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statuta_fw-la haec_fw-la tanta_fw-la solemnitate_fw-la &_o prudentia_fw-la edita_fw-la efficaciae_fw-la tantae_fw-la quantae_fw-la conditorum_fw-la cupiebat_fw-la intentio_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la contingant_fw-la concito_fw-la reformari_fw-la ipsa_fw-la possunt_fw-la &_o non_fw-la sine_fw-la communitatis_fw-la &_o procerum_fw-la regni_fw-la illius_fw-la assensu_fw-la quali_fw-la ipsa_fw-la primitùs_fw-la emanarunt_fw-la a_o power_n in_o the_o prince_n to_o suspend_v law_n
whereas_o subject_n may_v collate_v in_o those_o day_n church_n of_o their_o own_o foundation_n to_o any_o clerk_n in_o order_n and_o give_v he_o the_o investiture_n even_o without_o so_o much_o as_o a_o presentation_n to_o the_o bishop_n yet_o our_o ancient_a king_n collate_v bishopric_n no_o otherwise_o than_o in_o curia_fw-la suâ_fw-la for_o though_o bishopric_n be_v royal_a foundation_n yet_o they_o be_v found_v by_o act_n of_o parliament_n as_o will_v appear_v by_o and_o by_o and_o one_o great_a reason_n why_o our_o king_n at_o least_o in_o those_o day_n can_v not_o erect_a bishopric_n and_o endow_v they_o otherwise_o be_v because_o they_o can_v not_o in_o those_o day_n alien_a their_o crown_n land_n without_o the_o assent_n of_o their_o baron_n non_fw-la poterat_fw-la rex_fw-la distrahere_fw-la patrimonium_fw-la regni_fw-la and_o though_o king_n john_n tell_v pandulphus_fw-la the_o legate_n omnes_fw-la praedecessores_fw-la mei_fw-la contulerunt_fw-la archiepiscopatus_n episcopatus_fw-la &_o abbathias_n in_o thalamis_fw-la suis_fw-la monast_n burton_n pag._n 264._o that_o must_v be_v understand_v to_o have_v be_v do_v since_o the_o norman_a conquest_n only_o though_o the_o contrary_n be_v frequent_o practise_v even_o in_o those_o day_n and_o especial_o since_o the_o constitution_n of_o clarendon_n for_o the_o instance_n that_o he_o there_o give_v of_o wolstan_n be_v make_v bishop_n of_o worcester_n in_o king_n edward_n the_o confessor_n his_o time_n be_v far_o from_o a_o collation_n in_o thalamo_fw-la if_o we_o believe_v himself_o when_o he_o resign_v his_o pastoral_a staff_n at_o the_o confessor_n tomb_n there_o concur_v electio_fw-la plebis_fw-la petitio_fw-la voluntas_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la &_o gratia_n procerum_fw-la a_o full_a parliament_n as_o well_o as_o the_o authoritas_fw-la &_o voluntas_fw-la of_o the_o king_n himself_o matth._n paris_n pag._n 20_o 21._o as_o for_o our_o king_n seize_v the_o temporalty_n of_o bishop_n into_o their_o hand_n 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the_o same_o tenure_n be_v equal_o liable_a to_o the_o course_n and_o rigour_n of_o the_o law._n what_o use_v this_o be_v of_o to_o the_o doctor_n for_o the_o set_n up_o some_o notional_a supremacy_n lodge_v in_o the_o king_n personal_o i_o know_v not_o as_o yet_o irregularity_n and_o oppression_n may_v well_o be_v use_v upon_o such_o occasion_n and_o seizure_v make_v when_o there_o be_v no_o cause_n but_o the_o statute_n of_o the_o fourteen_o of_o edward_n the_o three_o cap._n 6._o aforemention_v be_v provide_v to_o prevent_v such_o mischief_n for_o the_o future_a but_o the_o doctor_n be_v very_o ill_o advise_v in_o quote_v pag._n 155._o to_o clear_v the_o point_n the_o statute_n of_o provision_n for_o those_o statute_n which_o every_o body_n know_v and_o the_o doctor_n will_v not_o deny_v to_o be_v only_o new_a bulwark_n to_o secure_v old_a right_n be_v yet_o such_o as_o the_o king_n can_v never_o dispense_v with_o but_o when_o the_o circumstance_n of_o his_o affair_n be_v such_o that_o to_o gratify_v the_o pope_n and_o tie_v he_o to_o his_o interest_n he_o find_v it_o convenient_a to_o have_v some_o relaxation_n make_v of_o those_o law_n than_o be_v parliament_n call_v and_o at_o their_o first_o meeting_n one_o cause_n of_o their_o convention_n declare_v to_o be_v to_o provide_v remedy_n touch_v the_o statute_n of_o provision_n for_o eschew_v debate_n between_o the_o pope_n and_o the_o king_n and_o his_o realm_n and_o then_o we_o find_v leave_v give_v to_o the_o king_n from_o time_n to_o time_n to_o dispense_v with_o those_o law_n and_o that_o but_o for_o a_o time_n and_o this_o declare_v to_o be_v a_o novelty_n vid._n cotton_n abridgement_n pag._n 341._o 346._o annis_n 15._o &_o 16._o rich._n 2._o and_o the_o complaint_n of_o the_o english_a nation_n in_o matth._n paris_n against_o the_o pope_n provision_n be_v ground_v upon_o this_o viz._n that_o patroni_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la ad_fw-la eas_fw-la cum_fw-la vacaverint_fw-la clericos_fw-la idoneos_fw-la praesentare_fw-la non_fw-la poterant_fw-la sed_fw-la conferebantur_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la romanis_n qui_fw-la penitùs_fw-la idioma_fw-la regni_fw-la ignorabant_fw-la &_o pecuniam_fw-la extra_fw-la regnum_fw-la asportabant_fw-la these_o oppression_n fall_v chief_o upon_o the_o clergy_n as_o appear_v by_o most_o of_o the_o law_n against_o provision_n of_o which_o hereafter_o for_o the_o pope_n assume_v a_o great_a power_n over_o they_o and_o church_n of_o which_o they_o be_v patron_n than_o he_o can_v pretend_v to_o over_o the_o laity_n and_o they_o sometime_o comply_v with_o his_o provision_n and_o submit_v to_o collate_n italian_n and_o foreigner_n as_o at_o other_o time_n they_o do_v to_o heavy_a exaction_n insomuch_o that_o in_o the_o year_n 1240._o misit_fw-la dominus_fw-la papa_n praecepta_fw-la sva_fw-la domino_fw-la cantuariensi_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la edmundo_n &_o sarisberiensi_fw-la &_o lincolniensi_fw-la episcopis_fw-la ut_fw-la trecentis_fw-la romanis_n in_fw-la 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out_o of_o parliament_n endow_v bishopric_n because_o they_o can_v not_o distrahere_fw-la patrimonium_fw-la regni_fw-la and_o a_o further_a consideration_n to_o this_o purpose_n may_v be_v draw_v from_o the_o exemption_n which_o the_o possession_n of_o the_o church_n enjoy_v from_o all_o secular_a service_n except_o the_o trinoda_fw-it necessitas_fw-la which_o exemption_n be_v all_o grant_v by_o charter_n assent_v to_o in_o parliament_n as_o appear_v undeniable_o by_o the_o several_a charter_n grant_v in_o divers_a king_n reign_v successive_o to_o the_o abbey_n of_o crowland_n all_o insert_v in_o haec_fw-la verba_fw-la into_o ingulphus_n his_o history_n of_o that_o monastery_n and_o by_o the_o monasticon_fw-la in_o which_o it_o appear_v further_o that_o all_o exemption_n from_o episcopal_a jurisdiction_n except_o of_o the_o king_n be_v free_a chapel_n which_o be_v of_o his_o own_o foundation_n be_v grant_v in_o parliament_n i_o mean_v all_o such_o exemption_n grant_v by_o our_o king_n for_o the_o pope_n use_v to_o grant_v exemption_n by_o bull_n and_o those_o papal_a exemption_n be_v confirm_v by_o parliament_n temp_n henr._n 8._o king_n william_n the_o conqueror_n found_v battle-abby_n in_o sussex_n in_o the_o place_n where_o he_o overcome_v harald_n and_o exempt_v it_o from_o episcopal_a jurisdiction_n but_o whether_o he_o do_v it_o in_o parliament_n or_o not_o let_v the_o charter_n itself_o testify_v viz._n willielmus_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_n rex_fw-la anglorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n notum_fw-la sit_fw-la vobis_fw-la i_o concessisse_fw-la &_o confirmasse_fw-la cum_fw-la assensu_fw-la lanfranci_n archiepiscopi_fw-la cantuariensis_n &_o stigandi_fw-la episcopi_fw-la cicestrensis_fw-la &_o consilio_fw-la etiam_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la &_o baronum_fw-la meorum_fw-la ut_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la sancti_fw-la martini_n de_fw-la bello_fw-la quam_fw-la fundavi_fw-la ex_fw-la voto_fw-la ob_fw-la victoriam_fw-la quam_fw-la mihi_fw-la deus_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la loco_fw-la concessit_fw-la libera_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o quieta_fw-la in_o perpetuum_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la servitute_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la humana_fw-la mens_fw-la excogitare_fw-la potest_fw-la etc._n etc._n nec_fw-la liceat_fw-la episcopo_fw-la cicestrensi_fw-la quamvis_fw-la in_o illius_fw-la dioecesi_fw-la sit_fw-la in_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la illa_fw-la vel_fw-la maneriis_fw-la ad_fw-la illam_fw-la pertinentibus_fw-la ex_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la hospitari_fw-la contra_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la abbatis_fw-la nec_fw-la ordinationes_fw-la aliquas_fw-la facere_fw-la ibidem_fw-la nec_fw-la abbatiam_fw-la in_o aliquo_fw-la gravare_fw-la sed_fw-la neque_fw-la super_fw-la illam_fw-la dominationem_fw-la aliquam_fw-la aut_fw-la vim_o aut_fw-la potestatem_fw-la exerceat_fw-la sed_fw-la sicut_fw-la mea_fw-la dominica_n capella_n libera_fw-la sit_fw-la omnino_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la ejus_fw-la exactione_n etc._n etc._n hoc_fw-la etiam_fw-la regali_fw-la authoritate_fw-la &_o episcopolum_fw-la &_o baronum_fw-la meorum_fw-la attestatione_n constituo_fw-la quatenus_fw-la abbas_n ecclesiae_fw-la suae_fw-la &_o leugae_fw-la circumjacentis_fw-la per_fw-la omne_fw-la judex_n sit_fw-la &_o dominus_fw-la the_o fourteen_o particular_a be_v that_o our_o king_n have_v by_o their_o writ_n command_v bishop_n to_o keep_v resident_a which_o consider_v that_o it_o be_v their_o duty_n incumbent_a on_o they_o by_o law_n what_o great_a power_n do_v it_o argue_v in_o the_o king_n to_o command_v his_o subject_n to_o do_v what_o the_o law_n enjoin_v they_o the_o sixteenth_o be_v that_o they_o have_v command_v their_o bishop_n by_o reason_n of_o schism_n or_o vacancy_n in_o the_o popedom_n etc._n etc._n not_o to_o seek_v confirmation_n from_o rome_n but_o the_o metropolitan_o to_o be_v charge_v by_o the_o king_n be_v write_v to_o bestow_v it_o on_o the_o elect_v for_o this_o sir_n roger_n quote_v rot._n parl._n 16._o mart._n 3_o hen._n 5._o nu_fw-la 11._o anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 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