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jure_fw-la coronae_fw-la as_o directus_fw-la dominus_fw-la scotiae_fw-la the_o second_o authority_n shall_v be_v that_o of_o rot_n parl._n 40_o edw._n 3._o nu_fw-la 7_o 8._o where_o it_o be_v resolve_v in_o full_a parliament_n by_o the_o praelate_n the_o earl_n and_o the_o commons_o that_o neither_o the_o king_n nor_o any_o other_o can_v put_v the_o realm_n nor_o people_n thereof_o into_o such_o subjection_n sans_o assent_n d'eux_fw-fr the_o occasion_n be_v king_n john_n have_v surrender_v his_o crown_n to_o the_o pope_n and_o receive_v it_o back_o again_o to_o hold_v it_o as_o a_o feudatary_n to_o the_o papal_a see._n and_o it_o appear_v to_o they_o by_o many_o evidence_n that_o he_o have_v do_v so_o sans_fw-fr lour_v assent_v and_o contrary_a to_o his_o coronation_n oath_n mr._n selden_n in_o his_o dissertatio_fw-la ad_fw-la fletam_fw-la pag._n 552_o 553._o give_v this_o account_n of_o it_o cum_fw-la sub_fw-la edwardo_n tertio_fw-la in_o ordinum_fw-la consessu_fw-la quaestio_fw-la 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nec_fw-la potest_fw-la hic_fw-la respondere_fw-la inconsultis_fw-la probis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la plac._n parl._n inter._n johann_n reg._n scotiae_fw-la &_o magdulph_n 21_o edw._n 1._o pag._n 157._o he_o mention_n pag._n 155._o the_o claim_n which_o our_o ancient_a king_n make_v to_o investiture_n and_o the_o interpose_v their_o authority_n even_o in_o allow_v or_o disallow_v the_o person_n of_o bishop_n and_o it_o be_v very_o true_a that_o till_o the_o beginning_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o his_o reign_n they_o not_o only_o claim_v but_o actual_o do_v invest_v bishop_n and_o archbishop_n per_fw-la traditionem_fw-la annuli_fw-la &_o baculi_fw-la and_o subject_n in_o ancient_a time_n that_o found_v church_n have_v the_o same_o right_n of_o collation_n or_o investiture_n whereby_o the_o incumbent_n receive_v full_a possession_n without_o aid_n of_o the_o bishop_n or_o other_o churchman_n vid._n selden_n be_v history_n of_o tithe_n cap._n 6._o sect_n 3._o and_o the_o king_n right_o of_o invest_v bishop_n because_o all_o bishopric_n be_v royal_a foundation_n be_v such_o as_o can_v not_o be_v part_v with_o but_o by_o act_n of_o parliament_n for_o that_o the_o king_n be_v bind_v by_o their_o coronation-oath_n as_o have_v be_v say_v jura_n regni_n servar_fw-mi illibata_fw-la nec_fw-la aliquid_fw-la quod_fw-la diadema_fw-la tangit_fw-la regni_fw-la absque_fw-la praelatorum_fw-la &_o procerum_fw-la requisito_fw-la concilio_n facere_fw-la and_o therefore_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o in_o a_o letter_n to_o pope_n paschal_n upon_o this_o subject_a of_o investiture_n which_o the_o pope_n then_o contend_v hard_a to_o gain_v from_o he_o tell_v he_o plain_o si_fw-la ego_fw-la quod_fw-la absit_fw-la in_fw-la tantâ_fw-la i_o dejectione_fw-la ponerem_fw-la viz._n as_o to_o forego_v they_o optimates_fw-la mei_fw-la imò_fw-la totius_fw-la angliae_fw-la populus_fw-la id_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la pateretur_fw-la collect_v p._n 999._o and_o therefore_o when_o afterward_o they_o be_v give_v up_o it_o be_v do_v in_o parliament_n postmodum_fw-la kalend._n augusti_fw-la clero_fw-la &_o populo_fw-la ad_fw-la concilium_fw-la londoniae_n congregato_fw-la adstantibus_fw-la archiepiscopis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la caeterâque_fw-la multitudine_fw-la maximâ_fw-la procerum_fw-la &_o magnatum_fw-la statuit_fw-la rex_fw-la &_o concessit_fw-la ut_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la tempore_fw-la in_o anteà _fw-la nullus_fw-la electus_fw-la per_fw-la dationem_fw-la baculi_fw-la pastoralis_fw-la vel_fw-la annuli_fw-la de_fw-la episcopatu_fw-la vel_fw-la abbathiâ_fw-la investiretur_fw-la per_fw-la regem_fw-la vel_fw-la quamcunque_fw-la aliam_fw-la persenam_fw-la saecularem_fw-la collect._n pag._n 1000_o and_o for_o the_o king_n be_v interpose_v his_o authority_n in_o allow_v or_o disallow_v the_o person_n of_o bishop_n before_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n william_n the_o first_o nulla_fw-la erat_fw-la electio_fw-la prelatorum_fw-la merè_fw-la libera_n &_o canonica_n sed_fw-la omnes_fw-la dignitates_fw-la tam_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la quà m_fw-la abbatum_fw-la regis_fw-la curia_fw-la pro_fw-la suâ_fw-la complacentia_fw-la conferebat_fw-la ingulphus_n pag._n 509._o and_o in_o king_n william_n the_o conqueror_n time_n lanfrank_n be_v choose_v archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n consensu_fw-la &_o consilio_fw-la omnium_fw-la baronum_fw-la suorum_fw-la omniumque_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la &_o abbatum_fw-la totiusque_fw-la populi_fw-la angliae_fw-la brev._n relat._n de_fw-fr will._n com._n normann_n auth._n anonym_n eligentibus_fw-la eum_fw-la senioribus_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cum_fw-la episcopis_fw-la &_o principibus_fw-la clero_fw-la &_o populo_fw-la angliae_fw-la in_fw-la curiâ_fw-la regis_fw-la in_o assumptione_n sanctae_fw-la mariae_fw-la gervas_n dorob_fw-la col._n pag._n 1653._o in_o the_o reign_n of_o his_o successor_n king_n william_n rufus_n anselm_n be_v choose_v in_o like_a manner_n vid._n eadmer_n lib._n 1._o and_o in_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o be_v time_n radulphus_fw-la who_o succeed_v anselm_n be_v choose_v archbishop_n at_o windsor_n whither_o rex_fw-la instinctu_fw-la dei_fw-la permotus_fw-la episcopos_fw-la &_o principes_fw-la angliae_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la fecit_fw-la venire_fw-la corum_fw-la consilium_fw-la in_o constituendo_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la cantuariensi_fw-la volens_fw-la habere_fw-la vid._n eadmer_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 109_o 110._o many_o example_n occur_v of_o other_o bishop_n and_o abbot_n elect_v either_o in_o parliament_n or_o which_o be_v all_o one_o in_o ecclesiastical_a assembly_n consist_v of_o the_o same_o member_n that_o parliament_n of_o those_o time_n be_v compose_v of_o betwixt_o the_o conquest_n and_o king_n john_n time_n vid._n spelm._n council_n tome_n 2._o pag._n 39_o ibid._n pag._n 119._o but_o election_n be_v not_o uniform_a in_o those_o day_n the_o clergy_n struggle_v hard_a to_o gain_v they_o whole_o to_o themselves_o and_o the_o kingdom_n be_v sometime_o disquiet_v about_o the_o 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d'eslire_fw-la be_v to_o issue_n and_o electi_fw-la post_fw-la electionem_fw-la celebratà m_fw-la debebant_fw-la domino_fw-la regi_fw-la praesentari_fw-la &_o post_fw-la confirmationem_fw-la ante_fw-la administrationem_fw-la in_o spiritualibus_fw-la vel_fw-la temporalibus_fw-la faciendam_fw-la ei_fw-la juramentum_fw-la fidelitatis_fw-la praestare_fw-la matth._n paris_n pag._n 635._o and_o so_o the_o right_o continue_v till_o king_n henry_n the_o eighth_n time_n that_o it_o be_v alter_v by_o parliament_n hence_o it_o appear_v that_o our_o king_n have_v no_o personal_a inherent_a right_n and_o prerogative_n in_o these_o election_n since_o all_o be_v of_o old_a to_o be_v make_v in_o parliament_n and_o since_o the_o several_a legal_a alteration_n that_o have_v be_v make_v therein_o have_v be_v make_v in_o and_o by_o parliament_n nor_o be_v it_o to_o be_v wonder_v that_o
election_n be_v willing_a to_o receive_v the_o person_n so_o collate_v and_o the_o king_n to_o admit_v they_o as_o any_o private_a patron_n may_v admit_v a_o clerk_n to_o be_v collate_v to_o a_o church_n of_o his_o own_o gift_n by_o provision_n it_o be_v very_o reasonable_a that_o the_o king_n shall_v require_v a_o renunciation_n of_o such_o clause_n in_o their_o bull_n of_o provision_n as_o interser_v with_o the_o jurisdiction_n which_o the_o law_n give_v he_o over_o his_o spiritual_a subject_n and_o this_o appear_v by_o sir_n roger_n twisden_n three_o quotation_n upon_o this_o head_n compare_v with_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n in_o queen_n mary_n time_n the_o quotation_n be_v out_o of_o coke_n 3_o instit_fw-la pag._n 27._o where_o the_o form_n of_o the_o renunciation_n be_v set_v down_o viz._n i_o renounce_v all_o the_o word_n comprise_v in_o the_o pope_n bull_n to_o i_o make_v of_o the_o abbey_n of_o etc._n etc._n the_o which_o be_v contrary_a or_o prejudicial_a to_o the_o king_n 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episcopolum_fw-la &_o baronum_fw-la meorum_fw-la attestatione_n constituo_fw-la quatenus_fw-la abbas_n ecclesiae_fw-la suae_fw-la &_o leugae_fw-la circumjacentis_fw-la per_fw-la omne_fw-la judex_n sit_fw-la &_o dominus_fw-la the_o fourteen_o particular_a be_v that_o our_o king_n have_v by_o their_o writ_n command_v bishop_n to_o keep_v resident_a which_o consider_v that_o it_o be_v their_o duty_n incumbent_a on_o they_o by_o law_n what_o great_a power_n do_v it_o argue_v in_o the_o king_n to_o command_v his_o subject_n to_o do_v what_o the_o law_n enjoin_v they_o the_o sixteenth_o be_v that_o they_o have_v command_v their_o bishop_n by_o reason_n of_o schism_n or_o vacancy_n in_o the_o popedom_n etc._n etc._n not_o to_o seek_v confirmation_n from_o rome_n but_o the_o metropolitan_o to_o be_v charge_v by_o the_o king_n be_v write_v to_o bestow_v it_o on_o the_o elect_v for_o this_o sir_n roger_n quote_v rot._n parl._n 16._o mart._n 3_o hen._n 5._o nu_fw-la 11._o anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 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archbishop_n and_o bishop_n may_v by_o authority_n of_o this_o present_a parliament_n and_o not_o by_o virtue_n of_o any_o provision_n or_o other_o foreign_a authority_n licence_n faculty_n or_o dispensation_n keep_v enjoy_v and_o retain_v their_o archbishoprics_a in_o as_o large_a and_o ample_a manner_n as_o if_o they_o have_v be_v promote_v elect_v and_o consecrate_v according_a to_o the_o due_a course_n of_o the_o law_n of_o this_o realm_n and_o that_o every_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n of_o this_o realm_n and_o of_o other_o the_o king_n dominion_n may_v minister_v use_n and_o exercise_n all_o and_o every_o thing_n and_o thing_n pertain_v to_o the_o office_n or_o order_n of_o a_o arch_a bishop_n and_o bishop_n with_o all_o token_n ensign_n and_o ceremony_n thereunto_o lawful_o belong_v this_o act_n in_o the_o 2d_o paragraph_n have_v make_v void_a all_o bull_n dispensation_n breves_fw-la etc._n etc._n obtain_v at_o rome_n contrary_a to_o the_o statute_n of_o praemunire_n &_o provisor_n whereby_o many_o bishopric_n will_v have_v become_v void_a to_o prevent_v which_o the_o clause_n here_o recite_v make_v they_o legal_a bishop_n notwithstanding_o and_o supply_v all_o the_o ceremony_n of_o election_n and_o consecration_n which_o i_o suppose_v no_o man_n will_v take_v upon_o he_o to_o say_v that_o the_o king_n may_v then_o
those_o time_n what_o order_n of_o man_n be_v comprehend_v under_o the_o word_n magnate_v be_v not_o material_a to_o our_o present_a purpose_n the_o great_a council_n that_o make_v the_o law_n and_o without_o who_o no_o law_n be_v make_v be_v frequent_o so_o describe_v by_o our_o ancient_a historian_n in_o the_o year_n 692_o ina_n king_n of_o the_o west_n saxon_n enact_v many_o constitution_n for_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n as_o de_fw-fr formula_fw-la vivendi_fw-la ministrorum_fw-la dei._n de_fw-fr baptizandis_fw-la infantibus_fw-la de_fw-fr opere_fw-la in_o die_v dominico_n de_fw-fr immunitate_fw-la fani_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o preface_n to_o which_o law_n run_v thus_o ego_fw-la inas_fw-la dei_fw-la beneficio_fw-la occiduorum_n saxonum_n rex_fw-la suasu_fw-la &_o instituto_fw-la cenredi_fw-la patris_fw-la mei_fw-la &_o heddae_fw-la &_o erkenwaldi_n episcoporum_fw-la meorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la senatorum_fw-la meorum_fw-la &_o natu_fw-la majorum_fw-la sapientum_fw-la populi_n mei_fw-la in_fw-la magnâ_fw-la servorum_fw-la dei_fw-la frequentiâ_fw-la religiose_fw-la studebam_fw-la tum_fw-la animorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la saluti_fw-la tum_fw-la communi_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la conservationi_fw-la ut_fw-la legitima_fw-la nuptiarum_fw-la faedera_fw-mi etc._n etc._n here_o the_o king_n his_o bishop_n all_o his_o senator_n the_o natu_fw-la majores_fw-la &_o sapientes_fw-la of_o his_o people_n which_o be_v description_n of_o the_o laity_n in_o parliament_n of_o those_o time_n and_o a_o great_a number_n of_o god_n servant_n by_o which_o the_o clergy_n be_v mean_v make_v ecclesiastical_a law_n this_o be_v a_o parliament_n as_o appear_v not_o only_o by_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o laity_n but_o by_o many_o temporal_a law_n enact_v at_o the_o same_o time_n spelm._n conc._n tom._n 1._o fol._n 182_o 183_o etc._n etc._n in_o the_o year_n 694._o concilium_fw-la magnum_fw-la becanceldae_fw-la celebratum_fw-la est_fw-la presidente_fw-la withredo_n rege_fw-la cantiae_fw-la necnon_fw-la bertualdo_n archiepiscopo_fw-la britanniae_fw-la cum_fw-la tobiâ_fw-la episcopo_fw-la roffensi_fw-la abbatibus_fw-la abbatissis_fw-la praesbyteris_fw-la diaconibus_fw-la ducibus_fw-la satrapis_fw-la etc._n etc._n all_o these_o pariter_fw-la tractabant_fw-la anxie_fw-la examinabant_fw-la de_fw-la statu_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la dei_fw-la etc._n etc._n here_o the_o king_n be_v legislative_a power_n in_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n exert_v itself_o not_o personal_o but_o in_o this_o great_a council_n they_o do_v all_o enact_v statuimus_fw-la decernimus_fw-la praecipimus_fw-la for_o when_o the_o king_n himself_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o singular_a number_n be_v use_v nullus_fw-la unquam_fw-la habeat_fw-la licentiam_fw-la accipere_fw-la alicujus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la vel_fw-la familiae_fw-la monasterii_fw-la dominium_fw-la quae_fw-la à _fw-la meipso_fw-la vel_fw-la antecessoribus_fw-la meis_fw-la etc._n etc._n spelm._n conc._n pag._n 189_o 190._o a_o council_n be_v 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