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Rome, 314, 315, 442, 5 • 9, 570, 736, 756, 866, 977, 1031, 1039, 1048. Letters of the Emperor, King Henry 3. our Nobles, others, to all the Cardinals in general, concerning public affairs, grievances, oppressions, or for particular persons, 307, 308, 491, 517, 519, 531, 581, 582, 670, 671, 679, 680, 689, 870, 915, 916, 241, 943, 944, 948, 961, 962, 963, 964, 986, 987, 988, 1018, 1030. Letters of King Henry 3. and the Nobles to some particular Cardinals, concerning public, or private affairs, 375, 423, 843, 871, 943, 944 958, 961, 962, 964, 986, 987, 1031. They ought to oppose, restrain Popes excesses, 519. Their covetousness, corruptions, rapines, Bribery, Simony, Injustice, Pride, Tyranny, 925, 951, 953. See Index 13. Pope Gregory the 9. his Cardinals demand a share in the Annual rent for England and Ireland by King Johns Charter. Letters concerning it, 307, 308. The names, actions of the particular Cardinals in several ages herein mentioned, 234, 287, 288, 314, 315, 375, 376, 390, 427, 432, 433, 489, 490. 525, 545, 549, 551, 552, 553, to 569, 581, 583, 605, 647, 648, 649, 651, 652, 655, 656, 657, 728, 738, 753, 871, 920, 961, 1026, 1027, 1033, 1039, 1040, 1048. Appendix 24. Pope Gregory disowneth John Columpna for a Cardinal, for opposing his breach of the Truce with the Emperor Frederick, who also disowned him for Pope, 549. His Epistle concerning the rapines, corruptions of the Pope, Church of Rome, revolt of the Greek Church, &c. 489, 490, 491. Taken, detained in prison, his Castles demolished by the Romans for seeming favorable to the Emperor, 647, 648. The richest, greatest of all the Cardinals; chief fomenter of the differences between the Pope, Emperor, his pride, death, 606. Robert Summercote, and English Cardinal, reprehends Simon a Norman, for telling the Pope, the King of England trusted Strangers, because no English man was faithful to him: the eminentest of all the Cardinals; like to be elected Pope, poisoned during the election, to prevent his choice, 647, 648, 753.

INDEX 12. Of Popes Legates, Nuncioes, real, sophistical, sent into England, Scotland, Ireland, France, other Kingdoms, Countries; their general and particular Names, rapines, avarice, pomp, pride, frauds, inventions to extort, gain monies, kingdoms, for Popes, wealth, promotions for themselves, their Clerks, Kinred by hook or crook, by infamous Bulls, provisions, Procurations, Croysadoes, Disms, Dispensations, Excommunications, Interdicts, Appeals, Citations to Rome, Absolutions, Exemptions, Non-obstantes, blank Bulls, and other devices, mentioned in this Tome.

POpes Legates, with the Titles, Ensigns of Legates, others with the power of Legates or more without the Title, badges, sent successively into England, Wales, Iceland, France elsewhere, to publish Popes Excommunications, Interdicts, Bulls, Croysadoes, Disms, Suspentions, Citations, Mandates, &c. to and against Emperors, Kings, Princes, Bishops, Abbots, Priors, and all sorts of persons, to exact, collect monies, pillage sacred Churches, Monasteries, Mansions founded by our devout simple Ancestors for relief of the poor, strangers, and sustentation of religious persons; invade Empires, Kingdoms, which Popes ambitiously aspire after, though base, ignoble; to enthrall them, Emperors, Kings, Nobles, all others to their Tyranny; raise up wars, seditions, schisms, in all places, to reap where they never sowed, casting the shame of the world and fear of God behind their backs, but not to sow the seed of God's word to gain souls to Christ, 414, 415, 416. 490. The English Nobilities, Commonalties, Clergies general insurrections and petitions against them for their unsufferable rapines, vexations, oppressions, disposing their Prebendaries, Benefices to alicus by Papal provisions, 436, 437, 438, 616, 619, 620, 663. Pope Gregory the 9. and Innocent 4. some of the first Popes who sent abroad Legates, Nuncioes, Letters, to summon General Councils, the ancient prerogative of Emperors; & that to excommunicate, deprive the Emperor, who prohibited their meeting, 652, 653, 753, 755. The King of France, and Richard Earl of Cornwall employed them to raise monies, and Dismes for the Holy Land; the extortions, exactions therein, and sad issue of them, to the irreparable damage of France, England, and scandal of Christianity, 733, 734. The ancient Privilege of the Kings of England and Scotland, that no Legat à latere should come into any of their Dominions by the Popes mission, unless at the Kings special instant request to the Pope: who eluded this Privilege, by sending Nuncioes, Chaplains, Clerks, Freers Minors or Predicants into their Realms, with the full power, not Titles or Ensigns of Legates, 485, 486, 469, 492, 493, 615, 671, 690, 692, 693, 960, 1014. Some Irish Bishops without the Kings privity endeavoring to procure a Legate to be sent thither, the King upon notice there of by his Chief Justice and others, writes to the Pope to send no Legate thither against his will, 458. Pope Gregory the 9th his Legare imprisoned for stirring up sedition in Lombardy against the Emperor, 513, 516. Three Legates, with sundry Archbishops, Bishops, taken by the Emperors Galleys going to a Council upon Pope Gregory the 9th his summons, Letters of encouragement, against the Emperors advice and inhibition, to depose him, confiding in the strength of their conductors; the Popes authority, and Emperors disability to hurt them being excommunicated, 553, to 557.

A▪
• ALbertus: Innocent the 4 his Notary, prohibits King Henry to infest any of the French Kings lands however possessed, whiles crossed, employed in his Holy Wars, 723. 776. Profers the kingdom of Apulia, Sicily, and Calabria, to Richard Earl of Cornwall, to drain his treasure; reports his answer, refusal of it to the Pope, 776, 777, 788. acquires many benefices in England, then returns, 777.
• P. Albinensis, sent to the Emperor Frederick by Pope Honorius to take his engagement to go to the Holy Land, and denounce him excommunicated if he went not, 412.
• Alexander, a Freer Minor, armed with many formidable Papal Bulls, covering his wolvish rapine with a sheep's skin, his and his Companions rapines, pride insolency, 690, 691. See John.
• Archbishop of Messana, a Freer Predicant, sent into England by Pope Alexander with great Pomp, and many attendants at the Bishop of Rochesters solicitation, to relieve him against Archbishop Boniface his oppressions; and about the business of Sicily: returned with rich rewards, 928, 932.
• Ardritius Primicerius, Pope Martin the 4th his Chaplain and Nuncio in England to receive his Arrears of the annual Tribute, 312, 313.
• Arlot, or Herlot; Pope Alexander 3. his Nuncio in England, sent for by King Henry 3. to excoriate it with new Papal Taxes; the Popes Notary and special Clerk, wanting the name, not dignity, power of a Legate: his Pomp and attendants, 930, 931. Demands an infinite sum of money of the King for Apulia, for which the Pope was obliged to his Merchants, 931, 932, 942, 943. The Kings and Parliaments answer to the Pope concerning Arlots proposals, 942, 944, 945. The King bestows an annuity on his Nephew: which the Pope writes to him to continue for Arlots good affection to and service for him, 952, 953. His Nephew preferred to Ouston Church: The Kings Writs to keep him in quiet possession of it, 974, 975. The Custody of sundry Wards and their Lands granted to another of his Nephews, 991.

B.
• BEraldus Albanensis, a Cardinal, sends his Chaplain to collect Procurations in Ireland, (where he seems to have been Legate) the Kings Writ to his Justice, Officers to assist him therein, 559.
• Berardus de Nympha: comes armed into England with Pope Innocent the 4th his Bulls to collect money from the Cruce signati for Earl Richard, his rapines, injustice therein, 730, 731, 732, 932, 933. Popes blank Bulls found in his Chest after his death, containing manifold machinations of the Romans, to debase and oppress England, 939.
• B. Presbyter Cardinal Tit. Sanct. Johannes & Pauli, Popes Legat in France, King Henry the 3d. his complemental Letter to him to prohibit any injury to be done by the Crucesignati against the Albigenses to any of his Subjects, 375.

C.
• CIncius, a Roman Clerk, Canon of Paul, taken, imprisoned by the Barons and people making an insurrection against them and the Popes agents, for their intolerable oppressions of the English, 434, 435, 436.

D.
• DUrandus, a Templar, sent with Pandulphus by Innocent 3. to reconcile the exiled Bishops to King John, their insolent speeches, deportment toward King John, See Pandulph. 261, to 265.

G.
• GOdefridus, Gifridus de Vezan • , a Clerk of Pope Martin the 4. his Chamber, his Nuntio to King Edward 1. to demand, receive the arrears of the annual Tribute granted by King John, 312, 313, 314. Sent Legate into Scotland by Innocent 4. only to attract money thence, 692.
• Gualo, or Walo, a Presbyter Cardinal of S. Martins; His arrival in England; Joyfully received by King John, excommunicates Louis and all his adherents with Bells and Candles at Gloucester, and Simon de Langeton, who appealed against it as null, 362. King John placed his chief hope of resisting his enemies in him, ibid. Is very active in setting up, crowning King H. 3. after his fathers death, causing him to do homage to the Church of Rome and Pope Innocent, for England and Ireland, and to swear faithfully to pay the annual rent for them which his father had granted so long as he enjoyed those Realms, 306, 360, 369, 370. Caused Louis to be solemnly excommunicated every holyday & Lord's day with ringing Bells, and Candles, till he made Peace with King Henry, and departed the Realm, 362, 370, 371. Upon what conditions he absolved him, Ibid. He deprived Simon Langeton Archdeacon of Canterbury, and Gervase de Hobr • gge, (who obstinately adhered to Louis and the Barons, and celebrated divine service, mysteries to them and the Londoners after their excommunication) of their benefices, for which they were compelled likewise to go to Rome, 362, 371. He sent Inquisitors through all provinces of England, suspending, depriving them of their benefices for the smallest faults, & adhering to the Barons, bestowing their Livings on his own Creatures, Clerks, enriched with others spoils. Received 1000 Marks from Hugh Bishop of Lincoln, and vast sums from other Bishops and religious persons, Canons, exhausting their purses, and reaping where he did not sow, to make one grand heap out of many portions: which the King then an Infant was forced to connive at, 371, 372. He bare sway in King H. 3. his Councils, who sealed some Writs, Patents with his Seal before his own Seal mades and usurped on his Crown during his minority without opposition, 372. Sent for the Bishop of Waterford into England to help consecrate the Bishop of Carlisle, 373. His Ordinance concerning restoring the alienated Impropriations to the Bishopric of K • rliol at the Kings request, 421. 376. Sent into France by Pope Innocent to prohibit the French Kings invasion of England after King Johns surrender of his Crown to the Pope, as St. Peters Patrimony; who denied it, and sent Louis into England notwithstanding his menaces of excommunication, 257, 258. The Kings Letters to him at Rome after his return, rendering him thanks for settling the peace of the Realm, and craving his assistance to the Pope to encourage those who were faithful to, and excommunicate such who rebelled against or detained his Castles, Lands; which was effected accordingly, 389, to 392.
• Guido Cardinal, Bishop of St. Sabien, sent by Pope • rban the 4. to the Emperor to take his obligation for his voyage to the Holy Land; denounced an excommunication against him if he went not, 412. arrived in England at the Kings request to excommunicate the Barons, and others, then in arms against him; the king▪ safe conduct to him and his, 1014. An Arbitrator with the King of France between the King and Barons concerning the reformation of the State of the Realm of England, 1002, 1006. The King sent Simon de Montsort to him concerning that affair, desiring his safe conduct in going to and returning from him, 1006. The King sends to him to proceed by way of Clemency, rather then rigor, 1014, 1015. He dares nor enter England for fear of the Barons: Cites some of the English Bishops to Ambian first, then to Boleyn, he denounced a sentence of excommunication against the English Barons in arms, & the City of London, to be pronounced with sounding Bells, and Candles, which he committed to some Bishops and other Nobles present to execute: The Barons, Londoners appeal against it, as unjust, to the Pope, to better times, to a General Council, and to God the supreme Judge▪ which Appeal was afterward ratified, executed in England by the Bishops and Clergy in the Council of Reading, 1015. His interdict of them, intercepted at Dover by the Citizens, taken from the Bishops, torn in pieces, and cast into the Sea in contempt, ibid. He dissolved the Barons Statutes, Leagues, Confederacies against the King, absolving all from the bond of the Oath taken to observe them, 1015, 1016. He returned to Rome after his excommunication and interdict denounced, 1018. Sent Popes Leg • t to the Kings of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, to crown and anoint him, received many gifts, procurations from Bishops, Abbots, Priors in passing through England thither, staying here 3. months, without resuming the covetousness of the Romans; cost the Bishop of Norwich alone 4000 marks in gifts and entertainments: received 15000 marks sterling for the Pope from the Kings of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, many rich gifts for himself, and extorted 500 Marks from the Churches of that Realm, 697.

I.
• James Bishop of Bononia specially sent into England by Pope Alexander the 4. to invest Edmund in the kingdom of Sicily with a ring, 822, 826, 870, 932. The Kings oath and obligation taken before him to perform the hard conditions upon which the Pope granted Sicily to his Son Edmund, Ibid. His obligation to him in 4000 l. Turon, and Writ to pay it out of the Cross-money, 867.
• James, the Popes Chaplain and Penitentiary; the Kings Patent to his Justice, Nobles and others in Ireland to receive him with the honor and reverence due to the Popes Legat, to advise, assist him; require his Council and advise, if any new things happened there touching the King or State of the kingdom, 382.
• John de Diva, an English Freer, 932, an hypocritical, sophistical Legate, armed with many Papal Bulls to extort monies from the English for Pope Innocent the 4th. under dreadful penalties and fulminations: he exacts 6000 marks only out of Lincoln Diocese, Grostheads answer to him, 690, 691, 692. His exactions at St. Albans appealed against who demanded 300 marks notwithstanding the appeal, to be paid within 8▪ days, under pain of excommunication and interdict, which the Pope upon an appeal caused them to pay; His extraordinary extortions, violent proceedings, notwithstanding all privileges exemptions, cluded by Non obstantes, and new powers from the Pope, 692, 693, 694, 695. The Popes Pull to him to inquire of all Lands alienated from Churches, Monasteries vexations by Provisors, all Simoniacal contracts for livings, to seise them to the Popes use; and excommunicate, interdict all opposers without appeal, 695, 696. his depredations, extortions, ibid. 698.
• John Ferentinus, Pope▪ Innocent 3. his Legate in England, holds a Council at Redings, exacts much money, and then returns to Rome, 245.
• John de Frussyn, Popes Clerk, Nuncio into Ireland, to collect money for the Holy Land, and absolve such who laid violent hands on Clerks; the Kings Writ to the chief Justice to receive him; yet commanding to suffer him to exercise no other Legatine power till further Order, 634.
• John de Kancia, Pope Urban the 4. his Nuncio into England to receive the arrears of the 1000 Marks rent, 310.
• John Ruffin, or Rufus, sent by Martin, and Pope Innocent 4. into Ireland, to collect monies there, without the title, ensign, but power of a Legat▪ he extorts 6000 Marks from the Clergy there, notwithstanding the Kings prohibition, 618, 690.
• John Sarracenus, Dean of Wells, Popes Collector of Disms, and dispenser of his provisions, 718, 731, 736.
• John, a Cardinal Priest of St. Stephens in Mount Caelius, Popes Legat in Ireland, unites the Bishopric of Lismore to Watersord, p. 373. The Kings appeal to him against the Suffragans of Ardmachs attempts to deprive him of his ancient prerogative of granting Licenses to elect their Archbishop, and confirm him when elected, 240.

M.
• MAnsuetus: Pope Innocent 4. his Chaplain, and Penitentiary, sent to K. H. about the League with France, the Kings applause of his meekness, diligence, 944.
• Marinus: Pope Innocent 4. his Chaplain, another Martin, sent into England to fish for men's goods, not souls, in the Sea of this world, having the power, not Title of a Legate, to deceive the King, 691.
• Martin; Pope Innocent the 4 his Sophistical Legate, without that Name, Ensign, but with an infinite large po • er, sent into England to extort monies, armed with Bulls to excommunicate, suspend, and by manifold ways to punish all, as well Bishops, Abbots, as others, who opposed his extortions, rapines, provisions of Benefices, rents to the use of the Popes Clerks and kinsmen, 605, 615. He ravenously writ for, extorted gifts, garments, palfreys from them, suspending those who refused, though upon reasonable excuses, till satisfaction, 605, 606, 615. seised upon and bestowed the Treasurership, rents of Sarum on his little Nephew by the Popes provision, in despite of the Bishop, Dean, Chapter, to the cordial grief of many, 606, 615. 616. His intolerable rapines, provisions, excited the King, Nobles against him, who write Letters to the Pope to redress them, 607, 608, 613. He twice summoned the English Bishops and Clergy for a contribution to the Pope, and their mother the Church of Rome against the Emperor; their answer to him, and Kings prohibtion; to them not to grant him any aid, under pain of forfeiting their Baronies, 614, 615, 632. His intolerable extortions and suspending all to present to benefices of 30 marks value or upward, till his and the Popes covetousness was satisfied; the English men bore heavier burdens under him, then the Israelites sustained in Egypt, 615. The Kings memorable prohibitions to him against his intolerable provisions, rapines; who perseveres in them with a stony heart notwithstanding, 616. The Cinqueports guarded, to interrupt the Popes Bulls, Provisions sent to him by many execrable means, his Messenger imprisoned in Dover Castle, but released upon his complaint by the King, 617. The Kings prohibitions by advise of his Nobles to all the Bishops in England, and Chief▪ Justice in Ireland, not to suffer him or any other Nuncio to collect any moneys for the Pope, or confer any benefices without his privity and consent, 618, 619. The Nobles Message to him in behalf of the whole kingdom to depart the Realm within 3. days, else they would hew him and all his in pieces: The Kings answer to him thereon, wishing the Devil to take him, demanding his protection against the Nobles fury: His speedy, timorous flight, and shameful retreat out of England, 619, 620. His complaint to the Pope against the English for casting his Nuncio so ignominiously out of England, whence he and the Romans extorted no less then 60000 Marks a year by provisions and other exactions, 620. He accuseth the Abbot of Burgh in the Council of Lions to Pope Innocent 4. for opposing a provision. for which he was disgracefully cast out of the Popes palace, and died of grief, 638. The Complaint of the Nobles and Universality of England against him in their Letter sent to the Pope in that Council, as having, exercising greater power then ever any Legat had or used before, without the Name of a Legat, and of his new unreasonable suspentions of presentations, provisions, rapines, 646, 692.

N.
• NIcholas Bishop of Tusculum, a Cardinal Legate à latere from Innocent 3. into England, at King Johns request to reconcile the Crown and Miter, curb the power, rebellion of Stephen Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Barons rising against him▪ King Johns Writ, Messengers sent to meet and entertain him: his Pompous reception entertainment with Processions, Psalms, in all Cities Churches, 287. The speedy increase of his horse from 7. to 50, besides his other family: His penance enjoined the Townsmen of Oxford for hanging 2. Clerks by the Kings command, 287. He deprives the Abbot of Westminster, and two more for dilapidations and incontinency, placing others in their rooms, 287, Appendix 18. His Treaty with King John, and award of damages to the exiled Bishops, 287, 288. King Johns infamous Charter of resignation of his Kingdoms, annual rent, homage, fealty to the Pope, extorted by, delivered to him before the release of the Interdict, 288, 289, 290. Pope Innocents Letter to him concerning the filling of vacant Churches with worth persons canonically elected, faithful to the King, profitable to the kingdom, with the Kings consent; his filling them and all vacant benefices, with unworthy persons, his own Clerks, without the Archbishops, Bishops, Patrons assents; suspending Clerks at his pleasure, summoning them to appear before the Pope to their intolerable grievance, expense; his tyranny therein, 329, 330. Holds a great Council at Paul's concerning the Bishops damages, releaseth the interdict by the Popes Letters for that purpose, 331, 333. The King grants him the Custody of the Abby of St Edmunds, except escheats and vacancies of Churches: and a protection against disturbance therein, 333. Grants a safe conduct to an Italian at his request to come into England, upon security given that no hurt should accrue to the King or kingdom by him or any who came with him, 333. His answer to Abbots and others not mentioned in the Popes Bull who required damages during the Interdict, 334. A Writ to him to deal mercifully with such Clergy-men who less offended in communicating with, obeying, or receiving any benefice from the King during his excommunication, interdict; and not to enforce all of them being so great a multitude to go personally to the Pope for absolution, 334, 335 The Kings Letter to him to confirm Si places, the Abbot of Bur • on duly elected, and approved by the King, 351, 352. He confirmed the election of the Dean of Sarum to the Bishopric of Durham, without and against the Kings or Popes assent, out of zeal, without knowledge, 353, 354. The Kings Writ to him as Popes delegate, concerning the union of the Abby of Glastonbury to the Bishopric of Bath and Wells, 357, 358.
• Mr. de Nogeriis, Pope Gregory the 10. his Chaplain, Nuncio to King Edw. 1. to collect Peter -pence, demand the annual Tribute, and for other affairs of the Church in the parts of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, 311, 312.

O.
• Mr. OTto, Pope Honorius 3. his Nuncio to King H. 3. his arrival, Letters, demands from the Pope; for which the King summoned a General Council of the Clergy and Laity, 398. He mediates a reconciliation between the King, Falcatius de Brent and his Wife, judicially banished for Treason; demands two Marks by way of Procuration from all Conventual Churches of England, 398, 402. His demands of two dignities, and two Monks portions in all Cathedrals, Monasteries, to free the Church, Popes of Rome from the old great infamy, usual scandal of Covetousness, great expense of money, delay of justice, bribery, occasioned by the poverty of the Church of Rome; with the Kings, Bishops, Nobles indignation at, and denial of it, 398, 399, 400, 401. Suddenly recalled by the Pope, through the Archbishops means, whiles collecting Procurations; He with a dejected countenance burns the Popes Letters to recall him, and departs England, 401, 402.
• Otto, Cardinal Deacon of St. Nicholus, in Carcere Tulliano, Pope Gregory the 9th, his Legate, sent for into England by the King, without the Nobles privity; Their great indignation against him for it, and Archbishops dislike thereof, as prejudicial to his Metropolitical authority, 485. His pompous reception, with processions, ringing of Bells; his great authority, receiving of gifts, disposing of vacant Benefices to all who came with him, whether worthy or unworthy, 485. His moderation, endeavors at first to reconcile differences, to appease the indignation conceived against him, 485, 486. The King wholly swayed by his and the Popes Councils; he almost did nothing without him, and adored his footsteps: The Nobles indignation, speeches against him for it, 485, 486. Present in the Parliament at York, to mediate a Peace between the Kings of England and Scotland; the Charter of Peace between them sworn to and ratified in his presence; He desires leave of the King of Scots, to enter as a Legate into Scotland, to regulate Ecclesiastical affairs there as in England, who answered; That neither in his Fathers time, nor of any his ancestors, any Legate had entrance into Scotland, neither would he permit it, whiles he was in his right senses: But if he entered at his own peril, he must expect violence from his rude Subjects, from which he was unable to protect him; yet he Knighted, and bestowed some Lands on his Nephew, 486, 621. The Bishop of Winton presented him with 50 fat Oxen, 100 Quarters of the best Wheat, and 8 Tun of the strongest Wine for his Table: Others presented him with handsome Palfiyes, rich Vessels, Furs, Vestments, and sundry other provisions of meat and drink, 486. He kept close to the Kings side to avoid danger; holds a Council at St. Paul's in great Pontifical state; reconciles the difference for precedency between the Archbishops; some Nobles and the Kings Proctor sent thither to command and see they acted nothing to the prejudice of the King and Kingdom; the Canons against Pluralities therein propounded, opposed, respited; those for consecrating Churches, Oath of Calumny, (then introduced) &c. passed in it, 486, to 490. The rapines, frauds, corruptions of the Church, Court of Rome expressed in Cardinal John Columna his private Letter to him, which caused the Greek Church to depart from the Roman, 489, 490, 491, 492. Pope Gregory's Letter to recall him from England, because of the great tumults raised against him, and prevent England's revolt from Rome: The King importunes the Pope for his stay, as beneficial to him and his Kingdom; issued Writs for his sale conduct and honorable entertainment, to all his Officers, Subjects, 492, 493, 505, 506. The great fray at Oxford occasioned by his Porters insolence, assaulted by the Scholars at O • ney Abby, styled a Usurer, Simoniack, ravisher of men's rents, thirster after money, a perverter of the King, and subverter of the Kingdom; forced to fly secretly from thence; his and the Kings severe proceedings against the Scholars for it, by Ecclesiastical censures, Excommunications, penances, imprisonments, almost to the ruin of the University, 493, to 498, 558. The Scholars humble submission and penance ere they could obtain absolution, and liberty to return to Oxford, Ibid. lodged at Conterbury in the Archbishops Palace, 499. The Popes order to him to give sentence against the Canons, in the case of Simon Montefort his marriage contract, 500. He cited all the Abbots of the Black Order to appear before him, to hear the Popes new Command for their regulation, 503. Churches consecrated according to his new Constitutions, 504. He summons the Bishops again to London, who refuse to pay his Procurations, Exactions, bidding him demand them of the King, who sent for him without their privity, 506. Refused entrance into Scotland by the King thereof the second time; His writing under his hand and seal to the Scots King, that his admission into Scotland should not be drawn into consequence, who took it away with him upon his private recesse: He there collected the 13th. part of all Prelates • eneficed Clerks goods, and sent it to the Pope, 506. The Nobles Letters of complaint to the Pope against his conferring Benefices by Provision upon Aliens, and other grievances, which were like to drown the Ship of the Church, 506, 507, 508. His answer to them, with some reformation of Provisions as to Lay Patrons, to prevent the English Nations total departure from Rome; His Letters to this Legate, restraining his Provisions to the Churches of Lay Patrons, not of Ecclesiastical and poor Religious persons, unable to resist his power, 507, 508. King H. 3. exceeding angry with him, swears he repented that ever he called him into England, for endangering his whole Realm, dissipating the wealth thereof, confounding right and wrong, and caring for nothing, but how to keep what he had unjustly gotten, refusing to part with anything for Peter Saracen his own Messenger, taken prisoner by the Emperor, imploring the King to pay his demanded ransom, 509. Published Pope G • egories Excommunication of the Emperor Frederick, his Subjects absolution from their allegiance, and seandalous traducing Letters to defame him, at Paul's Church, St. Albans, and other places throughout England, declaring him an open enemy of, God and the Church, to his great defamation and grief; against which he vindicated his innocence, by several Letters, Answers, 524, to 552. He prohibited the Crucesignati by the Popes command, to repair to the Holy Land, when they had prepared for their journey, for which the vulgar sort of people mutinied and murmured much against him, 512, 513. The Emperor incensed against the King for this Legates collecting of monies in England, employed in Wars against him, demands his present expulsion out of England, as the Emperors and Kingdoms enemy, 544. His impudent demand of Procurations for himself from the Clergy, not exceeding the sum of 4. Marks for any Procuration: His shameless exactions, and di •• gent scraping money together for the Popes use, to the Kingdoms impoverishing, 544, 545. His publication of the Popes Bull in all Dioceses, to compel those who had taken the Cross on them, and were unable or unwilling to go to the Holy Land, to redeem their Vows by access to him, without going to the Popes presence, for so much money as they should have expended in the Voyage, which gave great scandal to Christian people, complaining of these Roman Mouse-traps to ensnare the simple, and wrest gold and silver from them, 545, 546. His exacting the 5th. part of the goods of Aliens beneficed in England, and of the Prelates, Abbots, Clergies goods, to repulse the pretended injuries of the Emperor Frederick done to the Church; the Prelates refuse to pay it, as an unsupportable burden; the desolation of the Church, State of England, made a prey like a Vineyard without an Hedge by every Roman passenger, 546. The Emperors Letter to the King of England against his rapines; who answered, he durst not contradict the Popes will, 547, 548. He summons the Clergy to London by the Popes authority, who deserted by the King, becoming like Sheep delivered up to the bloody jaws of Wolves, yielded to his intolerable exactions, though resolved to appeal against and withstand them, 549. He exhausted most of the Treasure of England, engaged the King and English Prelates against the Emperor, to conquer and depose him, 551, 553. His exempting the Benefices of the Popes Clerks & Agents from Dismes paid by others, 1048. The Kings Prohibition to him against holding Plea of a Pischary, belonging to his Temporal Court, Crown, Dignity, 558. Put to blush and silence by one convened before him, denying Gregory to be Pope, or Head of the Church, or to have the power of St. Peter, being a Symoniack, Usurer, Heretic, and involved in sundry other crimes, 560. The Kings Prohibition to him to exact the 5th or any other part of the Benefices of his Clerks attending on his service, which he could by no means endure, 561, 562. The Monks of Canterbury claim their privilege before him at Paul's, in the presence of the Archbishop, Bishops, and many Nobles, 565 Simon a Norman, the chief cause of this Legates stay in England, deprived of his Archdeaconry by the Pope, 566. He is present at the consecration of Paul's Church, and confirms the Indulgence of 14. years granted by the Bishop of London to all devoutly resorting to it to pray, 566. Joynes with Peter Rubeo in exacting a great Tax from the Prelates, Abbots, to shed Christian blood and conquer the Emperor: The Bishops and Canons answers to, and exceptions against his intolerable demands; He endeavors to raise a schism and division amongst the Clergy, to obtain his exactions, 567, 568, 569. He demands Procurations from the Cistercians, who manfully denied them, as contrary to their Privileges, which the Pope dispensed with by his Non-obstante, 569, 570. The King upon his departure out of England by the Popes summon • , feasted, placed him in his own Royal Throne at dinner, to the admiration of many, Knighted his Nephew, and bestowed an annuity of 30 l. a year on him, which he presently sold; accompanied by the King and Nobles in great state to the Sea side; their solemn Valediction; how much the Kingdom rejoiced at his departure; he leaving not so much money in England when he left it, as he had drained out of it; he conferred above 300 rich Prebendaries and Benefices at his own and the Popes pleasure, on their creatures; spoiled the Church of Sarum and many other Cathedrals, leaving them destitute of consolation; did nothing at all for the Churches benefit, demonstrated he was not sent to protect the sheep which famished, but to fleece, and gather up all the money he found amongst them, for which he was deservedly scourged by God, being taken prisoner and spoiled of all his p • cy by the Emperor, 570, 571, 572, 779. He is sammoned by the Pope to the Council against the Emperor; animates the Prelates with Papal promises to resort to the Council, against the Emperors Prohibitions and advice, whom they contemned, as unable to resist the Pope, being so often excommunicated and delivered to Satan by him: He and two other Legates, with above 100 Prelates, taken prisoners at Sea, imprisoned, spoiled by the Emperor, 553, 554, 555, 556, 557, 570, 571. Released out of prison to elect a Pope, he gives his Oath and Sureties to render himself to prison after the election, which he did accordingly to release his Sureties, 647, 648.
• Othobon, Octobon, Cardinal Deacon of St. Adrian, Pope Clement the 4th. and Urban the 4th. their Legate into England; 7000 Marks due for seven years for the rent of England and Ireland, ordered to be paid to him out of the Dismes of Ireland, for Pope Clements use, 310, 311. Sent for and desired by the King to assist him against, and excommunicate the Prelates, Barons, for opposing and taking up Arms against him: The Kings safe conduct granted to him and his for their persons, goods, and exemption from all Customs, Taxes, wherever they should arrive or pass throughout the Realm, 1104, 1015. He comes in red garments into England, summoned a Council at Westminster, then at Northampton, excommunicated, suspended all the Bishops, Clerks who had aided or favored Earl Simon against the King, and the Bishops of Winton, Worcester, London, Chichester by name, citing them personally to appear before the Pope, and all others then in Rebellion against the King, 1018, 1019, 1021, 1022. The Articles of Peace and Statutes of Kenilworth between the King and Barons, made at his request, 1019, 1021, 1022. The Kings protection and safe conduct to Bishops and others in Arms against him, to repair to the Legate to make their Compositions, and for other necessary affairs, 1020. The Bishops and Barons appeal against his Excommunications of them as unjust, to a General Council, Church Triumphant, and contemn them, 1021, 1022. The difinherited persons in Arms and others answers to his Propositions, as unjustly disinherited, excommunicated, exhorting him to revoke his unjust sentence, against which they appealed to the Pope, a General Council, and the Chief Judge; checking him for banishing the Bishops faithful to the Kingdom, and usurping the profits of their Bishoprics for himself, which they advised him to reform, at which he was highly offended, 1022, 1023. The King feasted, placed him in his own Royal Throne at dinner; summons a Parliament, requires aid to subdue the Barons and others, persisting in arms by force; accused for banishing the Kings natural born Subjects, that this Legate and aliens might more freely acquire their Lands, 1024, 1025. He possessed himself of the Tower of London, published a Croysado at Pau's Cross, admonished the Earl of Gloucester to return to his allegiance to the King, who refusing his advice, besieged him in the Tower to which he fled, prohibiting any to bring or sell victuals to him, 1025. He excommunicated all disturbers of the public peace, interdicted all Churches in and near London, permitting Religious Houses to say Masses privately with a low voice, without ringing Bells, 1025. The Kings Writ to deliver his Jewels in the Tower to him, and pawn them for money, 1026. His publication of Pope Clement the 4th. his Bull for a Disme granted to the King to supply his necessities, to be levied with severe penalties, relating the injuries, rebellions of the Barons against him, and the necessity, conveniency of the Clergies supplying him, 1026, 1030. He assigned persons for collecting, and auditors for accounts of the Disme, ordered, disposed of by the King only as he directed, 1033, to 1036, 1047, 1050, 1051, 1053, 1055. He summons a Council at St. Paul's London, of the Bishops of England, Scotland, and Ireland, to reform and enlarge the former Canons of Otto: The Canons made therein against sale of Ecclesiastical Sacraments and Holy things; for Archbishops and Bishops personal residence on their Bishoprics, and discharging their Pastoral duties; against Clergymens exercising secular Offices or Jurisdiction; against Pluralities, Commendaes, Clergymens Covetousness, Non-residence, and making any Pluralist a Bishop, 1040, to 1046.

P.
• PAndulphus, Pope Innocent the 3d. his Subdeaton, Familiar, Legate to King John, persecuted Alexander Cementarius for pleading, writing for King John, against the Pope, 259. Sent into England to make peace between the King, Priesthood, and exiled Bishops; who Interdicted the Realm by command of Archbishop Langeton and the Pope: His high most insolent speeches, deportment towards▪ King John in the face of his Nobles and Parliament: He absolves all his Subjects from their allegiance, homages, tenures to him; enjoined particular Bishops in England, Wales, Scotland, and other parts beyond the Seas, to excommunicate him publicly, and all who communicated with him; excites all to fight against him, as an enemy to Holy Church; tells him, that neither he nor his Heirs should from that day be ever crowned; would not fear to tell the King all his message from the Pope to his face, though he should die for it; called for a Book and Candle to excommunicate the King, for commanding some prisoners and a Clerk to be executed before him; The Kings indignation against him for his insolency, 262, to 265. Sent with the Bishops into France to publish King Johns deposition from his Crown and Kingdoms, its donation to the French King, and excite him to seise it by force of arms; his private conference with, and instructions from the Pope, to make an accord with King John if he consented to certain Articles proposed by him, 267. He comes into England, decoyed King John, inducing him by threats and other indirect practices to restore the exiled Bishops and their adherents, with the profits of their Bishoprics, and damages sustained by their exile; to receive Langeton as Archbishop, to surrender his Crown, Kingdoms to the Pope, become his Vassal, Homager, Tributary for England and Ireland, 269, to 293. He kept the Kings Crown in his hands five days after its resignation, which the King took from his own head and put on this Legates, 273. The Kings detestable Charter of Resignation, Homage, Oath of Fealty to the Pope, made and delivered to him; he named therein, 273, 274, 289. He insolently tramples under his feet the money which the King gave him as a pledge of subjection to the Pope, 274. He departs with the Kings Charter and 8000 l. sterling into France; prohibits the French King to invade England, being now St. Peters Patrimony, or King John, now his Vassal, Tributary; at which he was greatly incensed, yet then forbore to invade England, not upon Pandulphs prohibition, but because the Earl of Flanders refused to assist him in such an unjust invasion, 275, 276. The King by Writ at his request delivered imprisoned Clerks to him, 283. He carried King Johns Charter to Rome, applauds his extraordinary humility to the Pope, having never seen so humble a King, accused Archbishop Langeton, and much disparaged him, notwithstanding his brother Simon's opposition, 330. Pope Innocents Letter to him and others, to publish his Excommunication every Lord's-day and Holy-day against the Barons in arms against King John, as worse then Saracens, 344, 345, 346. His execution thereof against the Barons, Ibid The examination of the union of the Abby of Glaston to the Bishopric of Bath and Wells, and differences between the Bishop and Abbot, referred to him and others by the Pope, 357, 358. Enjoyned with others as Pope Innocents Delegates, to excommunicate several Barons, Citizens of London by name, and Interdict them; who derided, disobeyed, declamed against their Excommunications, Interdicts, and the Pope, for abusing and exceeding his authority,: 59, 360, 361. Bishop of Norwich elect, he excommunicates the Earl of Albemarle, for invading, detaining the Kings Castles, 378, 379. His public acknowledgement before several Bishops of the Kings Council, concerning the Church of Acleya, and Writ thereupon, 381. He confirmed the election of the Bishop of London, approved by the King, 384. His and Gual • 's Ordinance concerning the Church of New Castle upon Tyne, and Bishop of Carlisle 's right to it, 421.
• Peter Rubeus, Rubey, Pope Gregory the 9th. his exactor of a new exaction of monies formerly unheard of execrable in all ages; exacts an infinite sum of money from the miserable English, giving an Oath of secrecy to Bishops, Abbots, Clerks, not to discover his exactions to any other, treating with every of them in private, like Thieves who export Oaths from those they rob, not to discover them, 560, 567. The Bishops generally complain of his extortions out of their Baronies held of the King, desiring his protection against them, from incessant Papal tortures, by new-minted extortions, 567, 572. Their and the Clerg • es exceptions against his unjust demands, which they unanimously opposed, 567, to 570. He diligently and greedily exacted Procurations and great sums of money, by Letters sent to particular Bishops, Abbots, Monasteries under the title of the Popes Familiar and Kinsman, both in England, Ireland, and Scotland, having power to Interdict, Excommunicate all opposers; concealed the death of the Pope, lest the King should retain the great sums of money collected, 572. The Kings Prohibitions to him to exact no Contributions for the Pope, from the Clerks employed in his service, 573, 574. The Emperors Agent Walter de Ocra discovered, seised all the monies he and his Companion had extorted out of England, Scotland, Ireland, in the Merchants hands who were to return it, confiscating it to the Emperors use, 572, 604, 605.
• Peter Saracenus, the Popes Agent in England, taken, imprisoned, put to a great • ansome by the Emperor, 508, 5 • 9.
• Peter de Supino, sent by Peter Rubeus into Ireland to extort monies thence, with the Kings permission and Writ of assistance, who extorted the 20th part of all the Clergies estates, bringing thence 1500 Marks, besides rich presents, which he speedily transported, but the Emperors Agent met with it at last, 572, 604, 605.
• Philip, M •• tins Agent left behind him when he fled out of England, to extort monies, leaving his filthy foot steps for him to follow, 619.
• Prenestensis, a Cardinal Bishop, Pope Gregory the 9th. his Nuncio sent against the Albigenses, hindered by the Emperor, 515, 516. Imprisoned for stirring up Lombardy to rebel against the Emperor, 523.

R.
• R. Cardinal Deacon of St. Angelo, Legate in France, 423. Pope Honorius his Bull to him to induce the French King not to stay K. H. 3. his Nuneioes passage to Rome, 396.
• Robert de Corcun, a Cardinal Legate in France under Pope Innocent 3. held a Council at Burdeaux, made sundry Canons, his care to preserve the Righ • s of King John and his Heirs therein, 357, 358.
• Mr. Romanus, Pope Honorius 3. his Legate into France, his Council; his demands of each Bishop and Prelate in particular under an Oath of secrecy; excommunicated all those who discovered the Popes secrets; he exacted two Prebendaries from every Cathedral, and the allowance of one or two Monks from every Monastery, to prevent the infamy of the Church and Court of Rome for bribes, symony, and other extortions, occasioned by her poverty; the Bishops, Arch • eacons, Clergies answer and strenuous opposition against •• , 399, 400, 401. His preaching a Croysado against the Earl of Tho • ouse and Albigenses in France, to get money, which many held unchristian, being to shed the blood of such Christians who offered to submit themselves to an inquiry of their Faith in every City, that he might reduce them by his exhortations, if erroneous; He refused all peace with the Earl of Toulouse, unless he would renounce his Earldom; The King of France crosseth himself against the Albigenses, and procures an Inhibition from the Pope to King H. 3. not to invade him whiles employed in this War, 403, 404.
• Rustand, a Gascoign Lawyer, Pope Alexander the 4th. his Nuncio to King H. 3. to collect a Disme in England, Ireland, and Scotland, to the Kings and Popes use indifferently, notwithstanding any • ormer Privileges or Indulgences, 821, 822. Received with great honor by the King, to the prejudice of the Realm, 832. Had power to absolve all from their vows for money, who vowed to go to the Holy Land, 821, 822. He joins with the Bishop of Hereford in binding most English Bishops, Abbots to the Popes Usurers, in b • nds of 5, 6, 700 Mar. or more, without their privity or consent, for the Popes use, 820, 821. He enjoined the Monks of St. Albans to pay 600 Marks to him at an impossible day, to enforce them to borrow money of his Usurers, besides use, expenses, the chiefest part of them being absent, under pain of Interdict and Excommunication, 822, 823. The Bishops generally oppose, appeal against his Obligations, to the Pope but without r • d • esse; he being a learned man, potent to do harm, and promoting the Popes oppressions, 823, 824 The Bishop of London's Proclamation, that none should be impleaded upon his Letters or Bon • s; his complaint thereof to the King and Pope; their menaces, and his resolute answer to them, Ibid. He puts the Popes seal to blank schedules, writes in them what he pleased by the Popes own consent, as the issue evidenced, though not credited at first, 824. He excommunicated, suspended all contradictors to pay the Obligations in their names, justly or unjustly; the King and Rustand, like the Sh • ph • rd and Woolf, confederating together to undo and destroy them, the Prelates and Clergy being divided, who if united might have appealed & preserved themselves, 824. Prelates and people's devotion to the Church and Pope of Rome expired, by his extortions, causing their hearts to bleed through bitterness of spirit; many innocent persons turning as it were Apostates, and renouncing the truth, through their loss of temporal goods, 824. The indulgences, privileges of Holy men nulled by the Pope and him, as of no value; three years Dismes suddenly changed into five, as if promised; Dismes for relief of the Holy Land, are turned to the aid of Apulia against the Christians; men were compelled to lie and forswear themselves many ways, prohibited from heaven in both Testaments; divers enforced to pay money at impossible days, to necessitate them to borrow it of the Popes Usurers; Prelates were sold like Sheep and Asses, by such sellers as were to be cast out of the Temple, the cry of whose violence ascended to the ears of the God of Vengeance, 824, 825. He averred all Churches were the Popes, not only to protect, but appropriate and dispose of; required every Clerk particularly to give his own answer to his demands, not jointly with the rest, which made them all silent, or ignorant what to answer: He refused to alter one syllable he had written in their bonds, as borrowed of the Italian Merchants for the public benefit of their Churches, though apparently false, 841. Many affirmed that they should be Martyrs, like Thomas Becket, if they suffered in this cause; whereupon the Clergy appealed to the Pope, and sent a general Proctor to Rome against these forged Obligations, which the Barons animated the Prelates to resist, 841. Pope Alexander the 4. his Bull to Rustand concerning the payment of these forged Obligations, and sums in them, to his Merchants; which few had courage to resist, or to join with, or compassionate the suffering of those who withstood them, 844, 845. He summoned all Abbots of the C • st • rei •• Order to appear before him, demands a vast sum of money from them, to the annual value of their wool, or more, for the use of the King or Pope; which they refusing, he caused the King to oppress them, who would have aids and money as well as prayers from them, 846, 847. The King grants him 300 Marks a year in Prebends and Benefices in his gift which should first fall void, 855. The chief Collector of the Dismes and Cross-money; Writs issued to him concerning it, 862, to 867, 921. His industry in collecting them, 871. The Kings Writ to provide a speedy passage for him at Dover, upon his return to Rome, 868. The Popes grant and Privilege of Sicily, with other Writs and Procurations, delivered to him, to be carried and delivered by him to the Kings Ambassadors and Proctors to the Pope concerning that affair, and moderation of the hard conditions imposed by the Pope on the King, 914, 916, 920, 943. His account of the Dismes collected, and their disbursements, 917, 918, 958, 959, 960. Accused to the Pope for overmuch intending his own profit, and over-vigilantly heaping up possessions, rents, monies in England, so that he was as wealthy as most Nobles, and swayed the King and Bishops▪ for which he incurred the indignation of the Pope and many others, upon his return to Rome: Pretended himself the Kings natural born Subject, and principal promoter of hi • affairs in the Court of Rome; gri • vously reprehended by the Pope, and deprived of his former dignity, power with disgrace, 927, 928, 930. Imployed, sent by King Henry to the Court of Rome about his affairs, as his Proctor, when he left England, 943, 944, 946, 947, 948, 957, 1035.

S.
• THe Bishop of Sabine, a Cardinal of Rome, sent Legate by Pope Innocent 4. to Hac • King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, King H. 3. refused to grant him a license to enter England, till he had first sworn upon his Soul, that he came into England for no detriment of the King, Kingdom, or Church, but only that he would pass quietly through it from the port of Dover to the port of Lenn, presently upon the next opportunity and prosperous wind, to depart thence to those further Realms, because Popes Legates of what sort soever, and all Papal Nuncioes are always accustomed to impoverish, or by some means to disturb the Realms into which they enter: After his license obtained, visit of, and free gifts from the King, he stayed here near three months, could not refrain his innate Roman cove • ousnesse, but sent private Messengers to Bishops, Abbots and Priors, to send him large Procurations and precious gifts; preaching often to the people, that he might palliate all things under the show of Holiness; He furnished his Ship (built like Noah's A • k, with many rich Cabines for his entertainment) most plentifully, with much Corn, very many Tuns of choicest Wines, and other victuals, at the English Clergies prodigality, on whom he bestowed his benediction, being enriched by them; celebrates Mass in the Ship by a Freer Predicant, to the admiration of many, 697. See Guido before.
• S • nicius, Pope Urban 4. and Clement 4. their Nuncio, Proctor in England, to receive the arrears of the annual rent due from King H. 3. 310, 311. and concerning the business of Sicily, 932.
• Simon Prenest • nsis, a Cardinal Bishop, his Clerk collects Procurations in Ireland by the Kings license, as a Legate there, 559.
• Stephen, Pope Gregory the 9th. his Chaplain, Nuncio to King H. 3. to collect the Dismes promised him by the Kings N • nci • es at Rome, to maintain his Wars against the Emperor Frederick; summons all the Archbishops, Bishops, Abbots, Priors to Westminster, read, the Popes Bull to them exacting a Disme from England, Wales, and Ireland, who like natural Children ought to relieve their Mother the Church of Rome in her necessities; which the King condescended to as obliged by promise; but all the Lay-Barons peremptorily denied to grant out of their Lay▪possessions, yet the Clergy submitted to it in a qualified manner, for fear of Excommunication, 424, 425, 426. He extorted the collection of Disms not according to the 20th. part formerly paid to the King, but at the improved value of all profits, possessions, without fraud or collusion, to be paid in a short time under pain of Excommunication, and sent to the Pope before autumn or harvest was over, for the corn then growing; to enforce them to borrow monies from the Foreign Usurers he brought with him, on hard terms, to the undoing of many, 426, 427.

T.
• THe Bishops of Tusculum and Sabine, the Abbot of St. Martins, and Cardinal Deacon of St. Nicholas in Carcere Tulliano, with others, sent as Legates by Pope Honorius, and Gregory 9. his successor, to the Emperor Frederick, to admonish him to submit to their Papal mandates under pain of Excommunication, 409, 410.
• Thomas, a Temptar, Pope Gregory the 9th. his Nuncio into England to gather monies by dispensations for Vows of those who were crossed for the Holy Land, as more useful then their personal service; which the Crucesignati discovering, admired the covetousness of the Roman Court, conceiving grand indignation against it in their minds for draining the people's purses impudently by so many devices, and moving war against people, to show his power, or out of indignation, only to extort vast sums of money, collect Dismes to defend the Church; then making peace, and deteining the moneys without restitution, 470, 471.

W.
• WIlliam; one of Pope Innocent the 3. his Chamberlains, sent to King John to hasten his journey to the Holy land, which the Barons rebellion against him hindered, p. 346.

These 2. last Indexes of Popes and their Legates, evidenc ', that Mammon was the principal Deity they adored; Gain the chiefest part of their godliness, and Covet •• snes which is Idolatry, their prime Cardinal Virtue, Theoretical and Practical worldly Divinity.

INDEX Alphabetical 13. Of Castles, Cities, Counties, Parish-Churches, Chapels, Hospitals, and other particular places in this Tome; things done at, or concerning them.

A.
• ABendune, 504. See Index 2. Abbevile, 591.
• Acl • y Church, 381. Acholt in Kent, 438.
• Achon City, 416, 425.
• Adberbury Church, 972.
• Agnania; Popes Bulls from thence, 242, 243.
• Aillesberry Church, 625.
• St. Albans, 282, 351, 435, 525. See Index. 2.
• Alen • estre Church, 504.
• All Saints Church Derby, the Kings free Chapel, 1047.
• Ambrun 1016. Antiochia 734.
• Aquilegia, 525, 528.
• Aquis, 600, 601.
• Aunvilliers Church in Coventrey Diocese, 954.
• St. Audomars Castle, 361.
• Augmodernesse, 954.
• Auxitan Province, 757.
• Aymar Church, 719.

B.
• BArham, 269.
• Basingstoke Hospital, 1038.
• Bedford Castle, 336, 392, 446, 614.
• Bend • nia, 516, 526.
• Beretha in Syria, 14. Berkely, 229.
• Bertelton Chapel 1005.
• Bernard's Castle, 826, 827,
• Berner Chapel, 1005,
• Beston Manor, Norf. 438.
• B • oys, 321. Blye, Com. Ebor. 497.
• Bodington, 379. Bohun Castle, 379.
• Bononia, 540. Bracley, 229.
• Brekewell, 632.
• Bremesgrave Manor, 984. The Church Appropriated: Appendix 29.
• Bretenham Church, 388.
• Brigia, 324. Bristol, 332, 575, 758.
• Brixia, 542. Brugenortb Castle, 324.
• Brug • s Prebendary, Ebor. 954.
• Brumford Manor, 726.
• Brindisi, 412.
• Bugedon, Bugden, 804.
• Burdegal, Burdeaux, 746, 747, 757, 678.

C.
• CAldecot, 438.
• Calvisson, 320.
• Cambridge, 332, 360.
• Campniac Castle, 384.
• Canterbury 262, 332, 387, 499, 560, 561.
• Castelia, 522, 542, 332, 560.
• Castellana, 652. Celsus Castle, 456.
• Chalke Church, 1036.
• Ch • lmesford, 828.
• Chelneston, 438.
• Chidingston, 1000.
• Chichester, 625, 626.
• Christish • le Church, 8 • 8. Clare, 467.
• Clarendon 2, 3, 4. 358, 860.
• Colecester, 1064.
• Colechurch London, 782.
• Colen, 812, 813.
• Constantinople, the Metropolis of the Eastern Church, not subject to the Pope or Roman Church; its Patriarchs, power, names: matters concerning it and its primacy, 41, 322, 490, 491, 492. 512, 513. 643, 752. See Index 5.
• Coussy, 321. Cremona, 524.
• St. Cross Church, 602.
• Cumberland resumed from the Scots King, 324.

D.
• DAdington Church, 719.
• Damascus, 427.
• Damiata, 413, 524, 734.
• D • ham Church, 729.
• Dereham Church, 882.
• Deeping, 379. Dilhurst, 632.
• Donington Church Sarum Diocese, 1048.
• Drochera, 77.
• Dovor, Dover; Constables, Castelanes of it, Writs directed to them to search after, seise Popes Bulls prejudicial to the King, kingdom, and those who bring them: to stay others from passing beyond the Seas; with other particulars concerning it and the Castle, 269, 271, to 275, 279, 344, 371, 439, 618, 730, 865, 937, 938, 939, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1033, 1036, 1059, 1060, 1061.
• Dungervan Church in Ireland, 756.
• Dunstaple, 69, 330, 619.
• Durham, 386, 389, 405, 406. See Index 3. Durham Bishops.

E.
• EAnden, 828.
• Ebor. Torke, 230, 231, 265, 266, 331, 486. a Parliament held there. Deans and Chapters Lands seised for their excommunicating, invading the Major and Citizens, 820, 830, 831. See Index 3, 6.
• St. Edmunds, 337.
• Eli City, Isle, its consequence, strength, privileges, 351.
• E • cford Church, 725.
• Elsinden, 497. Eston, 964.
• Estkingam, 632, 724. Essington, 624.
• Etheneswell, 955.
• Ev • sh • m, 1022, 1019.
• St. Eufemia, 516, 520.
• Exon, A Writ to it touching the Interdict, 332.
• E • z • lmus, 425.

F.
• FAk ham, 1005.
• Fenton Prebend, 963.
• Ferling Manor, 1056.
• Ferentia, 524.
• Fernham, 786.
• Ferrara, 516, 526, 527.
• Feversham, 260. the suites, force, riots, excommunications, interdicts, appeals, contests concerning the Church thereof between the Abbot and Monks of Canterbury, King Johns Clerk, and Archbishop: Appendix, p. 1, to 16.
• Finchingfield Church, Essex, 968.
• Fineberg Manor, 438.
• Flamsted Church, Hertford, 781.
• Flesting, Sussex, 438.
• Fotheringai Castl, 379.

G.
• GAmok in Wal • s, 622, 635.
• Gazara, 734.
• S. Gemma, 430.
• St. German, 412
• Gerse, Gernes Isles, 282, 862, 863.
• Geywud Manor, 697, 332.
• Gippewic, 269, 1017.
• Gloucester, 332. Henry 3. crowned there, &c. 369, 370, other Acts there, 372, 394, 443, 446.
• Gry •• sby Church, Lincoln, 954, 955.

H.
• HAdfeld Peverall Manor, 438.
• Harewes Manor, 742.
• Havering St. Mary's Chapel there, 971.
• Haxiholm Isle, 974.
• Heath, Heth Port, 334, 618, 783.
• Helens Church in Abendon, 716, 717.
• Henechdun Church, Ireland, 783.
• Henlaw Manor, 438.
• Hereford, 332, 439.
• Hereburn Church, 842, 843.
• Herthull, Gloc. • 38.
• Heswell Church, 595, 596.
• Hidesord person, 882.
• Howden Church, 388, 389, 596.
• Howden Manor, 624, 724.
• Huntingdon Town, 332. The Shire given to the King of Scots, 324.

J.
• ST. James Castle, 456.
• J •• ua City, the Popes flight to it, its Gallies taken with the Popes Legates, Bishops in them, 553, to 557, 652, 653.
• Irelingburghe parson his case, 882.
• St. Johns de Landis, 516, 520. St. Johns the round, 516, 520. St. Johns Hospital Dublin, 798. St. Johns Hospital Oxford, 479, 480, 835, 837, 838.

K.
• KElrederi, Ireland, 393.
• Kenelworth Castle, 936, 1019.
• Kenington, 388. Kirkel Church, 388.
• Kirkheim Church, 954.
• Kepier Hospital near Durham, 965.

L.
• LAgenia, Ireland, 757.
• Lambeth, Lambeth, 741, 742, 786.
• Lathunum, Luthrunum Church, 507, 508.
• Lateran, Rome; 506. many Popes Bulls dated thence; Councils there: See Councils.
• La • gedon Church, Appendix 14.
• Ledes, 314.
• Len, 697, 1016, 1017.
• St. Leonards Church Canterbury, 496.
• St. Leonards Hospital, Ebor. 831, 838, 840.
• Liminton Manor, 538.
• Lincoln City, Citizens, Church, matters concerning them; 370, 371, 855, 856, 857, 892, 1012, 1013.▪
• Lions in France, 512, 653, 654. See Councils.
• Lucerne, 320.
• Lundon City, Citizens, &c. Councils, Parliaments, Treaties there held: See Councils, Parliaments, Index 14: No divine Service or Sacraments in it, during the 7. years interdict, 253. The Head of the kingdom, traitorously seised on against King John, by the Barons, who resided there, 340, 351. The City interdicted by the Pope and his Legates, sundry Citizens thereof by name excommunicated for siding with the Barons against King John; who contemn the interdict, excommunication, authority of the Pope, as null, usurped, celebrate divine offices, revile the Popes proceedings, 359, 360, • 61. Their Interdict, excommunication, reviled, vilified, none daring to publish it in the City, 361, 362. The Citizens reject King John, receive Louis for their King, swear homage, realty to him, celebrate divine service notwithstanding the Popes censures, 362. The Inquisitions of the ancient Liberties of England by King Johns order, to be returned to London, 387. Testes of Writs there, 390, 393, 394. Cole-church London, 782. A pretended Miracle of the name Jesus in fleshy Letters seen and published in London, 73. The Popes agents flight to it, 435. The Popes Usurers called Caursini settle, dwell in it, notwithstanding the Bishops endeavors to expel them, 437. The Major, Citizens of London, commanded by H. 3. forcibly to take Hubert de • urgo out of sanctuary, countermanded, 438, 439. A Writ to the Mayor and Sheriffs to protect the Jews therein, permit them to buy victuals and all other necessaries notwithstanding the Bishops inhibitions to the contrary, 475, 476. The Popes Legate winters and holds a Council in it, 485, 490. The Oxford Scholars who assaulted the Popes Legat brought in chains to London, and at last put to hard penance, 494, 495. Joyne with Earl Richard and other Nobles in opposing the Popes Legates, Romans, and other aliens extortions, rapines, 498. The Legat makes a farewell speech to them, 505. The Mayor at the Kings command imprisons a Canon of Paul's in the Tower in chains accused of High-Treason, for which the Dean and Canons of Paul's excommunicated him and all his aiders, counselors, parties thereunto, interdicted Paul's, and the Bishop threatened to interdict the whole City, if not released, 512. A prohibition against their proceedings therein, 829. An Heretic sent to and imprisoned in the Tower of London, for denying Gregory 9. to be Pope, head of the Church, and declaiming against his Simony, and other Vices, 560 Martin the Popes exacting Legat sets up his exacting office there in the New Temple, whom the Nobles jointly oppose and write against, 606, 607, 615, 619. The Emperors Ambassadors there entertained opposed the Legates exactions of monies against the Emperor, 613. The Nobles and Commonalty of England seal their Letters to the Pope and Cardinals with the Cities Common seal, 679, 680. Fairs and Markets prohibited in it during Westminster fair, and St. Edwards feast, 714, 715. The Londoners great wealth; buying the Kings plate, 722. King Henry vexeth them, suspends their markets for 15. days, extorts 2000 l. from them, 723. The King remits his indignation against them, reconciled to and craves pardon of them, 729, 730. The Jews Church there repaired by them, 735, 736. The City in an uproar intend to ring their common Bell, threaten to cut Archbishop Boniface in pieces for excommunicating the Dean and Chapter of Paul's, and beating the Prior and Monks of St. Bartholomew who opposed his Visitation. The Kings proclamation thereupon under forfeiture of life and member to prevent an insurrection, 741, 742. Its Jurisdictions, its Barons not to be sued out of the City, 887. The King extorts gold from the Citizens against their Charters by entreaties, as from servants of vilest condition, 773. Archbishop Boniface publicly excommunicates the Bishop of Winton and his followers for abusing and imprisoning his Official in St. Mary's Arches London, 786. The Lord's in Parl. emptying their pur •• s there depart in discontent, 822. The Mayor & Citizens commanded by Writ to come in solemn procession to Westminster, 826. Jews imprisoned in the Tower of London for crucifying a child at Lincoln, 857. Devise of Lands in London by custom, 862. The Legate resides in the Tower of London, refused to surrender it to Gilbert declare Earl of Gloucester, who prohibited any victuals to be sold to him: The Legate preached a Croysado, excommunicates all the disturbers of the kingdoms peace in London, privily returns to the Tower for safety, whither the Jews and their wives retired after him for shelter: Interdicts all Churches in or near London, pawns the Kings Jewels to raise monies, 1025, 1026. The Kings Writ and Proclamation to the Mayor and Sher • ffs of London against the Jews purchasing Lands in fee, and concerning their houses in London and other Towns, 1058. Freers paenitents in London; the Jews School disturbing them with their noise, especially in Mass time, granted to the Freers by the King, 1064, 1065. The Popes usurers stately Mansion houses, protection in it, Appendix 25, 26. The Archbishop of York carried his Cross before him through the mldst of the City, 854, 954. See Index 3. 6. Bishops of London, Dean add Canons of St. Paul's and St. Martins London, New Temple, Tower of London, Paul's Church.
• Luton, 392, 619.

M.
• MAidenestone, Maydenestan; the Archbishops Manor, 785. Its Church, 596 A prohibition to meet there for the Archbishops Tax, 634. A prohibition to build a Church of Canons and Prebends there, or carry stones, or assist towards it, to the Kings disinherison, 560, 56 • .
• Manketon Chapel, 1005.
• Manselow Church, 78 • . Mantua, 542.
• Mapeldon parson, 882.
• Marchia Trevisiae, 542, 543.
• Mariot Castle, 456.
• St. Margar • ts Westminster, its procession, 826.
• St. Martyns London, the Kings free Chapel, 361, 432, 496.
• Mary Magdalene of Saundon, 862.
• Marseilles, 513, 514.
• M • nstreworth Manor, 438.
• Merpisium Castle, 384, 385 Merewell Chapel, 978.
• Merton Church, Hubert takes sanctuary in it, 438.
• M • ssana, 526, 534, to 540.
• St. Michaels Church Coventre, 687, 688. St. Michaels upon Wyra, 835.
• Midford Hundred, 397, 398.
• Middleton Church, 978, 979. Appendix 2, 12, 14.
• Middenbale Manor, 775.
• Millaine, 527, 530, 533, to 540, 514, 952.
• Mirebel Castle, 364. Moguntia, M • n • z▪ 542.
• Mont Cassini surprised by the Emperor, 517.
• Mons Regalis, Mount-Royal, 516, 520, 521.
• Mordune Church, 650.

N.
• NEwband Praebend, 1039.
• Newbourn Church, 376.
• Newcastle Burgesses vexed, impoverished with Citations; enforced to take unusual Oaths by the Bishops Officers; Complaints and Prohibitions against them as illegal, 969, 970. Its Church, 421, 371.
• Newenton Church Linc. 1052, 8 • 8.
• Newerk Castle, 372, 375
• Newton Manor, 438.
• New Temple London, The Kings and Popes Treasure usually kept, and Popes agents resided there, 281, 309, 937, 1035, 1037. Northley person, 497.
• Northampton, Parliaments and Councils there, &c. 256, 263, 264, 282, 332, 392, 401.
• Northumberland, resumed from the Scots, 324, 401.
• Norton Prebend, 496. Norton Bayly, 984.
• Norwich: Writs directed to the Mayor of it concerning the interdicts release, 332. To the Bailiffs thereof concerning selling victuals to the Jews against the Bishops inhibition to do it, 387. Trinity Church Norwich, the Kings Writs of Inquiry to defend its rights, 1017. the Kings proceedings against the Citizens for burning and spoiling the Priory, Cathedral, and great fine for it, 1065, to 1070. See Ind • x. 3. Norwich Bishops.
• No •• ingham Town, Castle, Chaplains, meetings there, &c. 256, 28 • , 3 • 0, 577, 823.
• Nuc • era in Ap • lia, 932.

O.
• ODdy Manor Ebor. 977.
• Odiham Castle, 936.
• Oke Church, protection to it, 736.
• O • eron Isle, Writs to it concerning the Croysade, 863.
• St. Omer, 320,
• O • deliy Castle, 1000.
• O • ford, its Chapel, 1000.
• Ouston Church in Haxiholm Isle, 974.
• Oxford Town, University, Scholars: All the Scholars depart from thence to Cambridge and Reding, for King Johns rigorous imprisoning, and executing two Scholars and Clerks as accessories to a murder committed by a 3d, who fled, 257. The Legates severe penance enjoined to those Townsmen who had any hand in their execution by the Kings command, ere they obtained absolution, 287. A writ to the Mayor of it concerning the Interdicts release, 392. To cause victuals & other necessaries to be sold to the Jews there, notwithstanding the Bishops Inhibition, 387. A writ to the Mayor and Bayl • ff, to apprehend, imprison all Harlots and Priests Concubines remaining in the Town against the Kings provision: To enlarge all imprisoned, so as they who had no possessions there gave security speedily to depart the Town, and the others who had houses and lands swore and gave security not to cohabit with any Clerks there as formerly, 445, 446. A writ concerning the Hospital of St. Johns in it, 480. The Oxford Scholars assault, fray upon the Popes Legate & his servants at Oseney by his Porters rudeness; who presently fled from thence; their excommunication, imprisonment, flight, penance for it, ere absolved. Writs concerning it, and to apprehend all such as fled, whether English, Welsh, Irish, or Sco • s, 493, to 498, 558. A writ to the Archdeacon and Chancellor of the University to make proclamation in co • v̄enient places, that all Scholars sled from thence might safely return and continue there, after their penance and reconciliation to the Legat, 496. St. Thomas Church in it, 357 St. Cross near it, 602. A Council of Prelates there assembled, the Kings inhibition to them, their Excommunications in it, and inserting the Names of the Virgin Mary and Saints, instead of Christ and the Holy Ghost, 54, 385, 38 • , 577, 578. Scholars resorted to the University of Oxford from all parts of the world; aemulator of Paris: the Archbishop publicly excommunicated the Bishop of Winton and his servants, who abused, imprisoned his Official before all the Scholars there assembled, 787▪ 788. The Jews affront to the Chancellor, Proctors and Scholars in their solemn procession in breaking the Crucifix carried before them; their penance for it • a Cross erected at their Charges, a silver and guilt Cross bought by them to be carried before them in future Processions, 10 • 5, 1046, 1047. Parliaments & Councils at Oxford, See Parliaments, Councils: Abbots exempt and others assembled thither, to know whether they would adhere to the provisions there made, 954. St. Johns Hospital Oxford, 479, 480. See J.

P.
• PAdua, 74.
• P • k him Prebend, 1000.
• Paris 322, 392. Its University, 787.
• Paul's Church London, its Consecration. Councils and Assemblies in, and matters concerning it, 331, 332, 333, 361, 486, 487. 525, 526, 1040, 1041.
• Penred Church, 376.
• Pencrich Free-chapel, 728, 996.
• Perusium, 415.
• Pisa, 514.
• Pignagonia, 516, 526.
• Placentia, 510, 542.
• Pontefract 497.
• Portesmue, 276, 282.
• Preston, Prestuna, 775, 954.

R.
• RAcoluer Church, 1005.
• Rading, 496, 912.
• Radulphus Castle, 14.
• Ravenna, 524.
• Reebrigg Church, 376.
• Reims, 652.
• Richmund, 566.
• Ringsteed Manor, 438.
• Rippon Church, 977.
• Rochester, Roffen Castle, City, 339, 340, 344, 351, 454, 498, 469, 758, 759. See Index 3.
• Rockingham Castle, 379.
• Roke, 514.
• Rooberi Church, 376.
• Rome, 444. See Index 14.
• Roubarton Manor, 438.
• Rugham Manor, 438.
• Runningmead, 336.
• Rumenel, 334.
• Rupella, Rochelle, 332, 444.
• Ruseland, 438.

S.
• Salvata Castle, 379.
• Samori Castle, 379.
• Sandwych, 334.
• Sautrey Church, 504.
• Scardeburgh Castle, 324, 633.
• Sevengham, 1000.
• Shep • y, 887.
• Snowdune, 261.
• Soranza Church, 516, 520.
• Stamford, 335.
• Stanes Church, 384,
• Stanwick Manor, 438.
• Stapelford, 971:
• Steines Manor, 438.
• Stinefield Chapel, 496.
• Stock, 972,
• Stocton Manor, 724, 729.
• Stone Church, Appendix 14.
• Stowe Manor, 438.
• Summercote in Lindsey, 982.
• Sunneb. Manor, 384.

T.
• TAunton Manor, 831, 832.
• Thame Church, 595.
• Thanet Isle, 362.
• Thikehull, 287.
• S. Thomas Hospital Southwerk, 785, 787, 788.
• St. Thomas Church near Osney, 357.
• Tilemanston, 1033.
• T • elig. Hundred, 398.
• Tower of London, 381, 532, 560, 686, 857, 512, 1025, 1026, 1055.
• Tunbridge Castle, 429, 430.
• Tunshall Manor, 438.

V.
• VEnice, Christ's Sepulcher in it, 15. A most noble City ready to apostatize from the Pope, 735.
• Verona, 524, 525.
• Verula, 411, 412.
• Vesana, 528.
• Viterbium, 502, 528, 544, 545.

W.
• WAketon Church, 388.
• Wallingford Castle, 494.
• Waltham 604.
• Waredune Abbey, 604.
• Warnegay Manor, 438.
• Westly Church, 241, 746.
• Welleton Church, 388.
• Wells, 504. See Index 3 •
• Werkeworth Church, 376, 602.
• Westley Church, 242, 746.
• Westmorland, resumed from the Scots King, 325.
• Westminster, things done, Parliaments, Councils held there, processions thither, to adore Christ's blood, its Fair, Writs there dated, 72, 73, 289, 311, 376, 388, 394, 397, 398, 402, 406, 407, 453, 455, 495, 496. See Councils, Parliament.
• Wetel Manor, 438.
• Wetewang Prebendary, 1039.
• Wickelaw Hundred, 398.
• Widdingdon Manor, Glouc. 1064.
• Wigorne, Worcester, 332, 366.
• Windesore, Windeles Castle, Chapel, 259, 455, 495, 496, 759.
• Winestim Hundred, 398.
• Wintingham Church, 376.
• Winton City, 252, 279, 283, 446, 470, 481, to 597, 936, 938. See Index 3.
• Wodestoke, Woodstock, 393, 447. Welshmen repair thither to the King to do homage, 261.
• Wolverhampton, the Kings Free Chapel, 982.
• Wulward, 438.

INDEX 14. Part 1. Alphabetical, Of the several Countries, Empires, Kingdoms, Nations, Emperors, Kings, Queens, Princes, Republics; the Matters relating to, or Acts done by them, mentioned in this Tome.

A.
• KIng Adelphus his payment of Peter -pence, 292.
• Admiralius Murmelius, King of Africa, Fesse and Marocco, King Johns embassy, proffer to resign the Kingdom of England to him, &c. a malicious forgery to defame him, 283, to 287.
• Egypt, the Christians Army defeated in it, 754.
• Ethiopians, subject to the Greek Church, 491.
• Alani, subject to the Greek Church, 491.
• Albania, wasted by the Saracens, 649, 650.
• Alexander King of Poland, his Law concerning the alienation of Crown Lands, 321.
• Alexander King of Scots, his Charter, League, Fealty to King H. 3. 620, 621. See Scotland.
• Apulia, the Popes, Emperors claims to, acts done in it, 513, 522, 524, 535. Offered by the Pope to Richard Earl of Cornwall, who refused it, 776, 777, 808. Given by Pope Innocent 4. to King H. 3. and Edmund his Son, upon hard conditions, to cheat them of vast sums of money, 808, 809, 810, 822, 869. King H. 3. vows a Voyage thither, 813. The Croysado against the Saracens, turned by the Pope against the Christians in Apulia, 808, 809, 825, 919, 931, 932, 933, 948, 1049.
• Arabia, the Collyridians heresy hatched in it, 58.
• Aragon, Popes claims to that Kingdom, 9, 291. resumption of Crown Lands alienated from it, 319.
• Arnulphus Emperor, a Council under him, 707
• Arthur, our British King, his Parliamentary Council, and answer to the Romans demanding Tribute from him for our Isle, as conquered by Caesar, 326, 327.
• Ath • nians Law, against alienating the public La •• s, and their resumption of them, 320, 321.

B.
• BAldwin King of Jerusalem, conquers the Saracens, 41.
• Baldwin Emperor of Constantinople, expelled; a Croysado granted him against the Grecians, routed, 491, 492.
• Bituria, 14.
• Blanch, 364.
• Bohemia, Popes pretended Title to it, 291.
• Bulgarians, subject to the Greek Church, 491. conquest, 41.
• Burgundy Dukedom, unalienable by the King of France, 319, 320.

C.
• CAlabria, offered by the Pope to Richard Earl of Cornwall, refused by him, 776.
• Casim • r King of Poland, his Will, 319.
• Castell, Popes pretended Title to that Realm, 9. The King and Queen thereof, their Title to succeed Arthur, 364, 365.
• Charles the Great Emperor, his Charters of Donation to the Pope, 292. void in Law, 316. The Realm of France converted from Paganism to Christianity by the Wars, blood of the Nobles under him and other Kings, who endowed the Clergy with Lands, Privileges; they forgetting their Founders, treacherously endeavored to swallow up the Government, Jurisdiction, Privileges, Liberties, Laws of secular Princes, by their new Constitutions, and judge them, when as they ought to be judged by them, 700, 701. Councils under him, 707.
• Charles the 5. Emperor, takes King Francis 1. prisoner, who avoyds his contract upon his release, 319, 320.
• Charles the 5. King of France, his memorable Arrest, Decree against excommunicating any of his Officers, or Interdicting any of his Cities, Towns, Lands, 702, 703.
• Charles the 8. King of France, his Donations of Crown Lands to the Church, resumed, 319.
• Charles the 9. his Edict concerning rents, 322.
• Charles, King of France his Brother, Pope Urbans conditional donation of Sicily to him for four generations, 948.
• Chazari, subject to the Greek Church, 491.
• Commadus the Roman Emperor, his sale of public Lands resumed, 319.
• Conrade, the Emperor Fredericks Son, his Negociations in Italy, 529. Offered as a pledge to Pope Gregory, 534. his transactions with him, 335, 336. employed by his Father to stop all passages to Rome by Land or Sea, 652. King of Apulia and Sicily, Pope Innocent 4. offers his Realms to Richard Earl of Cornwall, to ej • ct Conrade by War, who refused them; King H. 3. embraceth his offer, vows a journey thither; his Son Edmund invested King thereof by a ring, to disinherit Conrade, who manfully opposed him and the Popes forces, whom he routed, 776, 777, 808, 809, 810. His Kingdom is Interdicted, he Excommunicated without any citation or hearing; commands his Clergymen to celebrate divine service notwithstanding these unlawful Papal censures: The Popes slanderous reports spread of him to render him odious, excite the King of England and others against him; his answers to these slanders, 809, 810, 811, 812. His sickness, poisoning, speeches against the Pope, Church of Rome, for their slanders, injuries, oppressions; His death, Ibid.
• Constantine the Great, his resignation, donation of Rome, and the Empire of the World, to Pope Sylvester, in Christ's right, 8, 9, 13. a forgery, 9. void in Law by the greatest Lawyers judgments, 292, 316, 317, 318. removes to Constantinople, 9.
• Croatia, Popes pretended Title thereto, 9, 291.
• Cyprus, subject to the Emperor Frederick; victuals prohibited to be carried out of it to the Holy Land, 513. The Connestable of it for money dispensed with to hold his Wife against a divorce, and other Rebels against the Emperor absolved from their Oaths to him by Pope Gregory 9. 531.

D.
• DA • ma • ia, Popes pretended Title to it, 9, 291.
• Danes, seised the Isle of Eli, 922
• David King of Scots, surrenders Cumberland, Nortbumberland, and Westmorland to King H. 2. and receives the County of Huntingdon from him, 324.
• Denmark, Popes pretended Title to that Realm, 9, 291. a Legate sent thither to Crown the King thereof; his gifts and exactions there, 697.

E.
• PRince Edmund, King H. 3. his Son, invested in the Kingdom of Apulia and Sicily by the Pope, of which he never got possession, 808, 809, 822, 867, 918, 919, 920, 921, 931, 932, 933. His grant of a pension therein as King of Sicily, 866. presented to the Parliament by King H. 3. in an Apulia • habit; commended and prayed an Ayde for him, 921. styled King thereof, 809, 914, to 920. The Nobles, Parliaments indignation and opposition against that affair, 931, 932, 933. See Apulia, Sicily, K. Henry • .
• King Edred, his Charter to St. Albans confirmed, Appendix p. 21.
• King Edward the Confessor, Christ visibly appeared to him in the Hostia, in form of a Child, and crossed him; his concealment of it, how divulged, 72, 73. King John sworn to cause his good Laws to be observed and used, 279, 283. The description of the Office of a King in them, 323. His grant of the Realm of England to William the Conqueror, without his Nobles consent, void, 327.
• King Edward 1. Pope Gregory the 10. his Letter to him for the arrears of Peter -pence, and the annual rent for England and Ireland; which he refused to pay, 311, 312. Pope Martin his successor's Letter to him for it; his payment of part thereof acknowledged, 312, 313. Pope Honorius the 4. his Letter to him for it; his payment thereof, upon what occasion, his last payment thereof, 313, 314. He grants several annual pensions out of his Exchequer, to the Popes Cardinals, Notaries, to promote his affairs at Rome, 314, 315. Pope Boniface the 8. his Letter to him, concerning his right to the Crown of Scotland, 328.
• King Edward 3. and his whole Parliaments Declaration against King Johns Charter, Homage, Tribute to the Pope, as null, made without his Barons assent, against his Oath at his Coronation; and that if the Pope would issue process for it, they would assist the King, and oppose it with all their might: His Law against Popes Provisions, 301, 302, 779. The Title to the Crown of France devolved to him; His Act and Declaration concerning England's unsubjection to it; The Arms, Title thereof, 325. His Act resuming Queen Isabels Dower, 325.
• King Egfrids Charter to St. Albans, Appendix p. 21.
• Queen Elizabeth, her revenue, state, frugalicy, 323. her case of the Crowns descent, 326.
• England, Its Freedom, Noblenesse, Kings anciently subject to none but God himself, 284, 325, 326. The King of England can neither surrender nor grant it, nor the Crown Lands to the Pope, nor any other, without his Nobles, Kingdoms concurrent assents, 292, to 330, 504, 505. The Popes pretended Title to it, as sovereign Lord thereof, as an Island given by King Henry the 2. and King Johns Charters, though void in Law, 9, 273, 274, 275, 289, 290, 291, 292, to 330, 340, to 345, 365, 370, 414, 415, 470, 486, 504, 505, 545, 546, 547, 548, 551, 644, 645, 663, 664, 671, 800. The Archbishops, Bishops, Barons, people's oppositions, exclamations against King Johns unworthy subjecting and making it Tributary to the See of Rome; his own bitter bewailing thereof; after which his Nobles rose up against him, who assisted him against the Pope before, yea all things went cross and inauspicious with him till his death, 292, to 300, 301, 302, 340, to 348, 359, 360, 361, 362. Its intolerable oppressions, vexations, grievances, by avaricious, ambitious, insatiable, tyrannical Popes, Legates, Nuncioes, and Romish Agents, by Croysadoes, Dismes, Taxes, Procurations, Provisions, Rapines, Exactions of various kinds, with the Kings, Nobles, Prelates Letters, complaints, appeals, oppositions against them, 226, 227, 292, 293, 325, 326, 340, 414, 415, 421, 424, 436, 470, 476, 490, 492, 506, 507, 512, 513, 539, 540, 546, 611, to 621, 639, to 649, 664, 665, to 687, 690, to 699, 716, 717, 730, to 736, 746, 747, 752, 753, 754, 766, 768, 776, to 781, 799, 801, 802, 803, 822, 823, 824, 825, 841, 843, to 853, 861, to 872, 918, to 922, 925, to 935, 944, 945, 961, to 965, 968, 980, 1015, 1016, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, to 1027. Appendix 25, 26. See Index 10, 12. and King Henry 3. King John, Rome. Popes not peremptorily imposed, but only recommended, desired Aydes from it at first, granted, imposed, assented to only by the King, Nobles, who proportioned, ordered the times, manner of levying them, 238, 239, 240 Pope Innocent 4. styled it an unexhausted pit, whence he might extort much, 671. Often hurt, provoked by the injuries of that Pope, who yet in a rage threatened to Interdict it, encouraged by the Kings and their effeminate fear; for which he was reprehended, admonished by John an Englishman, a Cistercian Monk and Cardinal, for beating it like Balaam's Ass with his spurs, rod, and yet not suffering them so much as to mutter against him, 676. English though • miserablest of all men, by biting, devouring each other, 737.

F.
• FErdinand 1. Emperor, Cassander his Consultation dedicated to, approved by him, 22.
• Flanders, invaded by the French King, when prohibited to invade England, 275.
• France, Popes pretended Title to it, 9, 291. An Ayde granted, collected therein by the Kings assent, upon the Popes Bull and Legate sent thither, for relief of the Holy Land, 238, 239, 240. Kings of France ought not to alien their Crown Lands or Territories to others, their alienation of them void, 319, to 324. The Realm of England never was in subjection to France; Its descent to King Edward 3. his Law concerning it, 325. No Pope presumed to confer any Prebendary, Benefice by Provision therein, till Pope Innocent 3. 330, 777, 778. The French invade England, excommunicated by the Popes Legate, 361, 362. See Louis. The French Peers, Courts proceedings and condemnation of King John to death, for murdering his Nephew Arthur; the Popes exceptions against it as void, 363, 364. Pope Honorius and Pope Gregory's Bulls to the French King, for the English to pass and repass freely to Rome through France, without impediment, 396, 408. The Popes Legate calls a Council therein against the Earl of Toulouse, exacts two Prebendaries, and two Monks portions in every Cathedral, Monastery there, to avoid the old infamy of avarice, symony, bribery, and delay of justice in the Court of Rome, with the French Bishops, Clergies answers, oppositions against it, 401, 402, 403. A Croysado published in it against the Earl of Toulouse and Albigenses; the French King crosseth himself against them; the Pope prohibites the King of England to invade France, during his employment in this War against these good Christians, 403, 404. Wars between England and France, 406, 408. A Truce propounded between them, 446. King H. 3. his invasion of it, the Earl of Britain's revolt from him to the King of France, against his Oath and Obligations, 455, 456. A Croysado published in it, to defraud the people and pick their purses, 470, 512. The Kings and Popes Agents rigor in extorting it; his and his Armies great defeat, slaughter, the King taken prisoner by the Saracens soon after, to his Kingdoms great desolation, reputed a just judgment, 717, 733, 734, 753, 754, 776. The French Kings, Peers confederac • , and memorable protestation against the Popes, Bishops, Ecclesiastical Officers encroachments upon their Rights, Liberties, by new Constitutions, holding Pleas of Temporal causes, abuse of Excommunications, Oaths, &c. 699, to 760. France reduced to poverty by Pope Innocent 4. conspired against the Pope and Cardinals, 676, 698. Many Frenchmen slain in aiding Baldwin in his expedition against the Grecians, 492. The French crossed for the Holy Wars, prohibited to go by the Pope, when prepared; their speeches, mutiny thereupon, 512, 513. The French Kings, and his Nobles, Councils detestation of, speeches against Pope Gregory's depriving the Emperor Frederick; Robert the Kings brothers refusal of the Empire, tendered to him by the Pope; the dignity of its Kings by lineal descent, 540, 541. The French always envy the English, traduce the Kings of England for banishing Becket, and Edmund of Canterbury his leaving England in discontent, 591. The long feud, controversy between France and England, which destroyed innumerable people, prayed by King H. 3. to be composed by the Popes mediation, 944, 945, 956, 957. a Peace at last concluded, 961. King Henries advice to Prince Edward, by reason of his sickness, to hasten his return with the French King from the Holy Wars, 1058.
• King Francis 1. of France; declares his Articles under hand and seal, ratified by his Oath, to consign the Duchy of Burgundy to the Emperor for his ransom, to be void, because against his Coronation Oath, and Laws of France, not to alien the Crown Lands, 319, 320.
• King Francis 2. of France; his complaint of the alienation and mortgaging the Crown Lands thereof, 323.
• Frederick the 2. whiles King of Sicily persecuted by Otho the Emperor, for seising some Castles of the Empire during the vacancy, 260. Made Emperor by Pope Innocent. 3. out of mere malice to Otho 5. (interdicted, excommunicated, deposed by him, only for seising and restoring to the Empire, according to his Coronation Oath, the ancient Possessions thereof, which Popes had injuriously usurped) on purpose to persecute Otho to death by force of Arms, 539. He (by a just retaliation) is soon after excommunicated by Bulls published in all places, interdicted, defamed by Pope Gregory the 9th. for not going to Jerusalem against the Saracens according to his Oath, though hindered by sickness, necessary▪ emergent affairs of the Empire, and Civil Wars raised against him in Sicily, by this Popes instigation; and for contemning the Popes and St. Peters Keys: All prohibited to celebrate divine service to him, till he submitted himself to the Church; to be proceeded against as an Heretic, if he presumed to be present at divine service; all his Subjects absolved from their allegiance; deprived of his Empire, for endeavoring to recover the ancient rights, possessions of it from the Popes, Churches Usurpations, 409, to 414. His notable Letters to the King of England, and all Christian Princes, setting forth Popes designs by Excommunications, Interdict, to wrest their Kingdoms, Lands out of their hands, make them their Vassals, Tributaries, trample them under feet like King John and the Earl of Toulouse; pick all their Subjects purses, swallow up their wealth by insatiable blood-suckers, Legates, Wolves in Sheeps clothing; their symonies, rapines, extortions, unheard of in former ages, 414, 415. King H. 3. his Letter to him, not to revolt from his obedience to the Church of Rome, but humbly to obey and submit to the Pope, 415, 416 He goes to the Holy Land, to avoid the scandals raised of him, and his Excommunication for not going, which the Pope continued; at his arrival at Acon none of the people or Clergy would kiss, cat with him, but advised him to satisfy the Pope, and be reconciled to the Church; his complaints to them against the Popes unjust censures, 416. The Pope pronounced him contumacious for going to the Holy Land according to his vow, before his absolution; endeavors to dethrone him by the Material Sword, when unable to do it by the Spiritual, against the Laws of Christ and Christianity; hired, raised great forces under John de Bresnes, to invade his Territories with fire and sword; authorized thieves, robbers; incendiaries to dethrone him, whiles engaged against Christ's enemies, to the admiration of all Christians, 416, 417. His Imperial Seal, Mottoes affixed to his Letters, 417. He recovers Jerusalem; yet▪ the Patriarch and his Suffragans would not say Mass there whiles he was in it, 417. His Victories against the Saracens envied by Pope Gregory, who suborned the Templars to betray him to the Soldan, who detests, reveals their Treachery; He dispersed scandalous Letters against him in England and elsewhere; caused men, monies to be raised in all places more industriously then before to dethrone him; vacated the due election of the Archbishop elect of Canterbury, for money and a Disme promised him in England and Ireland to disinherit and depose the Emperor, which he desired above all things, 418, 419. The Pope and his enemies blast his fame in several Letters to England and elsewhere, as guilty of most execrable heresy, blasphemy, styling Moses and Christ Impostors, as well as Mahomet; and uttering most nefarious opinions▪ speeches of the Sacrament of the Eucharist, which no discreet Christian could believe he ever used, only to engage all against him; He stirred up the Millainois to rebel against him, 514, 515. He seised the Islands in the Mediterranean Sea, the City of Pisa, and greatest part of Sardinia, which Popes usurped, as part of St. Peters Patrimony, anciently belonging to the Empire; whose dissipated possessions he (as bound by Oath) strenuously endeavored to restore: For which the Pope growing very angry, in the presence of his Cardinals on Palme Sunday solemnly excommunicated, delivered him to Satan to be destroyed, and deposed him; in such a dreadful thundering fury, as made all auditors greatly to tremble: The form of his Excommunication, absolving his Subjects from their allegiance, and deposing, upon pretext of his raising sedition in Rome against the Church, to thrust him and his Cardinals from their seat, trample the privileges, dignities, honors, liberties of the Apostolic See, Church under feet; hindering presentations to vacant Churches; apprehending, imprisoning, banishing, slaying some rebellious Clergymen, (sent abroad to raise monies, forces against him) spoiling some Templars, Hospitalers, Churches of their goods; laying Taxes upon Churches, Monasteries, compelling Bishops, Abbots, Cistercians to contribute towards the building of Castles; thinking ill of the Catholic Faith, and other particulars, 514, 515, 516 His high indignation against Pope Gregory for publishing these scandalous Excommunications, Letters against him by his Legates in all Kingdoms, Churches: He surpriseth Mount Cassini, where the Monks published his Excommunication; writes severe reprehensive Letters to the Romans, for suffering him the chief Prince of Princes, their Emperor, natural Lord to be excommunicated in his own chief City; and to the Cardinals, for suffering the Pope so rashly, unjustly to draw his Spiritual Sword against him the Roman Emperor, and advocate of the Church; for fomenting and not restraining his unbridled authority according to their duties, which necessitated him for his own defense against this persecutor, more grievously to offend those who resisted his just power, 517, 518, 519. Prophecies concerning his or the Popes ceasing to be Head of the whole World, 519, 520. His answer to all the Popes scandals comprised in his Bulls of Excommunication, 520, to 525. The Popes Legate published his Excommunication at Paul's and St. Albans, commanded him to be excommunicated with Bells and Candles, in all Churches, every Lord's-day and Holy-day, 525, 526, 527. His Letters to Richard Earl of Cornwall, against his injurious Excommunication and Popes slanders, to vindicate his innocence; wherein he largely describes the unparalleled injustice, malice, treachery, slanders, calumnies of Pope Gergory the 9th, against him, divulged by Letters, Nuncioes in all places; his raising rebellions, seditions in Italy, Germany, Lombardy, Milan, against him the supreme of Christian Princes: That he reputed him not to be a Judge competent to excommunicate or depose him; who declared himself his capital enemy both in words and deeds, by fostering his enemies, instigating his Subjects to rebel, yea causing heretics in Milan to rise up against him and the Empire: That he deemed him unworthy to be reputed Christ's Vicar, Peters Successor, and Steward of Christian souls, for selling dispensations privately in his Chamber, like a Merchant, without advice of his Cardinals, (▪with whom he was bound to deliberate) against Oaths so'emn'y made, diverces judicially pronounced, to marry within degrees prohibited, for dilapidating not only the monies, but lands and possessions of the Church of Rome, whereof he was the supreme Pat • ran, to raise Soldiers to fight against him: Therefore the universal Church and people of God might not wonder, that he dreaded not the sentence of such a Judge; not in contempt of the Papal Office, or Apostolical Dignity, but in respect of the prevarication of the person, who demonstrated himself unworthy the chair of so great a dignity; that all Christian Princes might acknowledge his holy intention, purpose, zeal, that he the Roman Prince had for most just cause opposed the Roman Prelate, out of fear lest the Lord's flock should be lead into by ways under such a Pasto • , 527, to 532. Pope Gregory's reply thereto, fraught with new defamations, for asserting, That he as Christ's Vicar had no authority to excommunicate him; That Christ had given to St. Peter and his Successors, no power in the Church of such binding and loosing: concluding him from thence to be an heretic, having no good opinion of the Articles of Christian Faith, whiles he endeavored to take away this privilege and power from the Church, on which the Catholic Faith is built; recharging him with the premised blasphemies against Moses, Christ, and the Eucharist, which he denied : By which Epistles the whole world had been unanimously exasperated, and risen up against him as an apparent Enemy of Christ and the Church, had not the Popes detestable avarice, and execrable dishonesty of the Roman Church, rendered his Bulls so contemptible, that none or very few believed them: They being persuaded, that the Church of Rome was more obliged to the Emperor, who according to his Oath manfully intended to regain, restore the rights of the Empire, then he was to the Church, 532, to 540. The Popes Nuncioes, Letters to the French King, published before all his Barons, declaring he had judicially deposed him from the Empire for his wickedness, elected the French Kings brother Earl Robert Emperor in his place, whom the Church of Rome and Universal Church would generously assist. Upon which the French King and his Council demanded; By what spirit or rash attempt the Pope had disinherited and precipitated from the Imperial dignity so great a Prince, then whom there was not a greater, yea not an equal, not being convicted of, nor confessing the crimes objected? That if he deserved to be deposed, he was not to be adjudged, cashiered but by a General Council; That no credit was to be given to the crimes objected against him by professed enemies, whereof the Pope was known to be the principal; That he was yet guiltless as to them, and a good neighbor, who never discerned any infidelity in him in secular matters, or in the Catholic Faith; That they knew be faithfully warred for our Lord Jesus Christ against the Saracens, jeoparding himself both by Land and Sea for his cause; That they found not so much Religion in the Pope, who instead of assisting, promoting, protecting him warring in God's cause, as he ought to do, • ickedly endeavored to confound and supplant him whiles absent; That they could not precipitate themselves into so great dangers to impugn Frederick himself, being so potent, whom so many Kingdoms would assist against them, and whose just cause would afford him assistance; That the Pope cared not for the prodigal effusion of their blood, so as they might satisfy his wrath; That if he should conquer him by them or others, he would tread down all other Princes of the world under his feet; assuming horns of boasting and pride, because he had broken in pieces the great Emperor Frederick himself; That they would send Messengers to him, to inquire diligently, and certify them of the Orthodoxy of his Faith; That if they found nothing in him but what was sound, why should they impugn him? If otherwise, they would persecute both him, yea and the Pope himself if he shall think evil of God, or any other mortal even unto death: whereupon the Nuncioes departed confounded. His satisfactory pious answer to the French Messengers, concerning the Orthodoxy of his Faith, the treacheries of the Pope, and prayer to God to avenge them, 540, 541. He maketh a Truce with the Soldan, recovers the Cities taken from him by the Popes forces, marched towards Rome against the Pope, who endeavored not only to depose, but murder him; writes Letters to the King of England, relating the Popes impious proceedings, Rebellions, Wars raised against, and ingratitude towards him; exhorts him to adhere to, and assist him in this cause, which concerned the Jurisdiction, honor, security of all other Kings, Princes, whose rights he patronized; which Letters much discredited the Popes authority, and prejudiced the Clergies honor, 541, to 545. His expostulatory Letters to King H. 3. for permitting the Popes Agents continually to extort vast sums of money out of his Realm, to maintain Wars against him; and suffering his scandalous Bulls to be published in all places to his infamy, against the Law of Nature, Nations, bonds of affinity between them, being his Son-in-law, Brother, Friend, against whom he had declared no War; his cause concerning the Interest, Prerogative of other Kings Crowns, and his own; the Pope to his infamy claiming a Lordly Dominion over him as his Vassal: To which he unworthily answered, That he durst not contradict the Popes will, 546, 547, 548. The Pope to divert his march to Rome, stirs up the Earl of Flanders to invade his Territories, 548. He makes peace with Milan and Bononia, reduceth the Cities near Rome to obedience by his forces and Letters, causeth the Romans and most of the Cardinals to desert the Pope, who desired a General Council to settle a peace between them, which he assented to : The Pope despairing of his cause, consents to a Truce till the Council: His Legate in France persuades him to break it, and bid open defyance to the Emperor, having raised monies enough to maintain one years War against him; He summons all the Emperors enemies to the Council, to depose him; who thereupon by his Letters to the King of England and others, prohibits the Bishops to repair to it, stops all their passages by Land; who upon the Popes Letters repairing thither with a strong Convoy sent from Jenoa by Sea, three Popes Nuncioes, above one hundred Archbishops, Bishops, Abbots, and P • oxies of Prelates, besides Ambassadors from Cities in Rebellion against the Emperor, and above 4000 Mariners of Jenoa were taken prisoners by the Emperors Gallies, and some Bishops slain, drowned in the fight, wherein God signally owned his cause against the Pope; his Letters concerning it, 549, to 558. He surpriseth the Popes new Castle built with the Croysado money, whereupon he died of grief and discontent, 647. The Cardinals desire his release of the imprisoned Cardinals, and license to elect a New Pope, to which he condescends: Their division, double election; he assents to one, but dislikes the other, being a Roman, and his professed enemy, 647, 648. Cardinal Columna taken prisoner, his Castles demolished for seeming favorable to him, 648. The English Bishops Embassy to him, to remit his indignation against the Church of Rome, though justly provoked; to permit, command the Cardinals to elect a New Pope, after Coelestine the 4. his death, Ibid. His answer, That the pertinacious pride, and insatiable covetousness of the Church of Rome, not he, hindered the proceedings to a New Popes election; That if he hindered the successes of the Roman and English Church, none might admire, since the one endeavored by all means to depose him from his Imperial dignity, and the other desisted not to excommunicate, not a little to defame him, and pour forth their money to his detriment, 648, 649. He commanded the disagreeing Cardinals to elect a Pope, to take off the infamy, that he hindered the election; releaseth all the imprisoned Cardinals and Prelates at their request, for the Churches peace; who thereupon became more obstinate, schismatical, and hating each other then before: He thus deluded, besieged Rome and the Romans, as the authors of this schism, to the detriment of the Church and Empire, from which suspicion the Roman Citizens freeing themselves by their Agents, and laying all the blame on the schismatical Cardinals, he by public Proclamation in his Camp commanded all the Cities and possessions of the Church and Cardinals to be depopulated by his Soldiers; which they vigorously pursuing, the Cardinals petitioned him to forbear his indignation and plunder of them, promising faithfully speedily to elect a Pope profitable both to the Church and Empire; they elect Innocent the 4: Pope, 649, 650, 651. This Pope being confirmed, traitorously ratified his former sentence of Excommunication, raised forces against him▪ routs his Army, publicly defamed him, That he never heard divine service nor prayers, (occasioned by his Excommunications, and Prelates refusal to communicate with him) that he did not worthily reverence Ecclesiastical persons; that he did neither rightly speak nor think of the Catholic Faith; that he lay with Sa •• cen women; that he called Saracens and other Infidels into the Empire, wherein they built fortified Citus: Which calumnies caused many Noble, grave persons to depart from him, and his dejected enemies to life up their heads: After which he caused the Germans to elect another Emperor, the Lantgrave, who upon conference sided with him against the Pope; who refused all terms of peace, unless he would sweat absolutely to stand to his-Ecclesiastical censure, which he refused to do, unless he knew before hand the causes and all conditions of it, without restoring the places he had gained, belonging to the Empire of ancient right, 651. The Pope refuseth all sorts of cautions he tendered to him to settle place, to the great rejoicing of Saracens, Turks, and other Pagans, who invaded, spoiled the Christians in all places during their dissensions: Upon which he stops all passages to Rome by Sea and Land, employing his Son Co • rade therein, forced the Pope and Cardinals to fly out of Rome and Italy disguised into France; his jeer against the Pope for this his dishonorable flight, 651, 652, 653. By assistance of the French King, the Pope summoned a General Council, excommunicated, deposed the Emperor afresh, absolves all his Subjects from their allegiance, prohibits any to own or converse with him under pain of Excommunication, in a most insolent manner, notwithstanding all his Ambassadors, Advocates allegations and proffers of satisfaction, 643, to 654, 664, 753. The Bulls, causes of his Excommunication and dethroning, 644, to 660. His notable stout speech after his dethroning by the Pope and Council; He sets his Crown on his head, bids defyance against the Pope; sends notable Letters to the King of England and other Princes, against the pride, insolency, ingratitude of the Pope and Prelates, occasioned by their great endowments, riches, by the bounty of Christian Emperors, Kings, to the impoverishing of their Realms; asseits, it would be an act of charity very acceptable to God, to resume their possessions, riches, which made them cast God behind their backs, choked their Religion, caused them ungratefully to conspire and set themselves against their advancers Heirs; exhorting them to reduce them to their primitive humility, condition, to subtract their great noxious revenues from them, which made them mad, riotous, rebellious, and unlike the Primitive Bishops in the Apostles times, who subdued Emperors, Kings by their piety, holineste, nor by Arms, 660, 661, 662. The great dangers many Princes, Prelates apprehended would ensue by this Emperors deposing, by encouraging Popes (though of mean birth) to trample all Emperors, Kings, Princes, Prelates under feet at their pleasures, and grow intollerably proud, insolent; to boast, we have trampled the very greatest Lord and Emperor Frederick under feet, and who art thou, who rashly believest thou art able to resist us? 662. The Pope exhorts the Cistercians to live and die in his and the Churches quarrel against him, who thereupon inclined to his party, 662, 663. All Christendom troubled with Wars by the hatred, discord between the Pope and him, and the Universal Church everywhere endangered, 753, 754. The French Nobles adhere to him, detest the pride of the Pope, the Servant of Servants, who rejected all the honest conditions of peace which he offered him, 755. He the greatest of all Christian Princes, who had not his equal; an enemy to Pope Innocent the 4. generally hated in most Kingdoms, 676. Two new Emperors successively set up against him, their forces defeated, one of them slain in battle, the other dies, 753. Appendix 27. He is poisoned by his most intimate Counselor and Advocate Peter de Vinea, corrupted by Pope Innoccut the 4. his great gifts and promises; his memorable declamation against Popes ingratitude, insolency, advanced from nothing by his predecessors to so great wealth, power, who thereby endeavored to exterminate, destroy their advancers and the tottering Empire, 754, 756, 809, 810. The punishment of his poysoner, the Popes great rejoicing at his misery, death, 754, 755.
• Frederick King of Naples, his great munificent gifts of Crown Lands, revoked, 319.

G.
• GErmany, Almaign, Popes pretended Title to it, 391. The Emperors Oath, power, he cannot alien his Lands or Sovereign power, 316, 317, 318, 319. See Index 14. Emperor, Oath, Frederick, Otho. Seditions, Rebellions raised in it by Popes, against the Emperor, 411, 523, 5 • 8, 536, 753, 754, 810, 811. Shaken with intestine wars by the Pope, 676, 698, 717.
• Goths, obey the Greek Church, 491.
• Granado, Popes pretended Title to it, 9, 291.
• Greek Church, subject to the Patriarch of Constantinople; its errors, opposition against, separation from the Church of Rome for its detestable symony, ambition, corruptions; the several Nations, Countries obedient to it, rejecting the Popes authority; its claim of primacy above the Pope, by St. Peters first preaching, fixing his See at Antioch, not Rome; G 〈◊〉 us its Patriarch, and Greek Churches opposition against Pope Gregory 9. who grants a Croysado against them, 484, 490, 491, 492, 512, 513, 676, 752. Greek Emperors, 319, 490, 491, 492, 512. Their donations of the Lands of the Empire revoked, 319.

H.
• HAco King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, his Coronation by the Popes Legate, gifts to him and the Pope for it, 697.
• Henry 5. Emperor, Pope Paschal 2. and his Cardinals grant of the right of Investitures to him, by his Bull, Oath; perjuriously revoked soon after, 328.
• King Henry 1. of England, his Charter of Laws, Liberties • ead to the Barons by Archbishop Langeton, who swear to revive, maintain, and fight for it to death in convenient time, 283. Enlarged with divers new additions in King Johns Great Charter, 338. He erected, endowed the Bishopric of Carlisle, 376, 377.
• King Henry 2. of England, his ancient Jurisdiction over Clergymen by prescription, declared void by the Pope, 6, 7. He ejects the Abbess and Nuns of Ambresbury for their Incontinency, and puts others in their places, 228. His contests with Becket, abjuration of the ancient privilege of Investitures, and right of conferring Bishoprics, before the Popes Legate, 250. Revokes, resumes the Crown Lands, Manors, Castles, granted by King Stephen an Usurper to the Nobles, as void; and the Counties of Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmorland from the King of Scots, 324.
• King Henry 3. of England, his Coronation at Gloucester at 9. years old, after his Fathers death; his Oath; Homage to the Pope, 369, 370. The Bishops, Nobles, Castellans Homage, Fealty, and Fidelity to him; he remains in the custody of William Earl of Pembrock, his chief advancer, Ibid. Many Barons revolt from Louis to him, for breach of his Oath, and detaining their Lands, Casties, 370. He routs Louis his forces; Articles of agreement between them ratified by Oath, out of which sundry Bishops, Abbots, Clerks were excepted, 371, 372. The Popes Usurpations on him, by reason of his infancy, necessities, assistance of him against the French and revolted Barons, 369, 372, 1068. His memorable Prohibitions, Writs to restrain the Usurpations, Extortions, exorbitant Encroachments of Popes, Popes Legates, Delegates, Archbishops, Bishops, and other Agents in England and Ireland, upon the rights of his Crown, the Liberties, Properties, Consciences of his Subjects, Courts, Officers, and redress their grievances: See Prohibitions, Elections, Excommunications, Oaths, Index 14. and Index 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12. His Letters to Popes to remove two Bishops of Eli and put another in their place, by reason of their manifold Treasons against his Father, himself, and consequence of the Isle of Eli to the Realm, 374, 922, 1022, to 1026. His gratulatory Letter to a Cardinal, for the Popes and Church of Rome's assistance in delivering him from, protecting, supporting him in his troubles; and craving his assistance to protect the English from the French who had crossed themselves against the Albigenses, 375. To Pope Honorius and his Cardinals, concerning the appropriations settled on the Bishopric of Carlisle, and the Bishop thereof promoted by the Popes Legate, 375, 376. He constitutes a general Proctor in the Court of Rome for him and his, in all matters for or against them, 377, 378. He writes to the Pope and Cardinals, to order some French Bishops to compel the Earl of March his Son to marry his Sister, according to his Oath, or restore her to him, both which he had refused, 377. The detainers of his Castles upon his complaint excommunicated by the Popes Legate, till restored, 378, 379, 384, 385. Crowned the second time at Westminster, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, 379. under the Guardianship of the Bishop of Winton, Ibid. Present at Be • kets solemn Translation as a Martyr and Saint, 380. Prohibits any to detain the Bishop of London's Lands by gift, sale, mortgage or grant, without the Bishops consent; and to put the Bishop in possession of them, 380, 381. His Writs, Patents, Procurations, Appeals, contests concerning the election and confirmation of Archbishops, Bishops, Deans, Chapters, Archdeacons, Clergy, Dismes and Church-affairs of England, Wales, Ireland, Normandy: See Index 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12. His appeal to the Pope in case of the Church of Acley, before the Popes Legate and others, 381. His Patent to the Chief Justice and others in Ireland, to receive and assist the Popes Legate sent thither, 382. His Writ to sell Victuals and other necessaries to the Jews, notwithstanding the Archbishops Inhibition, 387. His answer to the Archbishop and Nobles in a Parliament at London, requiring the confirmation of the Great Charter of Liberties and other Customs ratified by Oath, notwithstanding their extortion by violence, 387. His demand of Normandy from Louis the French King according to his Oath, with his answer thereto, 387, 388. His Prohibition to the Archdeacons Official to invade his rights and rents; and to the Bishop of Durhams Officers, not to hold any Plea, use any Writ, Liberty in right of the Bishopric, not formerly used in time of his ancestors, 388. His Letters of thanks to the Pope and his Legate Gualo, for their former assistance, imploring their Letters to some Bishops, Nobles, whose activity or fidelity he suspected, to assist, adhere to him in his affairs; gain restitution of his Castles, Lands detained by the Spiritual Sword; to lay aside all prejudice against him and his Chief Justice, with his recommendation of some of their Loyalties, 389, 390. The Popes Letters adjudging him of full age, able to govern the Realm by advice of his Council, requiring all Nobles, Soldiers, others to restore his Castles, Honors, Lands in their custodies in England and Ireland, and compel the refusers to it by Ecclesiastical censures; which most refusing to do, the Archbishop and his Suffragans excommunicated them; whereupon the Earl of Chester, and all others by his example, restored them to him, 391, 392, 397. His and his Parliaments, Bishops proceedings against Falcatius de Brent, for seising and close imprisoning one of his Justices Itinerant in Bedford Castle, and holding it by force against him, till taken by siege, 392. His Letter to the Pope for Simon Langetons return into England, upon the Archbishops security that his return should not be hurtful to him or his Realm, 392. The Popes Letters to him concerning a Truce with France, 292, 442, 446. His royal assent to a Bishops election; Writ concerning a certificate of Bastardy in Ireland, and against an Appeal to the Pope therein, 393, 394. His obtaining license from the Pope and Archbishops to hold Pleas and Juries in Advent and other prohibited times in certain causes, 393, 407. His Patents constituting several general and special Proctors in the Courts of Rome, France, and elsewhere, for his affairs there with the Pope, Cardinals, French King, and others, 395, 432, 446, 452, 453, 454, 455, 483, 497, 558, 561, 578, 589, 590, 634, 637, 667, 672, 735, 785, 807, 808, 835, 857, 858, 859, 864, to 873, 913, to 922, 942, to 948, 957, to 962, 367, 968, 983, 984, 985, 986, to 990. 1002, 1006, 1011, 1020, 1030, to 1034, 1062. His Pensions, gifts to Cardinals, others, for expediting his affairs there: Popes Letters to him for their continuance, 395, 432, 496, 509, 756, 785, 855, 974, 975, 977, 991. Popes Bulls for his Messengers free passage to him through the King of Franc • s tertitories, notwithstanding their differences, 396, 408. His Letters, to Popes, their Bulls for Ayds, Disms, Collections for him from the Prelates Clergy of England and Ireland, for public defense; necessary supplies; voyages to the holy Land; with the Prelates, Churches, Nobles answers, oppositions against them, disposing the moneys only as the Pope and his Legates appointed, 396, 406, 422, 490, 500, 609, 610, 732, 733, 768, to 776, 814, to 817. 821, 822, 862, to 973, 922, 923, 9 • 4, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1033, 1034, to 1098, 1048. His Inquisition concerning the Liberties of the Bishop of Eli, 398. He refuseth to hear or answer the Popes Letters, demands by Otto his Nuncio, but in a Parliament of the Clergy and Nobles, with his and their answer thereto, 398, to 403. He refuseth to restore Falcatius to his favor and lands at the Legates motion, being condemned by the Clergy and Nobles in Parliament, 398. His Writ to the Archbishops, Bishops of Ireland, to attempt nothing to the prejudice of his Crown, 402. Pope Honorius Letters to the Earl of March, Geoffrey de Lizimaco, and others, to restore his Sister, Castles, and return to their allegiance to him according to their Oath, under pain of Excommunication, 384, 385. 402, 403. He refuseth to go into France by advice of his Nobles to recover his rights against the French King, while crossed, employed in the Popes wars against the Earl of Toulouse and Albigenses, upon his inhibition to him, 404. His contest with the Monks of Durham about their Bishops election, 405, 406. He extorts a fifteenth from the Prelates, Clergy of England and Ireland by the Popes assistance and censures, without appeal or relief, 406, 407. The Emperors notable Epistle to him for suffering the Popes scandalous Excommunication of him, and absolution of his Subjects from their allegiance, to be published openly in England, to subject him and the Empire to the See of Rome, and make them his Vassals, Tributaries, as he did King John his father and England; and timely to look to the Popes avarice, iniquity, ambition, since his dangerous president concerned him and all other Christian Kings, 414, 415. His particular Letter thereupon to the Pope; that the only peace of Kings and kingdoms consisted in his and the Churches safety; that he exhorted the Emperor by no man's rash advice to recede from the devotion due to him and the Church, but humbly to obey and submit to him; that he would and was obliged to him as to his Father and Lord, whom he would assist in the fullness of all fidelity and obsequiousnesse; advising him to a reconciliation with the Emperor upon due submission, for the relief of the holy Land, hindered by their quarrels, 415, 416 The contest between him and the Monks of Canterbury about the Archbishops election, his disallowing their choice; and his Proctors promise of a Disme to the Pope in England and Ireland to subdue the Emperor, upon condition to null their election, and make Richard Archbishop, whom he recommended to him; which he did accordingly: Making an Archbishop hereupon by provision, without any election, (though at the Kings and Suffragans request) which introduced all subsequent provisions by Popes to other Bishoprics in England and Ireland, 418, 419, 420, 778, 779. His grant of the Custody of all Archbishoprics & Bishoprics in Ireland to satisfy debts. His Patent to all Abbots, Priors, Nobles and other Lay-Subjects in Ireland to pay Tithes of Ponds and Fishings to the parishes wherein they were, without expecting any Writ or Mandate, because he would not have those Tithes detained to the peril of his soul, 424. His Cowardice to oppose, and forwardness to promote a Disme for the Pope, through England, Wales, Ireland, (which most of the Nobles, Clergy denied) to wage war against the Emperor to depose him, according to his promise upon nulling the Archbishops election: the Popes agents insolency, Tyranny thereupon, 425, 426, 427. He exacts an aid from the Clergy to recover his rights beyond Sea, 428. Complains to the Pope against the endeavors of the Archbishops and Bishops of Ireland, to deprive him of his ancient Right of the Custody of Bishoprics there during their vacancy, and suits in his Courts by his Bulls, which he requests him not to grant to the hurt of his rights and authority, 428. He denied to grant a pension to one of the Popes creatures at his request, by reason of his penury and want of money, 428, 429. The Archbishop and some other Prelates refuse to grant him an aid of escuage in Parliament, which all else assented to, 429. His offense against the Pope for nulling the due election of his Chancellor to Canterbury by all the Monks, after his restitution of the Temporalties, without any cause, and ordering a new election by his Bull; his prohibition and appeal against it, as contrary to his prerogative, 431, 432. The Monks refuse to elect any Archbishop without the Kings special license: whereupon the Pope sent a Pall to Edmund, & made him Archbishop without their previous consent, or the Kings license, vacating 3. elections one after another approved by the King, 433, 434. The insurrection against the Romans by Popes provisions, and spoiling of their Barns, goods, throughout England; with the Kings and Prelates severe proceedings against them, and those who countenanced them, upon the Popes Letters, 434, to 439. His severe proceedings against Hubert de Burgo Earl of Kent, his Chief Justice, and faithful Counselor, for conniving at the plunderers of the Romans and other pretences, taking him per force out of Sanctuaries, to which he was constrained to restore him by the Bishops excommunications, interdicts against the actors and assisters therein, 438, 439. He commanded the Bishop of Carlisle and his goods to be stayed by his Officers at Dover, departing the realm against his license, for which they were excommunicated by his insolent Bishops in the midst of his Army at Hereford; though he murmured against and prohibited the excommunication, 439. He erects an house for the Convert Jews in London, and an Hospital, 442, 476. He resolves the wife of a Convert Jew, who refused to turn Christian with her Husband, should have no dower of his houses, 442. His prohibition to Bishops to act anything in their Convocation contrary to his Crown, person, State, under pain of forfeiting their Baronies, 443. His contest with, reprehension by the Archbishop elect, and Bishops in Parliament, advising him to banish his Foreign ill Counselors, reform his practices, whereby his Father lost Normandy, his Subjects hearts, almost all his Treasure, kingdom, and Crown of England; the Realm troubled, interdicted and the Prince of Provinces made Tributary to ignoble persons; threatening to excommunicate him and all other contradictors in a short time if he corrected not his errors; whereupon he humbly craved time to alter his counsel, and take account of his Treasure, till he could remove them: and sends to the Earl Marshal and Prince of Wales for a reconciliation with them, 443, 444, 445. His Writ for imprisoning and banishing all whores and Priests concubines out of Oxford, upon their Oath never to return again or keep company with them, 445, 446. Clerks livings sequestered for his debt, 446. His contract of marriage between the Emperor Frederick and his Sister Isabella; and submission of himself and his Successors therein to the Jurisdiction & Censure of the Pope and Church of Rome, (who promoted the match) notwithstanding any exception of the Court, or Royal dignity, if he failed of paying her port • on on the days prescribed. The instruments, Letters concerning it, 450, to 455. His proxy to the Pope to confirm his contract of marriage, 454, 455. His Remonstrance to the Pope of the Treachery of the Earl of Britain in revolting from him, and delivering up his Castles in G • scoigne to the French King, against his Homage, Fealty, and express Oath, desiring him by Ecclesiastical censu • es to compel him to reparations, 455, 456. His Letters signifying his consent to permit the Bishop of • riaton to return into England at the Popes request on his behalf, 457. His reprehensory Letter to the Chief Justice of Ireland for not executing his Letters sent to him, and to prohibit a Legates coming into Ireland from the Pope without his license, 458. His Letters to the Pope on behalf of the Abbot Elect of St. Albans, the Pope thereby enforced on him a new Oath of Fealty; his Letters slighted at Rome without great gifts and bribes, 462, 463, 465. The Popes Usurers harboured and maintained in London under him, their execrable bonds and penalties, 667, 668, 669. Append. 25, 26. He repeals his grant, made before his marriage, because not made with assent of the Pope or his Legates, without which he pretended he had no power to make any grant of his Lands, as if he were not King, but the Pope, subjecting himself to his sentence, and Excommunications, 470, 504, 505. Pope Gr • gory the 9. his Bull sharply reprehending him for alienating the Crown-lands, to the prejudice of the See Apostolic as Lord thereof, and ordering him to resume them, notwithstanding his grants, and Oath, 504, 505. His Parliament at Merton, Law, Nobles resolution in case of Bastardy contrary to the Popes Canons, and Writs to the Chief Justice of Ireland concerning it, and other affairs, 471, to 476. His Patent not to draw an Escuage granted him by the Clergy into consequence, 475 His Writ for a resting and imprisoning all Heretics of what sort soever till his further order, 475. His Patent to poll all Clerks of his household who wore long hair, 479. His Writ prohibiting Monks to buy and sell wool, skins, or other Merchand • ze, under pain of forfeiting the goods and money, 480. His Writ to the Chief Justice of Ireland to do speedy Justice between two • ishops, according to the Law and Custom of Ireland, notwithstanding any former Letters; To receive the Archbishop of Rhoans Oath of Fealty by his Proctor, and restore his temporalties, 482, 483. The deplorable sad slavish condition of the Church, Realm of England under him by the Simony, provisions, extortions, rapines, depredations, excommunications, usurpations of ambitious, avaricious Popes and their instruments, 484, 506, 507, 546, 566, 567, 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 605, 606, 607, 608, 615, to 618, 663, to 684, 690, to 699, 717, 718, 750, 777, 824, 825, 841, to 850. 868, to 872. 918. to 935, 953, 959, 960, 963, 664, 1020, 1024, 1069, 1070. Appendix 26, to 29. He sends for Otto the Popes Legate into England, to the Nobles, Prelates, Clergies great discontent: Concludes a Peace with the King of Scots in a Parliament at York, 485, 486. He sends his Proctors to the Councils held at Panls by the Popes Legat, and at Oxford, not to act or attempt anything against his Crown and Dignity, 487, 578, 807. His Writs, severe proceedings against the Oxford Scholars, for assaulting the Legat at Osney Abbey, 494, 496, 558. He disposed not of the Taxes granted, levied but by the Legates advice, 496. Opposed, deserted by most of the Nobles, because swayed by the Popes Legate: who came with horse and arms to the Parliament; admonished him of his errors; whereupon he swears to submit to their provisions, by an instrument sealed with his and the Legates Seal, 497, 498. His Speeech against Simon Monteforts marriage, notwithstanding the Popes confirmation thereof, 500. He oppresseth the Church, Monks, Prior of Winton about the Bishops election, 502, 580, to 595. He so far displeased Pope Gregory the 9. for sending aid of men and money to the Emperor Frederick his brother-in-law, and desiring him to deal more mildly with him, that he suspended all Englishmens businesses for a time, 502, 503. He stays Otho in England, after the Popes Letters to recall him, sends Messengers, Letters to the Pope for that end, skipt for joy that he obtained his request therein, 505. which he soon repents of, by reason of his • apines and impudent demands, 508, 509. He takes away his Seal from his faithful, discreet Chancellor, about an election, which he after repents of, he refused to re-accept it, 510. The Bishop of London and Canons of Paul's by excommunicating the Mayor and interdicting the City, enforce him to release one of their Canons, imprisoned by his command in the Tower in chain • , 512. The Emperor Frederick his Letters to him and Earl Richard against Pope Gregory's unjust Excommunication and Defamations published by his Legare in England, against the Laws of God, and Justice, with his recriminations of him to the Archbishop of Conterbury to be everywhere published to his infamy; with the Emperors reply: whose execrable Papal actions to the destruction of the world, trampling justice under feet, stirring up rebellions against him, and attempts to deprive him of his life, Empire, he sadly recommends to King Henryes consideration, as highly concerned in it, 527, to 545. His eyes are opened to see the Popes extortions, he prohibits his Usurers to stay in England, who for money continued there notwithstanding, 546. The Emperors sharp Letters to him for suffering the Popes agents wittingly and willingly in his hearing to publish scandalous Letters, Excommunications, and extort monies by Taxes, rapines against him throughout his Dominions, to his great inf • my, injury, prejudice, for foolishly obeying his Capital enemy, thirsting after his honor, blood, against the Laws of consanguinity, God, Nature, in this business which concerned his own and all other Kings persons, crowns, safety, as much as his: That it was all one to fight against him with monies, as with arms; That the Pope to his own infamy gloried in nothing so much, as that he had the power of a L •• ge Lord over him; That his insatiable ambition determined to subject all Christian kingdoms, and the Emperor most of all to his Dominion, taking an example from the Crown of England trodden underfoot: He expected an answer therein, that he might certainly know whom to trust, or bewa • e of: who returned this unkingly answer; He neither would, nor durst contradict the Popes will, & wondered his Sister was not yet solemnly Crowned Empress, 546, 547, 548, 555: His Letters to him concerning the taking of Faventia, and the Popes Legates, Prelates, going by Sea to the Council against his advice, 555, 556. His prohibition against the Popes Legates provision to a Praebendary in his Free Chapel, 557, 775. His Consent to a provision to the Bishopric of Landaffe, and revocation of his grant of the temporalties thereof, 558, 559. His Patents to the Chief Justice of Ireland to assist the Cardinals agent to collect their Procurations and Dismes there, 559, 560. His Prohibition to build a Church and houses for Canons at Maydeston, 561. To the Legat not to exact the 5th part, or other Taxes from his Clerks, 561, 562. To the Prior of Rupe, not to collect a Disme from the Monks of Cluny in England, granted by the Pope without his assent, against the right of his Crown, nor any other Tax; till he advised with his Prelates and Nobles in Parliament, 562. His sharp answer to the Abbots who complained against Peter Rubeus the Popes Agen • his intolerable Tax upon them for their Baronies held of him, instead of assisting them, to their great discouragement, 567, 573, 574. The Clergy of Perkshire oppose it, amongst other reasons, that they ought not to contribute against the Emperor as an heretic, being neither condemned nor convicted by the Judgment of the Church, though excommunicated, 568. He feasted, placed the Popes Legate in his Royal Throne at dinner, Knighted and gave his Nephew a pension at his departure from England, after 3. years irreparable damage to the Church by his stay here, not leaving so much money in England as he extorted, 570. His Writs to inquire of the number, values of all Benefices and provisions to foreigners in England, by what Popes, Legates, and to whom granted; what monies had been collected for the Pope, what was arrear in every Diocese, 572, 573. His Writs to apprehend Apostate Monks, and remove dead corps from one Monastery to another, according to the parties will, 575. His Patents for Archbishops & Bishops executors to execute their wills and administer their goods on the Temporalties, 576, 636. His Writs reciting that God had constituted him, by reason of his Government as King, Defender of the Church, which he by God's grace would and ought to defend; to remove all violences, injuries in Churches by whatsoever persons or occasion they were committed, and reasonably to punish them with Justice; That therefore it was fit his Bishops, who by reason of their Baronies are bound by Oath to conserve the Kings temporal honors and dignities; should by a grateful requital preserve the rights and liberties of the Regal Dignity, 576, 671, 688, 689, 1016. His Writs for making public prayers for the prosperity of himself, his Queen, and Military expedition, 577. His prohibition of any Novelties, or new Ecclesiastical encroachments, to disturbance of the Clergy and Realm, 578, 579, 600. He employs the prosits and provisions of the Archbishopric of Canterbury during the vacancy, to supply his forces in France, 579. His endeavors to procure Boniface, his Queens Uncle, a Forraigner and unfit person, Archbishop of Canterbury, which he effected, the Pope and he favoring, promoting one another designs: His Letters to the Pope and Cardinals on B •• i • ace his behalf, 579, 580, 581. His Writ to the Mayor of Winton not to permit the Bishop whose election he opposed, or any of his Officers to come within the City, to the Sheriff of the County and others not to receive, lodge, or give him or his Officers victuals within the County: the Bishops Excommunication of them thereupon, he forced to quit the Realm; 584, 585, to 592. Pope Innocent 4. his sharp Letter reprehending him for writing to him; that no postulation of a Bishop from the Pope o • other ought to be admitted in the Realm of England against his will; That he had the same power in temporal as the Pope had in Spiritual things; That no Bishop ought to receive possrssion of his Temporalties without his assent; That he held the Popes translation of the Bishop of Norwich to Winton invalid, as done by the vice of surreption; which sounded not to the honor of God, nor of the Church, not of his own sublimity; especially, since the pious credulity of all Christians held, That the Apostolical See by the providence of God had a free power in all Churches, neither was it bound to stand to the arbitrement of Princes that their assent should be required in the businesses of elections or postulations of Bishops; Admonishing him to restore the Temporalties to the Bishop he had confirmed against the Kings will; else, since he desired not the Liberties of the Church to be d • minished in his days, but to be increased, through God's favor, he could by no means endure, that himself should suffer so prejudicial an injury in this Bishop; who gave this Pope 8000 Marks, without abating one penny for this Bishopric, 592, 593. The Bishop of Wintons propo • als to him for the preservation of his ancient prerogative concerning the election, postulation, and confirming of Bishops, to continue in full vigor, to release the interdict against the City of Winton, and absolve the Citizens of Winton, with all others he had excommunicated in the quarrel between them; their accord and reconciliation, 563, 594, 595. The Contest between him and Grosthead Bishop of Lincoln, about a provision and the Church of Thame, 595, 596. He claims an interest in the Church of Lincoln, and in the Controversy between the Bishop, Dean and Chapter, by their Charters produced, 597. His Writ not to permit the Monks of Bardeny to be take • n and imprisoned upon an excommunication unduly awarded against them, and to take their impropriations as well as other Lay-fees into Custody during the vacancy, 599, 600. His summons to the Bishop of Aquis, to answer his imprisoning of 3. and killing one of the Citizens in a hostile manner, to his enormous disgrace as King, and prejudice of his dignity; his order therein, no more to insest them, 600, 601. His License to the Abbot of the Cistercians to send one or two Monks of his order to visit the Cistercians in England. His Writs to provide livings for his Clerks of the Chancery, 601. His Writs not to suffer female heirs in Capite, especially such as hold Castles, to marry without his royal assent, and to require pledges of them for that purpose: And against Archdeacons demanding annual procurations, 612. He extorts Escuage: Demands the price of one years wool from the Cistercians, who opposing it, are thereupon prohibited to meet at their Chapter, or to transport their wool that year, and abused by the Kings Officers, especially on the Sea, 603, 604. The Nobles assemble and petition to him against Martins the Popes agents intolerable grievances and provisions of benefices to Italians, and other Foreigners, which they should rather die then any longer tolerate, 606, 607. His notable Letters to Pope Gregory 9 and Innocent 4. against their provisions to Churches, to the great grievance, oppression of him and his kingdom, and of the rights, Liberties of the Crown, and to redress this Innovation; which yet neither of them refrained, following their own unbrideled wills; whence men believed, that the • o • d and his Apostle Peter (whose fo • steps they did not follow) were not unworth • lie provoked against the Church of Rome, who bent th • how, and prepared against it, 607, 608. The Pope exemots David Prince of No • thwales from his allegiance and Oath to him for 500 Marks a year out of it and its appurtenances; who fled to the Popes wings for shelter, protection in his rebellion against the King of England, whose Vassal he was, 608, 609. His Nobles in Parliament refuse to grant him an Ayde against the Scots: Pope Innocent 4. his Letter to the Prelates and Clergy to grant him an Ayde; wherein he extolls him for a Catholic Prince, and devout son of the Church of Rome, always so studying to reverence his mother with filial subsection and obsequiousnesse, that he would by no means decline from its good pleasures, but perform with all ready diligence what things he knew grateful and pleasing to her. Wherefore it was both condec • nt and condign for him and them if they more easily granted his requests, and gave him an aid for his present great arduous affairs; Which yet the Bishops, Abbots jointly and severally denied, postponing the Popes as well as Kings petition, 609, 610. The Popes New Bull and Martins Demand of an Ayd for the Pope: which the Bishops, Nobles jointly opposed, and the Emperors Ambassadors; who advised the King justly and potently to sree the Realm of England from the Tribute wherein Pope Innocent the 3. bad unjustly obliged it, and all other Papal grievances wherewith it was daily oppressed: which if he refused to do; the Emperor would grievously panish every of his he could fiade within his Dominions, 61 • , 612, 613. His breach of the Great Char • r, notwithstanding his Oath to observe •• , and public Excommunication by St. Edmond Archbishop of C • n ••• u • y against all infringers of it. The Nobles pio • osi •• ns to prevent it, by having the power to elect his Counselors, Chancellor, Chief Justice, and o▪there Officers, to publish a New excommunication against all infringers of it, and enter into a New Oath to observe it, upon concestion whereof they would grant him an Ayde, 610, 611. He condescends that the Bishops in every Diocese should publish a sentence of excommunication against him, and all who went against the great Charter of Liberties in any Article. They grant him an Ayde to marry his daughter, 20 s. out of every Knights fee held in Capite, and repeating what aids they had granted him, and how much monies he had extorted from them from time to time, 613, 614. His prohibition to all Bishops, Abbots, others who field Baronies of him in Capite, to oblige their Lay-fee to the Church of Rome, whereby he might be deprived of his due service, 614. His Prohibition to Martin the Popes Legate, declaring, that no Popes Legate ought to come into the Realm, unless specially requested by him from the See Apostolic; That the Legates so requested did never pervert the Popes Mandate, nor endeavor to subvert the rights of the King and his Great Noble,▪ of which nature Bishops and Abbots were justly reputed, who held Baromes of him like other Nobles, whom he needed to protect as well as Laymen, if he would preserve his Realm; who were reacy to mutiny against him by reason of his provisions to their livings, which neither he nor they could or would any longer patiently endure, to the subversion of the Realm; threatening to put a bridle to this his insolence, injury, and to complain thereof to the Pope and Cardinals, if he carried not himself more modestly, without entrenching upon his or his Nobles rights, who proceeded notwithstanding, 615, 616. His Writs to inquire in all Counties the annual sum of the Romans, Italians rents, wherewith the Court of Rome had fraudulently, violently enriched them in England; found to amount to 60000 marks in rents, besides other profits; to the 3. part of which all the Kings standing revenue amounted not, 616, 617, 620. His Writs to all Ports to intercept all Popes Letters, Bulls to levy monies, brought by Clergy-men, Monks, or other of what degree soever, whethee aliens or denizens, and imprison the importers, 617. To prohibit all Taxes to the Pope in England or Ireland, 618. His Speech and malediction to Martyn, desiring of his shelter against the Nobles fury, who threatened to hew him in pieces; and safe conduct to him in his timorous flight out of England, 619, 620. The Pope grinds his teeth at him, for that he would not accept of his coming into England, when the Kings of Aragon and France s •• bad him entrance into their Realms, and so reproachfully cast out his Nuncio and Clerk out of England with an execration, wishing the Devil to carry him to hell, saying in a great rage with a murmuring voice, rolling his eyes, and shriveling his nose; It is expedient for us to compound with the Emperor, that we may break in pieces these rebellious Petty Kings; for the Dragon being qualified or pacified, the Little Serpents will quickly •• trodden underfoot: which Speech divulged, engendered grand offense and indignation in the hearts of many, 620. Alexander King of Scots his Charter of Peace and Fealty to him, ratified by his and his Nobles Oaths and subjection of him and his heirs to the Popes Jurisdiction, censures in case he violated it, to compel him to satisfaction, 620, 621. He commands the Bishop of Worcester to excommunicate David Prince of Northwales his Vassal, & interdict it, for breach of his Charter, Homage, Fealty, Oath by his rebellions, according to his submission by his Charter: who by bribes procured an absolution from them all of Pope Ianocent the 4. who injuriously usurped his Land, to hold it under the yearly Tribute of 500 marks. He is summoned to appear before the Pope concerning the Contents of Prince David's Charter, and answer certain injuries done by him, as he said, to David. His and his Nobles indignation, detestation of this avarice of the Pope: They persuade him not to regard these injurious Papal mandates, and invade Wales, to repress this new insolence of ungrateful David; He wastes Wales with fire and sword, which the Pope winks at, and passeth over in silence, 621, 622, 623, 624. His oppositions, contests against the elections of the Bishops of London, Durbam, Coventry, together with a Writ to the Mayor of Cicester, not to permit the Bishop elect or any of his -to enter the City gates: his seising, detaining the temporalties of Bps. elected against his will, 623, to 628, 637. His Writs, care to preserve his royal Jurisdiction & rights of his Crown against the Usurpations of the Bishops in Ireland, 628. His Writs to inquire what lands, tenements, rents Archbishops, Bishops, Priors, aliens, or any Normans had in England, 630, 631. The Councils and Parliaments held under him: See Councils, Parliaments: He dispenseth with the Bishop of Durhams attendance in Parliament by reason of danger from the Scots, 632. His Liberties granted to the Abby of Westminster, 632. His Patent that no Freer Minor should be a Bishop in Ireland, 632, 633. His Writs prohibiting any aid to the Archbishop or Pope without his assent, 634. His License for a Popes Legate to go into Ireland only to absolve such who laid violent hands on Clerks, and collect Dismes, without exercising any other Jurisdiction, till his further order, 634. His Writ to his Chief Justice in Ireland to proceed to give judgment in an Assise, notwithstanding any menaced excommunication, and attach, imprison Bishops and others for holding plea of Layfee in the Ecclesiastical Court, to the prejudice of his Crown and dignity, 635. His Licenses to Bishops to make wills, and their executors to execute them, without him or his heirs interruption, 636. He sends Proctors to the Pope to complain of, redresle the injuries done to him, for creating divers Bishops without his assent; for nulling due elections confirmed by him, upon false, forged, frivolous malicious pretences, against his ancient and approved right used in former ages; to the great detriment of the Church and Realm, 637. His Letters to the Pope to excuse some of his Bishops and Abbots summoned to the Council of Lions from appearing in it, by reason of age, sickness, poverty, their employments in the Custody of the Realm, and other public services; with his answer, assent thereto, except only to one of them, 638. He sends solemn Ambassadors to the Council of Lions to complain of the daily grievances done to the Realm of England by the Court of Rome, and against the Tribute, Charter extorted from K. John in time of War, to which the Nobles never assented, nor would assent, and which the Archbishop protested against; and to present the Nobles Letters against Papal grievances and extortions: their proceedings therein, 299, 638, 639, 644, 645, 646, 647, 663. His Writs to all his Bishops, Abbots of England and Ireland resorting to this Council, according to their Oaths to defend the rights and royal dignity of the King in all things, to use all fidelety and diligence therein to preserve, defend the rights of his Crown, kingdom; and not to act or assent to anything contrary or prejudicial thereunto, 640, 641. He denies Pope Innocent the 4. his request to come into England, wherein he had a special right, by reason of the prejudice that would arise to it, and infamy of the Popes Court, whose stink ascended to heaven, 654. The Emperors notable Letter to him against the ingratitude, pride, insolency, treachery of Popes, Prelates, Clerks, against Emperors, Kings, others, from whom they received their endowments; oppressing the Sons of their Donors, by whose alms they were fatted, enriched; forgetting their native condition, being the Sons of their poor Subjects, yet neither reverencing, fearing Emperor or King, when made Popes or Prelates: The injustice, tyranny of Pope Innocent 4. in denouncing a sentence of Excommunication and deprivation against him, without any ciration, hearing, conviction of any fraud or pravity, to the enormous prejudice of all Kings, who might justly expect the like proceedings, if he a Christian Emperor, lawfully, unanimously elected, approved by the Church, whiles the Clergy flourished in Faith and Religion, owned Emperor by God, and magnificently governing other Kingdoms, was thus dethroned, who had naught to do with him in temporal matters, if peccant in them: That he was not the first, neither should he be the last who was thus infested by the abuse of Papal authority; since their ambition sought to swallow down Jordan and all earthly powers, though the turpitude of the Court of Rome was such, as all might execrate, and honesty, shame prohibited to recite: That their plentiful rents, revenues wherewith they were enriched, to the impoverishing of most Realms, made them mad: That the more they received, the more they coveted; insnaring, dethroning their Pations, advancers: That he intended to reduce all Clerks, especially the greatest, to their primitive humility, state, condition in the Apostles age, when they were famous for piety, miracles, conquering Kings, Princes by their Apostolical lives, humility, sanctity, not a • mes: That those now being addicted to the world, drunken with delights, cast God behind their backs, all their Religion being suffocated by the affluence of riches and wealth: That it was a work of charity for him and all Christian Kings to subtract their hurtful riches, wherewith they were damnably burdened; and that they should serve God in doing it, exhorting him to join therein, 661, 662. His extraordinary anger against the English Bishops, for setting their hands and seals out of effeminate fear, to the transcript of King Johns detestable Charter burnt at Lions, at the Popes command, after his and the Nobles protestation against it therein, and resolution never to pay, or suffer the Tribute therein mentioned to be paid: His Oath after the Nobles protestation▪ Th •• although the Bishops were dishonestly incurvated, yet he would firm'y stand for the liberty of the Realm, neither would he whiles he lived pay the church of Rome the annual reat under the name of Tribute, 300, 663. The Popes secret rancor, and great anger against him and the Realm, for daring to bewail or mutter against his manifold injuries; his vaunting speeches, That if he could tame Frederick, he would easily tread under feet the insolent pride of the English, who complained of the oppressions of the Roman Court, especially of the Tribute, in the Council: instigating the King of France in a secret conference at Glungy, to wage War upon the King of England for so great an injury, till he had disiaherited, or so enormously bu • t him, that he should wholly submit to the will of the Roman Court, volens • olens; which he refused, because he was King Henries Kinsman and their Queens Sisters; because he had no manifest right to the Crown of England; because there was a Truce between him and the King of England, which he would rather Prolong, that so he might relieve the Holy Land; because much Christian blood would be shed, before the Realm of England would yield to France; because the Christians in the Holy Land were now oppressed, besieged by the Pagans, who expected his relief; and because he had a stronger and more hurtful enemy to the Church of Rome to be first conquered, to wit Frederick, 663, 664. His privilege, that no Legate should come into his Realm unless requested; fraudulently abused by the Popes sending certain sophistical Legates, having greater power to excort rents, money, and were more insolent then Legates in all things, although they had not the ensigns of Legates, being Clerks, or Freers Minors, or Preachers, who made them his Beadles and Tax-masters, to the scandal and detriment of their Order, 664, 690, 691, 692. He summons a Parliament at London, by reason of the Popes indignation against him and all his Nobles, oppressing them with many daily intolerable grievances, and divers new devices to extort monies more then before; their complaints against his grievances, which they could no longer tolerate without the brand of sluggishness and imminent ruin, being done in contempt and spite; his Papal indignation so swelling against the miserable English, for that they durst complain against their daily injaries and oppressions in the Council; which he so multiplied without intermission, that the English were more vile in his eyes, Court then any other even of the remotest Nations: Insolently saying; It is expediens for us to compound with the Emperor Frederick, that we may trample the little King of England, our Vassal, under feet, who now kicks with the beel against us, 664, 665. The King, Archbishops, Bishops, Abbots, and Nobles, draw up 7. Articles in Parliament against the Popes grievances and oppressions: 1. In extorting, collecting several sums of money by general Taxes and Assesses, without the Kings assent or consent, against the ancient Customs, Liberties, and Rights of the Realm, and against the Appeal and contradiction of the Proctors of the King and Kingdom, made in a General Council. 2. In hindering Patrons to present their Clerks to vacant Livings, and bestowing them by Provisoes on other Roman Clerks, utterly ignorant of the English tongue, to the peril of the people's souls, and impoverishing of the Realm beyond measure, by transporting money out of it. 3 In granting pensions out of Livings by Provision, and more Provisions of Benefices then he promised after his Bull against them. 4. That one Italian succeeded another. 5. That Subjects causes were drawn out of the Realm by the Popes authority, against the Custom of the Realm, against the written Laws, that men ought not to be condemned amongst their enemies; and against Indulgences granted by his predecessors to the Kings and Realm of England. 6. The frequent mention of that infamous word Non-obstante in his Bulls, by which the Religion of an Oath, ancient customs, vigor of writings, the established authority of Charters Laws, Privileges were debilitated, vanished away and his not carrying himself courteously towards the Realm, in revoking the plenitude of his power as he promised. 7. That in the Benefices of Italians, neither their rights, nor sustentation of the poor, nor hospitality, nor preaching of God's word, nor the useful ornaments of the Churches, nor cure of souls, nor divine services in the Churches, were performed as they ought to be, and according to the custom: of the Country; That their houses, walls fell down together with their roofs, and were dilapidated. To which other complaints to the King and Parliament against the Court of Rome were superadded, which they sent to the Pope by their respective Messengers, with five several Letters; two from the King to the Pope and his Cardinals; a third from all the Archbishops, Bishops; a 4th. from all the Abbots, Prior • ; the 5th. from all the Earls and Temporal Lord's, speedily to reform all these their grievances, to prevent unavoidable mischiefs to the King, Pope and Church of Rome, and their revolt from subjection to them, 666, to 672. They complained, the Pope demanded Knightservice, due only to the King, Lord's from their Tenants, from Prelates, Clergymen, to find him so many Horse or Foot for half a year, or pay a great ransom in lieu of it, under pain of Excommunication▪ which they must reveal to no man: That he granted one years fruits of all Benefices that fell void within the Province of Canterbury to Archbishop Boniface: That he by sealed Bulls required the Abbots of the Cistercian Order in England, to send him golden Jewels to adorn his Planets and Copes, as if they might be got for nothing: That he published this new unheard of Statute in England, not without the brand of covetousness, That if any Clerk should from thenceforth die intestate, his goods should be converted to the use of the Pope; which he commanded the Freers Preachers and Minors diligently to execute, seising on the money, plate, and goods of three rich Archdeacons; which the King hearing of, prohibited, detesting the multiplied and manifold cunning avarice of the Court of Rome; and by the common advice of his Prelates and Nobles in Parliament, issued several successive Prohibitions to the Abbot of St. Albans and others, not to pay any Tallage to the Pope or his Agents, before the return of their Messengers sent to Rome against these grievances, under pain of seising his Barony; and to the Bishops not to exact or levy any such Tax for any Clerk, Religious person, or Layman, to the prejudice of his Royal dignity, against his and his Nobles Provisions in Parliament, which he neither would nor could endure, 671, 672, 673, 674. The Pope placing his confidence in gold and silver, contemned the zealous Letters and memorable complaints of the King and whole Kingdom against his exactions, requiring the Bishop of Norwich and others to levy a subsidy for him, at which all were amazed, they receiving such a new grievance instead of the relief expected; the Kings wrath and indignation thereat, and new memorable Prohibitions against it; the English Church thereby ground as it were between two Millstones, and placed between Sylla and Carybdis; the King by the general advice and assistance of his Nobles endeavoring the salvation and instauration of the Realm on the one side, and the Pope endeavoring its impoverishing on the other: Many Prelates fearing the instability and effeminacy of the King, and his Councils resolutions, fomented the Papal part, though they never had seen that the Church received any happy increase, but rather incurred unhappy detriment by such effusions of their money, 673, 674. He summons a new Parliament at winton, concerning the manifold dissolutions of the whole Realm, and especially of the Church; wherein the Messengers sent to the Court of Rome reported, That they could discern no humility nor moderation in the Popes gestures or words, concerning the oppressions wherein the Realm, Church of England were grieved and complained: That when they expected a pleasing answer, the Pope told them, The King of England who now kicks the heel and Frederizeth, hath his Council, and I have mine, which I will pursue: That from that time scarce any Englishman could dispatch any business in Court; yea they were all repelled, and reviled as Schismatics; so as so many and such Epistles of the King, and Universality both of the Nobles and Prelates of the Realm, had no efficiency at all. At which report the King and Nobles being much grieved, exasperated at the repulse of their just petitions by the Court of Rome, to which they had so often freely contributed, the King by their advice commanded proclamations to be made through all Counties, Cities, Boroughs, and Villages of the Realm, That no Prelate, C •• rk, o • other person throughout the Realm, should consent to any Contribution to the Pope, or transmit any money toward his aid, or in any wise obey his Papal command in contributing aids; which was accordingly done. The Pope hearing thereof, fell into a vehement anger, writ to the English Prelates more sharply then before, under pain of Excommunication and suspension, to pay in the aid he demanded to his Nuncio in the New Temple before the Feast of Assumption: which the King resolving manfully to resist as he had begun, for the freeing of the Realm and Church from Papal extortions, by the threats of Earl Richard his brother, (to whom the Pope granted a Croysado) and the whisperings of certain ambitious Clergymen and Papal Bishops his Counselors, (whereof the Bishop of Worcester was principal, to whom he granted a power of interdicting the Realm) was so inclined by their counsils more then was just, that his constancy was enervated with the same levity it was conceived, being so terrified with the Popes menaces, that he trembled for fear where no fear was, yea womanishly relinquished what he had manfully undertaken, submitting to him as conquered, affrighted: whereupon the whole endeavor as well of the Nobles as Bishops, and the hope of freeing the English Church and Realm, miserably withered and came to naught, not without the bleeding grief of many hearts, all this resistance vanishing like a cloud before the shining Sun, the Clergy satisfying the gapings of the Roman avatice with this Contribution without resistance; the richest Prelates & Clergymen who had greatest revenues, which they over-heartily loved, fearing to lose them by the Popes indignation, complying with his designs; and those who resolved to resist through the Noblemen’s encouragement, (the Kings eyes being averted, and his ears closed against them by the Court Prelates) being forced to comply and pay 6000 Marks to the Pope, to the great impoverishing of the Realm; which was transported by the Popes Nuncioes and Merchants to aid the Landegrave against the Emperor Frederick; part whereof he intercepting, grievously reprehended the effeminacy of the English and Earl Richard, complaining much of it before his fellow Soldiers, who seemed to have consented to the Popes party, to the destruction of the Realm of England, and detriment of the Empire; because he gathered much treasure together out of the assistance of the Crucesignati, by the Popes permission, whereby the audacious rapines of the Romans were infinitely increased, by how much they found no contradiction in them; flying from those who chased them, and pursuing such who fled from them; so as all the hope and consolation of relieving the English expired, whose enemies were their Judges, 674, 675, 676. Pope Innocent 4. informed by his Nuncioes of the Kings and English fear, intended to interdict the Realm had they not paid his 6000 Marks Tax, and the King by his Nuncioes signified his compliance to it, notwithstanding Cardinal John an Englishmans sharp reprehension of his indiscreet anger and violence, by which the Holy Land was endangered, the Greek Church departed from them, the Emperor the greatest, powerfullest of all Princes, an adversary to them, he and his Cardinals (the top of the Roman Church) expelled Italy, Hungary and its confines exterminated by the Tartars, Germany shaken with Civil Wars, Spain raging mad against them, to the cutting out of Bishops tongues, France reduced to poverty, conspiring against them, and England so frequently hurt by their injuries, like Balaam's Ass, beaten with spurs and clubs, at last enforced to speak and revile them, complaining she was over-intollerably wearied and irreparably damnified; so that like Ishmael they were now odious to all, and provoked all to anger: Yet the Pope took so much boldness from what was past, more imperiously then before to trample upon the miserable English, most of them being trodden down, dissipated, effeminated; he demanding, that all resident beneficed persons in England should pay the third part, and all Non-residents the moity of their Benefices to him: The Prelates opposed this Tax as impossible, and the Kings Proctors strictly prohibited all the Clergy of England, not to assent to so execrable a demand of the Pope, or consent to this Contribution to the Kingdoms desolation; which they obeyed, appealing against it as intolerable, impossible; which they had more effectually contradicted, if they had had any confidence in the Kings wavering words and promises: The Clergies answer thereunto, and appeal to Jesus Christ and the next general Council against it: Their complaint against it to the King and Parliament, with their Nuncioes and Epistles to the Pope and his Cardinals, in behalf of the whole Clergy of England, against his unsupportable exaction, 676, 677, 678, 679, 680. The Court of Rome's indignation against their Letters, as well reprehending as restraining their avarice, who thereupon reduced their demands to 11000 Marks subsidy, excluding all the exempt Abbots of England cut of this sum, to be more perilously exposed to the Roman rapacity▪ 679, 680. The Popes delusory grant to him, that whereas he before indifferently granted provisoes of Ecclesiastical Benefices in England to Italians, to its intolerable grievance, he would from thenceforth by God's grace, when he granted any such provisions to any of his or his Cardinals Nephews, importunately entreat the King, that he would be pleased to condescend to such a provision, whereby they more strictly ensnared him; this being but a baited hook to enrich the Popes Secretaries, by such rhetorical Epistles from the Pope to the King on their behalf, 682, 683. His indignation, exclamation, prohibition against the Popes grant of the first years fruits of all vacant Benefices within the province of Canterbury for 7. years to Archbishop Boniface, till he should raise the sum of 10000 Marks, to be levied by this Apostolical authority without any appeal: His effeminacy in condescending to it afterwards, and not standing for the defense of the Realm, and honor of the Archbishops of Canterbury, against the debts of that Church as he ought, the Suffragan Bishops being compelled by the Popes authority, excommunicating all who durst speak against it, to submit thereto, not daring nor being able to oppose or contradict it, 682, 683. He commanded the keepers of the Ports by his Writs to prohibit the importation of any Bulls, for provisions or exacting monies from the Church of England by the Popes authority, to impoverish the Realm, or suffer any to wander with them by land to the Prelates; and if any such were found, to apprehend and imprison the bearers of them, 684. He prescribes a special Mass to be said upon the Canonization of St. Edmund, 685. He augments the dignity of the Abbot of Westminster, that celebrating Mass in his Pontificalibus, he should give the benediction solemnly to the people when Agnus Dei was sung, 686. He seizeth the Temporalties of the Archbishop of Rhoan, for not coming personally into England to swear his Fealty for them, 686. He prohibits the collection of one years Disme in England from the Monks of the Order of Cluny, granted to the Abbot by the Popes authority, (who was to have part thereof) without his Royal assent, and seizeth all the monies collected thereby, 686, 687. He restores the Temporalties of the Bisho▪ prick of