The Prelates
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the prelates · archbishops and lord bishops, deans and archdeacons · bishops · prelates · the Prelates · the leading prelates · the said government
spoken of as
1 expressionPrelates“magnates exempt from hostage-giving”1 mention
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John (English)
The only magnates not exposed to this dilemma were the prelates, whose celibacy cut them adrift from acknowledged family ties.
in the texts
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
The prelates among Magna Carta's magnates, exempted from giving hostages because of their celibacy.
The only magnates not exposed to this dilemma were the prelates, whose celibacy cut them adrift from acknowledged family ties.
Accordingly, the leading prelates issued a written protest that this chapter must be understood by both parties “as limited,” and “that all those customs shall remain, without which the forests cannot be preserved.
The prelates, whose judicium on this point was declared to be final (“appellatione remota”), and who were bound to give an early decision (“ad certum diem”), might not unreasonably have been suspected of partiality, since “taking the cross” was not a step to be belittled by churchmen.
The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660
Archbishops, bishops, deans and archdeacons collectively, whose church government and courts are the target of the petition's grievances.
That whereas the government of archbishops and lord bishops, deans and archdeacons, &c.
A Particular of the manifold evils, pressures, and grievances caused, practised and occasioned by the Prelates and their dependents.
Moreover, the offices and jurisdictions of archbishops, lord bishops, deans, archdeacons, being the same way of Church government, which is in the Romish Church, and which was in England in the time of Popery, little change thereof being made (except only the head from whence it was derived), the same arguments supporting the Pope which do uphold the prelates, and overthrowing the prelates, which …