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disturbance_n of_o divine_a service_n utolate_v and_o profane_v the_o sabbath_n and_o such_o like_a contrary_n to_o justice_n be_v these_o simony_n usury_n diffamation_n subornation_n of_o perjury_n in_o a_o court_n ecclesiastical_a violence_n to_o a_o minister_n sacrilege_n dilapidation_n not_o build_v of_o a_o church_n enjoin_v by_o atestatour_n not_o fence_v the_o churchyard_n not_o repair_v a_o church_n or_o chancel_n or_o not_o keep_v of_o it_o in_o comely_a sort_n or_o when_o a_o churchwarden_n refuse_v to_o yield_v a_o account_n of_o the_o church_n stock_n &_o good_n &_o violate_v of_o a_o sequestration_n make_v for_o tithe_n not_o pay_v hinder_v to_o gather_v or_o carry_v tithe_n money_n promise_v for_o redeem_v corporal_a penance_n and_o detain_v contempt_n to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n fight_v or_o brawl_v in_o church_n or_o churchyard_n and_o such_o like_a and_o against_o sobriety_n be_v these_o all_o incontinency_n not_o make_v death_n by_o the_o law_n of_o 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or_o from_o the_o lord_n supper_n or_o from_o execution_n of_o a_o minister_n office_n or_o
the_o lay_v court_n shall_v have_v jurisdiction_n between_o they_o and_o not_o the_o spiritual_a court_n the_o last_o cause_n of_o draw_v a_o action_n for_o spoliation_n of_o tithe_n from_o a_o court_n ecclesiastical_a that_o i_o find_v be_v where_o the_o tithe_n in_o demand_n do_v amount_v to_o a_o four_o part_n of_o the_o yearly_a commodity_n of_o the_o whole_a benefice_n because_o hereby_o the_o right_a of_o patronage_n may_v be_v touch_v or_o prejudice_v which_o right_o of_o patronage_n be_v to_o be_v handle_v in_o a_o court_n temporal_a only_o and_o by_o no_o mean_n in_o ecclesiastical_a for_o so_o be_v it_o testify_v by_o 1260._o by_o lindwood_n c._n aeternae_fw-la sanct_n v._o iute-patronatus_a con_v prou._n de_fw-fr poenis_fw-la edita_fw-la 1260._o lindwood_n himself_o to_o be_v the_o old_a custom_n of_o the_o realm_n and_o therefore_o the_o common_a law_n of_o the_o land_n but_o in_o another_o place_n he_o seem_v to_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o this_o notwithstanding_o no_o prejudice_n towards_o the_o patronage_n can_v grow_v though_o the_o suit_n for_o all_o the_o whole_a tithe_n and_o oblation_n shall_v be_v prosecute_v in_o court_n ecclesiastical_a for_o say_v he_o competenti_fw-la he_o lindwood_n in_o verbo_fw-la quarta_fw-la pars_fw-la bonorum_fw-la c._n 2._o prou._n con_v de_fw-fr foro_fw-la competenti_fw-la the_o right_a of_o patronage_n be_v found_v upon_o one_o of_o these_o three_o viz._n building_n sound_v or_o endow_v of_o a_o church_n so_o that_o the_o right_n of_o patronage_n do_v no_o way_n respect_v tithe_n or_o oblation_n come_v to_o the_o church_n but_o rather_o the_o build_n of_o it_o the_o ground_n whereon_o it_o be_v situate_a or_o the_o endowment_n as_o of_o glebe_n etc._n etc._n assign_v unto_o it_o this_o he_o write_v saluo_fw-la iudicio_fw-la meliori_fw-la and_o under_o the_o same_o reservation_n i_o do_v hold_v that_o where_o a_o great_a part_n of_o tithe_n be_v by_o suit_n evict_v from_o one_o church_n unto_o another_o the_o 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debate_n betwixt_o two_o patron_n there_o the_o court_n ecclesiastical_a can_v not_o hold_v plea_n seem_v to_o be_v borrow_v from_o a_o consultation_n in_o the_o a._n the_o reg._n pag._n 46._o a._n register_n in_o these_o word_n viz._n we_o be_v not_o willing_a to_o have_v any_o thing_n derogate_a from_o jurisdiction_n ecclesiastical_a do_v signify_v that_o you_o may_v proceed_v according_a to_o the_o course_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n in_o the_o plea_n aforesaid_a so_o as_o the_o action_n reach_v but_o unto_o spoliation_n of_o tithe_n and_o not_o to_o the_o advowson_n or_o right_n of_o patronage_n of_o any_o part_n of_o the_o church_n save_v that_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o right_n of_o any_o part_n of_o the_o tithe_n and_o the_o register_n go_v to_o the_o right_n of_o patronage_n itself_o of_o any_o part_n of_o the_o church_n but_o where_o agatis_fw-la where_o stat._n circum_fw-la spectè_fw-la agatis_fw-la a_o four_o or_o great_a part_n of_o tithe_n etc._n etc._n be_v not_o in_o demand_n betwixt_o two_o parson_n of_o church_n there_o the_o plea_n go_v to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n the_o reà lme_n the_o goodall_n of_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o clergy_n by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o reà lme_n book_n of_o liberty_n of_o the_o clergy_n hereof_o write_v thus_o one_o parson_n of_o a_o church_n may_v sue_v another_o in_o case_n of_o spoliation_n or_o take_v of_o tithe_n or_o pension_n in_o court_n christian_n so_o that_o the_o matter_n in_o demand_n amount_v not_o to_o a_o four_o part_n of_o the_o value_n of_o the_o church_n by_o reason_n thereby_o the_o right_n of_o patronage_n seem_v to_o come_v in_o question_n but_o if_o they_o be_v both_o of_o one_o man_n patronage_n they_o may_v be_v sue_v there_o to_o what_o value_n soever_o the_o thing_n demand_v shall_v amount_v unto_o that_o pension_n out_o of_o church_n be_v demaundable_a not_o only_o by_o statute_n but_o also_o at_o the_o common_a law_n in_o a_o court_n ecclesiastical_a be_v make_v plain_a by_o supra_fw-la by_o reg._n pag._n 47._o 〈◊〉_d ibid._n pag._n 53._o 2._o goodall_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la two_o consultation_n in_o the_o register_n and_o by_o other_o book_n of_o law_n but_o goodall_n further_o add_v that_o for_o a_o pension_n there_o lie_v also_o a_o write_v of_o annuity_n at_o the_o common_a law_n so_o that_o it_o be_v at_o the_o plaintiff_n election_n where_o to_o sue_v but_o if_o there_o he_o do_v declare_v upon_o the_o prescription_n and_o after_o he_o sue_v in_o the_o spiritual_a court_n by_o the_o name_n of_o a_o pension_n the_o other_o it_o seem_v may_v then_o have_v a_o prohibition_n for_o mortuary_n that_o they_o at_o the_o common_a law_n be_v of_o ecclesiastical_a conisance_n read_v the_o two_o consultation_n in_o the_o register_n and_o the_o other_o which_o a._n which_o m._n 9_o h._n 4._o m._n 10._o h._n 4._o 1._o entre_n title_n of_o prohibition_n reg._n pag._n 45._o b._n reg._n pag._n 49._o a._n be_v here_o quote_v and_o likewise_o b._n likewise_o reg._n pag._n 50._o a._n b._n for_o oblation_n detain_v which_o ought_v say_v supra_fw-la say_v goodall_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la goodall_n to_o be_v pay_v at_o their_o usual_a day_n another_o thing_n due_a to_o the_o minister_n whereby_o also_o he_o have_v a_o part_n of_o maintenance_n be_v demaundable_a and_o determinable_a in_o a_o ecclesiastical_a court_n viz._n the_o place_n of_o burial_n and_o the_o churchyard_n touch_v the_o first_o a_o parson_n to_o a_o 8._o a_o li._n 44._o assi_fw-fr pa._n 8._o assize_n bring_v against_o he_o for_o a_o house_n do_v plead_v that_o he_o be_v parson_n of_o p._n and_o that_o to_o be_v parcel_n of_o his_o church_n by_o time_n immemoriall_n and_o that_o there_o have_v be_v bury_v of_o dead_a body_n whereupon_o persey_n hold_v opinion_n that_o the_o court_n temporal_a ought_v not_o to_o take_v conusance_n thereof_o for_o the_o second_o assi_fw-fr second_o 44._o e._n 3._o lib._n assi_fw-fr it_o be_v a_o good_a plea_n against_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o temporal_a court_n to_o plead_v that_o the_o land_n be_v his_o churchyard_n the_o true_a reason_n hereof_o i_o take_v to_o be_v allege_v by_o bracton_n because_o it_o be_v dedicate_v and_o consecrate_v to_o god_n where_o thus_o he_o write_v 16._o write_v bra._n li._n 5._o ca._n 16._o negocium_fw-la terminabitur_fw-la in_o foro_fw-la seculari_fw-la si_fw-la de_fw-la laico_fw-la feodo_fw-la agatur_fw-la nisi_fw-la fuerit_fw-la dedicatum_fw-la &_o deo_fw-la sacratum_fw-la sic_fw-la enim_fw-la res_fw-la efficietur_fw-la sacra_fw-la hoc_fw-la autem_fw-la diet_n non_fw-la potest_fw-la de_fw-fr re_fw-mi in_o liberam_fw-la &_o perpetuam_fw-la eleemosynam_fw-la data_fw-la for_o though_o a_o thing_n be_v give_v in_o francke_n almoigne_z to_o a_o ecclesiastical_a person_n yet_o it_o remain_v of_o lay_v fee_n still_o and_o be_v not_o say_v to_o be_v consecrate_v to_o god_n therefore_o 20._o therefore_o 19_o h._n 6._o 20._o a_o trespass_n do_v upon_o a_o parson_n glebe_n land_n which_o be_v a_o frank_a tenement_n can_v be_v try_v in_o a_o spiritual_a court_n but_o it_o seem_v that_o in_o a_o trespass_n do_v in_o a_o churchyard_n it_o be_v otherwise_o for_o if_o a_o 26._o a_o h._n 17._o h._n 3._o fitz._n referente_fw-la tit_n prohib_fw-la 26._o man_n take_v tree_n that_o be_v grow_v in_o a_o churchyard_n the_o parson_n may_v sue_v for_o they_o in_o court_n christian._n sed_fw-la quaere_fw-la and_o that_o matter_n of_o burial_n do_v belong_v to_o conusance_n ecclesiastical_a be_v declare_v by_o a_o consultation_n in_o the_o b._n the_o reg._n pag._n 52._o b._n register_n very_o plain_o chap._n vii_o ofright_v to_o have_v a_o curate_n and_o of_o contribution_n to_o reparation_n and_o to_o other_o thing_n require_v in_o church_n now_o when_o a_o parish_n or_o hamlet_n have_v right_a to_o have_v a_o curate_n find_v in_o their_o chapel_n to_o say_v they_o divine_a service_n if_o this_o be_v deny_v they_o and_o no_o circumstance_n otherwise_o be_v incident_a thereto_o to_o
draw_v it_o to_o the_o common_a law_n it_o shall_v seem_v by_o all_o reason_n of_o his_o own_o nature_n to_o be_v a_o matter_n belong_v to_o the_o conusance_n of_o a_o court_n ecclesiastical_a according_o as_o always_o without_o impeachment_n it_o have_v be_v use_v yet_o i_o find_v in_o the_o book_n of_o common_a law_n that_o 32._o that_o 22._o h._n 6._o 32._o a_o action_n of_o the_o case_n be_v mainteinable_a for_o not_o say_v divine_a service_n albeit_o it_o be_v there_o confess_v to_o be_v a_o spiritual_a matter_n what_o the_o circumstance_n and_o cause_n thereof_o be_v that_o it_o be_v so_o rule_v in_o that_o case_n quaere_fw-la it_o appear_v by_o the_o a._n the_o reg._n pag._n 56._o a._n register_n that_o a_o prohibition_n be_v bring_v upon_o a_o suit_n in_o court_n ecclesiastical_a for_o withhold_v a_o chauntery_a a_o consultation_n be_v after_o grant_v whereby_o be_v affirm_v that_o pro_fw-la subtractione_n cantariae_fw-la &_o debita_fw-la punitione_n pro_fw-la huiusmodi_fw-la subtractione_n the_o suit_n belong_v to_o a_o court_n ecclesiastical_a and_o the_o like_a therefore_o must_v needs_o be_v think_v of_o a_o chaplain_n or_o curate_n not_o find_v to_o say_v divine_a service_n where_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v either_o by_o composition_n or_o by_o prescription_n but_o that_o parishioner_n ought_v to_o be_v contributory_n and_o may_v be_v cite_v in_o a_o cause_n of_o contribution_n towards_o the_o reparation_n of_o the_o body_n of_o the_o church_n term_v navis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la and_o to_o the_o charge_n of_o buy_v and_o furnish_v other_o utensile_n ornament_n and_o book_n require_v by_o law_n to_o be_v buy_v of_o the_o common_a charge_n do_v appear_v partly_o by_o the_o register_n and_o partly_o by_o fitzherbert_n in_o his_o nova_fw-la natura_fw-la brevium_fw-la who_o do_v gather_v it_o thence_o for_o if_o say_v he_o a_o 50._o a_o fitzh_n no._n na_o br_n tit_n consult_v fol._n 50._o bishop_n do_v cite_v any_o of_o the_o parishioner_n of_o a_o church_n to_o be_v contributory_a to_o the_o reparation_n of_o the_o parish_n church_n or_o of_o any_o chapel_n annex_v to_o it_o if_o the_o party_n sue_v a_o prohibition_n direct_v to_o the_o bishop_n surmise_v that_o he_o be_v implead_v touch_v lay_a fee_n in_o court_n christian_n the_o bishop_n shall_v have_v a_o consultation_n upon_o this_o matter_n show_v in_o the_o chancery_n on_o his_o behalf_n and_o partly_o also_o by_o the_o injunction_n which_o be_v set_v out_o by_o the_o queen_n majesty_n in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o her_o reign_n and_o be_v under_o the_o great_a seal_n of_o england_n for_o better_a record_n of_o the_o matter_n her_o highness_n be_v thereunto_o authorise_v by_o act_n of_o parliament_n for_o in_o 1559._o in_o injunction_n publish_v 1559._o these_o be_v contain_v sundry_a utensile_n ornament_n book_n and_o other_o thing_n that_o by_o the_o common_a cost_n of_o every_o parish_n shall_v be_v provide_v and_o from_o time_n to_o time_n supply_v and_o whether_o they_o be_v want_v or_o not_o be_v to_o be_v inquire_v by_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n and_o the_o observation_n of_o the_o injunction_n be_v by_o they_o to_o be_v urge_v against_o those_o that_o shall_v infringe_v any_o of_o they_o by_o process_n and_o censure_n ecclesiastical_a according_a to_o the_o course_n of_o that_o law_n and_o herein_o the_o injunction_n follow_v but_o the_o common_a law_n for_o realm_n for_o of_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o clergy_n by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o realm_n if_o a_o terre-tenant_n hold_v land_n that_o have_v usual_o pay_v for_o such_o tenement_n a_o pound_n of_o wax_n or_o such_o like_a unto_o the_o church_n do_v withhold_v it_o the_o churchwarden_n may_v sue_v he_o for_o it_o in_o a_o court_n eccles_n also_o ibidem_fw-la also_o ibidem_fw-la if_o a_o man_n that_o withhold_v church_n good_n do_v by_o his_o last_o will_v enjoin_v his_o executour_n to_o make_v deliverance_n any_o of_o the_o parish_n may_v sue_v the_o executour_n for_o they_o in_o court_n ecclesiastical_a for_o proceed_v ecclesiastical_o against_o refuser_n to_o contribute_v unto_o the_o reparation_n of_o the_o body_n of_o the_o church_n there_o remain_v a_o judgement_n in_o a_o consultation_n 2._o consultation_n reg._n pag._n 45._o 2._o record_v in_o the_o register_n to_o this_o effect_n viz._n vobis_fw-la significamus_fw-la quod_fw-la super_fw-la reparatione_fw-la &_o emendatione_fw-la defectuum_fw-la corporis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la iuxta_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la approbatam_fw-la facienda_fw-la procedere_fw-la poteritis_fw-la &_o ea_fw-la facere_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la forum_n ecclesiasticum_fw-la noveritis_fw-la pertinere_fw-la dicta_fw-la prohibition_n non_fw-la obstante_fw-la and_o by_o reason_n of_o defect_n in_o reparation_n of_o a_o church_n money_n itself_o may_v lawful_o be_v sue_v for_o in_o a_o court_n ecclesiastical_a as_o 2._o as_o reg._n pag._n 48._o 2._o appear_v by_o another_o consultation_n in_o the_o register_n and_o so_o be_v it_o also_o provide_v by_o statute_n in_o this_o behalf_n among_o other_o thing_n viz._n 1._o viz._n circumspectè_fw-la agatis_fw-la 13._o ed._n 1._o prelate_n may_v punish_v for_o leave_v churchyard_n unclosed_a or_o for_o that_o the_o church_n be_v uncover_v or_o not_o conventent_o deck_v in_o which_o case_n none_o other_o penance_n can_v be_v enjoin_v but_o pecuniary_a chap._n viii_o proof_n in_o general_a that_o sundry_a crime_n and_o offence_n be_v punishable_a by_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n and_o namely_o idolatry_n heresy_n perjury_n or_o laesio_fw-la fidei_fw-la and_o how_o far_o the_o last_o of_o these_o be_v there_o to_o be_v correct_v also_o of_o disturbance_n of_o divine_a service_n or_o not_o frequent_v of_o it_o and_o neglect_v of_o the_o sacrament_n last_o do_v follow_v the_o testimony_n of_o the_o law_n of_o the_o realm_n for_o proof_n that_o many_o crime_n also_o and_o offence_n be_v punishable_a by_o jurisdiction_n ecclesiastical_a and_o first_o in_o general_n then_o in_o particular_a for_o sundry_a of_o they_o the_o king_n write_v thus_o to_o his_o judge_n 1._o judge_n statut._n circumspectè_fw-la agatis_fw-la 13._o e._n 1._o use_v yourselves_o circumspect_o in_o all_o matter_n concern_v the_o bishop_n of_o norwich_n &_o his_o clergy_n not_o punish_v they_o if_o they_o hold_v plea_n in_o court_n christian_n of_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v mere_o spiritual_a that_o be_v to_o wit_n of_o penance_n enjoin_v for_o mortal_a sin_n etc._n etc._n in_o hospital_n 1._o hospital_n 2._o h._n 5._o ca_fw-mi 1._o that_o be_v of_o any_o other_o foundation_n than_o the_o king_n it_o be_v enact_v that_o ordinary_n shall_v inquire_v of_o the_o foundation_n erection_n and_o governance_n of_o they_o and_o of_o all_o other_o matter_n necessary_a in_o that_o behalf_n and_o thereupon_o make_v thereof_o correction_n and_o reformation_n after_o the_o law_n of_o holy_a church_n as_o to_o they_o belong_v in_o the_o statute_n of_o citation_n it_o be_v permit_v that_o a_o man_n may_v 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deum_fw-la that_o idolatry_n be_v punishable_a by_o jurisdiction_n ecclesiastical_a appear_v by_o the_o statute_n 23._o statute_n 5._o eliz._n cap._n 23._o de_fw-fr excommunicato_fw-la capiendo_fw-la afore_o allege_v and_o touch_v heresy_n
majesty_n by_o her_o letter_n patent_n to_o 1._o to_o 1._o el._n cap._n 1._o name_v such_o as_o shall_v execute_v all_o manner_n of_o jurisdiction_n touch_v or_o concern_v any_o spiritual_a or_o ecclesiastical_a power_n be_v bring_v preamble_n bring_v 8._o el._n cap._n 1._o in_o the_o preamble_n to_o prove_v the_o sufficient_a ordinary_a authority_n that_o bishop_n have_v give_v unto_o they_o by_o the_o very_a letter_n patent_n direct_v from_o her_o highness_n for_o their_o confirm_v and_o consecrate_v etc._n etc._n it_o be_v further_a allege_v that_o such_o deal_n of_o a_o ordinary_a touch_v not_o the_o king_n against_o he_o his_o crown_n and_o regalie_v or_o realm_n as_o not_o fall_v into_o any_o of_o the_o mischief_n whereof_o that_o statute_n be_v mean_v to_o be_v a_o remedy_n and_o for_o that_o all_o jurisdiction_n ecclesiastical_a be_v now_o both_o in_o fact_n and_o law_n unite_v to_o the_o crown_n and_o from_o thence_o derive_v if_o it_o shall_v be_v say_v that_o the_o handle_n 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