MarginaliaTo breake of all appeales to Rome, tit. 14. Also the like remedy myght be had against suche, as in the Court of Rome presume to vndoe any iudgement geuen in the kinges courte, as if they enforced to vndoe the lawes of the realme.

Wherunto it was answered, that there was sufficient remedy prouided by law.

MarginaliaThe request of the K. for cases not to be determined at Rome. tit. 7. IN the Parliament holden at Westminster, the 38. yeare of Edward 3. in the vtaues of Hillary  

(Symon Bishop of Ely being Lorde Chauncelour) it was required by the kings owne mouth, & declared to the whole estates: How daily citations & false suggestions were made to the pope, for matters determinable in his courtes w^tin the Realme, and for procuring prouisions to Ecclesiasticall dignities, MarginaliaWhat mischiefs come by transporting causes to Rome, tit. eo.to the great defacing of the ancient lawes, to the spoyling of his crowne, to the daily conueying away of the treasure to the wasting of ecclesiastical liuings, to the withdrawing of diuine seruice, almose, hospitalitie, and other acceptable workes, and to the daily increase of all mischiefes: Wherfore, in person and by hys owne mouth, the king required the whole estate to proude hereof due remedy.

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MarginaliaThe printed statute of prouision not agreeing in all termes against the pope, with the record tit. 9. To be noted finally in thys parliament of the 38. yere, that the Acte of prouisors, brought in thys parliament, although in the printed copy. cap. 1.2.3.4. doth agree with the recorde, in maner: yet in the saide recordes vnprinted, are moe biting wordes against the Pope: a mysterie not to be knowen of all men.

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MarginaliaEx an. reg. Ed. 40. tit. 7. videlicet. IT followeth moreouer in the sayd Acts of king Edward the 3. and in the 40. yere of his raigne, an other Parliament was called at Westminster the 3. of May. An. 1366. the Bishop of Ely being Lord Chauncelour and speaker. Who in the 2. day of the sayd assembly in the presence of the King, Lordes and commons, declared: howe the day before, generally they vnderstoode the cause of thys their assembly, and now more particularly shuld vnderstand the same: specially howe that the king vnderstode, þ^t the Pope (for the homage which K. Iohn made to the sea of Rome for the Realmes of Englād & Ireland, and for the tribute by him granted) MarginaliaThe pope mindeth to send for the king vp by proces.ment by proces to cite the king of Rome, to aunswere thereto. Wherein, the king required their aduises, what were best for him to do, if any such thing were attempted. The Byshops by their selues required respite of answere, vntil the next day. So did the Lordes & commons euery of them by their selues.

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The same next day, the whole estates reassembled together, & by common consent enacted in effect following, vz. MarginaliaK. Iohn could not without consent of parliament become tributary to the pope. tit. 8. Forasmuch as neither K. Iohn nor any other kyng, coulde bring his realme & people in such thraldome & subiection, but by common assent of Parliament, the whyche was not done: and therefore done against his othe at hys coronation (besides many other causes.) MarginaliaAgreed by parliament, that the K. by force should resist the Pope.If therefore the Pope should attempt any thing against the King, by processe or other matter in deede: That the king w^tall his subiects, should withall their force and power resist the same.

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MarginaliaBraule betweene the 4. orders of Friers and the two vniuersities. Ex. tit. 10. Here moreouer is not to be omitted, howe in the sayd present Parliament, the Vniuersities of Oxford & Cambridge on the one side, and the Friers of the foure orders mēdicants in the said vniuersitiess on the other side: Made long complaintes the one against the other, to the kyng in Parliament, and in the ende submitted themselues to the kings order.

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After which, the king vpon full digesting of the whole matter (by assent of Parliament) tooke order: that as well the Chancelour & scholers, as the friers of those orders in the sayd Vniuersities: should in al graces and other schole exercises, vse eche other in frendly wise, wythout any rumor as before. That none of those orders, shoulde receyue any scholers into theyr sayd orders, being vnder the age of 18. yeares.

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MarginaliaThe Friers subiect to the kings order only in all their controuersies, parliament. tit. 12. That the said Friers shall take no aduantage, ne procure Bulles or other processe from Rome, against the said vniuersities, or procede therein.

And that the kyng haue power to redresse all controuersies, betweene them from thence foorth. And the offenders to be punished at the pleasure of the King, and of the counsaile.

MarginaliaEx Archiuis regiæ maiestatis. an. 50. Reg. Ed. 3. tit. 94. IN processe of the foresayd Actes and Rolles, it followeth more, that in the 50. yeare of this reigne of king Edwardthe 3. the yeare of our Lorde 1376. an other great Parliament was assembled at Westminster the xxiiij. of Aprill  

: Where, Syr Iohn Knyuet being Lorde Chauncelour of England, a certaine long Bill was put vp against the vsurpatiōs of the Pope, as being the cause of all þ^e plagues, murrions, famine, and pouerty of the realme, so as thereby was not left the third person, or other cōmodity within the realme that lately was.MarginaliaAgainst the vsurpation of the pope.

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2. That the taxes payed to the Pope of Rome for Ecclesiasticall dignities, doe amount to fiue fold as much, as the taxe of al profites as apperteine to the king by the yeare of his whole Realme: And that for some one Byshoprike or other dignitie, the Pope by way of translation and death, hath 3. 4. or 5. seuerall taxes.

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MarginaliaThe Pope cause of all mischiefes in England. 3. That the brokers of that sinfull Citie, for money promote many caitifes (being altogether vnlearned and vnworthy) to a 1000. markes lyuing by yeare, where the learned and worthy can hardly obteine 20. marks, where- learning decayeth.

MarginaliaThe tresure of the Realme cōueyed away by the popes means. tit. 97. 4. That aliens (enemyes to this land) who neuer saw ne care not to se their parishioners, haue those liuings wherby they despise Gods seruice, & conuey away the treasure, and are worse then Iewes or Sarasens.

5. Also it was put vp in the said Bill to be considered, that the lawes of the church, would such liuings to be bestowed for charitie, onely without praying or paying.

6. That reason woulde that liuings geuen of deuotion, should be bestowed in hospitality.

7. That God had committed his sheepe to the Pope, to be pastured and not shoren or shauen.

MarginaliaThe Pope geueth example to sel benefices, tit. 99. 8. That lay patrones perceiuing the couetousnes and simony of the pope, do therby learne to sell their benefices to beasts, none otherwise then Christ was sold to the Iewes.

MarginaliaInestimable that the P. hath here out of England, tit. 100. 9. That there is none so rich a Prince in Christendome, that hath the fourth part of so much treasure, as the Pope hath out of this realme, for churches most sinfully.

10. Ouer and besides in the sayd Bill, repeting againe the tendering zeale, for the honor of the Church: was declared and particularly named, all the plagues whych haue iustly fallen vpon this realme, for suffering the same church to be so defaced, wyth declaration that it will daily encrease wythout redresse.

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MarginaliaReseruation of the church of England desired in the Parliamēt. tit. 111. 11. Wherupon, with much persuasion this was desired, to helpe to reedifie the same: and the rather for that, this was the yeare of Iubiley, the 50. yeare of the kynges reigne, the yeare of ioy and gladnesse, then the whych there coulde be no greater.

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12. The meanes howe to begyn this, was to wryte 2. letters to the Pope: the one in Latine vnder the kyngs seale, the other in French vnder the seales of the nobles, importing their particularities, & requiring redres, of the which letter of the Lordes, the effect may be seene in a like letter mentioned before, pag. 479.

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MarginaliaActes made for no money to be transported. tit. 103. 13. And for a further accomplishment herof to enact, that no money were caried foorth of the realme by letter of Lūbardy or otherwise, on paine of forfaiture and imprisonment, and to enact the articles hereafter ensuing.

14. The king hath heretofore by statute prouided sufficiēt remedy, and otherwise pursueth the same with the holy father the Pope, & so mindeth to do from time to time, vntill he hath obteined aswel for the matters before, as for the articles ensuing being in a maner all one.

MarginaliaAgainst the Popes lyger spies, & collectors, tit. 104. 15. That the popes collector & other straungers the kings enemies, and onely lyger spies for English dignities, and disclosing of the secretes of the realme, may be touched.

MarginaliaThe Popes collection what it cōmeth to. tit. 205. 16. That the same collectour being also receauour of the popes pence, keepeth a house in London with clerkes and officers therto, as it were one of the kings solēne courtes, transporting yearely to the Pope xx. M. markes, and most commonly more.

MarginaliaThe best dignities in England, in the Cardinals. tit. 106. 17. That Cardinals & other aliens remaining at Rome, wherof one Cardinall is Deane of Yorke, an other of Salisbury, an other of Lyncoln, an other archdeacon of Canterbury, an other Archdeacon of Duresme, an other archdeacon of Suffolk, an other Archdeacon of York, an other prebendary of Thame & Nassington, an other prebendary of Buckes in the Church of Yorke: Haue diuers of the best dignities of England, & haue sent ouer to them yerely xx. M. marks ouer and aboue that whych English brokers lying there, haue.

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MarginaliaThe Pope maintaineth the kings enemies with the kyngs money. tit. 207. 18. That the Pope (to raunsome the Frenchmenne the kings enemyes, who defend Lumbary from hym) doeth alwaies at his pleasure leuie a subsidy of the whole Clergie of England.

MarginaliaThe Popes practise in England to make money. tit. 108. 19. That the Pope for more gaine maketh sundry translations of all the Byshoprickes and other dignities wythin the Realme.