n 2._o any_o bishop_n may_v at_o his_o pleasure_n join_v and_o associate_v himself_o to_o the_o justice_n of_o oyer_n and_o terminer_n or_o to_o the_o justice_n of_o assize_n at_o the_o open_a and_o general_a session_n to_o be_v hold_v at_o any_o place_n within_o his_o diocese_n in_o cause_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o statute_n make_v 17_o car._n 1._o c._n 27._o for_o the_o disinable_v of_o person_n in_o holy_a order_n to_o exercise_v temporal_a jurisdiction_n or_o authority_n be_v repeal_v by_o the_o statute_n of_o 13_o car._n 2._o cap._n 2._o whereby_o they_o be_v now_o enable_v to_o exercise_v such_o temporal_a jurisdiction_n as_o former_o and_o be_v common_o style_v the_o ordinary_a of_o that_o diocese_n where_o he_o do_v exercise_v his_o episcopal_a authority_n and_o jurisdiction_n in_o parliament_n bishop_n as_o baron_n may_v be_v present_a and_o vote_n at_o the_o trial_n and_o arraignment_n of_o a_o peer_n only_o before_o sentence_n of_o death_n or_o loss_n of_o member_n be_v pronounce_v that_o they_o may_v have_v no_o hand_n in_o blood_n in_o any_o kind_n they_o have_v by_o canon_n law_n the_o privilege_n and_o injunction_n to_o absent_v themselves_o and_o by_o common_a law_n to_o make_v proxy_n to_o vote_n for_o they_o 14._o ordinary_a according_a to_o the_o acceptation_n of_o the_o common_a law_n with_o we_o be_v usual_o take_v for_o he_o that_o have_v ordinary_a jurisdiction_n in_o cause_n ecclesiastical_a tit_n immediate_a to_o the_o king_n he_o be_v in_o common_a understanding_n the_o bishop_n of_o the_o diocese_n who_o be_v the_o supervisor_n and_o for_o the_o most_o part_n visitor_n of_o all_o his_o church_n within_o his_o diocese_n and_o have_v ordinary_a jurisdiction_n in_o all_o the_o cause_n aforesaid_a for_o the_o do_v of_o justice_n within_o his_o diocese_n in_o jure_fw-la proprio_fw-la &_o non_fw-la per_fw-la deputationem_fw-la and_o therefore_o it_o be_v his_o care_n to_o see_v that_o the_o church_n be_v provide_v of_o a_o able_a curate_n habet_fw-la enim_fw-la curam_fw-la curarum_fw-la and_o may_v execute_v the_o law_n of_o the_o church_n by_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n and_o to_o he_o alone_o be_v make_v all_o presentation_n to_o church_n vacant_a within_o his_o diocese_n ordinarius_fw-la habet_fw-la locum_fw-la principaliter_fw-la in_o episcopo_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la superioribus_fw-la qui_fw-la soli_fw-la sunt_fw-la vniversales_fw-la in_o suis_fw-la jurisdictionibus_fw-la sed_fw-la sunt_fw-la sub_fw-la eo_fw-la alii_fw-la ordinarii_fw-la hi_o videlicet_fw-la quibus_fw-la competit_fw-la jurisdictio_fw-la ordinaria_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la privilegio_fw-la vel_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la lindw_n cap._n exterior_a do_fw-mi de_fw-fr constitutionib_fw-la 15._o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o ordinary_a or_o bishop_n as_o to_o the_o examination_n of_o the_o clerk_n or_o as_o to_o the_o admission_n or_o institution_n of_o he_o into_o a_o benefice_n be_v not_o local_a but_o it_o follow_v the_o person_n of_o the_o ordinary_a or_o bishop_n wheresoever_o he_o be_v and_o therefore_o if_o a_o clerk_n be_v present_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o norwich_n to_o a_o church_n which_o be_v void_a within_o the_o diocese_n of_o norwich_n who_o be_v then_o in_o london_n or_o if_o it_o be_v to_o a_o bishop_n of_o ireland_n who_o be_v then_o in_o england_n and_o in_o london_n the_o ordinary_a may_v examine_v the_o clerk_n or_o give_v he_o admission_n or_o institution_n in_o london_n and_o so_o it_o be_v adjudge_v leon._n 16._o the_o ordinary_a be_v not_o oblige_v upon_o a_o vacancy_n to_o receive_v the_o clerk_n of_o he_o that_o come_v first_o for_o as_o he_o
may_v not_o of_o the_o same_o church_n exact_v one_o procuration_n from_o the_o rector_n another_o from_o the_o vicar_n if_o he_o have_v the_o procuration_n in_o victualibus_fw-la of_o the_o rector_n he_o ought_v to_o receive_v nothing_o of_o the_o vicar_n nec_fw-la è_fw-la contra_fw-la for_o one_o procuration_n of_o one_o church_n for_o one_o day_n be_v hold_v sufficient_a dict_z c._n foelicis_fw-la de_fw-fr censib_n nor_o do_v the_o canon_n allow_v above_o one_o procuration_n in_o case_n there_o be_v more_o church_n than_o one_o visited_n in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o day_n the_o reason_n whereof_o in_o law_n because_o the_o visitation_n be_v the_o principal_a the_o procuration_n be_v but_o the_o accessary_a and_o the_o visitation_n only_o of_o one_o day_n ought_v not_o to_o have_v the_o procuration_n of_o more_o nor_o ought_v the_o accessary_a to_o exceed_v the_o principal_a lindw_n ibid._n de_fw-fr censib_n c._n quamvis_fw-la &_o gl_a ib._n ver_fw-la canon_n nor_o ought_v there_o 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the_o say_a chapel_n by_o a_o vicar_n not_o perpetual_a but_o temporal_a and_o removable_a ad_fw-la libitum_fw-la gl._n in_o d._n ver_fw-la una_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la lindwood_n on_o this_o occasion_n put_v the_o question_n whether_o in_o case_n the_o church_n be_v of_o one_o diocese_n and_o the_o chapel_n thereto_o annex_v or_o unite_v or_o dependent_a thereon_o of_o another_o whether_o in_o that_o case_n there_o shall_v at_o the_o visitation_n be_v but_o one_o procuration_n pay_v for_o both_o he_o resolve_v it_o thus_o viz._n that_o if_o the_o ordinary_a of_o the_o place_n where_o the_o say_a chapel_n stand_v have_v former_o have_v there_o his_o visitation_n and_o procuration_n ratione_fw-la visitationis_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la then_o and_o in_o that_o case_n the_o power_n of_o visit_v the_o same_o nor_o by_o consequence_n the_o procuration_n due_a ratione_fw-la visitationis_fw-la be_v not_o take_v away_o from_o that_o ordinary_a by_o such_o union_n or_o dependency_n gloss_n ibid._n in_o ver_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la 7._o by_o the_o aforesaid_a council_n of_o lateran_n all_o visitor_n be_v limit_v to_o a_o certain_a number_n of_o visitation-attendants_a according_a to_o their_o several_a quality_n as_o archbishop_n to_o the_o number_n of_o forty_o or_o fifty_o man_n with_o their_o horse_n the_o bishop_n to_o twenty_o or_o thirty_o cardinal_n to_o twenty_o five_o though_o they_o can_v not_o digest_v such_o a_o undervaluation_n archdeacon_n to_o five_o or_o seven_o dean_n that_o be_v archipresbyteri_fw-la rurales_n as_o the_o gloss_n expound_v it_o to_o two_o only_a gl._n in_o ver_fw-la decani_fw-la extr._n eod_a c._n cum_fw-la apostolus_fw-la extr._n com._n de_fw-la censib_n c._n vas_fw-la electionis_fw-la and_o the_o truth_n be_v the_o archdeacon_n according_a to_o the_o canon_n may_v not_o have_v in_o his_o ordinary_a visitation_n above_o the_o number_n of_o seven_o person_n if_o he_o exceed_v that_o number_n there_o be_v not_o any_o procuration_n due_a for_o the_o supernumeraries_n lind._o de_fw-la cens_fw-la &_o procurat_fw-la c._n 1._o ver_fw-la excedant_fw-la &_o glow_n ibid._n &_o gl_v in_o ver_fw-la visitationis_fw-la &_o gl_a ib._n in_o ver_fw-la debitam_fw-la 8._o the_o word_n synodale_n seem_v to_o have_v three_o signification_n as_o 1_o it_o seem_v to_o signify_v conventus_fw-la or_o a_o meeting_n in_o the_o same_o sense_n with_o synodus_fw-la as_o be_v take_v for_o the_o meeting_n or_o synod_n itself_o and_o so_o use_v by_o gregory_n 3._o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o province_n of_o baiory_n and_o almany_n catholica_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la patrum_fw-la authoritas_fw-la jubet_fw-la ut_fw-la bis_fw-la in_o anno_fw-la pro_fw-la salute_v populi_fw-la christiani_n seu_fw-la exhortatione_n adoptionis_fw-la filiorum_fw-la synodalia_fw-la debent_fw-la celebrari_fw-la etc._n etc._n this_o epistle_n you_o have_v cite_v by_o cardinal_n baronius_n in_o the_o eight_o tome_n of_o his_o annal_n about_o the_o year_n 738._o 2_o it_o seem_v to_o signify_v the_o act_n do_v at_o a_o synod_n as_o well_o as_o the_o synod_n itself_o and_o in_o this_o sense_n you_o have_v it_o in_o the_o tripartite_a history_n 452._o where_o mention_n be_v make_v of_o a_o synod_n of_o bishop_n assemble_v at_o antioch_n out_o of_o divers_a province_n who_o send_v the_o emperor_n jovinian_a a_o copy_n of_o the_o nicene_n creed_n hunc_fw-la libellum_fw-la mean_v the_o say_a creed_n in_o collectione_n synodalium_n sabini_n conscriptum_fw-la invenimus_fw-la 392._o in_o which_o place_n synodalia_fw-la seem_v to_o import_n the_o act_n of_o that_o synod_n collect_v by_o that_o sabinus_n 3_o it_o signify_v a_o cense_v or_o tribute_n in_o money_n pay_v to_o the_o bishop_n or_o to_o some_o other_o for_o his_o use_n by_o the_o inferior_a clergy_n the_o forementioned_a author_n of_o the_o historical_a discourse_n of_o procuration_n 78._o etc._n etc._n acquaint_v we_o that_o in_o the_o second_o part_n of_o the_o appendix_n to_o the_o three_o general_n council_n of_o lateran_n there_o be_v a_o epistle_n of_o pope_n alex._n 3._o to_o certain_a archdeacon_n and_n dean_n reprove_v they_o for_o extort_v of_o money_n from_o the_o clergy_n sub_fw-la diversis_fw-la nominibus_fw-la in_o a_o fraudulent_a kind_n of_o way_n et_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la exactionem_fw-la say_v that_o epistle_n ut_fw-la eam_fw-la liberius_n videamini_fw-la exigere_fw-la quandoque_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la episcopalem_fw-la quandoque_fw-la synodalia_fw-la quandoque_fw-la denarios_fw-la paschales_fw-la appellantes_fw-la and_o in_o this_o sense_n be_v the_o word_n synodale_n here_o use_v and_o take_v which_o the_o archdeacon_n claim_v not_o so_o much_o jure_fw-la communi_fw-la ecclesiastico_fw-la as_o by_o composition_n with_o or_o prescription_n from_o the_o bishop_n 9_o this_o synodal_n or_o synodical_a duty_n be_v ancient_o know_v by_o two_o other_o name_n which_o now_o be_v grow_v obsolete_a the_o one_o cathedraticum_n probable_o from_o the_o original_a 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church-gemote_a int._n leges_fw-la h._n 1._o c._n 8._o the_o convocation_n be_v under_o the_o power_n and_o authority_n of_o the_o king_n 21_o ed._n 4._o 45._o b._n assemble_v only_o by_o the_o king_n writ_n 13_o ed._n 3._o rot._n parl._n m._n 1._o vid._n stat._n 25_o h._n 8._o c._n 19_o the_o king_n have_v direct_v his_o writ_n therein_o assign_v the_o time_n and_o place_n to_o each_o of_o the_o archbishop_n to_o the_o effect_n aforesaid_a the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n do_v thereupon_o direct_v his_o letter_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o london_n as_o his_o dean_n lindw_n provin_n sec._n 1._o de_fw-la poenis_fw-la ver_fw-la tanquam_fw-la in_o gloss_n first_o cite_v himself_o peremptory_o then_o will_v he_o to_o cite_v in_o like_a manner_n all_o the_o bishop_n dean_n archdeacon_n cathedral_n and_o collegiate_n church_n and_o general_o all_o the_o clergy_n of_o his_o province_n to_o the_o place_n at_o the_o day_n in_o the_o say_v write_v prefix_v withal_o direct_v that_o one_o 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