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Id. Jan. Avignon. (f. 114d.) |
To Edward, king of England, along with the emperor Charles and other kings. Recommending to him John, abbot of Citeaux, who is sent on business for the pope, the Roman church, and the Cistercian order, and will pass through his territory. [Eodem modo.] |
Ibid. |
To Robert, king of Scotland. Recommending to him the same, and the abbot of Clairvaux. [Eodem modo.] |
7 Kal. Feb. Avignon. (f. 120d.) |
To John Acuti (Hawkwood) and three other captains for the pope and the Roman church. Mandate to execute with diligence the pope's intention as contained in the secret letters enclosed. |
Ibid. |
To each of the abbots of St. Syrus, Genoa, (S. Ciri; Siri in Rubrice), and St. John the Evangelist, Ravenna. Mandate to send an envoy with the above letters and to take care that they be delivered. |
16 Kal. April. Avignon. (f. 142.) |
To Edward, king of England. Requesting him to impose perpetual silence on Richard de Derby, who under pretext of a royal grant claims the canonry and prebend of York, which the late William de Sancto Martiali, licentiate of civil law, brother of Hugh, cardinal of St. Mary's in Porticu, held for twelve years by papal collation, and which since his death has been held by the said cardinal Hugh for another twelve years. The king may give full credence to the dean of London and the bishop of Rochester (Besensi for Roffensi) touching the matter. [See f. 341.] |
Ibid. (f. 142d.) |
To Richard, earl of Arundel. Requesting him to use his influence with the king touching the same matter. |
12 Kal. April. Avignon. (f. 142d.) |
To Peter, cardinal of St. Mary's in Trastevere, vicar-general in lands of the Roman church. Mandate to assign to Enguerrand, lord of Coucy (Couciaco), count of Soissons, captain of forces of the Roman church in Lombardy, fifty lances, with the pay usual in those parts, by which is not to be understood the pay which was given to the English in order to withdraw them from the service of the pope's enemies. |
5 Id. April. Avignon. (f. 149d.) |
To Philip, duke of Burgundy. Desiring him to give a safeconduct through his lands to Simon, cardinal of St. Sixtus, who is shortly to return to the pope. |
Ibid. (f. 150.) |
To Wenceslaus, duke of Brabant; to Amadeus, count of Savoy; to the archbishop of Cologne; to the bishops of Liège, Basle, and Augsburg; to [Charles de Bouville] governor of the dauphiny of Vienne, and to another named. The like. |
18 Kal. May. Avignon. (f. 152.) |
To Simon, cardinal of St. Sixtus. Mandate, at his own desire, to return without delay to the pope, the parties to whom he was sent having refused to acquiesce in the sound counsels of himself and cardinal John. |
Ibid. |
To John, cardinal of Sancti Quatuor Coronati. The like, mutatis mutandis. |
16 Kal. May. Avignon. (f. 152d.) |
To the archbishop of Treves. As above, to Philip, duke of Burgundy. |
3 Id. May. Avignon. (f. 160.) |
To Edward, king of England. The pope has received his letters praying him to postpone, until the arrival of the envoys whom the king proposes to send before the feast of St. John Baptist, the appearance and the processes of John, bishop of Lincoln, and certain royal justiciars, cited to the papal court. Although citations do not emanate from the papal court without very mature information, and although many ecclesiastics of the realm rebel against the pope's orders, especially those touching the bestowal, even upon cardinals of the holy Roman church, of canonries and prebends and benefices, and those
touching the subsidy asked for against Barnabas and Galeatius de Vicecomitibus (Visconti), of Milan, and although they prevent the pope's letters concerning the same from reaching England, nevertheless the pope suspends the citations until the first of July next, and desires him not to favour rebellious ecclesiastics, and to liberate a Carmelite friar who has been arrested by royal officers whilst carrying papal letters touching the subsidy. |
Ibid. (f. 161.) |
To Edward, prince of Aquitaine and Wales. Requesting him to use his influence with the king touching the same matters, and to induce rebellious ecclesiastics to pay the subsidy. |
Ibid. |
To John, duke of Lancaster. The like. |
Ibid. (f. 161d.) |
To John, bishop of Lincoln. Informing him of the abovementioned suspension, with mandate to restore to the master of Sempringham the rights and goods of which the bishop has despoiled him. Otherwise the pope will compel him, in such a way as will be an example to others. |
Ibid. |
To Simon, cardinal of St. Sixtus, papal nuncio. Mandate to urge the king by letters to listen favourably to the pope's requests touching the subsidy, and the liberation of the Carmelite friar. |
7 Id. June. Pont de Sorgues. (f. 175.) |
To John Brez (Brise), knight, marshal of the English force in Italy for the Roman church. Commending him for his exertions against the sons of iniquity, Barnabas and Galeatius de Vicecomitibus (Visconti), of Milan, and desiring him to repair at once with his men to Amadeus, count of Savoy, and to give full credence to Peter de Murlis, donsel, member of the papal household. |
Ibid. |
To Thomelinus de Bellomonte, donsel, marshal of the English force. The like. |
Ibid. |
To John Acuti (Hawkwood), knight, captain of the English force. The like. [Leader & Marcotti, p. 321.] |
Ibid. |
To John Tourneberi (Thornbury) knight, marshal of the English force. The like. |
4 Id. June. Pont de Sorgues. (f. 178.) |
To Peter, cardinal of St. Mary's in Trastevere, vicar-general in lands of Italy for the pope and the Roman church. Mandate to assign to John Haukewod, knight, captain of the English forces in the pay of the pope and the Roman church, for his residence, and to his heirs for ever, a certain hospital in the city of Bologna, if it be in the pope's gift; the same having been conferred on the said John for a certain time by Bernard bishop of Bologna, treasurer-general in those parts for the pope and the Roman church. |
4 Non. July. Avignon. (f. 188d.) |
To William Martedonis of England, donsel, captain of forces in Italy. Commending him, along with twelve other captains, for his exertions against the aforesaid enemies, and desiring him to give full credence to Hugh de Ruppe (la Roche), knight. |
Ibid. |
To John Tourneberi (Thornbury), knight, marshal of the English force in Italy. The like; with promise to compensate his services by fitting honours. |
Ibid. |
To John Brez (Brise), knight, marshal of the English force in Italy. The like. |
Ibid. (f. 184.) |
To Thomelinus de Bellomonte, knight, marshal of the English force in Italy. The like. |
Ibid. |
To John Acuti (Hawkwood), knight, captain of the English force in Italy, in the pay of the pope and the Roman church. The pope is surprised that, although John fights in battle like a champion (pugil) of the church and mighty man of valour, yet the son of Belial, Barnabas, has hitherto lost no city, fortress, or territory. The pope exhorts him to arise in his strength against those sons of perdition, Barnabas and Galeatius, and to do something notable. Full credence may be given to Hugh de Rupe, knight, master of the papal household. [Leader & Marcotti, p. 323.] |
2 Kal. Sept. Villeneuve by Avignon. (f. 206d.) |
To Charles, king of the French. Desiring him to order his officials in Dauphiny to liberate certain Hospitallers on their way to the pope, and also Ughtred (Autredus), a Benedictine, S.T.M. and John Loudham, clerk, ambassadors of king Edward to the pope, with their attendants and goods; as also William Burton, knight, and John Schepeye, D.C.L. ambassadors of the said king, who are now at Chambéry. [See f. 219.] |
Ibid. (f. 207.) |
To John, cardinal of Sancti Quatuor Coronati, at Paris. Mandate to insist with the king of France touching the same matter. |
Ibid. (f. 207d.) |
To Nicholas de Veris, canon of Paris, papal chaplain. The like. |
Id. Sept. Villeneuve by Avignon. (f. 212d.) |
To John, cardinal of Sancti Quatnor Coronati, papal nuncio. Mandate to assist Pileus, archbishop of Ravenna, and William, bishop of Carpentras, papal nuncios, in making peace between the kings of France and England. |
15 Kal. Oct. Villeneuve by Avignon. (f. 215.) |
To Charles, king of the French. Urging him to make peace with the king of England; to which end the pope has sent to him, to king Edward, and to John, duke of Lancaster, the abovenamed nuncios, to whom full credence may be given. |
Ibid. (f. 215d.) |
To Edward, king of England. The like, mutatis mutandis. |
13 Kal. Oct. Villeneuve by Avignon. (f. 215d.) |
To Charles, king of the French. Desiring him to order the release of Reynhard de Strel[is], baron of the land of Lausitz (terre Luzatie), who on his way to the pope has been arrested at Lyons as an Englishman, although he is said to be a councillor and vassal of the emperor Charles. |
Ibid. (f. 216.) |
To the commune of the city of Lyons and two others named. Desiring them to procure the release of the same. |
13 Kal. Oct. Villeneuve by Avignon. (f. 216.) |
To [Thomas de Felton] seneschal of Bordeaux. Requesting him to restore to Arnold Bernardi Ebrardi, preceptor of the Hospitallers at Bordeaux, falsely accused of rebellion against king Edward, the temporalities seized and held by him in the royal name. |
Ibid. |
To [Robert de Wykford] constable of Bordeaux. The like. |
12 Kal. Oct. Villeneuve by Avignon. (f. 216d.) |
To Philip, duke of Burgundy. Urging him to make peace with the English, and to give credence to the papal nuncios. |
Ibid. (f. 217.) |
To Edward, prince of Wales. The like, mutatis mutandis. |
Ibid. |
To John, duke of Berry. Desiring him to give credence to the nuncios, and to use his influence with the king of France in favour of their mission. |
Ibid. (ff. 217d, 218.) |
To nobles and prelates in France and England, and among them to [Thomas] earl of Warwick; to Richard [le Scrope], chief treasurer of England; to [Henry] lord de Percy; to William de Latimer; to William, earl of Salisbury; to Guy de Brien, knight, of St. Davids; to Edmund, earl of Cambridge; to [Richard] earl of Arundel. The like, mutatis mutandis. |
Ibid. (f. 218.) |
To William, bishop of Worcester; to ‘John, bishop of Bath; to William, bishop of Bath. Mandate to the like effect. [The names John and William, bishop of Bath, occur on consecutive lines. The name John was at first omitted, and afterwards inserted above the line.] |
7 Kal. Oct. Villenenve by Avignon. (f. 219.) |
To the bishop of Arezzo, papal nuncio. Mandate to procure safe-conduct, if they request it, for William Burton, knight, and Master John Schepeye, D.C.L. king Edward's ambassadors to the Roman court, together with Robert de Affion, donsel, papal serjeant-at-arms, who is being sent by the pope to the said ambassadors. [See ff. 206d. and 303.] |
Ibid. (f. 219d.) |
To Nicholas Spinello, knight, seneschal of Provence, member of the papal household; to [Bona] countess of Savoy; and to Peter Gerbasii (Gerbais), treasurer of Amadeus, count of Savoy. The like request. |
2 Kal. Oct. Villeneuve by Avignon. (f. 221.) |
To [Charles de Bouville] governor and to the council of Dauphiny. The like. |
8 Kal. Nov. Avignon. (f. 228d.) |
To [Hugh] earl of Stafford. Requesting him, if he chance to pass that way, to cause his forces to abstain from injuring the college founded by the late Hugh, cardinal of St. Laurence's in Damaso, the pope's uncle, at St. Germain de Maseré, in the diocese of Limoges. [See Reg. cclxiii. f. 30.] |
Ibid. (ff. 228d, 229.) |
To [Thomas] earl of Warwick; to [William] lord de Bardolf; to Hugh de Cortenay, knight; to [Ralph] lord de Bassett; to Hugh de Calveley, knight; to Walter Huet, knight; to [Thomas] earl of Kent; to [William] earl of Suffolk; to the lord de Grey; to [Robert] lord de Ros; to John, duke of Lancaster; and three others named. The like. |
7 Kal. Nov. Avignon. (f. 229d.) |
To the seneschal of Beaucaire or his lieutenant. Desiring him to retain in his hands, until he receives instructions from the king of France and the duke of Anjou, his prisoner, John Abbevile, clerk of the parts of England, accused at the Roman court of many enormities. The pope is writing to the said king and duke to request the surrender to him of the said John as an ecclesiastical person. |
Id. Nov. Avignon. (f. 234.) |
To John, duke of Lancaster. Commending to him the Benedictine monastery of Chaise Dieu (Case Dei), in the diocese of Clermont. |
7 Id. Dec. Avignon. (f. 241.) |
To John, duke of Lancaster. Requesting him to grant safe-conduct through his forces to William de Bossaco, the elder, donsel, of the diocese of Tulle, member of the pope's household, and others, who, with their wives and attendants and twenty horses (equitaturis), are coming to the Roman court. |
Ibid. |
To [Edward le] Dispenser, captain of English forces in Aquitaine, Hugh de Carvallay (Calveley), and others named. The like. |
12 Kal. Jan. Avignon. (f. 245d.) |
To Edward, king of England. The pope has received John, bishop of Bangor; Ultred (Ughtred), a Benedictine, S.T.M.;
John Scepey, clerk, D.C.L.; and William Burton, knight, and their letters of credence. The pope recites what the ambassadors have set forth, using their words, touching (1) the presentation to prebends and other benefices pertaining to bishoprics and abbeys and other religious houses, which become void whilst the temporalities of such bishoprics and houses are in the king's hands; (2) the presentation to dignities and benefices in the gift of the crown by virtue of the king's prerogative (ex prerogutiva tue regalie); (3) appeals to the apostolic see in suits duly terminated in the king's court respecting such benefices; (4) citations which on account of the wars cannot be obeyed; (5) reservations and provisions to the prejudice of the rights of patronage, from which the pope is requested in future to abstain; (6) the subsidy, which he is prayed to postpone until the wars cease. Although the pope marvels greatly, he has caused certain articles of concord to be prepared, which are enclosed in these presents, and which the king is prayed to accept [See Reg. cclxxxv. f. 167]. As to the subsidy, although it is notorious that neither the pope's letters nor his nuncios are permitted to enter the realm, nevertheless he has granted a delay until next Easter, and even a month after; desiring the king to induce the clergy to pay, and not to favour them in their rebellion. Touching other matters laid before the pope by the said ambassadors a verbal answer has been given. [See also Reg.cclxv. f. 100d. and cclxxxvi. f. 296.] |
1373. 5 Kal. Jan. Avignon. (f. 247.) |
To John, duke of Lancaster. Recommending to him Nicholas de Belloforti, knight, lord of Limeuil (Limolio), the pope's brother, governor of the territory of Caumont (Cavomonte), and praying him to restore to him the castle of Samazan, in the diocese of Bazas, which belongs to the said territory, and which is said to have been taken by Thomas de Felton, seneschal of Bordeaux. |