Registrum Thome Spofford, Episcopi Herefordensis, A. D. 1422-1448 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Registrum Thome Spofford, Episcopi Herefordensis, A. D. 1422-1448In these appointments the pope aimed, not merely at rewarding those who had done him good service, but also at deliberately challenging the Statute of Provisors. This execrable statute, as he called it, Martin V considered to be a sacrilegious infringe ment of the rights of the Holy See. Its provisions being worse than statutes passed against Jews or Saracens. In 1421 he urged upon Henry V its repeal, together with that of its com plement, the Statute of Premunire, and next year, at the opening of the new reign, he pressed the regent to take the matter in hand. But parliament and people alike were resolute in Opposing this attempt oto restore the supremacy of the pope in England. The struggle became more embittered in the years that followed, and, after the humbling by the pope of the aged and feeble Archbishop Chichele, it was merged into the long strife between the Beauforts and Duke Humphrey of Gloucester.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.