Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	alexander_n	edward_n	king_n	2,766	5	5.1318	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65227	Some observations upon the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the kings of England with an appendix in answer to part of a late book intitled, The King's visitatorial power asserted.	Washington, Robert.	1689 (1689)	Wing W1029; ESTC R10904	101,939	296

&_o de_fw-fr maximis_fw-la una_fw-la erat_fw-la quae_fw-la regnum_fw-la angliae_fw-la liberum_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la legati_fw-la ditione_n constituerat_fw-la donec_fw-la ipse_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la praesenti_fw-la superesset_fw-la so_o that_o this_o patria_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la of_o the_o kingdom_n be_v free_a from_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o any_o legate_n and_o which_o have_v be_v confirm_v by_o the_o pope_n be_v not_o a_o privilege_n grant_v to_o the_o king_n himself_o nor_o be_v he_o the_o object_n of_o that_o papal_a pretend_a indulgence_n but_o the_o kingdom_n who_o he_o declare_v that_o himself_o can_v not_o deprive_v of_o the_o benefit_n thereof_o without_o their_o own_o consent_n and_o therefore_o the_o king_n assent_n and_o the_o king_n leave_n so_o frequent_o mention_v in_o the_o monk_n upon_o this_o occasion_n must_v be_v understand_v of_o his_o assent_n in_o a_o great_a council_n or_o parliament_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o when_o johannes_n cremensis_n come_v legate_n hither_o anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1125._o and_o be_v permit_v so_o to_o do_v by_o the_o king_n be_v then_o in_o normandy_n for_o what_o private_a consideration_n betwixt_o the_o pope_n and_o himself_o i_o know_v not_o it_o be_v look_v upon_o by_o the_o wise_a man_n of_o the_o nation_n as_o a_o notorious_a breach_n of_o the_o ancient_n and_o know_v law_n and_o liberty_n of_o the_o kingdom_n quam_fw-la gravi_fw-la multorum_fw-la mentes_fw-la scandalo_fw-la vulneravit_fw-la &_o inusitata_fw-la negotii_fw-la novitas_fw-la &_o antiqui_fw-la regni_fw-la anglorum_fw-la detrita_fw-la libertas_fw-la satis_fw-la indicat_fw-la toti_n enim_fw-la regno_fw-la anglorum_fw-la &_o circumjacentibus_fw-la regionibus_fw-la cunctis_fw-la notissimum_fw-la est_fw-la eatenùs_fw-la à_fw-la primo_fw-la cantuariensi_fw-la metropolitano_fw-it sanctissimo_fw-la augustino_n usque_fw-la ad_fw-la istum_fw-la wilhelmum_fw-la cantuariensem_fw-la archiepiscopum_fw-la omnes_fw-la ipsius_fw-la augustini_fw-la successores_fw-la monachos_fw-la primate_fw-la &_o patriarchas_fw-la nominatos_fw-la &_o habitos_fw-la nec_fw-la ullius_fw-la unquam_fw-la romani_fw-la legati_fw-la ditioni_fw-la addictos_fw-la gervas_n dorob_fw-la collect._n pag._n 1663._o and_o when_o afterward_o in_o king_n henry_n the_o three_o time_n circa_n festum_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la petri_n &_o pauli_n otto_n sancti_fw-la nicholai_n in_fw-la carcere_fw-la tulliano_n diaconus_fw-la cardinalis_fw-la nesciebatur_fw-la ad_fw-la quid_fw-la per_fw-la mandatum_fw-la regis_fw-la venit_fw-la legatus_fw-la in_o angliam_fw-la nescientibus_fw-la regni_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la plures_fw-la adversus_fw-la regem_fw-la magnam_fw-la conceperunt_fw-la indignationem_fw-la dicentes_fw-la omnia_fw-la rex_fw-la pervertit_fw-la jura_n fidem_fw-la promissa_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la transgreditur_fw-la nota_fw-la bend_n nunc_fw-la se_fw-la matrimonio_fw-la sine_fw-la suorum_fw-la amicorum_fw-la &_o hominum_fw-la naturalium_fw-la consilio_fw-la alienigenae_fw-la copulavit_fw-la nunc_fw-la legatum_fw-la regni_fw-la totius_fw-la immutatorem_fw-la clam_fw-la vocavit_fw-la etc._n etc._n dictum_fw-la est_fw-la autem_fw-la quod_fw-la archiepiscopus_fw-la cantuariensis_n edmundus_n regem_fw-la talia_fw-la facientem_fw-la increpavit_fw-la praecipuè_fw-la de_fw-fr vocatione_n legati_fw-la sciens_fw-la inde_fw-la in_o suae_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la praejudicium_fw-la magnam_fw-la regno_fw-la imminere_fw-la jacturam_fw-la matth._n par._n 440._o the_o historian_n blame_v those_o that_o go_v to_o meet_v this_o legate_n and_o that_o make_v he_o honourable_a present_n of_o scarlet_a cloth_n etc._n etc._n in_o quo_fw-la facto_fw-la say_v he_o nimis_fw-la à_fw-la multis_fw-la meruerunt_fw-la reprehendi_fw-la tam_fw-la pro_fw-la dono_fw-la quàm_fw-la pro_fw-la dandi_fw-la modo_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o panno_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la colore_fw-la videbatur_fw-la legationis_fw-la officium_fw-la &_o adventum_fw-la acceptari_fw-la which_o be_v a_o remarkable_a testimony_n that_o the_o king_n be_v call_v in_o a_o legate_n do_v not_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o those_o time_n give_v he_o any_o legal_a authority_n here_o if_o it_o be_v do_v nescientibus_fw-la regni_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la i._n e._n to_o speak_v in_o eadmerus_n his_o word_n if_o he_o be_v otherwise_o admit_v than_o per_fw-mi conniventiam_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la abbatum_fw-la &_o procerum_fw-la &_o totius_fw-la regni_fw-la conventum_fw-la the_o same_o historian_n matth._n parnell_n speak_v afterward_o pag._n 446._o of_o the_o same_o legate_n rex_fw-la say_v he_o spreto_fw-la naturalium_fw-la hominum_fw-la suorum_fw-la consilio_fw-la magis_fw-la &_o magis_fw-la ut_fw-la caepit_fw-la deliravit_fw-la et_fw-la se_fw-la voluntati_fw-la romanorum_fw-la &_o praecipuè_fw-la legati_fw-la quem_fw-la inconsultiùs_fw-la advocaverat_fw-la mancipavit_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o again_o his_o &_o aliis_fw-la deliramentis_fw-la rex_fw-la omnium_fw-la nobilium_fw-la suorum_fw-la corda_fw-la cruentavit_fw-la consiliarios_fw-la quoque_fw-la habuit_fw-la suspectos_fw-la &_o infame_n qui_fw-la huius_fw-la rei_fw-la fomentum_fw-la esse_fw-la dicebantur_fw-la quos_fw-la idcircò_fw-la magis_fw-la habebant_fw-la nobiles_fw-la angliae_fw-la exosos_fw-la but_o the_o instance_n which_o the_o doctor_n himself_z gives_z pag._n 154._o of_o henry_n beaufort_n bishop_n of_o winchester_n and_o great_a uncle_n to_o king_n henry_n the_o six_o be_v as_o full_a against_o he_o as_o any_o thing_n that_o he_o can_v have_v pitch_v upon_o for_o that_o bishop_n be_v cardinal_n of_o st._n eusebius_n be_v send_v legate_n into_o england_n anno_fw-la 1429._o which_o be_v anno_fw-la octavo_fw-la of_o king_n henry_n the_o six_o and_o be_v fain_o to_o be_v behold_v to_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n for_o his_o pardon_n for_o have_v offend_v against_o the_o law_n make_v against_o provisor_n by_o bring_v in_o and_o execute_v papal_a bull_n within_o the_o realm_n for_o anno_fw-la 10._o henr._n 6._o the_o king_n by_o the_o common_a assent_n of_o all_o the_o estate_n pardon_v too_o the_o say_a cardinal_n all_o offence_n punishment_n and_o pain_n incur_v by_o he_o against_o the_o statute_n of_o provisor_n vid._n cotton_n be_v abridgement_n of_o record_n 10._o henr._n 6._o nu_fw-la 16._o which_o will_v have_v be_v needless_a if_o either_o the_o king_n be_v give_v leave_n to_o his_o entrance_n or_o assent_v to_o his_o decree_n can_v have_v justify_v his_o proceed_n and_o add_v any_o legal_a authority_n to_o they_o by_o what_o have_v be_v say_v i_o conceive_v it_o to_o be_v very_o clear_a that_o all_o foreign_a jurisdiction_n be_v utter_o against_o the_o law_n of_o the_o realm_n and_o a_o intolerable_a usurpation_n upon_o the_o king_n crown_n and_o regality_n and_o upon_o the_o right_n and_o liberty_n of_o his_o subject_n it_o be_v never_o conceive_v that_o the_o king_n can_v by_o his_o own_o personal_a authority_n without_o the_o consent_n of_o his_o people_n in_o parliament_n 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and_o that_o the_o king_n of_o scot_n be_v his_o homager_n and_o at_o the_o same_o time_n the_o parliament_n of_o england_n then_o assemble_v at_o lincoln_n write_v another_o letter_n to_o the_o pope_n upon_o the_o same_o subject_a in_o which_o be_v these_o word_n viz._n ad_fw-la observationem_fw-la &_o defensionem_fw-la libertatum_fw-la consuetudinum_fw-la &_o legum_n paternarum_fw-la ex_fw-la debito_fw-la praestiti_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la adstringimur_fw-la quae_fw-la manutenebimus_fw-la toto_fw-la posse_fw-la totisque_fw-la viribus_fw-la cum_fw-la dei_fw-la auxilio_fw-la defendemus_fw-la nec_fw-la etiam_fw-la permittimus_fw-la aut_fw-la aliquatenùs_fw-la permittemus_fw-la sicut_fw-la nec_fw-la possumus_fw-la nec_fw-la debemus_fw-la praemissa_fw-la tam_fw-la insolita_fw-la indebita_fw-la praejudicialia_fw-la &_o alià_fw-la inaudita_fw-la dominum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la regem_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la vellet_fw-la facere_fw-la seu_fw-la quomodolibet_fw-la attemptare_fw-la praecipuè_fw-la cùm_fw-la praemissa_fw-la cederent_fw-la in_o exhaeredationem_fw-la juris_fw-la coronae_fw-la regis_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o regiae_n dignitatis_fw-la ac_fw-la subversionem_fw-la status_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la regni_fw-la notoriam_fw-la necnon_fw-la in_o praejudicium_fw-la libertatum_fw-la consuetudinum_fw-la ac_fw-la legum_n paternarum_fw-la seal_v by_o one_o hundred_o and_o four_o earl_n and_o baron_n and_o in_o the_o name_n of_o all_o the_o commonalty_n of_o england_n v._o co._n 2d_o inst_z pag._n 196._o and_o fox_n his_o book_n of_o martyr_n vol._n 1._o pag._n 387_o 388_o 389._o by_o which_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o king_n can_v not_o legal_o if_o he_o will_v have_v give_v way_n to_o the_o pope_n determine_v the_o controversy_n about_o the_o succession_n in_o scotland_n since_o it_o belong_v to_o himself_o in_o

those_o time_n what_o order_n of_o man_n be_v comprehend_v under_o the_o word_n magnate_v be_v not_o material_a to_o our_o present_a purpose_n the_o great_a council_n that_o make_v the_o law_n and_o without_o who_o no_o law_n be_v make_v be_v frequent_o so_o describe_v by_o our_o ancient_a historian_n in_o the_o year_n 692_o ina_n king_n of_o the_o west_n saxon_n enact_v many_o constitution_n for_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n as_o de_fw-fr formula_fw-la vivendi_fw-la ministrorum_fw-la dei._n de_fw-fr baptizandis_fw-la infantibus_fw-la de_fw-fr opere_fw-la in_o die_v dominico_n de_fw-fr immunitate_fw-la fani_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o preface_n to_o which_o law_n run_v thus_o ego_fw-la inas_fw-la dei_fw-la beneficio_fw-la occiduorum_n saxonum_n rex_fw-la suasu_fw-la &_o instituto_fw-la cenredi_fw-la patris_fw-la mei_fw-la &_o heddae_fw-la &_o erkenwaldi_n episcoporum_fw-la meorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la senatorum_fw-la meorum_fw-la &_o natu_fw-la majorum_fw-la sapientum_fw-la populi_n mei_fw-la in_fw-la magnâ_fw-la servorum_fw-la dei_fw-la frequentiâ_fw-la religiose_fw-la studebam_fw-la tum_fw-la animorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la saluti_fw-la tum_fw-la communi_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la conservationi_fw-la ut_fw-la legitima_fw-la nuptiarum_fw-la faedera_fw-mi etc._n etc._n here_o the_o king_n his_o bishop_n all_o his_o senator_n the_o natu_fw-la majores_fw-la &_o sapientes_fw-la of_o his_o people_n which_o be_v description_n of_o the_o laity_n in_o parliament_n of_o those_o time_n and_o a_o great_a number_n of_o god_n servant_n by_o which_o the_o clergy_n be_v mean_v make_v ecclesiastical_a law_n this_o be_v a_o parliament_n as_o appear_v not_o only_o by_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o laity_n but_o by_o many_o temporal_a law_n enact_v at_o the_o same_o time_n spelm._n conc._n tom._n 1._o fol._n 182_o 183_o etc._n etc._n in_o the_o year_n 694._o concilium_fw-la magnum_fw-la becanceldae_fw-la celebratum_fw-la est_fw-la presidente_fw-la withredo_n rege_fw-la cantiae_fw-la necnon_fw-la bertualdo_n archiepiscopo_fw-la britanniae_fw-la cum_fw-la tobiâ_fw-la episcopo_fw-la roffensi_fw-la abbatibus_fw-la abbatissis_fw-la praesbyteris_fw-la diaconibus_fw-la ducibus_fw-la satrapis_fw-la etc._n etc._n all_o these_o pariter_fw-la tractabant_fw-la anxie_fw-la examinabant_fw-la de_fw-la statu_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la dei_fw-la etc._n etc._n here_o the_o king_n be_v legislative_a power_n in_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n exert_v itself_o not_o personal_o but_o in_o this_o great_a council_n they_o do_v all_o enact_v statuimus_fw-la decernimus_fw-la praecipimus_fw-la for_o when_o the_o king_n himself_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o singular_a number_n be_v use_v nullus_fw-la unquam_fw-la habeat_fw-la licentiam_fw-la accipere_fw-la alicujus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la vel_fw-la familiae_fw-la monasterii_fw-la dominium_fw-la quae_fw-la à_fw-la meipso_fw-la vel_fw-la antecessoribus_fw-la meis_fw-la etc._n etc._n spelm._n conc._n pag._n 189_o 190._o a_o council_n be_v hold_v at_o berghamjtede_n anno_fw-la 5_o to_z withredi_fw-la regis_fw-la cantiae_fw-la i._n e._n anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 697._o sub_fw-la bertualdo_n archiepiscopo_fw-la cantuariensi_fw-la praesentibus_fw-la gybmundo_n episcopo_fw-la roffensi_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la ordinibus_fw-la gentis_fw-la illius_fw-la cum_fw-la viris_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la militaribus_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la de_fw-la moribus_fw-la cavetur_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cognitionem_fw-la plerumque_fw-la pertinentibus_fw-la these_o ordines_fw-la gentis_fw-la illius_fw-la seem_v by_o the_o preface_n to_o these_o law_n to_o be_v mean_v of_o the_o ordines_fw-la ecclesiastici_fw-la gentis_fw-la illius_fw-la but_o withal_o that_o they_o cum_fw-la viris_fw-la utique_fw-la militaribus_fw-la humanissimè_fw-la &_o communi_fw-la omnium_fw-la assensu_fw-la have_v leges_fw-la decreuêre_fw-la spelm._n conc._n 194._o so_o that_o these_o ecclesiastical_a law_n be_v enact_v by_o the_o assent_n of_o the_o viri_fw-la militares_fw-la as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o king_n and_o the_o clergy_n a_o council_n be_v hold_v at_o cloveshoe_n sub_fw-la cuthberto_n doroberniae_fw-la archiepiscope_n praesentibus_fw-la praeter_fw-la episcope_n sacerdotes_fw-la &_o ecclesiasticos_fw-la quamplurimos_fw-la aedilbaldo_n merciorum_n rege_fw-la cum_fw-la suis_fw-la principibus_fw-la &_o ducibus_fw-la anno_fw-la dom._n 747._o in_o quo_fw-la decernebatur_fw-la de_fw-la unitate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la de_fw-la statu_fw-la christianae_n religionis_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr concordiâ_fw-la &_o pace_fw-la etc._n etc._n spelm._n conc._n 242_o etc._n etc._n in_o the_o year_n 787_o concilium_fw-la legatinum_fw-la &_o pananglicum_fw-la be_v hold_v at_o calchyth_n in_o which_o many_o canon_n be_v make_v de_fw-la fide_fw-la primitùs_fw-la susceptâ_fw-la retinendâ_fw-la aliisque_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la regimen_fw-la pertinentibus_fw-la this_o council_n be_v hold_v coram_fw-la rege_fw-la aelfwaldo_n &_o archiepiscopo_fw-la eanbaldo_n &_o omnibus_fw-la 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that_o the_o king_n desire_v only_o dignitates_fw-la regibus_fw-la ante_fw-la debitas_fw-la sibi_fw-la exhiberi_fw-la hoved._n pag._n 292._o b._n and_o in_o another_o letter_n to_o the_o pope_n on_o the_o king_n behalf_n they_o declare_v the_o same_o ibid._n pag._n 292_o 293._o our_o archbishop_n indeed_o use_v to_o fetch_v their_o pall_v from_o rome_n but_o that_o entitle_v the_o pope_n to_o no_o jurisdiction_n here_o so_o that_o the_o subject_a matter_n of_o the_o law_n of_o clarendon_n then_o enact_v into_o statute-law_n be_v in_o king_n william_n rufus_n his_o time_n the_o law_n and_o usage_n of_o the_o realm_n and_o therefore_o anselm_n and_o becket_n oath_n be_v in_o substance_n the_o same_o and_o those_o law_n and_o usage_n have_v be_v usurp_v upon_o since_o and_o the_o usurpation_n purge_v by_o the_o law_n make_v about_o the_o time_n of_o the_o reformation_n the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n be_v now_o the_o same_o in_o substance_n with_o those_o ancient_a oath_n aforemention_v 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which_o can_v not_o be_v decide_v by_o all_o the_o bishop_n of_o england_n be_v one_o thing_n and_o the_o come_n in_o of_o a_o legate_n with_o a_o general_n power_n to_o exercise_n jurisdiction_n over_o all_o the_o king_n subject_n and_o to_o hold_v a_o legantine_n court_n be_v a_o quite_o other_o thing_n the_o doctor_n say_v pag._n 151._o that_o anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1138_o &_o tertio_fw-la regis_fw-la stephan_n albert_n or_o alberic_n cardinal_n of_o hostia_fw-la be_v the_o pope_n legate_n and_o consecrate_a theobald_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n and_o call_v the_o clergy_n to_o a_o colloquium_fw-la by_o apostolical_a authority_n by_o which_o it_o appear_v say_v he_o that_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n now_o obtain_v and_o the_o king_n assent_v to_o the_o power_n the_o legate_n have_v so_o that_o what_o be_v decree_v have_v the_o king_n allowance_n it_o seem_v provide_v what_o be_v decree_v have_v the_o king_n allowance_n all_o be_v well_o and_o there_o need_v no_o more_o 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to_o they_o in_o any_o new_a case_n but_o by_o act_n of_o parliament_n only_o and_o that_o no_o bishop_n or_o subject_n whatsoever_o have_v any_o power_n to_o make_v or_o enjoin_v any_o new_a oath_n or_o form_n of_o oath_n nor_o any_o authority_n to_o administer_v a_o oath_n to_o any_o man_n without_o some_o legal_a commission_n from_o the_o king_n under_o the_o great_a seal_n or_o some_o act_n of_o parliament_n especial_o authorise_v he_o to_o give_v or_o take_v a_o oath_n unless_o in_o court_n of_o record_n or_o other_o court_n who_o have_v authority_n to_o administer_v oath_n by_o prescription_n but_o anno_fw-la dom._n 1237._o otho_n the_o pope_n legate_n in_o a_o council_n at_o london_n make_v this_o constitution_n touch_v oath_n in_o spiritual_a cause_n in_o ecclesiastical_a court_n till_o that_o time_n not_o know_v nor_o use_v in_o england_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o word_n of_o the_o constitution_n jusjurandum_fw-la calumniae_fw-la in_o causis_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la quibuslibet_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr veritate_fw-la dicenda_fw-la in_o spiritualibus_fw-la quoque_fw-la ut_fw-la veritas_fw-la aperiatur_fw-la facilius_fw-la &_o causae_fw-la celerius_fw-la terminentur_fw-la statuimus_fw-la de_fw-la caetero_fw-la praestari_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la angliae_fw-la secundum_fw-la canonicas_fw-la &_o legitimas_fw-la sanctiones_fw-la obtentâ_fw-la in_o contrarium_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la non_fw-la obstante_fw-la vid._n matth._n paris_n 454._o a_o clear_a resolution_n that_o till_o that_o time_n the_o custom_n of_o england_n and_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n be_v to_o the_o contrary_a and_o that_o they_o can_v not_o enforce_v any_o man_n to_o his_o oath_n in_o such_o case_n after_o which_o grosthead_n bishop_n of_o lincoln_n anno_fw-la 1246._o upon_o the_o suggestion_n of_o the_o friar_n predicant_n and_o minorite_n rage_v more_o than_o be_v meet_v or_o expedient_a they_o be_v the_o word_n of_o matthew_n paris_n against_o those_o of_o his_o diocese_n make_v 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