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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A74040	Anno primo Reginæ Elizabethe At the parliament begonne at Westmynster, the xxiii. of January in the fyrste yeare of the reigne of oure Soueraigne Ladye, Elizabeth by the grace of God, of England, Fraunce and Ireland, Quene, defendoure of the faithe, [et]c. And there proroged tyll the. xxv. of the same moneth, and then and there holden, kept, and continued vntill the dissolution of the same, beyng the eyght day of May, then nexte ensuynge, were enacted as foloweth.; Public General Acts. 1559-1560. 1 Elizabeth I	England and Wales. Sovereign (1558-1603 : Elizabeth I); Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.	1559 (1559)	STC 9459; ESTC S124846	11,386	16

sayd letters patentes to hym or thē made deliuered as is aforesayd shall haue full power and aucthoritie by vertue of this act of the said letters patents vnder your hyghnes your heyres or successours to exercyse vse and execute all the premisses accordyng to the tenour and effecte of the sayd letters patentes Any matter or cause to the contrary in any wyse notwithstandyng AND for the better obseruacion and maintenaunce of this act may it please your hyghnes that it may be further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayd that al and euery Archebyshop Byshop and all and euery other ecclesiasticall person and other ecclesiasticall officer and minister of what estate dignitie preheminēce or degree soeuer he or they be or shal be and all and euery temporall Iudge Iusticer Mayre and other lay or temporall offycer and minister and euery other persone hauynge your hyghnesse fee or wages within this Realme or anye youre hyghnesse dominions shall make take and receaue a corporall othe vpon the Euangelist before such person or personnes as shall please your hyghnesse your heyres or successours vnder the greate Seale of Englande to assygne and name to accepte and take the same accordynge to the tenoure and effecte hereafter folowyng That is to say I A. B. do vtterly testyfie declare in my conscience that the Quenes hyghnesse is the onely Supreame gouernoure of this Realme and of all other her hyghnesse domynyons and countreyes aswell in all spirituall or ecclesiasticall thynges or causes as temporall that no forrayne prynce person prelate state or potentate hath or ought to haue any iurisdictiō power superioritie preheminēce or aucthorite ecclesiastical or spiritual within this realme therfore I do vtterly remounce forsake all forraine iurisdictions powers superiorities aucthorities and do promyse that frō hence forth I shall beare fayth trewe allegiaunce to the Quenes highnes her heyres and lawful successours and to my power shal assist and defend all iurisdictions priuileges preheminences aucthorities graunted or belonging to the Quenes highnesse her heyres and successours or vnited and annexed to thimperiall Crowne of this realme so helpe me God and the contentes of this booke AND that it may be also enacted that yf any such archbyshop byshop or any other Ecclesiasticall officer or minister or any of the sayd temporall iudges iusticiaries or other lay officer or minister shall peremptoryly or obstinately refuse to take or receaue the sayd other That then he so refusyng shall forfeyt and lose onely duryng his lyfe all euery Ecclesiasticall and Spirituall promotion benefice office and euery temporall and lay promotion and office which he hath soly at the tyme of such refusall made and that the whole tytle interrest and incumbencye in euery such promotion benefice and other office as agaynst such person only so refusing duryng his lyfe shall clearely cease be voyde as though the partie so refusyng were dead And that also all and euery such person and persons so refusyng to take the sayd othe shall immediatly after such refusall be from thensforth duryng his lyfe disabled to retayne or exercyse anye office or other promotion whiche he at the tyme of such refusall hath ioyntly or in common with anye other person or persons And that al and euery person and persons that at any time hereafter shal be preferred promoted or collated to any Archebysshopryke or Bysshopryke or to any other spirituall or ecclesiastical benefice promotiō dignitie office or ministery or that shal be by your hyghnesse your heyres or successours preferred or promoted to any temporal or lay office ministery or seruice within this realme or in any your hyghnes dominiōs before he or they shall take vpon him or them to receaue vse exercise supplye or occupy any such archebyshoprike byshoprike promotion dignitie office ministery or seruice shall likewise make take receaue the said corporal othe before mētioned vpō the euangelist before such persons as haue or shall haue aucthoritie to admitte any such persō to any such office ministery or seruice or els before such persō or persons as by your highnes your heyres or successours by cōmissiō vnder the great seale of England shal be named assigned or appointed to minister the said oth And that it may likewise be further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayd that if any such person or persons as at any tyme hereafter shal be promoted preferred or collated to any such promotion spirituall or ecclesiasticall benefyce offyce or ministery or that by your highnes your heires or successors shal be promoted or preferred to any temporall or laye office ministery or seruice shall and do peremtorilye and obstinately refuse to take the same othe so to hym to be offred that thē he or they so refusing shal presently be iudged disabled in the law to receaue take or haue the same promotion Spiritual or Ecclesiastical the same temporal ofsyce mynistery or seruice wtin this realme or any other your highnes dominions to all intentes constructions and purposes AND THAT it maye be further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesayde that all and euery person and persons Temporall suyng lyuery or Oustre le mayne out of the handes of your hyghnesse your heyres or successours before his or theyr liuery or Oustre le maine sued forth and allowed and euery Temporall person or persons doyng anye homage to your hyghnesse your heyres or successours or that shall be receyued into seruice with your hyghnes your heyres or successours shall make take and receiue the sayde corporall othe before mentioned before the Lorde Chauncellour of England or the lord keper of the greate seale for the tyme beyng or before such persone or persons as by your hyghnes your heyres or successoures shal be named and appoynted to accepte or receaue the same And that also all and euery person and persons takyng orders and all and euery other person and persons which shal be promoted or preferred to any degree of learnynge in anye vniuersitie wtin this your realme or dominions before he shall receaue or take any such orders or be preferred to any such degree of learnyng shall make take and reseaue the sayde othe by this acte sette forthe and declared as is aforesayde before hys or theyr Ordynary Commissarye Chauncellour or vicechauncellour or theyr sufficient deputyes in the sayde vniuersitie PROVIDED alwayes that it may be further enacted by thauctoritie aforesayd that if any persō hauing any estate of inheritaūce in any temporall office or offices shall hereafter obstinately and peremptoryly refuse to accept and take the sayd othe as is aforesayd and after at any tyme duryng his lyfe shall wyllyngly requyre to take receaue the said oth and so do take accept the same othe before anye person or personnes that shall haue lawfull aucthoritie to minister the same That then euery such person immediately after he hath so receaued the same othe shal be vested iudged and demed in lyke estate and possession of the