WHereas William Lord Archbishop of Canter­bury, standeth Im­peached in this pre­sent Parliament for High Treason, and for divers other great of­fences and misdemea­nours, and by reason of many great and weighty businesses he cannot yet be brought to tryall for the said offences and misdemeanours, and he in respect of his said Archbishopprick of Canter­bury, hath power to give and Collate fic Clerks divers Parsonages, Vica­ridges, Prebends, and other Ecclesia­sticall promotions and preferments, and if any of them should become voyd, and he left to preferre whom he please to the [...]me, the same may prove very inconve­nient, he bestowing them upon unfit and unworthy persons; Be it therefore Or­dered and Ordained, by the Lords and [Page] Commons in this present Parliament, that in case any of the foresaid Parso­nages, Vicaridges, Prebends, or other Ecclesiastical promotions or preferments now be, or shall hereafter and before the tryall of the said Lord Archbishop be­come voyd, that the said Lord Archbi­shop of Canterbuty shall forbeare to pre­sent or Collate any person or persons thereunto, without the leave and Order of both Houses of Parliament: And it is further Ordered and Ordained, that the said Lord Archbishop shal from time to time untill his said tryall, present and Collate such fit person or persons, to eve­ry such Parsonage, Vicaridge, Prebend and other Ecclesiasticall preferment as aforesaid, which now are, or hereafter before his said tryall shall become voyd, as by both Houses of Parliament shall be nominated and appoynted. And it is further Ordered by the said Lords and Commons in Parliament, that al Arch­deacons, Registers, and other Officers, Ministers, and persons whatsoever, shall [Page] forbeare to give or make any Admission, Institution, Collation, or Induction of any person or persons whatsoever, which by the said Archbishop shal be presented, in or to any such Parsonage, Vicaridge, Prebend, or other Ecclesiasticall pre­ferment, other then such person and per­sons as shal be nominated and appoyn­ted by both Houses of Parliament as a­foresaid. And it is lastly Ordered, that the said Lord Archbishop, and the Churchwardens of every Parish and other Officers of the Church, where any Parsonage, Viccaridge, Prebend, or other Ec-clesiasticall promotions or preferments, in the Donation or guift of the said Archbishop is, shall within two moneths after the respective avoydance thereof, give notice of such avoydance to the Lord Speaker of the House of Peérs for the time being.