ADDITIONS

TO THE

HISTORICAL MEMOIRS

RESPECTING THE

ENGLISH, IRISH, AND SCOTTISH

CATHOLICS,

FROM THE REFORMATION,

TO

THE PRESENT TIME.

BY CHARLES BUTLER, Esg.

OF LINCOLN'S-INN.

Errat longè, meà quidem sententiâ,
Qui imperium credit gravius esse aut stabilius
Vi quod fit, quam illud, quod amicitiâ adjungitur.

TERENCE.

ONNANTA ENIEIKEEI.

VOL. IV.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET.

Quare quis tandem me reprehendat, si quantum cæteris ad festos dios ludorum celebrandos, quantum ad alias voluptates, et ad ipsam requieni animi et corporis conceditur temporis : quantúm alii tempestivis conviviis, quantum aleæ, quantum pilæ, tantum mihi egomet, ad hæc studia recolenda, sumpsero.

Cic. PRO. Archia.

Le changement d'etude est toujours un delassement pour moi.

D'AGUESSEAU.

Luke Hansard & Sons, near Lincoln's-Inn Fields, Londo'

Inv.no. 19

CONTENTS

TO

VOLUME THE FOURTH.

CHA P. LIV.

Charles the First.--1625

PRELIMINARY Occurrences connected with the History of

the English Catholics during his Reign

page 1

CHAP. LV.

Appointment of Vicars apostolic orer the Catholics in England

and Scotland

9

1.–Nature and extent of the powers of Bishops in

partibus, with ordinary jurisdiction

ib.

2.–The right of Doctor Bishop and Doctor Smith to

appoint a Chapter

3.- The claims of the regular Clergy to exemption from

Episcopal Jurisdiction

17

4.-Contest on Exemptions between Doctor Smith and

the regular Clergy

19

12

C H 4 P. LVI.

Missions of Father Leander a Sancto Martino,-and Signor

Gregorio Panzani, from the See of Rome into England 29

1.-Father Leander

30

2. Signor Panzani

49