Lateran Regesta 460: 1450-1451 | British History Online

Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 10, 1447-1455. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1915.

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'Lateran Regesta 460: 1450-1451', in Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 10, 1447-1455, ed. J A Twemlow( London, 1915), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/cal-papal-registers/brit-ie/vol10/pp471-474 [accessed 6 November 2024].

Lateran Regesta. Vol. CCCCLX (fn. 1).

4 Nicholas V.

[De] Diversis [Formis].



1450. 11 Kal. Dec. (21 Nov.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 98.)	To Joan Goldesburgh, a nun of the Benedictine monastery de Nunmu[n]keton in the diocese of York. Dispensation to her, who has secretly lost her virginity and has not yet been publicly defamed (fn. 2), to receive and hold etc. any dignities, even of abbess and prioress, even conventual etc. of the said order, even if they be elective and have cure of souls (fn. 3). She is in future to lead a chaste life: if not, this dispensation shall in no wise avail her. Precellens auctoritas. (P. and A. de Courtesiis [sic]. P. xx. de Varris.) [1 p. +.]
4 Kal. Sept. (29 Aug.) Fabriano. (f. 103d.)	Confirmation, with exemplification, at the recent petition of William, bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, and the prior and dean respectively and chapters of those united churches, of:—
	(i.) The letters ‘Universis sancte matris ecclesie’ of William, bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, setting forth that, as the result of deliberation between him and Richard Notyngham, prior and the chapter or convent of Coventry, and John Verney, dean and the chapter of Lichfield and with their consent, he (in consideration of the great burden to the episcopal mensa of keeping up and repairing its excessive number of palaces, castles, manors, lodgings (hospicia), houses and buildings, many of which, owing to the impossibility of keeping up and repairing them, have fallen into ruin) has made and hereby makes decree and statute to the effect that the following, namely, the palaces of the said churches of Coventry and Lichfield, the castle and manor of Eccleshale, the manor of Heywode, the manor of Beaudesert and the lodging (hospicium) at (apud) le Stronde by the city of London are sufficient for the bishop for the time being and for the see, for their habitations and for keeping up hospitality, and that the rest of the manors, lodgings, houses and buildings of the see are superfluous and useless; that in future the bishops shall be bound to keep up and repair the above named palaces etc. but not the others, and that they may destroy and demolish the latter and carry away the materials elsewhere; to which statute etc. the said bishop has set his seal, and the prior and chapter and dean and chapter their common seals: Dated and done (Dat(um) et actum) between the bishop and the prior and chapter or convent in the chapter-house of Coventry, 12 June, A.D. 1448: Dated and done (Dat(um) et actum) between the bishop and the dean and chapter in the chapter-house of Lichfield, 15 June, 1448, the first year of the bishop's consecration.
	(ii.) The letters ‘Universis sancte matris ecclesie’ of John, archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England and legate of the apostolic see, confirming, with exemplification, the foregoing letters patent of the said bishop and prior and chapter and dean and chapter, sealed with their respective seals; in testimony of which the archbishop has set his seal to his present letters of confirmation: Dated and done (Dat(a) et acta) in his manor of Lamhith(e), 4 July A.D. 1448, the fourth year of his translation.
	The pope's letters begin ‘Ad fut. rei mem. Ad ecclesiarum presertim cathedralium.’ (P. and Ja. de Vicentia. \| P. xxxx. de Varris.) [8²/3 pp.] (fn. 4)
1450[–1]. 3 Kal. March. (27 Feb.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 127.)	To William Okeborn', rector of St. Augustine's, London, M.A. Dispensation to him, who is studying in theology, to receive and retain together with the said church, value not exceeding 20l. sterling, any other benefice with cure or otherwise incompatible, for seven years if it be a parish church or a perpetual vicarage, or for life if it be a dignity etc. or office, and to resign them, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases. Litterarum sciencia, vite etc. (A. and A. de Cortesiis. \| A. xl. de Feletis.) [2 pp.]
1450. 15 Kal. Sept. (18 Aug.) Fabriano. (f. 128.)	To John, duke of Suffolk (Soutfolchie) and Margaret [his wife], daughter of the late John, duke of Somerset, of the dioceses of Salisbury and Norwich. Dispensation, at their recent petition—containing that they formerly contracted marriage per verba legitime de presenti in ignorance that they were related in the fourth and fourth degrees of kindred; and that if a divorce (duersortium; rectius divortium) were made between them grave dissensions and scandals would probably be stirred up between their parents and friends—to remain in the said marriage, notwithstanding the said impediment. The pope hereby decrees their offspring, if any, and that to be born legitimate. Etsi coniunctis copule (rectius copula) in quarto consanguinitatis gradu sit sacris canonibus interdicta. (P and P. Lunen'. \| P. xx. de Varris.) [⁴/5 p. A cross in the margin draws attention to the error in the incipit, but there is no correction.]

De Exhibitis.



3 Non. Nov. (3 Nov.) S. Maria Maggiore, Rome. (f. 149.)	To the abbot of Paisley (de Pasleto) in the diocese of Glasgow. Mandate, at the recent petition of Thomas Penven, chancellor of Dunkeld (containing that on the voidance of a canonry of Glasgow and the prebend of Kirkmaquho therein by the resignation of Adam Auchynleck to William, bishop of Glasgow, Marieta Stewart, widow, of the diocese of St. Andrews, the patron, presented Thomas to the said bishop, who instituted him, in virtue of which presentation and institution he has held possession for some time, but the validity of which he now doubts) to collate and assign to Thomas, who is a priest and M.A. and a bachelor of canon law, the said canonry and prebend, value not exceeding 60l. of old sterlings; whether they be void as above, or by the resignation of Thomas de Spens, or in any other way; and notwithstanding that he holds [in virtue of letters of the pope (fn. 5) (above, p. 366)] the said chancellorship, a non-major dignity with cure, value not exceeding 15l. of old sterlings, and that the pope lately by other [and earlier] letters ordered provision to be made to him of a canonry, with reservation of a prebend and a dignity etc. even if elective and with cure, of Moray, and of a benefice with or without cure, wont to be assigned to secular clerks, in the collation etc. of the abbot and convent of the Benedictine monastery of Kelsow alias Calco in the diocese of St. Andrews, and decreed that, upon his obtaining peaceable possession of the chancellorship in virtue of the said other [and later] letters (fn. 6), the earlier (priores) letters and their consequences should be null and void as far as concerned another incompatible benefice only; after which the pope restored the said earlier (priores) letters from the date thereof, and their consequences (even after Thomas should in virtue of the pope's aforesaid other letters (fn. 7) obtain possession of the chancellorship) to their pristine state, namely in which they were before provision was made [...] of the chancellorship, in such wise that he might, [...] in virtue thereof, accept and cause provision to be made to him of such dignity etc. in accordance with the contents and form of the said earlier letters (fn. 8), as if the provision of the chancellorship had not been made, and as if he had not obtained possession of it, the pope at the same time dispensing him to receive and hold for life such dignity etc. (in the event of his obtaining it in virtue of the said earlier letters (fn. 9) ) together with the chancellorship, or to receive and hold any other two incompatible benefices, even if dignities etc. and resign them, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleased, and hold instead two other incompatible benefices, namely, for life if they should be two dignities, major in cathedral, or principal in collegiate churches, or for two years only if one of them were such a dignity and the other a parish church. Dignum etc. (O. and Ja. de Vicentia. \| O. xx. Decimo Kal. Martii Anno Quarto. Pontanus.) [4⅓ pp.]

De Dignitatibus Vacantibus.



1450[-1]. 5 Id. March. (11 March.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 292.)	To John Oceallayd. Provision of the deanery of Tuam, a major elective dignity with cure, value not exceeding 12 marks sterling, void by the promotion, made by the present pope, of the late Remundus [now] bishop of Annadown, to that church, and his consecration, which has been administered at the apostolic see; whether it be void as stated, or by the resignation of the said bishop or of Charles Yconeuba[...] (rectius Yconcubayr), or by the death of the said bis[...] see or the death of William Rane or [...], clerks, or in any other way; notwithstanding that he was lately received by authority of the ordinary as a canon of Tuam. Vite etc.
	Concurrent mandate to the bishop of Mondonnedo (Mindonien.), and the abbots of Holy Trinity, Tuam, and St. Mary's, Knockmoy (Collis victorie), in the diocese of Tuam. Hodie dilecto filio. P. and G. Gonne. P. Ph[i]lippron. \| P. xiiii. xii. Sexto Kal. Aprilis Anno Quinto. de Varris.) [3 pp.]