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The Rights
Book 1.
From this prerogative alſo, of being the head of the church, ariſes the king's right of nomination to vacant biſhopricks, and certain other eccleſiaſtical preferments; which will more properly be conſidered when we come to treat of the clergy. I ſhall only here obſerve, that this is now done in conſequence of the ſtatute 25 Hen. VIII. c. 20.
As head of the church, the king is likewiſe the dernier reſort in all eccleſiaſtical cauſes; an appeal lying ultimately to him in chancery from the ſentence of every eccleſiaſtical judge: which right was reſtored to the crown by ſtatute 25 Hen. VIII. C. 19. as will more fully be ſhewn hereafter.
