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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Clarendon

The Constitutions of Clarendon. Laws made by a general council of nobles and prelates, held at Clarendon, in Wiltshire, in 1164, to check the power of the Church, and restrain the prerogatives of ecclesiastics. These famous ordinances, sixteen in number, define the limits of the patronage and jurisdiction of the Pope in these realms.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Clarendon Type
Clarenceux King-of-Arms
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