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 684: 1469', in Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 12, 1458-1471, (London, 1933) pp. 708-714. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-papal-registers/brit-ie/vol12/pp708-714 [accessed 20 April 2024]
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Lateran Regesta, Vol. DCLXXXIV. (fn. 1)
5 Paul II.
De Regularibus.
| 1469. 14 Kal. May. (18 April.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 4.) |
To Paschal Bedeford, a monk of Westminster without the walls of London, O.S.B. Dispensation to receive and retain for life any benefice with cure wont to be governed by secular clerks, even if it be a parish church or its perpetual vicarage, or a chantry, annual service, free chapel or hospital wont to be assigned to the said clerks as a title of a perpetual benefice, and to resign it, simply or for exchange, when he pleases, etc. Religionis zelus, vite etc. (P. and M. Amici. | P.xxx. de Varris.) [1 p.] |
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| 1468[–9]. 12 Kal. Feb. (21 Jan.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 4d.) |
To abbot Ma[1]colm and the convent of Abbirbrothot, O.S.B., in the diocese of St. Andrews. Prolongation, as below. The pope exemplifies (in part) Nicholas V's letters Militanti ecclesie addressed to the bishops of Glasgow, Brechin and Aberdeen, dated at St. Peter's, Rome, 1451–2, 11 Kal. Feb. (22 Jan.) anno. 5, by which the said pope, ordered the said bishops to act, for a period of twenty years only, as conservators of the possessions etc. of the abovenamed abbot Ma[1]colm and convent [Cal. Papal Lett., vol. X, p. 374]. At their recent petition, containing that the end of the said period is at hand, the pope hereby prolongs the said letters and grant by a further period of ten years.Sacre religionis. (Hug. and M. Amici. | Hug. l. prothon.Bisuntin.) [1¾ pp.] |
| 1469. 11 Kal. Sept. (22 Aug.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 40d.) |
To the bishop of Down (Dunen.). Mandate, if he find the facts to be as stated, to confirm the licence and faculty which (as was contained in the [recent] petition of the guardian and brethren of the custody of Dublin, of the Friars Minors province of Ireland), Zanectus de Utino. S.T.P., minister-general of the said order, recently granted to them, namely, in consideration of the dearth of friars in the said custody, for the guardians thereof, present and future, to receive and retain friars of the said order who came thither from other custodies, provided that they were not rebels against their superiors or fugitives from punishment. Illa que pro divini caltus. (Hug. and P. de Godis. | Hug. xx. prothon. Bisuntin.) [1 p. +. Wadding, Annales Minorum, Vol. XIII (Rome, 1735), p. 564.] |
| 7 Kal. Sept. (26 Aug.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 61d.) |
To the chancellor of Ossory. Mandate, as below. Upon the priorship of the house (fn. 2) of St. Columba, Instyok, O.S.A., in the diocese of Ossory, which is conventual, becoming void, as was contained in the recent petition of Nicholas Boscher, a canon of the said priory, by the death of Robert Lang, after the pope's late general reservation of all conventual priories, void and to be void, the convent, perhaps in ignorance of the said reservation, duly and unanimously elected as prior the said Nicholas who, likewise ignorant, consented to the said election and had it confirmed by the bishop of Ossory, and under pretext of the said election and confirmation took possession of the said priory, and has detained it for about four years, taking the fruits. The said election and confirmation being therefore without force, and the priory still void and reserved, as above, the pope hereby orders the above chancellor to collate and assign to the said Nicholas, if found fit, the same priory, elective and with cure, and value not exceeding 40 marks sterling.Dignum arbitramur. (P. and A. de Piscia. | P. xx.Tertio Non. Ottobris [sic] Anno Sexto. de Varris.) [4 pp.] |
| 6 Id. Aug. (8 Aug.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 84d.) |
To William Fraunceys, a monk of St. Werburgh's, Chester, O.S.B., in the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield. Dispensation to receive and retain for life any benefice with cure … vicarage (as above, f. 4), or a chantry, free chapel, or hospital, or a benefice called an annual service, and even if it be of lay patronage, and to resign it, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases, etc. Religionis etc. (Hug. and Ja. Prats. | Hug. xxx. prothon. Bisuntin.) [1 p. +.] |
| 17 Kal. June. (16 May.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 122.) |
To John Lambe, alias Lombii (i.e. Lomby), a monk of the monastery of Snellyshale, O.S.B., in the diocese of Lincoln. Dispensation to receive and retain for life any benefice with cure, etc., as above, f. 4. Religionis etc. (P. and Ja. de Rizonibus. | P. xxx. de Varris.) [1 p.] |
De Exhibitis.
| 7 Id. Aug. (7 Aug.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 149.) |
To the abbot of Novan and the prior of Newtown (Noveville), Trym, in the diocese of Meath. Mandate, at the recent petition of Richard Queytrote, a canon of the church of St. Patrick, Dublin (containing that although he formerly obtained by canonical collation on their voidance a canonry of the said church and the prebend called the prebend of the second portion of Luscie therein, and held possession thereof for some time, as he does at present, nevertheless William Lynton’ and Robert Waren’ (fn. 3) and certain other clerks and laymen of the city and diocese of Dublin have unjustly hindered him, as they still do, from holding peaceable possession and taking all the fruits, etc.), to summon the said William and Robert and others concerned, hear both sides, (fn. 4) and decide what is just, without appeal, causing their decision to be observed by ecclesiastical censure. Humilibus supplicum votis. (P. and A. de Cortesiis. | P. xii. de Varris.) [2½ pp.] |
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Prid. Id. May. (14 May.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 170.) |
To the archdeacon of Lothian (Lawdonie) in the church of St. Andrews, and the officials of St. Andrews and Dunkeld. Mandate, as below. The recent petition of Thomas Rogerson, priest, of the diocese of Dunkeld, contained that after the present pope's confirmation and renewal of all sentences of excommunication etc. promulgated by his predecessors against simoniacs, and his declaration of the nullity of simoniacal elections, etc., the said Thomas made an agreement with David Dischinton, priest, of the diocese of St. Andrews (to whom provision was made by authority of the ordinary of the perpetual vicarage of the parish church [of] Huthtrehowse in the said diocese, on its becoming void by the resignation to the same ordinary of John Ruwen and John Whitton, clerks, of the diocese of Dunkeld, made whilst a suit was pending between them about it before a papal auditor in the Roman court, in which suit proceedings had been taken, but short of a conclusion), to wit, that if the said David would resign the said vicarage in the said Thomas's favour, the latter would give him a certain sum of money and a yearly pension, as he afterwards did, in pursuance of which agreement the said David resigned the said vicarage to Thomas, bishop of Dunkeld, who, in ignorance of the foregoing, as is believed, admitted the said resignation by his ordinary authority, and made collation and provision by the same authority to the said Thomas, in virtue of which the latter obtained possession of the said vicarage, and has held it for between four and five years, taking the fruits. The said collation and provision being, in accordance with the foregoing, without force, and the pope having learned that the said vicarage is still void as above, he hereby, calling up the said cause to himself and extinguishing the suit, orders the above three to absolve the said Thomas from the guilt of simony and from the said sentences of excommunication, etc., enjoining a salutary penance, etc., rehabilitate him, and dispense him on account of irregularity incurred, if any, and in the event of their doing so, to collate and assign to him the said vicarage, with cure, and value not exceeding 9l. sterling, whether it be void as above, or by the resignation of William Lion or Alexander Guthre, or in any other way. Solet apostolice sedis. (Hug. and Ja. de Risonibus [sic]. | Hug. xxxviii.Expedita Idibus Junii Anno Quinto. prothon. Bisuntin.) [4½ pp.] |
| 13 Kal. July. (19 June.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 221d.) |
To the bishops of Winchester, Ardfert, and Sidon (Sidonien.). Mandate, as below. The recent petition of Margery Chawei, mulier, of the diocese of London, contained that after the late Thomas Mone, layman, of the said diocese, had contracted marriage with her per verba legitime de presenti, William T[h]waytys, (fn. 5) layman, of the diocese of Chichester, not in ignorance of the said marriage, and during the lifetime of the said Thomas, contracted a de facto marriage with her per verba similia, and, after it had been solemnized, also de facto, before the church, or rather profaned, cohabited with her for some time in the said diocese of Chichester, etc.; and that although the said Margaret, after the death of the said Thomas, repeatedly requested William Gryndell', commissary-general of John, bishop of Chichester, to cause the said William T[h]waytys to be cited before him to respond in her intended suit for divorce or nullity, the said commissary has refused to do so, wherefore she has appealed to the apostolic see. The pope therefore orders the above bishops to summon the said William Thwaytys and others concerned, hear both sides, taking cognizance also of the principal matter, and decide what is canonical, without appeal, causing their decision to be observed by ecclesiastical censure. Hu[m]ilibus supplicum votis. (P. and A. de Cortesiis. | P. xii. de Varris.) [12/3 pp.] |
| 1468. 11 Kal. Oct. (21 Sept.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 243d.) |
To Master Fantinus de Valle, a papal chaplain and auditor of causes of the apostolic palace. Mandate, as below. The recent petition of Walter Hert, priest, of Salisbury, (fn. 6) contained that on a canonry and prebend, called the prebend of South Newton, in the church of the nun's monastery of Wilton, O.S.B., in the diocese of Salisbury (in which monastery there are, besides the abbess and convent, a number of secular clerks holding canonries and prebends), becoming void by the death of John Conge, Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury, the metropolitan, made collation and provision of them by his ordinary authority (they having been so long void that by the Lateran Statutes their collation had lapsed to the metropolitan see) to the said Walter, in virtue of which he obtained possession of them, held them for some time, and was still holding them; but that the said abbess and convent, to whose presentation the said canonry and prebend by ancient custom belong, untruly alleging that they were canonically united by authority of the ordinary to their monastery, opposed the said collation and provision, and prevented the said William from possessing them in peace, wherefore he appealed to the apostolic see, which appeal cause and the cause which he intended to bring against the said abbess and convent (although the latter had not lawfully devolved to the Roman court), the pope committed at his instance to the above auditor, who is said to have proceeded, but short of a conclusion. Seeing that, as the said petition added, the said union etc. is alleged by some to be not canonical, and that the said Walter is alleged not (fn. 7) to have a right in or to the said canonry and prebend, the pope hereby orders the said auditor, if by the event of the suit he find that the said union etc. is not canonical, and that the said William has not (fn. 7) such right, to collate and assign to him the said canonry and prebend, value not exceeding 30l. sterling. Vite etc. (P. and N.de Castello. | P. xxiiii. Sexto Kal. Junii Anno Quinto.de Varris.) [3½ pp.] |
| 1469. Id. June. (13 June.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 266.) |
To the chancellor and the treasurer of Cork, and Edmund Mandwyl, a canon of the same, dwelling in the diocese of Lismore. Mandate, as below. The recent petition of David Myagh, archdeacon of Cork, contained that although from the time when he reached years of discretion he committed nothing to justify his being deprived of the said archdeaconry, nevertheless (upon David Lecurcy, clerk, of the diocese of Cork, falsely reporting to the pope that he had laid violent hands on Thomas Ohelaych, clerk, of the diocese of Cloyne (Clonen.), the executor of certain papal letters, thereby incurring the sentences of excommunication etc., promulgated therefor, and, being under such sentences etc., had taken part in divine offices, in contempt of the Keys; that he had dilapidated and turned to evil uses the immoveables and precious moveables of the said archdeaconry; that he had committed simony and had incurred the guilt of perjury, and that he was greatly defamed thereof in those parts), the pope ordered the precentor of the said church [of Cork], whose name was not expressed, if the said David Lecurcy would accuse the said David Myagh before the said precentor, to summon the said David Myagh and others concerned, and if he found the foregoing to be true, to deprive and remove him, and in that event to collate and assign the said archdeaconry (value not here expressed) to the said David Lecurcy; and that although Thomas Ohyelayths [sic] was precentor of the said church and in real possession of the precentorship, nevertheless the said David Lecurcy caused the said David Myagh to be summoned before John Ocronyn, (fn. 8) a canon of Cork, to whom John de Geraldinis, the alleged precentor of Cork, had given commission to act in his stead, which canon, wrongfully proceeding, promulgated an unjust definitive sentence in favour of the said David Lecurcy and against the said David Myagh, from which the latter has appealed to the apostolic see. The pope therefore hereby orders the above three to summon the said David Lecurcy and others concerned, hear both sides, and decide what is just, without appeal, causing their decision to be observed by ecclesiastical censure.Humilibus supplicum votis. (Hug. and A. de Cortesiis. | Hug. xii. prothon. Bisuntin.) [4¼ pp.] |
| 5 Id. Aug. (9 Aug.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 304d.) |
To the dean and the chancellor of Cashel, and Patrick Purcell, a canon of Ossory. Mandate, as below. The recent petition of Edmund, abbot of St. Mary's, Jerpoint (de Jeriponte), O. Cist., in the diocese of Ossory, contained that after provision had by authority of papal letters been made to him of the said monastery, then void by the death of David, he brought Thomas Blondel, who was in wrongful possession, before John Hedyain, archdeacon of Ossory, executor of the said letters, who, duly proceeding, promulgated a definitive sentence in his favour and against the said Thomas, from which the latter, falsely alleging it to be unjust, appealed to the apostolic see; and that the said Thomas, in the matter of the said appeal, obtained other papal letters to the dean of the said church, the dean's own name not being expressed, and caused the said Edmund, in the appeal cause, to be summoned before John Stronge, dean of the said church, who, wrongfully proceeding in the said appeal cause, revoked the said sentence by an unjust definitive sentence, from which the said Edmund has appealed to the said see. The pope therefore hereby orders the above three to summon the said Thomas and others concerned, take cognizance of both processes, and approve that one of them which they find rightfully made, without appeal. Humilibus etc. (N. and A. de Cortesiis. | N. x. de Bonaparte.) [1¾ pp.] |