Close Rolls, Henry IV: May 1400 | British History Online

Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry IV: Volume 1, 1399-1402. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1927.

'Close Rolls, Henry IV: May 1400', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry IV: Volume 1, 1399-1402, (London, 1927) pp. 30. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/hen4/vol1/p30 [accessed 23 April 2024]

May 1400



May 5. Westminster.	To all sheriffs, mayors, bailiffs and other the king's ministers to whom etc. Order to cause proclamation to be made in every city, borough, market town and elsewhere, when on behalf of the friars mendicant required, that no man of whatsoever estate, degree or condition shall at his peril secretly or openly hold, maintain, teach and obstinately defend wicked and nefarious opinions contrary to sacred doctrine, repugnant to the canons, decrees and sanctions of mother church, and redounding to the scandal and reproach of the degree and order of the said friars; as by credible information the king has particular knowledge that certain men of ill will are in churches and privy places preaching and setting forth divers such opinions and abominable conclusions, whereby the vows of the faithful and alms of the devout are withdrawn from those friars; and his will is to resist their malice, and to cherish the said order, that they may peaceably serve God in orisons and prayers.