Vindication of Ecclesiastical Volume 3

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 Coventry, long detained in his hands, out of his mere grace, to Roger de W • seham made Bishop thereof by the Pope, to the prejudice of his Prerogative, 687. His high resentment of Bishops excommunicating his Officers for executing his Writs, in removing a force out of a Church to the prejudice of his Royal dignity and authority, and making a fraudulent appropriation to his and the Churches prejudice, 688, 689. His license for the Pope to grant a provision, though odious, at two of his Clerks requests, so as this his license were not drawn into consequence, 690. His care to prevent the Popes provision to the Archbishopric of Ardmach, 690. He summoned a Parliament at London, to oppose an importable Contribution to the Pope, to which the Bishops had unhappily obliged the Clergy in a General Council, who thereupon absented themselves, lest they should seem to oppose their own facts far off, wherewith they knew the hearts of all men were not undeservedly wounded, even to the bitterness of soul, 690. Another Parliament of all the Nobles convened by him at Oxford, to which the Bishops were strictly summoned, to prevent the manifold exorbitant exactions of the Pope and his sophistical Legates, to the apparent danger of the Realm, impoverishing of the Prelates, by Papal extortions and frequent exportations of the Treasure of the Realm, without any benefit to the Church, yea to its great disadvantage, and God's displeasure; where all the Prelates consented to a grant of 11000 Marks to the Pope, which some of them before resolved to oppose; besides the exempted Abbots, exposed to the Popes arbitrary demands, which rendered the Bishops and Clergy suspected to the whole Realm, 696. The Pope and King suspected to comply together to force exactions from the Church and State by turns; the Pope writing to the Nobles to grant the King an Ayde, and the King conniving at, or assenting to his Papal exactions from the Clergy, ground between the Pope and King as between two Mill-stones, 696, 716, 717. He refused to license the Bishop of Sabine a Cardinal Legate, to enter England in his passage to Haco King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, till he had first taken an Oath upon his soul, That he came into England for no detriment of the King, or Kingdom, or Church, but only to pass peaceably through it from the Port of Dover to Lenn, and to pass from thence to those Northern Realms with the next opportunity and wind; because all sorts of Legates and Popes Nuncioes, were accustomed to impoverish, or by some means to perturb the Realms into which they entered▪ his free gifts to this Legate coming to visit him, 697. His notable Prohibitions upon the complaint of Nobles and others, to the Bishop of Lincoln, his Officials, rural Deans, and others, against summoning and enforcing Lay-persons by Ecclesiastical censures, to appear before them in their Courts and Visitations, to make Inquisitions and give in Informations or testimony upon Oath against their wills, in cases of Incontinency and other scandals, never formerly used, against his Crown, Dignity, the Laws, Customs of the Realm, to the scandal, vexation of his Subjects, and danger of their reputations, souls, 699, 704, 705, 706, 728. His carrying of the Viol of Christ's blood brought from Jerusalem, from St. Paul's to St. Peters at Westminster with his own hands, in a solemn procession, bestowing it on that Church, to be there reserved, adored as a most precious (though forged) Relique, 711, 712. His new Fair granted to Westminster, and suppression of all other Fairs and sale of goods in London for several days, to draw company thither to adore this Relique, 715. His notable Letter to the Bishop of Durham, charging him with contempt against his Crown, Dignity, and ingratitude in distreining the Cattle of the Prior of Tinemuth, 716. His pusillanimity in not recalling the Popes suspension of the Prelates to collate to Benefices, till the Romans covetousness was satisfied▪ and not protecting the Abbot of Abendune, against the Popes citation to, and vexations at Rome, for conferring the Church of St. Helen on Aehelmar his half brother, at his request, who had given it to a Roman, to whom the Pope enforced the Abbot to pay an annuity out of his Chamber, to his Churches great detriment, 716, 717. His and his Officers spoils, rapines, during the vacancy, of the Abby of St. Edmund. and Bishopric of Bath and Wills, 717, 721. His Prohibitions against citing his Clerks out of the Realm, and levying First fruits granted by the Pope to Archbishop Boniface, out of Lay-men's Benefices, 718, 719. His confirmation of the ancient liberties of the Dean and Chapter of York, saving the ancient Rights and Liberties of the Crown, of which he was in actual possession, 719, 720. He summons a general Parliament at London, wherein he demands an Ayde, for which he was sharply reprehended, being contrary to his late Charter to the Nobles, and for his indiscreet prodigality to aliens, whom he called in, marrying his Nobles to ignoble aliens, against their wills, assents, and disrespecting his native Subjects; for keeping vacant Bishoprics, Abbeys long in his hands, whereof he was to be the guardian, defender, protector, who spoiled, impoverished them to their destruction, against the first and chief branch of his Coronation Oath, 721, 750. That he had no Chief Justice, Chancellor or Treasurer, made by the Common Council of the Realm, as was fit and expedient, he always making such as followed his own will for his gain, and promoted not the public, but their own singular profit, by scraping wealth, and gaining wards and rents for themselves: At which he blushing, as conscious, promised he would most freely, certainly and thankfully reform all these things, thinking by this feigned humility to win all their hearts to condescend to his demands; who often deceived by such promises, delayed to grant an Ayde for a time, till they saw an actual reformation; whereupon the Parliament was adjourned, 721, 722. At the second meeting, he taxed the Nobles for dealing uncivilly with him their King, Lord, in denying him that liberty which every of them used, to choose what Council, Officers, Servants he pleased, and prefer, depress, remove them at his pleasure: Adding, That Servants ought not to judge or fetter their Lord with their own conditions, much less Vas • als their Prince; that all inferiors ought rather to be directed, ordered by the will of their Lord, The Servant not being above his Lord, nor the Disciple above his Master: That he should not be reputed their King, but their Servant, if they might thus incline him at their pleasure; wherefore he would neither remove his Justice, Chancellor or Treasurer, as they propounded, nor substitute others; yet demanded an Ayde of money from them to acquire his rights in foreign parts, which concerned them likewise: Upon which subtle answer by those who feared to be displaced had he followed the Barons general advice; they all unanimously answered, they would by no means unprofitably impoverish themselves, to make foreigners proud with their goods, and strengthen the enemies as well of the King as Kingdom, as of late happened in Po • ctou and Gascoign: The Parliament thus dissolving in discontent, he fell out with his Counselors for losing the hearts of his Nobles; who to raise monies, caused him to sell his plate, jewels; oppress and extort money from the Londoners; to take up provisions for his Household by force, without paying for them; to beg money from particular Nobles, Prelates, Abbots when severed, who denied him any aid whiles conjoined, by Letters, Messengers to them one after another, which took small effect with any, 722, to 725. His Messengers to the Pope, and prohibition to some Bishops his Delegates, charging them upon their Oaths of Fealty, not to prejudice the rights of his Crown, in putting the Popes provisor into a Benefice, to which he presented a Clerk by his Royal Prerogative, under pain of seising their Baronies, 725. The Dean, Chapters, Bishops of St. Asaphs two Charters to him under hand and seal, That they ought not to elect a Bishop without humbly petitioning him and his Heirs for a license to elect; and that he ought to confirm their election before any consecration, 726, 727. His Writs, and Pope Innocents Bull concerning the Privileges and Exemptions of his Free-Chapels from Episcopal Jurisdiction or Taxes, 727, 728, 734, 735. See Free-Chapels. He sendeth for, and craves pardon from the Londoners for injuries done them; crosseth himself for the Holy Land, to extort monies from his Nobles under that pretext, who formerly denied him an Ayde, 729, 730. He for money procures a Bull from the Pope to his Nobles, when they had sold, mor • gaged their Lands, and prepared all things for their journey to the Holy Land, not to repair thither under pain of Excommunication, till he might go with them as their Captain; commanding the Constables of 〈◊〉 and other Ports, to suffer no Nobleman who was crossed to pass beyond the Seas: He exacts vast sums of money from the Jews and Christians under that pretext, 730. His Letters to the Bishops of Ireland, to preach the Cross and raise monies for his pretended voyage, 732, 733. His Patent to the Master of the Jews Law in London, to excommunicate all such Jews who promised any monies towards their Church-yard in London, and paid them not, so as he might receive the amends for it, 736. His indignation against Grosthead Bishop of Lincoln, for excommunicating the Sheriff of Roteland for not apprehending a Clerk excommunicated by him, after 40. days; and Popes Letter he procured concerning it, 738. His Prerogative to have all Royal Fishes wherever they arrive, and Writ concerning it, 738, 739. His notable Writ to Bishop Grosthead, to appear and answer his contempt before him, for endeavoring to deprive him of his ancient Prerogative to attach Clerks in his Diocese; for contempts, in proceeding against his Writs of Prohibition in the Ecclesiastical Court, which exorbitant injury and contempt he neither would nor ought patiently to endure; with his special Mandate to his Justices of the Kings Bench, to keep him in possession of this liberty, not permitting anything of this his right to be diminished, 739, 740. He refuseth to hear or redress the complaints of the Prior of St. Bartholomew's, and Canons of Paul's, against Archbishop Boniface, for beating, wounding him and his Canons, and tearing his Miter when he came to visit them; he excusing and justifying himself before him: His Proclamation throughout London, that none under pain of loss of life or member, should presume to intermeddle in that quarrel to prevent a sedition; the Londoners resolving to ring their common bell, and hew the Archbishop in pieces if they found him, for this fray and riot; who backed by the King and Queen, excommunicated the Canons afresh in his Chapel at Lambeth, 742. Pope Innocent 4. desires his license to repair to Burdeaux in Gascoign; the King of France his brothers charging the Pope, that his covetousness in prohibiting the voyage of the Crucesignati, and dispensing with their vows for money, was the cause of the French Kings overthrow; soliciting King Henry to join with the Emperor, and hasten his voyage to the Holy Land according to his vow, as he tendered the honor of Christ; which put the King to a great Dilemma, either to displease the Pope, or the Emperor and French King, 746, 747. He used all diligence to procure the Monks of Winton to elect his brother Aethelmar Bishop of Winton, though a foreigner, youth, unlearned: His Letters, speech to them, to induce them to choose him Bishop; and menace, to confound all the Monks if he found them rebellious to his persuasions; who despairing of any assistance from the Pope by appeal, where anything might be obtained by gifts, they unanimously elected him out of fear, against their consciences: The Kings Letters, Messengers to the Pope for his confirmation, which he obtained by great gifts, and by a provision of 500 Marks a year rent, which the Pope exacted for the Duke of Burgundies young son, 748, 749. He commands the Woods of the Bishopric of Winton to be cut down, sold, and the money brought into his Treasury, but distracted not the goods thereof, because his brother Aethelmar was to enjoy them, 751. He enricheth his brethren and Queens kindred with Ecclesiastical Livings; writes on their and Boniface his behalf to the Pope, against his Suffragans, 752. Prescribes an anniversary obsequy for his Mother Qu. Isabell, and prayers to be made for himself, his Queen and Children, 755, 756. He refused to assent to a Disme granted by the Popes Letters to his brother Geoffrey in the province of Burdeaux, because he should suffer damage thereby; yet consents to his grant of a Disme in the province of Dublin to Stephen Longespe, 757. His Letters to the Pope to appoint auditors named by him, to take the account of the Bishop of Worcester, of the Disme he granted him for the Holy Land, and not to hearken to his complaint for seising his Barony for excommunicating the Sheriff of Roteland against his prohibition, to the prejudice of his royal dignity, 738. His license to transport stones from Bristol Castle to Ireland, to build a Church in Dublin, 758. He seizeth the Liberties, and attacheth the Bailiff • and 12. Burgesses of Rochester, for thrusting a condemned person into the Church to prevent execution, 759. The Massing furniture he provided for his Chapel in Windsor Castle, 759. His Patents, Temporal Courts defiled with Nonobstantes like the Popes, by whose Non-obstantes he justified his, 760. He sides with the Covent of Westminster against the Abbot, grants them the Custody of the temporalties of the Abby, and goods thereof, during the vacancies: His prohibition to foreign Merchants, Usurers to lend any monies to the Abbot or Covent thereof, without his Royal and both their joint assents thereto, 763, 764. He Feasts with his brother the new Bishop of Winton upon his return from Rome, 764 His injuries, grievances to the Church of St. Alban, spoiling Prelates and religious persons by the Popes command, reducing them to extreme servitude, 765. His hydropical thirst after gold, silver, jewels, which he extorted from Jews and Christians, 766. The Pope animates him to go to the Holy Land to aid the King of Franc • , he takes on him the Cross, and summons all the Londoners to Westminster to cross themselves for the Holy Land, only to gain money, 766, 767, 771, 772. His Writs to the Archbishops, Bishops of England and Ireland, to promote the preaching of the Cross to raise monies, by Freers Predicants and others, and to publish the Popes indulgences to such who crossed themselves, 766, 767, 768. Several Writs concerning it, and his voyage to the Holy Land. His Letters to the Queen of France for restoring the lands taken from him in France, which would be a great encouragement for him and his Nobles to relieve the distressed Christians and King Lewis, 769, 770. He summons a Parliament, reads the Popes Bull to the Prelates to grant him an aid, which the Bishops opposed, lest it should be drawn into custom by a double act; They promise him an aid, conditionally, to confirm the Great Charter of their Liberties so often agreed to, promised; to swear anew, inviolably to observe it for the future; and so as the money might be faithfully collected, reserved in safe hands for his use, till he actually went to the Holy Land, and not prodigally spent, to the prejudice of the Realm and his faithful subjects, and advantage of his enemies, like former aids; whereupon he swore horribly in a great rage, that he would never whiles he lived, enthrall himself to such a servitude; Their further debates concerning it, his discourse with the Bishop of Eli, with his stout answer, refusal to aid him to the impoverishment and servitude of the Church▪ in imitation of Tho Becket, and Edmund of Canterbury, who were martyred. His indignation against his brother, Bishop of Winchester, for his ingratitude in opposing his aid, he committing him to the living Devil, at his departure: The Parliaments dissolution in great discontent without aiding him, they telling him he was born only to extort money and empty their purses, 770, to 775▪ He and the Pope favored, furthered each other in their tyranny, exactions, which provoked the anger and internal hatred of all against them, yea a manifest departure (although not of bodies, yet of hearts) from the Church of Rome, and a general exasperation against her, extinguishing as it were the fire of men's devotion to her, 773. He resolved to send for a Legar, which should compel the Bishops by the Popes authority to pay the contribution demanded, although an heavy Tribute, and new intolerable servitude to the Church, 774. He extorts gold from the Londoners against their Charters, as if slaves of the basest condition, 773. He oppressed, exacted great sums of monies from several religious houses, the world being then so addicted to spoils and rapines, that whoever could extort anything from • eligious houses, thought he rather merited then demerited, 775 He gave away his escheats, vacant rents, Churches to unworthy illiterate scurrillous Foreigners, in contempt and revenge to the English, committing and causing to be committed many thousands of souls to such aliens as were altogether unlearned, unworthy, obscene, and knew not the English tongue, to provoke the anger, hatred of those English who were worthy and learned against him, 775. His Speech, Oath against the pride, insolency of the Prelates, Religious persons, Templars, Hospitalers, occasioned by their Liberties, Charters, and great superfluous possessions, which made them mad, and ought to be prudently, advisedly resumed, as they were imprudently and unadvisedly dispersed by Kings: That as the Pope sometimes, yea very often revoked, nulled his former Bulls, Acts by Non-Obstantes, so he might likewise revoke all Charters he and his ancestors had unadvisedly granted them. Whereto the Master of the Hospital of Jerusalem answering; What is this you say, my Lord the King? God forbid such a displeasing and absurd word should fall from your mouth; So long as you observe Justice, you may be a King; and so soon as you shall infringe it, you cease to be a King: To which he replied too uncircumspectly; O you Englishmen, what means this? will you precipitate me from the kingdom as you did my father, and kill me being deposed? 776 The Pope by Albertus his Nuncio prohibits him to invade the King of France his Lands, whiles employed in the holy war, proffers the Realm of Sicily to his brother Richard, who refused it: The Kings Letter of thanks to the Pope for this proffer of Sicily to his Brother, and all other favors received from the Church of Rome; requiring that a competent aid might be given his brother by the Clergy to gain it, yet with a saving the aid he had granted himself for the Holy Land, 776, 777. Pope Innocent by his connivance granted more provisions, and more oppressed the Church of England during his Papacy, then all his predecessors; the rents of the Romans, besides other revenues, amounting annually to above 70000 marks, his own regal rents not to the 3d. part thereof, 777. England trodden underfoot by aliens, subject to many Lord's, deprived of his sincere love, languished without consolation to despair, enthralled in extreme conditions, whereby (which was most grievous) the venomous hatred between the Church and people daily increased, 778 His Writs against Bishops for contempts to admit his Clerks upon presentations, 781. He prohibits Bakers by proclamation to imprint the sign of the cross • , Agnus Dei, or name of Jesus on any bread put to sale, 783. His Writs to sundry Noble men, not to foment▪ the difference between Archbishop Boniface and the Bishop of Winton, nor take part with, or bear arms, or make tumults for either of them, 788. He summons a new Parliament at London▪ demands an aid of money: The Archbishop and two Bishops sent to him, to persuade him according to his Oath to permit the Church to enjoy her Liberties▪ especially in elections, not to intrude persons into them by regal power, to the destruction of the Prelates, Subjects, and great damage of the Church; to correct these and other his Errors, according to his Oath, and the Great Charter: which done they would yield to his request: His sharp, satyrical reply to all 3. Bishops promoted by his mere grace, though unworthy, wishing them first to repent, resign their Bishoprics, as unfi • for them, to give him good example; who would thereupon elect fi • ter for the future: They grant him an aid upon condition to confirm the Great Charter, though frequently violated by him and his Father K. John against their Oaths, for which they got infinite sums of money. He confirms the Great Charter. A solemn excommunication denounced against all infringers of it and the Churches Liberties, by the Archbishop and Bishops in Westminster hall, in presence of the King and Nobles: His Promise, Oath to observe all Articles of the Charter as he was a man, a Christian, a Knight, a Crowned and anointed King, 795, 796, 797. When he had a lighted Taper put into his hand whiles the excommunication was read, he delivered it to a Bishop to hold, saying he was no Priest, holding his hand upon his breast, with a serene and cheerful countenance, ibid. His Letters to the Pope on behalf of the Bishop of Chichester and his Chaplains for provisions for them, 797. to excite all Christian Princes to join with him in aiding the Holy Land, 798. He gives one Cup to put the Eucharist in of 4. marks price to every Archbishops, and of 3. Marks to every Bishops Cathedral in Ireland; the sum of 100 marks to be distributed to the Hospital of St. Johns, Freers Minorites and others in Ireland as his Chief Justice should deem meet, 798. Pope Innocent 4. in a great passion against Bishop Grosthead, said of K. H. 3. with a proud mind; Is not the King of England our Vassal, and that▪ I may say more, our Bonds • ave? who can at our beck imprison and enthral him to ignominy? 800. His Writs to Earl Richard, & Guardians of the Realm in his absence, to bestow livings on particular Clerks which next fell void in his gift of such and such values by the year, 806. His Writs to promote the Croysado, and certify the number of those who crossed themselves in Ireland, 807, 808. His protection from suites to the Archbishop of Ardmach during his journey to Rome, 808. His Writ to celebrate the Mass of St. Edward every day in his Chapel during his absence in foreign parts, 808. The Pope offers him and his Son Edmund the kingdom of Sicily and Apulia, which his brother Earl Richard refused; he indiscreetly accepts thereof: binds himself by Oath and Covenant to perform the hard conditions comprised in the Popes Privilege whereby he granted it; obligeth himself by Letters, Writs under his seal in vast sums of money, debts to the Pope and his Merchants under pain of interdict, disinheritance; spends a world of Treasure about it, yet never got possession thereof, being cheated of all his money and it at las • ; The Writs, Procurations, transactions between him, the Pope, Cardinals and Parliament concerning it, 807, 821, 834, 859, 860, 865, 866, 87 • , 914, 915, 916. See Apulia, Sicily, Index 13. His Nobles, Parliaments opposition against it, 930, 931, 932. His great joy and elevation for this shadow and vain grant of the Pope, and investing his Son in possession of Sicily by a ring: He styled him King of Sicily, recommends him by that Title to his Parliament, Ibid. 809. He opposeth Sewalds election, confirmation to the Archbishopric of York, which the Pope notwithstanding confirms, 813. See Index 3. Sewald. Dismes granted him by the Pope for the Holy Land; Writs concerning the collecting, disposing compositions for, accounts concerning them, 814, to 817, 834, 835, 843, 846, 860, to 868, 870. See Aydes. The Prelates much opposed them, 918, 919. He prohibits the Archbishop to exact aids for making the Kings son a Knight, or marrying his daughter; from the Bishop of Rochester, and him to pay them, till determined by his Council whether he ought to have them by Law, 819. He seised the Lands of the Dean and Canons of York, for invading the Citizens temporal Liberties, 820, 825. He assigned 3000 l. a year out of his Exchequer for repair of Westminster Church, which was to be new consecrated, 820. His Inquisitions of all the particular Manors, Lands, • ents, services of religious persons, and their values, 820. His vain expedition to, vast expenses in Gascoign, more then it was worth to be sold, 820. His vain liberality to the French and French Churches, in passing through France, 821. Pope Alexander absolved him from his Vow, Voyage to the Holy Land against the Saracens, so as he went with an Army into Apulia to conquer Manfred, the strong enemy of the Roman Church, 821, 822, 825. He reviled the Bishop of London for opposing Rustands demands on behalf of the Pope and him, saying, That neither be nor any of his loved him; with his bold reply, 824. See Index 3. The Pope and King, like the Shepherd and Wolf, confederated together to devour the flock, 826, 845. He seised on the persons, goods of all Clergymen, whether justly or unjustly suspended, excommunicated by Rustand after 40. days, seeking whom he might devour. The Pope, Church of Rome never so tyrannously, cruelly oppressed Christians, wounded the souls of all Christ's servants, as Anno 38 & 39 H. 3. by his connivance, so as almost all the devotion of the Prelates, Clergy, people towards their mother the Church of Rome, and their Father the Pope expired; who nulled all their former Privileges, used his Papal power for their edification to their destruction, converted 3. years Dismes into 5. and the Croysado against the Saracens, against Apulia and Christians; forcing Christians falsely to break their Oaths, Vowes, yea to turn Idolaters, Apostates, in renouncing the Truth: Selling Prelates, like Sheep or Asses, for money, 824, 825, 848. His Writs for solemnizing St. Edwards Feast at Westminster, make oblations for him; to feast the Poor; for the Mayors, Londoners solemn processions thither, 826. For all the Crucesignati to learn to draw their bows, and publish the indulgence granted them, Ibid. His Writ to punish the riot done to the Bishop of Durham and his servants, in abusing, beating, imprisoning them, 826, 827. To Prince Edward to reform the grievances of his Judges, Sheriffs, Bailiffs, temporal Officers in Ireland, done to the Bishops Clergy, Tenants, upon their complaint, by advice of his Council, Nobles there, that he might have the honor thereof, 827, 828. To make an exchange for Bishops Lands to build a Castle in Ireland, 823. For allowing the Dean and Chapter of St. Martins their Tenants amerciaments; To pay his Chaplains wages twice a year; and to the Cistercians to make prayers for his, his Queens, Children's, and affairs prosperity, 828, 829. His Notable Prohibitions against prosecuting the Mayor of London, and Sheriff of Worcester in Spiritual Courts, and excommunicating them, with his Officers, Citizens of York and others, for executing his Writs, in contempt of his Crown, Dignity, Law, Custom of his Realm: Mandates to absolve them, 829, 830, 831, 860. He prohibits the sequestration of the Priory of Winton, and any to lend monies to the Monks or Church thereof, who had brought their Church in debt by prodigal expenses, suits, 832, 833. He founds the Priory of Ravenstone, and constitutes a Prior therein, 833. He claims the Cup, Palfry of every Bishop and Abbot of the Realm that dies, by his Prerogative, 834. He sends many Jewish Converts by his Writs to several Monasteries, Priories in England, to be maintained by Corodies in them, by several successive Writs; whom they generally refused to receive, 835, to 841. He reconfirms the Great Charter, renewing the solemn excommunication against the infringers thereof in another Parliament, with King Johns Charter for Freedom of Elections, which were sent to the Pope to confirm, 841. His tyranny toward vacant Churches; The Pope and Roman Court durst not offend him therein for their own interest, but connived thereat, 841, 842. He seizeth on the Archdeaconry, goods of John Roman Archdeacon of Richmond, one of the richest and most coverous of the Clergy, who promoted the Romans most of any to prey upon the English Church, Clergy, 842. He could not move Archbishop Boniface to do Justice to the Bishop of Rochester, after manifold complaints, 842. His Letters to the Pope and a Cardinal, on behalf of the Church of St. Albans about a Provision, and against drawing suits out of the Realm, 842, 843. The strange form, conditions, penalties, usury reserved in his Proctors Obligations made in his Name for monies borrowed from the Popes Usurers, 845, 846. The Popes Letters to him on behalf of the Cistercians, whom he oppressed notwithstanding for denying him an aid, 844, 845, 846. The Popes consolatory Letters to him and his Queen, touching the overthrow, taking, imprisonment of the Duke of Savoy by his Citizens, against whom he warred with the spoils of Canterbury, 849. He prohibits any Prelate, Soldier or Clerk to go beyond Seas, or Popes Bulls to be imported: yet specially licenseth Rustand and the Bishop elect of Sarum to pass over privately about his own secret affairs, 850. His royal authority and the kingdoms dignity daily declined by the Popes consecrating Bishops, whose elections he opposed, and obtaining Palls, consecrations at Rome from the Pope for money, whether he would or not. The English Bishops, Clergies discords increased the Popes and his Courts revenues, 822, 823, 824. His ratification of an accord between the Bishop and Prior of Winton, 852, 853, 854. His Writ commanding the Dean and Chapter of York to install John Mansell his Clerk in a Prebendary at York by Proctor in his necessary absence, notwithstanding any Oath or custom to the contrary, 854. His Writ of quod dampnum, concerning the enlarging of the Cathedral Church at Lincoln upon the Dean and Canons petition, 855. His Writ for providing 300. marks a year for Rustand the Popes Nuncio, out of Livings and Prebendaries in his gift, which should first fall void, 855. His proceedings against the Jews of Lincoln for crncifying a Christian child in contempt of Christ, 855, 856, 857. Sends the Bishop of •• y Ambassador to Spain; and satisfied the Debts wherein he was engaged for him to the Popes Merchants; and the Debts of the Bishop of Hereford, bound only to decoy the other Bishops, 859, 860, 861. His Writs to the Wardens of the Cinque-ports, to permit no Clerk to pass beyond Sea, unless he would first swear if he went to the Court of Rome, he would impetrate nothing against the King concerning Sicily, or the ordinance made thereon by the Pope, nor other things against the Crown and dignity of the King of England, 865. His Writ to Rustand to collect and deposit the money of the Disme in a safe place, and to dispose of none of it, until he knew the Popes pleasure concerning it, 865. Obliged not to go in person, or send a Captain to Sicily, till he had first paid the Pope and his Merchants 133540 marks by a short day; which involving him in great difficulties, he craved longer time for payment by Letters to the Pope and Cardinals, 868, 869, 870, 871. How much he had then actually paid for it, 871, 872. Judge B • actons passages concerning his Royal Jurisdiction, Prohibitions to Ecclesiastical Courts and Popes Delegates, 872, to 880. He summons the Abbots of the Cistercian Order by his Writs to London, demanded a great aid of money from them; which they unanimously denied to pay, for which he and his officers molested them: but the Bishops gave him an aid of 4000 marks, to the irrepelable loss and damage of the Church, to conquer Sicily and Apulia, 889, 890, 621. The chief end they gave it was, to induce him to grant 50. Articles they had drawn up, (much like those for which the glorious Martyr Becket contended to death) for which they resolved to fight if denied. Archbishop Boniface summoned a Council to confirm these Articles; the King by his Writs prohibited him and the Bishops to meet therein, which yet they did in contempt of his Royal authority. The Articles, Canons they drew up and confirmed in it, to the subversion of the Kings, Civil Officers, Judges Ecclesiastical and Civil Prerogatives, his Nobles, Commons Liberties, Properties, his Laws and Courts of Justice, subjecting them all to their Ecclesiastical Censures, Jurisdictions, Interdicts, Excommunications for acting ought against them, and wholly exempting the Clergy from the Kings Temporal Jurisdiction, 890, to 913. The Kings and Nobles Appeals, Proctors sent to Rome to complain against, repeal these their Antimonarchical Constitutions, as grievances highly prejudicial to the Crown, Liberties, Laws, Customs of the Kingdom, 983, 986, 990, 991. The Archbishop forced to fly the Realm thereupon, not permitted by the King and Nobles to return, but upon condition to reverse all his Excommunications denounced against any man by these Constitutions, and by reason of the late troubles; to act nothing for the future in matters concerning the affairs of the Church or Realm, but by the major and discreeter part of his Suffragans, and other discreet men of the Realm; And that he or the Clerks coming with him, should bring with them nothing in Letters, Messages, Mandates, nor do or procure anything else whiles they continued in the Realm, whereby any damage, peril or prejudice might come to the King or any of the Kingdom, 997, 998. See Index 3. Archbishop Boniface. His Writs concerning the sequestration of, and monies raised by the profits of vacant Bishoprics, to be reserved under lock and key in his Treasury of the New Temple London, 912, 913. He refuseth the Bishop elect of Eli, made against his Letters for another, and in indignation fells the Woods, impoverished the Tenants, damnified the Monks by John Valeran, to whom he committed the custody of it, and exposed that Church to extreme servitude, depredations, contemning the fear of God, and reverence of Saints, 913. His prohibition to the Archbishop not to consecrate him, and Letters to the Pope, Cardinals not to confirm him, his election tending to disinherit him of his ancient Prerogative, in ordaining Bishops in Cathedrals; yet they at last confirmed him, to his great dishonor, 922, 923, 924. His Procurations granted to renounce his and his Sons interest in the Realm of Sicily, if expedient for the good of the Church of Rome, 914, 915, 916, 917, 918, 919, 920. His Letter to Pope Alexander concerning Sicily and Apulia, so to dispose of that affair, that he, his Heirs, and whole Realm of England might always obey the Church of Rome with accustomed devotion; and that by occasion of that affair, from whence he received no fruit, he might incur no further damage: That he would consider, if he had obliged himself to the prosecution of that affair under divers penalties; to wit, that if he did not pay the Pope the monies promised, or not send or go in person to Sicily, it should be in the Popes power alone to null and make void his grant thereof; yet notwithstanding he, as King, should be excommunicated, the Realm of England interdicted, forfeited: He desired these penalties might be remitted, other propositions he proposed therein accepted of; submitting the whole business to the mere mercy, will of the Pope and his Cardinals, to order and dispose thereof as they should think meet for the honor of God, of the Church of Rome, of himself and his Son Edmund, whom they called King of Sicily: protesting he undertook this affair not for any temporal respect, but out of that sincere affection and devotion he always had to the Church of Rome, and See Apostolic, in whom he had singular confidence, having always stood by him in his adversities, and by whom when infested as well by his own Subjects as Foreigners, not supported by the help of any other, he evaded the subtleties of his enemies, and triumphed laudably over them, 918, 919, 920. He seals 20 blank white papers and schedules with his own great seal, 8. with the seal of Prince Edward, and 10. blanks more with the golden seal of Edmund his Son, to be sent to Rome concerning Apulia and Sicily, 920. He brought his Son Edmund into the Parliament with an Apulian habit, commends him, prays their counsel, or an effectual aid for his assistance, affirming that by the counsel and loving favor of the Pope and Church of England, to acquire the Realm of Sicily, he had obliged himself under pain of losing his Realm, to pay one hundred and forty thousand Marks to the Pope, besides use money which daily increased: That he had obtained the Tenths of all the Clergy for 5. years, according to the new Taxations, without any expenses deducted; & the first years fruits of all vacant Benefices from the Pope, which made all men's ears to tingle and hearts to bleed: That his debts and expenses after he became a dilapidator of the Realm, amounted to nine hundred thousand and fifty thousand Marks, which was horrible to think of, 921. Pope Alexanders earnest Letter to him, to right the Bishop of Rochester against the oppressions of Archbishop Boniface, which he had neglected to do after frequent complaints, to his defamation and dishonor in foreign parts, being obliged by the Great Charter he had ratified, against the infringers whereof the Bishops had by his assent denounced a general Excommunication, and by his Coronation Oath, to defend the Liberties, Rights of the Church, and of this and all other Bishops; requiring him by a day to restore him and all other Archbishops, Bishops, Prelates, and Ecclesiastical persons to their rights, out of reverence to Jesus Christ, who had made him his anointed one with holy oil; for the honor of the Cross, whose badge he had taken upon him, and for the salvation of his own soul; considering that sins were never remitted, unless rapines were restored; else himself according to his duty would proceed to hear their complaints against the Archbishop: Yet the King after these and many other complaints, encouraged the Archbishop, who was thereupon cited to Rome to answer, satisfy the unrepaired injuries before the Pope, 928, 929, 930. The Pope and he so spoiled, impoverished England, that for want of monies Lands lay untilled, and multitudes of people died through penury: Yet he then called in Arlot to flea off their skins; whereupon the Nobles seeing the Kingdom desolated on all hands, by the extortions, tallages as well of the King as Court of Rome, and by the presumption, advancements of Foreigners, who swayed all things, confederate and provide for their own security, raise forces under pretext of going against the Welsh, met together with Horse and Arms at a Parliament at Oxford; their proceedings, Provisions made therein to redress these grievances, expel all Foreigners by force, confirm, maintain the Great Charter and these Provisions, which all were sworn to observe, committed to 24. to execute: The Kings half brothers refuse to swear to these new Provisions; swore by the death and wound • of Christ, they would never resign the Castles committed to their custody; the high contests, words between them and the Barons about it; they depart from Oxford to • in • on, whither they are pursued with Horse and Arms by the Barons; who refusing to stand to the judgment of a Parliament there held, fled the Realm, 930, 931, 936, 937. Their monies seised at Dover, London, elsewhere by the Kings Writs, 937, 938, 939. The Parliaments and Nobles oppositions against, and reprehension of his folly in accepting Sicily, Apulia; refusal to aid him therein, being undertaken without their advice; complaints of the manifold frequent rapines of the Pope and his Legates, to the undoing of the Church, Realm, to promote that design, 931, 932. He employed Simon Passeleve to carry Letters to several Abbots to borrow monies; his subtlety, falsehood in that affair discovered, defeated, 932, 933, 934. The Parliament adjourned; the altercations between him and the Nobles at their re-assembling, concerning his violations of the Great Charter so oft redeemed, purchased, against his Oath, Promises, Excommunications denounced; promoting, enriching aliens, impoverishing his natural Subjects and himself, so that he could not recover the rights of his Realm, nor repulse the injuries of the Welsh, the despicablest of men: His conviction, confession of these his crimes, that he had oft been bewitched with ill counsel; his Oath upon the high Altar, and St. Edwards Coffin, to reform his pristine errors, and be advised, ruled by his native Subjects; yet not believed, because so frequently violated, 935. His and his fathers frequent breach of Oaths, and the Great Charter; He and Prince Edward enforced to swear to the Provisions made at Oxford, 935, 936. Mansuetus, after Arlots revocation, by his procurement sent by the Pope into England to fleece it; his prodigal expenses on this and other Popes Nuncio • s, 931, 932. He had power to absolve the King and all others from their Oaths, to supply his present necessities, to furnish the Pope with monies for Apulia and Sicily, 934. His safe conduct to William de Valencia to depart the Realm, 937. His Writs for the banishment and transportation of the Archdeacon of Winton, a Poictovin, 938. He induced the Abbot of Westminster by fallacious promises, to set his and his Covents seal as a surety for him to a bond of 2500 Marks, to give a pernicious example to other Abbots, to extort monies from them who opposed it, 932, 933, 934, 953. The Abbots choose rather to incur his indignation, in not being bound for him in great sums of money, then the Popes; who had expressly prohibited them to enter into any bonds, under pain of Interdict and Excommunication, 933, 934. A Proteus, whom his Nobles knew not how to bind by his Oaths, Charters, promises, or otherwise, to observe the Great Charter and their Liberties, 935, 936. His Writs concerning the Archbishoprics, Archbishops of Tuam and Dublin; and Patent concerning his right of Patronage and Presentations to Churchs as Patron, or in right of his Prerogative, in the Manors of Archbishops and Abbots, 939, 940, 941. His Patent to defray the expenses of his Nuncio to the Court of Rome, 940, 941. His Letters to the Pope and Cardinals, for prorogation of the business of Sicily till a further time then formerly appointed, 942, 943. Concerning a peace with France, to end the old and new controversies between the two Crowns, 944, 945. His Letters to the Pope, that he had earnestly demanded an Ayde from his Nobles for Apulia, who promised to grant one, if he would reform the grievances of the Realm by their advice, and the Pope mitigate his conditions in his Instrument, which they deemed overhard, and prayed to have them moderated, 945, 946. His procurations to oblige him, his Realm, and Son Edmund in any conditions, and to swear on his soul to observe them, 946. His Patent to a Proctor to demand a Legate from the Pope, 947. He assigned the Disme the Pope granted him for 3. years, to satissie 30000 Marks due by him to the Pope and Church of Rome, 947. His Letters to the Pope to ratify the Barons Provisions made at Oxford, for the good of him and his Realm, 947. He repents of his Oath to these Provisions, and to avoid the brand of perjury, sent secretly to the Pope to absolve him and his Son from their Oaths inviolably to observe them; which he easily obtained by his Letters and Nuncioes from Pope Alexander 4. and Urban 4 his successor; Pope Urbans Bull published for dissolving all those Confederacies, Statutes, Provisions, absolving all from their Oaths to observe them, and excommunicating all who should maintain them, 948, 986, 988, 989, 1015, 1016, 1018, 1021, 1022. Pope Alexander the 4. his Letter to him for continuing an annual pension to Arlots Nephew, who came into England upon his own calling, 952, 953. He would permit none to be elected Bishop of Winchester by the Monks, but such as were most dear to him, 954. His license by advice of his Council to the Bishop of London elect, ( Wengham his Chancellor) to hold all his former Ecclesiastical dignities, benefices of his patronage in England and Ireland with it, so long as the Pope would indulge him; his protection peaceably to enjoy those livings; his grant to him of 5000 sheep▪ 200 cows, and 10. bulls of the stock of the Bishopric of Winchester, to stock his Bishopric of London, which he warranted to him against any Bishop elect of Winton, unless Adomar his brother were restored to it, 954, 955, 984. His Writ to the Guardian of the Temporalties of Winton, to put his Clerk into possession of a parcel of Tithes, in default of the Archbishops Official, who delayed to do it, 955, 956. His Letters to the Roman Cardinals, 958. His Writ to the Bishop of Hereford, concerning the particulars of the vast sums wherein he obliged him, and the Bishops, Abbots of the Realm, to the Court of Rome, for the business of Sicily, 958, 659. His exemptions of some of his Clerks from the Dismes granted, 961, 962, 996, 1007. His Letters to the Pope and Cardinals, in defense of his ancient right in conferring Prebendaries and Benefices by his Prerogative, during the vacancies of Bishoprics; and his grant of the Prebend of Fenton to John Mansell his Clerk, against the Popes provision thereof to a Cardinals Nephew; and to the Nobles of his Council to assist him in defense of this his right, 962, 963, 964. His Writs to Sheriffs, not to permit any of his Clerks to be ejected out of their possessions of Benefices to which he presented them, by provisors or others, 964, 974, 975. His Letters to the Pope not to restore his brother Adomar to the Bishopric of Winton, to prevent sedition, discord, and danger in the Realm, the Nobles, people being extremely incensed against him; and his Queen with himself for withdrawing the Prince his Son from obedience to him, 966. His Proctors and appeal against his and others grievances to him and his Realm, 967. His Writ to the Barons and Bailiffs of Dover and other Ports, to apprehend all Italian or other Clerks, of what order soever, or Laymen arriving with Papal Bulls prejudicial to him or his Realm, and to arrest them with their Bulls, Letters, till further order, 968. His Writ to remove a Lay-force disturbing a sequestration of a Benefice, being both willing and obliged to defend the Rights and Liberties of the Church, to which he could not be wanting, 968. His notable Writs to the Bishop of Durham and his Officials, against vexing, impoverishing the Inhabitants of Newcastle by Citations, and compelling them by Ecclesiastical censures to take an Oath, and answer Articles in their Courts and Visitations, 969, 970. He intended not by his Writs to disseise any man of his rights, 970. His Writ to promote his Queens Chaplain to a Benefice, when it should fall void, 971. His Letter to the Pope on behalf of the Bishop elect of Burdeaux, whom he had approved as fit and faithful to him, 971. His Writ to the Bishop of Lincoln, to correct the extravagant proceedings of his Archdeacon, to the manifest prejudice of the Rights of his Crown and Dignity, according to his duty, 972. His Writs to the Chief Justice of England, to preserve the rights of him and his Clerks against all new evasions and disturbances to obtain possession of the Churches to which he presented them, that no disinherison might come to him or his Heirs thereby in process of time, 972 His Letter to the King and Queen of Scots at the Popes request, to restore the Temporalties of the Bishopric of Glasgo to him the Pope made Bishop by his provision, unless he could show good cause to the contrary, 973. His Writs to prohibit the Archbishop of St. Andrew's or any of his followers, to land in England with Bulls tending to the infamy or disinherison of the King of Scots, or any other of his enemies, and to arrest them till further order, 973. His Writ for a Prior to improve a Wood and great waste, leaving the Commoners sufficient Common, 973, 974. His Writs to Abbots and Covents to receive the Monks he sent them from Winton▪ where they could not follow their contemplations as they ought, 975, 976. His Patent to the Archbishop of Yorks Tenants, to move them to a liberal Contribution towards the satisfaction of the Archbishoprics debts, 977. His Writs to sequester the Benefices of a Clerk accountant indebted to him, 977, 978. His Patent to provide 50 Marks a year for his Escheator in Ireland, out of the Benefices of Bishops, Abbots, Priors which should first fall void there, during their vacancies, 979. The Romans and their Legates domineered in England over the Laity and Clergy, disposing of their best Benefices at their pleasures, excommunicating the Bishops, Abbots, Priors who contradicted them, through his folly and sluggishness, 980. His Son Edmunds Letter to the Sicilians, styling Sicily his Kingdom, granted him by the Popes special grace, desiring them to admit him for their King and promote his affairs, promising to prosecute that affair, to preserve the Charter of their Liberties, and readily to promote their honor, 985. His flattering Letters and Proxies to the Pope, Octobon, and other Cardinals, extolling the benefits, protection he received from his pious mother the Church of Rome and them continually upon all occasions, to procure an absolution from his Oath to observe the Provisions of Oxford, and not to ratify them at the Barons request, or their Agents, being made to the depression of his Regal liberty, and prejudice of his right, 985, 986, 987, 988, 989. His memorable Writs to all the Sheriffs of England, reciting the Barons breach of their promises and conditions made at Oxford, his absolution by Pope Alexander 4. and Urban 4. from his Oath to observe their Provisions and Confederacies there made, to the prejudice and derogation of his Royal right and dignity, and disturbance of the Kingdoms peace: His promise freely to use his royal power, and exhibit the fullness of Justice to all great and small; and to make public Proclamations throughout their Counties, that all should obtain justice from him with all security and confidence, and prosecute and obtain their right against great and small before him, and in all Courts by his Royal authority; that he would be wanting in his justice to none, whether great or small; that he would maintain the Great Charter and Charter of the Forest in all points: And that if any should adhere in their Counties to their former Confederacies, or attempt anything against the right of his Regality, or the Sheriffs Office appointed by him, or preach anything against him or his honor, or persuade the people to do ought against it, they should apprehend and detain them prisoners, till further order received from him, 989. H • s and the Nobles Procurations, Appeals against the Antimonarchical Ordinances, Constitutions, Statutes of the Archbishop and his Suffragans in the Council at London, to the prejudice and grievance of his Crown, and Liberties of the Realm and people; yet printed in Lindewode and Aton as the Canon Law of our Church and Realm, 983, 990, 991. He grants the Wardship of the Bodies and Lands of two Wards, to Arlots Nephew, 991. His Writs concerning the case of the Bishop of Elphia in Ireland, 991, 992▪ See Index 4. Elphin. His Writs to the Archbishop of Canterbury 's Tenants, to contribute towards the discharge of his debts, 992. He prohibits the Cistercians and other Monks to buy and sell Wools or other Merchand • z • , against their profession and order, to the impoverishing of the Merchants of Lincoln and other Towns, under pain of severe penalties if they transgressed therein for the future, 992, 993. He manures, sows the Temporalties of the Bishopric of Sarum in his hands, seals the corn and fruits thereof by Inquisition of honest men, the money to be answered for them in his Exchequer, 993. The Bishop of Winton compounds to give him 22 29 l. 13 s. 1 d. for the corn and stock upon his Temporalties, 994. His prohibition to Sheriffs to distrain Religious and Beneficed persons, to find Horse and Foot for the common defense of the Realm against enemies, being appointed by accord to find Horse or Foot, or pay such a sum of money in lieu thereof as the Bishops should appoint, 994. His Epistle to Pope Urban 4. to congratulate his election to the Papacy, from which he was for a time interrupted by the Barons Rebellion, 994, 995. His Writ against the Bishop of Bath and Wells, for suing the Abbot of Glaston out of the Realm for a matter belonging to his Temporal Court, against the custom of the Realm, and in contempt, prejudice of his Royal dignity, 995. His Proclamations and Writs against offering violence to the persons, Churches, houses, lands, goods or liberties of any Ecclesiastical or Religious persons within the Diocese of St. David's, whose Liberties he was bound and specially desired to maintain, 996, 997. His Charter to Richard Earl of Cornwall, chosen King of Romans, to tax his Tenants in Boroughs and Manors which were the Kings Demesne, for this time, towards his journey to Rome, for most weighty affairs concerning his and the Kings profit and honor, 997. His Treaty and Articles with the Nobles, concerning Archbishop Boniface and his Clerks return into England upon certain conditions, to absolve all excommunicated, to act nothing relating to the Church or State but by common consent of his Suffragans, and the Nobles; and bring with them no Letters, Mandates, or act ought to the prejudice of the King or Realm, or carry any money out of it, 997, 998. He permitted Archbishop Boniface to confirm and consecrate Bishops beyond Sea, against the Rights and Customs of the Realm; His Writ to him to appoint some of his Suffragans to confirm, consecrate the Bishop elect of Bath and Wells in England, who could not come to him to be confirmed; which he notwithstanding neglecting, he commanded him to come forthwith into England in person, or appoint others to do it, else he would seise the profits of his Archbishopric, and not suffer them to be carried to him out of the Realm, where he refused to execute his Episcopal Cure, 998, 999. His Writs, Commissions by advice of, and Articles of agreement with his Barons, to inquire diligently of all who by reason of the troubles, seised and spoiled the goods, tithes, fruits of Churches, Bishops, and Clerks who were Aliens, Non-residents, or beyond the Seas, and of other Clerks; to remove all Lay-force, to secure their goods and rents from violence, and give complainants full satisfaction according to Justice, 999, to 1006. His and the Barons submission of the differences between them, concerning the Ordinances of Oxford, to the French Kings and Popes Legates arbitrement, 1001, 1002. His safe conduct, protection, and Letter of advice to the Popes Legate sent for into England, 1006, 1014, 1015. A Disme granted him by the Clergy for the common defense of the Realm and Church; his Writs for the Bishops to levy and pay it by a certain day, to prevent its levying by his Bailiffs on their default, 1006, 1007, 1008. He seizeth the Baronies of Archbishops, Bishops, Abbots, who refused or neglected to send Horse and Arms to aid him according to their Tenures, upon summons, 1008, 1009. He commands the Bishop of Bangor by Writ to release an Interdict against Lewellin, in a Lay-cause not belonging to his Court, 1009 He revokes his presentation under his Great Seal to the Treasurership of York, whiles a prisoner under Simon Montefort, and confers it on another when free; and commands other Commissioners of his appointment to install him, upon the Canons refusal, 1010, 1011. His memorable Writ to the Bishop of Hereford, expressing the reason of instituting Bishops, Pastors, and their duty, checking him for his neglect thereof and non-residence, commanding him to return to, reside on his Bishopric, and discharge his duty; and the Archbishop and his Official to enforce him to it by Ecclesiastical censures, under pain of seising his Temporalties, since he was unworthy to reap the Temporalties, who feared not irreverently to subtract and neglect the spiritual duties of his Office, taking the milk and wool of the flock, but neither knowing, feeding, nor caring for them; which neglect he could not permit to go unpunished, 1011, 1012. His Patent to some Citizens of Lincoln, to protect the Jews there from all violence to their persons or goods, 1013. His Writs to the Bishops of the Province of Canterbury, to excommunicate the Earl of Gloucester and others for not going over into Ireland, and seising the Kings Castles, Towns in an hostile manner, drawing the Prince to violate the late agreement made with the Barons, against former and late public Excommunications; without sparing any great or small, for this their contempt of God and the keys of the Church, 1013, 1014. His Inquisition to punish the violations of the rights of the Church of Norwich, which he was obliged to defend, by the Inhabitants of Len, 1016, 1017. His privilege granted to the Archbishop of Dublin and his Tenants, concerning distresses for debts, 1017. He sends for two Legates successively to excommunicate the Barons, and suspend the Bishops and Clergymen from their Office and Benefices, who fomented them in their Rebellions, 1018, 1019. He summons a Parliament at Kenilworth, Commissioners there elected and sworn to make an accord between him and those who had been and were in Arms against him, who drew up a Statute and Articles accordingly, 1019, 1022. His protection and safe conduct to Clerks and others who had been against him, to repair to the Legate to make their peace or demand Justice, 1019, 1020. The Popes Provisions of Benefices; his intolerable exactions touching the business of Sicily; the heavy yoke of the Roman Church; Usurers, the principal causes of the differences, Wars between the King and his Barons; whereupon the Prelates, Barons assembling in Council, against the Lord and his anointed, said; You see how we profit nothing; if we thus let the King alone, the Romans will come and take away our purses and money: Let us therefore constitute 24. Elders round about his Throne, which excluding the Parthians, Medes and Elamites coming from Rome, may free Jerusalem from Egyptian servitude, may order all and singular affairs of the Realm, may receive the first seats in Feasts and salutations in the Market-place, with reservation of the Kings magnificence: Whereupon most of them mad with envy and ambition, forthwith made the Constitutions at Oxford, swore all men and the King himself to observe them, the Bishops excommunicating all infringers of them: The Bishop of Worcester and some other Prelates, the Fathers and Judges of men's consciences, gave their assent unto them, contrary to their corporal Oath to preserve the rights and terrene honor of the King and his Heirs, consenting to so great a depression of Royal power. For which the Popes Legate suspended them from their Office, Bishopticks, Benefices; interdicted, excommunicated them and the Barons by a public sentence, who appealed against them to the See Apostolic, and if need were to the next General Council, and the Church as well Triumphant as Militant; contemn the Spiritual relying on the Material Sword, 1020, 1021, 1022. The Bishops encouraged all to fight manfully, and promised heaven to those who died in this quarrel against him, who yet were routed, and their chief Captain slain at Evesham, 1022. The disinherited persons in the Isle of Eli, their high and sharp answers to the Legates propositions sent to them, wherewith the King and he were much incensed, 1022, 1023. His summons of all Earls, Barons, Archbishops, Bishops, Abbots, and others who held by Knight-service, to meet with Horse and Arms to besiege the Rebels in the Isle of Eli; the Earl of Gloucester refused to come, though he raised forces to prosecute his enemies, 1024. He summoned a Parliament, to which the Earl of Gloucester refused to repair, but sent a Charter, he would never bear Arms against him or his Son Prince Edmund; his and the Legates demand to the Prelates therein concerning three years Dismes, Horse and Arms against the Kings rebels and enemies, with their high contemptuous answers, 1024, 1025. He places Octobon the Legate in his Royal Throne at St. Edwards solemn Feast, and commanded all dishes to be set first before him, 1023, 1024. He commits the Tower of London to him, and orders him to pawn his Jewels in it and at Westminster, to raise monies, 1025, 1026. Pope Clement 4. by his Bull grants a Disme for three years towards his aid and supply, from all Archbishops, Bishops, Abbots, Priors, Clerks, and Religious persons in England, Wales, Ireland, to be levied by Ecclesiastical censures without appeal, at the improved value, towards his losses, great expenses by the Barons Wars and Rebellions against him; wherein the miseries, extremities he, his Queen, and Son Prince Edward were put to by these Wars, are largely related; his zeal, devotion, munificence to the Church, Church-men, and promoting God's worship, with his and his Ancestors large endowments of the Church, obliging them to assist him in his necessities, are amplified, 1026, to 1030. His Letters of gratitude to the Pope, Cardinals, Popes Advocate, craving their further assistance, favor, advice in his great affairs, promising the Advocate a full reward, 1030, 1031, 1049. He submits the differences between him and Gilbert de Cla • e to the Pope, constituting Proctors in that affair; and for defense of his rights in the French Kings Court, against Ecclesiastical and Temporal persons, 1032, 1033. He recites the Rights, Privileges of the Archbishops of Canterbury, which he is willing to maintain; and grants an Inquisition for Lands aliena ted, seised, or detained injuriously from that See during the Wars, 1033. His Commissions for collecting the Dismes granted him by the Pope; several Patents, Writs concerning it, 1033, to 1039. The Form of his Obligations by his Proctors to the Popes Merchants, renouncing all evasions of, and appeals against them, 1034, 1035. His Letter to his brother Richard King of Alma • n, concerning his promises to him, which he had violated, and to treat with concerning them, 1037. He erects a Chauntry in his Hospital at Basingstoke; his Writ reciting the Prerogative of our Kings from the first institution of Christian Religion, freely to erect free Chauntries in all their Houses and Demesnes, without the Bishops leave or disturbance; and to have the custody of all vacant Bishoprics, 1038. His confirmation of the Legates award of an annuity issuing out of two Prebendaries, to continue, notwithstanding they came to his or his Heirs presentation by his Prerogative, 1039, 1040. His punishment of the Jews in Oxford, ordering them to erect a Cross there, and provide a silver and gilt Cross to be carried in procession before the Chancellor and Scholars of the University, for throwing down and breaking their Cross in a solemn procession, in contempt of Christ crucified, 1045, 1046, 1047. He augments and pays the arrears of two Roman Cardinals annuities out of the Disme, to promote his affairs at Rome, 1048. He exempted the Popes Agents and Chaplains employed in England, from paying the Disme out of their Prebends and Benefices, 1048. His Patent and Commissioners for levying the three years Disme in Ireland, 1049. He by advice of his Prelates, Nobles, and Commons in Parliament, transfers his Vow, Voyage, Dismes to the Holy Land, to his Son Prince Edward by Patent, it being dangerous to the Realm for both of them to be absent from it at once, 1049, 1050. His Writs to levy the 20th. part of the Bishops and Abbots Villains goods, which they granted him towards his Voyage, 1050. His Writs concerning the levying, disposing, and account of the Disme levied or compounded for in most Dioceses, 1050, to 1056. Part of them assigned to satisfy the arrears due to the Pope of the Annual Rent granted by King Johns Charter, 1054, 1055. His license to a Tenant in Cap • e to sell Lands in Mortmain to furnish monies for his voyage to the Holy Land, 1056. He grants the profits of the Archbishopric of Dublin, except Knights fees, Wards, and Advousons, towards the expenses of his Sons voyage, 1056. His Charter of assignment of all the Revenues of England, except Wards and other casualties, to his brother Earl Richard, for monies taken up from him towards his voyage to the Holy Land, 1056, 1057. His Letter on his sick bed to Prince Edward, speedily to return into England upon his blessing from the Holy Land, being Heir to the Crown, to prevent inconveniences therein expressed, 1057, 1058. His Statutes and Proclamations against Jews purchasing Free-hold Lands in England, and concerning their Houses in London and other Corporations, 1058, 1059. His Writ to the Constable of Dover, to maintain the Privileges of the Prior and Covent of St. Martins Dover, during the vacancy of the Archbishopric then in his hands, against all encroachments of the Prior and Covent of Trinity Canterbury, 1060, 1061. His license to the Monks of Canterbury to elect, and procurations against their election of a new▪ Archbishop whom he approved not; the Pope thereupon taking advantage to confer it against both their wills on Kilwarby, 1061, 1062, 1063. His Writs speedily to certify and levy fines estreated, 1064. His license to the Bishop of • orcester to build two houses with lime and stone, and embattle them like Castles, 1064. His grant of the Jews School in London to the Freers Poenitentiaries, whom they disturbed in their Mass with their howlings; with a license to the Jews to erect another School elsewhere, 1065. His zeal to punish and revenge the Citizens of Norwich tumult, in spoiling, burning the Priory and Cathedral there, upon a fray between the Monks and them about certain Taxes and Liberties: His Writs, proceedings therein, seising the Citizens liberties, goods, persons, hanging some, fining others, and going thither in person to see Justice executed, 1065, 1066, 1067. His prohibition of the ancient manner of trial of Felons, Thieves by judgment of fire and water, and appointing other penalties by advice of his Council, Appendix 20. He convened the Popes Usurers in Lond • n before him, accusing them as Schismatics, Heretics, and of High Treason, for that they professing themselves Christians, had defiled the whole Realm of England with the most filthy gain of Usury; for which he being a most Christian King, who had sworn inviolably to preserve the Holy Institutions of the Church, complained he felt himself much wounded in his conscience; which fact when they could not deny, some of them were taken and imprisoned, others hid themselves in corners: Yet at last purchasing their peace for a good sum of money, they were dismissed in peace, and would thereupon have left the Realm, but that they had purchased sumptuous houses in London, Appendix 26. His great oppression and exactions of monies from the Jews at several times, who proffered to leave all their wealth behind them, so as he would grant them liberty to depart the Realm, to get a livelihood elsewhere; he being another Titus and V • spasian, selling them to his brother Richard to tear out their bowels, after he had pulled off their skins, Appendix 26, 27. His excuse of his oppression and rapines by the vastness of his Debts, and smallness of his Estate, which necessitated him to extort money by any means, Ibid. He repents his receipt of 500 Marks from the Covent of Abendon, for a license to elect a new Abbot without disturbance, upon the death of their Abbot then sick of the palsy, dying within 15. days after; because else he might have made 1000 Marks or more by sale of the Woods, besides other profits, Appendix 27. The Pope threatens to excommunicate and interdict the Realm, and proceed rigorously against him for not performing his covenants and promise with him touching Sicily and Apulia, to which he had willingly obliged himself under these pains and loss of his Realm: Whereupon being confounded in his mind, to delay publishing this sentence for a time, and allay his anger, he paid the Pope 5000 Marks; the Realm being impoverished and utterly spoiled of its treasure, all his hopes of obtaining that Realm vanished, Appendix 28, 29. His license and direction to make an Impropriation, and endow a Vicarage, Appendix 29. His devotion in frequent hearing of Masses, but indiscretion in permitting himself, the Church, Realm to be preyed upon by Popes and their Instruments; which his Obligations to them for aiding him against Lewis at first, against the Barons, Rebellious Prelates at last, and cheating specious proffers, grants to Edmund of Apulia, Calabria, Sicily, were the greatest inducements, 1067, 1068, 1069. His sickness, and pious death, after 56 years and 20 days reign, 1067.

King Henry 8. of England, his clause in a Treaty with the Pope and Potentates of Italy, that they might not give away any part of the Crown of France for redeeming of King Francis, 321.

King Henry 2. of France, his request to the States of Lucerne, denied as illegal, 320.

Holy Land: See Jerusalem, Aydes, Croysadoes.

Hungary, Popes pretended Title to it, 9, 291. The Kings Oath not to alienate the Crown Lands, 320. No Bishops would or could come out of it to the General Council of Lions, being for the most part wasted by the Tartars, and by reason of the great distance from it, 643. Invaded by the Tartars; the King thereof forced to leave the Frontiers, retire to fenced Castles, Cities; craves aid from the Pope, who denied to send any, levying monies, forces in the mean time against Frederick the Emperor to depose him, and hindering him to relieve them, 681.

Hyberi, subject to the Greek Church, 491.

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• QUeen Jane, King Edw. 6. his devise of the Crown to her void in Law, 326.
• Jerusalem and Holy Land, Popes Titles to it, 9, 291. Popes Bulls and Croysadoes to raise monies, forces for its relief, defense against the Saracens, for the most part mere impious cheats of Popes to pick people's purses, abuse Christian Kings, Princes, invade their Rights, Prerogatives, Territories whiles absent in it; and maintain Popes Wars against the Emperor, Greek Church, and all who opposed their Usurpations; the miserable defeats of the French Kings Forces and others at it, and sad effects thereof, with other particulars relating to Jerusalem and the Holy Land, p. 238, 340, 342, 343, 403, 404, 410, to 414, 423, 424, 425, 447, 448, 467, 469, 470, 471, 512, 513, 516, 523, to 550, 680, 681, 754, 767, 770, to 775, 821, to 826, 1025, 1049, 1050: Appendix 26, 27. See Aydes, Croysadoes, Index 14 part 2. Frederick 2. King Henry 3. King John, Pope Gregory 9. Innocent 3, 4. Index 10, 1 • .
• King I •• his grant of Peter -pence, 292.
• Indies and New World, Popes pretended Title thereto, 9.
• John Comnenus Emperor of Constantinople, attributes his Victories over the Bulgarians and others to the Virgin Mary, whose Image he carrieth in a triumphant Chariot into Constantinople, going before it in person, 41.
• John Zemisca Emperor of Constantinople, doth the like, Ibid.
• King John of England, accused, and condemned of Treason against his Brother King Richard, made King after his death, not by succession, but election, Appendix 18. and p. 297, 298. His Coronation, Oath, Homages to him, Appendix 18, 19. and p 227. Incurrs Pope Innocent 3. his displeasure by his divorce against the Canons by his Norman Bishops; and not releasing the Bishop of Belvoire upon his Letters, till he paid a Ransom, and took an Oath never to bear Arms during his life, 227. His resolute opposition of the Popes, Bishops Usurpations, and contempt of their displeasures, menaces during his 14 years reign, 225, 226, 227. His Charter of Ambresbury to the Nuns of Founteveroit, the former Abbess and Nuns being ejected for their Whoredoms, 228, 229. To the Archbishop of Canterbury to deliver Criminal Clerks imprisoned to him, upon demand, to make their Purgations, 230. His Prerogative to grant Licenses to elect, and confirm when elected, all Abbots, Bishops of his Patronage in England, France, elsewhere; a prohibition to elect any without his License and Assent, 229, 230. His readiness to defend the Churches Rights, but with the preservation of his own, Ibid. His Writ for the Bishop of Norwich to make use of his Court and Judges to recover the Lands of his Church formerly alienated, 290. He seizeth the Temporalties, confiscates the Goods of Geoffrey his base Brother, Archbishop of York, and imprisoned his Servants, for contempts in opposing a Tax, excommunicating the Sheriff of Yorkshire, and his Officers for levying it. His Fine, Submission, absolving the Sheriff thereupon, 230, 231. His Protection to defend the Archdeacon of Richmond, against all violence, injury of the Archbishop of York, 231. His Appeals to the Pope in defense of the Rights of his Crown, 230, 231. His vacating of the proceedings against the Archbishop of York, and the Rights of his Bishoprics, upon his submission and reconciliation to him, 233. His Patents for his Justices to assist Hubert Archbishop of Canterbury to recover the Lands and Rights of his Archbishopric in his Court, saving his Prerogative, 233, 234. He elects, ratifies one Person of three nominated to him to be a Bishop by the Chapter of Saga, 234. He opposeth the reception, and provision of Gilardus to be Bishop of St. David's in Wales, and its re-erection into an Archbishopric by Pope Innocents Bull, prohibiting any to own, aid, or assist him as Bishop, being never approved by him; nulls his Provision; causeth another to be elected, consecrated Bishop, enjoins all to assist him against the Popes Intruder, as an Enemy to his Crown, Dignity, and the Kingdoms peace, 234, to 238. Claims the Temporalties of all Bishops during their vacancies by ancient Right and Custom, of which Gilardus by the Popes provision attempted to deprive him; which he would by no means endure; requiring all his Subjects as they loved his Honor and Dignity to maintain, defend this his Prerogative as Liege Subjects, and to attempt nothing against it under pain of being reputed, proceeded against as open Enemies to his Crown, 236, 237. The Popes Legate sent to him to promote an Aide granted to the Holy Land, his, and his Barons proceedings therein, who grant of an Aid by their own Authority: their Order concerning its Collection, 238, 239, 240. His Patents to the Chief Justice of Ireland to prevent the Suffragans election of an Archbishop of Ardmach, without his Royal License, assent, not to receive him they elected without it upon any terms for Archbishop, against whom he appealed, 240, 241. He conferrs the Bishopric of Karliol upon the Archbishop of Ragusa, then in distress, upon the Popes Letter and Petition; out of Royal munificence and freedom, 241. Grants a Protection to the Dean and Chapter of York; commanding the Sheriff to apprehend all armed Force which should invade their Goods, Rents by the Archbishops command; and not to release them, without his, or his Chief Justice special Order, 242. He procures Petrus de Rupibus, a Knight. Soldier, to be elected and consecrated Bishop of Winton at Rome. 242. He receives, approves the Appeals of the Bishop of Durham, Dean and Chapter of York, and several Abbots, Priors of that Province, against the Archbishops Excommunication and Interdicts, 242. He seised the Temporalties, and banished this Archbishop his natural Brother till his death, for opposing a Tax granted him, and excommunicating all who levied it in his Province, or invaded the Churches Rights or Goods, 242, 243. The Monks of Canterbury, after Huberts death, elect their Sub-prior secretly at midnight without his License, lest he should hinder their Election, and concealed it under an Oath of secrecy, till the Pope should approve it; Which the Subprior revealing against his Oath, the Monks thereupon petitioned the King for a License to elect; which he granted without contradiction, recommending John Gray Bishop of Norwich, his chief intimate Counselor, to their Election, as most profitable to him and his Kingdoms; whom they unanimously elected in the Kings presence, placing him on the High Altar: the King presently restored him the Temporalties thereof in the presence of them all: sends some of the Monks at his own charge to Rome to Pope Innocent to confirm his Election, with Letters to the Popes Notaries, Chaplains, to procure his confirmation, according to his Right, Prerogative, and known Custom of the Realm: At which time the Suffragan Bishops sending Proctors to Rome, complaining that the Monks elected him Bishop without them, who had their Voyces in the election of three Archbishops; and the Monks pleading, that by ancient Bulls and Custom, time out of mind, the Election belonged to themselves alone; The Pope giving a definitive Sentence for the Monks right of Election, without the Bishops concurrences; He thereupon attempting to deprive the King of his Prerogative, of recommending, approving, confirming and promoting Archbishops to this chief Metropolitan See of his Realm, vacated the Sub priors Election as void, because clandestine in the Night, without the License, or consent of the major and discreeter part of the Covent; and Grayes Election too, though made in the day time by the Kings and Monks general assents, because the first Election was not judicially vacated, and because though the King had told two Monks that he would accept whomsoever they elected, yet there was a secret agreement ratified by O • th between the King and Monks, that they should by no means choose any other but John Bishop of Norwich, directing Letters to them to that effect. The Pope nulling both these Elections, pressed the Monks of Canterbury there present as Proctors for both their Elections, presently to elect Stephen Langeton a Cardinal, the Popes great Favorite, being an Englishman, because he could not suffer that See to be any longer destitute of a Pastor: who answering, It was not lawful for them to make a Canonical Election, without the consent of the King and their Convent: He replied, They had the sole Power of Election, neither is the assent of the King used to be expected in Elections celebrated at the See Apostolic, commanding them upon their obedience, and under pain of Excommunication, presently to elect Langeton whom he recommended to them; Whereupon all the Monks but one out of fear, although against their wills, and with murmuring, assented to him, singing Te Deum, and leading him to the Altar: Upon which the Pope consecrated him Archbishop, and sent a complemental Epistle, with some Rings and Jewels to the King to receive him as Archbishop, 243, to 248. The King for this high affront of the Pope, and treachery of the Monks against the Rights and Prerogative of his Crown, in obtruding an Archbishop upon him without his privity, and he his professed Enemy: cashiering him who was duly elected, approved, confirmed by him, notwithstanding his fitness and all Letters on his behalf: charged the Monks of Canterbury with Treason for electing Langeton; commanding two Knights with armed force to expel them the Monastery, and banish them the Realm, or else execute them as Traitors: who entering the Monastery with their drawn Swords, commanded the Prior and Monks in the Kings name to depa •• the Realm presently as Traitors, swearing they would fire the Monastery, and burn them in it if they refused to go: whereupon all the Monks but 13. who were sick, departed into Flanders, where they lived in exile. The King seised upon their Goods, Lands, and Temporalties of the Archbishopric. He likewise sent Messengers and Letters to the Pope, wherein he reprehended him for nulling Groyes legal Election, approved by him, and presuming to confirm Langeton, a Person unknown to him, conversing very long amongst his public Enemies in the Realm of France, without either demanding or receiving his or the Monks assent to his Election, to the prejudice and subversion of the Liberties and Rights belonging to his Crown: At which he could not sulficiently admire, for that as well the Pope as whole Court of Rome did not call to memory how much his love had hitherto been necessary to the See of Rome, and that they received plentifuller Fruits from his Realm of England, than from all other Countries on this side the Alps. Adding, that if need should be, he would stand for the Liberties of his Crown even unto death; immutably affirming, that he could not be removed from his Election, and promotion of the Bishop of Norwich, who was so beneficial unto him. Concluding, that if the Pope would not right him in the Pr • mises, he would stop all passages by Sea to those who would go to Rome, lest his Land being any longer enervated, should be less able to repulse Enemies from it. That since the Archbishops, Bishops, and other Prelates of Churches, as well in England as other his Territories, sufficiently abounded in the fullness of all Sciences, if necessity shall compel; he would not seek, beg for Justice or Judgment from Foreigners out of his own Lands, 248, 249. The Popes insolent Letter in answer to him, that he needed not his assent to Langetons Election, the See Apostolic not using to wait for Princes consents to Bishops Elections: That he had his implied assent thereto; that if he received not Langeton, he would involve himself in inextricable difficulties; Since he to whom the kne • s of all things in Heaven, Earth, and under the Earth did how, whose Vicar he was, though unworthy, would overcome. That he should not listen to their advise, who loved to fish in troubled waters, but submit himself to his Masters will and pleasure, for his praise and honor: Because it could not be safe for him to resist in this Cause of God and his Church, for which Becket had so lately shed his Blood; and his Father and Brother Richard had abjured, 249, 250. He peremptorily refusing to receive Langeton for the Popes Flatteries, or Menaces; the Pope writ Letters to the Bishops of London, Eli, and Worcester, earnestly to solicit the King to accept of him; and if he persisted contumacious and rebellious therein, then to Interdict the whole Realm by his Apostolical Authority: Adding, if he still persisted in his obstinacy, he would then aggravate his hand upon him; since he must of necessity conquer, who for the safety of the holy Church had conquered the Devil and his Angels, and spoiled Hells Cloisters, 250, 251. Upon this intimation, admonition by the Bishops, he was so highly incensed, that he swore, if they or any other should rashly Interdict his Lands, he would forthwith banish all the Prelates, Clerks, and Persons in Orders out of England, send them to the Pope, and confiscate all their Goods: That wherever he found any Romans within any of his Dominions, he would send them to Rome with their Eyes pulled out, and their Noses cut off; that by these marks they might be distinguished from other Nations: Conmanding the Bishops to depart speedily out of his sight, if they would avoid the danger and scandal of their own Bodies. Having formerly told them, He was ready to do what should be reasonable by the advice of his Loyal Subjects, saving to himself and his Heirs in all things their Right, Dignities, and Liberties, 251. He gave the like Answer to Simon Langeton; who returned him this peremptory Reply, That he would do nothing therein, unless the King would wholly put himself into his hand, 250. The Bishops notwithstanding put all England under the Popes Interdict▪ whereupon all Church doors throughout England were shut up, no Divine Service, Masses, Prayers, Preaching, Sacraments celebrated in them for above six years space, the Bodies of all Christians deceasing were buried like Doggs in High ways and Corners without Christian burial; only Baptism of • nfants, Confession, and Sacraments administration in private to Persons deceasing were permitted by the Popes special Indulgence; that by alienating the Subjects hearts from the King by this antichristian Interdict, he might subject both the King, and Kingdom to himself; The Bishops Temporalties, Goods are hereupon seised, who to save their Persons fled beyond Sea, excommunicating all the Kings Officers who seised their Goods and Temporalties: Wherupon the King b • ni • hed them, their Kinsfolk, with Archbishop Langetons Parents and Kinred cut of the Realm, sequestered the Lands, Benefices, Goods of all Bishops, Abbots, Priests, and Religious Persons, who submitted to the Interdict, and refused to celebrate Divine Service, particularly the Abbot of St. Albans; restoring their Lands, Goods who celebrated and disobeyed the Interdict, 253, 354, 255. The w • ite Monks are punished by the Pope for celebrating by the Kings command; Cem • ntarius Abbot of the Benedictines, deprived of all his Preferments, Goods, and forced to beg his Bread for pleading his Cause against the Pope by Disputations, Writing, and affirming the Pope had no Legal power to interdict Kings, Kingdoms, or meddle with their Temporal Government, 256, 258, • 59, 335. He disposeth of vacant Bishoprics, pun • sheth Priors for delapidations▪ Executed a Clerk at Oxford for Murder, for which the Clerks and Scholars desert the University, 244, 245. The Contests between him and the Monks of Canterbury, about a Presentation to the Church of Faversham, Appendix p. 2, to 14. His Writs to the Monks concerning it; he refuseth their Money, Gifts, prohibits them to disturb his Presentation by Writs: Which they disobey, and put force in the Church: His Writ to the Sheriff to remove the force, threatening to burn the Church and the Monks in it. The violence or the Sheriff against the Monks, the Scusfles, Excommunications, Interdicts thereupon. Pope Innocents Bulls to Delegates to examine the force, to the reproach, contempt of his Regal Dignity; his memorable Prohibitions thereupon in opposition, contempt of the Popes Authority; He seizeth all the Monks Temporalties for their contempt against his Writs, Ibid. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. He is pacified at last upon their Submission, 11, to 14. He requires Hostages of all the Nobles, whose fidelity he suspected, to revoke them to their obedience, if the Pope should absolve them from it. The Answer of William de Brause and his Wife thereupon, with their flight, apprehension in Ireland, imprisonment, sufferings for it, being starved to death in Windsor Castle, 256, 260. He kept the Abby of Ramsey seven years in his hands, because the Monks refused to choose the Abbot he recommended to them by his Precept, Appendix 18. His Charter to St. Albans, Appendix 21. He loseth Normandy by his sluggishness, and many other Lands beyond the Seas, 752. After two years general Interdict of England, the Pope, by advice of his Cardinals, commands the exiled Bishops to excommunicate him every Lord's day, and Holy day in all Conventual Churches throughout England, that all should strictly avoid his Company; which they signified to the Bishops of England, who through fear or favor became as dumb Doggs, not daring, but refusing to publish it; yet by secret Whisperings it became common in all places, mouths, 257, 258, 259. He apprehended, imprisoned Geoffrey Archdeacon of Norwich for deserting his Employment in the Exchequer, and saying to his Companions, It was not safe for beneficed Persons to continue longer in the service of an excommunicated King; and a few days after put him to death, by a heavy Cap of Lead set on his Head, and want of Food, 258, 267. He seizeth the Bishopric of Lincoln, converted the Profits thereof to his own use, and removed Hugh his Chancellor from his Chancellourship, whom he made Bishop thereof, for his Treachery and Ingratitude, in going to Archbishop Langeton, making Canonical obedience to him, and receiving his Consecration from him, instead of receiving it from the Archbishop of Rhoan; for which he obtained the Kings special License to go beyond Sea, 259. Most of the Nobles communicate with him, notwithstanding his Excommunication secretly divulged to all; he punished those who did the contrary, 259. The Popes excommunication of the Emperor Otho about the same time, for maintaining the Rights of the Empire according to his Oath, exasperated the wrath and hatred of King John against him, 260. His glorious Victories, Successes in Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, during his Interdict, Excommunication, opposition against the Pope: His Voyage into Ireland; above twenty petty Kings thereof out of fear submit, swear homage and fealty to him: He establisheth the Laws, Government of England in it by Sheriffs, and other Officers: He subdues his Enemies there, and returns thence with Triumph, 260. He summons all the Prelates, Clergy, Religious Persons, Orders, Templars, Hospitals, and Abbots of Cluny to London; Exacts, receives 100000 pounds sterling from them, and 40000 pound thereof from the White Monks, whether they would or not, nulling their Privileges, 260, 261, 262. He enters into League with the Emperor Otho; forceth the King of Scots to a Peace, to put in Hostages for his Loyalty▪ not to receive his fugitive Subjects, and pay him 10000 Marks: Forced all the Kings, Nobles in Wales to repair to him to Woodstock, never heard in former Ages, to submit, do him Homage, and put in Pledges for their Loyalty, 261. The Popes two Nuncioes after his Victories sent to make Peace between him, Canterbury, and the exiled Bishops; His condescension, that they should return home in peace, and enjoy their Bishoprics; but not the mean Profits forfeited to him: Which they insisting on, returned unsatisfied: Their insolent demands, speeches to him before the Nobles, in the Parliament of Northampton; They excommunicate him publicly, with all his Nobles, Subjects, who from thenceforth communicated with him, absolving them from their Allegiance to him; appointing several Bishops in England, Scotland, Wales, and other parts of the World to publish his Excommunication in all places, prohibiting him and his Heirs from thenceforth to be Crowned; which the Pope seconded, ratified after their return: His indignation at this their Insolency, answer to them, commanding condemned Prisoners to be executed before them, and one Clerk; whom the King delivered to Pandulph to avoid his Excommunication with Bell, Book, and Candle, which he threatened presently to denounce if he executed him, 261, to • 66. His Chief Counselors and Adherents of the Clergy and Laity, against the Pope, 265. The Welshmen excited to rebel by the Pope and exiles; he marched against them to Chester with a potent Army, which he dismisseth being terrified by sundry Letters that his Nobles absolved from their Allegiance by the Pope, would either stay or betray him to his Enemies, 265. Eustace de Vesci, and Robert Fitz Walter accused to him of Treason, fly the Realm, 265. Peter the Hermit suborned by the Bishops to prophecy and preach publicly, that by Ascension day next, and from thenceforth he should not be King; that thereon the Crown should be transferred to another: The Kings conference with him; his answer to him; he is close imprisoned till the time to see the event, which proves false: The Kings mirth, triumph on that day: His evasion to make good the Prophecy, That the Pope reigned, not the King: His Execution for his treasonable false Prophecy, 265, 266, 267. The Pope de • oseth him at his exiled Bishops instance, gives his Kingdom to Philip King of France, excites him, and all Nobles, Soldiers in France and other Nations, to cross themselves, follow the King of France to vanquish and depose him, granting them the same privileges, indulgencies, protection in this unchristian, unholy War, as those who warred against the Saracens in the Holy Land; which his Legate Pandulph, Archbishop, and English Bishops publish and promote in France, 267, 268. Pope Innocents secret Instructions to Pandulph to agree with the King, if he would satisfy him, the Church of Rome, Bishops, others concerned in this Affair, and subscribe the Articles of Peace which he had drawn, 267. His Writs to Sheriffs to seise all the Benefices, Lands, Rents, the Archbishop, exiled Bishops or Prior of Canterbury had given in England during their exise, and banish those who had received them. His Writs to all Bailiffs of Ports, to list and furnish all Ships which could carry six Horses by a set day, to resist the French Kings invasion by Sea, and sommons of all who were bound or able to bear Arms by Land to meet at certain places to oppose him by Land: The great Forces thereby raised able to resist any Prince under Heaven, if unanimous and faithful, 268, 269 Pandulfus his repair to him, terrifying him with inward and outward dangers, loss of Soul, Life, Kingdom by the potency of his Foes, and treachery, infidelity of his own Subjects, absolved, fallen from their Allegiance to the French, unless he assented to the Popes Proposals, cast himself and his Realm into his Arms and Protection; his unworthy condescension thereupon to restore the exiled Bishops, Archbishop, and their Adherents with all their damages, notwithstanding their successive Rebellions, Treasons against him; to revoke, null all his Outlawries, remit all his indignation against them, to give them safe conduct to return; ratified with his Charters, Nobles Oath, Letters; to renounce his Jurisdiction over the Clergy, surrender his Crown, Kingdoms of England and Ireland to the Pope to hold them of him and his Successor, under▪ 1000 Marks Annual Rent, and swear Homage and Fealty to him, 226, 269, to 296. The manner of his unworthy resigning his Crown, Regal Ensigns to Pandulph, and his insolent reception of them, 273. His detestable, deplorable Charter of Resignation, Homage and Fealty to the Pope and his Successors; whereby he made his Kingdom tributary, and himself a Vassal to them: That in the Charter Rolls, differs in some memorable particulars from that in Matthew Paris, 273, 274, 289, 290, 300, 693, 752. That he never made but one Charter of Resignation, not two, 290, 291. The nullity of his Charter to the Pope largely proved by many Authorities, Reasons▪ 275, 291, to 330. His doleful lamentations, complaints, frenzy after he had made it, and public profession with grief; That after his reconciliation to the Pope, and subjection of himself and his Realms to the Church of Rome, he prospered in nothing, that all things went cross with him, and his Barons scorned, hated, rebelled against him, 296, 297. The Archbishops Protestation against his detestable Charter; his Nobles, Peoples, French Kings revilings, and reproachful speeches against him for it, 293, 294, to 303, 431, 638, 639. The Popes, Jesuits, foreign Historians mistakes of, inferences from it, 9, 291, 292, 293. The Rent reserved on it, how insolently trampled on at first by Pandulph, 274. When, and how oft paid, upon what account, 306, to 315 His Patents, Letters, Commissions for the exiled Bishops return, damages, 271, 272, 275, to 282. His disclaim of power to outlaw Clerks, 278. His submissive reception of the Archbishop and exiled Bishops, Oaths to them at his absolution from the Excommunication, 278, 279. He commits the custody of the Realm to the Archbishop; his hatching new Rebellions, and • nc • ting the Barons secretly against him, under pretext to defend their Liberties granted by King Henry 1. his Charter; They refuse to follow him into France; he resolving to subdue them by force; the Archbishop threatened to Interdict all who should assist him, if he persisted, 2 • 2. He by Proclamation commanded the Laws of King H. 1. to be observed, the exactions of Sheriffs, Forresters, and all ill Laws to be redressed, 282, 283, 335 He enlargeth imprisoned Clerks, deli • e •• ng them to the Legate, 283 He repents of his Agreement with the Pope; His sending Ambassadors to Admira • ius King of Afric, to surrender his Kingdom to him, become his Tributary; and Mat. Paris his relation thereof, a mere malicious forgery to defame and render him odious, 283, 284, 285, 286. His little regard of the Popish Mass, 286. His sequestration of St. Albans, and removing their Officers, 283. His Messengers, Message, Gifts to Pope Innocent, the most ambitious, proud, insatiable desirer of Money of all men, and pronest to all wickednesses for Money; professing that he was and ever would be his Subject and Tributary (after his Embassy rejected by Ma ••• elius ) upon condition, that he would confound and excommunicate upon the next occasion the Archbishops and Barons he had formerly cherished against him; who thereupon dispatched Nicholas his Legate into England; His safe conduct to, reception of him; His and his Bishops conferences before the Legate concerning their Dammages: and release of the Interdict; his Charter and Resignation of England and Ireland, and Homage for them sealed with a golden Seal, made to him, 287, to 291, 307. The Legates usurpations upon the King, Kingdom, Church, in conferring Benefices by Provisions, without the Kings or Patrons consents; suspending Bishops, Abbots, others from their Offices, Benefices, citing them to appear personally at Rome, and not allowing them one pe • y to defray their charges, 987, 329, 330, 334. The Archbishops vain appeal against his Legatine Power, proceedings as derogatory to his Archiepiscopal authority: His commendation of King John to the Pope, That he never had seen so humble and modest a King, and the great honor he thereupon found in the Popes ey • s, 330. His compensation to the Bishops, his Letters to his Nobles, Subjects, and chief Cities, Towns in England, concerning the release of the Interdict, after 6 years, 3 months, and 14 days duration, 331, 332, 333. His grant of the Custody of Saint Edmond's Abby to the Legate, and Protection of it for his use, 333. His Writs to three of the Cinqueports, and Sheriff of Nottingham, for restoring the Rights of the Archbishop, and Lands of the Bishop of Lincoln to them, 334. The severe suspensions of such Clergy-men who adhered to, or received Benefices from him during his Excommunication and Interdict by the exiled, rebellio • s Prelates, restored with their Dammages, 334, 335. The Barons demand, raise Forces against him for the confirmation of the Great Charter by the Archbishops encouragement, the Chief Adviser and Instrument therei • , 335, 336. His confirmation thereof, and of the Charter of the Forest, with new Clauses thrust into it by the Bishops for their advantage, by his own Oath, the Popes Bull, and appointing 25 Conservators of it, all sworn to aid and assist them in the preservation thereof, and seise the Kings Castles, if he receded from the same, 335, 336, 337, 338, 935, 936. His new Charter to the Bishops and Clergy touching the freedom of Elections, saving to himself, his Regal authority, the custody of the Temporalties of vacant Bishoprics and Monasteries during the vacancy; the power of granting Licenses for free Elections upon petition, and right of confirming them after Elections made, or disallowing them for just cause shewn, 337, 338, 936. His Charter of the Patronage, Royalties and Custody of the Bishopric of Rochester to the Archbishops and his Successors; his ungrateful, treacherous requital of it, in surrendering the Castle of Rochester and Ammunition in it to the Barons against his trust, 339, 340, 344. His Complaints, Letters, Appeal to the Pope against the Barons, in extorting the Great Charter from him, by seising the City of London, and armed force, whiles under the Popes protection, and crossed for the Holy war; with the Popes. Oath thereupon by Saint Peter, not to suffer so great an injury to go unrevenged; his nulling the great Charter, and all Oaths, Obligations for its observation by his definitive Sentence, Bull, sent into England by advice with his Cardinals, reciting the grant of England, Ireland to St. Peter and his Successors, by K. Johns Charter and golden Seal, under the annual rent of 1000 Marks, and Oath of Fealty, excommunicating all who should afterwards press or maintain this Charter: reprehending them for taking Arms against him, contrary to their Oath of Fealty, and advising them to honor, obey, please him by submission to him, 340, 341, 342, 343. The Barons rise up more fiercely against him, notwithstanding the Popes monitory and minatory Letters to them, endeavoring to expel him the Realm; the Sentence of Excommunication denounced against them in general to be published every Lord's day and Holy day throughout all England with Bells, Book and Candles, enjoining all Laymen to assist him with their Counsel, aide, and suspending all Bishops from their Office and Subjects obedience, who neglected to execute it, 343, 344, 345. The Archbishop, delayed its publication, as gotten by mis-information, for which he is suspended from his Archbishopric; cited to Rome, upon New Letters of Complaint by the King against him, there again suspended, and his Suffragans absolved from their obedience to him, for refusing to obey his Superiors, 345, 346, 347, 348. The Barons appeal against the Excommunication as null, because not particularly named in the • ull of it; whereupon they and some Londoners are particularly excommunicated, Interdicted by Name in two other Bulls; which many Ministers refused to publish in or near London; for which the whole City was Interdicted, 344, 345, 346, 348, to 36 • . Their appeal against these Excommunications, Interdicts, as not warranted by any power from God and Saint Peter; to the next General Council and to Christ's Tribunal; celebrating Divine Offices notwithstanding, their revilings against the Pope, 360, 361, 362. His Licenses to elect the Archbishop of York, other Bishops, Abbots, Priors, in the presence only of certain Commissioners nominated, who were to assent thereto, without whose concurrence he would not confirm them, 348. His Appeal, Patent, Prohibitions to the Chapter of York, not to elect their Dean, or any other Person whose Loyalty the King suspected, recommending to them his Chancellor Walter G •• y; whom they rejecting, elected Simon Langeton Archbishop, whose Election was nulled, because contrary to the Kings, Popes inhibition; his own promise to the Pope, dangerous to the Realm▪ that the Power of it and of the Church should be in two Brothers hands, and G •• y thereupon made Archbishop, 349, 350. The King commands the Archbishops suspension to be published at St. Albans, and throughout England, • ais • th two Armies against the Barons and rebellious Clergy, whom they plundered, abused in all places, 351. His licenses for electing, approving Abbots, Abbesses, Deans, Bishop • , recommendations of persons to be elected, and prohibitions, delays to elect others; refuseth to confirm persons elected against his will, 351, 353, to 357. His Letters concerning the union, and against the severing of Glaston Abby from the Bishopric of Bath and Wells, 356, 357. The Popes Legates care to preserve his and his Heirs rights in France, from suffering prejudice by his new Canons there made in a Council, 357, • 58. His Bull exempting his Free-Chapels from Excommunications, and all Episcopal Jurisdiction, 358, 359. The Barons, Londoners slight the Popes Excommunications, Interdicts, Bulls, Legares authority, reject King John, call in, elect, crown Louis for their King, swear Homage, Fealty to him as their Sovereign, who swore to aid them, and restore their Lands, Liberties: The Popes Legate • alo assembling some Bishops▪ Abbots, Clerks to him, excommunicated him with all his aiders and assistants (especially Simon Langeton ) with Bells and Candles, commanding all Bishops and others to publish it every Lord's-day and Holy-day throughout all England: Simon Langeton appeals against it as void, in the behalf of Louis, 362. Louis his Advocates Objections against King Johns Title to the Crown; his condemnation to die by the Peers of France, for the murder of his Nephew Arthur: Pope Innocents answer to all their Objections, on King Jobas behalf, and the lawfulness of his War against him; The Realm of England being his own, and he in actual possession of it, by reason of King Johns Charter, Oath of Fea • ty, and annual rent paid for it; who was now his Vassal, and therefore might not be Warred upon without complaint first made to him his Superior Lord, to whom the King of England is Subject, as his Vassal: with their replies thereto, 362, to 367. King Louis his notable Letter against his Title to the Crown, to the Abbot of St. Augustine's, to stay his Excommunication against him, who proceeds notwithstanding, Appendix 18, 19, 20. King Louis his Oath with 16. more of his Barons, to banish all the English Barons who adhered to him against their native Sovereign King John, as Traitors, and extirpate all their kinted, if ever the Crown of England were peaceably settled on him, 366. His sickness, poisoning by a Monk, pious death at Swinestead Abby, forgiving his enemies, causing his Son Henry to do the like, and swearing all present to do Fealty to him as next Heir to the Crown, 366. The Monks scandals raised of his Adulte • y, Tyranny, Cruelty, &c. during his life, and damnation after his death, 256, 284, 285, 286, 366, 367. His piety and good deeds, 366, 367. He possessed no Land peaceably at his death, whence he was styled, John the exiled, 366, 752. styled the Image of a King, and Popes Vassal, 1068. What encroachments Pope Innocent and his Legates made upon his Ecclesiastical and Temporal Prerogatives and Jurisdiction, 229, 230, 367, 368. Pope Innocent kept him so long excommunicated, interdicted, till he brought him and his Kingdoms under Tribute, encouraging his Barons by his Bulls, Letters, to rise up against him as an obstinate enemy of the Church, till he had enormously humbled and made him effeminately to enthral both himself and his Realms to the Roman Church; but after, the Pope postponing the shame of the world and fear of God, exposed the same Barons (after the manner of Rome ) whom he at first supported, excited, to death and miserable disinherison, that he might swallow up the fattest of them; and by the insatiable avarice of the Romans, this Prince of Provinces was brought under Tribute: King Johns president made a pattern for Popes to disinherit other Emperors, Kings, Princes; and keep their Kingdoms, Territories, Persons so long under Interdicts and Excommunications, till they reduced them under the like Tribute and bondage, 414. His detestable Charter burnt in Pope Innocent • . his Study at Lions 31. years after; Its transcript subscribed, sealed out of fear by the English Bishops at the Popes command, to the enormous prejudice of the King and Kingdom, 300, 663. The Pope, Pandulph and others, disdainfully styled him his Vassa • , in Letters, Discourses, 292, 295, 296, 297, 359, 362, 365.
• John King of Jerusalem, 411.
• John King of Scots, his League with King John, 261.
• Ireland, Popes pretended Title to it, 9, 291, 292. Its Archbishops, Bishops, Deans, Chapters, Chief Justices acts, actions in it; See Index 4, 6, 8. Legates in it and their acts; See Index 13. Conquered, and the English Laws, Government settled in it by King John, 260, 261. Soldiers brought thence to assist King John against the French, 269. King Johns surrender of, and granting an annual rent of 3000 Marks out of it to the Pope, besides Peter -pence; and Fealty to the Pope for it, 274, 275, 289, 290, 291, 292, 300. St. Patricks Purgatory, and Christ's gifts to him in it, 69. The Popes grant of an Ayde to the King in it, 406, 407. King Henry sent for aid of men, the Chief Justice, and some Nobles out of it to Gascoign, whereat the disaffected Irish rejoicing, the King commanded the Chief Justice to stay there to prevent danger, and borrow monies from the Popes Collector if there were cause, 818. How Bastardy was there to be judged, proceeded in, 393, 394, 474. Grievances, complaints of the Archbishop of Tuam and his Suffragans to the King and Pope, against his Justice and Officers oppressions there, 827, 828, 857, 858, 859.
• Isabella, King Johns Queen, divorced from, imprisoned by him for adultery, and some put to death as over-familiar with her, 227, 256, 285. An Anniversary for her, 755, 756.
• Queen Isabellaes Dower, mother to King Edward 3. resumed, 325.
• Italy, Popes pretended Title to it, 9, 291, 316, 321. The grant of it to the Pope may be resumed, 316. The Emperors march, Armies sent into it, to suppress the Popes seditions raised against him in, and force him out of Italy, 503, 513, 523, 524, 528, 530, to 550. Pope Innocent and his Cardinals driven, banished out of it by the Emperor Frederick, 676.
• Julian the Apostate, slain by the Virgin Mary's appointment, upon St. Basils appeal to her, 24.
• Juli •• Caesar, his conquest of Britain, and rent reserved by force; denied to be paid by King Arthur, 326, 327.

L.
• LAzi, subject to the Greek Church, 461.
• Louis, Son to King Philip of France, invades King John, 292. Confederates with the Barons against him; swears to assist them; his speech to the Popes Legate commanding, and his Father dissuading him not to invade K. John, being the Popes Vassal and crossed for the Holy War: He chose rather to be excommunicated then violate his Oath to the Barons, 297, 298. He and his Father deny that King John could give away his Crown, Kingdom, or make it Tributary to the Pope, without his Barons consent, who opposed it: That by his resignation of it to the Pope, it presently became void; therefore being void, he could not dispose thereof without his Barons: That if he had any Title to it, he had forfeited it by his surrender, by his Treason against King Richard the 1. in his life time, and murder of his Nephew Arthur, for which he was condemned to die by the French Peers: That he had a better Title to it then King John by descent, and by the Barons electing him for their King, and rejecting John, 297, 298. Appendix 18, 19. His Advocates allegation, amplification of these Objections before the Pope himself; with his answers, and their replies thereto, 298, 362, to 367. His Letter to Alexander Abbot of St. Augustine's of Canterbury, to the same effect, to incline him to his party, and hinder his publishing the Legates Excommunication against him, Appendix 18, 19, 20. His arrival in England with an Army, the Barons and Londoners reception, crowning him for their King; their Oath of Homage and Fealty to him, and his Oath to them to restore them their good Laws and lost inheritances, 362. Gualo the Pope. Legate follows him into England; he with some Bishops, Abbots and Clerks; publicly excommunicates him and all his adherents with Bells and Candles, commanding him to be excommunicated on all Lord's-days and Holy-days throughout all England, 362. He is likewise boldly excommunicated by Alexander Abbot of St. Augustine's by the Legates command, notwithstanding all his threats and menaces, for which his followers plundered some of his goods, Tenants in the Isle of Thonet, where he landed, Appendix 19, 20. Simon Langeton his Chancellor, and Gervose de Hobrugge Praecentor of Paul's, appeal against his Excommunication in his behalf, as null and void in Law; efficiate to, and communicate with him notwithstanding: He, the Barons and Londoners, slight, control their Excommunications and Interdict, though reiterated with their particular names; exclame against the Pope, as having no power from God or St. Peter to meddle with Kingdoms, or Temporal affairs, 359, 360, 361, 362. He took a secret Oath, with 16. more of his chief Earls and Barons, to extirpate all the Engl • sh Barons adhering to him, and their posterity, as execrable Traitors to their Sovereign King John, whom he could not trust, if peaceably settled in the Throne; which being revealed to them by Viscount Melun, they sued to King John for reconciliation, 366. His total defeat at Lincoln by King Henry 3. his forces, after King Johns death, 370, 371. His new supplies sent from France, and Eustace his Admiral, taken at Sea by King Henries Navy; whereupon he is necessitated to sue for peace: The Articles of peace between him and King H. 3. out of which the English Clergy adhering to him were excepted, and left to the Popes and Legates • apine: His departure from England never to return into it more, 371, 372. The Archbishop and three Bishops more, their Embassy to him in Normandy when King of France, demanding the restitution of Normandy and other Lands in France according to his Oath at his departure; who retorts only King Henries breach of his Oath in violating the Great Charter swo • n to by all, without any other answer, 387, 388.
• King Louis 8 of France, devised his Jewels and Goods to be sold to satisfy his Legacies, lest anything belonging to the Crown, wherein he had no disposing Interest, should be sold, 321.
• King Louis 12. the Father of his Country, would not meddle with the Crown Lands disposal; 321.
• Lombardy, the Pope by his Nuncio stirred them up to rebel against the Emperor Frederick, for which he is imprisoned; Lombardy invaded, wasted, put to a fine and ransom by him, and forced to obedience, 522, to 527, 529▪ 551, 611.
• Loraign Dukedom, Popes pretences to it, 9.
• Lucerne State, cannot pawn nor sell their Lands, 320.
• Lions imaginary Kingdom, Popes Title thereto, 9.

M.
• MAcedo Emperor of Constant nople, resumed what Michael the Emperor gave, 319.
• Majorca and Minorca, Popes pretended. Title to them, 9.
• Manfred King of Sicily, King H. 3. his proposals to the Pope for a Marriage-Treaty or War with him, holding or quitting Sicily, 920. Contemned, hated by the Pope; crowned King of Apulia by the Nobles; who do him Homage, Fealty, deliver him possession of the Cities, Castles, without any mention of Edmund; he created Archbishops and Bishops without the Pope, against his assent, who more obeyed him then the Pope, 948. He assist▪ Brancaleo the Roman Senator against the Pope, Appendix 28.
• Marchia, 522.
• Marocco, Murmelius King thereof, 284.
• Qu. Mary of England, her Title to the Crown, 326.
• Maximilian 1. Emperor, George Cassander his Consultation written by his command, 22.

N.
• NAples, Popes pretended Title to it, 9, 291.
• Navarre, Popes pretended Title thereto, 9, 291.
• Nigella, Popes pretended Title to it, 9.
• Normandy, Bishops thereof divorce King John, 227. Dean and Canons ought not to elect Bishops there, without the Kings special license and assent, 229, 230. King John Fore judged thereof by the Barons of France for the murder of his Nephew Arthur, in the French Kings Court: The judgment held unjust by the English and Pope, 363, 364. Appendix 18. King H. 3. demands possession thereof from Louis, according to his Oath; who denies to give it, 387, 388. King John lost it by ill Counsel, and losing his Subjects hearts, 444.
• Norway, Popes pretended Title to it, 291. See Haco.

O.
• KIng Ossa, Founder of, and Privilege to St. Albans Monastery, 716. Appendix 21. Grants and pays Peter -pence to the English School at Rome, 292.
• Otho 5. Emperor, excommunicated, interdicted, deposed by Pope Innocent 3 only for resuming the Lands of the Empire which he had usurped, according to his Oath, 259, 260. King Johns League with him, 261. He held the Donation of the Lands of the Empire to the Pope void, 316. Frederick made Emperor by the Pope out of hatred to persecute and depose him, 539. Rebelled against the Pope, persecuted, hated, excommunicated, deprived, ruined by him, and the Empires Sovereignty by his and Fredericks deposing; reputed an admirable innovation and prodigy of that age, 752, 753. The miracle of the consecrated Hosts leaping out of the Priests hands through a hole opened in his side, into his body, he not daring to take it with his mouth by reason of vomiting, 74.
• Otho, Son of Arthurs Sister, 364, 365.

P.
• PElagius King of Asturians, slain by the Virgin Mary's aid, 41.
• Pertinax Roman Emperor, resumes the gifts of Commodus, 319.
• Philip King of France, King Johns Crown, Realm of England given to him and his Heirs by Pope Bnnocent 3. enjoined by him upon remission of his sins, to invade, depose him; all Nobles, Warriors enjoined to assist him therein; the same Indulgences granted them for it, as to those who went to the Holy Land against the Saracens; his preparations by Sea and Land for that service, 267, 268. The Earl of Flanders refused to join with him in this unjust invasion, whose Lands he invaded, detained, 267. Countermanded by the Popes Legate, after all his expense in raising forces to invade England, upon King Johns surrender of his Crown, Charter and Fealty to the Pope; his indignation thereupon to be so cheated, 275, 276. The false prophesy of Peter the Hermit, much encouraged him to invade England, 266. His great preparations by Land and Sea for England; he boasted he had Charters of Fealty and Allegiance from most of the Nobles of England under hand and seal, who would assist him against King John, which much encouraged him: All the exiled Bishops, Archbishops, and other exiles joined with him, 271. His Navy defeated, taken by King Johns, 276. He and his Nobles jointly assert; That England never was, is, nor shall be St. Peters Patrimony: That King John was never true King thereof: That neither he, nor any other King, Prince, could give away his Realm without assent of his Barons, who were bound by Oath to defend it: That he could not make it Tributary, or his Nobles Servants, for which they would stand unto death: That King John was justly condemned for murder in his Court, and for Treason against his brother King Richard: That he was ever devout, faithful to the Pope and Church of Rome; would do nothing to their prejudice, yet would not hinder his Son from pursuing his right to the Crown of England upon the Popes command, 297, 298. See Louis. His supplies by Sea to Louis, taken by King Henries forces, with Eustachius his Admiral, whose head was cut off for his Piracies to the English, 371.
• Philip the Fair of France, his grant of a Seigniory to a welldeserving person, resumed 260. years after, 320.
• Pictavia, the English Nobles refuse to follow King John thither, till absolved from his Excommunication and Interdict, 282. King Henries Castles in it detained, 377, 384, 385.
• Poland, Popes pretended Title to it, 9, 291. The King cannot give nor alien the Crown Lands, his grants resumed, 319, 320.
• Portugal, Popes pretended Title to it, 9, 291.
• King Ptolemy, his great knowledge, learning exceeded by the Virgin Mary, 17.

R.
• RAmirus King of Aragon, his donations rescinded; his fidelity, constancy, wisdom and treasure, 319. Appendix 27.
• Recesuinthus King of Spain, the Council of Toledo its Decree under him concerning Crown Lands, 316.
• Richard Earl of Cornwall, elected Emperor and King of Romans, Appendix 27, 28, 29. See Index 7.
• King Richard 1. detains the Bishop of Belvoire (taken in Arms against him) prisoner, notwithstanding the Popes Letters to release him, 227. An excellent Soldier, 457. Earl John his brother condemned for Treason against him, in detaining his Castles, 297. Appendix 18. Abjured the right of Investitures, and assent to Bishops elections, if we believe the Pope, 324.
• King Richard 2. his Acts of Parliament against Provisions, for the freedom of the Crown of England from any superior power but God alone, and concerning Crown Lands and goods, 326.
• Romania, the Nobles and Great men of it hired for money and the Churches Lands by Pope Gregory 9. to rebel against the Emperor Frederick, 531.
• Rome, Popes pretended Title to the City and Empire, 9. The Head of the World, and the Emperor of Rome, 8, 9, 417. Constantine's resignation of it to Pope Sylvester in Christ's right, a fable, 8, 9, 13, 292, 316, 317. Besieged, the Pope forced to fly, and banished thence by the Emperor Frederick, by Brancaleo and the Romans, forced to reside elsewhere in Italy and France, 552, 553, 554, 776. Appendix 28.
• Roman See, Church, Court: The execrable insatiable Avarice, Pride, Insolency, Tyranny, Usurpations, Idolatry, Blasphemy, Bribery, Simony, Injustice, Hypocrisy, Sacrilege, Fraud, Treachery, Impiety, Provisions, Dispensations, Extortions, Exactions, Oppressions, Non-obstantes; Violations of all Privileges, Bulls, Oaths; Corruptions, abuse of Croysadoes, Excommunications, Interdicts, slanderous Bulls of the Popes, Court, Cardinals, Legates, Church, See of Rome, which rendered them infamous, odious, scandalous, and alienated most men's hearts and affections from them in England, France, elsewhere, and stirred up many public complaints, oppositions, disturbances against them, both in and out of our Parliaments, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, to 80, 249, 250, 253, 263, 264, 267, 273, 274, 275, 309, 340, 360, 361, 365, 398, to 404, 414, 415, 434, 435, 436, 484, 490, 491, 498, 499, 502, 506, to 519, 522, 523, 538, 539, 543, to 5 • 6, 644, to 647, 661, to 683, 692, to 702, 717, 746, 752, to 756, 773, 774, 798, to 805, 823, 824, 825, 850, 851, 868, to 872, 918, 919, 920, 921, 923, 924, 925, 926, 927, to 935, 953, 956, 957, 962, 963, 964, 980, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1069, 1070. Appendix 26, 27, 28, 29. See Index 10, & 12. throughout, & 14. King Henry 3. King John, Frederick; Exactions, Excommunications, Interdicts, Non-obstante • , Pope, Provisions. The Nobles in Parliament feared their manifold Cavil. Treasons in the business of Apulia, since they poisoned their kinsmen and nearest relations very frequently, 931. They fled from th • se who manfully opposed, chased, pursued them, but chased, oppressed those who feared and fled from them, being encouraged by their effeminacy, 619, 620, 675, to 680. See Innocent 3 and Gregory 9. Index 10. Roman Court the fountain o • all detestable enormities, instead of the fountain of Justice, 746. Hath a power and custom like Hell, to swallow up the rents of all men, and almost all things that either Bishops or Abbots possess; money is there most powerful above all other places, 737, 850. Its scandal in absolving the Dean and Chapter of Paul's from their Excommunication by the Popes command, and yet commanding them to be excommunicated again upon another reason by the Popes mandate, at their adversaries prosecuting, which made them ridiculous even to Laymen, 762. The English generally departed from the Church of Rome, (at least in their hearts, though not bodies) for their manifold vexations, injurious oppressions, contempts, injuries; that the Son of Iniquity might be revealed, their Father the Pope becoming an unkind step-father, and their Mother the Church of Rome a raging, persecuting step-mother, trampling it under feet, subjecting it to extreme conditions, causing the venomous hatred between the Church and people to increase daily more and more, 763, 773, 778, 824. Its gross corruption in granting licenses for Non-residency for money, upon any subtle pretence, and to shake off Christ's yoke, 774. The discords and contentions of the English concerning Elections and Jurisdiction, added fuel, food, and annual revenues to the Popes and Court of Rome, 852. Their exorbitant Tyranny over English Abbots, Prelates, notwithstanding their Privileges, 926, 927, 928. Their domineering over the Laity and Clergy of England, and bestowing their vacant Benefices by Provisions at their pleasures to Aliens, excommunicating all Bishops, Abbots, Priors who durst to contradict them, through the Kings folly and slothfulness; the Nobles disdaining this their pride although late, rose up to provide a remedy, compelling most Aliens to fly the Realm, commanding all Religious persons who farmed the Romans Benefices, to pay their rents to the Barons Proctors at a time and place they assigned, under pain of burning their Houses, and inflicting on their persons what they provided the Romans should suffer, if they did otherwise; commanding the Bishops, that no man should intermeddle with their rents under the foresaid penalty By which Provision England was free from the Roman exactions near three years, till Simon Montefort was slain in battle, 980. Their provisions of Benefices for Aliens, intolerable rapines, extortions, abuses for Apulia, the principal occasion of the Wars between the King and his Barons, begun, carried on, fomented by the Bishops instigations, to secure their purses and money from the Roman Harpyes, 1020, 1021, 1022. Gualther Mapes his memorable Verses of the gross bribery, injustice, corruption of the Pope, Court of Rome, and all sorts of Officers therein, whereof he was an eye-witness, 1069, 1070. Their Merchants, Usurers defiled all England with usur • , and were worse then the Jews, who were supplanted by them, Appendix 26. Falling away from the Pope and Roman Church long since predicted, for their corruption, 401, 799, 800, 801. The Greek Church deserted, separated from, excommunicated them upon this account: See Greek Church.
• Romans: Their Senator, Citizens insurrection against Popes, chasing them from Rome, contemning their menaces, Excommunications, as exempted from them by privilege, 415. Appendix 28. See Index 10. Gregory 9. Innocent 4. and 14. Fredericks 2. The Pope agrees to confer all vacant Benefices in England, especially of Religious persons, on Romans; writes for 300, Benefices to be provided for them in three Dioceses; the number, values of their Benefices, Provisions inquired after by Writ, amount to above 60000 Marks annual rent, besides other profits, being near three times more then the Kings ordinary revenue, 564, 572, 573, 777. The Romans Corn threshed out, spoiled by the English, who are excommunicated, imprisoned, severely punished for it, 434, to 439, 1000, to 1006.
• Russia, Popes pretended Title to it, 9. Russians subject to the Greek Church, 391.

S.
• SAracens, Croysadoes, Wars against them; they rejoice at the Emperors and Popes discords, Wars, 517, 521, 573, 643, 649, 650, 651, 652, 679, 739, 754.
• Sardinia, Popes pretended Title to it, 9. The Emperor Frederick according to his Oath, seised on it as a part of the Empire, usurped by Popes, for which Pope Gregory 9. excommunicated him, 515, 516, 537, 538.
• Saxons, seised the Isle of Eli when they invaded England, 922.
• Scotland, Scots, their submission, Hostages to King John, and League with him, 260, 261. King H. 2. resumes Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmorland from the Scots King, formerly granted to David by the Empresse in his name, he being not to be defrauded of so great a part of his Realm; upon restitution whereof he gave him the County of Huntingdon, belonging to him of ancient right, 324. The Popes pretended Title to it, 9, 291. Eustace de Vesci, accused of Treason, flies into it, 265. King Edw. 1 his Sovereign Dominion over it, and Pope Boniface his Letter concerning it, 328. A peace between the King of Scots and King H. 3 to whom he did Homage and swore Fealty in the Legates presence: He refused to admit the Popes Legate into Scotland, telling him, • e needed him not: That no Legate ever entered it in his, or his Fathers, or any of his ancestors days; neither would he suffer any to enter whiles he was compass mentis: That if he entered, the Scots were rude persons, from whose violence he could not protect him; whereupon the Legate changed his covetous mind of entering Scotland, 486. Another Popes Legate desiring to enter Scotland, is met and opposed by the King, who told him, never Legate entered it before him; that they had no need of him; that Christianity there flourished, and the Church was prosperous: After many discourses, by mediation of the Nobles of both Realms, when the King was about to deny his entrance, he procured a writing, lest he should return confounded into England, That his present coming thither should never be drawn into consequence in time to come: Whereupon he called the Bishops and others of Scotland unto good Cities beyond the Sea, collected the 13th part of their goods, and sent it to the Pope; departing secretly without the Kings license, and carrying the writing away with him, 506. The Scots Kings and Nobles Charter of Peace, League, Fealty, and submission to King H. 3. ratified by their Oaths, and submission to the Popes Jurisdiction and Censures if infringed, 620, 621. Godefry sent thither as Popes Legates to collect money, that Church having no need of a Legate, 692.
• Scythia, infected with the Collyridian heresy, 58.
• Sicilia, the Popes pretended Title to it, claiming it as the Churches Patrimony, 9, 291. Frederick King of it, persecuted by Otho the Emperor for seising some Castles of the Empire whiles vacant; for which he was excommunicated, deposed by Pope Innocent, 260. Pope Gregory stirs up the Sicilians to rebel against the Emperor Frederick, King thereof, when crossed for the Holy Land, 415, 417. Excommunicated by the Pope for oppressing some Churches in it, and keeping them vacant; with his refutation thereof, 516, 523, 524, 528, 529, 530. Pope Innocent 4. styled it St. Peters Patrimony, 658. Proffered by the Pope to Richard▪ Earl of Cornwall, to drain his Treasure, and engage him in his Wars against the Emperor and Conrade; his refusal of it; bestowed upon King H. 3. for Edmund his Son, whom his Legate invested in poffession of it by a Ring, upon certain Articles and Covenants which he swore to, impossible to perform; by which he cheated the King, and obliged him in vast sums of money, without ever gaining possession: No Clerk to go to the Court of Rome, unless he first took an Oath, to procure nothing from thence to the prejudice of the King concerning Sicily; with the Procurations, transactions concerning it between King H. 3. Edmund, Pope Alexander, and his Successor, 865, to 872, 945, to 950, 956, to 962, 1049. Appendix 28, 29. Prince Edmund stiles it his Realm, writes a Letter to all the Bishops, Abbots, Nobles, people of it, to receive him as their King, promising to maintain all and every their Liberties, advance their honor, and prosecute that affair with all his power, 985. King H. 3. his Letter to the Queen of France concerning this affair, to persuade her Husband the King, and write her Letters to the Pope, Cardinals, Queen of Navarre, and her Son, to promote this affair of his Sons, 989. Octobon the Popes Legate demanded a gift of 30000 Marks from the Clergy to the King, which he claimed for the use of the Church of Rome, for debts contracted in the name of Edmund for the business of Sicily, Apulia, and Calabria; which they denied, would not grant, because all such taxations made were never bestowed for the Kings or Kingdoms profit, 1024. See more concerning it in Apulia, Conrade and Manfred.
• Spain, Popes pretended Title to it, 9, 291. Its Crown Lands unalienable, 320. Murmelius King thereof, and of Africa, 282. A Bishops tongue cut out therein, in contempt of the Pope, 676. The Bishop of Eli sent Embassador thither, 859.
• King Stephen, the Hostia suddenly vanished at his Coronation, between the Archbishops hands and his mouth, 74. His Charters of Crown Lands disallowed, revoked by King H. 2. as void and illegal, against the right Heir, being an Usurper, 324.
• Sweden, Popes pretended Title to it, 9, 291.
• Swiss, Switzerland, Popes pretended Title to it, 9. Their Common Lands unalienable, 320.
• Syria, a miracle in it, 14. The Soldans power in it, 528▪

T.
• THe Tartars invade Hungary without resistance, during the Emperors, Popes Wars, quarrel, 553, 643, 681.
• Themistocles, against alienating public Lands, 320.
• Thracia, infected with the Collyridian heresy, 58.
• Transylvania, Popes pretended Title to it, 9.
• Tunis, the Kings Son pretended to be hindered from being baptized by the Emperor, 516, 522.
• Tuscia, the Pope stirs up a Rebellion in it against the Emperor, to invade his and the Empires Rights, and dethrone him, for which he proceeds against them, 528, 529, 530.

W.
• WAllachia, Popes pretended Title to it, 9.
• Wasconia, King H. 3. his Voyage to it; Forces sent thither; the Steward of it; his aid received towards it, ill successes in, inglorious return from it, 415, 450, 604, 614, 682. His vast expenses in it more then it was worth, 820.
• Wales, the Archbishops and Bishops in it; when and by whom subjected to the See of Canterbury, 234, 235. See Index 3. Subdued by King H. 1. and subjected to England, 234. The Kings right to elect and confirm Bishops in it, who ought not to choose any Bishop without his special license, nor consecrate him till his special approbation after his election, 234, to 238, 726, 727. Kings Writs issued thither to Bishops and others, 236, 237, 814, 1009▪ King Johns successes in it; their Princes, Nobles do Homage, swear Fealty, and give Hostages to him, 260, 261. He marcheth against them with a great Army to chastise them, which he dismisseth for fear of his Nobles treachery, 265. David Prince of Northwales, excommunicated, interdicted for breach of his Oath; by bribes procures an absolution from it, his Oath, Homage, Fealty, Subjection, Charter to King H. 3. from Pope Innocent 4. receives it of him and the See of Rome under the annual rent of 500 Marks; Rebells against King H. 3. takes Sanctuary under the Popes wing, who cites the King to Rome, to answer the contents of his Charter before the Pope: His and his Nobles indignation thereat, who thereupon wasted Wales with fire and sword, reduced it to extreme misery, so as the Bishops for poverty forsook their Bishoprics; some of them and their Rebellious Prince died of grief; the Welsh elect Griffin his brother Prince in his stead, hiding themselves in holes, mountains from the English Forces, 608, 609, 610, 621, 622, 623, 728. The King summons all the Archbishops, Bishops, Abbots, and others who held of him by Knight-service, against the Welsh to Chester, and prohibits them to hold a Convocation to which the Archbishop summoned them, 890. The Welshmen the despicablest of all Nations: King H. 3. unable to repulse their injuries for want of money, 935. Excommunicated by the Archbishop of Canterbury and other Bishops, for breaking their Oath, and invading England with fire and sword, 976, 977. See Index 3. Asaph, Bangor, St. David's. King Henries Proclamation against offering violence to the persons, goods, or Ecclesiastical Liberties of any Religious persons or Clerks in the Diocese of St. David's in Wales, upon their complaint, 996, 997. stirred up by the Barons against the King, 1021.
• King William the Conqueror, Harold's Oath to him by duresse, and Edward the Confessors grant, bequest of the Realm of England to him without his Nobles, void in Law, 327. His conquest of England, 596.
• King William Rufus his Son, destroys Churches to enlarge his New Forest, built Lincoln Church, enlargeth and translates the Bishopric thither to expiate his sin: His Ordinance concerning it, and power thereby for the King to depose the Bishop, 597.

INDEX 14. Part 2. Alphabetical, Of the Principal matters of Divinity, Civil Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, Government, Law, Councils, Parliaments, Prerogative, and other particulars in this TOME, and some omissions in the Former Tables.

A.
• ABbies translated to Bishops Sees by our Kings prerogative. p. 2.
• Abbots elected by our Kings special license, and to be approved by them when elected. p. 2. See Elections, and Index 3, 4, 5. Their new Oath to defend the Popes regalities, keep his secrets, visit his Palace once every 3. years, to receive, honor, assist his Legates; appear at his Synods upon summons, not to alien or mortgage any Lands without the Popes special license, &c. 465 Prohibited by the Kings Writs to borrow monies upon their Common Seal, to bring their houses in debt without the Kings special license, if of his patronage, and their Covent • assent, 764, 833 And by Popes Bulls to enter in bonds without his license, under pain of interdict and excommunication; whereupon they refused to be bound for King H. 3. 932, 933, 934.
• Abigail, a Type of the Virgin Mary by Papists, 44.
• Abjuration introduced, by King H. 3. and his Council, in crimes where trial by fire and water was allowed, after that kind of trial suppressed, Appendix 20. Abjured persons not to be seised on in the public way, 893, 908. Of Falcatius de Brent, 392. Of the right, custom of Investitures by King H. 2. 250. Of Whores and Priests Concubines in Oxford, upon Oath, 445, 446.
• Abraham, preserved from slaughter by God's love to the Virgin Mary, 31.
• Absolution from excommunication by the old Law, custom of England, without any Oath, de stando mandatis Ecclesiae, but only upon pignatory caution 3. 830, 831. This Oath exacted by Popes, Legates in foreign parts before absolution, 384, 411. Of King John from his Excommunication, who took 3. Oaths on the Evangelist when absolved; 271, 272, 279, 283. His Nobles refused to follow him into France till absolved, 276. Of King Louis and his Complices from their excommunications upon accord with H. 3. 371, 372. Of the Emperor Frederick 2. upon an extorted Oath, De parendo super haec mandatis Ecclesiae, 411. which Oath he afterwards refused to take till he knew the particulars, and with saving the rights, lands of the Empire, 651, 652. Of the Bishop of Winton from his Excommunication by the Popes Legate at the point of death, upon his professed repentance, for favoring Simon Monteforts party against the King, 1018. Absolution of England from the impious Interdict, after 6 years, 3 months, 14 days continuance, 331, 332, 333, 340, 414. See Interdict. Of Abbots from visiting the Popes palace every 3. years, for money, 465. Of Subjects from their Allegiance, Oaths of Fealty, Homage, obedience to their Kings, Emperors, by usurped Papal authority in the cases of Otho 5. Frederick 2. King John, and Henry 3. 260, 263, 264, 265, 410, 516, 524, 439, 540, 619, 621, 622, 664. contrary to the Law of God, Nature, Nations, and some Popes Bulls and Bishops resolutions, 341, 343, 402, 403, 456, 849. Of Kings by Popes from Oaths inviolably to observe the Great Charter, and other Ordinances made by their Lord's in Parliaments, 336, 337, 340, to 345, 934, 936, 946, 988, 989, 1015, 1016, 1021. Of the Cruce-signati from their Oaths, Vowes to go to Jerusalem against the Saracens, ▪ taken by Popes Bulls, instigations, soon after, only to gain money for Popes, to the great scandal of Christians and Christianity, though they excommunicated the Emperor Frederick and others for not going at the time prefixed, when hindered by sickness and other grand affairs, 411, 412, 413, 449, 452, 470, 471, 512, 513, 514, 545, 547, 571, 728, 729, 746, 747, 754, 766, 767, 822, 814, 825, 1049, 1050, 1056. Of all sins by Bishops, to rebels before battles against their Kings to encourage them to fight manfully, 1021, 1022. To others by Popes, Legates, 370, 371, 448. Popish penances enjoined by Legates before absolutions from excommunications, 287, 494, 495.
• Adam, seduced by Eve and the Serpent, 61. He, Eve, their posterity, and mankind, saved by the Virgin Mary, as Papists assert, 26, 31, to 36.
• Administration of intestates goods indebted to the King prohibited Ordinaries, till the Kings debt satisfied, 782, 89 • . See Intestate’s.
• Admiral of Gen •• Fleet, 652. Of the French, taken, beheaded, 371.
• Admittendo Clerico; to Bishops to admit Clerks, or show cause why they do it not by a day, 781.
• Adoration, due only to God; of Angels, the Virgin Mary, Saints; Hostia, Idolatry, prohibited by God, 56, 57. 60, 61, 62. Of Mary more then God, by the Church of Rome and Papists. See Mary; Prayer to Saints.
• Adultery of King John; his Queen imprisoned by him, and those suspected to defile her put to death for it, 256. Punishable by Kings, 2.
• Advocate; a good ones properties, 43, 44, 45. All of them found in the Virgin Mary, whom the Church of Rome and Romanists style, make, invoke, magnify as their best, chiefest, compassionatest, eloquentest, most solicitous, prevailing Advocate, to Christ's dishonor, our only Advocate by God's appointment, relying on her Advocation more then on Christ's, 30, to 40. 43, to 50, 55, 56, 63. St. Dominick and St. Francis made Advocates in Heaven, equivalent to, or more prevalent then Christ, 64, 65. Advocates delaying marriage Contracts by frivolous exceptions, excommunicated, 386. The Emperor Fredericks in the Council of Lions, 655. King Hen. 3. his Advocate therein, 299, 638, 639, 644. The Clergies Advocate against Popes exactions, 841. Of the Court of Rome, King Henry the 3. his Letter to, ample reward promised him, 1031.
• Advowsons of Churches, Patrons cheated of them by Papal provisions, complaints against it, 444, 506, 507. See Provisions. Prohibitions against suits concerning them in Ecclesiastical Courts or out of the Realm: See Prohibitions, Patrons, Presentations.
• Agnus Dei; a vain Charm against thunder tempests, 466. Sung in Churches, 686. Prohibited to be impressed by Bakers on sale-bread, 783. Christ's pretended appearing in Popish Hostiaes under that form, 71, 72.
• Alienation of Capite Lands in mortmain or otherwise prohibited, 597. A License to alien such lands upon a Voyage to the Holy Land, 1056. Of Lands belonging to Archbishoprics, Bishoprics, Abbyes or Chauntries prohibited, recovered, resumed by the Kings writs▪ 3, 4, 230, 233, 372, to 378. 380, 381, 1004, 1033. Prohibited Abbots Bishops, by new Oaths to the Pope without his license, 465. who yet may alien all the Churches lands against his Oath, 5.
• Aliens, Poictovins, Italians, Romans, others, promoted to Bishopricles, Ecclesiastical preferments, benefices in England, by King Joha, Henry 3. and Popes provisions, though illiterate, scandalous, ignorant of the English tongue, to the prejudice of the English Church, Scholars; Complaints by the Nobles against this abuse; still continued notwithstanding promises of reformation, 243, 310, 435, 442, 446, 456, 457, 501, 502, 550, 579, 580, 626, 627, 748, 749, 751, 764, 765, 777, 1020, 1323. Alienated the Kings heart from, incensed him against the English, consumed his Treasure, domineered over the Natives, married the English Nobles; oft complained against, the King sharply reprehended for it by the English Nobles in Parliament, 443, 444, 445, 721, 775, 949, to 952. The chief cause of the Barons rebellion against King H. 3. 1020, 1023. Their Corn threshed out, goods, houses plundered by the English; who are excommunicated, imprisoned for it: Inquisitions after their Lands, plundered goods, 434, to 439, 630, 631, 1000, to 1006. The Nobles rise up in arms against, banish, force them several times out of the Realm, seise their monies, goods, oppose their return as firebrands of sedition, 443, 444, 445, 450, 930, to 938, 949, 950, 966, 967, 1020. Alien Priors and Normans Lands, rents in England inquired after, seised by the King, 630, 631. Alien Usurers introducei, protected by the Pope, excommunicated, imprisoned, till they made their peace, 437, 469, 651, 652, 754, 802. Append. 26.
• Altars of, and to the Virgin Mary, 51, 52. Christ's corporal apparition on them in Popish Hostiaes, 72, 73. Appeal made at the High Altar against King Johns Charter by the Archbishop, 293, 294, 300, 431. Archbishops after their elections carried to the high Altar, 242, 243, 247. Priests flying to their • horns for sanctuary pulled thence, 786, 787. Hubert pulled from before it with his Crucifix in his hand, to which he fled, 439. Broken in pieces because persons excommunicated celebrated Mass on them, Appendix 6. King H. 3. his Oath upon the Altar at Westminster to observe the great Charter, and reform all his former errors, 935. Christ's body offered on them, 504.
• Angels, their several Orders: all subject to the Virgin Mary their Queen, Empresse, attending on her at her death, Assumption, 16, 20, to 25, 28, 34, 43, 48, 68. Shew Christ on the Altar to Plegilis, 71, 72. Not to be adored, 60, 61.
• Americaments of Clergymen, 337. Of their Tenants, 828.
• Antichrist; The Pope, Court of Rome reputed so by Alexander Cementarius, Grosthead, the Greek Church, others, for their antichristian practices, corruptions, 259, 760, 765, 773, 778, 799, to 806, 824. See Index 10, 12,
• Apparitions of Christ in Popish Hostiaes, delusions 74.
• Apparators, Beadles, their exactions prohibited, 910.
• Apostasy of Convert Jews, others, punished with death, 385, 634. Of Christians, by reason of the Saracens victories over them, and their ill successes in the Holy War, 734. Apostate Moaks, Writs to apprehend them, 575.
• Apostles of Christ, all equal to, had the self-same Commission, mission, authority, as St. Peter, 9, 10, 11. instructed, governed after Christ's ascension by the Virgin Mary, appointed by Christ for their Mistress, Lady, Comforter, Instructer, in his stead, not St. Peter, by their Seraphic Doctors resolutions, 16, to 21. Suddenly summoned to her at her death, her funeral speech to them, 68.
• Apostolical power derived to the Pope, Christ's & their Apostolical doctrine, only for the edification of the Church, 799, 800
• Appeals anciently and of right from Bishops, Councils, Synods, Popes sentences, grievances, to Christian Emperors, Kings, as supreme ultimate Judges, 3. To the Virgin Mary, from Devils, Lusts, Tyrants. God's, Christ's Justice, as the Chancellor of Heaven, Fountain of God's Mercy all bequeathed to her; and that immediately without appeal to any mediate Saint or Angels, 16, 21, 22, 24, 25, 53. From Popes unjust censures, oppressions, to the next General Council, Church militant and triumphant Supreme Judge, and Christ's Tribunal, 639, 644, 645, 666, 678, 805, 812, 1015, 1021. Of the Pope himself to Christ's Tribunal, 927. Prohibited by our Kings, Laws to Popes or the See of Rome, without their special license, as able to do all Subjects right without them, 4. 249, 473. None permitted to the Popes or out of the Realm in cases of Bastardy: certificates of it on the Kings Writs to his Justices by Ordinaries, 393, 394, 472, 473, 782. Immediately to the Pope by the Canon Law, pretermitting all mediate Judges, 24. Popes, Canonists bold groundless claims of a right of appeals to them and the Court of Rome for all grieved persons, from all other Bishops, Councils, Synods, Churches in the world; and in case of injustice, from all Emperors, Kings, Parliaments, Kingdoms, in temporal as well as Ecclesiastical▪ matters, notwithstanding any custom, privilege, prescription, but not from Popes or the See Apostolic to any other, 6, 7, 8, 231, 232, 245, 928, 929. Appeals to Popes contemned, disallowed by our Archbps, Bishops, proceedings against appellants notwithstanding, 231, 232, 384, 741, to 744, 791. Appendix 4, 5, 6, 13, 14. By Popes own Legates, 329, 330. Appeals by King John and H. 3. against Popes usurpations on the ancient rights of the Crown, only to declare, justify their rights against misinformations, not to make Popes Judges of them; with a saving of their rights to them and their heirs; In elections of Archbishops, Bishops, Abbots, without their special license, or disallowance of them when elected, to prevent their consecrations, 229, 230, 240, 241, 246, to 252, 348, 349, 353, 354, 384, 405, 418, 419, 422. 431, 432, 433, 483, 484, 497, 498, 510, 578, 587, to 594, 922, 923, 924, 1062. See Index 3, 4, 10. Against dissolving a Union & Election, 357. Against exiled Bishops restitution, 966, 967. Against Popes provisions to Dignities, Prebendaries, Benefices belonging to them in right of the Crown, or by prerogative, 381, 477, 478, 557. Against their Bishops acting or enacting anything in their Convocations, Councils, to the prejudice of the Crown or kingdom, 578, 837. Against their Bishops, Clergies Constitutions made in Councils, to the prejudice of the rights, Liberties of the Crown, Nobles, people, 899, 983, 990, 991, to 912. Against Usurpations on their Free-Chapels privileges, 557. See Free Chapels: Against Bishops or Popes Delegates holding Plea of Lay-fee, or goods not given in marriage, or by Testament, 726, 735. See Prohibitions. Against the Great Charter, extorted by force of arms; or invading, detaining their Castles, and other temporal rights, not of Papal nor Ecclesiastical conusance, 340, to 348, 377, 384, 385, 390, 391, 402, 403, 430, 455, 456, 832. 833, 988, 999, 1015, 1016. Of the Archbishop of Canterbury against King Johns surrender of his Crown and Charter to the Pope, 293, 299, 300, 431. Against Popes Legates unjust proceedings, Suspensions, Excommunications, 329, 330, 360, 362, 692, 693, 1015, 1018. who assigned them a set time to appear in person before the Pope within 3. months space, Ibid. Against Popes, their Legates, Nuncioes unjust Taxes, Exactions, Obligations, provisions by our Bishops and Clergy, 692. 693, 694, 823, 824, 841. Of the Archbishop against the King and his Chief Justice in case of a Wardship, 429, 430. By King Louis, the Barons, Londoners, against the Popes and his Legates excommunications, interdicts, as null, 362. Of our Bishops, Deans and Chapters, Priors and Monks, in cases of Bishops and Abbots elections, 245, 246, 405, 418, 419, 498, 499 In cases of Archbishops, Bishops, Visitors oppressions, excommunications, visitations, undue proceedings, 231, 232, 362, 382, 383, 384, 499, 509, 731, 742, to 748, 762, 766, 928, 929, 930. Appendix 2, 4, to 18. Appeals of our Kings attested, renewed by their Letters Patents and Proctors constituted to pursue, declare and defend their rights, 229, 230, 340, 349, 357, 405, 497, 498, 557, 558, 578, 590, 807, 966, 967. Of Suffragan Bishops, Abbots, Priors against the Archbishop of York, made to the Pope in the Kings presence, and approved by his Letters Patents, 242, 245, 246. Of the King before the Popes Legates, his Bishops, Council, • 81. Occasioned extraordinary expenses at Rome, and enriched Popes and the Court of Rome, 383, 737, 852. See Index 3, 10, 12. All benefit of Appeals renounced in Obligations to Popes Usurers, 468. Popes Tyrannical Bulls, Letters to their Nuncioes, Agents, Delegates to levy Dismes, and proceed notwithstanding any Appeals, or without taking notice of them, 232, 233, 329, 345, 353, 359, 389, 406, 442, 683, 693, 694, 696, 740, 780, 859, 1029. Appendix 5, 10. Costs and Dammages awarded in them at Rome, 232, 499. Proceedings, sentences after Appeals reversed as void by Popes Letters to the parties themselves, or by his Delegares in their default, 231, 232, 340, 345, 362, 384, 586. Appendix 13, 14.
• Appropriations by the Kings license, 4, 378. Appendix 29. their mischiefs, 1041.
• Archbishops of England, Wales, Ireland, and others: See Index 3, 4, 5. Of Ravenna, 529. Of Canterbury (as well as Popes) set over Nations, the Kingdom of England and Lord's Garden therein, to root up and destroy, build, plant, &c. 897. His transcendent underived power by his Constitutions at Westminster, to interdict the Kings Castles, Lands, the whole Province of Canterbury, inhibit his Judges, Justices proceedings, and excommunicate, interdic • them for granting Prohibitions to relieve the oppressed subjects against his and Prelates encroachments, 899, to 912. See Index 3.
• Archdeacons office, exactions, 233, 573, 674. See Index 6. The Pope seizeth the monies, goods of 3. of them dying rich and intestate, 671.
• Arches London, an excommunication there, 457.
• Arms: all persons as well Bishops, Abbots, Clergymen, as Barons and others to bear arms, or contribute towards them in times of danger against invading enemies, 268, 269, 890, 994, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1024, 1025. The Bishop of Belvoir taken and kept prisoner in his arms, sworn never to bear arms more ere released, 247.
• Armies summoned by our Kings Writs against Enemies, Welshmen, Scots, 260, 261, 265, 268, 269, 281, 622, 994, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1024.
• Arrests, Attachments, Imprisonments of Noblemen and others whose loyalty is suspected in times of danger, for refusing to find pledges for their due obedience, 256, 260. Of Ladies and others for ill language, slanders against the King, ibid. 258. 267. Of false seditious prophets, 266. Of Bishops, Clerks, others, bringing Popes Bulls, Provisions into the Realm, prejudicial to the King or kingdom, 4, 617, 618, 635, 973. Of persons going beyond Seas without the Kings license, or against his inhibition, 439. Of Monks, others keeping force in Churches, 242. Appendix, 3, 4, 5, 6. Of the Monks of Winton, for not complying with the King in electing a Bishop, 581, 582. 748. Of Bishops and others proceeding against the Kings prohibitious issued to them, 560, 561, 637, 718, 860, 892, 893, 894, 901. Of Clerks and Clergymen for offenses against the Forest, Trespasses, with force, murders, other Crimes, 230, 258, 272, 283, 351, 512, 577, 704, 857, 858, 874, 884, 892, 893, 903, 904, 905, 906, 908, 910. Of Scholars & others for riots, tumults, breach of the peace, 230, 242, 436, 437, 494, 495, 904, 905, 996, 997, 1067. Of Heretics, 385, 475, 560. Of Apostate Monks 575. Of such who refuse to sell victuals and necessaries to Jews upon Bishops inhibitions, 387. Of Excommunicate persons, duty of excommunications 785, 829. Of assaulters, imprisoners of the Kings Justices, Bishops servants, and others by tumults, 392, 785, 786, 787, 788, 826, 827. Of Popes Legates, Cardinals, Bishops, Nuncioes stirring up sedition, and resorting to Councils against the Emperors prohibitions, to depose him, 508, 509, 513, 516, 555, 556, 557, 639, 6 •• ▪ 652, 653, 655. Of Jews, in the Tower of London for murder. 857.
• Articles and Confessions of Faith, published, authorized by Kings, 2.
• Assarts, acquittal from them, 228, • 29.
• Assise of Darreign Presentment, none of a Prebendary, 445. of Mortdauncester in Ireland, and proceedings in it, 393, 394. Held in times prohibited, 394, 407.
• Assumption of the Virgin Mary's body in great state into heaven by Christ himself and all the host of heaven, placing her at his right hand in the very throne of the Trinity, asserted by the Roman Church, 20, to 24. See Mary.
• Atheism punished by Kings, 2.
• Attachments▪ See Arrests, Prohibitions.
• Ave Mary, changed from an Angelical Salutation to a Papal idolatrous invocation, and adoration of the Virgin Mary; its various kinds, frequent repetitions in Popish Primers, Rosaries, Litanies, 17, 34, 52, 53. Annexed to the Pater Noster as an inseparable Appendix, 52. No less then 63. Ave Marias said to 12, and 150 Aves to 15. Pater Nosters in their Romish Devotions, p. 52. S. Margaret said 1000 Ave Mary's every Vigil and Festival dedicated to Mary, 52. The absurdity of its repetition, use by Papists, Ibid. They begin their morning devotions therewith by ringing an Ave-Mary Bell, the Freers contests which order should first ring it, and Popes decrees therein, 52. Ave-Mary Bell to ring notwithstanding any interdicts, Ib. A Parrot rescued from a Hawk by saying it, 41.
• Averpeni, exemption from it 229.
• St. Augustine his assertion; that Christians are Christ's very body, 79. That John 5 • 53, to 57. is not meant of eating Christ's flesh in the Eucharist, p. 80.
• Aydes for defense of the Realm, due from, granted by the Bishops, Clergy, by special obligations, 3, 4, 260, 261, 396, 406, 407, 438, 475, 496. Ayde to make the Kings Son a Knight, 819. To marry his daughter, granted 614 To marry his Sister, 614. Exemption of a Nunnery from them, 229. None to be granted or levied by the Pope or others without the Kings special assent, 399, 425, 426, 562, 569, 574, 616, 615, 634, 672, 673, 674, 429, 686, 687. Extraordinary Aydes granted not to be drawn into example, 396, 474. Aydes granted, to the King in Parliaments, upon conditions to be counseled by his Natives, confirm the Great Charter, and reform grievances; 485, 486, 609, 610, 611, to 615, 795, 796, 797, 931, 932. Aydes delayed, denied by the Nobles and Prelates when demanded, especially for Sicily and foreign Wars, undertaken without advice of Parliament, and before grievances really redressed, 428, 429, 434, 485, 609, 721, 722, 770, to 779, 822, 841, 842, 931, 932. Aydes for the Holy Land, how imposed, abused, extorted, perverted by Popes and their agents to Popes, other uses: 238, 239, 240, 347, 408, 409, to 452, 456, 457, 470, 471, 545, 546, 681, 682, 698, 728, 729, 730, 735, 753, 754, 758, 766, to 775, 814, to 817, 1327, to 1040. Popes Bulls to the Prelates, Clergy of England and Ireland to give aids, Dismes to the King, and the proceedings thereon, 396, 406, 407, 408, 559, 560, 1006, 1007, &c. 1018, 1027, 1028, to 1040, 1047, to 1058. Aydes, Disms, rapines for Popes themselves and Mother Church of Rome, against the Emperor and other Enemies, the oppositions against, and proceedings therein, 398, to 402. 419, 425, 426, 427, 546, 566, to 570, 572, 573, 574, 611, 612, to 621, 671, 672, to 683, 686, to 696, 753, 754, 757, 775, 776, 822, 823, 824, 841, 846, 847, 862, to 871. What public Aydes King Henry 3. received, besides monies extorted, 614, 825.

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• BAkers prohibited by proclamation to impress the sign of the Crucifix, Agnus Dei, or name of Jesus on s • leable bread, 783.
• Banishment of Aliens; See Aliens: of Archbishops, Bishops, Clergymen, their kindred, relations for Treason in interdicting the Realm, excommunicating the Kings officers for levying Aydes, arms, and other misdemeanors against the Kings Crown and Dignity, 3. 242, 243, 248, 253, 254, 267, 268, 392, 444, 445, 457, 510, 522, 936, 937, 938, 949, 990, 997, 998. Of Falcatius de Brent for seising, imprisoning a Judge, and holding the Kings Castle against him, by judgment in Parliament, 392, 398, Voluntary, of Archbishop Edmund, 563, 564, 591, 698. Revocation from banishment granted by the King to some, 392, 456, 457, 997, 998. Opposed, denied to others. 398, 950, 951, 952, 960, 967.
• Baptism of infants permitted during interdicts by the Popes dispensation, 253, 489. See Interdicts. Baptism of an infidel hindered, objected as a crime by the Pope against the Emperor, 516, 522.
• Baronage of England, 364, 618, 822, 936, 948, 949.
• Baronies of Archbishops, Bishops, Abbots, Priors, held of the King, for which they swore Fealty, and were bound to maintain the rights of his Crown, seised for their Contempts in not finding Horse, Arms; Some held of the King in Frankalmoigne: Escuage, Fealty, due for them, with other matters concerning them, 231, 443, 567, 614, 615, 616, 627, 688, 725, 758, 781, 833, 837, 891, 893, 940 1008, 1009, 1024. Threatned to be seised for non-residence, neglect of preaching and teaching their Subjects, if not reformed, 999, 1011, 1012.
• Barons, Earls, Nobles of England. See Index 7, 9. Summoned to aid the King with horses, arms against the French, 269. Grant an aid to the Holy Land, 238, 239, 240. absolved by the Pope • Legat from their allegiance to King John, 263, 265. Which of them faithfully adhered to him against the Pope, 265. He is informed by Letters they would murder or betray him, if he proceeded in his wars against the W • l • h: whereupon the dismissed his army, and requires pledges for the loyalty of all those he suspected; which most give, some few deny, 256, 263, 271. The French King boasted he had most of their Charters of fealty and subjection to him, 271, 305. Sixteen of the potentest Earls and Barons swear to perform King Johns agreement with Pandulf touching the Bishops exile, 271, 273. The assent, consent of them all inserted into King Johns detestable Charter of resignation of his Crown, Kingdoms of England and Ireland unto the Pope, and 11. of their Names subscribed to it, in whose presence he did his homage, and swore fealty, 273, • 74, 289, 290. when as the Nobles not only generally murmured at, but protested against the Kings grant thereof, as made without their assents, 294, 295, 296, 298, 299, 301, 302, 305, 327. Appendix 19. They refuse to follow King John into France, till absolved from his excommunication, 276. They pretend poverty and want of monies to be the cause, 282. Twelve of their Letters to the exiled Bishops for their safe return, and Kings performance of his agreement with the Legate, for their restitution and damages, 276, 277. Meet at St. Albans, force the King to observe the Laws of King Henry the 1. reform all ill Laws, extortions; He intends to raise an army to subdue those Barons who seemed to desert him, from which he desists through the Archbishops menaces, and promise they should submit themselves to a legal trial in his Court, 282. They enter into a secret Oath and confederacy by the Archbishops instigation, to revive and maintain the good Laws of King Edward, and Hen. 1. for which they would fight even to death in time convenient, 282, 283. He sends to the Pope to whom he had resigned his Crown, Realm, for a Legate to excommunicate the Archbishop and Barons, 287. They meet in 2. Parliaments at London and Reding about the Bishops damages, to whom they adhered more then to the King, 287, 288. Some of them connived at King Johns sealing his Charter, to render him more odious, and take occasion from thence to oppose, contest with, rebel against him, 294, 295, 296. Crown Lands, Charters, alienated to them, resumed, revoked by our Kings, 324, 325. King Johns Letters to them concerning the Popes release of the Interdict, craving their effectual aid, advice, for their and his honor, and reformation of the State of the Realm, 332. Their meeting in Parliament thereupon with the Legate, Bishops, agreeing the sum of the Bishops damages, and for the release of the long continued Wars, Interdicts, 332, 333. Their demand of the confirmation of the Great Charter of Liberties and Laws from King John by the Archbishops instigation; menaces to raise war against, and withdraw their allegiance from him if denied; providing of horse, arms to force him to it, they seise upon London, raise a great army, whereby through fear the King granted them the Great Charter of Liberties and of the Forest, with many new clauses inserted by the Bishops; consented to 25. conservators of them, whom all swore to obey, ratified them by his Great Seal, Oath; and more readily to incline the Prelates hearts to him, granted a New Charter to them for the freedom of elections; and ratified them by the Popes Bull, 335, to 341. His appeal, Letters to the Pope against these Charers, as extorted from him by the Barons by force, fear, without the Popes privity, who had the Dominion of England, he and it being then under his protection, without whose knowledge he ought to do nothing; and he crossed for the Holy Land: The Popes Bull nulling these Charters; admonitions, Letters to the Barons to honor, please, obey him as their King, and to him to treat them favourably, grant all their just petitions; and checking them for taking arms against him being his vassals, 327, 340, 341, 342. He prohibits them or their Complices to exact these Charters, and nulls all obligations, cautions to observe them. His Bulls to the Barons to that purpose, 342, 343. They more fiercely rebel against him thereupon; the Archbishop traitorously surrenders Rochester astle to them; the Barons excommunicated for their rebellion; all enjoined to assist the King against them, under pain of excommunication, 344, 345 The Archbishop suspended for refusing to publish their Excommunication, as gained by misinformation, and for favoring, siding with them, 345, 347, 348, 351. It is yet published every Lordsday against them by the Bishop of Winton, and Pandulphus the Popes Legate, 345. The Barons except against it as null, because general, and none of them named in it, 345, 346. They refuse, contemn King Johns offer to grant all their petitions, which the Pope by the plenitude of his power should deem just to grant, hinder his voyage to the Holy Land by their insurrections, whereof he complained to the Pope, 346, 346. Upon which they and their complices are excommunicated, interdicted a fresh by name at the Kings request, 359, 360. Their excommunication, interdict published through all England, except London, where the Barons, Citizens contemn them as Null, deny the Popes authority in temporal matters, revile, scorn him, appeal against, and officiate notwithstanding, 360, 361, 364. They renounce King John, send for, receive Lewis of France, Crown him King, swear Homage, fealty to him, 361, 362. Appendix 18, 19. His Oath to them, to restore good Laws and their lost possessions; which he violated by detaining their Castles; whereupon many revolt from him to King John, and for Louis and 16 of his Chief Barons taking a private Oath to exile all the English who adhered to them against King John as Traytoys not to be trusted, 362, 366. The Pope excited them by his Bulls to rise up against King John 〈◊〉 an obstinate Enemy to the Church at first, to enslave him and his Realm; yet after he had effeminately surrendered his kingdom to him, he excommunicated, disinherited them, and gave away their Estates according to the Roman mode, agreeing with the King to trample them under feet, 287, 367, 368, 414, 415. Many of them revolt from Louis to King Henry 3. 269, 370. his Oath in the Agreement with Louis to render to them, and all others of the Realm all their Rights, Inheritances, Liberties formerly demanded, forwhich the discord arose between King John and them; and to secure them from all harm and reproach for their former actings, 371. Requests the Popes Letters to command those Barons whose fidelity he suspected, faithfully to assist and adhere to him, and to compel those who were rebellious by Ecclesiastical censures, without any appeal to surrender his Castles; which they at first resusing, were forced thereto by the Archbishops and Bishops Excommunications, 389, 390, 391, 392. They advise the King to obey the Popes Inhibition, not to invade France, 404. The custody of their Heirs, Castles, Land, belong to the King, 430. They expostulate with him for impoverishing the Kingdom, and following the advice of the Popes Legate, and Strangers when he demanded an aid in Parliament, 485. In the Parliament of Merton, will not change the Law of England concerning Bastardy which they settled, 471, 472, 473. Summoned to a Parliament at York to make a peace with the Scots, 486. They all oppose the King, except Earl Richard, come with Horse and Arms to the Parliament at London, force the King by a Writing under the Legates and their Seals to submit to their Ordinances for redress of the Popes exactions, and other grievances, 498. They all join in a Letter to the Pope against his usurpations on the rights of Patronages, by provisions, in behalf of Sir Robert de Twinge, and the whole Realm; the Popes mild Answer there • o to prevent their revolt from the See of Rome, 506, 507, 508. Many of them cross themselves for the Holy war, swearing to go notwithstanding the Popes Inhibition to them, 513, 514. Feasted by the King at Westminster upon Olto the Popes Legates departure, 570. They unanimously assemble, complain against and tell the King they would rather die than suffer the Popes usurpations in suspending their Presentations to vacant Benefices, and his provisions of them to Aliens; theirs & the Kings Consultations, Letters to the Pope to redress their Grievances, 607, 608. They command all the Bringers in of Popes Bulls to cheat men of Moneys, to be arrested in all Ports, 617. They meet to prosecute their Appeals to a Council against the Popes grievances and extortions; their Message to Martin to depart the Realm within 15 days, else they would hew him to pieces; his Complaint thereof to the King and timorous flight out of England thereupon, 618, 619, 620. Vehemently incensed against the Pope for his detestable avarice, treachery in exempting David Prince of Wales from the Kings Allegiance, being his Vassal, against his Charter and Oath of Subjection to him, for the Annual rent of 500 Marks; • ssist him with their Arms to avenge it, by invading Wales with fire and sword, 622, 623. Some of them sent as Ambassadors from the King to Kingdom to the General Council at Lions, to complain of King Johns Charter, and unsupportable Tribute, as extorted against his Noble, Wills who never did, nor would ever consent thereto, 638, 639, 644, 645. Their memorable Epistle to the Pope against it, and Papal provisions of Benefices to Aliens who had no ca • e of the Peoples Souls, but were most ravening Wolves devouring their Flocks, who knew not their Sheep, nor their Sheep them, kept no Hospitality, gave no Alms as they ought, reaping only the fruits of their Livings, which they transported beyond Sea to the Realms impoverishing, dep •• ving the well-deserving English of their Benefices, which might and would discharge their Pastoral duties, receiving above 60000 Marks, annual Revenues out of England; complaining of Martins • apines and other oppressions, enjoying, exercising greater powers by his Authority than ever any former Legates: des • ing him like a tender Father to redress these intolerable oppressions of his Children; to preserve the Rights of the Kings Crown, who was a Catholic and pious Prince; who though willing to obey, and increase the honor and profit of the Church of Rome like an obedient Son, yet they who did bear the burden, heat of the day in his Affairs, and who together with the King diligently intended the preservation of the Realm, could no longer patiently tolerate the said oppressions and intolerable grievances, detestable both to God and man, hoping and believing the Pope would out of his piety apply such speedy and timely remedy, that he might dem • rit to receive special thanks from all the Nobles, and whole Realm of England, as from his most dear Sons in Christ, 645, 646, 547. To which the Pope giving no satisfactory answer, the Ambassadors departed from the Council in disconsent, swearing terribly, they would never pay nor suffer to be paid that detestable Tribute to the Roman avarice, nor the Rents of Churches (especially such whereof the Nobles of the Realm were Patrons) to be extorted from them: which the Pope patiently connived at and dissembled till a fi • ter • im of revenge • The Popes rancor against the King, Nobles. Kingdom for this their Complaint. Letter, and opposition against his Rapines; his mena •••• Speeches, futther aggravation of his hand and opp • essions against them, 663, 664. They meet in a general Parliament at London to oppose, r • dress the incessant grievances of the Court of Rome, which ve • ed them to the Soul, against Promises and Privileges granted them, draw up their Grievances into several Articles, as against the ancient Custom, Liberty of the King, Kingdom, the appeal and contradiction of their Proctors in the General Council at Lions: send Messengers, with memorable Letters in their own names, and of all the Nobles and Commonalty of England against these Grievances to the Pope, speedily to redress them, which they 〈◊〉 could nor would and longer • n • nre; threatening if they were not • efo • med by their Messengers return they would rectify them themselves; and that he should know for certain, such perilt would befall the Church of Rome and the King, as could not easily be prevented, 665, to 661 The King by their advice and provision prohibi • s all Tall • ges and Contributions to the Pope by his Writs, impudently demanded, collected, notwithstanding their Letters and opposition against them, which the Barons manfully oppose, but the • apal Prelates and King at last, by their adv • c • • nd menances to Interdict the Realm, cowardly submitted to, 672, 673, 674, 675, 676, 777, 778. Their new Le • te • s to the Pope, Cardinals, and oppositions in Parliament against the Popes new Exactions; whereat the Court at Rome grinded their teeth for anger, yet boldly proceeded in their obstinate intolerable rapines, 766, to 781. Summoned to a Parliament at London to oppose the unsupportable Contribution the Prelates had imposed on the Clergy in a General Council, who thereupon absented themselves from the Parliament, 690 Summoned to a new Parliament at Oxford, to co • s • lt of the state of the Realm, and prev • nt the Popes m •• ifold extortions which impoverished and exhausted all the Treasure out of the Realm; to which the Bishops being specially called, m • st unworthily submitted to pay 11000 Marks to the Pope, besides the exempt Monasteries left to his rapine, to the Barons great disgust 696. Their complaint against the Bishop of Lincoln and his Officers excommunications, and vexatious citing people to take Oaths against their wills in their Visitations and Courts, in cases of defamations, and matters that concerned not Matrimony or Testament, against the Laws and Customs of the Realm, to the prejudice of the people's fames, sou's, 706. All summoned to St. Edmunds Feast at Westminster, and solemn procession, adoration of the pretended viol of Christ's blood, which the King then carried from St. Paul's Church to Westminster, to be there reserved, adored, 717, 718. Oppose in Parliament the Popes grant of First-fruits of all vacant Benefices to Archbishop Boniface, out of Laymens Benefices; upon which the King issued out a Prohibition against their Collection, 718, 719. They deny the King an aid in Parliament, sharply reprehended him for demanding it, for savouring Aliens, spending the wealth of the Realm profusely on them, for violating the Churches Liberties and Great Charter, against his Oath, for having neither a Chancellor, Treasurer, nor Chief Justice elected by the Common counsel of the whole Realm: who promised to reform all things with great, but feigned humility; they believe him not, because of his frequent breach of such promises, till they saw a real Reformation; thereupon the Parliament adjourns, and • t last broke up in discontent by the Kings sharp answer to, and denying of their Demands, 721, 722. The King displeased with his Counselors for losing their hearts, who put him to hard un-kingly shifts to beg and extort Moneys, 722, 723, 724. prohibited by the Pope at the Kings request to go to the Holy Land, when prepared, and by the Kings Writs not permitted to go out of the Realm against his will, as they resolved, 731. They advise the King to seise the Barony of the Bishop of Worcester for excommunicating the Sheriff thereof against his prohibition, in contempt of his Crown and Dignity, 758. Summonned to a Parliament to grant the King an Ayde of Money and Men for the Holy Land, which they refuse; whispering secretly, that the King was no Soldier, never versed in war; that they could not expect he could vanquish the Saracens, who took the Martial King of France Prisoner; that he rashly undertook to gain others Lands beyond Sea by power, who was unable to keep his own: reprehending him with great indignation, as born only to cheat his Subjects of money and empty their purses, and return home in discontent: The King conceiving these speeches and actions proceeded from a malignant spirit and hatred against him, resolved to send for a Legate to compel the Bishops to a Contribution, who then durst not say him nay, 770, 773, 774, 775, 776. In another Parliament after a sharp reproof of the King for violating the Great Charter, and liberties of the Church, they granted him an Ayde, upon condition to ratify them in all the Articles thereof bona fide without any evasions, which he and his Father had frequently violated against their Oaths, and cause a general Excommunication to be denounced against all Iufringers thereof in Westminster Hall, which he did, 795, 796, 910, 911, 797. They deny the King an Ayde for Apulia and Sicily, because undertaken without their counsel and consent, by the whisperings of the Pope and his Italiaus, and because not all summoned and present according to Magna Charta, 822. They compassionated neither the Church nor Prelatet, 821. Compelled Bishops, Clergy-men, and Religious Persons to make suit at their Courts, 895, 900. They animated the cowardly divied Bishops in their Convocation at London, to give nothing out of their Baronies to the King o • Popes Legate, 841. The King and Nobles often solicited in vain by the Bishops to redress Grievances against their pretended privileges, they thereupon resolved to redress them themselves; and by their own new exorbitant Constitutions, subjected the King, his Judges, Officers, Barons to new Excommunications, Interdicts, Censures for opposing their pretended Churches privileges, 897, to 912. Against which the King by their advice appealed in his own and Kingdoms behalf, 983, 990, 991. Their proceedings and Ordinances in the Parliaments at Oxford & London, against the intoerable rapines, insolencies of the Popes Agents, Poictovines, and other Foreigners whom they banished England, to preserve the Kingdom from utter desolation by the subtleties of the Church of Rome and King, 930. They animated the cowardly Prelates, reprehend the King for his folly, and uncircumspection in embracing the Popes proffers of Apulia to him, without their counsel or advice, which involved him in infinite Debts, and not refusing it as his Brother Richard did: deny to grant him any Ayde towards it, or Debts contracted for it, telling him they neither could nor would endure such Extortions; whose President all the Abbots but one followed, 931, 932, 933. They sharply reprehend the King for breach of the Great Charter against his Oath, Excommunications denounced against the Infringers. promoting all manner of Alien, contemning, opposing his English Nobles, Subjects, exhausting the Kingdoms Treasure, reducing himself to extreme poverty, contempt, whereupon he did humbly acknowledge his errors, and frequent bewitching by ill counsel, promised by solelmn Oath on the High Altar and St. Edwards Coffin to amend all his former errors fully and plainly; which they not crediting, by reason of former violations of this kind, adjourned the Parliament to a further day to Oxford, provide Horse and Arms for their own defense against the Poictovins treacheries; exact the confirmation of the Great Charter, with other particulars for the Kingdoms peace, ease, wealth, swore solemnly to each other to prosecute, and not give over their resolution for the loss of Money or Lands, nor yet for the life of them and theirs, caused the King and Prince Edward to swear to obey, pursue their counsel in all things; swearing they would not leave one foot of Land in England to such Nobles who refused to take the like Oath, 935, 936. They pursue the Poictovines from Oxford to Winton, force them to fly, and hanish them out of England, seise their Monies in all places where found, and forced Herlot the Popes Nuncio to fly secretly out of England for fear till quieter times, 937, 938 939. They forced the King to swear involably to observe their provisions made at Oxford, who privately procured an absolution from them, the Pope nulling his Oath and their provisions, 948. They send a notable Letter to the Pope concerning the business of Apulia, as undertaken without their advice, without whom the King ought not to undertake it, complaining against the Bishop of Winchesters, his Brothers and Officers opposing of their Ordinances for the Kingdoms settlement, the intolerable rapines, oppressions of his Officials; his refusal to stand to a legal Trial, who was so detestable to the Commonalty of England, that they would by no means permit his return into England, though the King and Nobles desired it; and that it was the fixed resolution of all and every of them, that they would never suffer this Author of Schifm, discord and scandal to live among them: representing other his tyrannical and detestable facts to the Pope, together with their Letter by four eloquent Knights they sent with it, left he should corrupt the Pope and Cardinals with money to consecrate him Bishop; which Messengers were to return with all expedition without any disputation or discourse, 948, to 952. which the King seconded with his Letters and Proctor 966, 967. They compelled all Foreigners to fly the Realm, commanded all the Farmers of the Roman Churches not to pay their rents to them, but to those they appointed to receive them, under pain of firing their Houses, and such personal penalties as they intended to inflict on the Romans; commanding the Bishops under the like penalty, not to permit any Romans to meddle with their Rents, whereby England continued three years free from their Exactions, 980. They endeavored to have their Constitutions at Oxford ratified at Rome, opposing the Kings nulling of them, who yet prevented them, 986, 987, 988. Their Articles of Agreement concerning the Archbishops return into England upon certain conditions, 997, 998. See Index 3. Boniface. Their Provisions touching the spoils and plunders of Ecclesiastical Persons, Goods, during the Troubles, Inquisitions after them, and for their safe custody, 999, to 1006. The Kings Letters to the Bishop of London and other Bishops, to excommunicate some Barons for breaking their Oaths and Agreement with him, seising his Castles, wasting his Lands in an hostile manner, and drawing Prince Edward to rebel against him, 1013, 1014. The King sends for a Legate into England to assist him and excommunicate the Bishops, Barons in arms against him; who not daring to enter into England, sends for some Bishops into France, and there Excommunicates and Interdicts them. They by advice of some Bishops and their Officials appeal against it to the Pope himself, to better times, and a General Council, also to the Supreme Judge for certain causes and convenient reasons; afterwards ratified by the Bishops and Clergy in a Council at Reding; the Inhabitants of Dovor tear the Interdict which they seised on, and cast it into the Sea, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1018. Roger Abbot of Canterbury published the Popes Bull of Excommunication against them there, nulling their provisions and League at Oxford; absolving the King and all others from their Oath to observe them, from which the Bishop of Worcester and other Clerks adhering to the Barons asserted and preached publicly, the Pope had no power nor authority to absolve them, being made and sworn to by common consent, 1015, 1016. Ottobon the Popes Legate soon after coming into England in his red Cardinals Robes, excommunicates all the Bishops, Clergy adhering to Simon Monteford against the King, in a Council at Northampton, suspended them from their Office and Benefices; and then excommunicated all the Barons and others adhering to him; encouraged in their Rebellion by the Bishops and Clergy, 1018, 1019. Their overthrow at the battle of Evesham; the award and accord made between the King and them in the Parliament at Kenelworth, 1019. Matthew Westminsters recapitulation and censure of their provisions of Oxford, proceedings, war, arms aginnst the King and Bishops encouragement of them, 1020, 1021, 1022. The disinherited Barons lurk in the Isle of Eli; their high and sharp answer to the Legates Proposals sent to them, which much incensed him and the King against them, 1022, 1023. He summoned all the Archbishops, Bishops, Barons and others that hold by Knight service, to assemble with Horse and Arms to subdue them; The Bishops and Abbots assembled in Parliament resuse to aid him with their Arms, protesting they held their Baronies only in Francalmoign, not by Knight-service; that they were obliged to assist him only with their Spiritual arms prayers, tears, not with the material Sword; and were bound by their Benefices to maintain peace, not war, &c. 1024, 1025. The Earl of Gloucester refuseth to send Arms to assist against them, yet sent Letters Patents under his hand, he would never bear Arms against the King or Prince Edward, to avoid the Note or Treason. He besieged the Legate in the Tower, prohibits any Victuals to be carried to him; Those in the Isle of Eli sallying out plundered all the Kings Jewels at Westminster, so distressed him for want of Money, thath: pawned his Jewels, the precious Stones, & golden Images in Westminster Abby to Merchants to raise a little Money for the present, which he afterwards redeemed, restored; The Legate excommunicated all the disturbers of the kingdoms peace, and Interdicted all the Churches in and near London, 1025, 1026. The Popes Bull setting forth the Kings sad oppressions, persecutions by his Barons wars, the great loss he sustained, debts he incurred, and miseries he and the Realm sustained thereby exhorting the Archbishops and Bishops to a liberal supply and payment of 7. years Disme which he granted to him, that he might the better defend the Church, Realm, maintain their Liberties, Rights, and promote God's service with greater zeal, 1027, 1088. They discharge King Henry from his Oath and Voyage to the Holy Land for the kingdoms safety, which might be endangered by his and Prince Edwards absence out of it at one time, 1049, 1050. See more in Hen. 3. & King John.
• Barons of the Cinqu ports, their privilege, 887.
• Barons of the Exchequer, the treasurers valediction to them being made a Bishop, 511. agreeing with the Collection St. Matthew, St. James, and St. Andrew's Holy-days; A Writ to them for repairing Westminster Abby. 820.
• Barons of France: Summoned by King Philip to invade England, and depose King John, 267, 268. They and their King affirm, that no King could give his kingdom without the general assent of his Barons, who were bound to defend it; for by his voluntary act make it Tributary, else his Nobles might be made Servants, 298, 319, 320. Their Baronies derived from, escheated to, and held of the Crown, 322, 323. Adjudge King John to death, and to forfeit his Dominions in France for the murder of his Nephew Arthur, 363, 364, 365. Appen 18, 19. Their notable confederacy against the Popes, Prelates usurpations on their Liberties, by their Canons, Excommunications, 699, to 705.
• Borens of Scotland, their Oaths and ratification of their Kings League with Henry 3. 620. 621.
• Saint Basils Appeal to the Virgin Mary