| His pluralist career was eventually brought to an end in 1560 when he was deprived of all his benefices for failing to take the oath of supremacy. |
| After a papal bull of 1558 all such former monks were ordered to return to their monasteries, under threat of losing church benefices. |
| The majority of benefices in these deaneries were unlikely to attract the covetous attention of pluralist clergy seeking to acquire rich livings. |
| It is also possible that, as later in the middle ages, the numbers of deacons and priests ordained outstripped the availability of benefices. |
| While still only a deacon Becket received many ecclesiastical benefices, including the archdeaconry of Canterbury. |
| Those who issue dimissory letters contrary to the form of this decree, shall be ipso jure suspended from their office and benefices for one year. |
