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A56189 A plea for the Lords, and House of Peers, or, A full, necessary, seasonable enlarged vindication of the just, antient hereditary right of the earls, lords, peers, and barons of this realm to sit, vote, judge, in all the parliaments of England wherein their right of session, and sole power of judicature without the Commons as peers ... / by William Prynne. Prynne, William, 1600-1669. 1659 (1659) Wing P4035; ESTC R33925 413,000 574

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between_o bishop_n and_o spiritual_a as_o well_o as_o temporal_a person_n in_o the_o year-book_n of_o 21_o ed._n 3._o fol._n 60._o there_o be_v a_o recital_n that_o upon_o the_o complaint_n of_o the_o abbot_n of_o st._n edmond_n de_fw-fr bery_n against_o the_o bishop_n of_o norwich_n for_o infringe_v the_o liberty_n of_o the_o abbey_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o william_n the_o conqueror_n in_o a_o parliament_n hold_v under_o he_o most_o likely_a in_o this_o council_n of_o pedreda_n it_o be_v ordain_v per_fw-la le_fw-mi r●y_n et_fw-la per_fw-la larchebesque_fw-fr de_fw-fr canterbury_n et_fw-la per_fw-la tout_fw-fr les_fw-fr auter_n ebesques_n the_o
la_fw-fr terre_fw-fr countess_n et_fw-la baron_n without_o mention_v any_o commons_o that_o at_o what_o time_n soever_o hereafter_o the_o bishop_n or_o any_o of_o his_o successor_n shall_v go_v against_o the_o point_n of_o the_o foundation_n or_o exemption_n of_o the_o say_a abbey_n that_o he_o who_o shall_v be_v bishop_n for_o the_o time_n shall_v pay_v to_o the_o king_n or_o his_o heir_n thirty_o talent_n of_o gold_n the_o bishop_n of_o norwich_n in_o 21._o e._n 3._o contrary_a to_o the_o king_n prohibition_n not_o to_o enter_v the_o franchise_n nor_o entrench_v upon_o the_o privilege_n of_o the_o say_a abbey_n against_o this_o ancient_a ordinance_n visit_v in_o the_o foresay_a abbey_n and_o summon_v they_o to_o show_v the_o charter_n of_o their_o foundation_n wrongful_o and_o in_o despite_n of_o our_o lord_n the_o king_n whereupon_o the_o king_n sue_v forth_o a_o writ_n of_o contempt_n against_o the_o bishop_n to_o which_o the_o bishop_n appear_v by_o his_o attorney_n plead_v not_o guilty_a whereupon_o he_o be_v find_v guilty_a by_o inquest_n upon_o which_o it_o be_v award_v that_o his_o temporalty_n shall_v be_v seize_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o king_n by_o force_n whereof_o his_o temporalty_n be_v seize_v and_o a_o scire_fw-la facias_fw-la issue_v against_o the_o bishop_n to_o appear_v before_o the_o chancellor_n to_o show_v cause_n why_o he_o shall_v not_o likewise_o pay_v the_o thirty_o talent_n to_o the_o king_n according_a to_o this_o ordinance_n to_o which_o the_o bishop_n plead_v that_o the_o bishop_n at_o the_o time_n of_o this_o ordinance_n make_v may_v charge_v himself_o with_o these_o talent_n but_o not_o his_o successor_n in_o perpetuity_n neither_o do_v it_o appear_v that_o the_o bishop_n himself_o be_v present_a in_o parliament_n when_o this_o ordinance_n be_v make_v and_o the_o other_o bishop_n have_v no_o power_n to_o charge_v he_o or_o his_o successor_n without_o his_o consent_n but_o because_o it_o be_v do_v by_o ordinance_n make_v in_o parliament_n and_o there_o of_o record_n it_o be_v adjudge_v it_o shall_v bind_v he_o and_o his_o successor_n and_o that_o he_o shall_v pay_v the_o thirty_o talent_n of_o gold_n to_o the_o king_n and_o that_o the_o king_n himself_o shall_v set_v the_o price_n of_o they_o be_v it_o more_o or_o less_o 214._o odo_n bishop_n of_o bayon_n earl_n of_o kent_n brother_z to_z william_n the_o conqueror_n by_o his_o great_a power_n and_o favour_n about_o the_o year_n 1071._o non_fw-la modo_fw-la terras_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o libertates_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cantuariensis_n nullo_n ei_fw-la resistente_fw-la multipliciter_fw-la invaserat_fw-la oppresserat_fw-la tenebat_fw-la before_o lanfranc_n his_o investiture_n in_o this_o see_n lanfranc_n be_v make_v archbishop_n and_o inform_v of_o this_o rapine_n complain_v thereof_o to_o the_o king_n whereupon_o king_n william_n anno_fw-la 1074._o praecepit_fw-la rex_fw-la quatenus_fw-la adunatis_fw-la primoribus_fw-la &_o probis_fw-la viris_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la de_fw-fr comitatu_fw-la cantiae_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o de_fw-la aliis_fw-la comitatibus_fw-la angliae_fw-la querelae_fw-la lanfranci_n in_o medium_n ducerentur_fw-la examinarentur_fw-la determinarentur_fw-la disposito_fw-la itaque_fw-la apud_fw-la pinnedene_n principum_fw-la conbentu_fw-la galfridus_n episcopus_fw-la constantiensis_n vir_fw-la ea_fw-la tempestate_fw-la praedives_fw-la in_o anglia_fw-it vice_n regis_fw-la lanfranco_n justitiam_fw-la de_fw-la suis_fw-la querelis_fw-la strenuissimè_fw-la facere_fw-la jussus_fw-la fecit_fw-la lanfrancus_fw-la enim_fw-la valida_fw-la ratione_fw-la subnixus_fw-la exit_fw-la communi_fw-la omnium_fw-la astipulatione_fw-la et_fw-la judicio_fw-la ibi_fw-la cuncta_fw-la recuperavit_fw-la quae_fw-la ostensa_fw-la sunt_fw-la antiquitus_fw-la ad_fw-la jura_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la christi_fw-la cantuariensis_n pertinuisse_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o diversis_fw-la consuetudinibus_fw-la he_o there_o recover_v no_o less_o than_o five_o and_o twenty_o manor_n beside_o small_a farm_n and_o parcel_n of_o land_n which_o odo_n and_o other_o have_v seize_v upon_o in_o several_a county_n and_o restore_v they_o to_o the_o church_n in_o this_o assembly_n 1655._o gervasius_n doroberniensis_n write_v thus_o of_o it_o in_o congregatione_fw-la illa_fw-la famosa_n nobilium_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o seniorum_fw-la quae_fw-la ex_fw-la praecepto_fw-la regis_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la apud_fw-la pinendene_n dirationavit_fw-la lanfrancus_fw-la &_o recuperavit_fw-la terras_fw-la ablatas_fw-la libertates_fw-la &_o consuetudines_fw-la revocavit_fw-la et_fw-la sicut_fw-la rex_fw-la tenet_fw-la liberè_fw-la consuetudines_fw-la sibi_fw-la debitas_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la suis_fw-la ita_fw-la archiepiscopus_fw-la &_o ecclesia_fw-la cantuariensis_n in_fw-la omnibus_fw-la locis_fw-la tenent_fw-la homines_fw-la svas_fw-la consuetudines_fw-la terras_fw-la jura_fw-la &_o libertates_fw-la secundum_fw-la cartas_fw-la regum_fw-la the_o whole_a plea_n and_o proceed_n in_o this_o parliamentary_a assembly_n at_o pinendene_n be_v record_v in_o the_o leiger-book_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rochester_n and_o publish_v by_o mr._n selden_n ad_fw-la eadmerum_fw-la &_o notae_fw-la &_o spicilegium_fw-la p._n 197_o 198_o 199._o it_o continue_v three_o whole_a day_n the_o name_n of_o the_o bishop_n nobles_z and_o baron_n present_a at_o it_o be_v there_o record_v and_o it_o conclude_v thus_o huius_fw-la placiti_fw-la multis_fw-la testibus_fw-la multisque_fw-la rationibus_fw-la determinatum_fw-la finem_fw-la post_fw-la quam_fw-la rex_fw-la audivit_fw-la landavit_fw-la laudans_fw-la cum_fw-la consensu_fw-la omnium_fw-la principum_fw-la suorum_fw-la confirmabit_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la deinceps_fw-la incorruptus_fw-la perseveraret_fw-la firmiter_fw-la praecepit_fw-la so_o that_o the_o king_n and_o noble_n be_v the_o judge_n in_o this_o great_a plea_n and_o controversy_n and_o both_o adjudge_v and_o perpetual_o ratify_v what_o be_v therein_o adjudge_v to_o the_o church_n of_o canterbury_n both_o in_o land_n custom_n liberty_n 10._o eadmerus_n write_v that_o at_o another_o time_n odo_n by_o the_o king_n permission_n placitum_fw-la instituit_fw-la contra_fw-la saepefatam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la &_o tutorem_fw-la ejus_fw-la patrem_fw-la lanfrancum_fw-la &_o illuc_fw-la omnes_fw-la quos_fw-la peritiores_fw-la legum_fw-la &_o usuum_fw-la anglici_fw-la regni_fw-la gnarus_fw-la adduxit_fw-la cum_fw-la igitur_fw-la ad_fw-la ventilationem_fw-la causarum_fw-la ventum_fw-la esset_fw-la omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la tuendis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la causis_fw-la quaque_fw-la convenerant_fw-la in_o primo_fw-la congressu_fw-la ita_fw-la convicti_fw-la sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la eas_fw-la tuerentur_fw-la simul_fw-la amitterent_fw-la lanfranc_n be_v then_o absent_a and_o not_o use_v to_o be_v present_a at_o such_o plea_n nisi_fw-la necessitas_fw-la summa_fw-la urgeret_fw-la be_v at_o his_o study_n and_o inform_v of_o this_o evil_a success_n be_v nothing_o deject_v at_o it_o sed_fw-la dicta_fw-la adversariorum_fw-la non_fw-la rectè_fw-la processisse_fw-la asseruit_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la cuncta_fw-la in_o chrastinum_fw-la induciari_fw-la praecepit_fw-la placitum_fw-la mane_n ipsemet_fw-la hilaris_fw-la intrat_fw-la svas_fw-la itaque_fw-la causas_fw-la quodam_fw-la exordio_fw-la quasi_fw-la à_fw-la rebus_fw-la quae_fw-la tractatae_fw-la fuerant_fw-la vel_fw-la tractandae_fw-la penitus_fw-la alieno_fw-la cunctis_fw-la stupentibus_fw-la orsus_fw-la ita_fw-la processit_fw-la ut_fw-la quae_fw-la super_fw-la eum_fw-la pridie_fw-la dicta_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la sic_fw-la devinceret_fw-la &_o inania_fw-la esse_fw-la monstraret_fw-la ut_fw-la donec_fw-la vitæ_fw-la presenti_fw-la superfuit_fw-la nullus_fw-la exurgeret_fw-la qui_fw-la inde_fw-la contra_fw-la eum_fw-la os_fw-la aperiret_fw-la in_o the_o year_n 95._o 1072._o there_o fall_v out_o a_o difference_n at_o rome_n between_o the_o two_o arch-bishop_n lanfranc_n of_o canterbury_n and_o thomas_n of_o york_n about_o the_o subjection_n which_o lanfranc_n demand_v of_o this_o thomas_n and_o his_o church_n of_o york_n to_o the_o see_v of_o canterbury_n and_o pope_n alexander_n the_o xj_o quia_fw-la consuetudinibus_fw-la &_o privilegiis_fw-la ac_fw-la privatis_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la institutis_fw-la certius_fw-la quam_fw-la jure_fw-la scripto_fw-la definiri_fw-la posse_fw-la videbatur_fw-la decretum_fw-la est_fw-la à_fw-la papa_n ut_fw-la a_o rege_fw-la et_fw-la regni_fw-la proceribus_fw-la dijudicaretur_fw-la whereupon_o the_o king_n bishop_n abbot_n and_o noble_n assemble_v together_o in_o windsor_n castle_n determine_v this_o controversy_n between_o they_o against_o the_o archbishop_n of_o york_n and_o make_v a_o final_a decree_n therein_o at_o the_o feast_n of_o pentecost_n ratify_v with_o the_o subscription_n of_o the_o king_n queen_n both_o the_o arch-bishop_n all_o the_o bishop_n and_o sundry_a abbot_n record_v at_o large_a in_o william_n of_o malmesbury_n &_o antiquitates_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la brittannicae_n where_o they_o who_o please_v may_v peruse_v it_o this_o 237._o controversy_n about_o primacy_n subjection_n and_o canonical_a obedience_n be_v afterward_o renew_v and_o eager_o prosecute_v between_o anselm_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n and_o thurstan_n of_o york_n be_v again_o discuss_v and_o determine_v in_o a_o parliamentary_a council_n at_o salisbury_n by_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o the_o bishop_n abbot_n and_o noble_n of_o the_o whole_a realm_n as_o i_o have_v forme_o evidence_v p._n 165_o 166_o 167._o 92._o after_o this_o there_o arise_v the_o like_a difference_n and_o contest_v between_o archbishop_n anselm_n and_o gerard_n of_o york_n about_o his_o oath_n of_o subjection_n and_o obedience_n to_o the_o archbishop_n and_o church_n of_o canterbury_n anno_fw-la 1107._o it_o