Vindication of Ecclesiastical Volume 3, Volume 2 · Book · Chapter 2 · Document 92 – Document 99
REX Cuſtodibus Archiepiſcopatus Cant. ſalutem. Praecipimus vobis quod Clauſ. 26. H 3. m 3. intus. parte prima. Pro Executoribus Teſtamento E. quondam Cant. Archiepiſ. co…i.omnia bona quae ſuperſunt foelicis memoriae E. quondam Cant. Archiepiſcopi, habere faciatis Executoribus Teſtamenti faciendum. Et omnia bona quae fuerunt ipſius Archiepiſcopi et ceſſerunt in uſus noſtros, reddi faciatis eisdem Executoribus de exitibus ejusdem Archiepiſcopatus ad executionem praefatam faciendam. Ita quod occaſione noſtri nichil deperiet dicto Teſtamento, retentis tantum ad opus noſtrum carucis maneriorum ejuſdem Archiepiſcopatus, pro rationabili praecio, de quo praecio forisfaciatis executoribus praedictis, diligentem etiam fieri faciatis Inquiſitionem in pr…ſentia praefatorum executorum, ſi qui aliquid habuerunt de bonis ipſius Archiepiſcopi; et ſi quos inveneritis, qui bona aliqua de ſuis habuerunt, per inquiſitionem illam, illos diſtringatis ab bona illa ſine dilatione reddenda praefatis executoribus. Diſtringi etiam faciatis omnes Ballivos et praepoſitos, de tempore ipſius Archiepiſcopi, ut praefatis Erecutoribus de tempore ſuo rationabilem compotum reddant, ut eis inde ſine dilatione ſatisfaciant. Teſte meipſo apud Wintoniam primo die Maii Anno regni noſtri 26.
The Biſhop of Worceſter, and other Delegates of the Pope by vertue of his Bulls and commiſſion, holding Plea of a Prebendary in the Church of Lincoln, whereof the King was Patron, and right of viſitation and Procurations, wherein the right of Patronage determinable only in the Kings temporal Coutt, was like to come in queſtion, to the prejudice of the Kings Crown and Right; thereupon the King iſſued theſe two memorable Inhibitions to the Popes Delegates, not to proceed therein, in the firſt whereof his Supream care and protection of the Church, by divine inſtitution, with his Biſhops obligation to him upon this account, are thus expreſſed.
REX W. Wigorn. Epiſcopo, ſalutem. Cum Nos conſtituerit Altiſſimus Clauſ. 26. H. 3. m. 7.Eccleſiae Defenſorem, quam ſua gratia ſuffragante defendere volumus et debemus, dignum eſſe judicium arbitramur, ut Praelati Eccleſiae grata nobis viciſſitudine reſpondeant, tempore opportuno defendendo, conſervando jura et Libertates Regiae dignitatis. Sane cum vobis et conjudicibus veſtris ſuper contentione quadam orta inter venerabilem Patrem R. Epiſcopum Linc. et Decanum et Capitulum ejusdem Eccleſiae, Cauſa a ſede apoſtolica ſit commiſſa, quae ſine magno praejudicio dignitatis noſtrae in foro Eccleſiaſtico non poterit ventilari, praeſertim cum libertates praebendarum Eccleſiarum Cathedralium, quarum ad nos pertinet patronatus, deduci non poſſint in judicium ſine nobis, et praefatus Epiſcopus Linc. viſitatores et procuratores exigat in praebendis Eccleſiae memoratae, non ſine noſtri juris injuria, et Regiae dignitatis praejudicio manifeſto, paternitati veſtrae mandamus, Inhibentes, ne in cauſa praedicta aliquatenus procedatis, donec de conſilio noſtro proviſum fuerit et diſcuſſum, utrum in cauſa praedicta, necne, poſſitis procedere abſque injuria noſtra et laeſione Regiae dignitatis. Teſte Rege apud Castelacr. 22. die Martii.
REX magiſtro R. de Kirk. & H. de Ho. & aliis principalium delegatis, ſi affuerint,Clauſ. 26 H. 3. m. 7. dorſo. ſalutem. A memoria noſtra non excidit, nec a veſtra credimus excidiſſe, qualiter alias vobis literas noſtras direximus, inhibentes ne in cauſa quae vertitur coram vobis authoritate Apoſtolica inter R. Lincoln. Epiſcopum et Decanum et Capitulum ſuper viſitatione et procuratione quas praefatus Epiſ. exigit in Praebendis Linc. Eccleſiae in praejudicium regiae dignitatis, proceſſum aliquem haberetis. Adhuc autem iterato vobis duximus inhibendum, ne in eadem cauſa aliquatenus procedere praeſumatis: Scituri pro certo, quod ſi ſecus ageritis cum injuriam regiae dignitatis non poſſimus aequanimiter ſuſtinere, nos contra vos cum juriſdictione Regia procedamus. Teſte ut ſupra. A memorable evidence and expreſſion of the Kings Soveraign regal Eccleſiaſtical Juriſdiction.
King Henry being to take a royal voyage beyond the Seas againſt the French, thereupon iſſued this Writ to the Archdeacon of Canterbury (the See being then voyd) to cauſe prayers to be made to the moſt High, throughout his Archdeaconry, for himſelf, his Queen, children, the proſperous ſucceſſe of his affaires, and ſafe return home, in forme enſuing.
REX Archid. Cantuar. ſalutem. Cum Auctore Domino in proximo ſimus Clauſ. 26. H. 3. m. 7. dorſo.transfretaturi, et certam geramus fiduciam, quod mediantibus precibus fidelium, iter et Actus noſtros proſperari velit Altiſſimus; dilectionem veſtram rogamus attentius, quatenus per totum Archidiaconatum veſtrum, pro nobis et Regina noſtra labiorum victimas Altiſſimo faciatis offerri, ut de miſericordia ſua propoſitum noſtrum feliciter adimplere valeamus, ad propria cum proſperitate reverri, et etiam pro liberis noſtris Drationes fieri faciatis, quod Dominus ipſos conſervet incolumes. Teſte Rege apud Castelacr. 27. die Martii.
The Archdeacon of Derby petitioning the King, that ſome Clergymen impriſoned for the death of a man, might be delivered to his cuſtody, according to Eccleſiaſtical Liberty; thereupon the King iſſued this Writ to the Sheriff of Notingham and Derby, to deliver them to him before the Coroner, upon ſecurity given for their appearance before the Kings Juſtices at the next Aſſiſes, or in the Kings Bench, when he ſhould require it, there to ſtand to their trial, if any would proſecute againſt them.
ARCHID. Derbi Regi humiliter ſupplicavit, per Literas ſuas Patentes, quodClauſ. 26. H. 3. m. 3. par. 2. dor. Simonem Rectorem Eccleſiae de Truſſel. Hugonem de Dereb. Capellanum, & Rogerum de Truſſel. acolitum, captos & detentos in priſona Regis Nottingham, pro morte hominis ſecundum Libertatem Eccleſiaſticam, ei liberari faceret.
Et Mandatum eſt Vic. Nottinghamiae & Derebi, quod in pleno Com. ſuo coram Coronatoribus Regis, praefatos priſones eidem Archid. faceret liberari: Ita quod eos habeat coram Juſticiariis Domini Regis ad primam Aſſiſam, cum in partes illas venerint, vel coram Rege quando praeceperit, ad ſtandum recto, ſi quis verſus eos loqui voluerit. Teſte W. Eborum Archiepiſcopo apud Weſtmonaſterium ſecundo die Octobris.
There being a Council of Biſhops and other Prelates appointed to be held at Oxford, in the 26. year of Henry the third, the King ſuſpecting, that ſome things would be propounded and attempted therein againſt his Crown and Dignity; appointed his ſpecial Proctor to ſit therein, and to appeal againſt all ſuch proceedings if attempted, and likewiſe to deliver ſomethings to them by word of mouth from the King, to which they might give credit, by this memorable Patent.
REX Venerabilibus in Chriſto Patribus W. Eborum Archiepiſcopo, Angliae primati,Pat. 26. H. 3. m, 21. & omnibus Epiſcopis, & aliis Praelatis qui conventuri ſunt apud Oxoniam, ſalutem. Dilectum & fidelem noſtrum Galfridum de Langel. ad veſtram praeſentiam duximus tranſmittendum, ad appellandum pro Nobis, ne in Concilio nunc apud Oxon. convocato, contra Coronam et dignitatem noſtram aliquid ſtatuere praeſumatis. Quaedam etiam poſuimus in ore ip…us vobis exponenda, cui ſuper hiis fidem adhibeatis. Teſte Rege apud Merleberg. XXIX die Novembris.
There hapning a controverſy concerning the affaires and elections of the Churches of Canterbury and Winchester in the Court of Rome, by way of Appeal, the King conſtituted ſpecial Proctors therein, by theſe his Letters Patents.
REX omnibus, ſalutem. Sciatis nos conſtituiſſe magiſtrum Henricum de Secus, Pat. 26. H. 3. m. 9. dorſo.Priorem Antipolitanum, & magiſtrum Willelmun de Seint. Amur. procuratores noſtros, tam in negotiis Cantuarienſis, quam Eccleſiae Wintonienſis proſequendis in curia Romana. Ratum & gratum habituri, quicquid ipſi duo vel alter eorum in negotiis praedictis duxerint faciend. In cujus, &c. Teſte Rege apud Westmonaſt. Septimo die Martii.
The like ſpecial Proctor he appointed in the caſe of an Inquiſition before the Popes Delegates in England, between the Biſhop of Bath and others, the Patronage of whoſe Churches belonged to the Crown.
REX Venerabilibus patribus Herefordenſi & Exonienſi Epiſcopis & Abbati ſanctiPat. 26. H. 3. m. 12. Edmundi, ſalutem. In negotio inquiſitionis, quod inter vos vertitur ex una parte, authoritate Apoſtolica, & Venerabilem Patrem Bathonienſem Epiſcopum ex altera, magiſtrum Robertum de Ford. Procuratorem noſtrum conſtituimus, ratum & gratum habituri quicquid idem magiſter Robertus in dicto negotio Inquiſitionis juſtitia mediante coram vobis duxerit faciendum. Hoc idem dicto Epiſcopo ſignificamus. Teſte Rege apud Merleberg. 28. die Novembris.
The Prior and Covent of Trinity in Canterbury during the Vacancy of the See, and the Kings abſence in forraign parts, encroaching Archiepiſcopal juriſdiction upon the ſuffragan Biſhops and their ſubjects, to their great oppreſſion, and prejudice of the Kings Crown and dignity, he thereupon iſſued this memorable prohibition to them, to ſtay all proceedings till his return into England, to hear and determin theſe differences by the advice of the Councel of the whole Realm.