Vindication of Ecclesiastical Volume 3, Index 10

Vindication of Ecclesiastical Volume 3 · Index 10

INDEX 10. Alphabetical: Of the Popes of Rome, their actions, intollerable Antimonarchical Ʋſurpations, Tyrannies, Treaſons, Rebellions, atheistical, irreligious Bulls; Letters, Nuncioes, avaritious Practiſes, Frauds, Crimes, Corruptions, Extortions, tranſactions between them, our Kings, Prelates, Nobles, Kingdoms; with other particulars conteined in this Tome: which will make ſome conſiderable Addition to Platina, Onuphrius, Balaeus, Dr. Barnes, others who have writ the Lives of Popes.

A.

ADrian 4, his priviledge to St. Albans, Appendix 21. His Epiſtles, priviledges waived in Papal obligations, 468.

Alexander 3. The Lands of Ambresbiry transferred to the Nunnes of Founteveroit upon his Mandate, for the whoredom of the former Ab…eſſe and Nunns, by King H. 2. with advice of his Biſhops and Nobles, p. 228. He decreed in the Council of La…era…, children born before matrimony to be hereditable to their parents, if they maried afterwards, which the King, Nobles of England contradicted, refuſing to alter the Law therein at the Biſhops importunity, 471, 472, 473, 474, 479. See Bastardy, Index 14. Encouraged Archbiſhop Becket in his Oppoſitions, Treaſons againſt King H. 2. avenged his death, canonized him as a Saint, Martyr for the Church, 563. See Becket Index 3. He reſigned his Archbiſhoprick into his hands, as unlawfully received from the King by inveſtiture; receiving it canonically from him again in oppoſition to the King, Append. 25. Fled from Rome into France, where the King received him. Grieved not the French Church, gave no Beneſice nor Prebendary in it, 777, 778, 654. Exempted Clergymen from taking, or being enforced to take any Oath, 707. His Bulls, Decrees for the Monks of Canterbury againſt the Archbiſhop, proved to be forged, Appendix 16, 17.

Alexander 4. His election; his humble Letters to all prelates to pray for him, that God would give him power, grace, to rule the Church ſo, as to deſerve to be called Gods Vicar, and Peters ſucceſſor: His hypocriſie, ſpeedy apoſtacy from it, 813, 818. Revived the warrs raiſed by his predeceſſor againſt the Emperor Fredericks party and Manſred; inveſts Edmund K. H. 3d. his ſonne by a ring in the kingdome of Sicily, Apulia, cheats him of vaſt ſummes of money upon this account, 813, &c. 834. 868, 869, to 872. 917, to 924, 931, 9…8. He followes the Biſhop of Hereſords device, to oblige all the Biſhops, Abbots, Priors of England to his Vſurers in vaſt ſummes of money againſt their wills without their privities, purſued with fraud and violence, 820, 821, 822, 823, 824, 833, 844, 845, 846. Sends Ruſtand his Legate into England, Scotland, and Ireland, to collect a Diſme to his and the Kings uſe to carry on his Warrs againſt Manfred, 821, to 826. 841. See Ruſtand, Index 12. Writes Letters to Richard Earl of Cornwall to lend monies toward it, who refuſed to do it, 8…2 The Engliſh Prelates durſt not ſo much as mutter againſt him, 841, to 850. The Great Charter of King John, and for the freedom of elections ſent to Rome to be confirmed by him, which he refuſed to do, leaſt he ſhould diſpleaſe the King, 841, 842. avoyded all his own and his predeceſſors Bulls, priviledges, by clauſes of Nonobſtante, Ibid. 846. His Bull to Ruſtand to pay monyes to his Merchants upon forged, forced obligations of Biſhops, Abbots, Priors, with their form, 844, 845, 846, &c. His Letters to the King on beha…f of the Cistercians to exempt them from paying the ſum required, 847, 848. The King oppreſſeth them notwithſtanding, Ibid. His moderation of proviſions upon the Prelates and Nobles complaints, 848, 849. His deteſtable hypocriſie diſcovered by his actions, which made the love of many towards him to wax cold, 848. His conſolatory Letters to the King, Queen concerning the captivity of the Duke of Savoy by his ſubjects, 849. His bribery, injuſtice, corruption, 850. Intrudes a Dean into York by proviſion, fraud; and vexed, excommunicated Archbiſhop Sewall for oppoſing it, 850, 851. 926, 927. Confirms Sewald Archbiſhop of York whether the King would or not, 852, 853. His Bull to confirm the intruded Prior of Winton by Simony, againſt right, juſtice, 850, 852, 855. His Bull to excommunicate the Kings Juſtices, Sheriffs, Bayliffs in Ireland, upon the Archbiſhop of Tuams and his Suffragans complaints againſt them and their proceedings, by impriſonments, indictment, prohibitions, to the oppreſſion of the Clergy, and invaſion of the Churches Liberties, the Kings Proctors proteſtation at Rome againſt theſe clauſes, as prejudicial to the Kings prerogative, 857, 858, 859. Suits before his delegates in England ſuperſeded by the Kings Writs, 859, 860. His Bull to reimburſe the Biſhop of Hereford the moneyes lent him upon his bon… made to decoy the other Biſhops and Abbots, 860, 861. His Agents, Clerks, Merchants imployed in collecting, receiving the diſmes granted. The Kings Embaſſadors, Proctors, Agents, Letters, Procurations to him concerning the diſmes, the buſineſſe of Sicily, Apulia, The intollerable, impoſſible exactions, conditions he impoſed on him and his ſonne, forcing them to take an Oath to perform them, of which he deſired reſpite, mitigation, yet could hardly or not at all obtain, 862, to 872. 914, to 936. 942, to 949. 961. His grant of the firſt years fruits of vacant Benefices in Ireland for 2. years to the Archbp of Tuam granted before to the King; conteſts between him and the King concerning them, 913. The King proffers to quit Sicily, ſo as he would repay the monies received for it, being unable to ſatisfie his vaſt ſummes demanded, 919, 920, 921, 941. His Letters, Proctors to him not to confirm the Biſhop of Elyes and Abbot of St. Edmunds elections, whom he confirmed in deſpite of the King againſt his will, 922, 923, 924. His New Statute, that all exempt Abbots ſhould repaire immediately to Rome for confirmation and benediction after their elections; to fill his own purſe, exhauſt theirs, 925. 952. His imperious proviſion to the Abbot of St. Albans, 926. Archbiſhop Sewals Letters, Speeches concerning his tyranny, vexations, corruption; his deriding his wholſom advice, 926, 927. Ruſtand recalled by, accuſed before him, 927, 930. The Archbiſhop of Meſſana ſent as his Legate into England, 928. His Letter to King H. 3. concerning Archbiſhop Boniface his Oppreſſions of the Biſhop of Rocheſter, which he ſummoned him to anſwer before him at Rome, 928, 929. He ſpoyles England of all its money by his Taxes, exactions; ſends Arlot to excoriate it, and Manſuetus ſoon after, 930, 931, 945. The Nobles oppoſition againſt them in Parliament, lb. He cheated, circumvented the King by ſucceſſive Agents, 932. His blank Bulls to Berard de Nympha to raiſe monies in England, 939. Mediates a Peace between France and England, to carry on his Wars in Sicily; Letters, Procurations concerning it, 943, 944, 961. The Parliament, Nobles reſolutions concerning Sicily, and his unjuſt demands from the King, 931, 945, 946, 947, 948, 949. The Kings Letters to him to ratifie the Nobles Ordinances of Oxford, to gain monies from them, 947. He ſecretly abſolved the King from his Oath to obſerve them, 948, 988, 989. He is ſcorned, contemned by Manfred, who created Archbiſhops, Biſhops in Sicily without him, was obeyed as King by all, againſt his Prohibition, for which he and his Court at Rome grew odious, deſpicable, 948. King H. 3. expoſtulates with him for cheating him in that affair, Ibid. A notable Epiſtle of the Parliament, Nobles of England to him, concerning the affairs of Apulia and Sicily; their proceedings againſt the Biſhop of Wincheſter, (whoſe reſtitution they declared againſt) and the Kings Oath to the Proviſions of Oxford, 948, 949, 950, 951. His Bull, of thanks to the Dean and Chapter of Sarum, reſerving the perpetual Proviſion of a Prebendary in that Church, which they beſtowed on his Nephew, 951, 952. His Bull to King Henry for a penſion for Arlots Nephew, 952, 953. Some Abbots reſiſt the fraudulent Obligations made in their names without their privity; Philip Abbot of Weſtminſter refuſeth to go to Rome for his confirmation according to his Decree, which would not be diſpenſed with but for vaſt ſums of money, 953. He conſecrates Godfrey Archbiſhop of York at Rome, to his vaſt expence, 953, 954. The Kings Letters to him concerning John Manſell, and the Treaſurerſhip of York belonging to him, conferred by his Proviſion on a Cardinals Nephew, which the King oppoſed as contrary to his antient right and prerogative, 962, 963, 964. The Kings Letters to the Barons of Dover and other Ports, to ſearch for all Papal Bulls or Letters brought from him by Italians, Clerks, Laymen, or others, prejudicial to him and his Realm, to permit none to bring them into the Realm, 968. not to ſuffer any to paſſe out of the Realm to the Court of Rome, unleſſe they firſt ſwore, not to requeſt any thing there contrary to the Popes Ordinance made for Sicily, or againſt the Kings Crown and Dignity, 865. The ſtrange forme of the Kings Obligations to his Merchants, Uſurers for monies borrowed of them, and ſtrange penalties in them if infringed, 1034, 1035. The Kings Letter to him to confirm the Biſhop of Burdeaux, 971. The Romans roſe up againſt him, contemn his Excommunication as exempted from it, …orced him to fly from Rome, to humble himſelf to them and Brancaleo their Senator, Appendix p. 28. He cheats King H. 3. of infinite ſums of money, yet expoſtulated with him for deceiving the Church, threatned to Interdict the Realm, and Excommunicate the King for it, who thereupon payd him 5000 Marks to pacifie his anger, Appendix p. 28, 29. His death, ſucceſſor, 948.

Alexander 5. his approbation of the blaſphemous Book of St: Francis his conformities, and Chriſts wounds imprinted on him, p. 64.

Alexander 6 approved, ratified Bernardinus de Buſti his blaſphemous Book, entituled Mariale, dedicated to him, p. 34.

B.

BEnedict 11. his confirmation of Boniface his Bull of fourſcore and two thouſand years pardon, for ſaying one prayer only at our Saviours ſepulchre in Venice, p. 15.

Benedict 12. his approbation of the Book of St. Francis conformities and wounds, p. 64.

Boniface 8. his Bull of eighty two thouſand years pardon for every recital of a ſhort prayer at Chriſts ſepulchre in Venice, p. 15. A paſſage in his Bull to King Edw. 1. concerning his right to the Crown of Scotland, 328.

C.

CAlixtus 2. his Bull of Priviledge to St. Albans Appendix p. 21.

Coeleſtine 3. his Bull to St. Albans, and reſervation therein of an annual rent of an ounce of gold from it, to the prejudice of the Crown and Kings Prerogative, Appendix p. 21, 24.

Coeleſtine 4. dyes within 16. dayes after his election, great ſchiſms after it, p. 605, 648.

Clement 1. his Priviledge granted to St. Denis to be Apoſtle over the Weſtern Nations, by which the French pretended a right to elect a Pope, p. 650.

Clement 5. endeavoured to break the elections of Biſhops by Deans, Chapters and Covents, 779 his endeavour to ſuppreſſe the Barons and Biſhops Rebellion againſt King H. 3. who ſlighted his Bulls, Excommunications, 1019. The Kings Proctor, Procurations ſent to him for his and his Kingdoms benefit, honour, 1020. Ottobon his Legate ſent into England, his proceedings againſt the Biſhops, Barons, others in Armes againſt the King; draws Articles of pacification between them, 1020, to 1030. His Legates Excommunications ſl…ghed by them, 1024, 1025, 1026. His memorable Bull to Ottobon his Legate; reciting all the Rebellions againſt King H 3. his neceſſities by reaſon of them; exhorting the Prelates, Clergy to a liberal contribution to him, from whoſe perſon, anceſtors they had received all their endowments, preferments; His grant of the tenth part of the improved yearly values of their Benefices to him, to be levyed by Eccleſiaſtical cenſures from all, without any appeal or priviledge, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1048, to 1056, For which the King payd him 7000 Marks arrears of the annual rent due for England and Ireland out of this Diſme, 310. The Kings gratulatory Epiſtles, Procurations to him and his Cardinals concerning it, and other affairs of the Realm, 1030, to 1036. His Legates Council and Conſtitutiens, 1040, 1041. See Ottobon, Index 12. He exempted his Clerks, Agents Benefices in England, from Diſmes impoſed on all others, 1048. His death; near three years vacancy of the Roman See after it, 1061.

Cornelius; his Decree, that Biſhops never made Oath, not ought to give any, but in caſe of right faith, 707.

E.

EUgenius 2. his Decree, that Clergymen ought not to ſwear or take an Oath in any caſe, at leaſt without the Popes or Biſhops ſpecial licenſe, p. 707.

Eugenius 3. his proceedings againſt Murdac Archbiſhop of York, 778. His Decree concerning the Biſhop of St. Davids ſubjection, profeſſion to the See of Canterbury, and againſt its re-erection to an Archbiſhoprick, 235. His Bull of Pilviledge to St. Albans, Appendix p. 21.

G.

GRegory 1. Ordered the Virgin Mories picture drawn by St Luke, to be carried in proceſſion in Rome to ſtay the plague, which (as they fable) chaſed it thence, p. 41.

Gregory 7. his Epiſtles, claim to ſeveral Kingdoms in them; p 9.

Gregory 9. his election, 408 He vacated the election of Ralph Biſhop of Chicheſter to the Archbiſhoprick of Canterbury; upon Simon Langetons information, he would oppoſe King Johns Charter, Tribute, if confirmed Archbiſhop, 293, 294, 431. This Tribute payd, and a Diſme promiſed him in England and Ireland by King H. 3. his Proctors, to null Heveſhams election, and promote Richard to the Archbiſhoprick of Canterbury, which he did thereupon, 307, 308, 419, 420. The Kings Letters to him and his Cardinals, to aſſiſt him in his extraordinary affairs; his payment of the arrears of the annual rent on that account, 308, 309. He nulls the election of the Biſhop of Durham by the Monks, rejects the perſon recommended by the King, and promotes another, 406. Grants an Ayd to the King from the Archbiſhops, Biſhops, Abbots, Priors, Clergy in England and Ireland, 406, 407, 422. Pronounces a general Excommunication againſt all who hindred any to paſſe to, or repaſſe from Rome; his Bull to that purpoſe to the French Biſhops, King, not to hinder the King of Englands Nuncioes or Subjects from going thither, or returning thence, 408. Preſſeth a Croyſado by his Balls, privately intended againſt the Emperor Frederick, 408, 409. He injuriouſly Excommunicates the Emperor Frederick, Interdicts his Territories, without hearing or conviction; in all Countries, places, for not going perſonally to the Holy Land, when hindred by ſickneſle, inevitable weighty affaires of the Empire, and the Civil Wars he raiſed againſt him; He moſt unchriſtianly hired, employed John de Brennes to ſeiſe on, and deprive him of his Empire, during his abſence in the Holy Wars againſt the Saracens; for which treachery the Emperor ſtirred up a great ſedition againſt him, ſeiſing upon the Churches pretended Patrimony, Cities, Caſtles, antiently belonging to the Empire, cauſed the Romans to expell him out of Rome, purſue him to Viterbium, and from thence to Peruſium, he having no other means to revenge himſelf, but to excommunicate his perſecutors: His Bull of the Emperors Excommunication, 409, 410, 411, 412, 414, 415, 416, 417. The Emperors Letters of vindication againſt it to the King of England, and all other Chriſtian Kings, ſhewing how this Pope Gregory inflamed with apparent covetouſneſſe, luſt, not ſatisfied with Eccleſiaſtical goods, revenues, attempted without fear to diſinherit Emperors, Kings, Princes, and make them Tributaries, as his predeceſſor Innocent 3. did King John, and the Earl of Tholouſe, keeping them ſo long under Excommunications and Interdicts, till he reduced them under his Vaſſallage; His and the Roman Courts, Churches execiable Symonies, various new Exactions, never formerly heard of; their manifeſt and ſecret Uſuries towards the Clergy, hitherto unknown, wherewith they infected the whole world; their manifold ſnares to illaqueate all and every perſon, cheat them of their monies, liberties, rights, diſturbe their peaceable lives, being meer ravenous Wolves in Sheeps cloathing; with his ſerious exhortation to all Princes throughout the world, to provide againſt ſo great avarice, iniquity, Antimonarchical deſigns, 414, 415. He ſent his Legates abroad into all places, only to excommunicate, ſuſpend, puniſh thoſe who were potent; extort monies, pillage Churches, and raſhly to invade others Empires, Kingdoms, though he and they were baſe, unworthy perſons, whoſe learning and ambition made them mad, 414, 415. He againſt the Law of Chriſt decreed to conquer the Emperor with the Material, when as he could not caſt him down by the Spiritual Sword; with what conſideration or conſcience the Emperors Friends, Clergy admired, 416, 417. He daily proforma excommunicated robbers, incendiaries, tormen…ors of Chriſtians; yet gave conſent, yea authority to ſuch to invade and War againſt the Emperor, 417. He cauſed the Prelates, Clergy in Jeruſalem, not to ſay Maſſe in the City, nor to communicate with the Emperor whiles in it, when he recovered it from the Saracens, becauſe he had injuriouſly Excommunicated him; yea ſubo…ned the Templars and Hoſpitalers to betray him to the Soldan, after his conqueſt of the Saracens; He diſperſed ſcandalous Letters to defame him as an Apoſtate, &c. and moſt greedly raiſed monies, forces in all places to dethrone him, 418, 419, 424, 425. He reputed all the Emperor did in the Holy Land as nothing, moved War againſt him, aſſerting, it was juſt, neceſſary for the Chriſtian faith, that ſo ſtrong a perſecutor of the Roman Church, his Mother, ſhould be depoſed from the Imperial dignity, 425. He exacted a Diſme from England, Ireland, Wales, and all other Sons of the Church, to carry on his begun War againſt the Emperor to depoſe him, becauſe the wealth of the See Apoſtolick was not ſufficient; leſt if the Church of Rome miſcarried in this deſign, her Members ſhould ſeem to be vanquiſhed with their head, 425, 426. King H. 3. his Letter to him concerning the Emperors Excommunication, and reconciliation to him, 415, 416. He continues his Excommunication notwithſtanding his actual voyage to the Holy Land, 416. Maligns the Emperors victories over the Saracens in the Holy Land, ſtirs up the Templars and Hospitalers againſt him, 418. His Decree concerning the Monks of Coventry and Canons of Litchfields electing the Biſhop by turns, 418. The Kings and Biſhops Letters to him againſt Heveſhams election to the Archbiſhoprick of Canterbury, 419. Prefers Richard to it at the Kings and Biſhops requeſts, not by election, but proviſion and donation, 419. His Bull concerning it; his love to, prayſes of Canterbury Church, Becket, Langeton, 420. He introduced the firſt Papal Proviſions in Hiſtory or Record, 420, 778, 779. He ſent the Archbiſhop of Armenia into England, with Letters of recommendation to the Prelates and Religious perſons, 421. His diſpenſation with ſome of the Kings Clerks to hold Pluralities, 422. Conſtitutes Delegates upon the Kings appeal againſt the Biſhop of Imelic his election, 422. Interpoſed in the Truce between France and England, which he was to confirm when they had agreed on the Articles, 423. Sends his Legate into England to collect a Diſme for him againſt the Emperor Frederick, whom he defamed by his Letters in all places, 424, 425. His Bull for this Diſme, wherein he ſtiles Rome, the Mother of all Churches, who were bound to aſſiſt her; it is levyed with greateſt rigour by Eccleſiaſtical cenſures, according to the full value of Eccleſiaſtical livings, and money of full weight, 426, 427. Invades the Emperors Dominions, Cities by John de Brennes the ſecond time, whiles abſent in the Holy Wars, whom he fed with money; the Emperor on his return defeating him, recovered his Territories, marched to Rome with his Army, forcing this Pope to abſolve him, and reſtore the rights of the Empire he had invaded, 427, 428. He and the Emperor reconciled, he feaſted the Emperor, Cardinals, Nobles three dayes together in his Palace at Rome, Ibid. King H. 3. appeals to him againſt the encroachments of the Iriſh Biſhops on the rights of his Crown, 428. His Letter to King H. 3. to beſtow a penſion of 40 Marks a year on one of his Italian Brokers, 428, 429. Richard Archbiſhop of Canterbury, complains to him againſt the King and Hubert his Chief Juſtice, for maintaining the Kings Prerogative in a caſe of Wardſhip, wherein he ſided with the Archbiſhop againſt the King, granting whatever he deſired, 430: He endeavoured to wreſt the power of electing, confirming the Archbiſhop of Canterbury by the Kings licenſe, out of his hands, to conferre it on whom he pleaſed; nulls the election of Ralph the Kings Chancellor by the Monks, approved by the King, without alledging any cauſe but his own Papal pleaſure; commanding the Monks to make a new election by clauſes prejudicial to his Prerogative, 431. The Kings Inhibition thereupon to the Monks, to do nothing therein to the prejudice of his Crown, nor go to a new election without his ſpecial licenſe, 432. Nulls their Priors new election by the Kings licenſe, becauſe old, too ſimple to govern that Church; nulled their third election of Blundus, approved by the King, becauſe he held two Benefices without his licenſe, 433. Commanded the Monks at Rome to elect Edmund, to whom he ſent a Pall; who refuſed to do it without the Kings licenſe; they and the King at laſt enforced to accept of him for Archbiſhop without any election, 433, 434. The corn, goods of his foreign Clerks by proviſions, publickly threſhed out and ſold by a general inſurrection againſt them, 434, 435, 436. The Pope very angry at the tidings thereof, writes biting Letters to the King for not puniſhing the offendors, contrary to his Coronation Oath; threatens to Excommunicate him if he did not exemplarily puniſh them to deterre others; commanding ſome Biſhops and Abbots to Excommunicate all they found guilty thereof, till abſolved by himſelf: Whereupon ſundry found guilty by inquiſition were impriſoned, others forced to fly, 436, 437, 438, &c. Hubert de Burgo his Mannors ſequeſtred to give them ſatisfaction, he removed from his Chief Juſticeſhip for conniving at, confederating with theſe Rioters, and not puniſhing them, 438. His Bull for viſiting all Religious Orders, Houſes in all places, for their vices, corruptions, by his ſpecial viſitors; their ſevere proceedings therein, appeals againſt them, 440, 441, 442. His Letters on behalf of Hugh de Burgo, 443. King Henry ſubmits himſelf at his command to prolong the Truce with France for three years, to ayd the Holy Land, 446, 447. His abuſive Bulls to all Chriſtians for the ayd of the Holy Land, only to extort monies upon that pretext; levyed by, and payd to his own Agents, to be imployed againſt the Emperor Frederick; promoted by Freers without the names of Nuncioes, yet having their power, and authority to abſolve men from their Vows for money when croſſed, and to compell them to pay their monies by Excommunications, Interdicts; the Indulgences therein contained, 447, to 451, 466, 367 He propounds a marriage between Iſabella King Henries Siſter and the Emperor, his Letters concerning it; the Kings anſwer to him, and ſubmitting himſelf to the Juriſdiction, cenſures of the Pope and Roman Church, in caſe he failed to pay the marriage portion promiſed, 450, to 455. King Henry 3. ſends Proctors to him concerning his own Marriage-Treaty, to be ratified by his Papal authority, diſpenſation, which he prayed, 454. Humbly relorted to him for counſil, refuge upon all emergent occaſions; his over-ſubmiſſive Procurations, Letters to that purpoſe, 454, 455. His remonſtrance to him of grievances by Philip Earl of Britain, in ſeiſing his Caſtles, Lands, and revolting from his Allegiance, and prayer to compell him to give him ſatisfaction; who inſtead thereof imployed him in his Wars, 455, 456. His Letter to the King for receiving the Biſhop of Winton into England, who fled out of it, was ſent for by him to Rome to ſupply him with monies, and ayd him in his Wars, being a better Souldier then Preacher, which he is content to do at the Popes requeſt, 456, 457. His Legate prohibited to enter into Ireland without the Kings command, 458. His encroachments upon the elections and confirmations of Abbots; his new Oath of Fealty exacted from the Abbot of St. Albans, to the prejudice of the Crown, Churches, Abbots Priviledges; his Bulls, and his Delegates proceedings therein, 458, to 467. Publiſhed new compendious Decretals to get monies, and uſurp a legiſlative power over the world, 457. He ſet up, countenanced Uſurers called Caurſini, in all places, eſpecially in England, to whom moſt Prelates, Abbots were bound in ſtrange Obligatlons, to raiſe monies for his uſe; protected by him againſt the Biſhop of London, whoſe threats to excommunicate and baniſh them the City they derided, 467, to 470. The inſolency, cruelty, ſecular imployment of the Freers Minorites againſt their Orders, by his countenancing them, 469, 470. King H. 3. by his Bull endeavours to revoke ſundry of his grants, as if unable to make them without his conſent, 470, 486. His frequent abuſe of Croyſadoes, and new wayes to raiſe money by diſpencing with Vows, and perverting it to his own uſe, to the g…eat ſcandal of many, diſcovered, declamed againſt, 470, 471. Confirmed the Archbiſhop of Rhoa…s election, which the King approved, 482. His licenſe to hold Pluralities to ſuch of the Kings Clerks as he ſhould appoint, 483. I he miſerable eſtate of England by his Agents, Bulls, Proviſions to unlearned vitious Foreigners; extortions, ſymony, abuſe of Eccleſiaſtical cenſures, being made a common prey by his Hypocriſie, Tyranny, 484. The Greek Church rejects his pretended authority over them; ſeparated from the Church of Rome for his and her avarice, ſymony, corruptions, and claims ſuperiority over it; againſt whom he grants a Croyſado, and ſends Souldiers to reduce them, 484, 489, to 494. He ſends Otto at the Kings requeſt into England, under pretext to reform abuſes, who proved a ravenous wolfe, 485, &c. See Index 12. Oppoſed by Archbiſhop Edmund, as prejudicial to his Archiepiſcopal authority, Ibid. The Nobles refuſe to grant King H. 3. an Ayd, publickly reprehend him in Parliament, for ſaying publickly and ſecretly, he could diſpoſe, exchange or alien nothing in his Kingdom without the Popes or Legates conſent, as if he were not King, but the Popes Feudatory, Vaſſal, as many ſtiled him, 470, 485, 486, 504, 5…5. He Decrees St. Edwards Feaſt to be publickly obſerved; His Canonization of Francis and D…m…ick for Saints published, and that his Legates Decrees in Councils ſhould be valid after his Legateſhip ended, 488. Recalls his Legate Otto from England, by reaſon of the commotions againſt him for his rapines; the Kings ſupplication for his ſtay notwithſtanding them, 49…, 493, 505. Gives ſentence for the Monks of Rocheſter and Earl of Arandel at Rome, againſt Archbiſhop Edmund, awarding them coſts of ſuit; yet granted him a priviledge to the prejudice of the Monks of Canterbury, whom he oppreſſed by it, 498, 499. His unjuſt ſentence by bribery againſt the Canons in the cauſe of Alienor, married to the Earl of Leycester againſt her vew of chaſtity; and in caſe of the Monks and Biſhop elect of Winton, upon appeals to him, 498, 500, to 504. His Statutes concerning the reformation of the black Monks, and proceedings on them, 503, 504. His ſharp Letter, Bull to King H. 3. for giving, alienating the Lands of the Crown to Biſhops, Abbots, Nobles, others, to the prejudice of the See Apoſtolick, to whom the Realm of England belonged, and command to reſume them notwithſtanding his improvident Charters & Oath, 504, 505. His Legate not permitted to enter Scotland by the Scots King, 486, 506. Sir Robert Tw…ng his complaint to the King, Nobles in Parliament, of his oppreſſion, fraud, in depriving him of his preſentation to his only Church, by a Proviſion; their Letters to the Pope on his behalf, 437, 506, 507. His inſatiable avarice, depriving …f Laymen, Eccleſiaſtical and Religious perſons of their preſentations, by Proviſions, conferring them on ſtrangers; and other grievances complained againſt by all the Nobles in Parliament; their Letters to him to reform them, with his anſwer thereto, 506, 507, 508. His Letter to his Legate concerning moderation of Proviſions, not to grant advowſons of Lay Patrons by the Popes authority, without their aſſents, 508, 778, 779. Peter 8 aracen his Agent in England, taken, impriſoued by the Emperor till ranſomed; He refuſed to pay his ranſom, writ to, moved King H. 3. to pay it; his diſcontent thereat, 508, 509. The Dean and Chapter of Lincoln appeal to him againſt their Biſhops Viſication of them, 509. The Monks of St. Albans offer a ſum of money at his feet, which he gratefully received, to confirm their Priors election; They bribe his Cardinals, Agents of all ſorts, who would do nothing for the Kings or others Letters, without great gifts; for which they would not ſo much as invite them to a ſmall dinner, 462; 463. He prohibited the ordination, preferment of Baſtards, Pluralities, &c. only to gain monies for diſpenſations in ſuch caſes by the See Apoſtolick, which alone muſt grant them, 467, 753. The Grecians ſet up Germanus Patriarch of Constantinople as an Antipope againſt him, who denyed his Supremacy, renounced him and the Church of Rome, for their deteſtable ſymonies and corruptions, 490, 491, 512, 513, 643, 752. The Emperor oppoſed againſt him Helias, chief of the …ree…s Minors, a moſt famous preacher, who abſolved all this Pope had bound with an Anathema; who had rendred the Church of Rome infamous by ſymony, uſury, various rapines, and became a ſtep-father to her ſons; thirſting only after money, which he extorted by ſundly devices, not caring at all for prayers, maſſes, exhortations, which uſed to free oppreſſed ones from perſecutions; fradulently and privately diſpoſing in his own Chamber, the money collected for relief of the Holy Land, without the Cardinals conſent, imploying it and the forces raiſed againſt the Saracens, againſt the Emperor and Greek Church, better Chriſtians then himſelf; prohibiting them to go to the Holy Land againſt their vows, when ready, yea marching towards it, to imploy them againſt the Emperor, againſt whom he was raging mad, to deſtroy the rights of the Empire, and trample him under feet: He ſealed many blank Bulls and ſent them to his Legates, to write wh… they pleaſed in them for his or their advantage, 408, 409, 512, 513, 514, 753. He excommunicated Helias for reprehending inſtead of reforming theſe his execrable crimes; His words, double dealing, breach of faith generally declamed againſt by the Cruceſignati, Ibid. He more deſired the encreaſe of gold and ſilver, then of the Chriſtian faith, 517. He perſwades, commands all who had taken up the Croſſe for the Holy Land, not to proceed but return home again, when they were in their journey towards it, by his Pulls, Nuncioes; who thereupon exclaimed againſt his double dealing, and were like to mutiny againſt his Nuncio, had not the Prelates pacified them, 512, 513, 514. Richard Earl of Cornwall proceeds in his voyage, notwithſtanding this Prohibition, Ibid. The Emperor Frederick according to his Oath reſuming the Iſles, Territories belonging to the Empire, notwithſtanding this Popes Inhibition; he thereupon ſtudying revenge, fomented the Rebellion of the Citizens of Mill…ia againſt him, excommunicated, deprived him of the Empire, without any hearing or conviction; excited all he could againſt him, under pretence he had raiſed ſedition againſt him in Rome, intending to ex…ell him and his Cardinals thence, againſt the priviledge, dignity of the See Apoſtolick, and to tread the Liberties of the Church under ſeet, againſt his Oaths: His ſcandalous Excommunications, Letters ſucceſſively publiſhed in England and elſewhere to defame him, with his memorable Letters, replyes thereto, ſhewing his Rebellion againſt the Emperor, ſlanders of, and unchriſtian deportment towards him, to his great infamy; his endeavours to depoſe him, 514, 515, to 550, 649, 752, 753. Verſes found in his Chamber, that Rome ſhould ceaſe to be the Head of the World, which he and the Emperor applyed to each other, 520. His extreme avarice, abuſe of money collected for the Holy Land, exacting monie by ſeveral other means, to War againſt the Emperor; His ſtirring up his Subjects of Mill…in, other Cities to rebell againſt him: who were defeated, puniſhed, deſtroyed for their Rebellions, notwithſtanding his Panal aſſiſtance and benediction, 532, 539, 541, to 550, 604, 605, 649. His execrable, infamous contradictory ſlanders publiſhed againſt the Emperor in all places, as inclined to Mahumetiſm, Athtiſm, to exhort, exaſperate all Chriſtians unanimouſly to riſe up againſt him, as an open enemy of Chriſt and his Church; againſt which the French, & people juſtified him, as more pious, religious, leſſe oppreſſive then himſelf; his impiety, diſhoneſty being ſo notorious, execrable to all, that his authority was regarded by none, or very few; his Letters, actions ſo ſcandalous, that his fame and authority ſuffered great detriment, ruine in all places; ſo as wiſe and holy men feared greatly the total loſſe of the Roman Churches, Popes, Clergies honour, and that God in juſtice would ſmite them with an incurable wound, 539, 540, 544. He cauſed another Emperor to be elected, who peremptorily refuſed it; two others elected, blaſted by God, 540, 753. The French Kings and Nobles notable anſwer to his Letters and Nuncio, 544, 555 The Emperors Letters, countenancing thoſe who contemned his Excommunications, 656, 657. The Engliſh Biſhops complaints againſt his oppreſſions, injuries, contrary to the Kings Oath, Charters, Priviledges; their Excommunication of their infringers; King H. 3. neither would nor durſt contradict his exactions, though againſt his Priviledges, and Subjects Liberties, 545, 546, 548. He exacts the fifth part of the Clergies goods, for which the Emperor expoſtulated with the King; Archbiſhop Edmund, others oppoſed, but yielded to it at laſt, 546, 547, 563. The Romans and Cardinals conſult together to oppoſe his Papal violence, to the danger of Chriſtianity, 548. Having gained money enough in France to wage War with the Emperor for a whole year, he perfidiouſly brake his▪ Truce, ſends for the Cardinals who procured, made the Truce with him, from thenceforth to defie and denounce War boldly againſt him to his face; which John de Columpna one of them diſſwading him from, and contradicting, as ſavouring of inconſtancy, he told him, He would not from thenceforth account him for a Cardinal: To which he replyed, Nor I thee for a Pope: Upon which the King of France detained all the money there collected for him till he ſaw the iſſue, 549. He ſummoned the Duke of Venice and other enemies of the Emperor to a Council; engaged the King and Prelates of England to exhauſt the Kingdoms Treaſure, to depoſe the Emperor by force, 550, 551. He endeavoured to ſubject the Emperor and all Chriſtian Kings to his Papal Dominion, and make them his Vaſſals, taking example, boldneſſe from his predeceſſors trampling the King and Kingdom of England under his feet: The Emperors reſiſtance of him, the only means to ſecure the Rights, Crowns of all other Chriſtian Kings; though they deſerted or engaged againſt him, and their own intereſt, by ayding this Pope with monies extorted by his Nuncioes, 544, 552, 553, 554. The Emperor contradicts his ſummons of a General Council, deſigned to excommunicate and depoſe him; prohibited all Legates, Biſhops ſummoned to it to repair thither, under pain of impriſonment; who preſuming to repair to it upon this Popes Letters, great naval forces to tranſport them by Sea; Gods owning of the Popes, Churches cauſe, and diſowning of the Emperors as accurſed, excommunicated by him; were all intercepted, ſpoyled, ſome of them ſlain, drowned by the Emperors naval forces, the Popes Fleet ſcattered, his Legates, Cardinals, Prelates long detained in priſon; the Popes deſigns, Council fruſtrated to his grief, infamy, 552, to 556, 655, 656, 657. A Car…buſian Monk at Cambridge brought before his Legate and others, affirmed to their faces, That Gregory was not Pope, nor bead of the Church: That he was the Devil broke looſe; an Heretick, who p…ll…d the Church, yea World; That he had not power to bi…e o… looſe ſouls, nor was St. Peters Vicar, nor had his power on earth; being a Simoniack, Uſurer, and perhaps involved in greater crimes; following not Chriſts footſteps, virtues, as St. Peter did; At which the Legate bluſhed, and all were ſilenced, 560. He conferred the Biſhoprick of Landaff by his Papal proviſion, which the King aſſented to, 558, 559. Granted K. H. a Diſm in Ireland for relief of the Holy land, 559▪ 560. He grants the Tenths of all profits of Benefices to the Abbot and Monks of Cluny, belonging to any houſes of their Order in England, without the Kings privity, againſt his prerogative, and cuſtom of the Realm, for which the King iſſued Writs to prohibit the collecting of them, 562. Grants a priviledge to Edmund Archbiſhop of Canterbury, that he and other Archbiſhops in their Provinces ſhould preſent to all Biſhopricks, Abbots, Priories continuing voyd in the Kings hand after 6. moneths ſpace, which he afterwards nulled, as contrary to the Kings prerogative at his inſtance, 563. He intends to beſtow all the benefices in England upon the ſonnes, kinred of Romans, to incourage them unanimouſly to riſe up againſt the Emperor; writing for 300 of the next benefices that fell voyd only in 3. Biſhopricks to be conferd on them by proviſion, 564. He ſent Peter Rubeus to demand an intollerable Tax of the Engliſh Clergy, propoſed privatly to each of them under an Oath of ſecrecy not to diſcover it, which the Prelats and inferior Clergy generally, Ciſtercians manfully withſtood, 566, to 570. Recalls Otto from Engl. to Rome, who burnt his letters, to adviſe, aſſiſt him in a Council againſt the Emperor, 401, 402. 570. The inſatiable ſhameles covetouſneſſe, corruption, Simony of him and the Court of Rome, expoſing all things to ſale, reputing Uſury a ſmall ſinne, but Simony none at all, 571. His two Agents intollerable exactions in England, by Procurations and new deviſed extortions, 572. Writs to all Biſhops to inquire of the number, value of the Benefices granted by him and his Legates by proviſion to aliens, 572, 573. The King by writs exempts all his own Clerks and Freechappels from his Legates procurations, taxes, exactions, proviſions, 573, 574. A Prohibition againſt his Legates compelling any perſon by Eccleſiaſtical cenſures to contribute any thing to him, and againſt his proviſion of a Prebendary in Pauls belonging to the Kings preſentation, 574, 575. The Kings appeal, Proctors to him againſt the Biſhop of Wintons election. His Nuncioes and their Treaſure ſeiſed by the Emperor, 605, 606. His death, Sees vacancy and ſchiſms after it, 605, 647, 648, 650, 651. His Bull for relief of the Holy Land tranſcribed verbatim by Pope Innocent the 4th. 660. His Statutes, Letters whereby Archbiſhop Boniface would viſit the Monks of Canteabury, reſiſted and revoked by his Succeſſor, 793, 794. The Kings Letters of Complaint againſt his Proviſions. His death concealed by his agents, til they could collect, tranſport their rapins, 608.

Gregory the 10. His Complemental Letter to King Edward the 1. for a ſafe Conduct to his Agent to collect Peterpence; and deſiring the payment of 7. years arrea…s of the annual rent then due for England and Ireland by King Johns Charter, 311, 312. According to his predeceſſors practiſe he rejected the Monks election of Chillenden to the Archbiſhoprick of Canterbury, oppoſed by the King, made Robert Archbiſhop by his Papal proviſion; which the Monks not daring to oppoſe elected him proforma, to preſerve their right of election, 1061, 1062, 1063.

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HOnorius 2. his Decree againſt Prieſts taking an Oath, or being compelled to ſwear in criminal or other cauſes, unleſſe by their Biſhops ſpecial licenſe, 707.

Honorius 3. Young King Henry 3. his Complemental Epiſtles to him and his Legates for their tender care of him and his Realm, during his minority, profeſſing himſelf his creature, ſubject, deſiring him not to confirm the election of the Biſhop of Ely, a profeſſed enemy to him and his father, adhering to the French King againſt them▪ the Iſle being a place of ſtrength, and to provide a fitter Biſhop for it, 374, 375. His Epiſtle to him touching the Biſhop, Biſhoprick of Karliſle, and reſetling the impropriations thereon granted to it by H. …. then alienated from it, 375, 376. touching the reſtoring of his Siſte… Jone, detained from him by H. de Lizimaco, and his excommunication if he refuſed to do it, 377, 378. His canonizing Hugh Biſhop of Lincoln for a Saint, 379, 380. The Kings appeal to him touching the Church of Aeley, 381. His Bull to two Biſhops in England to examine the abuſes, vices, exceſſes of the Biſhop of D…m, upon the Monks complaints againſt him, and certifie their proceedings to him, 382, 383. One of the firſt introducers of Papal proviſions, 337, 778. His Letter to the Earl of March and his wife upon K. H. 3. his complaint, to reſtore his Caſtles unjuſtly ſeiſed by him by a day, with dammages, under pain of excommunication and interdict of their lands formerly releaſed by him, which he endeavoured to elude by craft and contempt, 384, 385. The Kings Letters of thanks to him for former favours, requeſting him to write to ſeveral Biſhops and Nobles therein named, to aſſiſt and continue faithfull to him; and reſtrain all who ſhould rebell againſt him, or detain his Caſtles, Lands, by the ſpiritual ſword and cenſures, 389, 390. Excommunications thereupon denounced againſt the detainers of them by the Archbiſhop and his Suffragans, 391. Commanded King Henry to prolong the Truce with France for 3. years 392. At his requeſt the King give his royal aſſent to the election of the Archbiſhop of Caſſ…l The King prohibits an appeal to him from any of Ireland, in a caſe of Baſtardy pending in his temporal Court, 393, 394 Conſtitutes a Proctor at Rome, 395. His Letter to the King to continue an annuity granted by King John to a Romeſh Cardinal, afterwards revoked, 395. His Bull to the French King, to permit the King of England… Nuncioes freely to paſſe and repaſſe through his territories to his preſence: And to the Biſhops, Abbots, Priors, and Clergy of England to grant a competent Ayde to King H. 3. to be imployed by common conſent for the benefit of the Realm, and not drawn into conſequence, 396 To the Archbiſhop of Dablin to excommunicate thoſe who refuſed to ſurrender the Kings Caſtles to him; without any appeal, 397. Sent Legates into all parts of the world to exact undue exactions in all places. Otto his Nuncio ſent into England with Letters to the King, demanding two Prebendaries to be granted him in every Cathedral, and the allowance of 2. Monks in every Monaſtery where the Abbot & Covent had diſtinct intereſts, to prevent the old ſcandal of avarice, bribery, Simony, r…pine of the Church and Court of Rome, occaſioned through her poverty, extortions, delayes of Juſtice, which the King, Clergy oppoſed, as prejudicial to the Crown, Church, kingdom. 397, 398, 400, 4001. The like propoſals by his Legat in France, with the French Biſhops anſwer thereto, as deſtructive to the Church and Realm, 400 His Legates procurations, rapines, 398, 401, 402. His Letters to Geoffry de Lizimaco, reprehending him for the breach of his Oath of Fealty and Allegeance to K. H. 3. which ought not to be violated or diſcharged by any contrary Oath; commanding him inviolably to obſerve it under pain of excommunication without any appeal, 402, 403. Granted, publiſhed a Croyſado againſt the Earl of Tholouſe, and Albigenſes, He prohibited the King of England and his Nobles to invade France during that Kings wars againſt the Albigenſes, 403, 404. Grants an ayde to the King from the Clergy and Religious of England and Ireland▪ which they were compelled to pay by Eccleſiaſtical cenſures, without any appeal, on which this Pope refuſed to relieve them, 406, 407. His Bull againſt granting procurations to aliens and Italians in England, after the death of thoſe aliens who then enjoyed them, leaving them to their Patrons free diſpoſal, 778, 779. His large Bull of old priviledges confirmed re-granted to the Abbot and Monaſtery of St. Albans, an annual rent of one Ounce of gold reſerved for it to him and his ſucceſſors, in derogation of the Kings prerogative, Appendix 20, to 25. The Emperor Fredericks Oath to him to defend the rights and poſſeſſions of the Church of Rome to his power, 656.

Honorius 4. demanded of Edward 1. the arrears of 3. years rent granted by King John for England and Ireland, who refuſed or neglected to pay it, 313.

1.

INnocent 3. perſecuted the Emperor Otho 5. excommunicated, depoſed, vanquiſhed him in barrel, & ſet up Fred. 2. 259, 260, 539, 753. diſpleaſed with King John in the beginning of his reign, for his divorce from his Wife by his Norman Prelates, againſt the Canons obligation, and for detaining the Biſhop of Belvoir in priſon, notwithſtanding his frequent Letters for his inlargement, ſtill he paid a great ranſom, and took an Oath of him never after to bear arms, 227. His Letter to King John to protect the Archdeacon of Richmond againſt the Archbiſhop of Yorks oppreſſions, 231. To Archbiſhop Geoffry to abſolve the Archdeacon excommunicated by him after his appeal to Rome; elſe others to abſolve him in his default. Taxed Geoffry with rebelling againſt the See of Rome, whoſe authority he ſtill contemned, 232. He endeavours to make St. Davids an Archbiſhoprick, as formerly, grants it to Gilardus Archdeacon of Brechin by his proviſion; authorized the Biſhops of Durham, Lincoln, Ely, to conſecrate him, if Archbiſhop Hubert refuſed: which he refuſing to do, the King by Writs prohibited all of his Dioceſſe upon their allegeance not to own, receive Gilardus as Biſhop, but oppoſe him to their power, declared him a publike enemy to his prerogative, a diſturber of the publike peace; the Archbiſhop nulled his election, forced him to reſign his Archdeaconry to him, to become his Chaplain; the King nominated, and Archbiſhop conſecrated another Biſhop in his ſtead, commanding all to aid, receive, aſſiſt him againſt Gilardus: and ſo quite nulled this Popes firſt Proviſion, 334, to 338. The firſt introducer of Papal proviſions, 377, 378, 777, 778. His deciſion of a Controverſie between the Biſhops of Dole and Turon, 334. Of a turbulent haughty ſpirit like Hildebrand. Grants a Croyſado, Ayde for releif of the Holy Land. His Bulls, Letters concerning its taxing, collecting in France and England, thoſe Kings, Nobles conſents to, proceedings therein, 238, to 241. King Johns appeal to his Legate in Ireland, againſt the Suffragan Biſhops of Ardmach, endeavouring to elect, conſecrate an Archbiſhop without his precedent licenſe or confirmation, 240, 241. His Letter to King John to beſtow the Biſhoprick of Carliſle on the Archbiſhop of Raguſa, who at his requeſt conferred it on him, and a living granted him by the Archbp of Yorke 241. He nulls the clandeſtine election of the Monks of Canterbury of their Subprior without the Kings precedent licenſe, His exhortatory Epiſtle to them for unity; nulls their ſecond election by the Kings licenſe, though approved by him; enforced the Monks at Rome to elect Stephen Langton a Cardinal, without the Kings licenſe, againſt his conſent, or their fellow Monks in England, there preſently conſecrated him Archbiſhop, writ Letters, ſent rings and precious ſtones to the King, to perſwade him to receive and admit him Archbiſhop, 244, to 249. The King for this high affront, by armed force expelled the Prior, Monks of Canterbury, putting others in their places; ſent a menacing Letter to this Pope for his unjuſt refuſal of the Archbiſhop duly elected, approved, confirmed by him, and conſecrating Langeton his enemy, publikely converſing with his enemies of France, without his royal aſſent, or the Monks due election; to the derogation of the rights of his Crowne and dignity, which he admired at, he not conſidering how England had been, and was more beneficial to the See of Rome then all the kingdomes on this ſide the Alpes: That he would ſtand for the rights of his Crown, and defend his Clerks due election to the Archbiſhoprick, to death; threatning he would ſuffer none to paſſe out or through his Territories to Rome, nor any of his Biſhops or Prelates to go thither for juſtice, unleſſe he granted his requeſts. The Popes inſolent Letter in anſwer thereunto; his Letters to 3. Engliſh Biſhops earneſtly to perſwade, admoniſh him to receive Langeton for Archbiſhop, elſe to interdict the whole Realm till his ſubmiſſion to it; their proceedings therein, and interdicting the whole Realm, 250, to 255. He deprives the white Monks of the Liberty granted to others for officiating during the interdict, at the Kings command, 255, 256. He excommunicated King John, for contemning his Interdict, baniſhing the Biſhops and their kinred who interdicted the Realm, with Langeton and his Parents, ſ…iſing their goods, temporalties, and of all who obeyed the Interdict, commanding it to be publiſhed in all Cathedral and Conventual Churches through England: the Clergy in England refuſe to publiſh it; King John and his Nobles ſlight it, Alexander Cementarius diſputes, writes againſt it and the Popes power to inflict it, all his Nobles, others, publickly communicate with him, he hath admirable ſucceſſes in his wars, affairs, notwithſtanding it, 248, to 262. His Legates, Agents inſolent words, meſſages, deportment towards the King, notwithſtanding his promiſe to receive the exiled Biſhops and Archbiſhop without reſtitution of the profits of their Biſhopricks during their exile, 252, 261, to 265. He abſolves King Johns ſubjects from their Fealty, Oaths, obedience to him; prohibiting them under pain of excommunication ſtrictly to avoid his company, both in Table, Counſil, Conference, 264, 265. After which at the Archbiſhops and Biſhops ſollicitation he deprived King John and his heirs of the Crown of England, gives it to King Philip of France and his heirs; writes to him, and all Nobles, Souldiers in ſundry Countries to take arms, to deject him and conquer it for his contumacy, rebellion; to croſſe themſelves for that purpoſe, granting them the ſame Indulgences as thoſe who went to the Holy Land againſt the Saracens. Sends Pandulphus his Legat to ſee it executed, yet with ſecret inſtructions to him to agree with King John upon termes he was to propound to him, 267, 288. When the French King and John had both raiſed great forces by Land and Sea againſt each other, Pandulf by fraudulent perſwaſions, menaces, terrors induced King John and his Nobles to receive the exiled Biſhops, give them dammages, & ſwear to make good the terms the Pope propounded for himſelf and exiles, to reſigne his Crown, kingdoms of England and Ireland to this Pope by a ſpecial Charter, enjoying them under him and his ſucceſſors, paying 1000. Marks annual rent, & ſwearing fealty to him as his vaſſal; The manner therof: being effected, he prohibited the French King to invade him after vaſt expences, to his great diſcontent, becauſe under his Papal protection by this ſubmiſſion, 267, to 293. The Interdicts, Excommunications, Frauds, force by which this Charter was extorted, with the proteſts, Declarations againſt, and real Nullities of it, 271, 273, 274, 280, 281, 289, to 330. 414, 1058. King Johns Oath to him, 274, 279, 290. The Emperor by his Embaſſadors ſtirred up the Engliſh, others to contradict, withſtand this Charter, Tribute, and other illegal oppreſſions, 414, 415. 613. His Bull to his Legate to conferr all vacant dignities, benefices in England by poſtulation or Canonical election, to correct all rebellious perſons oppoſing his proceedings therein by Eccleſiaſtical cenſures, without any appeal; his tyranny, inhumanity, proceedings therein, eſpecially againſt thoſe who had been loyal to the King during the Interdict, 258, 259, 329, 330, 334, 335. The Original of his proviſions in England, 237, 329, 330, 778. His Bull to his Legate for releaſing the long Antichriſtian Interdict of England after 7. years 3. months, & 14 days ſpace, during which divine Offices, Sacraments, and Chriſtian burials ceaſed, 331, 332, 33. His Bull for confirmation of the Great Charter of King John, to his Prelates, Barons, and Freedom of Elections to the Church, Clergy, upon the Kings requeſt, 337, 338 K. Johns complaint to him againſt his Great Charter as extorted from him by armed force, fear, circumvention, rebellion; and of deſigns to expell him the Realms now under the Croſſe, and Popes protection: his Oath by St. Peter to avenge this injury; His Bull perpetually nulling the great Charter notwithſtanding its former confirmations, prohibiting any to obſerve it under pain of excommunication, reciting the Barons rebellion, obſtinacy, perjury againſt their Oaths, 341, 342, 343, 345, 346, 347. He firſt excited the Engliſh Barons by his Bulls to take arms againſt King John, as an obſtinate enemy to the Church, to enforce him to ſurrender his Crown to him, and after his unworthy effeminate ſurrender of it to him as his Tributary, endeavoured without fear of God or ſhame of the world to trample them under feet, diſinherit, put them to death, and ſwallow up their eſtates; He promoted none to livings, but unworthy outlandiſh Clerks, 414, 415. His Letter to the Barons, charging them with rebellion, diſobedience to his commands and the King, threatning to excommunicate them if they perſiſted therin, 342. His Letters for the Barons Excommunication ſent to the Archbiſhop and his Suffragans, 344, 345, 348, 351. The Archbiſhop delayes, denyes to publiſh it, ſiding with them, for which he is cited to the Council at Rome, ſuſpended his Archbiſhoprick, and all prohibited to obey him as Archbiſhop, 343, to 348. His Bull reprehending the Chapter of York for electing Simon Langeton their Archbiſhop, againſt the Kings and his prohibition, and Simons promiſe: his menaces of him and them; His election nulled, he ſwears he would provide an Archbiſhop himſelf for them unleſſe they preſently proceeded to a new election: whereupon they elected Walter Gray, whom the King at firſt propounded, who paid ten thouſand pound sterling for his Pall, for which he ſtood bound in the Court of Rome to this Simon Magus and his Uſurers, 350, 351. The Kings Letters to him not to null the union of the Abby of Glaſton to the Biſhoprick of Bath and Wells, formerly confirmed, being prejudicial to the Crown, He appoints delegates to hear and determine the cauſe, 356, 357. His Care to preſerve King John and his heirs rights in Normaudy, 357, 535. His Bull exempting all his French appels from Epiſcopal Juriſdiction and excommunications, though a royal prerogative before, 358, 720, 721, 727, 728, 759. His Bull to the Abbot of Abbendon and others, to excommunicate certain Barons, Londoners, and others by name for oppoſing, rebelling againſt King John, with their high contempt thereof, and reviling ſpeeches againſt him and his Papal power, as Conſtantines, not Peters ſucceſſor, either in merits or works, making a prey of the Church and Kingdom he had invaded, 359, 360, 361, 362, 414. He abſolves the Archbiſhop upon caution, but prohibits his return into England till the King and Barons were accorded, 361. He ſends Wal… to the French King Philip, to prohibit him or his ſonne to invade King John being his Vaſſal; or the Realm of England, the Churches patrimony, whereof he was ſupreme Lord, by the Kings Charter, Homage to him: The French Kings reply thereto, declaring the Charter void, denying England to be St. Peters Patrimony. Lewis his Proctors oppoſition, objections before him againſt King Johns, and plea for Lewes his Title to the Realm of England; This Popes replyes thereto on King Johns behalf; his Dilemma in this controverſie between them. The Barons reject King John, elect, receive, crown Lewis, notwithſtanding his Legates prohibitions, excommunications of Lewis and them, which they contemn, 358, to 367. His Uſurpations upon King Johns Crown, kingdom, Church, Subjects of England and Ireland, 370. His Vnchriſtian Excommunication and Interdict of all the Kings Officers and others who by his command offered violence to the Monks of Cant. and ſhed their blood in the Church of Faverſham, to which the King and Monks laid Title, the Kings Prohibitions, Writs, ſent to his Delegates not to execute it, as being derogatory to his Crown; the Popes contrary Letters to proceed therein, with the iſſue of it, Appendix 6, to 16. Sends Otto into England and other Nuncioes into all parts of the world to exact undue exactions from them, 398.

Innocent the 4. His election after a long vacancy, 605, 651. Being confirmed, he ratified the Excommunication denounced againſt the Emp. Fredoric, ſtirred up the Citizens of Viterbium againſt him, cauſed ſundry to revolt from him in Germany ſoon after his election, 651, 652. He refuſed all offers of peace, cautions tendred by the Emperor for performance thereof; raiſed new diſcords, wars againſt him to the great danger of Chriſtendome and Chriſtianity, then invaded by the Turks, Saracens, Tartars: whereupon the Emperor ſtopped all paſſages to Rome, 652, 755, 758. His unſatiable thirſt after money, 652. He flies from Rome with his Cardinals to Lyons ſecretly in a diſguiſe. The King and Nobles conſult whether they ſhould receive him, as conceiving him prejudicial to the King and kingdom; they refuſe to admit him into France, or Rhemes, whoſe Archbiſhoprick was then void, 653, 654. Their Letter to him denying his entrance into lower France, 654. He deſires K Henry that he might come into England, wherein he had a ſpecial right, to honour it with his preſence▪ but is denied: he ſpoyling, defiling it by his Extortions, Simony, Uſurers, though nor perſonally preſent: the ſtink of his Papal Court and infamy aſcended to the clouds, 654. He endeavoured to deprive the Emperor. 653. 753. The Kings appeal to him againſt the Biſhop of Winton, being neither duly elected, nor preſented to him for his confirmation, to the prejudice of his Royal right and dignity. The Biſhop gives the Pope 8000 Marks to procure his peace, and free him from a contempt againſt the King, 589, 590, 591, 592. His Decree between the Monks of Canterbury and Biſhop of Lincolne, during the vacancy, 599. He deſires the prayers of the Ciſtercians in their General Chapter, for the ſtate of the wavering Church, 604. His Legates rapines, proviſions, Extortions in England, 605. The Kings Letters of Complaint againſt them, 606. Endeavours to ſubject Wales to himſelf under an annual Tribute; abſolves the Prince of Wales from his ſubjection and allegiance to K. H. 3. againſt his Charter, Oath, encouraging him in his rebellion againſt him, 609. His Letters to all the Prelates of England in general, and each of them in particular purchaſed with the effuſion of much money, to grant a competent ayde to the King, highly applauded in them, 609, 610. The Prelates unanimouſly oppoſed them, being conjoyned, and complain of the Popes rapine, proviſions, by his agents, 610, 611, 612. His Letters to the Engliſh Prelates for a ſupply of his own and the Church of Romes neceſſities; which they and the Emperors agents in England contradict, 612, 613, 614, 615. His Nuncioes rapines, extortions, Ibid. 619. His daily Bulls ſent into England to extort monies; prohibited to be imported, ſearched after in Dover and other Ports by publike order, and their importers impriſoned, 617. A prohibition to tax, collect or pay any Tax to this Pope or his agents in England or Ireland, 618 His Nuncio chaſed out of England, at which this Pope extraordinarily raged, 619, 620: reſolved to make peace with the Emperor, whom he ſtiled the Dragon, that ſo he might trample the petty Kings and Serpents of England and other Countries under foot; which incenſed the hearts of many againſt him, 620. The King of Scots Charter of League with K. H. 3. ſent to him to confirm; he and his Nobles ſubjecting themſelves and their heirs thereby to his Juriſdiction and Eccleſiaſtical cenſures in caſe they violated it, 620, 621. He abſolved David Prince of Wales from his Oath, Homage, Charters made to King H 3. exciting him to rebell againſt him, by putting himſelf and all his Land under the Popes protection, to be held of him under an annual rent of 500 markes. His Bull for that purpoſe: notwithſtanding which K. H. 3. waſted Wales with fire and ſword, reducing it to extream miſery, deſolation, 621, 622, 623, 624. William the elect Biſhop of Coventry voluntarily reſigned his Biſhoprick into his hands, being oppoſed by the King, 624, 625. The Biſhops of England made, advanced by him, more addicted to him, then to the kingdom or King, 626, 627. He granted Archbiſhop Boniface for money an unheard of priviledge of the firſt years fruits of all vacant benefices in his Province for ſeven years, till he levyed ten thouſand Marks thereby, under pretext to defray the debts of his Church: Which his Suffragan Biſhops oppoſed, but were inforced to ſubmit to, by Excommunications and Eccleſiaſtical cenſures publiſhed in all Churches againſt thoſe who ſhould ſpeak againſt, detract from it, or fraudulently ſubſtract any of the firſtfruits▪ 626, 683, 684, 689, 718, 719. He conſecrated Boniface Archbiſhop, and Richard de Withz Biſhop of Ciceſter, Roger de Weſ…ham Biſhop of Coventry, elected againſt the Kings will, and appealed againſt, at Lions, to his great affront, and the kingdomes prejudice, for which he confiſcated their goods, ſeiſed, detained their temporalties, and kept them out of their Cities for a long time, 625, 626, 627. He granted Philip Ball, a Souldier employed as his General in the wars, for a great ſumme of money, to hold by Commenda all his …ents in England, the profits of the Biſhoprick of Valentia, Archbiſhoprick of Lions, and other Churches in Flanders, England, France, who took no care at all of the peoples ſouls, nor to exerciſe his Epiſcopal office, 626, 627, 642. Summoned, celebrated a General Council at Lions, 623, &c. 753. He granted the Biſhop of Lincoln, after an infinite expence of mony and great gifts, a priviledge against the Canons, to viſit the Dean and Chapter of Lincolne to correct their manners, without taking an Oath of Canonical obedience, or manual ſubſcription: His Bull and definitive ſentence therein, 629, 630. A prohibition and appeal by the King againſt his drawing any of his Subjects in ſui… before him out of the Realm, 628. What arrears of the annual Tribute were paid him by King H. 3. and upon what occaſion, 311. His Diſpenſation for ſome of the Kings Clerks to hold pluralities, 632. Freers Predicants and Minors the executors of his Papal extortions, advanced, enriched by his means, 633. The King prohibited the Abbots, Priors, and Eccleſiaſtical perſons, to grant this Pope any aide, or to meet about it, without his royal aſſent, 634. His ſummons of a General Council at Lyons by Bulls and Nuncioes ſent into England and elſewhere, 636, 637. The King complains of his nulling Canonical elections to Biſhopricks duly made and approved by him, out of malice, or upon feigned or frivolous pretences, for advancing Biſhops without his royal aſſent, contrary to his antient approved right in all former ages, praying redreſſe thereof by a ſpecial Proctor, 637. His Epiſtle to the King, excuſing the appearance of ſome Biſhops and Abbots at the Council, by reaſon they were Gardians of the Realm in his abſence, others undone by wars, others aged, or ſick, 638, 643. He ſhamefully abuſed and caſt out of his Palace the Abbot of Burgh for oppoſing his proviſion to a Church, which he gave to one of his kinred, ſo as he died of ſhame & grief, 638. The King ſent ſole…n Embaſſadors to this Council in his own and the kingdoms name, to complain againſt his inſatiable covetouſnes, execrable …apines, extortions, proviſions of Churches, and other corruptions of the Court of Rome, againſt King Johns Charter, Tribute, the Letters, proteſtations of the whole kingdom againſt them, the proceedings therein, to which the Pope deferred his anſwer, 299, 300, 638, 636, 644, 645, 646, 647. The Kings Patents commanding all his Biſhops, Abbots in that Council upon their allegiance to uſe all diligence to acquire, conſerve and defend all the rights of his Crowne, kingdom, invaded by the Pope, and not to attempt, procure, or aſſent to any thing therein to his or the kingdomes prejudice, or of the rights his predeceſſors and he had uſed by antient approved cuſtome; that none of his Biſhops ſhould be tranſlated by the Pope and Council, but by conſent of his Ambaſſadors and Proctor St. Martin, for the benefit of the Realm, 640. He ſet his ſtudy on fire before the Council, wherein King Johns deteſtable Charter was burt, on purpoſe to extort monies from the Biſhops repairing to the Council, 300, 641. Sundry Abbots, Biſhops preſent him with vaſt ſums of money, and rich preſents, to the prejudice of their Churches, whom he advanced to Archbiſhopricks by his Papal power, 641, 642. The Canons of Lions ſtrenuouſly oppoſed his proviſions, ſwearing they would drown his proviſors in the Rhene if they durſt appear there, whereupon they deſiſted, 642. The hand of his Porter cut off by a Citizen of Lyons, of which he complained, deſiring reparations, which was done ſuperficially in ſome ſort to ſave his Papal honour, 642. The Greek Church not only refuſe to obey, but oppoſed him & the Church of Rome, for their Simony, claiming Primacy from St. Peters firſt reſidence at Antioch; to which he could give no anſwer, 643, 352. He defers the Canonization of Edmund Archbiſhop of Canterbury, canonized at laſt by him, 643, 644, 685. He ſcornfully rejects the proffers of the Emperor by his Advocates, to ſatisfie the Church and Prelates injured, and defend the Chriſtians againſt the Tart…s, Turks, Saracens, incenſed the whole Council againſt him, except the King of Englands Ambaſſadors and Proctors, 644, 651, 652. His ſentence of Excommunication and depoſition denounced againſt the Emperor in the Council, ſent into England and other places to be publiſhed to his infamie, wherein he challenged a Soveraigne ſuperintendency over all Chriſtians, as Chriſts Vicar, and Peters ſucceſſor, the Top of Apoſtolical dignity; power to advance, cenſure, puniſh, depreſſe, anathematize whom he pleaſed; excommunicating him for breach of his Oathes, invading the rights and poſſeſſions of the Church, impriſoning ſundry Cardinals, Biſhops, (when ſummoned to a Council to depoſe him) impoſing taxes upon the Clergy, conventing them before ſecular Judges for criminal and civil cauſes which did not touch their fees; impriſoning and executing ſome of them, to the confuſion and diſgrace of their Clerical Order; (though for treaſon and rebellion againſt him) contemning Pope Gregories former ſentence of Excommunication againſt him, marying his daughter to Bottacius an enemy to the Roman Church; making a Peace with the Soldan of Babylon, invading the Realm of Sicily, the Special Patrimony of St. Peter, and abſolving the Inhabitants thereof and other places from their allegiance to the Church of Rome; Chargeth him therein with hereſie, apoſtacy, inclination to Mahometiſm, & other forged crimes; abſolving all his ſubjects from their former Oathes of allegiance to him, and excommunicating all who ſhould obey, favour, counſel, or converſe with him from thenceforth as Emperor or King: which Excommunication was contrary to his own Canons made in that Council, 652. to 660, 757. Moved for a Croyſado to raiſe monies, forces againſt the Emperor, which was publickly oppoſed to his face by the Engliſh, becauſe of his former manifold cheats, abufes therein, 660, 666, 753. The Emperours Notable ſpeech, Epiſtles againſt Popes inſolencies, uſurpations, and his abuſe of his Papal power in depoſing him; charging him and Prelates with pride, ingratitude, avarice, ambition, contempt to Emperors, Kings, their advancers, and the danger of ſuch a preſident to all Chriſtian Kings, kingdoms; ſets his Crown on his head with his own hands, profeſſeth himſelf abſolved from all obligations to him, and free to oppoſe him for his tyranny, 660, 661, 662. 753. Popes intollerable inſolencies, though of baſe birth, ignominiouſly to inſult over, depoſe, trample under feet all Emperors, Kings, Princes, Prelates, though innocent, after Fredericks final deprivation, as not ſo potent to reſiſt them, 662. His Papal Mandate to the General Chapter of the Ciſtercians, juſtifying his excommunication and depoſing of the Emperor, for and in which he was prepared to ſtand, fight unto death, exhorting all of them, and other his brethren, immutably to ſtand, ſight for this cauſe of God and his Church together with him even to death, 662, 663. His priviledges promiſed to the Engliſh in the Council of Lyons; To grant proviſions and diſpenſations for pluralities of Livings to well deſerving Engliſhmen of Noble families; That the Clergy and Lay-patrons ſhould freely preſent fit perſons to their Eccleſiaſtical benefices as they fell void without contradiction; That one Italian ſhould not ſucceed another; That all Croſſed for the Holy Land, ſhould not be exempt from the uſual cuſtomes of the Realm, though from other things; That all Engliſh Prelates newly advanced ſhould …or ſome few years hold all their former promotions by commendaes▪ After which he & other Popes nulled, violated them all by Non▪obſtante's, oppreſſed the Engliſh more then ever, 666. He refuſing to give competent ſatisfaction to the Engliſh Ambaſſadors demands in the Counſil, they departed thence in diſcontent; ſwearing they would never hereafter pay, or ſuffer to be payd the deteſtable Tribute granted by King John to the Roman avarice, which the King likewiſe ſwore: nor permit any rents of Engliſh Churches (eſpecially ſuch whereof Noblemen were Patrons) to be extorted from them, which he with patience and ſilence paſſed by, till a fitter time to revenge it, 663. The Engliſh Biſhops at his command moſt cowardly ſet their hands, ſeals to the tranſcript of King Johns Charter, then newly burnt, to make it valid; and ſubſcribed, publiſhed his excommunication againſt the Emperor, 309, 663. Upon which he expreſſing his former concealed cauſleſſe rancor againſt the King, kingdom, Nobles, for daring to demand their rights and liberties; moſt inſolently threatned, that if he could tame Frederick, he would then trample under feet the inſolent pride of the petty King of England, his Vaſſal, and the diſobedient Engliſh, whom he would not permit ſo much as to lament or mutter againſt the oppreſſions or Tribute they complained againſt in the Council; exciting, perſwading the French King in a conference with him at Cluny, to revenge this great injury, by riſing up and warring againſt the Petty King of England even to his diſinheriting, or ſo as to inforce him nolens volens to ſubmit himſelf to the will of the Court of Rome in all things, promiſing that the Church and he with all his Papal power would aſſiſt him therein; which the King of France refuſed to do, becauſe of the conſanguinity, truce then between them, and prevalency of the Pagans againſt the Chriſtians in the Holy Land, who expected his ayde, 309, 663, 664. He oppreſſed, pillaged the Engliſh more then ever before by ſophiſtical Legates and Freers, having the power but not name of Legates, to evade the antient Priviledge of the King, that no Legat ſhould come into his Realm, unleſſe he firſt deſired him; ſeiſed upon the goods of all dying inteſtate, againſt Law and former cuſtom; injuriouſly uſurped the Lands of David Prince of Wales, the Kings Nephew, Vaſſal, who was to hold it under him for 500 marks a year Tribute; cited the King to ſatisfie David for certain pretended injuries done him, to the hiſſing and deriſion of many. To oppoſe, redreſſe theſe inſupportable grievances which the King, kingdom could no longer tolerate, without infamy and imminent ruine: the King ſummoned a Parliament, wherein he, the Nobles and Prelates drew up 7. ſeveral Articles againſt his exactions, grievances, oppreſſions, proviſions, Non-obſtantes, impleading the Subjects out of the Realm, Taxes without the Kings aſſent, and againſt his appeals: & proviſions to Italians, who neither preached nor reſided on their benefices, ſucceeded each other by frauds, ſuffered their houſes, Churches to fall to ruine; ſent them by their Meſſengers to the Pope with 4. notable Epiſtles; the 1. from the Archbiſhop of Canterbury and his Suffragans; the 2. from all the Abbots, Priors, Covents of England; the 3. from all the Nobility and Commonalty; The 4. from the King, with another to the Cardinals, relating the Nobles, peoples weeping clamors againſt them, urging him ſpeedily to redreſſe theſe grievances, which elſe the Nobles threatned to do themſelves, with ſuch perill, dammage of the Church of Rome, as could not eaſily be repaired, 664, to 671. Who inſteed of redreſſing thoſe grievances, in contempt of them and their Letters, ſent ſeveral Letters to divers Prelates to ſend or finde ſeveral men with horſe and arms for half a year or more for his ſervice, which they were to do ſecretly, and reveal to none under pain of excommunication: to the prejudice of the kingdom & King; Knights ſervice being only due to the King▪ & Nobles, nor formerly exacted by Popes in any age▪ He exacted golden Jewels and other ornaments made in England, publiſhed an unheard of Statute, that all Clergymens goods dying inteſtate ſhould be converted to the Popes uſe, which the Freers Minors were to execute; Exacted by a New Bull a Subſidy of 60000 Marks from the Biſhops, Clergy of England, to be divided between them, and paid in with all ſpeed, notwithſtanding any appeal, priviledge, conſtitution or Decree of a General Council: Againſt which Taxes the King by proviſion made in Parliament, iſſued ſeveral Prohibitions to Biſhop, not to collect or pay it, becauſe againſt his royal dignity, which he neither would nor could by any means ſuffer, 664, 671, 672, 673, 674, 681, 682. Shewed no moderation towards the King or his Ambaſſadors, neither in words nor geſtures, concerning their grievances, complaints againſt him; but ſaid, the King Frederized, he hath his Counſil and I have mine, which I will purſue; would ſcarce look on any Engliſh man, but repelled, reviled all of them as Schiſmaticks, ſlighting all the Kings and Nobles Epiſtles ſent to his Court, whereat they were very angry; The King prohibits by Writ, that no Prelate or Clerk in any County ſhould conſent to or ſend any money to ayde him, or obey his commands therein; whereat he being much incenſed, ſent a ſecond Letter to all Engliſh Prelates to pay the ayde demanded under pain of Excommunication, threatning to interdict the Realm if refuſed; whereupon the King by perſwaſions of Earl Richard, ſome ambitious Clergymen, and Papal Biſhops, whereof Worceſter was chief, terrified with his Papal threats ſo that he trembled at them, deſiſted from his former manly reſolutions, ſent Meſſengers to pacifie, and tell him, he would comply with his deſires, whereof he was very joyfull, 675, 676. He ſtiled England, an unexhausted pit, where many things abounding, he might thence extort much, 671. The Engliſh like B…laams Aſſe beaten with his ſpurs and clubs, were neceſſitated lamentably to cry out, 670, 671, 672, 676. He obſerving the Cowardiſe, diviſion of the Engliſh Clergy, oppreſſed them daily more and more, imperiouſly demanded the moity of all Non-reſidents, and 3d part of all Reſidents Livings under hard conditions, by deteſtable Non - obſtantes, which the King ſpecially prohibiting, the Engliſh Clergy denyed to grant, as impoſſible, for ſundry reaſons they drew up againſt it, 676, 677, 678. England ground as by two Milſtones between the King and this Pope. The Archdeacons and other Clergy in a Parliament ſummoned, lamentably complain of their intollerable exactions, to the deſolation of the Church, Realm; whereupon they reſolved to preſent their Grievances in order by Meſſengers and Letters to this Pope and his Cardinals in the name of all the Clergy, people of the Realm; at which Letters the Pope and Court of Rome murmured, becauſe their avarice was ſo reproved, reſtrained, and to prevent the danger of a revolt from them, reduced the 60000 to 11000 Marks, which the Biſhops to avoyd the Popes diſpleaſure aſſented to, againſt the Kings, Nobles Letters, and inferiour Clergies wills, 678, 679, 680. His grants of Commendaes for money, to engage the Biſhops to whom they were granted to ſide with him, 680. His politick Innovation when Wars were between two Princes, to excommunicate at the requeſt of one of them, who fled to him for aſſiſtance, the oppoſite party, to ſuppreſſe him, and abſolve, aſſiſt the other, to oblige him perpetually to him, 680. He imployed the Freers Minors and Predicants to collect monies to War againſt the Emperor, whiles the Tartars and Saracens over-run the Chriſtians, to whom he would ſend no ayd to reſiſt them, 643, 649, 650, 652, 664, 680. He ſtirs up Wars in Germany againſt the Emperor Frederick, cauſing them to elect the Landegrave Emperor, who refuſed it, 651, 680, 681, 753. The Emperor layes wait to ſeiſe all monies coming from England to the Pope or his corrivals, 680, 681. His hypocritical Statutes concerning the pretended relief of the Holy Land, and Letters to the Freers Minors to collect it; to enquire of the goods of all perſons dying inteſtate; of all Uſurers and others goods ill gotten, of goods left upon Teſtament undeviſed, or to be diſtributed to pious uſes, according to the Executors diſcretion, and levy them by Eccleſiaſtical cenſures for his uſe; to compound for monies with Excommunicated perſons, and thoſe who had taken up the Croſſe, 681, 682. He granted a priviledge for a vaſt ſum of money to Lambert de Muleton, not to be excommunicated for any offence by any perſon, but by the Popes ſpecial command, 682. His ſophiſtical deluſory priviledge to King Henry, that he would grant no proviſion of Eccleſiaſtical Benefices in England, to any Italian, Cardinal or Kinſman, unleſſe he or his Cardinals ſhould intreat the King with importunity to aſſent to the Proviſion, 682, 683. The Kings Writs that all bringers of this Popes Bulls of Proviſions to Benefices, or for collections of monies, to the impoveriſhing of the Realm, ſhould be ſeiſed on, impriſoned, and the Ports kept that none ſhould be brought in, 684. His priviledge granted to the new Abbot of Weſtminſter, at the Kings requeſt, to celebrate Maſſe Pontifically, and give the benediction ſolemnly to the people when Agnus Dei was ſung, 686. His Bull to the Abbot of Cluny, who brought his houſe in debt by the great gifts beſtowed on him, to collect one years Diſme from all of his Order on this ſide the Alpes, notwithſtanding the contradiction of any Ordinary, whereof he was to receive 3000 Marks to his own uſe, and the Abbot the reſidue; King Henry by Writ ſeiſed all the money thus collected in England, 686, 687. A Prohibition to his Delegates not to moleſt the Kings Clerk, 688, 689. His Proviſions odious in England, yet the King approved of one at the inſtance of two of his Clerks, 690. His intollerable depredations in France and England, Ibid. He ſends Freers Minors into England, armed with terrible Bulls, to extort monies from the Engliſh Prelates and Clergy under ſevere penalties, which they concealed from the King, who demanded no leſſe then 6000 Marks out of the Biſhoprick of Lincoln, and 40 Marks from the Abby of St. Albans, for the Popes uſe; which the Abbot refuſing, was enforced to pay and expend upon Appeals above 300 Marks, beſides other daily extortions; which the King ſummoned a Parliament to prevent, from which the Biſhops cowardly abſented themſelves, 690, 691, 693, 694. He ſent likewiſe Freers Minors ſeverally to all the Biſhops of France, to beg and borrow monies of them, which the King prohibited them to grant, under pain of forfeiting all their goods; whereupon his ſophiſtical Legates departed thence with hiſſing and deriſion, 691. He diſperſed ſeveral Legates into Scotland and Ireland to collect monies, 692. His Cardinals compelled him to revoke his Decree of Inteſtates goods, by reaſon of its general ſcandal, and the damage it did to many againſt Law, 692. An unſatiable Carybdis, 694. He authorized his Freers by Bulls, and their Delegates to interdict, excommunicate Archbiſhops, Biſhops without any appeal, notwithſtanding any priviledge, if they oppoſed their exactions, or refuſed to contribute to him according to their faculties, 694, 695. He attempted by all means to ordain the Archbiſhop of Ardmach, which the King endeavoured to prevent, by authorizing his Chief Juſtice to give his Royal aſſent to the election for that time, 690. He ſent Martin his Chaplain into England, with the power, not title, enſigns of a Legate, to elude the Kings priviledge, and fiſh for mens goods, poſſeſſions, not ſouls, 691, 692. He taught Princes, Laymen the way to mutilate and revoke the poſſeſſions they had given to the Church, by Non-obstantes, 693. Excommunicated thoſe Prelates, Abbots and others, who refuſed to provide liberally for his Nuncioes, whom he impowred to enquire of vexations of Proviſors, all alienations of Lands, Churches, and Symoniacal Contracts made by Prelates, Clergymen, or Religious perſons; to revoke them without judgement or noyſe, and notifie them to him, that he might proceed againſt them according to the quality of their offences to get money; and to excommunicate, ſuſpend, interdict all oppoſers, notwithſtanding any priviledge or appeal, 695, 696. The King ſummons another Parliament to adviſe how to redreſſe theſe manifold and frequent extortions, exhauſting the Kingdoms Treaſure, bringing no good, but much detriment to the Church, and very diſpleaſing to God; ſummoning the Biſhops ſpecially to it, frequently impoveriſhed by them, who all moſt baſely condeſcended to a Contribution of 11000 Marks to the Pope, which ſome of them before reſolved to oppoſe, being ſo frequently worried, tyred with the Popes Agents vexations when they oppoſed them, which act rendred all the Clergy ſuſpected to the Kingdom, 696. He ſent a Cardinal Legate to crown and anoint Haco King of Norway, Denmark and Sweden, in whoſe entertainment the Biſhop of Norwich ſpent 4000 Marks, beſides other preſents: For this Coronation the Pope received 15000 Marks ſterling, beſides rich preſents to the Legate, and 500 Marks extorted by him from the Churches of that Kingdom, 697. He ſold Biſhopricks, and Canonizations of Saints for money, 698. Granted Croyſadoes, Diſmes to Richard Earl of Cornwall, and William Longespee, whereby vaſt ſums of money were collected by rapines, injuſtice, by his Nuncioes, wherein he ſhared; He ſuſpended Patrons from preſenting to their Benefices, never heard of before, to preferre Romans to them, or ſatisfie his avarice; filled Germany with Wars, preyed upon France and England, whereby he and the Court of Rome became infamous, 698, 716, 720, to 736, 753, 755. The French Peers, King conſpire and enter into a confederacy againſt his and the Prelates Exactions, Excommunications, Encroachments on their Rights and Liberties, 699, to 704. His Citation of the Abbot of Abbendon to Rome, for his contempt in denying to preſent a Roman his Proviſor to a Benefice of the Abby, and preſenting another by the Kings command; for which though old and infirm, he was forced to go to Rome, and after much vexation, expence, to give the Roman a penſion of 50 Marks a year, to the great prejudice of his Church, 716, 717. He vacated the Monks election of the Abbot of St. Edmunds, without juſt cauſe, to inſnare him in the net of his unmercifull mercy; and then to content the grieved Monks, out of his meer grace confirmed him their Abbot, ſo as he entred into bond to pay 800 Marks to his deſigned Merchant; which he forced to do, dyed of grief in his return thence; which oppreſſions made the Court of Rome infamous, and drew the Plague and Gods wrath upon it, 717. He commanded the Biſhop of Clon, elected without the Kings licenſe, to be conſecrated, without his aſſent, contrary to his Royal Prerogative, 719. His Bull to exempt the Kings Free Chappels from Epiſcopal Juriſdiction and Excommunications, 720, 721, 727. Thruſts his Clerk by a Proviſion into the Church of Eneford, belonging to the Kings preſentation by vacancy of the Archbiſhoprick of Canterbury, to which the King preſenting his Clerk, he took the examination of the cauſe into his own hands, giving judgement againſt the Kings Clerk, not conſidering the Kings right, commanding his Delegates to eject him, and put in his Proviſor; which tending to the hurt of the Crown, and the Kings great enormous diſinheriting, he ſent his Proctor to him to plead his right, and prohibited his Delegates upon their allegiance, not to attempt any thing to his or his Clerks prejudice, under pain of ſeiſing their Baronies, 725, 726. His deteſtable infamous avarice, ſymony, uſuries, abuſe of Croyſadoes, and promoting them by Freers, which ſcandals rendred him and his Papelins odious, and made the devotion of many to wax cold, 728, 729. His infamous Priviledge to the Biſhop of Norwich to extort monies; and mouſe-traps to catch ſuch who took up the Croſſe, 729. His grant of a Croyſado to the French King, upon condition to give him power afterwards to extort as much thence againſt the Emperor Frederick; the horrid crying extortions uſed therein; Gods curſe upon thoſe rapines, by the total overthrow of the French Army, and taking their King Captive by the Saracens, which cauſed many Chriſtians to apoſtatize, utter blaſphemies, and almoſt ruined France, 733, 734. The Kings Prohibition to put a Dean into St. Carantoc by his Proviſion, belonging to his preſentation by the vacancy of the Biſhoprick of Exon, 736. The Templars and others appeals to him againſt Biſhop Groſthead, who by money given to the Pope, purchaſed his favour and exemption from the Biſhop to his ſhame; who cryed out thereupon, O money, money, how potent art thou in the Court of Rome! the Popes indignation thereupon, 737, 740. His Letters to Groſthead upon the Kings complaint, to abſolve the Kings Sheriff and Officers from an Excommunication againſt them, for executing the Kings Writs, 738. He favoured Archbiſhop Boniface in his rapines and oppreſſions, 740, 741. His new Decretal concerning Archbiſhops and Biſhops Viſitations, Procurations, againſt exactions, Viſitation Oaths and coactions, by which Archbiſhop Boniface intended to viſit his Province, 743, 744. His Letters for nulling and reverſing the Archbiſhops ſentence of Excommunication againſt the Chapter of Pauls and Biſhop of London, upon an appeal againſt it, 745, 746. His deteſtable Proviſion to a Baſtard and illiterate Foreigner, againſt right and piety, to the Church of Weſtele, decreeing all acts attempted againſt it voyd, to put his Proctor into, and keep him in poſſeſſion of it, removing all others, excommunicating all oppoſers without any appeal, 746. His requeſt to King H. 3. to remove to Burdeaux, and from thence to paſſe into England, to fleece, corrupt it in perſon worſe then his Uſurers or Nuncioes: He for money hindred thoſe who had taken the Croſſe to ayd the French King, abſolved them from their peregrination, ſold them to Earl Richard and other Nobles, as the Jews uſed to ſell Oxen and Doves in the Temple; whereat the Engliſh were highly offended with him, 746, 747. Archbiſhop Boniface goes to his Court in perſon, to fortifie himſelf againſt his Suffragans and their Appeals by his Papal authority; he and the Court of Rome being ſhaken like a reed with winds hither and thither, by money intervening, 747, 748. His proviſion to, and vexation of the Abbot of St. Albans, 842, 843, 844, 846, 847. He courtenanced the Biſhop of Winton againſt the King, for which he obliged his Biſhoprick to him in uneſtimable debts, 748. He confirms E…b…lmar though unfit in the Biſhoprick of Winton, for money, gifts; licenſing him and other Biſhops for money to retain all their former benefices, rents, promotions together with their Biſhopricks, 749, 750, 751, 752. He preferred by Proviſions any unfit, ſcandalous, illiterate perſons, covetous Romans, and others contemners of ſouls to Biſhopricks, benefices, for money, for which he was by Gods juſtice deſervedly expelled from Rome, forced like Cain to wander from place to place; he trampled England more vilely under his feet, where Religion moſt flouriſhed, oppreſſed, ſpoyled it more then any other Nation, when no Engliſh men had any preferment in Italy or other Realms; whence they prayed the God of vengeance to whet his ſword againſt him and his Nuncioes proviſions, and make it drunk in their blood, 750. He oppreſſed the Church of God more then all his predeceſſors, not conſidering the ſcourge of God upon him, 753. His unchriſtian practiſes and Innovations, in ſetting up and openly protecting Uſurers in England, againſt the Old and New Testament, condemning Uſury, ſuffering them to dwell amongſt Chriſtians; in conferring Benefices by Proviſions for money on barbarous Romans, who never came into England, nor took care of the peoples ſouls; in erecting many Orders of Freers, and imploying them to promote, collect his rapines, taxes, Croyſadoes, armed with many Papal powers; and licenſing them to purchaſe great poſſeſſions againſt their Vows, Orders; yea diſturbing all Chriſtendome with Wars, out of malice and hatred againſt the Emperor, to the danger of the Univerſal Church and Chriſtianity, 753, 754. He induced Peter de Vinea by great bribes, promiſes, to poyſon, deſtroy the Emperor Frederick, who moſt confided in, and imployed him; his exclamation againſt the Pope for his treachery and perſecutions at his death, 754, 755. By Pope Innocent 3 Gregory 9. and his Excommunications, Wars, perſecutions, depoſitions of the Emperors Otho, and Frederick, the Imperial Soveraignty withered away, 753. His implacable malice to the Emperor, 755. His exemption of the Kings Houſhold Clerks from payment of Firſt-fruits, granted by him to Archbiſhop Boniface, 758. His Non-obſtantes made preſidents for King Henry to avoyd his Charters, 760. The more potent he was, the more grievous to oppreſſe, 761. His Papal Balls, Proviſions frequently contradicted by Biſhop Groſthead, who ſaid he ſhould Satanize if he obeyed them, 762. He ſummoned the Dean and Chapter of Pauls to appear before him, at Archbiſhop Boniface his ſuit, from whoſe ſentence he had abſolved them, 762. The Abbot of Weſtminſter, his Chaplain, attends long in his Court, bound in great debts for him to quell the Monks, who were backed by the King, whoſe foundation it was, 763, 764. Prelates and Religious perſons reduced to extreme ſervitude by him, all their former priviledges ſubverted by his deteſtable Non-obſtantes, 765. His ſtrange Proviſion of Foreigners to St. Albans; he became a ſtepfather, and the Church of Rome a ſtep-mother to England, alienating their hearts from them by intollerable contempts, injuries, oppreſſions, perſecutions, 765. He granted King H. 3. a Diſme for three years towards his voyage to the Holy Land, only to ſpoyle well-affected Chriſtians of their monies by this pretext, which the Prelates oppoſe, 766, 767, 768, 770, 771, 772, 773, 774. His Indulgences granted to thoſe who took up the Croſſe, 768. The Pope and King aſſiſt each other in their rapines, oppreſſions, tyranny, exactions, which exaſperated moſt mens hearts, ſtirred them up generally againſt the Church of Rome, extinguiſhed the fire of devotion towards, and cauſed a defection of their hearts from her, 772, 773. Many Schoolmaſters for great ſums of money got licenſes from him not to reſide upon their benefices, or take Orders, under pretext of teaching School, which Groſthead oppugned, 574. His Bull for augmentation of ſmall Vicaredges out of Religious houſes, impropriations, 774, 775. He ſent Albert his Nuncio to prohibit King H. to invade France, and alſo to engage his Brother Richard to ſpend his Treaſure to gain Sicily and Apulia for the benefit of the Church of Rome, who refuſed the Popes proffer of it to him; whereupon he conferred it on King Henry and his ſonne Edmund, who indiſcrectly embraced it, inveſting him therein with a ring, cheats them of infinite ſums of mony, 776, 777, 808, 809, 820. Letters, procurations concerning it, 914, to 916, 948, 849, 985. The rents of Alien Clerks benefices, proviſions in England under him, amounted to more then 700000 marks a year, the Kings annual revenue not ariſing to the third part thereof, 777. His Letters giving ſome relaxation of Proviſions in ſhew, with power to tear his and his Agents Letters to the contrary, 779, 780, 781 He approved Biſhops elections in Ireland, 784. King Henry payes him the arrears of the annual tribute, and conſtitutes a Proctor in his Court, 783. The Archbiſhops Suffragans agent gave this Pope 6000 Marks to moderate his intollerable Viſitation of them, 789. His decree concerning Viſitations and procurations, 790, 791. His Letters to St. Auguſtines Canterbury, that the Archbiſhop ſhould not diſturb the Abbot or Covent by viſiting, ſuſpending, or excommunicating them, which the Archbiſhop with indignation burned, before he had ſcarce read them over, 791. His ſeveral Bulls of Priviledge granted to this Monaſtery, concerning Procurations, Proviſoes, the rules of their order, the conſecration of their Abbot, purchaſed with great ſummes of money, 792, 793, 794. The Kings Letters to him on the behalf of the Biſhop of Ciceſter and his Chaplains imployed in collecting the Difmes, to provide competent livings for them, 797. To excite all other Chriſtian Kings to joyn with him in aſſiſting the Holy Land, 798. His injunction to Biſhops, to viſit all Abbots and Covents in their Dioceſſe, and to obſerve certain impertinent orders of St. Benedict: The Monks to redeem themſelves from this Tyranny, gave the Pope 4000 l. of ſterling money., others appealed to him, and ſo prevented the Viſitation: His intollerable Rapines, Hypocriſie, Tyranny, Avarice, Proviſions, Simony, Oppreſſions, Bulls, Non-obstantes, 798, 799. Biſhop Groſtheads notable Epiſtle to, invectives againſt him, and his Court of Romes deteſtable corruptions; as being worthy of eternal death, Antichriſts, Judaſſes, yea worſe then the Murderers of Chriſt; for which he ſuſpended him his Biſhoprick, reſolved to excommunicate, dig up, burn his bones, and proclaim him an heretick, infidel, Rebell to all the world, 799, to 805. His dreadfull dream; Groſtheads Ghoſts apparition, ſpeech to him, ſummoning him before Chriſts Tribunal, ſmiting him with his paſtoral Staff on the ſide, and pricking him to the heart, whereof he dyed, 804, 805. (See Groſthead, Index 3.) His hatred, wars, interdict, excommunication, ſlanders againſt Conrade, as an heretick, infidel, perſecuter of the Church: with his poyſoning, lamentation, and ſpeeches againſt this Step-father of the Church at his death, 809, to 913. His great rejoycing at the death… of Conrade and Grosthead, 810. His own terrible Viſion, death ſoon after, 804, 805, 812, 813. His Bull for diſpenſations with pluralities of Benefices, againſt Councils and Canons, made only for Popes to gain money by diſpenſing with them, 1063, 1064.

I.

IOhn 22. endeavoured to break the election of Biſhops and Abbots by Covents, to reſerve their donation to himſelf, 779.

M.

LEo 10. His Decree againſt Lay-Princes and Judges, puniſhment of Prieſts concubines, p. 7, 8. Archbiſhop Stephens flattering oration to him and the Council of Lateran, concerning the ſublimity of Popes power above all Powers both in heaven and earth, p. 8, 9.

Lucius: his Priviledge to St. Athans, Appendix 21.

N.

MArtin 4. His Epiſtle to King Edward 1. demanding 4. years arrears of the 1000 Marks rent for England, and Ireland, granted by King Johns Charter: his death, 312, 313.

O.

NIcholas 3. his approbation of St. Francis wounds, and blaſphemous book of Conformities, p. 64.

Nicholas 4. his Letters to King Edward 1. demanding 5. years arrears of the annual ſumme for England and Ireland, granted by King John, due in his own and his predeceſſors Papacy, which he paid, having extraordinary uſe of his favour; the laſt rent of this kinde ever paid by him or his ſucceſſors to the Pope, 713, 714.

P.

PAſchal 2. His Confirmation of the Priviledge of Inveſtitures by a Paſtoral Staff and Ring to the Emperor H. 5. by an irrepealable Statute, Oath, Anathema, Charter, and of his Clergy ſtanding by; moſt perfidiouſly renounced, repealed by him the very next year, and nulled in a Council as a Praviledge, not Priviledge, extorted from him by force and dureſſe, 328.

Paul the 5. Dr. Marta his Dedicatory Epiſtle to him before his Treatiſe of Juriſdiction, ſtiling him Chriſts Vicar upon earth, out of whom all other Juriſdiction ſprings, the only Pope, Emperor, King of the world, and Supream Lord of all Princes, perſons, things, p. 8.

S.

SIxtus 4. authorized the blaſphemous office of the Conception of the Virgin Mary without original ſinne, p. 33, 34.

Silveſter: Conſtantines pretended Reſignation and Donation of Rome, and the Empire of the World to him, and adoration of him as Chriſts Vicar, a forgery, p. 8, 9.

V.

URban 2. his Decree; That Subjects who have ſworn fealty to a Chriſtian Prince, are bound by no authority to keep it, if he oppoſe God and his Saints, and trample their precepts under feet; whence Gregory 9. abſolved all the Emperor Fredericks Subjects from their Oath of allegeance to him, excommunicated, and depoſed him, 410.

Urban 4. abſolved King Henry 3. from his Oath, inviolably to obſerve the Barons Ordinances made at Oxford, which be moſt eaſily impetrated by his Letters and Proctors ſent to him for that purpoſe, 316, 948, 985, 986. He grants the kingdom of Sicily to Charles the King of France his brother for 4. generations, upon condition to expell Manfred, cheating King H. 3 and Edmund his Sonne therof, to whom his predeceſſor gave it, inveſting him thereof with a ring, 948. The Kings Letters to him and his Cardinals againſt his and his predeceſſors Proviſion of the Prebendary of Fenton, given to the Cardinal of Praenesti his Nephew, to the prejudice of him and the rights of his Crown, againſt the State and antient Cuſtom of the Realm, which neither he nor his Nobles, kingdom, could or would ſuffer, it belonging to his preſentation by his antient prerogative by the vacancy of the Archbiſhoprick of York, by which he had conferred it on John Manſell his Clerk, whoſe fidelity he juſtifies againſt falſe ſuggeſtions; he and his Cardinals endeavoured to deprive and diſpoſſeſſe him thereof; his Letter to his Nobles to engage with him in the defence of the rights of his Crown againſt this Papal uſurpation, his Prohibition concerning it, 962, 963, 964, 986, 987. His Letters to him not to reſtore Adomar to the Biſhoprick of Winton, to prevent diſcontents and perils to the Realm; the Nobles being generally incenſed againſt him, 966. A Prohibition againſt ſuing for a penſion in the Eccleſiaſtical Court by his Papal authority, contrary to Law, and the Kings Crown and Dignity, 968. The Kings Writs to all Bayliffs of the Ports, diligently to ſearch, inquire after all Italian Clerks, Laymen and others, who brought any of his Papal Bulls, Letters, prejudicial to the King, kingdom, and to arreſt their perſons, Letters, Bulls, 968. The Kings congratulatory Letters to him for his advancement to the Papacy, and his complemental Letters received from him, 985, 980, 995, To abſolve him from his Oath to obſerve the proviſions of Oxford, prejudicial to his Crown, Kingdom: His Letters to his Cardinals to promote it with other affairs of his Realm, and to preſerve the Rights of his Crown againſt the Barons and their Oxford proviſions, for which he conſtituted, ſent Proctors to Rome, 985, 986, 990. The Appeal, Complaint of the King, kingdom, Nobles, againſt the Antimonarchical Conſtitutions of Archbiſhop Boniface and his Suffragans, to the great prejudice and grievance of his Crown, kingdom; Proctors conſtituted to repeal them as grievances, and provide remedies againſt them, 983, 989, 990, 995. The Kings prohibition to draw any of his ſubjects to the Court of Rome out of the Realm, 995, 996. His Letters to him in behalf of an Abbot elected, approved by him, to promote his affairs, 996. The Kings ſuit to him to ſend a Legat into England to aſſiſt him againſt his Biſhops, Barons then in arms againſt him: his ſafe conduct, and Letters to the Legate how to proceed againſt them: His Excommunications of, proceedings againſt the Barons, Biſhops, and their adherents, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1018, to 1026. He ſaid he deſired to live no longer then to ſubdue the Engliſh Barons, againſt whom he was much incenſed, 1015. His Bull for diſſolving all their Statutes, Leagues, Confederacies againſt the King directed to the Biſhop of Norwich, and Roger Abbot of St. Auguſtines; his excommunications to be denounced againſt them with Bell, Book, Candle, in all Conventual and other Churches on all Lords dayes and Holydayes, 1015, 1016, 1018. His death before their execution, ſucceſſors purſuit of the premiſes, 1020, 1021.