clergie

• “The night afore euery ordenary holidaie or feastefull daie: the whole clergie, and the people, ware bounde to kiepe”

  The Fardle of Facions, conteining the aunciente maners, customes and lawes, of the peoples enhabiting the two partes of the earth, called Affricke and Asie

• “Then began thei firste (by the suffraunce and helpe of deuoute princes) to deuide all Christendome into Dioceses, and the Diocesse into Conuocacions or Chaptres, and those againe into Paroches, and to set that goodly ordre, that yet continueth, aswell emong the clergie as the laietie.”

  The Fardle of Facions, conteining the aunciente maners, customes and lawes, of the peoples enhabiting the two partes of the earth, called Affricke and Asie

• “Their manners are partly prayse-worthie, and partly detestable: For they are more obedient vnto their lords and masters, then any other either clergie or laie-people in the whole world.”

  The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation

• “And as it was told vs in court, by the clergie men of Russia, who remaine with the foresayd Emperour, many ambassadours were sent from them vnto the Emperours court, to obtaine Peace.”

  The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation

• “As vpon the 4. of May a parliament was held, wherein were assembled, the Metropolitane, Archbishops, Bishops, Priors, and chiefe clergie men, and all the nobility whatsoeuer: where many matters were determined not pertinent to my purpose, yet all tended to a new reformation in the gouernment: but especially the terme, and time was agreed vpon for the solempnizing of the new Emperors coronation.”

  The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation

• “God to open up the mouth of Baalames awin asse, to cry out againest the vitious lyves of the clergie of that aige.”

  The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)

• “For yf "the tree salbe judgit by the fruit," (as Christ Jesus affirmeth, that it must be,) than of necessitie it is that your Prelattis, and the hole rable of thair clergie, be evill treeis.”

  The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)

• “Eubald archbishop of Yorke, Higwald bishop of Lindisferne, Edelbert bishop of Whiterne, Aldulfe bishop of Mieth, Ethelwine also another bishop by his deputies, with a number of other of the clergie; and lords also of the temporaltie, as duke Alrike, duke Segwulfe, abbat”

  Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (6 of 8) The Sixt Booke of the Historie of England

• “At length, he sent his ambassadors to Rome, partlie to purge himselfe of the archbishops death, partlie to excuse his fault, for that in his furie he had vttered words against the archbishop, which had giuen occasion to naughtie men to contriue his death, & partlie to require the pope to send his legats into England, to make inquirie both for the death of the archbishop, and also of the state of the clergie.”

  Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (5 of 12) Henrie the Second

• “A breefe extract or clause of a letter which the pope sent to the clergie of England, &c. for the making of a new holie daie.”

  Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (5 of 12) Henrie the Second

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