A treatise co[n]cernynge diuers of the constitucyons prouynciall and legantines

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A treatise co[n]cernynge diuers of the constitucyons prouynciall and legantines
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Printed at London :: By Thomas Godfray. Cum priuilegio regali,
[1535?]
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Church of England -- Government -- Early works to 1800.
Ecclesiastical law -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
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¶ The tenth chapitre.

THe lawe of the Realme is that whan a benefyce falleth voyde / and the pa¦tron presenteth an able & a mete clerke to the Or∣dynary / that the Ordynary is boun¦de vpon the payne of a Quare impe∣dit / and to be taken as a dysturber / to admytte that clerke so presented / in as conuenyent tyme as he may / with out any notable delaye. And yet it is decreed by a constitucyon / that is in the thirde boke / in the tytle of clerkes that be non resydent. And it begyn∣neth: Cum secundum apostolum et in∣fra. That the bisshop in no meanes shall dyfferre aboue two monethes to admyt him that is presented / wher¦by

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it appereth that the meanynge of the cōstitucion is / that he shuld haue power so longe to delaye the prsente∣ment / if he wyll / and that is dyrect∣ly against the lawe of the realme: for he is bounde to presente suche an en∣combent in as cōuenient tyme as he can all notable delayes set aparte as is aforesayde.

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