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.

REX Justiciariis, Vicecomitibus & omnibus Ballivis & Ministris suis, salutem:* 1.1 Sciatis Nos concessisse Venerabili Patri nostro in Christo J. Norwicensi Episco∣po, quod omnes Terras, Tenementa, & Possessiones, tempore praedecessorum suorum ab Ecclesia sua injuste alienatas, juste possit revocare. Et si in illis revocandis consilio Curiae nostrae indiguerit: Volumus & concedimus quod idem Episcopus, si voluerit Curiam suam in Curia nostra ponat, ut loquelae suae quas ibi posuerit, per Judicium Curiae nostrae & consuetudinem Regni terminenter. Teste W. Briwer. apud Esseleg. deci∣mo quarto die Octobris.

In the second year of his Reign, Ieoffery Plantaginet, Archbishop of York,* 1.2 King Iohns base Brother, opposed, obstructed the levying of Carvage, (de∣manded and granted to the King by common consent, paid by all others) on the demesne Lands of his Church or Tenants, beating the Sheriff of Yorks Servants, excommunicating the Sheriff himself by name, with all his Ayders, and in∣terdicted his whole Province of York for attempting to levy it; Whereupon the King, much incensed for these intollerable affronts, summoned him to answer these high contempts, his not going over with him into Normandy when sum∣moned, and also to pay him 3000. marks, due to his Brother King Richard; and by his Writs commanded all the Archbishops Servants, wherever they were found,

to be imprisoned, as they were, for beating the Sheriffs Officers, and denying to give the King any of the Archbishops Wine, passing through York, summoned Jeoffry into his Court to answer all these contempts, and issued Writs to the Sheriff of York∣shire, to seize all his Goods, Temporalties, and to return them into the Exchequer, which was executed accordingly. The King and Queen repairing to York the next Mid-lent, the Archbishop upon soberer thoughts made his peace with him, submit∣ting to pay such a fine for his offences as 4. Bishops, and 4. Barons elected by them, should adjudge, and absolved William de Stutvill, the Sheriff, and James de Poterna, whom he had excommunicated, and recalled his former Interdict.

The same year there fell out a great b 1.3 difference between this Archbishop, the Dean and Chapter of York, and the Archdeacon of Richmond. The Pracentors place at York falling void, the Dean and Chapter would not suffer him to present Ralph de Kyme, his Official, to it, but themselves gave it to Hugh Murdac, Archdeacon of Cliveland, the day after he had given it to Kyme; and when the Archbishop would have put him into the Praecentors stall, the Dean told him, It belonged not to him to put any man into a stall, neither shall you there in place him, because we have given it by authority of the Concil of Lateran: Whereupon when the Archbishop could not have his will, he excommunicated Murdac; he likewise injured Honorius, Archdeacon of Richmond, by challenging to himself the Institutions of Churches and Synodals, against the antient Dignities and Customs of the Archdeaconry, which the Archbishop pretended Hono∣rius had resigned and confirmed to him by his Charter, which he denyed. The Dean and Chapter, and Honorius, severally complained of these injuries to the King, who thereupon issued these Patents and Writs for their relief, against his violence, to the Sheriff, and Dean and Chapter of York.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Chartae Anno 2. Johannis Regis memb. 27. Dorso.
• * 1.2

  a Hoveden An∣nal. pars poste∣rior. p. 811, 817. Mat. Paris Hist. Angl. p. 1••6. 157. 194. Holinsh p. 143, 147, 163, 170. Godwin in his Life, p. 517, 518.
• b 1.3

  Hoveden An∣nal. pars poste∣rior, p. 817, &c