Title: Regalian right in medieval England.
Authors: Howell, Margaret.
Publisher: University of London, Athlone Press,
Year: 1962
Subjects: Patronage, Ecclesiastical Great Britain.
Abstract: "Regalian right in its fully developed form was the claim made by the crown to appropriate the revenues, or a part of the revenues, of a vacant bishopric to its own use, and to present to those ecclesiastical benefices which sede plena were in the gift of the bishop"--Introduction, page [1].
Contents: The beginnings of regalian right in England -- The development of the right in the twelfth century -- The development of the right in the reign of King John -- The machinery of royal administration of vacant bishoprics -- The emoluments of Episcopal vacancies: (I) revenue -- The emoluments of Episcopal vacancies: (II) patronage and feudal perquisites -- The nature and significance of regalian right.