WHeras by an Ordinance of the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament , of the 17. of May , 1643. the Arch-bishop of Canterbury is required from time to time untill his Tryall , to collate such fit persons unto any Ecclesiasticall preferment in his Patronage , as shall by both Houses be nominated unto him , and in pursuance of the said Ordinance , another Ordinance of the Lords and Commons past the 20. of the same moneth , requiring the said Arch ▪ Bishop to collate upon Edward Corbet , Fellow of Me●ton Colledge in the Vniversity of Oxford , the Rectory of Chartham in the County of Kent , voyd by death of Doctor Bargrave , the last Incumbent ; And whereas the said Arch-bishop refuseth obedience to the said Ordinance , It is therefore Ordered , and be it so Ordained , by the Lords and Commons in Parliament , that all the Temporalties of the Arch-bishop of Canterbury , be hereby Sequestred by and unto the Parliament , and William Lord Arch-bishop of Canterbury suspended , ab officio et beneficio , et omni et omnimoda jurisdictione Archi piscopali , untill he be either convicted or acquitted of high Treason , for which he stands now accused , and whatsoever Livings , Dignities , or Ecclesiasticall Promotions , in the said Arch-bishops Gift or collation , are , or hereafter shall be voyd , shall henceforth be Instituted and inducted unto by the Arch-bishops Vicar-Generall , or any other having authority in this behalfe , upon the nomination & recommendation of both Houses of Parliament , during the time of the suspension and Sequestration aforesaid ; And upon this Ordinance , it is Ordered , and be it so Ordained , by the Lords and Commons in Parliament , That the said Edward Corbet be , and is hereby nominated and recommended , forthwith upon sight hereof , to be Admitted , Instituted , and Inducted , by the Vicar Generall aforesaid , or any other having authority in this behalfe , into the said Rectory of Chartham , ratione suspensionis Domini Gulielmii Archi episcopi Cantuariensis , et Sequestrationis temporalium Archi episcopatus in manibus supremae Curiae Parliamenti jam existentium , the same belonging unto their Gift : And it is hereby further Ordained by the Lords and Commons in Parliament , that during the Suspension and Sequestration aforesaid , the Iurisdiction of the said Arch-bishop shall be executed and exercised by his Vicar-Generall , and other his inferior Iudges and Officers , as formerly the same hath beene .

WHereas William Lord Arch-bishop of Canterbury , standeth Impeached in this present Parliament for high Treason , and for divers other great offences and misdemeanors , and by reason of many great and weighty businesses he cannot yet be brought to tryall for the said offences and misdemeanours , and he in respect of his said Archbishopwrick of Canterbury hath power to give and Collate fit Clerks , divers Parsonages , Vicaxidges , Prebends , and other Ecclesiasticall promotions and preferments , and if any of them should become voyd , and he left to preferre whom he please to the same , the same may prove very inconvenient , he bestowing them upon unfit and unworthy persons ; Be it therefore Ordered and Ordained , by the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament , that in case any of the foresaid Parsonages , Vicaridges , Prebends , or other Ecclesiasticall promotions or preferments now be , or shall hereafter and before the tryall of the said Lord Arch bishop become voyd , that the said Lord Arch-bishop of Canterbury shall forbeare to present or Collate any person or persons thereunto , without the leave & Order of both Houses of Parliament : And it is further Ordered and Ordained , that the said Lord Arch-bishop shall from time to time untill his said tryal present and Collate such fit person or persons , to every such Parsonage , Vicaridge , Prebend , and other Ecclesiasticall preferment as aforesaid which now are , or hereafter before his said tryall shall become voyd , as by both Houses of Parliament shall be nominated and appointed . And it is further Ordered by the said Lords and Commons in Parliament , that all Archdeacons , Registers , and other Officers , Ministers , and persons whatsoever , shall forbeare to give or make any Admission , Institution , Collation , or Induction , of any person or persons whatsoever which by the said Archbishop shall be presented , in or to any such Parsonage , Vicaridge , Prebend , or other Ecclesiastical preferment , other then such person and persons as shal be nomtnated and appoynted by both Houses of Parliament as aforesaid . And it is lastly Ordered , that the said Lord Archbishop , and the Churchwardens of every Parish and other Officers of the Church , where any Parsonage , Vicaridge , Prebend , or other Ecclesiasticall promotions or preferments , in the Donation or gift of the said Archbishop is , shall within two moneths after the respective avoydance thereof , give notice of such avoydances to the Lord Speaker of the House of Peers for the time being .