Regalian right in medieval England.

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"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].

subjects: Ecclesiastical Patronage,  Dioceses,  Finance,  History,  Regal,  Church and state,  Church history,  Politics and government,  Pouvoir royal,  Souveraineté,  Monarchy