The Lives of the Bishops of Winchester From Birinius the First Bishop of the
The Lives of the Bishops of Winchester From Birinius the First Bishop of the
Cassan, Stephen Hyde, 1789-1841
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And within 2 years after he was made secretary to the King. In May 1365, he was commis- sioned by the King to treat of the ransom of the King of Scotland, and the prolonging of the truce M'ith the Scots, together with the chancellor, treasurer, and the Earl of Arundel. Not long after this, he is called chief of the privy council and governor of the great council : which teniis however, I suppose, are not titles of office, but express the great influence and authority which he had in those assem...blies. There are several other prefeiments both ecclesiastical and civil, which he is said to have held ; but I do not mention them, because the authorities produced for them, are such as I cannot entirely depend upon. And as to his ecclesiastical benefices already mentioned, the practice of exchanging them was then so common, that 'tis hard to determine precisely which of them he held all together at any one time. However, we have a very exact account of this matter as it stood in 1366, when the sum of his Church preferments were at the highest, given by Wyke- ham himself on occasion of Urban Vs.
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