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1.
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The importance of ecclesiastical jurisdiction.
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2.
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Ways of looking at regnum and sacerdotium:
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a.
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king/pope; pope/English hierarchy; king/English hierarchy
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b.
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king’s law, church’s law, local law
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3.
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Ecclesiastical jurisdiction in summary:
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a.
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The court of Rome
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i.
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judges delegate
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ii.
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the Rota
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b.
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The provincial court of York and the court of Arches
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c.
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Episcopal courts
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d.
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Archidiaconal courts
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e.
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Peculiars, rural deans
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4.
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The jurisdictional claims of the church:
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a.
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Between clerics, against clerics or by or against widows and orphans
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b.
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Church offices or property, church offenses, the sacraments (including
marriage), the morals of both clergy and laity
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5.
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The English settlement
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a.
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Advowsons
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b.
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Defamation
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c.
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Testaments
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d.
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Contracts
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e.
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Marriage
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f.
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Benefice
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g.
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Tithe
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h.
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Morals offenses
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i.
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“Big” criminal cases
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6.
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The law applied in these cases
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7.
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Development of the settlement (see Materials,
p. IX–37)
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a.
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1200–1300, the development of the writ of prohibition
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b.
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1286, Circumspecte agatis
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c.
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1316, Articuli cleri
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d.
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1351, 1353, Provisors I, Praemunire
I
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e.
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1391, 1393, Provisors II, Praemunire
II
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f.
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1401, De heretico comburendo
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g.
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1533, Ecclesiastical Appeals Act
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8.
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The Decline of Ecclesastical Jurisdiction
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a.
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In the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries
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b.
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Revival in the reign of Elizabeth and abolition in the interregnum
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