Lateran Regesta 246: 1424

Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 7, 1417-1431. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1906.

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'Lateran Regesta 246: 1424', in Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 7, 1417-1431, (London, 1906) pp. 370-372. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-papal-registers/brit-ie/vol7/pp370-372 [accessed 26 April 2024]

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Lateran Regesta, Vol. CCXLVI (fn. 1)

7 Martin V (cont.)

De Regularibus

1424.
6 Kal. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 65.)
To John de Bolden, claustral prior of St. Mary's, Jeddwartht, O.S.A., in the diocese of Glasgow, licentiate of canon law. Reservation by these presents (which the pope wills to have force as if they had been granted under date 6 Kal. Feb. anno 1 [1418] (fn. 2) ) to him, who is of baronial race, and is a licentiate of canon law by examination, of a benefice with or without cure wont to be governed by canons of St. Andrews or St. Mary's, Jeddwartht, even if a priory etc., value not exceeding 25 marks sterling [if with cure, or 18 if without, cf. f. 88], in the common or several gift of the bishop and the prior and chapter of St. Andrews and the abbot and convent of St. Mary's. As soon as he obtains a benefice wont to be governed by canons of St. Andrews he is to be transferred thither. The reservation is made notwithstanding that he holds the claustral priorship of St. Mary's, a perpetual office without cure (simplex), value not exceeding 12l. sterling, which he has hereby indult to hold for two years in commendam together with such benefice. Religionis zelus, litterarum sciencia, vite etc.
Concurrent mandate to the bishop of Saint-Brieuc (Briocen.), the abbot of Balmerenach in the diocese of St. Andrews, and the official of Glasgow. Religionis etc. (Pe. xiiii. xvi. Secundo Kal. Augusti Anno Nono. de Casatiis.)
Ibid.
(f. 88.)
To the abbot of Scone in the diocese of St. Andrews. Mandate to reserve in virtue of these presents (which the pope wills, as in the preceding (fn. 2) ) and, when void, to collate and assign to John Pilmur, Augustinian canon of St. Andrews, a benefice with or without cure, even if a dignity etc., wont to be governed by canons of the said order, value not exceeding 25 marks sterling if with cure, or 18 if without, in the common or several gift of the bishop and the prior and chapter of St. Andrews and the abbot and convent of Holyrood, Edunburch. As soon as he obtains a benefice wont to be governed by canons of Holyrood, he is to be transferred thither. Dignum etc. (Pe. xxiii. Quarto Id. Septembris Anno Nono. de Casatiis.)

De Prebendis Et Dignitatibus Vacaturis

1424.
7 Kal. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 160.)
To Robert de Crannach, canon of Dunkeld, M.A. Collation and provision by these presents (which the pope wills to have force as if they had been granted under date 7 Kal. Feb. anno 1 (fn. 3) ) of a canonry of Dunkeld and another of Moray, with reservation of a prebend of each and of a dignity etc. of one of them; notwithstanding that the pope lately made provision to him of a canonry of Dunblane with reservation of a prebend and a dignity etc. thereof, and of a benefice with or without cure [value not stated] wont to be assigned to secular clerks in the common or several gift of the Benedictine abbot and convent of Abirbrothoc in the diocese of St. Andrews; with clause securing the compatibility of benefices. Litterarum sciencia, vite etc.
Concurrent mandate to the bishops of Saint-Pol-de-Léon (Leonen.) and Aberdeen, and the dean of Brechin. Litterarum etc. (Pe. xiii. xv. Quarto Id. Septembris Anno Nono. de Cerretanis.)
6 Kal. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 161d.)
To Thomas Duncani. Collation and provision to him, a priest, by these presents (which the pope wills to have force as if they had been granted under date 6 Kal. Feb. anno 1 (fn. 3) ) of a canonry of Brechin, with reservation of a prebend and dignity etc. thereof, and of a benefice with or without cure, wont to be assigned to secular clerks, value not exceeding 25 marks sterling if with cure, or 18 if without, in the same patronage as in the preceding; notwithstanding that he holds the perpetual vicarage, called pensionaria, value not exceeding 6 marks sterling, of the parish church of St. Machar (Sancti Manchorii) in the diocese of Aberdeen; with compatibility clause. Vite etc.
Concurrent mandate to the bishops of Saint-Pol-de-Léon and Aberdeen, and the abbot of Scone. Vite etc. (Pe. etc. as in the preceding.)
7 Kal. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 196.)
To James Scrymegeour, licentiate of civil law. Motu proprio collation and provision to him, who is a licentiate of civil law by examination and is also M.A., and who has been sent to the pope as ambassador of Charles, king of the French, by these presents (which the pope wills to have force as if they had been granted under date 7 Kal. Feb. anno 1 (fn. 3) ), of a canonry of Glasgow with reservation of a prebend and a dignity etc. thereof, and of a benefice with or without cure wont to be assigned to secular clerks, value not exceeding 100 or 80 marks sterling accordingly, in the common or several gift of the bishop and the prior and chapter of St. Andrews, even if it be the archdeaconry of that church, a non-major dignity, wont to be held by secular clerks; with dispensation hereby to hold three incompatible benefices for five years and two thereafter for life, and grant that in any graces concerning benefices, which shall be granted to him up to the day of the expedition of these presents, he shall not be bound to make mention of these presents. Nobilitas generis, litterarum etc.
Concurrent mandate to the bishops of Alet and Brechin, and the abbot of Balmorynach in the diocese of St. Andrews. Nobilitas etc. (Ja. xx. xxii. Sexto Non. Octobris Anno Octano. de Cerretanis.)

De Prebendis Vacaturis

7 Kal. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 250.)
To John de Benyng, M.A. Collation and provision, at the petition of James, king of Scots, of whose household he is a member, to him, who has lately had papal dispensation, as the son of a priest and an unmarried woman, to be promoted to all, even holy orders and hold a benefice even with cure, in virtue of which he has been promoted to the order of acolyte and has obtained the perpetual vicarage of Luntrathin in the diocese of St. Andrews, by these presents (which the pope wills, as in the preceding), of a canonry of Moray, with reservation of a prebend thereof, and of a benefice with or without cure, wont to be assigned to secular clerks, value not exceeding 25 or 18 marks of silver accordingly, in the common or several gift of the bishop and the prior and chapter of St. Andrews; notwithstanding that he holds the said vicarage, value not exceeding 10 marks sterling; with dispensation hereby to hold such canonry and prebend and benefice for life, etc. Litterarum etc.
Concurrent mandate to the bishop of Saint-Pol-de-Léon (Leonen.), and the abbots of Balmurinach and Holyrood in the diocese of St. Andrews. Litterarum etc. (Ja. xiiii. xvi. Decimoseptimo Kal. Augusti Anno Nono. de Cerretanis.)

Footnotes

  • 1. Described on the back as ‘Lib. 92.’ On a flyleaf are the contemporary notes ‘Hugo’ and ‘Liber Primus de Re[gulari]bus, de prebendis et dignitatibus, de dignitatibus et de prebendis vacaturis anno septimo, non (cancelled) Rubricatus.’ The top edge is inscribed, also in a contemporary hand, Primus de regularibus, de prebendisvacaturis anno septimoM.V.
  • 2. See Ottenthal, Regulæ Canc. Apos. p 236 (Reg. Martini V, No. 210).
  • 3. See Ottenthal, Regulœ Canc. Apost. p. 236 (Reg. Martini V, No. 210).