1 6s Stat. r. Anno tricefimo quinto Edwardi I. A. D. 1307. Abbots Aliens may vifit their inferiors in EiglanJ. 4 Ed. 3. c. 6. dnd far'ber by 5 Ed. 3, c. 3, to remain only in the Cuftody of the Abbot, and not of the Covent, fhall hereafter have a Common Seal, and that fhall remain in the Cuftody of the Prior of the Mo-naftery or Houfe, and four of the moft worthy and difcreet Men of the Covent of the fame Houfe, to be laid up in fafe Keeping under the private Seal of the Abbot of the fame Houfe ; (zj fo that the Abbot or Prior, which doth govern the Houfe, fhall be able of himfelf to eftablifh nothing, though here- tofore it hath been otherwife ufed. (3) And if it for- tune hereafter, that Writings of Obligations, Dona- tions, Purchases, Sales, Alienations,^ or of any other Contrails, be fealed with any other Seal than fuch a common Seal, kept as is aforefaid, they {ball be ad- judged void and of no Force in Law. (4) But it is not the Meaning of our Lord the King to exclude the Abbots, Priors, and other Religious Aliens, by the Ordinances and Statutes aforefaid, from execu- ting their Office of Vifitation in his Kingdom and Dominion ; but they may vifit at their Pleafures, by themfelves or others, the Monafteries and other Places in his Kingdom and Dominion in Subjection unto them, according to the Duty of their Office, in thofe Things only that belong to regular Obfervation, and the Discipline of their Order.' ' II. Provided, That they which fhall execute this Office of Vifitation, fhall carry, or caufe to be car- ried out of his Kingdom and Dominion, none of the Goods or Things of fuch Monefteries, Priories, and Houfes, faving only their reafonable and competent Charges. " III. And though the Publication and open Notice of the Ordinances and Statutes aforefaid was flayed in Sufpence for certain Caufes fithence the laft Parlia- ment, until this prefent Parliament holden at Carlijle in the Odtaves. of Saint Hilary, in the five and thir- tieth Year of the Reign of the fame King Edward, to the Intent they might proceed with greater Deli- beration and Advice;" ' (2) our Lord the King, after full Conference and Debate had with his Earls, Barons, Nobles, and other great Men of his King- dom, touching the Premiffes, by their whole Con- fent and Agreement hath ordained and enafted, That the Ordinances and Statutes aforefaid, under the Manner, Form, and Conditions aforefaid, from the firft Day of May next enfuing, fhall be inviolably ob- ferved for ever, and the Offenders of them fhall be pun-ifhed as is aforefaid.' Provifo quod ill i qui officium hujufmodi vifita- tionis exercuerint nichil de bonis aut rebus hujuf- modi monafteriorum prioratuum &domorum extra prefatum regnum & dominium preter rationabiles & moderatas eorum expenfas deferant vel deferri procurent. Et licet ordinationum & ftatutorum prefcripto- rum pronunciatio & publicatio a parliamento proxi- mo preterito ufque ad prefens parliamentum apud Karliolum in o£tabis San<5ti Hillarii anno regni e- jufdem domini Regis Edwardi tricefimo quinto certis ex caufis & ut cum majori deliberatione ic maturitate procederent remanferint in fufpenfo do- minus Rex poft deliberationem plenariam & trac- tatum cum Comitibus Baronibus Proceribus & aliis nobilibus ac communitatibus regni fui habitum in premiffis de confenfu eorum unanimi & concordi ordinavit & ftatuit ut ordinationes & ftatuta pre- di£t,a fub forma modis & conditionibus fupra con- tends a primo die Mali proximo futuro in antea inviolabiliter obferventur perpetuis temporibus va- litura quodque tranfgreffores ipforum penis extunc ' fubjaceant annotatis. Confimile Jlatutum de verba adverbum mhtittir in fingulis comitatibus per Angliam. EX vie' Salop' falutem. Quia ad communem populi regni noftri utilitatem & totius dominii noftri ftatus meliorationem in inftanti parliamento noftro apud Karliolum de confilio magnatum & procerum noftrorum quedam edidimus ftatuta que tibi fignata mittimus obfervanda tibi precipimus firmiter injungentes. quod ea in duobus comitatibus tuis publice legere & recitare facias & ea in fingulis fuis articulis inviolabiliter obfervari & hoc nullatenus omittas. T. R. apud Karliolum xx die Martii. Corjimilia brevia mhtuntur fingulis vicecomitibus per Angliam. EX di]e<fk> fibi in Chrifto abbatide Waverle falutem. Quia ad communem populi regni noftri utilita- tem &c. (ut fupra) vobis mandamus firmiter injungentes quod ea quolibet anno bis in pleno capitulo domus veftre publice legere & recitare faciatis & in fingulis fuis articulis fub pena in prediftis fratutis contenta. inviolabiliter obfervari. Tefteut fupra. Supradiclum Jlatutum mijjitm fuit cum litieris regis patentibus in forma predicla abbatibus locorum fubferiptorum. videlicet De Egli/lon De Jerovall De Fontibus De Wcllebek De Gerivedon De Sancla Agat'a De Bella Landa De Rupe De Rughford Priori de Spahlyng.. Shiatuor paria litter arum adinjlantiamprincipis dirigenda quibufdam abbatilus in IP'allia* Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. dere tantummodo confuevit decetero habeant figil- lum commune & illud in cuftodia Prioris monafte- rii five domus & quatuor de dignioribus h difcreti- oribus ejufdem loci Conventus fub privato figillo Abbatis ipfius loci cuftodiend' deponant. Ita quod Abbas feu Superior domus cui preeft per fe con- tractum aliquem feu obligationem nullatenus poffit firmare ficut haftenus facere confuevit. Et fi for- fan aliqua fcripta obligatoria donation urn emptio- num venditionum alienationurh feu aliorum con- tractuuni quorumcumque alio figillo quam tali figillo communi ficut premittitur cuftodito inveni- antur amodo figillata pro nullis penitus habeantur omnique careant firmitate. Ceteriim intentionis domini Regis non exiftit Abbates Priores & alios religiofos alienigenas per ordinationes & ftatuta ex- preiTa fuperius ab officio vifitationis in regno & do- minio fuis exercendo excludere quin per fe ipfos vel alios monafteria& alia loca eis in regno & do- minio fuis prediftis fubjecta juxta officii fui debi- tum in hiis dumtaxat quead obfervantiam' regula- rem & ordinis fui difciplinam pertinent libere va- leant vifitare. Slat:
