b 1.1 DEfuncto ita{que} Archiepiscopo Huberto tertio Idus Maii, antequam corpus ejus sepulturae traderetur, adolescentes quidam de conventu Cantuariensis Eccle∣siae, (timentes ne Rex more suo electionem suam impediret, adds Matthew Westminster) Rege non inquisito, so one; or as another of them expresseth it, Regis consensu * 1.2 non requisito, Reginaldum Subpriorem suum in Archiepiscopum eligerunt, & media de nocte post factam electionem, Hymno, Te Deum Laudamus cantato, prius super majus altare, ac deinde in Archiepiscopali Cathedra posuerunt; Ve∣rebantur enim, quod si electio sine Regis consensu ad ipsius aures per∣venisset, ipse processum negotii impedire laboraret: (as he had cause) Unde nocte eadem idem Subprior, praestita cautione juratoria, quod sine licentia & literis specialibus Conventus se electum non gereret, vel literas Conventus de rato quas habebat, alicui promulgaret, assumptis secum de Conventu quibusdam Monachis, Curiam Romanam adivit. Hoc autem totum factum est, ut electio illa Regem lateret, donec probarent si rem inchoatam in Curia Ro∣mana possent perducere ad effectum. Sed electus praefatus, statim ut in Flandriam applicuisset, spreto quod fecerat juramento, se Ca••t••ariensem esse electum, clara voce confitetur; & ad hoc Romanam se adire Curiam, ut factam electionem confir∣maret. Literas insuper Conventus, quas de rato habebat, quibuslibet ostendit; cre∣dens in hoc causae suae meritum non mediocriter promoveri. Tandem vero Ro∣mam perveniens, Electionem suam Domino Papae, & ejus Cardinalibus illico pub∣licavit, literasque suas de rato palam omnibus ostendens, constanter a Domino Papa exegit, ut electionem factam, benignitate Apostolica confirmaret. Papa vero cum
The first-[third] tome of an exact chronological vindication and historical demonstration of our British, Roman, Saxon, Danish, Norman, English kings supreme ecclesiastical jurisdiction from the original planting, embracing of Christian religion therein, and reign of Lucius, our first Christian king, till the death of King Richard the First, Anno Domini 1199 ... / by William Prynne, Esq.
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- The first-[third] tome of an exact chronological vindication and historical demonstration of our British, Roman, Saxon, Danish, Norman, English kings supreme ecclesiastical jurisdiction from the original planting, embracing of Christian religion therein, and reign of Lucius, our first Christian king, till the death of King Richard the First, Anno Domini 1199 ... / by William Prynne, Esq.
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- Henry -- III, -- King of England, 1207-1272.
- Edward -- I, -- King of England, 1239-1307.
- Constitutional history -- Great Britain -- Sources.
- Great Britain -- History -- 13th century -- Sources.
- Great Britain -- Church history -- 13th century -- Sources.
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festinatione respondens; dixit se velle deliberare donec majorem haberet certitudi∣nem de premissis, being glad of such an opportunity to wrest the disposition of this fat Archbishoprick out of the Monks and Kings hands too, to subject both the Church and Crown of England to his usurping power, which King John so strenu∣ously opposed. To carry on this businesse, with as much art and disguise as was possi∣ble; Per idem tempus ad Monachos Ecclesiae Cantuariensis contuendos, Papa Innocen∣tius ejusdem Ecclesiae suffraganeis scripsit sub hac forma.
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b 1.1
Mat. Paris, Anno 1205. p. 204, 205. Mat. Westm. p. 82.
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No•• is omitted in the printed Copies of Mat. Paris.