[37] As reproduced, in Chamber’s Journal (Vol. 64, p. 514), this oath is as follows: “This hear thou, Sir Coroner, that I M of H. am a robber of sheep or of any other beast, or a murderer of one or mo, and a felon of our lord, the king of England; and because I have done many such evils or robberies, in his land, I abjure the land of our lord the king of England and I shall haste me toward the port of such a place which thou hast given me; and that I shall not go out of the highway; and if I do, I will that I be taken as a robber and a felon, of our lord the king; and that at such a place I will diligently seek for passage and that I will not tarry there but one flood and ebb, if I can have passage; and unless I can have it at such a place, I will go every day into the sea up to my knees, assaying to pass over; and unless I can do this within forty days, I will put myself again into the church as a robber and a felon of our lord the king; so God help me and his holy judgment.” [38] Chamber’s Journal, Vol. 64, p. 515. [39] The Green Bag, Vol. 8, p. 425. He was buried as a martyr, in the south transept of this abbey and was followed by Chaucer, a few years later, who was buried at his feet. _ante idem._ [40] Littell’s Living Age, Vol. 254, July-Sept., 1907, 701. [41] Richard III., Act V., Scene III. [42] Chamber’s Journal, Vol. 44, p. 171. The debate at the Council Board, over the right to take refugees from the sanctuary, occasioned by Queen Elizabeth’s refuge to Westminster, is not without interest, in showing the views then obtaining on this custom. It was contended that no right of sanctuary existed, since no crime had been committed, as the right was only extended to criminals, in fear of their lives; that the little son had no right to sanctuary at all and that it was a flagrant abuse of the privilege for the Queen to claim it. Those who advocated roughly taking them away, were overcome by the mild persuasion urged by the Archbishop of York, who counseled that the child be obtained without force, if possible. See, Chamber’s Journal, Vol. 44, p. 171, Speed; Sir Thomas More. [43] Year Book, I. Henry VII., fol. 24; IV. Reeve’s History English Law, p. 253. [44] IV. Reeve’s History English Law, p. 254, Finlason’s note. This is one of the many instances of the struggle going on for centuries between the civil authority, in its attempt to narrow the right of sanctuary and the church, to enlarge or preserve it. [45] 21 Henry VII., Keilway, 70; IV. Reeve’s History English Law, Finlason’s note, p. 254. [46] Chamber’s Journal, Vol. 44, p. 170, 171; _idem._, Vol. 64, 515. Imprisonment for debt was abolished in Scotland, in 1880, and while the privilege still exists in form, at the places noted, in fact it has ceased to be a necessary legal exemption, since the repeal of this law. [47] Chamber’s Journal, Vol. 64, p. 515. [48] This bull was confirmed by Alexander VI., and Julius II., in 1493, and 1504. _ante idem._