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Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (5 of 12) - Henrie the Second by Raphael Holinshed
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1 That no man should bring any letters or commandement from pope
Alexander, or Thomas archbishop of Canturburie into England,
conteining an interdiction of the realme: vpon perill to be
apprehended and punished as a traitour to the king, and an enimie
to the realme.

2 That no religious person or préest should be permitted to passe
the seas, or to come into the relme of England, except he had
letters of safe conduct from the iusticers for passage ouer, and
of the king for his returne from thence.

[Sidenote: Appeales forbidden.]
3 That no man should appeale to the said pope or archbishop, nor
by their appointment hold any plée: and if any person were found
dooing the contrarie herevnto, he should be taken and committed
to prison.

4 That if any maner of person, either spirituall or temporall,
were obedient to the sentence of the interdiction, the same
person should be banished the realme without delaie, and all his
linage with him, so as they should not conueie with them any of
their goods, the which togither with their possessions should be
seized into the kings hands.

5 That all spirituall persons, which had any benefices within
England, should haue warning giuen to returne into England within
foure moneths after the same summons pronounced, and that if they
failed hereof, then should the king seize vpon their goods and
possessions.

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