Lateran Regesta 187: 1417-1418

Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 7, 1417-1431. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1906.

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'Lateran Regesta 187: 1417-1418', in Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 7, 1417-1431, (London, 1906) pp. 39-50. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-papal-registers/brit-ie/vol7/pp39-50 [accessed 26 April 2024]

In this section

Lateran Regesta, Vol. CLXXXVII (fn. 1)

1 Martin V

De Diversis Formis

1417.
Non. Dec.
Constance.
(f. 7.)
To Eugenius Oneyll, priest, of the diocese of Armagh. Rehabilitation on account of his having (after having 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, and obtained, also by papal authority, the rectory of Acheocheaill) obtained possession under a papal grant, the letters of which had not been made out, of the perpetual vicarage of Dyserland, which two benefices are in the dioceses of Connor (Conuentren.) and Armagh, and of his having held them together for a year and more, taking the fruits. He afterwards resigned the said vicarage, and he is likewise to resign the said rectory. Sedes apostolica, pia mater. [See Cal. Lett. VI, p. 261.]
Ibid.
(f. 7d.)
To the bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (Civitaten.), Peter Omolkallan, canon of Armagh, and Henry Odubaill, canon of Derry. Mandate, recapitulating the preceding, to collate and assign to the above Eugenius Oneyll, upon his resigning it, the above rectory, value not exceeding 12 marks. He is hereby specially dispensed, on account of his said illegitimacy, to hold it. Vite ac morum. (Here again ‘Conuentren.’)
6 Id. Dec.
Constance.
(f. 10.)
To Eugenius Oconchur, chancellor of the church of Ardfert. Grant, as below. His recent petition contained that Baldassar, called John XXIII in his obedience, to which those parts then belonged, ordered the prior of Killagh (de Bello loco) in the diocese of Ardfert and two others (not here named) to collate and assign to him the chancellorship of Ardfert, a non-major, non-elective dignity with cure, value not exceeding 8 marks, void because its holder Patrick Offighillig obtained and held therewith the perpetual vicarage of Balissidia in the said diocese; that prior John cited David [son] of Thomas Fitzmoris (David Thomefi[tz]moris), priest, of the same diocese, who was in wrongful possession of the chancellorship, removed him by a definitive sentence, and made collation and provision to Eugenius; that David's appeal to the apostolic see was not prosecuted; that Eugenius duly obtained possession; but that it is now asserted that the chancellorship did not become void as above, but by the death of Henry Karhind. The pope therefore grants that the collation and provision made to Eugenius shall hold good, in whatsoever way the chancellorship became void. Vite etc.
Kal. Dec.
Constance.
(f. 21d.)
To John Makeythan, acolyte, of the diocese of Ardagh Rehabilitation on account of his having, on the voidance of the perpetual vicarage of Cluany in the above diocese by the death of Andrew Mackeythan, by giving money to certain persons got de facto collation and obtained possession, and of his having detained it for more than a year, as he still does, without being promoted to holy orders and without dispensation. He is to resign. Sedes apostolica, pia mater.
Ibid. To the bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (Civitaten.), the prior of Fowr in the diocese of Meath, and the archdeacon of Ardagh. Mandate, recapitulating the preceding, to collate and assign to the above John, upon his resigning it, the above vicarage, of the patronage of laymen, value not exceeding 8 marks, so long void as above that its collation has by the Lateran statutes lapsed to the apostolic see. Vite etc.
1418.
3 Non. March.
Constance.
(f. 23.)
To John, bishop of Ely. Confirmation of the immemorial custom by which the bishops of Ely at their sole pleasure appoint to and remove from the offices of subprior, sacrist, cellarer [and] chamberlain of the church of Ely the monks thereof. Cum a nobis petitur.
14 Kal. March Constance.
(f. 26.)
To John Forest, canon of Lincoln. Dispensation, as below. He has had papal dispensation as the son of an unmarried man and an unmarried woman (i) to be promoted to all, even holy orders and hold a benefice even with cure; (ii), after having been tonsured and obtained the parish church of Midlyngton in the diocese of Lincoln, to hold two other benefices compatible with one another and with Midlyngton, even if canonries and prebends, and one of them a dignity etc.; (iii), after having resigned Midlyngton, and obtained the parish church of Whathamstede in the said diocese and the canonry and prebend of Banberii, to hold two other benefices with or without cure, compatible therewith and with one another, even if canonries and prebends or offices, and to resign them as often as he pleased, simply or for exchange, and hold instead five compatible benefices [Cal. VI, 248], after which last dispensation he resigned Whathamstede and obtained the archdeaconry of Surrey in Winchester, a non-major dignity with cure, and the canonries and prebends of Perres in Lichfield and Sunham in Southwell. The pope now dispenses him to hold any compatible benefices, of any number and kind, with or without cure, even if canonries and prebends, dignities, major or principal, elective and with cure, and to resign them as often as he pleases, simply or for exchange. Vite etc.
1417.
3 Kal. Jan.
Constance.
(f. 48d.)
To the abbot of Norton in the diocese of Lichfield. Mandate (bishop John being at present at the Roman court), at the petition of William Mylynton and Emmota, relict of William de Lytteley, of the diocese of Lichfield—containing that they, although not ignorant that William de Lytteley and William Mylynton were related on both sides in the third and third degrees of kindred, contracted marriage and had it clandestinely solemnized—to separate them for a time, absolve them from excommunication incurred, enjoining a salutary penance, and to dispense them to contract marriage anew, declaring past and future offspring legitimate. Oblate nobis.
1418.
.12 Kal. Feb.
Constance.
(f. 50d.)
To Nicholas, bishop of Bath and Wells. Faculty to make statutes and ordinances for the reform of churches, hospitals, chantries, and other ecclesiastical benefices and offices of his cities and dioceses of Bath and Wells, especially with a view to restoring them to the purpose of their foundation and endowment. Regimini universalis ecclesie.
1417.
11 Kal. Dec.
Constance.
(f. 62.)
To William, abbot, and the convent of Westminster, O.S.B., immediately subject. Grant that the present letters shall be sufficient proof of the validity of the letters, although not drawn up, whereby Baldassar, called John XXIII, granted, on 6 Kal. April anno 5 [1415], that (notwithstanding the statutes of provincial or synodal councils forbidding abbots and priors of monasteries and prelates of churches to rent, let or give to farm, churches and other benefices belonging to them, without express licence of the ordinaries under whose jurisdiction such benefices may be) they and future abbots might do so in the case of churches appropriated to the abbatial and the conventual mensa, without requiring any such licence. Racioni congruit.
Ibid. To the above abbot William. A like grant and for the same reason in respect of John XXIII's grant under the above date that he and his successors should, in conformity with the exemption of the monastery, not be bound to collect or levy tenths and other subsidies granted to the king, notwithstanding the attempts of archbishops, bishops and other judges ordinary to compel them, even on account of any benefices belonging to the abbot and convent. Racioni etc.
1418.
13 Kal. May.
Constance.
(f. 69d.)
To Henry, elect of Chichester. Faculty to him, to whom the pope has recently made provision of the above see, to be consecrated by any catholic bishop in communion with the apostolic see, assisted by two or three like bishops. The consecrator is to send his oath of fealty according to the form enclosed, by the bishop's letters patent sealed with the bishop's seal; without prejudice to the archbishop of Canterbury. Cum nos nuper.
12 Kal. Feb.
Constance.
(f. 85.)
To Richard, bishop of London. Faculty as above to Nicholas, bishop of Bath and Wells (f. 50d). Regimini etc.
1417.
Non. Dec.
Constance.
(f. 90.)
To Nemeas Ofindrachtaid, rector of the parish church, called the comorbanship (comorbania), of Cluones in the diocese of Clogher. Rehabilitation at his recent petition, containing that Baldassar, called John XXIII, ordered certain judges to collate and assign to him the above, as void by the death of Henry Magmachuna; adding that after he had obtained possession he was forced by the intimidation of Peter Maguyr, priest, of the said diocese, to promise under oath to pay him a certain sum, and three marks a year besides, until Peter should be promoted to some dignity; and adding further that some assert that the rectory became void otherwise than as above, and is therefore still void. Besides rehabilitating and freeing him from his oath, the pope grants that the collation and provision made to him of the rectory, whose value does not exceed 60 marks, shall hold good from the present date, notwithstanding that he has been lately received by authority of the ordinary as a canon of Clogher. Vite etc. (Antonius. xxiiiior . Gratis pro deo in Bulla et Registro de mandato domini nostri pape. de Ponto.) [See Cal. VI, 428.]
1418.
2 Id. Aug.
Geneva.
(f. 88d.)
To Henry Penwortham, rector of the free chapel of Witlesfordebrigge in the diocese of Ely. Dispensation to him (who has had papal dispensation as the son of an unmarried man and an unmarried woman, to be promoted to all, even holy orders and hold a benefice even with cure, after which he was tonsured and obtained the above chapel, value not exceeding 10 marks), to hold two other mutually compatible benefices with or without cure, even if offices in metropolitan or cathedral, or canonries and prebends in collegiate churches, and to resign them and the said chapel as often as he pleases, for exchange or otherwise, and hold instead three mutually compatible benefices. Vite etc.
13 Kal. May.
Constance.
(f. 109.)
To John Burton, rector of Brompton in Pykerynglithe in the diocese of York. Dispensation to him—who has had papal dispensations as the son of an unmarried man and an unmarried woman (i) to be promoted etc. as above, f. 88d (ii) after having obtained, by collation of the ordinary, the parish church of Petteworth in the diocese of Chichester, to hold three other mutually compatible benefices with or without cure, even if canonries and prebends or dignities etc., and to resign them as often as he pleased, for exchange or otherwise, after which he resigned Petteworth and obtained Brompton in Pykerynglithe—to hold any benefices compatible with one another and with Brompton, of any number and kind, with or without cure, even if canonries and prebends, dignities etc., and to resign them etc., as above. Vite etc. [See Cal. VI, pp. 310, 361.]
1417.
7 Id. Dec.
Constance.
(f. 113d.)
To Dermit Macblosgaid, priest, of the diocese of Derry. Rehabilitation, etc., as below. He formerly received papal dispensation on account of illegitimacy (being, as he stated, according to the common opinion, the son of a priest and an unmarried woman) to be promoted, etc., as above, f. 88d, after which he, being tonsured, obtained by authority of the ordinary, on its voidance by the death of John Mecchait, the rectory of Drungrosa or de Roa alias the comorbanship of St. Kannicius in the diocese of Derry, which is of the patronage of laymen, and which has under it three other churches, the fruits of which other churches belong, two parts to the rector of the above church, and one part to the perpetual vicars instituted in them. Afterwards, hearing a rumour that he was the son of a priest and a married woman, he (without mentioning that he had received the fruits of the said rectory for two years and that, although having no dispensation super hoc, he had not been ordained priest) obtained papal dispensation to be promoted to all, even holy orders and hold the said rectory or other benefice with cure, and, having been so promoted, celebrated mass divers times. At his petition, stating that he has resigned possession of the said rectory, and has studied canon law at Oxford for several years and in studia particularia, the pope rehabilitates him and dispenses him to minister in his orders. Sedes apostolica, pia mater.
4 Id. Dec.
Constance.
(f. 114d.)
To Thomas Oluchurean, priest, of the diocese of Armagh. Rehabilitation at his petition, containing that on the voidance of the rectory of Archlacachliuga in the above diocese by its rector Maurice Okorri obtaining the deanery of Armagh, a dignity, collation thereof was under letters of Baldassar, then John XXIII, made to him, who had had [papal, as in f. 115] dispensation, as the son of an unmarried man and an unmarried woman, to be promoted etc., as above, f. 88d; and that to Donatus Oluchurean, clerk, of the said diocese, who pretended to have by authority of the ordinary a right in the said rectory and was in possession, he promised, in order that Donatus might give up possession to him, half the yearly fruits etc. until Donatus should obtain provision of another benefice, which promise he performed. He is to resign the rectory. Sedes etc.
Ibid.
(f. 115.)
To the bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, the prior of the priory of St. John, Ardee (de Atrio Dei), in the diocese of Armagh, and Maurice (Muricius) Ofercharan, canon of Armagh. Mandate, recapitulating the preceding, to collate and assign to the above Thomas, upon his resigning, the above rectory (here spelt Acachadluugha, and spelt Acachadluuga on f. 116), value not exceeding 12 marks, whether it be void by the above Maurice obtaining by authority of the ordinary the above deanery or the rectory of Cluainfecna in the above diocese, or by the death at the apostolic see of John Okorri, priest, or otherwise. Thomas is here dispensed, on account of his said illegitimacy, to hold the rectory. Vite etc. [3 pp.]
5 Kal. Dec.
Constance.
(f. 125.)
To Edmund, bishop of Exeter. Faculty during five years to reconcile by a fit priest churches and cemeteries of his city and diocese, the water being blessed by himself or another bishop. Tue deuocionis precibus.
1418.
15 Kal. Feb.
Constance.
(f. 131.)
To Eugenius Okaertean, canon of Derry. Validation of the collation and provision made to him by Clement, the present prior of St. Mary's, Dungemin, in the diocese of Derry, of the perpetual vicarage, value not exceeding 5 marks, of Achadubfaid in that diocese, under letters of Baldassar, then John XXIII, ordering the prior of St. Mary's, Dungemin and two others (not here named) to collate and assign to Eugenius (who had had papal dispensation, as the son of an unmarried man and an unmarried woman, to be promoted etc. as above, f. 88d) the same, as void by the resignation of the late Cristin Olonan to the late Simon, bishop of Derry. The pope grants to him—who holds also the rectory of Arigal in the said diocese, value not exceeding 4 marks, and, under letters of the said Bladassar, a canonry of Derry with expectation of a prebend, and has papal dispensation to hold the said rectory and vicarage together for life—that the said collation and provision shall henceforward hold good even if, as some assert, the said vicarage became and is void by the death of the above Cristin, or in any other way, and dispenses him to hold together for life the said rectory and vicarage. Vite etc. [See Cal. VI, pp. 399, 400, 423, 424, 433.]
1417.
7 Id. Dec.
Constance.
(f. 133d.)
To Donald Omongayn, deacon, of the diocese of Cloyne (Clonen.). Rehabilitation on account of his having, after receiving papal dispensation, as the son of a priest and an unmarried woman, to be promoted etc. as above, f. 88d, obtained the rectory of Bruchundi in the above diocese, of the patronage of laymen, and retained it for more than a year without being ordained priest and without dispensation super hoc. He is to resign. Sedes apostolica, pia mater. [See below, pp. 50, 51.]
Ibid(f. 134.) To the bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, and the treasurer and Gillebert Ohiarlaythe, canon, of Cork. Mandate, recapitulating the preceding, to collate and assign to the above Donald, upon his resignation, the above rectory, value not exceeding 7 marks, which became and is void by the non-promotion [to the priesthood] of Gregory Lumbard. He is hereby specially dispensed, on account of his said illegitimacy, to hold it. Vite etc.
1418.
4 Non. March.
Constance.
(f. 146d.)
To Robert, elect of Ferns. Faculty to him, to whom the pope has made provision of the above see, and who has taken his oath of fealty before Raynald, cardinal deacon of St. Vitus's in Macello, to be consecrated, etc. as above, f. 69d, mutatis mutandis. Cum nos pridem.
1417.
3 Id. Dec.
Constance.
(f. 150.)
To Donald Makeallaid, clerk, of the diocese of Achonry (Akaden.). Rehabilitation on account of his having retained for more than three years, without having himself ordained priest and without dispensation super hoc, the perpetual vicarage de Decuaimfabayr in the above diocese, which he had obtained by authority of the ordinary, and which he afterwards resigned. Sedes apostolica, pia mater.
1418.
12 Kal. Feb.
Constance.
(f. 160.)
To Nicholas, bishop of Bath and Wells. Faculty, on the resignation or death of the present holder of the provostship of Combe (de Combis) in the church of Wells, the abuses in connexion with which are described, after separating its annexed canonry and prebend, with their fruits etc., to apply, at his discretion, the rest of its fruits etc. to the benefit of the church, and the amelioration, by appropriations etc., of the chapter, canonries and prebends, dignities etc. therein. Ammonet nos suscepti cura.
2 Kal. March.
Constance.
(f. 163d.)
To Cornelius, elect of Ardagh (Ardecaden.). Faculty to him, whose election by the chapter the pope has recently confirmed, appointing him bishop, to be consecrated etc. as above, f. 69d, mutatis mutandis. Cum nos nuper electionem.
1417.
12 Kal. Jan.
Constance.
(f. 172.)
To the archbishop of Canterbury and the bishop of Hereford. Mandate to receive from Benedict, bishop of St. Davids, whom the pope has recently translated thither from Bangor, the usual oath of fealty. Cum nuper venerabilem.
Ibid. To the same. The like in the case of Stephen, bishop of Chichester, recently translated by the pope from St. Davids. Cum etc.
1418.
2 Kal. Feb.
Constance.
(f. 182.)
To Richard, elect of Dublin. Faculty to him, whose election by the chapter the pope has recently confirmed, appointing him archbishop, to be consecrated, as above f. 69d, mutatis mutandis. Cum nos nuper electionem.
4 Kal. Feb.
Constance.
(f. 204d.)
To John Rider, rector of Stone in the diocese of Rochester. Dispensation (at the petition also of Richard, bishop of London, whose commensal chaplain he is; who holds the above church and the canonries and prebends of Wildeland in London and Kayre in Llandaff, value altogether not exceeding 100 marks, and to whom the present pope recently [below, Reg. Lat. CLXXXVIII, f. 35] ordered provision to be made of the canonry and prebend of Thamon in Ferns, value not exceeding 30 marks) to hold for two years the said church together with any other benefice with cure or otherwise incompatible. Within the said period he is to exchange Stone or such incompatible benefice for another benefice compatible with the one or the other; if not he is, after the said period, to resign Stone. Vite etc.
8 Kal. March.
Constance.
(f. 211d.)
To William, elect of Bangor. Indult to him (to whom the pope recently made provision of Bangor, the mensa of which has been impoverished by wars etc.) to retain for two years, even after his consecration, his canonry and prebend of St. Botulph in Lincoln and parish church of Schyrington in the diocese of Lincoln, value not exceeding 40 marks. Exigit tue devocionis.
Id. Jan Constance (f. 219.) To John, archbishop of Armagh, primate of Ireland. Indult, although he has not fully visited or even begun to visit the church, chapter, city and diocese of Armagh, to visit during five years the other dioceses of his province in any order. Meritis tue devocionis.
6 Id. Jan.
Constance.
(f. 229.)
To John Sudbury, rector of Heughh[a]mme in the diocese of Wells. Dispensation to him, who is in minor orders only, during three years, whilst he remains in the service of Richard, bishop of London, not to be obliged to have himself ordained priest on account of the above church, provided that within a year he be ordained subdeacon. Vite etc.
1417.
4 Id. Dec.
Constance.
(f. 236.)
To Thady Omiagaid. Validation of the collation and provision made to him by Cornelius Omoeleanaid, canon, then prior, of the priory of St. Mary, Inchmacnerin (de Insulamacneri) in the diocese of Elphin, under a mandate addressed by Alexander V to the prior of the above and two others (not here named) to collate and assign to Thady the perpetual benefice with cure, called the rectory of rural lands of Ofichari and Beannfada in the diocese of Achnory, which is in no church, is of the patronage of a layman, whose value does not exceed 16 marks, which became void by the death of Cormac Oheagra, clerk, and which was so long void that its collation had by the Lateran statutes lapsed to the apostolic see; it being alleged by some that the said benefice has not cure of souls, and that it became void otherwise than as above and is therefore still void. Vite etc.
1418.
3 Non. Jan.
Constance.
(f. 236d.)
To Patrick, bishop of Ossory. Validation of his recent translation by the pope from Cork to Ossory, as though there had been no litigation in the Roman court, about the provision made to him of the see of Cork, between him and Milo, bishop in the universal church, sometime dean of Cork. Personam tuam.
3 Non. Feb.
Constance.
(f. 238d.)
Confirmation as below. The recent petition of the parishioners of the church of the conventual priory of Holy Trinity, London, O.S.A., contained that formerly parish services were performed and mass and other divine offices celebrated for them by one of the canons in the said church at the altar of St. Mary Magdalene at the south side of it; that afterwards, on account of the dissonance arising from singing at the said altar and in the choir, and other inconvenience to them and to the prior and convent, a church or chapel, without a font, of Holy Trinity and St. Catherine the Virgin was built by mutual consent for the said services and offices, certain times being excepted; and that bishop Richard ordained that a font should be erected in the said church or chapel of St. Catherine, that the services, about which dissensions had arisen, should be held perpetually therein, that on the feasts of Holy Trinity and the morrow of St. Bartholomew the Apostle, namely the dedication of the priory church, the parishioners should attend the latter and each offer a penny, halfpenny or farthing, and that the said church or chapel of St. Catherine should be served, as before, by one of the canons or his deputy, etc. The pope hereby confirms the bishop's ordinance. Ad fut. rei mem. Universalis ecclesie regimini. [See Stow, Survey of London (1754), I, 392.]
5 Non. March.
Constance.
(f. 253d.)
To Richard de Muor, priest, of the diocese of Ardfert. Rehabilitation on account of the following. The late Angelus Corario, bishop in the universal church, then called Gregory XII, ordered provision to be made to him, then in minor orders only, of the rectories of Anach and Cluhirbryn in the above diocese, of the patronage of laymen, and dispensed him to hold them together for life. He obtained the said rectories under the said mandate, which stated, amongst other things, that he was of knightly birth, that the rectory of Anach was void by the death of Maurice Fyt, that formerly the vicarage of Cluhirbryn was separated from the rectory thereof, and that the said rectories were reputed to be a single benefice, whereas in fact he was not noble except in so far as his father and his grandfather on his mother's side were the sons of knights’ daughters, and the rectory of Anach was void by the death of Maurice Ykahil. Further, he obtained and has long held with the above rectories, without dispensation, the perpetual vicarage of Any in the diocese of Emly, void by the death of Thomas Yldeayn (Yladeayn on f. 254d) without, however, receiving any fruits from it. He is to resign all three. Sedes apostolica. [See Cal. VI, 131, which has Maurice Wythe.]
Ibid.
(f. 254.)
To the bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, the precentor of Limerick, and Donald Osanlayn, canon of Ardfert. Mandate, recapitulating the preceding, to collate and assign to the above Richard, who is by both parents of noble birth, and has studied canon and civil law for five years, upon his resigning, the said rectory [of Cluhirbryn] and vicarage of Any, value not exceeding 15 marks, which he is hereby dispensed to hold together for life. He is to resign the rectory of Anach. Nobilitas generis, vite etc. (Terminal subscription: Franciscus. xxviii. Die quinto Aprilis mccccxviii. de Agello.) [See below, Reg. Lat. CLXXXVIII, f. 240d.]
3 Kal. Feb.
Constance.
(f. 255d.)
To Richard Cawntwell, canon of Lismore. Mandate to summon Thomas Laules, perpetual vicar of Clemel in the diocese of Lismore, and to deprive him of his vicarage if he find true the charges made against him to the pope by Richard Laules, clerk, of Cashel, namely of refusing to execute certain papal letters granted to Richard Pellyne, dean of Cork, whereby he lay for more than two years under excommunication, celebrating meanwhile mass and other divine offices in contempt of the keys, and further, of keeping a public tavern in his own house, notwithstanding repeated admonitions of the ordinary Ad audienciam nostram.
19 Kal. Feb.
Constance.
(f. 265d.)
To John Symondesburgh, treasurer of London, B.C.L. Dispensation to him—who was dispensed by Baldassar, then called John XXIII, to hold for five years with the said treasurership, which is a dignity with cure, any other benefice with cure or otherwise incompatible, even if a parish church or a perpetual vicarage or a dignity etc., and to resign both, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleased etc. [Cal. Lett. VI, p. 214], after which he obtained by authority of the ordinary the parish church of Hawkechirch in the diocese of Salisbury, whose parsonage (cuius dos sine mansio eius rectori pro tempore existenti debita) was in the second year after thus obtaining the church, destroyed by fire with many of his belongings which were in it —the said five years being nearly ended, and his intention being to make good the damage, to hold together for life both treasurership and church, value not exceeding 112 marks, and to resign them simply or for exchange. Litterarum sciencia, vite etc.
1417.
11 Kal. Dec.
Constance.
(f. 267.)
To William, abbot, and the convent of Westminster, immediately subject, O.S.B. Validation of the indult granted to them by Baldassar, called John XXIII, on 6 Kal. April anno 5 [1415] (the letters about which were not drawn up while the obedience to the said pope lasted), notwithstanding that by the customs and statutes of their order the eating of flesh was forbidden from Septuagesima to Quinquagesima Sunday, to use and eat, in accordance with the custom of their monastery, therein and elsewhere, dishes and other things flavoured and cooked with gravy (pulmentariis aliisque carneo succo conditis atque coctis uti et vesci), except only on the canonical fast days. Racioni congruit.
1418.
12 Kal. April.
Constance.
(f. 268d.)
To John, bishop of Lichfield and Coventry. Indult to him, who was sent by king Henry as an ambassador to the General Synod of Constance, and will probably have to stay some time for the prosecution in the Roman court of certain business of the king, to visit his said united dioceses, once only, by deputy, and to receive procurations; notwithstanding that he has not, as is the custom in England, been installed in his said churches. Dum ad illas fidei constanciam.
Concurrent mandate to the bishops of Oloron, Lincoln and St. Davids. Dum etc.
3 Id. Jan.
Constance.
(f. 273d.)
To the bishop of Teramo (Aprutin.), the abbot of Tracton (de Albotractu) in the diocese of Cork, and the dean of Cork. Confirmation as below. The late Angelus, called Gregory XII, made provision to Milo, bishop of Cork, of that see, which he had previously reserved, in virtue of which Milo obtained possession and administered the see for more than a year, being likewise consecrated, also by mandate of the said Angelus. Afterwards Patrick, [now] bishop of Ossory (translated thither from Cork by the present pope), claiming that provision of Cork had been made to him by Alexander V, dispossessed Milo, whose suit against Patrick the present pope committed for hearing to Angelus, cardinal priest of SS. Peter and Marcellinus. The pope now confirms the provision of Cork made to Milo, and orders the above to restore him to possession. Iniunctum nobis.
16 Kal. Feb.
Constance.
(f. 280.)
Decree, at the recent petition of Albert, duke of Austria, that into the monastery of St. Mary of the Scots in Vienna in the diocese of Passau may be admitted as monks other than natives of Scotland and Ireland and the neighbouring parts, the foundation statutes etc. notwithstanding. Ad fut. rei mem. Regimini universalis ecclesie.
1417.
Non. Dec.
Constance.
(f. 293.)
To John Ocailti, priest, of the diocese of Derry. Rehabilitation, at his recent petition, containing that after having received papal dispensation, as the son of a priest and an unmarried woman, to be promoted etc. as above, f. 88d, he obtained, by papal provision, the rectory of Enga in the above diocese (void by Execrabilis because Peter Omaillcalland obtained, and for more than a month held it, without dispensation, together with his rectory of Tanlacat in the diocese of Armagh), bought off Peter's possible opposition to his peaceable possession by a simoniacal agreement to let him have half the fruits until Peter should obtain another benefice, and has ministered in all the above orders. He is to resign the rectory. Sedes apostolica, pia mater.
Ibid.
(f. 293d.)
To the bishop of Arezzo (Aretin.), the prior of the priory of St. Mary, Dungemyn, in the diocese of Derry, and Peter Omulkalan, canon of Armagh. Mandate, recapitulating the preceding, to collate and assign to the above John (here with the spelling Occailti) the above rectory of Enga, value not exceeding 5 marks, which he is hereby specially dispensed, on account of his said illegitimacy, to hold. Vite etc.
1418.
4 Id. Jan.
Constance.
(f. 302.)
To John Kemp, archdeacon of Durham, D.C.L. Indult for five years to visit his archdeaconry by deputy, whilst in the service of king Henry or hindered by sickness or any other lawful impediment, and to receive procurations in money, not exceeding 30 silver Tournois, 12 to the gold florin of Florence. Meretur tue devocionis sinceritas.
Concurrent mandate to the bishop of Lichfield, the archdeacon of Richmond in York, and Richard Holme, canon of York. Meretur dilecti filii.
4 Id. March.
Constance.
(f. 306.)
To John Saxton, rector of Netteleswellis in the diocese of London. Dispensation to him—who formerly received papal dispensation, as the son of an unmarried man and an unmarried woman, to be promoted etc. as above, f. 88d, after which he obtained the above church, value not exceeding 12l.—to hold four other mutually compatible benefices with or without cure, and to resign them, as often as he pleases, for exchange or otherwise. Vite etc.

Footnotes

  • 1. On the back is Anno 1. Lib. 1. A piece of parchment inside the volume (which, like the rest of the Lateran Registers, is a paper volume) has [Liber] primus de diversis formis anno primo domini nostri Martini pape quinti. Fol. i is headed Primus de diversis formis. Rubricatus est.