Lateran Regesta 520: 1456

Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 11, 1455-1464. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1921.

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'Lateran Regesta 520: 1456', in Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 11, 1455-1464, (London, 1921) pp. 302-307. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-papal-registers/brit-ie/vol11/pp302-307 [accessed 19 April 2024]

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

2 Calixtus III.

De Beneficiis Vacantibus.

1456.
4 Kal. June.
(29 May.)
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 34.)
To the bishop of Elphin. Mandate to collate and assign to Seanchanus alias Seanchan Ostingyn, clerk, of the diocese of Elphin (who was lately dispensed by papal authority, on account of illegitimacy as the son of unmarried parents, to be promoted to all even holy orders and hold a benefice even with cure, after which he was received by authority of the ordinary as a canon of Elphin) the moiety of the tithes of the rural town of Cluayncomosg in the said diocese, which used to belong to the community of Elphin before it was separated and dissolved, and is wont to be assigned to a canon of the said church in the place of a canon's portion or prebend, as is still done when it becomes void, (fn. 2) value not exceeding 2 marks sterling, void because Milerus de Burgo, sometime a canon of the said church, has entered and made his profession as a canon of the monastery of St. Mary, Achcruym Omane, of the order of canons regular of St. Augustine, in the diocese of Clonfert; whether it be so void, or void by the death of Charles Yconchobayr or Dermit Meccillaruaid, or by the resignation of the said Milerus, or in any other way. Dignum arbitramur. (P. and G. de Ca[l]lio. | P. xx. Sexto Id. Junii Anno Secundo. de Varris.) [3¼ pp.]
1456.
4 Non. May.
(4 May.)
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 35d.)
To the abbot of St. Mary's de Inesgat and the prior of Inescronan, in the diocese of Killaloe (Laonien.), and Donatus Macray, a canon of Killaloe. Mandate (the pope having been informed by John Oduleanna, priest, of the diocese of Killaloe, that Malachy (fn. 3) Omir, perpetual vicar of Kyllmaille in the said diocese, an open and notorious fornicator, has dilapidated etc. the goods of the said vicarage and committed perjury) if and after John accuses Malachy before the above three, to summon Malachy, and if they find the foregoing to be true, to deprive and remove him, and in that event to collate and assign the said vicarage, value not exceeding 4 marks sterling, to John. Vite etc. (C. and pro M. Amici, G. Gonne. | C. Gratis pro deo. Decimo septimo Kal. Julii Anno Secundo. de Montepolitiano.) [3½ pp.]
Non. May.
(7 May.)
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 54d.)
To the bishop of Alessandria, the abbot of Paisley (de Palleto , rectius de Pasleto) in the diocese of Glasgow and the dean of Glasgow. Mandate to collate and assign to James de Park, priest, of the diocese of Glasgow, the perpetual vicarage of Maboyl in the said diocese, value not exceeding 9l. sterling, so long void by the resignation of the late John Were, made to the late bishop William and admitted by that bishop by his ordinary authority without the Roman court, that by the Lateran statutes its collation has lapsed to the apostolic see. Vite etc. (P. and G. Gonne. | P. xx. Id. Maii Anno Secundo. de Varris.) [1½ pp.]
8 Id. May.
(8 May.)
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 59d.)
To the official of Glasgow. Mandate to collate and assign to John Gilberti, priest, of the diocese of Glasgow, the perpetual vicarage of Rilbrachan (rectius Kilbrachan) in the said diocese, value not exceeding 9l. sterling, void by the death in the month of April last past of James Inghys (? rectius Inglys) without the Roman court. (fn. 4) Dignum arbitramur. (P. and A. de Amelia. | P. xxvi. Tertio Non. Junii Anno Secundo. de Varris.) [2¼ pp.]
8 Kal. May.
(24 April).
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 62.)
To the prior of St. Mary's Dungemin in the diocese of Derry (Deren.), and David Omulmuchari and Peter Odubaill, canons of Derry. Mandate to collate and assign to Patrick Ochaelti, priest, of the diocese of Derry, the perpetual vicarage of Atheochtaill (rectius Acheochcaill) in the diocese of Connor, value not exceeding 12 marks sterling, so long void, by the resignation of the late John Ochaelti made to the late bishop John and admitted by that bishop without the Roman court, that by the Lateran statutes its collation has lapsed to the apostolic see; summoning and removing John Macgillaranam, priest, of the said diocese, who for more than two years but less than three has detained it without any canonical title. The mandate is given to the above three because from fear of John's power Patrick cannot safely meet him within the city or diocese of Connor. Vite etc. (P. and A. de Amelia. | P. Gratis pro deo. Non Junii Anno Secundo. de Varris.) [12/3 pp.]
10 Kal. July.
(22 June.)
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 70d.)
To John Otonir, a canon of Elphin. Mandate (the pope having been informed by Dermit Ohactagan, clerk, of the diocese of Elphin, that Cornelius Ohactagan, perpetual vicar of Kyllearyi in that diocese, has committed simony and perjury and has dilapidated etc. its goods, and is much defamed thereof in those parts) if and after Dermit accuses Cornelius before the above canon, to summon Cornelius, and if he find the foregoing to be true, to deprive and remove him, and in that event to collate and assign the vicarage, value not exceeding 4 marks sterling, to Dermit; whether it become void by such deprivation, or be void by the resignation of Thomas Yhactagan, priest, of the said diocese, or in any other way. Dignum etc. (P. and G. Gonne. | P. xx. Pridie Non. Julii Anno Secundo. de Varris.) [3 pp.]
14 Kal. Sept.
(19 Aug.)
S. Maria Maggiore,
Rome.
(f. 137d.)
To Luke Finlai. Collation and provision to him (who was lately dispensed by authority of the ordinary, on account of illegitimacy as the son of unmarried parents, to be promoted to the first tonsure, after which he was so promoted) of the perpetual vicarage of Blakat in the diocese of Glasgow, value not exceeding 9l. sterling, void by the death of John Lesle alias Liscar at the apostolic see, and therefore ipso facto reserved to the pope. He is hereby dispensed to receive and retain it, notwithstanding the said defect etc. Vite etc. (P. and H. Mascheim. G. de Callio. | P. xii. x. Septimo Id. Septembris Anno Secundo. de Varris.) [3 pp.]
Non. Oct.
(7 Oct.)
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 157.)
To the abbot of St. Mary's, Middleton (de C[h]oro Benedicti) and the prior of Ballintober (Villefontis) in the diocese[s] of Cloyne (Clonen.) [and Tuam]. Mandate (the pope having been informed by Donald Occaruuyll, perpetual vicar of Anagerothan alias Clonferta in the diocese of Cloyne, that Patrick Okiallare, canon of Cloyne, an open concubinary and notorious fornicator, has dilapidated etc. the goods etc. of his canonry of Cloyne and prebend of Kyllmiclenyn, about which and several other crimes etc. he is defamed in those parts) if and after Donald accuses Patrick before the above abbot and prior, to summon Patrick, and if they find the foregoing or enough thereof to be true, to deprive and remove him, and in that event to collate and assign the said canonry and prebend, value not exceeding 3 marks sterling, to Donald, notwithstanding that he holds the said vicarage, value not exceeding 12 marks sterling. Vite etc. (P. and G. Gonne. | P. Gratis pro deo. Octavo Id. Novembris Anno Secundo. de Varris.) [3½ pp.]
1456.
8 Id. May.
(8 May.)
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 179.)
To the official of Glasgow. Mandate (recapitulating a mandate of provision made by the pope this day to Thomas Wausi, M.A., of the deanery of Glasgow, a major dignity, previously reserved, whereby he was bound, as he also offered, to resign his perpetual vicarage of Symonton in the diocese of Glasgow) to reserve to his gift, for collation to Simon Inglis, priest, of the said diocese, by both parents of noble birth, the said vicarage, value not exceeding 13l. sterling, and to collate and assign it to him upon its becoming void. Dignum etc. (P. and A. de Amelia. | P. xxiiii. Tertio Non. Junii Anno Secundo. de Varris.) [3¼ pp. See above, p. 271.]
8 Kal. May.
(24 April.)
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 201.)
To the bishop of Zamora and the dean and chancellor of Ross. Mandate to collate and assign to Odo Ohedyrsgeail, clerk, of the diocese of Ross, the perpetual vicarage of Achaduyn in the said diocese, value not exceeding 8 marks sterling, void because Odo Macdamel alias Ohedyrsgeoil held it for more than a year without having himself ordained priest and without dispensation. Vite etc. (P. and A. [de] Cortesiis. | P. Gratis pro deo. Quinto Id. Maii Anno Secundo. de Varris.) [2 pp.]
3 Id. May.
(13 May.)
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 209.)
To John Otonir, a canon of Elphin. Mandate (the pope having been informed by Cornelius Ostingyn alias Corni, priest, of the diocese of Elphin, that Cornelius Oclabayd, perpetual vicar of Fueran in the said diocese, unlearned (minus litteratus) and an open simoniac, has dilapidated etc. the goods of the vicarage, about which things he is much defamed in those parts), if and after Ostingyn (who was lately dispensed by papal authority, on account of illegitimacy as the son of unmarried parents, to be promoted to all even holy orders and hold a benefice even with cure, after which he had himself so promoted) accuses Oclabayd before the above canon, to summon Oclabayd, and if he find the foregoing to be true, to deprive and remove him, and in that event to collate and assign the said vicarage, value not exceeding 4 marks sterling, to Ostingyn. Dignum etc. (P. and G. Gonne. | P. xx. Quarto Kal. Junii Anno Secundo. de Varris.) [3 pp.]
3 Id. May.
(13 May.)
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 216d.)
To the bishop of Elphin, and Seanchanus Osungyn (? rectius Ostingyn) and Thomas Ohacragan (? rectius Ohactagan), canon[s] of the same. Mandate (the pope having been informed by John Otonir, a canon of Elphin, that Patrick Osungyn (sic), perpetual vicar of Cillmacuagyn in the diocese of Elphin, has dilapidated etc. the goods of the said vicarage and is an open fornicator and simoniac, and is much defamed about these things in those parts, to the shame of the priestly order) if and after John (who was lately dispensed by papal authority, on account of illegitimacy as the son of a priest and an unmarried woman to be promoted to all even holy orders and receive and retain a benefice even with cure, and afterwards a canonry of Elphin and the moiety of the tithes of the parish church of Furan in the said diocese, wont to be assigned in the place of a prebend or canon's portion, in the event of their being collated to him in virtue of papal letters by which provision was ordered to be made to him thereof) accuses Patrick before the above three, to summon Patrick, and if they find the foregoing to be true, to deprive and remove him, and in that event to collate and assign the said vicarage, value not exceeding 5 marks sterling, to John, notwithstanding that he holds the said canonry and prebend or portion, value [likewise] not exceeding 5 marks sterling. He is hereby specially dispensed to receive and retain the vicarage, notwithstanding the said defect etc. Vite etc. (C. and G. Gonne. | C. xv. Residuum gratis pro deo. Pridie Non. Julii Anno Secundo. de Montepolitiano.) [2⅓ pp.]
10 Kal. July.
(22 June.)
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 218.)
To John Ohuren, a canon of Dublin. Mandate (the pope having been informed by Patrick Standun, priest, of the diocese of Dublin, that Maurice Makaycargi, perpetual vicar of Kyladryyn alias Newcastle (de Castronovo) in the said diocese, an open and notorious fornicator and simoniac, has dilapidated etc. the goods of the said vicarage, and is about these and divers other crimes defamed in those parts, to the shame of the priestly order) if and after Patrick (who was lately dispensed by papal authority, on account of illegitimacy as the son of unmarried parents, to be promoted to all even holy orders and hold a benefice even with cure, after which he had himself so promoted) accuses Maurice before the above canon, to summon Maurice, and if he find the foregoing to be true, to deprive and remove him, and in that event to collate and assign the vicarage, value not exceeding 16 marks sterling, to Patrick. Vite etc. (P. and G. Gonne. | P. xxiiii. Tertio Id. Julii Anno Secundo. de Varris.) [2½ pp.]
9 Kal. Sept.
(24 Aug.)
S. Maria Maggiore, Rome.
(f. 248.)
To the abbot of St. Mary's, Ferns (de Fernia) and the priors of St. Mary's in Glascarg and St. John the Evangelist's, Iniscorthy, in the diocese of Ferns. Mandate to collate and assign to Patrick Omurchu, clerk, of the diocese of Leighlin, the rectory of Kylnamanach in the diocese of Ferns, of lay patronage and value not exceeding 8 marks sterling, so long void by the death of Magonius Obolgy without the Roman court, that by the Lateran statutes its collation has lapsed to the apostolic see. Vite etc. (P. and H. Masheim. | P. xxii. Id. Septembris Anno Secundo. de Varris.) [22/3 pp.]

De Regularibus.

Prid. Kal. June.
(31 May.)
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 298.)
To the archdeacons of Dunblane and Dunkeld and the provost of Abbirnethy in the diocese of Dunblane. Mandate, as below. The recent petition of the abbot and convent of St. Mary's Lindores, O.S.B., in the diocese of St. Andrews, contained that although the right of presenting to the perpetual vicarage of Dunde in the diocese of Brechin has belonged to them from time immemorial, yet the late John bishop of Brechin, wrongfully claiming the same, on the vicarage becoming void by the death of Richard Erag (rectius Crag), rejected the presentation made by the abbot and convent within the lawful time, and made collation to Richard Wily, clerk, of the said diocese of Brechin, thereby despoiling the abbot and convent of their right of presentation. The pope therefore orders the above three to summon, the said bishop having recently died, the present bishop of Brechin and the said Richard and others concerned, and, restoring the abbot and convent, to hear both sides and decide what is just without appeal, causing their decision to be observed by the present bishop by the pope's authority, and by others by ecclesiastical censure. Exhibita siquidem nobis. (P. and A. de Cortesiis. | P. xvi. de Varris.) [1½ pp. See Cal. Papal Lett, X, pp. 250, 251 and below, Reg. Vat. DXIV, f. 2.]
5 Non. July.
(3 July.)
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 310d.)
To the dean and the archdeacon of Ardagh and Eugenius Oradochain, a canon of the same. Mandate to summon the below-named bishop and others concerned, and to collate and assign to Peter Magaurughan, a canon of the Augustinian priory of St. Mary, Drumlean, in the diocese of Kilmore, the said priory, conventual and with cure of souls, dependent on the monastery of St. Mary without the walls of the town of Kenlys in the diocese of Meath, (fn. 5) value not exceeding 20 marks sterling, which became and is still void at the apostolic see and therefore ipso facto reserved, by the promotion, made by the present pope, of Thady bishop of Kilmore to that church, and by his consecration which was administered to him by the pope's grant at the said see; the said Peter stating that he is illegitimate, being the son of unmarried parents, that after he entered the said monastery and made his profession he had himself promoted to all even holy orders, that the said bishop has for about a year unduly detained the said priory in commendam under pretext of certain papal letters which are surreptitious because he falsely stated therein that the fruits etc. of his episcopal mensa were so slender that he could not be maintained therefrom, whereas in fact they were then, as at present, so abundant that he could and can be decently maintained, and that he cannot safely meet the said bishop in the city and diocese of Kilmore. Peter is hereby dispensed to receive and retain the said priory, notwithstanding the said defect etc. Religionis zelus etc. (P. and G. Gonne. | P. xxx. Id. Julli Anno Secundo. de Varris.) [3¼ pp.]

Footnotes

  • 1. et a monasterio eiusdem bcate Marie ex[tra] muros opidi Kenlys dicte diocesis Midensis diocesis dependet. Not only is the text incorrect, but the leaf, like those which precede and follow, is much injured by wornholes, one of which has made ‘muros’ almost illegible.
  • 2. On the back of the volume is the usual modern description in Italian: ‘Calisto iii. 1456, Anno 2. Lib. 1.’ The contemporary flyleaf has gone, but on the bottom edge of the volume is the usual contemporary description: ’Primus de beneficiis vacantibus et de regularibus anno secundo domini nostri domini Calisti pape tercii.’ F. i. is headed: ‘de beneficiis vacantibus anno secundo domini Calisti pape iii.’ There are ff. i–cccxiii. of text, some of them being blank.
  • 3. Cum itaque ut accepimus dimidia pars decimarum ville ruralis de Cluayntomosg Elphinensis diocesis, que olim ad co[m]munitatem ecclesie Elphinensis antequam separata et dissoluta esset spectabat, et que canonico dicte ecclesie loco canonicalis portionis sive prebende assignari solet, prout jam dum vacat assignatur, … vacaverit et vacet ad presens.
  • 4. The scribe had written ‘Malachias’ correctly, but cancelled it and substituted ‘Machalias’ in the margin. The latter is in turn cancelled and overwritten ‘C(onradu)s’ [de Montepolitiano], ‘Malachias’ being substituted below it and subscribed ‘C.’ Further on in the text the scribe has written ‘Machalias,’ which has escaped detection, and has also written the correct spelling of the name.
  • 5. The ground on which the pope's mandate is based does not appear