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A25628
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An Ansvver to this quodlibetical question, whether the bishops make a fundamental and essential part of the English Parliament collected out of some memorials in a larger treatise for the information of some, the confirmation of others, and the satisfaction of all.
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1661
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Wing A3454; ESTC R22861
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a_o answer_n to_o this_o quodlibetical_a question_n whether_o the_o bishop_n make_v a_o fundamental_a and_o essential_a part_n of_o the_o english_a parliament_n collect_v out_o of_o some_o memorial_n in_o a_o large_a treatise_n for_o the_o information_n of_o some_o the_o confirmation_n of_o other_o and_o the_o satisfaction_n of_o all_o de_fw-fr legib._n &_o âonga_fw-la consuet_n si_fw-mi de_fw-fr interpretatione_n legis_fw-la quaeritur_fw-la imprimis_fw-la inspiciendum_fw-la est_fw-la pro_fw-la jure_fw-la civitas_fw-la retro_fw-la in_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la casibus_fw-la usa_fw-la fuit_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la enim_fw-la optima_fw-la interpretatio_fw-la legis_fw-la est_fw-la london_n print_v for_o a._n seile_n over_o against_o st._n dunstan_n church_n in_o fleetstreet_n 1661._o a_o answer_n to_o this_o quodlibetical_a question_n viz._n whether_o the_o bishop_n be_v a_o fundamental_a and_o essential_a part_n of_o the_o english_a parliament_n whereas_o a_o great_a question_n have_v be_v raise_v of_o late_a and_o but_o late_o neither_o whether_o the_o bishop_n make_v a_o fundamental_a and_o essential_a part_n of_o the_o english_a parliament_n i_o hope_v to_o put_v it_o out_o of_o question_n by_o two_o sort_n of_o argument_n of_o which_o the_o one_o shall_v be_v de_fw-fr jure_fw-la and_o the_o other_o de_fw-fr facto_fw-la the_o one_o derive_v from_o that_o original_a right_n which_o be_v vest_v in_o they_o the_o other_o from_o the_o constant_a exercise_n and_o continual_a practice_n by_o which_o that_o right_a have_v be_v enjoy_v in_o all_o time_n forego_v and_o first_o we_o shall_v begin_v with_o the_o proof_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la and_o therein_o first_o with_o that_o which_o do_v occur_v in_o the_o law_n of_o king_n athelston_n one_o of_o the_o first_o monarch_n of_o the_o english_a saxon_n among_o which_o there_o be_v a_o chapter_n it_o be_v chap._n 11._o entitle_v de_fw-fr officio_fw-la episcopi_fw-la &_o quid_fw-la pertinet_fw-la ad_fw-la officium_fw-la ejus_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v touch_v the_o office_n of_o a_o bishop_n and_o that_o which_o do_v of_o right_o belong_v unto_o it_o in_o which_o chapter_n it_o be_v thus_o declare_v viz._n episcopo_fw-la jure_fw-la pertinet_fw-la omnem_fw-la rectitudinem_fw-la promovere_fw-la dei_fw-la scilicet_fw-la &_o seculi_fw-la etc._n etc._n 402._o etc._n spelm._n counsel_n p._n 402._o &_o convenit_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la consilium_fw-la &_o testimonium_fw-la ejus_fw-la omne_fw-la legis_fw-la scitum_fw-la &_o burgi_n mensura_fw-la &_o omne_fw-la pondus_fw-la sit_fw-la secundum_fw-la dictionem_fw-la ejus_fw-la institutum_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v it_o belong_v of_o right_n unto_o the_o bishop_n to_o promote_v justice_n in_o matter_n which_o concern_v both_o the_o church_n and_o state_n and_o unto_o he_o it_o appertain_v that_o by_o his_o counsel_n and_o award_n all_o law_n and_o weight_n and_o measure_n be_v ordain_v throughout_o the_o kingdom_n 2_o next_o we_o will_v have_v recourse_n to_o the_o old_a record_n entitle_v modus_fw-la tenendi_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la in_o which_o it_o be_v affirm_v ad_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la summoniri_fw-la &_o venire_fw-la debere_fw-la archiepiscopos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la abbates_n priores_fw-la &_o alios_fw-la majores_fw-la cleri_fw-la qui_fw-la tenent_fw-la per_fw-la comitatum_fw-la aut_fw-la baroniam_fw-la ratione_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la tenurae_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la tenurae_fw-la modus_fw-la tenendi_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la that_o all_o the_o archbishop_n bishop_n abbat_n prior_n and_o other_o prelate_n of_o the_o church_n who_o hold_v their_o land_n either_o by_o a_o earl_n fee_fw-mi or_o a_o baron_n fee_n be_v to_o be_v summon_v and_o come_v to_o parliament_n in_o regard_n of_o their_o tenure_n 3_o next_o look_v we_o on_o the_o chartulary_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o recognize_v in_o full_a parliament_n at_o clarendon_n under_o henry_n the_o second_o where_o they_o be_v call_v avitas_fw-la consuetudines_fw-la which_o declare_v 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common_a in_o those_o time_n be_v to_o be_v pronounce_v and_o then_o they_o common_o do_v use_v to_o withdraw_v themselves_o not_o out_o of_o any_o incapacity_n suppose_v to_o be_v in_o they_o by_o the_o law_n of_o england_n but_o out_o of_o a_o restraint_n impose_v upon_o they_o by_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n 4_o in_o the_o great_a charter_n make_v by_o king_n john_n in_o the_o last_o of_o his_o reign_n we_o have_v the_o form_n of_o summon_v a_o parliament_n and_o call_v those_o together_o who_o have_v vote_n therein_o thus_o express_v at_o large_a and_o habendum_fw-la commune_v concilium_fw-la regni_fw-la de_fw-la auxilio_fw-la assidendo_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-fr de_fw-fr scutagijs_fw-la assidendis_fw-la faciemus_fw-la summoneri_fw-la archiepiscopos_fw-la abbates_n comites_fw-la &_o majores_fw-la barones_n regni_fw-la sigillatim_fw-la per_fw-la litter_n as_o nostras_fw-la &_o preteria_fw-la summoneri_fw-la faciemus_fw-la in_o generali_fw-la per_fw-la vicecomites_a &_o ballivos_fw-la nostros_fw-la omnes_fw-la alios_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o capite_fw-la tenent_fw-la ad_fw-la certum_fw-la diem_fw-la scil_n ad_fw-la terminum_fw-la 40_o dierum_fw-la ad_fw-la minus_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la certum_fw-la locum_fw-la etc._n etc._n job_n etc._n id_fw-la in_o job_n in_o which_o we_o have_v not_o only_o a_o most_o evident_a proof_n that_o the_o bishop_n be_v of_o right_a to_o be_v call_v to_o parliament_n for_o grant_v subsidy_n and_o escuage_z and_o treat_v of_o the_o great_a affair_n which_o concern_v the_o kingdom_n but_o that_o they_o be_v to_o be_v summon_v by_o particular_a letter_n as_o well_o as_o the_o earl_n and_o baron_n or_o either_o of_o they_o a_o form_n or_o copy_n of_o which_o summon_v issue_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o say_a king_n john_n be_v extant_a on_o record_n and_o put_v in_o print_n not_o many_o year_n since_o in_o the_o title_n of_o honour_n 1.20.5_o honour_n p._n 1.20.5_o 5_o we_o have_v it_o thus_o in_o the_o magna_fw-la 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he_o ought_v to_o have_v habere_fw-la debens_fw-la be_v the_o word_n in_o the_o right_n of_o his_o see_n 7_o and_o last_o there_o be_v the_o protestation_n on_o record_n of_o all_o the_o bishop_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n richard_n the_o second_o at_o what_o time_n william_n courtney_n be_v archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n who_o be_v to_o withdraw_v themselves_o from_o the_o house_n of_o peer_n at_o the_o pronounce_v of_o the_o sentence_n of_o death_n on_o some_o guilty_a lord_n first_o make_v their_o procurator_n to_o supply_v their_o room_n and_o then_o put_v up_o their_o protestation_n to_o preserve_v their_o right_n the_o sum_n whereof_o for_o as_o much_o as_o do_v concern_v this_o business_n in_o their_o own_o word_n thus_o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la &_o consuetudine_fw-la regni_fw-la angliae_fw-la ad_fw-la archiepiscopum_fw-la cantuarensem_fw-la qui_fw-la pro_fw-la tempore_fw-la fuerit_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la catero_n suffragano_n confratres_fw-la &_o compatres_fw-la abbates_n &_o 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second_o kind_n of_o argument_n those_o i_o mean_v de_fw-fr facto_fw-la and_o in_o this_o way_n of_o proof_n we_o can_v go_v as_o high_a as_o the_o first_o preach_v of_o the_o gospel_n to_o the_o english_a saxon_n and_o so_o descend_v unto_o those_o last_o time_n without_o interruption_n by_o which_o it_o will_v appear_v that_o christianity_n in_o this_o nation_n and_o the_o bishop_n vote_n in_o parliament_n and_o common_a council_n be_v of_o like_a antiquity_n for_o first_o no_o soon_o have_v king_n ethelbert_n receive_v the_o gospel_n but_o present_o we_o read_v that_o as_o well_o the_o clergy_n as_o the_o laity_n be_v summon_v to_o the_o common_a council_n which_o the_o saxon_n sometime_o call_v mycell_n synoth_n the_o great_a assembly_n and_o sometime_o wittenegemote_a the_o counsel_n or_o assembly_n of_o the_o wise_a man_n of_o the_o realm_n anno_fw-la 605._o ethelbertus_fw-la rex_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la corroboratus_fw-la catholicâ_fw-la etc._n etc._n cantuariae_fw-la convocavit_fw-la commune_fw-la consilium_fw-la tam_fw-la cleri_fw-la quam_fw-la popusi_fw-la king_n 116._o king_n h._n spelmon_n in_o council_n p._n 116._o ethelbert_n as_o my_o author_n have_v it_o be_v confirm_v in_o the_o faith_n in_o the_o year_n 605._o which_o be_v but_o nine_o year_n after_o his_o conversion_n together_o with_o berha_n his_o queen_n their_o son_n thalbald_n the_o reverend_a archbishop_n augustine_n and_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o nobility_n do_v solemnize_v the_o feast_n of_o christ_n nativity_n in_o the_o city_n of_o canterbury_n and_o do_v there_o cause_n to_o be_v assemble_v on_o the_o 9th_o of_o january_n the_o common_a council_n of_o his_o kingdom_n as_o well_o the_o clergy_n as_o the_o lay-subject_a by_o who_o consent_n and_o approbation_n he_o cause_v the_o monastery_n by_o he_o build_v to_o be_v dedicate_v to_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n almighty_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o augustine_n and_o though_o no_o question_n other_o example_n of_o this_o kind_n may_v be_v find_v among_o the_o saxon_a heptarche_n yet_o be_v the_o west_n saxon_a kingdom_n do_v in_o fine_a prevail_v and_o unite_v all_o the_o rest_n into_o one_o monarchy_n we_o shall_v apply_v ourselves_o unto_o that_o more_o punctual_o and_o with_o great_a care_n i._o and_o first_o we_o read_v of_o egbert_n who_o first_o unite_v the_o seven_o kingdom_n of_o the_o saxon_n under_o the_o common_a name_n of_o england_n that_o he_o cause_v to_o be_v convene_v at_o london_n his_o bishop_n and_o the_o peer_n of_o the_o high_a rank_n pro_fw-la consilio_fw-la capiendo_fw-la adversus_fw-la danicos_fw-la pyratas_fw-la ingulph_n pyratas_fw-la charta_fw-la whitlagiâ_n mercyoâum_fw-la regis_fw-la ap_fw-mi ingulph_n to_o advise_v upon_o some_o course_n against_o the_o danish_a pirate_n who_o infest_a the_o sea-coast_n of_o england_n ii_o another_o parliament_n or_o council_n call_v it_o which_o you_o will_v call_v at_o ringbury_n anno_fw-la 855._o in_o the_o time_n of_o ethelwolph_n the_o son_n of_o egbert_n pro_fw-la negotiis_fw-la regni_fw-la ingulf_n regni_fw-la charta_fw-la bertult_v mer._n regis_n ap_fw-mi ingulf_n to_o treat_v of_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o kingdom_n the_o act_n whereof_o be_v ratify_v and_o subscribe_v by_o the_o bishop_n abbat_n and_o other_o great_a man_n of_o the_o realm_n iii_o we_o find_v that_o the_o same_o king_n ethelwolph_n in_o a_o parliament_n or_o assembly_n of_o his_o state_n at_o winchester_n anno_fw-la 855._o cum_fw-la consilio_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la &_o principum_fw-la hist._n principum_fw-la ingulf_n croyland_n hist._n by_o the_o advice_n and_o council_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o nobility_n confirm_v unto_o the_o clergy_n the_o ten_o part_n of_o all_o man_n good_n and_o order_v that_o the_o tithe_n so_o confirm_v unto_o they_o shall_v be_v free_a ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la secularibus_fw-la servitutibus_fw-la from_o all_o secular_a service_n and_o imposition_n iv_o the_o two_o charter_n be_v issue_v out_o by_o athelstone_n above_o mention_v consilio_fw-la wifelmi_n archiepiscopi_fw-la mei_fw-la &_o aliorum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la meorum_fw-la 403._o meorum_fw-la ap_fw-mi eund_n p._n 402_o 403._o by_o the_o advice_n of_o wifelme_n his_o archbishop_n and_o his_o other_o bishop_n and_o 5_o that_o ina_n in_o the_o year_n 902._o cause_v the_o great_a council_n of_o his_o realm_n to_o be_v assemble_v consist_v ex_fw-la episcopis_fw-la principibus_fw-la proceribus_fw-la etc._n etc._n of_o bishop_n prince_n nobles_z earls_z and_o of_o all_o the_o wise_a man_n elder_n and_o people_n of_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n and_o there_o enact_v divers_a law_n for_o the_o weal_n of_o his_o realm_n 219._o realm_n ap_fw-mi cund_o p._n 219._o we_o also_o read_v this_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o edrid_a anno_fw-la 948._o viz._n in_o festo_fw-la igitur_fw-la nativitatis_fw-la beatae_fw-la mariae_fw-la cum_fw-la universi_fw-la magnates_fw-la regni_fw-la per_fw-la regium_fw-la edictum_fw-la summoniri_fw-la tam_fw-la archiepiscopi_fw-la &_o episcopi_fw-la ac_fw-la abbates_n quam_fw-la caeteri_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la proceres_fw-la &_o optimates_fw-la londiniis_fw-la convenissent_fw-la ad_fw-la tractandum_fw-la de_fw-la negotijs_fw-la publicis_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la lon._n regni_fw-la id_fw-la ibid._n p._n 497._o edit_n lon._n that_o in_o the_o feast_n of_o the_o nativity_n of_o the_o bless_a virgin_n the_o great_a man_n of_o the_o realm_n that_o be_v