Regesta 315: 1395-1398

Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 4, 1362-1404. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1902.

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Regesta, Vol. CCCXV.

7 Boniface IX.

1395.
5 Id. Nov.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 7.)
To John Stretton, an Augustinian friar. Conferring on him the dignity of papal chaplain.
1396.
5 Id. Jan.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 16.)
To John de Kyrkeby, Augustinian canon of Osolveston, in the diocese of Lincoln. The like, with the usual privileges.
8 Id. Feb.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 21d.)
To Master Hugh de Wyloby, priest, of the diocese of Lichfield. The like.
14 Kal. Feb.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 21d.)
To John Bosse, rector of Naulton, in the diocese of Norwich. The like.
2 Id. March.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 28d.)
To Richard de Thorp, canon of the house of St. Gilbert Semp[r]yngham, in the diocese of Lincoln. The like.
26 Sept.
Eltham.
(f. 30d.)
King Richard to Boniface IX. Whereas the monastery of St. Albans, immediately subject to the apostolic see, founded by the king's progenitors in honour of the protomartyr of England, has its means grievously diminished by the heavy expenses of the visits of the abbots elect to the apostolic see to obtain confirmation and benediction; whereas it is situate in the uttermost parts of the earth, and is in comparison with other monasteries of the realm over selenderly endowed, and that too in a barren place; whereas therein, beyond the other monasteries of the realm, the highest devotion, regular discipline, and daily hospitality flourishes; whereas, if each abbot elect were bound to make such visit, the number of monks would be minished, their devotion chilled, and hospitality be not observed; and whereas the prince of Wales, whose carnal son we are known to be, and whose ways (mores) we desire to follow, bore a special affection to the said monastery: we petition your Holiness—seeing that full exemption has been granted by divers popes to the abbot and convent and their successors, and that the abbot for the time being has had papal indult to receive benediction from any catholic bishop, in sign of which exemption and liberty the abbot and convent have paid to the apostolic see an ounce of gold yearly, as in the letters of pope. Honorius [III.—Reg. x. f. 60d.] is contained—to confirm the said letters, and further to grant that the abbots elect may eo ipso exercise at once their office without any confirmation, and may receive benediction from any catholic bishop, as if their election had been legitimately confirmed by the apostolic see. We hope for as much grace in our present petition as Innocent III. and Urban V. granted mero motu in a similar petition on behalf of the monastery of Evesham, as may plainly be seen in the register [Reg. cclii. f. 132] of the said Urban. Written under our signet at our manor of Eltham, the twentysixth day of the months of September. Subscribed: Your devoted son R. King of England and France; and counter-subscribed: Favourabiliter.

8 Boniface IX.

1397.
Kal. March.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 36d.)
To the archbishops of Canterbury and York, and Master James Dardani, clerk of the camera, collector thereto in England. Commending the purpose of John Holand, earl of Huntingdon, the king's brother, to come shortly to Italy and other parts for the extermination of schismatics and rebels and usurpers of cities and lands of the pope and the Roman church, as the pope has learned from the earl's letters and messengers; hoping that by his coming to Italy the state of the universal church will be made prosperous, and peace quickly restored; and (considering that what is for the good of all ought to be favoured and helped by all) imposing a tenth for one year of all ecclesiastical fruits in England and Ireland, those of cardinals, Hospitallers, and Teutonic knights alone excepted, to be paid at certain terms to be fixed by the archbishops and collector (et, te, Jacobe collector: written over an erasure), to be paid to and exacted and received by the archbishops and collector (over erasure as elsewhere) and converted to the earl's expenses in accordance with the disposition to be made by the king. The pope wills the exaction to be made in accordance with the taxation for the tenth made there, or where no such fixed taxation has been made, according to custom; in the money current there, in accordance with the constitution of the Council of Vienne; and chalices, books, etc., not to be taken, in accordance with the constitution of the same council. The archbishops and collector have mandate to exact and collect the same; and the usual faculties are granted them ( (fn. 1) ) to compel payment by ecclesiastical censure and sequestration, invoking, if necessary, the aid of the secular arm, to receive and give acquittance for the tenth, and to assign and convert it in accordance with the king's disposition, as above; and to give the usual absolutions and the usual dispensation on account of irregularity. (De curia.)
Ibid.
(f. 38.)
To the same. Whereas the insolence of the schismatic adherents of Robert, cardinal priest of the Twelve Apostles, of damned memory, and the son of perdition, Peter de Luna, sometime cardinal deacon of St. Mary's in Cosmedin, the late and the present anti-popes, who presumed to call themselves Clement VII. and Benedict XIII.—after and against the processes by Urban VI. against Robert and his followers condemning them as heretics and schismatics, and granting the Holy Land indulgence to those who should take the cross for their extermination (exterminium)—and of other enemies of the pope and the Roman church, has grown strong and daily grows stronger in Italy, and especially in the patrimony of St. Peter; the pope commends the laudable purpose of John Holand, earl of Huntingdon, and grants the usual Holy Land indulgence and remission of sins to penitents who join his crusade to Italy, or contribute to the expenses; with mandate to the archbishops and collector to cause the same to be published in England and Ireland and other parts subject to the king. The pope wills all money thus received to be wholly at the disposition of the king, and to be assigned to whomsoever he shall order. (De curia.)

7 Boniface IX.

1396.
3 Kal. March.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 40d.)
To the bishops of Salisbury, Exeter (Essonien.), and Chichester. Mandate to pay to James Dardani, collector in England, who has faculty to give acquittance, 1000 gold florins of the camera, they being bound to pay for the common service of their churches. (De curia.)
3 Id. March.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 40d.)
To James Dardani, collector to the camera in England. Mandate to pay to Nicholas, Benedictine abbot of St. Silvester's Nonantola, in the diocese of Modena, papal referendary and nuncio, whom the pope is sending to those parts [See Fœdera, 1396, Feb. 27], from the moneys collected for the camera, 3 gold florins of the camera a day for his maintenance (necessariis victus) and that of his household, while in those parts, and 300 gold florins for the expenses of his return. Moreover, if the 100 gold ducats which were due from the abbot to certain persons in the realm for the expenses of his former mission thereto have not been paid by the collector, as the pope ordered him, they are to be paid to the abbot, who has hereby faculty to give acquittance for the whole. (De curia.)
3 Non. March.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 41.)
To Luchinus elect of Como, collector to the camera in the province of Lombardy. Mandate to assign from the moneys collected by him three gold florins of the camera [a day] to the above abbot Nicholas, whom the pope is sending to the realm of England, and who has to remain some days on the pope's business in his provinces of Romagna and Tuscany before going on to England. (De curia.)
5 Kal. March.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 42.)
To Nicholas abbot of St. Silvester's Nonantola, papal nuncio. Mandate to compel payment of a halfpenny in the pound to Master Bartholomew de Novaria, D.C.L. consistorial advocate, or his envoy, in accordance with the pope's late mandate [Reg. cccxiv. f. 277d] to the prelates and clergy, secular and regular, of England, to receive benignly the said Bartholomew (who was then being sent as nuncio) and provide for his necessities and those of his household, the said clergy having, as Bartholomew has reported to the pope on his return, agreed in a congregation thereof to pay as above, certain having paid less, and others nothing at all. (De curia.)
12 Kal. April.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 44d.)
To John Barow, Gilbertine canon of St. Mary's, Watton, in the diocese of York. Conferring on him the dignity of papal chaplain, with the usual privileges.
5 Kal. April.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 46.)
To Richard Godyngdon, Augustinian canon of St. Fredewyde's, Oxford. The like.
17 Kal. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 46.)
To Henry Gunderstorp, a Friar Minor. The like.
9 Kal. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 47.)
To William Kenynton, a Carmelite. The like.
12 Kal. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 47.)
To Henry de Wiinter, an Augustinian friar. The like.
4 Non. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 52d.)
To Henry Daniell or Darmell, Augustinian canon of St. Botulph's, Colchester. The like.
Kal. Feb.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 57.)
To Adam Fellying, Augustinian [brother] of St. Mary's hospital, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Conferring on him the dignity of papal chaplain.
15 Kal. June.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 66d.)
To Master Thomas Stanle, priest, of the diocese of Coventry. The like, with the usual privileges.
Ibid.
(f. 67.)
To John Bernardi, priest, of the same diocese. The like.
15 Kal. July.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 69.)
To Geoffrey Vaggescombe, Benedictine monk of St. Mary's, Glastonbury, in the diocese of Wells. The like.
8 Id. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 70.)
To Master Bartholomew Francisci, papal notary, William Bruch or Bruth, Benedictine monk of Gloucester, Master John Franceys, papal writer, and Walter Cock (Cook in f. 82.), canon of Lincoln. Assigning to them each his own proportion of 950 gold florins of the camera paid by them this day out of their own money to the officials of the camera, and received by them in the name of the camera and of the college of cardinals for and in the name of Tideman bishop of Worcester, as part of his common service in which he is bound thereto, namely, to Bartholomew [600], and to William, John, and Walter, 350 florins. The pope has given them letters of acquittance for the bishop who is hereby ordered to pay, grants them power to exact and receive the said sum each his own proportion, and wills that they shall give the bishop, after he has paid, the said acquittance. (Gratis de mandato domini nostri pape.)
6 Kal. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 80d.)
To all collectors and sub-collectors to the camera. Faculty to exact from the Cistercian order the charitative subsidy which was in the chapter-general held at Rome 15 Kal. Oct.anno 1 granted for the Roman church, to the same amount as was granted to Gregory XI. [Reg. cclxxxvi. f. 150, not calendared. See above, pp. 106 and 153] and Urban VI. (De curia.)
8 Id. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 82.)
To the bishops of Perugia, Penna, and Dax. Mandate to compel Tidesman, bishop of Worcester, to pay 600 gold florins to Bartholomew, and 350 to William, John, and Walter, in accordance with the above assignment [f. 70]. (Gratis de mandato domini nostri pape.)
3 Non. July.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 82d.)
To John Byr[e]ll, a Friar Minor of the convent of Newcastle (Novicastri), in the diocese of Carlisle (sic). Conferring on him the dignity of papal chaplain.
12 Kal. July.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 87d.)
To John de Sancto Neoto, Augustinian canon of St. James's, Northampton, in the diocese of Lincoln. The like, with the usual privileges.
15 Kal. July.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 87d.)
To Roger Grene, a Friar Preacher. The like. (Registrata gratis.)
Kal. July.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 87d.)
To John Farnower, a Friar Preacher. The like. (Gratis de mandato domini nostri pape.)
5 Kal. July.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 94.)
To John Payn, Augustinian canon regular of the priory of Maydene Bradeley, in the diocese of Salisbury. The like.
15 Kal. Aug.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 94d.)
To John de Thornton, priest, Augustinian canon of the priory of Feriby, of the order of the brethren of the Temple, in the diocese of York. The like.
Kal. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 96d.)
To Peter, bishop of Dax, papal chamberlain. Assigning to him 733⅓ gold florins of the camera paid by him this day out of his own money to the officials of the camera, and received by them in the name of the camera and of the college of cardinals, for and in the name of Robert, bishop of Chichester, as the complement of the common service in which he is bound thereto. The pope has given John [de Thornton] letters of acquittance for bishop Robert, grants John power to exact and receive the said sum, and wills that he shall give the bishop, after he has paid, the said acquittance. (Gratis de mandato domini nostri pape.)
Ibid.
(f. 97.)
To the archbishop of Canterbury, and the bishops of London and Lichfield. Mandate to compel Robert, bishop of Chichester, to pay 733⅓ gold florins to John de Thornton, in accordance with the above assignment. (De curia.)
Ibid. To John Cristofori, citizen of Lucca, dwelling in the Roman court. Assigning to him 1400 gold florins of the camera paid by him this day out of his own money to the officials of the camera, and received by them in the name of the camera and of the college of cardinals, for Richard bishop of Salisbury, as part of his common service in which he is bound thereto. The pope has given him letters of acquittance for the bishop, who is hereby ordered to pay him or his brother Angelus dwelling in London; grants them power and wills, as above. (Gratis de mandato domini nostri pape.)
Ibid.
(f. 97d.)
To the archbishops of Canterbury, and the bishops of London and Lichfield. Mandate to compel Richard bishop of Salisbury, to pay 1400 gold florins to John Cristofori or Angelus his brother, in accordance with the above assignment. (Gratis de mandato domini nostri pape.)
4 Non. Aug.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 101.)
To John Usk, a Friar Preacher. Conferring on him the dignity of papal chaplain, with the usual privileges.
15 Kal. Oct.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 107.)
To all prelates and other clergy, secular and regular, in England. Mandate to require and order William, bishop of Basle, who has been lately translated from Tournay to Basle, and has without taking possession thereof betaken himself to England, to appear before the pope before Christmas next, to show cause why an administrator should not be appointed. Of all they shall do in this matter they are to certify the pope. (De curia.)
Kal. Sept.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 108d.)
To Master Peter Duk, priest, of the diocese of Exeter. Conferring on him the dignity of papal chaplain, with the usual privileges.
Ibid.
(f. 117.)
To Master James Dardani, clerk of the camera, collector thereto in England. Mandate to assign, at sight of these presents, to Nicholas, abbot of [St. Silverster's] Nonantola, papal nuncio in England, 400 gold florins of the camera from the moneys belonging to the camera, the which the pope will cause to be accounted to him by the officials thereof. (De curia.) Cancelled, with marginal note: cancellata quia reformata prout apparet inferius proxime.
Ibid. To James Dardani, collector to the camera, in England. Mandate to pay to Nicholas, abbot of St. Silvester's, Nonantola, papal referendary, 400 gold florins of the camera according to the former brief ordering him [see above, f. 40d.] to pay the same to the abbot when sent as nuncio to England for his travelling expenses, which order, as the abbot has informed the pope, the collector has not obeyed, on the ground that it is not enjoined in other letters ordering him to pay the abbot other sums of money. The abbot has hereby faculty to give acquittance, and the collector is to make the usual two public instruments. (De curia.)
2 Kal. Nov.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 123d.)
To William Derwent, Cistercian monk of Whalley, in the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield. Conferring on him the dignity of papal chaplain, with the usual privileges.

8 Boniface IX.

5 Id. Nov.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 123d.)
To Thomas Burford, Augustinian canon of Lantonery, near Gloucester. The like.
4 Id. Nov.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 156d.)
To Nicholas, Benedictine abbot of St. Silverster's, Nonantola, papal referendary, and James Dardani, collector to the camera in England. Full and free power to them—of whom the pope has thought good to send the abbot to king Richard and his realm for the abolition (pro retractione, cassatione, revocatione, et annullatione) of certain statutes lately made in England against the pope and the Roman church and ecclesiastical liberty [see above, Reg. cccxii. f. 331.], as well as for other matters concerning the state of the said church and of king Richard and his realm—to investigate, treat, and conclude with the king, and his nobles, magnates and council, and the prelates of the realm, with respect thererto; to promise inviolable observance on the part of the pope, and receive similar promises; and to do, exercise, and execute all things opportune, even such as require a more special mandate. The pope will ratify whatever they do in the above. (De curia.) [Reynaldi Annales, an. 1397 (sic) § ii., with date Id. Nov.]
Kal Dec.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 159.)
To Andrew Fuller, Cistercian monk of Coggeshalle, in the diocese of London. Conferring on him the dignity of papal chaplain, with the usual privileges.
Non. Dec.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 159d.)
To Thomas Thornef, Gilbertine canon of Malton, in the diocese of York. The like.
14 Kal. Jan.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 159d.)
To Thomas Saxilby, Augustinian prior of Torkesan or Torkesay, in the diocese of Lincoln. The like.
10 Kal. Jan.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 161d.)
To John de Wetwang, Cistercian monk of Fountains. The like.
1397.
2 Id. Jan.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 162.)
To Thomas Drille, a Friar Minor. The like.
1396.
3 Kal. Jan.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 163d.)
To Robert Thy, an Augustinian friar, of the diocese of Norwich. The like.
1397.
16 Kal. March.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 182.)
To William de Gedeney, a Carmelite. Conferring on him the dignity of papal chaplain.
4 Id. Feb.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 184d.)
To Robert Alfforton, a Carmelite. The like.
4 Kal. March.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 185d.)
To Master Robert Synor, priest, of the diocese of Exeter. The like, with the usual privileges.
10 Kal. March.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 188.)
To Master Reginald Jordan, priest, of the diocese of Winchester. The like.
10 Kal. April.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 198d.)
To Gilbert Styrcheley, a Friar Preacher. The like.
7 Kal. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 203d.)
To Walter Burford, a Friar Preacher. Conferring on him the dignity of papal chaplain.
Id. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 204d.)
To Walter Leynagh, a Friar Minor. The like, with the usual privileges. (Gratis de mandato domini nostri pape.)
6 Kal. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 205.)
To Master John Lange, priest, of the diocese of St. Davids. The like. (Registrata gratis.)
6 Non. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 205d.)
To Master John Mabbe, priest, of the diocese of Lincoln. The like.
Id. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 209d.)
To Richard Lowthboro, Augustinian canon of Ulvescroft, in the diocese of Lincoln. The like.
Kal. March.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 218d.)
To John Holand, earl of Huntingdon. Appointing him gonfalonier of the holy Roman church, vicar in temporals in all provinces, cities, lands, castles, and other places in Italy and elsewhere belonging to the pope and the said church, and captaingeneral of all men-at-arms fighting in their service, with the usual powers. (De curia. Item. duas alias bullas pro eodem comite require supra, f. xxxvii.) [Theiner, Codex Diplom. III. p. 91.]
2 Kal. July.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 223d.)
To Master John Tyntun of Taybo, rector of St. Gregory's, Rimini. Conferring on him the dignity of papal chaplain, with the usual privileges.
3 Non. Sept.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 223d.)
To Adam Leyns, a Friar Preacher. The like.
2 Non. July.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 241.)
To all collectors and sub-collectors to the camera in the provinces of Mayence, Cologne, and Treves. Mandate to provide for the expenses of Master Richard Yong, a papal auditor, and two others, bearers of these presents, whom the pope is now sending as nuncios to Almain and other parts. (De curia.)
3 Non. Sept.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 241d.)
To John de Rypon, Cistercian monk of Fountains, in the diocese of York. Conferring on him the dignity of papal chaplain, with the usual privileges. [See f. 271.]
8 Kal. Sept.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 244.)
To John Morzene (i.e. Morgene), Augustinian canon regular of the hospital of St. Mary de Altopassu without Bishopsgate, London. The like.
1397.
Kal. Nov.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 253d.)
To Thomas, bishop of Anagni, collector to the camera in the realms of Portugal and Algarve. Mandate to pay 280 gold florins from the dues of the camera in the said realms to Anthony de Vineis, knight, of Capua, member of the pope's household, towards his ransom. Anthony was sent by the pope to Flanders at the beginning of his pontificate, was captured and is still in prison, having been put to excessive ransom which, without the pope's aid, he is unable to pay. (De curia.)
[Marginal note: Cancellata quia habuit aliam assignationem ad collectorem Anglie per litteras de Camera die v. Decembris xii. indictione. N. de Damiano.] [See Reg. cccxiv. f. 107d.]

9 Boniface IX.

13 Kal. Dec.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 254.)
To John Rous the younger, Benedictine monk of St. Albans. Conferring on him the dignity of papal chaplain, with the usual privileges. (Registrata gratis.)
1398.
5 Id. Jan.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 255d.)
To William Brook, a Friar Preacher, of the diocese of Norwich. Conferring on him the dignity of papal chaplain.
7 Kal. Feb.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 262.)
To Richard Tychemersh, an Augustinian friar. The like, with the usual privileges.

8 Boniface IX.

1397.
Id. Sept.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 268.)
To John de Slathem, a Friar Preacher. The like. (Registrata gratis.)

9 Boniface IX.

1398.
3 Kal. Feb.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 269d.)
To John Wryzth (i.e. Wryght), alias Famyngham, Augustinian canon of St. Mary's, Buttelee, in the diocese of Norwich. The like.
7 Kal. Feb.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 271.)
To John Broun, a Friar Minor. The like.
Kal. Feb.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 271.)
To John de Ropoun, Cistercian monk of St. Mary's, Fountains, in the diocese of York. Conferring on him the dignity of papal chaplain. [See f. 241d.]
3 Id. March.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 271.)
To Thomas Erberfeld, Cistercian monk of St. Mary's, Thane, in the diocese of Lincoln. The like, with the usual privileges.
5 Kal. March.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 271d.)
To Henry de Dyest, a Carmelite. The like. (Registrata gratis.)
Non. March.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 271d.)
To Henry de Cloet, an Augustinian friar. The like.
2 Kal. March.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 271d.)
To John Multon, Cistercian monk of Sautre, in the diocese of Lincoln. The like.
1398.
5 Kal. Feb.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 272d.)
To Robert Maintre, an Augustinian friar. The like.
6 Kal. Feb.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 272d.)
To John de Derby, dean of Chester-le-Street (Cestrie in Strata). The like.
Ibid. To Richard Madeford, priest, of the diocese of Exeter. The like.
Non. April.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 276d.)
To Master Nicholas Assewelle, priest, of the diocese of Lincoln. The like. (Registrata gratis.)
17 Kal. April.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 277d.)
To John de Concadoy, a Friar Minor. The like.
Id. March.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 279d.)
To Nicholas Inglystorpe, a Friar Preacher. The like.
Kal. April.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 281.)
To Master William de, Weston, vicar of Leghton, in the diocese of Lichfield. The like.
Non. April.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 281.)
To Hugh de Pewne, an Augustinian friar. The like.
Kal. April.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 281.)
To Richard de Ardysley, Cistercian monk of St. Mary's, Byldewas, in the diocese of Lichfield. The like. (Registrata gratis.)
4 Kal. April.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 282d.)
To Robert Pederton, Augustinian canon of the priory of Bruton, in the diocese of Wells. The like. (Registrata gratis.)
3 Non. April.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 283d.)
To Walter Talny, a Friar Minor, of the diocese of Worcester. The like.
4 Kal. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 286d.)
To Francis, Clunaic prior of Montacute, in the diocese of Wells and Bath. The like.
Kal. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 304d.)
To John Caggessale, Cistercian monk of St. Mary's, Tyltey, in the diocese of London. The like.
6 Id. June.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 305.)
To Lewis ap Adam, a Friar Minor. The like.
3 Non. June.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 306.)
To Simon Milis of Irtlyngburgh, Benedictine monk of Peterborough, in the diocese of Lincoln. The like.
2 Kal. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 306d.)
To all prelates and other clergy, secular and regular. Mandate to receive beningly, assist, and obey Peter, bishop of Dax, papal chamberlain and nuncio [addressed on same page as collector to the camera in the duchy of Aquitaine], whom the pope is sending, on arduous business of the pope and the Roman church, to the kings of England and France and divers other princes and lords. (De curia.)
3 Id. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 307.)
To all prelates and other clergy, secular and regular, in the realm of England. Requiring and exhorting them to grant the pope and the Roman church, their mother and mistress, in her great necessity, such charitative subsidy as shall seem good to them, and to induce their clergy and people to make a similar grant. Peter, bishop of Dax, papal chamberlain and nuncio, bearer of these presents, has hereby power to ask and receive such subsidy, and to give acquittance. (De curia.)
15 Kal. June.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 307d.)
To Peter, bishop of Dax, papal chamberlain and nuncio. Full and free power to him, whom the pope is sending to king Richard on certain weighty and arduous business of the pope and the Roman church, to investigate, treat, and conclude with him and with the nobles, magnates, and council of his realm, for the honour, good estate, and utility of the pope and the Roman church, and of the king and his realm; to promise inviolable observance by the pope, and to do, exercise, and complete all things necessary, even such as require a more special mandate. The pope will ratify whatever he does in the above. (De curia.)
6 Kal. June.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 309d.)
To Thomas de Gysburn, an Augustinian friar. Conferring on him the dignity of papal chaplain, with the usual privileges.
Kal. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 310.)
To Robert Wakefield, Benedictine monk of Monk Bretton, in the diocese of York. Conferring on him the dignity of papal chaplain.
10 Kal. July.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 310d.)
To Master Lewelin ap Phelyp, rector of Llanndyshull, in the diocese of Lincoln. The like, with the usual privileges.
12 Kal. July. St. Peter's, Rome
(f.315d.)
To Gregory Prowet, Cistercian monk of Pippewell, in the diocese of Lincoln. The like. (Registrata Gratis.)
10 Kal. June.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 325.)
To Adam de Leverington, canon of the priory of St. Gilbert, of the order of Sempringham, in the diocese of Lincoln. The like.
2 Kal. June.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 340d.)
To John Batelsham, an Augustinian friar. The like.
Kal. July.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 352.)
To William Poklyngton, of the Gilbertine priory of Ellerton, in the diocese of York. The like.
Kal. June.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 354.)
To Peter, bishop of Dax, papal nuncio. Faculty to him, whom the pope is sending to England, Aquitaine, and other parts for arduous business of the Roman church, to receive into the unity and obedience of the Catholic faith and of the Roman church, ecclesiastical and lay adherents of the late and present antipopes Robert—called Clement VII, and Peter de Luna—called Benedict XIII; to absolve them—after abjuration of their schism and an oath of obedience and fealty to the pope and the Roman church, according to the form annexed below, a salutary penance being enjoined—from excommunication, suspension, and interdict, and other censures and penalities inflicted and promulgated; to grant dispensation to ecclesiastics on account of irregularity contracted by celebrating, administering, or taking part (immiscendo se) in divine offices when under such sentences, so that they may minister in and enjoy any, even holy orders, and any degrees of learning, even the doctorate and mastership, and may be promoted to superior degrees and orders; to rehabilitate and restore them to their benefices, etc., with fresh collation; to deprive those who refuse, and to collate their benefices to fit persons at his choice, even to those holding one, two, three, or more benefices, similar thereto or dissimilar provided they be compatible therewith; provided that such adherents make restitution as far as possible of the fruits and assign them to him in aid of the Holy Land against Saracens, Turks, Greeks, and other infidels and heretics and rebels of the Roman church. The nuncio is to certify the officers of the camera or the collector in those parts of the names of the persons to whom such benefices shall be collated, the number of the benefices and the dates of collation. The above form is annexed. (Gratis de mandato domini nostri pupe.)

Footnotes

  • 1. Here the third mandatary is described una tecum Nicolae abbas [i.e. of Nonantola], the address, James Dardani, etc. at the head of the letter, as elsewhere, having been written over an erasure.