the_o inferior_a clergy_n in_o convocation_n 146_o chap._n xii_o the_o share_n of_o right_n belong_v to_o the_o clergy_n in_o prepare_v and_o in_o present_v the_o gravamina_fw-la and_o reformanda_fw-la 147_o the_o gravamina_fw-la often_o consider_v and_o present_v with_o the_o subsidy_n 147_o the_o gravamina_fw-la how_o address_v by_o the_o clergy_n 151_o the_o time_n when_o grievance_n shall_v be_v propose_v at_o the_o discretion_n of_o the_o upper_a house_n ibid._n grievance_n first_o offer_v in_o a_o general_a representation_n viuâ_fw-la voce_fw-la 152_o the_o clergy_n right_o to_o redress_v and_o the_o manner_n thereof_o 154_o the_o reformanda_fw-la frequent_o propose_v by_o the_o archbishop_n among_o the_o cause_n of_o convocation_n 155_o the_o clergy_n right_o to_o propose_v reformation_n 157_o the_o clergy_n right_o to_o bring_v in_o schedule_n of_o reformation_n 159_o a_o short_a state_n of_o the_o reformanda_fw-la from_o the_o forego_n account_n 161_o the_o care_n of_o the_o 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part_n to_o which_o the_o clergy_n have_v a_o right_n in_o judicial_a case_n in_o convocation_n the_o occasion_n of_o bring_v offender_n ordinary_o try_v in_o the_o bishop_n court_n before_o the_o convocation_n 169_o constitution_n for_o bring_v heretic_n before_o the_o convocation_n 170_o offender_n usual_o say_v to_o be_v bring_v coram_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la episcopis_fw-la &_o clero_fw-la as_o the_o judicature_n 171_o the_o sentence_n run_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o archbishop_n by_o authority_n of_o the_o synod_n 171_o this_o account_v not_o oppose_v to_o any_o restraint_n lay_v upon_o the_o whole_a convocation_n by_o subsequent_a statute_n ibid._n chap._n xv._o the_o clergy_n right_o of_o a_o negative_a or_o final_a dissent_n from_o the_o vpper-house_n 172_o the_o original_a of_o the_o clergy_n negative_a ibid._n a_o negative_a or_o final_a dissent_n a_o peculiar_a but_o yet_o establish_v right_o of_o the_o english_a clergy_n 173_o all_o denial_n of_o the_o clergy_n ever_o 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they_o by_o his_o own_o metropolitical_a power_n and_o in_o his_o own_o name_n ibid._n the_o commission_n to_o do_v the_o same_o thing_n in_o parliament_n express_v a_o special_a power_n and_o authority_n from_o the_o king_n ibid._n the_o archbishops_n admonition_n immediate_o before_o prorogation_n or_o dissolution_n 185_o the_o schedule_n of_o prorogation_n or_o dissolution_n mention_v the_o royal_a writ_n but_o run_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o archbishop_n 186_o the_o english_a reformation_n unjust_o charge_v with_o destroy_v the_o canonical_a method_n of_o transact_v ecclesiastical_a affair_n ibid._n appendix_n contain_v the_o journal_o of_o five_o convocation_n with_o observation_n draw_v from_o they_o concern_v 1._o the_o right_n of_o continue_v or_o prorogue_v 2._o the_o right_n of_o determine_v controvert_v election_n 3._o the_o right_n of_o substitute_v a_o prolocutor_n 4._o the_o authority_n of_o the_o summons_n to_o convocation_n i._o of_o the_o right_n of_o continue_v or_o prorogue_v 223_o the_o schedule_n of_o continuation_n constant_o mention_v in_o the_o vpper-house-register_n 224_o the_o antiquity_n of_o schedule_n in_o convocation_n ibid._n the_o inferior-clergy_n present_v at_o the_o archbishops_n continuation_n 226_o a_o summary_n account_n of_o the_o schedule_n 227_o the_o derive_v our_o schedule_n from_o the_o lateran-council_n a_o improbable_a scheme_n 228_o the_o dispute_n depend_v not_o upon_o prorogue_v by_o schedule_n or_o otherwise_o 230_o the_o head_n upon_o which_o the_o dispute_n turn_v 231_o the_o schedule_n evident_o comprehend_v both_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n ibid._n the_o clause_n praelatorum_fw-la &_o cleri_fw-la a_o genuine_a part_n of_o the_o schedule_n 232_o the_o transmission_n of_o the_o schedule_n only_o a_o circumstance_n in_o this_o dispute_n 233_o reason_n to_o believe_v that_o the_o schedule_n have_v be_v ever_o send_v down_o 235_o the_o prolocutor_n be_v judge_v of_o the_o time_n of_o intimate_v when_o the_o precedent_n and_o bishops_n do_v interpose_v 234_o the_o form_n of_o intimate_v to_o be_v take_v from_o the_o most_o exact_a journal_o 235_o the_o ordinary_a phrase_n to_o be_v in_o reason_n the_o establish_v form_n 236_o declare_v by_o intimation_n the_o ordinary_a form_n ibid._n the_o prolocutor_n intimation_n have_v no_o reference_n to_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o house_n 237_o the_o intimation_n give_v by_o command_n of_o the_o precedent_n 239_o a_o formal_a intimation_n of_o the_o prolocutor_n not_o necessary_a to_o continue_v the_o lower-house_n 240_o the_o president_n be_v right_a to_o continue_v the_o clergy_n in_o the_o upper-house_n 241_o the_o phrase_n continuavit_fw-la quoad_fw-la hanc_fw-la domum_fw-la no_o argument_n of_o a_o separate_a power_n in_o the_o lower-house_n 243_o nor_o the_o phrase_n in_o parliament_n dominus_fw-la cancel_v contin_n praesens_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la 245_o a_o separate_a power_n of_o continue_v in_o the_o lower-house_n open_v a_o way_n to_o perpetual_a division_n of_o the_o synod_n 248_o intermediate_n session_n a_o great_a irregularity_n and_o mischief_n to_o the_o church_n 251_o the_o clergy_n of_o former_a time_n do_v not_o think_v of_o intermediate_n session_n 253_o ii_o observation_n touch_v the_o right_a to_o determine_v controvert_v election_n 256_o instance_n of_o such_o election_n occur_v in_o the_o acts._n ibid._n no_o question_n whether_o the_o archbishop_n have_v a_o right_a to_o determine_v election_n 261_o the_o lower-house_n have_v no_o right_a to_o intermeddle_v in_o return_v 262_o the_o pretence_n to_o a_o concurrent_a right_n in_o the_o lower-house_n consider_v 263_o the_o prolocutor_n and_o not_o the_o house_n determine_v the_o election_n in_o 1586._o 265_o the_o instance_n of_o 1640._o consider_v 266_o iii_o a_o additional_a account_n of_o the_o substitution_n of_o a_o prolocutor_n 268_o the_o late_a substitution_n in_o 1701._o ibid._n the_o account_n of_o it_o in_o a_o paper_n mark_v numb_a 1._o 269_o order_n make_v in_o convocation_n against_o publish_v the_o debate_n while_o depend_v 269_o reason_n why_o a_o sub-prolocutor_n ought_v to_o be_v confirm_v in_o the_o vpper-house_n 273_o instance_n of_o substitution_n by_o authority_n of_o the_o vpper-house_n defend_v against_o the_o late_a paper_n numb_a 1._o 272_o the_o argument_n for_o a_o independent_a power_n in_o the_o lower-house_n answer_v 276_o instance_n where_o the_o register_n of_o the_o vpper-house_n be_v want_v of_o no_o force_n 277_o the_o bare_a silence_n of_o the_o vpper-house-book_n no_o proof_n against_o positive_a evidence_n 279_o the_o precedent_n of_o 1640._o particular_o consider_v 280_o the_o paper_n numb_v 1._o speak_v against_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o house_n in_o this_o matter_n 281_o no_o difference_n between_o a_o prolocutor_n and_o referendary_a 282_o the_o duty_n belong_v to_o the_o office_n of_o a_o prolocutor_n be_v all_o annex_v to_o that_o of_o report_v as_o the_o consequence_n of_o it_o 284_o iu._n additional_a observation_n touch_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o summons_n to_o convocation_n 287_o the_o authority_n of_o summon_v apply_v both_o to_o the_o king_n and_o the_o archbishop_n ibid._n the_o archiepiscopal_a summons_n confess_v to_o be_v authoritative_a
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the_o same_o rule_n no_o member_n of_o a_o english_a convocation_n but_o whereas_o the_o convocation_n before_o the_o reformation_n be_v general_o say_v in_o the_o title_n to_o be_v factae_fw-la per_fw-la reverendissimum_fw-la etc._n etc._n upon_o the_o submission_n act_n the_o style_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v change_v because_o the_o first_o title_n we_o have_v entire_a after_o that_o act_n this_o i_o mean_v of_o 1562._o make_v the_o convocation_n to_o be_v begin_v auctoritate_fw-la brevis_fw-la regij_fw-la reverendissimo_fw-la etc._n etc._n direct_v and_o yet_o we_o see_v that_o archbishop_n parker_n look_v upon_o the_o convocation_n of_o that_o very_a year_n to_o be_v cite_v or_o summon_v auctoritate_fw-la reverendissimi_fw-la etc._n etc._n hereupon_o a_o question_n arise_v about_o the_o true_a meaning_n of_o the_o term_n authoritas_fw-la as_o use_v in_o these_o title_n and_o on_o some_o other_o occasion_n in_o what_o sense_n the_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n be_v say_v to_o be_v 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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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same_o manner_n from_o the_o beginning_n this_o have_v ever_o be_v the_o method_n of_o summon_v a_o convocation_n but_o as_o to_o the_o member_n summon_v the_o cathedral_n and_o diocesan_n clergy_n be_v not_o from_o the_o beginning_n represent_v as_o now_o they_o be_v by_o person_n of_o
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 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non_fw-la possent_fw-la de_fw-fr facili_fw-la recenseri_fw-la the_o proctor_n retire_v and_o
the_o method_n of_o pass_v canon_n and_o constitution_n before_o the_o statute_n 25._o h._n 8._o c._n 19_o be_v the_o same_o that_o have_v ever_o be_v practise_v in_o synodical_a meeting_n viz._n by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o synod_n and_o with_o the_o sanction_n of_o the_o metropolitan_a and_o these_o two_o give_v they_o their_o full_a force_n and_o effect_n but_o now_o they_o be_v frame_v in_o order_n to_o be_v lay_v before_o the_o prince_n as_o agree_v on_o by_o the_o archbishop_n bishop_n and_o clergy_n and_o none_o to_o be_v of_o any_o force_n effect_v or_o validity_n in_o law_n but_o only_o such_o and_o so_o many_o of_o they_o as_o he_o by_o his_o letter_n patent_n under_o the_o great_a seal_n of_o england_n shall_v allow_v approve_v and_o confirm_v this_o be_v the_o language_n of_o the_o royal_a licence_n the_o necessity_n whereof_o in_o order_n to_o make_v promulge_fw-mi and_o execute_v canon_n etc._n etc._n be_v a_o abridgement_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a power_n in_o these_o respect_n and_o therefore_o the_o ancient_a sanction_n which_o always_o signify_v a_o final_a authority_n can_v not_o be_v continue_v in_o any_o matter_n which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v promulge_v or_o execute_v without_o the_o allowance_n approbation_n and_o confirmation_n of_o the_o king_n by_o his_o letter_n patent_n under_o the_o great_a seal_n of_o england_n but_o all_o synodical-act_n to_o which_o the_o royal_a licence_n be_v not_o necessary_a receive_v their_o final_a authority_n from_o the_o sanction_n of_o the_o metropolitan_a i._n e._n they_o still_o pass_v in_o the_o ancient_a canonical_a way_n whatever_o some_o late_a writer_n too_o much_o bend_v upon_o the_o diminution_n of_o ecclesiastical_a power_n may_v suggest_v to_o the_o contrary_n chap._n xvii_o of_o prorogue_v and_o dissolve_v a_o convocation_n as_o the_o archbishop_n upon_o receive_v the_o royal_a writ_n for_o call_v a_o convocation_n be_v bind_v by_o law_n and_o agreeable_o to_o the_o deference_n that_o 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plenam_fw-la potestatem_fw-la facultatem_fw-la &_o authoritatem_fw-la etc._n etc._n ad_fw-la praesens_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la nomine_fw-la nostro_fw-la prorogand_fw-mi etc._n etc._n in_o the_o same_o style_n be_v the_o commission_n for_o dissolve_v as_o oft_o as_o his_o majesty_n be_v not_o present_a in_o person_n a_o style_n that_o be_v true_o and_o evident_o ministerial_a but_o the_o writ_n for_o do_v the_o same_o thing_n in_o convocation_n can_v be_v direct_v to_o none_o but_o the_o metropolitan_a himself_o and_o that_o without_o any_o conveyance_n of_o authority_n or_o order_n to_o act_v in_o his_o majesty_n name_n or_o any_o other_o direction_n beside_o the_o prorogue_a or_o dissolve_v it_o according_a to_o the_o accustom_a method_n of_o convocation_n debito_fw-la modo_fw-la prorogetis_fw-la and_o dissolvetis_fw-la seu_fw-la dissolvi_fw-la faciatis_fw-la in_o pursuance_n of_o which_o order_n the_o archbishop_n prorogue_n and_o dissolve_v either_o in_o person_n or_o 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