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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Prynne, William, 1600-1669.
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London :: Printed for the author by Thomas Ratcliff, and are to be sold by Abel Roper ... Gabriel Bedell ... and Edward Thomas ...,
1665-1668.
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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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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A70866.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.

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Circa hos dies, cum denique Barones, qui jam omnia amiserant, quae propensius in* 1.1 mundo diligebant, & spem bom melioris penitus non habebant, ut per se recupe∣rarent amissa, tacti sunt dolore Cordis intrinsecus, & quid agerent ignorabant, male∣dicentes Regis versutiam, tergiversationes et infidelitatem, et ducentes suspiria geminando: Veh tibi Iohannes Regum ultime, Anglorum Principum Abominatio, Nobilitatis Anglicanae Confusio. Heu Anglia jam vastata, et amplius vastanda: Heu Anglia, Ang∣lia omnibus bonis hactenus Princeps provinciarum, facta es sub tributo, non tantum flammae, fami, et ferro, sed servorum ignobilium et advena∣rum imperio subjecta, et suppeditata: cum nihil infelicius quam servorum subjici servituti, Legimus quod multi alii Reges, immo ut Reguli, usque ad mortem pro liberatione terrae suae subjectae di∣micarunt: sed tu Iohannes (lugubris memoriae pro futuris seculis) et terra tua ab antiquo libera, ancillaret excogitasti, et operam impendisti, et ut alios tecum traheres in servitutem, quasi cauda serpentina medietatem stellarum a firmamento te ipsum primo de∣pressisti, factus de Rege liberrimo, Tributarius, firmarius, et vassalus servitutis; terrarum nobilissimam Chirographo servitutis aeternae obligasti, nunquam a Compede servili liberandam nisi mi∣seratus ille, qui nos et totum mundum, quos sub pecc Iu∣go vetusta servitus tenuit, dignetur quandoque liberare. ati Et quid de te Papa? qui pater sanctitatis, speculum pietatis, tutor Justitiae, & custos ve∣ritatis, toti mundo deberes lucere in Exemplum, tali consentis, talem laudas, & tueris? Sed hac causa Exhaustorem pecuniae Anglicanae & Exactorem Nobilitatis Britan∣nicae tibi inclinantem, defendis, ut in Barathrum Romanae Averitiae omnia demergantur: sed haec causa & excusatio, est ante Deum culpa & accusatio; Et sic Barones Lachryman∣tes, & Lamentantes Regem & Papam maledixerunt, peccantes inexpiabiliter, cum scriptum sit. Principi non maledices; & veritatem & reverentiam transgredientes, cum illust∣rem Johannem Regem Angliae servum asserverunt, Cum Deo ser∣vire regnare sit Tandem decretum est, ut aliquem potentem in Regem eligerent per quem possint ad possessiones pristinas revocari, credentes quod nullus Johanne pesor vel du∣rior possit dominari, & tale miserabile statuentes Argumentum,

Fortuna miserrima tuta, Nam timor eventus deterioris abest.

Cumque aliquandiu, quem oligerent haesitassent, demum in hec pariter consenserunt, ut Lodovicum filium Philippi Regis Francorum sibi praeficerent, & ipsum in Regem Angliae sublimarent.

Besides King John himself in his Letters to the Pope complains, that his Earls and Barons were devout and loving to him till he had subjected himself to his Dominion, but since that time, & specialiter ab hoc, they did all rise up against him. And, when he* 1.2 alleged to them, that the Realm of England was St. Peters patrimony, and held of the Pope, &c. they slighted it so, as to return no answer to it. Yea Pope Innocent himself in his Epistle to all Christian people wherein he Nulls the Great charter of Liberties complains thus of the Barons; ut ordine perverso in illum insurgerent postquam Ec∣clesiae satisfecit, qui assistebat eidem quando Ecclesiam offendebant. And the French Kings Barons, H. the 3. and his Proctors in the Council of Lyons, with the Parl. of 40 E. 3. peremptorily affirm, that the Barons never assented to it: Therefore this clause inserted into the Patent that it was made, Communi Consilio Baro∣num Nostrorum, must needs be a false suggestion and untruth, which makes it Null in Law.

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8ly. There is an antient Manuscript stiled * 1.3 Eulogium in the famous Library of Sir Robert Cotton, which records, that in the year 1214. (soon after this Surrender and Charter of King Iohn) there was a Parliament called at London, wherein Stephen Archbishop of Canterbury, and all his Clergy, cum tota laicali secta, with all the Lay sect being present▪ Per Domini Papae praeceptum illa obligatio praefata, quam Rex Domino Pap secerat, cum fidelitate et homagio relaxatur omnino, primo die Julii. i then Pope nnocent himself in full Parliament totally released King Iohns Charter, Obligation, Rent, Homage and Fealty made him for these king∣doms, immediately after their making (upon the Archbishops appeal against it, or as extorted from him by such atheistical impious Interdicts, Excommunications, me∣naces, frauds, circumventions, Crossadoes, and foraign forces raised against him, and fraught with nothing but untrue suggestions, not upon any real considerations, as the Author of this Treatise positively asserts) How any of his Successors or Ro∣man Advocates (especially in this Age) can in justice or equity insist thereon to in∣title themselves to the Soveraign Temporal Dominion, Jurisdiction of England and Ireland as St. Peters Patrimony, without the greatest absurdity and shamelesse impu∣dence, no rational creature can discover.

9ly. After King Iohns surrender of his kingdom, and confirmation of the Charters to the Kingdom and Bishops, with the Popes ratification of them too, his friends, courtiers, flatterers, soldiers, and common people; for this his Resignation of his Crown, did thus deride and jeer him to his very face, to exasperate him against the treacherous Bishops and his Barons, as well as against the Pope, and raise New Commotions.

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