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1240.
3 Kal. April.
Lateran.
“An. XIII.”
(f. 2.) |
Mandate to the dean of Holt, in the diocese of Norwich, to
make provision to Peter Cinthii Guidonis, papal sub-deacon and
chaplain, of a prebend in any church in England, value not less
than 50 marks, notwithstanding any indult or statute to the
contrary. |
5 Kal. April.
Lateran.
(f. 2.) |
Mandate to the bishop of Glasgow, and Master Matthew de
Aberdeen, archdeacons of Glasgow and Tevidale, to remove any
unlawful occupier and induct, by his proctor, Master John de
Civitate Antina, papal writer, into corporal possession of a
benefice, of which provision was made to him by papal mandate
addressed to the abbot and convent of Jeddewrd, and Master
John Romanus, sub-dean of York. The church of Aberlevenach, in the diocese of St. Andrews, of the patronage of the said
abbot and convent, is now void, and the bishop elect refuses to
admit him to it. |
8 Kal. May.
Lateran.
(f. 4d.) |
Mandate to the bishop of Worcester and the archdeacons of
Worcester and Suburi, in that diocese, to hear, and with consent
of the parties, bring to an end the cause between the bishop and
the dean and chapter of Lincoln, about the visitation of the
chapter, and of the churches belonging to the dignities, prebends, and communia of Lincoln, and their ministers, and other rights, liberties, and customs, as the parties have chosen them for
judges; but if they will not cousent, then to remit it by
proctors to the pope within two years. |
2 Id. May.
Lateran.
(f. 9d.) |
Licence to the archbishop of Canterbury to appoint fit persons
to cathedral and regular churches in his province, of which the
provision has devolved on him by the length of the vacancy, if
their provision has not lapsed to the pope. |
3 Id. May.
Lateran.
(f. 9d.) |
Indult to the same, that he shall not be summoned to a court
distant more than two day's journey from his church. |
6 Id. May.
Lateran.
(f. 10.) |
Mandate to the bishops of Lincoln and Norwich not to suffer
the archbishop of Canterbury to be molested on account of the
faculty granted him to establish a college of secular canons in any
of the churches of his diocese which of full right belong to him. |
15 Kal. June.
Lateran.
(f. 10d.) |
Faculty to the archbishop of Canterbury to licence five of his
clerks to hold an additional benefice apiece with cure of souls. |
7 Id. May.
Lateran.
(f. 10d.) |
Mandate to O. cardinal of St. Nicholas in Carcere, papal legate, to compel the master and brethren of Sempingham to pay due
obedience to the bishop of Lincoln, their diocesan. |
15 Kal. Mar.
Lateran.
(f. 11d.) |
Mandate to the abbot of St. Augustine's, Canterbury, and the
archdeacons of Wiltshire and Berkshire, to proceed according
to the letters addressed to the prior of Dunestaple and others
in a cause between the archbishop of Canterbury and Hugh
de Albaniaco, earl of Arundell, against whom, his castle, and
town of Arundell, the archbishop had issued sentences of
excommunication and interdict, papal letters against the archbishop having been obtained, addressed to the abbot of
St. Edmunds and his colleagues. On the archbishop's appeal, other letters were obtained to the abbot of Evesham and
his co-judges, who, reserving the final sentence to themselves, committed the case to the dean of Abendon and his colleagues;
on which the earl appealed to the pope against the action of
these sub-delegates, and obtained papal letters to the prior of
Dunestaple and his colleagues. |
Id. May.
Lateran.
(f. 12d.) |
Confirmation to the abbot and convent of Hagemon, in the
diocese of Coventry, of the church of Hunstanton, appropriated
to them by the bishop of Norwich; a vicar's portion being
assigned. |
15 Kal. June.
Lateran.
(f. 13.) |
Mandate to the bishop, dean, and archdeacon of Clonmacnoise, on the signification of the archbishop of Dublin, to compel the
bishop of Ossory, his suffragan, to reside, threatening him with
withdrawal of his episcopal revenues. [Theiner, 40.] |
13 Kal. June.
Lateran.
(f. 13d.) |
Mandate to the bishop of Worcester to remove from their
benefices married clerks and those who have immediately
succeeded their fathers, and to compel perpetual vicars to reside, and be ordained priests. |
6 Id. June.
Lateran.
(f. 14d.) |
Licence to the abbot and convent of St. Mary's York, to
convert to their uses the church of Kirkebi in Lonesdale, putting
in a chaplain to serve it, in consideration of their having to
make provision to twelve Roman clerks, in churches of which
they are patrons, by order of the pope and of his predecessor
Honorius, which has impoverished them so much that persons
wishing to join them have to buy their own habits. |
6 Id. June.
Lateran.
(f. 15.) |
Mandate to the abbots of St. Albans, Westminster, and Battle, not to allow the church of Canterbury to be molested, on account
of the ordinance by which it is permitted to the archbishop to
institute a college of secular canons in any of the churches
belonging to him. |
2 Id. June.
Lateran.
(f. 15d.) |
Indult to the bishop of Norwich to remove from their
benefices those who have obtained them by collusive resignation of
their predecessors, so that they may be given to their sons, nephews, or connexions, or so that the nephew or son may hold
the parsonage while the father is vicar, or the son get the
vicarage of his father's parsonage, or when those who would
succeed their fathers resign in favour of others, who, in their
turn, resign, that the son may thus immediately succeed his
father. |
17 Kal. July.
Lateran.
(f. 15d.) |
Licence to the same that he shall not be bound to grant the
requests of those who wish to build chapels, and have obtained
papal letters to that effect, unless they so endow them that, at
their deaths, a proper provision is made for supporting the
chaplains. |
13 Kal. July.
Lateran.
(f. 19.) |
Faculty to the bishop of Llandaff to unite two or three
churches where the revenues of each are not enough to support
a rector. |
5 Non. July.
Lateran.
(f. 19d.) |
Mandate to the bishops of Ardagh and Killala, and the dean
of Ardagh, on the representation of the archbishop of Tuam, to
enforce the sentence of pope Innocent in the case between the
said archbishop and Master Christin, proctor of the church of
Mayo, which was then decided to be a parish church, subject
to Tuam; and, on the matter being maliciously revived by
Master C., pope Honorius committed the question to Master
James, his chaplain and penitentiary, papal legate in those
parts, who confirmed the former sentence. |
5 Id. July.
Lateran.
(f. 20d.) |
Indult to the abbot and convent of St. Mary's, York, to convert
to their uses, when void, the church of Gaineford, in the diocese
of Durham, of their patronage, formerly held by Master
Alexander de Nola, and, on his death, by Master G. de Trani, papal sub-deacon and chaplain, and auditor of the literecontradicte; Master D. papal chaplain being appointed its vicar, and taking one-third of the income. |
13 Kal. Aug.
Lateran.
(f. 22d.) |
Concession to the abbot and convent of Battle, in the diocese
of Chichester, that they shall not be bound to make provision
to any one of churches in their patronage, unless special mention
of this concession be made in the papal letters. |
13 Kal. Aug.
Lateran.
(f. 22d.) |
Faculty to the abbot of St. Augustine's, Canterbury, to give
benediction in his monastery and churches when no pontiff or
apostolic legate is present. |
14 Kal. Aug.
Lateran.
(f. 22d.) |
Licence to the bishop of Norwich to give a benefice apiece
without cure of souls to the rural deans of his diocese, they
being ready to resign those which they have with cure of souls. |
12 Kal. Aug.
Lateran.
(f. 22d.) |
Concession to the abbot and convent of St. Augustine's, Canterbury, to have to their uses for the poor and guests, the
church of Plumstede, in the diocese of Rochester, on its voidance, a portion being set apart for a perpetual vicar. |
14 Kal. Aug.
Lateran.
(f. 22d.) |
Mandate to the priors of Holy Trinity, London, Spinney, and Blakemore, in the dioceses of Norwich and London, on
petition of the prioress and Augustinian convent of Halliwell, in the diocese of London, to induce the bishop of Lincoln to
desist from molesting them in regard to the church of Wellewes, granted to their uses by St. Hugh, late bishop of that
diocese, with the patron's consent, an annual pension of five
marks from its revenues being meanwhile allowed them. such
grants having been confirmed by the present pope with the
assent of the chapter of Lincoln, in a mandate addressed to
the prior of St. Saviour's [Southwark], in the diocese of Winchester, and his colleagues. The bishop of Lincoln has since
ordered the said pension to be withdrawn, and the priors refuse
to proceed against him because they are his clerks. If he will
not yield, they must proceed according to the first mandate. |
11 Kal. June.
Lateran.
(f. 24.) |
Indult to the bishop of Norwich, that neither he nor his
officials in his name shall be summoned, by papal letters, to a
court distant more than two days journey from his see, unless
special mention of this indult be made in them. |
12 Kal. May.
Lateran.
(f. 24.) |
Indult to the same that he shall not be compelled, by papal
mandate, to make provision of benefices in his gift, or of yearly
pensions to clerks, unless mention be made of this indult. |
12 Kal. May.
Lateran.
(f. 24.) |
Licence to the same to grant dispensation to five clerks, who
assist him when attending the royal council or engaged in affairs
of the realm, to hold an additional benefice. |
8 Kal. Aug.
Lateran.
(f. 24.) |
Grant to the prior and convent of Durham, who wish to
increase their number of twenty monks, to enter and hold to
their uses, when void, the church of St. Peter, Houeden, in which
the prior, as such, has archidiaconal rights, a perpetual vicarage
being instituted, the vicar of which is to be presented to the
bishop. |
Kal. Aug.
Grottaferrata.
(f. 26d.) |
Grant to the prior and convent of Thetford, in the diocese of
Norwich, to hold to their uses the church of Notheli, of their
patronage, in the diocese of London; a vicar being appointed to
serve it. |
5 Kal. Aug.
Lateran.
(f. 27.) |
To the archbishop of Canterbury, explaining that by the
papal grant made him of the right to appoint to cathedral
or regular churches of his province when left void beyond the
canonical limit, no prejudice to royal rights in this matter is
intended. |
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Ibid. |
The like to the king. |
15 Kal. Sept.
Grottaferrata.
(f. 27d.) |
Monition and mandate to the chapter of Durham to elect a
bishop, the late prior whom they had elected having by A. and L., monks and proctors of the chapter at Rome, resigned to
the pope whatever right he had in the election. |
3 Non. Sept.
Grottaferrats.
(f. 27d.) |
Monition and mandate to the dean and chapter of London to
assent to the concession made by the late bishop Robert to the
prior and canons of Holy Trinity of the church of Bromfeld, with the consent of its patron, fifty years ago, and to grant
them letters in testimony of their assent; if not, the pope enjoins
them not to molest the prior and canons in regard to the said
church. |
9 Kal. Nov.
Lateran.
(f. 29.) |
Indult to Master P. to hold the rectory of Potin, in the diocese
of St. Andrews, chamberlain of R. cardinal of St. Mary's in Cosmedin, together with the church of St. Fortunatus, Viterbo, the
revenues of which are too small to keep a priest for more than
a part of the year. |
6 Id. Nov.
Lateran.
(f. 30.) |
To the chapter of Holy Trinity, Canterbury, informing them
that the pope does not assent to the composition made between
them and the archbishop about the advowsons of churches in
their manors, and other matters, to which the king, as appears
by his letters to the pope, is opposed. |
17 Kal. Dec.
Lateran.
(f. 32.) |
Mandate to the archbishop of Cashel, and the abbots of
Graignamanagh (de Valle Salvatoris) and Geripont, in the
diocese of Ossory, to enquire and report to the pope, on the
signification of the archbishop elect of Armagh, that when he
was called by Otho, cardinal of St. Nicholas in Carcere, papal
legate, to preside over that church, he found it more stripped of
its goods by the prelates and barons of those parts than could
be believed, and among them by his own suffragans, of whom
the late bishop of Clogher was the worst of his persecutors. The late archbishop of Armagh going to the pope obtained
letters to the said legate ordering him to revoke all processes, and, if no composition could be effected, to bring the cause to
an end. The bishop of Clogher being dead, petition is made for
the union of the churches. [Theiner, 40.] |
1241.
12 Kal. Feb.
Lateran.
(f. 36d.) |
Confirmation to the abbot and Cistercian convent of Sallai, in the diocese of York, of the appropriation of the church of
Tatecastra of their patronage. |
4 Non. Mar.
Lateran.
(f. 36d.) |
Mandate to brother William, papal penitentiary, to raise
5,000 silver marks for the redemption of A. count of Montfort, now held captive by the Saracens. The sum is to be raised
from [fines paid for] the redemption of crusaders’ vows, and
legacies. |
Kal. Feb.
Lateran.
(f. 36d.) |
Request and monition to the abbot and convent of Croyland
to grant by letters patent addressed to Benedict, clerk, and
John de Tivoli, bearers of these letters, or either of them, to the
basilica of St. Peter in Rome, one of the churches of their
patronage value 100 marks. |
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The like to the abbot and convent of Ramesey. |
Ibid.
(f. 37.) |
Mandate to J. Romanus, subdean of York, and Hugh, canon
of Florence, to go to the abbot and convent of Ramesey, and
induce them to comply with the above request, annulling whatever may be attempted in opposition to it, and putting those
who speak against it under papal censure. |
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The like to the same in regard to the abbot and convent of
Croyland, in the diocese of Lincoln. |
5 Kal. Feb.
Lateran.
(f. 39.) |
Mandate to the abbot of Hide by Winchester, on the showing
of the abbot and convent of Glastonbury that since they are
bound to give pensions to R. de Hereford, and other clerks of
the dioceses of Bath, Salisbury, and Lincoln, until provision is
made to them of a benefice, the said clerks sticking to their
pensions, refuse to accept the churches offered to them, seeing that
they can get benefices with cure of souls elsewhere, so that the
monastery suffers hurt. The abbot of Hide is to absolve the
said abbot and convent from claims to pensions when such
offers have been made. |
2 Kal. Mar.
Lateran.
(f. 39.) |
Indult to the prior and Augustinian brethren of Montefort
(Mottesfont), in the diocese of Winchester, founded by the king, to hold to their uses, on its voidance, the church of Somburn,
in the diocese of Winchester, of their patronage, a vicar's portion
being reserved. |
(5 Kal. Mar.)
Lateran.
(f. 39d.) |
Inhibition, addressed to the abbot and Cistercian convent of
Stallei, in the diocese of Salisbury, to any rectors of parishes in
which the monks’ sheep are pastured, to exact tithes of wool, milk, and lambs. |
4 Kal. Mar.
Lateran.
(f. 39d.) |
Concession to the chapter of Canterbury that the delay in
the prosecution of their suit, heard by the bishop of Ostia, caused by the contumacy of the archbishop's proctor and the
archbishop's death, shall be no prejudice to them until the see is
filled. |
2 Non. Mar.
Lateran.
(f. 40.) |
Mandate to the abbot and the archdeacon of St. Albans and
the prior of Dunstaple to provisionally relax the sentences of
suspension, interdict, and excommunication issued by the late
archbishop against the chapter of Canterbury, and to dispense
them and their clerks on account of irregularity, if, trusting
to an appeal, they have celebrated after the said sentences, but
without prejudice to archiepiscopal rights; the time in which
elections are to be made will then begin to run (tempus eis
incipit currere in electionibus a canone diffinitum). |
2 Non. Mar.
Lateran.
(f. 40.) |
Mandate to the dean, the archdeacon, and the chancellor of
St. Paul's London, to examine aged and sick witnesses, or those
who are likely to die or be absent, taking their evidence in
writing, in the cause between the late archbishop and the
chapter of Canterbury, heard before the bishop of Ostia, but
suspended on account of the contumacy of the archbishop's
proctor. The archdeacon, who acts for the archbishop during
the voidance of the see, and others whom it may concern, are
to have notice that they may be present at the said examination. |
3 Non. Mar.
Lateran.
(f. 40d.) |
Declaration to the convent of Canterbury that their good
fame is not to suffer from the assertion of the late archbishop
Edmund that they had committed forgery in respect to certain
privileges of Alexander III. and St. Thomas the Martyr. On
enquiry made by Otho, cardinal of St. Nicholas in Carcere, it was
found that three of them were guilty of having, in erroneous
simplicity, re-written a privilege of the said martyr, from which
the seal had been torn, and affixed the said seal to the copy. |
Kal. Mar.
Lateran.
(f. 40d.) |
Indult to the archdeacon of Salop to hold the church
of Stotesdon, in the diocese of Hereford, together with the
archdeaconry, value 10 marks, and a prebend in the king's
chapel of Bruge, which he holds by papal dispensation. |
3 Id. Mar.
Lateran.
(f. 41d.) |
Mandate, on petition of the king, to the bishops of Hereford
and Exeter and the abbot of St. Edmunds to enquire and
report to the pope, so that he may take action in regard to
the cause between the bishop of Bath and the monks of
Glastonbury about the patronage which the bishop claims
in that abbey, over Cranmere, and other manors, and other
things, concerning which a composition has been made to the
prejudice of the king. |
2 Id. Mar.
Lateran.
(f. 41d.) |
Mandate to the archdeacon of Canterbury to cause provision
to be made to Peter, papal subdeacon and chaplain, of some parish
church, value 60 marks, in the cities and dioceses of Lincoln, Winchester, Norwich, or Ely, or any other, except Lincoln
cathedral, and meanwhile to procure him a pension of 20 marks
from two abbots of the said cities and dioceses, any papal indult, mandate, or provision notwithstanding. |
1240.
11 Kal. Jan.
Lateran.
(f. 42d.) |
Mandate to the prior of Motesfont, in the diocese of Winchester, to cite the parties in the suit between H. de Sainlo, rector of Beruic, and Roger, rector of St. Andrew's, Duneliet, in the diocese of Salisbury, about the tithes of Beruic, heard
before the bishop of Bath, and, by lay interference, protracted
for two years, ordering them to appear personally before the
pope within a fixed time. |
5 Id. Aug.
Grottaferrata.
(f. 48.) |
The first convocation of the council: —Summons addressed, among others, to the archbishops of Canterbury, York, and
Dublin, to the bishops of Exeter, Carlisle, Chichester, Worcester, Norwich, Lincoln, Ely, Glasgow, St. Andrews; to the abbots of
St. Augustine's Canterbury, St. Eadmunds, Westminster, Peterborough, Teokesbyri; to the kings of England and Scotland; to
the earl. Marshal; the earls of Richemund, Cornwall, Albomarle, Lincoln, and Hereford; to Hugh de Albenniaco. |
Id. Oct.
Lateran.
(f. 50d.) |
The second convocation of the council:—Summons addressed
among others, to the above. |
8 Id. Nov.
Lateran.
(f. 53.) |
“On money to be lent to the Roman church by the underwritten prelates”:—Exhortation and mandate to the bishop of
Palestrina, papal legate, that if he cannot satisfy the creditors
within due time out of the subsidy of the English church, he is
to try to get a French subsidy from the Cluniac and Premonstratensian abbots, the Templars, and Hospitallers, papal letters
being sent to Otho, cardinal of St. Nicholas in Carcere, and the
collectors of the English subsidy, to assign the money collected
there to Richard, of the Knights Templars, in Paris, to satisfy
the abbots and others above named. |
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Ibid. |
The like to the abbot and convent of St. Vedast, Arras, and
to other abbots and convents in France, urging them to raise
1,000 pounds of Tours to satisfy the pope's creditors, which
will be repaid to them out of the English subsidy in six months. |
Ibid.
(f. 53d.) |
The like to Otho, cardinal of St. Nicholas in Carcere, desiring
him to assign the money collected in England, Scotland, and
Ireland to the above-named Richard. |
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Ibid. |
The like to Master Peter Rossi (Rubens), papal clerk, and to
Master Peter de Supin, papal writer, urging them to see that
the above mandates are carried out. |
