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Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl
Some are critical of the legality of Titulus Regius because Parliament was considered to have operated outside their jurisdiction in determining the invalidity of Edward IV’s marriage. According to the practices of the time an ecclesiastical court would have made this ruling usually.
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Just the fact that Titulus Regius was created to benefit one king and then repealed to benefit another when the wind changed calls the document into question; was it actually anything but a tool of political expediency?