Clarendon

Constitutions of. Certain declaratory ordinances, in sixteen articles, brought forward by King Henry II. at a great council held at Clarendon, A. D. 1164; and confirmed, A. D. 1170, at a council held at Northampton.

1 Reeves* Hist. Eng. Law, 75 — 79.

Their object was to define the limits between civil and ecclesiastical jurisdiction; to prevent the further encroachments of the clergy; and to abolish the abuses which had arisen from the gradual and increasing usurpations of the pope.* 4 BL C(m, 422. P, Cyclopcedia. 1 Beeves* Hist. ub. sup, Crabb*s Hist. Eng. Law, 110, 111.