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Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 13, 1471-1484. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1955.

'Lateran Regesta 818: 1480-1481', in Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 13, 1471-1484, (London, 1955) pp. 787-792. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-papal-registers/brit-ie/vol13/pp787-792 [accessed 20 April 2024]

Lateran Regesta, Vol. DCCCXVIII (fn. 1)

10 Sixtus IV.

De Diversis.



1480. Prid. Kal. Sept. (31 Aug.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 28r.)	To Henry Draper, perpetual vicar of Holy Trinity, Rothewell, in the diocese of Lincoln. Dispensation to receive and retain for life with the said vicarage any other benefice, or without the said vicarage any two other benefices, with cure or otherwise incompatible, even if parish churches, etc., and to resign them, etc. Vite etc. [2 pp.—]
16 Kal. Oct. (16 Sept.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 35r.)	To David Persons, rector of Drokennesford in the diocese of Winchester, I.U.B. The like. Litterarum etc. [2 pp.—]
1480[–1]. 3 Id. Jan. (11 Jan.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 52r.)	To Richard Neiuporte, rector of Upwey alias Weybayhouse in the diocese of Salisbury, bachelor of laws. The like. Litterarum etc. [2 pp.—]
3 Kal. Feb. (30 Jan.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 57v.)	To Thomas Watson, rector of Ovyngton in the diocese of London. The like. Vite etc. [2¼ pp.]
8 Id. Feb. (6 Feb.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 57v.)	To John Andrew, rector of St. John the Evangelist's, Wykdyve, in the diocese of Lincoln. The like. Vite etc. [2 pp.]
5 Kal. Feb. (28 Jan.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 58v.)	To William Bottiller, rector of Kilberi in the diocese of Meath, bachelor of decrees. The like. Litterarum etc. [2 pp. +]
Id. March. (15 March.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 63r.)	To William Hudyn, a canon called a brother of the chapel called the [chapel] royal of St. Katherine by the Tower of London, O.S.A. (fn. 2) 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, etc. Religionis etc. [1¼ pp.]
1481. Prid. Kal. April. (31 March.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 73r.)	To Robert Barforth, precentor of the church of Holy Cross, Crediton, in the diocese of Exeter, bachelor of laws. Indult for life to him, who holds the said precentorship, a principal dignity, to take the fruits etc. of the said precentorship and his other benefices, the daily distributions excepted, whilst residing in one of his benefices, or engaged in the service of some prelate, or studying letters in an university, the pope hereby relaxing the oath which he took to reside in the said precentorship, except on sixteen days every quarter. Litterarum etc. [3 pp.—]
1481. 7 Id. April. (7 April.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 74v.)	To William Baker, rector of Heyford in the diocese of Lincoln. Dispensation, as above, f. 28r. Vite etc. [2¼ pp.]
4 Id. April. (10 April.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 85r.)	To Thomas Morton, rector of Wydierisdal in the diocese of Norwich. Indult, as below. The recent petition of the said Thomas contained that it is very burdensome for him, whenever he is asked by the faithful to celebrate masses or say prayers for the souls of the departed, whether in his own church or in the churches of others. to have to hasten to the ordinary of the place for licence to celebrate and pray, in accordance with a certain mode introduced therein. At the said petition, therefore, of the said Thomas, who on account of the slenderness of the fruits, etc., of his said church cannot easily maintain himself, the pope hereby grants him indult that for as long as he lives he may on three days of the week, whenever requested, celebrate masses and other divine offices in his own church and in the churches of others, and otherwise pray for the souls of the faithful departed, and receive the salary, alms or oblations which may be offered to him without prejudice to any others, without requiring licence of the diocesan or any other, and convert the same to his own uses. Vite etc. [2 pp.—]
16 Kal. May. (16 April.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 86r.)	To the bishop of Norwich, and John bishop of Beirut (Beriten.) and William bishop of Sidon, [both] residing in the city of London. Mandate, as below. The recent petition of Thomas Johnson, layman, of the diocese of London, contained that he and Margaret Wales, mulier, of [the diocese of] Norwich, contracted marriage per verba legitime de presenti, and that she afterwards de facto contracted marriage per similia verba with William Nicholasson, layman, of the same diocese [of Norwich], and solemnized it before the church, wherefore he requested William Pyknam, auditor-general of causes of the court of Thomas, cardinal priest of St. Ciriac's in Termis, papal legate in those parts, to order the said William to be cited before him in the cause which the said Thomas intended to bring concerning the nullity of the said de facto marriage; and that inasmuch as the said auditor refused to do so, and to administer justice to the said Thomas, the latter has appealed to the apostolic see, and has petitioned the pope to commit the cause of the appeal and that of the nullity of the said later marriage, etc., to some prelates in those parts, etc. The pope, therefore, hereby orders the above three bishops to summon the said William and Margaret, etc., hear both sides, and decide what is canonical, without appeal, causing their decision to be observed by ecclesiastical censure. Humilibus etc. [1½ pp. +. See Reg. Lat. DCCCXVII, f. 64v., above, p. 781.]
1480[–1]. 3 Kal. Feb. (30 Jan.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 101r.)	To Henry Dye, rector of St. Mary the Virgin's, Bechampton, in the diocese of Lincoln. Dispensation, as above, f. 28r. Vite etc. [2 pp.]
1480[–1]. Prid. Non. Jan. (4 Jan.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 108r.)	To Robert Wiseman, perpetual vicar of St. Mary's, High (Alta) Estre, in the diocese of London. The like. Vite etc. [1¾ pp.]
3 Id. March. (13 March.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 138r.)	To William Byllyng, a canon of the monastery of Nerbo [sic], O.S.A., in the diocese of Lincoln. Dispensation to receive and retain any benefice, etc., as above, f. 63r. Religionis etc. [1¼ pp.]
11 Kal. April. (22 March.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 142r.)	To Peter Huse, archdeacon of Chichester, bachelor of decrees. Dispensation, as below. The pope lately dispensed him to receive and retain for life with the parish church of SS. Peter and Paul. Verburch [sic], in the diocese of Lincoln, which he was then holding, any other benefice, or if he resigned that church any two benefices, etc., as above, f. 28r. The pope now dispenses him. who has resigned the said church of Yerburch, and has successively obtained the above archdeaconry, which is a dignity, and the parish church of St. Michael in Cornhill, in the diocese of London, and at present holds them in virtue of the said dispensation, to receive and retain for life any third benefice with cure or otherwise incompatible, even if a parish church, etc., and to resign it, etc., provided that of such three incompatible benefices not more than two be parish churches or perpetual vicarages. Litterarum etc. [3 pp.]
1400 (recte 1480[–1].) 3 Id. Jan. (11 Jan.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 151r.)	To the archbishop of Canterbury and the bishops of London and Rochester. Faculty to confer the office of notary public on John Colman, layman, of the diocese of Canterbury, who is in his twenty-third year, and is married to one wife, a virgin, if he be found fit after examination; with the form of oath to be taken by him. Ne contractuum etc. [1 p.—]
1480. 16 Kal. Nov. (17 Oct.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 173r.)	To the confessor-general and the convent of the monastery of SS. Saviour and Mary the Virgin and Bridget, Syon, of the order of St. Augustine, in the diocese of London. (fn. 4) Their recent petition contained that it is the custom in the realm of England for the altars of all churches to be placed towards the east, so that when celebrating mass the priest faces east, whilst the people hearing such mass stand behind the celebrating priest, and that they desire to build many altars in the church of the said monastery (which in many of its necessary buildings has been repaired at great cost, and which is not yet finished), according to the convenience of the place, even facing otherwise than to the east, but that on account of the said custom they doubt whether they can do so without scandal of the people, unless they have licence of the apostolic see. (fn. 5) At the said petition, therefore, the pope hereby grants them an indult to have any altars built in the said church according to the convenience of the place and the devotion of them and other faithful, even otherwise than facing the east, (fn. 6) notwithstanding the said custom, etc. Exposcit vestre deuotionis sinceritas. [1 p.]
1481. 7 Id. April. (7 April.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 190v.)	To Richard Harman, a monk of St. Albans, O.S.B., in the diocese of Lincoln. Dispensation to receive and retain for life any benefice, etc., as above, f. 63r. Religionis etc. [1 p. See below, f. 210v.]
— (f. 191r.)	To Robert Barker, perpetual beneficiary called the provost of the chantry in the parish church of Towcestre (fn. 7) in the diocese of Lincoln, M.A. Dispensation, as above, f. 28r. Litterarum etc. [1½ pp.) Unfinished and cancelled.]
1481. 5 Kal. May. (27 April.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 194r.)	To the bishop of Salisbury. Faculty to confer the office of notary public on Robert Laurence, layman, of the diocese of Salisbury (who, when a clerk, (fn. 8) contracted marriage with a certain widow), if he have completed his twenty-fifth year and be found fit after examination, etc., with the form of oath ‘Ego Robertus Laurence laicus …’ Ne contractuum. [½ p. +]
1480[–1]. 3 Kal. Feb. (30 Jan.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 209v.)	To John, abbot of St. Mary's, Wymondham, O.S.B., in the diocese of Norwich. Dispensation to receive and retain in titulum for life with the said or any other monastery of the said order, any two benefices with or without cure wont to be held by secular clerks, and to resign them, etc. Personam tuam. [1⅓ pp.]
Ibid. (f. 210v.)	To Richard Herman, a monk of St. Albans, O.S.B., in the diocese of Lincoln. Dispensation to him, who is a priest, to receive and retain any benefice etc., as above, f. 63r. Religionis etc. [1 p. Here without ‘quoad vixeris,’ hence perhaps the repetition of the dispensation on the following 7 April, above, f. 190v.]
Ibid. (f. 211r.)	To Richard Mayew, rector of St. Thomas the Martyr's in the town (villa) of Wynchelse, in the diocese of Chichester, S.T.M. Dispensation, as below. The pope lately dispensed him to receive and retain for life with the said church one other benefice, etc., as above, f. 28r. The pope now dispenses him, who holds the said church and the parish church of Brythwel in the diocese of Salisbury in virtue of the said dispensation, to receive and retain with them for life any third benefice with cure or otherwise incompatible, and to resign it, etc., provided that of such three incompatible benefices not more than two be parish churches, etc. Litterarum etc. [2¹/5 pp.]
1481. 7 Id. April. (7 April.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 226r.)	To Richard Preston, rector of the parish church of St. Nicholas (fn. 9) in the diocese of Worcester. Dispensation, as above, f. 28r. Vite etc. [2¼ pp.]
6 Kal. June. (27 May.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 245 bis r.)	To Thomas Hemyngforth, an Austin friar. (fn. 10) Dispensation to him, who is a lector in theology, to receive and retain for life any benefice, etc., as above, f. 63r. Religionis etc. [1 p.]
17 Kal. July. (15 June.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 267v.)	To William Galbrath, a monk of the monastery of St. Mary, Kynlos, O. Cist., in the diocese of Moray. Absolution (the pope's intention being to make provision to him this day of the said monastery, and appoint him abbot thereof), from all sentences of excommunication etc., as far as regards the taking effect of the said provision, etc. De statu personarum. [¾ p. See Reg. Lat. DCCCV, f. 35v., above. p. 720.]
5 Kal. May. (27 April.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 268v.)	To William Jonson, perpetual vicar of Wolfhamcot in the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield. Indult to him, who is in his sixty-seventh year, and is so much burdened with a disease in his throat that he can hardly swallow, and cannot keep himself alive without doctors and good treatment, (fn. 11) to take for life the fruits of the said vicarage whilst residing in any honest and becoming place, and not to be bound to reside in the said vicarage, provided that the cure of souls be not neglected, but be exercised by a good and sufficient vicar maintained out of the said fruits. Vite etc. [1¾ pp.]
4 Id. July. (12 July.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 278r.)	To William Perys, perpetual vicar of St. Breock (fn. 12) in the diocese of Exeter, bachelor of decrees. Dispensation, as above, f. 28r. Litterarum etc. [1½ pp.]
14 Kal. Aug. (19 July.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 281r.)	To John Stampe, a canon of the monastery of St. Botulph, Colchester, O.S.A., in the diocese of London. Licence to transfer himself to some other monastery, etc., of the said order, after asking leave of his superior, even if he do not obtain it. Religionis etc. [1 p.—]
1480[–1]. 3 Kal. Feb. (30 Jan.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 290v.)	To John Cloos, dean of Chichester, doctor of laws. Grant, as below. The pope lately (after dispensing him to receive and retain for life with the parish church of Tyntynhul (fn. 13) in the diocese of Bath and Wells one other benefice, etc., as above, f. 28r.), dispensed him (who had obtained by collation of the ordinary the deanery of Chichester, a major dignity, and was holding it with the said church in virtue of the said dispensation) to receive and retain for life with the said deanery and church, or with other two benefices held in virtue of the said dispensation, any other third benefice with cure or otherwise incompatible, even if a parish church, etc., and to resign it, etc. At his recent petition, containing that at the date of the said later letters he was holding, not the said parish church of Tyntynhull, but that of Burgtham alias Brugtham in the diocese of Carlisle, wherefore he fears that they may be held to be surreptitious, the pope hereby grants that they shall hold good from the date of these presents, as if they had mentioned Burgtham alias Brugtham instead of Tyntynhull. Litterarum etc. [2 pp. +]
Non. Feb. (5 Feb.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 291v.)	To prior Thomas and the convent of St. Pancras, Lewes, O. Clun., in the diocese of Chichester. Indult for the said prior and his successors to wear the mitre, ring, and other pontifical insignia, and to give in the said monastery and its subject priories, and in parish and other churches belonging to them, solemn benediction after masses, vespers and matins, provided that no bishop or papal legate be present. Exposcit vestre deuotionis sinceritas. [²/3 p.]
3 Kal. Feb. (30 Jan.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 292v.)	To John Mountfort, perpetual vicar of Kyrkly [sic] Mallesherd [in the diocese of] York, M.A. Indult for life to him, who is a chaplain of Richard duke of York, brother (germani) of Edward king of England, and who holds the perpetual vicarage of Kyrkby Mallesherd [in the diocese of] York, to take the fruits etc. of the said vicarage and any other benefices, except only the daily distributions, whilst residing in one of his benefices or in the Roman court, or engaged in the study of letters in an university, or in the service of the said duke, and not to be bound meanwhile to reside, and to rent the said fruits etc. or grant them to farm or yearly pension to any persons, even laymen, for two years only at a time. Litterarum etc. [2¾ pp.]
1481. 4 Id. April. (10 April.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 305v.)	To Thomas Tomyow, rector of St. Columb Major (sancti Columbe maioris) in the diocese of Exeter. Dispensation, as above, f. 28r. Vite etc. [2 pp.]
Prid. Id. April. (12 April.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 307v.)	To Thomas Morton, rector of Castell Forme [sic] (fn. 14) in the diocese of Hereford, I.U.B. The like. Litterarum etc. [2 pp.]