of convocation convocation note it be resolve by the two chief justice and  diverse other justice at a committee before the lord in the same parliament on  diverse point concern the authority of a convocation that a convocation can  assemble at their convocation without the assent of the king that after their  assembly they can confer together to constitute any cannon without licence  deal roy when they upon conference conclude any cannon yet they can execute  any of their cannon without royal assent they can execute any after royal  assent but with these four limitation that they be not against the prerogative  of the king nor against the commonlaw nor against any statute law nor against  any custom of the realm and all this appear by the statute Henry cap and this  be but a affirmance of what be before the say statute for that it appear by  the Edward title quare non  to send to where it be hold that if a cannon law  be against the law of the land the bishop ought to obey the commandment of the  king accord to the law of the land Henry there be a cannon that no spiritual  person shall be put to answer before a secular judge but this do not bind  because it be against the commonlaw and it appear by the statute of Merton cap  that they in case of bastardy be enforce to certify against the law of the  church that born ante marriage to be bastardy because Ecclesia to have tale  pro fixed by law to ask all Episcopi magnate quoth to agree quoth who born  to be ante marriage make real fixed by law which prove that the cannon law in  this point be repugnant to the law of the land be not of any force and for  this they implore the aid of the parliament et all comites baron One voice  to answer quoth  not law England to move who haec usque v. freq. dep. are et  to assent to Henry a convocation may make constitution by which those of the  spiritualty shall be bind for this that they all or by representation or in  person be present but not the temporalty Edward the convocation be spiritual  and all their constitution be spiritual vide the record in the tower of Henry  Edward Edward Edward and Edward prohibition king ne allotment of land in  congregation to sew c attempts to draw contra law seu crown other ne quoth  to cause to stand in council his in prejudicium king seu law c by which it  appear that they can do nothing against the law of the land for every part of  the law be it commonlaw or statute law can be abrogate nor alter without a Act  of parliament to which every one shall be party except for spiritual cause or  which concern Spirituallpersons if it be against the prerogative of the king  and the commonlaw