case WATERFIELD against the bishop OF Chichester the spiritual court shall not  be prohibit from cite a person choose churchwarden to take the oath of office  but if they require all oath which tend to accuse the deponent a prohibition  lie S C Freem a prohibition be grant last easter term to the bishop of  Chichester upon a suggestion make by Waterfield that he be choose churchwarden  of the parishchurch of Arundel in the county of Sussex the bishop tender he a  oath ex duty which be that he shall present every parishioner who have do any  offence or neglect any duty mention in certain article contain in a print book  deliver to he some of vhA article concern the churchwarden himself and so in  effect he be to swear against himself in case of any default which be express  against the statute of car c which prohibit any person have ecclesiastical  jurisdiction to administer the oath ex duty or any other oath whereby the  person to who it be administer may be charge to accuse himself of any criminal  matter whereby he may be liable to any censure or punishment and because the  bishop have excommunicate he for refuse such oath he pray a prohibition which  be grant quoad the compel he to make any answer to the say article concern  himself and the excommunication be discharge but now upon the motion of  Brampston sergeant a consultation be award because it appear by the affidavit  of the commissary who tender this oath and likewise by the act of the court  that he be excommunicate for refuse to take the oath of a churchwarden accord  to law which be the only oath tender and therefore the ground of the  prohibition be false a consultation be award in this prohibition it be recite  that the bishop can give a oath but in two case videlicet in matter  testamentary and matrimonial whereas they have authority in many case more it  be true also that until his jurisdiction be increase by Act of parliament be  can hold plea in none but those two cause but by the statute de circumspect to  put in motion a and of articuli allotment of land b he may now hold plea in  many other case the bishop inform the Lord chief justice that the plaintiff  Waterfield have cause two thousand of the prohibition to be print in English  and have disperse they all over the kingdom modern entitle they a true  translate copy of a writ of prohibition grant by the Lord chief justice and  other the justice of the court of modern er p common plea in easter term  against the bishop of Chichester who have proceed against and excommunicate  one Thomas Waterfield a churelrwarden for oath usual tender to person in such  office by which writ oath be declare and the say bishop command to take off  and this be declare by the court to be a most seditious libel and give order  to inquire after the printer that he may be prosecute michaelmas term the  twentyeighth of Charles the second in the king bench sir Richard Rainsford Knt  chief justice sir Thomas Twisden Knt sir William wile Knt sir Thomas Jones Knt  justice sir William Jones Knt attorneygeneral sir Francis winnington Knt  solicitor general