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angliae_fw-la primati_fw-la &_o metropolitano_n vestrove_v in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la locum_fw-la tenenti_fw-la sive_fw-la commissario_fw-la vel_fw-la commissariis_fw-la henricus_fw-la permissione_n divina_fw-la london_n episcopus_fw-la omnimodam_fw-la reverentiam_fw-la &_o obedientiam_fw-la tanto_fw-la reverendissimo_fw-la patri_fw-la debitam_fw-la cum_fw-la honore_n literas_fw-la vestras_fw-la reverendissimas_fw-la citatorias_fw-la &_o monitoriale_n jamdudum_fw-la nobis_fw-la sub_fw-la sigillo_fw-la vestro_fw-la direct_v cum_fw-la ea_fw-la qua_fw-la decuit_fw-la reverentia_fw-la humiliter_fw-la recepimus_fw-la exequend_a sub_fw-la tenore_fw-la verborum_fw-la sequentium_fw-la videl_n thomas_n providentia_fw-la divina_fw-la etc._n etc._n see_v the_o form_n of_o the_o mandate_n p._n 9_o 57_o quarum_fw-la quidem_fw-la literarum_n vigore_fw-la pariter_fw-la &_o authoritate_fw-la nos_fw-la praefatus_fw-la henricus_fw-la london_n episcopus_fw-la omnes_fw-la &_o singulos_fw-la confratres_fw-la nostros_fw-la coepiscopos_a ecclesiae_fw-la vestrae_fw-la christi_fw-la cant._n constitutos_fw-la peremptory_a citari_fw-la &_o premoneri_fw-la ac_fw-la per_fw-la eos_fw-la decanos_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la cathedralium_n &_o collegiatarum_n &_o singula_fw-la capitula_fw-la earundem_fw-la archidiaconosque_fw-la &_o alios_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la praelatos_fw-la exemptos_fw-la &_o non_fw-la exemptos_fw-la clerumque_fw-la cujuslibet_fw-la dioec_fw-la provinciae_fw-la vestrae_fw-la cantuar._n antedictae_fw-la peremptory_a citari_fw-la &_o praemoneri_fw-la respective_a fecimus_fw-la quòd_fw-la iidem_fw-la episcopi_fw-la decani_fw-la etc._n etc._n compareant_fw-la coram_fw-la peternitate_fw-la vestra_fw-la reverendissima_fw-la aut_fw-la vestro_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la locum_fw-la tenente_fw-la sive_fw-la commissario_fw-la vel_fw-la commissariis_fw-la die_v &_o loco_fw-la in_o eisdem_fw-la vestris_fw-la literis_fw-la reverendissimis_fw-la plenius_fw-la specificat_fw-la &_o designat_fw-la cum_fw-la continuatione_fw-la &_o prorogatione_fw-la dierum_fw-la extunc_fw-la sequentium_fw-la &_o locorum_fw-la si_fw-la &_o quatenus_fw-la expediat_fw-la ad_fw-la tractandum_fw-la super_fw-la arduis_fw-la &_o urgentibus_fw-la negotiis_fw-la etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la prius_fw-la in_o mandato_n ulteriusque_fw-la authoritate_fw-la &_o per_fw-la receptionem_fw-la literarum_n destrarum_fw-la reverendissimarum_fw-la citotoriarum_fw-la &_o monitorialium_fw-la praedictarum_fw-la fatemur_fw-la nos_fw-la henricum_fw-la london_n episcopum_fw-la antedictum_fw-la peremptory_a fore_fw-la &_o esse_fw-la citatum_fw-la ad_fw-la comparendum_fw-la coram_fw-la vestra_fw-la reverendissima_fw-la paternitate_fw-la aut_fw-la vestro_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la locum_fw-la tenente_fw-la sive_fw-la commissario_fw-la vel_fw-la commissariis_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la die_v &_o loco_fw-la praecitatis_fw-la de_fw-la &_o super_fw-la negotiis_fw-la memoratis_fw-la tractatur_fw-la '_o et_fw-la nos_fw-la iisdem_fw-la literis_fw-la vestris_fw-la reverendissimis_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la juxta_fw-la vim_o formam_fw-la tenorem_fw-la &_o effectum_fw-la carundem_fw-la debite_fw-la parebimus_fw-la intimavimus_fw-la insuper_fw-la &_o denuntiavimus_fw-la &_o intimari_fw-la &_o denuntiari_fw-la fecimus_fw-la dictae_fw-la provinciae_fw-la vestrae_fw-la cantuar._n coepiscopis_a etc._n etc._n quòd_fw-la eos_fw-la a_o personali_fw-la comparitione_fw-la in_o hujusmodi_fw-la negotio_fw-la convocationis_fw-la &_o congregationis_fw-la dictis_fw-la die_fw-la &_o loco_fw-la ut_fw-la praemittitur_fw-la divina_fw-la favente_fw-la clementia_fw-la excusatos_fw-la reverendissima_fw-la vestra_fw-la paternitas_fw-la non_fw-la habere_fw-la intendit_fw-la ista_fw-la vice_fw-la nisi_fw-la
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insuper_fw-la singulis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la quòd_fw-la secum_fw-la deferant_fw-la in_o scriptis_fw-la nomina_fw-la omnium_fw-la in_o forma_fw-la praedicta_fw-la de_fw-la suis_fw-la dioecesibus_fw-la ad_fw-la concilium_fw-la vocatorum_fw-la and_o more_o distinct_o the_o very_a next_o year_n viz._n anno_fw-la 1282._o de_fw-fr nominibus_fw-la vero_fw-la abbatum_fw-la priorum_fw-la et_fw-la aliorum_fw-la religiosorum_fw-la decanorum_n archidiaconorum_fw-la procuratorum_fw-la tam_fw-la cleri_fw-la cujuslibet_fw-la dioecesis_fw-la quam_fw-la capitulorum_fw-la singuli_fw-la episcopi_fw-la pro_fw-la suis_fw-la dioecesibus_fw-la ad_fw-la dictos_fw-la diem_fw-la et_fw-la locum_fw-la per_fw-la svas_fw-la literas_fw-la distincte_n nos_fw-la certificent_a et_fw-fr aperté_fw-fr in_o the_o next_o century_n it_o come_v yet_o near_o to_o our_o present_a form_n as_o anno_fw-la 1350._o after_o direction_n give_v to_o the_o dean_n of_o the_o province_n to_o bring_v a_o particular_a return_n or_o certificate_n of_o the_o due_a execution_n of_o the_o mandate_n
consider_v of_o a_o subsidy_n &_o quòd_fw-la interim_n informarent_fw-la petitiones_fw-la svas_fw-la super_fw-la reformatione_fw-la injuriarum_fw-la ut_fw-la eas_fw-la conciperent_fw-la in_o scriptis_fw-la quòdque_fw-la responsiones_fw-la darent_fw-la die_v prox_n sequenti_fw-la dec._n 8._o the_o bishop_n of_o london_n preside_v coram_fw-la eo_fw-la procuratores_fw-la cleri_fw-la ibidem_fw-la comparentes_fw-la decimam_fw-la etc._n etc._n concesserunt_fw-la ac_fw-la dictam_fw-la concessionem_fw-la in_o scriptis_fw-la dicto_fw-la domino_fw-la london_n episcopo_fw-la porrexerunt_fw-la unà _fw-la cum_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la supplicationibus_fw-la pro_fw-la reformatione_fw-la quarundam_fw-la injuriarum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la anglicanae_n illatarum_fw-la in_o eadem_fw-la scripturâ_fw-la content_n anno_fw-la 1376._o non._n febr._n the_o grievance_n be_v present_v to_o the_o precedent_n and_o bishop_n and_o 12_o kal._n martij_fw-la we_o find_v the_o archbishop_n make_v his_o report_n to_o the_o king_n answer_n praelatis_fw-la &_o clero_fw-la &_o habita_fw-la deliberatione_n per_fw-la dictos_fw-la praelatos_fw-la &_o clerum_fw-la super_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la responsione_n dominus_fw-la continuavit_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o again_o 2._o kal._n martij_fw-la i_o suppose_v upon_o some_o further_a application_n make_v by_o the_o clergy_n the_o archbishop_n acquaint_v they_o with_o the_o king_n readiness_n to_o comply_v with_o their_o petition_n eas_fw-la salvo_fw-la jure_fw-la coronae_fw-la suae_fw-la feliciter_fw-la expedire_fw-la anno_fw-la 1379._o 4._o kal._n martij_fw-la praelati_fw-la &_o clerus_fw-la concesserunt_fw-la domino_fw-la regi_fw-la etc._n etc._n rogando_fw-la dominum_fw-la regem_fw-la quód_fw-la injurias_fw-la &_o gravamina_fw-la illata_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o viris_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la faceret_fw-la revocari_fw-la anno_fw-la 1384._o at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o convocation_n clerus_fw-la porrexit_fw-la certos_fw-la articulos_fw-la petendo_fw-la remedium_fw-la &_o concessit_fw-la medietatem_fw-la etc._n etc._n anno_fw-la 1421._o the_o archbishops_n official_a in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o rest_n produxit_fw-la unam_fw-la cedulam_fw-la papiri_fw-la formam_fw-la concessionis_fw-la unius_fw-la integrae_fw-la decimae_fw-la continentem_fw-la etc._n etc._n cum_fw-la hoc_fw-la quód_fw-la per_fw-la dominum_fw-la regem_fw-la auctoritate_fw-la parliamenti_fw-la tunc_fw-la apud_fw-la westm_n praesentis_fw-la posset_n adhiberi_fw-la remedium_fw-la cortis_fw-la gravaminibus_fw-la eye_v illatis_fw-la in_o these_o and_o other_o instance_n the_o clergy_n who_o have_v a_o right_a to_o petition_v for_o redress_v be_v willing_a those_o petition_n shall_v accompany_v the_o grant_n because_o that_o make_v they_o sure_o of_o a_o favourable_a answer_n but_o this_o be_v not_o constant_o observe_v address_v the_o grievance_n to_o who_o address_v nor_o be_v all_o the_o grievance_n address_v to_o the_o king_n but_o many_o of_o they_o ultimate_o to_o the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n when_o the_o matter_n thereof_o concern_v their_o court_n and_o so_o the_o redress_n be_v in_o their_o lordship_n power_n we_o find_v also_o anno_fw-la 1399._o oct._n 11._o mention_v make_v of_o such_o article_n offer_v to_o the_o pope_n in_o a_o case_n we_o may_v imagine_v that_o be_v not_o otherwise_o to_o be_v reform_v decanus_n ecclesiae_fw-la hereford_n articulos_fw-la de_fw-la mandato_fw-la domini_fw-la archiepiscopi_fw-la palam_fw-la &_o apertè_fw-la perlegebat_fw-la et_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o dictis_fw-la articulis_fw-la continebantur_fw-la certa_fw-la gravamina_fw-la per_fw-la sedem_fw-la apostolicam_fw-la reformanda_fw-la visum_fw-la fuit_fw-la satis_fw-la honestum_fw-la &_o expediens_fw-la domino_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o the_o pope_n collector_n shall_v be_v send_v for_o and_o advise_v with_o who_o council_n be_v that_o the_o king_n the_o archbishop_z and_o bishop_n shall_v write_v to_o the_o pope_n pro_fw-la reformatione_fw-la eorundem_fw-la in_o like_a manner_n we_o meet_v with_o application_n of_o the_o same_o kind_n as_o to_o the_o king_n single_o so_o to_o the_o king_n in_o council_n to_o the_o king_n in_o parliament_n as_o redress_n be_v most_o probable_o and_o regular_o to_o be_v have_v either_o in_o the_o one_o or_o the_o other_o the_o point_n of_o this_o kind_n consider_v and_o debate_v in_o convocation_n be_v either_o general_n when_o the_o matter_n to_o be_v reform_v have_v relation_n to_o the_o common_a good_a of_o the_o church_n and_o equal_o affect_v the_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n be_v settle_v in_o a_o synodical_a way_n and_o address_v and_o present_v in_o the_o name_n of_o both_o which_o the_o register_n call_v reformanda_fw-la in_o convocatione_n reformanda_fw-la in_o parliamento_fw-la etc._n etc._n or_o else_o particular_a when_o the_o bishop_n or_o clergy_n have_v grievance_n to_o offer_v that_o affect_v only_o their_o own_o order_n respective_o and_o in_o such_o case_n though_o the_o clergy_n present_v they_o to_o the_o upper-house_n for_o their_o approbation_n and_o the_o conveyance_n of_o they_o to_o the_o king_n or_o parliament_n yet_o the_o form_n run_v in_o their_o own_o name_n only_o which_o be_v proper_o what_o we_o call_v the_o gravamina_fw-la and_o articuli_fw-la cleri_fw-la propose_v the_o upper_a house_n have_v a_o right_a to_o direct_v at_o what_o time_n the_o grievance_n shall_v be_v propose_v these_o the_o clergy_n in_o convocation_n have_v a_o undoubted_a right_n to_o present_v but_o as_o they_o be_v to_o be_v lay_v immediate_o before_o the_o upper-house_n so_o the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n have_v a_o right_a to_o direct_v as_o oft_o as_o they_o see_v cause_n at_o what_o time_n they_o shall_v be_v propose_v and_o offer_v in_o form_n anno_fw-la 1356._o 16._o kal._n jun._n archiepiscopus_fw-la injunxit_fw-la religiosis_fw-la &_o alijs_fw-la de_fw-la clero_fw-la quòd_fw-la die_fw-la tunc_fw-la crastinâ_fw-la proponerent_fw-la petitiones_fw-la svas_fw-la anno_fw-la 1369._o 10._o kal._n feb._n archiepiscopus_fw-la voluit_fw-la quòd_fw-la clerus_fw-la &_o religiosi_fw-la petitiones_fw-la svas_fw-la super_fw-la injurijs_fw-la violentijs_fw-la &_o gravaminibus_fw-la in_fw-la scriptis_fw-la redigerent_n &_o sibi_fw-la porrigerent_fw-la die_fw-la veneris_fw-la anno_fw-la 1373._o the_o clergy_n direct_v quòd_fw-la interim_n informarent_fw-la petitiones_fw-la svas_fw-la super_fw-la reformatione_fw-la injuriarum_fw-la ut_fw-la eas_fw-la conciperent_fw-la in_o scriptis_fw-la quódque_fw-la responsiones_fw-la darent_fw-la die_v prox_n sequent_a anno_fw-la 1377._o 2._o id._n nou._n the_o precedent_n praemunivit_fw-la quòd_fw-la unus_fw-la clericus_fw-la de_fw-la quolibet_fw-la episcopatu_fw-la dictae_fw-la provinciae_fw-la cant._n veniret_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la s._n pauli_n london_n &_o ibidem_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la post_fw-la prandium_fw-la etc._n etc._n deliberarent_fw-la super_fw-la petitionibus_fw-la formandis_fw-la de_fw-la singulis_fw-la gravaminibus_fw-la communiter_fw-la clerum_fw-la cujuslibet_fw-la episcopatù_n tangentibus_fw-la anno_fw-la 1399._o oct._n 6._o quia_fw-la videbatur_fw-la domino_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la &_o alijs_fw-la episcopis_fw-la sue_v cant._n provinciae_fw-la satis_fw-la difficile_fw-la omnes_fw-la praelatos_fw-la &_o procuratores_fw-la cleri_fw-la in_o communi_fw-la congregare_fw-la ad_fw-la concipiend_n articulos_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la cleri_fw-la proponendos_fw-la propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la deputavit_fw-la 5._o personas_fw-la viz._n mag._n thomam_fw-la stowe_n etc._n etc._n ad_fw-la concipiend_n articulos_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la praelatorum_fw-la &_o cleri_fw-la super_fw-la quibus_fw-la praetendunt_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la &_o se_fw-la gravatos_fw-la anno_fw-la 1411._o dec._n 2._o archiepiscopus_fw-la mandavit_fw-la procuratoribus_fw-la cleri_fw-la quatenùs_fw-la si_fw-la aliqua_fw-la essent_fw-la gravamina_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la eorum_fw-la reformatione_fw-la indigentia_fw-la quòd_fw-la vellent_fw-la &_o deberent_fw-la citra_fw-la diem_fw-la veneris_fw-la extunc_fw-la proximò_fw-la futur_fw-la coram_fw-la convocatione_n dominorum_fw-la in_o domo_fw-la capitulari_fw-la seriosiùs_fw-la intimare_fw-la voce_fw-mi the_o grievance_n first_o offer_v in_o a_o general_a representation_n viuà _fw-fr voce_fw-mi at_o other_o time_n when_o the_o clergy_n have_v receive_v no_o previous_a direction_n to_o bring_v their_o grievance_n in_o write_v we_o find_v they_o first_o make_v a_o general_a representation_n thereof_o viuâ_fw-la voce_fw-la to_o the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n and_o upon_o that_o either_o leave_v they_o to_o their_o lordship_n consideration_n or_o receive_v direction_n what_o be_v further_o necessary_a to_o be_v do_v anno_fw-la 1356._o on_o the_o first_o day_n of_o business_n they_o be_v direct_v only_o in_o general_n quòd_fw-la die_fw-la tunc_fw-la crastinâ_fw-la proponerent_fw-la petitiones_fw-la svas_fw-la and_o the_o next_o session_n it_o be_v thus_o express_v propositis_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la petitionibus_fw-la per_fw-la clerum_fw-la tam_fw-la viuâ_fw-la voce_fw-la quà m_fw-la in_o scriptis_fw-la anno_fw-la 1373._o dec._n 2._o the_o clergy_n upon_o a_o general_a motion_n for_o the_o redress_n of_o grievance_n by_o the_o king_n be_v command_v informare_fw-la petitiones_fw-la svas_fw-la super_fw-la reformatione_fw-la injuriarum_fw-la bujusmodi_fw-la anno_fw-la 1411._o nou._n 4._o the_o clergy_n according_a to_o the_o order_n of_o dec._n 2._o just_a now_o cite_v that_o they_o shall_v gravamina_fw-la etc._n etc._n sâ—riâ—siùs_fw-la intimare_fw-la do_v it_o on_o dec._n 4._o in_o the_o follow_a manner_n comparuerunt_fw-la procuratores_fw-la cleri_fw-la qui_fw-la plura_fw-la referebant_fw-la gravamina_fw-la allegantes_fw-la quòd_fw-la de_fw-la tâ—t_fw-la &_o tantis_fw-la se_fw-la sâ—ntijt_fw-la clerus_fw-la malis_fw-la praegravatum_fw-la quòd_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o scriptis_fw-la contineantur_fw-la non_fw-la possent_fw-la de_fw-fr facili_fw-la recenseri_fw-la the_o proctor_n retire_v and_o
direct_o upon_o themselves_o for_o it_o be_v in_o their_o own_o power_n upon_o this_o principle_n to_o become_v a_o house_n when_o they_o please_v and_o not_o the_o less_o so_o for_o his_o grace_n delay_v the_o appointment_n of_o a_o common_a referendary_a but_o in_o truth_n since_o the_o separation_n of_o the_o two_o house_n in_o their_o debate_n the_o title_n of_o prolocutor_n have_v comprehend_v all_o the_o office_n of_o the_o place_n as_o the_o confirmation_n of_o his_o grace_n and_o the_o bishop_n have_v be_v ever_o think_v to_o instate_v he_o in_o the_o office_n and_o make_v the_o low_a clergy_n a_o house_n to_o act_v in_o a_o due_a subordination_n to_o those_o their_o superior_n and_o this_o new_a division_n of_o the_o office_n be_v evident_o frame_v to_o support_n the_o notion_n of_o their_o be_v a_o separate_a house_n and_o in_o a_o condition_n to_o debate_v business_n of_o their_o own_o antecedent_n to_o this_o act_n and_o the_o authority_n of_o their_o lordship_n which_o 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