Lateran Regesta 491: 1454 | 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 491: 1454', 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/pp688-698 [accessed 6 November 2024].

Lateran Regesta, Vol, CCCCXCI (fn. 1).

8 Nicholas V.

De Exhibitis.



1454. 11 Kal. Nov. (22 Oct.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 9d.)	To the bishop of Carlisle, the abbot of Holy Cross, Waltham, and the prior of Spaldyng, in the dioceses of Lo[n]don and Lincoln. Mandate, as below. The recent petition of John (fn. 2) Fylay, rector of Cotyngham in the diocese of Lincoln, contained that although he formerly canonically obtained the said church and held it in peace for some time, John Lychebarrowe, clerk, of the said diocese, doctor of canon law, wrongfully claiming it, caused him to be brought before John Stokys, doctor of laws, deputed auditorgeneral in the province of Canterbury, by the late John, bishop of St. Rufina's and archbishop of Canterbury; that, upon the death of the said bishop, and the said auditor ceasing to take cognizance of such causes, John Wodenesburgh (whom, during the voidance of the see of Canterbury, the chapter thereof had deputed to decide the said causes), wrongfully proceeding, promulgated an unjust definitive sentence in favour of Lichewarowe (sic) and against the said rector, from which the latter appealed to the apostolic see, and has petitioned for the commission of the cause of the appeal and of the principal matter to just men in those parts. The pope therefore orders the above three to summon Lichevarowe (sic) and others concerned, hear both sides and decide what is just without appeal, causing their decision to be observed by ecclesiastical censure. Humilibus supplicum votis. (A. and A. de Cortesiis. \| A. xvi. de Feletis.) [1½ pp.]
6 Kal. Nov. (27 Oct.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 10.)	To the bishop of Carlisle, and the abbots of Holy Cross, Wa[l]tham and Bermondesey, in the diocese of Lo[n]don and Winchester. Mandate, at the recent petition of Richard Wetwang, rector of St. Peter's the Less (Parvi) by (juxta) Powleswharffi, Lo[n]don (containing that although he formerly canonically obtained the said church and held possession for some time, William Freston, doctor of laws, clerk, of the diocese of Lo[n]don, despoiled him thereof and intruded himself, wherefore Richard has appealed to the apostolic see and has petitioned … parts, as in the preceding), to summon the said William and others concerned, restore the said rector, hear both sides and decide what is just without appeal, … censure, as ibid. Humilibus, etc., as ibid. (A. … de Feletis), as ibid. [1 p. +.]
7 Id. Nov. (7 Nov.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 15d.)	To the abbots of Aberbrothot (sic) and Cupar (de Cupro), in the diocese of St. Andrews, and the treasurer of Brechin. Mandate, as below. The recent petition of Walter Lowaane (or Lowuane), perpetual vicar of Gameri in the diocese of Aberdeen, contained that he was by reason of his adhesion to the Council of Basel ejected by Alexander Yhung; that, in virtue of the present pope's restoration of those who had been deprived of their benefices by himself or Eugenius IV for such adhesion, he had the said Alexander monished to give up possession to him; that upon Alexander's disobeying, Thomas, now bishop, then elect of Whiteherne (to whom the late William bishop of Glasgow, the executor of the letters of the said general restoration, had given commission to act in his stead), proceeding at Walter's instance, declared Walter to have incurred the penalties expressed in the pope's said letters; that afterwards, although Ingram bishop of Aberdeen had not, at Walter's instance, taken cognisance of the said cause nor proceeded to the execution of the processes regarding Walter's restoration, the said Alexander obtained letters addressed to the precentor of Aberdeen and Richard Forbes, canon of the same, with the ‘si non ambo’ clause, in regard to the appeal which he alleged that he had made from a fictitious grievance inflicted upon him by the said bishop Ingram, under pretext of which letters he caused Walter to be summoned, in the cause of the said appeal, before Henry Hervy, precentor of Aberdeen, who, in spite of Walter's protest against his jurisdiction etc., proceeded, not only in the cause of the appeal, but also in the cause of the principal matter, of which he falsely alleged that he had the right to take cognizance under pretext of the said letters obtained by Alexander, and promulgated a definitive sentence, which was null, by which, against the said restoration of Walter, he adjudged the vicarage to Alexander. At the said petition the pope hereby orders the above three to summon Alexander and others concerned, and if they find Walter was deprived of the vicarage for his said adhesion, and if they find the proceedings of the said precentor to have been null, after annulling them or declaring them null, to restore Walter in accordance with the form of the pope's said restoration etc., to the said vicarage and to possession thereof, removing Alexander and rejecting Alexander's said and any other frivolous appeal, and otherwise proceed to the further execution of the said letters of restoration, aggravating processes, as often as expedient, and invoking if necessary the aid of the secular arm. Justis supplicum votis. (A. and Jo. Rode. \| A. xxx.de Feletis.) [3½ pp. See Cal. Papal Lett., IX. p. 95.]
Id. Oct. (15 Oct.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 39.)	To the abbot of St. Mary's. Cong (de Cunga), in the diocese of Tuam, and Edmund de Burgo and David Omullanna, canons of Tuam. Mandate, as below. The recent petition of Robert Ocayllay, priest, of the diocese of Tuam, contained that on the voidance of the [perpetual] vicarage of the parish church of Roba in Conmatuecule (rectius Conmacnecule) in the said diocese by the death of John Botiler, he, in virtue of letters of Eugenius IV. accepted it within the lawful time and got provision made to him thereof; that upon a dispute arising between him and Edmund Botiler, priest, of the said diocese, about the said vicarage, which each of them claimed, Robert at length, as the result of an agreement brought about by their common friends, paid Edmund a sum of money, and so the dispute was settled; that subsequently Thomas de Angulo, clerk, of the said diocese, alleging that in virtue of other letters of the said pope he too had accepted within the lawful time and got provision made to him of the said vicarage, and that in virtue thereof it belonged to him, caused Robert to be brought before a certain executor of the said letters, who, wrongfully proceeding, promulgated an unjust definitive sentence in favour of Thomas and against Robert, from which Robert appealed to the apostolic see, obtained in the matter of the appeal letters addressed to a certain judge, and in virtue thereof caused Thomas to be summoned before that judge in the cause of the said appeal, but that inasmuch as Thomas, distrusting his right, petitioned the said judge to induce Robert to come to an agreement, Robert, at the request of the said judge, who alleged that Robert could lawfully do so without simony, paid Thomas another sum of money, and so this molestation ceased; that subsequently, upon Thady Ocudyd, priest, of the said diocese, falsely suggesting to the present pope that Robert had committed certain excesses and crimes then expressed, the pope, circumvented thereby, ordered Dermit Omukain, a canon of Tuam and two others his colleagues, if they found the said information to be true, to deprive and remove Robert and collate and assign the vicarage to Thady, and that, upon Thady's causing Robert to be summoned before the said Dermit, Robert, for the sake of peace and concord, and in order to avoid labours and expenses and to buy off molestation, induced by the bland persuasions of the said Dermit, paid another sum to Thady, since paying which he has remained in peaceable possession of the vicarage. At Robert's said petition, adding that he fears that on account of the foregoing he is not quite immune from simony, and that the said acceptance and provision do not for certain causes hold good, the pope (hereby absolving him from all sentences of excommunciation etc. promulgated against simoniacs and absolving him from simony, dispensing him on account of irregularity and rehabilitating him) orders the above three to collate and assign to him the said vicarage, value not exceeding 3 marks sterling, still void as above. Vite etc. (A. and G. Gonne. \| A. xxvi. Septimo Kal. Novembris Anno Octavo. de Feletis.) [5½ pp. See Cal. Papal Lett., VIII, pp. 421, 491.]
5 Kal. May. (27 April.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 54.)	To the prior of Holy Trinity de Cry[st]cherch, London, and the archdeacon of Colchester in London (fn. 3). Mandate, at the recent petition of Richard Markes, layman, of the diocese of London (containing that a cause arose formerly between him and Thomas Ledbury. clerk, of the diocese of Canterbury, about a false allegation by Thomas that Richard had laid violent hands on him, before John Stokes, doctor of laws and auditor of causes of John bishop of St. Rufina's and archbishop of Canterbury, who, wrongfully proceeding, promulgated an unjust definitive sentence by which he declared inter alia that Richard had incurred sentence of excommunication and condemned him in costs, from which sentence Richard has appealed to the apostolic see and petitioned the pope to commit the cause of the appeal and that of the principal matter to just men in those parts, and to order him to be conditionally absolved from the said sentence) to summon Thomas and others concerned and, after receiving from Richard a guarantee that if they find the said sentence to have been just, he will obey their mandates and the mandates of the church, to grant him, if they find it just, the desired conditional absolution, and in regard to the rest, to hear both sides and decide what is just without appeal, causing their decision to be observed by ecclesiastical censure. Humilibus supplicum votis. (P. and A. de Cortesiis. \| P. xvi. de Varris.) [1½ pp.]
Prid. Non. April. (4 April.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 95.)	To the bishop of Dunblane. Mandate, as below. The recent petition of Rankin de Crawfurde, nobleman, temporal lord, and all the inhabitants of the place of Manwel, situate within the bounds of the parish of the parish church of Falkirk (varie capelle) in the diocese of St. Andrews, contained that the church or chapel of the said place of Manwel has from time immemorial had cemetery, baptistry, chrism vase, burial place and a priest who celebrates divine offices there and administers the sacraments to all the inhabitants of the temporal lordship of the said place; that (although divers other similar neighbouring churches or chapels have each their own distinct and special clerk-ministers to minister to the priests and chaplains who serve the said churches and chapels in divine offices, which clerks have been wont to be elected and presented by the inhabitants of such places, and to whom the said inhabitants are bound to pay the rights which by the law and custom of the realm of Scotland are bound to be paid to the clerks called in those parishes parish clerks) the inhabitants of the said place of Manwel are said not to have any such clerk, to their great loss. The pope therefore orders the above bishop, if he find the facts to be as stated, to grant that the said inhabitants of the place and lordship of Manwel may, as often as necessary, elect, with the consent of the said chaplain, a clerk-minister to help and minister to, according to custom, the chaplain and priest who celebrates divine offices in the church or chapel of the said place and administers the sacraments to the said inhabitants, to which clerk they shall be bound to pay the same rights and emoluments as have been wont to be paid to similar clerks who minister in those parts, according to the said custom, and present him to the said chaplain, and that the said chaplain or priest shall be bound to receive and admit such clerk, thus elected, provided that he be fit for the said service. Humilibus supplicum votis. (P. and G. Gonne. \| P. xxv. de Varris.) [1½ pp.]
3 Non. April. (3 April.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 141d.)	To the bishop of Dunblane and the dean and archdeacon of Lismore. Mandate, at the petition of Alexander Scrymgeour, a canon of Lismore (containing that although he formerly obtained, in virtue of a provision made to him by authority of the ordinary, a canonry of Lismore and the prebend of Glassre, Godfrey Godfridi, perpetual vicar of St. Franchanus's in the diocese of Lismore, unjustly opposing, hindered him, as he still does, from holding possession in peace, etc., and has carried away many possessions of the said canonry and prebend, wherefore Alexander has appealed to the apostolic see and has petitioned the pope to commit the cause of the appeal and of the principal matter to honest men of those parts) to summon Godfrey and others concerned, hear both sides and decide what is just without appeal, causing their decision to be observed by ecclesiastical censure. Humilibus etc. (A. and Ja. de Vicencia. \| A. xii. de Feletis.) [1 p. +.]
Prid. Non. April. (4 April.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 142d.)	To the bishops of Spoleto and Brechin and the dean of Aberdeen. Mandate, at the recent petition of Robert Colston, priest, of the diocese of Brechin, M.A. (containing that on the voidance of the parish church of Kirkerist (rectius Kirkcrist) in the diocese of Whiteherne by the resignation of the late John de Colston, made by his proctor Nicholas de Otterburn, then official of St. Andrews in the parts of Lothian, to Thomas bishop of Whiteherne, that bishop made collation and provision thereof to the said Robert, and that in virtue thereof he obtained possession and still holds it; and adding that some allege that whilst John held it he was a papal chaplain, wherefore and for other reasons he doubts whether the said collation and provision hold good) to collate and assign to Robert, who is a nephew of the said John, the said church, value not exceeding 12 (fn. 5) marks sterling, howsoever it became and be void. Litterarum sciencia, vite etc. (P. and G. Gonne. \| P. xx. Tertio Id. Aprilis Anno Octavo. de Varris.) [2 pp.]
Prid. Non. June. (4 June.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 201.)	To the abbot of St. John Baptist's de Cella parva in the diocese of Annadown, Thomas Oruan, a canon of Tuam and Dermit Omiachan, a canon of Annadown. Mandate to collate and assign to Bernard Oheagayn, priest, of the diocese of Tuam, the deanery of Annadown, a major elective dignity with cure, value not exceeding three marks sterling, void by the resignation of— (fn. 6) Ymadayn to Donatus archbishop of Tuam, which church and that of Annadown are united, and reserved to the pope under his late reservation of all major cathedral dignities void and to be void, and the perpetual vicarage of Rathuna in the diocese of Annadown, value likewise not exceeding 3 marks sterling, so long void that there is no certain knowledge of the last mode of its voidance and that its collation has by the Lateran statutes lapsed to the apostolic see, summoning and removing Cornelius Okyndaclub, priest, of the said diocese of Annadown, who has unduly detained it for more than a year but less than two years under pretext of a collation and provision made to him by authority of the ordinary after the said lapse; whether they be void as stated, or the deanery be void by the death of Donatus Ymadayn, priest, and the vicarage by the death of Thady Yflanna[ga]yn, priest, or the vicarage be void by the deprivation of Dermit Yhalmarayn, priest, or they be void in any other way. Bernard is hereby dispensed to receive and retain them together for life notwithstanding the pope's late ordinance to the contrary [see above, p. 5] etc. Vite etc. (P. and G. Gonne. \| P. xxx. Tertio Non. Julii Anno Octavo. de Varris.) [4 pp. +.]
10 Kal. Aug. (22 Sept.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 221.)	To the abbot of Holyrood, Edinburch, in the diocese of St. Andrews, the archdeacon of Glasgow and Walter Stewart, a canon of the same. Mandate, at the recent petition of John Raparlaw, perpetual vicar called pensioner (pensionarius) of the parish church of Merbotil in the diocese of Glasgow, M.A.—containing that formerly, on the voidance of the perpetual vicarage of Symonton in the said diocese by the death of Thomas Makylhauch, he (by virtue of letters of the present pope by which the pope lately ordered provision to be made to him of a benefice with or without cure, even if a canonry and prebend, administration or office, even elective and with cure, in a collegiate church or a rural deanery or archpriestship, in the collation etc. of the minister and convent of the Trinitarian friars’ house of Fayl and the abbot and convent of the Benedictine monastery of Dunfermlyn, in the dioceses of Glasgow and St. Andrews), accepted within the lawful time the said vicarage, thus void and comprehended in the said letters, and got provision made to him thereof, but now doubts whether the said acceptance and provision hold good—to collate and assign to the said John, who is a priest, the said vicarage, value not exceeding 9l. sterling; notwithstanding that he holds the said vicarage called the pensionership (pensionaria) of Merbotil, value not exceeding 3l. sterling, which he is to resign upon obtaining that of Symonton, the said other letters to be also null and void upon his obtaining the said vicarage. Litterarum sciencia, vite etc. (C. and G. Gonne. \| C. xxii. Quinto Non. Octobris Anno Octuvo. de Montepolitiano.) [3 pp.—.]
3 Non. Oct. (5 Oct.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 226d.)	To the abbot of St. Mary's, Cong (de Cunga), in the diocese of Tuam, and Edmund de Burgo and John Ocaylluyd, canons of Tuam. Mandate, at the recent petition of Dermit Omullanna (also written ‘Omullana’). priest, of the diocese of Tuam (containing that formerly, on the voidance of the perpetual vicarage of Kyndlacha in the said diocese by the death of Dermit Omiachan (rectius Omachan), archbishop Donatus made collation and provision to him by his ordinary authority, and that he obtained it in virtue thereof, and is still in possession, but now doubts whether they hold good) to collate and assign to the said Dermit (whom the pope hereby absolves from all sentences of excommunication etc. as far only as regards the taking effect of these presents, and dispenses on account of irregularity) the said vicarage, value, with that of the annexed vicarage of Magnykylly in the said diocese, not exceeding 4 marks sterling; whether it be void as above, or by the nonpromotion to the priesthood within the lawful time of the late William Walsh (Valencis), clerk, of the said diocese, or by the death of David Walsh (Valencis), or by the resignation of the said Dermit Omachan or of the late John Walsh (Valencis), clerk, or be void in any other way. Vite etc. (O. and G. Gonne. \| O. xxii. Sextodecimo Kal. Novembris Anno Octavo. Pontanus.) [3½ pp.]
1454. 5 Non. Oct. (3 Oct.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 228.)	To the abbot of St. Mary's, Assaroe (de Zameria), in the diocese of Raphoe and Eugenius Oconcil (rectius Oconeil) and John Occearbalan, canons of Elphin and Derry. Mandate, at the recent petition of Redmond (Raymundus) Oflannagan, clerk, of the diocese of Clogher (containing that formerly John Maccamail and Edmund Magugyr resigned for purpose of exchange the archdeaconry and deanery of Clogher respectively to Roger bishop of Clogher, who carried out the exchange and made collation and provision of the archdeaconry to Edmund, who had obtained no dispensation on account of his illegitimacy as the son of a priest and an unmarried woman, which collation and provision are therefore without force, the archdeaconry being therefore therefore still void by the said resignation) to collate and assign to the said Redmond (who was lately dispensed by papal authority, as the son of a priest, a religious professed of the Order of St. Augustine and an unmarried woman, to be promoted to all, even holy orders and hold a benefice even with cure, after which he had himself made a clerk, has studied for a long time canon and civil law at Bologna, and is of noble birth; and whom the pope hereby absolves from all sentences of excommunication etc, as far only as regards the taking effect of these presents, and who from fear of Edmund's power has no hope of obtaining justice in the city and diocese of Clogher) the said archdeaconry, which has cure, as to whose being a major dignity or not there is a doubt, is not elective and whose value does not exceed 12 marks sterling, still void by the said resignation; summoning and removing the said Edmund, who is a clerk and has unduly detained it for about a year under pretext of the said collation and provision. Redmond is hereby dispensed to receive and retain it, notwithstanding the said defect etc. Vite etc. (O. and G. Gonne. \| O. xiiii.Residuum pro deo. Undecimo Kal. Novembris Anno Octavo.Pontanus.) [3½ pp.]
Prid. Kal. Sept. (31 Aug.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 251.)	To the bishop of Limerick, the archdeacon of Kildare (Daren.) and John Brassyll, a canon of Limerick. Mandate, at the recent petition of William Russell alias Crewagh (fn. 7), clerk, rector of the rural lands de Dowyn Yrys et de Dowyn Gadymon in the diocese of Limerick, which are wont to be assigned to secular clerks as a title of a perpetual benefice (containing that formerly he and Maurice Ocongalygh resigned for purpose of exchange a canonry of Limerick and the prebend of Dyssyrthenis and a canonry of the same church and the prebend of St. Munchins (Sancti Manchini) therein, in which church of Limerick there are major and minor prebends, to John bishop of Limerick, who carried out the exchange, in virtue of whose collation and provision the said William holds the said canonry and prebend of St. Munchins, but now doubts whether they hold good) to collate and assign to William the said canonry and prebend (which is one of the major prebends), value not exceeding 12 marks sterling, still void as above; whether they be so void, or by the death of Malachy Yrone, or in any other way, and notwithstanding that William holds the said lands and a certain parcel of another land of Soy Thayll in the said diocese, also wont to be assigned as a title of a perpetual benefice, which lands and the said parcel are without cure, and do not exceed in yearly value two marks sterling. Vite etc. (O. and H.Masheim.) \| O. xxiiii. Non. Septembris Anno Octavo.Pontanus.) [2¾ pp. See below, f. 261.]
8 Id. Oct. (8 Oct.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 253d.)	To the archbishop of Canterbury, the bishop of Winchester and the abbot of St. Peter's, Westminster. Mandate, as below. The recent petition of John Audeley, esquire, nobleman, of the diocese of Chichester, contained that formerly Thomas bishop of Bath and Wells, falsely alleging that the said John was bound to repair etc. the episcopal palace of Wells or (seu) certain manors, houses, churches, chapels, buildings, closes and places belonging to the united churches and mense of Bath and Wells, caused him to be summoned before William Wytham and Richard Wotton, canons of Lincoln and Salisbury, sub-commissioned by David abbot of Cleeve (de Cliva) in the diocese of Bath and Wells, to whom the said bishop had obtained letters in the matter from the present pope; that although it was objected on his behalf before the said canons that at the time of obtaining the said letters bishop Thomas and abbot David had been, as they still were, under sentence of the greater excommunication, as he was ready to prove, nevertheless they refused to hear him and, although he could have been cited personally or at his usual dwelling house situate in the said (prefata) diocese [of Chichester], caused him to be publicly cited and monished on a Sunday in the parish church of Estgrenested in the said (predicte) diocese [of Chichester] to appear before them, within a too brief term, in the church of St. Paul, London, and afterwards pronounced him to have been and to be lawfully cited and to be contumacious, and proceeded to the hearing of the said bishop's witnesses etc., wherefore he has appealed to the apostolic see and petitioned for the commission of the cause of the appeal and that of the principal matter to persons in those parts. The pope therefore orders the above three to summon the said bishop and others concerned, hear both sides and decide what is just without appeal, causing their decision to be observed by ecclesiastical censure. Humilibus supplicum votis. (O. and Ja. de Vicencia. \| O. xvi. Pontanus.) [2²/3 pp.]
1454. 6 Non. July. (2 July.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 261.)	To the archdeacon of Kildare (Daren.). Mandate, at the recent petition of Maurice Ycongalygh, priest, of the diocese of Killaloe (Laonien.) (containing that formerly he and William Crewagh resigned for purpose of exchange a canonry of Limerick and the prebend of St. Munchins (Sancti Monchini) and a canonry of the same church and the prebend of Dissirthenys therein, in which church of Limerick are major and minor prebends, to John bishop of Limerick, who carried out the exchange, in virtue of whose collation and provision Maurice holds the said canonry and prebend of Dissyrthenis, but now doubts whether they hold good) to collate and assign to Maurice (who was lately dispensed by papal authority on account of illegitimacy, as the son of a priest and an unmarried woman, (i) to be promoted to all, even holy orders and hold a benefice with or without cure, even if a canonry and prebend in a cathedral church, in virtue of which dispensation he had himself so promoted and obtained a canonry of Limerick and the prebend of Kylydy therein, canonically collated to him, (ii) having resigned them, to hold the said canonry and prebend of St. Munchins and the perpetual vicarage of Kyldyma in the said diocese [of Limerick], and to resign them, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleased, and hold instead two compatible benefices, and all of whose benefices and their values and his dispensations the pope holds to be expressed by these presents) the said canonry and prebend of Dissyrthenys, value not exceeding 6 marks sterling, still void as above; whether they be so void, or by the death of Edmund de Fy[t]zadan or John de Weae alias de Ypa, or by the resignation of Thomas Yronayn, clerk, of the diocese of Limerick, or in any other way. Dignum etc. (P. and H. Musheim [rectius ‘Masheim’]. \| P. xxv. Tertiodecimo Kal. Octobris Anno Octavo. de Varris.) [4⅓ pp.See above, f. 251.]
6 Kal. Dec. (26 Nov.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 287.)	To the chancellor of Glasgow. Mandate, at the recent petition of John Guardnar, priest, of the diocese of Glasgow—containing that formerly, on the voidance of the perpetual vicarage of Kilfinan (Sancti Finani) in Kerane, in the diocese of Argyll in Scotland, by the death of Robert Dewar, abbot Thomas and the convent of the Benedictine monastery of Paisley (de Pasleto) in the diocese of Glasgow, to whom by ancient custom the presentation belongs, presented the said John to George bishop of Argyll, who instituted him, in virtue of which presentation and institution he obtained possession and at present holds it, taking the fruits in good faith; and adding that although he is a native of Scotland, he does not perfectly speak nor understand the language of the place (fn. 8), and therefore, as also for other causes, doubts whether the said presentation and institution hold good— to collate and assign to him, if found fit after examination, the said vicarage, value not exceeding 9l. sterling, whether still void as above, or in any other way. The pope hereby specially dispenses him to receive and retain it, notwithstanding his late constitution to the effect that in the event of his making provision or ordering provision to be made of a parish church to a person unable to understand or speak the language, such provision or mandate should be null and void [see Ottenthal, Regulæ Cancellariæ Apostolicæ, viz. Greg. XI. No. 71; Eugen. IV. No. 63; Benedict XIII, No. 75; cf. also Alex. V. No. 24; Eugenius IV. No. 32; Nich. V. No. 85] etc. Dignum etc. (A. and G. Gonne. \| A. xxx. Non. Decembris Anno Octavo. de Feletis.) [2½ pp.]