Of the times of celebration of divine services in cathedral churches and colleges.

In main churches which are called cathedrals, and at the times of celebration of divine services in cathedral churches and colleges, and in colleges, it is our will that divine services shall be held daily, as the calendar of feast days and their eves shall require. Thus it is fitting that in the morning what are called ‘morning prayers’ shall be said at some convenient time, along with those which are appointed for the office of communion. And every Wednesday and Friday that solemn supplication which is called the litany shall be added. Likewise in the afternoon the evening prayers shall be said.

Who ought to be present at the divine services.

All those who are called canons and clergy, who are maintained at the expense of the churches, shall come together for the stated prayers, both in the morning and in the evening, and shall be present on those days at them daily, unless they can offer a legitimate excuse for being absent. But if they do not appear they shall be fined a certain sum of money at the discretion of the deans, or in their absence of their deputies, but on the eves of feasts we are happy to excuse those who have gone to dwell in the colleges of the universities in order to learn on the ground of their studies. But we order them all to be present at the sacred services on normal weekdays, unless they are away because of a preaching engagement.

De sacra communione administranda in dominicis et festis diebus.

Diebus dominicis et festis ecclesiarum quas cathedrales vocant, hunc in divinis officiis esse ordinem esse iubemus, ut absolutis precibus matutinis, et decursa supplicatione quam appellant litaniam, communio succedat; in qua facilius ut procedi possit, in nomine Dei cohortamur, et per eius gloriam vehementer obtestamur, ut primum episcopus ipse si fieri potest ut adsit, deinde decanus et archidiaconus, cum ipsis canonicis et reliquis omnibus clericis, qui participes sunt bonorum illius ecclesiae, pariter ad communionem cum ministro [MÍ] se congregent, tum ut exemplo suo ceteros ad idem officium invitent, tum ut [in] hac nota scili possint, quod ipsi viva veraque sint Christi et ecclesiae membra.