XXIII. And where one other act was made at the first feffion of A repeal of the parliament holden at Westminster in the first year of the reign part of the ft. tute of Ed. 6. of King Edward the fixth, entituled, An act for the repeal of certain c. 12. f. 7. ftatutes concerning treafons, felonies, &c. In the which act, amongst other hereafter fpethings, there is contained certain provifions, pains, penalties and for- cified. feitures, for and against fuch as fhould by open preachings, exprefs words, fayings, writing, printing, overt-deed or act, affirm or Jet forth, that the King of this realm, for the time being, is not or ought not to be the fupream head on earth of the churches of England and Ireland, ne of any of them, or that the bishop of Rome or any other perfon or perfons, other than the King of England for the time being, is or ought to be fupream head of the fame churches, or any of them, as in the fame at last before rehearsed more at large is contained and may appear: (2) be it enacted by the authority of this present parliament, That thefe claufes before rehearfed, and other of the faid act concerning the fupremacy, and all and every branch, article words and fentence in the fame, founding or tending to the derogation of the fupremacy of the pope's holiness, or the fee of Rome, and all pains, penalties and forfeitures made against them that should by any means fet forth and extol the faid fupremacy, fhall be from henceforth utterly void, and of none effect. XXIV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, A repeal of all That all clauses, sentences and articles of every other ftatute or ftatutes made act of parliament, made fithence the faid twentieth year of the against the fupremacy of the reign of King Henry the Eighth, against the fupream authority pope or fee of the pope's holinefs, or fee apoftolick of Rome, or containing apoftolick. any other matter of the fame effect only, that is repealed in any of the statutes aforefaid, shall be alfo by authority hereof from henceforth utterly void, fruftrate and of none effect. (2) And where we your most humble fubjects, the lords fpiritual and temporal, and commons, in this prefent parliament affembled, have exhibited to your Majefties one other fupplication in form following: ment that these articles may be confirmed. XXV. We the lords fpiritual and temporal, and the commons, in A fupplication this prefent parliament affembled, reprefenting the whole body of this by the parlia realm, reduced and received by your Majefties interceffion to the unity of Christ's church, and the obedience of the fee apoftolick of Rome, and the pope's holiness governing the fame, make most humble fuit unto your Majefties to be likewife means and interceffors, that all occcafions of contention, hatred, grudge, fufpicion and trouble, both outwardly and inwardly in mens confciences, which might arife amongst us by reafon of difobedience, may by authority of the pope's holiness, and by miniftration of the fame unto us by the most reverend father in God the lord Cardinal Pool, by difpenfation, toleration or permiffion refpectively, as the cafe fhall require, be abolished and taken away, and by authority fufficient thefe articles following, and generally all others, when any occafion fball require, may be provided for and confirmed. XXVI. First, That all bishopricks, cathedral churches, hofpitals, Ecclefiaftical colleges, fchools and other fuch foundations now continuing, made by made fithence D4 authority foundations the fchifm authority of parliament, or otherwife eftablished according to the order of the laws of this realm, fithence the fchifm, may be confirmed and continued for ever. fhall continue. Marriages. XXVII. Item, That marriages made infra gradus prohibitos confanguinitatis, affinitatis, cognationis fpiritualis, or which might be made void propter impedimentum publicæ honeftatis, juftitiæ, or for any other caufe prohibited by the canons only, may be confirmed, and children born of thofe marriages declared legitimate, fo as those marriages were made according to the laws of the realm for the time being, and be not directly against the laws of God, nor in fuch case as the fee apoftolick hath not used to difpence withal. Inftitutions of XXVIII. That inftitutions of benefices, and other promotions ecclebenefices and fiaftical, and difpenfations made according to the form of the act of difpenfations. parliament, may be likewife confirmed. Judicial proceffes made upon appeals. The lands and XXIX. That all judicial process made before any ordinaries of this realm, or before any delegates upon any appeals, according to the order of the laws of this realm, may be likewife ratified and confirmed. XXX. And finally, where certain acts and ftatutes have been made goods of bi- in the time of the late fchifm, concerning the lands and hereditaments hopricks, mo- of archbishopricks and bishopricks, the fuppreffion and diffolution of chantries, dif- monafteries, abbeys, priories, chantries, colleges, and all other the goods perfed, fhall fo and chattels of religious houfes; fince the which time the right and continue, nafteries, petition that the lands and goods of the clergy, late difperfed amongst the temporalty, might fo re main. dominion of certain lands and hereditaments, goods and chattels, belonging to the fame, be difperfed abroad, and come to the hands and poffeffions of divers and fundry perfons, who by gift, purchase, exchange, and other means, according to the order of the laws and ftatutes of this realm for the time being, have the fame: (2) for the avoiding all scruples that might grow by any the occafions aforefaid, or by any other ways or means whatfoever, it may please your Majefties to be intercef fors and mediators to the faid most reverend father Cardinal Pool, that "all fuch caufes and quarrels, as by pretence of the faid fchifm, or by any other occafion or mean whatfover might be moved by the pope's bolinefs or fee apoftolick, or by any other jurisdiction ecclefiaftical, may be utterly removed and taken away; (3) fo as all perfons having fufficient conveyance of the faid lands and bereditaments, goods and chattels as is aforefaid, by the comman laws, acts or ftatutes of this realm, may without fcruple of conscience enjoy them without impeachment or trouble by pretence of any general council, canons or ecclefiaftical laws, and clear from all dangers of the cenfures of the church. XXXI, And conformably hereunto, the bishops and clergy of the province of Canterbury have prefented to your Majefties a fupplication in this tenor that followeth, (2) NOS epifcopi & clerus Cantuarienfis provinciae in hac fynodo more noftro folito, dum Regni parliamentum celebratur, congregati, cum omni debita humilitate & reverentia, exponimus Majeftatibus veftris, quod licet ecclefiarum quibus in epifcopos, decanos, archidiaconos, rectores & vicarios præfecti fumus, & animarum, quæ & nobis curæ noftræ fubjectæ funt, & earundum bonorum, jurisdictionum & jurium, ex facrorum ca nonum nonum difpofitione, defenfores & curatores conftituti fumus, & propterea ipfarum bona, jurifdictiones, & jura in perniciofo hujus Regni præterito fchifmate deperdita & amiffa, omni ftudio, & totis noftris viribus recuperare, & ad priftinum ecclefiarum jus revocare, juris remediis niti demeremus: (3) nihilominus tamen habito prius per nos fuper hac re maturo confilio, & deliberatione, ingenue fatemur nos optime cognofcere quam hæc bonorum ecclefiafticorum difficilis & quafi impoffibilis effet recuperatio, propter multiplices ac pene inextricabiles fuper his habitos contractus & difpofitiones, & quod fi ea tentaretur, quies & tranquillitas Regni facile perturbaretur, & unitas ecclefiæ catholicæ, quæ jam pietate & authoritate Majeftatum veftrarum, hoc in regno introducta eft, cum maxima difficultate fuum debitum progreffum & finem fortiri poffet: (4) Ideo nos bonum The clergy do & quietem publicam privatis commoditatibus, & falutem tot prefer the pubanimarum pretiofo Chrifti fanguine redemptarum terrenis bonis lick peace before their prianteponentes, & non quæ noftra fed quæ Jefu Chrifti funt quæ- vate commorentes, Majeftates veftras enixe rogamus, eafque humiliter fup- dity. plicamus, ut reverendiffimo in Chrifto patri domino Reginaldo Cardinali Polo, ad ipfas & univerfum hoc Angliæ regnum fanctiffimi domini noftri, domini Julii papæ tertii, & apoftolicæ fedis de latere legato, hæc nomine noftro infinuari, & apud eum intercedere dignentur, ut in his bonis ecclefiafticis, in parte vel in toto, arbitrio fuo juxta facultates fibi ab eodem fanctiffimo domino noftro papa conceffas, eorundem bonorum detentoribus, elargiendis & relaxandis, publicum bonum privato, pacem & tran- The clergy's quillitatem diffidiis & perturbationibus, atque animarum falutem fuit that ecclebonis terrenis præferre & anteponere velit. (5) Nos enim in fiaftical jurifomnibus quæ ab ipfo legato ftatuta & ordinata circa hæc bona be restored fuerint, exnunc, prout extunc, & econtra confenfum noftrum unto them, præftamus, imo etiam & in præmiffis fe difficilem aut reftric- and that all tum reddere non velit, Majeftates veftræ noftro nomine eum hor- laws which do tari, & rogare dignabuntur. (6) Infuper Majeftatibus veftris hinder it may fupplicamus ut pro fua pietate efficere dignentur, ut ea quæ ad jurifdictionem noftram et libertatem ecclefiafticam pertinent, fine quibus debitum noftri paftoralis officii & curæ animarum nobis commiffæ exercere non poffumus, nobis fuperiorum temporum injuria ablata, reftituantur, & ea nobis & ecclefiæ perpetuo illæfa & falvum permaneant, & ut omnes leges, quæ hanc noftram jurifdictionem & libertatem ecclefiafticam tollunt, feu quovis modo impediunt, abrogentur, ad honorem Dei & Majeftatum veftrarum, & univerfi hujus regni fpirituale & temporale commodum & falutem; (7) certam fpem etiam habentes, Majeftates veftras, pro fua fingulari in ipfum Deum pietate, proque multis & infignibus ab ipfius Dei bonitate acceptis beneficiis, neceffitatibus, & incommodis hujus fui regni ecclefiarum, maxime curam animarum habentium, nunquam defuturas effe, fed prout opus fuerit, confulturas atque provifuras. XXXII. Forafmuch as the faid most reverend father the lord legate, at the interceffion of your Majefties, hath by the authority of the fee apof diction may be abrogated. apoftolick fufficiently difpenfed in the matters Specified in the faid feveral fupplications, as in his faid letters of difpenfation is contained more at large: The tenor whereof enfueth. The difpenfation of Cardinal Pool legate de latere. (2) Eginaldus miferatione divina fanctæ Mariæ in Cofmodin fanctæ Romanæ ecclefiæ diaconus, cardinalis Polus nuncupatus, ad fereniffimos Philippum et Mariam, Angliæ reges, fidei defenfores, & univerfum Angliæ regnum, sanctiffimi domini noftri papæ & fedis apoftolicæ de latere legatus, eifdem fereniffimis Philippo & Maria regibus falutem in Domino fempiternam. (3) Cum fupremum confilium iftius regni, parliamentum nuncupatum, Majeftatibus veftris per fuos fupplices libellos expofuiffet, quod perniciociffimo fchifmate in hoc regno alias vigente, quod nunc Dei mifericordia & Majeftatum veftrarum pietate extinctum eft, authoritate ipfius parliamenti, nonnulli epifcopatus divifi, & ex his aliquæ inferiores ecclefiæ, in cathedrales erectæ, & fcholæ atque hofpitalia fundata, nec non plurimæ difpenfationes & beneficiorum provifiones factæ fuerunt, ac multæ perfonæ quibus persuasum fuerat, juris canonici difpenfationes hoc in regno amplius locum non habere, inter fe in gradibus confanguinitatis vel affinitatis de jure prohibitis, & aliis impedimentis canonicis fibi obftantibus, matrimonia per verba de præfenti contraxerunt, & multi actus judiciarii, & proceffus, tam in primis quam ulterioribus inftantiis fuper rebus fpiritualibus & ecclefiafticis, coram judicibus tam ordinariis quam delegatis, qui auctoritate laicali procedebant, habiti et servati, ac fuper eis etiam fententiæ latæ & promulgatæ fuerunt, & bona ecclefiaftica per diverfas ejufdem regni perfonas occupata & apprehenfa fuerunt: (4) Quæ quidem, licet ex facrorum canonum inftitutis irrita declarari poffent, tamen fi ad alium ftatum, quam in quo nunc funt, revocarentur, publica pax & quies univerfi regni turbaretur, & maxima confufio oriretur, præfertim fi dictorum bonorum poffeffores moleftarentur: & propterea Majeftatibus veftris humiliter fupplicaverint, ut apud nos intercedere dignentur, ut præmiffarum rerum firmitati & ftabilitati, & fimul hujus regni quieti & tranquillitati, de benignitate apoftolica providere velimus; (5) Cumque epifcopi quoque deinde. ac reliquus provinciæ Cantuarienfis clerus, totum fere corpus ecclefiafticorum regni repræfentans, ad quos hæc bonorum ecclefiafticorum caufa maxime pertinet, expofuerint, quod hæc bona ad jus ecclefiarum revocari non poffunt, quin pax univerfalis, & quies hujus regni turbetur, & caufa fidei atque unitatis ecclefiæ, jam toto omnium confenfu hoc in regno introducta, in maximum periculum adducatur; & propterea ipfi quoque fupplicaverint, ut apud nos intercedere velint, ut in his bonis ecclefiafticis poffefforibus relaxandis reftricti & difficiles effe nollemus, (6) Majeftates autem veftræ, ad quas maxime spectat providere, ut regnum ipfarum poteftati, regimini, & curæ commiffum, in pace & tranquillitate confervetur, his fupplicationibus & poftulatis cognitis & mature confideratis judicaverint ca Chrift's ea omnia, & maxime illa quæ in bonorum ecclefiafticorum caufa petuntur, pro caufa fidei, & pro pace publica, per nos debere fine ulla dilatione concedi, & quemadmodum rogatæ fuerunt apud nos intercedere dignatæ fuerint; prout in fupplicationibus per idem fupremum concilium & epifcopos ac clerum præfatum Majeftatibus veftris porrectis, atque in libello interceffionis per eafdem Majeftates veftras nobis fimul cum aliis fupplicationibus exhibito, latius apparet. (7) Idcirco nos qui ad Majeftates veftras Cardinal Pool & hoc nobiliffimum veftrum regnum, a fanctiffimo domino noftro fent to reconJulio papa tertio, ipfius & fedis apoftolicæ de latere legati miffi cile the realm fumus, ut regnum iftud, quod jam diu ab ecclefiæ catholicæ to God, unitate feparatum fuerat, Deo & ecclefiæ Chrifti, ejufque in ter- church, and ris vicario reconciliaremus, & ut ea omnia quæ ad pacem & tran- his vicar in quilitatem hujus regni pertinerent, omni ftudio procuraremus, earth. poftquam Dei benignitate, & Majeftatum veftrarum pietate, per auctoritatem ejufdem fanétiffimi domini noftri papæ, cujus vices hic fuftinemus, reconciliatio jam facta eft, ut paci & tranquillitati regni præfati confulamus; (8) atque ut unitas ecclefiæ, ex qua falus animarum pretiofo Chrifti fanguine redemptarum dependet, hoc in regno jam introducta, corroboretur, & falva parmaneat; (9) cum utriufque rei ftabilitatem in eo maxime confiftere, fi horum ecclefiafticorum bonorum poffefforibus moleftia nulla inferatur quo minus ea teneant, tot & tam gravia teftimonia nobis fidem faciant, (10) & Majeftatum veftrarum interceffio, quæ pro unitate ecclefiæ, & fedis apoftolicæ authoritate, hoc in regno inftauranda, tam ftudiofe & tam pie elaborarunt, eam quam par eft authoritatem apud nos habeat, (11) & ut univerfum hoc regnum fedis apoftolicæ maternam vere indulgentiam, & charitatem erga fe, agnofcat & re ipfa experiatur; (12) Quofcunque ad quos infra fcripta pertinent, a quibufvis, excommunicationis, fufpenfionis & interdicti aliifque ecclefiafticis fententiis, cenfuris & pœnis a jure vel ab homine quavis occafione vel caufa latis, fi quibus quomodolibet innodati existant, ad effectum præfentium duntaxat confequendum harum ferie abfolventes & abfolutos fore cenfentes, authoritate apoftolica, per literas fanctiffimi domini noftri dom. Julij papæ tertij nobis conceffa, & qua fungimur in hac parte, tenore præfentium difpenfamus; (13) quod omnes & fingulæ cathedralium ecclefia- A confirmarum erectiones, hofpitalium & fcholarum fundationes, tempore tion of the præteriti fchifmatis, licet de facto & nulliter attentatæ in eo fta- erection of all cathedral fchifm. tu in quo nunc funt, perpetuo firmæ & ftabiles permaneant, churches, hofillifque apoftolicæ firmitatis robur adjicimus, ita ut non ea autho- pitals and ritate qua prius, fed ea quam nunc eis tribuimus, factæ ab om- fchools, done nibus cenfeantur. (14) Et cum omnibus & fingulis perfonis in the time of regni prædicti, quæ in aliquo confanguinitatis vel affinitatis. A difpenfation gradu etiam multiplici, vel cognationis fpiritualis feu publicæ with certain honeftatis juftitiæ impedimento de jure pofitivo introductis, & marriages. in quibus fanctiffimus dominus nofter papa difpenfare confuevit, The legitima, matrimonia fcienter vel ignoranter de facto contraxerint, ut ali- tion of chilquo impedimentorum præmifforum non obftante, in eorum matrimoniis fic contractis, libere & licite remanere, feu illa de novo dren. |