REX omnibus, &c. salutem. Sciatis quod Testamentum quod W. Karl. Epis∣copus* 1.1 condidit, vel conditurus est quocunque tempore, & quacunque ho∣ra tam de bladis in terra, quam de Wardis & firmis, & omnibus suis mobilibus, pro nobis & haeredibus nostris gratum habemus & acceptum, & illud concedimus & con∣firmamus: prohibentes ne aliquis Ballivus, noster vel Haeredum nostrorum, quae idem Episcopus reliquerit ad executionem Testamenti sui faciendam, manum mit∣tat, vel in aliquo se inde intromittat, vel aliquo modo Testamentum illud impediat, quia tam Testamentum suum, quam executores Testamenti sui cepimus in protectio∣nem & defensionem nostram, & haeredum nostrorum. In cujus, &c. Teste Rege apud Windes. 5. die Julii.
Pope Innocent the 4. was one of the first Popes who presumed to summon a Gene∣ral Council by his own Papal Authority, without and against the Emperor, and that purposely out of malice to excommunicate and depose him, against all Laws of God and man, for which end he sent abrode his Nuncio's and Letters as to other Kings and Prelates, so particularly to the King of England, and all Archbishops Bishops and other Prelates, to summon them to a General Councel to be held by him at Lyons in France.
Anno eodem circa medium Quadragesimae, venerunt Nuntij Domini Pa∣pae in Angliam de convocando Concilio generali, tale mandatum Papale baju∣lantes: