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 762: 1475-1476', in Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 13, 1471-1484, (London, 1955) pp. 495-507. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-papal-registers/brit-ie/vol13/pp495-507 [accessed 24 April 2024]
In this section
Lateran Regesta, Vol. DCCLXII. (fn. 1)
5 Sixtus IV.
De Diversis.
| 1475[–6]. 3 Id. March. (13 March.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 9v.) |
To Hugh, abbot of Stratford, O. Cist., in the diocese of London. Dispensation to receive and retain for life with the said monastery, even in titulum, any benefice with or without cure, secular or regular of the said or any other order, even (if secular) a parish church etc., or (if regular) a priory etc., and to resign it, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases. Personam tuam. [1⅓ pp.] |
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| 1476. Id. May. (15 May.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 14r.) |
To Walter FytzSymonde, precentor of Dublin, bachelor of decrees. Dispensation to receive and retain for life with the said precentorship, which is a non-major non-elective dignity, one other benefice, or without the said precentorship 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. Litterarum scientia, vite ac morum. [2 pp.] |
| 4 Non. May. (4 May.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 21r.) |
To William Schewes, archdeacon of St. Andrews, O.S.A., M.A. Indult for life to him, who is a councillor of James, king of Scots, to visit by deputy the churches etc. of the said archdeaconry, which is wont to be held by secular clerks, even one, two or more a day, etc., and to receive the procurations in ready money, provided that they do not exceed 30 [gros] tournois of silver a day, 12 to the gold florin of Florence. Meruit tue devotionis sinceritas. |
| Concurrent mandate to the abbots of Kalko and Gedriortht [sic], and the provost of Crethton, in the diocese of St. Andrews. Hodie dilecto filio. [2 pp.] | |
| 12 Kal. June. (21 May.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 50r.) |
To Richard Wakefeld, a canon of the priory of St. Catherine without the suburbs of the city of Lincoln, O. Semp. Dispensation, as below. He was recently dispensed by the pope to receive and retain for life with or without the said priory, which he was then holding, any benefice with or without cure, wont to be held by secular clerks, even if a parish church etc., and to resign it, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleased. The pope now dispenses him (who, having resigned the said priory, has obtained and holds in virtue of the said dispensation the perpetual vicarage of the parish church of Bracebryg, Lincoln) to receive and retain for life with the said vicarage any other benefice, and, if he resign the said vicarage any two other benefices, with or without cure, wont to be held by secular clerks, even if such benefices with cure be parish churches etc., or if they and such benefices without cure be chantries etc., and to resign them, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases, etc. Religionis etc. [1½ pp.] |
| 3 Non. June. (3 June.) S. Maria Maggiore, Rome. (f. 59v.) |
To John Cele alias Crystemnas (? recte Crystenmas), a monk of St. Peter's, Westminster, O.S.B., in the diocese of London. Dispensation to receive and retain for life with his place and monk's portion of the said monastery any benefice with or without cure, wont to be ruled by secular clerks, even if a parish church etc., and to resign it, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases. Religionis etc. [2/3 p.] |
| 7 Id. July. (9 July.) Amelia. (f. 72v.) |
To John Strete, rector of the parish church of St. George, Henton, in the diocese of Bath and Wells, M.A. Dispensation to receive and retain for life with the said church one other benefice, or without that church any two other benefices, with cure or otherwise incompatible, even if two parish churches etc., or dignities etc., and to resign them, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases. Litterarum etc. [14/5 pp.] |
| 1475[–6]. 5 Id. Feb. (9 Feb.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 78r.) |
To the bishop of Rochester, the dean of Hereford and Richard Jacson, a canon of the same. Mandate, as below. The recent petition of John William, a canon of St. Davids, contained that Lewis ap Owen, archdeacon of Cardigan in St. Davids, has despoiled him of the office of the mastership of the New College of St. Mary by the church of St. Davids, which he had canonically obtained and was holding in peace, and of certain fruits etc. belonging to him by reason of the said office. The pope therefore, at the said petition, orders the above three to summon the said Lewis and others concerned, hear both sides, and decide what is just, without appeal, causing their decision to be observed by ecclesiastical censure. Humilibus etc. [¾ p.] |
| 10 Kal. March. (21 Feb.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 85r.) |
To the abbot of St. Mary's, Abbeygormacan (de Vianova), in the diocese of Clonfert, the archdeacon of Clonfert, and Magonius Omollaly, a canon of the same. Mandate, as below. The pope lately (upon being informed by Donald Okaly, a canon of the monastery of St. Mary, Clontuasgertaomane, O.S.A., in the diocese of Clonfert, that Donatus Okellay, prior of the monastery of St. Mary, Clontuasgertaomane, O.S.A., in the diocese of Clonfert, was so far wanting in regular care and diligence, and so much unmindful of his profession and honour that [he allowed] the canons to live separately and have their own property, and that, having been suspended, and denounced as such, he had celebrated masses and other divine offices, wittingly and (fn. 2) in contempt of the Keys), ordered the abbot of St. Mary's, Knockmoy (Collis victorie), in the diocese of Tuam, and David Walsh (Valenci) and William Olachanayn, canons of Tuam (inasmuch as from fear of Donatus's power the said Donald had no hope of obtaining justice in the city and (fn. 3) diocese of Clonfert), if Donald would accuse Donatus before them, to summon the latter, and if they found the foregoing to be true, to deprive and remove him, and in that event to collate and assign the said priory to Donald [above, p. 461]. At the recent petition of Donatus (containing that in the said letters Donald did not mention that he had otherwise accused Donatus of certain other crimes, and had failed to prove them, wherefore Donatus had been acquitted, and that, whereas Donald falsely alleged that from fear of the said Donatus he had no hope of obtaining justice in the city or diocese of Clonfert, and had therefore impetrated judges outside that diocese, the truth is that he is as powerful as the said prior in the prosecution of his right, and is one of the canons of the said monastery who against the monition of the said prior tries to possess property of his own, (fn. 4) the pope hereby orders the above three to inhibit the said abbot, David and William from proceeding further in the said cause until the above three have taken cognizance of the surreptitiousness of the said letters, and moreover, if, after summoning Donald and others concerned, they find the foregoing to be true, to declare the said letters surreptitious and invalid, and the processes held in virtue of them null and void. Justis supplicum votis. (At the end: A. xx. Pridie Non. Martii anno quinto. de Petra.) [14/5 pp.] |
| 1475. 7 Kal. Nov. (26 Oct.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 95r.) |
To the archbishop of York. Mandate, at the recent petition of John Tonstall, scholar, of the diocese of York, who is in his fifteenth year and is illegitimate, being the son of an unmarried nobleman and an unmarried woman, to dispense him, if found fit, etc., as soon as he attains his eighteenth year, and after he has been made a clerk, to receive and retain for life any compatible benefices of any number and kind, with and without cure, and to resign them, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases, notwithstanding the said defects, etc. Ex parte dilecti filii. [11/5 pp.] |
| 1476. 5 Kal. May. (27 April.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 97r.) |
To George Fytzhugh, clerk, of the diocese of York. Dispensation to him, who is of noble birth and a kinsman of Edward, king of England, and who is in his fifteenth year, to receive and retain as soon as he attains his sixteenth year any benefice with cure, even if a parish church etc., or a dignity, etc., and to resign it, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases. Nobilitas generis, vite etc. [1½ pp.] |
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Ibid. (f. 99v.) |
Statute and decree in perpetuity that all faithful of both sexes who, being penitent and having confessed, visit on the Ascension of our Lord, the feast of St. Stephen the Protomartyr and on the commemoration of All Souls’, (fn. 5) from the first to the second vespers of the said Ascension and feast, the chapel of St. Mary the Virgin, vulgarly called [the chapel] de la Puwe in the collegiate church of St. Stephen the Protomartyr within the king's place of Westminister, in the diocese of London (to which Anthony Wydeville, earl of Rivieres, brother of Elizabeth queen of England, and other faithful of those parts have a singular devotion), and give alms for its maintenance, etc., shall gain an indulgence of fifteen years and as many quarantines for each of the said three days, and that the souls for whom masses shall be celebrated in the said chapel shall gain the indulgence which is gained by the souls of the departed for whom masses are celebrated in the chapel called [the chapel] of St. Mary de Scala dei in the church, or without the church, of the Cistercian monastery of St. Anastasius without the walls of Rome. If similar indulgence, not yet expired, have been granted by the present pope, the present letters shall be null and void. Ad perp. rei mem. Gloriosi principis. [1¾ pp.] |
| 3 Id. July. (13 July.) Amelia. (f. 101r.) |
To Richard Todegill, rector of a moiety of the parish church of Thuveyng (i.e. Thweyng) in the diocese of York, bachelor of civil law. (fn. 6) Dispensation to receive and retain for life with the said moiety any one other benefice, or without the said moiety any two other benefices, with cure etc., as above, f. 72v. Litterarum etc. [2 pp.] |
| 1476. 7 Id. July. (9 July.) Amelia. (f. 102r.) |
To Paul Conyton, perpetual vicar of the parish church of Mildenhale in the diocese of Norwich, M.A. The like, mutatis mutandis. Litterarum etc. [2 pp.] |
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Ibid. (f. 103r.) |
To Thomas Bedford, rector of the parish church of Lubbenham in the diocese of Lincoln, S.T.M. Indult for life to take the fruits etc. of his said church and of the perpetual vicarage of the parish church of Scardeburgh in the diocese of York, and any other his benefices, whilst studying letters in an university, or residing in the Roman court or some honest and religious place or one of his benefices, and not to be bound to reside, and to let or farm them etc. to any persons, clerks or laymen, for periods of two years only. Litterarum etc. |
| Concurrent mandate to the officials of Lincoln, Durham and York. Hodie dilecto filio. [3 pp. +] | |
| 3 Non. July. (5 July.) Amelia. (f. 105v.) |
To Richard Geli, rector of the parish church of St. Mary de Sancta Brigida, (fn. 7) in the diocese of St. Davids, I.U.B. Dispensation, as below. The pope lately dispensed him to receive and retain for life with the said church (fn. 8) any other benefice, and without that church 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 pleased. The pope now dispenses him (who in virtue of the said dispensation holds with the said church of St. Mary the parish church of St. David, Huberston, in the said diocese, which he obtained by a collation made by authority of the ordinary) to receive and retain for life with the said churches of St. Mary and St. David, or with other two benefices in virtue of the said dispensation, any other third benefice with cure or otherwise incompatible, even if a parish church etc., or a dignity, etc., and to resign it, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases, provided that not more than two of such three benefices be parish churches, etc. Litterarum etc. [2¼ pp.] |
| 1475. 8 Id. Dec. (6 Dec.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 108r.) |
To the archdeacon of Clyveland in the church of York. Mandate, as below. The recent petition of Peter Hollard, (fn. 9) a canon of the priory of Bridlington, O.S.A., in the diocese of York, contained that formerly, being old and feeble, he resigned the said priory to the ordinary, who made collation and provision of it, thus void, to Robert Gristwyk [cf. below], a canon professed of the same, granting and assigning to the said Peter a house situate within the bounds of the said priory and built by the late Robert Wylly, sometime prior, and another house vulgarly called the ‘Alymhous’ for storing his fuel (the said houses to be enjoyed, inhabited and possessed by him for life, in such wise, however, that he should see to the repair of the said houses), and likewise bread, ale, meat and other things needful for the mensa of himself and his household, in quantity and number then expressed, to be ministered to him, likewise for life, by the said Robert Bristwyk, the present prior, and his successors, (fn. 10) as is more fully contained in certain authentic letters fortified with the seal of the said ordinary. At the petition, therefore, of the said Peter and of the said Robert Bristwyk, the pope orders the above archdeacon, if the facts be so, to approve and confirm the said grant and assignment and, as far as they concern the same, all and singular the contents of the said letters, and their consequences. Religionis zelus, vite etc. [1½ pp.] |
| 1475[–6.] 3 Id. March. (13 March.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 121r.) |
To the bishop of Emly, the archdeacon of Cashel, and the official of Cloyne (Clonen.). Mandate, as below. The recent petition of James Lang, a citizen of Limerick, contained that the perpetual vicars in the church of Limerick, alleging that he was bound to pay them a certain yearly cess from a certain possession of his, and that he had for some time ceased to pay it and was wrongfully refusing to pay it, seized without any previous inquiry, and without any judicial authority, but by their own temerity, a certain horse belonging to him, and usurped it in payment of the said cess; that because he took and recovered the said horse in a house of theirs, the late John, bishop of Limerick, perhaps alleging that the said James had thereby incurred sentence of excommunication, monished and ordered him at the instance of the said vicars, likewise without previous inquiry, and, although he had no proof of the truth of the foregoing, and could have no such proof, at least lawfully, monished and ordered him, under pain of excommunication, without any previous lawful inquiry and without fixing any certain time, to restore forthwith the said horse to the said vicars; that although the said James with his lawyers petitioned the bishop to have a competent term appointed to him by the bishop for deliberation, within which he could allege why he was not bound to obey the said mandate and monition, or inform himself whether he were bound to make restitution, the said bishop unduly refused to do so, wherefore he appealed to the apostolic see; that the said bishop, in contempt of the said appeal (not being ignorant thereof, and the said James being well within the time for prosecuting it), declared him to have incurred sentence of excommunication, and ordered him to be publicly proclaimed excommunicate; that in the matter of the said appeal the said James, with the consent of the proctors of both parties, obtained papal letters to the bishop and the dean of Emly, but on account of the death of his proctor on the journey, they could not be presented to the said judges within a year; that after he had the said letters, he caused the said vicars in virtue thereof to be summoned before the late William, bishop of Emly and the late Donatus, dean of the said church, before whom he alleged why, having been detained by a lawful impediment, he had not prosecuted his said appeal within the due time, wherefore it was not deserted, but that they, rejecting the said allegations, at least tacitly, by an unjust sentence declared the said appeal to be deserted, unduly confirming the process made by the said bishop of Limerick in the said cause, wherefore the said James has appealed anew to the said see; that, believing the said sentence of excommunication to be unjust, and that it does not bind him, he did not prosecute the said last appeal within the lawful time, and has taken part in the communion of the faithful and in divine offices; and that from the time of the commission of the said last appeal a period of about twenty years has elapsed, and from the time of the first about twenty-two years. At the petition, therefore, of the said James, who states that (as is alleged by the said vicars and by others) he is bound by the said sentence of excommuncation, and that in the prosecution of the said first appeal he was imprisoned for more than two months, and that after he was liberated from prison he was in the prosecution of the said second appeal gravely wounded and captured, that in the cause of the said first appeal the said bishop and dean of Emly assigned to him a place which was unsafe on account of the warlike disturbances which flourish in those parts, and that, fearing similar or worse evils, he has put off coming in person to the Roman court in order to prosecute his said last appeal, and has been constantly occupied until now on account of the fear which could befall a brave man, (fn. 11) and that a certain proctor who had been sent by him to the said [Roman] court in the prosecution of the said last appeal has left him undefended, (fn. 12) the pope hereby orders the above three to summon the said vicars and others concerned, and if they find the foregoing to be true, to restore the said James against the lapse of the said time, and to the prosecution of the said appeals, and to restore him to his pristine state, as if he had lawfully prosecuted the said appeals within the due times, and thereupon grant him ad cautelam absolution from the said sentence of excommunication, hear both sides, taking congnizance of the principal matter also, and decide what is just, without appeal, causing their decision to be observed by ecclesiastical censure. Humilibus etc. [3 pp.] |
| 6 Non. March. (2 March.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 124r.) |
Exemplification from the register of Paul II, at the recent petition of Robert Ykaeally, rector of the rectory of the place called the church of the fee of Inysmori, (fn. 13) in the diocese of Killaloe, of the letters Apostolice sedis indefessa clementia, addressed to the archbishop of Kalocza (Colocen.), the abbot of the monastery of SS. Peter and Paul the Apostles de Forgio alias de Clar, in the diocese of Killaloe, and Denis Odeayd, a canon of Killaloe, and dated at St. Mark's, Rome, 1470, 10 Kal. March [20 Feb., 1470/1], anno 7, setting forth the petition of Robert Ykaeally, rector of the rectory of the place called the church of the fee of Inysmore, (fn. 14) in the said diocese, containing that on the parish church of Cloyndagat in the diocese of Killaloe becoming void by Pius II's promotion of Thady [now] bishop, then elect of Killaloe, to that church, and by the consecration administered to him at the apostolic see by order of the said pope Pius, the said bishop made a de facto collation and provision by his ordinary authority to the said Robert, who under pretext thereof took possession of the said parish church, and has detained it for about ten years, taking the fruits, likewise de facto. The said collation and provision being without force, and the said parish church being still void and reserved to the pope, under Boniface VIII's reservation to himself and the apostolic see of all benefices then void and to become void at the said see, pope Paul hereby orders the above three to collate and assign the said parish church, value not exceeding 8 marks sterling, to the said Robert, whether it be void as above, or by the resignation of the said bishop or that of Dermit Miczillapadryg, or be void in any other way; notwithstanding that he holds the said rectory, without cure and value not exceeding 2 marks sterling. Before they proceed to execution of these presents, he is to resign to them the said parish church. |
| Pope Sixtus further decrees that the present exemplification shall everywhere have the same force as the said original letters. Ad fut. rei mem. Prouisionis nostre. [3 pp. The bull of Paul II does not occur in Cal., Vol. XII, so that it would appear that the register from which it is exemplified is one of those which no longer exist. See, however, Vol. cit., pp. 617–2.] | |
| 1476. 14 Kal. May. (18 April.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 133v.) |
To the bishop of St. Asaph. Mandate, as below. The recent petition of John Traffordi, knight, of the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield, contained that upon John Ayssheton, knight, and Edmund Ayssheton, donsel, of the said diocese, falsely reporting to the bishop of the said diocese that the said John Traffordi had committed adultery and fornication with Margery Plette [sic, cf. f. 134r], mulier, of the said diocese, the said bishop, both ex officio and at the said false report, enjoined on him a public penance, and imposed on him certain other excessive penalties, and monished and ordered him, under certain penalties, to perform the said public penance and penalties, from which monition and mandate, etc. he appealed to the apostolic see, and subsequently petitioned the pope to commit the causes of the said appeal, of the principal matter, and of the nullity of the said bishop's proceedings, to some upright man (fn. 15) in those parts. The pope therefore hereby orders the above bishop to summon the said bishop, John, and Edmund, and others concerned, hear both sides and, taking cognizance of the principal matter also, decide what is just, without appeal, causing their decision to be observed by the said bishop by the pope's authority, and by the others by ecclesiastical censure. Humilibus etc. [1⅓ pp.] |
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Ibid. (f. 134r.) |
To the same. The recent petition of Margery Platte, mulier, of the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield, contained that when under age and constrained by reasonable fear, (fn. 16) she de facto contracted marriage per verba de presenti with Thurstan Platte, layman, of the said diocese, related to her in a prohibited degree; that as soon as she could, when the said fear ceased, she publicly repudiated the contract of the said marriage, and left the said Thurstan, and requested John, bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, and his official to cite the said Thurstan before them to see the said marriage decreed and declared by them to have been null; that they refused to hear her in the matter, and that the said bishop, untruly alleging that Margery, sinning against the law of such marriage, had committed adultery with John Trafford, knight, of the said diocese, without citing or monishing her, at least lawfully, de facto suspended her from entering church, and excommunicated her, and caused her to be publicly proclaimed as such, (fn. 17) wherefore she appealed to the apostolic see, and subsequently petitioned the pope to order her to be absolved ad cautelam from the said sentence, and to commit the causes of the said appeal and the principal matter, and of the nullity of the said bishop's proceedings, to some upright men in those parts. The pope, therefore, hereby orders the above bishop to summon the said Thurstan and others concerned, grant to the said Margery ad cautelam absolution from the said sentence, and, for the rest, to hear both sides, taking cognizance of the principal matter also, and decide what is canonical, without appeal, causing his decision to be observed by ecclesiastical censure. Humilibus etc. [1⅓ pp.] |
| 1475[–6]. 6 Non. March. (2 March.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 158r.) |
Confirmation, as below. The recent petition of John Chawmyr, priest, of the diocese of Brechin, contained that formerly William, bishop of Orkney, with consent of the chapter, granted to him in consideration of the services which he had rendered to the said bishop and the church of Orkney, a yearly pension for life of three measures of wheat called caldrons, and one hogshead of wine of the yearly rent of the burgh of Abirdene or the farms of the waters of the places of Dee and Done, due yearly by the provost and baillies of the said burgh to the episcopal mensa of the said church, from which the said bishop commonly received 100s. of the usual money of Scotland, the said pension to be received by the said John from the said provost and baillies or any other officers etc. of the said burgh by whom the said pension or sum had been wont to be paid, (fn. 18) as is said to be more fully contained in the authentic letters of the said bishop and chapter, fortified with their seals. At the petition of the said John, who alleges that the said pension does not exceed a yearly value of 3l. sterling, the pope hereby confirms the said grant. Ad fut. rei mem. Ea que per ecclesiarum prelatos. [1⅓ pp.] |
| 1476. Prid. Non Aug. (4 Aug.) Narni. (f. 179r.) |
To Laurence, late bishop of Durham, archbishop-elect of York. Informing him that the pope is sending him the pallium by Laurence's envoy, Thomas Candour, a canon of Lincoln, doctor [of decrees], (fn. 19) a subdeacon of the pope, to be assigned to him by the bishops of Coventry and Lichfield and Exeter, who (or one of them) is to receive from him the usual oath of fealty, etc. Cum palium insigne. [2/3 p.] |
|
Ibid. (f. 179v.) |
To the bishops of Coventry and Lichfield and Exeter. Mandate to assign the pallium and receive the oath, as in the preceding, and to send the form of oath taken to the pope, etc. Cum palium insigne. [½ p. +] |
| 6 Kal. July. (26 June.) Amelia. (f. 180r.) |
To the abbot of Glastonbury (Glastonie) and the prior of Montacute, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Mandate etc., as below. The recent petition of all the inhabitants near the chapel of Bekynell situate within the bounds of the parish church of Staple, in the diocese of Bath and Wells, contained that the said chapel is about two miles distant from the said church, and that on account of floods etc. the bodies of the dead and infants to be baptized cannot easily be taken thither, nor women go thither to be churched. The pope therefore orders the above two to summon the rector of the said church and others concerned, and if they find the foregoing to be true, to grant licence to the said inhabitants to have a cemetery constructed at the said chapel, and have it consecrated by some catholic bishop in communion with the apostolic see, and have burials therein; have a baptismal font set up in the said chapel and holy chrism and oil for the sick kept there, and have the children born within the bounds of the chapel baptized therein, and women living within the said bounds churched. In the event of their doing so, the pope hereby grants indult to the chaplain of the said chapel to administer all the sacraments wont to be administered by the said rector. Ex iniuncto nobis. [12/3 pp.] |
| 7 Kal. Aug. (26 July.) Narni. (f. 186r.) |
To John Peerson, perpetual vicar of the parish church of Kenyngton in the diocese of Canterbury. Dispensation to receive and retain for life with the said vicarage one other benefice, or without the said vicarage any two other benefices, with cure etc., as above, f. 14r. Vite etc. [1½ pp.] |
| 4 Id. Aug. (10 Aug.) Narni. (f. 187r.) |
To John Lokhart, priest, of the diocese of Glasgow. Reservation, as below. His recent petition contained that in order to put an end to the litigation which was pending between David Luyrdalle, archdeacon of Dunkeld, and William Elphinston about the said archdeaconry, and in order that the said David might remain in it in peace, the said John has resigned the treasurership of Dunblane to the present bishop, who made collation and provision of it to the said William, who has obtained possession. The pope therefore reserves to the said John a yearly pension for life of 10l. of the money current in the realm of Scotland, making about 10l. petits tournois, on the fruits etc. of the parish church of Telyn [in the diocese of Dunkeld], which is united to the said archdeaconry, the value of which fruits etc. does not exceed 28l. sterling a year, making about 200l. petits tournois, the said pension to be paid by the said David (who has consented by his proctor, Alexander Ruch, a canon regular of Carmbusbuskinich [sic], O.S.A., in the diocese of St. Andrews) and his successors, at Edynburcht, half at Whitsuntide and half at St. Martin's in winter; with the usual sanctions for non-payment, etc. Vite etc. |
| Concurrent mandate to the archbishop of Patras, the bishop of Glasgow, and the official of Dunkeld. Hodie dilecto filio. [3 pp.] | |
| 1475[–6]. 6 Non. March. (2 March.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 193r.) |
To Giles Boys, clerk, of the diocese of St. Andrews, M.A. Dispensation to him, (to whom the pope has this day granted provision of the perpetual vicarage of the parish church of Aberkirdor in the diocese of Moray), to receive the said vicarage and with it one other benefice, and without it any two other benefices, with cure etc., as above, f. 14r., and to retain them for life, and resign etc. as ibid. Litterarum etc. [1¾ pp.] |
| 1476. 15 Kal. June. (18 May.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 210r.) |
Constitution forbidding, under eo ipso pain of excommunication and anathema, the accusing and indicting of ecclesiastics in England and Wales before secular judges, imprisoning them or compelling them to sell, let or resign their goods, pensions, tithes, etc. Ad perp. rei mem. Officii pastoralis cura. [2 pp. + Wilkins, Concilia, III, p. 609. Cf. The last item but two of the supplicationes cleri factae praelatis … super certis reformationis habendis, in the Convocation of the preceding 23 Jan.–25 Feb., 1475/6, ibid. See also ibid., pp. 583, 614, 616, 617.] (fn. 20) |
| 1476. 5 Non. May. (3 May.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 248r.) |
To the archbishop of York, the abbot of Louth Park (de Parcoludo) in the diocese of Lincoln, and the prior of St. Andrews without the walls of York. Mandate, as below. The recent petition of the inhabitants of the vills called the hamlets of Lead and Cokesforth, in the diocese of York, contained that the rector of the parish church of Ruather in the said diocese is by ancient and hitherto observed custom bound (inasmuch as the said vills are distant eight miles of those parts from the said church, and as there are two rivers between them and it), to have in the chapel of the said vill of Lead, which is within the bounds of the said church, masses and other divine offices celebrated by a fit priest personally residing at the said chapel, and the sacraments administered to the said inhabitants by the same priest, certain rents being assigned to him [the rector] for the purpose, but that the present rector, who has received the said rents yearly without diminution, has unjustly refused and still refuses to have masses celebrated and the sacraments administered by such resident priest, etc. At the petition, therefore, of the said inhabitants for the commission by the pope of the cause which they intend to bring against the said present rector to some upright men of those parts, the pope hereby orders the above three to summon the said rector, hear both sides, and decide what is just, without appeal, causing their decision to be observed by ecclesiastical censure. Humilibus supplicum votis. [1½ pp.] |
| 8 Kal. June. (25 May.) S. Maria Maggiore, Rome. (f. 281r.) |
Appropriation, as below. The recent petition of Robert, abbot of Jiddworth, O.S.A., in the diocese of Glasgow, contained that the fruits etc. of his abbatial mensa are on account of wars etc. so slender, not exceeding in value 50l. sterling a year, that he cannot therewith keep up his abbatial dignity, etc. The pope therefore, at the said petition, appropriates in perpetuity to the said mensa the priory of Rostanet of the said order, in the diocese of St. Andrews, which is not conventual nor a dignity, depends on the said monastery, and the disposal of which at voidance belongs by ancient custom to the abbot thereof, and the yearly value of which does not exceed 40l. sterling, even if it be elective and have cure. Ad perp. rei mem. Pastoralis officii debitum. [14/5 pp.] |