quod et ipsi singillatim, quatenus præsens nostrum mandatum ipsorum civitatem et diœcesim concernit, nos citra festum natalis Domini proxime futurum per suas literas modo consimili certificare non omittant. Dat. in manerio nostro de Croydon primo die mensis Octobris, A.D. MCCCCXLV. et nostræ translat. anno tertio.

Et quantum ad prætactum subsidium, mag. Williel. Biconyll, prolocutor cleri supradictus, præsentabat domino, dicto die Sabbati, quandam schedulam unius integræ decimæ domino regi concessæ.

Sed dominus rex haud contentus hac decima, mag. Adam Moleyns, custodem privati sigilli, die Lunæ sequente ad domum capitularem misit, aliam integram decimam expetendi causa; ast quia clerus integram decimam concesserat die Sabbati præterito, sub ea conditione, quod dominus statim dissolveret convocationem, petitis ejus haud responderunt ea vice. Quibus sic factis, "clerus domus inferioris desiderabat ab episcopis et aliis prælatis sentire suum super schedula de reformandis in ipsa convocatione per convocationem concepta." Et adtunc dominus Bathon. archiepiscopi illa vice commissarius, de consensu confratrum suorum religiosorum, et cæterorum procuratorum cleri, manu sua propria subscripsit articulos in eadem schedula contentos, prout hic inferius continetur :

Ad primum, qui sic incipit: "Inprimis, deliberatum est per clerum," etc., sic est responsum, Quod prælatis et omnibus placet, quod tollatur illa poena, et quod id, quod recipit ultra constitutionem, applicetur fabricæ ecclesiæ cathedr. nisi per loci ordinarium fuerit super hoc aliter dispensatum.

Ad secundum, qui sic incipit: "Item, quod constitutio adeo quorundam," etc., sic est responsum per omnes, Istud deferendum usque alias, propter brevitatem temporis.

Ad tertium, qui sic incipit: "Item, quod addatur pœna," etc., sic est responsum, Differatur usque alias.

Ad quartum, qui sic incipit: "Item, quod constitutio domini Henrici," etc., responsum est per omnes, Placet.

Ad quintum, qui sic incipit: "Item, quod abbates et priores," etc., sic est responsum, Stetur juri communi.

Ad sextum, qui sic incipit : "Et quod nomina collectorum decimæ," etc., sic est responsum, Differatur. Et quantum ad reformandum per parliamentum, nominati in dicta schedula fuerunt deputati ad solicitandum dictam materiam. Et incontinenti dominus London. commissarius domini, dicto die nomine ejusdem dissolvebat dictam convocationem.

INDEX.

ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER.

In this index the greater number every where denotes the set or system of
canons, constitutions, &c., bearing date the year signified by that number.

The lesser number always shews the particular canon, constitution, or article
there referred to. But if the memorial referred to be short there is no lesser
number added.

Pf. denotes the translator's preface, Ps. his postscript to any set. If Lat. be
added, it signifies the preface or postscript translated from the original Latin.

The same figures refer to the canon, constitution, &c., and to the notes on that
canon, constitution, &c.

[The corrections of Johnson's index, as well as the references to the addenda
and the notes of this edition, are put within brackets, the pages being added
when necessary: a few insertions from MS. notes Wrangham are distinguished
by marks of quotation.]

A.

Abbacies, King Henry I. promises to deliver them forthwith to successors,
1107, Ps.

Abbess, to wear nothing more costly than lamb-skins and cat-skins,
1127, 10.

or foxes', 1200, 15. See Nun, Ecclesiastic, Abbot.
Abbots, several deprived upon the Conquest, 1070, Pf.
allowed to speak in council, 1075, 5.

not to create knights, 1102, 17, [see Addenda.]

to dwell with their monks, ibid.

to appoint confessors for their monks, 1102, 18.

to be blessed to their office gratis, 1126, 3.

not to take any thing to farm, 1127, 8.

of St. Mary's, York, deposed for bodily infirmities, 1195, Pf. Lat.
having jurisdiction, not to conclude matrimonial causes without the
bishop, 1237, 23.

to have a seal of office, 1237, 28.

not to permit their monks to be ordained but by the diocesan, 1322, 1.
not to alienate without consent of [convent*] and bishop, 1444, 2; [see
1222, 33.]

[chapter, ed. i.]

Abjuration of heresy enjoined to him that preached it in the place where

he offended, 1408, 3.

Absolution indicative, first mentioned and enjoined, 1268, 2.

to be published as well as the censure, 1268, 28.

not to be given till the man abstains from his sin, 1322, 8.

from all punishment and guilt, pretended to be given by friars, 1466, 7.
of absolution at large, 1343, 9, [note b]. See Reserved cases.

[Adults, who so considered, 1322, 2.]

Adultery, [a clerk] who is convicted of it to be pursued with sentence of
excommunication into any other diocese to which he removes,
1268, 8.

Advocate, a beneficed clergyman might be one, 1237, 29, [note x.]

- censured, if he plead against a marriage which appears to be just,
1222, 50.

their oath, and before whom, and how often to be taken, 1237, 29.
certificate from the bishop who took the oath to be shewed, 1268, 26.
none admitted to plead, but they who had studied the law three years,
1281, 25.

procuring a false proxy, how treated, 1281, 13.

to do his office gratis for getting augmentation to a poor vicar, 1439.
Administrators. See Intestates.

Advowson, causes relating to, the right of it claimed by the king,
1164, 1.

and seemingly granted him, 1261, 1.

patron who presents for money deprived of it, 1175, 9. See Patron.
Agelmar, bishop of East Angles, (now Norwich,) deposed, 1070, Pf.
Agelric, bishop of Seolsey, (now Chichester,) deposed and imprisoned, but
acquitted by synod, 1070, Pf.; 1076, Pf. Lat. [Addenda.]

[Ages of man, 1322, 2, note *, p. 335.]

Aldred, archbishop of York, held Worcester with that see, 1070, Pf.

Almnery, houses and provision made for the poor.

forfeiture to be applied to the archbishop's of York, 1347, 1.

Almoner, an officer in religious houses, 1222, 44,

every bishop to have such officers, 1222, 2.

Altar to be of stone, 1071, 5.

that and all near it to be decently kept, 1222, 11; 1322, 4, 5.

Altar-cloths, by whom to be washed, 1322, 5.

Anathema against sodomites, 1102, 28.

against him that holds two archdeaconries in several dioceses, 1127, 8.

against him that killed or struck ecclesiastics, 1138, 10.

against nuns that wore gaudy apparel, 1138, 15.

against detainers of tithes, 1138, 16.

against the priest that takes the office of sheriff, 1175, 3.

against them who admit foreign clerks to officiate, 1175, 5.

against such as hold pleas of blood in churches or churchyards,
1175, 6.

against such as take price for chrism, &c., 1175, 7.

Anathema against prelates that admit monks or nuns for money, 1175, 8.
against detainers of tithes, 1175, 13; if they do not upon admonition
make satisfaction, 1200, 9; 1236, 35.

against maintainers of robbers, 1222, 21.

against married people entering into religion, except-, 1236, 27.

against great men that oppressed the clergy, 1236, 36.

against defilers of nuns, 1281, 17.

against religious, that were executors or administrators, 1281, 20.

Annals or Annuals, masses said for the quick or dead through the whole

year every day, or on an anniversary day.

if priests take such annals as they cannot discharge, they are to restore
the overplus of what they have received, 1281, 2.

priests that officiated them to be content with five marks per annum,
1362, 1.

Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury, his contention with kings, 1102, Pf.
cursed Thomas, second archbishop of York, and all that dared to conse-
crate him, till he swore obedience to him, 1107, Ps.

how he introduced the feast of the conception of the Blessed Virgin,
1328, 2.

Apparel and diet retrenched on occasion of the crusade, 1188, 5. See
Habit.

Apparitors, the rise of them, 1237, 26.

their claiming procurations of the clergy, 1261, 19.

censures passed by them null, ibid.

their number retrenched, and exactions on clergy restrained, 1342, 8.
See Procurations.

Appeals, from archdeacon to bishop, from bishop to archbishop, from arch-
bishop to king, 1164, 8.

to Rome brought into practice, 1143, Ps.
allowed by king, so that, 1164, Ps.

from grievances before sentence allowed, 1328, 6.

to a superior judge, relax sequestration laid by inferior, 1343, 15.
Archbishop, to license others [not being bishops or abbots] to speak in
councils, 1075, 5*.

appeal made from bishop to him, 1164, 8.

with how many horse and men to visit, 1200, 5.

to see to the reading of Othobon's constitutions in synod, 1268, 36.

to oblige bishops to publish Magna Charta, &c., 1298, Pf. Lat.

Archbishop of Canterbury, primate, yet denied to be metropolitan of the

whole island, 1070, Pf.; 1075, Pf.

[some peculiar privileges recovered, 1076, Pf. Addenda.]

manner of choosing him not settled, 1126, Pf.

elected by monks, accepted by the bishops, 1164, Pf.

["This method overruled by the pope in the case of Abp. Langton,

1222, Pf."]

not legatus natus till after 1195; 1195, 9.

* [This article was put under the word Bishop in the first edition.]