the Parliament of England

“ Benedict, and many more of other Religion and Order, have at their own Pleasure set divers unwonted, heavy and importable Tallages, Payments, and Impositions upon every of the said Monasteries and Houses in Subjection unto them in England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, without the Privity of our Lord the King and his Nobility, contrary to the Laws and Customs of the said Realm ”

“ C A P. I.
The Causes of Erection of Abbies. Impositions set by Priors Aliens.
2 Inst. 580. 25 Ed. 3. stat. 6. giving King and Lords Power to present to Benefices of their own and Ancestors Foundation. ”