[1] [2] William de Montacute earle of Salisburie king of Man, and marshall of England,Additions [...] Adam Me [...]i|muth, and Triuet. was so brused at the iusts holden here at Windsore (as before ye haue heard) that he departed this life, the more was the pi|tie, within eight daies after. ¶ The king about the same time, to wit, in the quindene of Candlemasse, held a councell at London, in the which with good ad|uise and sound deliberation had vpon the complaint of the commons to him before time made, he gaue [page 367] out streict commandement, that no man, on paine of imprisonment and death, should in time to come, present or induct anie such person or persons, that were so by the pope promoted, without the kings a|greement, in preiudice of his roiall prerogatiue. Héerevpon, he directed also writs to all archbishops, bishops, abbats, priors, deanes, archdeacons, officials and other ecclesiasticall persons, to whome it apper|teined, inhibiting them in no wise to attempt anie thing in preiudice of that ordinance, vnder pretext of anie bulles, or other writings, for such manner of prouisions to come from the court of Rome. Other writs were also directed to his sonne the prince of Wales, and to all the shiriffes within the realme, for to arrest all such as brought into the land any such buls or writings, and to bring them before the kings councell or his iustices, where they might be punished according to the trespasse by them committed.