Prolicionycion [sic]

¶ Capitulum 57

THe Archibisshop of caunterbury hath vnder hym ·xiij bis∣shops in englōd· & ·iiij / in wales / he hath rochestr̄ vnder him & that see hath vnder hym a part in kent allone / London hath vn¦der hem estsex myddelsex & half hertfordshire Chichestre hath vn¦der southstx•• & the yle of wight. wynchesere hath vnder hym hāp∣shyre & southerye. salesbury hath vnder hym barkshire wiltshire & dorset· excetre hath vnder hym deuēshire & cornuayl· bathe hath vnder hym somerseteshire allone. wyrcetre hath vnder hym glou¦cetreshire wircetreshire & half warwyckshire / herford hath vnder hym herdfordshire & som of shropshyre / Chestre is bisshop of couē¦tre & of lychfeld· & hath vnder hym chestreshire staffordshire. der¦byshyre half warwykshire: som of shropshire and som of lancas¦treshyre· fro the Riuer of mersce vnto the Ryuer of Rypyl / Lyn∣coln hath vnder hym the prouynces that ben bytwene Tamyse and humbre that ben the shyres of Lyncoln Of Leycetre Of

Northampton of. huntyngdon of bedford of bokynham Of Ox∣enford & half hertfordshyre / Ely hath vnder hym Cambregeshire oute take merlond ¶ Northwyche hath vnder hym merlond / Norfolk and suffolk Also tharchibisshop of Caūterbury hath four suffrygans in wales / that ben landaf. Seynt Dauyes ban∣gor and seynt Assaph. ¶ The Archebisshop of Yorke hath nowe but two Bisshops vnder hym that ben durham and caer¦leyl / R. ¶And so· ben but two Prymates in englond. What one of hem shal doo to that other and in what poynt he shal be o∣bedyent & vnder hym / It is fully conteyned withinne about the yere of our lord a thousand .lxxij / to fore the first kyng wiliam And the bisshops of englond by commaundement of the pope The cause was handled and y treated bytwene the forsayd pry∣mates / And ordeyned and demed that the primate of yorke shal be subget to the primate of Caunterbury in thynges that longen to the worship of god and to the bileue of holy chirche So that in what place euer it be in englond that the primate of Caunter¦bury w••l hote and constrayne to gad••e a Counseyl of Clergye /

The prymate of yorke is holden with his Suffrygans for to be there and for to be obedyent to the ordynaunce that there shall be lawfully ordeyned. Whan the prymate of Caunterbury is dede the prymate of yorke shal come to Caunterbury and with other Bisshops he shal sacre hym that is chosen and so with other bis¦shops he shal sacre his owne prymate· yf the prymate of york be dede / his successour shal come to the Bisshop of caunterbury and he shal take his. ordenaunce of hym and doo his ooth with profes¦sion and lawful obedyence / ¶ After within aboute the yere of oure lord .xj. honderd four score and .xv. in the tyme of kyng Rychard ben resons sette for the right of the partye for ey∣ther prymate / & what one Prymate dyde to that other in tyme of th••rstinus of thomas & of other bisshops of york from the Con∣quest vnto kyng harryes tyme the thyrdde / Also there it is said how eche of them starte from other / This place is but a forspe∣kyng and not a ful tretis therof· therfore it were noyeful to char¦ge this place with alle thylke resons that there ben made.