Magnae Britanniae notitia: or, the present state of Great Britain. With diverse remarks upon the ancient state thereof / by John Chamberlayne.

  • Chamberlayne, Edward, 1616-1703.
Date:
1737
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Credit: Magnae Britanniae notitia: or, the present state of Great Britain. With diverse remarks upon the ancient state thereof / by John Chamberlayne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fent, the Want of Witnefles, which muft be above two, or marrying in a private Place, in an undue Time.* before Eight in the Morning, and after Twelve of the Clock in the Day. There are two Archiepifcopal Sees in England, Canterbury and York, to which all the Biftiopricks in England and Whales are fubjeft. Both were founded in the Saxon Times in the Metropolis of the feveral Kingdoms ; Canterbury in the Head City of Kent, and York in the Capital of the Kingdom of the Northumbrian:. The Rights, Powers, and Privileges are now diftinctly known, and the See of Canterbury has the undifputed Pre-eminence, which was long dtfputed by the Arch-Bifhops of York. Csnfcftburp*] Giraldus Cambrenfis writes, That the Arch- bilhop of Canterbury anciently had Primacy as well over¬ all Ireland as England, and the Irijh Bifhops received their Confecrations from him; for Ireland had no other Arch- bifhop until the Year 1152. He was therefore fometimes called Alterius orbis Papa, & orbis Briiannici Pontifex : ^He wt^s fo highly refpeftred Abroad, that in General Councils he was placed before all other Arch-bifhops, at the Pope’s Right- foot. He was at Home fo highly honoured by the King of England, that he was accounted the fecond Perfon in the Kingdom, and named and ranked even before the Princes of the Blood He is Primus Par Regni, the firft Peer of England, and next to the Royal Family, to precede not only all Dukes, but all the Great Officers of the Crown. He is ftiled Primate of all England, and Metropolitan. At the folemn Coronation of King Charles II, it was ex¬ prefly ordered in doing Homage to the King, that according to ancient Cuflom, the Arch-bifhops and Bifhops fhould pre¬ cede even the Duke of York, and all the Lay-Lords, He is ftiled by the King, in his Writs dire&ed to him, Vet gratia Archiepifcopus Cantuarienfis, and writes himfelf Divitia Providentia, whereas other Bifhops write Divina PermiJJione. To Crown the King belongs to him ; and it hath been re- folved,that wherefoever the CoOrt fhall happen to be, the King and Queen are Speciales domeflici Parochiani Domini Arch. Cant. The Bifhop of London is his Provincial Dean, the Bifhop of Winchejler his Sub-Dean, the Bifhop of Lincoln his Chancellor, and the Bifhop of Rochejler his Chaplain. In writing and fpeaking to him is given the Title of Grace, as is to all Dukes, and Mojl Reverend Rather in God. He hath by Common Law, within his own Province, the Power of Probate of all Teftaments, and granting Letters 6f Adminifration, where the Party dying had Bona Notabilia, that is, five Pounds worth or above, out of the Diocefe wherein be died; os ten Pounds wqrtfy within the Diocefe of London;