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England to try the divorce. The king had submitted
to appear before the I.egatine Court (acting of course
under the authority of a papal bull) for the trial of
his case within his own realm. But the sentence,
which Henry expected would be in his favour, was
deferred. 'J"he court was adjourned by Campeggio,
and the king was summoned to appear before the
pope's tribunal at Rome. This was a degradation
which the monarch could not brook. Wolsey was
proceeded against for a violation of the Statutes of
Provisors and Praemunire as regarded the exercise of
his Legatine power in England. His proceedings
were no doubt an open contravention of those Acts.
Practically, indeed, they were in abeyance, 1 but they
remained upon the Statute book, and Henry took
iidvantage of them to ruin his great minister. Judgment
was given against him, and pardon was only
granted on condition of his surrender of his property
to the Crown. The king seized upon his stately
palaces of "i'ork House and Hampton Court, and
confiscated the vast wealth which he had accumulated.
He was allowed however to retain the Northern primacy
and to reside at Cavi-ood, one of the residences
attached to it, a few miles from the city of York.
'
"Tlic need of p.ipal support to their disputed tide, which
had been felt by the Houses of Lancaster and York, had held
these statutes in suspense, and the Legatine Court of Wolsey had
openly defied them. They were still, however, legally in force;
they were part of the parliamentary tradition ; and it was certain
that parliament would be as ready as ever to enforce the
independent jurisdiction of the crown."— Green's " Hist." &c.,
ii. p. 147.