Selected quad for the lemma: king_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
king_n	abbot_n	bishop_n	law_n	868	4	3.9364	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26172	Jani Anglorum facies nova, or, Several monuments of antiquity touching the great councils of the kingdom and the court of the kings immediate tenants and officers from the first of William the First, to the forty ninth of Henry the third, reviv'd and clear'd : wherein the sense of the common-council of the kingdom mentioned in King John's charter, and of the laws ecclesiastical, or civil, concerning clergy-men's voting in capital cases is submitted to the judgement of the learned.	Atwood, William, d. 1705?	1680 (1680)	Wing A4174; ESTC R37043	81,835	173

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principes_fw-la thaini_fw-la barones_n proceres_fw-la baronagium_fw-la barnagium_fw-la regni_fw-la or_o the_o like_a relate_v to_o the_o great_a council_n of_o the_o kingdom_n before_o and_o since_o the_o norman_a acquisition_n we_o find_v by_o this_o charter_n of_o henry_n the_o first_o that_o the_o county_n and_o hundred_o that_o be_v the_o man_n which_o compose_v those_o court_n be_v upon_o sufficient_a notice_n to_o attend_v upon_o the_o king_n business_n 1121._o that_o be_v constitute_v the_o council_n and_o therefore_o simeon_n of_o durham_n very_o proper_o say_v of_o the_o great_a council_n 3._o concilio_n totius_fw-la angliae_fw-la adunato_fw-la the_o same_o with_o what_o eadmerus_n say_v of_o the_o council_n of_o pinnedene_n in_o the_o first_o william_n time_n regio_fw-la adunatis_fw-la primoribus_fw-la &_o probis_fw-la viris_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la de_fw-fr comitatu_fw-la cantiae_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o de_fw-la aliis_fw-la comitatibus_fw-la angliae_fw-la 9_o here_o be_v the_o probi_fw-la homines_fw-la the_o freeholder_n of_o the_o county_n they_o that_o make_v the_o county_n court_n or_o turn_v either_o of_o which_o in_o st._n edward_n law_n be_v call_v the_o folkmote_a and_o be_v there_o describe_v vocatio_fw-la &_o congregatio_fw-la populorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la and_o we_o find_v by_o statute_n make_v before_o this_o time_n that_o the_o populus_fw-la omnis_fw-la or_o the_o primores_fw-la &_o probi_fw-la homines_fw-la according_a to_o eadmerus_n be_v call_v peer_n or_o noble_n 123._o for_o that_o the_o country-court_n or_o turn_v at_o least_o be_v celeberrimus_fw-la ex_fw-la omni_fw-la satrapiâ_fw-la conventus_fw-la thus_o in_o king_n edgar_n law_n centuriae_fw-la comitiis_fw-la cuique_fw-la ut_fw-la antea_fw-la praescribitur_fw-la interesto_fw-la oppidana_fw-la ter_z quotannis_fw-la habentur_fw-la comitia_fw-la celeberrimus_fw-la autem_fw-la ex_fw-la omni_fw-la satrapiâ_fw-la bis_fw-la quotannis_fw-la conventus_fw-la agitor_fw-la cui_fw-la 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exurgat_fw-la placitum_fw-la de_fw-la divisione_n terrarum_fw-la si_fw-la interest_n barones_n meos_fw-la dominicos_fw-la tractetur_fw-la placitum_fw-la in_o curiâ_fw-la meâ_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la inter_fw-la vavasores_fw-la duorum_fw-la dominorum_fw-la tractetur_fw-la in_o com._n etc._n etc._n though_o according_a to_o this_o the_o title_n to_o land_n between_o all_o but_o immediate_a tenant_n or_o such_o lord_n as_o have_v none_o over_o they_o but_o the_o king_n be_v determinable_a in_o the_o county_n yet_o sometime_o before_o the_o great_a charter_n of_o henry_n the_o three_o common_a plea_n in_o general_n which_o take_v in_o the_o title_n of_o land_n follow_v the_o king_n court_n where_o ever_o he_o hold_v it_o and_o by_o that_o charter_n be_v bring_v to_o a_o certain_a place_n communia_fw-la placita_fw-la non_fw-la sequantur_fw-la curiam_fw-la nostram_fw-la sed_fw-la teneantur_fw-la aliquo_fw-la loco_fw-la certo_fw-la the_o king_n bench_n be_v coram_fw-la rege_fw-la and_o use_v to_o follow_v the_o king_n court_n and_o be_v removable_a at_o the_o king_n pleasure_n here_o common_a plea_n as_o well_o as_o matter_n of_o the_o crown_n be_v hear_v and_o at_o this_o doubtless_o all_o the_o king_n tenant_n by_o knight_n service_n use_v to_o be_v present_a 105_o of_o this_o bracton_n say_v illarum_fw-la curiarum_fw-la habet_fw-la unam_fw-la propriam_fw-la sicut_fw-la aulam_fw-la regiam_fw-la

for_o he_o though_o the_o prince_n the_o head_n of_o the_o assembly_n be_v against_o he_o this_o controversy_n be_v adjourn_v to_o the_o curia_n 31._o on_o whitsuntide_n which_o still_o be_v no_o ordinary_a one_o anselm_n be_v celebrate_v a_o curia_n by_o himself_o when_o he_o shall_v have_v attend_v at_o the_o king_n be_v according_a to_o the_o adjournment_n but_o it_o seem_v he_o expect_v special_a summons_n which_o he_o have_v according_o by_o word_n of_o mouth_n no_o formal_a writ_n but_o messenger_n the_o king_n tenuit_fw-la curiam_fw-la svam_fw-la in_o ipsâ_fw-la festivitate_fw-la apud_fw-la windlesoram_fw-la and_o there_o be_v proceres_fw-la 34._o et_fw-la coadunata_fw-la multitudo_fw-la a_o very_a solemn_a convention_n the_o authority_n cite_v by_o sir_n hen._n spelman_n say_v that_o the_o clergy_n be_v not_o at_o the_o council_n at_o roch._n 16._o in_o quo_fw-la fermè_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la nobilitas_fw-la praeter_fw-la episcopos_fw-la &_o clerum_fw-la convenitur_fw-la 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their_o sense_n then_o deliver_v they_o give_v a_o far_a day_n till_o whitsuntide_n so_o that_o in_o effect_n it_o be_v judgement_n nisi_fw-la then_o indeed_o anselm_n with_o a_o side_n wind_v get_v a_o advantage_n of_o the_o king_n he_o cunning_o wave_v the_o question_n whether_o he_o may_v swear_v obedience_n to_o the_o king_n and_o put_v it_o only_o whether_o the_o pall_n be_v to_o be_v receive_v from_o the_o pope_n or_o the_o king_n and_o carry_v that_o point_n that_o it_o belong_v to_o the_o singular_a authority_n of_o saint_n peter_n 34._o this_o be_v a_o general_n council_n on_o the_o feast_n day_n adquievit_fw-la multitudo_fw-la omnis_fw-la unde_fw-la cum_fw-la omnes_fw-la silentio_fw-la pressi_fw-la conticuissent_fw-la statutum_n est_fw-la it_o seem_v till_o the_o multitude_n rest_v satisfy_v the_o law_n can_v not_o pass_v but_o two_o year_n after_o on_o whitsuntide_n be_v hold_v no_o more_o than_o the_o ordinary_a curia_n 2._o cum_fw-la igitur_fw-la in_o pentecoste_n festivitatis_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la regiae_n curiae_fw-la se_fw-la presentasset_fw-la peractis_fw-la igitur_fw-la festivioribus_fw-la diebus_fw-la diversorum_fw-la negotiorum_fw-la causae_fw-la in_o medium_n duci_fw-la ex_fw-la more_fw-it coeperunt_fw-la that_o it_o be_v usual_a when_o the_o height_n of_o the_o feast_n be_v over_o to_o go_v to_o the_o trial_n of_o cause_n or_o matter_n of_o ordinary_a judicature_n in_o august_n follow_v be_v hold_v a_o great_a council_n the_o king_n be_v de_fw-fr statu_fw-la regni_fw-la acturus_fw-la then_o he_o send_v out_o a_o general_n summons_n in_o sequenti_fw-la autem_fw-la mense_fw-la augusto_fw-la cum_fw-la de_fw-la statu_fw-la regni_fw-la acturus_fw-la rex_fw-la 38._o episcopos_fw-la abbates_n &_o quosque_fw-la regni_fw-la proceres_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la praecepti_fw-la svi_fw-la sanctione_n egisset_fw-la &_o dispositis_fw-la his_fw-la quae_fw-la adunationis_fw-la illius_fw-la causae_fw-la fuerant_fw-la etc._n etc._n anselm_n ask_v leave_v to_o go_v to_o rome_n but_o be_v deny_v it_o in_o october_n follow_v there_o be_v a_o general_a council_n at_o winchester_n wintoniae_fw-la ad_fw-la regem_fw-la ex_fw-la condicto_fw-la venimus_fw-la eadmerus_fw-la be_v there_o himself_o the_o first_o day_n the_o tumult_n from_o the_o vast_a multitude_n be_v so_o great_a that_o they_o can_v do_v nothing_o and_o therefore_o break_v up_o the_o court_n and_o adjourn_v to_o the_o next_o day_n orta_fw-la est_fw-la igitur_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la quaedam_fw-la magna_fw-la tempestas_fw-la diversis_fw-la diversae_fw-la parti_fw-la acclamantibus_fw-la 38._o the_o sense_n of_o the_o assembly_n be_v that_o anselm_n shall_v observe_v the_o king_n law_n upon_o which_o he_o depart_v the_o realm_n in_o a_o pet_n it_o be_v pity_n eadmerus_n go_v with_o he_o so_o that_o we_o lose_v the_o account_n of_o what_o pass_v in_o his_o absence_n i_o think_v however_o we_o have_v enough_o to_o prove_v that_o there_o be_v then_o no_o less_o nay_o great_a assembly_n 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to_o that_o court_n it_o appear_v that_o these_o constitution_n be_v receive_v in_o parliament_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o edw._n the_o first_o when_o the_o king_n tie_v up_o his_o hand_n from_o give_v clergyman_n power_n even_o so_o much_o as_o by_o his_o special_a commission_n to_o sit_v upon_o the_o trial_n of_o such_o cause_n 3._o we_o for_o the_o utility_n of_o our_o realm_n and_o for_o the_o more_o assure_a conservation_n of_o our_o peace_n have_v provide_v and_o ordain_v that_o justice_n assign_v to_o take_v assize_n in_o every_o county_n where_o they_o do_v take_v as_o they_o be_v appoint_v assize_n incontinent_a after_o the_o assize_n take_v in_o the_o shire_n shall_v remain_v both_o together_o if_o they_o be_v lay._n and_o if_o one_o of_o they_o be_v a_o clerk_n than_o one_o of_o the_o most_o discreet_a knight_n of_o the_o shire_n be_v associate_n to_o he_o that_o be_v a_o layman_n by_o our_o writ_n shall_v deliver_v the_o gaole_n of_o the_o shire_n hereby_o it_o appear_v 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what_o force_n such_o prohibition_n as_o i_o have_v show_v be_v at_o this_o day_n but_o i_o take_v leave_n to_o offer_v far_o what_o as_o i_o conceive_v may_v give_v yet_o clear_a satisfaction_n which_o be_v that_o the_o difference_n of_o a_o ecclesiastical_a synod_n from_o a_o temporal_a great_a council_n be_v not_o take_v from_o the_o person_n present_v in_o either_o but_o the_o matter_n of_o which_o they_o treat_v and_o the_o party_n which_o manage_v there_o according_a to_o the_o different_a matter_n if_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n it_o be_v a_o synod_n if_o temporal_a it_o have_v some_o other_o name_n as_o commune_fw-la concilium_fw-la regni_fw-la angliae_fw-la or_o the_o like_a to_o distinguish_v it_o by_o the_o great_a jewel_n have_v long_o since_o give_v authority_n to_o this_o assertion_n about_o ecclesiastical_a synod_n 518._o which_o he_o call_v concilia_fw-la episcopalia_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopis_fw-la nomen_fw-la concilia_fw-la invenisse_fw-la fateor_fw-la eoque_fw-la 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king_n the_o clergy_n and_o the_o laity_n as_o i_o will_v not_o say_v all_o ecclesiastical_a constitution_n be_v from_o the_o time_n of_o william_n 1._o to_o the_o abovementioned_a synod_n at_o westminster_n it_o be_v enough_o if_o that_o alone_o be_v so_o and_o then_o if_o that_o be_v not_o repugnant_a to_o some_o law_n since_o make_v i_o conceive_v it_o be_v still_o in_o force_n have_v have_v full_a legal_a sanction_n for_o the_o clear_n this_o it_o will_v be_v necessary_a to_o show_v something_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a council_n according_a to_o the_o modus_fw-la establish_v ancient_o in_o engl._n i_o must_v confess_v that_o several_a historian_n when_o they_o mention_v concilium_fw-la totius_fw-la angliae_fw-la speak_v of_o a_o ecclesiastical_a council_n add_v frequent_o episcoporum_fw-la viz._n &_o abbatum_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la &_o multarum_fw-la religiosi_fw-la ordinis_fw-la personarum_fw-la 2._o or_o to_o that_o effect_n but_o bishop_n jewel_n have_v well_o interpret_v such_o expression_n and_o therefore_o we_o need_v not_o wonder_n when_o we_o find_v another_o say_v spelm._n lanfrancus_fw-la cant._n arch._n &_o totius_fw-la angliae_fw-la primus_fw-la diversa_fw-la in_o diversis_fw-la locis_fw-la angliae_fw-la celebravit_fw-la concilia_fw-la 3._o though_o to_o be_v sure_o the_o king_n be_v sometime_o jubens_fw-la &_o praesens_fw-la as_o at_o the_o council_n at_o winchester_n but_o it_o appear_v even_o by_o their_o own_o modus_fw-la tenendi_fw-la synodos_fw-la in_o angliâ_fw-la primaevis_fw-la temporibus_fw-la which_o i_o take_v it_o be_v the_o same_o that_o be_v agree_v on_o in_o lanfranc_n time_n of_o who_o malmsbury_n say_v 118._o quaesivit_fw-la à_fw-la senioribus_fw-la episcopis_fw-la qui_fw-la esset_fw-la ordo_fw-la sedendi_fw-la in_o concilio_fw-la antiquo_fw-la more_fw-it statutus_fw-la etc._n etc._n by_o their_o ancient_a modus_fw-la i_o say_v it_o appear_v that_o the_o laity_n be_v to_o be_v present_a in_o their_o ecclesiastical_a council_n for_o when_o it_o mention_n the_o clergy_n in_o order_n it_o add_v exinde_fw-la introducantur_fw-la laici_fw-la bonae_fw-la conversationis_fw-la that_o be_v probi_fw-la homines_fw-la vel_fw-la qui_fw-la electione_n conjugali_fw-la interest_n meruerint_fw-la every_o layman_n of_o good_a conversation_n spelm._n probus_fw-la homo_fw-la 1._o or_o

freeholder_n in_o his_o own_o person_n or_o ex_fw-la electione_n conjugali_fw-la by_o joint-election_n of_o the_o clergy_n and_o laity_n 35._o it_o will_v be_v superfluous_a to_o produce_v the_o many_o authority_n which_o show_v that_o the_o laity_n use_v to_o be_v of_o council_n in_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n as_o well_o as_o the_o clergy_n in_o temporal_a and_o to_o give_v their_o assent_n in_o make_v canon_n or_o law_n i_o will_v instance_n in_o some_o very_a remarkable_a one_o out_o of_o many_o one_o eadmerus_n recommend_v with_o a_o solemn_a protestation_n eadmer_n en_fw-fr ordinem_fw-la gestae_fw-la rei_fw-la testae_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la meae_fw-la veritate_fw-la 58._o sicut_fw-la eam_fw-la praesens_fw-la audivi_fw-la &_o vidi_fw-la in_fw-la nullam_fw-la partem_fw-la declinando_fw-la descripsi_fw-la matilda_n daughter_n of_o malcolm_n king_n of_o scot_n marry_v to_o henry_n the_o first_o be_v repute_v a_o nun_n offer_v herself_o to_o be_v try_v by_o the_o ecclesiastical_a 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