[001] because that would be manifestly contrary to our crown and dignity etc. Witness etc. [002] [That things properly done in the court of the lord king ought not to be nullified.]1 [003] Where a certain clerk has been agreed upon, in as much as the heir of one of the parties [004] is under age, and clerks earlier presented wish to implead the clerk instituted, let a [005] prohibition issue in this form.
Prohibition where action is taken to annul what has been properly done in the king's court.
[007] 2The king to such judges, greeting. We forbid you to hold in court christian the plea [008] as to the church of N., with respect to the advowson of which there was recently a [009] plea in our court before our justices etc. between A. the plaintiff and B. the guardian [010] of C., son and heir of D., the impediant, by reason of the right which the same B. said [011] that the same C. had in the aforesaid advowson, as to which the same A. and B. agreed [012] in our court before our justices that each of them would consent to E., the chancellor [013] of such a place, since the proceeding could not proceed because the aforesaid C., who [014] is said to have a right in the aforesaid advowson, cannot answer to the charters of his [015] ancestor (or the like) since he is within age, and because, if the plea which is before [016] you in court christian should proceed, the same C. while under age might incur the [017] loss of his advowson, and [because] pleas as to advowsons belong to our crown and [018] dignity. Witness etc. There is also3 another kind of prohibition by reason of temporalities [019] which could belong to the king by reason of his custody of vacant archbishoprics [020] and bishoprics, which furnish the occasion for prohibition, as on behalf of [021] St. Edmund, Archbishop of Canterbury.4 The prohibition is drawn in this form.
Of things which pertain to a lay fee by reason of some advowson, as gifts or rents which may belong to the crown.
[023] The king to the prior and convent of Rochester, greeting. By the word of certain [024] people we have recently learned that, though the venerable father E. Archbishop of [025] Canterbury has the custody of the bishopric of Rochester, now vacant, with all the [026] profits and issues belonging to the said bishopric, you are drawing the same archbishop [027] into plea in court christian by authority of letters of the lord pope with respect [028] to certain gifts which are to be made from your5 manors, in the same accustomed [029] manner in which other annual rents