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JEwellus de Mayenne Arch-Bishop of Tours, on the Tuesday before St. Barnabas's day, in the Year * 1.1 1236, held an Ecclesiastical Assembly in that City, wherein he Publish'd Fourteen Decrees for the Ecclesiastical and Civil Polity.
By the First, The Croisado-Men are depriv'd of their Privileges, when they Commit such Crimes as deserve Punishment, and they and the other Christians are prohibited from killing or abusing the Jews.
In the Three next 'tis order'd, That none shall be admitted Lawyers, who have not studied the Law for Three Years, nor Officials, who have not studied it Five Years, nor Notaries who are not acquainted with the Style and Constitutions of the Palace.
In the Fifth, To Obviate the Frauds of those who made an ill use of the Letters of the Holy See, the Commissaries delegated in the Province of Tours, are prohibited from Executing their Commission till they have shew'd the Original Copy of it, and unless He that has it, swear that he has procur'd those Letters, that they are true, and that he will not carry him with whom he has to do before o∣ther Judges.
By the Sixth, The Judges are order'd to have regard to Appeals.
In the Seventh, The Bishops are recommended to take care, that the Last Wills and Testaments be duly Executed.
The Eighth declares, Those who contract two Marriages at a time to be Infamous, and condemns them to be whip'd.
The Ninth orders, That every Sunday the Sorcerers shall be Excommunicated, and condemns them to severe Correction.
The Tenth, Renews the Prohibitions of Communicating with Excommunicated Persons, made in the Council held at Chateau-Gonthier, under Penalty of a Pecuniary Mulct.
The Eleventh imports, That those who pretend to be exempt from the Jurisdiction of the Ordina∣ry, shall be oblig'd to Exhibit their Letters of Exemption.
In the Twelfth, False Witnesses are Condemn'd to severe Punishments.
In the Thirteenth, The Bishops are enjoyn'd to take care that the New Converts of their Diocesses be instructed, and to provide a Subsistence for them, least they return to their Errors under the pre∣tence of Poverty.
In the Fourteenth, The Abbots and Priors are order'd to use Hospitality.
The Council of Tours 1236.