Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 6, 1404-1415. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1904.
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'Lateran Regesta 150: 1410-1411', in Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 6, 1404-1415, (London, 1904) pp. 233-239. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-papal-registers/brit-ie/vol6/pp233-239 [accessed 25 April 2024]
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Lateran Regesta, Vol. CL (fn. 1)
1 John XXIII (contd.)
De Regularibus
| 1410. 8 Kal. June. Bologna. (f. 4.) |
To the bishop of Meath. Decree giving retrospective force to, and sufficing as proof of, the letters, dated 5 Id. March anno 1 [1410], by which Alexander V, who died before they were drawn up, ordered a judge in those parts—at the petition of Matthew Omulymnain, Augustinian canon of St. Mary's, Cluaintuaisgert, in the diocese of Elphin, setting forth that Boniface IX ordered provision to be made to him of the said priory on its voidance by the death of Maurice Magneil, and dispensed him, as the son of a priest [religious] and an unmarried woman, to hold it; that by virtue thereof he obtained and held possession for many years; that because he went to and adhered to the Council of Pisa he was deprived by Angelus Corario, called Gregory XII, who ordered provision of the priory to be made to Hector Maciago, canon thereof, under pretext of which Hector had despoiled him and had held possession for more than a year; and that it was asserted that the priory became void otherwise than by the said death—if he found the facts to be as stated, to annul the letters of Angelus, to restore Matthew to possession, removing Hector, and to collate and assign to Matthew the said priory, which has cure and is elective, and whose value does not exceed 40 marks, in whatsoever way it became void. The above bishop is ordered to execute pope Alexander's mandate. Racioni congruit. (Pro deo.) [See above, p. 204, and below, f. 58.] |
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| 1411. Id. Jan. Bologna. (f. 13.) |
Appropriation, at the petition also of Lucy, countess of Kent, relict of earl Edmund, to the abbot and convent of Brunne, of the order of St. Augustine (corrected in margin from Benedict), in the diocese of Lincoln, of the church of Wilesford, in the same diocese, value not exceeding 40 marks, from which they receive 10 marks yearly, that of the monastery—founded by the progenitors of the said earl, who is buried there—not exceeding 300. The sum of 10l. sterling is to be reserved for a perpetual vicar. Ad perp. rei mem. Sacre religionis. |
| 1410. 8 Kal. June. Bologna. (f. 14.) |
To the bishop of Ardagh. Decree giving retrospective force to, and sufficing as proof of, the letters, dated 4 Kal. March anno 1 [1410], by which Alexander V, who died before they were drawn up, ordered the above bishop—at the petition of the Cistercian abbot and convent of St. Mary's Granard, in his diocese, setting forth that for a hundred years and more or from time immemorial they had held and possessed the parish church of St. Mary alias St. Patrick, Granard, or its rectory, with all its chapels and appurtenances, likewise all the churches and chapels of the tenement of Cyrecarbry, or their rectories, with all their appurtenances, and all the churches and chapels of the whole tenement of Delwenethre, in the dioceses of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise, with all their appurtenances, namely the parish churches of Lochlocha, Lyach, Faygri, Galingy, Theachsaran, or their rectories, with all their chapels and appurtenances, on condition that the heirs of the late Richard de Tuyt, knight, who had given the patronage of the said churches and chapels to the monastery, should present to the abbot and convent the perpetual vicars thereof, who should by the abbot and convent be presented to the diocesans, receive a moiety of all the tithes etc., and be answerable therefrom for episcopal dues, synodals etc., the other moiety remaining to the abbot and convent; that for a like period they had possessed the rectory or moiety of the church of St. Mary, Maybrecray, in the diocese of Ardagh, with all its appurtenances and chapels, by gift of their patronage made by the late Herbert de Lamare, layman, and his heirs, under like condition of presenting, as above, a perpetual vicar, who should [receive a moiety of all the tithes etc. and] be answerable for episcopal dues etc., as above, and also for ornaments, books (librariis) and vestments, the other moiety remaining to the abbot and convent, to whom should also belong all the candles arising from the feast of the Purification; that they had in like manner possessed the rectories of Dromore and Lochcraewe in the diocese of Meath or their moieties, with all their appurtenances, by gift of the patronage made by the above Richard and under like condition as in the case of St. Mary's, Maybrecray, but without mention of the candles, all which is contained in sealed letters of Richard and Herbert; and that the abbot and convent had been and feared to be again molested, in respect of some of the said churches and chapels, by impetrators of benefices from the apostolic see—if he found the above to be true, to confirm the said donations, and furthermore to appropriate to the monastery, value not exceeding 100 marks, the said churches and chapels, value not exceeding 200. The bishop is ordered to execute pope Alexander's mandate. Racioni congruit. |
| 1411. 3 Kal. Feb. Bologna. (f. 44d.) |
To the bishop of Civitaten., the abbot of St. Mary's, Ferns, and the archdeacon of Leighlin. Mandate to collate and assign to Andrew Occurryn, priest, monk of St. Stephen's, Bologna, of the order of St. Benedict—who lately, then a secular clerk, received papal dispensation, as the son of a priest and an unmarried woman, to be promoted to all, even holy orders and hold a benefice even with cure—the priory of St. Mary, Glascarraig, of the said order [of St. Benedict], in the diocese of Ferns, which has cure and is not conventual, is dependent on the monastery of St. Dogmael [of the order of] Tiron (Tyronen.) of the same order [of St. Benedict], in the diocese of St. Davids, and is wont to be governed by monks thereof, and whose value does not exceed 40 marks, void by the death of Henry of Wales (de Wallia). Andrew has hereby the necessary dispensation.Religionis zelus, vite etc. |
| 1410. 3 Non. June. Bologna. (f. 58.) |
To the bishop of Meath (substituted for the bishop of Veszprem (Vesprimien.), the prior of St. Mary's, Drumach, in the diocese of Meath, and Thomas Macmurchercaid, canon of Ardagh, all cancelled). Mandate (recapitulating, with slight variations in spelling, e.g. Omulymaan, corrected in margin to Omulymnan, and Megneil, the decree and mandate to the bishop of Meath, above, f. 4) to grant to the there-named Matthew Omulymnan to hold in commendam for life the perpetual benefice, called the rectory, of Thulach in thée diocese of Elphin, without cure, wont to be governed by secular clerks and value (together with that of the perpetual benefice, called the rectory, of Lisonuchaid in the same diocese, which this day, previously reserved, the pope has granted him in commendam [below, f. 63d]) not exceeding 7 marks, so long void that there is no certain knowledge of the manner of its voidance, to be held by him, together with the Augustinian priory, if he obtain it, of St. Mary, Cluaintuaisgert, in the above diocese, the fruits of which, value not exceeding 40 marks, are divided in common between prior and convent and are, on account of the long wars in those parts, so reduced as to be insufficient for his maintenance and for hospitality, and are not likely to increase.Religionis zelus, vite etc. corrected in the margin to Racioni congruit etc. (Pro deo.) [There are many marginal corrections and additions, and the letter is cancelled by strokes, with marginal note: Cassata et alibi scripta propter nimiam correcturam, Jo de Nomays.] |
| 8 Kal. Aug. Bologna. (f. 61d.) |
To the bishop of Veszprém, the dean of Elphin and the archdeacon of Kilmore. Mandate to grant to Nemias Offeargail, Augustinian canon of the priory of St. Mary, Inismoir, in the diocese of Ardagh, priest—to whom the pope has recently ordered provision to be made of the said priory, value not exceeding 50 marks, and has dispensed him, as the son of an unmarried man and an unmarried woman, nobles, related in the third and fourth degrees of kindred and the second and third of affinity, to hold the said priory, which has cure and is a conventual dignity [see above, pp. 201 and 202]—to hold therewith for life in commendam the rectory of St. Michael's, Russach, alias of St. Vadan's, Mascruym, in the said diocese, value not exceeding 10 marks, so long void that there is no certain knowledge of the manner of its voidance. Religionis zelus, vite etc. |
| 3 Non. June. Bologna. (f. 63d.) |
To Matthew Omulymnain, Augustinian canon of St. Mary's, Cluaintuaisgert, in the diocese of Elphin. Grant in commendam for life (recapitulating, here with spelling Megneill, the above decree and mandate, f. 4) of the perpetual benefice, called the rectory, of Lisionuchaid in the said diocese, without cure, wont to be governed by secular clerks, and value (together with that of the above Thulach, which the pope has this day ordered to be granted to him in commendam [above, f. 58]) not exceeding 7 marks, void and reserved by the death at the apostolic see of Matthew Orechtagain, to be held by him, as above, f. 58, as far as the end. Religionis zelus, vite etc. |
| Concurrent mandate to the bishops of Veszprém and Meath and the abbot of Granard in the diocese of Ardagh. Religionis etc. (Pro deo.) | |
| 12 Kal. Aug. Bologna. (f. 167.) |
To the bishop of Worcester. Mandate, as below. The recent petition of the Augustinian prior and convent of Stodeley in the diocese of Worcester set forth that Boniface IX—at their petition to the effect that the late William de Cantilupo gave them the patronage and glebe of the parish church of Aston Cauntelow in the said diocese; that bishop Walter made the appropriation; that the Augustinian prior and convent of Maxstoke in the diocese of Lichfield procured from the late William Clynton, donsel, of the latter diocese, falsely pretending him to be the patron, a grant of the said patronage, obtained surreptitious confirmation by papal authority and occupied the church, but not the glebe, for a certain time, after which, whilst litigation was proceeding, Stodeley recovered and was still holding possession —ordered the archdeacon of Gloucester and two other colleagues [i.e. the abbots of Evesham and Gloucester, as mentioned in Reg. Lat. LXXXV, f. 244d, Cal. Lett. V, p. 359, which gives the petition to Boniface IX and his mandate, as here, with slight differences of spelling] to confirm the donation and appropriation to Stodeley and to proceed as was otherwise contained in the letters of pope Boniface [i.e. to annul the confirmation made by his predecessors to Maxstoke and to appropriate anew, ad cautelam, the said church to Stodeley]. The said recent petition to the present pope added that after the said archdeacon, acting alone, had taken some proceedings, the prior and convent of Maxstoke caused him and his colleagues to be prohibited by royal writs from proceeding any further, despoiled the prior and convent of Stodeley by force of arms of their possession of the said church, and, by other royal writs, caused the prior and a number of the canons of Stodeley to be brought before secular judges and detained until under heavy pains they promised not to proceed with the cause without the realm; that thereafter the prior and convent of Maxstoke obtained the commission of the said cause to divers papal auditors and gained two pretended definitive sentences against the prior and convent of Stodeley and their condemnation in fruits and costs, the second of which sentences, not being challenged, became res judicata, and from the first of which appeal was made by the person whom the abbot and convent of Stodeley had previously constituted their proctor, they however being in ignorance of all these proceedings; that for execution of the said sentences and recovery of the said fruits and costs the abbot and convent of Maxstoke impetrated papal letters addressed to the archbishop of Canterbury and two colleagues [not named, see below, Reg. CLVI, f. 160d], and that the archbishop, proceeding alone, monished the prior and convent of Stodeley by processes containing sentences of excommunication, suspension and interdict to restore and make satisfaction for the said fruits, from which monition and processes they, as soon as they heard of them, appealed to the apostolic see, but, from fear of the aforesaid penalties, failed to prosecute their appeal within the lawful time; that afterwards Robert Oxston, canon of Lichfield, as commissary of the said archbishop, declared that the abbot and convent of Stodeley and their church lay under the said sentences of excommunication etc.; that the said definitive sentences had been delivered under pretext of certain false instruments, and that the right and ownership of Stodeley with regard to the said church could be made evident. The pope therefore orders the above bishop to summon the prior and convent of Maxstoke, to absolve from the said sentences the prior and convent of Stodeley, to admit the latter to appeal de novo against the said second definitive sentence, to hear it and to decide the suit without appeal, causing by ecclesiastical censure his decision to be observed.Humilibus supplicum votis. |
| 1411. 2 Id. Jan. Bologna. (f. 193.) |
To Richard Offeargayl, Cistercian monk of St. Mary's, Granard, in the diocese of Ardagh. Dispensation to him—who, when a secular clerk, received papal dispensation, as the son of a priest and an unmarried woman, to be promoted to all, even holy orders and hold any benefices of any number and kind, with and without cure, even if dignities, major or principal respectively, personatus and offices in cathedral or collegiate churches; to whom subsequently, when he was a monk of the Cistercian monastery of St. Anastasius without the walls of Rome, and was said to be a priest, but was in minor orders only, Boniface IX, without his having obtained any other dispensation, made provision of and appointed him abbot of St. Mary's, Granard; who, believing it lawful to do so under his said dispensation, took possession; and to whom the pope intends this day to make provision of the same, being still void [above, p. 198]—to be appointed thereto, and to rule and administer it. Religionis zelus, etc. |
| 1410. 4 Id. Dec. Bologna. (f. 201d.) |
To the bishops of Lincoln and Civitaten., and the abbot of Vaudey (de Valledei) in the diocese of Lincoln. Confirmation— at the recent petition of John, master-general of Sempingham, containing that upon the late William de Prestwold, master of the order, depriving, on account of dilapidation, the late John de Wythby, prior of Watton in the diocese of York, he was by Wythby, who denied that he could be so deprived, brought, by papal commissions, before divers judges, even in the Roman court; and that William de Kerby (sic), precentor of York, under commission from Thomas, archbishop, [now] of Canterbury, then of York, one of the said judges, pronounced by definitive sentence that persons of the order and especially the priors of Watton were removeable at the sole pleasure of the master-general—of the said sentence, with mandate to execute it. Justis supplicum. |
| 1411. 6 Non. March. Bologna. (f. 206.) |
To William Boston, Augustinian canon of Newnham priory in the diocese of Lincoln. Dispensation to hold a benefice with cure, even if wont to be governed by secular clerks, even if a parish church or a perpetual vicarage, and to resign it, for exchange or otherwise, as often as he pleases. Religionis zelus, vite etc. |
| 1410. 18 Kal. Dec. Castel San Pietro, near Bologna (fn. 1) (f. 227d.) |
To John Blyth, John de Northampton and John Pollesworth, Augustinian canons of Launde (de Landa) priory in the diocese of Lincoln. Dispensation to them, who are in minor orders only, upon attaining their twenty-second year, to be promoted to and minister in all holy orders. Religionis etc. |
| 4 Non. Dec. Bologna. (f. 247d.) |
To John Hampton, Benedictine monk of St. Peter's, Shrewsbury. Dispensation to him—who after his profession was ordained priest—as the son of a priest and a married woman, to hold any dignities, even abbatial, perpetual administrations or offices of his order. Religionis etc. |
| 1411. 6 Id. March. Bologna. (f. 294.) |
To Robert Braynok. Provision to him, a priest, and canon of the Augustinian priory of the house of God (Domus Dei) or St. Mary, Mollyng[er], in the diocese of Meath, of the said independent priory, with cure, a conventual dignity, elective, and value not exceeding 60 marks, void and reserved, under the pope's late reservation of all conventual priories of any orders, void and to be void [Ottenthal, Reg. Canc. Apost., John XXIII, No. 3], by the death of Roger Iago. Religionis etc. |
| Concurrent mandate to the bishop of Civitaten., and the abbots of Granard and Benedictio Dei, in the dioceses of Ardagh and Meath. Religionis etc. | |