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church_n be_v uncover_v or_o not_o convenient_o deck_v in_o which_o case_n none_o other_o penance_n can_v be_v enjoin_v but_o pecuniary_a item_n if_o a_o parson_n demand_v of_o his_o parishioner_n oblation_n and_o tithe_n due_a and_o accustom_a or_o if_o any_o person_n plead_v against_o another_o for_o tithe_n more_o or_o less_o so_o that_o the_o four_o part_n of_o the_o value_n of_o the_o benefice_n be_v not_o demand_v item_n if_o a_o parson_n demand_v mortuary_n in_o place_n where_o a_o mortuary_n have_v use_v to_o have_v be_v give_v item_n if_o a_o prelate_n of_o a_o church_n or_o if_o a_o patron_n demand_v a_o `_o pension_n due_n to_o themselves_o all_o such_o demand_n be_v to_o be_v make_v in_o a_o spiritual_a court_n and_o for_o lay_v violent_a hand_n on_o a_o priest_n and_o in_o case_n of_o defamation_n it_o have_v be_v grant_v already_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v try_v in_o a_o spiritual_a court_n when_o money_n be_v not_o demand_v but_o a_o thing_n do_v for_o punishment_n of_o sin_n and_o likewise_o for_o break_v a_o oath_n in_o all_o case_n afore_o rehearse_v the_o spiritual_a judge_n shall_v have_v power_n to_o take_v knowledge_n notwithstanding_o the_o king_n prohibition_n vid._n lindw_n constit_fw-la lib._n 2._o tit._n de_fw-fr foro-competenti_a vid._n full._n chur._n hist._n lib._n 3._o p._n 79._o now_o whereas_o some_o doubt_n have_v heretofore_o be_v whether_o this_o be_v indeed_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n or_o any_o thing_n more_o than_o a_o constitution_n make_v by_o the_o prelate_n themselves_o or_o only_o a_o mere_a writ_n issue_v out_o from_o the_o king_n to_o his_o judge_n sr._n ed._n coke_n instit._n par_fw-fr 2._o pag._n 487._o resolve_n it_o in_o express_a term_n thus_o viz._n though_o some_o have_v say_v that_o this_o be_v no_o statute_n but_o make_v by_o the_o prelate_n themselves_o yet_o that_o this_o be_v a_o act_n of_o parliament_n it_o be_v prove_v not_o only_o by_o our_o book_n but_o also_o by_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n by_o this_o statute_n of_o circumspect_a agatis_fw-la the_o
of_o sacrilege_n do_v distinguish_v between_o excommunication_n latam_fw-la and_o ferendam_fw-la for_o if_o it_o be_v sacrilege_n commit_v against_o a_o ecclesiastical_a person_n then_o according_a to_o the_o canon_n law_n and_o as_o heretofore_o practise_v in_o this_o realm_n the_o penalty_n be_v excommunicatio_fw-la lata_fw-la but_o when_o it_o be_v in_o respect_n of_o some_o thing_n pertain_v to_o the_o church_n in_o that_o case_n the_o punishment_n be_v excommunicatio_fw-la ferenda_fw-la lindw_n de_fw-fr immun_fw-fr eccl._n c._n 1._o glow_n in_o ver_fw-la omnibus_fw-la poenis_fw-la and_o sometime_o a_o pecuniary_a punishment_n be_v inflict_v for_o sacrilege_n 17._o q._n 4._o c._n quisquis_fw-la etc._n etc._n si_fw-la quis_fw-la contumax_n the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n do_v not_o punish_v sacrilege_n with_o that_o austerity_n and_o severity_n as_o the_o civil_a law_n do_v l._n sacrilegio_fw-la ff_n ad_fw-la leg._n jul._n peculat_v whereby_o the_o punishment_n sometime_o be_v damnatio_fw-la ad_fw-la bestias_fw-la sometime_o the_o sacrilegious_a person_n be_v burn_v alive_a sometime_o hang_v on_o fonk_n sometime_o condemn_v to_o the_o mine_n sometime_o banish_v and_o sometime_o sentence_v to_o death_n in_o the_o ordinary_a way_n of_o execution_n he_o that_o be_v guilty_a of_o sacrilege_n against_o a_o ecclesiastical_a person_n be_v by_o the_o canon_n law_n excommunicatus_fw-la ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la 17._o q._n 4._o c._n si_fw-la quis_fw-la suadente_fw-la but_o if_o it_o be_v in_o rebus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la he_o be_v by_o that_o law_n excommunicandus_fw-la de_fw-fr foro_n compet_n c._n conquestus_fw-la if_o it_o be_v commit_v in_o the_o church_n and_o that_o by_o fire_v or_o break_v it_o open_a in_o that_o case_n the_o sacrilegious_a person_n be_v ipso_fw-la jure_fw-la excommunicate_v de_fw-mi send_v excom_n c._n conquesti_fw-la if_o it_o be_v without_o burn_v or_o break_v it_o open_a as_o when_o a_o thing_n be_v leave_v in_o the_o church_n be_v take_v away_o in_o that_o case_n he_o ought_v to_o be_v excommunicate_v de_fw-fr furtib_n c._n fin_n and_o this_o say_v lindwood_n may_v stand_v as_o a_o rule_n in_o law_n that_o wherever_o you_o find_v that_o regular_o the_o sacrilegious_a person_n be_v not_o ipso_fw-la jure_fw-la excommunicate_v majori_fw-la excommunicatione_n it_o have_v these_o several_a fallentias_n that_o be_v it_o do_v not_o hold_v in_o case_n of_o burn_v violate_v spoil_v and_o waste_v of_o the_o church_n nor_o in_o burn_v or_o break_v open_o the_o church_n door_n nor_o in_o sacrilege_n against_o a_o ecclesiastical_a person_n nor_o in_o case_n of_o strike_v or_o violent_o apprehend_v any_o man_n in_o the_o church_n nor_o in_o any_o forcible_a or_o violent_a take_n away_o any_o thing_n out_o of_o the_o church_n nor_o in_o any_o that_o be_v excommunicate_v before_o for_o the_o like_a offence_n nor_o in_o such_o as_o pull_v down_o or_o demolish_v the_o body_n of_o the_o church_n or_o any_o part_n thereof_o and_o the_o like_a lindw_n de_fw-fr immu_fw-fr eccl._n c._n ut_fw-la invadentib_fw-la glow_n in_o ver_fw-la excomunicati_fw-la all_o which_o be_v likewiseexpres_o set_v down_o in_o john_n de_fw-fr athon_n gloss_n on_o cardinal_n othobon_n constitution_n the_o abstrahentib_n confug_o ad_fw-la eccles_n c._n ad_fw-la tutelam_fw-la glow_n in_o ver_fw-la obsevari_fw-la and_o seem_v to_o have_v a_o adequate_a affinity_n with_o what_o solomon_n who_o as_o in_o other_o thing_n so_o special_o in_o matter_n of_o the_o temple_n have_v the_o best_a experience_n say_v it_o be_v a_o suare_fw-la to_o the_o man_n who_o devour_v that_o which_o be_v holy_a pro._n 20._o 25._o 7._o the_o dreadful_a curse_n denounce_v against_o sacrilegious_a person_n appear_v in_o that_o remarkable_a passage_n in_o parliament_n above_o four_o hundred_o year_n since_o where_o the_o privilege_n of_o the_o clergy_n and_o franchise_n of_o the_o church_n be_v with_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o people_n grant_v confirm_v and_o settle_v by_o the_o king_n in_o full_a parliament_n anno_fw-la 1253._o in_o such_o a_o solemn_a manner_n as_o no_o history_n can_v parallel_v the_o king_n stand_v up_o with_o his_o hand_n upon_o his_o breast_n all_o the_o lord_n spiritual_a and_o temporal_a stand_v with_o burn_a taper_n in_o their_o hand_n the_o archbishop_n pronounce_v as_o follow_v viz._n by_o the_o authority_n of_o god_n omnipotent_a of_o the_o son_n and_o of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n etc._n etc._n we_o excommunicate_v anathematise_v and_o sequester_v from_o our_o holy_a mother_n the_o church_n all_o those_o who_o henceforth_o know_o and_o malicious_o deprive_v and_o spoil_v church_n of_o their_o right_n and_o all_o those_o that_o shall_v by_o any_o art_n or_o wit_n rash_o violate_v diminish_v or_o alter_v secret_o or_o open_o in_o deed_n word_n or_o counsel_n those_o ecclesiastical_a liberty_n etc._n etc._n grant_v by_o our_o lord_n the_o king_n to_o the_o archbishop_n bishop_n prelate_n etc._n etc._n for_o everlasting_a memory_n whereof_o we_o have_v hereunto_o put_v our_o seal_n after_o which_o all_o throw_v down_o their_o taper_n extinguish_v and_o smoke_v they_o all_o say_v 29._o so_o let_v all_o that_o shall_v go_v against_o this_o curse_n be_v extinct_a and_o stink_n in_o hell_n and_o ethelwolphus_fw-la the_o second_o sole_a monarch_n among_o the_o saxon_a on_o king_n have_v by_o advice_n of_o his_o noble_n grant_v for_o ever_o to_o god_n and_o the_o church_n both_o the_o tithe_n of_o all_o good_n and_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o all_o the_o land_n of_o england_n free_a from_o all_o secular_a service_n tax_n or_o imposition_n whatsoever_o author_n conclude_v the_o say_a grant_n or_o charter_n of_o donation_n in_o these_o word_n viz._n qui_fw-la augere_fw-la voluerit_fw-la nostram_fw-la donationem_fw-la augeat_fw-la omnipotens_fw-la deus_fw-la dies_fw-la ejus_fw-la prosperos_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la vero_fw-la mutare_fw-la vel_fw-la minuere_fw-la praesumpserit_fw-la noscat_fw-la se_fw-la ad_fw-la tribunal_n christi_fw-la rationem_fw-la redditurum_fw-la 8._o dr._n heylyn_n in_o his_o ecclesia_fw-la restaurata_fw-la relate_v a_o remarkable_a passage_n touch_v a_o sad_a judgement_n 225._o that_o in_o the_o time_n of_o queen_n mary_n befall_v buck_o bishop_n of_o bangor_n an._n 1541._o for_o the_o sacrilegious_a havoc_n he_o make_v of_o the_o land_n and_o patrimony_n of_o that_o church_n who_o not_o content_a to_o alienate_v the_o land_n and_o weaken_v the_o estate_n thereof_o resolve_v to_o rob_v it_o also_o of_o its_o bell_n for_o fear_n perhaps_o of_o have_v any_o knell_n ring_v out_o at_o the_o church_n funeral_n and_o not_o content_a to_o sell_v the_o bell_n which_o be_v five_o in_o number_n he_o will_v needs_o satisfy_v himself_o with_o see_v they_o convey_v on_o shipboard_n and_o have_v scarce_o give_v himself_o that_o satisfaction_n but_o be_v immediate_o strike_v blind_a and_o so_o continue_v from_o that_o time_n to_o the_o day_n of_o his_o death_n chap._n thirty-nine_o of_o simony_n 1._o the_o definition_n and_o description_n of_o simony_n the_o penalty_n thereof_o 2._o the_o difference_n between_o simoniacus_fw-la and_o simoniace_n promotus_n the_o latitude_n of_o that_o word_n simony_n 3._o how_o the_o anwal_a value_n of_o the_o benefice_n be_v computable_a upon_o the_o forfeiture_n by_o reason_n of_o simony_n 4._o whether_o a_o clerk_n simoniacal_o present_v but_o not_o privy_a to_o the_o simony_n be_v disable_v for_o that_o turn_n to_o be_v present_v by_o the_o king_n to_o the_o same_o church_n 5._o the_o diversification_n of_o simoniacal_a contract_n or_o the_o various_a way_n of_o commit_v simony_n 6._o a_o obligation_n to_o present_v one_o upon_o condition_n of_o resignation_n may_v not_o be_v simony_n 7._o to_o promise_v one_o a_o sum_n of_o money_n to_o bestow_v his_o endeavour_n to_o procure_v one_o to_o be_v present_v to_o a_o benefice_n be_v a_o simoniacal_a contract_n 8._o several_a way_n of_o contract_a oblige_a and_o agree_v which_o will_v amount_v to_o simony_n 9_o a_o clerk_n may_v oblige_v to_o his_o patron_n to_o pay_v a_o sum_n yearly_a and_o yet_o no_o simony_n 10._o the_o plea_n of_o simony_n be_v a_o good_a bar_n to_o the_o parson_n demand_n of_o tithe_n 11._o whether_o the_o father_n free_a covenant_n with_o his_o son_n in_o law_n upon_o the_o marriage_n of_o his_o daughter_n to_o present_v he_o to_o such_o a_o live_v when_o it_o fall_v be_v simony_n 12._o whether_o a_o simoniacalvsurper_n shall_v prejudice_v the_o rightful_a patron_n by_o give_v the_o king_n the_o presentation_n 13._o whether_o a_o incumbent_n that_o be_v in_o by_o simony_n may_v after_o a_o general_n pardon_v be_v remove_v 14._o the_o grand_a case_n of_o calvert_n and_o kitching_n at_o the_o common_a law_n touch_v simony_n 15._o to_o convey_v a_o corrupt_a gift_n by_o a_o innocent_a hand_n will_v not_o excuse_v it_o from_o be_v simony_n 16._o the_o king_n case_n against_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n sir_n john_n hall_n and_o richard_n clark_n touch_v simony_n 17._o the_o proof_n of_o simony_n in_o a_o parson_n be_v good_a to_o harr_n he_o of_o tithe_n 18._o a_o patron_n presentation_n upon_o
vi_n laica_fw-la removenda_fw-la further_o explain_v 26._o the_o writ_n quod_fw-la clerici_fw-la non_fw-la eligantur_fw-la in_o officium_fw-la 1._o against_o the_o unlawful_a possessor_n who_o be_v the_o usurper_n live_v three_o writ_n viz._n one_o of_o the_o right_n as_o the_o writ_n of_o right_n of_o advowson_n and_o the_o other_o two_o of_o the_o possession_n viz._n a_o quare_fw-la impedit_fw-la and_o darrein_a presentment_n this_o assize_n of_o darrein_a presentment_n or_o assisa_fw-la ultimae_fw-la praesentationis_fw-la be_v a_o writ_n which_o lie_v where_o a_o man_n or_o his_o ancestor_n have_v present_v a_o clerk_n to_o a_o church_n and_o after_o the_o church_n become_v void_a by_o his_o death_n or_o otherwise_o a_o stranger_n present_v his_o clerk_n to_o the_o same_o church_n in_o disturbance_n of_o he_o who_o have_v last_o present_v this_o writ_n be_v otherwise_o also_o use_v 193._o and_o differ_v from_o that_o of_o a_o quare_fw-la impedit_fw-la for_o the_o quare_fw-la impedit_fw-la lie_v upon_o the_o disturbance_n of_o one_o who_o have_v the_o advowson_n in_o his_o presentation_n when_o the_o church_n be_v void_a the_o other_o lie_v where_o a_o man_n or_o his_o ancestor_n have_v present_v before_o and_o now_o the_o church_n become_v void_a again_o a_o stranger_n present_v in_o disturbance_n of_o he_o who_o have_v last_o present_v where_o ever_o a_o man_n may_v have_v assize_n of_o darrein_a presentment_n he_o may_v have_v a_o quare_fw-la impedit_fw-la but_o not_o e_fw-la contra_fw-la imp._n he_o that_o have_v right_a to_o present_v after_o the_o death_n of_o the_o parson_n and_o bring_v no_o quare_fw-la impedit_fw-la nor_o darrein_a presentment_n but_o suffer_v a_o stranger_n to_o usurp_v upon_o he_o yet_o he_o shall_v have_v a_o writ_n of_o right_n of_o advowson_n but_o this_o writ_n lie_v not_o unless_o he_o claim_v to_o have_v the_o advowson_n to_o he_o and_o his_o heir_n in_o fee_n simple_n ibid._n where_o the_o ordinary_a metropolitan_a or_o king_n present_v for_o lapse_n any_o of_o these_o collative_n will_v serve_v the_o patron_n for_o a_o possession_n in_o his_o assize_n of_o darrein_a presentment_n rep._n which_o assize_n of_o darrein_a presentment_n may_v not_o be_v purchase_v pend_v a_o quare_fw-la impedit_fw-la for_o the_o same_o avoidance_n and_o therefore_o in_o the_o case_n where_o william_n st._n andrew_n bring_v a_o writ_n of_o assize_n of_o darrein_a presentment_n against_o the_o archbishop_n of_o york_n mary_n countess_n of_o shrewsbury_n and_o one_o hacker_n and_o the_o bishop_n make_v default_n the_o countess_n and_o hacker_n plead_v in_o abatement_n that_o the_o plaintiff_n before_o the_o writ_n purchase_v bring_v a_o quare_fw-la impedit_fw-la against_o the_o same_o defendant_n and_o show_v all_o certain_a which_o remain_v undetermined_a and_o averr_v that_o they_o be_v both_o of_o the_o same_o avoidance_n and_o upon_o demurrer_n the_o writ_n be_v abate_v by_o judgement_n rep._n 2._o assize_n de_fw-fr utrum_fw-la or_o assisa_fw-la utrum_fw-la be_v a_o writ_n which_o lie_v for_o a_o parson_n against_o a_o layman_n or_o for_o a_o layman_n against_o a_o parson_n for_o land_n and_o tenement_n doubtful_a whether_o it_o be_v lay-fee_n or_o free_a alm_n 95._o these_o writ_n be_v call_v assize_n probable_o either_o because_o they_o settle_v the_o possession_n and_o so_o a_o outward_a right_n in_o he_o that_o obtain_v by_o they_o or_o because_o they_o be_v original_o execute_v at_o a_o certain_a time_n and_o place_n former_o appoint_v or_o because_o they_o be_v try_v most_o common_o by_o especial_a court_n set_v and_o appoint_v for_o that_o purpose_n the_o incumbent_n as_o touch_v his_o right_n for_o his_o rectory_n have_v the_o only_a writ_n of_o juris_fw-la utrum_fw-la and_o for_o his_o possession_n any_o other_o possessory_a action_n 3._o quare_fw-la impedit_fw-la be_v a_o writ_n which_o lie_v for_o he_o who_o have_v purchase_v a_o advowson_n in_o gross_a or_o a_o manor_n with_o a_o advowson_n thereunto_o appendant_a and_o against_o he_o who_o when_o a_o parson_n incumbent_n die_v or_o a_o church_n otherwise_o become_v void_a disturb_v the_o other_o in_o the_o right_n of_o his_o advowson_n by_o present_v a_o clerk_n thereunto_o be_v void_a vhis_n writ_n be_v distinguish_v from_o the_o former_a of_o darrein_a presentment_n or_o assisa_fw-la ultimae_fw-la praesentationis_fw-la because_o this_o latter_a lie_v as_o aforesaid_a only_o where_o a_o man_n or_o his_o ancestor_n former_o present_v but_o the_o quare_fw-la impedit_fw-la lie_n proper_o for_o he_o who_o himself_o be_v the_o purchaser_n of_o the_o advowson_n though_o he_o that_o may_v have_v assize_n of_o darrein_a presentment_n may_v have_v the_o other_o if_o he_o please_v but_o not_o so_o vice_n versa_fw-la as_o be_v also_o before_o observe_v yet_o it_o be_v say_v in_o reg._n orig._n f._n 30._o that_o a_o quare_fw-la impedit_fw-la be_v of_o a_o high_a nature_n than_o a_o assize_n of_o darrein_a presentment_n 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