Lateran Regesta 490: 1454 | British History Online

Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 10, 1447-1455. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1915.

'Lateran Regesta 490: 1454', in Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 10, 1447-1455, (London, 1915) pp. 683-687. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-papal-registers/brit-ie/vol10/pp683-687 [accessed 26 April 2024]

Lateran Regesta, Vol. CCCCXC (fn. 1).

8 Nicholas V.

De Dignitatibus Vacantibus.



1454. Prid. Non. July. (6 July.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 15.)	To the abbot of St. Mary's, Inysgat, in the diocese of Killaloe (Laonien.), the dean of Lismore and the archdeacon of Killaloe. Mandate (the pope having been informed by Donatus Macraich, clerk, of the diocese of Killaloe, that to the shame of the priestly order, Philip Kargyn alias Macinkargy, chancellor of Lismore and Thady Ocaelay, perpetual vicar of Kyllugafynd in the diocese of Killaloe have each committed simony, that Philip has committed perjury, that they have dilapidated and alienated and uselessly consumed the possessions of the said benefices, and that Thady, a public and notorious fornicator, has publicly kept a concubine (fn. 2) in his house) if and after Donatus (who was lately dispensed by papal authority, on account of illegitimacy as the son of a priest, an abbot professed of the order of St. Augustine and an unmarried woman, to be promoted to all, even holy orders and hold a benefice even with cure, after which he had himself made a clerk) accuses the said Philip and Thady before the above three, to summon them, and if they find the foregoing to be true, to deprive and remove them, and in that event to collate and assign the said chancellorship, which is a non-major, non-elective dignity with cure, and vicarage, value not exceeding 12 and 6 marks sterling respectively, to Donatus, whom the pope hereby specially dispenses to receive and retain them together for life, notwithstanding the said defect etc. Vite etc. (T. and G. Gonne. \| T. xxxviii. Sexto Id. Julii Anno Octavo, de Tervisio.) [3 pp.—.]
10 Kal. Aug. (23 July.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 28.)	To the provost of Killala (Aladen.). Mandate (the pope having been informed by William Baret, a canon of Killala, that Donatus Oduuid, dean of Killala, has committed perjury, dilapidated and alienated and uselessly consumed the possessions of the deanery and, being excommunicate and publicly proclaimed excommunicate, has celebrated masses and other divine offices, or rather profaned them, to the shame of the priestly order) if and after William, who is of noble birth, accuses Donatus before the above provost, to summon him, and if he find the foregoing to be true, to deprive and remove him, and in that event to collate and assign the said deanery, value not exceeding 8 marks sterling, to William. Dignum etc. (T. and M. Amici. \| T. xxxii.Decimoseptimo Kal. Septembris Anno Octavo. de Tervisio.) [3 pp.]
3 Kal. Jan. (30 Dec.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 59d.)	To the abbot of St. Mary's de Kyllsenayd, in the diocese of Kilfenora (Fynnaboren.), Donald Ocuynd, canon of Kilfenora, and the official of the same. Mandate (the pope having been informed by Denis Ohanrathayn, a canon of Kilfenora, that Nicholas Macgillacascatta (rectius Macgillacascalla), dean of the same, a public and notorious fornicator, has dilapidated and alienated etc. a number of the possessions of the deanery, and committed simony, to the shame of the priestly order) if and after Denis (who was lately dispensed by papal authority, on account of illegitimacy as the son of a priest and an unmarried woman, to be promoted to all, even holy orders and receive and retain a canonry of the said church and a prebend or portion thereof and the perpetual vicarage of Kyllhellecha in the diocese of Kilfenora, provision of which was ordered to be be made to him by papal letters, after which he was so promoted and obtained the said canonry and prebend or portion and vicarage) accuses Nicholas before the above three, to summon Nicholas, and if they find the above to be true, to deprive and remove him, and in that event to collate and assign the deanery, a major elective dignity with cure, value not exceeding 12 marks sterling, to Denis; whether it become void by such deprivation, or be void by the resignation of the said Nicholas or of Cormac Ucaethan, priest, or in any other way; and notwithstanding that he holds the said vicarage and canonry and prebend or portion, value respectively not exceeding 5 marks and 20s. of the money current in those parts. Denis, who alleges that by reason of the vicarage he is wont to show hospitality to all comers, is hereby dispensed to receive the deanery, and with it and with the canonry and prebend to retain for life the vicarage, notwithstanding the pope's late ordinance against holding together a major dignity and a parish church [or a perpetual vicarage], and notwithstanding the said defect etc. Vite etc. (P. and M. Amici. \| P. xxxiiii. Decimoseptimo Kal.Februarii Anno Octavo. Pontanus.) [3½ pp. +.]
7 Kal. Nov. (26 Oct.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 116d.)	To the abbot of Fearn (Novefferne) in the diocese of Ross, and William Wrchard and Thomas Dyngwell, canons of Ross. Mandate—at the recent petition of John Kennocchson, clerk, of the diocese of Ross, containing that upon the treasurership of Ross becoming void by the death without the Roman court of Henry Bughe, Thomas bishop of Ross made by his ordinary authority collation and provision thereof to Thomas de Tulach, [now] a priest, of the diocese of St. Andrews, who had obtained no canonical dispensation on account of his illegitimacy as the son of unmarried parents, under pretext of which collation and provision, which were therefore null, the said Thomas obtained possession of the treasurership and has, without any other canonical title or any tittle of right, unduly detained it for between ten and eleven years—to collate and assign the said treasurership, a non-major, non-elective dignity with cure, value not exceeding 30l. sterling, to John, summoning and removing the said Thomas, and any other unlawful detainer; notwithstanding that the pope lately ordered provision to be made to John of the rectory of the parish church of Eynch in Leous, in the diocese of Sodor, of which he is not in possession, value not exceeding 10l. sterling, which, upon obtaining possession of the treasurership, he is to resign.Vite etc. (P. and H. Masheim. \| P. xxvi. Septimo Id.Novembris Anno Octavo. de Varris.) [2¾ pp.]
1454[–5]. 8 Kal. March. (22 Feb.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 131d.)	To the bishop of Arras (Attrebaten.), the abbot of SS. Peter and Paul's, Clare (de Forgio alias de Clar), and the prior of Inyscronayn, in the diocese of Killaloe (Laonien.). Mandate to collate and assign to Richard Pursel, a canon of Limerick and Cloyne (who was lately successively dispensed by papal authority, on account of illegitimacy as the son of unmarried parents, (i) to be promoted to all, even holy orders and hold a benefice even with cure, and (ii) to receive and retain a canonry and prebend of each of the said churches, provision of which was ordered to be made to him by papal authority, all of whose benefices and their values, and his dispensations the pope holds to be expressed by these presents, and whom he hereby absolves from all sentences of excommunication etc. as far only as regards the taking effect of these presents) the precentorship of Limerick, a non-major dignity, wont to be held by a canon of that church, value not exceeding 50 marks sterling, so long void that there is no certain knowledge of the mode of its voidance, and that by the Lateran statutes its collation has lapsed to the apostolic see; whether it be void as above, or by the resignation of Patrick Corr or of Alan (Allanus) (fn. 3) Ylanschi, or by the deaths of Alan (Haulanus) Mackynnerij (i.e. Mackynnery) or Cornelius Yhijmayr (i.e. Yhymayr) without the Roman court, or in any other way. He is hereby dispensed to receive and retain the precentorship, and to receive and retain together with it and with his other benefices any benefices of any number and kind, with and without cure, compatible with one another and with the aforesaid benefices, and to resign all, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases, notwithstanding the said defect etc. Vite etc. (A. and A. de Cortesiis. \| A. l. Quarto Non. Martii Anno Octavo. de Feletis.) [3¼ pp. See above, pp. 380, 381.]

De Exhibitis



1454. 3 Non. Sept. (3 Sept.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 202.)	To the prior of St. Andrews. Mandate, at the recent petition of David Seras, perpetual chaplain at the altar of St. Mary the Virgin situate in the church of St. Clement, Dunde, in the diocese of Brechin, M.A. (containing that formerly, on the voidance of the perpetual vicarage of Kerymur in the said diocese by the resignation of Richard Wyly to James bishop of St. Andrews, that bishop made collation and provision to the said David, who in virtue thereof obtained possession, but now doubts their validity) to collate and assign to David, who is a priest, the said vicarage, value not exceeding 20l. sterling, whether it be still void as above, or by the death of John Panater, priest, or by the resignation of the said Richard or John or Hugh Lenax, priest, of the diocese of Glasgow, or in any other way; notwithstanding that he holds the said perpetual chaplaincy, which is without cure and in whose foundation it is provided that its holder cannot hold another benefice, and whose value does not exceed 7l. sterling [cf. Cal. Papal Lett., IX, p. 324], and that the present pope lately dispensed him to hold therewith any other benefice. Dignum etc. (P. and G. Gonne. \| P. xxii. Quinto Kal. Februarii Anno Octavo.de Varris.) [2½ pp.]
1454[–5]. 7 Id. Jan. (7 Jan.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 258d.)	To the bishops of Spoleto and Ventimiglia and the official of Ross. Mandate, at the recent petition of William Ross', clerk, of the diocese of Ross (containing that formerly, on the voidance of the archdeaconry of Ross by the death of Andrew Monroy, he, in virtue of letters by which the present pope lately made him, motu proprio, provision of a canonry of Ross and another of Moray, with reservation of as many prebends and of a dignity etc. of one of them, accepted within the lawful time and got provision made to him of the said archdeaconry, and in virtue of the said acceptance and provision obtained possession, but now doubts whether they hold good) to collate and assign to the said William, who is of a race of barons, the said archdeaconry, a non-major, non-elective dignity with cure, to which are annexed a certain canonry and prebend, and whose (cuiusque) value does not exceed 25l. sterling; notwithstanding that he is still expecting a prebend of Moray. Upon obtaining the archdeaconry the said letters shall be null and void, entirely as regards Ross, and as far as regards a dignity etc. in Moray.Nobilitas generis, vite etc. (P. and Nicasius. \| P. xxviii.Quinto Id. Januarii Anno Octavo. de Varris.) [2²/3 pp.]
1454. 7 Id. Nov. (7 Nov.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 294d.)	To the bishop of St. Andrews, the provost of St. Anscharius's, Brechin, and the chancellor of Brechin. Mandate, as below. The recent petition of Christopher Pyot, canon of Moray, contained that although, on the voidance of a canonry and the prebend of Kyngusy in the said church by the death of Richard Crepamen (rectius Clephame), collation and provision thereof were made to him by authority of the ordinary, in virtue of which he obtained possession, nevertheless John Wily, precentor of Caithness and Archibald Jordine, priest, of the diocese of Glasgow, each falsely alleging that the canonry and prebend belonged to him, opposed the said collation and provision, and prevented, as they still do, Christopher from holding them in peace, wherefore he appealed to the apostolic see; that the pope at Christopher's instance committed the cause of the appeal and that of the principal matter (notwithstanding that, as far as regarded Archibald the cause had not lawfully devolved to the Roman court, etc.) to Master Orlandus Bonarlis, a papal chaplain and auditor, who by his definitive sentence pronounced the said collation and provision and their consequences to have been and to be canonical, adjudged the canonry and prebend to Christopher, etc., imposed perpetual silence on John, and condemned him in costs, which he afterwards taxed at 22 gold florins of the papal camera, and the like in the case of Archibald, condemning him too in costs, the taxation of which he reserved; and that Archibald's appeal to the said see from the latter sentence the pope committed to Master Lewis de Ludovisiis, also a papal chaplain and auditor, who by a definitive sentence confirmed the sentence of Master Orlandus, pronounced Archibald's appeal bad and condemned him in costs, which, incurred before the said Orlandus and Lewis, the former afterwards, by the pope's commission, taxed at 46 gold florins of the camera. At the said petition, adding that Christopher fears lest whilst the suit has been pending others have intruded themselves or may do so, and lest John and Archibald will not obey these presents and the processes to be taken under them, the pope hereby orders the above three to execute the foregoing, inducting Christopher into possession of the said canonry and prebend and removing any unlawful detainers, and causing satisfaction to be made to him in respect of the said costs, and moreover to execute these presents even against such intruders, as far as regards giving possession to Christopher, as if the said sentence had been delivered against them, aggravating the processes and invoking if necessary the aid of the secular arm. Exhibita nobis. (P. and Jo. Rode. \| P. xi. de Varris.) [5 pp. +.See above, pp. 176, 212, 585, 586.]