# House of Lords Precedence Act 1539, Section II: Place of the King’s Ecclesiastical Vicegerent; above the Archbishop of Canterbury.


And forasmuche as the Kings Majestie is justly and laufullie supreme hed in Erthe, under God, of the Churche of Englande, . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Hen8/31/10/section/II (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/house-of-lords-precedence-act-1539/section-II
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