Vindication of Ecclesiastical Volume 3, Volume 2 · Book 3 · Chapter 2 · Document 6 – Document 20

Vindication of Ecclesiastical Volume 3 · Volume 2 · Book 3 · Chapter 2 · Document 6 – Document 20

p. 274CArta itaque Regis in ſcriptum, ut dictum eſt redacta, tradidit eam Rex Pandulpho Mat. Paris, Hiſt. Angliae p. 227, 228.Romam Papae Innocentio deferendam, & continuo cunctis videntibus homagium fecit ſubſcriptum. Ego Iohannes Dei gratia Rex Angliae, et Dominus Hyberniae, ab hac hora et in antea fidelis ero Deo et Beato Petro, et Eccleſiae Romanae, et Domino meo Papae Domino Innocentio ejuſque ſucceſſoribus Catholice intrantibus. Non ero in facto, in dicto, conſenſu vel conſilio ut vitam perdant vel membra, vel mala captione capiantux. Eorum damnum ſi ſcivero impediam, et remanere faciam ſi potero, alioquin eis quam citius potero intimabo, vel tali perſonae dicam, quam eis credam pro certo dicturam. Conſilium quod mihi crediderint, per ſe vel per nuncios ſuos, ſeu Literas ſuas ſecretum tenebo, et ad eorum damnum nulli pandam me ſciente. **How this came to be St. Peters Patrimony, againſt his expreſſe precept, 1 Pet. 2. 13, to 18. c. 5. 2, 3, 4. I cannot define.1 Pet 2:13–18Patrimonium Beati Petri et ſpecialiter Regnum Angliae, et Regnum Hyberniae, adjutor ero ad tenendum et defendendum contra omnes homines pro poſſe meo. Sic me adjuvet Deus, et haec Sancta Evangelia, Amen.

Acta autem ſunt haec, ut praedictum eſt, in vigilia Dominicae Aſcenſionis praeſentibus Epiſcopis, Comitibus, & Magratibus ſupradictis. Pandulphus autem (with moſt Antichriſtian pride, and intolerable inſolency) pecuniam, quam in arram ſubjectionis Rex contulerat, ſub pede ſuo conculcavit, Archiepiſcopo dolente et reclamante.

Having thus preſented you with a full and faithfull Hiſtory of King Johns reſignation of his Crown and Kingdoms of England and Ireland, to Pope Innocent and his Succeſſors, the ſucceſſive Interdicts, Excommunications, Abjudications from the Crown, Treaſons of his Prelates, Subjects, Forces of his invading foreign Enemies, unchriſtian Frauds, unrighteous Policies by which it was effected, and this gallant Kings enforcements to it, againſt all his former Heroick Oppoſitions, Reſolutions: I ſhall deſire the greateſt Votaries to the See of Rome, to reſolve theſe Quaeres.

1. Whether Pope Innocent (who in all his former Epiſtles, proceedings againſt p. 275King John, pretended that he ſought nothing elſe or more but King Johns repentance, and reception of Stephen Langhton Archbiſhop of Canterbury, and greived at nothing ſo much as Englands deſolation) did yet by all the premiſed circumventions, frauds, practiſes, display to all the world, that the principal thing he ſought after, was the very Crown, Kingdoms of England and Ireland, to united them to the See of Rome, as St. Peters pretended Patrimony, though with the Kings and Kingdoms great greif and deſolation?

2. Whether this Reſignation gained, extorted from King John by ſo many years ſucceſſive unchriſtian deteſtable Perjuries, Treaſons, Interdicts, Excommunications, Abjudication from the Crown, Hypocriſies, Frauds, Menaces, Lyes, falſe ſuggeſtions by Pope Innocent himſelf, (who was ſole Judge of King John in his own caſe) and his confederates, and ſuch unjuſt invaſions of the Rights of his Crown, can in point of Juſtice, Law, Reaſon, Conſcience be reputed a Good, Valid, Legalor equitable Title for him and his ſucceſſors to claime the Realms of England and Ireland, as part of St. Peters Patrimony, or the rents reſerved annually out of them, as a juſt Papal revenue, admitting King John had a legal power to reſign his Kingdomes without the joynt conſent of all his Nobility, ſubjects, Kingdoms, which he had not, as they oft proteſted both in and out of Parliament?

3. Whether all or many of theſe abominable, inſolent, injurious, Machivilian if not Atheiſticall practiſes, proceedings againſt King John, diametrically repugnant to all rules of Chriſtianity, Piety, Juſtice, moral honeſty, and expreſſe precepts of Chriſt himſelf, St. Peter and Paul **Book. 1. Chap. 4. 5.forecited, proclaim not this Pope Innocent one of the grandeſt Nocents, Hypocrites, Antimonarchs, Impoſtors, Uſurpers, Athieſts, Monſter of Impiety, Arrogancy, Covetouſneſs, Ambition, that ever ſat in St. Peters pretended chair; and King John the only Innocent and patern of patience, juſtice, clemency, and unparalleld humility, farre below his Royal dignity, and the place, perſon, and publick truſt he then ſuſtained, notwithſtanding our Monkiſh Hiſtorians defamations of him?

4. Whether the ſerious conſideration of theſe proceedings of Innocent, ſeconded with thoſe ſucceeding them, were not of themſelves a ſufficient ground for the King and Kingdoms of England and Ireland, without any guilt of Sciſme or Injuſtice, for ever to exterminate the Uſurped Antimonarchical Uſurpations, and forraign juriſdiction of the Biſhops and See of Rome, and to hold no future communion with them, to prevent the like attempts? eſpecially when ſo magnified, juſtified by our Monkiſh Hiſtorians in that age, by late Popiſh Paraſites of all ſorts, and moſt ſucceding Popes, who ſtill make freſh ſucceſſive claimes to the Crown, Kingdoms of England and Ireland, and the annual rent then reſerved out of them as St. Peters undoubted Patrimony. But more of this in due place.

Pope Innocent and Pandulphus having thus cheated, decoyed King John of his Crown, Kingdoms, yea all his Regal Honour, Glory, Wiſdom, Magnanimity and Renown acquired by his former oppoſitions againſt them; and the King of France (their mear ſtalking horſe to gain this rich booty, to his vaſt and frutleſſe expence) of his elevated hopes to poſſeſſe and enjoy it by the Popes donation, his next deſigne was, how to take off and pacify the French King from his intended invaſions; and ſo ſent the Archbiſhop and his confederates into England, there to inſult over and trample upon King John, as they had done abrode; wherein he thus proceeded.

HIS ita geſtis, Pandulphus cum Cartis memoratis tranſfretravit ad Gallias,Mat. Paris Hiſt. Angl. p. …28. Octo millia Librarum Eſterlingorum ſecum gerens ut Archiepiſcopo & Epiſcopis, Monachiſque Cantuarienſibus, ac caeteris cauſa interdicti exulantibus in parte reſtitutionis faceret ablatorum. Cum autem tenor Cartarum, & prefatae pacis forma, illis omnibus placuiſſet, perſuaſit diligenter Pandulfus, ut pacifice redirent in Angliam Epiſcopi ſupradicti, reſiduum reſtitutionis illico percepturi: Deinde Regem Francorum diligenter admonere caepit, qui jam paratus fuerat in manu violenta ad Angliam hoſtiliter transfretare, ut deſiſteret a propoſito, & ad propria pacifice remearet, non enim potuit ſine offenſione ſummi Pontificis terram Angliae, vel ipſum Regem infeſtare, cum ille paratus ſit Deo, & ſanctae Eccleſiae ejuſ que ordinatis ſatisface re, atque Domini Papae Catholicis juſſionibus obedire. Haec audiens Rex Francorum, iratus valde dixit, ſe jam in apparatu Navium, Victualium & Armorum pluſquam ſeraginta Millia librarum expendiſſe & ex praecepto p. 276Domini Papae Laborem pretatum & in peccatorum remiſſionem ſuſcepiſſe. Et ut verum fateamur, idem Rex ſuggeſtionibus Pandulphi aſcenſum nullatenus praebuiſſet, niſi ſolus Comes Flandrenſis Philippus ipſum ſequi contradixiſſet. Fuerat enim Regi Anglorum confaederatus, & ideo contra pactum ſuum venire noluit. Dixit praeterea idem Comes injuſtum fuiſſe idem bellum, quod ad debellandum Regem Anglorum ſuſceperat, cum nullus Anteceſſorum ſuorum jus aliquod ſibi hactenus in Regno Angliae vendicaſſet. Adjunxit inſuper quod Rex Francorum terras ſuas & caſtella injuſte occupaverat & occuputam hereditatem ſuam contra juſtitiam detinebat, quare cum ipſo ad Angliam venire nolebat.

Lo here a cleer confeſſion of the Earl of Flanders, of the Injuſtice of King Johns deprivation, and King of France his intended Warre to deprive him of his Kingdom by the Popes command: who being diverted by Pandulph from invading England, turned all his forces and Fleet upon Flanders; and by a divine… Mat. Paris p. 228. 229. retaliation had all his Navy burnt and taken by a ſmal party of King Iohns ſhips, ſummoned to reſiſt King Philips landing in England, to his great greif, vexation, and damage, the Engliſh burning above a 100. of his ſhips on ſhore, and taking above 300. more, laden with Wine, Victuals, Armes, and other things.

The many inſolences of the Popes Legat, and exiled Biſhops Treaſons, rebellions againſt King Iohn, encouraged his Nobles in like manner to diſobey, and capitulate with him, and that upon this occaſion.

REX apud Porteſmue exercitum congregavit immenſum, ut ad Pictaviam* Mat. Paris p. 229. transfretaret, diſponens a parte Occidentali, ſicut illi qui erant in Flandria a parte Orientali, Regem & Regnum Francorum inquietare, necnon cum omni niſu terras amiſſas, ad ſuum dominium revocare. Sed aliter accidit quam ſperabat, Magnates enim Angliae ipſum ſequi noluerunt niſi prius a ſententia Excommunicationis abſolveretur. Hac ergo diſtrictione, Rex compulſus, miſit Chartas **It was but Duodecim as the Record reſolves.viginti …quator Comitum & Baronum ad Archiepiſcopum & Epiſcopos praeſcriptos, ad maiorem ſecuritatem, ut omni metu depoſito, venirent in Angliam, omnia ſua et ablatorum damna, ſecundum praeſcriptae pacis formam, illico percepturi.

Theſe Charters, and Patents of theirs and the King, being extant in no Hiſtorian, I ſhall preſent you with them out the Patent Roll in the Tower.

VEnerabili in Chriſto Patri S. Dei gratia Cantuarienſi Archiepiſcopo totius AngliaePat. 15. Johan. Regis m. 12. Dorſo parte prima. Primati, & ſanctae Romanae Eccleſiae Cardinali, G…filius Petri Comes Eſſex, R. Comes Bolon. & Comes Ceſtriae W. Mareſcal Comes Penbroc. W. Comes Warren. W. Comes Arundel, W. Comes de Ferrari. Willielmus Briwer, Robertus de Ros, Gilbertus filius in Reinulf. Rogerus de Mortuo Mari, & Petrus filius Hereberti, ſalutem & debitam reverientiam. Sciatis quod bona fide ſtudebimus, quod Dominus noſter I. Rex Angliae pacem et ſecuritatem vobis et aliis tam Clericis quam Laicis negotium quod inter Anglicanam Eccleſiam et ipſum Regem verſatum eſt contingentibus, firmiteer obſervabit, ſecundum formam pacis a Domino Papa ei tranſmiſſam et ab eo acceptatam. Et ſi forte (quod Deus avertat) Rex ipſe, vel aliquis alius ex parte ſua contravenerit, nos pro Eccleſia contra violatores ſecuritatis et pacis, mandatis Apoſtolicis inhaerebimus, et ipſe perpetuo vacantium Eccleſiarum cuſtodiam amittat. Preterea promitimus, quod ſi quid omiſſum eſt, vel minus plene factum, circa hoc negotium in hoc ſcripto propter accelerationem adventus veſtri in Angliam, id poſt adventum veſtrum ſecundum formam praedictam perficietur. Et in hujus rei Teſtimonium, &c. Salutem in Domino. Haec Autem omnia ſupra dicta nos firmiter obſervaturos, noveritis nos de mandatis Domini p. 277Regis, tactis ſacro-ſanctis ſpontanea voluntate corporali Sacramento firmaſſe.

Eodem modo ſcribitur ſingulis Epiſcopis cum Archiepiſcopo exiſtentibus, ſcilicet Londonenſi, Herefordenſi, Elienſi, Bathonienſi, & Lincolnienſi, & Priori & Monachis Cantuarienſibus.

The Kings own Patent reciting this of the Earls and Barons, follows in this form.

REX Dei gratia Cantuarienſi Archiepiſcopo totius Angliae Primati, & ſanctaePat. 15. Johan. m. 12. intus num. 48. Romanae Eccleſiae Cardinali, ſalutem: Sciatis quod ſecundum formam mandati Domini et Uenerabilis patris noſtri I. Dei gratia ſummi Pontificis, veram pacem ac plenam ſecuritatem vobis praeſtamus, nec non caeteris tam Clericis quam Laicis hoc negotium quod inter nos et Eccleſiam Anglicanam verſatum eſt contingentibus, nec vos nec veſtros laedemus vel laedi faciemus, aut permittemus in perſonis vel rebus, vobiſque remittimus omnem iudignationem, et in gratiam noſtram vos recipimus, et tenebimus bona fide et quod vos non inpediemus, nec faciemus aut permittemus aliquatinus impediri quo minus veſtrum libere exequamini officium, et plena jurisdictionis veſtrae Authoritate prout debetis utamini, Et ſuper hiis vobis juramenta & litteras Patentes fidelium noſtrorum Venerabilium Patrum, Domini. H. Dublin. Archiepiſcopi, P. Wint. J. Norwic. Epiſcoporum, & praeterea Duodecim Baronum noſtrorum, ſcilicet, G. filii Petri Comitis Eſſex, Juſticiarii Nostri, R. Comitis Bolon, R Comitis Ciceſt. W. Comitis Mareſcall, Comitis Pembroc. W. Comitis Waren. W. Comitis Arundell, W. Comitis de Ferrariis, Willielmi Briwer, Roberti de Ros, Gileberti filii Ranulf. Rogeri de Mortuo Mari, & Petri filii Hereberti▪ fecimus exhiberi, quod ipſi bona fide, ſtudebunt ut haecpax et ſecuritas firmiter obſervetur. Et ſi forte quod Deus avertat, per nos ipſos vel alios contra venirmus, ipſi pro Eccleſiae contra violatores ſecuritatis et pacis mandatis Apoſtolicis inhaerebunt, Noſque, perpetuum Eccleſiarum vacantiam cuſtodiam amittamus: (thruſt in by the Pope and Pandulph, on purpoſe that the Pope by his Proviſions might diſpoſe of them, as he had done of the See of Canterbury, wreſted out of the Kings hands) Et ideo vos rogamus, quod ad nos ſecure ſine dilatione in Angliam venire feſtinetis; ſi quid vero in hoc ſcripto omiſſum fuerit vel mi…us plene factum, cum in Angliam veneritis, id ſecundum formam mandati Apoſtolici perficietu…: Et in hujus rei Teſtimonium, &c. Teſt. H. Dublinenſi Archiepiſcopo, P. Wintonenſi Epiſcopo. G. filio Petri, W. Maraſcal, Comite Penbroc. apud Templum de Ewell XXIV. die Maii, Anno Regni n. xv.

EOdem modo ſcribitur ſingulis Epiſcopis ultra mare exiſtentibus cum Archiepiſcopo, ſcilicet Londonenſi, Herefordenſi, Elienſi, Bathonienſi, Lincolnienſi, Epiſcopis, & Priori & Monachis Cantuarienſibus, Teſte eodem.

At the ſame time this King ſent his Letters Pattens to Robert Fitzwater and other Lay-men to teturn into England, whence they fled upon the Biſhops quarrel.

REX Roberto filio Walteri, Mandamus vobis quod ſecure veneatis in AngliamPat. 15. Johan▪ Regis▪ … 12. ſecundum formam mandati Apoſtolici, quia pacem & ſecuritatem, ſecundum formam mandati Apoſtolici vobis praeſtamus. Et in hujus rei teſtimonium has literasnoſtras Patentes vobis mittimus Teſte Domino, P. Wintonienſi Epiſcopo apud Wingham, Decimo Septimo die Maii Anno regni noſtri Decimo Quinto.

Eodem modo ſcribitur Euſtacio de Veſcy.

They likewiſe in purſuit of the Popes agreement enforced him by letters patents to the Archbiſhop, publickly to diſclaime his ancient undoubted Right to outlaw any Clergy men, though never ſo great Traytors Rebels, dated 11. days before the former Patents.

p. 278REX Venerabili Patri in Chriſto S. Dei gratia Cantuarienſi Archiepiſcopo, &cPat. 15. Johan. Regis parte ſecunda m. 8. Intus. I. eadem gratia Rex Angliae, &c. Sciatis quod per has Literas noſtras Patentes proteſtamur, quod ad nos nullatenus pertinet Clericos Utlagare. Teſte meipſo apud Templum de Ewell, xv. die Maii. Anno &c. Decimo quinto.

Never was any King of England before or ſince ſo fettered, and reduced to ſuch extremities and Unkingly condiſcentions, to Trayterous, Rebellious Prelates, and their Confederates, who had Interdicted his Kingdom for ſeven years ſpace, excommunicated, deprived him of his Crown, engaged the French, all his foreign Enemies, and moſt Chriſtian Nobles, Souldiers, in a publick Croſſodo againſt him, as if he had been a Saracen, thereby enforcing him to reſign his Crown, Kingdoms to the Pope, to ſwear Homage to him as his Vaſſal, and to hold his Kingdoms from him under an annual Rent; and then by his Writs, Letters Patents, his Nobles Letters, Oaths, thus ſubmiſſively to write unto, ſend for them again and again to haſten their return, engage to perform all agreements made on their behalf, to their full content, under ſuch forfeitures as theſe, and to receive them with all honour, before their leaſt ſubmiſſion, precedent humble addreſſes to him, or Interdict releaſed; all which ſufficiently diſcovers their pride, obſtinacy, diſloyalty, and his unparallel'd humility. Upon receipt of theſe Letters, the Archbiſhop and Biſhops not making ſuch haſte into England as the King expected, he thereupon ſent this ſecond Letter to them to haſten their return, and appointed Biſhops, Earls, Barons, to receive them at their Landing, and to conduct them to him with all ſafety and honour, inſtead of guarding them to a deſerved Execution.

VEnerabilibus in Chriſto Patribus S. Dei gratia Cantuarienſi Archiepiſcopo totiusClauſ. 15. Johannis Regis, parte 2. Dorſ. m. 8. Angliae Primati, & Sanctae Eccleſiae Romanae Cardinali, & omnibus ſuffraganeis ſuis Epiſcopis cum eo exiſtentibus. J. eadem gratia Rex Angliae, &c. Mandamus vobis quod bene veneritis in Angliam, ſcientes quod jamdiu vos expectavimus, et adventum veſtrum deſideravimus, unde in occurſum veſtrum mittimus fideles noſtros Dominum H. Dublinenſem Archiepiſcopum, J. Norwicenſem Epiſcopum, W. Comitem Arundell, Matthaeum filium Herberti, W. Archidiaconum Huntingtoniae, rogantes quatenus ad nos venire feſtinetis, ſicut praedicti fideles noſtri vobis dicent. Teſte meipſo apud Stokes Epiſcopi, primo die Julii.

And to take away all pretexts for their delay, he ſends them this ſecond Patent, diſclaiming his intended Utlacy of Treaſon againſt them and their Confederates, and undoubted Regal power to Out-law any Clerks for Treachery and Rebellion, when as neither they nor the Pope ever renounced their Uſurped power to Interdict, Excommunicate, Dethrone, and give away his Realms to his mortal foreign Enemies.

REX Omnibus, &c. Sciatis quod Interdictum quod vulgariter Utlagatio Pat. 15. Johan. Regis, parte 2. m. 8. intus.nuncupatur, quod proponi fecimus contra perſonas Eccleſiaſticas, publice revocavimus et revocamus, proteſtantes per has Literas noſtras Patentes, id ad nos de perſonis Eccleſiaſticis minime pertinere, nec illud de cetero contra perſonas Eccleſiaſticas, faciemus u…a…enus promulgari. Teſte meipſo apud Bellum, Decimo tertio die Junii. Anno Decimo quinto.

The 17. of August following theſe Biſhops Landed at Dover, and were conducted in ſtate to the King at Wincheſter; the manner of the Kings extraordinary humiliation to, reception of, and begging pardon from them, proſtrating himſelf to the ground at their ſeet, and their inſolent proud carriage towards their offended Soveraign, though with ſome Crocadiles tears, is thus related by Matthew Paris.

PAndulp…o itaque mediante, neceſſariis omnibus ad repatriandum paratis▪ aſcenderuntMat. Paris Hiſt. Angl▪ p. 229, 230. naves S. Cantuarienſis Archiepiſcopus, W. Londinenſis, E. Elienſis, H. Lincolnienſis, p. 279E. Herefordenſis Epiſcopi, cum caeteris Clericis & Laicis, cauſa Interdicti exulantibus, & apud Doveram, Decimo ſeptimo Calendas Auguſti applicantes, in die Beatae Margaratae Virginis, Wintoniam ad Regem venerunt. Rex autem cum eorum adventum cognoviſſet, venit obviam illis, et viſo Archiepiſcopo et Epiſcopis, **Lo the Kings tranſcendent humility to theſe Traytors, who ſhould have fallen down on their knees to him.cecidit pronus in terram, ad pedes eorum lacrymis profuſis, (they ſhould rather have fallen down at the Kings feet, and craved pardon for their Treaſons and practiſes againſt him with tears) Obſecrans ut de ſe ac Regno Angliae miſericordiam haberent. Videntes ergo Archiepiſcopus & Epſicop. tantam Regis humilitatem, cum lachymis illum de terra levaverunt, ducentes a dextris & a ſiniſtris, ad oſtium Eccleſiae Cathedralis, ubi cum Pſalmo Qui quageſimo. videntibus magnatibus cunctis, & ubertim prae gaudio flentibus, ſicut mos eſt Eccleſiae, illum abſolverunt. Et haec abſolutio facta fuit in Capitulo Wintonienſi. (But pray mark upon what reaſonable and dutifull termes it was made for their own and the Popes advantage, and his diſhonour and prejudice.) In hac autem abſolutione juravit Rex, tactis Sacroſanctis Evangeliis, quod Sanctam Eccleſiam ejuſque ordinatos diligeret, defenderet et manu-teneret, contra omnes adverſarios ſuos pro poſſe ſuo, quodque bonas leges Anteceſſorum ſuorum, & praecipue leges Edwardi Regis revocaret, & iniquas deſtrueret, & omnes homines ſuos ſecundum juſta Curiae ſuae judicia judicaret, quodque ſingulis redderet jura ſua. Iuravit etiam quod omnibus ad Interdicti negotium pertingentibus infra proximum Paſcha plenariam reſtitutionem faceret ablatorum, ſin autem, **Non▪in priſtinam excommunicationis ſententiam revocaretur. Iuravit praeterea Innocentio Papae ejuſque Catholicis ſucceſſoribus, fidelitatem et obedientiam, ſicut ſuperius in ſcripto redactum continetur. Deinde Archiepiſcopus ducens illum in Eccleſiam, miſſam celebravit. Et miſſa peracta ad menſam, cum Rege reſidentes, Archiepiſcopus cum Epiſcopis, & magnatibus univerſis, epulabantur in laetitia & jocunditate. (The very next day after their coming to Wincheſter the King iſſued out Writs to all Sheriffs of England, to enquire of their damages.) In craſtino autem miſit Rex Literas ad omnes Vicecomites Regni Angliae praecipiens ut de ſingulis Dominicorum ſuorum Villis quatuor Legales homines cum praepoſito apud Sanctum Albanum, primo die nonas Auguſti facerent convenire: ut per illos & alios miniſtros ſuos de damnis ſingulorum Epiſcoporum & ablatis certitudinem inquireret, & quid ſingulis deberetur.

The forme of theſe Writs to Sheriffs being omitted by all our Hiſtorians, I ſhall here inſert.

REX Vicecomiti Sumerſet & Dorſet, &c. Praecipimus tibi quod ſine dilatione exClauſ 15. Johannis Regis, parte 2. m. 8. Dorſo. parte noſtra praecipias Roberto de Berkhel, Rogero de Penton, & Osberto filio Willielmi, quod omni occaſione poſtpoſita, veniant ad diem, & locum, quos Dominus Epiſcopus Bathonienſis tibi ſcire fecerit, ad audiendam inquiſitionem de ablatis et dampnis Epiſcoporum et Clericorum, et omnium virorum Eccleſiaſticorum et aliorum negociorum Eccleſiae contingentium faciendam coram Clericis Domini Cantuarienſis Archiepiſcopi quos ad hoc per Literas ſuas Patentes aſſignaverit. Et ſummone ex parte noſtra omnes illos de Balliva tua, qui Cuſtodiam vel aliquam Ballivam habuerunt de rebus Eccleſiaſticis a tempore motae diſcordiae inter nos & Clerum Angliae; quod tunc coram praedictis Clericis Domini Archiepiſcopi compareant ad praedictam inquiſitionem audiendam. Teſte meipſo apud Northampton. xxxi. die Augusti.

in Archiepiſcopatu Cantuar.

Galfridus filius Petri,

Comes Eſſex.

Simon de Pateſhull.

p. 280in Epiſcopatu Winton.

Willus Briwer.

Rogerus de Scures.

Walterus de Aundely.

in Epiſcopatu Exon.

Richardus Flandrenſis.

Eudo de Bello Campo.

Robertus de Albamara.

in Epiſcopatu Elienſ.

Comes Roger le Bigod.

Robertus Pikot.

Robertus de Burnvil.

in Epiſcopatu Wygorn.

Petrus filius Herberti.

Willus de Arden.

in Epiſcopatu Bathon.

Robertus de Berkelie.

Osbertus filius Willi.

Rogerus le Penton.

in Epiſcopatu Ceſtr.

Thomas de Eſtlegg.

Willus de Warr.

in Epiſcopatu Norwicen.

Galfridus de Aumbly.

Willus filius Rocellini.

Philippus de Burnham.

in Epiſcopatu Landaff.

Richardus Fladr. de

Glamorgan.

Walterus de Suly.

in Archiepiſcopatu Eborac.

Jordanus Foliot.

Johannes de Birkin.

in Prioratu Cantuarienſ.

Matheus filius Herberti.

Willus de Cernton.

Willus de Riſſeteford.

in Epiſcopatu Ciceſtrienſ.

Simon de Rockingham.

Robertus de Sauvag.

Robertus de Pet. Pont.

in Epiſcopatu Londonienſ.

Comes W. Mareſcall.

Jacobus de Poterna.

In Epiſcopatu Lincolnienſ.

Radulphus de Normanvill.

Thomas de Muleton.

Alexand. de Pointon.

in Epiſcopatu Herefordenſ.

Robertus de Mortuo

Mari.

Walterus de Clifford.

Rogerus Huſcarl.

in Epiſcopatu Sarr.

Godefridus de Sancto

Martino.

Petrus de Scudamore.

Henricus filius Ancheri.

p. 281in Epiſcopatu Menevenſ.

Thomas de Lauda.

Willus de Barry.

in Epiſcopatu Roffenſ.

Galfridus de Sunderneſs.

Richardus de Valle Bedonis.

in Epiſcopatu Dunholmenſ.

Rogerus de Andree.

Walterus de Monaſteriis.

There were other Writs ſent to the Kings Judges to proceed in the ſaid Inquiſition.

REX, G. filio Petri Com. Eſſex, & Simoni de Pateſhall, &c. Mandamus vobis Clauſ. 15. Johannis Regis, pars 2. m. 8. dorſo.quod procedatis in Inquiſitione facienda de Ablatis et dampnis per Archiepiſcopatum Cantuarienſem, ſicut proviſum eſt ad terminum ad hoc conſtitutum, et diſtincte inbreviari faciatis ex parte noſtra, et Archiepiſcopus ex parte ſua, quid ſinguli ſolverint Balivis noſtris, et quid ab eis exigitur, et quantum et quare, quia quod Balivi noſtri recognoverint ſe recepiſſe de hiis quae ad hoc negotium pertinent, id reddi faciemus. Et ſi de aliquo orta fuerit contentio unde fieri debeat probatio, probationem inde audire volumus coram nobis in praeſentia Domini Archiepiſcopi ad terminum quem nos et ipſe providebimus, quia Contentionem illam coram nobis terminari volumus, qui ſolutionem facturi ſumus: praeterea provideatis vobis de articulis exactionum et receptionum. Audivimus enim quod quaedam exactiones ſicut de ſerviciis nobis factis in exercitibus Walliae et Hyberniae, et de quibuſdam aliis quae ad hoc negotium nequaquam pertinent.

After which he iſſued out other Writs to all the Commiſſioners and Inquiſitors of thoſe damages in this forme.

REX, Galfrido de Aumbly, Willielmo filio Roſcelini, & Philippo de Burnham, &c.Clauſ. 15. Johannis Regis, pars 2. m. 8. dorſo. Mandamus vobis quod conveniatis ad diem et locum quos Offic. Domini Norwicenſis Epiſcopi vobis ſcire faciet, coram Clericis Domini Cantuarienſis Archiepiſcopi quos per literas ſuas aſſignavit, ad Inquiſitionem faciendam de omnibus ablatis et dampnis illatis Eccleſiae et Clero, et Laicis, hanc cauſam contingentibus de praedicto Epiſcopatu, et vos ſitis cum illis ad Inquiſitionem illam faciendam quia volumus quod plenarie fiat, nec remaneat propter aliquas Literas quas inde ſuper hoc miſerimus. Et ſcire faciatis omnibus illis qui Ballivas habuerint in praedicto Epiſcopatu de rebus Eccleſiaſticis vel aliis hanc cauſam contingentibus, quod veniant ad praedictos diem et locum Inquiſitionem illam audituri. Et ſi non venerint, nihilominus inquiſitio illa procedat. Et ſi quod dampnum evenerit per defectum ipſorum non nobis ſed illis eveniet. Teſte meipſo apud Novum Templum London, ſexto die Octobris. Eodem modo ſcribitur omnibus Inquiſitoribus ſupradictis.

After this generall complyance with them, the King conceiving he had given them full content, and ſetled all things in peace, reſolved to paſſe with an Army into Picardy▪ p. 282whither the Nobles refuſed to follow him, animated by the example and ſecret perſwaſions of the Biſhops, to divert him from invading France, where they had been ſuccoured; which Matthew Paris relates in theſe words.

INde vero apud Porteſmue, Rex cum feſtinatione veniens ut transfretaret in Pictaviam, Mat. Paris Hiſt. Angl. p. 229, 230.Galfrido filio Petri, & Epiſcopo Winton. Regnum Angliae commiſit, praecipiens ut cum Conſilio Cantuarienſis Archiepiſcopi (though his moſt implacable Enemy) omnia Regni negotia ordinarent. Quo facto venerunt ibidem, ad Regem numeroſa militum multitudo (by the Archbiſhop and his Confederates inſtigation) conquerentes, quod in diutina, quam ibi fecerant expectatione, omnem pecuniam ſuam conſumpſerant, unde ipſum ſequi nequiverant, niſi de fiſco illis neceſſaria miniſtrarentur. Quod cum Rex facere recuſaſſet, iratus cum privata Familia Naves aſcendit & poſt triduum apud Gerſea inſulam applicuit, magnatibus ſuis domum reverſis, ubi cum Rex ſeſe derelictum cernebat, neceſſitate compulſus ad Angliam remeavit.

Whiles theſe things were acting, the Archbiſhop, Biſhops, Nobles meeting at St. Albans, about the damages to be reſtored by the King to the Biſhops during their exile, by the Archbiſhops and Biſhops inſtigation, to depreſſe the King all they could, fell to demand the confirmation of their Liberties, granted by his Grandfather King Henry the 1. which the King condeſcended to.