Note 335 — Book IX.
John Beames translation
“Pope Paschal the 2nd,” observes Lord Littleton, “allowed the Bishops elect to do Homage, and take the oath of Fealty, before they were consecrated. This was confirmed by the Constitutions of Clarendon, of which a particular account will be given hereafter; and, from the words of Glanville, it appears, that about the end of Henry the 2nd’s reign Homage was accordingly done by Bishops elect, but he tells us, that after they were consecrated they took the oath of fealty. This was a material difference from what had been settled by the constitutions of Clarendon: and it is surprising, that we have no account of it in the History of the Times.” (Litt. Hen. 2. Vol. 3. 113.)