[239] Memoirs of Tenison, 42–47.
[240] Wilkin’s Concilia, iv. 480.
[241] Ibid., 577.
[242] Ibid., 582. But constitutions for the Church of Scotland of a similar kind to those of William were issued by Charles II.—Ibid., 590. There are also several documents in the King’s name respecting English Nonconformists and Papists, which do not affect the point now before us.
[243] Ibid., 612.
[244] I do not forget that even Henry VIII. wrote to the Clergy of the province of York, saying, “Christ is indeed unicus dominus et supremus, as we confess him in the Church daily: it were nimis absurdum for us to be called Caput Ecclesiæ, representans Corpus Christi mysticum.” And I am prepared to admit that the theory of the National Church is that the Sovereign is simply supreme ruler in temporal things; but certainly in practice Sovereigns have gone beyond this, especially in the case now before us.
[245] Memoirs of Tenison, 54–59. This circular letter is not in Wilkins.
[246] The Duke of Bedford was Lieutenant, but Chicheley seems to have been the ruling power.
[247] London Gazette.
[248] Macaulay, vii. 253 (note).