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jure_fw-la coronae_fw-la as_o directus_fw-la dominus_fw-la scotiae_fw-la the_o second_o authority_n shall_v be_v that_o of_o rot_n parl._n 40_o edw._n 3._o nu_fw-la 7_o 8._o where_o it_o be_v resolve_v in_o full_a parliament_n by_o the_o praelate_n the_o earl_n and_o the_o commons_o that_o neither_o the_o king_n nor_o any_o other_o can_v put_v the_o realm_n nor_o people_n thereof_o into_o such_o subjection_n sans_o assent_n d'eux_fw-fr the_o occasion_n be_v king_n john_n have_v surrender_v his_o crown_n to_o the_o pope_n and_o receive_v it_o back_o again_o to_o hold_v it_o as_o a_o feudatary_n to_o the_o papal_a see._n and_o it_o appear_v to_o they_o by_o many_o evidence_n that_o he_o have_v do_v so_o sans_fw-fr lour_v assent_v and_o contrary_a to_o his_o coronation_n oath_n mr._n selden_n in_o his_o dissertatio_fw-la ad_fw-la fletam_fw-la pag._n 552_o 553._o give_v this_o account_n of_o it_o cum_fw-la sub_fw-la edwardo_n tertio_fw-la in_o ordinum_fw-la consessu_fw-la quaestio_fw-la habebatur_fw-la de_fw-la donatione_fw-la illâ_fw-la decantatissimâ_fw-la johannis_n regis_fw-la factâ_fw-la innocentio_n papae_fw-la tertio_fw-la &_o successoribus_fw-la ejus_fw-la unde_fw-la vrbanus_n quintus_fw-la tum_fw-la annuum_fw-la inde_fw-la natum_fw-la mille_fw-la marcarum_fw-la angliae_fw-la simul_fw-la &_o hiberniae_fw-la nomine_fw-la censum_fw-la sibi_fw-la tunc_fw-la solvi_fw-la petebat_fw-la tum_fw-la regnum_fw-la utrumque_fw-la jure_fw-la tantum_fw-la beneficiario_fw-la atque_fw-la ut_fw-la sedis_fw-la romanae_fw-la feudum_fw-la à _fw-la regibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la contendebat_fw-la possideri_fw-la ordines_fw-la vniversi_fw-la idque_fw-la tam_fw-la generis_fw-la hieratici_fw-la quod_fw-la mirere_fw-la quà m_fw-la proceres_fw-la seu_fw-la senatus_n populusque_fw-la in_o comitiis_fw-la illis_fw-la solemni_fw-la initâ_fw-la deliberatione_n responderunt_fw-la unanime_n irritam_fw-la planè_fw-la fuisse_fw-la johannis_n donationem_fw-la illam_fw-la utpote_fw-la tam_fw-la sine_fw-la ordinum_fw-la assensu_fw-la quà m_fw-la juramento_fw-la ejus_fw-la inaugurali_fw-la aduersam_fw-la et_fw-fr outre_fw-fr ceo_fw-la sic_fw-la loquuntur_fw-la archiva_n les_fw-fr duc_fw-fr count_n baron_n grands_fw-fr &_o comens_fw-la accorderent_fw-la &_o granterent_fw-la que_fw-fr en_fw-fr case_z que_fw-fr le_fw-fr pape_n se_fw-fr afforceroit_fw-fr ou_fw-fr rien_fw-fr attempteroit_fw-fr per_fw-la process_n ou_fw-fr en_fw-fr autre_fw-fr manner_n de_fw-fr fair_a de_fw-fr constreindre_fw-fr le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr ou_fw-fr ses_fw-fr subgitt_n de_fw-fr perfaire_fw-fr ceo_fw-la que_fw-fr est_fw-fr dit_fw-fr qu'il_fw-fr voit_fw-fr claimer_n cell_n party_n qu'il_v resisterent_fw-la &_o contreesterent_fw-la ove_fw-la tout_fw-fr lour_v puissance_n and_o with_o this_o agree_v the_o scottish_a law_n et_fw-la idem_fw-la rex_fw-la scotiae_fw-la dicit_fw-la sicut_fw-la prius_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-la aliquo_fw-la regnum_fw-la suum_fw-la contingente_fw-it non_fw-la est_fw-la ausus_fw-la nec_fw-la potest_fw-la hic_fw-la respondere_fw-la inconsultis_fw-la probis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la plac._n parl._n inter._n johann_n reg._n scotiae_fw-la &_o magdulph_n 21_o edw._n 1._o pag._n 157._o he_o mention_n pag._n 155._o the_o claim_n which_o our_o ancient_a king_n make_v to_o investiture_n and_o the_o interpose_v their_o authority_n even_o in_o allow_v or_o disallow_v the_o person_n of_o bishop_n and_o it_o be_v very_o true_a that_o till_o the_o beginning_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o his_o reign_n they_o not_o only_o claim_v but_o actual_o do_v invest_v bishop_n and_o archbishop_n per_fw-la traditionem_fw-la annuli_fw-la &_o baculi_fw-la and_o subject_n in_o ancient_a time_n that_o found_v church_n have_v the_o same_o right_n of_o collation_n or_o investiture_n whereby_o the_o incumbent_n receive_v full_a possession_n without_o aid_n of_o the_o bishop_n or_o other_o churchman_n vid._n selden_n be_v history_n of_o tithe_n cap._n 6._o sect_n 3._o and_o the_o king_n right_o of_o invest_v bishop_n because_o all_o bishopric_n be_v royal_a foundation_n be_v such_o as_o can_v not_o be_v part_v with_o but_o by_o act_n of_o parliament_n for_o that_o the_o king_n be_v bind_v by_o their_o coronation-oath_n as_o have_v be_v say_v jura_n regni_n servar_fw-mi illibata_fw-la nec_fw-la aliquid_fw-la quod_fw-la diadema_fw-la tangit_fw-la regni_fw-la absque_fw-la praelatorum_fw-la &_o procerum_fw-la requisito_fw-la concilio_n facere_fw-la and_o therefore_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o in_o a_o letter_n to_o pope_n paschal_n upon_o this_o subject_a of_o investiture_n which_o the_o pope_n then_o contend_v hard_a to_o gain_v from_o he_o tell_v he_o plain_o si_fw-la ego_fw-la quod_fw-la absit_fw-la in_fw-la tantâ_fw-la i_o dejectione_fw-la ponerem_fw-la viz._n as_o to_o forego_v they_o optimates_fw-la mei_fw-la imò_fw-la totius_fw-la angliae_fw-la populus_fw-la id_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la pateretur_fw-la collect_v p._n 999._o and_o therefore_o when_o afterward_o they_o be_v give_v up_o it_o be_v do_v in_o parliament_n postmodum_fw-la kalend._n augusti_fw-la clero_fw-la &_o populo_fw-la ad_fw-la concilium_fw-la londoniae_n congregato_fw-la adstantibus_fw-la archiepiscopis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la caeterâque_fw-la multitudine_fw-la maximâ_fw-la procerum_fw-la &_o magnatum_fw-la statuit_fw-la rex_fw-la &_o concessit_fw-la ut_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la tempore_fw-la in_o anteà _fw-la nullus_fw-la electus_fw-la per_fw-la dationem_fw-la baculi_fw-la pastoralis_fw-la vel_fw-la annuli_fw-la de_fw-la episcopatu_fw-la vel_fw-la abbathiâ_fw-la investiretur_fw-la per_fw-la regem_fw-la vel_fw-la quamcunque_fw-la aliam_fw-la persenam_fw-la saecularem_fw-la collect._n pag._n 1000_o and_o for_o the_o king_n be_v interpose_v his_o authority_n in_o allow_v or_o disallow_v the_o person_n of_o bishop_n before_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n william_n the_o first_o nulla_fw-la erat_fw-la electio_fw-la prelatorum_fw-la merè_fw-la libera_n &_o canonica_n sed_fw-la omnes_fw-la dignitates_fw-la tam_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la quà m_fw-la abbatum_fw-la regis_fw-la curia_fw-la pro_fw-la suâ_fw-la complacentia_fw-la conferebat_fw-la ingulphus_n pag._n 509._o and_o in_o king_n william_n the_o conqueror_n time_n lanfrank_n be_v choose_v archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n consensu_fw-la &_o consilio_fw-la omnium_fw-la baronum_fw-la suorum_fw-la omniumque_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la &_o abbatum_fw-la totiusque_fw-la populi_fw-la angliae_fw-la brev._n relat._n de_fw-fr will._n com._n normann_n auth._n anonym_n eligentibus_fw-la eum_fw-la senioribus_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cum_fw-la episcopis_fw-la &_o principibus_fw-la clero_fw-la &_o populo_fw-la angliae_fw-la in_fw-la curiâ_fw-la regis_fw-la in_o assumptione_n sanctae_fw-la mariae_fw-la gervas_n dorob_fw-la col._n pag._n 1653._o in_o the_o reign_n of_o his_o successor_n king_n william_n rufus_n anselm_n be_v choose_v in_o like_a manner_n vid._n eadmer_n lib._n 1._o and_o in_o king_n henry_n the_o 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thenceforth_o they_o will_v not_o presume_v to_o attempt_v allege_v claim_v or_o put_v in_o vre_n enact_v promulge_v or_o execute_v any_o new_a canon_n constitution_n etc._n etc._n unless_o the_o king_n be_v most_o royal_a assent_n and_o licence_n may_v to_o they_o be_v have_v etc._n etc._n be_v but_o in_o affirmance_n of_o the_o old_a law_n of_o the_o realm_n even_o before_o king_n william_n the_o conqueror_n reign_n appear_v abundant_o by_o sir_n henry_n spelman_n council_n where_o i_o think_v no_o ecclesiastical_a law_n appear_v to_o have_v be_v make_v without_o the_o king_n assent_n before_o the_o conquest_n nor_o for_o some_o reign_v after_o his_o four_o complaint_n be_v that_o he_o will_v not_o suffer_v any_o of_o his_o baron_n or_o officer_n to_o undergo_v any_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n but_o by_o his_o precept_n this_o be_v afterward_o one_o of_o the_o law_n of_o clarendon_n vid._n decem_fw-la script_n pag._n 1387._o matth._n par_n 100_o and_o the_o reason_n of_o it_o give_v 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in_o unum_fw-la apud_fw-la rochingham_n coit_fw-fr and_o the_o matter_n be_v discuss_v and_o debate_v before_o they_o vid._n eadmer_n pag._n 25_o 26_o 27_o 28_o 29_o etc._n etc._n the_o doctor_n tell_v we_o pag._n 146._o that_o when_o in_o the_o same_o king_n reign_n the_o archbishop_n be_v solicitous_a to_o have_v leave_n to_o go_v to_o rome_n and_o visit_v the_o successor_n of_o st._n peter_n for_o the_o be_v better_o instruct_v in_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n he_o receive_v answer_n from_o the_o king_n that_o if_o he_o go_v he_o shall_v for_o certain_a know_v that_o he_o will_v seize_v his_o whole_a archbishopric_n into_o his_o hand_n nor_o will_v he_o receive_v he_o for_o archbishop_n any_o more_o like_a as_o now_o the_o writ_n ne_fw-fr exeat_fw-la regnum_fw-la be_v use_v with_o a_o penalty_n specify_v notwithstanding_o which_o the_o archbishop_n go_v beyond_o sea_n and_o the_o king_n be_v as_o good_a as_o his_o word_n this_o the_o doctor_n say_v may_v be_v a_o 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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 not_o but_o that_o the_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n in_o some_o of_o its_o branch_n may_v now_o be_v settle_v in_o another_o course_n of_o administration_n than_o it_o be_v so_o long_o ago_o but_o those_o alteration_n which_o yet_o be_v not_o very_o considerable_a have_v be_v make_v by_o act_n of_o parliament_n by_o which_o if_o men_n have_v be_v content_a to_o stand_v or_o fall_v many_o notion_n that_o be_v now_o too_o rise_v among_o we_o will_v never_o have_v be_v hatch_v the_o writ_n from_o r._n de_fw-fr glanville_n to_o the_o abbot_n of_o battle_n mention_v by_o the_o doctor_n pag._n 148._o whereby_o he_o command_v he_o on_o the_o king_n behalf_n by_o the_o faith_n which_o he_o owe_v he_o not_o to_o proceed_v in_o the_o cause_n that_o be_v depend_v betwixt_o the_o monk_n of_o canterbury_n and_o the_o archbishop_n donec_fw-la indè_fw-la mecum_fw-la fueris_fw-la locutus_fw-la be_v no_o other_o than_o a_o probibition_n to_o he_o to_o proceed_v in_o a_o cause_n depend_v before_o he_o and_o the_o abbot_n of_o feversham_n and_o st._n augustine_n as_o judge_n appoint_v by_o the_o pope_n to_o hear_v and_o determine_v it_o they_o have_v cite_v the_o archbishop_n to_o appear_v before_o they_o they_o have_v send_v he_o comminatoriam_fw-la epistolam_fw-la eique_fw-la diem_fw-la peremptorium_fw-la praefixerant_fw-la they_o have_v no_o legal_a authority_n to_o exercise_n jurisdiction_n within_o the_o realm_n for_o the_o pope_n can_v give_v they_o none_o and_o therefore_o the_o chief_a justice_n prohibit_v they_o in_o the_o king_n name_n the_o writ_n may_v be_v read_v in_o chron._n gervas_n coll._n pag._n 1503._o from_o whence_o the_o doctor_n quote_v the_o story_n though_o he_o relate_v it_o knavish_o enough_o we_o find_v a_o writ_n say_v he_o to_o the_o abbot_n of_o battle_n etc._n etc._n wherein_o he_o command_v he_o on_o the_o part_n of_o the_o king_n by_o the_o faith_n which_o he_o owe_v he_o and_o by_o the_o oath_n which_o he_o make_v to_o he_o to_o do_v what_o he_o then_o enjoin_v never_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o thing_n enjoin_v be_v the_o keep_n of_o his_o oath_n and_o observe_v the_o law_n and_o that_o the_o method_n observe_v by_o the_o king_n in_o send_v he_o this_o injunction_n be_v according_a to_o the_o ordinary_a course_n of_o justice_n and_o of_o proceed_n at_o law_n in_o the_o like_a case_n but_o the_o doctor_n will_v raise_v a_o little_a dust_n by_o this_o and_o a_o few_o other_o such_o pitiful_a scrap_n to_o amuse_v his_o reader_n and_o create_v a_o opinion_n that_o the_o king_n may_v enjoin_v any_o thing_n as_o to_o the_o legantine_n power_n he_o say_v pag._n 148._o it_o be_v apparent_a by_o several_a instance_n that_o none_o exercise_v any_o here_o without_o the_o king_n leave_n whether_o by_o the_o grant_n of_o pope_n nicholas_n to_o edward_n the_o confessor_n he_o dispute_v not_o but_o the_o doctor_n take_v for_o grant_v that_o with_o the_o king_n leave_n a_o a_o legate_n may_v be_v send_v and_o exercise_v his_o office_n here_o though_o what_o he_o quote_v for_o it_o out_o of_o eadmerus_n pag._n 125_o 126._o concern_v what_o pass_v betwixt_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o and_o pope_n calixtus_n at_o guysor_n make_v nothing_o for_o his_o purpose_n rex_fw-la à _fw-la papa_n impetravit_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la consuetudines_fw-la quas_fw-la pater_fw-la suus_fw-la in_o angliâ_fw-la habuerat_fw-la &_o in_fw-la normanniâ_fw-la sibi_fw-la concederet_fw-la &_o maximè_fw-la ut_fw-la neminem_fw-la aliquando_fw-la legati_fw-la officio_fw-la in_o angliâ_fw-la fungi_fw-la permitteret_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la ipse_fw-la aliquâ_fw-la praecipuâ_fw-la querelâ_fw-la exigente_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la ab_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la cantuariorum_n caeterisque_fw-la episcopis_fw-la regni_fw-la terminari_fw-la non_fw-la posset_n hoc_fw-la fieri_fw-la à _fw-la papâ_fw-la postularet_fw-la the_o come_n in_o of_o a_o legate_n at_o the_o king_n request_n to_o determine_v some_o great_a and_o difficult_a controversy_n in_o particular_a 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 but_o geru._n dorobern_n coll._n pag._n 1344._o tell_v we_o that_o praedictus_fw-la albericus_fw-la apostolicâ_fw-la legatione_fw-la functus_fw-la venit_fw-la in_o angliam_fw-la domini_fw-la papae_fw-la litteras_fw-la ad_fw-la regem_fw-la deferens_fw-la lectis_fw-la itaque_fw-la litteris_fw-la coram_fw-la rege_fw-la &_o primoribus_fw-la angliae_fw-la licèt_fw-la non_fw-la in_o primis_fw-la vix_fw-la tandèm_fw-la pro_fw-la reverentiâ_fw-la domini_fw-la papae_fw-la susceptus_fw-la est_fw-la so_o that_o this_o legate_n be_v admit_v by_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o primores_fw-la angliae_fw-la as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o king._n and_o consequent_o his_o exercise_v his_o office_n here_o with_o such_o assent_n as_o aforesaid_a be_v no_o argument_n that_o the_o king_n be_v personal_a assent_n to_o his_o power_n without_o the_o concurrence_n of_o his_o primores_fw-la will_v have_v make_v they_o ever_o a_o whit_n the_o better_a and_o when_o this_o legate_n celebrate_v his_o synod_n at_o 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