ADDITIONS

TO THE

HISTORICAL MEMOIRS

RESPECTING THE

ENGLISH, IRISH, AND SCOTTISH

CATHOLICS,

FROM THE REFORMATION,

TO

THE PRESENT TIME.

BY CHARLES BUTLER, Esq.

OF LINCOLN'S-INN.

Errat longè, meâ quidem sententiâ,
Qui imperium credit gravius esse aut stabilius
Vi quod fit, quam illud, quod amicitiâ adjungitur.

ΦΩΝΑΝΤΑ ΕΠΙΕΙΚΕΣΙ.

VOL. IV.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET.

BET

TERENCE.

Quare quis tandem me reprehendat, si quantum cæteris ad festos dios ludorum celebrandos, quantum ad alias voluptates, et ad ipsam requiem animi et corporis conceditur temporis: quantum alii tempestivis conviviis, quantum aleæ, quantum pilæ, tantum mihi egomet, ad hæc studia recolenda, sumpsero.

CIC. PRO. ARCHIA.

Le changement d'etude est toujours un delassement pour moi.

D'AGUESSEAU.

Luke Hansard & Sons, near Lincoln's-Inn Fields, Londo

Inv.no. 19

CONTENTS

TO

VOLUME THE FOURTH.

CHAP. LIV.

Charles the First.-1625.

PRELIMINARY Occurrences connected with the History of

the English Catholics during his Reign
page 1

CHAP. LV.

Appointment of Vicars apostolic over the Catholics in England

and Scotland

9

1.-Nature and extent of the powers of Bishops in

partibus, with ordinary jurisdiction

ib.

2.-The right of Doctor Bishop and Doctor Smith to

appoint a Chapter

12

3.--The claims of the regular Clergy to exemption from

Episcopal Jurisdiction

17

4.-Contest on Exemptions between Doctor Smith and

19

the regular Clergy

1.-Father Leander

2. Signor Panzani

CHAP. LVI.

Missions of Father Leander a Sancto Martino,—and Signor

Gregorio Panzani, from the See of Rome into England 29

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30

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