the Pope wherein he reprehended him for nulling Groyes legal Election approved by him and presuming to confirm Langeton a Person unknown to him conversing very long amongst his publick Enemies in the Realm of France without either demanding or receiving his or the Monks assent to his Election to the prejudice and subversion of the Liberties and Rights belonging to his Crown At which he could not sulficiently admire for that as well the Pope as whole Court of Rome did not call to memory how much his love had hitherto been necessary to the See of Rome and that they received plentifuller Fruits from his Realm of England than from all other Countryes on this side the Alpes Adding that if need should be he would stand for the Liberties of his Crown even unto death immutably affirming that he could not be removed from his Election and promotion of the Bishop of Norwich who was so beneficial unto him Concluding that if the Pope would not right him in the Prâ—mises he would stop all passages by Sea to those who would go to Rome lest his Land being any longer enervated should be lesse able to repulse Enemies from it That since the Archbishops Bishops and other Prelates of Churches as well in England as other his Territories sufficiently abounded in the fulness of all Sciences if necessity shall compell he would not seek begg for Justice or Judgement from Foreigners out of his own Lands 248 249. The Popes insolent Letter in answer to him that he needed not his assent to Langetons Election the See Apostolick not using to wait for Princes consents to Bishops Elections That he had his implyed assent thereto that if he received not Langeton he would involve himself in inextricable difficulties Since he to whom the kneâ—s of all things in Heaven Earth and under the Earth did how whose Vicar he was though unworthy would overcome That he should not listen to their advise who loved to fish in troubled waters but submit himself to his Masters will and pleasure for his prayse and honour Because it could not be safe for him to resist in this Cause of God and his Church for which Becket had so lately shed his Blood and his Father and Brother Richard had abjured 249 250. He peremptorily refusing to receive Langeton for the Popes Flatteries or Menaces the Pope writ Letters to the Bishops of London Ely and Worcester earnestly to solicite the King to accept of him and if he persisted contumacious and rebellious therein then to Interdict the whole Realm by his Apostolical Authority Adding if he still persisted in his obstinacy he would then aggravate his hand upon him since he must of necessity conquer who for the safety of the holy Church had conquered the Devil and his Angels and spoyled Hells Cloysters 250 251. Upon this intimation admonition by the Bishops he was so highly incensed that he swore if they or any other should rashly Interdict his Lands he would forthwith banish all the Prelates Clerks and Persons in Orders out of England send them to the Pope and confiscate all their Goods That wherever he found any Romans within any of his Dominions he would send them to Rome with their Eyes pulled out and their Noses cut off that by these marks they might be distinguished from other Nations Conmanding the Bishops to depart speedily out of his sight if they would avoid the danger and scandal of their own Bodies Having formerly told them He was ready to do what should be reasonable by the advice of his Loyal Subjects saving to himself and his Heirs in all things their Right Dignities and Liberties 251. He gave the like Answer to Simon Langeton who returned him this peremptory Reply That he would do nothing therein unless the King would wholly put himself into his hand 250. The Bishops notwithstanding put all England under the Popes Interdict whereupon all Church doors throughout England were shut up no Divine Service Masses Prayers Preaching Sacraments celebrated in them for above six years space the Bodies of all Christians deceasing were buried like Doggs in High ways and Corners without Christian burial onely Baptism of â—nfants Confession and Sacraments administration in private to Persons deceasing were permitted by the Popes special Indulgence that by alienating the Subjects hearts from the King by this antichristian Interdict he might subject both the King and Kingdom to himself The Bishops Temporalties Goods are hereupon seised who to save their Persons fled beyond Sea excommunicating all the Kings Officers who seised their Goods and Temporalties Wherupon the King bâ—niâ—hed them their Kinsfolk with Archbishop Langetons Parents and Kinred cut of the Realm sequestred the Lands Benefices Goods of all Bishops Abbots Priests and Religious Persons who submitted to the Interdict and refused to celebrate Divine Service particularly the Abbot of St. Albans restoring their Lands Goods who celebrated and disobeyed the Interdict 253 354 255. The wâ—ite Monks are punished by the Pope for celebrating by the Kings command Cemâ—ntarius Abbot of the Benedictins deprived of all his Preferments Goods and forced to begg his Bread for pleading his Cause against the Pope by Disputations Writing and affirming the Pope had no Legal power to interdict Kings Kingdoms or meddle with their Temporal Government 256 258 â—59 335. He disposeth of vacant Bishopricks punâ—sheth Priors for delapidations Executed a Clerk at Oxford for Murder for which the Clerks and Scholars desert the University 244 245. The Contests between him and the Monks of Canterbury about a Presentation to the Church of Faversham Appendix p. 2 to 14. His Writs to the Monks concerning it he refuseth their Money Gifts prohibits them to disturb his Presentation by Writs Which they disobey and put force in the Church His Writ to the Sheriff to remove the force threatning to burn the Church and the Monks in it The violence or the Sheriff against the Monks the Scusfles Excommunications Interdicts thereupon Pope Innocents Bulls to Delegates to examine the force to the reproach contempt of his Regal Dignity his memorable Prohibitions thereupon in opposition contempt of the Popes Authority He seiseth all the Monks Temporalties for their contempt against his Writs Ibid. 7 8 9 10 11. He is pacified at last upon their Submission 11 to 14. He requires Hostages of all the Nobles whose fidelity he suspected to revoke them to their obedience if the Pope should absolve them from it The Answer of William de Brause and his Wife thereupon with their flight apprehension in Ireland imprisonment sufferings for it being starved to death in Windsor Castle 256 260. He kept the Abby of Ramsey seven years in his hands because the Monks refused to chuse the Abbot he recommended to them by his Precept Appendix 18. His Charter to St. Albans Appendix 21. He loseth Normandy by his sluggishness and many other Lands beyond the Seas 752. After two years general Interdict of England the Pope by advice of his Cardinals commands the exiled Bishops
them timely to prevent their miseries and lock up his words under the seal of secrecy thereupon addressed their Letters of submission to K. John hoping that Royal blood was ever ready to shew mercy to such who were ready to yield and prostrate themselves as sollicitors for mercy But before these Letters delivered or any answer returned King John fell suddenly sick at Swinshed Abby being at the mercy of an higher Soveraign When he perceived that his death approached he with penitent confession of his sins and great devotion received the blessed Eucharist having the Abbot of Croxston both for his bodily and ghostly Physitian and then not only gladly forgave all his mortal Enemies and Persecutors though very difficult to flesh and blood but also sent command to Henry his son to do the like to whom he caused all present to swear Fealty as next heir to the Crown and sent Letters to all his Officers abroad to assist him After which he commended his soul to God and his body to be interred in Worcester Church where he was afterwards solemnly buried near the body of Bishop Wolston renowned for his constant fidelity to his Prince against the Nobles of his time Our Historians much differ about his sicknesse and true cause of his sudden death some relate he died of grief others of a feaver a third sort of a flux a fourth of a surfet a fifth of poyson the most probable opinion is that he was poysoned by a Monk of Swinshed Abby where he dyed being of the Cisteaux Order which the King had formerly much oppressed and incensed whereupon by way of revenge to prevent further miseries to the Church Realm and gratifie the Rebellious Bishops Monks Clergy Barons his professed Enemies then highly enraged against him this Monk presented the King with an envenomed Cup whereof the King commanded him to be the Taster of which both of them drinking this Votary became the Diabolical instrument of his own and his Soveraigns destruction Some of our Monkish Historians themselves relate that the Monk revealing his intention of poysoning the King to his Abbot though he poysoned himself to effect it and saying That he would suffer this voluntary Martyrdome for the publique as Caiphas said of Christ better one perish then a whole Nation the Abbot at this resolution and constancy of his wept and praysed God for joy whereupon the Monk being absolved before hand by the Abbot resolutely took the Cup wherewith he poysoned both himself and the King For a reward and memory of which his execrable Treason after his decease five Monks of that Abby did sing for this their Brothers soul specially and so would do whiles the Abby stood as the Manuscript Chronicle of St. Albans Caxton Eulogium Mr. Fox Speed and others more at large relate whereas on the contrary these Monks fable That it was revealed to a Monk That King John was in Hell though a Poet for so saying is censured by Matthew Paris himself as Reprobus versificator who though a bitter Enemy to K. John as if he thought ill of and renounced his Religion gives us this final judgement of his death and future estate only for his liberality to two Monasteries Cum autem regnasset Rex Johannes annis octodecim mensibus quinque diebus autem quatuor ab hac vita post hujus saeculi multas perturbationes labores inutiles in multa mentis amaritudine subtractus transmigravit Nihil terrae imo nec seipsum possidens Such was his infelicity througst his Prelates Subjects Treachery Sperandum est autem et certissime confidendum quod quaedam bona opera quae fecit in hac vita allegabunt pro eo ante Tribunal Iesu Christi construxit enim Abbatiam Cisterciensis ordinis de Bello loco et moriturus domui de* Crokestuna decem librarum terram contulit opulentam Yet the malice of many of his Bishops Monks Clergy and other Enemies against him was such that they would neither permit him to enjoy his Temporal Crown and Kingdoms on earth whiles he lived nor permit God himself to bestow on him any Crown or share at all in the Kingdom of Heaven after his untimely death I have now with all possible industry and integrity presented you out of our Histories and Records with the exactest Chronological History hitherto published of the Popes and Prelates manifold unparalleld grand Usurpations upon the Crown Kingdoms Churches of England and Ireland during the reign of King John with his strenuous various oppositions against them for sundry years till by armed violence fear fraud treachery perjury rebellion enforced to resign up his Crown Scepter Kingdoms to his grand Enemy Pope Innocent the 3d. who afterwards undertook his protection against his Rebellions Prelates and Barons not out of any love or respect unto him as King of England but meerly as his sworn Vassal and Tributary by an enforced Charter the nullity whereof both in Law and Conscience I have at large demonstrated against all Popes and their Parasites pretences The new Usurpations made by this Pope and the English Bishops confederating with him upon this Kings supream Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction during his unfortunate reign are reducible to these heads 1. An usurped arbitrary power for the Pope to examine in the Court of Rome the Elections of Archbishops Bishops Abbots though duly made by the Electors with the Kings license 2ly A Jurisdiction for the Pope to compell some few members of Chapters and Covents in England to elect whomsoever he recommended to be their Archbishop Bishop Abbot without the consent of the majority of the Chapter or Covent even in Rome it self against their Oathes Trusts Charters Priviledges 3ly A Jurisdiction without the Kings previous Regal license to elect or subsequent assent to such Elections to compell the King himself to invest Bishops in the actual possession of their Temporalties by Ecclesiastical censures and force of armes against the Rights and Priviledges of the Crown 4ly A new Prerogative for the Pope or his Legates by their own Provisions or Translations to promote whom they pleased to any Archbishoprick Bishoprick Abby Deanery Benefice in England or Ireland whereof the King himself or any other was rightfull Patron without and against his Royal assent or the Patrons 5ly A meer arbitrary Jurisdiction to Interdict the King and Kingdom of England to prohibit all Divine Service and Sacraments therein for sundry months yea years together against Gods and the Kings expresse commands and that not for any personal or national scandalous crimes found in the King or Kingdom but meerly for opposing the Popes apparent incroachments on the Rights of the Kings imperial Crown 6ly A power personally to excommunicate the King himself and all others who should either eat drink discourse or communicate with him only for disobeying the Popes illegal commands against his antient Rights and Priviledges 7ly An Authority to absolve all his Subjects from their Oathes of Allegiance and
p. 838 839. Bound in 500 Marks to the Pope against their wills p. 844 845. E. ST Edmunds Abby A protection for it committed by the King to the Popes Legat p. 333. The Abbot a Commissioner to inquire of the goods formerly taken from the Romans 436. Richard de Insula Abbot his praise death 442. The Abbot complains to the King against the Popes exactions 567. The Popes Delegate in the case between the Abbot of Glaston and Bishop of Bath p. 578 634. King H. the 3. his extortions from it during the vacancy the Abbots election nulled bound in 800 marks to the Pope 717. It s visitation by the Popes Delegates 789. The Abbot Conservator of the Priviledge granted to St. Augustinâ— Câ—nt 794. A refuge to oppressed Clerks 806. Converts â—ent to it 836 839. The Abbot confirmed at Rome against the Kings and Archbishops wills 924. The Freâ—â—s Mâ—â—oâ—s intrude there 935. It s Custos during the Vacancy called to account 977. King H. 3. dyeth in it 1067. The Abbot One of the Popes Delegates in a case between the Archbishop of Canterbury and Abbot of S. Augustines proceeds therein against the Kings prohibition Appendix p. 8. to 17. The Kings Commissioners to be present at their election of an Abbot p. 348. S. Edrulâ—us Abbot recommended to be elected Bishop of Sagion p. 234. St. Ellen de With Converts sent to it p. 840. Elleschirch Prioresse p. 352. Ely Prior and Covent their Bishops election against the Kings Writ vacated oppressed by him p. 913 923 924. A Writ concerning the goods distreined p. 965. Euchâ—esay Priory Converts sent to it p. 838 840. Evesham Abby dedicated p. 504. an Heretick brought before Richard Abbot of it and others p. 560. The Kings Chancellor p. 6â—4 Converts sent thither p. 838 840. The Abbot deprived and a new substituted by the Popes Legat Appendix p. 18. F. ST Facundus Abbot the Popes Legat to publish the Emperors Excommunication p. 655. St. Faith Fidis Convert Jewes sent thither p. 836 839. Farnley Pharlegg Priory Converts sent thither p. 836 839. Flay Abbot of the Cistercian Order preached against the Popes Usurers corruptions p. 802. Flexle Flaxele Abby Convert Jews sent to it p. 836 to 841. the collecting the Croysado money specially committed to the Abbot p. 861. Font-everoit Nunnes placed in Ambresbiry p. 228 229. De Fontibus Fountain Funtan Abbot his Appeal against the Archbishop of Yorks excommunication p. 242. John the Abbot made Bishop of Ely p. 379. A prohibition against the Abbot in a suit before the Popes Delegates 831. Converts sent thither p. 836 839. Collector of the Dismes in York Province 863. Frecheswill Fridswell Oxon Priory Converts sent to it p. 836 839 840. A Prohibition against it for the Church of Aclea to the Popes Delegates of which the Monks would disinherit the King p. 381. Frenton Prior made Abbot of Westminster by the Popes Legat p. 335. Appendix p. 18. G. GEnâ—ueâ—e Abbot a Prohibition against him to the Popes Delegates for â—â—ing for Lands before them p. 725 726 Gerwedon Abby Convert Jews sent to it p. 838 839. Gâ—â—â—bourne Prior and Covent of St. Austins Order bound in 300. Marks to the Pope against their will p. 845. Glaston Abbey united to the Bishopricks of Bath and Wells sundry Letters Writs suits between the Bishop of Bath and Abbot concerning it p. 356 357 851 852 995 996. Convert Jews sent to it p. 836 837 839. Abbot Roger excommunicated gets a prohibition p. 851 852. the Bishop summoned for proceeding against it p. 995 996. Godestow Abbesse Converts sent thither p. 835 838. Gregory Cantuar. A prohibition to the Prior then Dean of Canterbury p. 496. Convert Jews sent to it p. 835 837 839. A Delegate in an Ecclesiastical cause p. 835. Gutlacâ— Hereford Priory Converts sent to it p. 840. H. HAle Abby Converts sent to it p. 840. Harle Hurle Ralph Arundel Prior elected Abbot of Westminster p. 229. The Prior Kings Proctor at Rome 584. The Popes Visitor p. 789. Haverholm Converts sent to it p. 840. Hexstaâ—â—â—shâ—m Priory Converts sent thereto p. 838 840. Holcontram Abby Converts sent to it 838 840. Huntindon Priory Converts sent thither 836 837 839. Hyda Hyde Abbot sent by the King with an Appeal to the Bishop of Winton p. 585 586. Converts sent thither p. 838 840. I. JAmes Bristoll Priory Converts sent to it p. 840. James Noâ—thampton Converts sent thereto p. 840. St. Johns Jerusalem p. 864 945 947 1027. See Templars and Hospitallers K. KEmere Abbot Cicestrensis Ordinis one of the Popes Commissioners to absolve David Prince of Wales from his Oath to K. H. 3. p. 622. Kenwilworth Prior pretends right to Cesterton Church p. 993. Kingswode Abby Converts sent to it p. 838 840. Kirkest Abbey Converts sent to it p. 837. Kirkham Priory Converts sent thâ—reto p. 838 840. Kirkstead Abby Converts sent thither p. 836 837 839. Kokersand Converts sent thither p. 840. Kynes Priory Converts sent thither p. 838 843. L. LAncaster Priory Converts sent to it p. 840. Langâ—don Converts sent to it p. 840. Lanton Prior his suit and Appeal against the Archbishop of Ardmach p. 628. Lanynton Converts sent thither p. 837. Lesâ—es Abbot summoned to answer a contempt for holding a Plea as Popes Delegate against the Kings prohibition p. 477 478. Lewes Priory a Convert sent to it p. 836 837 839. Leycestre Priory Converts sent to it p. 836 837. Liwâ—hul Priory a Convert sent thither p. 840. M. MAlmâ—sbury The Abbot suspended by Martin the Popes Agent for opposing his exactions p. 606. Converts sent to it p. 836 839. A Writ to him to receive a Monk of Winchester p. 976. St. Maries Ebor. The Abbot with others sent to meet and receive the Popes Legat p. 287. A Writ to him and others touching the Bishop of Winchâ—sters election p. 354 355. defamed and the Monks dispersed for a false deed 775. A Prohibition to him concerning the Liberties of York p. 831. St. Martinâ— Dovor A Writ to the Constable of Dover to protect the Prior and Covent in their Liberties against the Subprior and Canons of Canterbury p 1059 1060. Mauvern pâ—rva Priory Converts sent to it p. 838 840. Merkeb Converts sent to it p. 840. Merlus Converts sent thither p. 840. Merton Prior suspended for opposing the Popes Nuncioes exactions p. 606. A Writ to the Prior and Covent not to suffer any monyes of the Bishop of Winchester or his brother to be thence removed p. 938. Gilbert Prior of it Collector of the Dismes his account p. 1050. Michelham Michalham Priory Converts sent to it p. 836 837 839. Middleton Abby Converts sent thither p. 838 840. Monte-acute Prior accused and ordered to be deprived for dilapidations if guilty p. 256 257. Converts sent to it 36 837 839. Monte Belli Abbot presents Articles of Reformation for Religious Houses to Pope Greg. 9. 440 441. N. ST Neoth the Priors Lands unjustly seised as an alien restored on complaint p. 631.
Newson Abbey a Jewish Convert sent to it p. 839. Nicholas Exon a Convert sent thither p. 840. Notle Abby a Convert sent to it p. 840. Norwich Prior and Covent The King disallows appeals against their Bishops elections p. 483 497 924. The Priors diligence to excommunicate those who opposed the Popes provisions p. 651. Converts sent to it p. 836 839. Burnt spoyled by the Citizens who are severely punished for it p. 1065 to 1068. Novo Burgo Newburgh Prior his Appeal against the Archbishop of Yorks proceedings p. 242. Novus locus super Acolne Converts sent to it p. 840. Novum Monasterium The profits of the Benefices of the Bishoprick of Karliol there sequestred till the difference ended concerning them p. 970. O. OSonâ—eston Abbey Converts sent to it p. 836 839. Osencey Ossenâ—y Abby A fray there between the Popes Legates servants and Oxford Scholars p. 493 494 to 558. The Kings Writ to Abbot Adams successor for his Cup and Palfrey due to him by Custom after each Abbots death p. 834. St. Oswald its Priors appeal against the Archbishop of Yorks proceedings p. 242. A Convert sent to it p. 836 837 839 840. Oâ—burne Woburne Abby Converts sent to it p. 838. P. PArco Lude Abby Converts sent to it p. 836 839. Persore Abby its Church dedicated p. 504. Writs directed to the Abbor as Popes delegate p. 634. Peterburgh The Bishop of Duâ—ham dyes suddenly at it p. 404 Peters Glocester consecrated p. 504. A Writ to the Abbot and Covent to receive a Monk of Winchester p. 976. Pipewell Abby Converts sent to it 836 837 839. Pontiniac Abbot the Popes Legate a prohibition to him p. 628. R. RAdegund Abbot an Attachment against him for proceeding as Popes Delegate against the Kings prohibition p. 477. Rading Reding The Abbot one of the Popes Delegates to excommunicate the Barons and their adherents p. 344 359. Converts sent to it 836 839. He refuseth to give or lend monyes to K. H. 3. p. 934. Ramesey Rammesey Abby a license to elect an Abbot in the presence of others p. 348. Three recommended to the Prior and Covent by the King p. 356. the Church dedicated p. 504. Nigri ordinis His unjust sentence p. 598. Barrows and lends money to the King in his distresse p. 723 734. Converts sent to it p. 836 838 839. A Monk of Winton sent to it by Writ p. 975. his Barony and Temporalties seised for not sending horse and arms to the King upon summons p. 1008. The Abbot deprived and a new substituted by the Popes Legat Append. p. 18. Ravinstone founded and a Prior appointed by K. H. 3. p. 831 Reversham Abbey visited by Archbishop Boniface p. 741. Riveal Rivaus Its Abbots appeal against the Archbishop of Yorks proceedings p 242. Converts sent to it p. 8â—6 839. Roches or de Rupe its Abbots appeal against the Archbishop of Yorks proceedings p. 242. A Prohibition to the Abbot and Prior to levy a Disme of the Monks of Cluny p. 562. Converts sent to it p. 837 838 839. Rossen Rochester Prior and Covent the Popes sentence for them against the Archbâ—shop touching their Bishops election p. 498 499 Elect such a Bishop as would please the King p. 748. Conveâ—ts sent to it p. 837 838 839. Ruchford Rufford A Writ to the Abbot not to prejudice the Archbishop of Yorks rights p. 223. appeals against the Archbishops proceedings 242. Converts sent to it p. 840. De Rufore of the Cistercâ—â—n Order oppressed by H. 3. p. 847. S. SAcford Prioresse a Convert sent to it p. 839. Abbot de Salvinaco licensed to send an Abbot or two Monks to visit the Cisterciâ—ns in England p 601. Sautre Abbey a Convert sent to it p. 838 840 Seleby Abbot appeals against the Archbishop of Yorks proceedings p. 242. Sent by the Ring to entertain the Popes Legate 287. appointed to be present at the election of several Bishops Abbots and give the Royal assent to them 348 354. his goods seised for the King after his death 820. Seleburne Prior a prohibition to him not to hinder the Kings Chauntry at Basing p. 1038. Seleford Priory Converts sent to it p. 836 838 839. Stafford a Prohibition to the Abbots sequestration of the profits of the Priory of winton by the Popes order p. 832. Stanlegg Stanley in Wiltes a prohibition to the Abbot as Popes Legat p. 381. Converts sent to it p. 836 837 and to Stanley in Arden p. 838 839. Surgeston Priory Converts sent to it p. 838 839. Swinesheved Swinstyed Abby King John poysoned by a Monk of it p. 366. Converts sent to it p. 836 839. St. Swithins Winton Oppose King H. 3. in the election of a Bishop their election opposed vacated appeals high contests about it p. 501 502 583 to 597. 748 749 850. A royal Fish on its Lands seised by the Kings Officers who are excommunicated for it a Writ to absolve them p. 738 739. The Prior Monks oppressed thrust out by the King Bishop New put in p. 502 831 832 833 852 853 854. sent to other Monasteries 975 976. Converts sent to it p. 835 837 838. T. THeukesbery Tukebery Totebyr the Church dedicated 504. a Convert sent to it p. 837 840. Thinemue Tinmuth a Writ for their Prior against the Bishop of Durhams oppressions p. 715 716. Converts sent to it 838 840. A provision by the Pope to an appropriation belonging to it prohibited 842. St. Thomas de Acon London Colechurch presented to by the King during the vacancy p. 782. St. Thomas Dublins Abby stones for its repair in England seised restored by Writ 758. Abbot William his election confirmed and temporalties restored p. 784. Thornton Priory Converts sent to it p. 836 837 839. Thorney Abby a Writ to preserve their rights from Popes provisions p. 736. Thurgarton Prior a prohibition to him as a Delegate p. 689. Tichfeld Abbot an appeal in his presence 587. Tiletey Abbey Converts sent to it p. 836 839. Tinterne Abby an attachment for holding plea against them contrary to a prohibition p. 720. Converts sent to it p. 840. The Abbot the Popes Commissioner to levy a Dism 1027. Topham Abbey Converts sent thither p. 838 840. Tâ—ent Priory Converts sent to it p. 838. Trepa the Abbot recommended to a Bishoprick p. 234. Trinity Prior and Covent of Canterbury The Monks secret election of their Prior without King Johns license his Oath opposed contests about it their election vacated their 2d election to please the King nulled enforced to elect Stephen Langton by the Pope at Rome for which they are banished by force as Traytors p. 243 to 249. Their Temporalties seised p. 252. The injured King at last enforced by the Pope to restore them with dammages 261 to 284 Elect a Bishop by the Kings license whom he rejects joynes the Suffragans with them in the election which they oppose p. 418 419. Two of their elections nulled by the Pope who obtrudes one without election p. 434 to 443. A Prohibition to their
and others advice 228. William de Marisco one of Pope Innocents Delegates to hear the difference and appeal between the Archbishop of Canterbury and Abbot Monks of St. Augustines Cant. concerning Faversham Appendix p. 13 14 15. One of his Delegates to admonish King John to receive Stephen Langeton as Archbishop or else to Interdict the Realm his conference with the King the Kings high answer Writs to him concerning it 250 251 252. Interdicts the Realm Excommunicates the Kings Officers departs the Kingdom for which his goods temporalties are seised he and his relations banished by the King 253 254. Caused the Pope to excommunicate the King his Orders to publish the Excommunication every Lords day in all Conventual Churches throughout England disobeyed by the Bishops and Clergy therein slighted by the Nobility 257 258 259. King Johns victories successes notwithstanding it 260 261. The King upon the Popes messages offers to restore him to his Bishoprick but not to the profits which offer is rejected 261 262 263. Caused the Pope to absolve all the Kings Subjects from their Allegiance who must not eat or drink with him to deprive him and his Heirs of the Realm and give it to the French King which sentence he publisheth endeavouring to execute in France stirring up the French King to raise forces to dethrone him and seise his Kingdom 264 265 267 to 272. The King thereby and the Popes Legates perswasion enforced to be reconciled to him restore his Bishoprick with the profits damages to engage by Patents Oathes of himself and Nobles to effect it dishonouably to resign his Crown Kingdoms swear Homage to become the Popes Vassal Tributary 271 to 286 288 289 290. what monies he received of the King before his return 272 333. what after 288 331 333. His return and reception by the King 277 278 279. Commissioners to enquire of his damages 279 280. His commission to suspend all Clergymen who adherd to communicated with received Livings from the King or officiated during the Interdict till they went to Rome for absolution 334 335. A Witnesse to the Kings infamous Charter Homage Fealty to the Pope 290. To his Charter of the Patronage and Custody of Rochester Bishoprick to Archbp Langeton 339. King Johns Patent to him that none should enter into or detain his Fees by gift sale morgage or grant without his assent 380. resigned his Bishoprick 384. Eustace de Fauconbridge succeeded him 384. King H. 3. his Writ of Proclamation to the Sheriff of Middlesex that none should enter into or detain any lands of his by gift sale morgage grant without his assent to remove and fine all who should do contrary 380 381. One of the Kings Council 381. His contest with the Abbot of Westminster where he was consecrated to visit receive procurations processions exercise Episcopal Jurisdiction over the Abby referred to arbitrators awarded against him 384. A Writ concerning the Bishop of Elies Liberties issued by the King in his presence as one of his Counsil 398. His death 421. Roger Niger elected approved by the King consecrated his praise 421. Consecrated Archbishop Edmund at Canterbury 434. Solemnly excommunicated all such who bâ—cke open the Romans barns threshed out their coin and those who laid violent hands on Cincius a Canon of Pauls 436. Accused for assenting to those who thus spoiled the Romans forced to Rome about it to his great â—â—xation expence and to take up money of the Popes Vsurers whom he endeavoured to expell the City who laughing at him by the Popes favour after much pains put him to silence 437 469 902. Reprehends King Henry for pulling Hubert de Burgo accused of High Treason out of a Chapel of his Diocesse threatned to excommunicate all who offered this violence unlesse he were restored to it which to prevent the King was enforced against his will to do 438 439. Excommunicates the Kings officers at Dover for staying the Bishop of Carlisâ—e taking him and his goods out of a ship by the Kings command endeavouring to go out of the Realm without his license Repairs to the King at Hereford with his army complains of this violence to the Bishop excommunicates all actors authors of it in the Kings presence though out of his Diocesse in both with other Bishops the King much murmuring at and prohibiting it 439. The Popes Commissioner to examine the canonicalnesse of the Abbot of St. Alâ—â—â—s election tender him his new prescribed Oath of homage fâ—alty to the Popes and See of Rome his execution thereof 459 460 463 464 465. Present in the Parliament at Melton and setling of Bastardy according to common Law against the Canons 472. Prohibits any to sell victuals to the Jewes under pain of Excommunication the Kings Mandate to the contrary 475 476. Helps consecrate the Bishop of Rochester 499. Consecrates Pauls Church 566. A writ to certifie the number value of all Benefices in his Diocesse all provisions to aliens and by whom granted 572 573. The Prince of â—ales subjects himself to his and two other English Bishops Ecclesiastical censuies if he violated his Charter and Oath to the King 609. Fulco Basset his prayses elected against the Kings will by the Canons 623. Seals the Pope transcript of King Johâ—s most detestable Charter of his Realms surrender subjection to the Pope when burnt contrary to the Kings kingdoms protestations against it last of all the Bishops against his conscience p. 300. Constituted by the Pope to execute his exaction of the 3d. part of all residents and half of nonresidents benefices through England with severe penalties 676. Present at St. Edwards Feast Fair at Westminster to adore the blood of Christ there resaâ—ved 7â—0 One of the Bishop of Du hams provisors of his three reserved mannors upon his resignation by the Popes appointment 724. The Kings Prohibition to him not to remove his Clerk out of possession of Enesord Church to which he presented him by his ancient prerogative to vacant benefices of the Archbishoprick whiles in his hands not to put the Popes Clerk by provision in derogation of his prerogative by the Popes Decree and Mandate under pain of violating his Oath of Fealâ—y to him and seisure of his Barony if he proceeded therein 725. A prohibition to the Inhabitants of Pencrich not to permit him to exercise any Jurisdiction within the Kings free Chappel there 728 796. nor in any other Free Chappel within his Diocesse 734 735. He resists the Archbishops Visitation at Pauls St. Bartholmews and London for which the Archbishop excommunicated him 741 742. He appeals prays ayd by Letters against it 742 743. Fearfull to offend the Archbishop by reason of his power agrees with him 744 751 752. The Excommunication declared null by the Pope and his Delegates 744 745 746 751 752. He agreed with Grosâ—head in opposing the Trieâ—â—ial Disme granted by the Pope to the King 771. His Letter to the Bishop of Norwich to publish Pope Innocents Decree concerning procurations and against exactions in
many Ministers refused to publish in or near London for which the whole City was Interdicted 344 345 346 348 to 36â— Their appeal against these Excommunications Interdicts as not warranted by any power from God and Saint Peter to the next General Council and to Christs Tribunal celebrating Divine Offices notwithstanding their revilings against the Pope 360 361 362. His Licenses to elect the Archbishop of York other Bishops Abbots Priors in the presence onely of certain Commissioners nominated who were to assent thereto without whose concurrence he would not confirm them 348. His Appeal Patent Prohibitions to the Chapter of York not to elect their Dean or any other Person whose Loyalty the King suspected recommending to them his Chancellour Walter Gâ—â—y whom they rejecting elected Simon Langeton Archbishop whose Election was nulled because contrary to the Kings Popes inhibition his own promise to the Pope dangerous to the Realm that the Power of it and of the Church should be in two Brothers hands and Gâ—â—y thereupon made Archbishop 349 350. The King commands the Archbishops suspension to be published at St. Albans and throughout England â—aisâ—th two Armies against the Barons and rebellious Clergy whom they plundered abused in all places 351. His licenses for electing approving Abbots Abbesses Deans Bishopâ— recommendations of persons to be elected and prohibitions delayes to elect others refuseth to confirm persons elected against his will 351 353 to 357. His Letters concerning the union and against the severing of Glaston Abby from the Bishoprick of Bath and Wells 356 357. The Popes Legates care to preserve his and his Heirs rights in France from suffering prejudice by his new Canons there made in a Council 357 â—58 His Bull exempting his Free-Chappels from Excommunications and all Episcopal Jurisdiction 358 359. The Barons Londoners slight the Popes Excommunications Interdicts Bulls Legares authority reject King John call in elect crown Lewes for their King swear Homage Fealty to him as their Soveraign who swore to ayde them and restore their Lands Liberties The Popes Legate â—alo assembling some Bishops Abbots Clerks to him excommunicated him with all his ayders and assistants especially Simon Langeton with Bells and Candles commanding all Bishops and others to publish it every Lords-day and Holy-day throughout all England Simon Langeton appeals against it as voyd in the behalf of Lewes 362. Lewes his Advocates Objections against King Johns Title to the Crown his condemnation to dye by the Peers of France for the murder of his Nephew Arthur Pope Innocents answer to all their Objections on King Jobas behalf and the lawfulnesse of his War against him The Realm of England being his own and he in actual possession of it by reason of King Johns Charter Oath of Feaâ—ty and annual rent payd for it who was now his Vassal and therefore might not be Warred upon without complaint first made to him his Superior Lord to whom the King of England is Subject as his Vassal with their replyes thereto 362 to 367. King Lewes his notable Letter against his Title to the Crown to the Abbot of St. Augustines to stay his Excommunication against him who proceeds notwithstanding Appendix 18 19 20. King Lewes his Oath with 16. more of his Barons to banish all the English Barons who adhered to him against their native Soveraign King John as Traytors and extirpate all their kinted if ever the Crown of England were peaceably setled on him 366. His sicknesse poysoning by a Monk pious death at Swinestead Abby forgiving his enemies causing his Son Henry to do the like and swearing all present to do Fealty to him as next Heir to the Crown 366. The Monks scandals raised of his Adulteâ—y Tyranny Cruelty c. during his life and damnation after his death 256 284 285 286 366 367. His piety and good deeds 366 367. He possessed no Land peaceably at his death whence he was stiled John the exiled 366 752. stiled the Image of a King and Popes Vassal 1068. What encroachments Pope Innocent and his Legates made upon his Ecclesiastical and Temporal Prerogatives and Jurisdiction 229 230 367 368. Pope Innocent kept him so long excommunicated interdicted till he brought him and his Kingdoms under Tribute encouraging his Barons by his Bulls Letters to rise up against him as an obstinate enemy of the Church till he had enormously humbled and made him effeminately to enthral both himself and his Realms to the Roman Church but after the Pope postponing the shame of the world and fear of God exposed the same Barons after the manner of Rome whom he at first supported excited to death and miserable disinherison that he might swallow up the fattest of them and by the unsatiable avarice of the Romans this Prince of Provinces was brought under Tribute King Johns president made a pattern for Popes to disinherit other Emperors Kings Princes and keep their Kingdoms Territories Persons so long under Interdicts and Excommunications till they reduced them under the like Tribute and bondage 414. His detestable Charter burnt in Pope Innocentâ— his Study at Lyons 31. years after Its transcript subscribed sealed out of fear by the English Bishops at the Popes command to the enormous prejudice of the King and Kingdom 300 663. The Pope Pandulph and others disdainfully stiled him his Vassaâ— in Letters Discourses 292 295 296 297 359 362 365. John King of Jerusalem 411. John King of Scots his League with King John 261. Ireland Popes pretended Title to it 9 291 292. Its Archbishops Bishops Deans Chapters Chief Justices acts actions in it See Index 4 6 8. Legates in it and their acts See Index 13. Conquered and the English Laws Government setled in it by King John 260 261. Souldiers brought thence to assist King John against the French 269. King Johns surrender of and granting an annual rent of 3000 Marks out of it to the Pope besides Peter-pence and Fealty to the Pope for it 274 275 289 290 291 292 300. St. Patricks Purgatory and Christs gifts to him in it 69. The Popes grant of an Ayde to the King in it 406 407. King Henry sent for ayde of men the Chief Justice and some Nobles out of it to Gascoign whereat the disaffected Irish rejoycing the King commanded the Chief Justice to stay there to prevent danger and borrow monies from the Popes Collector if there were cause 818. How Bastardy was there to be judged proceeded in 393 394 474. Grievances complaints of the Archbishop of Tuam and his Suffragans to the King and Pope against his Justice and Officers oppressions there 827 828 857 858 859. Isabella King Johns Queen divorced from imprisoned by him for adultery and some put to death as over-familiar with her 227 256 285. An Anniversary for her 755 756. Queen Isabellaes Dower mother to King Edward 3. resumed 325. Italy Popes pretended Title to it 9 291 316 321. The grant of it to the Pope may be resumed 316. The Emperors march Armies sent into it
Lugubrem detestabilem non formosam sed famosam subiectionem Scriptum toto mundo execrabile c. And relate the Judgements of the English French and others who reputed it Null voyd and a most detestable example thereby sufficiently intimating their own concurrence therein 6ly As the Archbishop of Dublin openly protested against the first Charter and the Legates insolency when he received it and the money he trampled under his feet as b Matthew Paris himself records so he writes That Stephen Langton the Archbp. the Popes own Legate great creature and a Cardinal though he underhand consented to and abetted it to render King Iohn despicable detestable to his Barons Subjects and all forreign Princes to accomplish his own designs and wreck his malice upon the King yet to preserve the hereditary Rights of the Kingdom inviolable and accompiish his own ends the better so soon as this Charter was sealed and presented at the high Altar in Pauls and delivered to the Popes Nuntio he stepping out in the presence of the King Legate Barons and all there present in the name of the Clergy and Kingdom boldly and earnestly presented at the same Altar in solemn manner his Appeal against this Charter so detestable to the whole world as Rossius Martinus Dr. Beard and others relate But hear d Matthew Paris himself Ralph Bishop of Chichester then Chancellor of England being elected Archbishop of Canterbury by the Monks after the death of Richard and the Monks of Canterbury pressing the Pope to confirm his election Anno 1231. thereupon the Pope made diligent inquiry of Simon Langton Stephens Brother elected but rejected by King Iohn and the Pope too at his request to be Archbp. of York concerning Ralphs person and disposition thereupon Respondit illum curialem esse illiteratum rapidum in verbis festinum quod durius est si ad illam dignitatem promoveretur moliri volentem ut anhelante ad hoc Rege cum toto regno juvante excuteret Angliam de sub jugo domini Papae et Curiae Romanae qui eidem tenetur sub tributo ut soluto vinculo tributi quo irretivit eam Rex Iohannes solita Deo et Ecclesiae sanctae serviret libertate Et ad hoc vellet usque ad expositionem capitis decertare innixus juri et appellationibus Stephani Cantuatiensis Atchiepiscopi quas fecit solenniter idem Stephanus ante Altare Sancti Pauli Ecclesia Cathedrali Londinensi cum redderet coronam Angliae memoratns Rex Iohannes in manns Legati conficiens scriptum toto mundo execrabile Papa autem his auditis sermonibus postulatione cassata concessit ut Conventus Cantuariensis alium Archiepiscopum ac talem eligerent qui sibi esset Pastor Animarum salubris et Ecclesiae utilis Anglicanae et Romanae fidelis ac devotus tus Monachi igitur domum reversi Conventui retulerunt quomodo fuerant a sno desiderio defraudati And after the Election of two others whom the Pope rejected were enforced to elect St. Edmond whom the Pope recommended to them In this Historical passage there are seven most observable circumstances considerable 1. That Simon Langton brother to Stephen Archbishop of Canterbury his principal agent for his restitution privy to all his Actions being made Archdeacon of Canterbury by him and at this time holding that office informed the Pope of these Appeals of his brother Stephen Archbishop of Canterbury publikely made at Pauls Church London when King Iohn there summoned his Barons and sealed his Charter to him Therefore no fiction but a real truth 2ly That this information was within 16. years after the resignation and charter thus made 3ly That King Henry the 3d. and the whole kingdom then groaned under and resolved to cast off this unjust Tribute Charter and to protest against it as invalid 4ly That if Ralph were admitted and consecrated Archbishop the design in electing him to that place he would certainly with the peril of his life protest against this reserved Rent and Charter as voyd in Law because Stephen his predecessor had thus appealed against it at the very sealing and delivery thereof as not only voyd but detestable and therfore the King and kingdom would wholly exempt themselves from it which had been a vain surmise had there been no such appeal 5ly That Simon himself as well as his Brother Stephen acknowledged this Charter and Tribute to be not only detestable in it self and to the King and kingdom of England but even to the whole world and therefore certainly most illegal and invalid 6ly That Pope Gregory the 9th believed both the truth of this relation and Appeal and upon this information and ground alone vacated the election of Ralph to prevent this design of the King kingdom and Archbishop elect to shake off this Tribute and yoak of bondage enforcing them to elect another more complyant with his designes to preserve his interest in this annual Rent though reserved by such a most detestable Charter 7ly That it was afterwards insisted upon in the Council of Lyons and not gainsaid by the Pope 8ly That the English Barons themselves though they were present and connived at this charters sealing and delivery by the King the better to effect their own designs against him being made most contemptible and quite devested of his Royal honor and most of his authority thereby yet they abominated declaimed protested against it and him with highest Indignation and detestation when executed witnesse these passages and Speeches of theirs recorded by a Matthew Paris First within few moneths after this second resignation and Charter Anno 1215. All the Nobles assembled in a Great Council at London together with the Archbishops Bishops Abbots Priors and Clergy where the King ratified the Great charter and Charter of the Forrest and Charter concerning the freedom of Elections to Bishopricks and Monasteries perceiving King Johns heart both by his gestures and speeches to be totally averted from them and himself almost distracted with sad melancholly thoughts for sealing his second Charter to the Pope and Confirmation of the Great Charter and that of elections antequam ipsum Concilium solveretur continua mente praesaga futuros eventus ponderabant dicentes Vae nobis immo toti Angliae carenti rege veraci et oppressae Tyranno subdolo et summis conatibus regnum Angliae evertenti Nos jam Romae subjecit et Romanae Curiae vt protectionem ab ea consequeremur timendum est ne injuriosas suppeditationes in posterum inveniamus Nunquam audivimus de aliquo Rege qui nollet colla servituti subtrahere iste sponte succumbit Et sic lamentantes Regem recedendo reliquerunt ad propria revertentes A strong evidence they never advised assented to or approved it as both Charters falsly recite but thus openly and joyntly declaimed against lamented the sad consequences of it which they both foresaw feared and thereupon departed from him to their homes
all intents of which anon more largely 11ly It is observable 1. That the thousand marks yearly pension for England and Ireland at two several feasts Michaelmas and Easter is no reservation made by the Pope and so no rent-service at all but a special grant of the King himself 2ly That he granted it only as an indicium or token of this his perpetuae oblationis so the last Charter not obligationis as the first concessionis thrice stiles it Therefore being only an Oblation not obligation made by him unto God to expiate his sins it could not be a Tribute rent-service or rent-charge but a meer voluntary pension 3ly That he granted it only de propriis specialibus redditibus nostris not haeredum nostrorum a great flaw praedictorum regnorum without the word nostrorum in the first inserted into the last and so out of his Exchequer only not his Demesnes 4ly That it was in lieu of all other services pro omni servitio consuetudine quae in the first but quod in the later charter pro ipsis facere debemus except only Peter-pence Therefore no Tribute but a pension to exempt him from all other duties formerly exacted out of either kingdom not a rent or service now due by his resignation resumption of his Crown and kingdom from the Pope 5ly That this Annual oblation is not granted by the King to God or to St. Peter and St. Paul the chief pretended Landlords and which is more considerable not to Pope Innocent himself and his canonical Successors but only Ecclesiae Romanae Now although Alvarus Pelagius informs us Vbicunque est Papa ibi est Ecclesia Catholica Yet whether the Pope alone or the Pope with his Cardinals or the Pope with his Cardinals and Diocesan Bishops or the Pope and a General Council joyntly or a General Council alone or the Cardinals and Clergy of Rome without the Pope be the Church of Rome is yet unconcluded undecided by their great Doctors and so the grant void for uncertainty 6ly There is no grant or clause of Distress Interdict Excommunication Sequestration Entry into the demesne of these Realms or any other coercive means to recover this Rent in Law or Equity if in arrear and unpaid at the terms in this Charter mentioned a very great oversight and so a meer voluntary pension oblation to be paid at will but no Tribute or real rent as hath been generally mistaken Now because I found no mention in our Histories of any payment of this Annuity or oblation to this Pope or his Successors by King John himself or any of his Successors but only an intimation by King Henry the 3d. and kingdom complaining against it in the Council of Lyons and endeavouring an exemption from it that it was demanded and paid too as a kind of Tribute and publike Grievance I did for my own satisfaction make diligent search in the Liberate Clause and Patent Rolls to discover what demands and payments were heretofore made thereof by any king which I shall here ptesent you with as a rarity not formerly observed by any Upon my strictest search I can find no payment thereof to Pope Innocent by King John himself which granted it but only †for one year before-hand when he sealed his Charter who dying about 3. years after during which his kingdom was infested with civil Wars between him and his Barons invaded by Lewes of France made King by the Barons in his stead his Lands Rents seised his treasure exhausted and the people every where miserably plundered it is probable there neither was nor could be expected any other punctual payment of it His Son and Successor H. the 3d. being an Infant crowned at Glocester by Walo the Popes Legat who was very instrumental to restore him to his Crown and expell Lewes only to preserve the Popes interest rather then the Kings after his Coronation Oath by this Legats means fecit homagium Stae Romanae Ecclesiae et Dom Innocentio Papae de regno Angliae et Hiberniae et juravit quod mille marcas quas Pater ejus tulerat Romanae Ecclesiae therefore his Fathers meer grant not Popes reservation fideliter persolveret quamdiu praedicta regna teneret as Matthew Paris records yet notwithstanding this Oath made by an Infant King not ten years old and so void in Law I cannot find in the Liberate Rolls where all warrants for payments of all Pensions granted by the King or sums of money issued out of his Exchequer to any persons are carefully entred any warrant to pay this oblation till the 12th year of King Henry the 3d. full 15 years after its first grant by King John when the King upon an extraordinary occasion to work his ends with the Pope and Cardinals and to advance gratifie his Chancellor issued this ensuing Warrant REX E. Thesaurar Camerariis suis salutem Liberate de Thesauro nostro Magistro Stephano Clerico Domini Papae ad opus ipsius Domini Papae de Annuo Censu eidem Domino Papae debito de termino Sancti Michaelis Anno c. xi et de Termino Paschae Anno c. xii Teste Rege apud Westm 21 die Febr Anno c. xii The ground of this Warrant I conceive to be this After the death of Stephen Langton the Monks of Canterbury gaining the Kings license to elect an Archbishop chose Walter de Hevesham a Monk whom the King refused to allow of for sundry reasons resolving to make Richard his Chancellor Archbishop Walter posting to Rome to get confirmation and consecration from the Pope and the Kings Proctors there excepting against him pressing the vacating of his election and making Richard Archbishop with much importunitie they could not prevail with the Pope or Cardinals to stop Walters confirmation or promote Richard till Habito tractatu detestabili de praemissis promiserunt Domino Papae ex parte Regis Anglorum Decimationem omnium rerum mobilium ab universo Regno Angliae Hyberniae ad guerramsuam contra Imperatorem sustinendam ut eos in Regis proposito exaudiret whereupon the Pope and Cardinals forthwith vacated Walters election for his insufficiency and made Richard Archbishop No doubt the same occasion drew on the payment of this Pension being both the same year and the warrant after the tenth promised was most probably seconded with a promise of paying this pension else the Pope and Cardinals would not have so readily gratified the King in this his importunate sute which being fully granted the King by way of gratitude made this other Warrant for payment of this annual Pension the very next year for one moiety at Michaelmas 12. and another moiety at Easter 13. of his reign REX W. Thesaurario Camerariis suis salutem Liberate de Thesauro nostro Magistro Stephano Capellano Domini Papae ad opus ipsius Domini Papae Quingentas Marcas de termino sancti
attendens fidelitatem qua ipse Regi tenebaris astrictus adhuc quoque teneris cum ab ea ut creditur te nequaquam absolveret nulla famis nulla obsidionis coactus angustia violasti contra Iuramentum quo te ad illam servandam astrixeras famae ac salutis tuae prodigus veniendo Cum igitur totiens pecces quotiens facis contra fidelitatis Iuramentum tuum dicto Regi nos qui ex debito Pastoralis officii tenemur Deo de anima tua reddere rationem tam manifestum ipsius animae tuae periculum fine nostro dissimulare periculo non valentes prudentiam tuam sollicitandam duximus et monendam per Apostolica tibi scripta firmiter injungendo mandantes quatenus famae tuae providens et saluti ad fidelitatem ipsius Regis occasione ac excusatione cessantibus redeas ut teneris servesque sibi inviolabiliter praestitum Iuramentum Iuramento contrario non obstante si quod forsitan praestitisti cum illicitum fuerit et ideo non servandum salubres monitiones nostras taliter auditurus quod reconciliatus terreno Coelesti quoque reconciliari Domino merearis Sciens nos Venerabilibus fratribus nostris Aquen Vacaten Episcopis dilecto filio Arc. Dec. Vasaten per nostras Literas mandavisse ut nisi curaveris infra mensem post receptionem praesentium nostrum in hoc adimplere Mandatum ipsi te ad id per censuram Ecclesiasticam sublato appellationis impedimento compellant Tuergo sicut vir providus potius eligas errorem tuum humiliter satisficiendo corrigere quam illi pertinaciter insistendo inducere temetipsum in ejus necessitatis articulum de quo non facile te valeas expedire Dat. Reat Quint. Idus Januarii Pontificatus nostri Anno Decimo The consideration of this Bull the original whereof I found buried in rubbish in the White Tower may for ever refute the impiety and presumption of Popes absolving Subjects from their Oath of allegiance to their Soveraigns and discovers the nullity impiety and absurdity of such absolutions The same year the Pope by his Legate and Instruments published a Crossado in France against the Earl of Tholouse and Albigenses contrary to all rules of Justice Equity Christianity thereupon inhibited the King of England to invade the French Kings Territories whiles imployed in this War Thus related by Matthew Paris PEr idem tempus facta est praedicatio in partibus Gallicanis a Legato Romano generaliter ut omnes qui possent arma movere se cruce signarent super Comitem â—holosanum populum ejus qui omnes Haeretica foeditate dicebantur infecti Ad ejus quoque praedicationem multitudo maxima Praelatorum Laicorum crucis signaculum susceperunt plus metu Regis Francorum vel favore Legati quam zelo justitiae inducti Uidebatur enim multis abusio ut hominem fidelem Christianum infestarent praecipue cum constaret cunctis eum in Concilio nuper apud Civitatem Bituricam habito multis precibus persuasisse Legato ut veniret ad singulas terrae suae Civitates inquirens a singulis articulos fidei et si quempiam contra fidem inveniret sentientem Catholicam ipse secundum judicium Sanctae Ecclesiae justitiae ex eis plenitudinem exhiberet Et si Civitatem aliquam inveniret Rebellem ipse pro posse suo eam cum habitatoribus suis ad satisfactionem compelleret Pro se ipso autem obtulit si in aliquo deliquit quod se fecisse non recoluit plenam Deo et Sanctae Ecclesiae satisfactionem ut fidelis Christianus et si Legatus vellet etiam fidei examen subiret Haec quoque omnia Legatus contempsit nec potuit Comes Catholicus gratiam invenire nisi pro se et Haeredibus suis Haereditatem suam deferens abjuraret Such was this Popes and his Legates Tyranny Injustice Cruelty in this age and case Rex vero Francorum ad ejusdem Legati exhortationem cruce signatus noluit expeditionem bellicam promovere nisi Literis prius a Domino Papa impetratis ad Regem Anglorum inhibitoriis ne sub poena excommunicationis Regem Francorum inquietaret vel arma contra eum moveret de aliqua terra quam in praesenti possidebat sive juste sive injuste dum idem Rex esset in servitio suo et Ecclesiae Romanae ad exterminandum Haereticos Albigenses et eorum fautorem et complicem Comitem Tholosanum sed eidem Regi ad exaltationem fidei consilium et auxilium impendere non tardaret Et his ita gestis Rex Francorum Lodovicus Legatus omnibus cruce signatis diem statuerunt peremptorium ut in Ascensione Domini apud Lugdunum cum equis armis sub poena excommunicationis venirent ipsos ad expeditionem propositam sequuturi In the mean time the Pope by his Tyrannical Usurped power sent prohibitory Letters to the King of England to stop his intended Military Voyage into France to recover his just Rights Whereupon REX Anglorum interea qui ardenti desiderio sitiebat ad partes transmarinas hostiliter transfretare Convocatis Consiliariis suis fecit recitari Literas sibi a Domino Papa transmissas quaerens ab eis consilium quid super tali inhibitione sibi foret agendum Placuit itaque Praelatis et Magnatibus universis ut differretur negotium desideratum donec constaret de Rege Francorum qui tam difficile opus et propositum habebat adeoque sumptuosum quem res esset exitum habitura Such an awfull power had the Pope then encroached over the King Bishops and Nobles of the Realm that they durst not incurre his displeasure by disobeying his Inhibition though never so illegal and unjust Richard de Marisco Bishop of Durham dying suddenly at Peterborough Abby as he was posting to London with a great Troop of Lawyers to prosecute his suits against the Monks of Durham thereupon they bestowed this Epitaph upon him worthy all ambitious Prelates consideration Culmina qui cupi tis laudes pompasque siti tis Est sedata si  si me pensare veli  Qui populos regi  memores super omnia si  Quod mors immi  non parcit honore poti  Vobis praeposi  similis fueram benè sci  Quod sum vos eri  ad me currendo veni  The Monks out of their malice to him and King John feigned this Monkish Vision concerning both their Torments in Hell for oppressing the Cistercians and taking their Wools from them by this Bishops advice which I shall here insert because it hath relation to King Johns death poysoned by a Monk of this Order DE hoc quoque Episcopo non credimus fore tacendum quod circa biennium ante mortem ejus Rex quondam Anglorum Johannes apparuit in visione nocturna cuidam Monacho de Sancto Albano apud Thinemuam tunc commoranti qui familiaris
Comitis de Clare nuper defuncti quae ad jus suum Ecclesiae Cantuariensis spectabant injuste detinebat Unde idem Comes sibi antecessoribus suis ipse praedecessores sui ad recognitionem homagium tenebantur Qua de causa Regem rogavit ut custodiam dicti Castelli cum pertinentiis sibi restitueret jura Ecclesiae Cantuariensis conservaret illaesa Ad haec respondens Rex dixit Comitem praefatum de se tenere in capite vacantes custod as Comitum Baronum eorundem Haeredum ad suam Coronam usque ad aetatem legitimam pertinere unde sibi licere proposuit tales custodias cui voluerit vendere vel conferre Archiepiscopus vero cum aliud responsum habere non potuit excommunicavit omnes invasores possessionum praedictarum et omnes praeter Regem it was well he was excepted qui cum eis communionem haberent Et tam pro his quam aliis de causis Romam profectus jus suum Ecclesiae suae prosequi maturavit Rex vero è contra ut causam suam prosequeretur Magistrum Rogerum de Cantelu Romam cum aliis quibusdam nunciis destinavit VEnit hoc tempore ad Curiam Romanam Richardus Cantuariensis Archiepiscopus in praesentia Domini Papae proposuit haec quae sequuntur Conquestus est in primis de Rege Anglorum quod solummodo omnia Regni negotia per consilium Huberti Justiciarii aliis spretis Magnatibus disponebat Item de Justiciario proposuit quod habeat uxorem cujus consanguineam prius habuerat sibi matrimonio copulatam et quod jura Ecclesiae Cantuariensis invaserat et injuste detinebat Proposuit etiam quod Episcopi quidam ejus Suffraganei neglecta Pastorali cura sedebant ad Scaccarium Regis Laicas causas ventilantes and was not the Kings cause of Wardship such for which he appealed to the Pope judicia sanguinis exercentes Item conquestus est quod Clerici beneficiati infra sacros ordines constituti plures habebant Ecclesias quibus adnexa fuerat cura animarum quod insuper sicut Episcopi ab ipsis trahentes exemplum curis saecularibus Laicorum se judiciis immiscebant His au tem consimilibus coram Papa propositis petiit ut talibus limam correctionis excessibus adhiberet The later being worthy redresse were annexed only to countenance the former complaints against the King and Hubert which else would have seemed harsh Cumque haec omnia Dominus Papa diligenti studio intellexisset vidisset quod universa quae proposuerat Archiepiscopus justitia fuerant ratione subnixa jussit incontinenti quatenus Archiepiscopi negotia sive petitiones expedirentur justitia mediante Proposuerunt autem in contrarium Clerici Regis pro ipso Rege et Justiciario multa inaniter allegantes sed parum vel nihil profecerunt Quia ut breviter dicatur favor Archiepiscopi quicquid petiit impetravit Such was the Popes partiality that this Prelate in a bad cause could over-ballance his own King in a just one that concerned his Royalties Erat namque staturae elegantissimae facundiae admirabilis scientia moribus incomparabilis allegavit pro eo causa justa favorabilis But observe Gods justice on this ungratefull treacherous usurping Prelate when he had accomplished his designs against the King he was presently taken away by sudden death before his return to reap the fruits of his conquest Archiepiscopus igitur Cantuariensis Richardus cum expletis negotiis suis omnibus pro voluntate sua repatriare maturavit apud S. Gemmam in domo fratrum minorum tertia dieta citra Romam diem clausit obiter supremum iij. Nonas Augusti Et sic ipso expirante expirabant cum eo negotia impetrata De quo hoc mirabile accidit quia cum Pontificalibus sicut moris est corpus defuncti sepeliendum insigniretur de nocte venerunt homines illius Patriae qui haec omnia oculo fascinante inspexerant aperuerunt de nocte sepulchrum cupientes ut annulum alia insignia Episcopalia fruerentur nulla vi vel ingenio id potuerunt De quo non tamen signato propositum consummare nequiverunt recesserunt confusi pectora sua in quibus scelerata corda latitabant percusserunt It had been well this Archbishop too had repented him of his oppositions against his Soveraigns Prerogative before his death whose Crown or chief flower of it Wardships he endeavoured to pull off whiles alive The Pope upon the death of this Archbishop having deprived the King and Monks of their rights in the election of two Archbishops before by the Kings and their mutual differences endeavoured now to wrest the power out of both their hands in the election of a third in whose election they both concurred to prevent his feared Usurpation as this History will demonstrate DEfuncto ut dictum est Richardo Cantuariensi Archiepiscopo decreverunt Monachi Cantuariae Radulphum de Nevilla Cicestrensem Episcopum sibi in Praesulem postulare qui erat Regis fidelissimus Cancellarius et inconcussa columna veritatis singulis sua jura praecipue pauperibus singulis juste reddens indilate In multis Regni perturbationibus stans directe non arundo quolibet vento agitata nec declinans ad dextram vel sinistram Constanter igitur petierunt eum Monachi memorati quasi dignissimum idoneum Ecclesiae suae approbatum defensorem potentem verbo opere ut foeliciter Beato Thomae succederet assimilatus qui de Cancellario factus est Archiepiscopus Facta igitur rite electione praesentaverunt eum Regi viij Calend. Octobris Quem Rox gratanter quantum ad se pertinebat acceptans de maneriis et rebus aliis ad Archiepiscopatum adjacentibus illum protinus investivit before his approbation by the Pope or consecration here Et Monachi Romam profecturi ad electum suum venientes petierunt ab illo auxilium ad expensas itineris servitium Curiae Romanae si qua sunt similia Sed ille sentiens in animo illud non penitus carere scrupulo simoniae ac ambitionis plane affirmavit quod propter hoc eis nec obolum unum donaret manus tendens in coelum dicens Domine Deus omnipotens si vocandus sum licet indignus ad Archipraesulatus officium fiat hoc te disponente Si autem in hac sollicitudine Cancellariae ne◠non minoris officii cui assignor Regno populo tuo sum necessarius non recuso laborem fiat voluntas tua Monachi vero viri constantiam potius quam rebellionem in hoc verbo pensantes non ideo minus Romam profecti electionem sive postulationem factam petierunt a Papa ut authoritate sua confirmaret Dominus itaque Papa facta ut dicitur a Magistro Simone de Langetuna diligenti inquisitione de persona postulati respondit illum Curialem esse illiteratum rapidum in verbo ac
ei ut cederet electus humiliter factae electioni renunciavit et licentiam petiit repatriandi Tunc Papa cujus sola voluntas vim legis habuit concessa licentia Monachis ipsis praecepit ut alium talem eligerent cui onus suum communicare et curam posset committere pastoralem Hereupon the Monks proceeded to a third Election Tertio itaque J. cognomento Blundus Clericus apud Oxon. in Theologia stuâ—ens ac legens in Archiepiscopum Cantuariensem electus est Qui à Rege susceptus cum Monachis quibusdam Cantuariensibus Romam profectus est ut electionem suam confirmariâ—a sede Apostolica impetraret But this third person though duly elected and approved by the King sped no better then the other two elected being cashiered by the Pope as our Historians thus relate PEr idem tempus cassatus est Magister Johannes Blundus Cantuariensis electus Divulgatum quidem erat Romae quod post electionem suam acceperat ex dono Petri Wintoniensis Episcopi Mille Marcas argenti praeter alias Mille Marcas quas eidem Johanni crediderat ut promoveretur unde constat manifestè quod magis ei nocuit quam profuit familiaritas Episcopi memorati Scripsit etiam idem Episcopus Imperatori ut suas partes interponeret circa promotionem praedicti Johannis versus Papam unde Papa perpendens notam Symoniae ambitionis dixit in corde â—uo illud Ovidianum Et stricto supplicat ense potens Unde cor Domini Papae non erat bene cum eo Praeterea confessus fuerat Romae idem Johannes ut dicitur quod duo habebat beneficia quibus cura annexa fuit animarum contra statuta Concilii generalis qua praesumptione quia carebat dispensatione creditur reprobatus licet allegatum fuerit contra quod ea possederat ante Concilium You see the reason of vacating these Elections in the Popes ensuing words Sed quoniam jam cassatis tribus Ecclesiae Cantuariensis electis praefata fuit diu Ecclesia a pastore viduata similis facta Sarae uxori Tobiae filiae Raguelis tot viris viduatae dedit Monachis qui cum electo cassato venerant potestatem eligendi Magistrum Edmundum Ecclesiae Sarisburiensis Canonicum which himself alone had pitched upon and recommended to them virum honestae conversationis bene literatum in Pastorem animarum suarum Cui etiam Pallium transmisit ne tanta sedes Metropolitana a Pastore diutius frustraretur Monachi Cantuarienses vero qui Roma fuerant nec ipsum Edmundum instante ne Papa quidem nec alium quemlibet nisi de consensu Regis et Conventus sui recipere decreverunt Papa enim tanquam ex taciturnitate Monachorum qui aperte contradicere non audebant electo transmisit Pallium quo ductus in absentem peregrinum et ignotum motu haud scimus ex historiis writes his Successor Matthew Parker but no doubt some golden or silver spring was the true cause of this extraordinary Papal favour and collating of him to this Archiepiscopal See without any further election by the Monks that I can finde About a year after he was consecrated at Canterbury most probably by the Kings consent he being present at his consecration thus related by our Historians EOdem anno 1234. 18. H. 3. in Ecclesia Christi Canturiae consecratus est Aedmundus ejusdem Ecclesiae electus a Rogere Londinensi Episcopo in Archiepiscopum Cantuariensem Dominica qua cantatur Laetare Hierusalem quae tunc fuit quarto Nonas Aprilis praesente Rege cum xiij Episcopis Et eodem die Missam cum pallio quod caute ei de curia Romana Simon de Legro ejus Ecclesiae monachus detulerat solemniter celebravit This See continued voyd above 3. years after Richards death by reason of this Popes vacating three successive due elections to it to make way for Edmund recommended to it by himself without the Kings or Monks consent who by the Popes vacating their 3. former elections without any right ground but his own Papal pleasure found it bootlesse to withstand his consecration after the Pope had nominated him Archbishop and sent him a Pall as an earnest of its fruition in despite of King or Covent Now I return to my Chronological method interrupted by these treble elections to make them more intelligible and intire Anno 1232. The King in a Parliament at Westminster demanding an Ayde to pay his debts incurred by his Wars Praelati Regi respondentes dixerunt quod Episcopi multi Abbates qui vocati erant non fuerunt praesentes sic petierunt inducias quousque ad diem certum possent omnes pariter convenire Praefixus est itaque dies a quindecim diebus post Pascha ut omnibus congregatis tunc fieret quod erat de jure faciendum They being backwards to supply the King though overcomplyant to the Popes exactions This Popes his Legates and Agents usurpations by exactions Provisions disposing Churches to aliens and other Innovations at this time became so intollerably oppressive tyrannical to all sorts of people in England that by several Letters of complaint dispersed against them there was stirred up a general commotion and opposition against them throughout England thus Recorded by Mat. Paris SUborta est hac tempestate in Anglia maxima rerum perturbatio immo ut verum fateamur indiscreta praesumptio propter Romanorum Insolentiam Clericorum quae tam nobiles Regni quam ignobiles ad temerariam compulit ultionem sicut in subscriptis expressum continetur Tali Episcopo tali Capitulo universitas eorum qui magis volunt mori quam a Romanis confundi salutem Qualiter circa nos et alias personas Ecclesiasticas Angliae hactenus se habuerint Romani et eorum Legati vestram non dubitamus latere discretionem beneficia regni suis secundum quod eis placet conferendo in vestrum et omnium aliorum regni intollerabile praejudicium et gravamen In vos etiam coepiscopos vestros aliasque personas Ecclesiasticas ad quos collatio beneficiorum pertinere dinoscitur quod magis dignum est pro confusione notari suspensionis sententias fulminando ne alicui de regno beneficia conferatis donec quinque Romanis nec dum proprio nomine nominatis imo nato Rumfridi et nato talis et talis in singulis Ecclesiis vestris per totam diocesin sit provisum unicuique eorum in redditu centum Librarum Alia etiam gravamina quam plurima tam laicis et magnatibus regni super advocationibus suis et eorum eleemosynis ab eis et antecessoribus suis datis in Pauperum regni sustentationem quam Clericis et aliis viris religiosis regni super rebus et beneficiis inferendo Nec praemissis contenti ad ultimum a clericis regni beneficia quae obtinent ut ea Romanis conferant non secundum quod decet sed sicut eis placet
causa quae versabatur inter eum Comitem Arundelliae condemnatus est utrobique in expensis circiter mille marcarum relaxata sententia quam tulerat idem Archiepiscopus in Comitem supradictum Habuit enim adversarium validissimum Ottonem Legatum qui ad hoc etiam Regem efficaciter stimulavit After the death of Henry de Sandford Bishop of Rochester the Monks of Rochester elected Richard Windeley a learned man for their Bishop who being presented by the Monks to Edmund Archbishop of Canterbury for his confirmation he refused to admit him unde Monachi Domini Papae praesentiam appellarunt Upon this Appeal the Pope gave judgment for the Monks against the Archbishop and condemned him in costs of suit confirming their Election in dispite of the Archbishop with whom the Pope was very angry for opposing his shamelesse and intolerable exactions in England whereupon this Bishop elect was consecrated at Canterbury in St. Gregories Church by the Archbishop the Bishop of London and other Bishops quia Archiepiscopus suspenderat Ecclesiam Cantuar. à divinarum celebratione praemissa debita postulatione à Priori Roffenfi Ricardo installatus fuit in die S. Andreae apud Roffen Although the Archbishop miscaried in these two precedent suits at Rome yet he obtained an Indulgence from the Pope to the prejudice of the Monks of Canterbury thus related Archiepiscopus Cantuariensis Aedmundus a curia Romana rediens venit in Angliam Qui contra Monachos suos Cantuarienses quamvis cum gratia Conventus ab Anglia recessisset a Domino Papa pro se impetravit unde suborta est discordia nimis enormis indecens inter gregem Pastorem passa est Ecclesia damna multa dedecus suspensionem ignominiam Unde vocatus Legatus ad reformationem illius deformationis dum in capitulo Cantuariensi praesideret propter quoddam scriptum in quo privilegium quoddam tempore beati Thomae impetratum continebatur quod quidam imprudenter combusserunt Priorem Cantuariensem deposuit ad districtiorem ordinem ut ibidem perpetuam ageret paenitentiam destinavit quosdam Monachorum dispersit quia ut dicebatur in praedicto privilegio quae sibi videbantur manifeste adversari pietate minus discreta occulte abraserat quae pro eis agere apposuerat Et quia tales rasurae in tam authentico scripto non poterant diligenter intuentes latere ne notam infamiae falsarii Conventus incurreret unus fratrum combussit inconsultus Unde Legatus cum mentionem illius scripti fecisset Archiepiscopus interrogassetque non inveniretur licetinviti de re gesta veram facerent confessionem Legatus merito commotus in vindictam tanti excessus Priorem ab administratione amovens aliquos qui rei videbantur dispersit commonens ut arctius viverent perpetuo poenitentes Postea quia Prior cum saecularibus Capitulum intravit contra domus approbatam consuetudinem ad electionem celebrandam Conventus sibi priorem absque assensu Archiepiscopi elegit Unde hoc audito Archiepiscopus electionem reprobando cassavit totum Conventum praecipue electum electores non tantum suspensionis sed etiam anathematis vinculis innodavit Conventus autem contra Archiepiscopum in hoc ad praesentiam domini Papa constanter appellavit The Legate lodging at this time in the Archbishops Palace and the Archbishop lying in the Monastery of St. Augustines lest he should thereby claim a Jurisdiction over it made this Protestation in writing Noverit universitas vestra quod cum de mandato sedis Apostolicae speciali Dominus Otto Apostolicae sedis Legatus in domibus nostris apud Cantuariam morabatur nos de speciali gratia Abbatis Conventus Monasterii Sancti Augustini Cantuariae ad Romanam Ecclesiam nullo medio pertinentis in eorum domibus infra septa sui Monasterii per aliquot dies in nostris expensis hospicium habuimus Protestantes per hoc eorum privilegiis compositioni inter nos ipsos initae nos in nullo velle in posterum derogari ut de hac nostra protestatione voluntate successoribus nostris liqueat in futuro has literas nostras fecimus c. Anno Domini M. DD. XXX VIII Edmundus Archiepiscopus mandavit officialibus Decanis suis ut in Capellis Ecclesiis Parochialibus denunciari facerent in genere excommunicatos omnes illos qui maliciose terras vel possessiones occuparunt libertates scienter impugnarunt decimas vel redditus injuste detinuerunt ad istud Monasterium de jure spectantes Hoc addens in fine Hoc mandatum nostrum exequentes quod non de negligentia redargui sed de diligentia debeatis merito commendari How corrupt the Pope Court of Rome and what unjust sentences were given by them for bribes and money in that age this story amongst others will inform us Interim S. de Monte forti cum gratia Imperatoris Literis supplicatoriis se transfert ad Curiam Romanam effusa promissa infinita pecunia a Domino Papa impetravit ut ratum habeatur Matrimonium quod non sine laesione conscientiae contraxerat cum Alienora Regis Henrici 3. sorore Votum enim solenne fecerat coram Aedmundo Archiepiscopo continuanda in vita sua castitate The Pope for money dispensed with this Marriage Quamvis votum solenniter factum coram Aedmundo Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi repugnaret ut liceret illicitis abuti amplexibus Scripsitque Dominus Papa Legato Ottoni ut pro praefato Simone de Monte forti solenniter sententiaret Quo audito frater Willielmus de Abendune de ordine Praedicatorum multi alii periti Zelum Dei prae oculis habentes increpaverunt hanc sententiam sanctitatem Papae circumveniri animas periclitari Christumque Zelotypari veraciter affirmantes Quia licet sicut pars adversa protestatur habitum cum velo non assumpserit mulier de qua agitur annulum tamen quo se Christo subarravit vel potius desponsavit assumpsit sic sponso Christo indissolubiliter copulatur testante authentico scripto in Sententiis Magistri Petri in tractatu de voto scilicet libro quarto In quo praemissis rationibus authoritatibus Sanctorum Canonum subinfert Ex his apparet virgines vel viduas voto continentiae astrictas sive fuerint velatae sive non nullatenus conjugium sortiri posse Quod itidem de omnibus intelligendum est qui continentiam voverunt Quod autem erat ante licitum post votum erit illicitum Sed aliquid forte subtilius quam nobis datum sit intelligi Romana Curia speculabatur The sight and receit of Golden Angles at Rome over-ballanced all Laws Canons Decretals both of God Man Councils and Popes themselves Hence King Henry the 3d. soon after when Simon de Montefort and his Wife came to visit him and his Queen and to accompany her to a
aliquo derogare Teste Rege apud Burd 26. die Junii During the vacancy of the Archbishoprick of Canterbrury the King wanting victuals to supply his forces in France * districte praecipendo significavit Archiepiscopo Eboracensi Regni custodi ut blada Archiepiscopatus Cantuariensis aliorum maneriorum Episcopatuum tunc vacantium cum Baconibus sale aliis hyematuro necessariis pannis quoque advestes faciendas adjectis sibi sine morae dispendio usque Burdogaliam transmitterentur Unde absque denariorum multitudine missa sunt decem mille summarum frumenti quinque millia avenae cum totidem Baconibus ac si esset Anglia puteus inexhaustus Most of these Provisions were raised out of the Temporalties of the Archbishopricks and Bishopricks then in the Kings hand The Archbishoprick being voyd by the death of Edmund King Henry used his utmost endeavours to procure the Monks of Canterbury to elect Boniface his Queens uncle a forraigner and every way unfit for such a trust to succeed him whom they accordingly elected upon the ensuing considerations Temporibus sub eisdem Monachi Cantuariae Romam ex parte Conventus destinati pro absolutione obtinenda qua Archiepiscopus E. eos terribiliter innodaverat mense Aprili a Romana curia redierunt Qui impetraverant ut existentibus eorum negotii Abbate Archidiacano Sancti Albani Priore de Dunestaple executoribus ad cautelam absolverentur Sed huic impetrationi antiquus eorum persecutor Magister Simon de Langetune Archidiaconus Cantuariensis se statim appellando opposuit contradicens asserens constanter quod per falsam suggestionem veri suppressionem fuerant litterae talis absolutionis nequiter adquisitae Sed ipsi qui Regi certissime promiserant se Bonifacium in Archiepiscopum suum electuros juxta quod R. devotissime supplicaverat gravem super Archidiaconi Simonis illata injuria excogitata malitia coram Rege querimoniam deposuerunt At Rex partem foâ—ens Monachorum acceptans de Bonifacio promissam electionem terribiliter est eidem Simoni Archidiacono comminatus quod si non a temerario proposito suo quam citius desisteret Regiam cum effectu per omnia sentiret indignationem Quod cum comperit dictus Simon Archidiaconus sciens quod Papa in nullo Regem offenderet et sentiens se jam senem et inveteratum transalpinatorem quievit et a proposito concepto resilivit Monachi autem Cantuarienses comperientes Papam et Regem sibi vicissim indulgere et alt alterius quibuscunque precibus inclinari elegerunt sibi in pastorem animarum suarum invocata Spiritus sancti et Regis gratia Bonifacium electum de Bal. Hominem procerae staturae elegantem corpore avunculum dominae Alienorae illustris Anglorum Reginae Monachis tamen praenotatis scientia moribus etaetate penitus incognitum et tantae dignitati respectu praedecessorum Archipraesulum Cantuariensium ut dicebatur insufficientem Hac tameu consideratione quia si alium elegissent Rex adinventis erceptionibus quibuscunque electionem cassasset reprobatam qui favorem Papalem in omnibus obtinebat Rex autem omnibus modis volens memoratum Bonifacium vel jam electum vel cito eligendum promovere nomen ejus exaltare ne forte dominus Papa quasi insufficientem eundem reprobaret imo ut potius videretur sufficiens idoneus tantae dignitati jussit chartam confici in qua commendabatur supra modum persona dict Bonifacii eidem scripto sigillum Regium in testimonium appendit veritatis Et misit eam Episcopis Abbatibus praecipiens vel imperiose supplicans ut ipsi sigilla sua similiter apponentes huic Regiae assertioni certum testimonium perhiberent Multi ergo conscientiae suae integritatem nolentes infringere timentes illud praeceptum Dominicum Non falsum testimonium perhibebis firmiter eidem renuerunt obtemperare Quamplurimi autem digniorum clericorum videlicet Episcopi Abbates aliqui Regiis comminationibus perterriti enervaâ—i sigilla sua scilicet pignora testimonia suae fidei spreto Dei timore plus hominem quam Deum reverentes apposuerunt eundem Bonifacium in suum superiorem gratanter acceperunt Quippe cum de nobilissimo sanguine natus Regnorum utrorumque Principibus ipse procerus satis sufficiens fuerit specialissimus Monachi tamen Cantuarienses Regis praeventi supplicatione vehementer doluerunt se Regi in hoc consensisse Unde quidam Monachorum ad se reversi suam miseriam cognoscentes ut perpetuam poenitentiam agerent ab Ecclesia sua recedentes ad ordinem Curtusiae convolarunt Boniface being thus elected Archishop the King thereupon dispatcshed his Letters and Proctor to the Pope and Cardinals at Rome for his confirmation thus entred in our Records though not extant in historians wherein he thus flattered the Pope beyond all measure to obtain his desired purpose SAnctissimo Patri ac Domino divina providentia Summo Pontifici H. eadem gratia c. salutem Sanctitati vestrae petitiones nostras tanto cum majori porrigimus fiducia obtinendi quanto non solum ad regni nostri commoda set etiam ad Ecclesiae Romanae fructuosum honorem per ea quae petimus aspiramus Quicquid enim honoris vel commodi regno nostro accreverit ad vestrae dominationis augmentum est specialiter referendum Cum igitur nuper Ecclesia Cantuar. per mortem bonae memoriae E. quondam ipsius Archiepiscopi destituta pastore petita prius prout moris est a nobis eligendi licentia et obtenta Prior et Conventus ejusdem vocatis omnibus ut intelleximus qui vocandi erant et praesentibus qui debebant et poterant interesse de prudenti viro et nobis Charissimo Bonifacio de Sabaudia procuratore Bellic Ecclesiae avunculo nostro sibi canonice ac concorditer providerint in Archiepiscopum et in patrem Et Nos provisionem eandem ratam habeamus quantum nostra interest et acceptum dilectum fidelem Clericum Nuncium Procuratorem nostrum magistrum Robertum Anketil Canonicum Dakensem nobis gratum ad hoc alia nostra negotia quae sibi hac vice apud sedem Apostolicam promovenda commisimus constitutum ad sanctae Paternitatis vestrae pedes transmisimus devote per eum praesentes literas nostras ex affectus cordis intime quantum possumus humiliter supplicando quatenus in eodem B. avunculo nostro geminam nobilitatem morum generis tam ipsius quam suorum devotionem erga Deum Romanam Ecclesiam attendentes nec non utilitatem Regni tanquam rei vestrae pensantes dictum B. jam a Deo promissum nobis in subsidium speciale proli nostrae non modicum fulcimentum Cantuariensi Ecclesiae in Archiepiscopum difficultate qualibet impedimento postpositis impenso de sedis Apostolicae liberalitate consueta confirmationis munere concedatis In
command the Prior not to suffer any of the monies to be thence removed without the Kings Privity under pain of seising all his tenements in England as this record attests MAndatum est Constabulario Turris London quod assumptis secum Vicecom London Ballivis de Suthwerk eant usque Bermudes et videant quod si aliqua pecunia collecta ad opus Abbatis Cluniacensis contra prohibitionem Regis ibidem deposita sit Et si eam invenerint tunc eam signari fac sigillis suis et ex parte Regis prohiberi faciat Priori de Bermudes sicut tenementa sua quae habent in Anglia diligit quod nichil de pecunia illa praeter Conscientiam Regis removeatur Teste Rege apud Merton primo die Januarii The King as you heard before having for a long time seised the temporalties of the Bishoprick of Coventry and Lichfeild and detained them from Roger de Weseham intruded into it by the Pope without his royal assent to the prejuâ—ice of his Crown was at last content to restore them to him by the Popes mediation which he did out of his mear liberality and grace by these ensuing Writs REX omnibus Militibus liberis hominibus omnibus tenentibus de Episcopatu Cestriae Lichfield salutem Sciatis quod non obstante eo quod ordinatio quam Dominus Papa fecit de Magistro Rogero de Weseham quondam Decano Linc. praeficiendo eum de facto Episcopum Ecclesiae Coventr et Lechfield facta fuit in praejudicium dignitatis nostrae de mera liberalitate et gratia nostra ad instantiam ipsius Domini Papae temporalia ad eundem Episcopatum spectantia eidem Episcopo red didimus Et ideo vobis Mandamus quod eidem Episcopo tanquam Domino vestro in omnibus quae ad praedictum Episcopatum pertinent intendentes sitis respondentâ—sâ— Teste Rege apud Westmonast 25. die Martii Et Mandatum est Magistro de Wanton Custodi ejusdem Episcopasus quod de Castris Maneriis omnibus aliis ad praedictum Episcopatum pertinentibus quae extiterunt Custodiae Regis ratione vacationis ejusdem Episcopatus ei plenam Seisinam habere faciat Teste ut supra The Dean and Chapter of Elfin in Ireland against the Kings prerogative elected a Bishop without the Kings license first obtained the King upon petition out of his special grace gave his royal assent thereto that he should be consecrated by the Archbishop of Tuam yet so as by this his special grace at this time no prejudice should accrew to the King nor any prerogative to the Dean and Chapter for the future to elect a Bishop before the Kings License first obtained REX adhibuit assensum Electioni factae de Thoma Decano de Archarda in Episcopum Elfinensem Mandatum est M Tuamensi Archiepiscopo ut quod suum est exequaetur In cujus c. Teste Rege apud Woodstock 21 die Augusti Licet autem Decanus et Capitulum Elfin praedictum Eiectum elegerint non praeobtenta a Rege Licentia eligendi quia tamen periculum eidem Ecclesiae immineret Rex electioni suae assensum durit adhibere Ita tamen quod occasione gratiae Regis hac vice eis impartitae nullum Regi praejudicium in posterum generetur nec illis aliquaw praerogativam conferat Electio illa quin Capitulum Effin cum sedes vacaverit a Rege antequam eligant haveant licentiam eligendi The King by his Ecclesiastical Praerogative having right to present to the Church of St Michael in Coventry then voyd during the vacancy of the Bishoprick the Archdecons of Coventry and Salop after the Bishops death during the vacancy presumed without the Kings privity in derogation of his royal prerogative to appropriate â—â— markes a year of the profits of the said Church to the Canons of Litchfield and â—â— markes more to the use of the Monkes of Coventry and the rest of the profits they alotted to the Vicar for the time being who should serve the Cure putting a Vicar into possession of the said Church Which the King conniving at till a fit season presented Ralph de Leicester his Clerk to the said Church notwithstanding this appropriation which he declared nul and voyd Whereupon the Vicar cited him before the Popes Delegates and likewise kept forcible possession of the Church with armed men against him The King informed thereof by Ralph his Clerk issued a Writ to the Sheriff of Warwick to remove the force who thereupon repairing to the Church with the Kings Clerk and finding resistance brake open the Church doores in which scuffel some were wounded besides the Kings and Sheriffs intentions The King avowed this act of the Sheriff as his own being done by his Writ for his honor and service yet the Bishop of Coventry excommunicated both the Kings Clerke amd all his men with all those who assisted the Sheriff in executing the Kings Writ the King thereupon issued forth these two memorable Writs the first of them to the Sheriffs of Warwick shire to repair to the Bishop to admonish and intreat him forthwith to recal his excommunication under pain of seising his Barony into the Kings hands in case of refusall the Bp. being obliged by his Oath in respect of his Barony to maintain the Kings honor and dignity whom he could not more offend or dishonor then by excommunicating his Subjects and Officers for obeying his commands which none would thenceforth execute if they should not be protected against such unjust excommunications and commanded the Bishop of Lincoln not to molest his Clerke by reason of this Excommunication nor yet to publish it against him The writ to the Popes delegates not to proceed in this cause to dispossesse his Clerks of this Church whereof he had gained actual possession and to the Dean and Chapter of Licfield Sheriff of Warwick and the Clerk and Vicar not to prosecute this cause runs in this stile REX Vic. War salutem Cum ratione nostri regiminis Ecclesiarum et Libertatum ipsarum dati sumus a divina Clementia ex debito defensores injurias et violentias a quibuscunque personis occasione quacunque illatas eisdem habemus cum industria propulsare et justitia rationabiliter vindicare Hinc est quod cum alias tibi praeciperimus ut vim laicam inventam in Ecclesia Sancti Michaelis de Coventria in ipsius praejudicium dilecti Clerici nostri R. de Leyc quem ad praedictam Ecclesiam Sancti Michaelis praesentavimus quem in possessionem ejusdem a Domino Papa delegati Iudices induxerunt ne Ecclesia illa formam Castri assumeret amoveres tanquam in perniciem libertatis Ecclesiasticae introductam ut vim laicam inventam non valens aliter amovere nisi specialiter per ingressum qui tibi clausis Ecclesiae ostiis non patebat pro ingressu fractionem ostii quam fecisti cujus forsan occasione fractionis
Apostolick the Mother of Churches excelling all other Churches in power wealth the paradise of pleasure c. planted by God himself Popes grand affection to it 420 487. The Archbishop of Canterbury Primate of all England ought to have precedency of Yorke 487 570 684 772 899. The Patronage Custody Royalties of the Bishoprick of Rochester custody and restitution of its temporalties granted to the Archbishops of Canterbury by King Johns Charter 339 479 818 819. 877. See Rochester Augustin first Bishop of it 607. His Charter to the Monastery of St. Augustines sorged Appendix 17. Anselm his extravagant blasphemous Passages of the Virgin Maries Soveraign power Redemption Mediation Prayers to her c. His Oppositions Treason against King Henryes prerogatives 16 20 21 23 32 46 to 50 53. Canonized for them as a Roman Saint p. 64 226. Theobald the Bishop of St. Davids consecrated by made his profession of subjection to him Pope Eugenius his Letters Decree concerning it 235. Thomas Becket magnified canonized translated as a Roman Saint Martyr for the Church for his oppositions Treasons against K. H. Il. his royal Prerogatives and antient Liberties p. 226. 250. 380. 420. 431 563 564. 591. 785 787. 805 807 813 841 896. 926. Append. p. 9. The author introducer of our Ladies 7. Joyes 46 64. Christs pretended apparition speech to him 69. His Miracles 420. Archb. Edmund commends himself and cause to him 564 His name as a Saint Martyr used in our publike excommunications 796. Founder of St Thomas Hospital 785 787. The Bps resolve to be martyred like him S. Edmund p 563 564. 823 824. 896 926. yet flagg therein ibid. Hubert Crowned King John was Chancellor to him p. 227 229. His Charter to him concerning imprisoned Clerks and their purgation 230. Holds a Council and makes Canons against the Kings prohibition 232 233. Writs to the Justices to assist him to recover the rights of his Church 234. Disobâ—yes the Popes Citation of him to Rome opposed nulled his provision to the Bishoprick of S. Davids and revival as an Archbishoprick 235 236 237. See St. Davids A resignation of the Archdeaconry of Brecon to him made the pretended Bishop of St. Davids his Chaplain 236 237 238. His contests with excommunications of the Abbot Monks of Augustines Canterbury concerning the Church of Faversham other Churches the appeals and proceedings therein Appendix p. 3. to 18. Reginald Subprior of Canterbury after his death secretly elected at Midnight by the Monks to prevent the Kings nomination his Oath of Secrecy disclosed election opposed nulled by the Pope p. 242 243 246 244. John Gray Bishop of Norwich elected by the Kings license who approved thereof Writ for him yet rejected by the Pope because chosen before the others election nulled p. 243 244 245 246 247. Stephen Langeton an English Cardinal upon nulling the 2. former elections nominated to elected by the Monks then at Rome by Pope Innocents command without their fellowes or Kings consent consecrated Archbp by the Pope p. 247 248 421 770 his education learning p. 247 249 250 419 420 Pope Innocents Epistles presents to King John to admit him Archbp who refused it menaced the Pope and his Creatures seised the temporalties of the Archbp. banished him his Parents kinred and Monks of Cant. as Traytors p. 248 249 250 802. By his and his confederate Bishops Treachery the Kingdom was interdicted King excommunicated his subjects abso ved from their allegiance he and his deprived of the Crown given to the French King enforced to resign his Kingdoms to the Pope become his sworn Tributary Vassal Homager renounce the antient rights of his Crown receive him and his Confederats to favour restore them to their Bishopricks with the profits damages sustained by their exile before he could be absolved p. 251 to 291. 340 341 342 343. The Kings Nobles Letters Charters to him his arrival in England with the Kings humiliation Oath to him before he would absolve him 276 277 278 279. Instigates the Nobles against the King threatens to excommunicate him and revive the Interdict if he proceeded by arms against them 282 283 284 335. A witnesse to the Kings Charter of resignation of his Kingdoms annual pension and homage to the Pope 290. yet protested appealed against it though the occasion of it to render the King more odious p. 290 294 299 300 431 638 639. He opposed appealed against the Popes Legates Vâ—urpations Provisions in derogation of his See and Church of Englands rights for which he summoned a Synod of his Suffragans p. 330. What dammages from the King the Pope awarded him 331. Seisin of the ports of Sandwych Heth Romney awarded to him 334. His severity against the Clergymen who adhered faithfully to King John 334 335. Excites the Barons to take up arms against King John for their Liberties Extorts the Great Charter from him with new additional clauses 283 335 336 337 340 341. Wrests a new Charter for the freedom of elections of Bishops Abbots from him 336 337 338. and of the Patronage Royalâ—yes of the Bishoprick of Rochester as absolutely as the King enjoyed them p. 339 344 To require which he surrenders the Castle ammunition of Rochester to the Barons 344. refuseth to execute the Popes excommunication interdict against the Barons though oft pressed by the Legate and others p. 344 345 346 347. Accused suspended in the Council at Rome for confederating with the Barons against the King a just retaliation p. 347 348 351 361. His suspention taken off but he not to return into England till peace made between the King and his Barons 361. Crowned H. 3. at his second not first Cororâ—tion 379. Causeth his Trayterous predecessor Becket to be translated with great magnificence 380. The Popes delegate in the case of the Bishop of Lismor 382. An arbitrator between the Bishop of London and Abbot of Westminster concerning his exemption from the Bishops Jurisdiction 384. A Council held under him at Oxford wherein extorted Fees Pluralities and other abuses were condemned The Excommunications denounced in it the name of Christ and the Holy Ghost after God the Father omitted Maries and Saints inserted in their stead 385 386 54. Prohibited victuals to be sold to Jews 386 387. Demands a confirmation of the Great Charter from H. 3. p 387. His Conference with Lawes the French King 387 388. His Vsurpations on the Archdeaconries of Coventry during the vacancy prohibited 388. King H. 3. in policy commends his fidelity to him in Letters to the Pope Cardinals to procure their Letters to him to continue faithfull and assisting to him 389 390. He and his Suffragans denounce Excommunications against all invaders of the Church Church-goods disturbers of the King kingdom detainers of the Kings Lands Castles unlesse they surrendered them by a day p 391 392. He procures the Kings Letter to the Pope for his brothers return into England upon his engagement to do no prejudice to the King or kingdome â—b Grants a
license to the Judges itinerant to take Oaths try some cases on times prohibited by the Canons so it were not drawn into president 394. Pope Honorius Bull to him and the Bishops to grant a Subsidy to the King 396 His Decree against Priests Concubines 397. Adviseth the King to assemble all the Clergy and Laity to hear the Popes Legates Message 398 to â—02 Caused the Pope to recall Otto calls the King to a Synod at Westminster to answer the Popes demands 402. Pope Gregory the 9. his Epistles to him to denounce his Excommunication against the Emperor Frederick 409 to 414. His death 418. Pope Gregory the 9. his applauses of him 419 420. Walter de Hevesham elected by the Monks by a Conge de eslier refused by the King Suffragans for insufficiency incontinency with a Nun on whom he begot divers Children and other causes His election nulled by the Pope at last upon promise to him of a Dism against the Emperor p. 307 418 419. The Popes sentence against him Ibid. Richard upon the nulling of Walters election at the Kings and Suffragan Bishops request declared Archbishop by Pope Gregories Bull without the Monks election by way of provision p. 419 420 421 430 778. Consecrated by the Bishop of Rochester without a Pall 421. Vngratefully denyed an ayde to the King in Parliament when he readily granted aydes to the Pope 428 429. He complains to the King against Hubert his Chief Justice for denying him the Wardship Custody of the heir of Gilbert de Clare and Castle of Tunbridge because he held of the King in Capite 429 430 Excommunicates Hubert and all else but the King for not betraying the Kings prerogative in Wards as invaders of the Churches Liberties Ibid. Makes a Trayterous Complaint against the King and Hubert to the Pope from whom he obtained what ever he demanded but dyed in his returne from Rome 430 431. Ralph Nevil Bishop of Chichester the Kings Chancellor elected by the Monks approved by the King yet rejected by the Pope only because Simon Langeton informed him he would cause the King and Nobles to oppose King Johns Charter Tribute if confirmed Archbishop 293 294 431. John their Subprior thereupon elected approved at Rome by the Cardinals but perswaded by the Pope to desist for his age inhability for so great a trust 432 433. Richard Blundus an Oxford Student thereupon elected but refused by the Pope because he had 2. benefices and borrowed great sums of mony as was thought not proved to purchase the place by Symony p. 433. Edmund Treasurer of Salisbury thereupon nominated Archbishop by the Pope to the Monks at Rome who durst not deny the Pope nor do any thing therein without the Kings consent Yet the Pope sent him a Pall into England before any election whereupon the King and Monks were content to accept of him without exception 294 433 434. Consecrated by the Bishop of London 434. Present at a Parliament as Bishop elect before his Consecration He and his Suffragans admoneshed King H. 3. to remove the Bishop of Winchester and other ill Counsellors 443 444. After his Consecration he and they advise the like threaten to excommunicate the King unlesse he reformed his error and all hinderers of peace concord with the Lords whereto he answered he would obey them in all things 443 445. Sent by the K. into Wales with other Bishops to treat a peace between the King Lewellin the Earl Marshall 445. An Act that no Assise of Dareign presentment should lie of a Prebennd made by his and other Bishops advice ibid. Present in the Council of Merton and debate concerning Bastardy 472 474. The custody of its temporalties and Rochesters belong to the King during both their vacancies 479. Its Services New-years gifts not to be sued for in Ecclesiastical Courts Ib. 476. A difference between a Bishop and Archbishop in Ireland referred by the King to this Archbishop and the Bishop of Cicester 482. Reprehends the King for sending for a Legate into England to the prejudice of his Dignity and the publike 485. The Archbishop of Yorks contest with him for precedency in the Council of London under the Popes Legat ruled for Canterbury 487. Goes to Rome though recalled by the Popes Legat A sentence there given against him for the Monks of Rochester touching their Bishops election and in the cause of the Earl of Aâ—undel condemned in about 1000. Marks costs his sentence reversed 498 499. Otto and the King his enemies Ib. Obtains a priviledge to the prejudice of the Monks of Canterbury deposeth the Prior and enjoynes penance to the Monks for interlining rasing burning a Deed of Priviledge Interdicts the Chapter nulls the Priors election as made in an undue place and without his consent 499 500. His Charter composition with the Monks and Monastery of St. Augustines to secure their priviledges by his lodging in it whiles the Legat lay in his Palace 499 500 792. His and his Suffragans complaints of the injuries oppressions done to the Church by the Kings ill Counsel and Popes Legat against his Oath Charter frequent promises and excommunications 544. Earl Richard bewayles the desolation of the Kingdom to him by the Popes Legates ill counsil and exactions 546. Yields to the Popes intollerable exactions which he at first opposed Complained to the Pope by Messengers Letters of the Kings detaining Cathedral Conventual Churches long in his hands hindring their free elections Procured a Bull for money that the Archbp of the place should present to them after 6. months voydance which the King caused the Pope to revoke as contrary to his prerogative 563. whereupon being exceedingly grieved he resolved to imitate Becket reprehended the King voluntarily banished himself into France to the Abby where Becket sojourned weary of his life addicting himself to fasting prayers tears falls sick dyes p. 563 564. 698. The Legat absolved those he excommunicated against the priviledge of his See 564. His Executors by the Kings Writ permitted to dispose of his goods according to his will and to call all his Bayliffs to account for the Rents 576. The Corn fruits provisions of the Archbishoprick during the vacancy after his death sent into France to victual the Kings forces 579. The King blamed by the French as the banisher persecuter of this holy Bishop 591. The King dreaded not his Sentence of Excommunication but violated his promise Charter notwithstanding it 611. His Miracles attested by many Archbishops his Canonization moved for in the Council of Lyons but deferred then by the Pope 642 644. Canonized by the Pope for a Saint 685. A Chapel built at Westminster for his honor 686 697 698. Reputed austere furious by his Suffragans 740. Applauded after his death 773 926. The disinherited Barons in the Isle of Eâ—y pleaded they firmly held the Articles of Faith they had learned from him and other Bishops 1022. Supposed by Boniface to have put his Church into great debts p. 683 684. Boniface elected
Archbishop by the Monks though a forreigner unknown unfit for such a trust to please the King and Pope 579. 721. 724. 726. The Kings Charter Testimonial of his due election sufficiency under his Great Seal sent to Bishops and Abbots to subscribe which many refused yet others subscribed under their hands seals to please men rather then God 579 580. The Kings Letters Proctors to the Pope Cardinals for his confirmation whereupon he was confirmed 580 581 582. Confirmed the Bishop elect of Norwich before his consecration 583. The Bishop of Winton excommunicated during the vacancy for intruding after Boniface his election before his confirmation of him appealed against to the Archbps Official to defend the rights of the Crown 589 590. His Letters to procure peace between the King and Bishop elect of Winton ineffectual 593. His Suffragans preserve the rights of his See against the Monks of Canterbury in his absence 600. The Prince of Northwales excommunicated by Boniface for breaking his Charter Oath to King H. 3. notwithstanding the Popes absolution His Letters to the Welch Bishops to execute his excommunication 608 600 610. 976 977. 1013 1014. Sent Proctors to Parliament in his absence 613. 632. Rejected the Bishop of Chester and Cicester duly elected and approved by the King substituted another without the Kings consent who much incensed at it charged him with ingratitude and violations of his prerogative 623 625 626. Degenerates from his predecessors oppressed pillaged his Church Suffragans by Taxes brought it deeply in debt to maintain his Brothers warrs and bribe the Pope 626 634 683 684 685 741 754 773 790 He is consecrated at Lions to the great dammage of the Realm and Popes advantage 627 721. The Pope grants him an ayd which the King prohibits Abbots and Priors to pay being granted without his consent 634. Neglects absents himself from his Church Cure residing beyond Sea in the Popes Warrs to the irreparable dammage of the Church 627 642 645 721 740 770 829 849. Procured an unheard-of grant of the first-fruits of all benefices within his province to pay his Churches debts which the King confirmed Bishops oppose for which he excommunicated the Bishops who were forced to submit ere absolved 683 684 685 718 719. The Kings mandate to his Official to allow of a Papal provision though odious 696. A Prohibition issued against the Popes grant to him of the firstfruits of the benefices of Lay-patrons 718 719 734 735 759. King Henry the 3. with several Nobles receive the Crosse from his hands to ayde the Holy Land 730. Inthroned with great pomp in his See after long absence 740. He intends to visit his province beginning first with his Chapter of Monks at Canterbury who durst not resist him his severity toward them therin 740. His extorsions in it to get money not reform manners 747. Intends to visit London where his Marshal takes up purveyance like a King Ibid. The Dean and Canons of Pauls resist his Visitation for which he excommunicates them Ibid. The Prior and Monks of S. Barthoâ—mew withstand his Visitation as subject only to their Bishops whereupon he furiously beat the Subprior tore his Miter shed his blood in the Church and almost crushed him to death having a Buckler under his Robes as if he came to fight not to visit His followers furiously assault the unarmed Canons Monks who ran to the Bishop and King to complain of the violence The Londoners take up armes against him whereupon he retreats to Lambeth there revives his Excommunication involving the Bishop of London in it as favouring the Canons and Monkes which he renues the next day at Harewes 741 742. The Dean Chapter Canons Monks complain and appeal to the Pope the Bishop by Letter exhorts all his Diocesans to assist him against these his violent proceedings 742 743. Disswaded from Visiting St. Albans by reason of its priviledges 742. Held his Metropolitical Visitation by vertue of Pope Innocents Decree which limited proturations prescribed preaching in it prohibited coaction and exaction of any Oath He used no Oath in his Visitations p. 711 743 744. His Excommunication of the Dean and Chapter of Pauls reversed declared null 744 745 746 762. The Bishops make a common purse Proctor at Rome to oppose his Visitation of them 747. He repairs to the Court of Rome with great Pomp to oppose them the issue of it p. 747 748. The Bishop of Londons proposals to absolution by him 751 752. The Abbots confederacy to oppose his and other Bishops Visitations of them 761 762. His Visitation moderated 762. The Kings Letter to him to assent to an ayde which the Bishops and Clergy refused to grant during his absence 767. Held his former promotions by Commenda 766. The Kings Writ to him to promote the ayde granted him by the Pope 768 769. The Bishops refuse to grant an ayde in his absence being their Primate the Bishops answer thereunto 772 773. The Kings Prohibition to his Suffragans to hold pleas of Advowsons of Churches during vacancies of Bishopricks 782. His Official excommunicates imprisons the intruding Prior of the Hospital of St. Thomas in Suthwark for which the Bishop of Winchesters servants forcibly abuse imprison the Official whereupon the Archbishop and his Suffragans by his command publikely excommunicated the Bishop and his Servants in the Arches at Oxford and elswhere who contemn his censures p. 785 to 789. His Suffragans appeal against oppose his Visitation of them the contests bribes at Rome concerning it 789 790. He burnt the Popes Letters against his visitation of the Monks of Canterbury with indignation before he had fearce read them p. 791. Pope Innocâ—nts Decrees concerning it procurations exemptions from it p. 790 791 792 793 794. He sent to the King with other Bps by the Parl to importune him that the Church migâ—t enjoy her Liberties especially her freedom of elections with the Kings sharp answer to them to resign their Bishopricks as unfit for unworthy of them and ungratefull to him their advancer 795 796. His and his Suffragans Excommunication against the infringers of the Great Charter and Churches Liberties 796 797. His moderate Visitation of Feveâ—sham Rochester London to gain entrance into and possession of Visiting the rest of his Province 799. A contest between him and the Chapter of Lincola about conferring Prebends and the rents of the Bishop of Lincoln during the vacancy 805 806. The King writ to him and others to promote the Dismes for the Holy Land 807. A Writ for him to receive the Aydes Escuage due from the Bishoprick of Rochester as Patron thereof 818 819. Claimed the Ayds for making the Kings sonne a Knight marrying his daughter and return of the Kings Writs in all the Fees of the Bishop of Rochester p. 819. Obliged his Church in above 15000. Marks to the Pope commands his woods to be cut down sold to help defray it p. 826. Oppresseth the Bishop of Rochester by power Writs to stay suits between
them till heard by the King and Nobles a Bull and Legat sent about it p. 825 843 928 929 930 941 942. The Bps Answer to the Popes Lâ—gates demands deferred by reason of his absence beyond the Seas 823 824 849. His brothers ill successe in his Wars maintained by his rapine in England 848 849. Returns into England summons a Council that like the Martyr Thomas he might encounter the Enemies Rebels of the Church and be a wall of defence to it 890. The Kings prohibitions to him and the Bishops not to meet in this Council which they contemn 890 891. Their Treasonable Articles Canons made in that Council against the Kings Prerogative Ecclesiastical and Temporal his Temporal Judges Courts Lawes Prohibitions Writs Judgements exempting of themselves Clerks Officers Lands Goods from their secular Jurisdictions Judicatures decreeing Interdicts Excommunications against the King his Judge Officers Lands Castles Lay-Subjects for which Liberties they resolved to contend to death 890 to 912. The Archbishop forced by the King Barons to fly the kingdom for these Constitutions against which they complained appealed sent their Proctors to Rome Which Constitutions are yet printed in Lyndewode Aâ—on urged for the Canon Law of this Realm though nulled 911 912 983 989 990 991. Not permitted to return into England unlesse he would reverse his illegal Excommunications disturbing the kingdoms peace act nothing concerning the weighty affairs of the Church or Realm but by advice of the greater and sincerer part of his Suffragans and other discreet persons of the Realm engage that upon his return or during his stay in England neither he not any of his Clerks should bring any Messages Letters Mandates or other thing nor do or procure by themselves or others ought to the prejudice of the King kingdom nor carry or send any thing out of it but in cases of necessity by approbation of the Kings Counsil 997 998. A Writ to him for a Collection for the Church of Colen wherein the three Kings were interred 912 913. The Kings prohibition to him not to consecrate the Bishop elected by the Monks of Ely whom he disapproved his appeal against and Writ to examine it 922 923. nulled at Rome by the King him and a new Bishop elected Ibid. 924. His Official refuseth to admit the Kings Clerk whereupon another is commanded by Writ to do it in his default 955 956. A Writ to stay all proceedings at Law in his suit for return of Writs till heard by the King and Counsil 970. A prohibition to him and his Official not to cite any Clerk presented by the King by the Popes authority to appear out of the Realm 980 981. The Kings Writ to his Tenants to ayde him to pay the debts pretended he had contracted for his Churches Liberties 992 A Prohibition to him not to distrain the Kings Chaplains for Dismes 996. The Kings Writ to him to appoint some Bishop of England to consecrate the Bishop elect of Bath and Wells who could not come to him to be consecrated beyond Sea his refusal thereof with the Kings second Writ and displeasure thereon taxing him of ingratitude commanding his present return under pain of severe proceedings against him 998 999. The profits goods of his Archbishoprick forcibly seized on during the Barons Wars Writs of enquiry issued thereupon to protect and secure them 1000 1001 1004. Writs to him and his Official to constrain the Bishop of Hereford by Ecclesiastical censures to reside at his Church discharge his Episcopal Office to prevent seizure of his Temporalties and Kings proceedings 1011 1012. Canons for it 1041. A Writ to enquire what Lands had been alienated given by the King without the Archbishops consent or detained from his Church against the Priviledges thereof 1033. A Writ to the Collectors of the Dismes within his Diocesse to hasten their collection 1034. To repay monies out of the Disme borrowed of him by Prince Edward to repair Dover Castle 1036. A Writ concerning the account of the Dismes of his Diocesse 1052 1053. Writs to preserve the Archbishops right in the Priory of St. Martins Dover immediately subject to the Archbishop against the Prior and Covent of Canterbury's encroachments thereon 1060 1061. His ignominious wretched scandalous long Archiepiscopal life his death beyond the Seas the great inundations at Canterbury about that time 1061. William de Chilenden by the Kings license elected by the Monks not approved by the King but appealed against perswaded by Pope Urban to relinquish his election 1061 1062. whereupon the Pope conceiving the right of conferring the Archbishoprick to be devolved to him like his predecessors out of the plenitude of his power appointed Robert Kilwaraby Provincial of the Freers Minorites in England to be Archbishop upon which the Monks to preserve their right of Elections pro forma elected him Archbishop 1062. The Prior on the day of his consecration demanded 3000. Marks spent in the election of Chilenden the Pope promised he should pay who by threats made him abate 1300 l. Ibid. 1063. He refused to confirm consecrate Dr. More Bishop of Winchester elect because he had two Benefices contrary to the Canons of the Council of London 1063. Robert Kilwardby and his Successors John Peckham Walter Reynolds John Stratford Simon 〈◊〉 p William Courtney Thomas Arundel Thomas Bourgâ—hâ—r Joha Marton and others like Boniface exacted no Oath in their Visitations and Inquiries in them p. 711. according to Pope Innocent the 4. his Constitutions p. 743 744. Chester Coventry and Litchfield Bishoprick Bishops Commissioners for enquiry of damages suffered by the exiled Bishops within â— p. 280. William de Cornhull sent with King Johns offers to the Barons p 347. A recognition before him and other Bishops by the Bishop of Norwich p. â—81 A Writ prohibiting the Archbishops Officials Usurpations on the Kings rights rents during its vacancy after his death p. 388 Alexander de Savenesby consecrated at Rome p. 392. sent by the King to Rome with others to appeal against the Monks election of Walter to be Archbishop of Canterbury which the King disallowed and Pope vacated p. 418 419 420. rebuked openly in Parliament by King Henry 3. for having too much familiarity with the Earl Marshal and endeavouring to deprive him of his Crown his indignation and Excommunication denounced thereupon p. 443. joyner with Archbishop Edmund and others in reprehending menacing to Excommunicate the King p. 443 444. sent by the King with others into Wales to mediate Peace between the King Earl Marshal and Prince of Wales p. 445. The Popes message sent by him to the King for recalling Peter Bishop of Winchester his answer and Writ to him concerning it p. 457. William de Raele elected by the Monks and Canons of Litchfield too refused it being elected to Norwich about the same time p. 510 511. Nicholas Farnham thereupon elected by the Monks but the Dean of Litchfield by the Canons who at last consented to Farnhams election who peremptorily refused the Bishoprick p.
510 511 565. Hugh de Pateshull a Writ to him to enquire how many Benefices Prebendaries were in his Diocesse how many of them were conferred on Aliens by Popes or Legates Provisions with the persons names values p. 573. Pope Innocent absolveth the Prince of Northwoles from the Charter Oath Excommunication of the Bishop of Coventry and others to whose censure he submitted himself in case he violated them to King Henry 3. p. 608 609. A persecutor of the Monks his electors till his death p. 624. The Monks forcibly dispersed by the King forced to fly to other Monasteries during the vacancy p. 624. William de Monte Pessulano after his death elected by the Monks his praise p. 624 625. resignes his election to the King because he and some of the Canons opposed it p. 624 625 627. Roger de Weseham elected by the major part by the Bishop of Lincolnes meanes against the Kings consent allowed consecrated by the Pope at Lyons Richard Keeper of the Great Seal whom the King recommended elected by some few put by at which the King was highly displeased p. 625 626 627. The King detaines his Temporalties a long time for this affront but at last by the Popes mediation restored them p. 627 687. The King presents to the Church of St. Michael Coventry appropriated without his license during the vacancy The Vicar cites his Clerk before the Popes Delegates placed force in the Church to keep him out which the Sheriff by the Kings order removing some were wounded for which the Bishop Excommunicating the Sheriff and his Officers the King issued Writs to the Bishop to absolve them and to the Popes Delegates Vicar others not to prosecute the suit p. 687 688 689. A Prohibition to him and his Proctors not to exact Subsidies from or exercise any Jurisdiction in the Kings Free Chappels within his Diocesse p. 724 735. Not to grant Administration of the goods of Clerks intestate debters to the King till the debt satisfied p. 782. joynes with Archbishop Boniface in Excommunicating the Bishop of Winchesters servants for their force on his Official p. 786. his absence from Parliament excused by sicknesse p. 795. Writs to him for the businesse of the Crosse and collection of Dismes p. 807 814. voluntarily resigned his Bishoprick p. 851 925. Roger de Molend the Kings Nephew elected by the Monks approved by the King though he recommended his Treasurer to them p. 925. A Writ to him to sequester the Ecclesiastical livings of John Waterand in his Diocesse who refused to account to the King p. 978. A difference concerning a presentation to Cestreton Church referred to him by Writ p. 993. Writs for collecting the Dismes in this Diocesse p. 1033 1034. A Prohibition to him not to exercise any Jurisdiction in the Church of All Saints Derby being the Kings Free Chappel p. 1047. Cicester Chichester Bishoprick Bishops Commissioners to enquire damages done in it to the exiled Bishops p 278. A license to the Dean and Chapter to elect a Bishop in the presence of certain persons entrusted by the King p. 348. Ralph de Nevil Chancellor to King Henry 3. elected Archbishop of Canterbury rejected by the Pope for his stoutnesse and opposition to King Johns Charter of resignation 293 294 431. The Popes Delegate in the case between the Abbot of Glastonbury and Bishop of Bath and Wells 357. Present in the Parliament at Merton and Lords vote concerning Bastardy 472. The Monks of Winchester require nominate him for their Bishop in opposition to Ethelmar whom the King recommended for which he incurred the Kings displeasure who put him from his Chancellorship which he repented soon after 501 510. A Writ to him and other Bishops concerning the Priviledges of Canterbury 600. his death 613. Robert Passeleve the Kings Treasurer elected by the Canons approved by the King rejected by the Bishop of Lincoln and Archbishop Boniface as insufficient 625 626 627. Ralph de Withz presently substituted in his place by the Bishop of Lincolns means without the Kings assent who very angry at the affront commanded him and his to be kept out of the City detained the Temporalties a long time in his hands restored them after much mediation and submission at last 625 626 627. Consecrated at Lyons by the Pope 627. A Writ to him to unlock the barnes of a Clerk sequestred or else the Sheriff to break them open 718 719. Present in the Parliament at London where he denyes an Ayd to the King 721. A Prohibition to him not to hold plea of a Debt then pending in the Exchequer 757. To take the account of the Bishop of Winchester concerning Compositions for absolutions from the Crosse 758. Appointed by the King with others to preach up a Croysado 766 797 806 807. Consents with the Bishop of Lincoln in opposing a Disme to the King though granted by the Pope 771 772 Joynes with Archbishop Boniface in excommunicating the Bishop of Winchester and his servants 786. The Kings Letter to the Pope in his behalf for his good service in preaching the Crosse 797. Expenses allowed him for it with Writs concerning this service 815 816. John Clypping summoned by the King to St. Edwards Feast at Westminster 826. Writs to the Collectors of Dismes in this Diocesse 917 1050 1051. Stephen with three other Bishops summons all exempt Abbots and other Religious persons to Oxford to know whether they would stand to and defend the Barons Ordinances 954. Excommunicated by the Popes Legate for adhering to the Barons against the King goes to Rome to the Pope to purchase his absolution and peace 1018 1021. a Writ of safe conduct for his going and returning to answer Articles against him for it before the Popes Legate 1020 1021 1023. Subscribes a Writ to remove a Lay force from a Prebendary with the Kings Counsil and other Bishops 1005. D. St. Davids or Menevia Archbishoprick Bishoprick Archbishops Bishops ST David translates the Archbishoprick of Wales from Coerlegion to St. Davids 234 235. what Bishops were Suffragans to it K. H. 2. subduing Wales subjected it and all its Suffragans to Canterbury Ibid. St. David first Archbishop thereof after its translation by him to Menevia 234. 2â— Archbishops after him therein using a Pall and plenaty Archiepiscopal Jurisdiction Ibid Sampson the last of the 24 Archbishops carried his Pall â—â— Dole in Britany 19 Archbishops succeeded him therein using Archiepiscopal Jurisdiction but without a Pall 234 235. Wilfrid Bishop thereof after Wales subduing by K. H. 2. p. 235. Bernard made Bishop by K. H. 2. compelled by him to receive his consecration from make his profession of subjection to the See of Canterbury and to take an Oath not to raise any contention concerning the Archbishoprick thereof against Canterbury 235. which Oath he violates after K. H. 2 his death appeals to Rome to revive the Archbishoprick but hath sentence given against him by Pope Eugenius Ibid. Gilardus or Geofry Archdeacon of Brechon made Bishop thereof by the
Popes Provision endeavours to revive the Archbishoprick opposed both in his design and provision by King John and Hubert Archbishop of Canterbury put by his Bishoprick forced to quit his Archdeaconry Writs prohibiting any to own or assist him as Bishop declared a publick enemy to the King and the rights of his Crown 234 to 238 778. William Abbot of Dogmael elected approved consecrated Bishop in his stead the Kings Writs issued to all in his Diocesse to assist receive him and oppose Gilardus 230 to 237 778. Hugo Foliot the Kings Writs to the Bishop of Hereford and Dean and Chapter of St. Davids to elect him Bishop yet not elected that I find 355 356. Alhâ—lmus dyed of grief his Bishoprick being wasted by K. H. 3. his Wars on the Welsh 726. Thomas Wallensis Archdeacon of Lincoln a Welshman elected approved by the King accepted of it when poor wasted by the Wars 726. Present in Parliament joynes with the other Bishops in denouncing the Excommunication against the infringers of the Churches Liberties and Magna Charta An. 1253. p. 796. Collectors of Dismes in that Diocesse 917. Archbishop Bonaface his Letters to the Bishop of St. Davids to execute his sentence of Excommunication against Lewellin Prince of Wales for breaking his Truce with Oath to K H. 3. by invading England 976 977. Richard Curren his complaint to K. H. 3. of violence offered to the persons possessions goods of Clergymen in his Diocesse and Kings Writs prohibiting such violence for the future 996 997. A Writ to him diligently to collect the Dismes in his Diocesse 1034. Dunolm Durham Bishoprick Bishops Commissioners to enquire in it of the exiled Bishops damages p. 281. Hugo Pinsac four Churches in the Bishoprick of Durham granted by K H. 1. and appropriated with his consent to Carlisle 376. his royal house in London the Popes Legate lodged in it 494. pronounced a sentence of condemnation against Earl John exiled for Treason against K. Rich. 1. Appendix p. 18. Philip of Poicters his appeal against the Archbishop of Yorks Excommunication proceedings the Kings Patent attesting it 242. Adhered to King John against the Pope and Archbishop Langeton for which he suffered afterwards 254 265. The King recommended Richard de Marisco or the Bishop of Norwich to the Monks of Durham who though seconded by the Popes Letters to them and his Legate they notwithstanding in contempt of the King elected the Dean of Sarum by unanimous consent under all their hands seals and presented him to the Popes Legate The Pope to please the King deferred his confirmation because elected without his license or assent 353 354. his Legate at last intruded Richard de Marisco on them though elected to Winton 382. the contests between him and the Monks their complaints against him the Popes Commission to examine and redresse them 382 383 388 389. A Prohibition to his Officers not to hold Plea in his Courts not used in the Kings predecessors times or belonging not to him in right of his Bishoprick nor use any Liberty therein contrary to the Kings Crown and Dignity which his predecessors used not till discussed in the Kings Courts whether such Writs or Liberties belong to him p. 388. His sudden death Epitaph torments in Hell p. 404 405. After his decease the Monks petitioning the King for a license to elect he recommended Luke his Chaplain to them with much earnestnesse his answer they should have no Bishop for 7. years unlesse they would elect Luke yet they elected William Archdeacon of Winchester whom the King refused and appealed against after two years spent at Rome the Monks election was cancelled Luke put by and Richard Bishop of Sarum made Bishop by the Popes favour p. 405 406 418. A Commissioner in the North to inquire who broke up the Romans barns forcibly took their goods and to send them to Rome to be punished besides without any appeal 436 437. Present in the Parliament at Merton when Bastardy by the Common Law was setled against the Canons 472. His death the Kings license to the Monks to chuse a New Bishop p. 483. Thomas Prior of Durham elected the King appeals constitutes Proctors against it p. 497. The Monks prosecuting his confirmation at Rome are delayed â—â—â— of grief sicknesse plague and he dispairing of successe quits his Election thereupon a New license to elect is petitioned for granted p. 565. Nicholas Farnham elected refused it till conjured by Bishop Grosthead to accept it the King approved confirmed him 565 566. A Writ to him to inquire and certifie how many Benefices were in his Diocesse and how many provisions granted to Aliens by Popes Legates or others p. 573. One of the Popes delegates to absolve the Bishop of Lincolne and his Subjects from the Monks of Canterburyes sentences against them 599. Consecrated at Glocester where the King and Queen were present his profession of subjection to the Archbishop of York 623. Cured of his incurable disease by drinking some of St. Edmunds hair Ibid. A Writ not to remove from Durham notwithstanding his summons to Parliament or to attend on the Archbishop elect of Canterbury or any other occasion whatsoever till further order by reason of danger in those parts 632. He oppresseth by his Episcopal power the Prior and Monks of Tynemuth by distresses notwithstanding the Kings trebled request on their behalf Charged with high ingratitude by the King a Prohibition issued to him ordered to pay dammages to the Prior sharply reprehended by the King p. 715 716. Falling into an incurable disease resigned his Bishoprick reserving 3. Mannors only during his life the King seiseth the rest 623 624. A Writ declaring that after his resignation he was not obliged to pay his predecessors Debts nor to be distrained for them 728. His death 924. Walter de Kirkham his Successor endeavors by the Popes power to resume the 3. Mannors reserved by Nicholas upon his resignation the Popes reprehension and his infamy for it p. 761 924. The Kings Writs to him to promote the preaching and businesse of the Crosse collect the monyes raised by and publish the Indulgences granted him by the Pope to such who took it up 767 768 present in the Parliament oâ— 37 H. â— and Excommunication publickly denounced against the infringers of the Churches Liberties and Great Charter 796 797. Assaulted abused 4. of his servants forcibly imprisoned by John de Boylol his Brother and complices for excommunicating imprisoning some of his Servants by a Capias Excommunicatum His Complaint thereof to the King Writs issued thereupon to release the Bishops servants and punish this Riâ—â— 826 827. A Writ to him to shew what right he had to the sequestration of Churches in his Diocesse belonging to the Bishop of Carlisle p. 942 972. A Writ to the Bishop of Durham for his â—fficials citiâ—g 40. Burgesses of Newcastle out of the Town compelling them to appear on their Citations from day to day and take Oaths at their pleasure against their wills by
Pall against the Kings will 852. Patiently endured the Popes Tyranny Excommunication Opposed declaimed against his provisions inveighes against the Injustice of the Pope Court of Rome appeals the Pope before the Supreame Judge writes to and against him desires absolution the Pope derides his Letters monitions his death 926 927. the King wastes the Bishoprick during the vacancy after his death 928. Godfry de Kynton One of the Kings Nuncioes and Proctors to the Pope touching the Kingdom of Sicily 946 947. Travels to Rome and is there consecrated carryes his Crosse openly through London gratefully received by the King 853 854. Joyfully received at Yorke yet interdicted the whole City soon after 954. The Kings Letter to the Archbishops tenants of Rippoa and Octeley to contribute a competent ayde to the Archbishop to defray the debts of his Church which were great and like to undo it 977. A Writ to him to sequester the profits of the Church of Middleton to pay the Encumbents debts according to an agreement which he violated 978. A Patent to him to inquire of such who spoiled the goods and benefices of Clerks during the Troubles and give them competent satisfaction concerning their injuries and complaints 1003 1004. A Writ to him speedily to collect the Disme granted him in Parliament for defence of the Realm in his Diocesse to prevent the levying it by his Sheriff and Bayliffs which he must be necessitated to though he tendred the Churches Liberties 1006 1007. A Writ to him not to levy the Disms of the King Clerks who attended on him in his march towards the Sea against the enemy according to agreement of the Prelates and Nobles of his Counsil then with him 1007. His Barony seised for not sending horse and arms to the King upon summons 1008. The Sheriff of York over-acting therein seising the goods ransoming imprisoning some of his Tenants contrary to the Kings Writ and intent who issued a Writ to deliver the goods ransoms taken and enlarge the persons 1009. His death Ibid. William de Langton elected after his death the Pope nulled his election because he had a plurality of benefices and by provision translated VValter Gray his Chaplain Bishop of Bath and VVells to iâ— who carryed his Crosse magnificently before him through London p 1009 1110. 1029. One of the Kings Counsil a Morgage of Crown Lands to him for the Kings voyage to the Holy Land 1037. VVilliam Rotheram the Kings Patent of his Royal assent to his election signified to the Pope 1011. Grants an annuity of 80 marks per annum to a Cardinal till he should promote him to a benefice of 100 l. by the year 2 Prebendaries awarded to secure it ratified by the Kings patent p. 1039. Ely Bishoprick Bishops Eustace the Popes Delegatd in the contests between the King Archbp. Abbot Monks of St. Augustines Canterbury about the Church of Feversham his award made therein a prohibition to him Appendix 6. to 26. Pope Innocents Epistle to him 232. Sent into France 303. The Kings Writ to him not to prejudice the Church of Yorke by any thing acted during the discord between the King and Archbishop 233. One of the Popes Delegates to admonish King John to receive Archbishop Langeton to interdict the Realm if he refused to do it his proceedings and Kings answer therein his flight after the Interdict into forreign parts He and his kinred banished his goods temporalties seised for his Treasons disloyalty excommunicating procuring pronouncing the Kings deprivation from his Crown by the Pope 251 252 253 254 257 258 259 262 264 265 267 268 270. Popes Legates mediation for his restitution to his Bishoprick profits damages during his exile the later refused by the King 263 264. The King enforced to yeeld swear covenant to do it and resign his Crown at last His and the Nobles Letters Patents Covenants to that purpose 271 272 277 278 279 to 283. Popes Commissioner to suspend the Bishops Clerks adhering to K. John 334 335. Robert Bishop Elect only A witnesse to King Johns Charter of resignation Homage to the Pope 290. and to the grant of the Patronage of Rochester Bishoprick to the Archbishop 339. His Treaâ—on against King John and King H. 3. in stirring up the French King against them the Kings Complaints Letter against him to the Pope not to admit him to the Bishoprick being a Traytor and the Isle of Ely of great strength consequence to the kingdom whereupon his election was nulled 374 375 379. John Abbot of Fontain p. 379. A Delegate of the Pope to examine and certifie the abuses excesses of the Bishop of Durham against the Monks and proceedings therein p. 383 384 An Inquisition upon Oath of the several Liberties Franchises within certain Hundreds granted to him 397 398. Geoffry de Burgo his death 421. Hugh Abbot of Burgh elected approved by King H. 3. 421. The Popes Commissioner to examin the canonicalnesse of the election of John Abbot of St Albans and give him the new Oath of Fealty to the Church of Rome 459 460. His proceedings Letters thereupon 463 464 465. Present in the Parliament of Morton and Vote concerning Bastardy against the Canon Law 472. A Writ to certifie the King how many benefices Provisions were in his Diocesse and by and to whom the provisions were granted 573. A Writ to proâ—ect him from the Priors and Monks of Canterburies encroachments during that Seas vacancy 600. Excuseth his absence from the Council of Lions by age and sicknesse 638. Pope Gregories Bull to him revoking the provision of the Church of Moduna and the Cardinals Bull against it 650. Summoned to S. Edwards feast at â—â—stminster his fair suspended during it 715. A Writ to the Sheriff of Cambridge not to hold any Plea within this Bishops Liberty otherwise then was wont 720. Present in Parliament complains with others against the Kings invading the Churches Liberties 721. Bestows the Church of Debam on Rob. Pasleleve for which he incurred the Kings displeasure 729. The Kings Writ to him to promote the preaching of the Crossâ— and raising monies thereby 767. To publish the Popes indulgences to those who took up the Crosse 768. Joynes in denouncing the Excâ—mmunication against the intruders on the Churches Liberties and Great Charter 796 797. His death and Kings seising his Temporalties 820. The Kings License petitioned for granted to elect a New Bishop 922 923. Hugh Basham elected by the Monks the Kings refusal of him his Prohibition to the Archbishop not to confirm or consecrate him his appeals Proctors against his election which is vacated 922 923. The King orders the woods to be cut down during the vacancy 923 928. Adam de Mâ—risco upon a new license elected by the Monkes rejected held because a meer Monk insufficient by the King who recommâ—ndâ—d Henry de winghâ—m his Chancellor to them 923 924. He therupon travels to Rome is there confirmed notwithstanding the Kings and Archbishops opposition Ibid A difference between the King and him
visitations 7â—1 Joynes in the publike excommunication of all infringers of the Churches Liberties and Great Charter 796 797. Opposed Rustands demands exactions in the Council at London professing He would lose his head before he would submit to so great an injury and slavery of the Church which encouraged the rest 823. Complained on for it by Rustand to the King Pope who threatning punishment he stoutly answered they might take away bit Miter being stronger then be but not his head-peece 824. A Writ to the Archbishops official to prohibite his intended excommunication of the Abbot of Glaston by the Bishop of Wells instigation pending in his Temporal Court after an Appeal Writ seeing it touched his Crown Dignity and was against his prerogative 851 852. Ordered by the Antimonarchical Council under Archb. Boniface that he his successors in the vacancy of the Archbishoprick as Dean of the Bishops with two Bishops more should admonish the King to recall his processe against Clerks summoned to appear in his temporal Courts or else to interdict his Castles Towns Lands and excommunicate his Judges Officers if they desisted not 901 902. Died of the Plague 954. The Bishop of Ely his will produced under his Seal 965. Henry de Wengham Chancellor of England recommended by the King elected though unlearned insufficient 954. His Patent to hold all his former Promotions benefices in commenda before consecration 954 955 984. A prohibition to him and his Officials not to draw any of the Kings Subjects into plea without the Realm 980 981. A Commissioner to hear and determine the Complaints of such Clergymen whose goods were spoyled substracted during the Troubles and give them recompence against the Trespassers 1000 to 1007. A Writ to excommunicate the Earl of Gloucester and others for staying in England and not going over into Ireland according to their Oathes 1013 1014. Joynes with the Barons against King H. 3. for which he was by name excommunicated by the Popes Legate suspended from his office and benefice and commanded within 3. moneths to appear before the Pope where he appeared expecting his doom 1018. The Rebels in the Isle of Ely commend him blame the Popes Legate for banishing him the Realm and seising the profits of his Bishoprick 1020 1021 1023. The City of London interdicted by the Legat 1025. Collectors of the Disme appointed in his Diocesse and Writs to hasten the collection 1033 1034. Bonner the first reviver of Visitation Oaths and Inquisitions introduced by Grosthead Bishop of Lincoln after their suppression by King H. 3. his prohibitions p. 710. N. Norwich Bishoprick Bishops TRinity Church the antiquity and Kings care of it 1016 1017. John de Oxenford present at the ejection of the Abbesse Nuns of Ambresbury for their whoredom and introduction of others in their places 228. A Writ of King John to him to revoke and to the Justices to assist him in the revocation of all Lands Tenements possessions unjustly alienated from his Church in times of his predecessors 230. John de Gray recommended by King John to be Archbishop of Canterbury unanimously elected by the Monks approved by the King yet unjustly rejected by the Pope and Stephen Langeton obtruded 244 245 246 247. brought 500. Foot and many Horse out of Ireland to assist the King against Lewis invasion to deprive him 269. joynes with others and the King in writing to the rebellious exiled Bishops to return and enjoy their Bishopricks according to agreement with the Legate and Oath of the Nobles and for the restoring of their damages 277 331. recommended by the King and Pope to the Monks of Durham for their Bishop but rejected by them 353 354. His Official during the vacancy one of the Popes Delegates to excommunicate the Barons 359. Pandulfus the Popes Legate Bishop elect thereof 378 381 382. Excommunicated the Earl of Albemarl for with-holding and seizing the Kings Castles 378 379 421. His recognition before the Kings Counsil that he never put the Prior and Covent of St. Fritswith Oxon. in possession of the Church of Acleya 381. See Index 12. Thomas de Blundevil A Writ to him to restore the Benefices in his Diocesse to a Clerk sequestred who had made his peace with the King 446. his death 483. Simon Prior of Norwich elected by the Monks disallowed by the King who appointed a Proctor to appeal against him 483. delayed excepted against his election nulled by the Pope because it displeased the King 484 924. William de Raele unanimously elected Bishop thereof approved consecrated 484 510 511. elected Bishop of Winton by the Monks approved by the Pope refused by the King 581 to 591. See Winton Walter consecrated the Church of Waltham 604. joynes with other Bishops in appointing publick fasts prayers and a message to the Emperor for electing a new Pope after a long vacancy 648. Appointed by the Popes Bull an Executor of his Tax imposed on the English Clergy his proceedings therein notwithstanding the Kings Nobles Prelates provision in Parliament and Kings special Writ of Prohibition against it 672 673. Spends above 4000. marks in gifts and entertainments on the Popes Legate 697. said Masse and preached at Westminster when the viol of Christs blood brought from Jerusalem was carried thither by King Henry in solemn procession and given to that Church for a sacred Relique justified it to be Christs real blood granted 6. years and 140. dayes pardon to those who should come thither to adore it by the consent of the other Prelates 711 712. A Prohibition to him not to collect the First-fruits of Benifices granted by the Pope to Archbishop Boniface which the Nobles in Parliament opposed 718. Present at the Parliament at London wherein the Bishops blamed the King for invading the Liberties of the Church and denyed him an ayd 721 722. The Kings Letter to the Pope to appoint him one of the auditors of the account concerning the monies levyed for redemption of the Crosse 758. A Writ to him to appoint Freers Predicants and others to preach the Crosse and collect the monies raised by it 767 807 917. A Writ to sequester the goods of a creditor to the King 782. his publication of Pope Innocent the 4. his Decree concerning Visitations and Procurations 791 Present in Parliament and joynes in the general Excommunication of all infringers of the Churches Liberties and Great Charter 796. A Collector appointed for the Dismes granted to the King by the Pope in England and Ireland 814 815 816. A Writ to him to respite the collecting of it from Priors and Rectors of poor Hospitals from those of Winton and others in particular 834 835. Simon de Wanton elected by the Monks dispatched swift messengers presently to Rome where with expence of vast sums of money he obtained confirmation and a license to hold all his former rents livings for four years though his Bishoprick was sufficient 925. meets at Oxford with three other Bishops convenes all the exempt Abbots and other Religious persons
to know whether they would adhere to and defend the Barons Constitutions there made 954. A Writ de cautione admittenda for an excommunicated person imprisoned whose caution he refused else the Sheriff to take it and enlarge him in his cefault 974. published Pope Alexanders absolution of King Henry's Oath from the Ordinances of the Barons at Oxford 989. A Writ to him to collect and secure the profits goods of Aliens Non-resident Clerks and others beyond Sea who had been against him and were taken away during the late Troubles and particular Clerks goods houses keep them safe till disposed of according to Law 1005. A Writ to him speedily to collect the Dism granted the King by the Clergy in Parliament for defence of the Realm and pay it by a day to prevent the Sheriffs levying it in his default 1006 1007. Roger de Sherwin the Popes Bull to him to revoke null all confederacies Leagues made by the Barons in derogation of the Kings royal Majesty to excommunicate all who would maintain them and Mandate to Roger Abbot of Canterbury to execute it 1015 1016. The Kings Writ to maintain the rights and Liberties of his Church a Commission at the Bishops instance to inquire of those who had invaded them in a riotous manner at Lenn and Gyppewick 1016 1017. Writs to the Collectors of Disms in it diligently to attend and return the monies with speed 1033 1034. To suspend the Collection of Tithes of some particular persons allowed to them for Debts due from the King 1055 1056. A license to a tenant in Capite to sell the Mannor of Ferling to the Bishop of Norwich and his successors to procure monyes for his voyage to the Holy Land with Prince Edward 1056. The Priory Cathedral and Bishops palace burnt by reason of a fray between the Monks and Citizens about tallages and liberties the proceedings against the Malefactors by the Kings special writs and commissions 1065 1066 1067 1068. William Middleton A witnesse to Pope Martins Letter of receit of monies given from King Edward 1. for the annual rent granted by King Johns Charter p. 333. R. Rossen Rochester Bishoprick Bishops THe Bishoprick Church first erected by King Ethelbert upon his conversion by Augustine 607. The perpetual Advowson Royalties and Custody of the Temporalties during vacancy granted by King John to Archbishop Langeton and his successors which ungratefull Traytor presently gratified him with the surrender of Rochester Castle to the Barons and adhered to them against him p. 339 340 341. Commissioners in it for the dammages of the exiled Bishops 281. Gilbert one of the Popes Commissioners in the difference between the King and Monks of St. Augustins Cant Append. 12. Benedict the difference between the Bishops of Waterford and Limrick referred to him and others by the Pope 380 382. sent to Rome with others by the King and Bishops to oppose the election of Hevesham to be Archbishop who promised the Pope that the King should grant him a Disme against the Emperor to vacat his election which effected it 418 419. His Testimony to the Pope of Richards learning good life made use of by the Pope to make him Archbishop against the Kings minde and his imployment to Rome 420. Consecrates Richard of Canterbury and two more Bishops 421. Sent into Wales with Edmund Archbishop of Canterbury to make Peace between the King Lewellin and the Earl Marshal 445. Present in the Parliament at Merton which over-ruled the Bishops motion against bastardy at the Common Law 472. Richard de Wendover elected by the Monks of Rochester refused by Archbishop Edmund upon an appeal to Rome though the Archbishop went thither in person to oppose it judgement was given for the Monks against him and he consecrated Bishop 498 499. A Writ to him to return the number values of all Benefices and provisions to aliens in his Diocesse and who granted them 573 A Writ to prohibit the Prior and Monks of Canterbury to exercise any power thing to the disturbance of the Clergy or Realm during the vacancy of the Archbishoprick upon his and other Suff agans Complaints 600 Present in Parliament with other Bishops who reprehended King H. 3. for violating the Liberties of the Church and Great Charter and denyed the ayde he demanded 721. His death 748. Laurentius de Sancto Martino the Kings Clerk elected by the Monks to please the King that he might not oppose the election he got a dispensation to hold his former promotions because his Bishoprick was the poorest of all Bishopricks in England 746 751 768. The Bishop the Kings Proctor at Rome well known there 766. Present in Parliament joynes in the general Excommunication of all infringers of the Churches Libetties and Great Charter 796. Visited by Archbishop Boniface 799. Collectors for the Dismes therein nominated in Parliament 814 The ayds levyed in it its fees for marrying the Kings daughter or making his son a Knight challenged and awarded by Writ to the Archbishop though formerly paid to the King who hath the custody of Rochester tempotalties during its vacancy and return of all the Kings Writs on the fees of the Bishoprick which was countermanded by an other Writ by the Kings Counsil and no fees ordered to be levyed till descided whether they belonged to the King or Archbishop 819. 877. Oppressed by Archbishop Boniface for temporal rights whereupon many bloodsheds and Tumults arose A Writ to the Judges itinerant to stay proceedings between them till the King and Counsil should determine them 825. Complains of this Archbishops oppression to the King who could not move him to justice or humility 842. Goes to Rome and complains to the Pope against him 850 928. procured the Archbishop of Messana to come into England to free him from his oppressions who brings a Letter to the King from the Pope to right him against his oppressions The Archbishop cited to answer his oppressions before the Pope in case he shall not redresse them 928 929 930 A Writ to the Sheriff of Kent to distrain him by his lands goods for his contempt in suing the Archbishop and others out of the Realm against the privilege of the King kingdom to which his Bayliffs put in sureties to appear he being absent out of the Realm 941 942. A Prohibition to him for suing the Archbishop in the Ecclesiastical Court by the Popes authority for gifts and rents belonging to the Temporalties of his Bishoprick 877. Writs to Collectors of the Dismes therein 917. And to his Official to collect them with speed 1008 1034. An account of them 1052 1053. Constituted one of the Kings Proctors at Rome 984. S. Sarum Salisbury Bishoprick Bishops JOselin present at the ejection of the Abbesse and Nuns of Ambresbery for their whoredom and induction of those of Fonteveroit in their stead p. 228. Commissioners in that Diocesse for the dammages of the exiled Bishops 280. Richard one of the Kings Counsil his Teste to Writs p. 38â— 390 392 398. One of
the Popes Delegates to inquire of the extravagances of the Bishop of Durham upon the Monks complaints of them 383. Made Bishop of Durham by the Popes favour 406 418. Robert Byngham elected 418. Authorized by the Pope to grant dispensations for pluralities to the Kings Clerks 422 excommunicates all the Kings souldiers who by the Kings command pulled Hubert de Burgo accused of Treason out of a Church to which he fled for Sanctuary the King enforced thereupon against his will to restore him to it 4â—9 The Popes Bull to him and 2. Bishops more to provide 300 of the next Benefices that fell voyd for Romans 564 779. His Complaint with others against the Prior and Monks of Canterburyes new usurpation upon them during the Archbishopricks vacancy and Kings prohibition against it thereupon 600. His death 685. William de Eboraco a Courtier the Kings Clerk skilfull in the Lawes of the Realm provost of Beverly elected to please the King presently approved confirmed by him 685. A prohibittion to him and others not to invade the priviledges of his free Chapels or inform against them or his other priviledges before the Pope or elsewhere 734 735. Wavers whether he should joyn with Grosthead and the other Bishops in opposing the Dismes granted him by the Pope 771. Sent with two other Bishops by the rest to King H. 3. to perswade him to protect the Liberties of the Church and freedome of elections according to his Oath which he had violated to the destruction of his Prelates subjects and enormous dammage of the Church His answer to him That he had exalted him from a low condition being the writer of his writs and present in many perilous judgements as a Justice and hireling That it was expedient for him and them principally in the first place that he they should penitently resign that they had unjustly obtained lest they should be eternally condemned That he being justified reformed by such an example would from thenceforth take care to promote no man unlesse worthy 395 396. Collectors appointed in Parliament of the Dismes in that Bishoprick 814. Writs to them 1034. Invited to St. Edwards Feast by the Kings Letters and to hold it solemnly in his absence with other Bishops Abbots Nobles 826. The first prebendary that fell void in Sarum granted by the King to H. de Wengham 855. Giles de Bridlesford went to Rome when elected procured a grant to retain all his former benefices 925. Sent to the Pope by the King to prosecute some busines of the Church which he respited 929. A Writ to sell all the Corn sowed by the King in Lands of the Bishoprick during the Temporalties in his hands and answer the money in the Exchequer 993. Writs granted at his and other Bishops request by the Barons advice to remove all Lay force which seised or spoiled the Tithes of corn other Church-goods of Priests and Prebends during the Troubles and secure the profits of them 1004 1005. W. Winton Winchester Bishoprick Bishops DIvided into two Bishopricks by King Edward the elder its Founders Benefactors Appendix p. 1. Hithelstan made Bishop by King Edward the elder his Charter to him Appendix 1. Godfrid his death 242. Peter de Rupibus de la Roche a Poytovin Knight Soldier elected by King Johas procurement by great gifts consecrated at Rome 242. His Letter to the trayterous exiled Bishops and oath for their safe return enjoyment of their Bishopricks dammages his Teste to the Kings Patent sent to them as one of his Counsil 277 283 309. A Commissioner for restoring their dammages in his Diocesse 280 287. His name put as a witnesse to King Johas Charter and Oath of Fealty to Pope Innocent 290. The Kings Chief Justice 331 338 381 332 352. Writs to the Earl Moshall and others to do as he should direct them concerning the Popes release of the interdict 332 333. A witnesse to King Johas Charter of the Advowson Royalties of Rochester Bishoprick to Archbishop Langeton 339. Moved him to publish the Popes general Excommunication against the Barons which he delayed 345. Pronounced the Popes sentence of suspention against this Archbishop and that none should obey him till it were released 347 348. The King writ to him to promote an Abbesse to Beâ—kia not permit another to be elected by any means To promote one to the Archdeaconry of York respite the election of the Abbot of St. Alban 352. King H. 3. sealed some Patents with his and the Legates seal before his New seal made 372. King H. 3. â—under his Wardship 379. Hubert removed by his power from all offices 438. One of the Popes delegates who nominated what particular Barons should be excommunicated for taking arms against King John 359. reputed a meer firebrand of sedition instigating the King against the English Nobility Prelates whom he and his Poytovin complices hated stiling them Traytors Archbishop Edmunds and his Suffragans complaints against them for it perswasions to remove them to follow his natural subjects advice else they would excommunicate him and all who opposed his accord with his Nobles whereupon he and his confederate aliens were banished the Realm 443 444 445. A Writ to assist him in the Treaty with the King of France 446. Sent for by the Pope to supply him with monyes The King contented he should return again into England by the Popes leave motion who departed out of England rather by his own will motion then his Remits his indignation against him at the Popes request His Writ to him thereupon to that effect 456 457. Vpon his return Otto the Legat endeavours to reconcile him and Hubert Earl of Kent 485. the Legat he then admonished the King at present to submit to the just request of his Nobles Prelates who rose up against them 498. His death after he had been Bishop 32 years his good actions praises 500. Three Records attest Richard de Marisco I know not upon what account during Peters Episcopacy was elected to Winton probably mistaken in them for Durham See Durham being specially recommended by the Kings Patent to the Monks election the Kings applauses of his fitnesse for it fidelity to him Commissioners enjoyned to give his royal assent to none but him notwithstanding former orders Elected The Kings Patent to the Popes Legate to confirm him because the Archbishop attempted maliciously to defer it 354 355. William de Valentia the Queens Uncle â—specially recommended by the King to the Monks election rejected as a forraigner unlearned insufficient scandalous William de Raele elected by them for which he is removed from the Kings Counsil the King disallowing him persecuted the Monks for his choise They to avoid the Kings fury go to a new election elect his Chancellor Ralph Nevil thinking thereby to please the King who disallows it removes him from his Counsil takes the Great Seal from him gives it to others appealed against his election which was nulled at Rome 501 502 581. where the Monks procure
an Order from the Pope to chuse no alien for which the King was highly displeased Ibid. William de Raele chosen a-new being then Bishop of Norwich his election confirmed at Rome the King appeals against sends Proctors to oppose it prevails not 578 581 582. The King imprisons beats expells the Monks for their choise commands the Mayor to keep the Bishop out of the City because he would not resigne the Bishoprick for which the Bishop excommunicated the Mayor interdicted the City The King upon this commands the Mayor Sheriff of Southampton to permit none of the City or Country to receive lodge the Bishop nor any of his Clerks Officers nor to make any contract or commerce with them under pain of imprisonment That they should all depart out of the Bishoprick within 4. dayes after proclamation That neither the Bishop nor any other should exercise any Jurisdiction in the Diocesse he forced thereupon to fly into France Sundry Writs Letters Appeals concerning it p. 581 to 592. Excuseth the execution of the Popes mandare to promote a Tax for him being against the Kings prohibition and Nobles provisions in Parliament 672 673. Present at St. Edwards Feast at Westminster to adore the Viol of Christs false bloud 715. A Writ to the Sheriff to enlarge a woman taken upon a Capias Excommunicatum issued by his Official for suing an Attachment against him for holding plea of a Layfee 718. Present in Parliament with other Bishops who reprove the King for violating the Liberties of the Church and freedom of Elections against his Oath denyed him an Ayde 721. Obliged the Bishoprick in vast debts to the Pope whiles the King persecuted him who comforted assisted him against the King 748. his death Ibid. Ethelmar the Kings half brother recommended to it by the Kings Agents and in proper person His speech to the Monks elected by them though every way unfit the Kings special recommendation of him to the Pope who by payment of the annual rent granted by King John and gifts procured not only his confirmation at Rome from the Pope notwithstanding his youth ignorance of Letters insufficiency for such a charge but likewise a dispensation for him to hold all his former benefices preferments amounting to above 2000. Marks and equivalent in value to Canterbury 310 748 749 751 764 765. His Teste to a Writ as Bishop elect 769. His speech against resisting the Kings and Popes demands with Grostheads reply to it in Parliament 771. The Kings speech valediction to him recommending him to the living Devil for his ingratitude to him after all his advancements 773. The contests between him and Boniface Archbishop of Canterbury who Excommunicated him and his Servants for forcibly imprisoning abusing his Official 785 786 787 788. Sent with two more Bishops by the Parliament to induce the King to reform his invasions of the Churches Liberties and freedom of Elections with his Satyrical reply to him and them as persons unworthy of their Bishopricks 795 796. See Boniface William de Raele A Prohibition against the Monks of Winton for suing him in the Court of Rome for the Temporalties of his Barony and against a Sequestration there granted 831 832 833. His contests with the Prior of Winton whom he expelled prevailed against by bribes at Rome a great rent reserved out of his Bishoprick for the Popes kitchin 850 852 853. An agreement between him and the Prior ratified by the Kings Patent 852 853 854. Writs to the Collectors of the Dismes granted the King in that Diocesse speedily to collect and pay them 917. His opposition against the Barons provisions at Oxford to which he refused to swear 930. Menaced questioned by the Barons flyes the Realm 936 937 966 1021. His domination and insolence 980. A safe conduct for him to come to and return from the Parliament at Oxon 937. Writs to the Abbots of Wautham St. Albans Merton not to suffer any of his monies to be thence removed 938. His monies seised at Dover 938 939. The Nobles Letter in Parliament and Messengers to the Pope against him to remove him totally from his See to which he was advanced by his favour relating his insolencies 949 to 952. His temporalties stock seised granted by the King to others 955. The Kings Epistle to the Pope to provide for him elsewhere seeing he fled the Realm was the author of much contention in it and not to confirm him in Winchester to prevent scandals discontents 966 967. A Proctor constituted at Rome by the King to appeal against his restitution Ibid. The King presents to a Benefice during the vacancy by his recesse 972. Commits the custody of the Bishoprick presents a Chaplain to a Chapple in it 979. The Archbishops Official acting in his Diocesse during the vacancy a Prohibition to him 980 981. Henry de Wengham elected received it conditionally that if Ethelmar were consecrated by the Pope he might then enjoy it before any other 954. John Gernsey made Bishop by the Popes collation consecrated at Rome payd 6000. Marks to the Pope and as much to his Chancellor for his confirmation 1026. Compounds with the King for 2229 l. 13 s. 2 d. for the corne and stock on his Temporalties 994. The Kings Commissioner in the Treaty between him and his Barons concerning the reformation of the Realm referred to the French King and Popes Legate 1002. Writs issued at his and other Bishops requests to remove prevent Laymens forcible seising spoyling the corne and Ecclesiastical goods of Priests and Prebends during the Troubles and secure them 1004 1005. His Barony seised for not appearing with horse and armes to serve the King upon summons according to his Tenure 1008. Excommunicated by name by the Popes Nuncio for ayding the Barons against the King he goes to Rome to make his peace 1018. banished the Realm by the Popes Legate who usurped the profits of his Bishoprick which the Rebels in Ely Isle object against him 102â— A Writ to the Collectors diligently to collect the Dismes in that Diocesse 1034. Wygorn Worcester Bishoprick Bishops Roger present at the ejection of the Whorish Abbesse and Nuns out of Ambresbery and induction of others in their places 228. Malgerus Maugere One of the Popes Delegates who admonished King John he interdicted the Realm excommunicated the Kings Officers excited the Pope to excommunicate the King absolve his Subjects from their Allegiance depose him and his Heirs give away his Crown then stirred up the French King to invade him for which Treasons his Temporalties goods were seized he flying the Realm banished with all his relations till he and his confederates enforced King John to receive them to his favour restore their Bishopricks profits damages during their exile to give them his Barons Oaths Letters his own Patents safe conducts engagement to perform it forced him to enthrall himself Realms surrender his Crown Kingdoms to the Pope under an annual pension swear Homage Fealty to him and his Successors as his Vassal
to depose the Emperor by force 550 551. He endeavoured to subject the Emperor and all Christian Kings to his Papal Dominion and make them his Vassals taking example boldnesse from his predecessors trampling the King and Kingdom of England under his feet The Emperors resistance of him the only means to secure the Rights Crowns of all other Christian Kings though they deserted or engaged against him and their own interest by ayding this Pope with monies extorted by his Nuncioes 544 552 553 554. The Emperor contradicts his summons of a General Council designed to excommunicate and depose him prohibited all Legates Bishops summoned to it to repair thither under pain of imprisonment who presuming to repair to it upon this Popes Letters great naval forces to transport them by Sea Gods owning of the Popes Churches cause and disowning of the Emperors as accursed excommunicated by him were all intercepted spoyled some of them slain drowned by the Emperors naval forces the Popes Fleet scattered his Legates Cardinals Prelates long detained in prison the Popes designs Council frustrated to his grief infamy 552 to 556 655 656 657. A Carâ—busian Monk at Cambridge brought before his Legate and others affirmed to their faces That Gregory was not Pope nor bead of the Church That he was the Devil broke loose an Heretick who pâ—llâ—â—â—d the Church yea World That he had not power to biâ—â—e oâ— loose souls nor was St. Peters Vicar nor had his power on earth being a Simoniack Usurer and perhaps involved in greater crimes following not Christs footsteps virtues as St. Peter did At which the Legate blushed and all were silenced 560. He conferred the Bishoprick of Landaff by his Papal provision which the King assented to 558 559. Granted K. H. a Dism in Ireland for relief of the Holy land 559 560. He grants the Tenths of all profits of Benefices to the Abbot and Monks of Cluny belonging to any houses of their Order in England without the Kings privity against his prerogative and custom of the Realm for which the King issued Writs to prohibit the collecting of them 562. Grants a priviledge to Edmund Archbishop of Canterbury that he and other Archbishops in their Provinces should present to all Bishopricks Abbots Priories continuing voyd in the Kings hand after 6. moneths space which he afterwards nulled as contrary to the Kings prerogative at his instance 563. He intends to bestow all the benefices in England upon the sonnes kinred of Romans to incourage them unanimously to rise up against the Emperor writing for 300 of the next benefices that fell voyd only in 3. Bishopricks to be conferd on them by provision 564. He sent Peter Rubeus to demand an intollerable Tax of the English Clergy proposed privatly to each of them under an Oath of secrecy not to discover it which the Prelats and inferior Clergy generally Cistercians manfully withstood 566 to 570. Recalls Otto from Engl. to Rome who burnt his letters to advise assist him in a Council against the Emperor 401 402. 570. The insatiable shameles covetousnesse corruption Simony of him and the Court of Rome exposing all things to sale reputing Usury a small sinne but Simony none at all 571. His two Agents intollerable exactions in England by Procurations and new devised extortions 572. Writs to all Bishops to inquire of the number value of the Benefices granted by him and his Legates by provision to aliens 572 573. The King by writs exempts all his own Clerks and Freechappels from his Legates procurations taxes exactions provisions 573 574. A Prohibition against his Legates compelling any person by Ecclesiastical censures to contribute any thing to him and against his provision of a Prebendary in Pauls belonging to the Kings presentation 574 575. The Kings appeal Proctors to him against the Bishop of Wintons election His Nuncioes and their Treasure seised by the Emperor 605 606. His death Sees vacancy and schisms after it 605 647 648 650 651. His Bull for relief of the Holy Land transcribed verbatim by Pope Innocent the 4th 660. His Statutes Letters whereby Archbishop Boniface would visit the Monks of Canteabury resisted and revoked by his Successor 793 794. The Kings Letters of Complaint against his Provisions His death concealed by his agents til they could collect transport their rapins 608. Gregory the 10. His Complemental Letter to King Edward the 1. for a safe Conduct to his Agent to collect Peter-pence and desiring the payment of 7. years arreaâ—s of the annual rent then due for England and Ireland by King Johns Charter 311 312. According to his predecessors practise he rejected the Monks election of Chillenden to the Archbishoprick of Canterbury opposed by the King made Robert Archbishop by his Papal provision which the Monks not daring to oppose elected him proforma to preserve their right of election 1061 1062 1063. H. HOnorius 2. his Decree against Priests taking an Oath or being compelled to swear in criminal or other causes unlesse by their Bishops special license 707. Honorius 3. Young King Henry 3. his Complemental Epistles to him and his Legates for their tender care of him and his Realm during his minority professing himself his creature subject desiring him not to confirm the election of the Bishop of Ely a professed enemy to him and his father adhering to the French King against them the Isle being a place of strength and to provide a fitter Bishop for it 374 375. His Epistle to him touching the Bishop Bishoprick of Karlisle and resetling the impropriations thereon granted to it by H. â— then alienated from it 375 376. touching the restoring of his Sisteâ— Jone detained from him by H. de Lizimaco and his excommunication if he refused to do it 377 378. His canonizing Hugh Bishop of Lincoln for a Saint 379 380. The Kings appeal to him touching the Church of Aeley 381. His Bull to two Bishops in England to examine the abuses vices excesses of the Bishop of Dâ—â—â—â—m upon the Monks complaints against him and certifie their proceedings to him 382 383. One of the first introducers of Papal provisions 337 778. His Letter to the Earl of March and his wife upon K. H. 3. his complaint to restore his Castles unjustly seised by him by a day with dammages under pain of excommunication and interdict of their lands formerly released by him which he endeavoured to elude by craft and contempt 384 385. The Kings Letters of thanks to him for former favours requesting him to write to several Bishops and Nobles therein named to assist and continue faithfull to him and restrain all who should rebell against him or detain his Castles Lands by the spiritual sword and censures 389 390. Excommunications thereupon denounced against the detainers of them by the Archbishop and his Suffragans 391. Commanded King Henry to prolong the Truce with France for 3. years 392. At his request the King give his royal assent to the election of the Archbishop of Cassâ—l The King prohibits an appeal to
Servants for contempts in opposing a Tax excommunicating the Sheriff of Yorkshire and his Officers for levying it His Fine Submission absolving the Sheriff thereupon 230 231. His Protection to defend the Archdeacon of Richmond against all violence injury of the Archbishop of York 231. His Appeals to the Pope in defence of the Rights of his Crown 230 231. His vacating of the proceedings against the Archbishop of York and the Rights of his Bishopricks upon his submission and reconciliation to him 233. His Patents for his Justices to assist Hubert Archbishop of Canterbury to recover the Lands and Rights of his Archbishoprick in his Court saving his Prerogative 233 234. He elects ratifies one Person of three nominated to him to be a Bishop by the Chapter of Saga 234. He opposeth the reception and provision of Gilardus to be Bishop of St. Davids in Wales and its re-erection into an Archbishoprick by Pope Innocents Bull prohibiting any to own aid or assist him as Bishop being never approved by him nulls his Provision causeth another to be elected consecrated Bishop enjoyns all to assist him against the Popes Intruder as an Enemy to his Crown Dignity and the Kingdoms peace 234 to 238. Claims the Temporalties of all Bishops during their vacancies by antient Right and Custom of which Gilardus by the Popes provision attempted to deprive him which he would by no means endure requiring all his Subjects as they loved his Honour and Dignity to maintain defend this his Prerogative as Liege Subjects and to attempt nothing against it under pain of being reputed proceeded against as open Enemies to his Crown 236 237. The Popes Legate sent to him to promote an Aide granted to the Holy Land his and his Barons proceedings therein who grant of an Aid by their own Authority their Order concerning its Collection 238 239 240. His Patents to the Chief Justice of Ireland to prevent the Suffragans election of an Archbishop of Ardmach without his Royal License assent not to receive him they elected without it upon any terms for Archbishop against whom he appealed 240 241. He conferrs the Bishoprick of Karliol upon the Archbishop of Ragusa then in distress upon the Popes Letter and Petition out of Royal munificence and freedom 241. Grants a Protection to the Dean and Chapter of York commanding the Sheriff to apprehend all armed Force which should invade their Goods Rents by the Archbishops command and not to release them without his or his Chief Justice special Order 242. He procures Petrus de Rupibus a Knight Souldier to be elected and consecrated Bishop of Winton at Rome 242. He receives approves the Appeals of the Bishop of Durham Dean and Chapter of York and several Abbots Priors of that Province against the Archbishops Excommunication and Interdicts 242. He seised the Temporalties and banished this Archbishop his natural Brother till his death for opposing a Tax granted him and excommunicating all who levyed it in his Province or invaded the Churches Rights or Goods 242 243. The Monks of Canterbury after Huberts death elect their Sub-prior secretly at midnight without his License lest he should hinder their Election and concealed it under an Oath of secrecy till the Pope should approve it Which the Sub-prior revealing against his Oath the Monks thereupon petitioned the King for a License to elect which he granted without contradiction recommending John Gray Bishop of Norwich his chief intimate Counsellour to their Election as most profitable to him and his Kingdoms whom they unanimously elected in the Kings presence placing him on the High Altar the King presently restored him the Temporalties thereof in the presence of them all sends some of the Monks at his own charge to Rome to Pope Innocent to confirm his Election with Letters to the Popes Notaries Chaplains to procure his confirmation according to his Right Prerogative and known Custom of the Realm At which time the Suffragan Bishops sending Proctors to Rome complaining that the Monks elected him Bishop without them who had their Voyces in the election of three Archbishops and the Monks pleading that by antient Bulls and Custom time out of minde the Election belonged to themselves alone The Pope giving a definitive Sentence for the Monks right of Election without the Bishops concurrences He thereupon attempting to deprive the King of his Prerogative of recommending approving confirming and promoting Archbishops to this chief Metropolitan See of his Realm vacated the Sub priors Election as void because clandestine in the Night without the License or consent of the major and discreeter part of the Covent and Grayes Election too though made in the day time by the Kings and Monks general assents because the first Election was not judicially vacated and because though the King had told two Monks that he would accept whomsoever they elected yet there was a secret agreement ratified by Oâ—th between the King and Monks that they should by no means choose any other but John Bishop of Norwich directing Letters to them to that effect The Pope nulling both these Elections pressed the Monks of Canterbury there present as Proctors for both their Elections presently to elect Stephen Langeton a Cardinal the Popes great Favourite being an Englishman because he could not suffer that See to be any longer destitute of a Pastor who answering It was not lawful for them to make a Canonical Election without the consent of the King and their Convent He replyed They had the sole Power of Election neither is the assent of the King used to be expected in Elections celebrated at the See Apostolick commanding them upon their obedience and under pain of Excommunication presently to elect Langeton whom he recommended to them Whereupon all the Monks but one out of fear although against their wills and with murmuring assented to him singing Te Deum and leading him to the Altar Upon which the Pope consecrated him Archbishop and sent a complemental Epistle with some Rings and Jewels to the King to receive him as Archbishop 243 to 248. The King for this high affront of the Pope and treachery of the Monks against the Rights and Prerogative of his Crown in obtruding an Archbishop upon him without his privity and he his professed Enemy cashiering him who was duly elected approved confirmed by him notwithstanding his fitness and all Letters on his behalf charged the Monks of Canterbury with Treason for electing Langeton commanding two Knights with armed force to expell them the Monastery and banish them the Realm or else execute them as Traytors who entring the Monastery with their drawn Swords commanded the Prior and Monks in the Kings name to depaâ—â— the Realm presently as Traytors swearing they would fire the Monastery and burn them in it if they refused to go whereupon all the Monks but 13. who were sick departed into Flanders where they lived in exile The King seised upon their Goods Lands and Temporalties of the Archbishoprick He likewise sent Messengers and Letters to
230. 886. 887. 904. 905. Against womens marriages who hâ—ld Castles or Lands in Capite without the Kings license 602. Against the Crucesignati or others going over-Sea out of the Realm without the Kings special license 3. 4. 603. 850. 865. Against offering violence to the goods or persons of Clerks Churches or Churchyards 996. 997. 999. Against ayding or assisting those who detain the Kings Castles from him 378. 379. Against Monks selling Leather Wool or using Merchandice 480. 993. Not to distrain a Bishop for Debts after his resignation 728. Not to disturbe the Liberties of the City and Citizens of York by Ecclesiastical Suits or Censures to the Dean and Chapter 830. 831. Nor of Newcastle 969. 970. Against removing monies of Delinquents and Aliens out of Monasteries 938. Against offering violence to Jews or their goods 1012. 1013. Against Noblemens siding with Bishops in their quarrels 788. Against holding Markets or Fairs in times of War or other special Fairs 269. 715. Against suits between persons for Tithes when the Patron may be prejudiced 875. 876. See Indicavit Or for the money of Tithes sold 882. Untill it be discussed by the King and Counsil whether the right belongs to the King or whether the cause belongs to the Kings or the Ecclesiastical Court 388. 389. 819 825. 876. 885. 886. 942. Against examining things in the Ecclesiastical Court that have been judged in the Kings Courts in cases of presentations to Churches and the like 725. 874. 875. 876. 877. For the King where the party is bound by admitting the Jurisdiction 873. 874. 875. 882. 883. 886. 888. 889. To what Judges Delegates or Subdelegates they are to be directed 879. 880. 881. Judge Bractons learned Treatise of Prohibitions 879 to 889. Relief by them against Popes Usurers renounced conditions in their bonds 468. Complaints and Constitutions of the Clergy against granting Prohibitions to curb their Usurpations on the Crown and peoples Liberties their Excommunicating Interdicting those who sued for or granted them 889 to 912. Attachments awarded against Bishops Archdeacons Officials Popes Delegates others for contempts in proceeding against them 3. 4. 5. 372. 437. 458. 477. 561. 675. 717. 718. 720. 739. 740. 758. 860. 883. 884. 885. 886. 894. 897. 898. 901. 902. Appendix 8. 9. 10. 11. Prohibitions of the Pope contemned by the Archbishops Bishops and Clergy of Apulia in crowning obeying Manfred for their King 948. Prophecies false treasonable suborned to affright King John 266. 267. Protections against violence injustice suits granted by our Kings to some persons their estates Churches 231. 242. 49â— 808. 835. 984. 1006. 1014. 1020. 1049. Of Popes to Kings persons crossed for their Wars 340. to 350. 374. 375. 383. 410. Of persons appealing to the Pope 231. 59â— Provisions by Popes to Bishopricks Ecclesiastical Benefices Prebendaries first introduced by Pope Innocent 3 and his Legate Nicholas 247. 248. 329. 330. 367. 777. 778. His first Provisions to the Bishoprick of St. Davids and Archbishoprick of Ardmach strenuously opposed nulled by King John and Archbishop Hubert 5. 227. 234. to 238. 240. 241. Complaints Letters maledictions exclamations execrations oppositions of King Henry 3. the Nobles Abbots Bishops and Commonalty of England against them and Provisors for the most part Romans Italians who neither knew nor ever saw their flocks kept no hospitality let their Houses Churches fall exhausted the Treasure of the Realm and succeeded one after another their grosse injuries abuses Popes answers Bulls qualifications of them upon complaint with a seeming but no real redresse of the grievance 4. 5. 329. 330. 484. 504. 505. 506. 507. 508. 595. 596. 605. 606. 607. 608. 635. 637. 639. 642. 645. 646. 647. 665. 666. 667. to 671. 682. 716. 717. 736. 737. 750. 752. 753. 799. 800. to 806. 842. 843. 913. 952. 1023. Patrons suspended from presenting to their Livings by Popes Bulls till they had disposed of how many they pleased to Romans and Italians 300 reserved by the Pope only out of three Diocesses exclamations against them 564. 565. 572. 573 605. 606. 607. 753. 952. Prohibited by the Kings Writs to Churches Prebendaries whereof he was patron and ought to present by his Prerogative and to Free-Chappels 557 575. 725. 736. 781. 782. 842. 843. 993. See Prohibitions Free-Chappels The first direct Provision to the Archbishoprick of Canterbury without any election of the Monks was by the Kings and Suffragans recommendation of Richard to the Pope 419. 420. 778. Which made way for the Pope himself upon his death to null 3. successive elections of the Monks approved by the King and obtrude Edmund without election by his own Provision 432. 433. 434. 778. The Kings assent to some Provisions at the Popes request of his own Chaplains though odious 558. 559. 784. 797. Inquisitions after the number values granters of them by the Kings Writs to Bishops and Sheriffâ— 572. 573. A priviledge to the Bishop of Lincoln that he should be bound to provide for none unlesse special mention was made of his priviledge and by his consent 595. 596. 690. Opposed stoutly by the Canons of Lyons in France 642. and French King Nobles 653. 777. 778. Granted by the former Pope controlled by the Cardinals during the vacancy of the Papacy 650. 651. Granted by Popes in foreign parts 626. 627. The Popes delusory priviledge granted to King H 3. not to grant any Provisions to Italians within his Realm or to Cardinals Nephews unlesse he or his Cardinals earnestly desired the King to be pleased to assent thereto 682. 683. Those Abbots Bishops who opposed them cited to Rome excommunicated by the Pope 716. 717. Bishop Grosthead hated the Popes Provisions to dishonest Italians as poyson saying He should play the Devil if he delivered the custody of souls to such rejecting and often throwing away such Papal Bulls with contempt 762. 799. 801. 803. Pope Innocent 4. his Bull for a Provision to an Italian to the Abbot of St. Albans 765. 842. 843. His Bull to the Abbot of St. Albans for moderating and taking them away after many complaints and impowering the Abbot to tear his Letters Bulls without punishment which contradicted it yet nulled by his Nonobstantes 779. 780. 781. His Bull and priviledge against Provisions to the Abbot of St. Augustines of Canterbury 794. 795. The Popes Provisions to Aliens in England amounted to above sixty thousand Marks a year 646 777. The multitude of Popes Provisionsâ—ne â—ne of the chief occasions of the difference Wars between King H 3 and his Barons 1020 Their complaint to the Legate against them 1023 Robert Kylwarby promoted by the Pope to Canterbury by way of Provision though afterwards elected proforma by the Monks 1062. 1063. A Provisor resigning his Provision out of conscience is confirmed therein by the Patron Appendix 25. Purgation and Compuâ—gators of Ecclesiastical Judges upon Attachments on Prohibitions 885. 886. Of Clerks See Clerks Oath Purgatory the Virgin Maries power over mercy in it and Hell too 19. 26. St. Patricks in