with the consent andcounsel of the community and five or six of the canonsof his cathedral. These visits were generally carriedout with justice and in a spirit of fair dealing on bothsides. To take an example: in 1344, William, theArchbishop of York, in making his visitation, raised,the question of… … o St Marys, Yorkallowing them to hold these impropriations; where-upon they were allowed. by the prelate and declaredgood and sufficient. To take another instance: in oneof these visitations it became evident to the archbishopthat for the regular observance and the avoidance ofminor differences in…
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