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 694: 1470', in Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 12, 1458-1471, (London, 1933) pp. 752-755. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-papal-registers/brit-ie/vol12/pp752-755 [accessed 24 April 2024]
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Lateran Regesta. Vol. DCXCIV. (fn. 1)
6 Paul II.
[De Diversis Formis.]
| 1470. 4 Non. May. (4 May.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 4d.) |
To William Forden, rector of the parish church of Thakam in the diocese of Chichester. Dispensation to receive and retain for life, together with the said church, any one other benefice, or, if he resign the said church, any two other benefices, with cure or otherwise incompatible, even if two parish churches or their perpetual vicarages, chantries or hospitals wont to be assigned to secular clerks for a title of a perpetual benefice, or major or principal dignities, etc., even elective dignities, etc., and to resign them, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases; notwithstanding the pope's late ordinance to the contrary, etc. Vite etc. (Hug. and P. de Godis. | Hug. l. Prothon. Bisuntin.) [2 pp.] |
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| 18 Kal. May. (14 April.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 30.) |
To John Chambyrleyn, priest, of the diocese of Bath and Wells. Dispensation to him (who was formerly dispensed by papal authority on account of illegitimacy, as the son of a Benedictine monk and an unmarried woman, to be promoted to all, even holy orders and hold a benefice even with cure, in virtue of which he was so promoted and obtained a certain benefice, (fn. 2) which he afterwards resigned) to receive and retain for life any two incompatible benefices, and also together therewith any mutually compatible benefices, of any number and kind, with and without cure, even if they be canonries and prebends, major or principal dignities, etc., and such incompatible benefices be two parish churches or their perpetual vicarages, etc., and to resign them, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases; notwithstanding the pope's late ordinance to the contrary, etc. Vite etc. (Hug. and Ja. de Rizonibus. | Hug. lxxx. Prothonot. Bisuntin.) [2 pp.] |
| 5 Kal. May. (27 April.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 37d.) |
To Nicholas, bishop of Elphin. Dispensation, the fruits etc. of his episcopal mensa being too slender to enable him to keep up a decent state, etc., so that he, who is a Friar Preacher, may receive and retain in commendam for life, together with the said church of Elphin, any benefice with or without cure, secular or regular of any Order, even if such secular benefice be a parish church or its perpetual vicarage, or such regular benefice be a priory, administration or office, and be elective and have cure, but provided that it be not claustral, and to resign the same, simply or for exchange, when he pleases, etc. Personam tuam. (Hug. and A. de Cortesiis. | Hug. xlv. Prothonot. Bisuntin.) [1½ pp.] |
[De] Diversis [Formis].
| Id. May. (15 May.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 85d.) |
To Robert Wodelarke, rector called provost of the royal college of SS. Mary and Nicholas, Cambridge, in the diocese of Ely, S.T.M. (fn. 3) Dispensation to receive and retain for life together with the said provostship, which has cure, any one other benefice, or, if he resign the said provostship, any two other benefices, with cure or otherwise incompatible, even if two parish churches, etc., as above, f. 4d, mutatis mutandis (e.g. here without the usual special mention of the pope's ordinance against the holding of two parish churches, etc.).Litterarum scientia, vite etc. (Hug. and P. de Godis. | Hug.l. Prothonot. Bisuntin.) [2 pp. +.] |
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| 11 Kal. June. (22 May.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 110d.) |
To the archbishop of York. Mandate to dispense Thomas Burton, layman, and Joan Marchynfeld, mulier, of his diocese, to remain in the marriage which they formerly contracted, etc., as above, Reg. Lat. DCXC, f. 63d. Oblate nobis. (Hug. and A. de Cortesiis. | Hug. xvi. Prothonot.Bisuntin.) [1 p.] |
| 1469[–70]. 13 Kal. March. (17 Feb.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 136d.) |
To the bishop of Urbino (Urbinat.), the archdeacon of Elne (Elnen.), and Alexander de Ratte, canon of Dunkeld (Dunkelden.). Mandate to make a grant in commendam of the chamberlainship (cameraria) of the monastery of St. Mary de la Grasse, O.S.B., in the diocese of Carcassonne. Vite etc. (Hug. and A. de Cortesiis. | Hug. l. Expedita Quarto Non. Junii Anno Sexto. Prothonot. Bisuntin.) [2 pp.] |
| 1470. 4 Non. May. (4 May.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 215d.) |
To the official of Norwich. Mandate, at the recent petition of Beatrice Wywyle, relict of Robert Wywyle, of the diocese of Norwich, to confirm, after summoning the executors and others concerned, and if they find it lawful, the last will and testament of the said Robert and his legacies, viz., for his burial, 20l. of the money of England to the fabric of the bell-tower of the Cistercian monastery of Sibeton’ in the said diocese, and 3s. 4d. to each monk of the said monastery; 5 marks of the like money to Isabel Tragrosse, mulier, of the said diocese; to Beatrice his wife for life his messuage in the places of Huntyngfoldi and Upston’ in the said diocese, the said messuage to be given, after her death, to a secular chaplain bound to celebrate mass perpetually in the church of Huntyngfoldi for the souls of the said Robert and Beatrice and their benefactors (fn. 4); the residue of his goods being left to be disposed of at the discretion of the executors. Ut ultime testantium voluntates. (Hug. and A. de Cortesiis. | Hug. xx. Prothonot. Bisuntin.) [1¼ pp.] |
De Regularibus.
| 1469. 13 Kal. Jan. (20 Dec.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 252.) |
To Arthur Machcamuil and Cornelius Oduby, canons of Derry (Deren.). (fn. 5) Mandate, as below. The pope has been informed by John Ogallchubair, clerk, of the diocese of Raphoe, that Magonius Ogallohar, abbot of the Cistercian monastery of Assaroe (de Sameria alias de Eastuaigh) in the said diocese, is an open and notorious fornicator, has dilapidated the goods of the monastery, and has committed simony and other excesses and crimes, and that the said John desires to become a monk in the said monastery. The pope, therefore, hereby orders the above two, if the said John (who was lately dispensed by papal authority on account of illegitimacy, as the son of a bishop and an unmarried woman, to be promoted to all, even holy orders, even priest's orders, and hold a benefice even with cure, and who from fear of the power of the said abbot cannot safely meet him within the city or diocese of Raphoe) will accuse the said abbot before them, to summon him and others concerned, and if they find the foregoing to be true, to deprive and remove him, and in that event to receive the said John, if found fit, as a monk of the said monastery, give him the regular habit, and receive his profession, and thereafter, if they find him fit, to make provision to him of the said monastery, value not exceeding 20 marks sterling, committing to him the rule and administration thereof in spirituals and temporals. The pope furthermore grants to him that he may be blessed by any catholic bishop in communion with the apostolic see, and dispenses him to exercise the said rule and administration, notwithstanding the said defect, etc. Suscepti cura regiminis. (Hug. and A. de Cortesiis. | Hug. xxx.Prot. Bisuntin.) [42/3 pp.] |
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Paulus etc. dilecto filio Wilhelmo Drax, monacho monasterii beate Marie de Kyrkkestede Cisterciensis ordinis Lincolniensis diocesis, salutem etc. Religionis zelus—an unfinished and uncancelled beginning of the dispensation to hold a secular benefice, as below, f. 318. |
| 1469[–70]. 17 Kal. Feb. (16 Jan.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 306d.) |
To Thomas Spellet, a monk of the Cistercian monastery of St. Mary, Kirkstall (de Cristaull’), in the diocese of York. Dispensation to receive and retain for life any benefice with cure wont to be governed by secular clerks, even if a parish church or its perpetual vicarage, or a chantry, annual service, free chapel, or hospital wont to be assigned to the same clerks as a title of a perpetual benefice, and even if of the patronage of laymen, and to resign it, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases. Religionis zelus, vite etc. (Hug. and N. de Castello. | Hug. xxx. Prothonot. Bisuntin.) [1 p. +.] |
| 1469[–70]. 7 Id. Feb. (7 Feb.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 307.) |
To John Saunder, a canon of the Augustinian priory of St. Mary, Dulck alias Duclck (recte Duelek), in the diocese of Meath (Meden. recte Miden.). Dispensation to receive and retain for life any benefice etc., as in the preceding. Religionis etc. (F. and Jo. Prats. F. xxx. Sassen.) [1 p. +.] |
| 1470. Non. May. (7 May.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 318.) |
To William Drax, a monk of the Cistercian monastery of St. Mary, Kyrkkestede, in the diocese of Lincoln. Dispensation to receive and retain (fn. 6) any benefice with cure wont to be held by secular clerks, even if a parish church or its perpetual vicarage, or a chantry or a free chapel, even if of the patronage of clerks or laymen, and to resign it, simply or for exchange. (fn. 7) Religionis etc. (P. and A. de Cortesiis. | P. xxx. de Varris.) [1 p.] |