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Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 13, 1471-1484. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1955.

'Lateran Regesta 764: 1476', in Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 13, 1471-1484, (London, 1955) pp. 510-518. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-papal-registers/brit-ie/vol13/pp510-518 [accessed 25 April 2024]

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

5 Sixtus IV.

De Beneficiis Vacantibus.



1475[–6]. 8 Id. March. (8 March.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 9r.)	To the abbot of St. Mary's, O'Dorney (de Kyryeleyson), and the prior of St. Augustine's, Inisfallen, in the diocese of Ardfert, and John Fismoris, chancellor of Ardfert. Mandate to collate and assign to Thomas Micneil alias Ybigoneayn (?), (fn. 2) priest, of the diocese of Ardfert (who is of noble birth, and who holds the perpetual vicarage of the parish church of Ka[t]hyrbrisleaym (fn. 3)alias Ynysdasliabog in the said diocese), the perpetual vicarage of the parish church of Kildacom in the said diocese, value 6 marks sterling, so long void that there is no certain knowledge of the mode of its voidance, and that its collation has lapsed to the apostolic see, although Donald Oneachtin, priest, has detained possession of it for between about six and eight years, without any title; summoning and removing the said Donald. The pope hereby dispenses the said Thomas to retain with it for life the said vicarage of Cathyrbrisleayn [value not stated], and to resign them, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases, for two other incompatible benefices, even if parish churches etc. Nobilitas generis, vite ac morum. [3½ pp.]
Ibid. (f. 12r.)	To the prior of St. Mary's, Dungemyn, in the diocese of Derry (Deren.), and Patrick Omergay and Cornelius Ocernalan, canons of Derry. Mandate to collate and assign to Cormac Omulcahan, scholar, of the diocese of Armagh (who is illegitimate, being the son of a priest and an unmarried woman), after he has been made a clerk, a canonry of Armagh and the prebend [de] Balecluyc therein, value 8 marks sterling, so long void that their collation has lapsed to the apostolic see, although Donald Occullean, a canon of the said church, has detained them for between one and three years without any title, from fear of whose power the said Cormac cannot safely meet him in the city or diocese of Armagh; summoning and removing the said Donald. The pope hereby dispenses the said Cormac to be made a clerk, and to receive and retain the said canonry and prebend, notwithstanding the said defect, etc. Laudabilia probitatis. (At the end. Jo. Gratis pro deo. Quinto Kal. Maii anno quinto. Gerona.) [2½ pp.]

De Diversis Formis.



1476. Id. May. (15 May.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 141v.)	To Thomas Candour alias Condouer, rector of the parish church of Pympern (fn. 4) in the diocese of Salisbury, doctor of decrees. Dispensation, as below. Eugenius IV dispensed him to receive and retain for life with the perpetual vicarage of the parish church of Bassechirch (fn. 5) in the diocese of Coventry, any benefice with cure or otherwise incompatible, even if another parish church etc., or a dignity etc., and to resign them, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleased, as is contained in letters of Nicholas V, pope Eugenius having died before his letters were drawn up [Cal. Papal Lett., Vol. X, p. 101, and cf. ibid. pp. 113–4]. The pope now dispenses him (who is also a bachelor of civil law, (fn. 6) is a chaplain of Edward, king of England and his mother, and was a chamberlain of Eugenius IV and Nicholas V [see ibid., p. 274], and in virtue of the said dispensation holds the parish churches of Pympern in the diocese of Salisbury and St. Antholin, London) to receive and retain for life with the said churches, or with two other incompatible benefices held by him in virtue of the said dispensation, any other benefice with cure or otherwise incompatible, even if a dignity, etc., and to resign them, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases, etc.; with indult, in the event of such third benefice being a regular benefice requiring the regular habit and profession, not to be bound to receive such habit or make such profession, etc. Litterarum scientia, vite etc. [3½ pp.]
1476. 17 Kal. Aug. (16 July.) Amelia. (f. 164r.)	To John Olasci, Patrick Mackarmayc, and Donatus Macaed alias Odokcurtaydh, canons of Raphoe. Mandate, at the petition of Laurence, bishop of Raphoe (in order that he, who has for many (plures) years (fn. 7) been bishop thereof, and who has with great labour and expense come to the Roman court from Ireland to obtain absolution, may rule happily the people committed to him), to absolve the said bishop from any sentences of excommunication etc., and from his sins etc., enjoining a salutary penance, etc., rehabilitate him, dispense him on account of irregularity contracted, if any, and dispense him to minister in his orders, even holy and priest's orders, use the consecration which has been conferred on him, and exercise all offices both of order and Jurisdiction. Romani pontificis copiosa benignitas. [1 p.]
6 Non. May. (2 May.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 255r.)	To William Su(m)maister, rector of the parish church of Rewe in the diocese of Exeter, M.A. Dispensation to him, who is studying theology, 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 parish churches etc., or dignities etc., and to resign them, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases. Litterarum scientia, vite etc. [2 pp.—]
10 Kal. May. (22 April.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 255v.)	To Robert Sapcote, rector of the parish church of Turswey in the diocese of Lincoln. Dispensation to him, who is in subdeacon's orders, and is in his twenty-fourth year and of knightly birth, to receive and retain for life with the said church, value 20l. sterling, any other benefice etc., as in the preceding, notwithstanding the said defect, etc. Nobilitas generis, vite etc. [1²/3 pp.]
6 Kal. Aug. (27 July.) Narni. (f. 281r.)	To Thomas, bishop of Annaghdown, dwelling in the city of London. The recent petition of Alice Norwey, mulier, of the diocese of Worcester, contained that whereas John Walsh, layman, dwelling in the said diocese, contracted marriage with her per verba legitime de presenti, and, turning away therefrom, contracted and solemnized before the Church another marriage, or rather a concubinage, (fn. 8) with Alice Glover, also a mulier, of the diocese of York, the said Alice Norwey had recourse to Robert Carew, who had been appointed by John, then bishop of Worcester, to be judge called commissary in matrimonial causes in the district of the rural deanery of the town of Bristol, in which district the said John is dwelling, requesting the said commissary to order the said John to be cited before him to answer him in the matter of the validity of the marriage contracted by him with the said Alice Norwey, and the invalidity of that contracted with the said Alice Glover; and that, inasmuch as the said commissary refused to hear the said Alice Norwey, and administer justice to her, she appealed to the apostolic see, and has petitioned the pope to commit the cause of the said appeal and that of the principal matter to some upright man in those parts. The pope, therefore, hereby orders the above bishop to summon the said John and others concerned, 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. [1½ pp. At the end: Jo. xii. Gerona. Cassata et correcta prout jacet (? recte patet) propter nimiam correccionem (fn. 9)de mandato reuerendissimi domini Vicecancellarii, Sy(mon) Pat[ra]censis et Justin(opolitanus). For a corrected entry of the same mandate, see again below, f. 294r.]
7 Id. July. (9 July.) Amelia. (f. 282r.)	To the archpriest of Dromore, and Thomas Machbryan, a canon of the same. Mandate, as below. The recent petition of Patrick Megind [sic], clerk, of the diocese of Dromore, contained that Nicholas Ohegarthac, abbot of St. Congal's, Bangor, O.S.A., and Oliver Wals, prior of St. Patrick's, Down (de Duno), O.S.B., in the diocese of Down, and the convents of the same (fn. 10) have granted to farm to the said Patrick Magind, for the same annual pension as they have been wont to grant them to farm, even to laymen, the fruits etc. of the rectories of the parish churches of Cluandam, belonging to St. Congal's, and Drungualam, belonging to St. Patrick's, in the diocese of Dromore. The pope therefore, exemplifying Paul II's letters ‘Ad perp. rei mem. Cum in omnibus judiciis etc.’ [see above pp. 176, 181, 186, and notes], orders the above two to summon the said abbot and prior and others concerned, and, if they find that the said grants are to the evident utility of the said monasteries, to confirm and approve them, and moreover, pro potiori cautela, to grant the said fruits, etc. to the said Patrick. Ea que pro ecclesiarum. [1½ pp.]
3 Non. July. (5 July.) Amelia. (f. 287v.)	To William Herry, prior of the priory of St. Mary de Pulla, O.S.B., in the diocese of St. Davids. Dispensation to receive and retain in commendam for life with the said priory any other benefice with or without cure, wont to be governed by monks of the said order, even a secular benefice, or, without the said priory, any two benefices with or without cure, wont to be similarly governed, even if they be dignities, priories, etc., and even if one of them be a parish church etc., (one of such regular benefices being held in titulum, and such secular benefice in commendam), and to resign them, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases. (fn. 11)Religionis zelus, vite etc. [1½ pp.]
1475[–6]. 15 Kal. April. (18 March.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 289r.)	To Robert Huby, monk of the priory called the house of Holy Trinity, O.S.B., in the diocese of York. Dispensation to him, who is a priest, to receive and retain for life any benefice with or without cure, wont to be governed by secular clerks, even if a parish church etc., and to resign it, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases. Religionis etc. [1 p.]
1476. 6 Id. July. (10 July.) Amelia. (f. 289v.) (fn. 12)	To John Peion, perpetual vicar of the parish church of the place of Shorne in the diocese of Rochester. Dispensation to receive and retain for life with the said vicarage any one other benefice etc., as above, f. 255r. Vite etc. [1²/3 pp.]
9 Kal. Aug. (24 July.) Narni. (f. 291v.)	To the bishop of Worcester. Faculty to confer the office of notary public on William Frowcetur, clerk, of the diocese of Worcester, bachelor in laws, married to one wife, a virgin, if he have completed his twenty-fifth year and be found fit after examination; with the form of oath appended. Ne contractuum. [½ p.]
14 Kal. Aug. (19 July.) Narni. (f. 292r.)	To the dean of London. Mandate, as below. The recent petition of William Stiward, a canon of London, contained that (after the renewal by Martin V and Paul II of all sentences etc. by their predecessors against simoniacs), upon the voidance in a certain way extra R.c. of the parish church, called the rectory, of Wrenthin (recte Wrenth[a]m) in the diocese of Norwich, of lay patronage, the said William made a bargain with the patron to the effect that if the latter presented him to the ordinary he would pay the said patron a sum of money, that the patron presented him de facto to James, bishop of Norwich, that he paid the said sum, that the said bishop, perhaps ignorant of the said bargain and payment, instituted him, likewise de facto, and that in virtue thereof he took possession of the said church, also de facto, and has since detained it, but without taking any of its fruits, etc., thereby incurring simony and the said sentences, etc. The said presentation and institution being therefore without force, and the said church being still void, the pope hereby orders the above dean to absolve the said William from simony and the said sentences, etc., enjoining a salutary penance, etc., and to rehabilitate him, and in that event to collate and assign to him the said church, the yearly value of which does not exceed 24l. of petits tournois. (fn. 13) Before the said dean proceeds to the execution of these presents, William is to resign the said church. Solet sedis apostolice clemencia. [3¹/5 pp. At the end: A. xxx. Quarto Kal. Augusti anno quinto. Garilliati.]
6 Kal. Aug. (27 July.) Narni. (f. 293v.)	To the bishops of Ely, Norwich and Rochester. Mandate, as below. The recent petition of Anne, wife of John Cope, layman, of the diocese of Lincoln, contained that whereas formerly the said John committed adultery with divers other women, (fn. 14) and behaved to her with such violence that it was not safe for her to live with him, (fn. 15) she had recourse to John Palady, official of the archdeacon of Northampton, to which latter belongs the cognizance of similar causes in the said archdeaconry, in which the said parties dwell, and requested him to cause the said John to be cited before him to answer in the matter of a judicial separation (fn. 16); and that inasmuch as the said official refused to hear her and administer justice to her, she appealed to the apostolic see, and subsequently petitioned the pope to commit the cause of the said appeal and that of the principal matter to some upright man in those parts. The pope therefore orders the above three bishops to summon the said John and others concerned, hear both sides, and, taking cognizance of the principal matter also, decide what is canonical, without appeal, causing their decision to be observed by ecclesiastical censure. Humilibus etc. [1 p.]
Ibid. (f. 294r.)	To Thomas, bishop of Annaghdown (corrected from John, bishop of Worcester), dwelling in the city of London. Mandate, at the recent petition of Alice Norwey, mulier, of the diocese of Worcester, etc., as above, f. 281r. (fn. 17)Humilibus etc. [1 p. +.]
Kal. July. (1 July.) Amelia. (f. 294v.)	To Robert (Ruberto) Welby, rector of the parish church of Gedney in the diocese of Lincoln. Dispensation to receive and retain for life with the said church one other benefice etc., as above, f. 255r. Vite etc. [1¾ pp.]
1476. Ibid. (f. 295v.)	To William Cleveland, perpetual vicar of the parish church o Tad[c]astur in the diocese of York, M.A. Dispensation to receive and retain for life with the said vicarage of Tadcastur one other benefice, etc., as in the preceding. Litterarum etc. [1⁴/5 pp.]
Id. July. (15 July.) Amelia. (f. 296v.)	To John, bishop in the universal church, lately (nuper) bishop of Worcester. Motu proprio reservation to him, who has this day resigned to the pope the said church (to which, thus void the pope has translated [John], bishop of Worcester, then bishop of Rochester) of a yearly pension for life of 1500 gold florins of the Camera on the fruits etc. of the episcopal mensa of Worcester, to be paid by the said [sic] John, bishop of Worcester and his successors, half at Christmas and half on the Nativity of St. John Baptist; with the usual sanctions for non-payment, etc. Personam tuam.
	Concurrent mandate to the bishops of Lincoln, Hereford, and Girgenti (Agrigentin.). Hodie motu proprio. [2¾ pp.]
Kal. July. (1 July.) Amelia. (f. 298r.)	To John Chestyr, a canon of the priory of St. Peter and Paul, Tawton, O.S.A., in the diocese of Bath and Wells, bachelor in decrees. Dispensation to receive and retain for life any benefice etc., as above, f. 289r. Religionis zelus, litterarum etc. [1 p. +]
Ibid. (f. 298v.)	To John Canyng, rector of the parish church of Pangborn in the diocese of Salisbury. Dispensation to receive and retain for life with the said church one other benefice, etc., as above, f. 255r. Vite etc. [1⁴/5 pp.]
5 Kal. Aug. (28 July.) Narni. (f. 299v.)	To Edmund Chaderton, rector of the parish church of Staunton in the diocese of York. Dispensation, as below. Paul II dispensed him (who had been dispensed by papal authority on account of illegitimacy, as the son of unmarried parents, to be promoted to all, even holy orders and minister therein, and receive and retain two compatible benefices with or without cure, and to resign them, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleased, after which he was promoted to all holy, even priest's orders and obtained the parish church of Brughton in the diocese of York), to receive and retain for life any other benefice etc., as above, f. 255r. His recent petition contained that he subsequently resigned the said parish church of Brughton, and obtained by canonical collation that of Staunton in the same diocese, and by de facto collation, and without any further dispensation, a canonry of Lincoln (fn. 18) and the prebend called Weltan Rival, a canonry and prebend at the altar of St. Catherine in the church of St. John, Beverley, a canonry and prebend in the church of St. Mary, Sowthwell, and a canonry and prebend in the chapel royal of St. Stephen, in the dioceses of York and London, (fn. 19) which canonries and prebends he detains at present, receiving some but few fruits from them, thereby contracting disability. The pope therefore rehabilitates him (who receives from the fruits etc. of the perpetual vicarage of the parish church of Kyrkeby Londisdale, in the said diocese of York, a yearly pension of 10l. sterling, canonically reserved to him), and dispenses him to receive and retain for life with the two incompatible benefices held by him in virtue of the said latter dispensation any other [third] benefice with cure or otherwise incompatible, even if a dignity etc., and also any benefices [with or without cure], of any number and kind, compatible with one another and with the foregoing, etc., and to resign all, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases. He is to resign each of the said canonries and prebends de facto collated to him, as above. Sedis apostolice clemencia. [3¼ pp. See below, p. 536.]
Prid. Non. Aug. (4 Aug.) Narni. (f. 301r.)	To the bishop of Hereford. Mandate, as below. The recent petition of Richard Willewyn, (fn. 20) layman, and Margaret, relict of the late William Burley of Bromecroste (? recte Bromecrofte), mulier, of the said bishop's diocese, contained that they desire to marry, but that because the said Margaret contracted marriage de facto with Fulk de Springeaux alias Sprinchose, layman, of the said diocese, the said Richard's mother's carnal brother (who, before he contracted with Margaret, had contracted marriage per verba legitime de presenti with another woman then living, and had also been godfather to a daughter of the said Margaret, who was not ignorant thereof), and consummated it, which marriage has been judicially declared to have been null, they cannot fulfil their desire without a papal dispensation, on account of an impediment of the second degree of affinity and an impediment of spiritual relationship arising from the foregoing. At the said petition, the pope hereby orders the above bishop to absolve Margaret from sentence of excommunication etc., enjoining a salutary penance, etc., and thereupon to dispense Richard and her to contract marriage notwithstanding the said impediments, declaring the offspring to be born of such marriage legitimate. Oblate nobis. [1 p.]
14 Kal. Aug. (19 July.) Narni. (f. 301v.)	To John Marsh, rector of the parish church of Fallay in the diocese of Lincoln, bachelor of laws. Dispensation to receive and retain for life with the said church one other benefice, etc., as above, f. 255r. Litterarum etc. [1²/3 pp.]
Prid. Non. Aug. (4 Aug.) Narni. (f. 302v.)	To Christopher Cape, rector of the parish church of St. Michael the Archangel, Wyston, in the diocese of Chichester. The like. Vite etc. [1½ pp.]
6 Id. April. (8 April.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 303v.)	To Richard, abbot of St. Mary's, Oseney, O.S.A., in the diocese of Lincoln. Dispensation to receive and retain (fn. 20) with or without the said monastery or other monastery, any benefice with or without cure, secular, or regular of the said or any other order, and to resign it, when he pleases. Personam tuam. [1½ pp.]
3 Non. July. (5 July.) Amelia. (f. 311r.)	To Edward Hanyngton alias Hanyton, rector of the parish church of St. George, Winchester, M.A. Dispensation to receive and retain for life with the said church any other benefice, etc., as above, f. 255r. Litterarum etc. [1½ pp.]
Ibid. (f. 311v.)	To William Derby, rector of the parish church of Barton in the Clay, in the diocese of Lincoln. The like. Vite etc. [1½ pp.]
Ibid. (f. 312v.)	To Robert Bothe, a canon of the priory of Solby, O. Praem., in the diocese of Lincoln. Dispensation to him, who is a priest, to receive and retain (fn. 20) a benefice with or without cure, wont to be held by secular clerks, etc., as above, f. 289r. Religionis etc. [⁴/5 p.]
Ibid. (f. 313r.)	To Thomas Togge, a brother (fratri) of the hospital of St. John the Apostle and Evangelist, Cambridge, in the diocese of Ely. The like (fn. 20) to him, who is a priest. Religionis etc. [1 p.]
Ibid. (f. 313v.)	To Richard Herford, a canon of the priory of Maydenbredley, O.S.A., in the diocese of Salisbury. The like (fn. 20) to him, a priest. Religionis etc. [1 p.]