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Vindication of Ecclesiastical Volume 3

William Prynne (1600-1669) · 732,313 words · 3255 min

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unde Monachi Sancti Augustini appellationes suas coram Domino Papa Innocentio cum effectu sunt prosecuti. Partibus itaque Monachorum et Archidiaconi coram Domino Papa constitutis; Monachi proposuerunt se a possessione sua pacifica in Ecclesiae domibus de Faversham post appellationem legitime interpositam violenter et contra juris ordinem per Archidiaconum spoliatos, quare petebant se restitui. Procurator Archidiaconi ex adverso respondit, custodias Ecclesiarum vacantium in Archidiaconatu Cantuariensi tam de Consuetudine quàm de jure Communi ad ipsum Archidiaconum pertinere. Hiis & multis aliis in praesentia Domini Papae judicialiter propositis, sicut ex illa decretali apparet, extra de appellationibus bonae memory O. de Camera quae super istum casum est fundata, Papa mandavit Londinensi & Roffensi Episcopis, & Priori Sancti Albani, ut ipsi Abbatem Sancti Augustixi Cant. & Monachos in eundem statum restituerent, in quo fuerunt tempore appellationis emissae. Cujus mandati authoritate, praedicti Executores vocatis ad praesentiam partibus; possessionem praedictae Ecclesiae de Faversham, Abbati Sancti Augustini adjudicaverunt cum omnibus fructibus medio tempore perceptis. Unde Archidiaconus Cantuariensis, Henricus nomine de Stanford coram praedictis executoribus cessit a possessione Ecclesiae antedictae, ration sententiae contra ipsum prolatae. Remisit etiam Abbati Sancti Augustini omnes actiones quas habebat erga ipsum ration custodiae Ecclesiae de Middleton, & resignavit, literis super hiis impetratis in manus executorum praedictorum. Et Abbas Sancti Augustini remisit praedicto Archidiacono Cantuariensi omnes fructus & obventiones quos medio tempore perceperat de Ecclesia de Faversham, exceptis fructibus tunc in grangiis existentibus, sicut quaedam litera tam executorum praedictorum quam Archidiaconi sigillis munita plenius testator.

Causam istam Ecclesiae de Faversham quantum ad violentiam per Archiepiscopum & Laicos Abbati & Monachis Sancti Augustini illatatam ab initio commiserat Londinensi & Elrensi Episcopis & Abbati & Priori Sancti Edmundi, set ipsis mandatum Apostolicum minus frigide exequentibus propter partis adversae frivolas exceptiones et dilationes frustrarias, unde Dominus Papa iterato mandat eisdem Iudicibus sub hiis verbis.

Innocentiu▪ Episcopus, &c. Venerabilibus fratribus, &c. Grave gerimus & molestum, & de discretione vestra compellimur non mirari solummodo set moveri, quod cum jam sit annus elapsus ex quo super negotio Ecclesiae de Faversham mandatum recepistis Apostolicum exequendum, in tantum appellationibus frustrariis & frivolis exceptionibus detulistis, ut nondum sub examine vestro potuerit habere processum. Unde dilecti filii Abbas & fratres Sancti Augustini Cant. praeter grandes injurias & jacturas, graves nihilominus labores & sumptus sunt subire coacti. Volentes igitur eisdem fratribus, qui post Deum alium praeter nos defensorem non habent, in tantae necessitatis Articulo subvenire, devotioni vestrae per Apostolica scripta mandamus et district praecipimus, quatinus omni gratia & timore postpositis, sublato cujuslibet contradictionis & appellationis obstaculo, cogatis partem adversam per districtionem Ecclesiasticam, litem protinus contestari, & testes quos utral • bet pars tam super principali quam quohbet incidenti duxerit producendos, infra duos menses post litis contestationem recipere ac examinare curetis, ita quod si nequiveritis personaliter interesse, per viros discretos id nihilominus exequamini, à quibus non liceat aliquatenus appellare, cum hoc mandatum celerem velimus sortiri effectum, ne praefatum Monasterium cogatur diutius laborare. Attestationibus vero receptis, praefigatis partibus terminum competentem, quo cum ipsis, recepturi sententiam nostro se conspectui repraesentent. Ad quem si qua partium venire noluerit, nos nihcilominus procedemus; si vero pars adversa litem noluerit infra triduum contestari, vos procuratorem Monasterii omni appellatione et contrarierate remota, in possessionem rei de qua agitur inducatis, et defendatis inductum. Insuper si voluerit infra annum non vobis set nobis legitimam offerat cautionem. Testes vero qui nominati fuerint, &c.

Hujus igitur mandati novitate excitati suprascripti Iudices delegati, vocatis ad suam praesentiam partibus, in ipsa causa processerunt in forma qua sequitur. Quem quidem processum quia ipsum inter quaedam acta & attestationes praedictam causam contingentia scriptum reperi, annotare dignum duxi, nihil augendo, vel diminuendo in haec verba.

Cum coram Dominis Londinensi & Eliensi, & Abbati Sancti Edmundi, judicibus à seed Apostolica delegatis, lis inter Archiepiscopum & Abbatem Sancti Augustini & Monachos initium capere debuisset, contigit Archiepiscopum & Dominos Elyensem & Londinensem ex causis necessariis transfretare, sicque propter eorum absentiam causa usque ad eorum reditum caepit dilationem. Quibus reversis, Archiepiscopus citatus edicto peremptorio statim se per procuratorem defendit, nec subter-fugium aliquod quaerens, nec etiam exceptionem aliquam proponens, dicebat se paratum litem contestari, & intentionibus Abbatis & Conventus respondere, si vicisisim Abbas & Conventus Archiepiscopo eos reconvenire volenti responderent. Cumque & Judicibus & partibus placeret reconventionem esse admittendam, procurator Abbatiae & Monachorum Sancti Augustini, intentionem suam proposuit in hunc modum.

Archiepiscopus post appellationem Abbatis Sancti Augustini pro se & pro Monachis suis, pro Ecclesiis etiam Abbatiae suae cum Parochianis earum, & precipue pro Ecclesia de Faversham cum Parochianis suis ad Dominum Papam legitime interpositam, post eandem etiam appellationem sollempniter innovatam, & contra libertatem Monasterii Sancti Augustini, per Magistrum Everardum quondam Officialem Archidiaconi & per Decanos quosdam & Capellanos, quosdam Monachos Sancti Augustini excommunicavit.

Item, Ecclesias quae pertinent ad donationem Abbatis Sancti Augustini, post eandem appellationem, et post appellationem Rectorum earum, et contra tenorem libertatis Monasterii Sancti Augustini, generali supposuit interdicto. Parochianos etiam earum a divini Officii et Sacramentorum perceptione suspendit, mortuorum etiam sepulturam interdixit. Item cum Archiepiscopus transitum faceret per Faversham Parochianis sibi occurrentibus, benedictionem suam denegavit, denuncians eos excommunicatos, eo quod Monachis Sancti Augustini communicaverant, hoc etiam post dictam appellationem Abbatis factum est.

Item, quod Archiepiscopus impedit jus Abbatis & Conventus in Ecclesiis suiis vacantibus, differendo institutiones Clericorum, utpote Magistri I. qui praesentatus est ad Ecclesiam de Stone, & R. Clerici praesentati ad Ecclesiam de Langedon.

Propositum est etiam à procuratoribus supradictis, quod cum ipse Archiepiscopus post appellationem ad Dominum Papam pro eis interpositam coram eodem super Ecclesia de Stone vacante, ne quid in praejudicium eorum fieret & I. Clerici quem ad eandem Ecclesiam praesentaverunt, post appellationem etiam procuratoris ipsius Clerici pro eo sic interpositam, eandem Ecclesiam supposuit interdicto, quod interdictum fere per annum duravit et dimidium.

Procurator vero Archiepiscopi reconveniendo Abbatem & Conventum super pluribus Articulis & approbata reconventione, respondit hoc modo.

Archiepiscopus nescit an Abbas appellaverit, si tamen appellaverit, ejus appellationi in eo casu non fuit differendum, quia manifesta fuit ejus intrusio in Ecclesiam de Faversham. Probet igitur Abbas se appellasse, et si forte hoc probaverit, nos probabimus illi appellationi non fuisse differendum.

Item Procurator Archiepiscopi confessus est excommunicasse in genere omnes illos qui se intruserant in Ecclesiam de Faversham, et eum Ecclesiam de Faversham et Stone suspendisse, et quasdam alias Ecclesias Monasterii Sancti Augustini, set nescit quas, vel quot: et dixit has sententias excommunicationis et interdicti juste tulisse ob delictum manifestum, Monachorum scilicet intrusionem. Cum enim monuisset eos, ut asseruit, ut ab intrusione sua desisterent, et illi semper pertinaciter in ea perseverarent, credebat eos sic saltem a sua intrusione revocare.

Adjecit etiam idem procurator, sententis illas latas fuisse non in praejudicium alicujus appellationis legitime factae, nec contra libertatem aliquam Monasterii Sancti Augustini competentem.

Adjecit etiam, quod Archiepiscopus ingrediens Faversham, una benedictione benedixit omnibus habitantibus in ea, set postea cum villa sit magna & populus multus, non potuit singulis sibi occurrentibus singillatim benedicere, nulli tamen benedictionem denegavit qui prius universitati benedixerat, nullum etiam sibi occurentium nominatim denunciavit excommunicatum. Adjecit etiam, Archiepiscopum juste differe institutiones duorum Clericorum sibi praesentatorum, jure enim suo utitur, & juris executio non habet injuriam; Monachi enim in illas duas Ecclesias se intruserunt, de Langdon scilicet & Stone, & adhuc ease detinent; unde ad praesentationem intrusorum nullum debuit Archiepiscopus admittere in illis, ipsis in intrusione perseverantibus. Recedant ergo Monachi ab intrusione, & Archiepiscopus libenter admitter Clericos ab eis praesentatos.

Idem reconvenit Abbatem & Monachos Sancti Augustini dicens, quod ipsi mortuo Francone persona Ecclesiae de Middleton, in Ecclesiam de Middleton vacantem quadriennio transacto se intruserunt, & fructus & obventiones ejus ad valentiam 80. marcarum, minus rationabiliter in usus proprios converterunt, & quod saepius per Archiepiscopum moniti, tamen neque ei Clericum idoneum ad ipsius regimen praesentarunt, neque ipsum vel ejus Officialem custodiam ipsius tanquam vacantis habere permiserunt. Petit ergo Archiepiscopus, ut authoritate Dominorum Judicum Monachis ab eadem Ecclesia amotis, ei Custodia dictae Ecclesiae tanquam vacantis tradatur. Secundo, ut Monachi solvant ei & Officialibus suis omnes fructus & obventiones quas perceperunt à tempore quo se intruserunt. Tertio, ut satisfaciant sibi super injuria ab eis sibi illata super dicta Ecclesia dicto modo. Quarto, ut ipse sinatur Clerico cui voluerit, dummodo idoneo, Ecclesiam illam authoritate Lateranensis Concilii dare, irrequisito Monachorum consensu, salvo eis postmodum jure patronatus si salvum esse debeat.

Item mortuo O. de Camera persona Ecclesiae de Faversham, dicti Monachi se in illam Ecclesiam intruserunt▪ spreta authoritate Archdiaconi, omnes obventiones illius sibi indebite appropriantes. Et licet saepius moniti, nondum tamen quenquam ad illius regimen Archiepiscopo praesentaverunt, & ibidem missas celebrare indebite, & alia sacerdotalia ministrare praesumpserunt. Petit igitur Archiepiscopus sibi super hiis injuriis satisfieri, obventiones a tempore intrusionis praedictae perceptas sibi vel Officiali suo restitui, et ut liceat ei Ecclesiam illam Clerico idoneo authoritate Lateranensis Concilii dare.

Adjecit etiam, quod Monachi Sancti Augustini in Ecclesiam de Stone elapso anno se intruserunt, & obventiones ad valentiam 20 marcarum indebite usurparunt, jus Arciepiscop▪ & Archidiaconi sui in ea enervantes. Petit igitur, ut Monachis ab ea amotis sibi super hac injuria satisfiat, et obventiones a tempore vacationis perceptae ei etiam de hac Ecclesia authoritate Lateranensis Concilii disponere cum praescriptio sex mensium authoritate Lateranensis Concilii currens contra patronum omnino non praesentantem aeque curratur sicut contra patronum viciosum praesentantem. Adjecit etiam similem querimoniam super Ecclesia de Langedon, in qua Monachi similiter se nuper intruserunt, petens similiter illius custodiam sili cedi, & super injuria fibi satisfieri.

Adjecit etiam Procurator Archiepiscopi, Archiepiscopum & Archidiaconum suum debere habere custodiam omnium Ecclesiarum vacantium, in quibus Monachi Sancti Augustini habet jus Pratronatus.

Adjecit quoque Archiepiscopum & Archidiaconum suum esse in possessione hujus juris; unde petit ut hoc jure libere & sine impedimento uti possit.

Procurator Abbatis & Monachorum Sancti Augustini respondit, quod cum Archiepiscopus proponeret Abbatem & Monachos intrusos in Ecclesiam de Middleton, eo quod u • asserebat Ecclesia illa vacans erat & custodia ejusdum vacaret ad ipsum, vel Archid aconum suum pertineret, certificari voluerint Abbas & Monachi utrum Archiepiscopus contenderet se an Archidiaconum jus custodiae habere in Ecclesia praedicta. Et incontinenti responsum est â procuratore Archiepiscopi, Custodiam illius Ecclesiae principaliter ad Archiepiscopum; secundari • & authoritate Archiepiscopi ad Archidiaconum suum pertinere. Consequenter respondit procurator Abbatis. Quod etsi vacaret Ecclesia de Middleton, nihilominus Custodia illius & Claves & proventus non ad Archiepiscopum, immo ad Abbatem & Monachos tempore vacationis pertineret. Adiecit quoque, illam non esse vacantem, immo Abbatem & Monachos Sancti Augustini ejusdem personatum habere, seu Canonicum titulum percipiendi omnes proventus illius, & sic eos jure sine consilio fraudis seu intrusionis Ecclesiam sibi retinere. Et ideo Archiepiscopus frustra ad vacantem super proventibus & ipsius quasi vacantis frustra eos molestabat, frustra quasi injuria ei illata fuisset sibi petebat satisfieri, cum Abbas & Monachi jure suo usi fuerint, & juris executio non habet injuriam. Super Ecclesia de Faversham omnino idem, eam totam in usus suos sibi retinuerint, quandoque etiam Clericis secularibus nunc sub majori, nunc sub minori pensione, nunquam tamen ad firmam concesserunt. Tandem defuncto Osberno de Camera cui Ecclesiam illam ad instantiam Henrici Regis sub pensione sex marcarum concesserant jure suo & licite & citra injuriam Archiepiscopi, & sic citra vitium intrusionis ingressi sunt possessionem illius Ecclesiae. Requisitus procurator Abbatis à procuratore Archiepiscopi, Qui instituente habuerunt Monachi jus patronatus in Ecclesiis de Faversham & de Middleton? habita deliberatione respondit in hunc modum.

Abbas & Conventus credunt quod tempore concessionis & confirmationis Regis W. primi super Ecclesiis de Faversham & de Middleton eis factae Archiepiscopus Cantuaeriensis qui tunc fuit instituit Abbatem & Conventum & in easdem Ecclesias, set ad idem probandum nec testes habent nec instrumenta super hoc specialiter confecta. Verum pro certo sciunt quod Archiepiscopus Theobaldus concessit eis Ecclesias illas, & bonae memory Celestinus easdem eis confirmavit. Praeterea adjecit procurator Abbatis quod Archiepiscopus falso suggessit Domino Papae, Monachos manu armata detinuisse Ecclesiam de Faversham. Ad jecit etiam quod Nuncii Abbatis & Monachorum cum literis eorum accesserunt ad Archiepiscopum ad Slyndon, conquerentes, quod post eorum appellationem factam & solempniter innovatam Magister Everardus tunc Officialis Archidiaconi Cantuariensis in prae judicium & contra libertatem Monasterii Sancti Augustini Monachos, in Ecclesia de Faversham tunc existentes, authoritate Archiepiscopi Excommunicavit, & Ecclesias Abbatiae generali supposuit interdicto. Cumque instantius peterent, ut Archiepiscopus illas sententias irritaret, Archiepiscopus Warrantizare ease voluit, nec ease irritare, dicens dictis appellationibus non fuisse deferendum. Cum igitur appellatio Abbatis ad notitiam Archiepiscopi pervenit, & ipse nihilominus illas sententias post appellationem factas ratas habuit cum ratihabitio retro trahatur, excusationem ignorantiae si quam ab initio, ex post facto amisit, adjiciens haec omnia à Magistro Everardo & per eum & Authoritate ejus facta fuisse.

Super Ecclesiis de Stone & Langedon respondit procurator Abbatis & Conventus; Quod cum custodia earum & aliarum sui patronatus ad Abbatem & Monachos pertinet, et cum & ipsi ad illarum Ecclesiarum regimen personas idoneos Archiepiscopo praesentassent, Archiepiscopus eos super custodia earum seu proventibus unjust molestabat. Item procurator Abbatis & Conventus confessus est in jure Monachos Sancti Augustini detinuisse Ecclesias de Stone & Langedon, ex quo vacaverunt, & adhuc detinere & nolle custodiam earum Archiepiscopo vel Archidiacono dimittere, nec debere cum ad eos spectaret custodia omnium Ecclesiarum vacantium sui patronatus, & non ad Archiepiscopum vel Archidiaconum, & eos in possessione hujus custodiae esse, & non Archiepiscopum vel Archidiaconum.

Hiis itaque hinc inde propositis utriusque partis testes sunt admissi, multi quidem. Quorum multitudo à judicibus ad minorem numerum redacta fuisset nisi quia partes instabant, ut omnes admitterentur propter Articulorum probandorum multitudinem.

Publicatis demum attestationibus, paratus fuit Archidiaconus a judicibus sententiam accipere, & hoc instanter petiit, ut scilicet ipsi inspectis attestationibus sententiarent. Sed pars adversa sententiam Domino Papae maluit reservare. Deinde cum renunciatum esset productioni super Testibus repellendis, die ad idem praefixo facta est instrumentorum Sancti Augustini exhibitio. Postmodum vero die scilicet Martis proxima post Caput jejunii, dicti Iudices partibus peremptorium praefixerunt diem scilicet diem Natalis beatae Mariae, quo coram Domino Papa compareant sententiam recepturi. Set amicis mediantibus, et de pace tractantibus, Rex ipse scripsit Archiepiscopo supplicando, ne ipse Abbatem super Ecclesiis de Faversham et de Middleton molestaret seu impeditet quo minus de praedictis Ecclesiis possit disponere et in usus proprios convertere. Igitur Archiepiscopus H. tandem volens ea quae pacis sunt et non belli, ob Regis reverentiam, praedictas Ecclesias praedecessoris sui Theobaldi vestigiis inhaerendo ratificavit, perpetuo possidendas.

I pretermit many hot contests soon after Annis 1214. 1215. &c. between the Archbishop of Canterbury, Monks and Abbots of Saint Augustine's; about the Abbots making his profession of subjection to the Archbishop upon his Consecration, for refusal whereof the Archbishop excommunicated the Abbot, and Monks, and interdicted all Churches belonging to the Monastery, so that neither God nor the people during their contests must have any divine service in them, such was their presumption and impiety. Whereupon the Abbot appealing to the Pope, pleaded exemptions from any such profession or subjection by several Popes Bulls and Resolutions, In which Suites, the Archbishop alleging the sentence of Pope Alexander the third to the contrary; What great delays, bribes, and indirect practices were used in the Court of Rome in these Suites, you may read at large in the Chronicle of William Thorn, Cap. 14. 19, 20, 21, 23. I shall only observe, that in the contest it clearly appeared upon full examination, that both the Monks and ArchBishops of Canterbury, forged Popes Bulls & Charters, to maintain their Jurisdictions; The Archbishop Anno. 1215. produced before Pope Innocent the third, the Copies of two Decretal Epistles or Bulls of Pope Alexander the third, in a full Council, which were both proved to be forged; I shall only recite the latter of them, and detection, relation of their forgery.

Alexander Episcopus servus servorum Dei, venerabili fratri Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi Apostolicae sedis Legato, &c. Ideo sumus in eminentia sedis Apostolicae constituti, ut aequa lance Justitiae singulis sua jura reddamus, & si quid minus aequaliter factum est, illud ad rectitudinis tramitem rovocemus. Licet itaque Monasterium Sancti Augustini Cant. tanquam specialiter nostrum paterno diligamus & foveamus affectu, ipsi tamen eam libertatem indulgere nolumus, per quam tuis & Ecclesiae tuae dignitatibus derogetur. Quoniam igitur quorundam suggestionibus, et quibusdam privilegiis falsis, sicut postea manifest comperimus, ab Abbatis Sancti Augustini tibi debitam, tuis antecessoribus diu exhibitam, tibi abstulimus professionem, Nos intuitu aequitatis, et ob reverentiam beati Thomae Martyris tibi et successoribus tuis in perpetuum confirmamus. Dat. Laterani, &c. Sed quoniam Archiepiscopus non ostendebat originalia istarum Literarum, neque earum Copiam sub manu publica, cum hoc fuisset sibi tunc maxim necessarium, ipsae literae habitae sunt suspectae, unde quaesito Registro ipsius Alexandri Papae 3. et diligenter exquisito, nulla omnino mentio de ipsis literis est reperta; quare duo ipsa paria literarum sunt condemnata falsi et cancellata ab ipso Papa Innocentio 3 in ipso Concilio generali, non sine magna Archiepiscopi confusion et erubescentia. Ipsa vero sententia quam idem Papa Alexander tulerat pro Monasterio S. Augustini super profession non exhibenda Archiepiscopo, de verbo ad verbum inventa est registrata. Quibus ita ge ••• s turbatus Archiepiscopus & animo consternatus, ne nihil videatur egisse, proposuit in ipso Concilio, quod Abbas tenetur sibi de jure communi facere professionum, igitur sibi humiliter petebat exhiberi. Upon consideration of which Forgeries, we may justly suspect sundry Bulls, and some Charters advancing the Popes supremacy and jurisdiction here in England, to be Forged as Sir. Henry Spelman observes. The rather because Gervasius Dorobernensis writing under King John, in his Chronicle, Anno 1081. renders us this account of these Monks two rased, forged Charters, Bulls then produced. Sexto Kal. Julii, convenerunt apud Londoniam, Richardus Cantuariensis Archiepiscopus, Episcopus Dunelmensis, Rogerius Abbas Sancti Augustini, a • sque non modicae auctoritatis viri. Dederat enim in mandatis Romanus Pontifex Alexander praefato Episcopo Dunelmensi & Abbati Sancti Albani, ut Abbatem Sancti Augustini cogerent Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi sua privilegia ostendere, daretque Copiam Legendi. Continebant enim quaedam capitula in contumeliam Cantuariensis Ecclesiae, quae magis falsa quam vera videbantur: hoc jam tertio a seed Apostolica emanaverat mandatum. (So little did they then regard the Popes mandates who were most devoted to him) Sed invincibili tergiversatione Monachorum us{que} in praesens dilatum est. Lege Lector & intellige, quod veritas non quaere tangulos; & qui veritatem dicit non laborar. Protulerunt tandem aliquando Monachi Abbatis Schedulas duas, quas sua originalia constanter esse dicebant. Quarum prima vetustissima erat rasa, et subscripta acsi esset emendata, et absque sigillo. Hanc dicebant Regis Ethelberti esse privilegium. Alia vero scedula multo erat recentior, de qua Bulla plumbea, cum iconia Episcopy nova valde dependebat. Hanc Cartulam Sancti Augustini dicebant esse privilegium. In his autem privilegiis intuentium judicio haec maxim notanda fuerunt. In prima, laudabilis quidem fuit vetustas, sed rasa fuit, et inscripta, nec ullius sigilli munimine celebrata. In alia vero, reprehensione dignum fuit, quod nova extitit ejus Litera & Bulla, cum vetustatis esse deberet annorum quingentorum octoginta, id est, à tempore beati Augustini cujus esse dicebatur. Fuit etiam notatum▪ immo notorium et notabile, quod Bulla, ipsius plumbea fuit, cum non soleant cisalpini praesules vel primates, scriptis suis autenticis Bullas plumbeas apponere. Modus etiam Latini et forma loquendi, a Romano stilo dissona videbantur. Haec duo solummodo privilegia in medio prolata sunt, cum alia nonnulla se habuisse Monachi jactitarent. Besides Will. Thorn a Monk thereof confesseth, Archiepiscopus aggressus est ejusdē Monasterii privilegia arguere falsitatis, and that after much wrangling the Abbot & Monks, reverenter & devote judicibus obtemperantes, de privilegiis quae nominatim fuerunt exhibenda, & quae ipsi judices exhiberi praeceperant, duo privilegia judicibus exhibebant; videlicet privilegium beati Augustini ejusdem Ecclesiae patroni, & privilegium Ethelberti Regis ejusdem Monasterii fundatoris, whereon they made the premised observations of rasure interlining and forgery upon view. Whence Sir Henry Spelman gives us this good caution; Cautius igitur intuendae sunt veterrimae Monasteriorum Chartae, fraudem enim saepe olent, & ab antiquis ipsis eo perstringuntur stigmate. Bonum est in eorum datis accurate observare annorum concordantiam, scilicet Christi, Papae, indictionis atque Regis, in his enim saepius contigit hallucinatum iri.

Book. 3. Chap. 1. p. 257. l. 37. After to him, insert Robertus dei Redings Abbot▪ of Ramesey Anno. 1207. Resignavit baculum suum pastoralem in manus Willielmi Lincolniensis Episcopy, & mortuus est apud Redinges, & Rex Johannes tenuit Abbathiam in manu sua per septem annos, pro eo quod Monachi Ramesiae ad praeceptum suum noluerunt eligere in Abbatem Priorem de Frontona.

Book 3. Chap. 1. p. 287. l. 38. After depraedavit, add. The Register of the Abbey of Ramesey Records. Item eodem Anno 1214, idem Nicholaus Legatus deposuit Abbates Westmonasterii, Eveshamiae, & Barden • ae, et substituti sunt per eundem Prior Fronton apud Westm. Prior Wygorn. apud Evesham, Prior de Leuton, apud Bardeney; & anno sequenti fuit Ecclesia Ramensis spoliata multis divitiis, by this Roman Harpy and Plunderer.

This should have been inserted Book. 3. Chap. 2. p. 363. before l. 45. In the mean time.

William Thorn renders us this account of King Louis his landing in England, and of his Letter written to Alexander then Abbot of Saint Augustine's Canterbury, disproving King Johns, and justifying his own Title to the Crown of England, as well by hereditary descent, as Election of the Barons, and dissuading him, to denounce any excommunication against him by the Popes command by promises and menaces, both which the Abbot heroically contemned, proceeding in his excommunication.

Anno Domini 1216. Lodowicus Philippi Regis Francorum primogenitus, veniens in Angliam cum magno exercitu ut eam suae subderet ditioni, applicuit apud Stonoram 12. Kal. Junii, animad vertens quod Alexander Abbas hujus loci haberet potestatem sententialiter contra eum procedendi, elegantem eidem Abbati & Conventui misit Epistolam, jus quod sibi in Anglicano Regno competere contendebat, declarando in haec verba.

Lodowicus Domini Regis Francorum primogenitus Abbati & Conventui Sancti Augustini Cant. salutem, & syncerae dilectionis affectum. Ne quis in facto nostro de Regno nostro Angliae simplicitatem vestram per falsas circummveniat suggestiones, vel Conscientias vestras contra nos reddat scrupulosas, nudam & meram ipsius rei veritatem, ad universitatis vestrae notitiam volumus pervenire. Nostis itaque, quod propter proditionem notoriam quam Johannes quondam Rex Angliae commisit contra fratrem suum Regem Richardum, dum esset in partibus Jerosolimitanis, in reditu ejusdem fratris sui, legitime fuit citatus, accusatus, & in judicio coram paribus suis, & per eos legitime tanquàm proditor condempnatus, quae sententia condemnationis per os Hugonis de Pinsac. tunc Episcopy Dunelmensis fuit solempniter promulgata; unde mortuo Rege Richardo, devolutum est jus Regni Angliae ad Reginam Castellae, & haeredes suos, quae sola tunc de omnibus fratribus & sororibus suis superstes fuit praeter dictum Johannem. Ipsa autem Regina & haeredes sui jus quod habuerunt in Regno nobis & filiae suae quam habemus uxorem, liberaliter concesserunt: propter quod Hubertus quondam Cantuariensis Archiepiscopus in Coronatione ipsius Johannes publice dixit, quod non ration successionis, set per Electionem ipsum in Regem coronabat. Illa autem Electio vel Coronatio qualiscunque nobis non praejudicavit, tàm quià per violentiam facta fuit, tum quia jus quod habuimus nobis sine culpa aut consensu nostro auferre non potuit: praetereà satis notum est, quomodo de murdro Arthuri nepotis sui in Curia Charissimi Domini & genitoris nostri Regis Francorum, Cujus ambo erant homines legei, per pares suos citatus, & per eosdem pares tandem fuit legitime condempnatus. Quod quidem murdrum eisdem partibus pluribus in Anglia & pluries praedictus Johannes est confessus: per quam condempnationem bona sua ubicunque erant aut undecumque ea haberet, per usitatas consuetudines forisfecit, & tunc iterato nobis tanquàm vero haeredi cessit jus Regni Angliae, maxim cum adhuc de carne sua haeredem non haberet. Nos vero pro jure nostro extunc eidem Johanni guerram movimus, quam contra ipsum continuavimus absque omni interruptione pacis vel treugae usque ad dies istos. De guerra enim quae postmodum inter Charistimum Dominum & genitorem nostrum & ipsum facta fuit, nec fuimus requisiti, nec alium requisivimus licet praesentes essemus, unde nec Crucis assumptio, nec aliqua Conditio postmodum lite pendente suscepta, potest ipsum tueri, quin contra ipsum jus nostrum prosequamur. Ad haec, cum praefatus Johannes in Coronatione sua sollempniter prout moris est jurasset, se jura et consuetudines Ecclesiae, et Regni Angliae conservaturum; contra juramentum suum, absque Consilio vel consensu Baronum suorum idem Regnum, quod semper fuit liberum, quantum in ipso fuit, Domino Papae subjecit, et fecit tributarium; bonas consuetudines subvertens, malas inducens tam Ecclesiam quam Regnum multis oppressionibus, multisque modis studens ancillare; quas oppressiones vos melius nosti quam nos, ut qui ease familiari sensistis experimento. Pro quibus cum post multas requisitiones guerra mota esset contra ipsum, à Baronibus suis, tandem, inter caetera de ejus expresso consensu ità convenit, ut si idem Johannes ad flagitia prima redierit, ipsi Baronesab ejus fidelitate recederent nunquam ad eam postmodum reversuri. Uerum ipse nichilominus paucis diebus evolutis, fecit novissima sua pejora prioribus, studens Barones suos non tantum opprimere, set potius penitus exterminare. Qui de communi Regni consilio et approbatione, ipsum Regno judicantes indignum, nos in Regem et Dominum elegerunt. Unde apparet; quod sive ad successionem, sive ad electionem habeatur respectus, nos potissime jus in Regno Angliae habemus. Nos autem cum istis et aliis rationibus ad Dominum Papam sollempnes nuncios nostros dudum destinavimus, et audientes interim, quod Cardinalis quidam Gualo nomine, veniret in Franciam, misimus ad eum rogantes, ne contra nos aliquid statueret, donec nuncii nostri a Curia Romana redirent, aut a Domino Papa novum reciperet mandatum postquam nuncios nostros audivisset. Et cum jam idem Cardinalis ad Dominum nostrum et genitorem Regem Franciae accessisset, idem in praesentia Praelatorum et Magnatum Franciae fecimus dici coram nobis express, jus et propositum nostrum potestantes. Ipse autem Cardinalis tunc contra nos in nullo processit, nec visus est velle procedere. At nunc in Angliam ingressus, suggestionibus et muneribus inimicorum nostrorum immutatus, nos et nostros, ut audivimus, per Praelatos et Officiales Ecclesiarum intendit gravare. Quapropter vestram attente rogamus discretionem, quatinus sicut ad libertatem Ecclesiae et Regni Angliae venimus, ut videlicet tam Regnum quam Ecclesiam antiquae et debitae per Dei gratiam restituamus libertati, propter nullius falsam suggestionem vel iniquam jussionem nos velitis turbare, vel nostrum bonum et pium propositum et commune bonum Angliae impedire, nec aliquid contra nos vel nostros nobis irrequisitis promulgare. Scituri quod qui bona fide in hac parte nobis assisterint, perpetuum nos amicum contra quemlibet habebunt & defensorem, nec pro lucro vel damno ei aliquo unquam tempore deerimus▪ illi vero qui secus egerint, nos perpetuum sententient inimicum. Valete.

Set Abbas Alexander, ut alter Alexander Macedo magnanimus, nec Lodowici praecibus & blanditiis emollitus, nec comminatoriis perterritus, a favore Regis I. et auxilio nullatenus se elongavit, sed in ipsum Lodowicum et ejus Complices et eis adhaerentes, consilium, auxilium, vel favorem eis praebentes, sententias excommunicationis et interdicti incessanter promulgavit, et executioni demandavit secundum quod a Papa hoc negotium et fuerat delegatum, nam et ipsa Papa in Concilio Lateranensi eundem L. vivae vocis oraculo excommunicaverat. Complices vero et fautores ejus hac sententia irritati, primo in insula Thaneto, postea in singulis maneriis nostris blada, animalia, victualia, &c. quaecunque invenire potuerunt depraedaverunt, vix a Sanctuario nostri Monasterii manus suas continentes.

Book 4. Chap. 1. p. 377. after l. 9. and before King Henry, this passage and Writ should have been placed: By several ancient Saxon Laws, persons accused of Robbery, Murder and other Felonyes, were to purge themselves and vindicate their innocence by fire, cold or scalding water, which trial was styled Judicium Dei, Ignis & Aquae, & Ordalium: Which being written against and condemned by many Divines, and at last prohibited by some Popes Decrees, as a tempting of God, a trial full of superstition, incertainty, subject to many frauds and abuses, in a manner abolished by King William Rufus, as † Eadmerus relates, yet used now and then, as not totally abolished, King Henry the 3. by advice of his Counsel and Chief Justice, (at the Popes Legates instigation) prohibited this kind of Trial by this memorable Writ to the Justices itinerant, because inhibited by the Church of Rome.

REX Dilectis & fidelibus suis Philippo de Uletot, & sociis suis itinerantibus in Comitatibus Cumberland, Westmorland, & Lancaster, salutem. Quia dubitatum fuit, & non determinatum ante inceptionem itineris vestri, quo judicio deducendi sint illi qui rectati su • de Latrocinio, murdro, incendio, & hiis similibus, cum prohibitum sit per Ecclesiam Romanam Iudicium Ignis et Aquae. Provisum est à Consilio nostro, ad praesens, ut in hoc itinere vestro sic fiat de Rectatis de hujusmodi existentibus, videlicet, quod illi qui rectati sunt de Criminibus praedictis majoribus, & de his habeatur suspicio, quod culpabiles sint de eo unde rectati sunt (de quibus & licet Regnum nostrum abjurarent adhuc suspicio esset, quod posteà male facerent) teneantur in prisona nostra, & salvo custodiantur, ita quod non incurrant periculum vitae vel membrorum occasion prisonae nostrae. Illi vero qui mediis criminibus rectati fuerunt, et quibus competeret Iudicium Ignis vel Aquae si non esset prohibitum, et de quibus si Regnum nostrum abjurarent nulla fuerit postea malificiendi suspicio, Regnum nostrum abjurent. Illi vero qui minoribus rectati sunt criminibus nec de eis fuerit mali suspicio, salvos & securos plegios inveniant de fidelitate & pace nostra conservanda, & sic dimittentur in terra nostra. Cum igitur nihil certius in hac parte providerit Consilium nostrum ad praesens, relinquimas discretioni vestrae, ut qui personas hominum, formam delicti, & ipsarum rerum veritatem melius cognoscere poteritis, hoc ordine secundum discretiones & Conscientias vestras in hujusmodi procedatis. Et in hujus rei testimonium, &c.

Teste Domino P. Wintoniensis Episcopo apud Westm. 26. die Januarii. Anno Regni nostri tertio.

Per eundem & H. de Burgo Justiciarum.

This (in my observation) is the first president, that Trials ratified by our Civil Laws, and ancient usage in the Realm, were altered and set a side upon consideration of the Decrees of Popes and the Church of Rome, by the King and his Councils advice and Writ, without an Act of Parliament, but the Justice of the Decrees, the superstition, incertainty, and injustice of the former kinds of Trials, might be a suffient warrant for such an alteration as this for the better.

Book 4. Chap. 3 p. 373. between l. 4 and 5. this should have been inserted, In the second year of King Henry the third, Pope Honorius the third, upon the earnest Petition of the Abbot and Monks of Saint Albans granted them this Bull, and confirmed all former Bulls of his predecessors and Charters of our Kings whereby any Privileges, Lands, Cells, Churches, or ought else were formerly granted, or which hereafter should be granted to them with exemptions from all Regal, Episcopal and other Taxes, services, jurisdictions whatsoever, but only of the Pope himself or his Legate being a Cardinal, reserving one ounce of Cold to be annually paid to him and his successors for the Liberties and Privileges ratified and granted in or by this Bull, to which his Cardinals subscribed, and for which (no doubt) he received a considerable sum in hand from the Monastery.

HONORIUS Episcopus servus servorum Dei, Dilectis filiis Willielmo Abbati Monasterii Sancti Albani ejusque fratribus tàm praesentibus quàm futuris, regularem vitam professis in perpetuum. Religiosam vitam eligentibus Apostolicum convenit adesse praesidium, ne forte cujuslibet temeritatis incursus, aut eos à proposito revocet, aut rob ir, quod absit, sacrae religions infringatur. Ea propter dilecti in Domino filii, ob reverentiam beati Albani gloriosi Anglorum protho. Martyris, cujus sacratissimum corpus in loco vestro requiescere dignoscitur, praedeces • orum nostrorum felicis memory, Calixti, Caelestini, Eug nii, Adriani, Alexandri, Lucii, Clementis, & Caelestini tertii Romanorum Pontificum vestigiis inhaerentes, vestris justis postulationibus clementer annuimus, & Monasterium ipsum; in quo divino vacatis obsequio, quod ad jus beati Petri specialiter spectare dignoscitur, cum adjacentibus Cellis et Ecclesiis, et omnibus eidem Monasterio pertinentibus, sub beati Petri et nostra protectione suscipimus, et praesentis scripti privilegio communimus, statuentes ut universa quae illustris memory Offa videlicet et filius ejus, Egfridus, Eir • dus, Wilhelmus, & Henric • s, Richardus, Johannes, Anglorum Reges, aut alii fideles de suo jure vestro Monasterio contulerunt, quaecunque etiam ipsum Monasterium in praesentiarum juste ac Canonice possidet, aut in futurum, concessione Pontificum, largitione Regum, vel principum oblation fidelium, aliis justis modis praestante Domino poterit adepisci, firma vobis vestrisque successoribus & illibata permaneant, in quibus haec propriis duximus exprimenda vocabulis; videlicet Monasterium ipsum beati Albani cum villa tota, Ecclesiam beati Petri, Ecclesiam quoque beati Stephani, & Ecclesias de Kyngesbyri, & de Wa • ford, &c. with sundry other particulars▪ Cellam de Hethfield, cum omnibus omnium rerum pertinentiis dignitatibus, ac liberis consuetudin bus, nec & non alias Ecclesias, decimas, Villas, terras, aquas, prata, pascua, silvas, redditus etiam & omnia eidem Monasterio vel Cellis ejus pertinentia, sicut in privilegiis Pontificum, Regum vel aliorum scriptis fidelium continetur. Quicquid praeterea dignitatis, libertatis et competentis Ecclesiae ac Monasterio consu tudinis per Regum vel aliorum fidelium scripta loco eidem et Cellis ejus collatum est, Nos quoque hujus scripti nostri robore confirmamus, ut videlicet Ecclesia Sancti Albani, et Cellae ejus et omnia ad ease pertinentia, libera sint ab omni tributo sive Regis, seu Episcopy, sive Comitis, Vicecomitis, Ducis, Iudicis et eractoris, et omnibus operibus quae indici(solent)vel emendatione Pontium, Castellorum, Parcorum. Dmnia etiam Pontificalia jura cellarum Sancti Albani, et Ecclesiarum ejus sub ejusdem Abbatis dispositione atque arbitrio permaneant, Crisma vero, oleum sanctum, consecrationes alturium seu basilicarum, benedictiones Abbatis, Monachorum seu Clericorum ordinationes, a quocunque malueritis Catholico suscipiatis Antistite, nimirum vestra fultus authoritate, quod postulatus fuerit indulgeat, nec quod petieritis audeat denegare. Obeun • e vero te nunc ejusdem loci Abbate vel tuorum quolibet successorum, nullus ibi qualibet subreptionis astutia, seu violentia praeponatur; sed liceat vobis communi consilio Conventus vel partis consilii sanioris, secundum Dei timorem & beati Benedicti regulam absque ullius contradictione Abbatem eligere, qui in susceptione benedictionis suae cunctis in posterum diebus, soli Romanae Ecclesiae professionem obedientiae debet exhibere. Cui etiam Abbati licitum sit, sicut à praedecessoribus nostris vobis concessum, personam de suis fratribus quam maluerit honestam, idoneam & maturam constituere, quae curam animarum sub eo gerat, & Archidiaconi Officium in omnibus impleat. Verum ne per hujus dignitatis praerogativam Abbas praedicti Monasterii aliquo tempore faciliorem fortassis ad Episcopatum habeat accessum, Apostolica authoritate interdicimus, ne unquam in Monasterio beati Albani sedes Episcopalis constituatur, ne occasion ista quandoque Monachi dispositioni subjaceant Clericorum et Claustralis quies turbetur, nec non et regularis observantiae disciplina, simul cum substantia Monasterii minuatur; sed cunctis inpostetum diebus Ecclesiae Sancti Albani, non Episcopum sed Abbatem a quo Pontificalis dignitatis, in quantum Abbati concedifas est, debeat obtinere; videlicet, ut sicut Pontificalia habet jura ita et Pontificalia habeat ornamenta, mitram scilicet, ciro • ecas et annulum, et sandalia, tunica quoque et Dalmatica in celebrationibus missarum utatur, quae liceat ei non tantum in propria Ecclesia et in Cellis vestris, sed et in omnibus Ecclesiis ad quas rogatus accesserit in festis diebus gestare, benedictionem dare, vestimenta sacerdotalia benedicere, Clericos suos tonsare, et in sortem dominicam assumere, sanctimoniales suas benedicere. Et sicut beatus Albanus Anglorum protomartyr esse dignoscitur, ita et Abbas Monasterii ipsius inter Abbates Angliae primus omni tempore dignitatis ordine habeatur. Ità tamen, quod nunquam hac occasion infra Claustra Monasterii Abbas ipse praesumat uti Cappa Clericali, vel seculari aliquo indumento, sed Monastici habitus reverentiam in omnibus diligenter observet, & formam Religions praetendere intuentium oculis comprobetur. In ponendis vero vel removendis Prioribus Cellarum vel Monachis, nullus omnino Clericus sive Laicus se objiciat, sed Abbas qui pro tempore fuerit absque alicujus contradictione liberam habeat facultatem, quatinus tàm Priores quàm Monachi in Abbatum suorum semper potestate permaneant, & ita per omnia liberi sint ubilibet habitantes ab Episcoporum subjectione ac si in corpore Monasterii morarentur, in quos nulla omnino persona praeter Roman • m Pontificem vel Legatum Cardinalem a nostro latere destinatum, excommunicationis seu interdicti sententiam audeat promulgare. Quod si quispiam alius aliquo tempore attemptare praesumpserit, ejus in hac parte factum omnino viribus careat, et penitus irritum habeatur. Prohibemus quo{que} ut nullus Episcopus five Archiepiscopus in vestro Caenobio, vel adjacentibus Ecclesiis in quibus ejusdem Monasterii Abbas jus Pontificale habere dignoscitur, missas publicas vel Conventum sive Synodum celebrare, Cathedram collocare, processionem sollempnem facere aut exigere, Regem Coronare, seu aliquod Episcopale Officium in aliqua Cellarum suarum exercere vel hospitium exigere praesumat. Vniversaliter statuentes, ut quicunque Episcopy, Archiepiscopi vel eorum Clerici aut ministri super ipsum Monasterium, vel super Cellas et praedictas Parochiales Ecclesias nullam aliquatenus potestatem habeant, nec earum Praesbyteros, vel Clericos quoscunque sive Laicos, sed nec Abbatem, Priores vel Monachos ad Synodum suam vel Capitulum convocare, vel ab officio divino suspendere, seu aliquod in eos vel minimum jus exercere, aut Parochianos suos a communion illorum prohibere praesumant, sed omnia Pontificalia eorum jura et quaecunque Ecclesia Sancti Albani fuerint Abbatis, solummodo ejusdem Monasterii potestati licere tractanda subjaceant. Nolumus enim ut alicui nisi tantum Romano Pontifici debeant in aliquo respondere. Nec Monasterii vestri Abbas vel Monachi, seu Cellarum vestrarum ubilibet positarum fratres, pro qualibet interdictione vel excommunicatione, etiamsi commune interdictum terrae fuerit, divinorum Officiorum suspensionem patiantur; sed tam Abbas et Monachi ipsi quam et famuli eorum, et qui se Monasticae professioni devoverunt, Clausis Ecclesiarum januis, non admissis excommunicatis et interdictis, non pulsatis tintinabulis, humiliori voice divina celebrent, et sepulturae eis debita peragant. Liceat quoque vobis quandocunque vos manifest gravari senseritis, ad remedium appellationis confugere, etiamsi in causa quae contra vos agitur appellatio sit remota: post factam vero appellationem nemini liceat in vos sententiam dare vel aliquid innovare, seu vos aut possessiones vestras ausu temerario perturbare. Ad haec sancimus, ne quis fratres vestros post factam in Monasterio vestri professionem absque Abbatis licentia suscipere audeat, vel retinere. Inhibemus insuper, ut nulli omnino hominum liceat in Cellis vestris absque assensu vestro Abbatem aliquando constituere. Ecclesia autem in quibus jura Pontificialia non habetis sive Capellae vestrae et Cimiteria libera sint, et ab omni exactione inmunia, praeter Episcopy consuetam potestatem et justitiam in Praesbyteros si adversus sui ordinis offenderint dignitatem. In quibus etiam Ecclesiis vel Capellis liceat vobis seu fratribus vestris Praesbyteros eligere, ita tamen quod ab Episcopis vel Episcoporum vicariis animarum curam absque venalitate suscipiant. Quibus nimirum Praesbyteris cum tantum assignaveritis unde victus et vestitus necessaria possint honest percipere, quicquid residuum fuerit liceat vobis in usus proprios convertere. Si qui praeterea fidelium Monasterio vestro aut villis ad ipsum pertinentibus Ecclesiam aut possessionem aliquam seu beneficium pietatis intuitu confer voluerit, nullus omnino audeat impedire. Adjicientes, etiam authoritate Apostolica prohibemus, ut nullus Minister decaetero, dapiter videlicet vel pincerna, Camerius, dispensator, ianitor, seu per manum Regis, vel alicujus Principis violentiam vobis invitis in vestro Monasterio vel in locis ad ipsum pertinentibus ordinetur; antiquas quoque consuetudines & redditus Monasterio vestro debitos, scilicet in sexta feria post ascentionem Dominicam de unaquaque Caruca Haerefordensis Comitatus obolum unum, & in eadem die sive Hebdomoda Pentecostes, extoto Comitatu processionem sollempnem. In secunda vero solempnitate beati Albani, de unaquaque Caruca nummum unum, itemque eodem die •••• naquaque domo totius terrae Sancti Albani nummum unum vobis authoritate Apostolica confirmamus, et perpetuis temporibus inviolabiliter praecipimus observari. Decernimus ergo ut nulli hominum liceat supradictum Monasterium temere minuere, sive quibuslibet vexationibus fatigare, sed illibata omnia & integra observentur eorum pro quorum gubernatione & sustentatione concessa sunt usibus omnimodis profutura, salva in omnibus Apostolicae sedis Authoritate. Ad indicium autem hujus a seed Apostolica perceptae libertatis, unam unciim auri nobis nostrisque successoribus annis singulis persolvetis. Si qua igitur in futurum Ecclesiastica secularisve persona hanc nostrae constitutionis paginam sciens contra eam temere venire temptaverit, secundo, tertiove commonita, nisi praesumptionem suam congrua satisfaction correxerit, potestatis honorisque sui dignitate careat, reumque se divino judicio existere de perpetrata iniquitate cognoscat, et a sacratissmo corpore ac sanguine Dei et Domini▪ Redemptoris nostri Jesus Christi aliena fiat, atque in extremo examine districtae subjacent ultioni. Cunctis autem eidem loco sua jura servantibus, fiat pax Domini nostri Jesu Christi, quatenus & hîc fructum bonae actionis percipiant, & apud districtum judicem praemia aeternae pacis inveniant. Amen.

         Ego
         
          Leo
         
         titulo Sanctae Crucisin
         
          Jerusalem
         
         Presbyter Cardinalis.
        
         Ego
         
          Stephanus
         
         Basilicae Duodecim Apostolorum Presbyter Cardinalis.
        
         Ego
         
          Gregorius
         
         tituli
         
          Anastasiae
         
         Presbyter Cardinalis.
        
         Ego
         
          Thomas
         
         tituli Sancti
         
          Sabinae
         
         Presbyter Cardinalis.
        
         Ego
         
          Honorius
         
         Catholicae Ecclesiae Episcopus.
        
         Ego
         
          Guido
         
         Prenestinus Episcopus.
        
         Ego
         
          Conradus
         
         Portuensis & Sanctae
         
          Runffiae
         
         Episcopus.
        
         Ego frater
         
          Nicholaus
         
         Tusculanus Episcopus.
        
         Ego
         
          Guido
         
         Sancti
         
          Nicholai
         
         in Carcere
         
          Tulliano
         
         Diaconus Cardinalis.
        
         Ego
         
          Octo
         
         Sanctorum
         
          Sergii
         
         &
         
          Bachi
         
         Diaconus Cardinalis.
        
         Ego
         
          Gregorius
         
         Sancti
         
          Theod.
         
         Diaconus Cardinalis.
        
         Ego
         
          Stephanus
         
         Sancti
         
          Adriani
         
         Diaconus Cardinalis.

Data Laterani per manum Ranerii Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Vicecamerarii 10. Kal. Martii, indictione 6. incarnationis Dominicae Anno 1218. Pontificatus vero Domini Honorii tertii, Anno Tertio.

In this Bull it is observable. 1. That although most of the privileges, exemptions from Archiepiscopal and Episcopal Jurisdiction, and the Abbots Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Pontificial habit, as well as the Lands, Cells, Churches, Chapels, &c. there mentioned, were originally granted by King Offa, and confirmed by other Kings Charters mentioned in this Bull, and did not principally flow from Popes, who did but confirm the Kings Charters; yet this Pope (as some of his Predecessors) took upon him, to be as it were the original granter of them; and of the Abbots Pontifical Robes & Precedency before all other Abbots. 2. That he reserved an ounce of Gold to be paid annually to him and his successors for this Bull of liberties granted them, as Pope Caelestine had formerly done, in high derogation of the Kings regal Perogative, as King Henry the 2d. declared to the Abbot upon sight of Pope Caelestines Bull. 3. That Abbots out of their Pride or ambition, were the principal advancers of the Popes usurpations, by petitioning for, and purchasing such Bulls as these from Popes, to exempt themselves from all Secular, Archiepiscopal and Episcopal Jurisdiction (which raised many contests between our Archbishops, Bishops and Abbots) to be only under the Power of the Pope himself and his Legates; who inserted, à salvo in omnibus Apostolicae sedis authoritate. 4. That the Pope in this Bull gives Precedency to Popes and their Bulls before our Kings and their Charters, which was not usual in most preceeding Bullsof confirmation.

Matthew Paris in the life of John the next Abbot and others succeeding him 〈◊〉 complains, that notwithstanding all these privileges and Popes Bulls very dearly purchased, they were presently and frequently violated by Popes and their Agents, or evaded by Non obstantes, as mere insignificant Cyphers, and pious Cheats to pick their purses.

Book 4. Chap. 1. p. 443. l. 13. before (this year) this passage and Writ should have been placed.

The Bishops in Ireland usurping upon the Kings Crown and Courts, in presuming to hold Pleas of Advousons, of Churches, Chapels, Chattels, Layfee, and Goods which were not given in marriage or by will, against the Laws of England there established by him and his Father King John, issued this general Writ or Proclamation to inhibitthem to hold Plea thereof.

REX Comitibus, Baronibus, Militibus, & liberis hominibus, & omnibus aliis de terra Hiberniae salutem. Quia manifest esse dignoscitur contra Coronam et dignitatem nostram, et consuetudines, et leges Regni nostri Angliae quas bonae memory Dominus Johannes Rex, pater noster, de communi omnium de Hibernia consensu teneri statuit in terra illa, quod placita non teneantur in Curia Christianitatis de advocationibus Ecclesiarum et Capellarum, vel de Laico feodo, vel de Catallis, quae non sunt de teflamento vel matrimonio. Vobis mandamus prohibentes, quatinus hujusmodi placita in Curia Christianitatis nullatenus sequi praesumatis, in manifestum dignitatis et Coronae nostrae praejudicium. Scituri pro certo, quod si feceritis, dedimus in mandato Iusticiario nostro Hyberniae, ut juxta statuta Curiae nostrae in Anglia contra transgressiones hujus mandati nostri cum justitia procedat, et quod nostrum est exequatur. In cujus, &c. Teste Rege apud Winchcomb. 28. die Octobris Anno Regni nostri 18. Et mandatum est Justiciario Hyberniae per literas Clausas, quod praedictas literas patentes, publice legi, & teneri faciat.

Book 3. Chap. 1. p. 436. l. 1. This should have been inserted.

Matthew Paris in the life of William Abbot of Saint Albans relates this story of an Italian who had been violently intruded by the Popes Provision against right into the Church of Herteburne for many years, being troubled in his conscience for it, resigned it up to the Abbot, the only president of this kind in our Histories, whereupon the Abbot reconferred it on him, as right Patron thereof.

Ad titulos autem dignoscitur ipsius Abbatis Willielmi pertinere, quod cum Magister Hugo natione Italicus, Ecclesiam de Herteburna, per intrusionem Romanae Curiae violenter obtinuisset, cavens Conscientiae suae quam graviter • aesam senserat, venit ad Abbatem Gulielmum, et dixit ei, cum lachrymis, Domine, illegitimum ingressum habui ad Ecclesiam vestram quae ad donationem vestram pertinet, unde fructus aegro animo plurimis annis (heu mihi) recepi temerarius. Ipsam igitur, Pater sancte in manibus vestris resigno. Cui Abbas miseratus et misertus respondit, non inveni tantam fidem in aliquo Transalpino, et ego ipsam recipio; Et post dimidium minus horae intervallum cum silentio ipse Abbas, (nullius praeterquam spiritus sancti fretus consilio) recolens, qualiter beatus Thomas Martyr Cantuariensem Archiepiscopatum in manus Papae (quia ingressum habuit imperiosis praecibus Regis Henrici) resignavit, et iterum Canonice institui promeruit, accito Hugone ait, et ego tibi eam Charitative confero, ut tua serenetur Conscientia. Quam recipiens cum gratiarum actionibus, multis annis vixit idem Hugo sanctissme. Ouod audiens Papa cum suis Cardinalibus, factum quamplurimum laud • vit, sed similia facere recusavit.

Book 4. Chap. 2. p. 766. l. 1. This passage was omitted by the Printer; How numerous, rich, insolent the Popes Italian usurers were, who returned his extorted monies for him from England, and furnished the King, Prelates and others who wanted money, upon good security, at excessive rates both at Rome and in England, to pay what was extorted from, or given by them to purchase preferments, provisions, or bribe the Pope, Cardinals, officers of the Court of Rome, what stately Houses they purchased, and how they were questioned, imprisoned both as Heretics, Traitors by the King, till they purchased their peace with money, is thus registered by Matthew Paris.

Temporibus sub eisdem, Usurarii Transa • pini, quos Caursinos appellamus adeo multiplicati sunt, et ditati, quod nobilissima Palatia Londini sibi comparantes, stabilem sibi, more Civium indigenarum mansionem statuerunt. Nec sunt ausi Praelati obmutire, quia se Mercatores Domini Papae extitisse affirmarunt, nec audebant Cives obloqui quia Magnatum quorundam, quorum, ut dicebatur, pecuniam ad multiplicandam seminabant, exemplo Romanae Curiae, favore defendebantur. Veruntamen tunc temporis graviter in civili foro,▪ Domino Rege sic volente et caute procurante, sunt accusati, et in causam ante judicem tractati, et sedente Londini pro Iudice ex parte Regis accusantis, velut schismatici, vel haeretici, et Regiae laesae rei Majestatis, vocati tenebantur tanquam incarcerandi, et gravius puniendi, pro eo nimirum quod se Christianos profitentes totum Regnum Angliae turpissimo quaestu faenoris macularunt. Vnde Dominus Rex Christianissimus, qui juravit Sancta instituta Ecclesiae conservare illaesa, se conqueritur in Conscientia sua graviter sauciatum. Quod cum non posset inficiari, capti sunt eorum aliqui carcerali custodiae mancipandi, alii vero in locis abditis latuerunt. Quibus auditis, gavisi sunt Judaei, suae se habere jam participes servitutis. Tandem interveniente haud minimae pecuniae quantitate aemuli Judaeorum Caursini in pace ad tempus sunt demissi. Dixeratque unus eorum mihi haec de ipsis scripturo, sub attestatione magni sacramenti, quod nisi sibi mansiones sumptuosas comparassent Londini vix aliquis eorum in Anglia remansisset.

Book 4. Chap. 2. p. 813. l. 30. Before, (what power) these passages should have been printed.

In what vast Debts and sums of money the Pope involved the King to gain the Kiugdome of Sicily and Apulia for his Son; how unchristianly and violently he extorted monies from time to time from the poor Jews to satisfy the Pope; and how lamentably they complained of the Kings rapines, and the Popes usurers undoing them by taking away their trade of Usury; and how earnestly they petitioned for license to desert the Kingdom; will appear by these two passages. Anno 1254. and 1255.

Diebus quoque sub eisdem, post Pascha, citra dies tamen Rogantium, Rex ne quiesceret, adeo delaevit in Judaeorum popellum miserimum ut vivere fastidirent. Et cum convocarentur, exegit ab eis Comes Richardus ad opus Regis quamplurimum indigentis, pecuniam non minimam, sub paena Carceris teterrimi, & mortis ignominiosae. Elyas igitur de Londino, Judaeorum Pontifex, habito • um sociis suis▪ consilio, respondit pro omnibus, qui maximam frequenter, nolens, volens solverat pecuniam. O Domini Proceres, videmus indubitanter, quod Dominus Rex nos delere proponit de sub caelo. Det nobis, petimus pro Deo, licentiam & conductum recedendi a Regni suo, ut alibi quaeramus & inveniamus mansionem sub aliquo principe, qui alicujus viscera gestat misericordiae, & veritatis ac fidelitatis stabilitatem. Et recedemus irredituri, relictis hic suppelectili, & domiciliis. Quomodo diligeret nos misellos Judaeos, vel nobis parceret, qui suos Anglicos destruit naturales? Habet Papales, imo suos Mercatores, non dico foeneratores, qui de praestationibus cumulos coacervant pecuniarum infinitos▪ Innitatur Rex eis, etsuis inhiet emolumentis. Nos profecto supplantarunt et depauperarunt. Quod utique scire Rex dissimular, exigens a nobis quae non possumus exhibere, etsi oculos erueret, vel excoriatos jugularet. Et hoc singultibus & lachrymis sermonem impedientibus dicens, siluit, fere cadens in extasim moriturus. Quod cum ad notitiam Magistratuum pervenisset, non permiserunt eos a Regno recedere, dicentes. Quo fugeritis miseri? Ecce Rex Francorum vos odit, & prosequitur, & exilio perpetuo condemnavit, vitantes Charybdim in Scyllam mergi desideratis. Et sic parva substantiola quae eis ad eorum exilem sustentationem relinquebatur ab eisdem violenter est extorta.

Et cum carnisprivii tempus advenissent, Rex à Judaeis, licet multoties depauperatis, exegit cum magna instantia octo millia marcarum, sub poena suspendii tempestive sibi persolvenda. Ipsi vero videntes nil aliud sibi imminere nisi exterminium cum confusion, responderunt omnes unanimiter: Domine Rex videmus quod nec Christianis parcis nec Judaeis, quin omnes argumentose studeas depauperare, nulla nobis spes est respirandi, usurarii Papae nos supplantaverunt; permit nos exire de Regno tuo sub salvo conductu. Et nos nobis qualem qualem quaeremus mansionem. Quod cum Rex audisset, exclamavit querula voice dicens: Non est mirandum si aveo pecuniam, horrendum est imaginari debita quibus teneor obligatus. Per caput Dei, ascendit ad summam ducentorum millium marcarum, & si dicerem trium, metas non transgrederer veritatis. Seducor undique. Mutilatus Rex sum & abbreviatus, imo jam dividuatus. Facta enim reddituum certa expensionis aestimatione, ascendit summa annui redditus Edwardi filii mei ad plusquam 15. millia marcarum. Necesse igitur habeo vivere de pecunia undecunque, à quibuscunque qualitercunque adquisita. Factus igitur alter Titus vel Vespatianus, vendidit Judaeos per aliquot annos Comiti Richardo fratri suo, ut quos Rex excoriaverat, Comes evisceraret. Tamen Comes pepercit eis considerans eorum potestatem abbreviatam, & paupertatem ignominiosam,

Book 4. Chap. 2. p. 851. l. 15. This passage was omitted.

Eodem vero anno Abbas Abendoniae paralyticus, dum inutilis langueret morti subarratus, venerant Monachi ejusdem domus ad Regem, postulantes humiliter, ut cedente Abbate sibi et aliis inutili liceret, eis domum suam pacifice possidere, et eidem consulere utiliter disponendo. Propter quam gratiam, ex abundanti eidem Regi quingentas numerarunt marcas. Cum autem domum redirent, infra quindecim dies obiit Abbas paraliticus. Conventus autem sibi illico eligendo providit salubriter: quod enim sic eis liceret, insertum fuit Chartae, quam de Rege obtinuerant, Credebat enim Rex, quod diutius vitam continuaret. Consueverunt enim paralytici vitam protrahere diuturnam. Cum autem Rex de morte ejus certificaretur, obstupuit vehementer. Et dolens exclamavit, dicens: O pro capite Dei (ut verbis ejus utar consuetis) qualiter fallor, seductus et circumventus, qui non plus quam quingentas marcas ab illa opima domo recepi, tam cito in posterum vacatura, qui de sylvis ejusdem domus, si in manu mea paucis diebus teneretur, absque aliis emolumentis, tantundem fueram recepturus, ut mille marcas vel plus, ad aerarium meum revocarem. Patuit ergo luce clarius singulis & universis, quod de die in diem magis ac magis, postquam Rex juraverat se pacem & libertatem Ecclesiae sustinere & conservare, ejus avaritiam sitim & incrementum suscepisse; only to furnish the Pope with monies for to gain Apulia.

Book 4. Chap. 3. p. 913. l. 5. Before Pope Alexander; this should have been inserted.

This Archbishop of Colen with others, was sent into England from the Princes of Germany, to Richard Earl of Cornwall to recertifie him, that they had unanimously elected him for their Emperor; which he was loath to accept of, quia duo paucis elapsis annis in Regem Almanniae electi & promoti, sinistros & finales casus, quasi Deo irato, promeruerant. Whereupon fuerunt qui dicerent Comiti verba consolatoria. O Comes sapiens & circumspecte, quid haesitas, quasi te perterreat casus▪ Landegravii Henrici, & iterum casus sinister Comitis Williel. Hollandi? Non Papa te intrudit violenter ( as he did them ) qui de spoliis Ecclesiae et rapinis Crucesignatorum tibi spondet necessaria, quae nunquam tibi forent profutura. Ipsa nempe Papa turpiter adquisita, non ad misericordiam, scil. potius ad iram provocarunt. Thesauro tibi reservato, qui de Regno Alemanniae colligitur, et ad opus tuum fideliter reservatur; abundas Thesauro tuo proprio, velut alter Octavianus: instauraris amicis tam Alemannis, quàm Anglis, &c. Whereupon he accepted it. Magnates Alemanniae, Nec Italicum vel Romanum, et praecipue Papalem aliquatenus eligere, propter insatiabilem eorum avaritiam. Elegerunt igitur inito diligenti cum deliberatione consilio, Comitem Richardum, tum propter linguam Anglicanam, &c. tum propter ejus fidelitatem, constantiam, & sapientiam, tum propter sui Thesauri abundantiam. Unde quidam, scilicet Satyricus, satis inquit Satyrice

Nummus, ait, pro me, nubit Cornubia Romae.

Book 4. Chap. 3. p. 930. l. 38. Before ( Mat. Paris ) this should have been inserted

Anno 1258. Gravis in urbe Romana sacta est seditio & civium maxima cum schismate perturbatio, &c. Confaederatis igitur popularibus, De consilio cujusdam Anglici, concivis eorum, magistri pistorum in urbe Matthaei dicti de Bealuere, facto impetu vehementi, catervatim ruentes & glomeratim, carcerem in quo Brancaleo pristinus Senator tenebatur in vinculis, confregerunt, & liberantes constituerunt eum Senatorem, facientes ei secundum pristinam urbis consuetudinem cum juramentis fidelitatem. Roboratus igitur Brancaleo, expulit ab urbe sibi adversantes, et Hannibalenses duos, scilicet consanguineos cujusdam Cardinalis, patibulis fecit praesentari, spernens Papalem reverentiam, nec Papalibus pepercit amicis aut consanguineis. Quos cum Papa excommunicaret, scilicet Brancaleonem Senatorem et suos fautores, ipsi cachinnantes omnes minas suas contempserunt, et potestatem in eos exercendam non tantum parvipendebant, sed etiam sannis vilipendebant. Ipsi se asserebant habere privilegium, quod nequit aliquis Papa eos excommunicare, et subsannantes comminabantur ipsum Papam cum suis Cardinalibus, usque ad internecionem persequi et damnificare. Quo cognito, Papa sibi timuit, et dixit fratribus.

Dum furor in cursu est, currenti cede furori.

Et ne malis pejora succederent, se subito contulit Viterbium, proponens se remotius, scilicet Assisium confer. But at l • st he was forced to humble himself to Brancaleo, and implore his favor. Whereupon Manfridus, quia Papam odio habuit, & Senatorem Brancaleonem praecordialiter dilexerat, gavisus vehementer est: quod qui paulo ante minas jaculabatur, et sententiam excommunicationis comminabatur fulgurare, sic humiliatus est, quod ea quae pacis sunt cogebatur postulare. Spospondit igitur Princeps Manfredus, eidem Senatori Brancaleoni se ad omnia necessaria subventurum. Et sic destitutus est undique amicus Regis Anglorum Henrici, cui consuevit potenter suffragari, totaque inaestimabilis pecunia, quam pro Regno Apuliae adquirendo effuderat, et illuc transmiserat, non sufficiebat ad adquietandum usuras, quae tacit subrepentes, ipsum Regem ignarum illaquearent, et incircumspectum. Imposuit insuper ei Papa, quod deceperat Ecclesiam et circummvenerat: unde fama ejus, inter omnes nations obsorduit vehementer. When as the Pope himself was the grand and most infamous Cheater▪

Diebus sub eisdem, excanduit Papa in Regem Anglorum, eo quod promissa toties iterata non observans, seipsum ultro obligaverat sub poena amissionis Regni, excessus corrigere consuetos. Instante igitur Episcopo Roffensi Laurentio (such was his Episcopal Loyalty) et aliis multis urgentissime, proposuit Papa, post admonitiones infructuosas in Regem fulgurare sententiam e • communicationis, et Regnum interdicere, ( such was his Papal presumption ) et graviora gravibus successive cumulare Rex igitur mente confusus, ( who wanted the courage of Brancaleo, and the English Bakers valor at Rome) quinque millia Marcarum Domino Papae numeravit, ut iram temperans cordis sui hanc sententiam ad tempus prorogaret atque differret. Dominus autem Papa precio et precibus postulantis ilico adquievit. ( Whereas the King should have derided, contemned it, as the Romans then did under his very Nose in Rome itself, and much more he a King, at a greater distance. ) Et sic depauperato Regno Angliae, & undique bonis suis spoliato, omnis spes de obtinendo Regno Apuliae pene evanuit exsufflata, nisi quod in sinu novi Regis Alemanniae Richardi aliquantula, sed nimis exilis, est reposita, quia nondum culmen Imperii est adeptus. Such a gross holy cheat did those unholy Popes put upon this our deluded King Henry, his son Edmund, and our kingdoms.

This Record should have been inserted. Book 3. Chap. 1. p. 476. l. 9. What an Ecclesiastical Sovereignty King Henry the 3d. exercised in the appropriating of Churches, and endowing of Vicaridges, this memorable Writ for that purpose issued to the Bishop of Worcester Anno 20 H. 3. will clearly evidence.

Rex Domino Wigorn. Episcopo salutem. Ex quo minus honestum vobis videbatur appropriare Monachis nostris Wigorn. Ecclesiam de Bremgrave in forma quam intendebamus, videlicet, ut augeretur numerus eorum, discretioni vestrae relinquerimus, ut secundum quod videritis honestius id fieri posse, & animae bonae memory Domini J. Regis Patris nostri, cui super hoc subveniri cupimus, magis expedire de appropriatione praedicta disponatis, secundum tenorem Cartae nostrae. Ita tamen, quod Vicaria mediocris sit, & modum non e • cedat, & quod provisionem vestram in hac parte per literas vestras Nobis plenius certificetis, antequam ipsam promulge • is vel statuetis. Teste Rege apud Wudstock 24 die Februarii.

FINIS.

Courteous Readers,

FOr the readier finding of the principal persons, places, matters contained in this Volume, I have made several distinct Indexes or Tables thereunto.

The 1. of the Authors and Authorities of all sorts therein quoted and made use of. The 2. of the English and other Abbeys, Priories, Monasteries, Nunneries, Abbots, Priors, and all matters relating to them. The 3. of the English and Welsh Archbishoprics, Bishoprics, Archbishops, Biships, their Elections, Actions, Treasons, Extravagances, Contests, and all matters relating to them in this Tome. The 4. of the Irish. The 5. of Foreign Archbishoprics, Bishoprics, Archbishops, Biships, their elections, and actions herein mentioned. The 6. of the English, Irish, and other Archdeaconries, Deaneries, Archdeacons, Deans. The 7. of the English and other Earls. The 8. of the chief Officers of State of England and Ireland. The 9. of Barons, Knights, and other principal persons Names of our English or other Nations. The 10. of the Popes of Rome. The 11. of the Romish Cardinals. The 12. of the Popes Legates, Nuncioes, Agents in England, Ireland, or other foreign Dominions. The 13. of Cities, Castles, Churches, parishes, places, and passages relating to them; with the Pages wherein you may find them. The 14. of the Principal matters herein contained, wherein the Names, Actions of cur own and other Kings, Emperors, Princes, and chief Persons, are more particularly related. The 15. of sacred Texts occasionally abused by the Pontificians to maintain St. Peters and Popes Supremacies, the adoration and Sovereign Exaltation of the Virgin Mary, Saints departed, Transubstantiation and other Popish errors; or made use of, to refute their mistakes, and corruptions.

In the respective Indexes of the Abbeys, Monasteries, Archbishoprics, Bishoprics, Priories, Archdeaconries, Deaneries, Earldomes, Offices, I have observed an Alphabetical method, in respect of the Places themselves; but pursued a Chronological method in relation to the Abbots. Priors, Archbishops, Bishops, Archdeacons, Deans, Earls, Officers, beginning with the ancientest, and so descending, as most consonant to my Chronology. Only I have observed an Alphabetical method in the Popes.

An Alphabetical Index of the Authors quoted in this TOME upon several Occasions.

A Ccursius, p. 317.
Corn. Agrippa, p. 229.
Aegidius de Roma, p. 15.
Ailredus Abbas, p. 72, 73.
Albertus, p. 18, 29, 30, 31.
Alciatus, p. 7.
Alexander Alensis, p. 15, 74, 303.
Petrus de Alliaco, p. 15.
Jacobus Almain, p. 8, 10.
Theodoricus de Alpodis, p. 64.
S. Ambrosius, p. 706.
Gul. Ames, p. 6, 80.
Antidotarium Animae, p. 33.
Anton. Andraeas, p. 15.
Anselmus Archiep. Cantuariae, p. 16, 20, 21, 23, 32, 46, 47, 48, 49, 53, 64.
Antoninus Archiepisc. Florentinus, p. 10, 32, 49, 50, 64, 69, 70.
Tho. Aquinas, p. 15, 51, 74, 76.
Aretinus, p. 10, 23.
Fr. Aretinus, p. 317.
Johannes de Arnona, p. 7.
St. Athanasius, p. 706.
Jo. de Aton, p. 54▪ 233, 385, 489, 898, to 913. 1040▪ to 1045.
Steph. Aufrerus, p. 7.
St. Augustinus, p. 36, 79, 80.
Petrus Aureolus, p. 76.

JOhannes Bacon, p. 15.
Sir Rich. Bak • r, p. 245, 258, 647, 1069.
Johannes Balaeus, p. 10▪ 229, 1069.
Baldus Perusianus, p. 316, 317.
Dr. Rob. Barns, p. 10▪ 648.
Cardinal Baronius, p. 14, 17, 24, 29, 50, 53, 62, 68, 72, 291, 292▪
Sebast. Barradius, p. 20.
Bartolus, p. 7.
Pere Basil, p. 51.
Thom. Beacon, p. 14, 104.
Dr. Tho. Beard, p. 41, 50, 51, 52, 53, 293.
Martinus Becanus, p. 57, 74, 292.
Beda, p. 79, 707, 708.
Cardinal Robert. Bellarminus, p. 6, 8, 51, 53, 57, 62, 72, 75, to 80, 292, 300.
Petrus Belluga, p. 318.
Petrus Bembus Cardinalis, p. 16.
Gul. Benedictus, p. 317.
Benno Cardinalis, p. 10.
Beomond, p. 7.
Berengarius, p. 72, 80.
St. Bernardus, p. 7, 9, 16, 20, 30, 31, 34, 40, 44, 47, 48, 49, 69.
Bernardinus de Busti, p. 16, to 56, 64, 68.
Bernardinus de Seni • , p. 16, 19, 20, 27, 29, 3 • , 34, 36, 45, 46, 55.
Jacobus B • r • ochinus, p. 7.
Bertramus, p. 80.
Gabriel Biel, p. 15, 25, 74, 80.
Tho. Bilson Bishop of Winton, p. 323.
Laurentius Bochellus, p. 504. Epist. to the Readers.
Johannes Bodinus, p. 320, 321, 322.
Herman. Bodius, p. 80.
S. Bonaventura, p. 22, 23, 29, 35, 39, 41, 50, 56▪
Bossius, p. 7.
Dr. John Boys, p. 22▪ 52, 53.
Tho. Bozius, p. 9. 72, 73, 74.
Franciscus Bozzius, p. 10.
Henricus de Bracton, p. 385, 445, 471, 602, 707, 739, 872 to 890.
Appendix p. 20. and elsewhere
Mr. Brerely Priest, p. 72, 73, 74.
Breviarium Romanum, p. 16, 22.
St. Brigitta, p. 17, 20, 25, 41, 42, 50, 52.
Hervaeus Brito, p. 15, 68.
Briton, a Judge, p. 36 • , 739.
Barthol. Brixiensis, p. 78, 79, 303.
Johannes Brompton Chronicon, p. 41, 69, 72, 73, 74, 324.
Justice Brooke, p. 304, 326, 471, 739, 760.
Appendix, p. 20.
Steph▪ Brulifer, p. 15.
Bucanon, p. 319.
Buxtorsius, p. 77.

CArdinal Cajetan, p. 51, 57, 80.
Archiep. Caesariensis, p. 76.
Calderinus, p. 52.
Mr. Calf hill, p. 504.
Giraldus Cambrensis, p. 69, 234.
Mr. will. Cambden, p. 69, 229.
Edmond Campion, p. 292.
Petrus Canisius, p. 51, 62, 65, 76.
Julius Capitolinus, p. 57.
Johan. Capreolus, p. 15.
Ubertinus de Careggio, p. 7.
Alexander Carerius, p. 8, 10, 292.
Arnoldus Carnotensis, p. 10, 28, 38.
Ivo Carnotensis, Appendix, p. 20.
Dionysius Carthusianus, p. 15.
Thomas Cartwright, p. 51, 58, 62.
Georgius Cassander, p. 22, 49, 56.
Joannes de Castro, p. 77.
Catechismus Tridentinus, p. 62.
Ambrosius Catherinus, p. 16.
will. Caxton, p. 243, 253, 261, to 265. 273, 366.
Caeremoniale Romanum. p. 76.
Ranulphus Cestrensis, p. 74.
Episc. Chemnensis, p. 229.
Mart. Chemnitz, p. 75.
Laertius Cherubinus, p. 605.
Stanislaus Christian, p. 292.
Chronicon August. p. 22.
St. Chrysostomus, p. 79, 706, 707.
—Chrysostomus à Visitatione, p. 46.
Cicero, p. 56.
Angelus de Clavasio, or Summa Angelica, p. 33, 74, 76, 303, 473, 504, 710.
Nicholaus de Clemangiis, p. 229.
Jud Coccius, p 7 • , 74.
Fr Coll • us, p. •• .
Philippus Commaeus, p. 319.
Concilium Lateranum sub Innocentio III. p. 15. 233.
Concilium Oxoniense, p. 51, 54 385, 386.
Concilium Tol t • num, p. 316.
Concilium Tridentinum, p. 15, 66, 67.
Sir Edward Cook, p 303, 304, 326, 328, 394, 442, 445, 472, 739, 759. And Epistle to the Reader.
Antonius Co • s • tus, p. 219.
Co • arruvias, p. 317.
Archbishop Cranmer, p. 75.
Albertus Crantzius, p: 72.
Dr. Crakenthorp, p. 9. 291, 292, 296, 302, 318.
Cravetta, p. 319.
Joan. Crispine, p. 50, 52.
Cromatius, p 706.
Cromerus, p. 319.
Francis de Croy, p. 52.
Radulphus Cupers, p. 8.
Curopolites, p 41.
Rich. de Cu • te, p. 8, 317.
Fran. Curtius junior, p 319.
Cardinal Cusanus, p. 54. 80.

JOannes Damascenus, p. 44.
Petrus Dammianus, p. 22, 29.
Samuel Daniel, p. 227, 243, 324.
and elsewhere in the Margin. Sir John Davis, Epist the Reader.
Carolus Degrassatus, p. 317.
Joannes Diac • us, p. 72.
Radulphus de Diceto, p. 14. 2 • 9, 327, 778.
Diodorus Siculus, p. 56.
Dionysius Halicarnasseus, p. 56.
Diurnale Romanum, Parisiis 1583. p. 16.
George Dowl • y Priest, p. 52.
Durand, p. 15. 57.

EAdmerus, p: 327.
Appendix, p. 20.
Boetius E • o • , p. 317.
Erford, p. 74.
Epiphanius, p. 58, to 63. 72, 706.
Claudius Espen • aeus, p. 55, 56, 229, 471, 473, 706.
Gul. Esti •• , p. 15.
Eugenius Papa III. p 235.
Eulogium, p. 296, 366.
Euripiaes, p. 54.
Enthymius, p. 706.

FAbian, p 243.
and elsewhere. Alexander Fabricius, p. 16.
Claude Fauche • , Epistle to the Reader.
Faber Faventinus, p. 15.
Felyaus, p. 7. 317.
Ferandus, p. 7.
Ferarius, p. 7.
Justice Fitzherbert, p. 304, 326, 471.
Henr. Fitz-Simon, p. 46.
Fleta, p. 385, 445.
Follerus, p. 7.
Mr. John Fox, p. 23, 35, 39, 50, 56, 73, 243, 248, 249, 269, 366, 369, 710, 1067. & elsewhere.
Froissard, p. 319.
Dr. Fulke, p. 58. 62.

ANton. Gabrielius, p. 319.
Mr. Tho. Gataker, p. 72.
Gilb. Genebrardus, p. 41.
Will. à Gent. p. 74.
Gervasius Dor • born. p. 14, 69, 74, 294, 788.
Justice Ranulph • s Glanvil, p. 445, 471.
Bishop Godwin his Catalogue of Bishops, p. 230, 242, 243, 254, 294, 357, 379, 380, 404, 405, 406, 418, 419, 429, 484. and elsewhere sporsim in the margin to 1064.
Melchior Goldastus Epistle to the Reader.
Gorrichen, p. 15.
Richard Graston, p. 423, 324, 326. and elsewhere.
Gratianus, p. 15, 76, 78, 79, 303, 471, 473, 504, 710.
Appendix, p. 20.
Edward Grimston, p. 519.
Hugo Grotius, p. 309, 310.
Fr. Guicciardinus, p. 319.

JOhannis Prior Hagustaldensis, p. 778.
Halls Chronicle, p. 326.
Joseph Hall Bishop of Exeter. p. 473.
Sir John Heyward, p. 327.
Higden, p. 327, 1024.
St. Hieronimus, p. 21, 48, 706.
St. Hilarius, p. 706.
History of the Council of Trent, p. 16.
Sir Henry Hobart, p. 760.
Robertus Holkot, p. 40, 43. 77.
Ralph Holinshed, p. 227, 243, and elsewhere in the margin.
Homerus, p. 56.
Horae beatae Mariae secundum usum Romanum, p. 34, 43, 52, 62.
Horae B. Mariae secundum usum Sarum, Parisiis 1509. p. 15, to 18, 33, 37, 41, 43, 46, 52, 62.
Hours of our Lady in English, printed at St. Omers p. 16, &c.
Andrew Horne, p. 707.
Rod. Hospinianus, p. 73, 74.
Hostiensis, p. 10. 504.
Roger Howden, p. 227, 230, to 236, 239, 240, 327, 429, 778.
Appendix, p. 20. and elsewhere.
Dr. Hoyle, p. 75.
Henricus de Huntindon, p. 327.

COrn. Jansen, p. 80.
Jason, p. 7.
John Jewel Bishop of Sarum, p. 12, 16, 22, 23, 32, 54 56, 75.
Index Expurgatorius, p. 316.
Abbot Ingulphus, p. 327.
Innocentius Papa III. p. 9. See Innocentius III. in the Index of Popes.

HEnry de Knyghton, p. 41, 58, 69, 72, 73, 74, 243, 292, 325, 698. and elsewhere.

Mr. William Lambard, p. 323.
• lius Lampridius, p. 57.
Ledesma, p. 62.
Leo Papa X. p. 7.
Augustinus Leonissa, p. 15. 36.
Leo • ard • s Lessius, Jes. p. 77.
Wilhelmus Lindanus, p. 15.
Hercules Lipomanus, p. 32, 49.
Justus Lipsius, p. 51.
Litaniae Deip. Virginis Mariae, &c. Antwerpiae 1624. p. 37, 49.
Judge Littleton, p. 303.
Gaspar Loarte Jesuita, p. 68.
Loazes, p. 319.
Michael Lochmair, p. 16, 17, 21, 25, 36, 37, 40, 44, 46, 68.
Petrus Lombard • s, p. 15, 75.
Ludovicus Lucius, p. 47, 55.
Martinus Lutherus, p. 55, 80.
Sir Humsry Lynde, p. 306.
William Lyndewode, p. 385, 910, to 913, 919. and elsewhere.

CEnturiae Magdeburgenses, p. 10, 58.
Jo. Maldonet, p. 79, 80.
Mallon a Jesuit, p. 72, 73, 74.
A Manual of godly Prayers, St. Omers 1625. p. 15, 16.
Wilhelmus Malmesburiensis, p. 72.
Gualther Mapes, p. 229, 1063.
Johannes Marian • , p. 319.
Philippe de Marnix, p. 52.
Johannes Marius, p. 10.
Dr. Marta, p. 5. to 11. 291, 292.
Martialis Poeta, p. 57.
Franciscus de Mayro, p. 46.
Richardus de Media Villa, p. 15, 74, 75.
Medina, p. 79.
Simeon Metaphrastes, p. 72.
Menochius, p. 7.
Minutius Felix, p. 72.
Micrologus, p. 77.
Missal Romanum, p. 13. 15.
Missal Parvum pro Sacerdotibus in Anglia itiner antibus, p. 66.
Missae votivae, p. 15.
Car. Molinaeus, Epistle to the Reader.
Monstrel, p. 318.
Galfridus Monumetensis, p. 326.
Sir Thomas Moore, p. 292.
Philippus de Mornay, p. 64.
Tho. Morton Bishop of Durham, p. 53, 55, 56, 72, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 306.
Peter dis Moulin, p. 75.

NAuclerus, p. 328.
Will, Neubrigensis, p. 227, 324.
Nicetas, p. 41.
Theodoricus à Niem, p. 10.
Nicholas Cardinal of Aragon, p. 291.

GUl. Ockam, p. 15, 75.
Oecolampadius, p. 80.
Oecumenius, p. 706.
Officium B. Mariae, secundum usum Sarum: See Horae Officium • . Mariae nuper reformatum: & Pii V. Pontificis jussu editum, &c. A Rouen 1632. & in Diurnale Romanum, Parisiis 1558. p. 62.
Officium Conceptionis Mariae, p. 23.
Onuphrius, p. 605, 648.
Onus Ecclesiae, p. 229.
Petrus Opmerus, p. 49, 55, 605, 648.
Origen, p. 70, 80, 706.
Ormerod, p. 56.
Osbernus, p. 73.
Cardinal Ossat, p. 779.
Osorius, p. 55.
Ovidius, p. 56.

PEtru • de Pa • ude, p. 36.
Abbas Panormitanus, p. 7.
Johannes de Parisiis, p. 317.
Mat. Paris, p. 227, 243, 242, and elsewhere sparsim almost throughout the whole Tome.
Mat. Parker, Aneiqu. Eccles. •• it. p. 227, 243, 293, 418, 504, &c. sparsim to p. 1062.
Ro. Parsons, p. 264.
Stephanus Patracensis Archiepiscopus, p. 8, 9.
Pelargus, p. 52.
Alvarus Pelagius, p. 5, 6, 9, 229, 290, 303, 306.
Pelichdorfius, p. 706.
Lucas de Penna, p. 216.
Gul. Peraldus, p. 1063.
Pererius, p. 79.
Pindarus, p. 56.
Barth. de Pisis, p. 64.
Pierre de • it • o •• , p. 699, 701, to 704.
Bishop P • kington, p. 504.
Platina, p. 10. 605.
Plato, p. 56.
C. Plinius secundus, p. 57.
Plutarchus, p. 56.
Martinus Polonus, p. 10.
Trebellius Pollio, p. 57.
Georgius Bartholdus Pontanus, p. 62.
Pontificale Romanum, p. 76, 504.
Anton de Prato, p. 7.
Primer of our Lady in Latin and English, secundum usum Sarum, Parisiis 1538. p. 13, 15, • 2, 33, 46, 62.
Primer of our Lady in English, St. Omers 1631. p. 16. 62.

JOhannis de Rada, p. 15.
Justice Rastal, p. 708, 710, 759.
Dr. John Rainolds, p. 25, 56.
Paschatius Rathertus, p. 15, 71, 72, 76.
Pet. Rebuffus, p. 7.
Reinking • us, p. 319.
Rhemish Testament, p. 67.
Petrus Ribadeniera, p. 5, 17, 49, 52, 64, 68, 69, 70, 7 • , 75.
Ribera, p. 79.
Riminaldus senior & junior, p. 7.
Rosary of our Lady, p. 16, &c.
The Fraternity of the Rosary, p. 50.
Albericus de Rosate, p. 317, 318, 319.
Anton. de Rosellis, p. 10. 318.
Bon. Rugerius, p. 319.
Alanus de Rupe, p. 47.

ANt. Coc. Sabellicus, p. 10.
Alph. Salmeron, p. 76.
Sir Edwin Sandys, p. 15. 52.
Sapia, p. 7.
Ludolphus Saxo, p. 46.
Johannes Scapula, p. 75.
Johan. Schneidewin, p. 489.
Gaspar Sciopius, p. • 92.
Johan. Duns Scotus, p. 15, 57, 74, 75.
Mr. John Selden, Appendix, p. 20.
Sixtus Senensis, p. 80. 706.
Seneca, p. 57.
Sigebertus, p. 14.
Andreas Siculus, p. 7.
Sir Thomas Smith, p. 319.
Socinus senior & junior, p. 7.
Appendix, p. 20.
Somner his Glossary, p. 229.
Sophocles, p. 56.
John Speed, p. 243, n73, 286, 302, 324, 327, 366. 1067. and elsewhere.
Speculum Exemplorum, p. 36.
Speculum vitae Sancti Francisci, p. 36.
Sir Henry Spelman, p. 266. 295.
Appendix, p. 17.
Henr. Spondanus, p. 14, 17, &c. See Baronius.
Thomas Sprot, p. 258.
Albertus Stadius, p. 328.
Henry Stafford, p. 52.
Justice Stamford, p. 739.
Stella, p. 10. 648.
Josephus Stephanus, p. 8.
Augustinus Steuchus, p. 291.
John Stow, p. 327. &c.
Thomas Stubs, p. 242.
Gulielmus Stuckius, p. 77.
Suarez a Jesuit, p. 76, 80.
Laurentius Surius, p. 8, 49, 51, 64, 66, 69, 70, 316, 471, 473, 707.
Sir Christopher Sybthorp, Epist. to the Reader.

COrn. Tacitus, p. 57.
Henr. Tamaret, p. 15.
Ri. Tapperus, p. 80.
Terentius, p. 56.
Theophilactus▪ p, 706.
Johannes Thierry, p. 303.
William Thorn, p. 793.
Appendix, p. 1. to 20.
Fr. Tolletus, p. 79.
Franciscus Torrensis, p. 65.
Trevisa, p. 253.
Augustinus Triumphus, p. 8.
Baptista Trovomala, Summa Rosella. p. 15, 76. 303, 473, 707.
Hor. Turselinus, p. 38, 51.
Sir Roger Twisden, Epist. to the Reader p. 2. 232, 237, 777, 778, 779.
William Tyndale, p. 238.

GRegor. de Valentia, p. 76.
Francisc. Vargas, p. 317.
Henr. de Varumaria, p. 15.
Gabr. Vasquez, p. 32, 74, 318.
Paulus Venetus, p. 45, 46.
Blas. Viegas, p. 23, 28, 47.
Vincentius Beluacensis, p. 49, 64, 74.
Virgilius Poeta, p. 52, 293.
Ludovicus Vives, p. 15. 55.
Raphael Volateranus, p. 10. 292.
Flavius Vopiscus, p 47.
James Usher Archbishop of Ardmach, p. 1, 2, 16, 22, 23, 29, 39, 55.
Abbas Uspergensis, p. 328.

THo. Waldensis, p. 11. 67, 68.
Baldwinus Walae • s, p. 77.
Tho. Walsingham, p. 78, 79, 291, 324, 325, 327▪ 1022, 1065, 1068.
Dr. Wats, p. 229.
Wendover, p. 292.
Matt. Westminster, p. 227, 228, 442, and sparsim throughout the Tome.
Wernerus Fascic. Temporum, p. 10.
Dr. John White, p. 22, 23, 35, 70, 306.

YLdephonsus Arch. Toletanus, p. 21, 49.

LEl. Zecchus, p. 291.
Zonaras, p. 319.

INDEX 2. Of the several English, Welsh, and other Abbeys, Monasteries, Nunneries, Priories; their Abbots, Abbesses, Priors Names, Actions, and all things relating to them either in general, or particularly to each of them mentioned in this Tome.

POPE Gregory the 9. his Bull for Visiting all Religious Orders ▪and Houses, p. 440, 441, 442. Abbots summoned to the Council of Lions, p. 637. The Epistle of the Abbots, Priors, Covents of England to Pope Innocent the 4. against his Innovations and Oppressions, p. 667, 668, 669. King Henry the 3. his Inquisition of all their Manors, Lands, Re ••• , and their values, p. 810. A Catalogue of the Convert Jews sent by him to each of them by several Writs, to be there relieved, p. 835, to 841. All of the Cistercian Order summoned by Rustand the Popes Nuncio, p. 946, 947, 948. Pope Alexander the 4. and his Cardinals new Edict, that all exempt Alb • ts should repair to Rome after their elections, p. 925.

ABbendune, Abendon, Abby and Abbots: The Abbot one of the Popes Delegates to excommunicate the Barons and Citizens of London, p. 359, to 362. Its Church dedicated, p. 504. The Popes provision to him for St. Helena Church to a Roman, disobeyed to please the King, his Citation to Rome, and vexation thereupon, p. 716, 717. Convert Jews sent to it by Writ, p. 836. His Barony seised for not sending horse and Arms to the King upon summons, p. 1008. The Monks purchase a license to choose a new Abbot for 500 Marks, after the death of their Paralitick Abbot, which the King repents of, he dying soon after, Appendix, p. 27.
Abbodesbiry Abb. Convert Jews sent to it, p. 838, 839.
Abercukuna Abby in Wales sacked, burnt by the English, p. 622.
St. Agatha Ab▪ Convert Jews sent thereto, p. 838, 840
St. Albans Ab: John Abbot, the temporaltles thereof seised for his contempt, in obeying the Popes Interdict before King Johns Edict to celebrate divine service, till he paid 600 Marks; Its Officers removed, others placed there by the King, who extorted above 1000 Marks from it, p. 255, 285. William Abbot, what Pope Innocent the 3d. spake to, extorted from him at the Council of Lateran ere dismissed, p. 350, 351. This Popes suspension of the Archbishop there published and ratified by the Kings command, p. 351 The Kings license to elect an Abbot defe • red till his coming into England, p. 352. The Bishop of Armenia there honourably entertained, p. 421. A great Consistory there held about the Countess of Essex her divorce, p. 435. Plead their privileges of Exemption from the General Visitors of Pope Gregory the 9. p. 442. Their manner of electing Abbots. Johan. de Hertford elected, the proceedings therein; a new Oath exacted of him by Pope Greg. the 9▪ the Kings License, Confirmation, the Procurations, Bulls and Popes exactions concerning it, p. 458, to 467. A prohibition to him as Popes Delegate not to hold Plea of Lay fee, &c p. 479. A Delegate to absolve the Monks of Canterbury, p. 579. Its Abbot, the first, chiefest of all English Abbots, p. 581. Appendix, p. 24. excuseth himself by Proxy by reason of his age for not appearing at the Council of Lions, p▪ 638. The Kings prohibition to him to pay no Tax to the Popes use, p. 672. The Popes Freers exact monies from him under great penalties, which he excuseth, appeals against, but is forced to pay 200. instead of 40. Marks, besides 80. more sent, p. 691, to 697. King H. • . begs and extorts money from the Abbot, p. 723. The Bishop of Bangor sojourns there, his Bishopric being wasted by wars, p. 726. The Bishop of London and his Canons crave the Abbots, Covents advice assistance against the Archbishops Excommunication, p. 742, 743. One of the Popes delegates to examine this business, and absolve them, p. 745, 746. The Kings grant of a Warren with a Non obstante to his prejudice, p. 760. His Ayd demanded by other Abbots against the Bps encroachments on them, p. 761. Its Orchard, p. 775. Pope Innocent the 4. his Bull to them concerning the moderating of Provisions, p. 779, &c. Its Visitation, p. 789. John Abbot successor to William his reformation, Ibid. Archbishop Boniface peaceable towards it, p 792. The Popes Bull for provisions to the Abbot for Italians, and their insolency, p. 803. A refuge to afflicted persons, p. 806. Rustand exacts 600 Marks of him for the Pope, besides use, &c. p. 823. An Appeal against the Popes provision, the Kings Letter on their behalf, p. 842, 843. The Popes Injunction to pay 500 Marks to his Merchants, p. 843. Interdicted notwithstanding its Privileges for not paying it, p. 846. An imperious provision to it for a Roman, p. 926. The Archb. of Messana, a Monk, his imperiousness, exacts 21. marks for procurations, 928. Refuseth to aid the King, rather obeys the Popes then Kings commands, 833, 834. The Kings prohibition not to suffer any monies of the Bishop of Winchester, &c. to be carried thence, under pain of seising their lands, p. 938. He lends the King 100 Marks, which is allowed in his Disms, 1055. One of the Popes Commissaries to restore the Abbot of S. Augustine's Append. p. 12. K. Offa its founder, • b. p. 21. Pope Honorius the 3. his large Bull of all Privileges granted o • belonging to it, Appendix p. 23, &c. The Bulls, Charters recited in it, Ibid. 24. The Abbots Pontifical Miter, other Ornaments and Privileges, Ibid. The Abby not to be suspended from divine Offices by any Common Interdict or Excommunication, Appendix, p. 25. Peter -pence granted to it. None but the Pope himself or a Cardinal Legat à Latere to Interdict or Excommunicate it, ib p. 24. Exempt from all Episcopal Jurisdiction, and immediately subject to the Pope alone, ibid. The Pope presumed to reserve an ounce of gold each year from it by his Bull of Privilege, against the Kings prerogative, ibid. p. 25.
Albanensis Abbas, Archbishop of Rhoan, the Popes Legate to publish the Emperors Excommunication, p. 655.
Ambresbery Nuns removed for uncleanness, others placed in it, p. 228, 229. The Prioresse by Writ to remove the Corps of Alienora thither from St. James Bristol, according to her will, p. 575, 576.
S. Andrew Northampt. Prior thereof Commissary to Rustand, p. 862.
Annestow Abbess and Nuns; Convert Jews sent to it, p. 837, 839, 840.
St. Augustine's Bristol Ab. Convert Jews sent thither by Writs p. 836, 837.
St. Augustine's Canterbury Abby: Its Visitation (as exempted) by Pope Gregory 9. his Bull, an appeal for grievances therein, p. 441, 442. Archbishop Edmunds composition, instrument of their Privileges, p. 499, 500. Privileges granted them by Pope Innocent the 4. The Archbishop not to visit, suspend or excommunicate them, p. 79 • ▪ 792, 793, 794, 79 • . Their Privilege against Provisions of the Pope, 794. A prohibition to the Abbot not to hold Plea of Lay fee, p. 885. A Writ to tax and collect their own Disms, p. 1050. Contests between Abbot Alexander, the Archbishop and Archdeacons of Canterbury, concerning the Churches of Feversham, Middleton, &c. Writs, Excommunications, Appeals concerning them • Appendix, p. 1, to 20.

BArden • y: The Abbot and Monks excommunicated by the Archdeacon and Bishop of Lincoln after an Appeal for a Debt claimed from his predecessor, and not delivering a Pontifical, against Law; for which the Monks of Canterbury excommunicate the Bishop and his Officers; their contests, fights about it, p. 597, 598. A prohibition to the Sheriff not to attach any of the Monks excommunicated after their appeal, p. 599. To se • se their Ecclesiastical benefices as well as temporalties during the vacancy as belonging to the King, allowing the Monks Estovers, ibid. 600. The Abbot deprived by Nicholas the Popes Legate, who puts another in his place, Appendix, p. 18.
Bartholomew Lincoln Priory: Convert Jews sent to it, p. 838. 840.
Bartholomew London Priory: Resists the Archbishops Visitation, the Fray, insurrection, contests about it, p. 741, 742. mediated, p 747. A Jewish Convert sent to it, p. 837.
Bathe Priory, Converted Jews sent to it, p. 836, 838, 840. bound to the Pope in 400 Marks without their privity, p. 845. Elect the Bishop with the Dean and Chapter of Wells p. 498.
Begeham, Bekeham, Praemonstratensis Ordinis Abbas: Greg: 9. his Bull to him and others as his Visitors of other Religious Houses, p. 441, 44 • , 789. Convert Jews sent to it, 836, 839, 840.
Beland, Convert Jews sent to it, p. 836, 839.
Bellalanda Abbey: Convert Jews sent to it, p. 836, 839.
De Bello: the Abbot opposeth the Popes demands, Usurpations p. 567. Convert Jews sent thither, p. 837, 838.
De Bello Capite Ab: Convert Jews sent to it, p. 838, 840.
De Bello loco Abbot, the Kings Proctor with others to the Pope and Cardinals against the Archbishop, p. 246, 247. A writ to be present at the Archbp of Yorks election by the Dean and Chapter, p. 348; and at the Bishop of Winchesters, p. 354. Of the Cistercian Order, built by King John, 366. made Bishop of Karliol, the Kings Letter in his behalf, p. 375.
Benner, Benver Priory: Convert Jews sent to it, p. 838, 839.
Beolton Prior professeth obedience to the Archbishop of York, saving his Liberties, &c. appeals to Rome, p. 242.
Berking; a Writ to promote one to be Abbess there, p. 352.
Bermundesey: Prior; Writs to seise all monies of the Abbot of Cluny therein, p. 886, 887. Founded by the Kings ancestors, p. 968.
Berncestre Prior, a Judge in case of a marriage portion p. 882.
Bernwell Priory: Convert Jews sent to it, p. 836, 837, 839. sequestered goods delivered by the Priors view, 965.
St. Bertins Abby in Flanders, the banished Monks of Canterbury resort to it, p. 248.
Binham Priory, of St. Benedicts Order, a detestable Provision on its Church of Westle, p. 746.
Blithe Priors appeal against the Archbishop of York his Excommunication, p. 242
Boccon Abbot, a Commissioner to make Peace betwixt England and France, p. 1001.
Boleg, Convert • sent to it, p. 240.
Bolinton, Boyling Priories, Converts sent to them, p. 838, 840.
Bordel Abbot, a Prohibition to him against his usurpations on the Kings Tenants, p. 984, 985.
Bordest Abbot, one of the Popes Delegates, a Prohibition to him, p. 381.
Bos • grave Priory, Converts sent to it, p. 836, 837, 839.
Boxele, Boxlegg Abbot, one of Pope Greg. the 9. his Visitors of Religious Houses, 441, 442. His severity, Ib. 789. A Papal sequestration to him of the Priory of Winton, and Kings Prohibition against it, p. 832, 833.
Brethenhath Priory, Converts sent to it, p. 840.
Bridlinton Prior: his appeal against the Archbishop of York p. 242. Converts sent thither, p. 839.
Bruera Abby: Converts sent to it, p. 835, 838.
Brumer; Converts sent thither, p. 840.
Buell Ab. Cic • strensis Ordinis, p. 991.
Bukenham Priory, Converts sent to it, p. 840.
Buldewas, Bulea • was, Bild • was, Converts sent thither, p. 836, 837, 839. Of the Cistercian Order; deny aid to the King, who expostulates with them, p. 846, 847.
De Burgo: A Writ to the Prior and Covent for the Kings Commissioners to be present at their Abbots election, p. 348 Its Church dedicated, p 504. Nigri Ordinis; The Abbots illegal proceedings between the Abbot of Bardeney and Bishop of Lincoln, 598. The Abbot summoned to the Council of Lions, there shamefully abused by the Pope, for opposing his Provision to a Benefice, p. 638. Accused for dilapidations, resigns his place; the Abby sequestered by the King, p. 729.
Burton Abbots election approved by the King, p. 351, 352.

CErtesey Abbey, Converts sent thither, p. 836. C • yve, the Abbot the Kings Proctor at Rome concerning a Peace with France, p. 423. to oppose the Usurpations of the Bishops of Ireland on the Crown, p. 428. Converts sent to it, p. 840.
Cog • shall Abby; Converts sent thither, p. 836, 839.
Coldingham Prior, recommended to be elected to Rammesey, p. 356.
Colecester Abby, Converts sent to it, p. 8 • 6, 839.
Coventry Prior and Covent, the Kings Commissioners to be at their Bishops election, p. 348. recommended to be elected at Rames • y, p. 356. They and the Canons of Lichfield to elect the Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield by turns: the Prior to have the first voice, p. 418. Their Elections of several Bishops refused, nulled by the King, and Pope, p. 510, 511. 624, 625. A pension unduly granted to them out of St. Michaels Church nulled by the King, p. 687, 688, 689.
Crokesden Abby, Converts sent to it, p. 838, 840.
Croxton Abbot, King Johns bodily and ghostly Physician; p. 366. His Legacy to the Abby, p. 367.
Cumba Abby, Converts sent thither, p. 837.

DEla Dale Ab. Converts sent to it, p. 836, 839. Daventre Priory, Converts sent thither, p. 838, 840.
Derbe Prior, one of the Popes Delegates; a prohibition to him, p. 689.
Derlege Abby, Converts sent to it, p. 838, 840.
St. Dionysius, Odo Abbot of it bestows rich gifts on the Pope, for which he made him Archbishop of •• oan, p. 641, 642. died suddenly by divine justice for his ambition, p. 697.
St. Dogmael Prior, elected Bishop of St. David's, Writs for him, p. 236, 237.
Dore Abbey, Converts sent to it; p. 836, 837.
Dunestable: The Prior a Delegate to absolve the Monks of Canterbury, p. 579. Converts sent thither, p. 838, 840. Christ crucified seen there in the air, p. 699.
Dunkwell Abby, Converts sent to it, p. 836, 839.
Dunolm, Durham Priory; A Writ to the Prior and Covent for the Kings Delegates to be present at their election, p. 348. Their affronts to King John in electing a Bishop; his Writs, Appeals concerning it, p. 352, to 356. 382, 383. Contests between the Bishop and them, Ib. 388, 389. Between King H. 3. and them, about a Bishops election, 405, 406. His License to elect a Bishop, 483. their election nulled; a new one made, 565, 566. Converts sent thither, p. 838, 839. Bound in 500 Marks to the Pope against their wills, p. 844, 845.

ST. Edmunds Abby: A protection for it; committed by the King to the Popes Legat, p. 333. The Abbot a Commissioner to inquire of the goods formerly taken from the Romans, 436. Richard de Insula Abbot, his praise, death, 442. The Abbot complains to the King against the Popes exactions, 567. The Popes Delegate in the case between the Abbot of Glaston, and Bishop of Bath, p. 578, 634. King H. the 3. his extortions from it during the vacancy, the Abbots election nulled; bound in 800 marks to the Pope, 717. Its visitation by the Popes Delegates, 789. The Abbot Conservator of the Privilege granted to St. Augustine • C • nt. 794. A refuge to oppressed Clerks, 806. Converts • ent to it, 836, 839. The Abbot confirmed at Rome against the Kings and Archbishops wills, 924. The Fre •• s M •• o • s intrude there, 935. Its Custos during the Vacancy called to account, 977. King H. 3. dieth in it, 1067. The Abbot One of the Popes Delegates in a case between the Archbishop of Canterbury and Abbot of S. Augustine's, proceeds therein against the Kings prohibition, Appendix, p. 8. to 17. The Kings Commissioners to be present at their election of an Abbot, p. 348.
S. Edrul • us Abbot, recommended to be elected Bishop of Sagion, p. 234.
St. Ellen de With, Converts sent to it, p. 840.
Elleschirch Prioresse, p. 352.
Eli Prior and Covent, their Bishops election against the Kings Writ vacated; oppressed by him, p. 913, 923, 924. A Writ concerning the goods distrained, p. 965.
Euch • esay Priory, Converts sent to it, p. 838, 840.
Evesham Abby: dedicated, p. 504. an Heretic brought before Richard Abbot of it and others, p. 560. The Kings Chancellor, p. 6 • 4. Converts sent thither, p. 838, 840. The Abbot deprived and a new substituted by the Popes Legat, Appendix, p. 18.

ST. Facundus Abbot, the Popes Legat to publish the Emperors Excommunication, p. 655.
St. Faith, Fidis: Convert Jews sent thither, p. 836, 839.
Farnley Pharlegg Priory; Converts sent thither, p. 836, 839.
Flay Abbot of the Cistercian Order preached against the Popes Usurers corruptions, p. 802.
Flexle, Flaxele Abby, Convert Jews sent to it, p. 836, to 841. the collecting the Croysado money specially committed to the Abbot, p. 861.
Font-everoit Nuns placed in Ambresbiry, p. 228, 229.
De Fontibus, Fountain, Funtan Abbot, his Appeal against the Archbishop of Yorks excommunication, p. 242. John the Abbot made Bishop of Eli, p. 379. A prohibition against the Abbot in a suit before the Popes Delegates, 831. Converts sent thither, p. 836, 839. Collector of the Dismes in York Province, 863.
Frecheswill, Fridswell Oxford Priory, Converts sent to it, p. 836, 839, 840. A Prohibition against it for the Church of Aclea to the Popes Delegates, of which the Monks would disinherit the King, p. 381.
Frenton Prior made Abbot of Westminster by the Popes Legat p. 335. Appendix, p. 18.

GEn • ue • e Abbot, a Prohibition against him to the Popes Delegates, for •• ing for Lands before them, p. 725, 726▪
Gerwedon Abby, Convert Jews sent to it, p. 838, 839.
G ••• bourne, Prior and Covent of St. Austin's Order, bound in 300. Marks to the Pope against their will, p. 845.
Glaston Abbey united to the Bishoprics of Bath and Wells, sundry Letters, Writs, suits between the Bishop of Bath and Abbot concerning it, p. 356, 357, 851, 852, 995, 996. Convert Jews sent to it, p. 836, 837, 839. Abbot Roger excommunicated, gets a prohibition, p. 851, 852. the Bishop summoned for proceeding against it, p. 995, 996.
Godestow Abbess, Converts sent thither, p. 835, 838.
Gregory Cantuar. A prohibition to the Prior then Dean of Canterbury, p. 496. Convert Jews sent to it, p. 835, 837, 839. A Delegate in an Ecclesiastical cause, p. 835.
Gutlac • Hereford Priory, Converts sent to it, p. 840.

HAle, Abby, Converts sent to it, p. 840. Harle, Hurle; Ralph Arundel Prior, elected Abbot of Westminster, p. 229. The Prior Kings Proctor at Rome, 584. The Popes Visitor, p. 789.
Haverholm, Converts sent to it, p. 840.
Hexsta ••• sh • m Priory, Converts sent thereto, p. 838, 840.
Holcontram Abby, Converts sent to it, 838, 840.
Huntindon Priory, Converts sent thither, 836, 837, 839.
Hyda, Hyde Abbot, sent by the King with an Appeal to the Bishop of Winton, p. 585, 586. Converts sent thither, p. 838, 840.

JAmes Bristol Priory, Converts sent to it, p. 840. James No • thampton, Converts sent thereto, p. 840.
St. Johns Jerusalem, p. 864, 945, 947, 1027. See Templars and Hospitallers.

KEmere Abbot, Cicestrensis Ordinis, one of the Popes Commissioners to absolve David Prince of Wales from his Oath to K. H. 3. p. 622.
Kenwilworth Prior, pretends right to Cesterton Church, p. 993.
Kingswode Abby, Converts sent to it, p. 838, 840.
Kirkest. Abbey; Converts sent to it, p. 837.
Kirkham Priory, Converts sent th • reto, p. 838, 840.
Kirkstead Abby, Converts sent thither, p. 836, 837, 839.
Kokersand, Converts sent thither, p. 840.
Kynes Priory, Converts sent thither, p. 838, 843.

LAncaster Priory, Converts sent to it, p. 840.
Lang • don, Converts sent to it, p. 840.
Lanton Prior, his suit and Appeal against the Archbishop of Ardmach, p. 628.
Lanynton, Converts sent thither, p. 837.
Les • es Abbot, summoned to answer a contempt for holding a Plea as Popes Delegate, against the Kings prohibition, p. 477, 478.
Louis Priory, a Convert sent to it, p. 836, 837, 839.
Leycestre Priory, Converts sent to it, p. 836, 837.
Liw • hul Priory▪ a Convert sent thither. p. 840.

MAlm • sbury, The Abbot suspended by Martin the Popes Agent, for opposing his exactions, p. 606. Converts sent to it, p. 836, 839. A Writ to him to receive a Monk of Winchester, p. 976.
St. Mary's Ebor. The Abbot with others sent to meet and receive the Popes Legat, p. 287. A Writ to him and others touching the Bishop of Winch • sters election, p. 354, 355. defamed and the Monks dispersed for a false deed, 775. A Prohibition to him concerning the Liberties of York, p. 831.
St. Martin • Dovor; A Writ to the Constable of Dover to protect the Prior and Covent in their Liberties against the Subprior and Canons of Canterbury, p, 1059, 1060.
Mauvern p • rva Priory, Converts sent to it, p. 838, 840.
Merkeb: Converts sent to it, p. 840.
Merlus: Converts sent thither, p. 840.
Merton Prior, suspended for opposing the Popes Nuncioes exactions, p. 606. A Writ to the Prior and Covent not to suffer any monies of the Bishop of Winchester or his brother to be thence removed, p. 938. Gilbert Prior of it Collector of the Dismes, his account, p. 1050.
Michelham, Michalham Priory, Converts sent to it, p. 836, 837, 839.
Middleton Abby, Converts sent thither, p. 838, 840.
Monte-acute Prior, accused, and ordered to be deprived for dilapidations, if guilty, p. 256, 257. Converts sent to it 36, 837, 839.
Monte Belli Abbot presents Articles of Reformation for Religious Houses to Pope Greg. 9. 440, 441.

ST. Neoth▪ the Priors Lands unjustly seised as an alien, restored on complaint, p. 631.
Newson Abbey, a Jewish Convert sent to it, p. 839.
Nicholas Exon, a Convert sent thither, p. 840.
Notle Abby, a Convert sent to it, p. 840.
Norwich Prior and Covent: The King disallows, appeals against their Bishops elections, p. 483, 497, 924. The Priors diligence to excommunicate those who opposed the Popes provisions, p. 651. Converts sent to it, p. 836, 839. Burnt, spoiled by the Citizens, who are severely punished for it, p. 1065, to 1068.
Novo Burgo ( Newburgh ) Prior, his Appeal against the Archbishop of Yorks proceedings, p. 242.
Novus locus super Acolne, Converts sent to it, p. 840.
Novum Monasterium: The profits of the Benefices of the Bishopric of Karliol there sequestered, till the difference ended concerning them, p. 970.

OSon • eston Abbey, Converts sent to it, p. 836, 839. Osencey, Ossen • y Abby: A fray there between the Popes▪ Legates servants, and Oxford Scholars, p. 493, 494, to 558. The Kings Writ to Abbot Adams successor, for his Cup and Palfrey, due to him by Custom after each Abbots death, p. 834.
St. Oswald, its Priors appeal against the Archbishop of Yorks proceedings, p. 242. A Convert sent to it, p. 836, 837, 839, 840.
O • burn, Woburne Abby, Converts sent to it, p. 838.

PArco Lude Abby; Converts sent to it, p. 836, 839.
Persore Abby, its Church dedicated, p. 504. Writs directed to the Abbor, as Popes delegate, p. 634.
Peterburgh: The Bishop of Du • ham dies suddenly at it, p. 404▪
Peters Gloucester consecrated, p. 504. A Writ to the Abbot and Covent to receive a Monk of Winchester, p. 976.
Pipewell Abby, Converts sent to it, 836, 837, 839.
Pontiniac Abbot, the Popes Legate, a prohibition to him, p. 628.

RAdegund Abbot; an Attachment against him for proceeding as Popes Delegate, against the Kings prohibition, p. 477.
Rading, Reding, The Abbot one of the Popes Delegates to excommunicate the Barons and their adherents, p. 344, 359. Converts sent to it, 836, 839. He refuseth to give or lend monies to K. H. 3. p. 934.
Ramesey, Rammesey Abby; a license to elect an Abbot in the presence of others, p. 348. Three recommended to the Prior and Covent by the King, p. 356. the Church dedicated, p. 504. Nigri ordinis. His unjust sentence, p. 598. Barrows and lends money to the King in his distress, p. 723 734. Converts sent to it, p. 836, 838, 839. A Monk of Winton sent to it by Writ, p. 975. his Barony and Temporalties seised, for not sending horse and arms to the King, upon summons, p. 1008. The Abbot deprived, and a new substituted by the Popes Legat, Append. p. 18.
Ravinstone founded, and a Prior appointed by K. H. 3. p. 831
Reversham Abbey visited by Archbishop Boniface, p. 741.
Riveal, Rivaus; Its Abbots appeal against the Archbishop of Yorks proceedings, p 242. Converts sent to it, p. 8 • 6, 839.
Roches, or de Rupe, its Abbots appeal against the Archbishop of Yorks proceedings, p. 242. A Prohibition to the Abbot and Prior to levy a Disme of the Monks of Cluny, p. 562. Converts sent to it, p. 837, 838, 839.
Rossen, Rochester Prior and Covent, the Popes sentence for them against the Archb • shop, touching their Bishops election, p. 498, 499▪ Elect such a Bishop as would please the King, p. 748. Conve • ts sent to it, p. 837, 838, 839.
Ruchford, Rufford; A Writ to the Abbot not to prejudice the Archbishop of Yorks rights, p. 223. appeals against the Archbishops proceedings, 242. Converts sent to it, p. 840.
De Rufore, of the Cisterc •• n Order, oppressed by H. 3. p. 847.

SAcford Prioresse, a Convert sent to it, p. 839.
Abbot de Salvinaco licensed to send an Abbot or two Monks to visit the Cisterci • ns in England, p 601.
Sautre Abbey, a Convert sent to it, p. 838, 840▪
Seleby Abbot appeals against the Archbishop of Yorks proceedings, p. 242. Sent by the Ring to entertain the Popes Legate, 287. appointed to be present at the election of several Bishops, Abbots, and give the Royal assent to them, 348, 354. his goods seised for the King after his death, 820.
Seleburne Prior, a prohibition to him not to hinder the Kings Chauntry at Basing, p. 1038.
Seleford Priory, Converts sent to it, p. 836, 838, 839.
Stafford: a Prohibition to the Abbots sequestration of the profits of the Priory of winton by the Popes order, p. 832.
Stanlegg, Stanley in Wiltes: a prohibition to the Abbot as Popes Legat, p. 381. Converts sent to it, p. 836, 837, and to Stanley in Arden, p. 838, 839.
Surgeston Priory, Converts sent to it, p. 838, 839.
Swinesheved, Swinstyed Abby, King John poisoned by a Monk of it, p. 366. Converts sent to it, p. 836, 839.
St. Swithins Winton; Oppose King H. 3. in the election of a Bishop; their election opposed, vacated; appeals, high contests about it, p. 501, 502, 583, to 597. 748, 749, 850. A royal Fish on its Lands seised by the Kings Officers, who are excommunicated for it; a Writ to absolve them, p. 738, 739. The Prior, Monks oppressed, thrust out by the King, Bishop, New put in, p. 502, 831, 832, 833, 852, 853, 854. sent to other Monasteries, 975, 976. Converts sent to it, p. 835, 837, 838.

THeukesbery, Tukebery, Totebyr, the Church dedicated, 504. a Convert sent to it, p. 837, 840.
Thinemue, Tinmuth, a Writ for their Prior against the Bishop of Durhams oppressions, p. 715, 716. Converts sent to it, 838, 840. A provision by the Pope to an appropriation belonging to it, prohibited, 842.
St. Thomas de Acon, London: Colechurch presented to by the King, during the vacancy, p. 782.
St. Thomas Dublins Abby, stones for its repair in England seised, restored by Writ, 758. Abbot William his election confirmed, and temporalties restored, p. 784.
Thornton Priory, Converts sent to it, p. 836, 837, 839.
Thorney Abby: a Writ to preserve their rights from Popes provisions, p. 736.
Thurgarton Prior, a prohibition to him, as a Delegate, p. 689.
Tichfeld Abbot, an appeal in his presence, 587.
Tiletey Abbey: Converts sent to it, p. 836, 839.
Tinterne Abby; an attachment for holding plea against them contrary to a prohibition, p. 720. Converts sent to it, p. 840. The Abbot the Popes Commissioner to levy a Dism, 1027.
Topham Abbey; Converts sent thither, p. 838, 840.
T • ent Priory, Converts sent to it, p. 838.
Trepa: the Abbot recommended to a Bishopric, p. 234.
Trinity Prior and Covent of Canterbury. The Monks secret election of their Prior, without, King Johns license, his Oath opposed; contests about it, their election vacated; their 2d. election to please the King nulled, enforced to elect Stephen Langton by the Pope at Rome, for which they are banished by force as Traitors, p. 243, to 249. Their Temporalties seised, p. 252. The injured King at last enforced by the Pope to restore them, with damages, 261, to 284; Elect a Bishop by the Kings license, whom he rejects, joins the Suffragans with them in the election, which they oppose, p. 418, 419. Two of their elections nulled by the Pope, who obtrudes one without election, p. 434, to 443. A Prohibition to their Innovations, suite before the Popes Delegates, p. 476, 478. Their old Charters, Privileges, suspicious, forged, p. 495. Appendix, 17, 18. New Contests, Appeals about elections, 499, 579, 580. molested by Archbishop Edmund, p. 509, 564, 579. Contests between them and the Bishop of Lincoln, excommunicating each other, 597, to 600. Oppress the Prior of St. Martins Dovor, p. 1059. 1060.
Trinity Ebor. Priory: Freers predicants, seise an Heretic, p. 475. a Prohibition to the Prior and Covent not to invade the Cities Liberties, p. 831. Converts sent to it, p. 838, 839.

VAlle Dei Abby, Converts sent to it, p. 838, 840.

WAleden Abby, Converts sent thither, p. 838, 839.
Walsingham Priory St. Mary, Converts sent to it, p. 835, 837.
Waltham, Wautham Abby St. Mary, Consecrated, p. 604. Abbot excused through age for not appearing at the Council of Lions, p. 638. A Delegate to reverse the Archbishops sentence against the Canons of Paul's London, p. 745, 762. He and other Abbots confederate against Archbishop Boniface his Visitation, p. 761. Pope Innocents Bull to him to defend the Liberties of St. Augustine's Canterbury, against the Archbishops encroachments, p. 793. Converts sent to it, p. 835, 838, 839.
Waredune, of the Cistercian Order, Abbot Adam chosen Bishop of Coventry, p. 604. Falls into King Henry 3. his displeasure for denying him an Ayd; his speech to, revenge on him, p. 846, 847.
Wastham Abbot, the Legates deputy to depose the Abbot of Westminster, p. 335.
Waverly Abbot, appeals against the Archbishop of Yorks sentence, p. 242.
Wenlocke Priory, Converts sent to it, p. 836, 839.
Westminster, St. Peters Abby, Ralph Arundle elected Abbot, p. 229. deposed by the Popes Legate for dilapidations and incontinency, another substituted, p. 287, 335. Appendix p. 18. The Abby exempt from the Visitation, Procu • ations of the Bishop of London, p 384 The Abbot an assistant in the Treaty for a Truce with France, p. 446 An Appeal to the Pope made in his presence, p. 587. a difference between him and the Bishop of Lincoln about Privileges, p. 595, 596. acquitted from Hydage and Leets, p. 632. appointed one of the Guardians of the Realm in the Kings absence, p. 638. Richard de Crokesdale elected Abbot to please the King, p. 685. Privileges granted to it to the prejudice of St. Albans, p. 760. A difference between the Abbot and Covent, appeals to Rome about it, settled by the King, who was displeased with the Abbot, p. 763, 764. the Covent to have the custody of its Temporalties during the vacancy, Ibid. The Kings Chapel, a Prohibition to lend money to the Abbot, p. 764. All the Londoners summoned to it to take up the Cross, p. 766. The Abbot appointed a Collector of the Croysado money, p. 814, 815, 834, 835. Monies assigned out of the Kings Treasury for its reparation, p. 828. The Abbot complyes with the Popes Legate, p. 850 for what ends, p. 929. sets his and his Covents seal to a band of 2500. Marks for the Kings use, p. 932. a Surety for like sums with other Abbots, p. 934, 1024, 1025. A viol of Christ's blood carried thither in solemn procession, by K. H. 3. himself, there ado • ed, reserved; a Fair granted to it, to the prejudice of London and other places, p. 711, to 716.
Whiteby, Converts sent to it, p. 840.
Wygorn. ( Worcester ) Priory, Converts sent to it, p. 836▪ 837, 839.
Wymundale, a Convert sent thither, p. 840.

INDEX 3. Of all the Archbishoprics, Bishoprics, Archbishops, Bishops, of England and Wales, with their Names, Actions, Elections, Extravagances, Schisms, Usurpations, Treasons, and other matters relating to them in general, and to every of them in particular, mentioned in this Tome.

MAtters concerning them and the Clergy in general. Commissioners for enquiry of damages for rapines of some of their goods, appointed by the King in most of their Dioceses, p. 279, 280, 281, 999, 1000, 1006. Their hands, seals unworthily set by the Popes command to the transcript of King Johns detestable Charter (casually burnt) 31. years after its making, p. 300, 301. They advise, answer the Kings question demanded of them in Parliament, concerning this Charter, by themselves, p. 301, 302. They consult together cancerning the Churches Liberties, invaded by the Pope and his Legates, p. 330. What clauses they inserted into King Johns new Charter, not extant in that of King Henry 1. to the prejudice of the Crown, p. 335, 336, 340, 341, 344. The New Charter extorted from him concerning their freedom of Elections of Bishops, Abbots, and other Ecclesiastical Officers, p. 337, 338, 922, 923. Present at Beckets solemn Translation, p. 380. Pope Honorius the 3. his Epistle to them, to aid King Henry 3. with their purses, p. 396. Their Decrees concerning Priests Concubines, p. 397. Otto his unreasonable Propositions to them, with their answer, p. 398, 399, 400. Pope Gregory the 9. his Injunction to them to Excommunicate the Emperor Frederick, p. 409, 410, 413, 414. To demand an Ayd and Dismes against him, p. 424, 425, 428, 447, to 450. 650, to 658. Their menaces to Interdict and Excommunicate King Henry 3. p. 443, 444. Their Canons concerning Bastardy, contrary to the Common Law, over-ruled, p. 472, 473, 474. A voluntary Ayd granted by them, not to be drawn into consequence, p. 475. Desire a days respite to consider of the Popes Legates proposals, whether prejudicial to the Church of England, p. 487. Their complaint in 30. Articles, of King Henry 3. his oppressions, violations of the Liberties of the Church, against his Charters, Oath, by his ill Council, and Popes Legate, p. 544. Deny the Popes intoller • ble exactions to War against the Emperor, without long deliberation, p. 546. which at last they submit to, p. • 63. Their answers to Peter Rubeo the Popes Nuncio's Exactions, p. 567, 568, 569. Pope Innocent the 4. hie Letters to them for aiding the King and him, and their proceedings thereon, p. 609, 610, 612, 613, 614, 615. Their summons to the Council of Lions, and excuses, p. 637, 638. The Kings Prohibition to them, not to act anything to the prejudice of his Crown, p. 640. Canons for their Residence, and against their Commendaes, p. 1041, 1043, 1044. Most traitorously, effeminately set all their seals to the Popes transcript of the detestable Charter of K. John, whereby he made his Kingdoms Tributary to the Pope, soon after its burning in the Popes Closet at Lions, and the Kings, Kingdoms, English Ambassadors solemn protestations against it in the Council of Lions, as null, and never assented to by them, but protested against by Archbishop Langeton in all their names when signed, to the enormous prejudice of the King, Kingdom; they likewise seal his injurious Excommunication of the Emperor Frederick, p. 643, 644, 645, 647. Their consultation concerning the Church of England's desolation, p. 648▪ Their Epistle to Pope Innocent the 4. against his exactions and grievances, p 667, 668. An Ayd exacted from them by the Pope, instead of reforming them, p. 672, 673. Their answer to his demands, p. 675, to 680. Oppose, slander the King, deny him Aydes, excite the Nobility against him, p. 721, 722. They peremptorily deny to aid the King with monies, p. 770, to 775. Their oppositions against the Archbishops Visitations, p. 740, to 746, 785, 789, 790, 791. Press the King for the Churches Liberties, and freedom of Elections; Excommunicate the infringers of them, and the Great Charter, p. 796, 797. Their proceedings in the aid for the Holy Land, p. 807, 814. Summoned by Rustand the Popes Nuncio to London; his demands, with their answers to them, p. 823, 824. Their cowardice in resisting him, p. 841. Bractons Treatise of Prohibitions against their exorbitant Usurpations, proceedings, p. 873, to 890. Their Papal Antimonarchical Articles, Council, Canons, against the Kings Prohibitions to them▪ his Ecclesiastical and Temporal Jurisdiction, Judges, Officers, the Subjects Liberties, Properties; for which they would contend like Becket even to death, p. 889, to 912. Complained against in Parliament, appealed against to the Pope, by the King, Nobles, Kingdom; revoked▪ Archbp. Bon. banished for them; yet printed, put in ure as the Canon Law of the Realm, by Lynd wode, Aton, others, p. 912, 913 989, 990, 991, 997, 998. Laws concerning the Kings right of Patronage to their Churches, during vacancies, p. 940. Their Baronies seized for not aiding the King in his Wars with Horse and Arms upon summons, according to their Tenures, p. 994, 1008, 1009. The Kings mandate to them to reside on their Bishoprics, feed (not fleece) their flocks, discharge their duties, under pain of seizing their Temporalties, and Ecclesiastical censures by the Archbishop and his Officials, 1009, 1010. Some of them contemn the Popes Authority, Excommunications, Interdicts, as mere n •• lit • es, 791, 1017, 1018. Their Ingratitude to the King, 1019. backwardness to aid him in his Wars; answers, that they owed no military services, aids for their Baronies, notwithstanding the Popes Bulls on his behalf, 1024, 1025, to 1030. The chief fomentors of the Wars between the Barons, King John, and Henry the 3. 282, 283, 335, 336, 344, 345, 349, 1020, 1021, 1022. Collectors of their Dismes appointed in several Dioceses by the Popes Legate, Kings Writs; their proceedings, accounts thereof, 1033, to 1037. 1048, to 1054. The greatest opposers of, Traitors to the King▪ Kingdom, most honored, advanced, canonized for Saints, Martyrs for the Church, 380. See A •• e • m, Becket, Edmond, Hugh of Lincoln Those who were faithful to him excommunicated, suspended, degraded, persecuted, undone, p. 257, 258, 259, 334, 335.

- HOwel, his promise that David Prince of Wales should perform his Charter, Oath to K. H. 3. that he would execute the Interdict, Excommunication denounced against him by the Archbishop of Canterbury and two other English Bishops, to whose sentence he submitted himself if he violated them, p. 609, 972. The Pope absolves him from this Oath, sentence, p. 622. Forced to live upon others Alms, his Bishopric being wasted by K. H. 3. his Wars against the Rebellious Welchmen▪ p. 728. The Dean and Chapter of Asaph after his death desire a license from King Henry to elect a new Bishop; they with Edward their Bishop elect, acknowledge by two several Charters under their hands and seals, that they ought of right to petition for the Kings license to elect, and after for a confirmation of their election, p. 726, 727. A Collector of the Di • mes of his City and Diocese appointed in Parliament, p. 814, 917. The Archbishops Letter to the Bishop to execnte his Excommunication of Lewellin Prince of Wales, for invading England against his League, Oath, 976, 977.

- RIchard, Excommunicated David Prince of Wales, for imprisoning his brother Griffin, who came to him under his safe conduct to treat a Peace; excites K. H. 3. to revenge the injury and invade Wales, p. 604. His Bishopric wasted by the Wars, he enforced to live at St. Albans on the Abbots charity, p. 726. The Popes Letter to the Abbots in his Diocese, to absolve Prince David from his Oath and Excommunication for breaking it, p. 622. His Charter to K. H. 3. to execute the Excommunication and Interdict denounced against him by the Archbishop of Canterbury and two other Bishops, if he violated his Oath and Allegiance, p. 609. A Collector of the Dismes of his City and Diocese appointed in Parliament, p. 814. The Archbishops Precept to him to execute his sentence of Excommunication against Lewellin, for invading England against his Truce and Oath, p. 976, 977. The Kings Writ to him to take off his Interdict, receive caution from Lewellin, and appear in Parliament, p. 1009.
- Jozelinus, Jos ••• in, joins with other Bishops in Interdicting the Kingdom, Excommunicating King Johns Officers; departs secretly with them out of England, for which his Temporalties are seized, goods confiscated, he and his banished the Realm by the King, p. 253, 254. The King enforced by the Pope to be reconciled with, restore him to his Bishopric, sequestered profits, damages, p. 271, 272. his Writs, Patents in pursuit thereof, p. 277, 279, 280, 333, 337, 339. his return into England, p. 279. Glastonbury Church united to Bath and Wells by King Richard 1. and ratified by the Pope; endeavors, petitions to disunite them; suites, Letters of the King about it; severed at last, the Abbot giving four Manors to Bishop Joselin, p. 356, 357. present at Henry 3. his Coronation, p. 370. of the Kings Counsel, p. 381. his Name with other of the Counsel to the Teste of Writs, p. 389, 390, 392, 393, 395, 398. present in the Parliament at Merton concerning Bastardy, p. 472. an Inquisition between the King and this Bishop, p. 634.
- Robert, the King seizeth the goods of the Bishopric after his death, p. 721.
- William, his Mandate concerning Procurations, p. 791. In Parliament, joins in the Excommunication of the infringers of Magna Charta, p. 796. Collectors assigned in Parliament for the Dismes in his Diocese, p. 814, 917. invited to St. Edwards Feast at Westminster by the Kings Letters, p. 826. goes to Rome with the Kings license, to prosecute his suit with the Monks of Glastonbury, whose Abbot he intended to excommunicate, deprive, p. 850, 851, 852. sent to Rome about the business of Sicily, p. 916. The Kings Writs to him to respite a demand of a Legacy for the Holy Land, p. 956. To sequester an Ecclesiastical living of the Kings accountant, p. 978. A Distringas against him for suing the Abbot of Glastonbury in the Court of Rome, against his Allegiance, and the Kings Prohibition, p. 995, 996.
- Walter Giffard, elected, approved by the King, with his Writ to the Archbishop to appoint Bishops to consecrate him in England, p. 998, 999. chosen Archbishop of York, p. 1029. Collectors of Dismes and Compositions for them in this Diocese, p. 1034, 1036, 1037.

- SAmpson Archbishop thereof, p. 234 St: David, who translated the See to St: David's, p. 234.
- Its See instituted by K. Ethelbert, at St. Augustine's request, p. 607. The most noble member of the See Apostolic; the Mother of Churches; excelling all other Churches in power, wealth; the paradise of pleasure, &c. planted by God himself: Popes grand affection to it, 420, 487. The Archbishop of Canterbury Primate of all England, ought to have precedency of York, 487, 570, 684, 772, 899. The Patronage, Custody, Royalties of the Bishopric of Rochester, custody and restitution of its temporalties granted to the Archbishops of Canterbury by King Johns Charter 339, 479, 818, 819. 877. See Rochester.
- Augustine: first Bishop of it, 607. His Charter to the Monastery of St. Augustine's sorged, Appendix 17.
- Anselm, his extravagant blasphemous Passages of the Virgin Mary's Sovereign power, Redemption, Mediation, Prayers to her, &c. His Oppositions, Treason against King Henryes prerogatives, 16, 20, 21, 23, 32, 46, to 50, 53. Canonized for them as a Roman Saint, p. 64, 226.
- Theobald, the Bishop of St. David's consecrated by, made his profession of subjection to him; Pope Eugenius his Letters, Decree concerning it, 235.
- Thomas Becket, magnified, canonized, translated as a Roman Saint, Martyr for the Church, for his oppositions, Treasons against K. H. Il. his royal Prerogatives and ancient Liberties, p. 226. 250. 380. 420. 431 563, 564. 591. 785, 787. 805, 807, 813, 841, 896. 926. Append. p. 9. The author, introducer of our Ladies 7. Joyes, 46, 64. Christ's pretended apparition & speech to him, 69. His Miracles 420. Archb. Edmund commends himself and cause to him, 564: His name as a Saint, Martyr used in our public excommunications, 796. Founder of St Thomas Hospital, 785, 787. The Bps resolve to be martyred like him & S. Edmund, p 563, 564. 823, 824. 896, 926. yet flagg therein, ibid.
- Hubert; Crowned King John, was Chancellor to him, p. 227, 229. His Charter to him concerning imprisoned Clerks and their purgation, 230. Holds a Council and makes Canons, against the Kings prohibition, 232, 233. Writs to the Justices to assist him to recover the rights of his Church, 234. Disob • yes the Popes Citation of him to Rome, opposed, nulled his provision to the Bishopric of S. David's, and revival as an Archbishopric, 235, 236, 237. See St. David's: A resignation of the Archdeaconry of Brecon to him; made the pretended Bishop of St. David's his Chaplain, 236, 237, 238. His contests with, excommunications of the Abbot, Monks of Augustine's Canterbury concerning the Church of Faversham & other Churches, the appeals and proceedings therein, Appendix, p. 3. to 18.
- Reginald Subprior of Canterbury, after his death, secretly elected at Midnight by the Monks to prevent the Kings nomination; his Oath of Secrecy disclosed, election opposed, nulled by the Pope, p. 242, 243, 246, 244.
- John Gray Bishop of Norwich, elected by the Kings license, who approved thereof, Writ for him; yet rejected by the Pope, because chosen before the others election nulled, p. 243, 244, 245, 246, 247.
- Stephen Langeton an English Cardinal, upon nulling the 2. former elections, nominated to, elected by the Monks then at Rome by Pope Innocents command, without their fellows or Kings consent, consecrated Archbp by the Pope, p. 247, 248 421, 770 his education, learning, p. 247, 249, 250, 419, 420 Pope Innocents Epistles, presents to King John to admit him Archbp; who refused it, menaced the Pope and his Creatures, seised the temporalties of the Archbp. banished him, his Parents, kindred, and Monks of Cant. as Traitors, p. 248 249, 250, 802. By his and his confederate Bishops Treachery, the Kingdom was interdicted, King excommunicated, his subjects abso ved from their allegiance, he and his deprived of the Crown, given to the French King, enforced to resign his Kingdoms to the Pope, become his sworn Tributary, Vassal, Homager, renounce the ancient rights of his Crown, receive him and his Confederats to favor, restore them to their Bishoprics, with the profits, damages sustained by their exile, before he could be absolved, p. 251, to 291. 340, 341, 342, 343. The Kings, Nobles Letters, Charters to him, his arrival in England; with the Kings humiliation, Oath to him, before he would absolve him, 276, 277, 278, 279. Instigates the Nobles against the King, threatens to excommunicate him, and revive the Interdict, if he proceeded by arms against them, 282, 283▪ 284, 335. A witness to the Kings Charter of resignation of his Kingdoms, annual pension and homage to the Pope, 290. yet protested, appealed against it, though the occasion of it, to render the King more odious, p. 290, 294, 299, 300, 431, 638, 639. He opposed, appealed against the Popes Legates V • urpations, Provisions, in derogation of his See, and Church of England's rights▪ for which he summoned a Synod of his Suffragans, p. 330. What damages from the King the Pope awarded him, 331. Seisin of the ports of Sandwych, Heth, Romney awarded to him, 334. His severity against the Clergymen who adhered faithfully to King John, 334, 335. Excites the Barons to take up arms against King John for their Liberties; Extorts the Great Charter from him, with new additional clauses, 283▪ 335, 336, 337, 340, 341. Wrests a new Charter for the freedom of elections of Bishops, Abbots from him, 336, 337, 338. and of the Patronage, Royal • yes of the Bishopric of Rochester, as absolutely as the King enjoyed them▪ p. 339, 344 To require which, he surrenders the Castle, ammunition of Rochester to the Barons, 344. refuseth to execute the Popes excommunication, interdict against the Barons, though oft pressed by the Legate and others, p. 344, 345, 346, 347. Accused, suspended in the Council at Rome for confederating with the Barons against the King, a just retaliation, p. 347, 348, 351, 361. His suspension taken off, but he not to return into England, till peace made between the King and his Barons, 361. Crowned H. 3. at his second not first Coror • tion, 379. Causeth his Trayterous predecessor Becket to be translated with great magnificence, 380. The Popes delegate in the case of the Bishop of Lismor, 382. An arbitrator between the Bishop of London and Abbot of Westminster concerning his exemption from the Bishops Jurisdiction▪ 384. A Council held under him at Oxford, wherein extorted Fees, Pluralities, and other abuses were condemned: The Excommunications denounced in it: the name of Christ and the Holy Ghost, after God the Father omitted, Mary's, and Saints inserted in their stead, 385▪ 386, 54. Prohibited victuals to be sold to Jews, 386, 387. Demands a confirmation of the Great Charter from H. 3. p, 387. His Conference with Laws the French King, 387, 388. His Usurpations on the Archdeaconries of Coventry during the vacancy, prohibited, 388. King H. 3. in policy commends his fidelity to him in Letters to the Pope, Cardinals, to procure their Letters to him to continue faithful and assisting to him, 389, 390. He and his Suffragans denounce Excommunications against all invaders of the Church, Church-goods, disturbers of the King, kingdom, detainers of the Kings Lands, Castles, unless they surrendered them by a day▪ p▪ 391, 392. He procures the Kings Letter to the Pope for his brothers return into England, upon his engagement to do no prejudice to the King or kingdom, • b. Grants a license to the Judges itinerant to take Oaths, try some cases on times prohibited by the Canons, so it were not drawn into president, 394. Pope Honorius Bull to him and the Bishops to grant a Subsidy to the King, 396 His Decree against Priests Concubines, 397. Adviseth the King to assemble all the Clergy and Laity to hear the Popes Legates Message, 398, to • 02. Caused the Pope to recall Otto, calls the King to a Synod at Westminster to answer the Popes demands, 402. Pope Gregory the 9. his Epistles to him to denounce his Excommunication against the Emperor Frederick, 409, to 414. His death, 418. Pope Gregory the 9. his applauses of him, 419, 420.
- Walter de Hevesham, elected by the Monks by a Conge de eslier, refused by the King, Suffragans, for insufficiency, incontinency with a Nun, on whom he begot divers Children, and other causes; His election nulled by the Pope at last, upon promise to him of a Dism against the Emperor, p. 307, 418, 419. The Popes sentence against him, Ibid.
- Richard, upon the nulling of Walters election, at the Kings and Suffragan Bishops request, declared Archbishop by Pope Gregory's Bull without the Monks election, by way of provision, p. 419, 420, 421, 430, 778. Consecrated by the Bishop of Rochester without a Pall, 421. Vngratefully denied an aid to the King in Parliament, when he readily granted aids to the Pope, 428, 429. He complains to the King against Hubert his Chief Justice, for denying him the Wardship, Custody of the heir of Gilbert de Clare, and Castle of Tunbridge, because he held of the King in Capite, 429, 430 Excommunicates Hubert and all else but the King, for not betraying the Kings prerogative in Wards, as invaders of the Churches Liberties, Ibid. Makes a Trayterous Complaint against the King and Hubert to the Pope: from whom he obtained what ever he demanded, but died in his return from Rome, 430, 431.
- Ralph Nevill Bishop of Chichester the Kings Chancellor, elected by the Monks, approved by the King, yet rejected by the Pope; only because Simon Langeton informed him he would cause the King and Nobles to oppose King Johns Charter, Tribute, if confirmed Archbishop, 293, 294, 431. John their Subprior thereupon elected, approved at Rome by the Cardinals, but persuaded by the Pope to desist for his age, inhability for so great a trust, 432, 433.
- Richard Blundus an Oxford Student, thereupon elected, but refused by the Pope, because he had 2. benefices, and borrowed great sums of money as was thought, not proved, to purchase the place by Simony, p. 433.
- Edmund Treasurer of Salisbury, thereupon nominated Archbishop by the Pope to the Monks at Rome, who durst not deny the Pope, nor do anything therein without the Kings consent: Yet the Pope sent him a Pall into England before any election; whereupon the King and Monks were content to accept of him without exception, 294, 433, 434. Consecrated by the Bishop of London, 434. Present at a Parliament as Bishop elect before his Consecration; He and his Suffragans admoneshed King H. 3. to remove the Bishop of Winchester and other ill Counselors, 443, 444. After his Consecration he and they advise the like, threaten to excommunicate the King, unless he reformed his error, and all hinderers of peace, concord with the Lord's, whereto he answered he would obey them in all things, 443, 445. Sent by the K. into Wales with other Bishops to treat a peace between the King, Lewellin, & the Earl Marshall, 445. An Act that no Assise of Dareign presentment should lie of a Prebennd, made by his and other Bishops advice, ibid. Present in the Council of Merton, and debate concerning Bastardy, 472, 474. The custody of its temporalties and Rochesters belong to the King during both their vacancies, 479. Its Services, Newyears gifts, not to be sued for in Ecclesiastical Courts, Ib. 476. A difference between a Bishop and Archbishop in Ireland referred by the King to this Archbishop and the Bishop of Cicester, 482. Reprehends the King for sending for a Legate into England, to the prejudice of his Dignity and the public, 485. The Archbishop of Yorks contest with him for precedency in the Council of London under the Popes Legat; ruled for Canterbury, 487. Goes to Rome, though recalled by the Popes Legat: A sentence there given against him for the Monks of Rochester touching their Bishops election, and in the cause of the Earl of A • undel; condemned in about 1000. Marks costs, his sentence reversed, 498, 499. Otto and the King his enemies, Ib. Obtains a privilege to the prejudice of the Monks of Canterbury; deposeth the Prior, and enjoins penance to the Monks, for interlining, rasing, burning a Deed of Privilege; Interdicts the Chapter, nulls the Priors election, as made in an undue place, and without his consent, 499, 500. His Charter, composition with the Monks and Monastery of St. Augustine's to secure their privileges, by his lodging in it, whiles the Legat lay in his Palace, 499, 500, 792. His and his Suffragans complaints of the injuries, oppressions done to the Church by the Kings ill Counsel and Popes Legat, against his Oath, Charter, frequent promises and excommunications, 544. Earl Richard bewayles the desolation of the Kingdom to him, by the Popes Legates ill counsel and exactions, 546. Yields to the Popes intolerable exactions, which he at first opposed: Complained to the Pope by Messengers, Letters, of the Kings detaining Cathedral, Conventual Churches long in his hands, hindering their free elections. Procured a Bull for money, that the Archbp of the place should present to them after 6. months voydance; which the King caused the Pope to revoke, as contrary to his prerogative, 563. whereupon being exceedingly grieved, he resolved to imitate Becket, reprehended the King, voluntarily banished himself into France, to the Abby where Becket sojourned, weary of his life, addicting himself to fasting, prayers, tears: falls sick, dies, p. 563, 564. 698. The Legat absolved those he excommunicated, against the privilege of his See, 564. His Executors by the Kings Writ permitted to dispose of his goods according to his will, and to call all his▪ Bailiffs to account for the Rents, 576. The Corn, fruits, provisions of the Archbishopric during the vacancy after his death, sent into France to victual the Kings forces, 579. The King blamed by the French as the banisher, persecutor of this holy Bishop, 591. The King dreaded not his Sentence of Excommunication, but violated his promise, Charter, notwithstanding it, 611. His Miracles attested by many Archbishops, his Canonization moved for in the Council of Lions, but deferred then by the Pope, 642, 644. Canonized by the Pope for a Saint, 685. A Chapel built at Westminster for his honor, 686, 697, 698. Reputed austere, furious by his Suffragans, 740. Applauded after his death, 773, 926. The disinherited Barons in the Isle of E • y pleaded, they firmly held the Articles of Faith they had learned from him, and other Bishops, 1022. Supposed by Boniface to have put his Church into great debts, p. 683, 684.
- Boniface: elected Archbishop by the Monks, though a forreigner, unknown, unfit for such a trust, to please the King and Pope, 579. 721. 724. 726. The Kings Charter, Testimonial of his due election, sufficiency, under his Great Seal, sent to Bishops and Abbots to subscribe, which many refused; yet others subscribed under their hands, seals, to please men, rather then God, 579, 580. The Kings Letters, Proctors to the Pope, Cardinals for his confirmation; whereupon he was confirmed, 580, 581, 582. Confirmed the Bishop elect of Norwich before his consecration, 583. The Bishop of Winton excommunicated during the vacancy, for intruding after Boniface his election, before his confirmation of him, appealed against to the Archbps Official to defend the rights of the Crown, 589, 590. His Letters to procure peace between the King and Bishop elect of Winton, ineffectual, 593. His Suffragans preserve the rights of his See against the Monks of Canterbury in his absence, 600. The Prince of Northwales excommunicated by Boniface, for breaking his Charter, Oath to King H. 3. notwithstanding the Popes absolution; His Letters to the Welch Bishops to execute his excommunication, 608, 600, 610. 976, 977. 1013, 1014. Sent Proctors to Parliament in his absence, 613. 632. Rejected the Bishop of Chester and Cicester duly elected and approved by the King, substituted another without the Kings consent, who much incensed at it, charged him with ingratitude and violations of his prerogative, 623, 625, 626. Degenerates from his predecessors, oppressed, pillaged his Church, Suffragans by Taxes, brought it deeply in debt, to maintain his Brothers wars and bribe the Pope, 626, 634, 683, 684, 685, 741, 754, 773, 790 He is consecrated at Lions, to the great damage of the Realm, and Popes advantage, 627, 721. The Pope grants him an aid, which the King prohibits Abbots and Priors to pay, being granted without his consent, 634. Neglects, absents himself from his Church, Cure, residing beyond Sea in the Popes Warrs, to the irreparable damage of the Church, 627, 642, 645, 721, 740, 770, 829, 849. Procured an unheard-of grant of the first-fruits of all benefices within his province, to pay his Churches debts; which the King confirmed, Bishops oppose; for which he excommunicated the Bishops, who were forced to submit, ere absolved, 683, 684, 685, 718, 719. The Kings mandate to his Official to allow of a Papal provision, though odious, 696. A Prohibition issued against the Popes grant to him of the firstfruits of the benefices of Lay-patrons, 718, 719, 734, 735, 759. King Henry the 3. with several Nobles receive the Cross from his hands to aid the Holy Land, 730. Inthroned with great pomp in his See after long absence, 740. He intends to visit his province, beginning first with his Chapter of Monks at Canterbury, who durst not resist him: his severity toward them therein, 740. His extorsions in it to get money, not reform manners, 747. Intends to visit London, where his Marshal takes up purveyance like a King, Ibid. The Dean and Canons of Paul's resist his Visitation, for which he excommunicates them, Ibid. The Prior and Monks of S. Bartho • mew withstand his Visitation, as subject only to their Bishops: whereupon he furiously beat the Subprior, tore his Miter, shed his blood in the Church, and almost crushed him to death; having a Buckler under his Robes, as if he came to fight, not to visit; His followers furiously assault the unarmed Canons, Monks, who ran to the Bishop and King to complain of the violence: The Londoners take up arms against him, whereupon he retreats to Lambeth, there revives his Excommunication, involving the Bishop of London in it as favoring the Canons and Monks; which he renues the next day at Harewes, 741, 742. The Dean, Chapter, Canons Monks complain and appeal to the Pope, the Bishop by Letter exhorts all his Diocesans to assist him against these his violent proceedings, 742, 743. Disswaded from Visiting St. Albans, by reason of its privileges, 742. Held his Metropolitical Visitation by virtue of Pope Innocents Decree, which limited proturations, prescribed preaching in it, prohibited coaction and exaction of any Oath, He used no Oath in his Visitations, p. 711, 743, 744. His Excommunication of the Dean and Chapter of Paul's reversed & declared null, 744, 745, 746, 762. The Bishops make a common purse, Proctor at Rome to oppose his Visitation of them, 747. He repairs to the Court of Rome with great Pomp to oppose them, the issue of it, p. 747, 748. The Bishop of London's proposals to, absolution by him, 751, 752. The Abbots confederacy to oppose his and other Bishops Visitations of them, 761, 762. His Visitation moderated, 762. The Kings Letter to him to assent to an aid, which the Bishops and Clergy refused to grant during his absence, 767. Held his former promotions by Commenda, 766. The Kings Writ to him to promote the aid granted him by the Pope, 768, 769. The Bishops refuse to grant an aid in his absence being their Primate, the Bishops answer thereunto, 772, 773. The Kings Prohibition to his Suffragans to hold pleas of Advowsons of Churches during vacancies of Bishoprics, 782. His Official excommunicates, imprisons the intruding Prior of the Hospital of St. Thomas in Suthwark, for which the Bishop of Winchesters servants, forcibly abuse, imprison the Official; whereupon the Archbishop and his Suffragans by his command publicly excommunicated the Bishop and his Servants in the Arches at Oxford, and elsewhere, who contemn his censures, p. 785, to 789. His Suffragans appeal against, oppose his Visitation of them, the contests, bribes at Rome concerning it, 789, 790. He burnt the Popes Letters against his visitation of the Monks of Canterbury with indignation, before he had fierce read them, p. 791. Pope Innoc • nts Decrees concerning it, procurations, exemptions from it, p. 790, 791, 792, 793, 794. He sent to the King with other Bps by the Parl▪ to importune him, that the Church mig • t enjoy her Liberties, especially her freedom of elections; with the Kings sharp answer to them to resign their Bishoprics as unfit for, unworthy of them, and ungrateful to him their advancer, 795, 796. His and his Suffragans Excommunication against the infringers of the Great Charter and Churches Liberties, 796, 797. His moderate Visitation of Feve • sham, Rochester, London, to gain entrance into and possession of Visiting the rest of his Province, 799. A contest between him and the Chapter of Lincola, about conferring Prebends, and the rents of the Bishop of Lincoln during the vacancy, 805, 806. The King writ to him and others to promote the Dismes for the Holy Land, 807. A Writ for him to receive the Aydes, Escuage due from the Bishopric of Rochester as Patron thereof, 818, 819. Claimed the Ayds for making the Kings son a Knight, marrying his daughter, and return of the Kings Writs in all the Fees of the Bishop of Rochester, p. 819. Obliged his Church in above 15000. Marks to the Pope; commands his woods to be cut down, sold, to help defray it, p. 826. Oppresseth the Bishop of Rochester by power; Writs to stay suits between them till heard by the King and Nobles; a Bull and Legat sent about it, p. 825 843, 928, 929, 930, 941, 942. The Bps Answer to the Popes. L • gates demands deferred, by reason of his absence beyond the Seas, 823, 824, 849. His brothers ill success in his Wars maintained by his rapine in England, 848, 849. Returns into England, summons a Council, that like the Martyr Thomas he might encounter the Enemies, Rebels of the Church, and be a wall of defense to it, 890. The Kings prohibitions to him and the Bishops not to meet in this Council; which they contemn, 890, 891. Their Treasonable Articles, Canons made in that Council, against the Kings Prerogative Ecclesiastical and Temporal, his Temporal Judges, Courts, Laws, Prohibitions, Writs, Judgments, exempting of themselves, Clerks, Officers, Lands, Goods from their secular Jurisdictions, Judicatures; decreeing Interdicts, Excommunications against the King, his Judge, Officers Lands, Castles, Lay-Subjects, for which Liberties they resolved to contend to death, 890, to 912. The Archbishop forced by the King, Barons to fly the kingdom for these Constitutions, against which they complained, appealed, sent, their Proctors to Rome: Which Constitutions are yet printed in Lyndewode, A • on, urged for the Canon Law of this Realm, though nulled, 911, 912, 983, 989, 990, 991. Not permitted to return into England unless he would reverse his illegal Excommunications, disturbing the kingdoms peace, act nothing concerning the weighty affairs of the Church or Realm, but by advice of the greater and sincerer part of his Suffragans, and other discreet persons of the Realm; engage that upon his return, or during his stay in England, neither he not any of his Clerks should bring any Messages, Letters, Mandates, or other thing, nor do or procure by themselves or others, ought to the prejudice of the King, kingdom, nor carry or send anything out of it, but in cases of necessity, by approbation of the Kings Council, 997, 998. A Writ to him for a Collection for the Church of Colen, wherein the three Kings were interred, 912, 913. The Kings prohibition to him not to consecrate the Bishop elected by the Monks of Eli whom he disapproved, his appeal against, and Writ to examine it, 922, 923. nulled at Rome by the King, him, and a new Bishop elected Ibid. 924. His Official refuseth to admit the Kings Clerk, whereupon another is commanded by Writ to do it in his default, 955, 956. A Writ to stay all proceedings at Law in his suit, for return of Writs, till heard by the King and Council, 970. A prohibition to him and his Official not to cite any Clerk presented by the King by the Popes authority to appear out of the Realm, 980, 981. The Kings Writ to his Tenants to aid him to pay the debts pretended he had contracted for his Churches Liberties, 992 A Prohibition to him not to distrain the Kings Chaplains for Dismes, 996. The Kings Writ to him to appoint some Bishop of England to consecrate the Bishop elect of Bath and Wells, who could not come to him to be consecrated beyond Sea; his refusal thereof, with the Kings second Writ and displeasure thereon, taxing him of ingratitude, commanding his present return under pain of severe proceedings against him, 998, 999. The profits, goods of his Archbishopric forcibly seized on during the Barons Wars, Writs of enquiry issued thereupon to protect and secure them, 1000, 1001, 1004. Writs to him and his Official to constrain the Bishop of Hereford by Ecclesiastical censures to reside at his Church, discharge his Episcopal Office, to prevent seizure of his Temporalties, and Kings proceedings, 1011, 1012. Canons for it, 1041. A Writ to inquire what Lands had been alienated, given by the King without the Archbishops consent, or detained from his Church against the Privileges thereof, 1033. A Writ to the Collectors of the Dismes within his Diocese, to hasten their collection, 1034. To repay monies out of the Disme, borrowed of him by Prince Edward to repair Dover Castle, 1036. A Writ concerning the account of the Dismes of his Diocese, 1052, 1053. Writs to preserve the Archbishops right in the Priory of St. Martins Dover, immediately subject to the Archbishop, against the Prior and Covent of Canterbury 's encroachments thereon, 1060, 1061. His ignominious, wretched, scandalous, long Archiepiscopal life; his death beyond the Seas, the great inundations at Canterbury about that time, 1061. William de Chilenden, by the Kings license elected by the Monks, not approved by the King, but appealed against; persuaded by Pope Urban to relinquish his election, 1061, 1062. whereupon the Pope conceiving the right of conferring the Archbishopric to be devolved to him, like his predecessors out of the plenitude of his power appointed Robert Kilwaraby (Provincial of the Freers Minorites in England ) to be Archbishop; upon which the Monks to preserve their right of Elections, pro forma elected him Archbishop, 1062. The Prior on the day of his consecration demanded 3000. Marks, spent in the election of Chilenden, the Pope promised he should pay, who by threats made him abate 1300 l. Ibid. 1063. He refused to confirm, consecrate Dr. More Bishop of Winchester elect, because he had two Benefices, contrary to the Canons of the Council of London, 1063.
- Robert Kilwardby, and his Successors John Peckham, Walter Reynolds, John Stratford, Simon 〈◊〉 p, William Courtney, Thomas Arundel, Thomas Bourg • h • r, Joha Marton, and others, (like Boniface ) exacted no Oath in their Visitations, and Inquiries in them, p. 711. according to Pope Innocent the 4. his Constitutions, p. 743, 744.
- Chester, Coventry and Litchfield Bishopric, Bishops Commissioners for enquiry of damages suffered by the exiled Bishops within • , p. 280.
- William de Cornhull, sent with King Johns offers to the Barons, p 347. A recognition before him and other Bishops by the Bishop of Norwich, p. • 81. A Writ prohibiting the Archbishops Officials Usurpations on the Kings rights, rents during its vacancy after his death, p. 388
- Alexander de Savenesby, consecrated at Rome, p. 392. sent by the King to Rome with others to appeal against the Monks election of Walter to be Archbishop of Canterbury, which the King disallowed, and Pope vacated, p. 418, 419, 420. rebuked openly in Parliament by King Henry 3. for having too much familiarity with the Earl Marshal, and endeavoring to deprive him of his Crown; his indignation and Excommunication denounced thereupon, p. 443. joyner with Archbishop Edmund and others in reprehending, menacing to Excommunicate the King, p. 443, 444. sent by the King with others into Wales, to mediate Peace between the King, Earl Marshal, and Prince of Wales, p. 445. The Popes message sent by him to the King, for recalling Peter Bishop of Winchester, his answer and Writ to him concerning it, p. 457.
- William de Raele, elected by the Monks and Canons of Litchfield too, refused it, being elected to Norwich about the same time, p. 510, 511.
- Nicholas Farnham thereupon elected by the Monks, but the Dean of Litchfield by the Canons, who at last consented to Farnhams election, who peremptorily refused the Bishopric, p. 510, 511, 565.
- Hugh de Pateshull, a Writ to him to inquire how many Benefices, Prebendaries were in his Diocese, how many of them were conferred on Aliens by Popes or Legates Provisions, with the persons names, values, p. 573. Pope Innocent absolveth the Prince of Northwoles from the Charter, Oath, Excommunication of the Bishop of Coventry and others, to whose censure he submitted himself in case he violated them to King Henry 3. p. 608, 609. A persecutor of the Monks his electors, till his death, p. 624. The Monks forcibly dispersed by the King, forced to fly to other Monasteries during the vacancy, p. 624.
- William de Monte Pessulano, after his death, elected by the Monks, his praise, p. 624, 625. resigns his election to the King, because he and some of the Canons opposed it, p. 624, 625, 627.
- Roger de Weseham, elected by the major part, by the Bishop of Lincolns means, against the Kings consent; allowed, consecrated by the Pope at Lions; Richard Keeper of the Great Seal, whom the King recommended (elected by some few) put by, at which the King was highly displeased, p. 625, 626, 627. The King detaines his Temporalties a long time for this affront, but at last by the Popes mediation restored them, p. 627, 687. The King presents to the Church of St. Michael Coventry, appropriated without his license during the vacancy; The Vicar cites his Clerk before the Popes Delegates, placed force in the Church to keep him out, which the Sheriff by the Kings order removing, some were wounded; for which the Bishop Excommunicating the Sheriff and his Officers, the King issued Writs to the Bishop to absolve them, and to the Popes Delegates, Vicar, others, not to prosecute the suit, p. 687, 688, 689. A Prohibition to him and his Proctors not to exact Subsidies from, or exercise any Jurisdiction in the Kings Free Chapels within his Diocese, p. 724, 735. Not to grant Administration of the goods of Clerks intestate debtors to the King, till the debt satisfied, p. 782. joins with Archbishop Boniface in Excommunicating the Bishop of Winchesters servants for their force on his Official, p. 786. his absence from Parliament excused by sickness, p. 795. Writs to him for the business of the Cross, and collection of Dismes, p. 807, 814. voluntarily resigned his Bishopric, p. 851, 925.
- Roger de Molend the Kings Nephew elected by the Monks, approved by the King, though he recommended his Treasurer to them, p. 925. A Writ to him to sequester the Ecclesiastical livings of John Waterand in his Diocese, who refused to account to the King, p. 978. A difference concerning a presentation to Cestreton Church, referred to him by Writ, p. 993. Writs for collecting the Dismes in this Diocese, p. 1033, 1034. A Prohibition to him not to exercise any Jurisdiction in the Church of All Saints Derby, being the Kings Free Chapel, p. 1047.
- Commissioners to inquire damages done in it to the exiled Bishops, p 278. A license to the Dean and Chapter to elect a Bishop in the presence of certain persons entrusted by the King, p. 348.
- Ralph de Nevill, Chancellor to King Henry 3. elected Archbishop of Canterbury, rejected by the Pope for his stoutness and opposition to King Johns Charter of resignation, 293, 294, 431. The Popes Delegate in the case between the Abbot of Glastonbury, and Bishop of Bath and Wells, 357. Present in the Parliament at Merton, and Lord's vote concerning Bastardy, 472. The Monks of Winchester require, nominate him for their Bishop, in opposition to Ethelmar whom the King recommended, for which he incurred the Kings displeasure, who put him from his Chancellorship, which he repented soon after, 501, 510. A Writ to him and other Bishops concerning the Privileges of Canterbury, 600. his death, 613.
- Robert Passeleve the Kings Treasurer, elected by the Canons, approved by the King, rejected by the Bishop of Lincoln and Archbishop Boniface as insufficient, 625, 626, 627.
- Ralph de Withz presently substituted in his place by the Bishop of Lincolns means, without the Kings assent; who very angry at the affront, commanded him and his to be kept out of the City, detained the Temporalties a long time in his hands, restored them after much mediation and submission at last, 625, 626, 627. Consecrated at Lions by the Pope, 627. A Writ to him to unlock the barns of a Clerk sequestered, or else the Sheriff to break them open, 718, 719. Present in the Parliament at London, where he denies an Ayd to the King, 721. A Prohibition to him not to hold plea of a Debt then pending in the Exchequer, 757. To take the account of the Bishop of Winchester concerning Compositions for absolutions from the Cross, 758. Appointed by the King with others to preach up a Croysado, 766, 797, 806, 807. Consents with the Bishop of Lincoln in opposing a Disme to the King, though granted by the Pope, 771, 772 Joynes with Archbishop Boniface in excommunicating the Bishop of Winchester and his servants, 786. The Kings Letter to the Pope in his behalf, for his good service in preaching the Cross, 797. Expenses allowed him for it, with Writs concerning this service, 815, 816.
- John Clypping, summoned by the King to St. Edwards Feast at Westminster, 826. Writs to the Collectors of Dismes in this Diocese, 917, 1050, 1051.
- Stephen, with three other Bishops▪ summons all exempt Abbots and other Religious persons to Oxford, to know whether they would stand to and defend the Barons Ordinances, 954. Excommunicated by the Popes Legate for adhering to the Barons against the King; goes to Rome to the Pope to purchase his absolution and peace, 1018, 1021. a Writ of safe conduct for his going and returning to answer Articles against him for it, before the Popes Legate, 1020, 1021, 1023. Subscribes a Writ to remove a Lay force from a Prebendary, with the Kings Council and other Bishops, 1005.

- ST. David translates the Archbishopric of Wales from Coerlegion to St. David's, 234, 235. what Bishops were Suffragans to it, K. H. 2. subduing Wales subjected it and all its Suffragans to Canterbury, Ibid.
- St. David, first Archbishop thereof after its translation by him to Menevia, 234. 2 • Archbishops after him therein, using a Pall and plenaty Archiepiscopal Jurisdiction, Ibid▪
- Sampson, the last of the 24 Archbishops, carried his Pall •• Dole in Britany; 19 Archbishops succeeded him therein, using Archiepiscopal Jurisdiction, but without a Pall, 234, 235.
- Wilfrid Bishop thereof after Wales subduing by K. H. 2. p. 235.
- Bernard, made Bishop by K. H. 2. compelled by him to receive his consecration from, make his profession of subjection to the See of Canterbury, and to take an Oath not to raise any contention concerning the Archbishopric thereof against Canterbury, 235. which Oath he violates after K. H. 2 his death; appeals to Rome to revive the Archbishopric, but hath sentence given against him by Pope Eugenius, Ibid.
- Gilardus, or Geofry Archdeacon of Brechon, made Bishop thereof by the Popes Provision, endeavors to revive the Archbishopric; opposed both in his design and provision by King John and Hubert Archbishop of Canterbury, put by his Bishopric, forced to quit his Archdeaconry, Writs prohibiting any to own or assist him as Bishop, declared a public enemy to the King, and the rights of his Crown, 234, to 238, 778.
- William Abbot of Dogmael, elected, approved, consecrated Bishop in his stead; the Kings Writs issued to all in his Diocese to assist, receive him, and oppose Gilardus, 230, to 237, 778.
- Hugo Foliot, the Kings Writs to the Bishop of Hereford, and Dean and Chapter of St. David's, to elect him Bishop, (yet not elected that I find) 355, 356.
- Alh • lmus, died of grief, his Bishopric being wasted by K. H. 3. his Wars on the Welsh, 726.
- Thomas Wallensis Archdeacon of Lincoln (a Welshman) elected, approved by the King, accepted of it when poor, wasted by the Wars, 726. Present in Parliament, joins with the other Bishops in denouncing the Excommunication against the infringers of the Churches Liberties, and Magna Charta, An. 1253. p. 796. Collectors of Dismes in that Diocese, 917. Archbishop Bonaface his Letters to the Bishop of St. David's, to execute his sentence of Excommunication against Lewellin Prince of Wales, for breaking his Truce with, Oath to K H. 3. by invading England, 976, 977.
- Richard Curren, his complaint to K. H. 3. of violence offered to the persons, possessions, goods of Clergymen in his Diocese, and Kings Writs prohibiting such violence for the future, 996, 997. A Writ to him diligently to collect the Dismes in his Diocese, 1034.
- Commissioners to inquire in it of the exiled Bishops damages, p. 281.
- Hugo Pinsac, four Churches in the Bishopric of Durham granted by K H. 1. and appropriated with his consent to Carlisle, 376. his royal house in London, the Popes Legate lodged in it, 494. pronounced a sentence of condemnation against Earl John, exiled for Treason against K. Rich. 1. Appendix p. 18.
- Philip of Poicters, his appeal against the Archbishop of Yorks Excommunication, proceedings, the Kings Patent attesting it, 242. Adhered to King John against the Pope and Archbishop Langeton, for which he suffered afterwards, 254, 265.
- The King recommended Richard de Marisco, or the Bishop of Norwich to the Monks of Durham, who though seconded by the Popes Letters to them and his Legate, they notwithstanding in contempt of the King, elected the Dean of Sarum by unanimous consent, under all their hands, seals, and presented him to the Popes Legate: The Pope to please the King deferred his confirmation, because elected without his license or assent, 353, 354. his Legate at last intruded Richard de Marisco on them, though elected to Winton, 382. the contests between him and the Monks, their complaints against him, the Popes Commission to examine and redress them, 382, 383, 388, 389. A Prohibition to his Officers not to hold Plea in his Courts, not used in the Kings predecessors times, or belonging not to him in right of his Bishopric, nor use any Liberty therein contrary to the Kings Crown and Dignity, which his predecessors used not; till discussed in the Kings Courts, whether such Writs or Liberties belong to him, p. 388. His sudden death, Epitaph, torments in Hell, p. 404, 405.
- After his decease the Monks petitioning the King for a license to elect, he recommended Luke his Chaplain to them with much earnestness; his answer they should have no Bishop for 7. years, unless they would elect Luke: yet they elected William Archdeacon of Winchester; whom the King refused, and appealed against: after two years spent at Rome, the Monks election was cancelled, Luke put by, and Richard Bishop of Sarum made Bishop by the Popes favor, p. 405, 406, 418. A Commissioner in the North, to inquire who broke up the Romans barns, forcibly took their goods, and to send them to Rome to be punished besides, without any appeal, 436, 437. Present in the Parliament at Merton, when Bastardy by the Common Law was settled against the Canons, 472. His death; the Kings license to the Monks to choose a New Bishop, p. 483.
- Thomas Prior of Durham elected; the King appeals, constitutes Proctors against it, p. 497. The Monks prosecuting his confirmation at Rome, are delayed, ••• of grief, sickness, plague; and he despairing of success quits his Election; thereupon a New license to elect is petitioned for, granted, p. 565.
- Nicholas Farnham, elected, refused it, till conjured by Bishop Grosthead to accept it; the King approved, confirmed him, 565, 566. A Writ to him to inquire and certify how many Benefices were in his Diocese, and how many provisions granted to Aliens by Popes, Legates, or others, p. 573. One of the Popes delegates to absolve the Bishop of Lincoln and his Subjects from the Monks of Canterburyes sentences against them, 599. Consecrated at Gloucester where the King and Queen were present, his profession of subjection to the Archbishop of York, 623. Cured of his incurable disease by drinking some of St. Edmunds hair, Ibid. A Writ not to remove from Durham notwithstanding his summons to Parliament, or to attend on the Archbishop elect of Canterbury, or any other occasion whatsoever till further order, by reason of danger in those parts, 632. He oppresseth by his Episcopal power the Prior and Monks of Tynemuth by distresses, notwithstanding the Kings trebled request on their behalf; Charged with high ingratitude by the King; a Prohibition issued to him; ordered to pay damages to the Prior, sharply reprehended by the King, p. 715, 716. Falling into an incurable disease resigned his Bishopric, reserving 3. Manors only during his life; the King seizeth the rest, 623, 624. A Writ declaring that after his resignation he was not obliged to pay his predecessors Debts, nor to be distrained for them, 728. His death, 924.
- Walter de Kirkham, his Successor, endeavors by the Popes power to resume the 3. Manors reserved by