An ansvvere to the fifth part of Reportes lately set forth by Syr Edvvard Cooke Knight, the Kinges Attorney generall Concerning the ancient & moderne municipall lawes of England, vvhich do apperteyne to spirituall power & iurisdiction. By occasion vvherof, & of the principall question set dovvne in the sequent page, there is laid forth an euident, plaine, & perspicuous demonstration of the continuance of Catholicke religion in England, from our first Kings christened, vnto these dayes. By a Catholicke deuyne.
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- An ansvvere to the fifth part of Reportes lately set forth by Syr Edvvard Cooke Knight, the Kinges Attorney generall Concerning the ancient & moderne municipall lawes of England, vvhich do apperteyne to spirituall power & iurisdiction. By occasion vvherof, & of the principall question set dovvne in the sequent page, there is laid forth an euident, plaine, & perspicuous demonstration of the continuance of Catholicke religion in England, from our first Kings christened, vnto these dayes. By a Catholicke deuyne.
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- Parsons, Robert, 1546-1610.
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- Coke, Edward, -- Sir, 1552-1634. -- Reports. Part 5 -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.
- Ecclesiastical law -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
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"An ansvvere to the fifth part of Reportes lately set forth by Syr Edvvard Cooke Knight, the Kinges Attorney generall Concerning the ancient & moderne municipall lawes of England, vvhich do apperteyne to spirituall power & iurisdiction. By occasion vvherof, & of the principall question set dovvne in the sequent page, there is laid forth an euident, plaine, & perspicuous demonstration of the continuance of Catholicke religion in England, from our first Kings christened, vnto these dayes. By a Catholicke deuyne." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A09061.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 24, 2025.
Contents
- title page
- OF THE CONTROVERSY
- TO THE RIGHT VVORSHIPFVLL SYR EDVVARD COOKE KNIGHT, His Maiesties Attorney generall:
- A TABLE Of the particular Contentes, Chapters, and Para∣graphes of this ensuing Treatise.
- THE PREFACE TO THE READER. Concerning the weight, and importance of this our Con∣trouersie; wherby may be resolued whatsoeuer is in question between men of different Religions at this day in England.
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THE ANSWERE TO THE PREFACE of Syr Edward Cooke, THE KINGES ATTORNEY, About
Error, Ignorance, andTruth : and vvay to try the same. CHAP. I. -
OF THE STATE OF THE QVESTION IN GENERALL, Concerning
Spirituall, andTemporall Povver, andIurisdiction ; their origen, and subordination one to the other: And how they stand togeather in a Christian Common-wealth. CHAP. II. -
THE PARTICVLAR STATE OF THE CONTROVERSY VVith
M. Attorney, concerning the lateQueens Ec∣clesiasticall Povver, by the auncient laws ofEngland, deduced out of the case of oneRobert Caudery Clerke. CHAP. III. -
VVHERAS IN THE CASE PROPOSED, THERE MAY BE TVVO KINDES OF PROOFES, The one
DE IVRE, the otherDE FACTO; M. At∣torney is shewed to haue fayled in both: and that we doe euidently demonstrate in the one, and in the other. And first in thatDE IVRE. CHAP. IIII. -
OF THE SECOND SORT OF PROOFES NAMED DE FACTO, VVherto
M. Attorney betaketh himselfe, alleadging certaine Instances therin: And first, out of our Kings before theConquest. CHAP. V. -
HOW THE ATTORNEY NOT BEING ABLE TO PROVE HIS AFFIRMATIVE PROPOSITION, Of English Kings Iurisdiction Ecclesiasticall, before the
Conquest : VVe doeex abundanti proue the negatiue, by ten seue∣rall sortes of most euident demonstrations, that there was no such thing in that tyme, but the quite contrary. CHAP. VI. -
OF THE KINGS AFTER THE CONQVEST VNTO OVR TYMES: And first of the
Conquerour himself, whether he tookespirituall iurisdiction vpon him, or no, by vertue of his Crowne, and temporall authority. CHAP. VII. -
OF KING WILLIAM RVFVS AND HENRY THE FIRST That vvere the
Conquerours sonnes; and of KingStephen his Nephevv: And how they agreed with the saidConquerour, in our Question ofspirituall iurisdiction ac∣knowledged by them to be in others, and not in themselues. CHAP. VIII. -
OF THE RAIGNE OF KING HENRY THE SECOND Great Grand-child to the
Conquerour : And of his two sonnesK. Richard andK. Iohn, and their conformityes in this controuersie. CHAP. IX. -
OF KING HENRY THE THIRD That vvas the eight King after the
Conquest And the first that left Statutes vvritten: And vvhainstances and arguments M. Attorney allead∣geth out of him for his purpose. CHAP. X. -
OF THE LIVES AND RAIGNES OF KING EDVVARD The first, and second; Father, and sonne: And what arguments
M. Attorney draweth from them, towards the prouing of his purpose. CHAP. XI. -
OF K. EDWARD THE THIRD, And
K. Richard the second his Nephevv, and Successour: And vvhat instances or argumentsM. Attorney draweth from their two raignes, which conti∣nued betweene them for seauenty yeares. CHAP. XII. -
OF THE THREE KING HENRYES OF THE HOVSE OF LANCASTER, The fourth, fifth and sixth, vvho raigned for the space of threescore years: And what is obserued out of their raignes, concerning our Controuersie with
M. Attorney. CHAP. XIII. -
OF THE RAIGNE OF FOVRE ENSVING KINGS, TO VVIT,
Edward the fourth,Edward the fifth,Richard the third, andHenry the seauenth: And how conforme they were vnto their auncestours in this point of controuersie, which we haue in hand. CHAP. XIIII. -
OF THE RAIGNE OF K. HENRY THE EIGHT, And of his three children, King
Edward, QueeneMary, and QueeneElizabeth : And how the first innovation about Ecclesiasticall iurisdiction, was made, and conti∣nued in their dayes. CHAP. XV.-
Of King
Henry the eyght, who was the twentith King after theConquest. §. I. -
The answere to certaine Instances of
M. Attorney out of this raigne ofK. Henry the eight. §. II. -
Of King
Edvvard the sixt, the one and twentith King after theConquest. §. III. -
Of the raigne of
Queene Mary, the two and twentithPrincesse after theConquest. §. IIII. -
Of the raigne of
Queen Elizabeth, who was the three and twentithPrincesse after theConquest, and last of KingHenryes race §. v.
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Of King
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CERTAINE EXPOSTVLATIONS VVITH M. ATTORNEY ABOVT EVIL PROCEEDING, And iniuryes offered to sundry sortes of men in this his
Booke ofReportes, especially tovvards the end therof: Togeather with the Conclusion of the whole worke. CHAP. XVI.-
THE FIRST EXPOSTVLATION, In the behalfe of Recusant Catholicks of
England greiuously iniured by theAttorney. §. I. - THE SECOND EXPOSTVLATION In the behalfe of all English Catholickes in generall. §. II.
- THE THIRD EXPOSTVLATION, In the name of all moderate and peace-louing subiects whatsoeuer. §. III.
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THE FIRST EXPOSTVLATION, In the behalfe of Recusant Catholicks of
- Faultes escaped in the Printing.
- A TABLE OF THE PARTICVLAR MATTERS CONTEYNED IN THIS BOOKE.