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officialis_fw-la seu_fw-la commissarius_n qui_fw-la ordines_fw-la ecclesiastico_fw-la non_fw-la susceperit_fw-la eruditum_fw-la aliquem_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la sibi_fw-la accerset_fw-la &_o associabit_n qui_fw-la sufficienti_fw-la authoritate_fw-la vel_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la episcopo_fw-la in_o iurisdictione_n sva_fw-la vel_fw-la ab_fw-la archidiacono_n presbytero_fw-la existente_fw-la in_o iurisdictione_n sva_fw-la munitus_fw-la idque_fw-la ex_fw-la praescripto_fw-la iudicis_fw-la tunc_fw-la praesentis_fw-la excommunicationis_fw-la sententiam_fw-la pro_fw-la contumacia_fw-la denunciabit_fw-la every_o vicar_n general_a official_a or_o commissary_n which_o have_v not_o take_v upon_o he_o ecclesiastical_a order_n shall_v call_v and_o associate_v unto_o he_o some_o learned_a presbyter_n who_o be_v arm_v with_o sufficient_a authority_n from_o the_o bishop_n in_o his_o jurisdiction_n or_o from_o the_o archdeacon_n be_v a_o presbyter_n in_o his_o jurisdiction_n shall_v denounce_v &_o that_o by_o the_o prescript_n of_o the_o judge_n present_a the_o sentence_n of_o excommunication_n for_o contumacy_n now_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o article_n d._n hones_n practice_v of_o the_o bishopp_n article_n practice_n of_o this_o precept_n ensue_v in_o these_o word_n johannes_n hone_n legum_fw-la doctor_n officialis_fw-la
venerabilis_fw-la viri_fw-la domini_fw-la archidiaconi_n surr._n omnibus_fw-la &_o singulis_fw-la rectoribus_fw-la etc._n etc._n salutem_fw-la cùm_fw-la nos_fw-la rite_n &_o legitime_fw-la procedentes_fw-la omnes_fw-la &_o singulos_fw-la quorum_fw-la nomina_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o non_fw-la comparendo_fw-la coram_fw-la nobis_fw-la etc._n etc._n seu_fw-la saltem_fw-la in_o non_fw-la satisfaciendo_fw-la mandatis_fw-la nostris_fw-la etc._n etc._n pronunciaverimus_fw-la contumace_n ipsosque_fw-la etc._n etc._n excommunicandos_fw-la fore_fw-la decreverimus_fw-la cumque_fw-la discretus_fw-la vir_fw-la magister_fw-la roul_n allen_n presbyter_n eosdem_fw-la omnes_fw-la &_o singulos_fw-la subscriptos_fw-la ex_fw-la officio_fw-la nostro_fw-la excommunicaverit_fw-la in_o scriptis_fw-la iusticia_fw-la id_fw-la exigente_fw-la vobis_fw-la igitur_fw-la committimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n quatenus_fw-la eos_fw-la omnes_fw-la etc._n etc._n sicut_fw-la prefertur_fw-la ex_fw-la officio_fw-la nostro_fw-la mero_fw-la excommunicatos_fw-la fuisse_fw-la &_o esse_fw-la etc._n etc._n palam_fw-la denuncietis_fw-la etc._n etc._n datum_n sub_fw-la sigillo_fw-la officialitatis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la 19_o die_v decembris_fw-la anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1587._o john_n hone_n doctor_n of_o the_o law_n official_a of_o the_o venerable_a man_n the_o archdeacon_n of_o surr._n to_o all_o and_o singular_a person_n etc._n etc._n greeting_n whereas_o we_o otherwise_o right_o and_o lawful_o proceed_v all_o and_o singular_a who_o naâ—â—s_n be_v underwritten_a in_o not_o appear_v before_o we_o or_o at_o leastwise_o in_o not_o satisfy_v our_o mandate_n have_v pronounce_v contumacious_a and_o decree_v they_o to_o be_v excommunicate_v and_o whereas_o also_o the_o discrete_a man_n m._n roland_n allen_n presbyter_n out_o of_o our_o office_n have_v excommunicate_v all_o and_o singular_a under_o write_v justice_n so_o requiringe_v wherefore_o we_o charge_v you_o that_o open_o you_o denounce_v and_o declare_v they_o &_o 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elder_n as_o they_o call_v he_o and_o partly_o by_o one_o ecclesiastical_a elder_n wherein_o again_o it_o be_v worthy_a the_o observation_n for_o the_o matter_n we_o have_v in_o hand_n that_o doctor_n hone_n a_o mere_a lay_v &_o temporal_a man_n have_v authority_n from_o the_o archdeacon_n to_o call_v and_o associate_v unto_o he_o &_o to_o prescribe_v roul_n allen_n a_o presbyter_n &_o a_o other_o man_n hireling_n curate_n in_o southwark_n to_o excommunicate_v not_o only_o the_o parochian_o of_o a_o other_o pastor_n charge_n but_o also_o any_o other_o pastor_n whatsoever_o subject_n to_o the_o archdeacon_n jurisdiction_n and_o have_v not_o the_o king_n highness_n then_o as_o good_a right_n as_o great_a a_o privilege_n and_o as_o high_a a_o prerogative_n to_o command_v master_n doctor_n andros_n or_o master_n doctor_n king_n and_o lay_v elder_n by_o a_o lawful_a election_n to_o be_v associate_v unto_o either_o of_o they_o to_o excommunicate_a either_o of_o their_o own_o parishioner_n 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patent_n make_v bb._n therefore_o etc._n etc._n and_o bound_n of_o every_o diocese_n within_o england_n be_v mere_o of_o humane_a and_o not_o of_o divine_a iustitution_n appear_v by_o that_o power_n and_o authority_n which_o the_o king_n have_v in_o translate_n &_o dissolve_v of_o bishopricke_n in_o conserve_n episcopal_a jurisdiction_n 9_o 31._o h._n 〈◊〉_d c._n 9_o sometime_o to_o such_o person_n as_o be_v no_o bishopp_n as_o do_v william_n the_o conqueror_n when_o he_o give_v episcopal_a power_n to_o the_o abbot_n of_o battle_n and_o last_o by_o the_o very_a manner_n and_o form_n of_o the_o nomination_n licence_n of_o election_n authority_n of_o investiture_n confirmation_n and_o consecration_n of_o archishop_n and_o bishop_n establish_v by_o the_o more_o positive_a law_n of_o the_o realm_n but_o if_o it_o be_v answer_v that_o 20._o 25._o h._n 8._o c._n 20._o the_o bishop_n by_o his_o humane_a episcopal_a power_n do_v minister_v the_o doctrine_n sacrament_n and_o discipline_n of_o 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humane_a institution_n especial_o for_o that_o
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or_o to_o administer_v the_o sacrament_n these_o thing_n have_v we_o thus_o at_o large_a &_o more_o full_o entreat_v of_o to_o the_o end_n that_o the_o king_n highness_n and_o his_o parleament_n and_o all_o sort_n of_o people_n may_v well_o understand_v how_o it_o be_v not_o altogether_o a_o unusual_a and_o unaccustomed_a thing_n in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n that_o private_a &_o inferior_a minister_n as_o they_o call_v they_o in_o their_o own_o right_n and_o in_o their_o own_o parochial_a parish_n without_o any_o authority_n from_o the_o bishop_n shall_v exercise_v even_o the_o high_a censure_n of_o the_o church_n and_o that_o in_o sundry_a place_n of_o the_o realm_n there_o be_v no_o preeminence_n in_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o execution_n of_o the_o censure_n attribute_v to_o a_o bb._n above_o a_o minister_n nay_o which_o be_v more_o then_o be_v attribute_v to_o a_o bb._n above_o a_o excommunication_n no_o more_o pre-eminence_n give_v to_o a_o bb_n then_o to_o a_o minister_n or_o to_o a_o lay_v man_n in_o some_o place_n for_o the_o use_n of_o excommunication_n lay_a man_n yea_o then_o to_o such_o a_o lie_v man_n who_o be_v authorize_v only_o by_o a_o lie_v man_n to_o his_o office_n which_o be_v evident_a by_o the_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n and_o censure_n exercise_v a_o long_a time_n by_o lay_v man_n in_o the_o peculiar_a jurisdiction_n of_o newton_n gronbie_n anstic_n soak_v of_o rothelie_o evington_n and_o other_o parish_n &_o hamlette_n in_o the_o county_n of_o leycester_n the_o officer_n of_o all_o which_o place_n for_o their_o spiritual_a authority_n have_v not_o have_v any_o other_o warrant_n than_o such_o only_a as_o have_v be_v sign_v sometime_o under_o the_o hand_n and_o seal_n of_o the_o right_n honourable_a the_o earl_n of_o huntingdon_n decease_v sometime_o of_o the_o honourable_a sir_n henry_n grey_n knight_n sometime_o of_o henry_n skipwith_n esquire_n and_o sometime_o of_o other_o for_o the_o avoid_n therefore_o of_o sundry_a 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archdeacon_n jurisdiction_n within_o their_o province_n of_o one_o other_o common_a and_o usual_a kind_n of_o pretence_a spiritual_a jurisdiction_n and_o use_v of_o the_o censure_n which_o the_o archb._n and_o sometime_o the_o dean_n and_o chapter_n sede_fw-la archiepiscopali_n or_o sede_fw-la episcopali_fw-la vacant_a exercise_n and_o last_o of_o that_o spiritual_a kind_n of_o jurisdiction_n &_o censure_n so_o call_v of_o the_o church_n which_o suffragans_n and_o archdeacon_n have_v and_o do_v use_v as_o touch_v which_o suppose_v spiritual_a power_n both_o of_o the_o archbishopp_n &_o archdeacon_n because_o the_o same_o their_o power_n do_v only_o belong_v unto_o they_o jure_fw-la consuetudinario_fw-la &_o non_fw-la scripto_fw-la by_o unwritten_a and_o not_o by_o write_a law_n i_o must_v conclude_v against_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o archbishopp_n prerogative_n and_o against_o the_o archdeacon_n jurisdiction_n in_o all_o case_n as_o out_o of_o st._n cyprian_n king_n henry_n the_o eight_o conclude_v against_o the_o pope_n viz_n that_o their_o authority_n can_v not_o be_v from_o christ_n because_o christ_n say_v
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land_n or_o dividentes_fw-la of_o their_o rent_n to_o the_o only_o discretion_n of_o one_o of_o their_o bailiff_n or_o steward_n as_o for_o bishop_n suffragans_n in_o england_n and_o in_o wales_n how_o many_o there_o may_v be_v and_o what_o city_n and_o town_n be_v to_o be_v take_v and_o accept_v for_o their_o sea_n it_o be_v at_o large_a express_v in_o a_o statute_n make_v for_o the_o nomination_n of_o suffragans_n by_o which_o statute_n also_o we_o be_v give_v to_o understand_v that_o it_o remain_v only_o in_o the_o disposition_n and_o liberty_n of_o every_o archbishop_n &_o bishop_n within_o this_o realm_n etc._n etc._n to_o name_n and_o elect_v two_o honest_a and_o discrete_a spiritual_a person_n be_v learned_a &_o of_o good_a conversation_n and_o they_o to_o present_v unto_o the_o king_n by_o their_o writing_n under_o their_o seal_n make_v humble_a request_n to_o give_v to_o one_o such_o of_o the_o say_v two_o person_n as_o shall_v please_v his_o majesty_n such_o title_n name_n 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