Lateran Regesta 666: 1468

Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 12, 1458-1471. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1933.

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'Lateran Regesta 666: 1468', in Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 12, 1458-1471, (London, 1933) pp. 622-627. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-papal-registers/brit-ie/vol12/pp622-627 [accessed 24 April 2024]

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Lateran Regesta. Vol. DCLXVI. (fn. 1)

4 Paul II.

De Diversis Formis.

1468.
3 Non. Sept.
(2 Sept.)
St. Mark's, Rome.
(f. 11d.)
To Robert Calton, rector of the parish church of Parkham in the diocese of Exeter, S.T.M. Dispensation to receive and retain for life together with the said church (value not expressed) any one other benefice, or if he resign the said church any two other benefices, with cure or otherwise incompatible, even if they be two parish churches or their perpetual vicarages, or major or principal dignities, etc., and to resign them, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases. Litterarum scientia, vite etc. ([F.] and Ja. Prats. F. lta . Sassenaten.) [2 pp. +.]
10 Kal. Sept.
(23 Aug.)
St. Mark's, Rome.
(f. 57.)
To Robert Thorpe, rector of the parish church of Great Horkesley in the diocese of London. Dispensation to receive and retain for life together with the said church (value not expressed) any one other benefice… or their perpetual vicarages (as in the preceding), or chantries, or major or principal dignities, etc. as ibid. Vite etc. (Hug. and Ja. Prats. | Hug. l. Folani, prot. Bisuntin.) [2⅓ pp.]
6 Id. Aug.
(8 Aug.)
St. Mark's, Rome.
(f. 65d.)
To John Stanley, a monk of St. Mary's without the walls of York, O.S.B., S.T.M. Dispensation to receive and retain for life any benefice with cure wont to be governed or held by secular clerks, even if it be a parish church or its perpetual vicarage, or a chantry, or a free chapel, or an annual service, even if of lay patronage, etc., and to resign it, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases. Religionis zelus, litterarum scientia, vite etc. (Hug. and Jo. de Millinis. | Hug. xxx. Folani, prothon. Bisuntin.) [1¾ pp.]
4 Id. July.
(12 July.)
St. Mark's, Rome.
(f. 149d.)
To John Greg, scholar, of the diocese of St. Andrews. Dispensation to him, who alleges that he is in his tenth year, that, after he has been made a clerk and has attained his eleventh year, he may receive and retain for life any benefices without cure of any number and king, even if canonries and prebends, and may resign them, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases; notwithstanding the pope's late constitution and others to the contrary, etc.Laudabilia tue adolescientie [sic] inditia. (P. and M.Amici. | P. xxx. de Varris.) [11/5 pp.]
1467.
8 Id. Nov.
(6 Nov.)
St. Mark's, Rome.
(f. 167d.)
To all Christ's faithful who shall see the present letters. Relaxation in perpetuity (the pope having learned that outside the town of Saxten in the parish of Tenton (recte Touton), in the diocese of York, there is an certain chapel of St. Mary the Virgin, to which there is an innumerable concourse of the faithful, especially because on Palm Sunday (fn. 2) about thirty years ago about 30, 000 men were slain in defence of Edward, king of England, against those who strove to seize the crown and confound the said king, which men were buried partly in the cemetery of the said chapel, and partly hard by it (fn. 3); and that the said king proposes at his expense to repair the said chapel, which is almost desolate and destroyed, and to enlarge it, to the end that divine services may be performed therein), of seven years and seven quarantines of enjoined penance to all who, being penitent and having confessed, visit, from the first to the second vespers, on the Nativity and Assumption of St. Mary the Virgin, and on Palm Sunday, (fn. 4) the said chapel, and give alms for such enlargement etc. If similar indulgence, in perpetuity or for a certain time not yet elapsed, have been granted by the pope, the present letters shall be null and void. Et si virgini gloriose. (F. and Gaspar Blondus. | F.lx. Sassenat.) [1½ pp.]
1468.
4 Non. Aug.
(2 Aug.)
St. Mark's, Rome.
(f. 183.)
To the same. Relaxation in perpetuity of five years and five quarantines of enjoined penance to all who, being penitent and having confessed, visit on the feasts of Corpus Christi and the Dedication, from the first to the second vespers, and give alms for the repair and maintenance of, the [collegiate] church of St. Mary in the town of Yoghill, in the diocese of Cloyne (Clonen.), for the repair of which the resources of its warden and priests are not enough. If similar etc., as in the preceding. Et si propheta. (P. and L. Dathus. | P. xxx. de Varris.) [1 p.]
3 Kal. Aug.
(30 July.)
St. Mark's, Rome.
(f. 189.)
To the abbots of St. Mary's, Fermoy (de Castrodei) and St. Mary's, Middleton ([de] Choro benedicti), in the diocese of Cloyne (Clonen.) and the dean of Cloyne. Mandate, as below. The recent petition of Thomas, earl of Desmond, contained that at his instance Jordan, bishop of Cloyne, by his ordinary authority erected the parish church of Yohull in the diocese of Cloyne, which is of the patronage of the earl of Desmond for the time being, with the consent of Robert Milis, rector, Philip Cristofori, then vicar, and a number of priests holding perpetual benefices therein, an office a college or collegiate church, and instituted therein an office called a wardenship for a priest to be head and warden of such college or collegiate church, and to be elected by the said college; and united in perpetuity to the mensa of the said collegiate church or college, with the consent of the chapter of Cloyne, the parish churches in lay fee de Athcarryn et de Nova villa in Olyauthauyn et de Kathracha et de Mirosse alias Dunmachcomyn et de Criach alias Gortnacloghy ac de Kyltinrabia (?) alias de Belachnagayn, and the perpetual vicarage of the parish church de Moala, and two pieces of land, the one called Balimolcask and the other Faulaghtyonyn, with all their rights and appurtenances, in the dioceses of Cloyne, Cork and Ross, etc., as is said to be more fully contained in authentic letters of the said bishop sealed with his seal and in public instruments. At the petition of the said earl, warden and college, alleging that the said union has not yet taken effect, the pope hereby orders the above three to summon those interested, and if they find the foregoing to be lawful, to confirm the said erection, institution and union, etc., and their consequences. Circa statum ecclesiarum. (P. and M.Amici. P. c. de Varris.) [22/3 pp.]
4 Non. Aug.
(2 Aug.)
St. Mark's, Rome.
(f. 199.)
To all Christ's faithful who shall see the present letters. Relaxation, in perpetuity, at the recent petition of John Petier, rector of the parish church of Luckumb in the diocese of Bath and Wells, (setting forth that with his own goods he has founded and built to the honour of St. Anthony of Vienne a chapel hard by (fn. 5) the said church), of three years and three quarantines of enjoined penance to all who, being penitent and having confessed, visit on the feast of the Assumption of St. Mary and on the feast of the said St. Anthony, from the first to the second vespers, and give alms for the repair, conservation and maintenance of, the said chapel. If similar etc., as above, f. 167d. Licet is. (Hug. and L. Dathus. Hug. xxvi. Folani prot. Bisuntin.) [1¾ pp.]
1467.
8 Kal. Dec.
(24 Nov.)
St. Mark's, Rome.
(f. 200.)
To William Ogilwy, chancellor of Brechin. Reservation and assignment, as below. Thomas de Forsitht (sic), canon of Glasgow, in order to put an end to litigation between him and the said William, about a canonry and prebend of Glasgow which the said Thomas holds, has this day, by means of his proctor, Alexander Meldrum, clerk, of the diocese of St. Andrews, agreed to the assignment of a yearly pension to the said William of 35 marks of the money current in Scotland on the fruits etc. of the said canonry and prebend [which fruits etc.] do not exceed in value 40l. sterling. (fn. 6) The pope, therefore, reserves and assigns hereby to the said William for life a yearly pension of 35 marks of the said money, which make 8l. sterling, on the said fruits etc., to be paid by the said Thomas and his successors, holders of the said canonry and prebend, half at Christmas and half on the Nativity of St. John Baptist; with the usual sanctions for delay in payment, etc. Vite etc.
Concurrent mandate to the bishop and the treasurer of Brechin, and Alexander Lyndesay, canon of Aberdeen.Hodie dilecto filio. (P. and Ja. Prats, P. de Godis. | P.xiiii. xii. de Varris.) [5 pp.]
1468.
10 Kal. Sept.
(23 Aug.)
St. Mark's, Rome.
(f. 231.)
To Thomas Herbotell', rector of the parish church of St. Mary's, Elsden, in the diocese of Durham. Dispensation to him, who is B.A., to receive and retain for life together with the said church (value not expressed), any one other benefice, etc., as above, f. 57. Vite etc. (Hug. and Ja. Prats. | Hug. l. Folani prot. Bisuntin.) [2½ pp.]
7 Kal. Aug.
(26 July.)
St. Mark's, Rome.
(f. 236.)
To Thomas Artur, treasurer of Limerick, bachelor of canon law. Grant in commendam for life, in order that he may be more decently maintained, of the priorship of the house or hospital of SS. Mary and Edward the Martyr, O.S.A., by the bridge of Limerick, conventual, elective and with cure, and in which hospitality is continually observed to the poor and sick, and whose value does not exceed 40 marks sterling, void at the apostolic see, and therefore ipso facto reserved to the pope, by the resignation made to him there of Richard Fizadam alias de Burgo, through William Offay, priest, of the diocese of Limerick, substituted as proctor by the above Thomas Artur, who was appointed the said Richard's proctor for the purpose. The pope furthermore dispenses the said Thomas to receive together with the said priorship one other benefice, or if he resign it any two other benefices, with cure or otherwise incompatible, even if they be parish churches or their perpetual vicarages, or major or principal dignities, etc., and to retain them for three years only if they be two parish churches or their perpetual vicarages, or if not for life, and to resign them, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases; notwithstanding the pope's late ordinance to the contrary, etc. Litterarum sciencia, vite etc.
Concurrent mandate to the bishop, the dean, and the chancellor of Limerick. Hodie dilecto filio. (Hug. and M.Amici. P. de Godis. | Hug. lxx. Expedita Nono Kal.Septembris Anno Quarto. Folani prot. Bisuntin.) [5 pp.]
3 Non. Sept.
(3 Sept.)
St. Mark's, Rome.
(f. 254.)
To Robert Camel alias Coppyng, rector of the parish church of Partryk Bromton in the archdeaconry of Richmond, in the diocese of York, bachelor of canon law. Dispensation to him, who is also M.A., to receive and retain for life together with the said church (value not expressed) any one other benefice, etc., as above, f. 11d. Litterarum etc. (Hug. and Ja. Prats. | Hug. l. prothon. Bisuntin.) [2 pp. Inside the loop of the ‘P’ of the initial ‘Paulus' is a ‘B,’ representing the name of the scribe of the Register who registered the present letter.]
Ibid.
(f. 258.)
To William Baxter, rector of the said parish church of Sprotley in the same diocese. Dispensation to receive and retain for life, together with the said church (value not expressed) any one other benefice … major or principal dignities etc. (as above, f. 11d.), or chantries, or hospitals, and to resign them, etc., as ibid. Vite etc. (P. and Ja. Prats. | P. l. de Varris.) [2 pp. +.]

De Prebendis Vacantibus.

3 Kal. Aug.
(30 July.)
St. Mark's, Rome.
(f. 281.)
To the abbot of the monastery of St. Mary, Baltinglass (de Vallesalutis), in the diocese of Leighlin, and the official of Leighlin. Mandate, as below. The pope has been informed by Fintanus Olealur, clerk, of the diocese of Leighlin, that Richard Olealur, a canon of Leighlin, who holds a canonry and the prebend of Panesto[n] therein, to which is annexed the parish church of Killiban in the said diocese of the patronage of laymen, has, when under sentence of excommunication, and when publicy proclaimed excommunicate, been present at divine offices and has ministered therein, thereby incurring irregularity. The pope therefore hereby orders the above abbot and official, if the said Fintanus will accuse the said Richard before them, to summon Richard and others concerned, and if they find the foregoing to be true, to deprive and remove him from the said canonry and prebend, and in that event to collate and assign them, value, together with that of the said annexed church, not exceeding 24 marks sterling, to Fintanus, provided that the said patrons consent. Vite etc. (P. and Ja. Prats. | P. xxviii. Tertio Id. Augusti Anno Quarto. de Varris.) [3 pp.]

Footnotes

  • 1. On the back of the volume is the usual modern description in Italian:Paolo ii. 1468. Anno i. Lib. i. and on a modern end-paper is Mgr. Wenzel's ‘An. 4. to. 19.’ A contemporary end-paper has the contemporary description: Primus de diversis [formis] et prebendis vacantibus iiii. (above which is also an arabic ‘4’) domini nostri domini Pauli pape v. [sic], the order ‘R(ecipe) W., P., and the answering ‘Rubricatus [est] per me Wilhelmum Molitoris’ (for whom, see above, p. 609, note), as well as a ‘Quesitus’ note. A similar contemporary description occurs also, as usual, on the bottom edge of the volume. There are ff. i.–cccx. of text, + f. cccxi. blank.
  • 2. die dominica palmarum.
  • 3. iuxta illud.
  • 4. die dominica in ramis palmarum.
  • 5. iuxta.
  • 6. quod pensio annualis triginta quinque marcharum monete currentis in regno Scocie super fructibus redditibus et proventibus dictorum canonicatus et prebends quadraginta libras sterlingorum ut asseritur non excedunt constitueretur et assignaretur. The text is defective, the equivalent in sterling money of the 35 marks Scots, viz. 8l. sterling, as mentioned further on, being here omitted.