A.D. 1 315. Anno nono Edwardi II. Stat r. 171' Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. m^initate ecclefiaftica optinend' fi afTeritfe effe cle- ric urn regntim non compellitur' abjurare fet legi regni fe reddens gaudebit ecclefiaftica libertate juxta laudabilem confuetudinem regni hadtenus ufitatam. " unbroken." (2) The Anfwer. _ ' A Clerk fleeing to ' the Church for Felony, to obtain the Privilege of the '- Church, if he affirm himfelf to be a Clerk, he fhall ' not .be compelled to abjure the Realm ; but yielding ' himfelf to the Law of the Realm, fhall enjoy the ' Privilege of the Church, according to the laudable ' Cuftom of the Realm heretofore ufed.' 'Treafon Jhall not have Clergy, See l Jac. i. c By 28 H. 8. c. 1. Abjurers hi petty and 21 Jac. I. c. 28. tvbicb takes aiuay all Saniluaries* CAP. XVI. The Privilege of the Church being demanded by the Ordinary, fhall not be denied to a Clerk that hath confeffed Felony. TEM quamquam confeffio coram illo qui non eft judex confitentis non teneat nee fufficiat ad faciendum proceffum vel fententiam proferendam quidam tamen feculares judices clericos quide foro kio in hac parte non exiftunt reatus proprios & enormes ut puta furta roberias & homicidia coram eis cojifiientes admittunt ad accufationem aliorum quam ipficommuniter vocant appellum ipfofque fie confitentes accufantes feu appellum facientes non liberant prelatis eorum poft premifla quanquam fuper hiis fuerint fufHcienter requifiti licet coram eis etiam per confeflionem propriam judicari vel condempnari nequeant abfque violatione ecclefi- aftice libertatis. Refponjio. Appellator! in forma 1 debita tanquam clenco per ordinarium petite liber- tatis eccleiiaftice beneficium non negatur. ' Nos defiderantes ftatui ecclefie Anglicane & tranquil- litati & quieti prelatorum & cleri prediclorum Suatenus de jure poterimus providere ad honorem >ei& emend ationemftatus di£te ecclefie & prelato- rum & cleri predidtorum omnes & fingulas refpon- iiones prediftas ac omnia & fingula in eifdem re- fponfionibus contenta ratificantes & approbantes ea pro nobis & heredibus noftris concedimus & pre- cipimus imperpetuum inviolabiliter obfervari vio- lentes & concedentes pro nobis & heredibus noftris quod predi£ti prelati & clerus & eorum fucceflbres imperpetuum in premiffis jurifdiftionem ecclefiafti- cam exerceant juxta tenorem refponfionum predic- tarum abfque occafione inquietatione vel impedi- mento noftri vel heredum noftrorum feu miniftro- noftrorum quorumcumque. In cujus &c. rum anno regni T. R. apud Ebor' xxiiij. die Novemhr' Regis E.-fil;.- Regis E. decimo. Per ipfum Regem & confilium. ALSO notwithftanding that a Confefllon made 2 Iott. 637. before him that is not lawful Judge thereof, is
- notfufKcient whereon Procefs may be awarded, or
1 Sentence given ; yet fome Temporal Judges (though
- they have been inftantly defired thereto) do not deli-
• ver to their Ordinaries, according to the Premiffes,
- fuch Clerks as confefs before them their heinous Of-
- fehces, as Theft, Robbery, and Murther, but ad-
- mit their Accufation, which commonly they call an
- Appeal, albeit to this Refpedl
- they be not of their
' Court, nor can be judged or condemned before them ■ upon their own Confeflion., without breaking of the
- Church's Privilege." (2) The • Anfiver. ' The Privi-
lege of the Church, being 1 demanded in due Form by the Ordinary, fhall not. be denied unto the Ap- pealour, as to a Clerk, (t,) We defiririg to provide for the State of holy Church of England, and for the Tranquillity and Quiet of the Prelates and Clergy aforefaid, as far forth as we may lawfully do, to the Honour of God, and Emendation of the Church, Prelates and Clergy of the fame; ratifying, confirm- ing, and approving all and every of the Articles aforefaid, with all and- every of the Anfwers made and contained in the fame, do grant and command them to be kept firmly, and obferved for ever ; (4 ) willing and granting for us and our Heirs, that the * forefaid Prelates and Clergy, and their Succeflbrs, fhall ufe, execute, and pra6tife for ever the Jurifdic- tion of the Church in the Premiftes, after the Tenour of- the Anfwers aforefaid, without Quarrel, Inquiet- ing, or Vexation of us or of our Heirs, or any of our Officers whatfoever they be. T. R. at York, the xx'tv. Day of November, in the Tenth Year of the See z%H. 8. c. 1. Reign of King Edward', the Son of King Ed- ty m-bub Pcrfim WARD.'
boly Order i are
- ' - to be pun'ijbed at 1 ~L others. The Statute of 'Sheriffs, made ;^?. Lincoln Ajino 9EDW. II. Stat, 2. and Anno Dom. 1315. Sheriffs fhall be affigned by the Chancellor, ciJV. A Sheriff muft have fufficient in the fame County, and not be Bailiff, &c. to any. Bailiffs of Hundreds mall have fufficient in the fame Shire. Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. m. 32. POR ce qe noftre fei^nur le Roi Edward fiz le Roi Ed ward. a fon parlement a Ni- cole a la quinzeme de la feint Hiller Ian de fon regne neuf par demonftraunce des Prelatz Contes Barons & autres grantz du Roiaurae fomuns ' Orafmuch as our Lord King Edward, Son to c c King Edward, at his Parliament holden at I3 ' Lincoln in quindena Hilarii, in the Ninth Year of his Reign, by the Information of his Prelates, Earls, Barons, and other great Men of the Realm, Z 2 " being
