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receive_v those_o profit_n nor_o the_o incumbent_n expect_v his_o salary_n from_o the_o bishop_n this_o the_o bishop_n willing_o do_v as_o soon_o as_o by_o the_o erection_n of_o many_o parish-priest_n the_o necessity_n of_o maintain_v so_o many_o itinerant_a priest_n cease_v and_o their_o cathedral_n be_v sufficient_o endow_v for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o themselves_o and_o their_o college_n of_o clergy_n constant_o attend_v the_o service_n of_o the_o cathedral_n church_n yet_o however_o they_o part_v with_o the_o propriety_n and_o immediate_a dispensation_n of_o that_o part_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a revenue_n of_o their_o diocese_n they_o still_o limit_v and_o appoint_v the_o use_n in_o which_o they_o shall_v be_v employ_v by_o the_o parochial_a clergy_n this_o appear_v from_o several_a constitution_n before_o cite_v upon_o other_o occasion_n and_o from_o other_o which_o may_v be_v allege_v to_o the_o same_o purpose_n as_o the_o french_a capitular_a 196._o make_v in_o the_o 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ibi_fw-la curant_fw-la which_o be_v consonant_n to_o the_o first_o limitation_n of_o their_o use_n make_v when_o they_o be_v first_o take_v from_o the_o common_a treasure_n of_o the_o diocese_n save_v only_o that_o the_o bishop_n have_v now_o long_o since_o remit_v their_o four_o part_n which_o at_o first_o they_o do_v reserve_v the_o other_o discouragement_n of_o the_o foundation_n of_o parochial_a church_n be_v that_o the_o incumbent_n of_o they_o will_v often_o either_o through_o levity_n or_o the_o hope_n of_o gain_v other_o church_n better_o endow_v or_o for_o any_o other_o reason_n quit_v their_o church_n and_o thereby_o defraud_v their_o patron_n of_o the_o end_n which_o they_o propose_v in_o the_o foundation_n viz._n the_o constant_a presence_n of_o a_o priest_n for_o their_o instruction_n and_o the_o performance_n of_o religous_a duty_n this_o therefore_o be_v soon_o remedy_v and_o the_o parish_n priest_n forbid_v to_o quit_v their_o cure_n without_o the_o leave_n of_o their_o 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8._o in_o the_o case_n therefore_o of_o a_o dispensation_n grant_v by_o the_o ordinary_a before_o the_o lateran_n council_n by_o the_o pope_n after_o it_o and_o by_o the_o archbishop_n since_o the_o statute_n the_o obligation_n as_o to_o such_o particular_a person_n be_v relax_v and_o annul_v by_o the_o same_o authority_n by_o which_o it_o be_v impose_v as_o for_o the_o opposition_n of_o dispensation_n to_o the_o chief_a design_n of_o the_o canon_n and_o law_n make_v against_o plurality_n and_o nonresidence_n the_o design_n of_o a_o law_n be_v no_o more_o to_o be_v take_v from_o the_o former_a than_o from_o the_o latter_a part_n of_o it_o it_o can_v never_o be_v say_v that_o any_o law_n do_v either_o chief_o or_o secondary_o design_n to_o oblige_v those_o who_o it_o do_v particular_o except_v from_o its_o obligation_n suppose_v a_o law_n shall_v be_v make_v to_o oblige_v all_o adult_n person_n except_o clergyman_n to_o take_v up_o arm_n upon_o some_o urgent_a occasion_n shall_v the_o 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forbid_v yet_o nothing_o be_v now_o more_o ordinary_a 281._o in_o the_o 12_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o westminster_n hold_v in_o the_o year_n 1126._o 34._o it_o be_v forbid_v ne_fw-la uni_fw-la personae_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la diversi_fw-la tribuantur_fw-la honores_fw-la that_o different_a dignity_n in_o the_o church_n be_v not_o give_v to_o one_o person_n yet_o now_o one_o person_n be_v sometime_o a_o bishop_n a_o archdeacon_n and_o a_o parish_n priest_n nay_o which_o former_o will_v have_v be_v account_v monstrous_a a_o parish_n priest_n in_o the_o diocese_n of_o another_o bishop_n in_o other_o person_n we_o see_v the_o dignity_n of_o a_o dean_n archdeacon_n prebendary_a and_o parish_n priest_n unite_v in_o the_o eight_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o westminster_n hold_v in_o the_o year_n 1127._o 36_o it_o be_v forbid_v under_o a_o anathema_n to_o hold_v plurality_n of_o archdeaconries_n ut_fw-la nullus_fw-la archidiaconus_fw-la in_o diversis_fw-la episcopatibus_fw-la diversos_fw-la archidiaconatus_fw-la teneat_fw-la sub_fw-la anathemate_fw-la prohibemus_fw-la yet_o our_o time_n have_v afford_v many_o example_n of_o the_o contrary_a and_o no_o censure_n put_v upon_o they_o in_o the_o council_n of_o lateran_n it_o be_v forbid_v to_o the_o canon_n of_o cathedral_n or_o collegiate_n church_n to_o hold_v the_o cure_n of_o a_o parish-church_n together_o with_o their_o canonry_n pope_n honorius_n iii_o first_o allow_v they_o to_o augment_v their_o prebend_n with_o the_o perpetual_a annexation_n of_o parochial_a church_n reserve_v a_o competent_a stipend_n to_o the_o curate_n all_o these_o canon_n be_v secure_o break_v and_o no_o exclamation_n make_v only_o because_o in_o the_o statute_n 21_o h._n 8._o concern_v plurality_n no_o mention_n be_v make_v of_o bishopric_n and_o preferment_n without_o cure_n of_o soul_n although_o that_o statute_n do_v not_o in_o the_o least_o annul_v the_o obligation_n of_o the_o ancient_a canon_n concern_v they_o which_o 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design_n of_o the_o institution_n of_o their_o order_n can_v be_v call_v in_o question_n in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n they_o be_v command_v to_o reside_v and_o celebrate_v personal_o at_o their_o cathedral_n church_n by_o the_o provincial_a constitution_n of_o edmund_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n 227._o make_v in_o the_o synod_n of_o london_n in_o the_o year_n 1237._o cap._n 22._o archiepiscopi_fw-la &_o episcopi_fw-la moram_fw-la trahentes_fw-la apud_fw-la cathedrales_n ecclesias_fw-la congruenter_v ibidem_fw-la missas_fw-la celebrent_fw-la in_o the_o legatine_n constitution_n of_o othobon_n they_o be_v say_v to_o be_v oblige_v to_o personal_a residence_n both_o by_o divine_a and_o by_o ecclesiastical_a right_n episcopi_fw-la ad_fw-la personalem_fw-la residentiam_fw-la circa_fw-la gregem_fw-la domini_fw-la sibi_fw-la commissum_fw-la tam_fw-la divinis_fw-la quam_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la precept_n be_v noscuntur_fw-la astricti_fw-la 277._o forty_o year_n after_o this_o 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