Statute of Provisors

Statue of Provisors
Act of Parliament
Long titleThe King and other lords shall present unto benefices of their own, or their ancestors foundation, and not the bishop of Rome.
Citation
  • 25 Edw. 3. Stat. 4
  • (Ruffhead: 25 Edw. 3. Stat. 6)
Territorial extent 
Dates
Commencement9 February 1351
Repealed30 July 1948
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1948
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The English statute usually called Statute of Provisors (25 Edw. 3. Stat. 4), otherwise termed "The Statute of Provisors of Benefices", or anciently De provisoribus. This measure was central to a long disagreement between the English kings and the Roman Curia, concerning filling of ecclesiastical benefices.