قراءة كتاب Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (3 of 12) Henrie I.
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Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (3 of 12) Henrie I.
went, straightwaies proclaimed him a traitor, wherevpon he got such Welshmen and Normans together as he could conuenientlie come by, with whom and Stafford wasted. his brother Arnold, he entered into Staffordshire, which they forraied and wasted excéedinglie, bringing from thence a great bootie of beasts and cattell, with some prisoners, whom they led foorthwith into Wales, where they kept themselues as in a place of greatest safetie.
The king in the meane time with all conuenient[2] spéed raised a power, Arundell castell besieged. first besieging the castell of Arundell, and then planting diuerse bastillions before it, he departed from thence, and sending the bishop of Lincolne with part of his armie to besiege Tickehill, he himselfe Bridgenorth besieged. went to Bridgenorth, which he enuironed about with a mightie armie made out of all parts of his realme: so that what with gifts, large promises, and fearefull threatnings, at the last he allured to his side the fickle An. Reg. 3. Welchmen, and in such wise wan them, that they abandoned the earle, and tooke part against him. Wherevpon the king within 30. daies subdued all The earle of Shrewsburie banished the realme. the townes and castels (which he held) out of his hands, and banished him the relme, and shortlie after confined his brother Arnold for his traitorous demeanour vsed against him, whereby their attempts were brought vnto an end.
A synod of bishops. Eadmerus. After this, at the feast of saint Michaell, Anselme archbishop of Canturburie held a councell at Westminster, whereat were present the archbishop of Yorke, the bishops of London, Winchester, Lincolne, Worcester, Chester, Bath, Norwich, Rochester, and two other bishops latlie elected by the king, namelie, Salisburie and Hereford: the bishop of Excester was absent by reason of sicknesse.
Abbats & Priors depriued. At this councell or synod, diuerse abbats and priors, both French and English, were depriued of their promotions and benefices by Anselme, bicause they had come vnto them otherwise than he pretended to stand with the decrées of the church; as the abbats of Persor, Ramsey, Matth. Paris. Tauestocke, Peterborow, Middleton, Burie, and Stoke, the prior of Elie, The cause why they wer depriued. Hen. Hunt. Sim. Dun. and others. The chéefest cause of their deposing, was, for that they had receiued their inuestitures at the kings hands.
Diuerse constitutions were made by authoritie of this councell, but namelie this one.
Eadmerus. Mariage of préests forbidden. Hen. Hunt. 1 That preests should no more be suffered to haue wiues, which decree (as saith Henrie of Huntingdon) séemed to some verie pure, but to some againe verie dangerous, least whilest diuers of those that coueted to professe such cleannesse and puritie of life as passed their powers to obserue, might happilie fall into most horrible vncleannesse, to the high dishonour of christianitie, and offense of the Almightie.
Decrées instituted in this councell. 2 That no spirituall person should haue the administration of any temporall office or function, nor sit in iudgment of life and death.
Against préests that were alehouse hunters. 3 That preests should not haunt alehouses, and further, that they should weare apparell of one maner of colour, and shooes after a comelie fashion: for a little before that time, préests vsed to go verie vnséemlie.
Archdeaconries. 4 That no archdeaconries should be let to farme.
5 That euerie archdeacon should at the least receiue the orders of a deacon.
Subdeacons. 6 That none should be admitted to the orders of a subdeacon, without profession of chastitie.
Préests sons. 7 That no préests sonnes should succéed their fathers in their benefices.
8 That moonks and préests which had forsaken their orders (for the loue of their wiues) should be excommunicated, if they would not returne to their profession againe.
Préests to weare crowns. 9 That préests should weare broad crownes.
Tithes. 10 That no tithes should be giuen but to the church.
Benefices. 11 That no benefices should be bought or sold.
New chapels. 12 That no new chappels should be builded without consent of the bishop.
Consecration of churches. 13 That no church, should be consecrated except prouision were first had to the maintenance of it and the minister.
Abbats. 14 That abbats should not be made knights or men of war, but should sléepe & eat within the precinct of their owne houses, except some necessitie mooued them to the contrarie.
Moonks. 15 That no moonks should inioyne penance to any man without licence of their abbat, and that abbats might not grant licence, but for those of whose soules they had cure.
16 That no moonks should be godfathers, nor nuns godmothers to any mans child.
Farmes. 17 That moonks should not hold and occupie any farmes in their hands.
Parsonages. 18 That no moonks should receiue any parsonages, but at the bishops hands, nor should spoile those which they did receiue in such wise of the profits and reuenues, that curats which should serue the cures might thereby want necessarie prouision for themselues and the same churches.
Contracts. 19 That contracts made betwéene man and woman without witnesses concerning mariage should be void, if either of them denied it.
Wearing of haire 20 That such as did weare their heare long should be neuerthelesse so rounded, that part of their eares might appéere.
21 That kinsfolke might not contract matrimonie within the seuenth degrée of consanguinitie.
Buriall 22 That the bodies of the dead should not be buried but within their parishes, least the préest might lose his dutie.
Fond worshipping of men. 23 That no man should vpon some new rash deuotion giue reuerence or honour to any dead bodies, fountaines of water, or other things, without the bishops authoritie, which hath béene well knowne to haue chanced heretofore.
24 That there should be no more buieng and selling of men vsed in England, which was hitherto accustomed, as if they had béene kine or oxen.
25 That all such as committed the filthie sinne of Sodomitrie should be accursed by the decrée of this councell, till by penance & confession they should obteine absolution. Prouided that if he were a preest or any religious person, he should lose his benefice, and be made vncapeable of any other ecclesiasticall preferment: if he were a laie man, he should lose the prerogatiue of his estate. Prouided also that no religious man might be absolued of this crime, but at the bishops hands.
The cursse to be read euerie sundaie 26 That euerie sundaie this cursse should be read in euerie church.
The king also caused some