Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 13, 1471-1484. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1955.
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'Lateran Regesta 774: 1476-1477', in Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 13, 1471-1484, (London, 1955) pp. 568-573. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-papal-registers/brit-ie/vol13/pp568-573 [accessed 19 April 2024]
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Lateran Regesta, Vol. DCCLXXIV. (fn. 1)
6 Sixtus IV.
De Diversis.
| 1476. 9 Kal. April. (24 March.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 34v.) |
To John Rede alias Stobo, clerk, of the diocese of St. Andrews. Dispensation to him (who was formerly 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, after which he had himself made a clerk), to receive and retain any benefices of any number and kind, with and without cure, compatible with one another and with the said benefice, and to resign them, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases. Vite etc. [¾ p.] |
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| 1477. 15 Kal. May. (17 April.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 39v.) |
To John Nottecombe, rector of the parish church of Chepyng Towton in the diocese of Exeter. Dispensation to receive and retain for life with the said church any other benefice, or, if he resign that church any two other benefices, with cure or otherwise incompatible, even if two parish churches etc., or dignities etc., and to resign them, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases. Vite etc. [1⅓ pp.] |
| 6 Kal. May. (26 April.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 41v.) |
To John Damson’, dean of Salisbury. Indult to him, who is almoner of Edward prince of Wales, to take for life the fruits etc. of the said deanery and his other benefices, and not to be bound meanwhile to reside in them, and to let the said fruits etc. to farm etc. for two years, to any persons, even laymen, whilst residing in the Roman court or one of his benefices, or engaged in the service of Edward king of England or the said prince, or in the study of letters at an university. Vite etc. |
| Concurrent mandate to the abbot of Glastonbury (Glastonien.) in the diocese of Bath and Wells, the dean of Wells and the archpriest of St. Eustachius's de Urbe. Hodie dilecto filio. [2¾ pp.] | |
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Ibid. (f. 43r.) |
To John Blakwyn’, rector of the parish church of Berwyk in Elmet, in the diocese of York, M.A. Dispensation to receive and retain for life with the said church one other benefice, etc., as above, f. 39v. Litterarum scientia, vite etc. [1½ pp.] |
| 1476. Prid. Id. Sept. (12 Sept.) Foligno. (f. 61r.) |
To the dean of Kildare (Daren.). Mandate to collate and assign to William Ocolghan, clerk, of the diocese of Kildare, who, notwithstanding his illegitimacy as the son of a priest and an unmarried woman, has been made a clerk, the rectory of the parish church of Culcoora in the said diocese, of lay patronage, with cure, and value not exceeding 12 marks sterling, so long void that there is no certain knowledge of the mode of its voidance, and that its collation has lapsed to the apostolic see, although Maurice Omaneant, clerk, of the said diocese, who is to be summoned and removed, has detained possession for between about ten and eleven years without any title. The pope hereby dispenses him to be promoted to all, even holy and priest's orders, and receive and retain the said rectory for life, and to resign it, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases. Dignum etc. (At the end: A. xxii. Octavo Kal. Octobris anno sexto. de Petra.) [2 pp.] |
| 1476[–7]. Kal March. (1 March.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 91v.) |
To John Chaumer, perpetual vicar of the parish church [de] Zaile in the diocese of Orkney. Dispensation to receive and retain for life with the said vicarage any other benefice etc., as above, f. 39v. Vite etc. [12/3 pp.] |
| Id. March. (15 March.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 92v.) |
To Thomas Coocke, rector of the parish church of SS. Peter and Paul, Uxwelle, in the diocese of Norwich, doctor of laws. The like, mutatis mutandis. Litterarum etc. [1⅓ pp. +] |
| 1477. 16 Kal. Aug. (17 July.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 113r.) |
To Thomas Hykhame, priest, of the diocese of Lincoln. Dispensation to receive and retain for life any two benefices with cure or otherwise incompatible, even if etc., as above, f. 39v. Vite etc. [1½ pp.] |
| 4 Non. June. (2 June.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 114v.) |
To John Pekeryng, perpetual vicar of the parish church of St. Oswald in the diocese of Durham, I.U.B. Dispensation to receive and retain for life with the said vicarage any other benefice, etc., as ibid. Litterarum etc. [1¾ pp.] |
| 7 Kal. Aug. (26 July.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 119r.) |
To Robert Shawe, a canon of the priory of St. Thomas the Martyr by Stafford, O.S.A., in the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield. Dispensation to receive and retain for life any benefice with or without cure wont to be governed by secular clerks, even if a parish church etc., and to resign it, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases. Religionis zelus, vite etc. [1 p.] |
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Ibid. (f. 125v.) |
To Henry Gyllowe, rector of the parish church of Hoghton in the diocese of Durham, bachelor of decrees. Dispensation, as below. He was lately dispensed by papal authority to receive and retain for life with the said church one other benefice … pleased, as above, f. 39v. At his recent petition (containing that he has obtained by canonical collation the parish church of Wyrkyngton within the bounds of the jurisdiction of the archdeaconry of Richmond, in the diocese of York, and holds it with the said church of Hoghton in virtue of the said dispensation), the pope hereby dispenses him to receive and retain for life with the said two incompatible benefices any other third benefice with cure or otherwise incompatible, even if a parish church etc., or a dignity etc., and to resign it, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases, provided that of such three benefices not more than two be parish churches etc. Litterarum etc. [2½ pp.] |
| Id. May. (15 May.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 152r.) |
To John, bishop of Beirut (Bericen.), dwelling in the city of London, and the bishops of Norwich and Rochester. Mandate, as below. The recent petition of John Colman of Parva Waldyngfeld, layman, of the diocese of Norwich, contained that although he and Catherine Fulsnape (fn. 2) of Hadley, mulier, of the same diocese, contracted marriage per verba legitime de presenti, John Roo, layman, of the said diocese, alleging that he had contracted a like marriage with the said Catherine, brought her, claiming that she should be adjudged to him as his lawful wife, before Thomas Wynterburn, doctor of laws, auditor of causes of the court of Thomas, cardinal priest of St. Ciriac's in T[h]ermis, and papal legate in those parts in virtue of the church of Canterbury; that although the said John Colman, likewise claiming that the said Catherine should be adjudged to him as his lawful wife, was admitted to the cause, and lawfully proved the said marriage contracted between him and Catherine by fit witnesses, the said auditor de facto decreed a fresh examination of them without reasonable cause, and publicly threatened to punish them as false, corrupt and perjured, and also to promulgate a definitive sentence in favour of Roo and against Catherine, adjudge her to Roo as his lawful wife, and impose perpetual silence on Colman, wherefore the latter appealed to the apostolic see; that, in contempt of the said appeal, and whilst the said Colman was well within the period for prosecuting it, the said auditor has de facto proceeded further in the said cause. The pope therefore, at the petition of the said John Colman, orders the above three bishops to summon John Roo and Catherine, and others concerned, hear both sides, taking cognizance of the principal matter also, and decide what is canonical, without appeal, causing their decision to be observed by ecclesiastical censure. Humilibus supplicum etc. [1⅓ pp.] |
| 1477. 15 Kal. May. (17 April.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 158v.) |
To William Walker, rector of the parish church of Radmyll' alias Radmyld (fn. 3) in the diocese of Chichester, bachelor of laws. Dispensation to receive and retain for life with the said church any other benefice etc., as above, f. 39v. Litterarum etc. [2 pp.] |
| 6 Kal. May. (26 April.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 164r.) |
To Michael Clene, rector of the parish church of Drokenesforde in the diocese of Winchester, I.U.B. Dispensation … one other benefice, etc., as ibid. Litterarum etc. [12/3 pp.] |
| 1476[–7]. 15 Kal. April. (18 March.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 165r.) |
To the archdeacon of St. Andrews. Mandate, as below. The recent petition of the vicar-general of the Friars Preachers in the realm of Scotland contained that the said friars possess in the said realm two places called oratories or hospices, one in the city of St. Andrews, called the church of St. Mary, and the other in the diocese of St. Andrews, called the chapel, sometime a chapel royal, of St. Monans (sancti Monani) in Inuerry, and that if in future the said places were called, not oratories or hospices, but conventual houses, it would redound to the singular satisfaction and spiritual consolation of the faithful of those parts. At the petition, therefore, of James king of Scots and of the said vicar, the pope hereby orders the above archdeacon to grant to the said friars that the said places shall be and shall be called in future, not oratories or hospices, but conventual houses, and that the brethren dwelling in the said places may build houses, with churches, cloisters, cemeteries, dormitories, refectories, bell-towers, bells, gardens, etc., for their perpetual use and habitation, but without prejudice to any one. In the event of the archdeacon making the said grant, the pope grants indult to the brethren dwelling in the said houses to use and enjoy all privileges, exemptions etc. granted to the said order and friars. Ad fructus uberes. [1½ pp. Ripoll, Bullarium Praedicatorum, III, p. 547, from Lib. CX, fol. 165, i.e. the present register.] |
| 1477. Prid. Id. June. (12 June.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 199r) |
To abbot John and the convent of St. Mary's, Glastonbury (Glastonie), in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Grant, as below. The pope lately sent John, abbot of St. Mary's, Abingdon (Abendonie), O.S.B., in the diocese of Salisbury, S.T.M., to the realm of England [and] to Wales, and to the parts and islands adjacent to them, (fn. 4) as nuncio and commissary of the pope and the apostolic see, with commission and mandate to visit in person both ruined (diruta) monasteries etc., if it seemed to him expedient, and others, of any orders, exempt and non-exempt, within the realm of England, the dominion of Wales, and the said islands and parts, (fn. 5) and to reform and correct what he found in need of reform and correction, and to remove abbots etc., when necessary, and make provision to others. The recent petition of the said abbot and convent of Glastonbury contained that they need no visitation, correction or reform by the said abbot of Abingdon (who, they allege, is an enemy of the said abbot of Glastonbury), and that if he were to go to Glastonbury for the purpose of visitation or correction it might cause a disturbance of the peace etc. (fn. 6) The pope, therefore, hereby grants them indult that, unless he join to himself the ordinary of the place, the said abbot of Abingdon shall not exercise any visitation, reform, correction or punishment against their said monastery or its members, or against their persons, or promulgate any sentences of deprivation, excommunication, etc. Sacre religionis. [14/5 pp.] |
| 4 Kal. May. (28 April.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 205r.) |
To William Reyny, clerk, of the diocese of Exeter. Dispensation to him, who is in his nineteenth year, to receive any two benefices with cure or otherwise incompatible, even if two parish churches etc., or dignities etc., and to retain them in commendam until his twenty-third year, and thereafter in titulum for life, and to resign them, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases. Vite etc. [12/3 pp.] |
| Non. May. (7 May.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 207r.) |
To John Potter, rector of the parish church of Chekley in the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield, S.T.B. Dispensation to receive and retain for life with the said church any other benefice, etc., as above, f. 39v. Litterarum etc. [1¾ pp.] |
| 15 Kal. June. (18 May.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 213r.) |
To Richard Lavynder, rector of the parish church of Colern in the diocese of Salisbury, doctor of decrees. The like. Litterarum etc. [12/3 pp.] |
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Prid. Id. July. (14 July.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 233r.) |
To John, [bishop] elect of Rochester (Rossen., recte Roffen). Faculty to dispose solely of dignities etc. and other benefices in his gift, and for him and the chapter to dispose of dignities etc. and other benefices in their joint gift, which become void in the months of February, April, June, August, October and December, provided that they be not generally reserved to the pope. Personam tuam. [¾ p.] |
| 10 Kal. May. (22 April.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 251r.) |
To John Forster, rector of the parish church of St. Olave in Silver Streyt, London. Dispensation to receive and retain for life with the said church one other benefice etc., as above, f. 39v. Vite etc. [1¾ pp.] |
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Prid. Id. May. (14 May.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 261v.) |
To the prior of Ballinskelligs (sancti Michaelis de Rupe) in the diocese of Ardfert (Arften. [sic]), the archdeacon of Aghadoe (de Achedeo) in the same diocese, and the dean of Ardfert (Artfen. [sic]). Mandate, as below. The recent petition of John Yconchuyr, nobleman, lord of the places of Areadcht Yconchuyr in the diocese of Ardfert (Arften.), contained that he desires, for the welfare of the souls of himself and his wife and their parents, to found in the place of Hilleanbegha in his demesne a house of Friars Minors called the [Friars Minors] of the Regular Observance, and to furnish it with paraments, vessels and other ecclesiastical ornaments, etc. At the said petition of the said John, who alleges that in his demesne there is no house of the said or other order, the pope hereby orders the above three, if the place in which the said John has begun to build seems to them to be fit, to grant him licence to finish and build the said house, with cloister, cemetery, dormitory, gardens, orchards, and also a church with bell-tower and a small bell, (fn. 7) and to furnish the church with paraments, vessels, and other ecclesiastical ornaments, and licence to the Friars of the Observance to receive and inhabit such house and church etc., which friars shall enjoy all the immunities etc. granted to the said order. Pastoralis officii. [1½ pp. Wadding, Annales Minorum, Vol. XIV, p. 561, from ‘Lib. 110, fol. 261,’ i.e. the present register, and with spellings ‘de Achades,’ ‘Yconchonoyr,' etc.] |
| 15 Kal. June. (18 May.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 281v.) |
To John Newton, rector of the parish church of Reydon in the diocese of Norwich. Dispensation to receive and retain for life with the said church one other benefice etc., as above, f. 39v. Vite etc. [12/3 pp.] |
| 4 Kal. June. (29 May.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 282v.) |
To Edmund Awon, rector of the parish church of Framyngham Castri in the same diocese, M.A. Dispensation to receive and retain for life with the said church any other benefice etc., as ibid. Litterarum etc. [2 pp.—] |
| 7 Id. June. (7 June.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 283v.) |
To the prior of Burton in the diocese of York. Mandate, as below. The recent petition of prior Richard and the convent of the priory of St. John the Evangelist, Pontefract, O. Clun., in the diocese of York, contained that they formerly granted to John Estost [sic], a monk of the said priory, that he should be exempt for life from all service and regular observance within or without the priory, that he should have licence to go in and out with his friends, that he should have a chamber, house and garden for himself and certain other persons, that he and the said persons should have two servants and a boy to serve them at their own expense, that they should eat in the refectory or in the said chamber, that they should have from the prior and convent a quantity of food equal to that of four other monks, wood, coals, candles, oats and hay, that the said John should have 20l. a year, and that he should be able to dispose freely of all goods by him acquired, as is said to be more fully contained in letters of the said prior and convent. At the said petition, which added that the said grant etc. were made improvidently and against the regular institutes of the said order, and that they give the said John occasion to wander about, the pope orders the above prior to summon him and others concerned, and if he find what is alleged above to be true, to annul the said grant and all the contents of the said letters concerning the same, and their consequences, in so far only as they are contrary to the said regular institutes. Sicut nemini contra justitiam. [1½ pp.] |