The law of simony: containing, all the statutes, cases at large, arguments, Resolutions, and Judgments concerning it, under the following heads: Chap. I. Definition, and Oath of Simony, and by what Authority this Oath is administered. Chap. II. Of Simony, by the Canon and Common Law; the Stat. of 31st Eliz. c. 6. concerning it; and the erroneous Opinions of Lord Holt, and several other Judges, in saying that the Word Simony is not in that Act. Chap. III. Commentaries and Determinations upon that Act, from Lord Coke, and other Reporters Chap. IV. Cases adjudged at Law and in Equity, respecting general and special Bonds of Resignation. Chap. V. Adjudications relative to the Legality of purchasing the next Presentation to a Benefice. Chap. VI. Of the Disabilities, Forseitures, and Punishments incurred for Simony, by the Incumbent, Patron, and Ordinary. Chap. Vii. In what Cases, and at what Times, Advantage may be taken of such Forfeitures and Disabilities. Chap. Viii. Of the King's Right; when he may present; and the Effect of his pardoning Simony. Chap. IX. Of the Pleadings in Actions of Quare impedit, &c. upon the Act 31 Eliz. c. 6. Chap. X. What Power the Ecclesiastical Court has in Simony. Chap. XI. Of the Power of the Ordinary to accept or refuse the Resignation of a Benefice. Chap. XII. The Cases at large in the great Cause determined in the House of Peers, in May 1783, between the Right Reverend Robert Lord Bishop of London and Lewis Disney Ffytche, Esq. on a Writ of Error from the Court of King's Bench, with the Arguments of the Judges, namely, Mr. Justice Heath, Buller, Nares, Willes, and Gould, and of the Lord Chief Baron Skynner, Mr. Baron Perryn, and Mr. Baron Eyre, in Support of their respective Answers to the 12 Questions proposed to them by the Lords, on the Motions of Lord Thurlow and the Earl of Mansfield; and also, the Speeches of the Bishops of Salisbury, Bangor, Llandaff, and Gioucester, of Lord Thurlow, the Earl of Mansfield, and the Duke of Richmond; with the Judgment of the House of Peers, as it is entered in their Journal. The whole collected, digested, and published by T. Cunningham, Esq. Barrister at Law, and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, London.

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M,DCC,LXXXIV. [1784]