Note 615 — MAGNA CARTA. (continued 3)
Reading edition
In its final form it reads: “Nulla ecclesiastica persona amercietur secundum quantitatem beneficii sui ecclesiastici, sed secundum tenementum suum et secundum quantitatem delicti.” Dr. Stubbs, Sel. Charters 345, by a curious oversight, reads for “tenementum” the compound “contenementum,” for which there seems to be no authority.