to the sée of Canturburie. Then hauing the profession or protestation of
his subiection to the sée of Canturburie deliuered him vnder seale, he
brake vp the same, and read the writing in maner and forme following:

[Sidenote: The tenour of the profession which the archbishop of
Yorke made vnto the archbishop of Canturburie.] "Ego Thomas
Eboracensis ecclesiæ consecrandus metropolitanus, profiteor
subiectionem & canonicam obedientiam sanctæ Dorobernensi ecclesiæ,
& eiusdem ecclesiæ primati canonicè electo & consecrato, &
successoribus suis canonicè inthronizatis, salua fidelitate domini
mei Henrici regis Anglorum, & salua obedientia ex parte mea
tenenda, quam Thomas antecessor meus sanctæ Romanæ ecclesiæ ex
parte sua professus est:" that is;

"I Thomas to be consecrated metropolitane archbishop of Yorke,
professe my subiection and canonicall obedience vnto the holie
church of Canturburie, and to the primate of the same church,
canonicallie elected and consecrated, and to his successours
canonicallie inthronized, sauing the faith which I owe vnto my
souereigne lord Henrie king of the English, and sauing the
obedience to be holden of my part, which Thomas my predecessour
professed on his behalfe vnto the holie church of Rome."

When this writing was read, the bishop of London tooke it, and deliuered
it vnto the prior of Canturburie, appointing him to kéepe the same as a
testimoniall for the time to come. [Sidenote: 1110.] Thus was Thomas the
archbishop of Yorke consecrated, being the 27. in number that had
gouerned that sée, who when he was consecrated, the popes Legate went
vnto Yorke, and there deliuered to the same archbishop the pall,
wherewith when he was inuested, he departed and returned to Rome, as he