The repressor of over much blaming of the clergy.

hadde not ȝeuen it to the bischop or abbot. And so, forto speke in veri trewe propir speche, this stiward is not the bischopis or the abbotis stiward, but he is the kingis stiward; neither this court is the bischopis court, namelich in tho pointis and iugementis to which [whichich, MS.] deeth longith; but it is ther yn the kingis court; thouȝ in comoun speche vnpropirli takun it is woned be seid that thilk stiward is the bischopis stiward or abbotis stiward, and that he holdith the bischopis court or the abbotis court; lijk as it is woned bi vnpropre speche, whanne a parisch chirche is aproprid to an abbey of nunnys, forto seie that the abbas is persoun of thilk chirche, or the conuent or the abbey is persoun of thilk chirch, and the vikir sett in thilk chirche is vikir of the abbas or vikir of the abbey; which speche is no more trewe in propre maner of vndirstonding than were forto seie that the brigge of Londoun were persoun of a parisch chirch, and that the vikir sett in thilk chirch were vikir of the brigge, if alle the fruytis of thilk chirche were assigned and ȝouun into almes forto meyntene and repare [to repare, MS. (first hand).] the brigge of Londoun, so that a sufficient porcioun of the same fruytis were left to a preest forto bere sufficientli the cure. But verrili and propirli to speke the seid womman or wommen be not persouns and prelatis to men, (for it were aȝens the teching of Poul,) and the vikir sett in thilk chirche is vikir of the bischop or vikir of the persoun which was there bifore the appropriacioun, or of the persoun which schulde be there, if thilk appropriacioun not were: so that he is not the viker of the abbas or abbey, thouȝ the abbas or abbey be mad patroun for to chese him and presente him to the bischop, as it is grauntid to hem that thei mowe chese and presente men to the

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Title: The repressor of over much blaming of the clergy.
Author: Recock, Reginald, bp. of Chichester, 1395?-1460?
Canvas: Page 368
Publication: London,: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts,; 1860.
Subject terms: Lollards; Great Britain -- Church history

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