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Kal. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 104.) |
To the Premonstratensian abbot of Neubo, in the diocese of Lincoln. Indult—seeing that on account of various unusually violent pestilences and other causes the monastery has become almost totally destitute of its canons regular—to admit, receiving anew their profession, twelve canons regular of the order, priests or otherwise in holy or in minor orders, willing to transfer themselves to Neubo and live there, or, without receiving such profession, to retain them for a time and send them back to their own houses. Magne devocionis affectus. (De mandato.) |
6 Id. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 104d.) |
To John Missyndene, Augustinian brother of the house of Asschruge, in the diocese of Lincoln. [Licence] to wear, as above, f. 95. Sincere devocionis affectus. (De mandato.) [Here with spelling stravalias.] |
1401.
15 Kal. July.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 106.) |
To Ymarus Omolchonere, Augustinian canon of St. Michael's Mount (de Rupe) in the diocese of Ardfert. Dispensation, as the son of a priest religious and an unmarried woman, to hold any benefices with and without cure, of any number and kind, wont to be governed by canons regular, even if priories, provostships, dignities, personatus or offices, and to be elected to all estates, degrees, honours and pre-eminences of his own or any other approved order to which he may be transferred, even to the abbatial dignity. His illegitimacy need not be mentioned in future graces. Religionis zelus, vite etc. (De mandato.) |
12 Kal. June.
St. Peter's. Rome.
(f. 107.) |
Confirmation, with exemplifications, at the recent petition of the Augustinian prior and convent of Bustelsham Mountagu in the diocese of Salisbury, of (i) the letters of dimission—Pateat universis, dated at Winchester 2 Id. Jan., 1366[-7], of John Beautre, rector of Stepel Mordon in the diocese of Ely, deputed by Simon, archbishop of Canterbury, as official and guardian of the spirituality, during voidance of the see, of the city and diocese of Winchester, upon proof made, on visitation, of their right to the appropriation, lately made to them, of the church of Kingsclere (Clera Regis), and the patronage of its vicarage; (ii) the letters of dimission—Univ. sancte etc. Noverit universitas vestra, dated at Frome 23 Sept., 1400, of John de Maydenhith, deputed, as above, by archbishop Thomas, during voidance of the see of Bath and Wells, in regard to the appropriation, lately made to them, of the church of Corririvell, a vicar's portion therein and the presentation to the vicarage being excepted, together with the chapels of Bradewey and Westover within the bounds of the said parish, and the following pensions (peticionibus), namely, from the abbot of Michilneye for the chapel of Grayton (sic) 6s. 8d., from the rector of Erneshull for the chapel there 2s., from the rector of Gosebradon for the chapel there 2s., in the said diocese. The pope further grants to the prior and convent—to whom he lately confirmed the appropriation by Richard bishop of Salisbury of the church of Helmerton, and that by John bishop of St. Asaph of the church of Mold (de Monte Alto) alias Mohaud, with chapels annexed—that in future visitations by archbishops, bishops or others they shall not be bound to exhibit other titles than the above letters or these presents, which shall have the force of the original. Ad fut. rei mem. Iis que pro statu. (De mandato.) |
15 Kal. July.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 109.) |
To Thomas Omolchonere, Augustinian canon of St. Michael's Mount (de Rupe beati Michaelis), in the diocese of Ardfert. Confirmation to him—who lately had papal dispensation as the son of a priest and an unmarried woman to be promoted to all, even holy orders, and hold any benefice or office, below the abbatial dignity, wont to be governed by canons of St. Michael's, and who has had himself so promoted—of his postulation by the convent as prior, as though he had been sufficiently dispensed; with dispensation to govern the monastery for life. Exemplification is given of the letters of election or postulation—Prioratu nostro, which are dated in the monastery, 15 Oct. 1400, state that it became void by the death of Alan Ymolphadrig, are witnessed by Ymarus Omolchenere, Thady de Bugeayn (Obugeayn on f. 110), who also witnessed as proctor of Gillasenayn Omolphadrig, by Malachy Omolchonore, and Alan Omolchonore, all canons of St. Michael's, and many others (not named), and are attested by Malachy Olegyn, notary public, on the same day as the postulation, viz. 15 Oct. 1400, 10 (sic) Boniface IX, indiction 8. Religionis zelus, vite etc. (De mandato.) |
[15 Kal. July.
St. Peter's, Rome.]
(f. 110.) |
To the same. The same unfinished, and cancelled with strokes. |
Id. June.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 111d.) |
To the abbot of St. Mary's, Sawtre, in the diocese of Lincoln. Mandate, at the petition of the Benedictine abbot and convent of Rameseye, in the diocese of Lincoln—containing that formerly William Walthom, rector of Someresham, in the said diocese, falsely asserting the meadow or marsh commonly called Crowlodemed[o]we, in the diocese of Ely, situate within the bounds of the parish church of Chateritz, in the same diocese of Lincoln, and belonging to the said monastery, to be situate within the bounds of the church of Someresham, and its tithes to belong to himself and his said church, brought before the official of Ely, with a view to obtain a declaration in his favour, the following parishioners of Catheritz (sic), cultivators of the meadow, namely, William Smyth of Catheritz (sic), William Heyne, William Taillo[ur], John Smyth, Stephen Peyt, Thomas Collessone, William Roed, John Chenyngwold, John Masseleyn, John Botessone, John Mason the younger, John Stevensone, John Swetemelk, John Smyth and Peter Aubin; and that the official, without summoning the said abbot and convent, gave a definitive and unjust sentence against the said parishioners, from which the abbot and convent, as soon as they heard of it, have appealed to the apostolic see, and petitioned for the committal of their appeal to be heard in [those] parts—to summon the said rector and others concerned, to hear and decide the appeal and the cause itself, causing his decision to be observed by ecclesiastical censure, and conditionally (ad cautelam) to absolve from excommunication, etc. the said parishioners. Exhibita siquidem nobis. |
18 Kal. Sept.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 116.) |
To Quenanus alias Karulus Offergayll, monk of the Cistercian monastery of St. Mary de Samona (sic) in the diocese of Raphoe. Dispensation to him—who has had papal dispensation, as the son of an unmarried man and an unmarried woman related in the double third degree of kindred and in the fourth and fifth degrees of affinity, to be promoted to all, even holy orders, and hold a benefice even with cure, after which he was tonsured and made his profession in St Mary s, and is now in his twentythird year—to hold any mutually compatible benefices with or without cure wont to be governed by monks of St. Mary's, even if priories, dignities, even abbatial, personatus and offices, with cure and elective, and to be elected to all estates, degrees, pre-eminences and offices of the said or any other approved order to which he may be transferred. His illegitimacy and dispensation need not be mentioned in future graces. [Religionis zelus,] vite etc. (De mandato.) |
15 Kal. Aug.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 142d.) |
Appropriation motu proprio to the Augustinian abbot and convent of Brunne in the diocese of Lincoln, of the void Benedictine priory of Wyllesforde, in the same diocese, value not exceeding 40 marks, that of Brunne not exceeding 400. They may take possession without licence of the diocesan, or of the abbot and convent of Bee Hellouin, in the diocese of Rouen, on which the priory depends. Ad perp. rei mem. Pastoralis officii. (De mandato.) |
5 Id. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 156d.) |
To Oswald, bishop of Whitehern (Candide Case). Dispensation to him—who is a Cistercian, and receives nothing from his mensa, of which he has been despoiled—to hold two benefices, even if one have cure, be of lay patronage, and be wont to be governed by secular clerks, and to resign them as often as he pleases for exchange or otherwise, and hold instead [two] similar or dissimilar benefices. Personam tuam. |
4 Kal. March.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 157d.) |
Appropriation to the rector and brethren of the Augustinian house of Asschrugge, in the diocese of Lincoln, of the parish church of Chesterton, in the said diocese, of their patronage, value not exceeding 30 marks, that of their house not exceeding 500. They may have it served by one of their brethren or another secular priest, removed and deputed by them. Ad perp. rei mem. Sacre religionis. (De mandato.) (Marginal note in hand of copyist: Cassetur alia si reperiatur, quia per istam corrigitur. And below, autograph note: Expedita fuit hec bulla in Registro, et de novo registrata propter sui magnam correctionem, die primo mensis Junii anno duodecimo, N. de Ben [evento].) |
14 Kal. Sept.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 165). |
To the Cluniac prior and convent of Bromholm, in the diocese of Norwich. Indult for the prior and his successors, and other fit priest, religious or secular, deputed by them, to hear the confessions of and grant absolution to, except in cases reserved to the apostolic see, the multitude who resort from afar to their church on account of a certain notable piece of the true wood of the Cross; it sometimes happening that some, their sins, it is presumed, being the cause (extgentibus), are unable perfectly to look upon the said piece, thereby sometimes incurring infirmities of divers sorts. Sacre religionis. (De mandato.) |
[14 Kal. Sept.
St. Peter's, Rome.]
(f. 165d.) |
To John Oflannra, Cistercian abbot of Macosquin (de Claro fonte) in the diocese of Derry. Dispensation, as above, f. 34. [Without date and subscription.] |
7 Kal. Sept.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 165d.) |
Confirmation motu proprio of the indulgence of the Portiuncula [Reg. LXXX, f. 129] lately granted by the pope to penitents who on the Annunciation and four following days visited and gave alms for the conservation of the church of the house of the Friars Preachers, Droghda and the chapel of St. Mary the Mother of God, almost contiguous to the said church, and of his indult for the prior and lector, and three or more of the friars deputed yearly by the prior and friars, to hear the confessions. The pope has recently read with displeasure that John, archbishop of Armagh, Henry Crompe, Cistercian monk, and John Withede, rector of Stabanan, in the said diocese, have, in their sermons, asserted the indulgence to be invalid and to have been extorted by fraud, thereby dissuading a very great multitude from their proposed visits. The archbishop and all others are hereby inhibited from so doing, under pain of excommunication not to be removed, except in the article of death, by other than the pope. Ad fut. rei mem. Romanus pontifex. (De mandato.) [Cancelled by strokes, and note in margin: Cassata de mandato domini nostri quia alibi [viz. Reg. LXXXVIII, f. 215] registrata propter sui correctionem.] |
14 Kal. Sept.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 174.) |
Confirmation motu proprio of an appropriation to the Cluniac prior and convent of Bromholm in the diocese of Norwich, lately made to them by the pope upon their setting forth that their fruits, etc. had, by floods of the sea which had irrecoverably absorbed many of their tenements and lands, and by the diminution through long pestilences and epidemics of the inhabitants of their towns and district, become insufficient for hospitality in the monastery, weighed down by debt, and for the restoration and repair of its dwellings and the renewal of divers of its utensils, accidentally destroyed by fire. The pope appropriated to them the church of Bredewelle, in the said diocese, of their patronage by lay donation, reserving a fitting portion for a perpetual vicar. Afterwards bishop Henry, at their instance, ordained such portion, reserving to the bishop and his successors a yearly pension in lieu of first year's fruits at voidance. It is asserted that the ordinance does not hold good because the consent of the chapter of Norwich and of the ordinary of the place was wanting, as also, for certain reasons, the pope's appropriation. The pope therefore confirms both his own and the bishop's letters, and the donations, appropriations, and confirmations to them, however made, of the churches of Cosewic and Tutyngton; with indult to the prior and convent to have Cosewic, situate near the monastery, served by a fit priest, one of their monks, who shall enjoy all liberties and exemptions granted to the monastery, be immediately subject to the apostolic see, and be free from any jurisdiction of ordinaries, saving otherwise the rights of such ordinaries in respect of the said church. Ad perp. rei mem. (De mandato.) |
3 Non. Aug.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 175.) |
Confirmation, with exemplification, of the letters—Desiderium quod ad religionis, which are beginning to be consumed with age, and which the pope has caused to be inspected, of Innocent IV to the Augustinian abbot and convent of St. Mary's Missenden (de Messendena) in the diocese of Lincoln, dated at
Assisi by John de Camezan [o], auditor of [littere] contradicte, acting for the vice-chancellor of the Roman church, 12 Kal. Aug. indiction 11, 1253, anno 11. Following the example of popes Innocent [II] and Eugenius [III], pope Innocent takes them under the protection of St. Peter and himself, ordains the perpetual observance of the rule of St. Augustine and confirms their possessions, mentioning the church itself of St. Mary Missenden with its tithes and other appurtenances; all the land between the way (viam) which bounds (subjacet) their church on the north and the land of Richard the archdeacon (Ardiaconi), in meadows, fields, woods and copses (virgultis); all the land of Theobald [Berengarii, from Monasticon VI, p. 548]; a certain division of wood extending (extensam) as far as the land of Walter [de Bolebec, ibid.], which he held from William [de Messendena, ibid.]; on the other side of the valley 12 acres of land [and] one virgate of land which belonged to Arnolph the priest; fifteen acres of William [de Messendena] in three places, the land of Ralph (Radolfi) the priest, the tithe of the demesne (de d[om]inicatura) of Richard the archdeacon and his men in the same vill; by gift of king Stephen the mill of Heddenduna, called Kyngesmulne, with adjacent meadow, a virgate belonging to the said mill, and all its other appurtenances in wood (bosco), pastures, ways and waters; by gift of William Martel land to the yearly value of 40s. (solidatas terre) from his patrimony of Aldborough (de Aldeburga) and Snape (de Snapis); by gift of Geoffrey de Turvilla all the land of the Lee (de la lega) which Ralph (Radus) de Haltuna held, with adjacent wood (bosco) and with all its appurtenances; by gift of William de Bokelanda one hide which Richard archdeacon of Bokingeham held at Missenden from the same William, a moiety of which he had, during his life, granted to the said church; in the flats (in planis) at Missewella a half hide; in the borough of Berkhampstead (Burgo Berchamestude) two acres, all which belong to the said hide as Richard the archdeacon held it and before him Richard sheriff of Bokingeham, the chapel of Holy Cross at Missewella and the whole adjacent essart; by gift of Simon de Gerardmulin a certain piece (particulam) of the wood which is between the chapel and his own (proprium) wood of Buclla (?), as the path goes from Harwilla to Scotcata; by gift of Anschetil de Wanuba a virgate of land of the holding of Wendover (Wandourie) which was Suetris; by gift of Hugh his [i.e., William de Messendena's (?)] son a moiety of the residue of land which his father held of the same holding of Wendover (Wandouria); by gift of Hugh Barleth at Cestresham the mill built (factum) on (ad) the land of Rodarius (or Nodarius) with 4 acres of land and the meadow which is between the pond (stagnum) and the course of the old water, with the old pond, the church of Kimble (de Kenebella) and all its appurtenances, one virgate from the land of Giffard, with a messuage (managio); by gift of Walter de Bolebech at Cestresham one virgate which belonged to Sanchus Puffa; by gift of Roger de Cessucio the land of Hugh de Hobolda; by gift of Magdalen and her son Geoffrey de Gerpenvilla a yearly rent of 2s. at Waffurde; moreover the churches of SS. Peter and Paul Missenden, Schippelak, Caversfelde, Suyneford, Calfhunte St. Peter, Glatton, Aldebury, Porlanne, Radenhale, Westuna, the chapel of the Lye (de la lya), each with all its appurtenances; their rents and services in Missenden Magna, Missenden Parva, Lya, Dunrigge, Aston Clicton, Wendovere, Broughton, Borstall, Ernecote, Caversfeld, Podele, Godendon, Twyford, Padebury, Drayton Passelew, Stokekomond, Brikhull, Newnham, Harewolde, Glatton, Flitten, Trenge, Aldebury, Berkhamstede, Netledon, Langele, Colchestre, Snapes, Aldeburgh, Chesham, Agmondesham, Chafhunte, Denham, Tykeham, London, Horton, Wynchestre, Merlawe, Woborne, Pilledisch, Hugele, Bekenesfelde, Wycombe, Huchendon, Sliplake (sic), Henle honore, Hampden Magna, Hampden Parva, Kenebell, Eselburgh, Donynton, Ilmere, Ullestork, Briztwell, Oxnia, Stanwell. Pope Innocent confirms all their other possessions with meadows, vineyards, etc. liberties and immunities, decrees that none, after making his profession, may depart without permission of the community except for a stricter religion, grants free burial, etc. Besides the present confirmation, pope Boniface grants indult to have their above-named and any other their parish churches served by any religious of their order or other fit priests appointed and removed at pleasure of the abbot. Ad fut. rei mem. Ex apostolice sedis. (De mandato.) |
[14 Kal. Sept.
St. Peter's, Rome.]
(f. 176d.) |
To the Cluniac prior and convent of Bromholm, in the diocese of Norwich. Indult as above, f. 165. Sacre religionis. [Cancelled with strokes and unfinished.] |
Id. Sept.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 182.) |
To Patrick Macgaga, monk of the Cistercian monastery of St. Lucy de Larea, in the diocese of Orvieto (Urbetanen.). Reservation of a benefice in the city or diocese of Ardagh, wont to be assigned to secular clerks, with or without cure, value not exceeding 25 marks with cure or 18 without, in the common or several gift of the Cistercian prioress and convent of Lougsewdi in the diocese of Meath, notwithstanding the pope's late provision to him of the claustral priorship and sacristanship of the Cistercian monastery of St. Mary, Kilbeggan (de flumine Dei), in the diocese of Meath. He has indult to have such benefice served by another, secular or regular, and to take its fruits while residing in his monastery. Religionis zelus, vite etc. |
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Concurrent mandate to the bishop of Telese, the abbot of St. Mary, Kilbeggan (de flumine Dei), in the diocese of Meath, and the official of Ardagh. [Here the form Urbetanen. is repeated.] Religionis etc. (Pro Deo.) [See above, p. 322.] |
3 Id. July.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 209.) |
To Nicholas Abbot, Augustinian abbot of St. Thomas the Martyr's by Dublin. Absolution from all excommunications and other censures and penalties which he may have incurred by uncleanness of the flesh, laying violent hands, short of enormous lesion, on clerks or ecclesiastical persons, wandering forth from his monastery, without licence, and even without his regular habit, entering monasteries of nuns or other forbidden places, carrying prohibited arms, disobeying his superiors or conspiring against them, erasing (radendo) apostolic or other letters, or otherwise illicitly setting hand to such letters, or visiting taverns; with dispensation on account of consequent irregularity, and rehabilitation. Exigit tue devocionis. [Cf. Reg. LXXXV, f. 8.] |
6 Id. July.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 209d.) |
Confirmation motu proprio of the appropriation by John, bishop of Lincoln, to the Augustinian prior and convent of Wroxton, in his diocese, of the parish church of Siston, in the same diocese, of their patronage, a portion being reserved for a perpetual vicar to be presented by them; with further appropriation hereby, also motu proprio, to the said priory, value not exceeding 200 marks, of the vicarage of Siston, value not exceeding 20, which they may cause to be served by a secular or religious priest, appointed and removed by the prior. Exemplification is given of the bishop's letters—Univ. sancte etc. Dum levamus in circuitu oculos, dated at Lincoln, 9 Feb., 1390[-1], the 28th year of his consecration, and stating that by reason of the position of the monastery by the king's [high]- way a multitude of guests gathers daily; that its lands, few and scanty, are, through the dearth of cultivators caused by epidemics and pestilences, barren and almost uncultivated; that its houses and buildings have been ruined by tempests; and that the rents with which it was anciently endowed are too few and slender for repairs and the sustentation of their canons, hospitality and alms, and the payment of tenths, subsidies and other daily and unwonted burdens. The bishop appropriates to them the church of Syston, value not exceeding 14 marks, of their patronage, and reserves a vicar's portion as above, and a yearly cess or pension of 6s. 8d. to the bishop, payable at Michaelmas. The consent of the dean and chapter of St. Mary's, Lincoln, is dated in their chapter-house, 18 Feb. 1390[-1]. Ad perp. rei mem. Sacre religionis. (De mandato.) [5¾ pp.] |
4 Id. July.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 212d.) |
To John Mildenhale, Augustinian prior of St. Mary's without Bischoppisgate in the suburb of London. Dispensation to hold for life, with his said priory, any benefice with or without cure, secular or regular, even if a dignity, personatus or office with or without cure in a cathedral or collegiate church, and to resign both for exchange or otherwise and hold instead two similar or dissimilar incompatible benefices. The present dispensation shall not be deemed revoked by any revocations of such dispensation which do not make verbatim and express mention of it. Religionis zelus, vite etc. (De mandato.) |
2 Id. July.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 213.) |
Confirmation motu proprio of a convention between the parishioners and the prior and convent of Spaldyng in the diocese of Lincoln, about the re-building and transfer of the parish church; revocation and annulment, also motu proprio, of the pope's recent grant [above, Reg. LXXIX, f. 22] to the parishioners to ring whenever they pleased the bells anciently belonging thereto; and ordinance hereby that in future at night, namely after the ringing of the priory bell, wont to be rung for the curfew (pro ignitegio), until in the morning it is rung for prime, the bell[s] cannot and shall not, without evident necessity, be rung in the said church. Exemplification is given of the said convention which [as also in Monasticon III, 228-229] is undated and states that whereas the said parish church, on account of the unfitness of the ground or the faultiness of the building was threatening to fall, and that the adjacent cemetery, in which the parishioners were buried by special permission of the prior and convent, was so small that for the burial of certain bodies the corpses of others had often to be exhumed, the following convention has, with consent of the bishop and the vicar, been made with regard to the re-building and translation of the said church. The prior and convent shall build for the parishioners a church without a bell-tower on the other side of the water [i.e. the river Welland] towards the east in the great cemetery where formerly was a chapel of St. Thomas the Martyr near the street called Chapelgate. The church shall be built with the beams, stones and cement of the said parish church, which was situate within the bounds of the monastery, and the prior and the convent shall supply at their own expense whatever more be required. The church shall have a length, including the transept and excluding the chancel, of 160 feet, that is, the body of the church shall contain, as far as the chancel, 100 feet, and the transept, alike on the north and on the south, 30 feet, the height and breadth being those of the church of Multon. They shall cover (cooperient) it with stone and window it with glass, find the iron-work for the windows, whitewash the walls, decently furnish corbels, and competently finish the church in all things. When it is built the said religious or their successors shall not, without assent of the parishioners, cause it to be demolished or transferred elsewhere, or (aut) the trees growing in the cemetery to be cut down (succindi), but (sed) they shall remain for the use of the church and chancel. The sacristan shall have the grass, so that he do not send in animals to graze. In the church, with permission of the prior and convent, there shall be a baptistery. The parishioners shall have divine offices and receive the sacraments therein, and shall have it in future as their parish church, dependent, however, in all things on the conventual church, as when it was founded within the bounds of the monastery and when the baptistery was in the conventual church. The parishioners shall continue to make their oblations (obligationes) at the great altar of the conventual church, as from time immemorial, at three principal feasts of the year, Christmas, the Assumption and All Saints, but on Easter Sunday, out of reverence for the Body of the Lord which on that day they shall receive in their own said church, they shall make their oblations there. The prior and convent shall give them half an acre of land contiguous to, and for the augmentation of, the said cemetery, namely 15 perches to the north, 15 to the east, and 50 to the south. They shall give them two bells, price 20l., but the parishioners shall not ring in their church at such hour as the convent is reposing in dormitory, except on Christmas day and night, or for fire, flood or other grave misfortune. The parishioners shall give the prior and convent 100l. for the completion of the said church in the prescribed form, namely, when the work is finished they shall pay them 50l., and the whole of the rest within a year thereafter [here incomplete in Monasticon]. The parishioners shall, during the building, hear divine [offices] and receive the sacraments in the conventual church, in the choir, where the monks were wont to be. Both parties seal and exchange their respective halves of the present chirograph, with the following witnesses: Sirs Thomas son of Lambert de Multon, John de Bathoni[a], Alexander de Monteforti, and John de Hoyland; Master Thomas, vicar of Multon; Sir Robert dean of Hoyland, Richard de Multon and others (not named.) Ad perp. rei mem. Iis que pro divini. [The text in the Register agrees with that in Dugdale except in a few places, the chief of which are indicated by the insertion of the Latin.] |
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Concurrent mandate to the archbishop of Taranto (substituted in the margin for the abbot of Westminster, cancelled), and the abbots of Peterborough and Crowland. Iis etc. (De mandato.) |
6 Id. July.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 214d.) |
Annulment of the pope's mandate of Oct. 1, 1396 [Cal. Pap. Lett. IV, p. 537], (recapitulating the circumstances contained therein, but with the better spelling Axiholm instead of Morholm, and without mention of the appropriation of Belton and Epeworth), ordering the archbishop of York to licence Thomas, earl of Nottingham to found a Carthusian house, and to suppress and transfer to it the Benedictine priory of St. Benedict, Kyrkeby. Archbishop Richard, the pope has recently learned, licensed the earl to found a Carthusian house, and united, annexed and appropriated the priory thereto. Subsequently king Henry, desiring religious places in England to be reformed and conserved, restored to the priory John Godimer, monk of the said monastery (i.e. St. Nicholas, Angers), and restored the priory—which he had previously, for its reformation, taken under his care and advowson—to its pristine state, and the abbot and convent (of St. Nicholas's) to their right of presenting thereto. Seeing that, as the pope has learned, king Henry desires the priory to remain in its pristine state, he hereby revokes and annuls, motu proprio, alike the letters of Urban VI and his own; approves and confirms the king's restoration, and his presentation and institution of the said John Godimer, who, by virtue thereof, has obtained possession; wills and decrees that the priory shall remain in its pristine state; and inhibits the said archbishop and bishop (of Lichfield) and any others from proceeding any further or molesting prior John or the said abbot and convent. Ad perp. rei mem. Is que pro monasteriorum. (De mandato.) |
1401.
12 Kal. Sept.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 219d.) |
To Odo Occasyn, Augustinian canon of Ynnisfalynd, in the diocese of Ardfert. Dispensation, as the son of a priest and an unmarried woman, to hold [any] benefices with and without cure, wont to be governed by canons regular, even if conventual priories, provostships, dignities, personatus or offices, and to resign them for exchange or otherwise as often as he pleases and hold instead similar or dissimilar mutually compatible benefices, and to be elected, etc. as above, f. 106. Religionis zelus, vite etc. (De mandato.) |
2 Id. July.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 246.) |
Confirmation motu proprio of the appropriations successively made by papal authority to the Benedictine abbot and convent of Abbodesbury, in the diocese of Salisbury, under which they have taken possession, of the parish churches of Abbodesbury, Portesham, Wynterbourne, Tolre Porcorum and Tolpudele, in the said diocese, and of the perpetual vicarage of Abbodesbury; with grant, also motu proprio, that the present letters shall be sufficient proof, before ordinaries or any other judges, of the said appropriations, as if the originals were presented. Sacre religionis. (De mandato.) |
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To the abbots of Eveshame and Perschore, and the archdeacon of Gloucester. Mandate motu proprio—the pope having recently learned that the parish church of St. Peter, Wynchecumbe, in the diocese of Worcester, and the Benedictine monastery of Wynchecumbe are almost contiguous, so that it often happens that by the ringing of the bells of the said church the abbot and convent and others celebrating divine offices in the monastery are hindered and disturbed in saying the canonical hours and in celebrating such offices—if they find the above to be the case, to ordain that at night, namely after the ringing of the monastery bell for the curfew (pro ignitegio), until in the morning the bell is rung in the monastery for prime, the bells shall not, without evident necessity, be rung in the said church, and that even at other times, and especially during such divine offices, they shall be rung moderately; and to inhibit vicar and parishioners from acting otherwise. Ad ea que divini. (De mandato.) |
15 Kal. Aug.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 247.) |
Ordinance, on complaint of William, master and supreme (summi) prior of the order of St. Gilbert of Sempyngham, that all canons of the order who, as papal chaplains, claim all immunities etc. of papal chaplains—refusing to obey their superiors, putting off their religious and putting on a secular habit, and wandering about publicly—shall none the less be subject to the said master and their other superiors; with power for the said master and his successors to correct and compel all such to return to their order. Ad fut. rei mem. Ad Romani pontificis. (De mandato.) |
