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	reign_n	843	4	7.5660	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

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v._o matt._n paris_n p._n 20._o that_o in_o his_o election_n there_o concur_v plebis_fw-la petitio_fw-la voluntas_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la gratia_n procerum_fw-la regis_fw-la authoritas_fw-la be_v in_o the_o saxon_a time_n confer_v in_o parliament_n we_o have_v the_o further_a testimony_n of_o ingulphus_n who_o be_v abbot_n of_o crowland_n in_o king_n william_n the_o conqueror_n reign_n a_o multis_fw-la annis_fw-la retroactis_fw-la nulla_fw-la erat_fw-la electio_fw-la praelatorum_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 quam_fw-la abbatum_fw-la regis_fw-la curia_fw-la pro_fw-la sva_fw-la complacentia_fw-la conferebat_fw-la ingulph_n hist_o fol._n 509._o b._n concern_v appeal_n in_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n i_o shall_v say_v more_o in_o the_o next_o division_n only_o here_o it_o will_v be_v proper_a to_o insert_v that_o the_o constitution_n of_o clarendon_n one_o of_o which_o be_v express_o concern_v appeal_n be_v say_v to_o contain_v the_o avitae_fw-la consuetudines_fw-la regni_fw-la 3._o malmesbur_fw-la de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la pontificum_fw-la anglor_fw-la lib._n 3._o and_o william_n of_o malmesbury_n relate_v a_o remarkable_a story_n of_o wilfrid_n archbishop_n of_o york_n who_o archbishopric_n be_v divide_v by_o the_o common_a council_n of_o the_o northumbrian_n kingdom_n into_o four_o bishopric_n he_o appeal_v to_o the_o pope_n who_o write_v letter_n to_o the_o king_n in_o his_o behalf_n upon_o the_o receipt_n of_o which_o the_o king_n tell_v the_o legate_n se_fw-la quidem_fw-la legatorum_fw-la personis_fw-la honorem_fw-la ut_fw-la parentibus_fw-la defer_v caeterùm_fw-la assensum_fw-la legationi_fw-la omninò_fw-la abnuere_fw-la quod_fw-la esset_fw-la contra_fw-la rationem_fw-la homini_fw-la jam_fw-la bis_fw-la à_fw-la toto_fw-la anglorum_fw-la concilio_n damnato_fw-la propter_fw-la quaelibet_fw-la apostolica_fw-la scripta_fw-la communicare_fw-la this_o show_v that_o though_o a_o prelate_n think_v the_o pope_n authority_n may_v stand_v he_o in_o stead_n yet_o the_o nation_n acknowledge_v no_o foreign_a jurisdiction_n and_o that_o the_o supreme_a judicature_n here_o from_o which_o the_o archbishop_n appeal_v be_v that_o of_o the_o parliament_n and_o not_o of_o the_o king._n the_o power_n of_o dispense_n with_o law_n concern_v church_n matter_n can_v not_o be_v a_o personal_a prerogative_n in_o the_o king_n in_o these_o day_n for_o dispensation_n be_v not_o bear_v till_o two_o hundred_o year_n after_o the_o conquest_n as_o will_v appear_v hereafter_o the_o four_o period_n of_o time_n shall_v be_v from_o the_o norman_a entrance_n down_o to_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n john_n in_o this_o time_n it_o be_v that_o the_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n of_o the_o crown_n suffer_v a_o rape_n and_o that_o four_o very_a considerable_a branch_n be_v cut_v off_o by_o this_o time_n the_o pope_n have_v shake_v off_o his_o dependence_n upon_o the_o emperor_n the_o laity_n be_v exclude_v from_o 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ad_fw-la eadmer_n p._n 167_o lamb._n de_fw-fr priscis_fw-la anglor_fw-la legib_n p._n 158._o abbatum_fw-la &_o omnium_fw-la procerum_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la etc._n etc._n nor_o be_v this_o the_o constitution_n of_o the_o english_a church_n only_o ordericus_n vitalis_n folio_n 552._o give_v we_o a_o remarkable_a instance_n out_o of_o normandy_n of_o the_o same_o platform_n there_o rex_fw-la guillielmus_fw-la in_o festo_fw-la pentecostes_fw-la anno_fw-la ab_fw-la incarnatione_fw-la domini_fw-la 1080._o apud_fw-la illebonam_fw-la resedit_fw-la ibique_fw-la gulielmum_fw-la archiepiscopum_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la episcopos_fw-la &_o abbates_n comitesque_fw-la

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 quàm_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 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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 quàm_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 first_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 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