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Historical Account Of The Life Of William Of Wykeham.
the public money : for ihese seven articles , and the single article on which judgment p . ssed , are always mentioned separately and distinctly ; and , as the sitting was prorogued to an tincertai » -day by the king , who was secretly Wykeham ' s friend to the last , . there seems to be some reason to apprehend , that the king doubted , at least , whether Wykeham could-justify himself against them : for , if he had supposed him to be innocentand thatin consequence of his
inno-, , cence , the charge againsthim could not be supported , it Was an injury , and not a kindness ; to Wy keham , to prevent the examination . Dr . Lowth , however , seems to think , that , because judgment was passed on one article only , the rest had failed of proof , upon an attempt already made to establish them ; but , if this had been the case , Wykeham would have had nothing farther to fear ; andindeedas it
, , would have been preposterous for the judges to pass judgment on a fact , and , at the same time , appoint a da } ' for the farther examination of if , there could be no subject of farther examination , but on other articles ; and , except these seven , no other articles had been exhibited .
In this situation were the bishop ' s affairs , when a new parliament met on the 27 th of Jan . 1376-7 : this parliament , either afraid of incurring the displeasure of the Duke of Lancaster , who was now reestablished at court beyond all opposition , or desirous of gaining his favour , were ready to concur in all his measures , and act as he should direct . The commonshaving- granted the subsidiespetitioned the king
, , , that , as he had now completed the 50 th year of his reign , which they called his jubilee , he would grant an act of general pardon for all crimes committed before the beginning of that year ; to which the king consented ; but the Duke of Lancaster , who procured this act to secure such of his friends as had been condemned in the last parliament , found means to get Wykeham particularly excepted .
Wykeham , though he received no summons to parliament from the king , was yet regularly summoned to convocation by the archbishop , and he attended accordingly . The bishops complained much of the seizure of Wykeham ' s temporalities ; and , having determined not to proceed to business till this grievance , amongst others , was redressed , the archbishop was obliged to prorogue them . They then ¦
petitioned that Wykeham ' s temporalities' might be restored ; but in their petition they do not . alledge his innocence as a reason , but the want of sufficient consent of those whose consent was required in ¦ that behalf . The king , however , took no notice of their zeal in Wykeham ' s behalf , nor did it contribute to bring his troubles to a conclusion . The convocation ended about the Ist of March , 1376-7 ,
and the king , soon after , granted . Wykeham ' s temporalities to his grandson Richard , in part of payment of 4000 marks a year , which had been settled upon him , when , on his father ' s death , he had been created Prince of Wales ; a measure , to which , it is supposed , he was urged by the Duke of Lancaster , supported by the irresistible influence of Alice Ferrers , the mistress of his dotage , who , by this act of TOE . vii , Y
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Historical Account Of The Life Of William Of Wykeham.
the public money : for ihese seven articles , and the single article on which judgment p . ssed , are always mentioned separately and distinctly ; and , as the sitting was prorogued to an tincertai » -day by the king , who was secretly Wykeham ' s friend to the last , . there seems to be some reason to apprehend , that the king doubted , at least , whether Wykeham could-justify himself against them : for , if he had supposed him to be innocentand thatin consequence of his
inno-, , cence , the charge againsthim could not be supported , it Was an injury , and not a kindness ; to Wy keham , to prevent the examination . Dr . Lowth , however , seems to think , that , because judgment was passed on one article only , the rest had failed of proof , upon an attempt already made to establish them ; but , if this had been the case , Wykeham would have had nothing farther to fear ; andindeedas it
, , would have been preposterous for the judges to pass judgment on a fact , and , at the same time , appoint a da } ' for the farther examination of if , there could be no subject of farther examination , but on other articles ; and , except these seven , no other articles had been exhibited .
In this situation were the bishop ' s affairs , when a new parliament met on the 27 th of Jan . 1376-7 : this parliament , either afraid of incurring the displeasure of the Duke of Lancaster , who was now reestablished at court beyond all opposition , or desirous of gaining his favour , were ready to concur in all his measures , and act as he should direct . The commonshaving- granted the subsidiespetitioned the king
, , , that , as he had now completed the 50 th year of his reign , which they called his jubilee , he would grant an act of general pardon for all crimes committed before the beginning of that year ; to which the king consented ; but the Duke of Lancaster , who procured this act to secure such of his friends as had been condemned in the last parliament , found means to get Wykeham particularly excepted .
Wykeham , though he received no summons to parliament from the king , was yet regularly summoned to convocation by the archbishop , and he attended accordingly . The bishops complained much of the seizure of Wykeham ' s temporalities ; and , having determined not to proceed to business till this grievance , amongst others , was redressed , the archbishop was obliged to prorogue them . They then ¦
petitioned that Wykeham ' s temporalities' might be restored ; but in their petition they do not . alledge his innocence as a reason , but the want of sufficient consent of those whose consent was required in ¦ that behalf . The king , however , took no notice of their zeal in Wykeham ' s behalf , nor did it contribute to bring his troubles to a conclusion . The convocation ended about the Ist of March , 1376-7 ,
and the king , soon after , granted . Wykeham ' s temporalities to his grandson Richard , in part of payment of 4000 marks a year , which had been settled upon him , when , on his father ' s death , he had been created Prince of Wales ; a measure , to which , it is supposed , he was urged by the Duke of Lancaster , supported by the irresistible influence of Alice Ferrers , the mistress of his dotage , who , by this act of TOE . vii , Y