Footnote 230: Migne, _Patrologiae_, tom. 216; “Regni Carraclae,” p. 1255. Footnote 231: Bingham, iii. p. 214. Footnote 232: A. Friedberg (_Decretal Gregor. IX._ lib. iii. tit. xlix. cap. vi.), _Decretalium Collectiones_, ii. pp. 655, 656. Leipzig, 1881. Footnote 233: John Johnson, _Ecc. Laws_, quoting Spelman, ii. p. 305. Footnote 234: The Statute 9 Ed. II. c. 10 (1315) is also to this effect. Footnote 235: Besant, _Mediæval London_, p. 201. Footnote 236: Besant, _Mediæval London_, p. 212. Footnote 237: Frequently Dover, where numbers congregated awaiting shipment. See Pike, _Hist. Crime_, i. p. 232. Footnote 238: Britton, lib. i. ch. xvii. Footnote 239: And see 9 Ed. II. c. 10: “They that abjure the realm shall be in Peace so long as they be in Church or Highway.” Footnote 240: Blackstone, _Commentaries_, bk. iv., Sharswood’s ed. ii. p. 332. Philadelphia, 1878. Footnote 241: 22 Hen. VIII. c. 14. Footnote 242: As to branding, _vide_ 21 Hen. VIII. c. 2. Footnote 243: A. P. Stanley, _Westminster Abbey_, p. 346. London, 1882. Footnote 244: Besant, _Mediæval London_, p. 202. Footnote 245: _Ibid._ p. 206. Footnote 246: Bingham, iii. p. 215. Footnote 247: Besant, p. 208. Footnote 248: Stanley, p. 346. Footnote 249: Besant, _Mediæval London_, p. 212. Footnote 250: 26 Hen. VIII. c. 13. Footnote 251: 27 Hen. VIII. c. 19. Footnote 252: 32 Hen. VIII. c. 12. Footnote 253: Stanley, p. 352. Footnote 254: 1 Jac. I. c. 25, s. 34. Footnote 255: 21 Jac. I. c. 28, s. 7. Footnote 256: 8 & 9 Will. III. c. 27, s. 15. Footnote 257: 9 Geo. I. c. 28. Footnote 258: 11 Geo. I. c. 22. Footnote 259: _Ency. Brit._ art. “Wager of Law.” Footnote 260: Lea, _Superstition and Force_, p. 23. Footnote 261: _Ibid._ p. 21. Footnote 262: _C. Valentinum_, iii. c. xi., A.D. 855. Footnote 263: Forsyth, p. 76. Footnote 264: Reeves, _Hist._ i. p. 33. Footnote 265: Holdsworth, _Hist._ i. p. 138. Footnote 266: Reeves, p. 33. Footnote 267: Holdsworth, p. 139. Footnote 268: Lea, _Superstition_, pp. 66, 81. Footnote 269: Holdsworth, _Hist._ i. p. 138. Footnote 270: Lea, p. 35. Footnote 271: _Ibid._ p. 33. Footnote 272: _Ibid._ p. 64. Footnote 273: 3 & 4 Will. IV. c. 42, s. 13. Footnote 274: S. Cheetham, _History of the Christian Church during the First Six Centuries_, p. 171. London, 1894. Footnote 275: Stubbs, _Const. Hist._ i. p. 267. Footnote 276: 1 Corinthians vi. Footnote 277: In A.D. 341 by the eleventh and twelfth Canons of the Council of Antioch; in 397 by the ninth Canon of the Third Council of Carthage; and in 451 by the ninth Canon of the Council of Chalcedon. Footnote 278: Lingard, _Hist._ ii. p. 120. Footnote 279: Cheetham, p. 171. Footnote 280: H. C. Lea, _History of the Inquisition in the Middle Ages_, i. p. 309. New York, 1906. Footnote 281: