Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 13, 1471-1484. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1955.
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'Lateran Regesta 754: 1474-1475', in Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 13, 1471-1484, (London, 1955) pp. 444-451. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-papal-registers/brit-ie/vol13/pp444-451 [accessed 25 April 2024]
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Lateran Regesta, Vol. DCCLIV. (fn. 1)
4 Sixtus IV.
De Diversis.
| 1474. 5 Kal. Nov. (28 Oct.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 4r.) |
Relaxation in perpetuity of seven years and seven quarantines of enjoined penance to all who, being penitent and having confessed, visit on the feasts of the Annunciation and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, from the first to the second vespers inclusive, the priory of the Mother of God, of the Carthusian Order, near London, and give alms for its maintenance, enlargement and conservation. Univ. Christifidelibus … Ineffabilia meritorum insignia. [1 p.] |
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| 1475. 15 Kal. July. (17 June.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 27r.) |
To John Gunthorp, dean of Wells. Indult for life to him, who is Edward king of England's almoner, to take the fruits etc. of the said deanery, which is a major dignity, and of his other benefices, whilst engaged in the service of the said king, or in the study of letters at an university, or residing in the Roman court, or in other of his benefices, or anywhere else, (fn. 2) the daily distributions alone excepted, and not to be bound meanwhile to reside in the said benefices, notwithstanding the constitutions of the church of Wells, especially those by which it is provided that the dean shall be bound to personal residence, etc., under penalty of 200 marks of the money of England for each year of non-residence, etc. Vite etc. |
| Concurrent mandate to the archbishop of Canterbury and the bishops of Lincoln and Girgenti (Aggrigentin.). Hodie dilecto filio. [3¼ pp.] | |
| 1474[–5]. 7 Id. March. (9 March.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 29r.) |
To Robert Alford, a canon of the monastery of SS. Mary and Thomas the Martyr, Hagneby, O. Praem., in the diocese of Lincoln. Dispensation, notwithstanding his illegitimacy, as the son of unmarried parents, to receive and retain any benefice wont to be governed by canons of the said order, even if an abbatial dignity, etc., and to resign it, simply or for exchange, when he pleases. Religionis zelus, vite etc. [1 p.] |
| — (f. 33r.) |
To Thomas George, rector of the parish church of Warhorn in the diocese of Canterbury. Dispensation to receive and retain for life with the said church one other benefice with cure etc. Vite ac morum. [½ p. The first part only of the dispensation is registered. Cancelled, and therefore without date. |
| 1475. Id. Aug. (13 Aug.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 35r.) |
Exemplification from the register of Boniface, called in his obedience Boniface IX, at the recent petition of the prior and convent of St. Peter's, Markeby, O.S.A., in the diocese of Lincoln, and of William Wyntryngham, a canon of the same, of the said pope's letters: Univ. Christifidelibus … Licet etc., dated at St. Peter's Rome, 18 Kal. Jan. anno 11 [15 Dec., 1399], granting relaxation in perpetuity of seven years and seven quarantines of enjoined penance to all who, being penitent and having confessed, visited on the feasts of our Lord, Whitsuntide, our Lady, the Nativity of St. John Baptist, SS. Peter and Paul, the Invention and Exaltation of Holy Cross, St. Laurence, Friday in Passion Week (fn. 3), the dedication of the below-named church and chapel, and on All Saints, and the octaves of certain of them, and the six days of Whitsun week, and the like relaxation of a hundred days of penance to those who on the said octaves and six days visited and gave alms to the church of the said priory and the chapel of St. Laurence therein, in which chapel is preserved a cross of the true wood of our Lord's cross, as it is asserted, to which [chapel] the people of those parts have a great devotion, and in which God has from of old worked and still works many miracles, on account of which miracles a great multitude flocks to the said place (fn. 4); the said pope's will being that all oblations etc. arising from the said visitation and alms should be converted to the use of the said church and chapel. |
| The pope hereby decrees that the present exemplification shall have the force of the original, etc. Ad fut. rei mem. Provisionis nostre. [2 pp.] | |
| 4 Kal. Aug. (29 July.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 36v.) |
To William Vbgate, perpetual vicar of the parish church of Holy Trinity, Castre, in the diocese of Norwich. Dispensation to receive and retain for life with the said vicarage one other benefice, and if he resign it any two other benefices, with cure or otherwise incompatible, even if parish churches etc., or dignities etc., and to resign them, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases. Vite etc. [1½ pp.] |
| 6 Kal. Aug. (27 July.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 37v.) |
To John Dounham, rector of the parish church of Norwolde in the diocese of Norwich. Indult to him, who is almost a sexagenarian, and holds the above church and also the church called the chantry of la Grene in the diocese of Ely, and who on account of the unwholesomeness of the climate is constantly unwell, (fn. 5) to take the fruits of his benefices for life, whilst residing in one of them or in an honest or religious place, or studying letters in an university, or serving some ecclesiastical prelate. Vite etc. [1½ pp.] |
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Prid. Non. April. (4 April.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 46v.) |
To John Sebrout, perpetual vicar of the parish church of St. Peter the Apostle, Hereford. Dispensation to receive and retain for life, etc., as above, f. 36v. Vite etc. [1¼ pp.] |
| 4 Id. April. (10 April.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 47r.) |
Relaxation in perpetuity of seven years and seven quarantines of enjoined penance to all who, being penitent and having confessed, visit on the feasts of St. Michael the Archangel and the dedication the parish church of St. Michael the Archangel of the place of Eton Episcopi in the diocese of Hereford, and give alms for its repair and that of the presbytery of the rector and clergy, (fn. 6) and for the furnishing of books and chalices and other ecclesiastical ornaments. Univ. Christifidelibus … Et si cuncta. [¾ p.] |
| Non. May. (7 May.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 80r.) (fn. 7) |
To the bishop of Orkney and the abbot de Dixbrugh (recte Drybrugh) in the diocese of St. Andrews. Mandate, as below. The recent petition of John Home, prior of Coldingan [sic], O.S.B., in the diocese of St. Andrews, contained that Paul II, on being informed by the said John that Patrick Home, archdeacon of Teviotdale (Teudalie) in Glasgow, a notary of the present pope, (fn. 8) was under sentence of excommunication when the said priory was by papal authority granted to him in commendam, and that after obtaining possession of it he alienated a number of its goods, ordered the archpriest of Dunber [sic] in the said diocese, then dwelling in that diocese, and the late William Forman, a canon of Dunkeld, and a certain other colleague, to summon the said Patrick, and if they found the foregoing to be true, to declare the said commenda null, and to deprive and remove the said Patrick from the said priory, and in that event to collate and assign it to the said John; that John accordingly brought Patrick before John Ottirburn, (fn. 9) archpriest of Dumber [sic] and the said canon, who promulgated a definitive sentence in favour of John and against Patrick, which sentence became a res judicata. At the said petition the pope hereby orders the above two to summon Patrick, and cause the said sentence to be observed by ecclesiastical censure, without appeal. Humilibus supplicum votis. [2 pp. See Cal. Papal Lett. Vol. XII, pp. 232–4, 251–2, 267–9.] |
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Prid. Non. Aug. (4 Aug.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 120v.) |
To John Standeruoyke, (fn. 10) layman, of the diocese of Bath and Wells. Indult to him, who is sufficiently lettered and is married to a widow, (fn. 11) to be able to be made a notary public, (fn. 12) write and draw up any acts, public and private, and do all that pertains to such office, etc., and to be a keeper of registers; notwithstanding the constitution of the province of Canterbury Cum ex eo [of archbishop Henry Chicheley, in Lyndwood, Provinciale, lib. III. tit 3, cap. 2, on pp. 129–30 of the Oxford edition of 1679], and the constitutions of the legates Otto and Ottobon, etc. Laudabilia probitatis et virtutis merita. [1½ pp.] |
| 1474[–5]. 5 Id. Jan. (9 Jan.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 146v.) |
To Ambrose Repoyngdon, perpetual chaplain, called a chantry priest, (fn. 13) at the altar of St. John Baptist situate in the cemetery of the parish church of St. Mary, Aldermarychyrch, in the diocese of Canterbury, licentiate in theology. Indult for life to receive the fruits etc. of the above chaplaincy, called a chantry, (fn. 14) whilst residing in the Roman court or other one of his benefices, or engaged in the study of letters in an university, and not to be bound to reside meanwhile in the said chaplaincy. Litterarum scientia, vite etc. |
| Concurrent mandate to the dean of London, John Lascy, a canon of the same, and the official of Ely. Hodie dilecto filio. (fn. 15) [3 pp.] | |
| 1475. 7 Id. Aug. (7 Aug.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 150r.) |
To Simon Turnar, rector of the parish church of Stapulforth in the diocese of Lincoln. Dispensation to receive and retain for life, etc., as above, f. 36v. Vite etc. [2 pp.] |
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Ibid. (f. 151r.) |
To John Barryson, rector of the parish church of Kentysbery in the diocese of Exeter. The like. Vite etc. [2 pp.] |
| 1474[–5]. 17 Kal. March. (fn. 16) (13 Feb.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 164v.) |
To William Lambart, perpetual vicar of the parish church of Gaynford in the diocese of Durham. Indult to him, who is a priest, and holds also a perpetual ecclesiastical benefice without cure called a wardenship in the church called the college of Stayndropp (fn. 17) in the above diocese, which is of lay patronage, to take for life the fruits etc. of the said vicarage and benefice, whilst residing in the said vicarage or in the said benefice. Vite etc. |
| Concurrent mandate to the archbishop of Patras (Patracen.), the bishop of Tarazona (Tirasonem.), and the official of Durham. Hodie dilecto filio. [2½ pp.] | |
| 17 Kal. April. (16 March.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 220v.) |
Exemplification, at the petition of Alexander Lee, rector of the parish church of St. Nicholas, Calais (in Calesiis), in the diocese of Térouane (Morinem.), from the register of pope Boniface, called in his obedience Boniface IX, of the letters of that pope: Univ. Christifidelibus … Licet etc., dated at St. Peter's, Rome, 4 Kal. Sept. anno 13 [29 Aug. 1402], granting in perpetuity to all who, being penitent and having confessed, visited the said church and the chapel of the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ therein on Good Friday (fn. 18) and the two days immediately following, and gave alms for their repair or conservation, the same indulgence as is gained by those who visit the church of St. Mary de Portiuncula alias de Angelis without the walls of Assisi on 1 and 2 August; with indult to the rector of the said church and five other priests, secular or regular, appointed by him with the consent of the wardens (fn. 19) thereof, to hear confessions on the said days, dispense on account of irregularity, and commute vows of pilgrimage or abstinence, and grant absolution, enjoining a salutary penance, except in cases reserved to the apostolic see; the said indulgence to be gained also by those who, being penitent and having confessed, and being lawfully prevented, sent their alms by others, as if they made the said visit in person. Ad fut. rei mem. Provisionis nostre. [2 pp.] |
| 7 Id. March. (9 March.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 222r.) |
Union, for the lifetime only of John Morton, archdeacon of Norwi[c]h in the church of Norwich, doctor of laws (who is a counsellor of Edward, king of England, and one of the masters in chancery of the said king, and keeper of books, rolls and records, and who holds by papal dispensation the said archdeaconry of Norwich and that of Chester in the church of Coventry and Lichfield, non-major elective dignities with cure), of the said archdeaconries to one another. Ad fut. rei mem. Ex iniuncto nobis. [1¼ pp.] |
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Ibid. (f. 225r.) |
To Thomas Onstebi, rector of the parish church of Ueston super more [sic] (fn. 20) in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Dispensation to receive and retain for life, etc., as above, f. 36v. Vite etc. [14/5 pp.] |
| 3 Id. March. (13 March.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 229r.) |
To David Ocayssid, rector of the parish church of Motston in the diocese of Winchester. Dispensation to him (who was formerly dispensed by papal authority on account of illegitimacy, as the son of a priest of the order of St. John of Jerusalem and an unmarried woman, to be promoted to all, even holy orders, and hold a benefice even with cure, in virtue of which he was so promoted and obtained the rectory of the parish church of Mo[t]ston in the diocese of Winchester, value 12l. sterling), to receive and retain for life, etc., as above, f. 36v. Vite etc. [2 pp.] |
| 1475. 3 Kal. April. (30 March.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 237v.) |
To Thomas Goldwegge, perpetual chaplain, called a chantry priest, (fn. 21) at the altar of St. Stephen situate in the church of Wells. Dispensation to receive and retain for life with the said perpetual chaplaincy, called a chantry, (fn. 22) with cure and value 6 marks sterling, any other benefice etc., as above, f. 36v. Vite etc. [2¾ pp.] |
| 1474. Prid. Non. Nov. (4 Nov.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 244r.) |
To George Wode, rector of the parish church of St. John, Cranfyld, in the diocese of Lincoln, bachelor of decrees. Dispensation to receive and retain for life, etc., as ibid. Litterarum etc. [2 pp. +] |
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Ibid. (f. 252v.) |
To Thomas Gowrton, perpetual vicar of the parish church of St. Guthlac, Eyton, in the diocese of Lincoln. The like. Vite etc. [2 pp. +] |
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Ibid. (f. 253v.) |
To William Phelip, perpetual vicar of the parish church of St. Mary the Virgin, Kerdiff, in the diocese of Llandaff, S.T.B. The like. Litterarum etc. [2 pp.] |
De Vacantibus.
De Diversis.
| 1475. 3 Id. June. (11 June.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 288r.) |
To the abbot of St. Mary's Carrigillihy (de Fontevivo) in the diocese of Ross. Mandate, as below. The recent petition of Dermit Ygyllagymayn, precentor (fn. 23) of Ross, contained that although there belong to the said church divers goods, tithes and obventions, which from of old have been appointed for its fabric and its repair and maintenance, nevertheless, through the neglect of those who have had the administration or keeping (fn. 24) of the said goods and the burden of the repair of the said fabric, the buildings of the said church, especially the roof, have fallen into such great ruin that when it rains the water comes through the roof and floods the church, except only the high altar, (fn. 25) and that divers holders of dignities in the said church and certain other persons of the diocese of Ross appropriate to themselves the said tithes and obventions, etc.; and added that if the administration of the said goods were committed to some upright, faithful and devout person, the said goods would be recovered from those who detain them, and that the said fabric could be repaired and maintained therewith, etc. The pope, therefore, at the petition of the said Dermit (who, as he alleges, intends to devote himself to the said repair), praying the pope to commit to him the administration of the said goods for life, and appoint him perpetual administrator thereof, the pope hereby orders the above abbot to summon the bishop and chapter of Ross and others concerned, and if he find the foregoing to be true, to commit the said administration to the said Dermit for life, with power to exact and recover the said goods from any detainers, and convert them to the use of the said fabric, and to appoint him perpetual administrator of them. Inter curas innumeras. [1⅓ pp.] |
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| 1475. 11 Kal. Aug. (22 July.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 293r.) |
To John, [bishop] elect of Lismore and Waterford. Dispensation to hold in commendam for life with the united churches of Lismore and Waterford, provision of which the pope recently made to him, and the fruits etc. of which are too slight for his maintenance etc., his parish church of Bawdrop in the diocese of Bath and Wells (the pope hereby decreeing that it has not and shall not become void by the said provision and by the consecration which is to be conferred on him, etc.), and one other benefice with or without cure, wont to be held by secular clerks, and to resign them, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases. Personam tuam. [21/5 pp.] |
| 10 Kal. Sept. (23 Aug.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 315v.) |
To Richard Blake, a monk of St. Mary's, Conventre, (fn. 26) O.S.B., in the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield. Dispensation to receive and retain any benefice with or without cure, wont to be held by secular clerks and dependent on the said monastery or any other monastery of any order, even if a parish church etc., and to resign it, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases. Religionis zelus, vite etc. [11/5 pp.] |