coke OF convocation Trin James burn e l gibson Codex p Inst hawk c sect salk  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 own or the  archbishop convocation without the assent of the king I e by writ that after  their assembly they can confer together to constitute any canon without  licence deal boy when they upon conference conclude any canon yet they can  execute any of their canon 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 coke report er p 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 canon 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 h there be a  canon 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 holy church that nali ante matrimanium to be bastardy  because church to have tale pro fixed by law et to ask all men bishop magnate  quod to agree quod who born to be coke ante marriage make real fixed by law  which prove that the canon 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 men comites et baron One voice to answer quod not law England to move  queen haec usque usitatoe are et approbatoe h 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 temporal  Edward the convocation be spiritual and all their constitution be spiritual  fide the record in the tower of h e e two e and e prohibition king ne  allotment of land in congrejatione svan c attemptel contrajus seu crown et  alian ne quod 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 spiritual person nor then if it be against  the prerogative of the king or the commonlaw a