.jga ANTIQUITIES OF NORTHUMBERLAND, 



chapter, and cathedral of Durbam-t fliould fufFcr nothing by this 



; The king's death defeated this defign. An aft of parliament 



; paffcd, i Q._Mary, 1554, ^ or reftoring the bifhoprick of Durham 



to its antient ftate, after much oppofmon from this corporation, 



and warm debates in the Houfe of Commons, by a great majo- 



rity, 201 againft 120. The preamble to the bill fets forth, 



That certain ambitious perfons taking advantage of the late 

 king's minority, made an intereft by fmifter practice to procure 

 the diflblution of the biflioprick ; that it was done out of mer- 

 cenary views, to enrich thcmfelves, and their friends, by feizing 

 the lands of that See, rather than upon jufl occafion or godly 

 zeal. That Tunjlal^ Bifliop of Durham, was deprived upon untrue 

 furmifes, and falfe accufations, and thatproccfs againfl him was 

 foul and illegal. That upon a full examination of the matter, 

 by the queen's commiffioners, the fentence of deprivation was 

 declared void, as may be feen at large by an authentic inftrument. 

 That the queen had new founded the biflioprick by her letters 

 patents, and reilored all the lands in her pofTeflion. But, that 

 neither the fentence of deprivation, nor the queen's letters 

 patent, were of fufficient force to recover the honours, lands, 

 &c. to the See of Durham. Therefore to reftore the biflioprick 

 to its former intereft, privileges, and revenues, the two diilblu- 

 tion-ftatutes of the laft reign were hereby repealed (g). 



' (f) Strife's Memorials, Vol. ii. p. 396. 



(g) Statutes at large, i Mary. chap. 3 

 Ato Regia, vol. iii. 8vo. p. 387, 

 Collier's Eccles. Hift. p. 366. 



Queen 



