[001] a suitable parson to the same church, unless there is one other than the aforesaid B. [002] who opposes a lawful impediment to the presentation of the said A. Witness etc.’ [003] If, when the bishop or other ordinary has received a royal order to admit a clerk to [004] a church, he does not admit the clerk, on the complaint of the presenting patron let [005] the bishop be summoned to appear before the justices to show why he does not [006] admit, by this writ.
Writ for summoning a bishop
[to show] why he did not admit a clerk. [008] ‘The king to the sheriff, greeting. If A. has made you secure with respect to the [009] prosecution of his claim, then summon by good summoners such a bishop to be before [010] our justices at such a place on such a day to show why, on the presentation of the [011] same A., he did not, on our order, admit a suitable parson to such a church, the [012] advowson of which the aforesaid A. recovered against B. in our same court before [013] our same justices by judgment of our same court (or ‘by a fine levied between them’ [014] or ‘by an assise of darrein presentment taken between them,’ or by some other [015] means). And have there the summoners and this writ. Witness etc.’1 There is another [016] writ on the same matter.
Another writ on the same matter.
[018] ‘The king to the sheriff, greeting. If A. has made you secure etc. then summon such [019] a bishop to be present to show etc. (as above) a suitable parson to the church of N. [020] which is vacant, as it is said, since the same A. recovered seisin of the advowson of [021] the same church against B. before our justices assigned ad hoc by an assise of darrein [022] presentment there taken between them. And have there the summoners etc.’ A [023] similar writ on the same matter, that is, where a manor with the advowson and its [024] other appurtenances was given [to someone] in maritagium with a daughter and [025] when the church becomes vacant the donor opposes an impediment to the presentation [026] of the donee, the matter having been decided in the court of the lord king, when [027] the bishop or his officials were once ordered to admit a clerk on the presentation of [028] the donee and have done nothing, let the bishop be summoned by this writ.
Another writ on the same matter, where the officials have been ordered several times.
[030] ‘The king to the sheriff, greeting. Summon by good summoners such a bishop to be [031] before etc. to answer A. as to why on his presentation he does not admit a suitable [032] parson to such a church, as we first ordered his officials and then the same bishop to [033] do, the advowson
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