June 1643
[10 June, 1643.]
Ord. 17 May, 1643.; Archbishop of Canterbury his Temporalties sequestred, and himself suspended.; Who shall give Institution and Induction.; Nomination by both Houses.; Edward Corbet to be Rector of Chartham; Vicar General and other his inferiour Judges and Officers to exercise the Archbishops Jurisdiction.
Whereas by an Ordinance of the Lords and Commons in this
present Parliament, of the 17. of May, 1643, the Archbishop of
Canterbury is required from time to time until his Tryal, to
collate such fit Persons unto any Ecclesiastical preferment in his
Patronage, as shall by both Houses be nominated unto him, and
in pursuance of the said Ordinance, another Ordinance of the
Lords and Commons past the 20. of the same Moneth, requiring
the said Archbishop to collate upon Edward Corbet, Fellow of
Merton Colledge in the University of Oxford, the Rectory of
Chartham in the County of Kent, void by Death of Doctor
Bargrave the last Incumbent; And whereas the said Archbishop
refuseth obedience to the said Ordinance, It is therefore Ordered,
and be it so Ordained by the Lords and Commons in Parliament,
that all the Temporalties of the Archbishop of Canterbury be
hereby Sequestred by and unto the Parliament, and William
Lord Archbishop of Canterbury suspended, ab officio & beneficio
& omni & omnimoda jurisdictione Archiepiscopali, until he be
either convicted or acquitted of High Treason, for which he
stands now accused; and whatsoever Livings, Dignities, or
Ecclesiastical Promotions, in the said Archbishops Gift or Collation, are, or hereafter shall be void. shall henceforth be Instituted
and Inducted unto by the Archbishops Vicar General, or any
other having Authority in this behalf, upon the nomination and
recommendation of both Houses of Parliament, during the time
of the Suspension and Sequestration aforesaid: And upon this
Ordinance it is Ordered, and be it so Ordained by the Lords and
Commons in Parliament. That the said Edward Corbet be, and
is hereby nominated and recommended forthwith upon sight
hereof, to be Admitted, Instituted, and Inducted, by the Vicar
General aforesaid, or any other having Authority in this behalf,
into the said Rectory of Chartham, ratione suspensionis Domini
Gulielmi Archiepiscopi Cantuariensis, & Sequestrationis temporalium Archiepiscopatus in manibus supremæ Curiæ Parliamenti jam existentium, the same belonging unto their Gift: And
it is hereby further Ordained by the Lords and Commons in Parliament, That during the Suspension and Sequestration aforesaid,
the Jurisdiction of the said Archbishop shall be executed and
exercised by his Vicar General, and other his inferiour Judges
and Officers, as formerly the same hath been.