Regesta 14: 1227-1230 | British History Online

Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 1, 1198-1304. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1893.

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'Regesta 14: 1227-1230', in Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 1, 1198-1304, ed. W H Bliss( London, 1893), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/cal-papal-registers/brit-ie/vol1/pp117-122 [accessed 6 November 2024].

Regesta, Vol. XIV.

1 Gregory IX.



Non. April. Lateran. (f. 4.)	Grant of protection to the bishop of Exeter, who has taken the cross, with faculty to receive and pledge his episcopal income from the time of setting out to that included in the general crusaders' indult, so that during that period those to whom he has committed or pledged his income may receive it in its entirety, as if he were resident.
Non. April. Lateran. (f. 4d.)	Mandate to the bishops of Salisbury and Coventry not to allow the bishop of Exeter to be molested contrary to the said protection and faculty.
7 Id. April. Lateran. (f. 4d.)	Mandate to the priors of St. Andrew's and St. James's and the dean of Northampton to remove Nicolas, clerk, of the diocese of York, son of the late incumbent of Lek from that church, into which he has caused himself to be intruded to the prejudice of the king, to whom the presentation belongs.
8 Id. April. Lateran. (f. 4d.)	Mandate to the master and brethren of the Knights Templars to assign to the bishop of Exeter 4,000 marks which W. Bruer, his uncle, bequeathed to him, and deposited with the Templars, which money the bishop has given to the Holy Land subsidy for the souls of himself and his uncle.
8 Kal. May. Lateran. (f. 7.)	Commission to the bishops of Annadown and Clonfert and the abbot of Parva Cella in the diocese of Annadown to enquire and report to the pope on the cause of the bishop of Limerick, who is said to be illegitimate, simoniacal, ignorant, and disobedient to his metropolitan. [Theiner, 27.]
4 Kal. May. Lateran. (f. 9d.)	Mandate to the cardinal archbishop of Canterbury to carry out that of pope Honorius to confer a benefice in his province on Master Michael Scotus.
4 Non. May. Lateran. (f. 12.)	Mandate to the cardinal archbishop of Canterbury to assign the church of Catfield (Cathefel), in the diocese of Norwich, to Bernardinus de Setia, papal writer. The church is of the patronage of the abbot and convent of St. Benedict Hulme and G. de Montechanisi, and was given by the said G. to his clerk Geoffrey, but the official of the bishop of Norwich, not having the right to institute him, granted to him simple custody thereof until the bishop's return from abroad. The latter, on his return, refused to admit him, and the abbot and convent then granted the church to the said Bernardinus.
1226. 7 Dec. Westminster. (f. 12d.)	Letter from the king to pope Honorius III., asking him, out of consideration of the good services done to himself by S. archbishop of Canterbury, to grant liberty to Master S[imon], brother of the archbishop, to come and live in England.
1227. 14 Kal. June. Lateran. (f. 12d.)	Letter to the king, in answer to his letter to pope Honorius, granting to Simon de Langeton, papal subdeacon, faculty to return to England when the king wills, and to stay there.
14 Kal. June. Lateran. (f. 12d.)	Licence for Simon de Langeton to return to England as above. [Shirley, i. 548.]
5 Kal. July. Lateran. (f. 14.)	Indult to the prior and convent of Lenton to possess domains the tenths of the lordships of nobles, and other [lands], granted to their monastery since its foundation, confirmed to them by their diocesan and by the pope, and held by them from time immemorial.
6 Kal. June. Lateran. (f. 14.)	Mandate to R. cardinal of St. Augelo, papal legate, not to publish or issue the sentence of excommunication or interdict against the king or R. count of Poitou, his brother, as ordered by pope Honorius, without a special mandate. [Shirley, i. 548.]
6 Kal. June. Lateran. (f. 14.)	Letter to the king, informing him that though the pope has taken the king of France with his mother and brother under papal protection, subject to his continuing the work begun by his father against the heretics of Albigeois, he has forbidden him to lay his hands on what belongs to the king of England or anyone else.
9 Kal. July. Anagni. (f. 18d.)	Mandate to the dean of Granthom and his fellow judges, upon information obtained from their letters addressed to Honorius III. to free Alan, a layman of the diocese of Canterbury, from the pursuit (impetratione) of M. who wants to make him her husband on the ground of co-habitation, to which Alan takes exception that the woman's father, who was a priest, baptized him; and to impose silence on the woman.
3 Id. July. Anagni. (f. 21.)	Letter to the archbishop (sic) of Cashel and other judges appointed to examine the election of Master John to the see of Emly, informing them that, at the request of Master Philip, the king's ambassador, the pope has appointed the archdeacon (sic) in place of the archbishop of Tuam to act in the matter. [Theiner, 27.]
2 Kal. Aug. Anagni. (f. 25d.)	Mandate, at the request of the king, to the bishop of Ely to grant a dispensation to L. a priest, son of a priest, already dispensed by pope Honorius so as to be promoted to any dignity short of a bishopric, that his defect of birth shall not be an obstacle to his further preferment.
Kal. Dec. Lateran. (f. 46.)	Confirmation to the prior of the monastery of St. Mary's, La Charité, and his brethren, present and future, of their possessions, and especially of those in England, in the diocese of Winchester, the church of St. Saviour, Bermundesie, the churches of St. Andrew, Northampton and Daventry, in the diocese of Hereford, the church of St. Milburg in Wenloc, with the whole town, in the archdiocese of York, [the church of] Pontefract.

2 Gregory IX.



1228. 7 Id. April. St. Peters. (f. 64d.)	Notification to the king of England of the excommunication issued against the emperor F[rederic].
Id. June. Peragia. (f. 70.)	Indult to the abbot and convent and Bardeney, in accordance with letters of pope Celestine, to appropriate, on their voidance, the churches of Hale and Hekinton, which are of their patronage and from which they received a pension.
6 Non. July. Perugia. (f. 71.)	Notification to the prior and convent of Durham of the relaxation of the sentences of excommunication issued against them on the occasion of their election of the archdeacon of Worcester to their church, afterwards cancelled by the pope.
5 Non. July. Perugia. (f. 76.)	Answer to the archbishop of York, on a case where the chapter of St. Mary's, York, had first granted the church of Gameford to R. clerk, and afterwards had presented L. clerk, to the same, that a patron has the right to present, but not to grant, and that the person presented should be instituted.
8 Kal. Nov. Perugia. (f. 83d.)	Faculty to the abbot of Cluny to make ordinance for the election of the prior of the monastery of St. Pancias, notwithstanding the composition made between the earl of Warren, its patron, and one of the abbot's predecessors, which gives occasion to the prior and monks of St. Pancras to rebel against the church of Cluny.
4 Kal. Nov. Perugia. (f. 84d.)	Notification to the king of England that the pope has received his letters and his ambassador, Master Philip de Arden, who will inform him of the pope's favourable disposition towards him.
n.d. Perugia. (f. 89.)	Faculty to R[omarius,] cardinal of St. Angelo, papal legate, to compel the count of La Marche to remit the oath by which the king and B. queen of France, his mother, are bound not to make peace or truce with the king of England without his consent, the oath being unlawful and a hindrance to the peace. [Shirley, i. 548.]
18 Kal. Jan. Perugia. (f. 96.)	Mandate to the prior and convent of St. Andrews not to burden their monastery with pensions to secular clerks. [Theiner, 27.]
1229. 14 Kal. Feb. Perugia. (f. 97d.)	Mandate to the prior and convent of Canterbury to pay due obedience to Master R. chancellor of Lincoln, whom the pope has appointed to the see, after quashing their election of Walter, one of the monks.
	The like to the suffragans of Canterbury.
13 Kal. Mar. Perugia. (f. 99.)	Mandate to the abbots of Peterborough and Croyland and the prior of Peterborough, on petition of the abbot and convent of Ramesey, who, by command of the Pope, have to pay yearly 100 marks to five clerks in pensions and benefices, and 10 marks to P. de Supino, clerk of O. cardinal of St. Nicolas in Carcere Tulliano, until they are able to find him a richer benefice, J. de Ferentino, papal sub-deacon, archdeacon of Norwich, being made executor in this matter, to free the said abbey from all secular claims (impetratione), and ordering that they shall not be held to make provision to any except the above named.
10 Kal. Mar. Perugia. (f. 99d.)	Confirmation, with exemplifications, although the consent of the archdeacon and chapter does not appear, to the abbot and convent of St. Mary's, Citeaux, of the letters, enclosed under the papal bull, of king Richard and Geoffrey archbishop of York, who granted to them the church of Scardeborch, with its chapels, liberties, customs, and tithings of land and sea, and protection for them in the same. The archbishop of York is not to exact anything from them, except the presentation of a vicar and the synodal right, and the archdeacon on his visitation is to be content with 20s.—10s. from the Cistercians and 10s. from the said vicar.
	The witnesses to the king's letters are Geoffrey, archbishop of York, Philip bishop of Durham, H. bishop of Salisbury, Master Mauger, the treasurer, Master Roger de Sancto Edmundo, William the Marshal, Joel de Maena, Geoffrey de Cella, Robert de Harecort, Matthew de Gamach, Britius the king's chamberlain, dated by E. bishop of Ely, Lyons, 14 May, in the ninth year of his reign. The letters of the archbishop end with the words “in predicte ecclesie vicaria.”
3 Non. Mar. Perugia. (f. 102d.)	Grant of protection and confirmation to B. sometime queen of England of the composition made between her and king John, confirmed by pope Innocent, afterwards renewed between her and king Henry, and confirmed by pope Honorius.
1229. 3 Id. Mar. Perugia. (f. 103.)	Inhibition, at the request of the abbot of St. Augustine's, Canterbury, to any abbot to grant to any person the churches of Menstra, Norburn, Sellinges, Faversham, and Midleton, which belong to them, and the prebend of Guston, in St. Martin's church, Dover, which shall belong to the abbey for ever; and like prohibition to all bishops, archdeacons, and officials.
Ibid.	Confirmation to the same, in accordance with letters of pope Celestine, of the church of the manor of Chisteleth for the use of the infirmary. [Monasticon, i. 136.]
1228. 4 Id. Dec. Perugia. (f. 102d.)	Faculty to the abbot of Westminster to give the first tonsure on solemn festivals in his parish.

3 Gregory IX



1229. 4 Kal. April. Perugia. (f. 109.)	Confirmation to the abbot and convent of St. Augustine's Canterbury, of the restoration of the prebend of Guthsieston, to the wardrobe of the monks, as already confirmed by papal authority, notwithstanding that at the instance of R. their late abbot, they had granted it for life to R. his nephew, contrary to the prohibition of pope Celestine.
Ibid.	The like to the same touching the church of the manor of Lenham, granted for the repair of the refectory utensils.
3 Kal. April. Perugia. (f. 109d.)	The like to the same touching the church of Sellinges, granted to the monks' wardrobe, and confirmed by pope Urban, notwithstanding that Alexander, a former abbot, at the instance of some great men, granted it to G. a clerk.
5 Kal. June. Perugia. (f. 116.)	Mandate to the dean of Lincoln and the archdeacons of Lincoln and Stowe to examine the cause between the prioress and convent of Campessei and the prior and convent of Buttelei in the diocese of Norwich, touching certain tithes and other matters brought before the abbot of St. Benedict Hulme, and his colleagues by papal authority, when, on the prioress and convent appealing to Rome, the said judges excommunicated them. The pope referred the appeal to the prior of Anglesey and others, and the adverse party, because these judges refused to admit the exception of the said excommunication, obtained papal letters on this point to the prior of Yarmouth and others, before whom the prioress and convent pleaded that as the sentence was issued after the appeal, every excommunicate person being allowed to defend himself, the said judges acted rightly in refusing to admit the exception the prior of Yarmouth and his fellow judges would not receive such plea, and the prioress and convent appealed to the pope. The dean and archdeacons are ordered, if the facts are as stated, to proceed after revoking whatever has been done since the appeal, according to the former papal mandate to the prior of Yarmouth and his fellow judges, or if not, to remit the parties to their examination, condemning the appellant in legitimate costs.
17 Kal. July. Perugia. (f. 122.)	Confirmation, with exemplification, to John the master and the brethren of the hospital of the Holy Ghost in Rome, of a grant to them, dated 25 March, 5 John, of the church of Writele.
3 Kal. Dec. Perugia. (f. 146d.)	Mandate to the abbots of Melros and Driburch and the prior of Melros to proceed according to the form delivered to them in a cause between the abbot and convent of Dercongal and F. knight, of the diocese of Glasgow, in regard to his unlawful possession of certain lands, against whom, being excommunicate and contumacious, the pope had written asking for the help of Alan, constable of Scotland. [Theiner, 27.]
1230. 17 Kal. Feb. Perugia. (f. 149d.)	Mandate to the archdeacon and the official of Canterbury, and the dean of Thenam, in the same diocese, according to a mandate given to the dean of Salisbury and his colleagues, to restore to P. clerk of Brad', in the diocese of Canterbury, the church of Tetebir, about which there was a suit between him and Master R. rector of Sumerton, heard before J. papal sub-deacon and chaplain, who was prayed by the said P. to annul the proceedings of the dean of Langeford and his fellow judges, to whom the said R. had obtained from the pope that the cause should be committed (P. himself being at Rome), and also assigned the church to the custody of R.
19 Kal. Feb. Perugia. (f. 150.)	Mandate to Stephen, papal chaplain, not to molest the abbot and convent of Faver[s]ham, a house founded and endowed by the ancestors of king Henry, who freed it from all servitude and cess, the said Stephen having exacted a yearly cess of one mark, under pretext of some privilege of exemption obtained by a brother of the monastery from pope Eugenius.
6 Id. Feb. Perugia. (f. 153.)	Mandate to the dean of Codam, in the diocese of Norwich. after taking proper security, to restore to T. rector of Huberton, the possession of that church, on his complaint that whereas the bishop elect and chapter of Salisbury cited W. clerk of Poitou, who they said held the said church unjustly, before the prior of Ivychurch and his fellow judges, he being absent and knowing nothing of the matter, and the said clerk rightly refused to make answer on the ground that the rector's proctor was not present, the judges gave possession of the church to the adverse party after appeal had been made to the pope.