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Ijg6,j The great Age of fame of the Monh of Croyknd Abbey. 923
Jaw." And, wrires Rapin, H'ftory of tuafy was not reftored to that commu-
En^Iand, vol. I. p. 113, •< the king re- nicy afrer its re-eflabii(hmer,t under the
fufed to grant him (Tuiketul) the pri- aufpices of Turk etui; and yet there
vilege ol- fanfliiary, which that abbey are ibme fpecialities recited by Ingul-
had enjoved before its deflrui^ion, be- fus that ocj^hc not to pafs unnoticed.
ing unwilling; m-ile<^aftors (liouM be This privilege, in its utmoft latitude,
prote-^sd from jiift ce." The reverfe w.s granted to Cniyland abbey by
is the truth; for. in the paff?.a;e of In- Witglaph, who, by intiufion, became
gulphus to which thefe hiftorians refer, king of Mercia about the year 8co.
it is implied that the kii.g offered to re- Whatever might be the offence of tl-e
new thii pernicious aticTdctt liable ex- criminal, if he was fo luckv as to efcape
emption ; and, it is clearly avered. that to this monaftery, and, imploring the
Turketul would not, in a-.y ftiape, favour of St. Guthac, took an oaih of
c^nfent to the acquifit'on of this antient perpetual fealty and fervice to the abhaC
impunitv, or immunity, of the p'ace, and his brethren, he was to be proted-
that he might n t be an inflrument of ed in every part of t!:e ifland as in an
fcrceoing any villan, or impious perfon, afylum, and to enj )y the fame peace and
from the public laws, and that be might immunity that he would' be entitled to
not be compelled to pollute his confci- in I'he royal chnnibtr; ar;d an v officer
ence by cobabiting or concurring with of the king, who fijou'd, by moUftin^
luch malefartors. (Anliquam veto loci him, violate t^1is privilege, wav to fuf-
impunitatem, vel immunuatem, niillo ftr the lofs of his r^ght n.icr. The pri-
modo conffnfit acquircre, ne fceleratis vilege was extended to all the waters
et impiis refngium a publicis legibus furroundingtl.e ifund, in whicli the fu-
videretur in ali.|Uo praibere, e:cum hu- gitive nr.ight navigate, or fith, or per-
jufmodi malcficiis compelleretur vel in f .rm any other fervice afngneil him by
aliquo contra confcientiam fuam co- his lords the mo'ks. But, on its being
haliitare feu confentire, p. 500). It is, provtd, on the oaih of fix credible men,
therefore, manttefl that, in the judge- -tha: be was difcovered beyond the 1;-
ment of Turketul, "the immunity in- mils of the five waters, as Simei was
dulged to places of worfhip, under a no- found without Jerufaicm, Vie was to be
tion of its preventing the (hedding of amenable to tl.e public laws, aid un-
blood, and prtferving of peace, was dergo the ponUhmtnt of the ciime he
not politic, liumane, or neceffary, in had perpetrated, whether it were death
the then flate of fociety among the or difmemherment cf limb. In cafe the
Anglo-Saxons." Reeve's Hiftory of fugitive committed upon the ifland, oc
the En g lift) Law, vol I. p. 19. within the outer banks of the Hver,
Dr. Pegge, in what he only termed a murder or theft, or other olf.nce, by
Skerch of the Hiilory of Afylum (Ar- which a forfciiure mieht be incurred,
cTiaeolog. Vol. VIII. art. I.), but which the bailiff of the monaftery was to ap-
contains the fullell account of any ex- prehend h.im, and in-.prifon him jn tlie
tant, has not mentioned Crovhnd ab» abbat's gaol, where he wa^ co be judged
bey. nerhaps '-eraufe the claim of far>r. and condemned *.
* *' Volo etiam et prsecipio, quod quicunque in rep;no meo pro qa()Cun<;UC d jhiilo reus
inventus, et legibu'; obnoxius fiittrit, ft fugerit ad diftnoi monr.l^erium, et coram abbate
di6\i moiiafterii, qui pro tempore faerit, gratiam lanftiflimi confelfaris Guthlaii ibidenrt
Corporaiiter quiefcertis invocans, fj^lelitatem ei et fervitium junverit fempiternumj fal-
vus et fecurus protedlione ahbatis et monachorum fuorum, in qiiocunque fervitio per to-»
tJim inful.im Croylandias ipfum pofuerint, ficut in afylo, vel w. camera mea propria pace
tnea et impunltate gaudeat, niitlufque miniHrorura meonim ultra ilium inftqui aude.it,
nee in aliquo moleftare, fub poe.ia perditionis ilexiri fui peois, quiciiiique io meo r'>j;''o
iftud meum pnvilegium tentaverit in aliquo violare. Licebitqvie dicto t\igitivoin quihuf-
qne aqui?, qusdidtam infulam ambiunt, navigare et pifcare, a.; aliter, qaocunqiie ir.odo
frdominis luis aflTignatus fuerit, hiborare abfque miniiirorum meorum, v.el ahcujus alte-
' rius calumnia vel gravamine. Qu id fi extra di<5fas a>,uas, vcl metas di£ti monafterii cap-
tns aliquardo fuent, posiiam, quam quondam meruit, five mortem, fn-e niembronirn
fuorum mutilr.tionem, fi miiiiftrJ mei, vel quicunque fiii adverfr'.ni per jarnmentum i;X
hom.n\im fida dignorum prohare pcterunt, quod extra metas fuas inventus fiierlt, abrque
Vila gr.nia fiiflinebit. Si extra iftas 5 aquas et metas pi snotams fiigitivus inventus ki-
erit, tanqnam Semei extra Jerufalem, publicis legibus fnbjiciendus I'csnam, quam me-,
ruit, patetur. Quod fi infra prsediiStas metas, et prx.!i6tarum aquarum ripas exteriores
homicidium, furtum, vel aliam f.irisfafluram fecerit, per b:il:vos difti monafterii capi-
tindus, juxta i^emerita in ipfa infuLi, cujus immunitatem perdidit, p-aiietur, et ibidem ju-
dicaudus m carceie abb.iiis comleiTmabicur." Ingnlphi Hifior, p. 4S7*'.
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