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Compare 1577 edition: 1 The elect archbishop of Yorke William Gréene|field was confirmed this yeare by pope Clement the fift, at the citie of Lions in France, where the same pope was crowned about the same time, and held his court there, liuing cheeflie by the monie which he got of bishops that came to him for their confirmations: he had of the said archbishop of Yorke within one yeare,The summes of monie which the pope had of the archbish. of Yorke. nine thousand and 500 markes, besides the ex|penses which he was at whilest he laie there, and so when this archbishop was returned into England, through pouertie he was driuen to gather monie of the persons, préests, and religious men within his prouince at two sundrie times in one yeare, as first, in name of a courtesie and gratious beneuolence, and the second time by waie of an aid.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Moreouer, pope Clement ordeined Anthonie bi|shop of Durham, patriarch of Ierusalem, dispensing with him, so as he held still the bishoprike of Dur|ham, notwithstanding his other promotion; and this was, bicause the bishop was rich, and the pope poore. For this bishop might dispend in yearelie reuenues by purchases & inheritances,The great re [...]nues of Anthonie B. of Durham. besides that belonged to his miter, aboue fiue thousand marks, and he gaue great rewards to the pope, and to his cardinals, by means whereof he obteined in suit against the prior of Durham, so that he had the charge and ouersight of the monasterie of Durham, both the spirituall go|uernement and temporall, through informing the pope, that the prior was not able in discretion to rule the house. At his returning home, he caused a crosse of siluer and gilt, adorned with an image of the cruci|fix, to be borne afore him.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 But where he appointed certeine persons as his deputies to enter into the priorie of Durham, and to take charge thereof in place of the prior,He is kept out of the abbeie [...] Durham. the moonks shut the gates against them, appealing to the pope, and pretending the kings protection, which they had purchased. But those that thus came in the bishops name, accursed the moonks, & so departed. The king héerewith was highlie offended, so that he caused them to answer the matter afore the iustices of his bench, and for their presumption in pronouncing the cursse, without making the king priuie to their doo|ings, [...]e is summo| [...]ed to appéere before the K. [...] refuseth. they were put to their fines. And whereas the bishop was summoned to appeare before the king in person at a certeine daie, he made default, and de|parting out of the realme, got backe againe to the pope, contrarie to the kings prohibition: wherevpon the liberties of the see of Durham were seized into the kings hands, and the king placed his iustices and chancellor there, and in the yeare next insuing, he ex|acted of the tenants of the archbishoprike, the thir|téenth penie of their goods, and otherwise vexed them with sundrie talages.

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