Regesta 10: 1218-1220

Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 1, 1198-1304. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1893.

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Regesta, Vol. X.

3 Honorius III.

3 Non. Aug.
Lateran.
(f. 2.)
Mandate to the prior and convent of the order of Sempingham, in answer to their petition, brought by the canons R. and R., to send four of their brethren to serve the church of St. Xistus, Rome, which through their neglect has long been deprived of persons to serve therein, who will there learn what the pope is about to order regarding them; if not, the pope will place in that church other religious. They are to be responsible to P. bishop elect of Norwich, the pope's chamberlain, and to no other, for the twentieth due from them to the crusade.
3 Non. Aug.
Lateran.
(f. 2.)
Confirmation to the chapter of Lincoln of the prebend instituted and endowed in their church by the late Phillip de Kimbe, whose son S. has petitioned the pope in this regard.
9 Kal. Sept.
Lateran.
(f. 10d.)
Mandate to G. cardinal of St. Martin's, papal legate, on the representation of the king, the archbishops of Dublin and York, and the bishops of London, Winchester, Bath, and Worcester, to remove the canons of Carlisle, who are regulars only in name, to declare null the election made by them of an excommunicate, and to appoint to the church persons faithful to the king and the Roman church, and divide the revenues among the bishop and canons. The pope decides that secular canons are to take the place of regulars.
3 Kal. Sept.
Lateran.
(f. 11.)
Confirmation to W. Malcherc, canon of Southwell, of a grant made to his prebend of the grove of Neuhay by the archbishop of York, to whose income it belonged.
2 Kal. Sept.
Lateran.
(f. 11.)
Confirmation of a statute of the archbishop, and the dean, and chapter of York, separating the treasurership of their church and the archdeaconry of the East Riding, endowing the former with a portion of the proceeds of the prebend of Syreburne and forming two new prebends with the residue.
2 Id. Sept.
Lateran
(f. 13.)
Appointment of Pandulph, bishop elect of Norwich, papal chamberlain, to be legate in England, G. cardinal of St. Martin's, having petitioned for leave to retire.
Kal. Sept.
Lateran.
(f. 13.)
Mandate to archbishops, bishops, abbots, deans, priors, and other prelates of England, to receive, the new legate with honour, and to carry out his instructions.
The like to the archbishop of Canterbury and his suffragans.
The like to the archbishop of York and his suffragans.
The like to earls, barons, and nobles.
Non. Sept.
Lateran.
(f. 13d.)
Grant to Pandulph, bishop elect of Norwich, papal chamberlain and legate, that he may provide to Master Giles his kinsman, papal sub-deacon, some suitable benefice in his diocese, although the said Giles holds an archdeaconry in the church of Thessalonica.
Ibid. Power to the same to absolve from the vow of the crusade poor and infirm clerks and laymen, and those who by violent laying on of hands have brought themselves within the canon, except in grave cases; on condition that they give according to their means some contribution to the Holy Land.
Ibid. Exemption of the same from obedience to his metropolitan until his consecration, so that he be not hindered in carrying out the commands of the apostolic see.
2 Non. Sept.
Lateran.
(f. 13d.)
Mandate to the bishops of Winchester, Salisbury, and Chichester, on the representation of Pandulph, bishop elect of Norwich, and papal legate, to revoke certain apostolic letters which have been surreptitiously obtained to his prejudice.
Ibid. Mandate to the bishops of Salisbury and Chichester not to molest Pandulph, bishop elect of Norwich and papal legate, in respect of certain benefices which he holds in their dioceses, and especially not to dispose of them before his consecration.
Kal. Oct.
Lateran.
(f. 15d.)
Mandate to the bishop elect of Norwich, papal chamberlain and legate, to assign the church of Writtele to the envoy of the hospital of the Holy Ghost in Sassia, Rome, inducting him into corporal possession, pope Innocent having intended the hospital to have it, and king John, of whose advowson it was, being willing to assign the same on its voidance, and promising meanwhile to assign to the hospital a hundred marks yearly.
Kal. Oct.
Lateran.
(f. 16.)
Grant to the rector and brethren of the Holy Ghost in Sassia of the church of Vritele, now void, with all its proceeds.
1218.
10 Kal. Nov.
Lateran.
(f. 18.)
Mandate to the abbot of Fountains, the prior of Marton in the diocese of York, and Master J. Romanus, canon of York, to take proceedings, on the showing of the abbot and monks of Sawley, against Robert de Lelleia, clerk of the diocese of York, who has had three wives, and has publicly pleaded cases of bloodshedding in the secular court, taking no notice of church censures, and presuming unlawfully to hold the church of Tadecastre, and many others with cure of souls. The pope had already ordered them to examine and report on the case, but, his letters having been stolen, nothing has been done.
4 Kal. Nov.
Lateran.
(f. 21.)
Mandate to Pandulph, bishop elect of Norwich and papal legate, to enquire into and confirm the election of Luke de Nutreuill, archdeacon of Armagh, to be archbishop of that see, Master Ralph de Pincebech, having petitioned the apestolic see to confirm it, the king's ambassadors assenting.
3 Kal. Nov.
Lateran.
(f. 22.)
Corfirmation, with exemplification, of a deed of G. cardinal of St. Martin's, papal legate, dated Malverne 16 Kal. April, 2 Honorius, to John de Thebaldo, the pope's kinsman, and one of his household, being a grant to him of the church of Lambeth (Lamhe) of which Master Gervase had been deprived on his excommunication for having advised the barons against the king, contrary to the pope's commands.
Non. Nov.
Lateran.
(f. 22d.)
Mandate to the chapter and clergy and people of Moray to obey their bishop, whom the pope has absolved on repentance for his offences during the war between England and Scotland, G. cardinal legate, having laboured in his behalf.
[Theiner, 6.]
Id. Nov.
Lateran.
(f. 23)
Mandate to Pandulph, bishop elect of Norwich, papal legate, to examine and decide, on the showing of the Augustinian canons of the province of York, that whereas one chapter of the order has been held at Leycester, in the province of Canterbury, the canons of that province are now endeavouring to make this a custom, and to compel those of the province of York to come to it, which seems to them unfair.
2 Id. Nov.
Lateran.
(f. 24.)
Release to William de Bosco, chancellor of A. king of Scots, from his suspension, consequent on being excommunicated for aiding his king against the king of England, contrary to the sentence of the apostolic see; and restoration to him of his office and benefices.
Letter in pursuance to the bishop of St. Andrews.
[Theiner, 7.]
4 Id. Nov.
Lateran.
(f. 24d.)
Mandate, at the request of Alexander, king of Scots, to Pandulph, bishop elect of Norwich, papal legate, to inspect and confirm or annul according to justice, the composition made by W[illiam], the said king's father, and J[ohn], late king of England, in whose letter it is contained, a transcript of which, under the seals of the bishops of St. Andrews, Dunkeld, and Caithness, has been presented to the pope. [Theiner, 7.]
Id. Nov.
Lateran.
(f. 25d.)
Mandate to Pandulph, bishop elect of Norwich, papal legate, on the representation of the abbots of St. Albans and Dunstaple, and the prior of St. Albans (to whom it was committed by the pope), to proceed in the cause between the prior and canons of St. Fredeswide's, and W. son of Richard, clerk of the diocese of Lincoln, about the church of Aclei, without regard to the inhibition placed by the king, who asserts that he is the patron of the church and the judge in a cause affecting its advowsons. The proctor of the prior and canons, who say that they have been despoiled of the church by the said W. have appealed to the pope against the king's inhibition.
16 Kal. Dec.
Lateran.
Mandate to Peter de Capua, William' de Ponte Arce, and Richard Anglicus, to examine Master Matthew de Scotia, whom the chancellor of Paris wishes to appoint to a chair of theology in the university of Paris. [Theiner, 7.]
11 Kal. Dec.
Lateran.
(f. 27.)
Confirmation to G. knight, vassal of the monastery of Dunfermelin, of the concession made to him by the abbot and convent of the town of Baloer, at a yearly cess.
11 Kal. Dec.
Lateran.
(f. 27.)
Concession to Alexander, king of Scots, and his successors, according to bulls of popes Celestine and Innocent, that no sentence of interdict or excommunication, except that of the pope or his legate, shall be valid in Scotland which contains the cathedral churches of St. Andrews, Dumblane, Glasgow, Dunkeld, Brechin, Aberdeen, Moray (Mureven), Ross, and Caithness, seeing that the Scottish church (Scoticana ecclesia) is immediately subject to the apostolic see. Order, that no one but a Scotchman, unless specially sent by the pope, shall exercise the office of legate in that realm; that controversies about possessions shall not be carried before judges outside the realm, except on appeal to Rome; and that no documents produced in the future shall prejudice this concession. Confirmation of all liberties and immunities granted to the king, to the realm, and to the churches therein. [Theiner, 8.]
3 Kal. Dec.
Lateran.
(f. 32.)
Mandate to the abbot of Salebi, and the priors of Wartre and St. Andrew's York, with exemplification of a brief of pope Innocent to the dean, sub-dean, and chancellor of Lincoln, dated Kal. November, in the thirteenth year of his pontificate, ordering them to send the parties in the suit between the rector and brethren of the hospital of St. Peter, York, and the abbot and convent of Fountains, with other Cistercians, to Rome, to carry out the above order, and so to defeat the attempt which, on the showing of the abbots of Fountains and Rievaux, has been made by the chapter of York, by means of papal letters obtained by suppressing the truth, to have the case heard by the said abbot and priors.
1218.
3 Non. Nov.
Lateran.
(f. 37d.)
Mandate to Pandulph, bishop elect of Norwich, papal legate, to assign to the envoy of Peter de Alatro, clerk of the bishop of Sabina, bearer of this brief, the benefice in England held by the late Roffridus Scottus, canon of Anagni, clerk of the bishop of Ostia.
18 Kal. Jan.
Lateran.
(f. 38.)
Mandate to the bishop of St. Andrews, on the petition of the chapter of Brechin, to consecrate Gregory, archdeacon of Brechin, as bishop of that see, if it shall prove on enquiry that he is a fit person and that his election was canonical. [Theiner, 8.]
14 Kal. Jan.
Lateran.
(f. 38d.)
Protection to the bishop of St. Andrews, and his successors, for their church and its possessions in Fifh—Kilrimund with the whole shire, Derversin, Hutredmunesin, the island of Lohlevenoh with its belongings, Munemel, Tervieth, Morcanib. Methkil. Kilcumcath, Muccard, Pethgober, with the lands of the churches Strathceihten, Roscolpin, Cas, Dulbrudot, Russin, Losse, and near Perth, Lingportin; in Mareth—Bukkan, Munemusch, Culsamuel, Elon, with the lands of their churches and all their appurtenances; in Lothian—Listone, Egglesmanekin, Keldeleth, Raththen, Lessuade, Wedale, Clerkintun, Tiningham, with its belongings, Broccesmuthe. Confirmation of possessions and rents in Can and Cunevet applied to the bishop's table. Indult to the bishop to recover possessions unlawfully alienated; and licence to appoint the prior of the church, as his predecessors have done, and to correct his excesses; with inhibition to everyone to injure the said church. [Theiner, 8.]
10 Kal. Jan.
Lateran.
(f. 41d.)
Mandate to the bishop elect of Norwich, papal legate, on the report of the bishop of St. Andrews, to inhibit the bishop of Dunkeld and his fellow judges, being excommunicate. from proceeding in respect of letters against the former bishop procured by Eustace, canon of St. Andrews, also excommunicate. [Theiner, 9.]
1219.
16 Kal. Feb.
Mandate to the same, in the same terms, with the addition of a proviso that if the parties are unwilling that the legate should take cognisance of the case, he is to delegate it to persons in Scotland, suspected by neither side.
15 Kal. Feb.
Lateran.
(f. 48d.)
Mandate to the bishop of Salisbury, the prior of Ambresbury, and the chancellor of Salisbury, on the petition of J. abbess of St. Edward's Shaftesbury, to impose silence on A. sacristan of the place, who, when the election of the abbess was presented to G. cardinal legate, for confirmation, was said to have been elected by some of the nuns, so that the legate refused to confirm the election of J. and issued a mandate to the abbots of Binedon and Cerne to examine the case, whereupon A. rising before them in the chapter, renounced her election and appeal, and consented to the election of J. who was admitted and blessed by the bishop. Nevertheless A. got apostolic letters to the abbot of Wardun and his fellow judges, by saying that she was coerced into renouncing her election, and suppressing all mention of what she had done and of the legate's process. Since a further hearing of the case she has harassed the abbess and caused her expense.
7 Kal. Feb.
Lateran.
(f. 55d.)
Mandate to S. cardinal archbishop of Canterbury, to translate the body of St. Thomas the Martyr with reverence and honour, as he has proposed.
Ibid. Letter in pursuance to all the faithful in England, urging them to take part in carrying out the purpose of the archbishop.
7 Kal. Feb.
Lateran.
(f. 56.)
Relaxation of forty days of penance to all the faithful who shall come to the church of St. Thomas the Martyr, within the octave of his translation.
8 Kal. Feb.
Lateran.
(f. 56)
Concession to the archbishop of Canterbury to apply to the renovation of the eastern part of the church, where the body of St. Thomas lies, a fourth part of the oblations made a tempore faciende translationis in antea.
3 Kal. Feb.
Lateran.
(f. 58d.)
Mandate to the abbots of Cupre, Scone, and Dumfermelin, in the diocese of St. Andrews, on information from the archdeacon and the chancellor of Moray, to enquire and report to the pope whether their bishop seeks not only milk and wool from his flock, but also extorts sometimes an eighth and sometimes a third part of their revenues, according to his will, exacts procuration, although he makes no visitations, and extorts money from those about to be ordained, which he spends on women of ill fame, dissolves lawful marriages for money, and tolerates unlawful ones, although he has had charitable warnings from the archdeacon and the chancellor to reform his life. [Theiner, 9.]
Id. Feb.
Lateran.
(f. 59.)
Confirmation with exemplification of a grant by Richard bishop of Durham, the chancellor, to Peter Sarraceni, a knight of the Roman empire, of 40l. yearly at the exchequer of Durham.
11 Kal. Mar.
Lateran.
(f. 60.)
Confirmation to Richard de Marisco of his office of chancellor on his promotion to the see of Durham.
8 Kal. Mar.
Lateran.
(f. 60d.)
Notification to the bishop of Durham that, in answer to his repeated requests, and those of his chapter, the pope has directed the legate to commute his vow of the crusade, made before he was bishop, for a certain number of soldiers to be sent to the Holy Land.
Letter in pursuance to Pandulph, bishop elect of Norwich [papal legate].
7 Kal. Mar.
Lateran.
(f. 60d.)
Indult, at the request of Lewis, eldest son of the king of France to Vincent and Robert, priests, Giles, Ralph, and Reginald, masters, and Martin, Thomas, Giles, and William, clerks, that the penance imposed upon them by G. cardinal of St. Martin's when papal legate, for entering England with the said prince, shall not be a bar to their advancement to higher orders.
10 Kal. Mar.
Lateran.
(f. 60d.)
Grant of protection and confirmation of possessions and privileges to William, abbot of St. Albans, and his brethren present and future, in accordance with the bulls of popes Calixtus, Celestine, Eugenius, Adrian, Alexander, Lucius, Clement, and Celestine III.; to wit of the grants made by Offa and his son Egfrid, Eldred, William, Henry, and Richard, kings of the English; and their possessions, that is, the monastery with the whole town, the church of St. Stephen, the churches of Chingesbiri, Wathford, Richemareswith, Langley, Redburn, Cudicote, Waldene, Hecstonstun, Northuna, Neweham, Winslawe, Estuna, Barnat, Scepehale, Tinghurste, Brantesfeld, Stammere, with their towns, &c. [Monasticon, ii. 232]
7 Kal. Mar.
Lateran.
(f. 63d.)
Relaxation to Master Helyas, of Derham, at the instance of Lewis, eldest son of the king of the French, of the penance enjoined to him not to enter England without the pope's licence, so that he may return to the service of the archbishop of Canterbury. [See 2 Kal. Jun. 1218.]
Kal. Mar.
Lateran.
(f. 64.)
Indult to Master Richard de Lassewade, clerk, to receive an additional benefice with cure of souls, the pope having had testimony to his life, learning, and noble birth.
5 Non. Mar.
Lateran.
Confirmation to the bishop and chapter of York of the manor of Branford and the liberties and immunities granted to them by king Henry [II.] (Seniore).
16 Kal. April.
Lateran.
(f. 72.)
Indult to Isabella, queen of England, that no one without special apostolic mandate shall pronounce against her sentence of interdict or excommunication, notwithstanding the sentence which the bishop of Saintes is said to have pronounced.
7 Kal. Feb.
Lateran.
(f. 81d.)
Mandate to Pandulph, bishop elect of Norwich, papal legate, to examine and deal with the petition of Hubert de Burgo, the king's justiciar, that the pope would dispense him from his vow of going to the Holy Land, inasmuch as his absence would be ruinous to the castles and fortresses, especially that of Dover, of which he is the sworn governor, and a great loss to the king and realm. He offers to send a fit number of soldiers or pay a subsidy to the Holy Land.
3 Kal. April.
Lateran.
(f. 81d.)
Mandate to the abbot of St. Eadmund's, Norwich, on the showing of Master Richard, archdeacon of Evreux, to free him without delay from the obligation which the abbot has prudently, not to say craftily, induced him to undertake, of paying to the prioress and nuns of Tesford a yearly rent of 10 marks, until the abbot provides them with a benefice of equal value, which the abbot promised to do, but has failed to keep his promise, although an occasion has often, presented itself. The pope has ordered the abbot and prior of Stratford and the archdeacon of London, if he does not comply, to compel him by ecclesiastical censure.
Concurrent letter to the said abbot and prior.
2 Kal. April.
Lateran.
(f. 82.)
Mandate to the bishop elect of Norwich, papal legate, on the information of king Henry, to ascertain the truth of the facts, and then warn and induce those servants and subjects of the king who molest him by reviving the claim of compensation which was settled once and for all by king John, to desist from their presumption, lest they fall under ecclesiastical censure.
Concurrent letters in Normandy to the abbot of Fecamp and his fellow judges against the bishop of Avranches and certain others.
4 Kal. April.
Lateran.
(f. 82d.)
Mandate to the same, on the petition of the king, to procure the execution of that article of the peace in which it was agreed that adulterine fortresses and whatever had been built on account of the war should be destroyed, this having been approved by the prelates and great men of the land in the presence of G. cardinal legate.
Concurrent letter to the regent and king's counsellors to advise and assist the legate.
Kal. April.
Lateran.
(f. 82d.)
Request to Philip, king of the French, to extend the truce of a year from last Easter made with the late king of England, to five years.
6 Kal. April.
Lateran.
(f. 83.)
Mandate to Pandulph, bishop elect of Norwich, cardinal legate, on the petition of the king, to examine and take action about dispensing certain nobles and others who have taken the cross, allowing them to redeem their vow by a subsidy, their services being very useful to the king.
Ibid. Mandate to the same, on the showing of the king, to warn and induce Luwelin, prince of Wales, to preserve castles, rents, dignities, and other royal rights, as he has bound himself by oath, according to particulars set forth in writing.
Ibid. Mandate to the same, on the intimation of the king, to compel the justiciary of Ireland, if he has, as is asserted, contemned a former papal mandate, to come before the king and give an account of the rents and other goods of the king which he has received. [Theiner, 9.]
4 Kal. April.
Lateran.
(f. 83.)
Mandate to the same to warn and induce the prelates of churches of Ireland to satisfy the king for the regalia and fees which they hold of him, and other debts which they have withheld throughout the war. [Theiner, 10.]
Ibid. Mandate to the same, on the petition of the king, to signify the pope's approval of the oaths taken by the great men of the realm before G. cardinal legate, to preserve the royal honours and rights, and to cause the regent and king's counsellors to observe them.
17 Kal. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 84d.)
Mandate to the same to admit Robert Passaleiwe, king's clerk, who has boldly opposed the king's enemies, to the church of Badingheam, he having been canonically presented to the legate, notwithstanding other benefices that he holds.
9 Kal. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 85.)
Indult to W. earl of Pembroke, the king's marshal, at the king's request, as a recognition of his services, not to be held responsible to anyone else so long as he is willing to do justice to complainants before the lord of the fee about things held in fee by him, the king's right being in all cases intact.
9 Kal. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 87d.)
Faculty to the bishop of Winchester to correct the excesses of his monks, notwithstanding their frivolous appeal. Intimation to him that a mandate is sent to the legate to enforce his sentences.
9 Kal. May.
St. Peter's Rome.
(f. 88.)
Mandate to Pandulph, bishop elect of Norwich, papal legate, to see that G. de Kauz, deacon, whose fidelity and diligence in the king's business are well known, and who has been absolved from his vow of pilgrimage to Jerusalem, sends four soldiers as his subsidy to the Holy Land, or gives the legate the amount necessary for their maintenance.
9 Kal. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 88.)
Indult to G. de Kauz, deacon, to hold the rectory of Camel in addition to that of All Saints, Wethmenes, which he has held since the council, and which he desires to retain.
Ibid. Mandate to Pandulph, bishop elect of Norwich, papal legate, to recall to the king's dominion, as it shall seem good to the regent and the king's counsellors, castles, demesne lands, and all other things belonging of right to the king, who, having taken the cross, is under the protection of the apostolic see.
9 Kal. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 88.)
Mandate to the same, on complaint by the king, to warn and compel prelates and chapters of churches in England to desist from proceeding to the election of pastors without the royal licence, contrary to right and custom.
The like with regard to the prelates and chapters of Ireland.
Ibid.
(f. 88d.)
Mandate to the chapters of cathedral churches in England and Wales to elect pastors who are faithful to the king and the Roman church, taking care to obey the monitions of the pope and the counsels of the legate, so that the king may sustain no injury.
The like to chapters of churches in Ireland.
5 Kal. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 88d.)
Mandate to S. archbishop of Canterbury, the bishop of Coventry, and the abbot of Fountains to examine and report on the life and miracles of Hugh, bishop of Lincoln. [Raynaldi, xx. 464.]
n.d.
(f. 91.)
Letter from the king of the French to the pope in answer to a letter urging him to prolong the truce with the king of England for the sake of the Holy Land and the Albigensian territory. He will do this unless he is obliged to defend himself against the king of England. Although the sons of King John have not the resources of their father, the king of France is unwilling to swear a truce, for he is of advanced age, and is obliged to observe his oath, while the sons of King John are under age, and therefore not so bound, so that he will cause his barons to swear the treaty, in number equal to those by whom the king of England shall cause it to be sworn.
6 Kal. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 91.)
Mandate to Pandulph, bishop elect of Norwich, papal legate, to denounce and publish in each diocese of England as invalid letters obtained about benefices collated by G. cardinal legate, unless full mention be made in them of the deprivation and collation made by him, as it appears that while many clerks were deprived for disobedience, and their benefices given to persons faithful to the king, many of them saying nothing of the cause for which they were deprived, got letters by fraud from Rome, by means of which they disturb the clerks who hold those benefices.
Non. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 91d.)
Mandate to the bishop of Salisbury and Pandulph, bishop elect of Norwich, papal legate, on the petition of the bishop of Winchester, to grant him a faculty to transfer a monastery of nuns from the centre of the city, where they are exposed to the observation and empty talk of passers by, to the church of St. Cross, which he will do at his own and the monastery's cost, and also to place secular canons in the monastery.
Non. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 91d.)
Mandate to Pandulph, bishop elect of Norwich, papal legate, on the intimation of the bishop of Winchester, to order that he and Geoffrey de Cautio, Robert de Clinthamp’ and John de Chin, his clerks and commensals, shall not be summoned by papal letters before any judge except the legate, they being constantly harassed by persons jealous of his fealty to the king, and brought by such letters before judges of whom they are suspicious, and in unsafe places, to the end that they may, through fear, leave their cause undefended, or be brought to a ruinous compromise.
6 Id. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 93.)
Letter of thanks to the king of France for having prolonged the truce with the king of England for four years beyond the term originally fixed. The pope begs him, since he will not himself swear to the truce, to take every precaution that it is kept, not doubting his sincerity, but to make him pay close attention to the terms. [Bouquet, xix. 684.]
3 Non. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 94.)
Indult to the bishop of Carlisle to revoke pensions in the churches of his diocese which have been created or increased contrary to the canons.
5 Id. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 94d.)
Mandate to S. cardinal archbishop of Canterbury, the bishop of Salisbury, and P. bishop elect of Norwich, papal legate, the elections of the archdeacon of Norwich and of Master R. de Eboraco, celebrated in the church of Ely (after R. and the proctors of the other party were examined before the pope), being cancelled, to assign to Master R. so much of the rents belonging to the episcopal income as he had before his election, to be received by him until he receive the equivalent in benefices from the bishop appointed by them.
n.d. Mandate to B. (sic) cardinal of St. John and St. Paul, papal legate [in France] to prevent Lewis, son of the king of France, from seizing the land of the king of England, Poitou and Gascony.
16 Kal. June.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 95.)
Confirmation, addressed to the bishop of Bath and his successors, with recapitulation of the composition made between him and the prior and convent of Glastonbury on the union of the churches of Bath and Glastonbury.
Kal. May.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 96d.)
Confirmation to the abbot and convent of St. Mary's, York, of their liberties, immunities, and customs.
12 Kal. June.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 98.)
Mandate to Pandulph, bishop elect of Norwich, papal legate, on the intimation of W. the marshal, earl of Pembroke, after examination had, to remove Master P. Malvicinus, canon of St. Patrick's, Dublin, of illegitimate birth, from the church of Ossory, of which the earl has the right of patronage. It appears that, during the voidance of that see, Master P. without a dispensation, attempted, in the hope first of election and then of postulation, to put himself into the church and minister in it, and that when he came with four canons to ask for confirmation from the archbishop of Dublin, he procured certain letters to be sealed with the seal of the chapter, by which, as far as he could, he bound the church in a sum of 500 marks, although the chapter had expressly forbidden any letters, except those of procuration, to be scaled. It is feared that there are others sealed, to the great injury of the church of Ossory, as the letters of archdeacon G. and official R., sent to the pope by the said marshal, fully declare.
8 Kal. June.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 100)
Indult to the convent of Glastonbury to retain for their own use during six years, for hospitality and alms, all churches of their advowson falling void, on condition that they appoint fit persons as vicars to be presented to the bishop, it appearing that their monastery suffers loss by the composition between them and the bishop of Bath, on the dissolution of the union.
5 Kal. June.
St. Peter's, Rome.
(f. 100d.)
Confirmation to the prior and convent of Glastonbury of the grant of pope Celestine that their abbots for the time being might use pontifical insignia and have licence to bless priestly vestments.
17 Kal. Aug.
Rieti.
(f. 110d.)
Mandate to Pandulph, bishop elect of Norwich, papal legate, to settle the dispute touching the election of G. canon of Ardfert, as bishop of that see, and to order the archbishop of Cashel to consercrate him. The bishops of Waterford, Emly and Limerick, if it appears that they consecrated John, a priest of the diocese of Limerick, intruded into the see by G. de Marisco, justiciary of Ireland, are to be suspended and sent to Rome. [Theiner, 10.]

4 Honorius III.

12 Kal. Sept.
Rieti.
(f. 124d.)
Mandate to the bishop elect of Norwich, papal legate, on petition of the bishop of Carlisle, to complete whatever may have been omitted, by reason of the sudden departure of G. late cardinal legate, in the division of the possessions and rents of the church between the bishop and the prior and chapter.
3 Id. Oct.
Viterbo.
(f. 132.)
Request to S. cardinal archbishop of Canterbury, to make provision as soon as may be for John, nephew of J. late archbishop of Lyons, in a prebend in his diocese; G. cardinal of St. Martin's, having while legate taken away the benefice which he had in the church of London.
Non. Nov.
Viterbo.
(f. 137.)
Faculty to Pandulph, bishop elect of Norwich, papal legate, to recall to the diocese of Norwich what the bishop of Chichester, when his official, alienated.
4 Kal. Nov.
Viterbo.
(f. 137.)
Mandate to the archbishop of Dublin, papal legate, to settle the cause of D. archdeacon of Killaloe, who was elected to that see, Robert Travers, nephew of G. de Marisco, justiciary of Ireland, having, as he stated, been subsequently consecrated thereto by the bishops of Waterford, Emly, and Limerick. [Theiner, 11.]
16 Kal. Dec.
Viterbo.
(f. 140.)
Concession to Pandulph, bishop elect of Norwich, papal legate, to convert to the payment of his debts for two years, so far as it can be done without scandal, the proceeds of non-conventual churches in his diocese and his manors in his gift.
2 Id. Nov.
Viterbo.
(f. 140d.)
Confirmation to the master and brethren of the order of Sempingham of their liberties, immunities, privileges, and indults, also, on their petition, that the next elected master should swear to observe the institutes of the blessed Gilbert, and should have the same jurisdiction that the late Roger, rector of the order, had; with other ordinances made by Gilbert, and confirmed by pope Alexander.
13 Kal. Dec.
Viterbo.
(f. 141d.)
Dispensation to Master Peter, canon of St. Patrick's, Dublin, of illegitimate birth, to be ordained and obtain ecclesiastical dignities, but not the bishopric of Ossory, to which he has been elected without papal dispensation.
5 Id. Nov.
Viterbo.
(f. 141d.)
Mandate to the bishop of Carlisle, and Pandulph, bishop elect of Norwich, papal legate, to warn and induce the prince of the Isles and others of that diocese to desist from hindering the bishop elected by the convent of Furnes on the death of N. bishop of the Isles, and presented for confirmation to his metropolitan the archbishop of Dublin, from obtaining possession of his bishopric, and to make satisfaction for injuries. [Theiner, 14.]
4 Id. Nov.
Viterbo.
(f. 142.)
Mandate to the cardinal archbishop of Canterbury, the bishop of Rochester, and Pandulph, bishop elect of Norwich, papal legate, on the personal representation of R., bishop of Lismore, to remove any unlawful holder of the see, to restore it, with fruits received, to the aforesaid bishop, and to summon R. bishop of Waterford, to answer before the pope for detention of the same. [Theiner, 12.]
2 Non. Dec.
Viterbo.
(f. 148.)
Release of the master and brethren of the order of Sempingham, from the cure of the church of St. Sixtus, Rome, on their petition brought by R. and V. canons and envoys of the order showing that they are not able to supply it sufficiently.
10 Kal. Oct.
Temple, London.
(f. 150d.)
Letter from Reginald, king of the Isles, to the pope. At the exhortation of Pandulph, papal legate, he has given to the pope his island of Man, and he binds himself and his heirs to hold it in fee from the Roman church, and to pay homage and fealty for it, paying yearly 12 marks in England at the abbey of Furnis, on the feast of the Purification. This gift the legate received on the part of the pope, and gave the island in fee to the king and his heirs, to be held in the name of the Roman church. The king of the Isles therefore informs the pope that at the mandate of the legate he has sworn to observe the aforesaid, and to give security for himself and his heirs and the men of the island; in testimony whereof he has caused these letters patent to be made. Witnesses: C. bishop of Bangor; Master M. official of Man; John, clerk; Ivo son [of] Hollwed: Master Ivo; Holanus, steward of the king of Man. He prays the pope to send him that privilege which is granted to other kings, tributaries, and vassals of the Roman church. There were present at this donation these members of the legate's household, Master Peter de Collemedio, papal chaplain; Master Ardingus of Pavia. papal subdeacon; Master Peter de Babutio: Master James, papal writer; priest Luke de Wytsand’, the legate's chaplain; Pandulph, the legate's nephew; the treasurer of Chichester; Master John de Venafro; Stephen. nephew of Stephen, cardinal of the basilica of the Twelve Apostles; Martin of Chichester, the legate's steward; Contradus, clerk of Gregory de Crescentio, cardinal of St. Theodore's; Rusticus and John de London, papal writers. [Theiner, 11.]
5 Id. Dec.
Viterbo.
(f. 153.)
Confirmation to R. the bishop and the chapter of Lismore, of a sentence pronounced by pope Innocent in the cause between T. bishop elect of Lismore, and R. bishop of Waterford. that Lismore is a cathedral church, it having been said by the bishop of Waterford that it is not. Order for the bishop elect to be consecrated by D. archbishop of Cashel. [Theiner, 13.]
7 Id. Dec.
Viterbo.
(f. 154.)
Mandate to Pandulph, bishop elect of Norwich, papal legate, to enquire and report to the pope touching information laid against the bishop of Glasgow, by Master William of the church of Glasgow, that, when chaplain of the king of Scotland, he gave 100 marks to Philip de Valon, the king's chamberlain and promised a much larger sum to the queen to procure his appointment to the see by the king, and that he gave 40 marks to Master Ralph Malovicinus, canon of Glasgow, to induce him to resign his prebend. [Theiner, 13.]
1220.
8 Kal. Feb.
Viterbo.
(f. 156d.)
Indult, on the testimony of S. cardinal archbishop of Canterbury, the bishops of Salisbury and Rochester, and cardinal Gualo, to R. de Nevillis, the king's vice-chancellor, to be ordained and promoted to church dignities, notwithstanding his illegitimacy. [Shirley's Royal Letters, i. 534.]
8 Kal. Mar.
Viterbo.
(f. 164.)
Mandate to the archdeacons of St. Andrews and Dunkeld, and Master John, canon of Dunkeld, to condemn the abbot and convent of St. Mary's, Dundraman, in the diocese of Whitehern, to repay to Nicolas, knight, the expenses incurred since the appeal, and to hear and decide the cause between him and the said monastery. [Theiner, 14.]
15 Kal. April.
Viterbo.
(f. 164d.)
Mandate to Pandulph, bishop elect of Norwich, papal legate, to examine the petition of the bishop of Bath, that, whereas he has been hitherto called bishop of Bath and Glastonbury, lest he seem to be lowered in rank (capite diminutus), he may have licence to style himself bishop of Bath and Wells. He states that the church of Wells is anciently, by apostolic privilege, a cathedral, although he has been unable to find the privilege in the register, and if it be found, on enquiry, that this is so, the legate is to grant to the bishop the desired faculty.
14 Kal. April.
Viterbo.
(f. 164d.)
Appointment of the bishop of Salisbury in place of the dean of Winchester, who is said to be ignorant of law, with the abbot and prior of Hyde (Ida), to examine the cause between Master Nicolas, rector of Treing, and E. de Falkenberg, of the diocese of Lincoln, about the said church. They are either to decide it, or to cause the parties to appear before the pope.
March.
London.
(f. 177d.)
Confirmation by H. king of England of the truce for four years between him and the king of France, sworn to on his part by the archbishop of Canterbury, the bishop of Winchester, H. de Burgo, justiciar of England, the earl of Warren, and the earl of Salisbury. [Fædera.]
5 Id. May.
Viterbo.
(f. 180.)
Letter to Pandulph, bishop elect of Norwich, papal legate, telling him, in answer to his question whether an archdeacon may hold also a benefice with cure of souls without dispensation, that a benefice to which is attached cure of souls requires personal residence, and that an archdeacon's business is to act as the eye of the bishop; the legate, therefore, can know of himself how to deal with such cases.
n.d.
(f. 183d.)
Clauses of the treaty of peace between Lewis and Henry, which the cardinal refused to confirm, unless the pope approved them; Lewis thereupon withdrew from the peace, because those on the part of the king of England had to beg confirmation of the peace from the legate, and also from the pope.
5 Id. May.
Viterbo.
(f. 186.)
Grant to Pandulph, bishop elect of Norwich, papal legate, on his petition, that he shall not be bound to pay the arrears of the twentieth, his church being in need of repair.
15 Kal. June.
Viterbo.
(f. 186.)
Mandate to the same to exact the money that certain archdeacon, deans, and others received from clerks suspended by Theobald de Valon, archdeacon of Essex, on the mandate of G. then cardinal legate, but did not pay over to the said cardinal.
5 Id. May.
Viterbo.
(f. 186.)
Mandate to the same to take care that the king is brought up by prudent and honest men, who will teach him to fear God and love his vassals.
5 Kal. June.
Viterbo.
(f. 186d.)
Licence to the same to convert, for two years, to the payment of his debts the proceeds of churches which may become void in his diocese and manors.
3 Kal. June.
Viterbo.
(f. 186d.)
Licence to the same to present clerks in his service to more than one benefice, the benefices in his gift, being few and of small value. The pope desires him to be circumspect in using this permission, so as not to afford matter for obloquy.
3 Kal. June.
Viterbo.
(f. 186d.)
Mandate to the same to proceed with prudence in matters about which frequent requests have been made to the pope on his part, as to royal castles, and the crusaders and barons of England, so that they may not complain of him to the pope, and that the barons may not take occasion to raise a disturbance that would be grievous to the king and dangerous to the realm.
7 Kal. June.
Viterbo.
(f. 187.)
Mandate to the same to compel the archbishops, bishops, and prelates of England, by spiritual and temporal constraint (districtione), to retire from the king's castles, manors, towns and other demesnes, and to make full satisfaction to him for fruits received since the war; they having taken these under the frivolous pretence of holding them until the king, comes of age, revelling while the king begs his bread. The king, as a crusader, a ward (pupillus), and orphan, is under the special protection of the apostolic see.
[Shirley, i. 535.]
3 Non. May.
Viterbo.
(f. 187.)
Mandate to the same to compel those who have taken crusaders’ vows to fulfil them.
3 Id. May.
Viterbo.
(f. 187d.)
Grant of protection to the abbot and convent of St. Thomas the Martyr [Aberbrothoc] in Scotland, and especially their churches of Tunfrede, Innerhugun, Aberdkendover, Hauetwisel, Muniforth, Abernithi, Strataten, Morians, Kerimur, the lands of Glaskete and Kendeldures, the lands between Heikar and Kaledon, the land of Baleisac, the wood of Trostauch, a silver mark yearly given by Fergus, earl of Bukam, and a silver mark and a half from the fishery of Hur. [Theiner, 15.]
15 Kal. June.
Viterbo.
(f. 187d.)
Inhibition, at the request of the same, to anyone to build without their consent, and that of the diocesan, any oratory or chapel within the limits of their parishes, the privileges of the Roman pontiffs being preserved.
[Liber S. Thomœ de Aberbrothoc.]
4 Non. June.
Viterbo.
(f. 187d.)
Mandate to the bishops of Salisbury and Ely to enquire and report to the pope touching the reported excesses of the bishop of Durbam, who is said to have been guilty of bloodshed, simony, adultery, sacrilege, rapine, perjury, and dilapidation, the oppression of clerks, orphans, poor, and religious, of interfering with (impedire) the wills of the dying, of detracting from (minuere) the king's rights, of taking part in divine officers though excommunicate, of never preaching, and of swearing that as long as he lived Durham should have no peace. A monk of Durham has complained that the bishop's servants dragged him out of a church and wounded him.
[Matt. Paris, iii. 62.]
Non. June.
Viterbo.
(f. 191d.)
Mandate to S. archbishop of Canterbury and his suffragans to extirpate a corrupt practice which prevails in England, whereby laymen lay hands on the property of clerks, whom they declare to be their debtors, and detain the same until they are paid, even though the clerks do not admit the debt.
The like to the archbishop of York and his suffragans.
1220.
6 Kal. July.
Orvieto.
(f. 196.)
Mandate to P. bishop elect of Norwich, papal legate, on the showing of Wala, cardinal of St. Martin's, to cause to be restored to the proctor of the said cardinal the church of Alteguis, which belonged to Peter de Valoniis, now knight, and which he, being then excommunicated by the pope and deprived of his benefices, resigned into the hands of the said cardinal (when he wished to become a knight) to give it to his nephew; but the legate gave it to Luke, a chaplain, who, on a reclamation being made by those to whom the cardinal had given it, violently entered on it, took away corn and other goods of the church and consumed them: satisfaction is to be made of all appurtenances and of the said corn.
2 Non. July.
Orvieto.
(f. 196d.)
Mandate to the archbishop of Dublin to meddle no more with the office of legate now that peace is made between England and Ireland. [Theiner, 15.]
Notifications of the same to the archbishops of Cashel, Armagh, and Tuam, and their suffragans.
5 Id. July.
Orvieto.
(f. 200d.)
Mandate to the abbots of Kyrkestede, Bardeney, and Barlings, in the diocese of Lincoln, on the signification of Master R. de Gravel, rector of Wainfeld, to proceed in the cause between him and the abbot and convent of St. Eadmunds, in the diocese of Norwich, about a chapel belonging to his church, and other matters, according to the tenor of apostolic letters already sent, but which, as the thread was by chance detached from the bulla, they declined to acknowledge. [Manrique, Ann, Cisterc. iv. 186.]
6 Id. July.
Orvieto.
(f. 201d.)
Confirmation to Hugh, priest, proctor of the Hospitallers of the house of Smethefeld, and his brethren, present and future, of certain specified possessions, privileges, and immunities.
6 Id. July.
Orvieto.
(f. 202d.)
Confirmation to the abbot of Abbendon and his brethren, present and future, of certain specified possessions, privileges, and immunities.
8 Id. July.
Viterbo.
(f. 209d.)
Mandate to P. bishop elect of Norwich, papal legate, to permit no one to molest the master and brethren of Sempingham in their privileges and indults.