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ab_fw-la eâ_fw-la evellat_fw-la &_o destruat_fw-la &_o penitùs_fw-la disperdat_fw-la lambard_n leg_n pag._n 142._o and_o the_o several_a branch_n afterward_o lop_v off_o from_o the_o king_n supremacy_n be_v endeavour_v to_o be_v preserve_v and_o secure_v by_o the_o law_n of_o clarendon_n the_o three_o chapter_n of_o which_o provide_v against_o the_o exemption_n of_o clerk_n from_o the_o king_n justice_n the_o eight_o against_o appeal_n to_o rome_n the_o twelve_o secure_v the_o king_n right_a and_o interest_n in_o the_o election_n of_o archbishop_n bishop_n abbot_n and_o prior_n etc._n etc._n these_o constitution_n than_o call_v the_o avitae_fw-la consuetudines_fw-la regni_fw-la archbishop_n becket_n promisit_fw-la in_o verbo_fw-la sacerdotali_fw-la de_fw-la plano_fw-la se_fw-la velle_fw-la custodire_fw-la similiter_fw-la episcopi_fw-la promiserunt_fw-la &_o juraverunt_fw-la geru._n dorob_n coll._n pag._n 1366._o this_o be_v no_o other_o than_o the_o modern_a oath_n of_o supremacy_n without_o any_o material_a difference_n the_o archbishop_n do_v not_o pretend_v that_o the_o law_n of_o clarendon_n as_o wicked_a and_o unjust_a as_o he_o may_v think_v they_o be_v any_o other_o than_o explanation_n and_o assertion_n of_o the_o ancient_a usage_n of_o the_o realm_n his_o suffragans_fw-la tell_v he_o in_o a_o letter_n
jure_fw-la coronae_fw-la as_o directus_fw-la dominus_fw-la scotiae_fw-la the_o second_o authority_n shall_v be_v that_o of_o rot_n parl._n 40_o edw._n 3._o nu_fw-la 7_o 8._o where_o it_o be_v resolve_v in_o full_a parliament_n by_o the_o praelate_n the_o earl_n and_o the_o commons_o that_o neither_o the_o king_n nor_o any_o other_o can_v put_v the_o realm_n nor_o people_n thereof_o into_o such_o subjection_n sans_o assent_n d'eux_fw-fr the_o occasion_n be_v king_n john_n have_v surrender_v his_o crown_n to_o the_o pope_n and_o receive_v it_o back_o again_o to_o hold_v it_o as_o a_o feudatary_n to_o the_o papal_a see._n and_o it_o appear_v to_o they_o by_o many_o evidence_n that_o he_o have_v do_v so_o sans_fw-fr lour_v assent_v and_o contrary_a to_o his_o coronation_n oath_n mr._n selden_n in_o his_o dissertatio_fw-la ad_fw-la fletam_fw-la pag._n 552_o 553._o give_v this_o account_n of_o it_o cum_fw-la sub_fw-la edwardo_n tertio_fw-la in_o ordinum_fw-la consessu_fw-la quaestio_fw-la 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nec_fw-la potest_fw-la hic_fw-la respondere_fw-la inconsultis_fw-la probis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la plac._n parl._n inter._n johann_n reg._n scotiae_fw-la &_o magdulph_n 21_o edw._n 1._o pag._n 157._o he_o mention_n pag._n 155._o the_o claim_n which_o our_o ancient_a king_n make_v to_o investiture_n and_o the_o interpose_v their_o authority_n even_o in_o allow_v or_o disallow_v the_o person_n of_o bishop_n and_o it_o be_v very_o true_a that_o till_o the_o beginning_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o his_o reign_n they_o not_o only_o claim_v but_o actual_o do_v invest_v bishop_n and_o archbishop_n per_fw-la traditionem_fw-la annuli_fw-la &_o baculi_fw-la and_o subject_n in_o ancient_a time_n that_o found_v church_n have_v the_o same_o right_n of_o collation_n or_o investiture_n whereby_o the_o incumbent_n receive_v full_a possession_n without_o aid_n of_o the_o bishop_n or_o other_o churchman_n vid._n selden_n be_v history_n of_o tithe_n cap._n 6._o sect_n 3._o and_o the_o king_n right_o of_o invest_v bishop_n because_o all_o bishopric_n be_v royal_a foundation_n be_v such_o as_o can_v not_o be_v part_v with_o but_o by_o act_n of_o parliament_n for_o that_o the_o king_n be_v bind_v by_o their_o coronation-oath_n as_o have_v be_v say_v jura_n regni_n servar_fw-mi illibata_fw-la nec_fw-la aliquid_fw-la quod_fw-la diadema_fw-la tangit_fw-la regni_fw-la absque_fw-la praelatorum_fw-la &_o procerum_fw-la requisito_fw-la concilio_n facere_fw-la and_o therefore_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o in_o a_o letter_n to_o pope_n paschal_n upon_o this_o subject_a of_o investiture_n which_o the_o pope_n then_o contend_v hard_a to_o gain_v from_o he_o tell_v he_o plain_o si_fw-la ego_fw-la quod_fw-la absit_fw-la in_fw-la tantâ_fw-la i_o dejectione_fw-la ponerem_fw-la viz._n as_o to_o forego_v they_o optimates_fw-la mei_fw-la imò_fw-la totius_fw-la angliae_fw-la populus_fw-la id_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la pateretur_fw-la collect_v p._n 999._o and_o therefore_o when_o afterward_o they_o be_v give_v up_o it_o be_v do_v in_o parliament_n postmodum_fw-la kalend._n augusti_fw-la clero_fw-la &_o populo_fw-la ad_fw-la concilium_fw-la londoniae_n congregato_fw-la adstantibus_fw-la archiepiscopis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la caeterâque_fw-la multitudine_fw-la maximâ_fw-la procerum_fw-la &_o magnatum_fw-la statuit_fw-la rex_fw-la &_o concessit_fw-la ut_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la tempore_fw-la in_o anteà _fw-la nullus_fw-la electus_fw-la per_fw-la dationem_fw-la baculi_fw-la pastoralis_fw-la vel_fw-la annuli_fw-la de_fw-la episcopatu_fw-la vel_fw-la abbathiâ_fw-la investiretur_fw-la per_fw-la regem_fw-la vel_fw-la quamcunque_fw-la aliam_fw-la persenam_fw-la saecularem_fw-la collect._n pag._n 1000_o and_o for_o the_o king_n be_v interpose_v his_o authority_n in_o allow_v or_o disallow_v the_o person_n of_o bishop_n before_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n william_n the_o first_o nulla_fw-la erat_fw-la electio_fw-la prelatorum_fw-la merè_fw-la libera_n &_o canonica_n sed_fw-la omnes_fw-la dignitates_fw-la tam_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la quà m_fw-la abbatum_fw-la regis_fw-la curia_fw-la pro_fw-la suâ_fw-la complacentia_fw-la conferebat_fw-la ingulphus_n pag._n 509._o and_o in_o king_n william_n the_o conqueror_n time_n lanfrank_n be_v choose_v archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n consensu_fw-la &_o consilio_fw-la omnium_fw-la baronum_fw-la suorum_fw-la omniumque_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la &_o abbatum_fw-la totiusque_fw-la populi_fw-la angliae_fw-la brev._n relat._n de_fw-fr will._n com._n normann_n auth._n anonym_n eligentibus_fw-la eum_fw-la senioribus_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cum_fw-la episcopis_fw-la &_o principibus_fw-la clero_fw-la &_o populo_fw-la angliae_fw-la in_fw-la curiâ_fw-la regis_fw-la in_o assumptione_n sanctae_fw-la mariae_fw-la gervas_n dorob_fw-la col._n pag._n 1653._o in_o the_o reign_n of_o his_o successor_n king_n william_n rufus_n anselm_n be_v choose_v in_o like_a manner_n vid._n eadmer_n lib._n 1._o and_o in_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o be_v time_n radulphus_fw-la who_o succeed_v anselm_n be_v choose_v archbishop_n at_o windsor_n whither_o rex_fw-la instinctu_fw-la dei_fw-la permotus_fw-la episcopos_fw-la &_o principes_fw-la angliae_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la fecit_fw-la venire_fw-la corum_fw-la consilium_fw-la in_o constituendo_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la cantuariensi_fw-la volens_fw-la habere_fw-la vid._n eadmer_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 109_o 110._o many_o example_n occur_v of_o other_o bishop_n and_o abbot_n elect_v either_o in_o parliament_n or_o which_o be_v all_o one_o in_o ecclesiastical_a assembly_n consist_v of_o the_o same_o member_n that_o parliament_n of_o those_o time_n be_v compose_v of_o betwixt_o the_o conquest_n and_o king_n john_n time_n vid._n spelm._n council_n tome_n 2._o pag._n 39_o ibid._n pag._n 119._o but_o election_n be_v not_o uniform_a in_o those_o day_n the_o clergy_n struggle_v hard_a to_o gain_v they_o whole_o to_o themselves_o and_o the_o kingdom_n be_v sometime_o disquiet_v about_o the_o 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d'eslire_fw-la be_v to_o issue_n and_o electi_fw-la post_fw-la electionem_fw-la celebratà m_fw-la debebant_fw-la domino_fw-la regi_fw-la praesentari_fw-la &_o post_fw-la confirmationem_fw-la ante_fw-la administrationem_fw-la in_o spiritualibus_fw-la vel_fw-la temporalibus_fw-la faciendam_fw-la ei_fw-la juramentum_fw-la fidelitatis_fw-la praestare_fw-la matth._n paris_n pag._n 635._o and_o so_o the_o right_o continue_v till_o king_n henry_n the_o eighth_n time_n that_o it_o be_v alter_v by_o parliament_n hence_o it_o appear_v that_o our_o king_n have_v no_o personal_a inherent_a right_n and_o prerogative_n in_o these_o election_n since_o all_o be_v of_o old_a to_o be_v make_v in_o parliament_n and_o since_o the_o several_a legal_a alteration_n that_o have_v be_v make_v therein_o have_v be_v make_v in_o and_o by_o parliament_n nor_o be_v it_o to_o be_v wonder_v that_o
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 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have_v do_v notwithstanding_o his_o new_o restore_v supremacy_n sir_n roger_n 16_o particular_a be_v that_o our_o king_n place_v by_o a_o lay_v hand_n clerk_n in_o prebendary_a or_o parochial_a church_n ordinariis_fw-la penitus_fw-la irrequisitis_fw-la but_o if_o he_o have_v consider_v that_o original_o all_o church_n living_n in_o england_n be_v donative_n and_o that_o presentation_n to_o ordinary_n admission_n institution_n and_o induction_n thereupon_o obtain_v in_o england_n in_o compliance_n with_o the_o canon_n many_o year_n after_o the_o conquest_n he_o will_v not_o have_v mention_v that_o as_o a_o special_a prerogative_n in_o the_o king_n which_o be_v but_o common_a to_o he_o with_o all_o his_o subject_n that_o have_v be_v founder_n and_o be_v patron_n of_o benefice_n mr_n selden_n tell_v we_o in_o his_o history_n of_o tithe_n cap._n 12._o sect_n 5._o that_o it_o be_v not_o till_o about_o the_o year_n mcc_n that_o the_o decretal_n and_o the_o increase_v authority_n of_o the_o canon_n have_v settle_v the_o universal_a course_n here_o of_o fill_v church_n by_o presentation_n to_o the_o bishop_n archdeacon_n vicar_n of_o the_o bishop_n or_o guardian_n of_o the_o spiritualty_n and_o that_o then_o the_o use_n of_o investiture_n of_o church_n and_o tithe_n several_o or_o together_o practise_v by_o layman_n be_v leave_v off_o and_o a_o division_n of_o secular_a and_o ecclesiastical_a right_n from_o thence_o be_v continue_v in_o practice_n and_o in_o the_o same_o section_n pag._n 392._o he_o say_v that_o whilst_o the_o use_n of_o lay-investitures_a be_v in_o be_v all_o church_n so_o give_v be_v proper_o donative_n for_o further_a satisfaction_n as_o to_o that_o particular_a i_o refer_v to_o he_o sir_n roger_n seventeen_o particular_a be_v that_o our_o king_n prohibit_v the_o laity_n from_o yield_a obedience_n or_o answer_v by_o oath_n to_o their_o ecclesiastical_a superior_a inquire_v the_o peccatis_fw-la subditorum_fw-la this_o take_v out_o of_o the_o additament_n to_o matth._n paris_n pag._n 200._o num_fw-la 9_o from_o whence_o sir_n roger_n quote_v it_o item_n cum_fw-la praelati_fw-la ecclesiastici_fw-la inquirere_fw-la volunt_fw-la de_fw-la peccatis_fw-la subditorum_fw-la prohibentur_fw-la laici_fw-la ne_fw-la de_fw-la veritate_fw-la dicendâ_fw-la aut_fw-la de_fw-la credulitate_fw-la aliquod_fw-la juramentum_fw-la exponant_fw-la aut_fw-la praelatis_fw-la super_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la obediant_fw-la propter_fw-la quod_fw-la multorum_fw-la excessus_fw-la &_o peccata_fw-la mortalia_fw-la incorrecta_fw-la &_o impunita_fw-la relinquuntur_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la praestatur_fw-la audacia_fw-la delinquendi_fw-la &_o peccandi_fw-la facultas_fw-la now_o this_o be_v no_o other_o then_o protect_v the_o laity_n from_o be_v impose_v upon_o by_o the_o oath_n ex_fw-la officio_fw-la and_o innumerable_a authority_n may_v be_v cite_v to_o prove_v that_o no_o kind_n nor_o form_n of_o oath_n can_v be_v make_v or_o impose_v on_o the_o king_n subject_n nor_o prescribe_v to_o they_o in_o any_o new_a case_n but_o by_o act_n of_o parliament_n only_o and_o that_o no_o bishop_n or_o subject_n whatsoever_o have_v any_o power_n to_o make_v or_o enjoin_v any_o new_a oath_n or_o form_n of_o oath_n nor_o any_o authority_n to_o administer_v a_o oath_n to_o any_o man_n without_o some_o legal_a commission_n from_o the_o king_n under_o the_o great_a seal_n or_o some_o act_n of_o parliament_n especial_o authorise_v he_o to_o give_v or_o take_v a_o oath_n unless_o in_o court_n of_o record_n or_o other_o court_n who_o have_v authority_n to_o administer_v oath_n by_o prescription_n but_o anno_fw-la dom._n 1237._o otho_n the_o pope_n legate_n in_o a_o council_n at_o london_n make_v this_o constitution_n touch_v oath_n in_o spiritual_a cause_n in_o ecclesiastical_a court_n till_o that_o time_n not_o know_v nor_o use_v in_o england_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o word_n of_o the_o constitution_n jusjurandum_fw-la calumniae_fw-la in_o causis_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la quibuslibet_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr veritate_fw-la dicenda_fw-la in_o spiritualibus_fw-la quoque_fw-la ut_fw-la veritas_fw-la aperiatur_fw-la facilius_fw-la &_o causae_fw-la celerius_fw-la terminentur_fw-la statuimus_fw-la de_fw-la caetero_fw-la praestari_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la angliae_fw-la secundum_fw-la canonicas_fw-la &_o legitimas_fw-la sanctiones_fw-la obtentâ_fw-la in_o contrarium_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la non_fw-la obstante_fw-la vid._n matth._n paris_n 454._o a_o clear_a resolution_n that_o till_o that_o time_n the_o custom_n of_o england_n and_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n be_v to_o the_o contrary_a and_o that_o they_o can_v not_o enforce_v any_o man_n to_o his_o oath_n in_o such_o case_n after_o which_o grosthead_n bishop_n of_o lincoln_n anno_fw-la 1246._o upon_o the_o suggestion_n of_o the_o friar_n predicant_n and_o minorite_n rage_v more_o than_o be_v meet_v or_o expedient_a they_o be_v the_o word_n of_o matthew_n paris_n against_o those_o of_o his_o diocese_n make_v strict_a inquisition_n in_o his_o bishopric_n by_o his_o archdeacon_n and_o dean_n concern_v the_o chastity_n and_o manner_n as_o well_o of_o noble_a as_o ignoble_a upon_o oath_n to_o the_o enormous_a hurt_n and_o scandal_n of_o the_o reputation_n of_o many_o quod_fw-la nunquam_fw-la antea_fw-la fieri_fw-la consueverat_fw-la the_o king_n hear_v the_o grievous_a complaint_n of_o his_o people_n consilio_fw-la curiae_fw-la suae_fw-la scripsit_fw-la vicecomiti_fw-la hertfordiae_fw-la in_o haec_fw-la verba_fw-la henricus_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_n rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la etc._n etc._n praecipimus_fw-la tibi_fw-la quod_fw-la sicut_fw-la teipsum_fw-la &_o omne_fw-la tua_fw-la diligis_fw-la non_fw-la permittas_fw-la quod_fw-la aliqui_fw-la laici_fw-la de_fw-la balliuâ_fw-la tuâ_fw-la ad_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la episcopi_fw-la lincolniensis_fw-la achidiaconorum_fw-la vel_fw-la officialium_fw-la seu_fw-la decanorum_n ruralium_fw-la in_fw-la aliquo_fw-la loco_fw-la conveniant_fw-la de_fw-la caetero_fw-la ad_fw-la cognitiones_fw-la per_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la eorum_fw-la vel_fw-la attestationes_fw-la aliquas_fw-la faciendas_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o causis_fw-la matrimonialibus_fw-la &_o testamentariis_fw-la matth._n par._n p._n 716._o and_o the_o very_a next_o year_n follow_v in_o pursuance_n hereof_o the_o king_n by_o parliament_n enact_v and_o command_v that_o if_o any_o layman_n be_v convent_v before_o any_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n for_o breach_n of_o faith_n and_o perjury_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v prohibit_v by_o the_o king_n and_o that_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n shall_v be_v prohibit_v to_o hold_v plea_n for_o all_o cause_n against_o layman_n unless_o they_o be_v of_o matrimony_n and_o testament_n all_o which_o matth._n paris_n precise_o relate_v pag._n 727._o which_o prohibition_n and_o statute_n nullify_v the_o constitution_n of_o otho_n and_o put_v a_o stop_n to_o this_o his_o innovation_n but_o yet_o about_o nine_o year_n after_o boniface_n archbishop_n 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