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1353.
6 Id. Jan.
Avignon.
(f. 3.) |
To all prelates, secular and regular. Safe-conduct for Bertrand de Aragonia, the pope's serjeant-at-arms, bearing to England the letter announcing his accession. |
Ibid.
(f. 6d.) |
To three persons beneficed abroad. Mandate to provide the said Bertrand with 2 florins a day for his expenses. |
Non. Jan.
Avignon.
(f. 11d.) |
To Edward, king of England. Exhorting him to dispose himself to make peace with John, king of France. |
Ibid.
(f. 12d.) |
To the same. Exhorting him to liberate Charles, duke of Brittany, who will be of great service in promoting peace between him and the king of France. |
Ibid.
(f. 13.) |
To queen Isabella. Requesting her to use her influence with king Edward for the liberation of Charles, duke of Brittany. |
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Ibid. |
To Philippa, queen of England; Edward, prince of Wales; Henry, duke of Lancaster; John (Richard), earl of Arundel; Bartholomew de Burghersh; the earl of Stafford; the earl of Huntingdon; Guy de Briane, knight; Walter de Magniaco, knight; and the archbishop of York. The like. |
6 Id. Jan.
Avignon.
(f. 13d.) |
To Charles, duke of Brittany. Informing him that he has interceded with king Edward and others for his liberation. |
Non. Jan.
Avignon.
(f. 15d.) |
To Hugh Pelegrini, papal nuncio in England, Ireland, and Wales. Continuing the commission entrusted to him by Clement VI. [Theiner, 301.] |
7 Kal. Feb.
Avignon.
(f. 22d.) |
To Henry, duke of Lancaster. Desiring him to co operate with Guy, bishop of Porto, with whom he has spoken in France, in fostering peace between the kings of France and England. |
17 Kal. April.
Avignon.
(f. 66.) |
To Hugh Pelegrini, treasurer of Lichfield, papal nuncio. Mandate to pay over all sums collected by him for the papal camera to Anthony and Guy Malabaila, merchants of Asti, who have power to give him acquittance for the same.
[Theiner, 303.] |
Ibid.
(f. 66d.) |
To William de Grenlau, dean of Glasgow, papal nuncio. The like. [Theiner, 304.] |
5 Kal. May.
Villeneuve by Avignon.
(f. 88.) |
To king Edward. Requesting him to receive with favour Thomas, bishop of St. Davids, who is about to betake himself to that see. |
Kal. May.
Villeneuve by Avignon.
(f. 88.) |
To Guy, bishop of Porto. Requesting him to give a safeconduct to Gilbert, bishop of Carlisle, who is returning through France to his see. |
4 Kal. May.
Villeneuve by Avignon.
(f. 88d.) |
To Simon (John), archbishop of York. Requesting him to continue his labours, of which the pope has heard from the bishop of Porto, in fostering peace between the kings of France and England. |
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Ibid. |
To William, bishop of Norwich; Henry, duke of Lancaster; Richard, earl of Arundel. The like. |
Kal. May.
Villeueuve by Avignon.
(f. 89d.) |
Prorogation of the term after which the excommunication of king Edward and his servants shall take effect, unless they restore the benefices of cardinals in England, to the next feast of the Assumption. |
1352.
3 Kal. Jan.
Avignon.
(f. 103.) |
To William Grenlau, dean of Glasgow, papal nuncio. Mandate to collect sums due to the papal. camera for the last two years according to the ordinances of Clement VI. regarding void benefices. |
1353.
4 Kal. June.
Villeneuve by Avignon.
(f. 119.) |
To the seneschal of Gascony for king Edward. Requesting him to liberate the hostages given by John, abbot of Bassac, as security for payment of 200 crowns to those who have seized the relics and other sacred things, vestments and jewels of the said monastery and have burned the town of Bassiac, in the diocese of Saintes, and to free the abbot from the said obligation. |
4 Id. June.
Villeneuve by Avignon.
(f. 122d.) |
To Guy, bishop of Porto. Desiring him to inform and direct Master Raimund Pelegrini, canon of London, papal chaplain and nuncio, bearer of these presents, whom the pope has sent to foster peace between the kings of France and England, according to the memorial sent herewith. |
1352.
3 Kal. Jan.
Avignon.
(f. 125d.) |
To William de Grenlau, dean of Glasgow, papal nuncio. Appointing him nuncio in Scotland, with power and faculty to exact and receive all sums due from ecclesiastics secular and regular, touching the papal camera and the Roman church.
[Theiner, 300.] |
1353.
3 Id. July.
Villeneuve by Avignon.
(f. 129d.) |
To John, king of France. Exhorting him to dispose himself to make peace with the king of England, about which negotiations have been carried on by Guy, bishop of Porto, and Henry, duke of Lancaster, and praying him to give credit to Master Raimund Pelegrini, canon of London, bearer of these presents who has been sent because of the delay in the proceedings, and because the truce lately begun is for too short a time. |
Ibid.
(f. 130d.) |
To Joan, queen of France. Requesting her to give credit to the said Master Raimund. |
Ibid.
(f. 131.) |
To Charles, king of Navarre; Peter, archbishop of Rouen; and other French nobles. |
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Ibid. |
Memorial of Master Raimund Pelegrini, according to which he will promote the negotiations for peace between the kings of France and England, as commissioned by the pope: — |
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1. While in France he will first go to and follow the counsel of cardinal Guy de Boulogne [afterwards bishop of Porto]. |
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2. He will then go to the king and set forth to him how the pope, before his promotion, desired to promote the said peace, as did and does also the college of cardinals. |
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3. The pope intended to send solemn nuncios to the two kings, but reflecting that the cardinal of Bolougne, after conferring with Henry, duke of Lancaster, had obtained that the envoys of both should meet and join him in the negotiation, and trusting that the desired end may be reached by his good services, he desisted from sending the said nuncios. |
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4. The pope, being distressed at hearing that the negotiation, in spite of the diligence of the cardinal, has been so prolonged, and that the envoys of king Edward did not come to the last meeting, has accordingly sent Master Raymund. |
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5. Master Raymond will not mention to king Edward, in telling him the above, that his envoys did not come to the last meeting, only that no agreement has been made within the time. |
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6. Master Raymund will therefore feel his way cautiously with the said kings and others as to whether it will please them that the pope should commission the said cardinal Guy de Boulogne, or other nuncios, or what the English wish to be done, seeing that the pope will omit nothing in his power to bring about the desired end. |
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7. Although the pope is informed that the truce between the said kings is to last until the feast of St. Martin, since some say that it is to last until Easter, Master Raymund will
procure its prolongation if it is fixed for St. Martin's, until the next following feast of St. John Baptist, so that the peace may meanwhile be negotiated; but if it is fixed for Easter, then nothing is to be said about the prolongation unless the cardinal of Boulogne sees fit. |
Non. July.
Villeneuve by
Avignon.
(f. 132d.) |
To all prelates, secular and regular, in England. Mandate to receive and assist Master Raymund Pelegrini on his mission, and to furnish him with 6 gold florins a day. |
Ibid.
(f. 133.) |
To the same in France. The like, substituting 4
florins for 6. |
4 Id. July.
Villeneuve by
Avignon.
(f. 133.) |
To king Edward. Exhorting him to make peace with the king of France, to which end Guy, bishop of Porto, has conferred with Henry, duke of Lancaster. The pope is grieved that the envoys did not come to terms at the last meeting, and that the truce is to last so short a time. The pope is sending Master Raymund Pelegrini, the bearer of these presents, and prays the king to give full credence to him. |
Ibid.
(f. 134d.) |
To John, bishop of Rochester. Exhorting him to assist Master Raymund in his mission. |
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Ibid. |
To Henry (Richard), earl of Arundel, and Ralph, earl of Stafford. The like. |
4. Non. Aug.
Villeneuve by
Avignon.
(f. 145.) |
To John, king of France. Exhorting him to send envoys to the apostolic see to treat touching peace with those of king Edward, the negotiations begun by Guy, bishop of Porto, having been frustrated, the said bishop will inform him further. |
Ibid.
(f. 145d.) |
To Guy, bishop of Porto. After the departure of Master Raymund, the archdeacon of Huntingdon, king Edward's envoy, came to ask for an answer to the matters previously laid before the pope by the king's confessor. The pope replied that although immediately after the confessor's departure, he sent Androinus, abbot of Cluny, to the king of France and to cardinal Guy, touching the said matters, he had not yet had an answer from king John, and that the archdeacon ought not to be, and that the pope was not, surprised if the said king did not, at the will of his adversary, give way touching the matters laid before the pope by the said confessor, nor was the pope surprised that the king of France had not replied to him, since enough time had not yet elapsed since the departure of the confessor. |
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The pope, conferring with the archdeacon touching the reformation of peace, and telling him of the mission of Master Raymund, the archdeacon, among many other things, said, as indeed has been written from England, that king Edward, thinking the king of France was dearer to the cardinal than he was, would not suffer the negotiation to be carried on before him. In reply to this the pope said to the archdeacon that the cardinal was above suspicion, which the archdeacon admitted, but added that king Edward would certainly not change his
mind about the matter. The pope thereupon consulted with some cardinals, and with Charles de Ispania, count of Angoulême, constable of France, and it was determined to request the said kings to send envoys to the pope, whose letters to that effect are enclosed. |
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As the cardinal will have learned from his intercourse with with them how suspicious the English are, and how difficult the conduct of the business is, he is prayed to induce the king of France to consent to the sending envoys, and to signify the same, and the time when the envoys are likely to be at Avignon, to Master Raymund, or the said archdeacon, or to Henry, duke of Lancaster, by the bearer of these presents, and to send the pope's letters to Master Raymund, so that he may obtain the like consent from king Edward. |
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As the negotiation will take time, the truce should be prolonged, and it is proposed that on the part of the two kings there should be a meeting between Guines and Calais of representatives, who would agree that the truce should last for one or two years from the limit already fixed. The cardinal is desired to urge the king of France to assent to this, and to signify what he has done to Master Raymund, who has the pope's mandate to obtain the like assent from king Edward. The pope has written at this length, but not as imposing on him a law, seeing that the cardinal's experience will be a sufficient guide in the business. A copy of the pope's letters to Master Raymund is enclosed. |
Ibid.
(f. 147.) |
To king Edward. The pope has received the archdeacon of Huntingdon with benignity, and has verbally replied to him what he will convey to the king. As the failure of the mediation of Guy, bishop of Porto, has frustrated the pope's hope touching the reformation of peace between him and the king of France, the pope prays him to send envoys to the apostolic see, who, together with those of the king of France, may negotiate a peace. And as the negotiation may be prolonged it is suggested that some representatives of the two kings should meet between Guines and Calais, and agree that the truce should last for one or two years from the limit already fixed: The pope is writing to Master Raymund, who will further explain to the king the mind of his Holiness. |
Ibid.
(f. 148.) |
To Master Raymund Pelegrini, canon of London, papal chaplain and nuncio. The archdeacon of Huntingdon, king Edward's envoy, has laid certain matters before the pope, to which a verbal answer has been given; and as it is probable that until the archdeacon returns, Master Raymund will not be able to have an answer touching the business on which he has been sent, the archdeacon's return has been hastened. For the furtherance of the negotiation the pope wishes envoys to be sent to him by the two kings, and the truce to be continued, and is writing to them, and to Guy, bishop of Porto, to this effect which also Master Raymund is ordered to promote, and to obey
the orders which the bishop of Porto will write to him. Copies of the pope's letters to the said bishop and to the king of England are enclosed. |
Id. Sept.
Villeneuve by
Avignon.
(f. 184.) |
To David, king of Scotland. Recommending to him William de Grenlau, dean of Glasgow, papal nuncio, bearer of these presents. |
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Ibid. |
To the bishops of St. Andrews, Glasgow, Moray, and Aberdeen, and to the council of king David. The like, mutatis mutandis. [Theiner, 304.] |
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Ibid. |
To William de Grenlau, dean of Glasgow, papal nuncio. Mandate to betake himself to Scotland, where he has been appointed nuncio, on business of the pope and the Roman church. |
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Ibid. |
To all prelates, secular and regular. Safe-conduct for the said nuncio. |
1352.
3. Kal. Jan.
Avignon.
(f. 243d.) |
To William de Grenlau (as above). Appointing him papal nuncio in Scotland. [Theiner, 300.] |
