Bancroft writes, March, 1605, that he will use his "uttermost endeavour" to aid his suffragans in procuring the writ, and in having it faithfully and speedily served.

The king insisted upon sureties; and Becket desired leave to consult his suffragans in a case of such importance [k].

In prophetic language he warned his suffragans that if they were not more zealous for reform all their courts might be swept away.