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1413.
Non. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 6.) |
To John Style, scholar, of London. Dispensation, after attaining his eighteenth year and being tonsured, to hold a benefice with cure, even if a parish church or a perpetual vicarage, or a dignity, even if with cure and elective, and if
major or principal respectively, personatus or office, in a metropolitan, cathedral or collegiate church, and to resign it, for exchange or otherwise, as often as he pleases, and hold instead a similar or dissimilar benefice. Vite ac morum. (De mandato.) |
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Ibid. |
To (Richard Snowdon, cancelled) Robert Gylbert, precentor of Lincoln, S.T.M. Dispensation to hold for life with the precentorship of Lincoln, value not exceeding 100l., any other benefice with cure or otherwise incompatible, even if a parish church or a perpetual vicarage or a dignity, major or principal respectively, and elective, personatus or office, with or without cure, in a metropolitan, cathedral or collegiate church, and to resign both, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases, and hold instead two similar or dissimilar incompatible benefices. Litterarum sciencia, vite etc. (De mandato.) |
Ibid.
(f. 7.) |
To William, bishop of Sudak (Soltonien.). Dispensation to him, whose said church has been greatly destroyed by infidels and its goods seized by them, so much so that he can receive nothing from his episcopal mensa, to hold for life with his said see any benefice with or without cure, even wont to be served by secular clerks, even if of lay patronage, and to resign it, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases, and hold instead a similar or dissimilar benefice. Exigit tue devocionis. (De mandato.) |
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Ibid. |
To the precentor, treasurer and official of Lincoln. Mandate—at the recent petition of Philip, bishop of Lincoln, containing that although, by immemorial custom, of the fruits of all parish churches and their perpetual vicarages and of divers other benefices, three parts belong at each voidance to the bishop and the fourth to the archdeacon of the place, and that therefore when the bishop for the time being appropriates such by his ordinary authority to a monastery or regular place, in order not to alienate the rights of his church (seeing that after such appropriation such church etc. is deemed never to become void) he reserves a pension to himself by way of indemnity and compensation for such voidance, nevertheless such appropriations are made by authority of papal letters without such pension being reserved—if they find this to be the case, to reserve for the bishop and his successors a fitting yearly pension in the case of such papal appropriations past and future. Inter cetera. (De mandato.) |
Ibid.
(f. 8d.) |
To Robert, bishop of Salisbury. Commission—the pope having learned that the nuns’ monasteries of Amuosbury and Nonneton, of the order of Fontevrault, require correction, especially because on account of the distance and the wars between England and France the abbess of Fontevrault, to whom belongs their visitation and correction, cannot perform it—whilst the said wars last, and as often as he shall think opportune, to visit the same in person, unless lawfully hindered, and in that case to do so by discreet priests, secular or religious, and to correct and reform in head and members. Habentes in desideriis. (De mandato.) |
1412.
12 Kal. Oct.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 17d.) |
Confirmation, at the petition of Augustine Macbradaich, perpetual vicar of the united parish churches of St. Patrick, Drong and St. Bridget, Lectrach, in the diocese of Kilmore, of the union thereof made by bishop John on the ground that the fruits etc., value altogether not exceeding 10 marks, were insufficient for two vicars, and that the two churches were near enough to be served by one. Ad perp. rei mem. Sincere derocionis affectus. (Subscribed: Antonius xxvi de Ponto, and marginal note in the same hand: Registrata hic, de mandato domini mei domini cardinalis vicecancellarii, Antonius de Ponto.) |
1413.
4 Id. March.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 28d.) |
To Richard Losthouse (sic), clerk, of York. Dispensation, after attaining his sixteenth year, to hold any benefice with cure, even if a parish church or a perpetual vicarage, or a dignity, even major or principal respectively, and elective, personatus or office, in a cathedral or a collegiate church. Vite etc. |
Id. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 50.) |
To Master John Swayne, canon of Ferns, papal secretary. Indult to choose a priest, secular or regular, of any, even a mendicant order, as his confessor, dismiss him and choose any other as often as he pleases. Such confessor may hear his confession and grant him absolution, enjoining a salutary penance, even in cases reserved to the apostolic see, commute his vows, past or future, which he cannot conveniently keep, and absolve him from all sentences, past and future, of excommunication, suspension and interdict, enjoining a salutary penance, dispense him on account of irregularity, past of future, contracted by taking part in divine offices when under such sentences, and rehabilitate him. Benigno sunt tibi. (De mandato.) |
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Ibid. |
To Master John Swayn, canon of Ferns, doctor of canon and civil law, papal secretary. Indult to have a portable altar, on which he may have mass celebrated even before daybreak and even in places under interdict, and other divine offices. Exigit magne devocionis affectus. (De mandato.) |
Kal. Jan.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 51.) |
To the archbishop of Armagh and the bishops of Volterra and Veszprém (Wesprimien.). Mandate, motu proprio—the pope having lately learned that although to Master John Swayne, canon of Ferns, papal secretary, provision was made by papal authority of the canonry and prebend of Swords in Dublin, previously reserved, John Tanner, priest, of the diocese of Dublin, and other persons, ecclesiastical and lay, have hindered and hinder it from taking effect—to admonish Tanner and any other intruders under pain of excommunication, deprivation and disability, and of 1,000 marks, half for the papal camera and half for Swayne, to resign, and to make satisfaction to Swayne for fruits taken, and to admonish any abettors, ecclesiastical or lay, of Tanner or other intruders, to desist. In case of disobedience the said penalties are to be incurred, and the church of Dublin and all places, where Tanner and other intruders and the said clerks and laymen shall be, are to be placed under
interdict. Absolution for such excommunication is reserved to the pope or his successors, except in the hour of death. The aid of the secular arm is, if necessary, to be invoked, etc. Dudum siquidem per nos accepto. (De mandato.) |
Id. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 52.) |
To Master John Swayne, canon of Ferns, doctor of canon and civil law, papal secretary. Power to dispose by will of all his goods, even arising from ecclesiastical sources. Cum nichil sit. (De mandato.) |
Non. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 52.) |
To the same. Dispensation, motu proprio, to him, who has the tonsure only, not to be bound for ten years, on account of his parish church of Galtrym in the diocese of Meath or any other benefices, with and without cure, present and future, to have himself promoted to any higher order or that of subdeacon or other holy orders. Grata tue devocionis obsequia. (De mandato.) |
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Ibid. |
To the same. Dispensation, motu proprio, to him—who is an abbreviator of papal letters, and to whom the pope lately made provision of the archdeaconry of Meath, a major dignity with cure, void and previously reserved, and whom he dispensed to hold it with his parish church of Galtrym and other dispensed to with or without cure, or with other incompatible benefice which he might obtain after resigning Galterym (sic), or otherwise to hold two other benefices with cure or otherwise incompatible, even if parish churches etc. or dignities etc., and to resign as often as he pleased, simply or for exchange, the said archdeaconry and church and such other benefices, and hold instead for life two similar or dissimilar incompatible benefices—to hold for life with the said archdeaconry and church and other benefices as dispensed above, two other benefices with cure or otherwise incompatible, even if other parish churches or perpetual vicarages, or dignities, major or principal respectively, personatus or offices, with or without cure, in metropolitan, cathedral or collegiate churches, even if such dignities, personatus
and offices be elective, and to resign them as often as he pleases, for exchange or simply, and hold instead similar or dissimilar benefices. Grata tue devocionis obsequia. (De mandato.) |
1412.
Id. Dec.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 97d.) |
To Martin Lercedekire (sic), rector of St. Magan (sic) in the diocese of Exeter. Dispensation to him, who is M.A. and licentiate of canon law, and holds, besides St. Maugan, a canonry and prebend of Exeter, to hold for life with the said church any other benefice with cure or otherwise incompatible, even if a parish church or a perpetual vicarage or a dignity, major or principal respectively and elective, personatus, administration or office, with or without cure, in a metropolitan, cathedral or collegiate church, and to resign both, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases, and hold instead two similar or dissimilar incompatible benefices. Vite etc. (De mandato.) |
Ibid.
(f. 98.) |
To Nicholas Coventre, rector of Ubeton in the diocese of Salisbury. Dispensation to hold for seven years etc., as in the preceding. Vite etc. |
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Ibid. |
To William de Mottrom, clerk, of the diocese of Lichfield, B.C.L. Dispensation to him—who received papal dispensation, as the son of an unmarried man and an unmarried woman, to be promoted to all, even holy orders and hold two benefices even if one had cure, after which he was ordained subdeacon and obtained a canonry and prebend of the church of St. Probus in Cornwall, value not exceeding 10 marks—to hold any mutually compatible benefices, of any number and kind, with or without cure, even if canonries and prebends, dignities, major or principal respectively, and elective, personatus, administrations and offices, with or without cure, in metropolitan, cathedral or collegiate churches, and to resign them, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases. His illegitimacy need not be mentioned in future graces. Litterarum sciencia, vite etc. (De mandato.) |
Ibid.
(f. 99.) |
To John Forster, rector of Lutterworth in the diocese of Lincoln, M.A. Prolongation and dispensation as below. His petition to Innocent VII contained as above, p. 53, as far as who was then killed by others, and continued but killed nobody with his own hand, and that he had been rehabilitated on account of the aforesaid, and been dispensed to be promoted to all minor orders and those of subdeacon and deacon, and hold a benefice without cure. Pope Innocent therefore dispensed him to be promoted to priest's orders and minister therein short of the ministry of the altar, and to hold any mutually compatible benefices with or without cure. Afterwards, upon the death of Pope Innocent, and the condemnation in the Council of Pisa of Angelus Corario called Gregory XII and Peter de Luna called Benedict XIII, and the death of Alexander V, the present pope on 4 Id. Jan. anno 1 [1411, above, p. 191] dispensed Forster, who was in minor orders only, and was an old member of the papal court, not to be bound during five years, on account of the church of Kyngton Magna in the diocese of Salisbury, which he then held, or of any other benefice with cure or otherwise requiring holy orders which he might meanwhile obtain, to be promoted to subdeacon's or other holy orders. Seeing that the end of the said five years is approaching, the pope now prolongs the said term of five years to the term of his life, and dispenses him anew as far as is necessary. Litterarum sciencia, vite etc. (De mandato.) |
3 Id. Feb.
St. Peter's. Rome.
(f. 102d.) |
Relaxation, during ten years, of ten years and ten quarantines of enjoined penance to penitents who on Whitsun day and Corpus Christi and the seven days following each visit and give alms for the conservation and sustentation of the church of the Cistercian monastery of St. Mary, Heyles, in the diocese of Worcester, in which monastery are twenty-two monks, which, on account of the dilapidations of the late Henry, its abbot, is in debt to the sum of 1,000 marks, and whose buildings are so ruinous that its means, hardly amounting to 100l. a year, are insufficient for the sustentation of the monks, for hospitality and for its other burdens. Unix. Christifid. etc. Licet is. (De mandato.) |
1413.
Ibid.
(f. 103.) |
To Thomas Nasshe, rector of Midelyngton by Burcestre in the diocese of Lincoln. Dispensation to hold for four years with the said church any other benefice with cure etc. as above, f. 6, to Robert Gylbert. Vite etc. (De mandato.) |
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Ibid. |
To Richard Caunton alias ap Gwillim, rector of St. David's, Bridell, in the diocese of St. Davids, bachelor of canon and civil law. Dispensation to him—who is a priest, and whose said church, situate in Wales, has been so impoverished on account of the deadly wars which for many years have raged between English and Welsh that in a year he has not received more than 5 marks from it, its value before the wars not exceeding 12l.—to hold therewith for life any other benefice with cure or otherwise incompatible, even if a parish church or a perpetual vicarage or a dignity, major or principal respectively, personatus or office, in a cathedral or collegiate church, even if such dignity, personatus etc., be elective, and to resign both, simply or for exchange, and hold instead two similar or dissimilar incompatible benefices. Litterarum sciencia, vite etc. (De mandato.) |
Kal. Feb.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 104.) |
Confirmation—at the recent petition of the provost, fellows and scholars of the college commonly called ‘Queen's Hall,’ Oxford, containing that the late Robert de Eglesfeld, clerk of the late queen Philippa, founded and endowed for the increase of the theological faculty, with consent and licence of king Edward III, on his messuage situate within the walls of Oxford in the parish of St. Peter's in the East the said college, namely of masters, chaplains, theologians and other scholars to be promoted to the priesthood, gave the advowson of the said college or hall to the said queen and her successors, queens of England, and made divers statutes, ordaining amongst other things that the jurisdiction over the college and its persons should in certain cases be exercised by the archbishop of York, or, during voidance of the see, by the president of the chapter—of the said foundation and statutes. The said jurisdiction shall be exercised by the judges named in the said statutes and by no other, notwithstanding any suit which may be pending. Ad fut. rei mem. In supreme dignitatis. |
Kal. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 105d.) |
To Richard Kyngestoun, dean of the chapel royal in Wyndesore in the diocese of Salisbury. Indult to him—who for about twenty years has, in saying the canonical hours, observed the Use of Hereford on account of his archdeaconry of Hereford, which he held, and which he has resigned—to continue to do so for life, and not to be obliged to observe another, especially that of Salisbury, of which church he holds a canonry and prebend. Meruit tue devocionis. (De mandato.) |
Non. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 105d) |
To Philip, bishop of Lincoln. Licence to manumit, in consideration of his services to the bishop and the church of Lincoln, of which he is a born serf or bondman (servus originarius seu nativus), William Wro, layman, of his diocese, and his children; notwithstanding the bishop's oath at consecration against alienations. Sincere [devocionis]. (De mandato.) |
1413
Ibid.
(f. 106.) |
Relaxation of seven years and seven quarantines of enjoined penance to penitents who on the principal feasts of the year and those of Whitsun day and Trinity Sunday, the Nativity of St. John Baptist, SS. Peter and Paul and the dedication, and on All Saints, the octaves of certain of them and the six days of Whitsun week; and of a hundred days to those who during the said octaves and days visit and give alms for the conservation of the altar of Holy Trinity and All Saints in the church of the Benedictine monastery of Shirborne in the diocese of Salisbury. Unix. Christifid. etc. Licet is. (De mandato.) |
6 Id. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 106.) |
To John Honyngham, archdeacon of Durham, D.C.L. Indult for seven years to visit his archdeaconry by deputy and receive on one day in ready money more than one (plures) procuration, even three or four. Litterarum sciencia, rite etc. |
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Concurrent mandate to the abbots of Westminster and St. Mary's, without the walls of London and York, and the prior of Brydlyngton in the diocese of York. Litterarum etc. (De mandato.) |
Kal. March.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 107.) |
Relaxation of seven years and seven quarantines of enjoined penance to penitents who on the principal feasts of the year and those of the Nativity of St. John Baptist, SS. Peter and Paul and the dedication, made or to be made, and on All Saints, and during the octaves of certain of them, and the eight days before Easter and the six days of Whitsun week; and of a hundred days to those who during the said octaves and eight and six days visit and give alms for the building and conservation of the collegiate church or chapel of the new college recently founded by Edward, duke of York, then of Aumâale, and the late Edmund, duke of York, his father, within their castle of Fodryngey in the diocese of Lincoln; which college was at first founded, with licence of the apostolic see, in honour of the Annunciation of St. Mary the Virgin and St. Edward, King and Confessor, but now, in consideration of king Henry and the said duke Edward, founders of the said college, by the said authority, is called by the name of the said Annunciation and All Saints. The indulgence is granted in aid of the building and conservation of the said church or chapel, and shall be perpetual, even if the college be transferred to any other place by the pope's licence. Univ. Christifid. etc. Licet is. (De mandato.) |
Kal. Feb.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 122d.) |
To the dean of York. Mandate—at the petition of king Henry, containing that although all the canons and dignitaries
and also the priests and clerks having perpetual benefices, offices and ministries in the church of York have taken oath to observe its ancient statutes and customs, some of them have long been and still are disregarded; and adding that the archbishop can exercise no capitular jurisdiction except in virtue of his quadrennial visitation—if he find this to be the case, to compel, by withdrawal of their revenues, and by ecclesiastical censure without appeal, all such canons etc. who have taken,
and all who shall in future take, the said oath, to keep it. Honestis et supplicum votis. (De mandato.) [In margin: L. de Arecio quantum ad correcturam. A number of additions in the margin, the chief of which are indicated above by the italics, are subscribed: Correctum ut supra, Franciscu de Agello.] |
Id. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 127.) |
To the Cistercian abbot and convent of Kirkestal in the diocese of York. Indult, whenever they leave their monastery for reasonable cause, to eat flesh on lawful days. Exigit vestre devocionis. (De mandato.) |
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Ibid. |
To John Macworth, archdeacon of Dorest (Dorchecie, Dorcecie) in Salisbury. Indult for seven years to visit his archdeaconry by deputy, and receive on one day in ready money several procurations. Sincere devocionis affectus. |
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Concurrent mandate to the bishops of Durham, Wells and St. Davids. Sincere etc. (De mandato.) |
1412.
12 Kal. Nov.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 158d.) |
To John Halywell, rector of St. Peter's, Ingolmels, in the diocese of Lincoln. Dispensation to him—who holds the said church, the canonries and prebends of Castre in Lincoln and Fauconers in Gudestre in the free chapel royal of St. Martinle-Grand, London, and the hospital of St. Leonard by Newerk in the diocese of York, value altogether not exceeding 200
marks—to hold for life with the said parish church any other benefice with cure or otherwise incompatible etc., as above, f. 97d; notwithstanding the pope's other dispensation to do so for five years [above, p. 227]. Vite etc. (De mandato.) |
