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justice_n that_o the_o advowson_n pass_v not_o for_o that_o the_o vicarage_n be_v another_o thing_n than_o the_o advowson_n of_o the_o vicarage_n 1._o the_o queen_n seize_v of_o a_o manor_n to_o which_o a_o advowson_n be_v appendant_a grant_v the_o manor_n cum_fw-la advocatione_n ecclesiae_fw-la the_o church_n be_v then_o void_a it_o be_v adjudge_v the_o avoidance_n do_v not_o pass_v but_o the_o queen_n shall_v present_v pro_fw-la hac_fw-la vice_n rep._n and_o in_o the_o queen_n and_o hussie_n case_n it_o be_v resolve_v that_o a_o double_a presentation_n will_v not_o put_v the_o queen_n out_o of_o possession_n if_o she_o have_v right_o rep._n and_o in_o stephens_n and_o clark_n case_v it_o be_v resolve_v that_o the_o grant_v of_o the_o next_o avoidance_n to_o one_o during_o the_o avoidance_n be_v void_a in_o law_n ib._n chap._n xx._n of_o appropriation_n 1._o the_o great_a antiquity_n of_o appropriation_n a_o conjecture_n of_o their_o original_a whether_o charles_n martell_n be_v the_o 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the_o justice_n touch_v appropriation_n 9_o whether_o a_o advowson_n may_v be_v appropriate_v without_o a_o succession_n appropriation_n usual_o be_v to_o corporation_n or_o person_n spiritual_a 10._o how_o a_o church_n appropriate_a may_v be_v disappropriate_v 11._o in_o appropriation_n the_o patron_n and_o his_o successor_n be_v perpetual_a parson_n 12._o whether_o a_o appropriation_n of_o a_o parsonage_n without_o endowment_n of_o the_o vicarage_n be_v good_a also_o whether_o a_o appropriation_n may_v be_v make_v without_o the_o king_n licence_n 1._o it_o be_v a_o question_n at_o this_o day_n undecided_a whether_o prince_n or_o pope_n be_v the_o first_o author_n of_o appropriation_n the_o practice_n whereof_o by_o each_o of_o they_o be_v of_o great_a antiquity_n but_o whether_o in_o imitation_n of_o charles_n martell_n sacrilegious_a precedent_n the_o first_o by_o who_o tithe_n be_v ever_o violate_v in_o the_o christian_a world_n be_v but_o a_o supposition_n rather_o than_o any_o 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to_o spiritual_a person_n for_o their_o necessary_a maintenance_n 28._o if_o the_o original_n of_o a_o parish_n in_o the_o 2_o former_a acceptation_n be_v a_o device_n of_o the_o ancient_a rom._n bish_n &_o from_o they_o derive_v to_o other_o nation_n then_o probable_o from_o the_o inconvenience_n thereof_o may_v be_v the_o beginning_n of_o a_o parish_n as_o it_o be_v take_v for_o suâ—h_v a_o part_n of_o the_o diocese_n as_o be_v limit_v to_o some_o residentiary_n incumbent_a allow_v by_o the_o bishop_n and_o maintain_v by_o the_o church-dues_a in_o his_o own_o right_n which_o consideration_n of_o a_o parish_n seem_v most_o of_o all_o agreeable_a with_o those_o which_o we_o now_o have_v and_o be_v in_o use_n with_o we_o before_o edgar_n day_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o saxon_a law_n of_o that_o time_n 9_o the_o ancient_a king_n and_o sovereign_a prince_n of_o this_o realm_n 1._o both_o before_o and_o since_o the_o conquest_n have_v ever_o make_v special_a provision_n for_o the_o due_a 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and_o use_v thereof_o when_o erect_v how_o establish_v and_o by_o who_o dissolve_v 1._o abba_n and_o abbas_n have_v one_o and_o the_o same_o signification_n therefore_o abbot_n be_v call_v patres_fw-la c._n ult_n de_fw-fr regular_n tuseh_n concl._n 3._o nu_fw-la 7._o it_o be_v either_o a_o hebrew_n or_o syriack_n word_n signify_v pater_n with_o the_o greek_n and_o latin_n from_o the_o two_o first_o hebrew_n element_n or_o letter_n aleph_fw-la and_o beth_n invert_v which_o name_v the_o monk_n first_o assume_v at_o their_o original_a in_o syria_n and_o egypt_n and_o although_o now_o in_o this_o kingdom_n we_o know_v no_o more_o of_o this_o word_n abbot_n than_o the_o very_a name_n thereof_o calvin_n yet_o for_o his_o antiquity_n sake_n he_o have_v the_o alphabetical_a precedence_n in_o the_o index_n of_o this_o abridgement_n whether_o he_o be_v archimandrita_n novel_a const_n 115._o or_o coenobiarcha_fw-la or_o archimonachus_n hottom_n in_o ver_fw-la feuda_n marsil_n colum_fw-la de_fw-fr eccles_n redit_fw-la c._n 15._o nu_fw-la 5_o 6._o whither_o mitred_a and_o thereby_o exempt_a from_o the_o diocesan_n jurisdiction_n as_o have_v within_o their_o own_o precinct_n episcopal_a authority_n in_o themselves_o and_o be_v lord_n in_o parliament_n whence_o call_v abbot_n sovereign_a 9_o r._n 2._o c._n 4._o or_o not_o mitred_a but_o subject_a to_o the_o diocesan_n in_o all_o spiritual_a government_n c._n monasteria_fw-la 18._o q._n 2._o c._n abbas_n etc._n etc._n visitandi_fw-la cum_fw-la 4._o seq_fw-la ibid._n omnes_fw-la 16._o q._n 7._o &_o c._n cum_fw-la venerabilis_fw-la extra_n de_fw-fr relig._n dom._n vid._n stow._n ann._n p._n 442._o so_o call_v abbas_n because_o he_o be_v pater_fw-la monachorum_fw-la januen_n in_o svo_fw-la cathol_n glow_n jo._n andr._n the_o rescript_n c._n 1._o verb._n abbates_n in_o clem_n &_o coke_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la ecclesiast_fw-la foe_fw-mi 28._o and_o have_v the_o chief_a government_n of_o a_o religious_a house_n and_o who_o with_o the_o 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de_fw-fr prim._n eccles_n angl-sax_n an._n 603._o the_o emperor_n justinian_n in_o the_o first_o book_n of_o his_o code_o have_v express_o ordain_v and_o prescribe_v the_o manner_n and_o form_n of_o the_o election_n and_o confirmation_n of_o a_o abbot_n and_o what_o person_n they_o ought_v to_o be_v and_o how_o qualify_v that_o shall_v be_v account_v worthy_a of_o that_o ecclesiastical_a dignity_n c._n l._n 1._o tit_n 3._o l._n 47._o &_o l._n 40._o de_fw-fr episc_n &_o cler._n &_o novel_a 5._o cap._n 9_o &_o novel_a 123._o c._n 34._o mr._n blount_n in_o his_o nomo-lexicon_a take_v notice_n of_o the_o word_n abbacy_n and_o say_v it_o be_v the_o same_o to_o a_o abbot_n as_o bishopric_n be_v a_o bishop_n resemble_v it_o to_o the_o word_n paternity_n and_o a_o very_a ancient_n record_v wherein_o that_o word_n be_v use_v an._n 34_o &_o 35_o h._n 8._o c._n 17_o 18._o sciant_fw-la ...._o quod_fw-la ego_fw-la isabel_n comitiss_fw-la penb._n pro_fw-la salute_n animae_fw-la meae_fw-la dedi_fw-la deo_fw-la &_o abbathiae_fw-la de_fw-la nutteleg_n totam_fw-la wicham_n juxta_fw-la dictam_fw-la abbathiam_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o these_o latter_a age_n the_o abbot_n through_o the_o savour_n of_o prince_n and_o their_o respect_n to_o the_o church_n have_v be_v repute_v as_o peer_n and_o secular_a lord_n to_o who_o the_o grant_v the_o provenue_n of_o abbacy_n proportionable_a to_o such_o dignity_n for_o the_o support_n thereof_o thus_o many_o of_o the_o peer_n of_o france_n have_v very_o ancient_o and_o frequent_o be_v abbot_n as_o appear_v by_o paradine_n who_o write_v the_o annal_n of_o burgundy_n nigh_o seven_o hundred_o year_n since_o and_o then_o affirm_v that_o he_o have_v see_v very_o ancient_a record_n wherein_o the_o peer_n of_o france_n use_v these_o style_n and_o distinction_n viz._n duke_n and_o abbot_n earl_n and_o abbot_n etc._n etc._n guil._n paradin_n annal._n burgund_n lib._n 2._o sub_fw-la an._n 1103._o &_o prat._n 3._o notwithstanding_o the_o ill_a opinion_n which_o in_o these_o day_n not_o without_o cause_n be_v conceive_v of_o the_o ancient_a abbey_n yet_o it_o can_v without_o some_o breach_n of_o charity_n be_v well_o suppose_v but_o that_o such_o house_n common_o call_v religious_a be_v in_o the_o primitive_a and_o true_a intent_n thereof_o better_o purpose_v by_o the_o founder_n than_o after_o practise_v by_o their_o inhabitant_n for_o by_o the_o law_n make_v in_o the_o day_n of_o k._n knute_n nu_fw-la 6._o ay_o be_v evident_a what_o strict_a devotion_n and_o blameless_a conversation_n the_o ancient_a prince_n of_o this_o realm_n expect_v from_o such_o as_o then_o possess_v these_o abbey_n the_o law_n be_v this_o viz._n we_o will_v that_o god_n minister_n the_o bishop_n abbot_n etc._n etc._n do_v in_o a_o special_a manner_n take_v a_o right_a course_n and_o live_v according_a to_o rule_n that_o they_o call_v to_o christ_n night_n and_o day_n much_o and_o oft_o and_o that_o they_o do_v it_o earnest_o and_o we_o command_v they_o that_o they_o 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