"Laymen ought not to be accused save by dependable and lawful accusers and witnesses in the presence of the bishop, yet so that the archdeacon lose not his right or anything which he ought to have thence. And if there should be those who are deemed culpable, but whom no one wishes or dares to accuse, the sheriff, upon the bishop's request, shall cause twelve lawful men of the neighbourhood or the vill to take oath before the bishop that they will show the truth of the matter according to their conscience."
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Constitutions of Clarendon, § 6. Presented by King Henry to the bishops at Clarendon in January 1164. Latin text in: , Select Charters, 9th ed. (1913), pp. 163–167. Translation in: A. B. White; W. Notestein, Source Problems in English History (1915), Appendix, II. See also: , The Plantagenets (2014), pp. 19–22
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Henry II of England
Henry II (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189), also known as Henry Curtmantle, was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189. During his reign he controlled England, substantial parts of Wales and Ireland, and much of France (including Normandy, Aquitaine and Anjou), an area that together was later called the Angevin Empire, and also held power over Scotland and the Duchy of Brittany.
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