Assertion: abbey | /r/HasProperty | exempt
Facets:
value: from the jurisdiction of the bishop
type: OTHER
value: from all customs
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: He also took Fulchred's side in a variety of disputes with officials of the royal forests in Shropshire and reminded local officials and barons that the abbey was exempt from all customs, as in the time of Earl Roger.
text: The abbot was given the right to wear a ring and a mitre, and a seat on the King’s Council, and the abbey was exempted from the jurisdiction of the bishop, the abbot being responsible directly to the king (this status as a Royal Peculiar was enjoyed by Waltham until 1865, when most of the Royal Peculiars were abolished).