In that conge d'elire, the Queen calls her rights over the church of Wells her "fundatorial rights.
You might there have seen the Queen's conge d'elire, the writ giving leave to the Chapter to elect a Bishop.
This is exactly what would happen now, if the letter missive should be lost on the road and the conge d'elire should come by itself.
This conge d'elire was usually granted without much difficulty, the Crown at the same time appointing the official charged with guarding the revenues of the house or office during the vacancy.
On the death of the superior, the religious would have to make choice of some of their number to proceed to the court to inform the king of the demise and to obtain the conge d'elire, or permission to elect.
Others speak as if the oath of supremacy or the conge d'elire could be made the measure of St. Ambrose, and they fit the Thirty-nine Articles on the fervid Tertullian.
The Lord Deputy's entreaties prevailed, and in October 1561 a conge d'elire was addressed to the Dean and Chapter of Armagh.
It is obvious that serious loss might be entailed upon the community, if the patron refrained for some time from granting his conge d'elire.
Eftsoones himselfe in glitterand armes he dight, 2 And his well proued weapons to him hent; So taking courteous conge he behight, 4 Those gates to be vnbar'd, and forth he went.
So courteous conge both did giue and take, 2 With right hands plighted, pledges of good will.
The secular and Parliamentary origin of praemunire and conge d' elire were less notorious and more disagreeable subjects.
Henry established the supremacy of the State by letters patent, praemunire, and conge d'elire.
But, by the extraordinary care I took in observing the courses and distances, walked from Conge catha wha Chaga, where I had two good observations, the latitude may be depended on, within twenty miles at farthest.
On May 9th a special meeting of the Dean and Chapter was held at the Deanery, Norwich, when the conge d'elire, declaring the vacancy of the bishopric "and recommending to the Dean and Chapter the Hon.
The conge d'elire for the election of a new Bishop of Norwich having been received, a meeting of the Dean and Chapter was held at the residence of Canon Heaviside, when the Rev.
Conge is eighteen miles from Morequern; the road the whole way is fearfully stony; a pan half-way is noted for guinea-fowl.
I was travelling down from Kanya through the desert to Maceby, on my way to Conge kraal, north of Morequern.
All the bishops except one refusing to accept the new order of things, new ones were substituted for them, the old system of election by the chapters on a royal conge d'elire being restored (see pp.
Incidentally this Act also regulated the appointment of bishops, by ordering that the king should issue a conge d'elire to the chapter of the vacant see, together with a letter missive compelling the choice of his nominee.
