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■ BJffiiojfs-
Gaiiterhury and York. W e . firft i r 'ftyled Primate o f all ’England,,
and precedes all perfons, .»except the roy^L&mily. H e JiSs th e power
of proba>e o f all teftaments within hi§prfovince, 'and. o f granting jfeyeral
»concerning benefices P lie ha«, -alfo^/fieur cois|l;s* of -p d i-
catu-pe, that 'of Arches, ; ^ 4 pdijns^s gfjIh‘efogative,l and oPflee’u l j^ ,.
The Archbifhop o f York is ftyfed'TrimsEte 'of England, but in(1iprer,oga-
tive' and jurifdi<ftion, yields ’greatly to .the .firft Metropolitan The
itrenbflhQprip o f York extqads^pxeiQhe * c < |i |t ^
^Durham, ^ pm b e rla n d , ^ f tm o r e la n f l, 'fchefhire, Lancafhire, a f d jp ie
Ifle of Man» b e fid e s j^ proper a n d p |c ^ ||v d io c e f e v of .tlTM|e at£fC.paLt
a%d "Nbtti'ngffamfhtre. T h a t of rC A n ^m i^ * L i^ p rrifes
the o 't h e f f c p f& ^ and h E l t^ 'W u l i ’arM ^^Te ^ bApg fa ’gycat^part qf
Kent. ^ T h e arfilde^ifeopaf dfeceTa r ^ e ta J d lg h if y t®n- a j|r^m id io n v
and th e Jp N n f a t e s ^ ^ e ^ ^ '^ e r e ^n dhy *dimc#sƒ except
T h ey ir e afp%Mecf by' the king', in'thpTafme, manner, a s ^ ' t f f i o p k
by what is called a Conge d JEhr&~-j-
1 Up p a .an y vacancy ip, an epifcqpal, fee*" the.deadband c h a f e r ap^ly
t a the king,, w h q j e t u r n j ^ a ^ ^ , ^ ^ > g , ^ a m i n g ^ ^ E T. P ^ Q ^ ^ ^ p
ehofen*. 'A chapter o f th e 'b re fen d a rie s, k t h e u f i u ^ ^ hy^the
dean, and th£y are1 * conftfaihdd'under ^ peimlfe , to
ele^; the perfon nominated., T h e fofemnityiVrcomjil^c(T'’rtW .'tjj^W ^ l’
aflent, iinder the greatTeal^ agd'by conMmatlon 'and coriTeoratiqn,
performed by tlielSetropolflau, or m t | j | l Tl&d ■ .afterwards
pays homage to the. king for his temporalities,, or the baronies
. connected with the fee ; and compounds for the firft fruits,, that is, th e
revenue o f the firft year, which is paid to the corporation for increafing
' the benefices of the poor clergy/' The omiffion of confecratioa - is the
only difference when a biftiop is tranflated to another fee and when
an archbifhop is nominated, the king appoints four or. more bifhops to-
officiate at the confirmation.
The biftiop. alone may ordain deacons and priefts, dedicate churches
and burial grounds, and adminifter confirmation3. In former times
1 Chamberlayne, p. 3. 38th edit'. 1755, 2 vol, 870.
f :j B Chamber!. 140.; Blackttonej b. i. c. I I . 3 Chamber!..p..<53.
egifeopal
eplfcopal jurifdidtion extended to the licenfing of'phyficians, furgeons, ,
and fchoolmafters, and . to the; conjundtion of fmall parifhea. At; pre-
feuvt* vit- .chiefly embraces queftions o f births, marriages, | deaths, and
teftaments, an d any delinquencies of the clergy; to..which body, indeed,
their attention is . now’chiefly confined, and they rarely,’ except
in parliament,.interfere in fecular fubjedts. The Biftiop of Sodor and
Man has no place in parliament. All the other bifhops are barons, and
peers of the realm, by three, different claims; in right of the baronies
attached to their fees, as barons fummoned by writ, and as barons by
patent, a form which accompanies their confecration * ■ Their privileges
approach the re g a l; they are the foie judges in their own courts,
apdfiftpe-writs in their own names, »np,f jin the royal ftylf ufed byWher
courts. They can- depute their authority, which no other judge .eanf;
and their <epifcqpal po.w.er. offconferring ,orders, ,may(be ‘exerted in
any .C h riftian ^b q n try , while lay; p e e r s a c k n o w l e d g e d in the
country whence th ey 1» d'qgijs&vfheir dignities’. j Wq pafs other more
minute p ik ’ilqgcs, tire Bifhop o f Loa^onj.Ha'spfffidi^gs.py’erlthe capitaj,
the, precedence others. /Eke .-Ice^oftDurham conftitmestk
* u f y palatine, with gteat p ow e rsan ap n ^o g a tiv e s: ’ th oM th o a iy and
^patroh.age.>or t h e ; biftiop are o f coterie y^yl^Wteqfiye,' ahq jibveh thd
k iq g s jn d g j f e a r d f i t in his diopefe by his pyripiffiori. ’.The Biftiop of
JWinchefterdsjthe,',th ird inldignityj but e&emedf fhb- firft in _ opulence,
&s\the large cEplTift6of Durhaafi, whilp. it '^dus power, dimiriifhes reve-
fn u& y ^ n e fe three hifhdpSfpfecede alldhe reft, .who take place according
»,hi the;feniprity o f cbifte^rationf
every cathedral- in England ^bddngfqveral pr,efieddaries as canons,
and a 4i?'ni f9 ftyled^sJs^^d,.(CL^ffra«aj,J,TeGaufe3le;ancie6tlypjefided
^Tver ten canons®. In She, oldqi^ain)} language he was, calledypneiqf
theibjifhop’s eyes, while the arclide^con, whp had; charge offtjp p a eo n s,
was reputed' the o th e r,;. The dedti. ■ and the chapter of' prebendaries
affift thfebiftiopafrij.eeplefiaftic 'affairs. The prebendaries, are fp ftyled
■ fro.m the prebend, or p a rs pr&benda, p o rtio n ©,f land ,or ijncpme allptted,
to th em ; and with the dean form a body, college, or corporation ; and
* Chamberl'. 67.. Blackftone, b. i.- c* i t . J Chamber!. 68.’ 6 Ibid.-6g.‘ -
\ . . .; ; t they
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