That such preests as would forgo seruing at the altar, and holie order (to remaine with their wiues) should be depriued of their benefices, and not suffered to come within the quire.
Johannes Cremensis was sent into England from pope Honorius the second, to sée reformation in certeine points touching the church: but his cheefe errand was to correct preests that still kept their wiues with them.
Some had their pardons, and the preests also for their order sake; but yet few of them liued long after.
It was a miserable time now for preests and churchmen, which were spoiled on euerie hand, without finding remedie against those that offered them wrong.
Sidenote: Peter de Supino got a vintiesme, that is the 20 part of preests benefices.
And the preests should be suspended, which did not present all such their concubines as were resident within their parishes.
Sidenote: Preestsof the prouince of Canturburie suspended.
Also the same yeare the preests or canons that inhabited within the kings castell of old Salisburie, remooued with the bishops see vnto new Salisburie, which by the king was made a citie.
The same decree also prohibited them from the receiuing of the pax at masse time, & also of holie bread after masse, so long as the preests kept them in their houses, or vsed their companie publikelie out of their houses.
But it is said here, that all such women as had carnal knowledge with a preest, were to be punished, therefore some, and consequentlie all preests wiues.
Where the question may be asked, whether this decree was extended to preests wiues or no?
The marriage was celebrated at Newborough on the second daie of Nouember, by the authoritie of two legats of the apostolike sée, Henrie bishop of Pisa, and William bishop of Pauia, both preests and cardinals.
Howbeit such was our successe in this voiage, that we feared no rocks, more than did king Athelstane, when he subdued them (and soone after builded a colledge of preests at S.
Osmond (as they call him) because he builded the minster there, and made the portesse called Ordinale ecclesiastici officij, which old preests were woont to vse.
There is also the Ile Eust or Eu, which is full of wood, and a notable harbour for theeues, as is also the Grinort; likewise the preests Ile, which is verie full of sea foule and good pasture.
Manie fled, and speciallie the watermen and preests and serving men, but the 'prentices were caught by the backs, and had to prison.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "preests" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
