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and_o reader_n under_o that_o conuâ—…_n from_o the_o practice_n of_o former_a convocation_n may_v be_v allow_v to_o wonder_v upon_o what_o model_n some_o late_a proceed_n and_o principle_n be_v form_v and_o to_o reâ—…_n serious_o upon_o the_o design_n or_o at_o least_o the_o naturâ—…_n trndency_n of_o they_o the_o archbishop_n parker_n whâ—…gift_n laud_n juxon_n and_o sheldon_n under_o who_o the_o five_o convocation_n be_v hold_v be_v name_n distinguish_v in_o this_o church_n by_o a_o eminent_a zeal_n in_o maintain_v its_o constitution_n and_o the_o right_n of_o the_o clergy_n and_o now_o the_o proceed_n of_o the_o last_o convocation_n be_v make_v public_a let_v every_o man_n be_v his_o own_o judge_n whether_o our_o present_a metropolitan_a and_o bishop_n have_v not_o act_v by_o the_o self_n same_o rule_n and_o he_o will_v then_o see_v what_o spirit_n have_v govern_v those_o man_n who_o from_o thence_o have_v take_v occasion_n to_o inveigh_v so_o free_o against_o their_o lordship_n as_o endeavour_v to_o overthrow_n the_o right_n of_o the_o church_n and_o clergy_n that_o part_n of_o the_o controversy_n which_o relate_v to_o the_o proceed_n of_o convocation_n when_o meet_v begin_v not_o before_o the_o open_v of_o the_o last_o in_o 1700._o the_o nation_n have_v be_v industrious_o prepossess_v with_o false_a notion_n of_o the_o constitution_n and_o proceed_n of_o a_o english_a synod_n but_o the_o alteration_n of_o opinion_n about_o the_o right_n of_o continue_v upon_o a_o plain_a state_n thereof_o from_o the_o register_n be_v evident_a enough_o and_o show_v that_o the_o generality_n both_o of_o clergy_n and_o laiety_n be_v dispose_v to_o make_v as_o impartial_a a_o judgement_n upon_o all_o other_o head_n when_o the_o practice_n of_o former_a time_n shall_v be_v clear_o lay_v before_o they_o for_o the_o information_n of_o such_o five_o journal_o be_v here_o publish_v entire_a and_o the_o form_n and_o proceed_n of_o a_o english_a convocation_n particular_o defcribe_v not_o only_o upon_o the_o authority_n but_o in_o the_o very_a word_n of_o all_o the_o remain_a acts._n i_o pray_v god_n they_o may_v in_o any_o measure_n tend_v to_o the_o removal_n of_o our_o unhappy_a difference_n and_o the_o future_a preservation_n of_o peace_n and_o unity_n in_o the_o synod_n of_o our_o church_n a_o catalogue_n of_o the_o remain_v act_n and_o register_n of_o convocation_n from_o whence_o the_o follow_v history_n be_v draw_v the_o year_n in_o which_o they_o be_v hold_v the_o day_n on_o which_o they_o be_v open_v the_o register_n wherein_o the_o act_n be_v enter_v 1356_o may_n 16._o islip_n fol._n 117._o a._n 1369_o jan._n 21._o wyttlesey_n f._n 17._o b._n 1371_o apr._n 24._o wyttlesey_n f._n 40._o 1373_o dec._n 1._o wyttlesey_n f._n 63._o 1376_o febr._n 3._o sudbury_n f._n 33._o b._n 1377_o nou._n 8._o sudbury_n f_z 44._o a._n 1379_o may_n 9_o sudbury_n f._n 55._o a._n 1380_o dec._n 1._o sudbury_n f._n 72._o a._n 1383_o dec._n 2._o courtney_n f._n 78._o a._n 1384_o may_n 20._o courtney_n f._n 79._o a._n 1384_o dec._n 1._o courtney_n f._n 79._o b._n 1385_o nou._n 6._o courtney_n f._n 83._o b._n 1386_o nou._n 5._o courtney_n f._n 84._o b._n 1387_o febr._n 26._o courtney_n f._n 73._o a._n 1388_o oct._n 12._o courtney_n f._n 74._o a._n 1391_o apr._n 17._o courtney_n f._n 75._o a._n 1396_o febr._n 19_o arundel_n f._n 44_o a._n 1394_o febr._n 5._o reg._n 4._o epp._n f._n 195._o b._n 1399_o oct._n 6._o arundel_n f._n 51._o a._n 1400_o jan._n 26_o arundel_n vol._n 2_o f._n 1._o b._n 1402_o oct._n 21_o arundel_n vol._n 1._o 54._o a._n 1404_o apr._n 21._o arundel_n 57_o a._n 1404_o nou._n 24._o arundel_n f._n 62._o b._n 1406_o may_n 10._o arundel_n 65._o a._n 1408_o jul._n 23._o arundel_n f._n 71._o a._n 1408_o jan._n 14._o arundel_n vol._n 2._o f._n 7._o b._n 1409_o febr._n 17._o arundel_n f._n 15._o a._n 1411_o dec._n 1._o arundel_n f._n 22._o a._n 1412_o mar._n 6._o arundel_n f._n 4._o b._n 1415_o nou._n 18._o chichley_n vol._n 2._o fol._n 1._o a._n 1416_o apr._n 1._o chichley_n 3._o a._n 1416_o nou._n 9_o chichley_n 6._o a._n 1417_o nou._n 29._o chichley_n f._n 10._o a._n 1419_o oct._n 30._o chichley_n f._n 17._o a._n 1421_o may_n 5_o chichley_n f._n 23._o b._n 1422_o jul._n 6._o chichley_n f._n 30._o b._n 1424_o oct._n 12._o chichley_n f._n 33._o b._n 1425_o apr._n 23._o chichley_n f._n 40._o a._n 1426_o apr._n 15._o chichley_n f._n 65._o a._n 1428_o jul._n 5._o chichley_n f._n 69._o a._n 1429_o oct._n 19_o chichley_n f._n 77._o b._n 1430_o febr._n 19_o chichley_n f._n 81_o a._n 1432_o sept._n 15._o chichley_n f._n 86._o b._n 1433_o nou._n 7_o chichley_n f._n 93._o a._n 1434_o oct._n 7._o chichley_n f._n 99_o a._n 1437_o apr._n 29._o chichley_n f._n 101._o a._n 1438_o apr._n 28._o chichley_n f._n 103._o a._n 1439_o nou._n 21._o chichley_n f._n 109._o b._n 1444_o oct._n 19_o arundel_n vol._n 2._o f._n 28._o a._n 1452_o febr._n 7._o kemp._n f._n 219._o a._n 1460_o may_n 6._o bourchier_n f._n 12._o a._n 1463_o jul._n 6._o bourchier_n f._n 18._o a._n 1480_o mar._n 21._o bourchier_n f._n 26._o a._n 1486_o febr._n 13._o morton_n f._n 33._o a._n 1488_o jan._n 14._o morton_n f._n 41._o a._n ¶_o thus_o far_o the_o act_n be_v distinct_o enter_v in_o the_o register_n of_o the_o archbishop_n but_o about_o this_o time_n they_o begin_v to_o have_v separate_a book_n for_o the_o affair_n of_o convocation_n 1529_o nou._n 5._o large_a extracts_n out_o of_o the_o upper-housebooks_a except_o those_o of_o 1553._o and_o 1554._o which_o be_v take_v from_o journal_o of_o the_o lower-house_n 1532_o nou._n 5._o 1536_o jun._n 9_o 1541_o jan._n 30._o 1547_o nou._n 5._o 1553_o oct._n 6._o 1554_o apr._n 3_o 1554_o nou._n 13._o 1555_o oct._n 22._o 1555_o dec._n 10._o 1557_o jan._n 1._o 1558_o jan._n 24._o 1562_o jan._n 21._o the_o register_n of_o the_o upper-house_n entire_a 1584._o nou._n 24._o index_n of_o the_o upper-house_n register_n 1586_o oct._n 16._o two_o journal_o of_o the_o lower-house_n in_o the_o registry_n at_o doctors-common_n 1588._o nou._n 13._o 1586_o oct._n 16._o index_n of_o the_o upper-house_n register_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o dr._n atterbury_n 1588._o nou._n 13._o 1592._o febr._n 20._o 1601_o oct._n 18._o 1603_o mar._n 20._o 1605_o nou._n 6._o 1606_o nou._n 19_o 1614_o apr._n 6._o 1620_o  _fw-fr 1623._o febr._fw-la 13._o 1625_o may_n 18._o 1625_o febr._n 7._o 1627._o mar._n 18._o 1640_o 1_o conu._n apr._n 14._o entire_a register_n of_o the_o upper-house_n and_o minute_n of_o the_o low_a in_o the_o office_n at_o doctor_n commons_o 2_o conu._n nou._n 4._o 1661._o etc._n etc._n may_v 16._o the_o original_a register_n of_o the_o upper-house_n and_o minute_n of_o the_o low_a at_o doctor_n commons_o 1689_o nou._n 6._o the_o original_a register_n of_o the_o upper-house_n at_o doctor_n commons_o the_o content_n introduction_n the_o occasion_n and_o design_n of_o this_o book_n 1_o the_o late_a principle_n about_o a_o parliamentary_a alliance_n 2_o the_o ill_a consequence_n thereof_o to_o episcopacy_n 3_o the_o beginning_n of_o these_o innovation_n in_o the_o convocation_n of_o 1689._o 5_o the_o tendency_n of_o such_o proceed_n to_o a_o coordinate_a power_n of_o presbyter_n 7_o some_o new_a claim_n of_o the_o last_o lower-house_n 8_o the_o design_n of_o this_o book_n to_o settle_v all_o proceed_n upon_o the_o custom_n of_o convocation_n 9_o all_o proof_n from_o the_o word_n of_o the_o register_n 11_o the_o necessity_n of_o cite_v authority_n at_o large_a ibid._n the_o necessity_n of_o such_o a_o work_n at_o this_o juncture_n to_o maintain_v the_o honour_n of_o our_o reform_a church_n 12_o chap._n i._n the_o method_n of_o summon_v a_o english-convocation_n 15_o the_o writ_n to_o the_o archbishop_n ibid._n the_o warrant_n to_o the_o lord_n chancellor_n of_o another_o nature_n 17_o the_o return_v immediate_o and_o ultimate_o to_o the_o
before_o the_o act_n of_o submission_n 288_o the_o notion_n of_o a_o civil_a summons_n a_o argument_n for_o the_o papist_n against_o our_o reformation_n 289_o the_o intent_n of_o the_o statute_n no_o more_o than_o to_o restrain_v the_o archbishop_n from_o exert_v his_o authority_n without_o the_o royal-license_n 290_o the_o word_n authority_n in_o the_o statute_n imply_v a_o leave_n or_o licence_n 291_o the_o archbishops_n summons_n authoritative_a from_o the_o style_n of_o the_o mandate_n and_o return_n 292_o the_o case_n of_o the_o convocation_n be_v dissolve_v by_o the_o death_n of_o the_o prince_n 295_o a_o dissolution_n by_o the_o king_n death_n no_o prejudice_n to_o the_o archiepiscopal_a authority_n as_o give_v subsistence_n to_o a_o convocation_n 296_o the_o archiepiscopal_a authority_n recognise_v in_o the_o dean_n of_o the_o province_n certificatorium_fw-la set_v down_o at_o large_a 297_o v._o observation_n upon_o the_o table_n of_o fee_n and_o the_o catalogue_n of_o member_n prefix_v to_o the_o register_n of_o convocation_n 301_o inference_n from_o the_o table_n of_o fee_n 1._o that_o the_o officer_n of_o convocation_n be_v under_o the_o immediate_a jurisdiction_n of_o the_o archbish_n 303_o 2._o that_o the_o admission_n of_o proxy_n of_o the_o lower-clergy_n belong_v to_o his_o grace_n ibid._n 3._o that_o none_o can_v make_v proxy_n but_o who_o be_v personal_o cite_v ibid._n catalogue_n of_o convocation-member_n and_o inference_n from_o they_o 304_o 1._o that_o the_o entry_n of_o the_o lower-clergy_n in_o the_o upper-house-book_n show_v the_o convocation_n to_o be_v one_o body_n under_o one_o common_a head_n 304_o 2._o that_o the_o lower-house_n be_v include_v in_o the_o clause_n convocatio_fw-la prael_n &_o cleri_fw-la in_o continuation_n ibid._n 3._o that_o the_o member_n of_o both_o house_n in_o the_o convocation_n of_o 1640_o and_o 1661._o be_v eminent_a assertor_n of_o the_o right_n and_o liberty_n of_o the_o church_n ibid._n 4._o that_o therefore_o our_o present_a prelate_n in_o convocation_n have_v be_v unjust_o traduce_v for_o proceed_v by_o the_o same_o rule_n 306_o the_o constitution_n and_o proceed_n of_o a_o english_a convocation_n etc._n etc._n introduction_n the_o occasion_n and_o design_n of_o the_o follow_a discourse_n among_o the_o pretence_n that_o have_v be_v frame_v of_o late_a to_o gain_v the_o clergy_n in_o convocation_n some_o new_a exemption_n from_o their_o metropolitan_a and_o bishop_n no_o one_o have_v be_v insist_v on_o so_o much_o as_o a_o parliamentary_a capacity_n suppose_v to_o belong_v to_o they_o and_o it_o be_v a_o artificial_a management_n in_o those_o who_o set_v the_o design_n afoot_n to_o make_v this_o the_o chief_a ground_n of_o their_o claim_n not_o only_o because_o such_o exemption_n can_v have_v no_o colour_n from_o their_o ecclesiastical_a capacity_n and_o the_o constitution_n of_o the_o primitive_a synod_n but_o also_o because_o a_o alliance_n to_o the_o parliament_n in_o constitution_n be_v the_o most_o likely_a way_n to_o lead_v the_o generality_n of_o man_n to_o take_v the_o measure_n of_o their_o proceedieg_n from_o thence_o every_o one_o know_v that_o the_o parliament_n consist_v of_o two_o house_n and_o they_o have_v withal_o a_o opportunity_n of_o observe_v out_o of_o the_o public_a vote_n the_o separate_a method_n whereby_o the_o commons_o act_n and_o govern_v themselves_o and_o little_o more_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o convocation_n be_v ordinary_o understand_v than_o that_o it_o also_o consist_v of_o two_o house_n debate_v apart_o this_o without_o recourse_n to_o the_o primitive_a time_n or_o opportunity_n to_o know_v our_o own_o establish_v method_n of_o act_v prepare_v man_n mind_n to_o favour_v the_o late_a claim_n of_o some_o of_o the_o clergy_n to_o such_o privilege_n as_o the_o commons_o enjoy_v in_o which_o error_n they_o have_v be_v industrious_o confirm_v by_o the_o endeavour_n of_o the_o same_o person_n to_o bring_v the_o parliament_n and_o convocation_n to_o such_o a_o alliance_n as_o be_v never_o think_v of_o before_o the_o publication_n of_o some_o late_a book_n alliance_n the_o late_a principle_n of_o parliamentary_a alliance_n that_o the_o member_n of_o the_o lower-house_n be_v the_o clergy_n commoner_n and_o spiritual_a commons_o that_o the_o whole_a convocation_n subsist_v by_o the_o king's-writ_a and_o not_o by_o the_o archiepiscopal_a mandate_n that_o the_o clergy_n thereof_o be_v attendant_z on_o the_o parliament_n as_o the_o parliament_n have_v a_o right_a to_o be_v attend_v by_o they_o be_v the_o ordinary_a language_n of_o a_o late_a book_n etc._n atterb_fw-ge right_n etc._n etc._n which_o yet_o be_v pretend_v to_o be_v write_v in_o defence_n of_o the_o church_n liberty_n and_o censure_v the_o principle_n of_o its_o adversary_n as_o of_o a_o slavish_a tendency_n from_o this_o principle_n other_o of_o the_o same_o kind_n relate_v to_o their_o constitution_n and_o privilege_n have_v since_o spring_v 2._o answer_v to_o one_a letter_n p._n 2._o col._n 2._o that_o the_o model_n of_o a_o english_a convocation_n be_v doubtless_o take_v from_o the_o model_n of_o a_o english_a parliament_n 1._o ibid._n p._n 6._o c._n 1._o that_o a_o english_a synod_n be_v form_v upon_o the_o platform_n of_o a_o english_a parliament_n 6._o nar._n p._n 6._o that_o the_o synodical_a right_n peculiar_a to_o the_o lower-clergy_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n be_v owe_v to_o a_o conformity_n to_o the_o parliament_n 8._o nar._n p._n 8._o that_o the_o distinct_a capacity_n of_o the_o lower-house_n of_o convocation_n be_v derive_v from_o a_o imitation_n of_o the_o lower-house_n of_o parliament_n episcopacy_n the_o ill_a consequence_n thereof_o to_o episcopacy_n the_o two_o last_o passage_n acknowledge_v in_o effect_n that_o some_o of_o the_o privilege_n they_o be_v already_o in_o possession_n of_o be_v unknown_a to_o the_o more_o ancient_a synod_n and_o as_o to_o the_o other_o exemption_n for_o which_o they_o 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the_o royal-license_n for_o that_o end_n chap._n vii_o the_o right_n of_o the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n to_o require_v the_o clergy_n to_o consider_v any_o particular_a business_n throughout_o the_o convocation_n the_o forego_v chapter_n show_v the_o right_a of_o the_o precedent_n after_o consultation_n have_v with_o his_o brethren_n the_o bishop_n first_o to_o lay_v before_o the_o clergy_n the_o general_a cause_n of_o his_o summons_n and_o then_o to_o require_v they_o to_o retire_v and_o deliberate_a thereupon_o but_o the_o scene_n of_o business_n open_v and_o enlarge_n itself_o many_o unforeseen_a difficulty_n will_v unavoidable_o occur_v and_o new_a design_n also_o for_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o church_n must_v natural_o arise_v from_o the_o mutual_a debate_n of_o the_o governor_n thereof_o assemble_v in_o convocation_n and_o according_o when_o any_o such_o occasion_n require_v the_o inferior_a clergy_n have_v be_v ever_o enjoin_v to_o debate_n and_o examine_v all_o matter_n propose_v by_o their_o ecclesiastical_a superior_n for_o that_o purpose_n from_o the_o begin_n to_o the_o end_n of_o convocation_n the_o instance_n hereof_o be_v very_o numerous_a parliament_n the_o necessity_n of_o show_v this_o to_o prevent_v a_o objection_n from_o the_o explication_n of_o the_o general_a cause_n at_o the_o open_n of_o a_o parliament_n but_o necessary_a to_o be_v add_v to_o the_o testimony_n contain_v in_o the_o last_o chapter_n which_o without_o those_o will_v leave_v room_n for_o a_o objection_n that_o as_o to_o the_o general_a cause_n at_o the_o beginning_n those_o be_v equal_o explain_v to_o the_o two_o house_n of_o parliament_n and_o yet_o the_o honourable_a member_n of_o the_o low_a house_n there_o be_v under_o no_o such_o restraint_n or_o subordination_n in_o their_o subsequent_a proceed_n a_o objection_n i_o say_v of_o this_o sort_n be_v like_a enough_o to_o be_v start_v consider_v how_o industrious_o those_o fancy_n about_o a_o parliamentary_a relation_n have_v be_v insinuate_v into_o the_o mind_n of_o men._n i_o will_v therefore_o show_v that_o what_o the_o archbishop_n do_v in_o open_v the_o general_a cause_n of_o his_o summons_n and_o direct_v the_o clergy_n to_o deliberate_v about_o it_o at_o the_o begin_n of_o convocation_n the_o same_o thing_n he_o and_o his_o suffragans_fw-la have_v a_o right_a to_o do_v upon_o all_o emergent_a occasion_n during_o the_o whole_a course_n of_o their_o proceed_n and_o this_o will_v manifest_v to_o the_o world_n how_o the_o constitution_n and_o proceed_n of_o a_o english_a convocation_n to_o the_o glory_n of_o it_o be_v exact_o model_v according_a to_o the_o primitive_a distinction_n between_o bishop_n and_o their_o presbyter_n in_o point_n of_o order_n and_o authority_n while_n from_o the_o most_o early_a account_n of_o convocation_n to_o this_o day_n we_o see_v the_o metropolitan_a and_o bishop_n as_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o church_n propesing_n and_o directiing_n in_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n and_o the_o presbyter_n at_o hand_n with_o their_o advice_n and_o assistance_n in_o subservience_n to_o the_o same_o ends._n point_n the_o separation_n of_o the_o two_o house_n make_v no_o difference_n in_o this_o point_n nor_o do_v we_o find_v any_o difference_n in_o this_o point_n between_o the_o time_n before_o and_o after_o the_o separation_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n except_v this_o one_o that_o before_o it_o they_o all_o take_v the_o direction_n immediate_o from_o the_o precedent_n and_o retire_v in_o a_o body_n and_o since_o his_o grace_n upon_o those_o occasion_n have_v either_o send_v up_o for_o the_o whole_a house_n or_o which_o be_v more_o ordinary_a for_o the_o prolocutor_n with_o five_o or_o six_o more_o reverendissimus_fw-la cum_fw-la consensu_fw-la confratrum_fw-la voluit_fw-la jussit_fw-la mandavit_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la accersiri_fw-la prolocutorem_fw-la and_o by_o he_o convey_v to_o his_o brethrem_fw-mi below_o the_o pleasure_n and_o instruction_n of_o the_o upper_a house_n but_o as_o to_o the_o manner_n end_n or_o authority_n of_o these_o occasional_a direction_n their_o division_n into_o two_o house_n make_v not_o the_o least_o difference_n in_o they_o as_o will_v appear_v beyond_o contradiction_n from_o the_o
register_n themselves_o anno_fw-la 1369._o 10_o kal._n febr._n the_o clergy_n have_v grant_v a_o supply_n on_o condition_n to_o have_v their_o grievance_n redress_v archiepiscopus_fw-la voluit_fw-la quod_fw-la clerus_fw-la &_o religiosi_fw-la praedicti_fw-la petitiones_fw-la svas_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o scriptis_fw-la redigerent_n &_o sibi_fw-la porrigerent_fw-la die_fw-la veneris_fw-la anno_fw-la eod_fw-la 4_o kal._n febr._n the_o archbishop_n have_v enlarge_v before_o the_o clergy_n upon_o the_o necessity_n of_o a_o decima_fw-la triennalis_fw-la which_o the_o bishop_n have_v grant_v tunc_fw-la injunxit_fw-la procuratoribus_fw-la cleri_fw-la relig._n bujusmodi_fw-la exhertando_fw-la eosdem_fw-la quòd_fw-la se_fw-la ad_fw-la part_n in_o dictâ_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la transferrent_fw-la &_o concordarent_fw-la pro_fw-la dictâ_fw-la decimâ_fw-la triennali_fw-la anno_fw-la 1376._o id._n febr._n the_o bishop_n have_v propose_v certain_a matter_n for_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o church_n oneravit_fw-la clerum_fw-la in_fw-la eorum_fw-la conscientiis_fw-la ut_fw-la deliberarent_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la quid_fw-la esset_fw-la melius_fw-la faciendum_fw-la pro_fw-la utilitate_fw-la dictae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la anno_fw-la 1377._o id._n nou._n dominus_fw-la voluit_fw-la quod_fw-la procuratores_fw-la compararent_fw-la simul_fw-la in_o praefatâ_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la s._n pauli_n dicto_fw-la die_v post_fw-la prandium_fw-la ad_fw-la deliberand_n ad_fw-la inuicem_fw-la utrum_fw-la melius_fw-la expediat_fw-la concedere_fw-la decimas_fw-la a_o impositiones_fw-la anno_fw-la 1379._o 5_o id._n maij._fw-la reverendissimus_fw-la pater_fw-la praecepit_fw-la quòd_fw-la procuratores_fw-la praelatorum_fw-la &_o cleri_fw-la exirent_fw-la dictam_fw-la domum_fw-la capitularem_fw-la imer_fw-fr se_fw-la tractaturi_fw-la super_fw-la materiâ_fw-la convocationis_fw-la praedictae_fw-la quibus_fw-la exeuntibus_fw-la dictus_fw-la reverendissimus_fw-la pater_fw-la cum_fw-la suffraganeis_fw-la in_o câlem_fw-la domo_fw-la capitulari_fw-la secretè_fw-fr tractavit_fw-la super_fw-la materiâ_fw-la predict_v et_fw-la post_fw-la tractatum_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la dictus_fw-la reverendissimus_fw-la pater_fw-la praecepit_fw-la procuratoribus_fw-la quòd_fw-la die_fw-la fovis_fw-la tunc_fw-la prox_n sequente_fw-la post_fw-la prandium_fw-la convenirent_fw-la ad_fw-la inuicem_fw-la in_fw-la domo_fw-la capitulari_fw-la praedictâ_fw-la tractaturi_fw-la ad_fw-la inuicem_fw-la super_fw-la materiâ_fw-la convocationis_fw-la praedictae_fw-la &_o dixit_fw-la quòd_fw-la ipse_fw-la &_o alii_fw-la confratres_fw-la svi_fw-la revenirent_fw-la die_fw-la veneris_fw-la tunc_fw-la prox_n sequente_fw-la ad_fw-la domum_fw-la capitularem_fw-la praedictam_fw-la ad_fw-la effectum_fw-la tractandi_fw-la materiam_fw-la convocationis_fw-la praedictoe_n anno_fw-la eod_fw-la 16_o kal._n jun._n dominus_fw-la etc._n etc._n moneri_fw-la fecit_fw-la ibidem_fw-la publicè_fw-la omnes_fw-la procuratores_fw-la praelatorum_fw-la &_o cleri_fw-la quòd_fw-la die_v mercurii_n prox_n tunc_fw-la sequente_fw-la in_o dictâ_fw-la domo_fw-la capitulari_fw-la comparerent_fw-la simul_fw-la ante_fw-la boram_fw-la nonam_fw-la deliberaturi_fw-la &_o tractaturi_fw-la de_fw-la modo_fw-la subventionis_fw-la anno_fw-la eod_fw-la 13_o kal._n jun._n dominus_fw-la praefixit_fw-la procuratoribus_fw-la ad_fw-la comparendum_fw-la in_o domo_fw-la capitulari_fw-la dictum_fw-la diem_fw-la veneris_fw-la post_fw-la prandium_fw-la etc._n etc._n ad_fw-la pleniùs_fw-la tractand_v super_fw-la praemissis_fw-la anno_fw-la 1383_o decem._n 4._o the_o pope_n subcollector_n come_v to_o convocation_n and_o desire_v a_o subsidy_n the_o archbishop_n have_v enforce_v his_o request_n praecepit_fw-la procuratoribus_fw-la quod_fw-la super_fw-la codem_fw-la negotio_fw-la diligenter_n tractarent_fw-la &_o finalem_fw-la responsum_fw-la sibi_fw-la &_o confratribus_fw-la suis_fw-la praeberent_fw-la super_fw-la quibius_fw-la omnibus_fw-la &_o singulis_fw-la habito_fw-la inter_fw-la ipsos_fw-la tractatu_fw-la diligenti_fw-la procuratores_fw-la eodem_fw-la quarto_fw-la die_fw-la responsa_fw-la sva_fw-la in_o eâ_fw-la parte_fw-la finaliter_fw-la in_o scriptis_fw-la redacta_fw-la dicto_fw-la domino_fw-la cant._n coram_fw-la confratribus_fw-la suis_fw-la pretunc_fw-la ibidem_fw-la existentibus_fw-la exhibuerunt_fw-la anno_fw-la 1404._o may_v 17._o archiepiscopus_fw-la etc._n etc._n continuavit_fw-la &_o demandavit_fw-la aliis_fw-la praelatis_fw-la &_o clero_fw-la tunc_fw-la ibidem_fw-la praesentibus_fw-la quod_fw-la singulis_fw-la diebus_fw-la interim_n ad_fw-la dictum_fw-la locum_fw-la convenirent_fw-la &_o laborarent_fw-la circa_fw-la reformanda_fw-la in_o cantuariensi_fw-la provinciâ_fw-la eod._n anno_fw-la jun._n 9_o conveniente_a reverendissimo_fw-la etc._n etc._n &_o expositis_fw-la periculis_fw-la &_o necessitatibus_fw-la regni_fw-la tandem_fw-la procuratores_fw-la cleri_fw-la convenientes_fw-la sub_fw-la domo_fw-la capitulari_fw-la more_fw-it solito_fw-la &_o ibidem_fw-la super_fw-la proedictis_fw-la per_fw-la aliquantum_fw-la tempus_fw-la tractantes_fw-la tandem_fw-la abinde_v secesserunt_fw-la &_o convenerunt_fw-la coram_fw-la dictis_fw-la reverendissimo_fw-la patre_fw-la &_o suis_fw-la suffraganeis_fw-la &_o concesserunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o again_o in_o the_o same_o year_n june_n 16._o upon_o the_o request_n of_o a_o grant_n from_o the_o pope_n collector_n anno_fw-la 1421._o maij_fw-la 7._o the_o chancellor_n of_o oxford_n and_o cambridge_n come_v to_o convocation_n reverendissimo_fw-la patri_fw-la &_o confratribus_fw-la suis_fw-la totique_fw-la concilio_n commendabant_fw-la etc._n etc._n rogantes_fw-la assidue_fw-la de_fw-la aliquo_fw-la congruo_fw-la remedio_fw-la propromotione_fw-la pauperum_fw-la studentium_fw-la in_o universitatibus_fw-la bujusmodi_fw-la auctoritate_fw-la concilij_fw-la ad_fw-la tunc_fw-la inibi_fw-la congregati_fw-la graciose_fw-la &_o misericorditer_fw-la provideri_fw-la quam_fw-la quidem_fw-la recommendationem_fw-la dominus_fw-la &_o confratres_fw-la svi_fw-la gratanter_fw-la &_o benevolè_fw-la ut_fw-la apparuit_fw-la acceptarunt_fw-la &_o recedentibus_fw-la tunc_fw-la de_fw-la mandato_fw-la domini_fw-la procuratoribus_fw-la cleri_fw-la in_o domum_fw-la svam_fw-la inferiorem_fw-la pro_fw-la tractatibus_fw-la fiendis_fw-la in_o bujusmodi_fw-la convocationibus_fw-la consuetam_fw-la dominus_fw-la &_o confratres_fw-la svi_fw-la remanserunt_fw-la in_o domo_fw-la capitulari_fw-la praedictâ_fw-la &_o post_fw-la tractatam_fw-la non_fw-la modicum_fw-la tam_fw-la circa_fw-la promotionem_fw-la graduatorum_fw-la &_o studentium_fw-la in_o universitalibus_fw-la praedictis_fw-la quà m_fw-la circa_fw-la subventionem_fw-la domino_fw-la regi_fw-la faciendam_fw-la dominus_fw-la tandem_fw-la continuavit_fw-la etc._n etc._n anno_fw-la 1428._o nou._n 18._o clerici_fw-la seculares_fw-la &_o cleri_fw-la procuratores_fw-la ad_fw-la domum_fw-la svam_fw-la solitam_fw-la de_fw-la mandato_fw-la domini_fw-la recesserunt_fw-la dominus_fw-la vero_fw-la &_o confratres_fw-la svi_fw-la episcopi_fw-la in_fw-la domo_fw-la capitulari_fw-la remanserunt_fw-la per_fw-la aliquod_fw-la tempus_fw-la de_fw-la &_o super_fw-la certis_fw-la materijs_fw-la arduis_fw-la convocationem_fw-la bujusmodi_fw-la tangentibus_fw-la simul_fw-la tractantes_fw-la eod._n anno_fw-la november_n 23._o lectoe_fw-mi suerunt_fw-la in_o publico_fw-la literae_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la solicit_v for_o a_o subsidy_n to_o suppress_v the_o heretic_n of_o bohemia_n quibus_fw-la lectis_fw-la dominus_fw-la cum_fw-la confratribus_fw-la suis_fw-la etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr &_o super_fw-la materiâ_fw-la in_fw-la dictis_fw-la literis_fw-la apostolicis_fw-la contentd_v communicavit_fw-la caeteris_fw-la de_fw-la clero_fw-la interim_n de_fw-la mandato_fw-la domini_fw-la se_fw-la retrahentibus_fw-la anno_fw-la 1433._o decemb._n 1._o reverendissimus_fw-la pater_fw-la injunxit_fw-la clero_fw-la quatenùs_fw-la collaborarent_fw-la &_o providerent_fw-la quid_fw-la fiendum_fw-la seu_fw-la dicendum_fw-la esset_fw-la de_fw-la subsidio_fw-la concedendo_fw-la and_o again_o decem._n 10._o clero_fw-la dominus_fw-la mandavit_fw-la quatenus_fw-la circa_fw-la subsidium_fw-la domino_fw-la regi_fw-la concedend_n diligenter_n collaborarent_a anno_fw-la 1434._o oct._n 20._o dominus_fw-la mandavit_fw-la mro_n thomae_fw-la bekington_n &_o alijs_fw-la diversis_fw-la de_fw-la clero_fw-la ut_fw-la articulos_fw-la illos_fw-la de_fw-la generali_fw-la sententiâ_fw-la quae_fw-la consueta_fw-la est_fw-la quater_fw-la in_o anno_fw-la per_fw-la curatos_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la publicari_fw-la &_o solemniter_fw-la denunciari_fw-la conciperent_fw-la in_o linguâ_fw-la maternâ_fw-la sub_fw-la breviori_fw-la modo_fw-la quo_fw-la possent_fw-la anno_fw-la 1438._o after_o the_o meeting_n of_o oct._n 6._o upon_o a_o prorogation_n dominus_fw-la praecepit_fw-la omnibus_fw-la de_fw-la clero_fw-la quatenus_fw-la in_o domo_fw-la inferiori_fw-la simul_fw-la convenirent_fw-la &_o super_fw-la illis_fw-la pro_fw-la quibus_fw-la fuerant_fw-la bac_fw-la vice_n convocati_fw-la diligenter_n tractarent_fw-la viz._n pro_fw-la promotione_fw-la in_o universitatibus_fw-la ordinandâ_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la subsidio_fw-la pro_fw-la trasmittendis_fw-la ad_fw-la generale_fw-mi council_n ferrar._n &_o super_fw-la his_fw-la effectualiter_fw-la responderent_fw-la anno_fw-la eod_fw-la die_v martis_n prox_n dominus_fw-la mandavit_fw-la clero_fw-la quantenùs_fw-la super_fw-la praemissis_fw-la effectualiter_fw-la communicarent_fw-la recitando_fw-la eye_n qualiter_fw-la &_o quomodo_fw-la secerunt_fw-la &_o concesserunt_fw-la praelati_fw-la religiosi_fw-la pro_fw-la expensis_fw-la transmittendorum_fw-la ad_fw-la council_n generale_fw-mi ferrar._n &_o suadendo_fw-la ut_fw-la omni_fw-la post_fw-la positâ_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la parte_fw-la divisione_n ad_fw-la consimiliter_fw-la concedend_n suos_fw-la animos_fw-la applicarent_fw-la anno_fw-la 1439._o dec._n 11._o cedulâ_fw-la etc._n etc._n pro_fw-la quadam_fw-la constitutione_n augmentationis_fw-la pauperum_fw-la &_o exilium_fw-la vicariarum_fw-la provinciae_fw-la cant._n auctoritate_fw-la bujusmodi_fw-la conciliis_fw-la provincialis_fw-la faciendâ_fw-la post_fw-la aliqualem_fw-la communicationem_fw-la babitam_fw-la super_fw-la eâdem_fw-la inter_fw-la dominos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la &_o praelatos_fw-la religiosos_fw-la de_fw-la domo_fw-la superiori_fw-la tandem_fw-la ipsis_fw-la de_fw-la clero_fw-la domûs_fw-la inferioris_fw-la pro_fw-la certis_fw-la in_o câdem_fw-la resormandis_fw-la neo_fw-la non_fw-la pro_fw-la avisamento_fw-la &_o deliberatione_n in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la capiend_n extitit_fw-la liberata_fw-la eod._n anno_fw-la dec._n 22._o clerus_fw-la de_fw-la mandato_fw-la domini_fw-la ad_fw-la tractand_v pro_fw-la subsidio_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la
scriptam_fw-la continen_n nomina_fw-la praelatorâ—…m_n &_o cleri_fw-la domiâ—…_n inferioris_fw-la per_fw-la eos_fw-la elect_v scil_n the_o name_n all_o enter_v in_o the_o upper-house_n book_n quibus_fw-la nominibus_fw-la per_fw-la i_o notarium_fw-la publicum_fw-la de_fw-la mandato_fw-la reverendi_fw-la patris_fw-la praesidentis_fw-la antediuti_fw-la publicè_fw-la perlect_n dictus_fw-la reverendus_fw-la pater_fw-la acceptavit_fw-la corum_fw-la respective_a nomina_fw-la &_o persâ—…s_fw-la &_o diâ—…sit_fw-la dictam_fw-la prolocutorem_fw-la etc._n etc._n anno_fw-la 1663._o jun._n 27._o the_o prolocutor_n declare_v quòd_fw-la ipse_fw-la &_o coetus_fw-la domûs_fw-la inferioris_fw-la de_fw-fr propositis_fw-la diligenter_n tractarunt_fw-la séque_fw-la &_o totum_fw-la coetum_fw-la domûs_fw-la inferioris_fw-la elegisse_fw-la in_o examinatores_fw-la &_o correctores_fw-la libri_fw-la subsidiorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n venerabiles_fw-la viros_fw-la etc._n etc._n all_o the_o name_n enter_v in_o the_o 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jurisperitos_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o foro_fw-la seculari_fw-la quà m_fw-la in_o curijs_fw-la civilibus_fw-la &_o ecclesiasticis_fw-la versatos_fw-la de_fw-la &_o super_fw-la dictâ_fw-la quaestione_fw-la sive_fw-la argumento_fw-la erga_fw-la proximam_fw-la convocationem_fw-la anno_fw-la 1662._o apr._n 12._o habito_fw-la tractatu_fw-la de_fw-la subscriptionibus_fw-la clericorum_fw-la instituendorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n dominus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la london_n praesidens_fw-la etc._n etc._n curam_fw-la commisit_fw-la reverendis_fw-la patribus_fw-la etc._n etc._n ad_fw-la consulend_v jurisperitos_fw-la de_fw-la concipiendâ_fw-la formâ_fw-la in_o scriptis_fw-la in_fw-la &_o circa_fw-la subscriptionem_fw-la predict_v testimony_n application_n of_o these_o testimony_n i_o produce_v these_o evidence_n to_o justify_v their_o lordship_n from_o the_o reflection_n cast_v upon_o they_o for_o decline_v to_o join_v the_o low_a house_n in_o the_o censure_n of_o toland_n book_n the_o history_n of_o which_o 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that_o nature_n by_o omit_v any_o method_n of_o inform_v themselves_o whether_o the_o act_n can_v be_v clear_o warrant_v in_o law_n and_o who_o be_v so_o fit_a to_o be_v their_o guide_n in_o that_o point_n as_o council_n learned_a in_o the_o law_n to_o who_o recourse_n have_v be_v ever_o have_v in_o all_o doubt_n of_o the_o same_o nature_n as_o it_o be_v particular_o in_o the_o convocation_n of_o 1689._o and_o upon_o this_o very_a question_n too_o viz._n the_o power_n they_o have_v in_o law_n to_o pass_v a_o censure_n of_o this_o kind_n as_o their_o lordship_n must_v be_v presume_v to_o have_v take_v the_o advice_n and_o opinion_n of_o the_o able_a man_n in_o the_o profession_n and_o such_o withal_o who_o they_o know_v to_o be_v person_n of_o honour_n and_o integrity_n so_o it_o become_v not_o i_o or_o any_o other_o person_n so_o little_o entitle_v to_o accomplishment_n of_o that_o kind_n to_o call_v in_o question_n either_o the_o justness_n or_o the_o conscience_n of_o that_o opinion_n the_o narrative_a of_o the_o low_a house_n say_v 53._o p._n 53._o that_o though_o some_o eminent_a lawyer_n be_v against_o it_o there_o be_v other_o perhaps_o as_o eminent_a who_o be_v of_o a_o contrary_a opinion_n it_o may_v be_v so_o but_o do_v my_o lord_n the_o bishop_n understand_v so_o much_o or_o suppose_v they_o have_v such_o a_o difference_n in_o opinion_n be_v no_o uncommon_a thing_n nor_o must_v we_o in_o many_o case_n ever_o determine_v ourselves_o if_o we_o stay_v till_o all_o man_n be_v unanimous_a their_o lordship_n therefore_o have_v apply_v to_o those_o of_o the_o profession_n in_o who_o they_o think_v they_o can_v entire_o confide_v have_v reason_n to_o acquiesce_v in_o the_o judgement_n they_o give_v especial_o when_o they_o be_v so_o express_o warn_v that_o the_o effect_n of_o their_o act_n
the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n debate_n about_o the_o same_o matter_n procuratores_fw-la etc._n etc._n reintrarunt_fw-la circa_fw-la horam_fw-la undecimam_fw-la quibus_fw-la per_fw-la dominum_fw-la archiepiscopum_fw-la ad_fw-la tunc_fw-la mandabatur_fw-la quòd_fw-la citra_fw-la proximum_fw-la diem_fw-la convocationis_fw-la exhibeant_fw-la &_o declarent_fw-la articulatim_fw-la gravamina_fw-la sva_fw-la in_o scriptis_fw-la redacta_fw-la according_o dec._n 7._o two_o of_o the_o member_n nonnullas_fw-la inconvenientias_fw-la &_o gravamina_fw-la pro_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la parte_fw-la cleri_fw-la cujus_fw-la gerebant_fw-la organa_n vocis_fw-la exposuerunt_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o scriptis_fw-la redacta_fw-la exhibuerunt_fw-la anno_fw-la 1452._o the_o prolocutor_n have_v give_v the_o upper-house_n a_o account_n of_o what_o be_v do_v about_o the_o subsidy_n be_v ask_v a_o quicquam_fw-la voluisset_fw-la pro_fw-la parte_fw-la cleri_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la anglicanâ_fw-la reformatione_fw-la dignum_fw-la proponere_fw-la and_o he_o continuò_fw-la &_o quasi_fw-la ex_fw-la insperato_fw-la quamplurima_fw-la etc._n etc._n proposuit_fw-la et_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la erat_fw-la facilè_fw-la singula_fw-la per_fw-la ipsum_fw-la ibidem_fw-la exposita_fw-la memoriae_fw-la quae_fw-la admodùm_fw-la labilis_fw-la est_fw-la commendare_fw-la idcircò_fw-la admonuit_fw-la eundem_fw-la prolocutorem_fw-la dictus_fw-la reverendissimus_fw-la pater_fw-la ut_fw-la singula_fw-la per_fw-la eum_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la proposita_fw-la redigeret_fw-la in_o literas_fw-la &_o concilio_n traderet_fw-la pleniùs_fw-la &_o maturiùs_fw-la super_fw-la eisdem_fw-la deliberaturo_fw-la anno_fw-la 1452._o feb._n 7._o praelocutor_n post_fw-la explicationem_fw-la &_o declarationem_fw-la nonnullorum_fw-la gravaminum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la anglicanae_n &_o clero_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la à _fw-la laicis_fw-la illatorum_fw-la super_fw-la quibus_fw-la petijt_fw-la reformationem_fw-la debitam_fw-la intimavit_fw-la etc._n etc._n anno_fw-la 1460._o may_v 13._o propositis_fw-la ibidem_fw-la coram_fw-la dicto_fw-la reverendissimo_fw-la patre_fw-la &_o alijs_fw-la in_o dictâ_fw-la domo_fw-la capitulari_fw-la protunc_fw-la ibidem_fw-la existentibus_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la articulis_fw-la per_fw-la prolocutorem_fw-la viuâ_fw-la voce_fw-la dictus_fw-la reverendissimus_fw-la pater_fw-la decrevit_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la articulos_fw-la sic_fw-la viuâ_fw-la voce_fw-la declarat_fw-la '_o in_o scriptis_fw-la redigi_fw-la anno_fw-la 1460._o may_v 24._o reverendissimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n auditis_fw-la per_fw-la eum_fw-la pluribus_fw-la articulis_fw-la coram_fw-la ipso_fw-la adtunc_fw-la viuâ_fw-la voce_fw-la ministratis_fw-la continuavit_fw-la etc._n etc._n anno_fw-la 1541._o sess_n 8._o accessit_fw-la prolocutor_n cum_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la de_fw-la electis_fw-la à _fw-la clero_fw-la &_o exposuerunt_fw-la querelas_fw-la svas_fw-la thus_o the_o usual_a method_n of_o enter_v upon_o the_o grievance_n of_o the_o clergy_n be_v either_o upon_o a_o express_a command_n from_o the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n or_o by_o a_o general_a representation_n thereof_o to_o their_o lordship_n who_o be_v in_o that_o manner_n solicit_v to_o redress_v they_o either_o by_o their_o own_o ordinary_a power_n or_o by_o intercession_n with_o the_o king_n or_o application_n to_o the_o parliament_n be_v the_o best_a judge_n of_o the_o method_n most_o proper_a to_o be_v take_v for_o that_o end_n and_o give_v their_o direction_n according_o grievance_n the_o redress_n of_o grievance_n the_o grievance_n be_v reduce_v into_o article_n and_o read_v in_o the_o upper-house_n by_o the_o prolocutor_n be_v present_v to_o the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n to_o be_v by_o they_o particular_o consider_v and_o debate_v in_o order_n to_o their_o further_a prosecution_n of_o such_o measure_n as_o shall_v appear_v most_o effectual_a to_o the_o relief_n of_o their_o clergy_n after_o mature_a deliberation_n upon_o they_o with_o the_o clergy_n or_o among_o themselves_o as_o seem_v most_o convenient_a the_o article_n be_v either_o suspend_v for_o some_o time_n as_o those_o in_o 1411._o dec._n 7._o omnes_fw-la isti_fw-la suprascripti_fw-la articuli_fw-la quorum_fw-la reformatio_fw-la deliberationis_fw-la &_o dierum_fw-la exegit_fw-la inducias_fw-la de_fw-la consilio_fw-la &_o assensu_fw-la expressis_fw-la dominorum_fw-la in_o convocatione_n praesentium_fw-la positâ—_n fuerunt_fw-la adhuc_fw-la in_o suspenso_fw-la or_o be_v think_v in_o all_o respect_n just_a and_o reasonable_a they_o be_v approve_v and_o measure_v take_v by_o the_o precedent_n and_o bishop_n in_o convocation_n or_o by_o their_o ordinary_a authority_n if_o the_o matter_n be_v such_o as_o come_v under_o their_o own_o power_n in_o either_o of_o these_o capacity_n otherwise_o they_o convey_v they_o to_o the_o king_n in_o person_n in_o his_o council_n or_o in_o his_o parliament_n according_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o request_n they_o offer_v convocation_n the_o reformanda_fw-la frequent_o propose_v by_o the_o arch_a bishop_n among_o the_o cause_n of_o convocation_n ii_o the_o reformanda_fw-la whether_o in_o convocatione_n in_o parliamento_fw-la or_o per_fw-la regem_fw-la be_v upon_o matter_n that_o concern_v the_o good_a of_o the_o church_n and_o religion_n in_o general_n and_o be_v therefore_o equal_o the_o care_n and_o concern_v as_o well_o of_o bishop_n as_o clergy_n be_v frequent_o move_v and_o propose_v by_o the_o archbishop_n at_o the_o open_v of_o the_o convocation_n among_o the_o cause_n of_o his_o summons_n anno_fw-la 1400._o jan._n 29._o the_o archbishop_n explain_v causas_fw-la &_o negotia_fw-la celebrationis_fw-la svi_fw-la concilij_fw-la provincialis_fw-la convocationis_fw-la cleri_fw-la vulgariter_fw-la nuncupat_fw-la viz._n pro_fw-la defectibus_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la provinciae_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o clero_fw-la quà m_fw-la in_o populo_fw-la juxta_fw-la juris_fw-la exigentiam_fw-la canonicè_fw-la reformandis_fw-la and_o then_o he_o descend_v to_o the_o particular_n anno_fw-la 1404._o may_v 17._o the_o first_o day_n of_o business_n the_o archbishop_n continue_v the_o convocation_n to_o may_v 21._o demandavit_fw-la alijs_fw-la praelatis_fw-la &_o clero_fw-la tunc_fw-la ibidem_fw-la praesentibus_fw-la quòd_fw-la singulis_fw-la diebus_fw-la interim_n ad_fw-la dictum_fw-la locum_fw-la domum_fw-la capitularem_fw-la convenirent_fw-la &_o laborarent_fw-la circa_fw-la reformanda_fw-la in_o cantuariensi_fw-la provinciâ_fw-la &_o exinde_fw-la articulos_fw-la conciperent_fw-la in_o scriptis_fw-la redigendos_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la dei_fw-la adjutorio_fw-la adhibita_fw-la corum_fw-la benevolentia_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la quaeque_fw-la reformanda_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la possent_fw-la reformari_fw-la anno_fw-la 1416._o nou._n 16._o expositâ_fw-la per_fw-la reverendissimum_fw-la patrem_fw-la causa_fw-la convocationis_fw-la eorum_fw-la protunc_fw-la factae_fw-la &_o celebratae_fw-la communicató_n que_fw-fr inter_fw-la eosdem_fw-la viz._n the_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n then_o present_a aliquamdiu_fw-la de_fw-fr &_o super_fw-la varijs_fw-la reformandis_fw-la in_o provincia_n tandem_fw-la dominus_fw-la continuavit_fw-la etc._n etc._n anno_fw-la 1419._o among_o the_o cause_n of_o call_v the_o convocation_n particular_o explain_v by_o the_o archbishop_n the_o three_o be_v pro_fw-la defectibus_fw-la in_o clero_fw-la regnantibus_fw-la auctoritate_fw-la illius_fw-la provincialis_fw-la concilij_fw-la reformandis_fw-la and_o then_o he_o direct_v the_o lower-clergy_n to_o retire_v to_o their_o house_n &_o quòd_fw-la ibidem_fw-la de_fw-la &_o super_fw-la materijs_fw-la praedictis_fw-la tractarent_fw-la &_o communicarent_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la quòd_fw-la babitd_a deliberatione_n de_fw-fr &_o super_fw-la praemissis_fw-la ad_fw-la dei_fw-la laudem_fw-la auctoritate_fw-la concilij_fw-la finaliter_fw-la concludi_fw-la posset_n &_o concorditer_fw-la ordinari_fw-la anno_fw-la 1434._o the_o archbishop_n reckon_v up_o several_a grievance_n of_o the_o church_n et_fw-la tunc_fw-la babita_fw-la communicatione_n super_fw-la bujusmodi_fw-la gravaminibus_fw-la ordinatum_fw-la erat_fw-la tunc_fw-la ibidem_fw-la ut_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la gravamina_fw-la ac_fw-la alia_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la in_o quibus_fw-la dictus_fw-la clerus_fw-la se_fw-la sentijt_fw-la gravari_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la si_fw-la quae_fw-la forent_fw-la crimina_fw-la &_o excessus_fw-la infra_fw-la clerum_fw-la usitat_fw-la quae_fw-la necessariâ_fw-la reformatione_fw-la indigerent_fw-la in_fw-la scriptis_fw-la redigerentur_fw-la ut_fw-la super_fw-la his_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ex_fw-la communi_fw-la consilio_fw-la consensu_fw-la &_o auxilio_fw-la remendium_fw-la posset_n debitum_fw-la adhiberi_fw-la anno_fw-la 1439._o the_o archbishop_n declare_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o convocation_n viz._n qualiter_fw-la jurisdictio_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la per_fw-la brevia_fw-la regius_fw-la &_o praecipuè_fw-la per_fw-la brevia_fw-la illa_fw-la de_fw-la praemunire_n facias_fw-la plus_fw-la solito_fw-la extitit_fw-la perturbata_fw-la impedita_fw-la atque_fw-la enormiter_fw-la laesa_fw-la qualiter_fw-la personae_fw-la ecclesiasticae_fw-la tam_fw-la seculares_fw-la quà m_fw-la regulares_fw-la per_fw-la falsa_fw-la indictamenta_fw-la &_o alius_fw-la vias_fw-la exquisitas_fw-la plus_fw-la solito_fw-la vexatae_fw-la &_o gravaâ—ae_fw-la sunt_fw-la his_fw-la diebus_fw-la and_o the_o next_o sesson_n dominus_fw-la mandavit_fw-la praelatis_fw-la &_o clero_fw-la quartenùs_fw-la super_fw-la praemissis_fw-la &_o alijs_fw-la materijs_fw-la quibuscunque_fw-la reformatione_fw-la recessaria_fw-la indigentibus_fw-la viz._n qualiter_fw-la illud_fw-la breve_fw-la de_fw-la praemunire_n facias_fw-la &_o ipsa_fw-la falsa_fw-la indictamenta_fw-la quae_fw-la hodiernis_fw-la diebus_fw-la falsò_fw-la nequiter_fw-la &_o malitiosè_fw-la usitantur_fw-la &_o continuantur_fw-la in_fw-la aliquo_fw-la mitigari_fw-la aut_fw-la pro_fw-la perpetuo_fw-la deleri_fw-la &_o finaliter_fw-la extingui_fw-la valeant_fw-la &_o billas_n &_o alia_fw-la advisamenta_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la necessaria_fw-la ad_fw-la praemissa_fw-la reformanda_fw-la conciperent_fw-la anno_fw-la 1444._o after_o the_o mention_n of_o the_o foresay_a writ_n among_o the_o cause_n of_o convocation_n the_o archbishop_n add_v qualiter_fw-la in_o
ecclesiâ_fw-la anglicana_n fuerant_fw-la plurima_fw-la reformatione_fw-la digna_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la voluit_fw-la &_o asseruit_fw-la cum_fw-la confratribus_fw-la suis_fw-la pleniùs_fw-la deliberare_fw-la and_o in_o the_o next_o convocation_n when_o these_o thing_n make_v a_o part_n of_o the_o speech_n at_o the_o first_o open_v we_o afterward_o find_v the_o reformanda_fw-la in_o convocatione_n and_o reformanda_fw-la in_o parliamento_fw-la at_o large_a reformanda_fw-la the_o method_n of_o bring_v in_o the_o reformanda_fw-la in_o compliance_n with_o such_o general_a direction_n from_o his_o grace_n or_o though_o these_o be_v not_o express_o give_v in_o pursuance_n of_o one_o great_a end_n of_o these_o synodical_a meeting_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o their_o presbyter_n we_o find_v the_o lower-clergy_n 1._o make_v general_a representation_n to_o the_o precedent_n and_o bishop_n viuâ_fw-la voce_fw-la of_o such_o thing_n as_o they_o conceive_v to_o want_v reformation_n 2._o bring_v in_o schedule_n of_o particular_a abuse_n that_o in_o their_o opinion_n be_v injurious_a to_o the_o honour_n and_o interest_n of_o the_o church_n reformation_n the_o clergy_n right_o to_o propose_v reformation_n i._o the_o clergy_n in_o convocation_n have_v a_o right_a to_o offer_v general_a representation_n of_o such_o thing_n as_o they_o conceive_v to_o want_v reformation_n anno_fw-la 1412._o at_o the_o conclusion_n of_o that_o convocation_n domino_fw-la london_n praesidente_fw-la &_o tradante_n cum_fw-la praelatis_fw-la &_o clero_fw-la provinciae_fw-la super_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la ordinand_n ad_fw-la honorem_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la tandem_fw-la certa_fw-la proposita_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la pro_fw-la parte_fw-la cleri_fw-la super_fw-la quibus_fw-la ordinationes_fw-la fieri_fw-la jubebantur_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la clerus_fw-la in_o scriptis_fw-la redegit_fw-la anno_fw-la 1463._o jul._n 6._o dominus_fw-la assidentibus_fw-la sibi_fw-la episcopis_fw-la post_fw-la communicationem_fw-la inter_fw-la eos_fw-la diu_fw-la habitam_fw-la factáque_fw-la supplicatione_n eisdem_fw-la vivae_fw-la vocis_fw-la oraculo_fw-la per_fw-la praelocutorem_fw-la pro_fw-la certis_fw-la reformationibus_fw-la in_o ecclesiá_fw-la habendis_fw-la continuavit_fw-la etc._n etc._n anno_fw-la 1486._o feb._n 17._o dominus_fw-la communicavit_fw-la cum_fw-la confratribus_fw-la suis_fw-la praelatisque_fw-la &_o clero_fw-la de_fw-la pluribus_fw-la reformandis_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la et_fw-la ibidem_fw-la inter_fw-la eosdem_fw-la responsum_fw-la erat_fw-la quòd_fw-la privilegia_fw-la priori_fw-la sancti_fw-la johannis_n jerusalem_n in_o angliâ_fw-la &_o fratribus_fw-la suis_fw-la concessa_fw-la malè_fw-la &_o enormiter_fw-la his_fw-la diebus_fw-la utebantur_fw-la et_fw-la quòd_fw-la praedicantes_fw-la verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la apud_fw-la crucem_fw-la s._n pauli_n london_n maximè_fw-la clamant_fw-la contra_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la &_o ecclesiasticos_fw-la in_o eorum_fw-la absentiâ_fw-la &_o in_fw-la praesentiâ_fw-la laicorum_fw-la qui_fw-la semper_fw-la clericis_fw-la sunt_fw-la infesti_fw-la anno_fw-la 1529._o sess_n 4._o ingressus_fw-la est_fw-la prolocutor_n cum_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la de_fw-la clero_fw-la qui_fw-la exposuit_fw-la certa_fw-la capitula_fw-la in_o vulgari_fw-la concernen_fw-ge utilitatem_fw-la praedictae_fw-la synodi_fw-la pro_fw-la reformatione_fw-la abusionum_fw-la et_fw-la ibi_fw-la reverendus_fw-la monuit_fw-la prolocutorem_fw-la ut_fw-la rediret_fw-la in_o domum_fw-la inferiorem_fw-la &_o conciperet_fw-la articulos_fw-la de_fw-la abusionibus_fw-la according_o sess_n 6._o ingressus_fw-la est_fw-la prolocutor_n cum_fw-la clero_fw-la &_o ibi_fw-la exhibuerunt_fw-la articulos_fw-la suos_fw-la pro_fw-la reformatione_fw-la &_o examinatio_fw-la delata_fw-la in_o prox_n sessionem_fw-la and_o sess_n 7._o prolocutor_n exhibuit_fw-la suos_fw-la articulos_fw-la deliberandos_fw-mi in_o proximâ_fw-la sessione_n the_o bishop_n etc._n etc._n in_o the_o mean_a time_n be_v also_o prepare_v their_o article_n of_o reformation_n for_o so_o the_o register_n have_v it_o sess_n 5._o reverendissimus_fw-la voluit_fw-la ut_fw-la suffraganei_n svi_fw-la &_o alijt_fw-la praelati_fw-la conciperent_fw-la reformationem_fw-la &_o exhiberent_fw-la tale_n articulos_fw-la die_fw-la lunae_fw-la prox_n on_o which_o day_n sess_n 6._o episcopus_fw-la heref._n exhibuit_fw-la quosdam_fw-la articulos_fw-la pro_fw-la reformatione_fw-la clericorum_fw-la &_o episcopi_fw-la exon._n coven_n &_o lichf_n lincoln_n bathon_n &_o wellen._n exehibuerunt_fw-la billas_n pro_fw-la reformatione_fw-la abusionum_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la appropriatarum_fw-la monasteriis_fw-la etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr quibus_fw-la deliberatio_fw-la delata_fw-la in_o prox_n sessionem_fw-la anno_fw-la 1562._o jan._n 19_o the_o prolocutor_n with_o certain_a of_o the_o low_a house_n come_v up_o to_o acquaint_v the_o precedent_n and_o bishop_n quòd_fw-la quidam_fw-la de_fw-la dictâ_fw-la domo_fw-la 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determinationem_fw-la procedere_fw-la voluit_fw-la &_o mandavit_fw-la reformation_n the_o clergy_n right_o to_o bring_v in_o schedule_n of_o reformation_n ii_o we_o find_v the_o clergy_n i._n e._n every_o particular_a clergyman_n require_v to_o bring_v in_o their_o schedule_n of_o abuse_n for_o the_o information_n of_o the_o synod_n and_o the_o enable_v the_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n to_o proceed_v joint_o to_o a_o reformation_n anno_fw-la 1586._o sess_n 2._o low_a house_n book_n post_fw-la aliquem_fw-la tractatum_fw-la inter_fw-la reverendos_fw-la patres_fw-la &_o dominum_fw-la prolocutorem_fw-la cum_fw-la alijs_fw-la ex_fw-la inferiori_fw-la coetu_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la necessarijs_fw-la dictus_fw-la dominus_fw-la prolocutor_n cum_fw-la coetu_fw-la svo_fw-la praedicto_fw-la in_o dictam_fw-la inferiorem_fw-la domum_fw-la revertebatur_fw-la and_o after_o the_o house_n be_v settle_v in_o the_o accustom_a manner_n habita_n est_fw-la per_fw-la dominum_fw-la prolocutorem_fw-la admonitio_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la coetu_fw-la etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la si_fw-la qui_fw-la sint_fw-la qui_fw-la aliquas_fw-la schedulas_n proffer_v vellent_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la in_o hujusmodi_fw-la convocatione_n reformandis_fw-la easdem_fw-la sibi_fw-la traderent_fw-la in_o proximâ_fw-la sessione_n anno_fw-la 1586._o sess_n 7._o in_o the_o extract_v out_o of_o the_o upper_a house_n journal_n archbishop_n give_v intimation_n at_o a_o conference_n with_o the_o low_a house_n to_o present_v if_o any_o have_v '_o ordain_v or_o institute_v any_o unworthy_a person_n or_o of_o any_o breach_n of_o the_o canon_n that_o it_o may_v be_v reform_v 1586._o dec._n 2._o extract_v out_o of_o the_o upper_a house_n journal_n '_o bring_v up_o by_o the_o low_a house_n 2_o schedule_n 1._o a_o complaint_n of_o disorder_n in_o norwich_n diocese_n 2._o another_o schedule_n entitle_v suffolk-archdeaconry_a anno_fw-la 1586._o sess_n 11._o low_a house_n book_n precibus_fw-la finitis_fw-la prolocutor_n adiit_fw-la reverendissimum_fw-la patrem_fw-la &_o caeteros_fw-la praelatos_fw-la &_o paulò_fw-la pòst_fw-la revertens_fw-la intimavit_fw-la omnibus_fw-la praesentibus_fw-la consultum_fw-la esse_fw-la per_fw-la eosdem_fw-la reverendissimum_fw-la patrem_fw-la &_o praelatos_fw-la de_fw-la reformatione_fw-la fiendâ_fw-la quoad_fw-la schedulas_n eidem_fw-la reverendissimo_fw-la ac_fw-la domino_fw-la prolocutori_fw-la exhibitas_fw-la et_fw-la quòd_fw-la conventum_fw-la est_fw-la inter_fw-la dictos_fw-la reverendissimum_fw-la &_o praelatos_fw-la de_fw-la exercitiis_fw-la fiend_n per_fw-la ministros_fw-la infra_fw-la prov._n cant._n et_fw-la quòd_fw-la ijdem_fw-la reverendi_fw-la patres_fw-la cum_fw-la redierint_fw-la in_o dioeceses_fw-la svas_fw-la ordinem_fw-la corundem_fw-la significabunt_fw-la omnibus_fw-la quibus_fw-la interest_n in_fw-la hac_fw-la parte_fw-la anno_fw-la 1588._o sess_n 2._o low_a house_n book_n dominus_fw-la prolocutor_n universo_fw-it coetui_fw-la significavit_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la reverendissimi_fw-la caeterorumque_fw-la praelatorum_fw-la esse_fw-la quòd_fw-la si_fw-la aliquis_fw-la huius_fw-la domûs_fw-la noverit_fw-la quenquam_fw-la ministrum_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la justè_fw-la conqueri_fw-la possit_fw-la quòd_fw-la contra_fw-la leges_fw-la ecclesiasticas_fw-la nunc_fw-la temporis_fw-la auctori_fw-la tate_z legitimâ_fw-la receptas_fw-la &_o approbatas_fw-la se_fw-la gessit_fw-la &_o gérit_fw-la aut_fw-la si_fw-la aliquis_fw-la noverit_fw-la quenquam_fw-la qui_fw-la canenes_n in_fw-la ultimâ_fw-la convocatione_n approbatos_fw-la &_o edâ—…â—…iolaverit_fw-la eosdem_fw-la in_o scriptis_fw-la denunciarent_fw-la reverendissimo_fw-la domino_fw-la cant._n archiepiscopo_fw-la caeterisque_fw-la dominis_n praelatis_fw-la predict_v pro_fw-la debitâ_fw-la correctione_n &_o reformatione_fw-la in_o eâ_fw-la parte_fw-la faciend_n according_o the_o next_o session_n we_o find_v this_o intimation_n of_o such_o a_o schedule_n bring_v in_o isto_fw-la die_fw-la porrecta_fw-la fuit_fw-la domino_fw-la prolocutori_fw-la schedula_fw-la reformand_n per_fw-la m._n coton_n account_n inference_n from_o the_o forego_n account_n from_o the_o forego_n passage_n i_o infer_v this_o plain_a account_n of_o the_o reformanda_fw-la in_o convocation_n while_o the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n be_v suppose_v to_o be_v consult_v in_o the_o upper_a house_n whether_o any_o
of_o law_n or_o custom_n that_o appear_v to_o be_v burdensome_a or_o inconvenient_a anno_fw-la 1428._o the_o last_o day_n of_o convocation_n dominus_fw-la ex_fw-la assensu_fw-la confratrum_fw-la suorum_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la petitionem_fw-la cleri_fw-la poenam_fw-la in_o constitutione_n propter_fw-la excessiva_fw-la stipendia_fw-la capellanorum_fw-la tam_fw-la contra_fw-la dantes_fw-la quam_fw-la recipientes_fw-la latam_fw-la pro_fw-la parte_fw-la dantium_fw-la suspendit_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la proximam_fw-la convocationem_fw-la &_o ipsos_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la poenâ_fw-la minimè_fw-la involutos_fw-la fore_fw-la decrevit_fw-la anno_fw-la 1529._o sess_n 91._o prolocutor_n intrans_fw-la etc._n etc._n perijt_fw-la quòd_fw-la praesentati_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la beneficia_fw-la non_fw-la arctentar_fw-la per_fw-la diecesanos_n scripto_fw-la aliquo_fw-la obligatorio_n aut_fw-la poenâ_fw-la temporali_fw-la obligari_fw-la ad_fw-la resi_n ientiam_fw-la anno_fw-la 1541._o sess_n 20._o clerus_fw-la exposuit_fw-la peâ—…ionem_fw-la de_fw-la conjugy_n sactis_fw-la in_o bethlem_n abolendis_fw-la anno_fw-la 1555._o sess_n 3._o the_o clergy_n grant_v a_o subsidy_n &_o illie_a expoluit_fw-la clerus_fw-la tres_fw-la petitiones_fw-la primùm_fw-la quòd_fw-la omnes_fw-la beneficati_fw-la qui_fw-la spe_fw-la remissionis_fw-la primorum_fw-la fructuum_fw-la ex_fw-la communi_fw-la rumore_fw-la sacerdotia_fw-la assecuti_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la obligentur_fw-la rependere_fw-la duplos_fw-la etc._n etc._n 2_o do_v ut_fw-la possint_fw-la diplomata_fw-la apostolica_fw-la pro_fw-la sacerdotiis_fw-la retinend_n assequi_fw-la postremò_fw-la quòd_fw-la statutum_n tollatur_fw-la pro_fw-la decimis_fw-la solvendis_fw-la etc._n etc._n &_o quòd_fw-la decimarum_fw-la causae_fw-la emergentes_fw-la coram_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la examinentur_fw-la &_o decidantur_fw-la festival_n 4._o about_o festival_n 4._o for_o the_o appointment_n of_o new_a festival_n or_o improve_n the_o service_n of_o the_o old_a anno_fw-la 1434._o oct._n 9_o dominus_fw-la ex_fw-la consensu_fw-la confratrum_fw-la suorum_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la petitionem_fw-la cleri_fw-la ordain_o that_o st._n frideswide_n day_n cum_fw-la novem_fw-la lectionibus_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la festum_fw-la cum_fw-la regimine_fw-la chori_fw-la secundum_fw-la usum_fw-la sarum_n pertinent_a per_fw-la totam_fw-la provinciam_fw-la svam_fw-la perpetuò_fw-la celebraretur_fw-la anno_fw-la 1444._o oct._n 24._o magister_fw-la willelmus_fw-la byconil_n offic._n curiae_fw-la cant._n totius_fw-la cleri_fw-la praelocutor_n supplicabat_fw-la domino_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la cleri_fw-la ut_fw-la dies_fw-la translationis_fw-la s._n edwardi_fw-la etc._n etc._n sub_fw-la duplici_fw-la festo_fw-la per_fw-la svam_fw-la provinciam_fw-la solempnizari_fw-la posset_n de_fw-fr confratrum_fw-la suorum_fw-la consensu_fw-la concedere_fw-la dignaretur_fw-la king_n 5._o for_o the_o archbishop_n intercession_n with_o the_o king_n 5._o for_o the_o archbishops_n intercession_n with_o the_o king_n to_o restrain_v the_o lay_v officer_n from_o oppress_v the_o church_n or_o to_o pray_v their_o assistance_n in_o the_o enforcement_n of_o ecclesiastical_a law_n anno_fw-la 1394._o supplicatio_fw-la cleri_fw-la direct_v to_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n and_o the_o archbishop_n of_o york_n chancellor_n of_o england_n that_o for_o the_o suppression_n of_o lollardy_n they_o will_v intercede_v with_o the_o king_n ut_fw-la dignetur_fw-la extendere_fw-la cum_fw-la effectu_fw-la brachium_fw-la suae_fw-la majestatis_fw-la anno_fw-la 1463._o jul._n 18._o petitum_fw-la fuit_fw-la per_fw-la magistrum_fw-la johannem_fw-la stock_n prolocutorem_fw-la à _fw-la domino_fw-la ut_fw-la ipse_fw-la regiae_n majestati_fw-la scriberet_fw-la pro_fw-la liberatione_n certarum_fw-la personarum_fw-la ecclesiasticarum_fw-la in_o custodià _fw-la laicali_fw-la incarceratarum_fw-la &_o custoditarum_fw-la ut_fw-la secundum_fw-la cartam_fw-la alius_fw-la per_fw-la regem_fw-la viris_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la concessam_fw-la suis_fw-la ordinariis_fw-la possint_fw-la liberari_fw-la anno_fw-la 1480._o apr._n 3_o a_o petition_n present_v by_o the_o prolocutor_n to_o the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n pray_v they_o in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o clergy_n to_o intercede_v with_o the_o king_n for_o protection_n to_o the_o church_n against_o the_o encroachment_n of_o lay-officer_n molest_v and_o imprison_v the_o clergy_n discipline_n 6._o for_o the_o execution_n of_o discipline_n 6._o for_o more_o strict_a execution_n of_o ecclesiastical_a discipline_n as_o anno_fw-la 1586._o march_n 15._o extract_v out_o of_o the_o upper_a house_n book_n '_o the_o low_a house_n beseech_v the_o bishop_n to_o be_v careful_a of_o ordination_n to_o restrain_v their_o officer_n from_o excessive_a fee_n and_o that_o they_o will_v force_v every_o institute_v person_n within_o a_o certain_a time_n to_o take_v induction_n or_o else_o sequester_v the_o profit_n kind_n 7._o petition_n of_o several_a kind_n 7._o in_o the_o year_n 1555._o i_o find_v at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o journal_n a_o abstract_n of_o the_o petition_n offer_v by_o the_o inferior_a clergy_n to_o the_o upper_a house_n item_n supplication_n of_o the_o low_a house_n to_o the_o bishop_n concern_v spiritual_a land_n in_o temporal_a man_n hand_n item_n for_o school_n and_o hospital_n promise_v in_o the_o statute_n of_o suppression_n of_o college_n item_n for_o mortmayn_v tithe_n appropriation_n of_o preacher_n of_o book_n of_o statute_n and_o jurisdiction_n against_o heretic_n of_o plurality_n of_o seminary_n of_o liberty_n of_o the_o church_n in_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la of_o praemunire_n of_o the_o statute_n of_o submission_n of_o the_o clergy_n of_o find_v great_a horse_n of_o usurer_n of_o violence_n against_o any_o of_o the_o clergy_n of_o clark_n apparel_n of_o priest_n marry_v of_o schoolmaster_n of_o exempt_a jurisdiction_n and_o peculiar_a place_n in_o layman_n 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or_o joint_o with_o his_o suffragans_fw-la that_o after_o approbation_n they_o may_v by_o their_o lordship_n be_v convey_v and_o solicit_v according_a to_o the_o intent_n and_o tenor_n thereof_o nor_o do_v i_o remember_v to_o have_v meet_v with_o any_o petition_n in_o the_o register_n deliver_v separately_z or_o immediate_o by_o the_o clergy_n themselves_o except_o that_o one_o in_o 1588._o sess_n 10._o to_o the_o house_n of_o lord_n the_o commons_o have_v send_v up_o a_o bill_n for_o a_o provision_n of_o arm_n etc._n etc._n by_o the_o clergy_n it_o be_v therefore_o the_o single_a and_o immediate_a concern_v of_o the_o low_a house_n to_o prevent_v it_o in_o order_n to_o which_o they_o address_v the_o lord_n in_o parliament_n as_o in_o a_o matter_n of_o property_n and_o among_o the_o rest_n the_o petition_n be_v direct_v to_o the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n upon_o which_o account_n it_o can_v be_v extend_v to_o other_o case_n of_o a_o ecclesiastical_a nature_n in_o all_o which_o the_o 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to_o this_o that_o at_o the_o open_v of_o convocation_n and_o in_o the_o middle_n upon_o death_n or_o promotion_n the_o clergy_n can_v proceed_v to_o a_o election_n without_o his_o grace_n leave_n nor_o be_v he_o ever_o think_v to_o be_v qualify_v for_o the_o exercise_n of_o any_o part_n of_o the_o office_n before_o confirmation_n he_o blame_v i_o for_o a_o further_a observation_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n right_o of_o the_o archbishop_n p._n 67._o that_o neither_o the_o speaker_n of_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o nor_o the_o house_n it_o self_n have_v the_o power_n to_o substitute_n a_o speaker_n but_o however_o i_o have_v declare_v all_o along_o against_o infer_v a_o independence_n of_o the_o low_a house_n from_o the_o independence_n of_o the_o commons_o it_o be_v i_o hope_v no_o unseasonable_a suggestion_n to_o those_o who_o so_o much_o desire_n to_o make_v the_o proceed_n in_o parliament_n their_o rule_n that_o in_o this_o point_n of_o substitution_n they_o go_v beyond_o their_o 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to_o the_o upper_a house_n upon_o the_o substitution_n of_o a_o prolocutor_n for_o the_o low_a the_o first_o that_o of_o archdeacon_n wolman_n be_v too_o express_a to_o be_v evade_v anno_fw-la 1533._o sess_n 3._o in_o the_o upper_a house_n book_n ibidem_fw-la dominus_fw-la prolocutor_n d._n wolman_n affirmavit_fw-la se_fw-la aegrotum_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o petiit_fw-la ut_fw-la durante_fw-la infirmitate_fw-la ejus_fw-la mr._n fox_n si_fw-la vellet_fw-la adesse_fw-la vel_fw-la mr._n d._n bell_n exerceret_fw-la officium_fw-la suum_fw-la &_o concessum_fw-la est_fw-la and_o this_o instance_n be_v make_v more_o full_a and_o clear_a by_o the_o additional_a remark_n he_o bring_v out_o of_o some_o other_o extract_v which_o be_v yet_o conceal_v another_o extract_n from_o the_o same_o register_n say_v he_o p._n 8._o give_v this_o further_a account_n of_o it_o which_o do_v the_o prolocutor_n be_v sick_a desire_v that_o mr._n fox_n archdeacon_n of_o leicester_n and_o mr._n bell_n archdeacon_n of_o 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