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1425.
6 Kal. April.
SS. Apostoli, Rome.
(f. 23d.) |
To all faithful. Relaxation of two years and two quarantines of enjoined penance to penitents who on the feast of the Exaltation of Holy Cross visit and give alms for the repair of the parish church of Berghstede in the diocese of Canterbury, to which on the feasts of the Invention and Exaltation of Holy Cross a great multitude resorts, and in which is a representation (ymago) of the Crucifixion. Licet is. |
1425.
5 Kal. July.
SS. Apostoli, Rome.
(f. 30.) |
To John Wer, rector of Lyne in the diocese of Glasgow, bachelor of canon law. Dispensation as below. The pope lately [above, p. 101] made provision to him of a canonry of Glasgow with reservation of a prebend and dignity etc., and of a benefice with or without cure, wont to be assigned to secular clerks, even if a dignity etc., in the gift of the bishop and the prior and chapter of St. Andrews, dispensing him to hold for seven years with Lyne such dignity etc., with the usual condition of exchanging meanwhile, or after the said period resigning Lyne. The pope hereby annuls the said letters as far as regards the said dispensation only, and dispenses him, who is a priest and is by both parents of noble and royal race, to hold for life with the said church one such dignity etc. which he shall obtain by virtue of the said letters, or any other benefice with cure or otherwise incompatible with his said church, and to resign both, simply or for exchange, as often as he wishes. Nobilitas generis, litterarum etc. |
2 Kal. July.
SS. Apostoli, Rome.
(f. 43d.) |
To Edward Trevor, archdeacon of St. Asaph, B.C.L. Prolongation as below. The pope lately dispensed him to hold for five years with the said archdeaconry, a non-major dignity, even if it had cure, any other benefice with cure or otherwise incompatible, with the condition of resigning the archdeaconry if he did not meanwhile make the usual exchange. At his recent petition, containing that after the said dispensation he obtained by collation of the ordinary the parish church of Llandrunio in the diocese of St. Asaph, and is holding it with the said archdeaconry, value not exceeding 40 and 60 marks respectively, the pope prolongs by seven years the said period of five, which is about to expire. After the said seven years Edward, who says that he is by both parents of a great noble race, is to resign the archdeaconry. Nobilitas generis, litterarum etc. |
2 Id. May.
SS. Apostoli, Rome.
(f. 54.) |
To the abbot of St. Mary's, Roche (de Rupe), in the diocese of York. Mandate to dispense William Wadeloue and Alice Wynk, daughter of the late Adam Wynk, of the diocese of York, to recontract and remain in the marriage which they formerly contracted, publicly and before the church, with banns published after the manner of the country, in ignorance of an impediment of spiritual relationship arising from the fact that the late John Wadeloue, William's father, was godfather at Alice's baptism. Offspring, past and present, is to be decreed legitimate. Oblate nobis. |
5 Id. March.
SS. Apostoli, Rome.
(f. 54d.) |
To John Cambel, canon of Argyll, licentiate of canon law. Dispensation to him (who formerly received papal dispensation, as the son of a nobleman, a subdeacon, and an unmarried woman, to be promoted to all, even holy orders and hold two compatible benefices with or without cure, after which he had himself promoted to minor orders and the subdiaconate, and obtained the canonry and prebend of St. Modanus de Glendorgeoll in Argyll and the parish church Trium fratrum in the diocese of Argyll; who is also a B.C.L., and became a licentiate of canon law by examination, and still holds the said canonry and prebend and church, value together not exceeding 32 marks of old sterlings) to hold four other benefices with or without cure, compatible with one another and with the said church, and to resign, simply or for exchange, and hold six compatible benefices. Litterarum sciencia, vite etc. |
Id. May.
SS. Apostoli, Rome.
(f. 56.) |
To Nicholas Wymbyssch, rector of Hampslape in the diocese of Lincoln. Dispensation to him (who is of noble birth, and holds, besides the said church, the canonry and prebend of Saltham (sic) in Chichester, and the poor hospital of St. Leonard, Stoke near Newerk, in the diocese of York, value not exceeding 60l., 10l. and 60l. respectively) to hold together with the said church any other benefice with cure or otherwise incompatible for two years, after which, if he has not made the usual exchange, he is to resign the said church. Nobilitas generis, vite etc. |
10 Kal. June.
SS. Apostoli, Rome.
(f. 90.) |
To the parishioners of the church of Ryngwode in the diocese of Winchester. Grant at their petition—containing that in accordance with the custom introduced in the realm of old they have to provide, at their expense, for the fabric and buildings of the said church and for its repair, and that they have no box (truncus seu capsa) in which to receive the money offerings of the faithful for the said work—to have such a box in the nave of the church, with locks, and to shut and open it whenever it seems good, and take money out of it for the above purpose; saving the right of the rector. Sincere deuocionis affectus. |
2 Kal. July.
SS. Apostoli, Rome.
(f. 93d.) |
To the bishop of Exeter. Mandate to dispense Thomas Menewyrnek alias Copping', scholar, of his diocese, the son of an unmarried man and an unmarried woman, to be promoted to all, even holy orders and hold four compatible benefices with or without cure, and to resign them, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases. Ex parte dilecti filii. |
9 Kal. April.
SS. Apostoli, Rome.
(f. 97d.) |
To the bishop of Lichfield. Mandate to dispense Richard Radclyf, knight, and Margaret, noblewoman, relict of Thomas de Staveley, donsel, of his diocese, to marry notwithstanding that they are related in the third degree of affinity, because the said Richard and Thomas were related in the double third degree of kindred. Oblate nobis. |
1424.
5 Kal. Jan.
SS. Apostoli, Rome.
(f. 155d.) |
To Philip Courtenay, donsel, and Elizabeth Hungereford, damsel, of the diocese of Bath and Wells. Confirmation of the dispensation granted to them by Henry, bishop of Winchester (to whom the pope lately granted, inter alia, faculty to dispense thirty persons of both sexes in the realm or other dominions of the king of England, to marry persons related to them in the third or more remote degree of kindred), to marry, notwithstanding that they were related in the third and fourth degree of kindred, in virtue of which dispensation they have been married. Sincere deuocionis affectus. |
1425.
3 Id. June.
SS. Apostoli, Rome.
(f. 192d.) |
To Robert Frend', canon of Houeden in the diocese of York. Declaration, as below. It was recently set forth by him to the pope that after he, then a subdeacon, had received indult by authority of the ordinary not to be bound, for a certain number of years, then expressed, whilst studying letters at an university, to be ordained priest on account of his parish church of Waltham in Lyndesay in the diocese of Lincoln, of the patronage of laymen, he, who was then and had for several years been in the service of Thomas, bishop of Durham, continued to be not promoted to the priesthood for more than a year after having obtained peaceable possession of the said church, relying on the common belief (communi. . reputacioni inherens) of those parts by which the holders of benefices there, even with cure and of the patronage of laymen, are said to be excused from taking orders whilst in the service of the said laymen, the said bishop being chancellor of the late king Henry, patron of the said church in virtue of his duchy of Lancaster; and that John Sadyngton, priest, of the said diocese, on the strength of (innitentes) a lay presentation of himself to the said church, made on account of Robert's said non-promotion, although at the time when the said presentation was made there was, for certain reasons, no ground for it, even if by reason of such non-promotion the church ought to have been deemed to be void, has endeavoured and endeavours to molest Robert in regard to the said church, on account of which Robert has appealed to the apostolic see. The pope hereby declares that Robert, who is a deacon, and holds besides the said church the canonry and prebend of Saltmersshe in Houeden, value not exceeding 52 and 20 marks respectively, could and can lawfully hold the said church, and that it ought not to have been and ought not to be deemed void by the fact that he has not yet been ordained priest, the reason of his non-promotion having been, not malice, but simplicity and the said indult and common belief (illa communis assercio siue reputacio). Merentur tibi suffragantia. |
6 Kal. July.
SS. Apostoli, Rome.
(f. 200d.) |
To the bishop of Dunblane. Mandate, at the petition of Archibald de Douglas, donsel, and Eufemia de Graham, damsel, of the dioceses of Glasgow and Dunblane (containing that they formerly, after dispensation was by papal authority ordered to be granted to them to marry notwithstanding that they were related in the double third degree of kindred on one side and the double fourth on the other, arising from divers stocks [see above, pp. 251, 254], contracted marriage per verba legitime de presenti before execution of the said mandate, thereby incurring excommunication), to absolve them, enjoining a penance, and, after temporary separation, to dispense them to contract marriage anew, decreeing past and future offspring legitimate. Oblate nobis. [Stuart, Genealogical History of the Stewarts, p. 455.] |
Ibid.
(f. 203.) |
To Nicholas de Grenlau, rector of Aldbar in the diocese of St. Andrews. Dispensation to him—who formerly received papal dispensation, as the son of a priest and an unmarried woman, (i) to be promoted to all, even holy orders and hold a benefice even with cure, after which, having been so promoted. he obtained the parish church of Wemys in the diocese of St. Andrews, (ii) to hold with Wemys two other mutually compatible benefices, and to resign them, for exchange or otherwise, once only, and hold instead three compatible benefices, after which he resigned Wemys and obtained Aldbar, value not exceeding 20l. sterling—to hold with Aldbar four other benefices with or without cure, compatible with one another and with Aldbar, and to resign them, as often as he pleases, simply or for exchange, and hold instead seven compatible benefices. Vite etc. |
3 Id. June.
SS. Apostoli. Rome.
(f. 204d.) |
To Laurence de Carruthis, rector of Jonston in the diocese of Glasgow. Dispensation to him—who formerly received papal dispensation, as the son of an unmarried nobleman and an unmarried woman, to be promoted to all, even holy orders and hold a benefice even with cure, after which, having been so promoted, he obtained the rectory of Jonston [value not stated] —to hold therewith four other benefices with or without cure compatible with one another and with Jonston, and to resign them, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases. Vite etc. |
15 Kal. May.
SS. Apostoli. Rome.
(f. 236.) |
To John Gray, archdeacon of Whiteherne, master in arts and medicine. Rehabilitation, at his recent petition, containing that he received papal dispensation, as the son of a married man and a nun, (i) to be promoted to all, even holy orders and hold a benefice even with cure, (ii) to hold two or three other mutually compatible benefices, even if one had cure, and to resign them, simply or for exchange; that lately— the statutes of Le Mans, Orleans and St. Martin's, Tours, forbidding the admission as a canon of any one of illegitimate birth, and requiring an oath accordingly—John, who is reputed legitimate by several of those parts who know him, and is one of the ambassadors sent to the pope by Charles, king of the French, in order to be admitted to canonries and prebends of those churches, took the oath, thereby incurring the guilt of perjury. Sedes apostolica, pia mater. |
8 Id. May.
SS. Apostoli, Rome.
(f. 237d.) |
To the same (here called master in medicine). Grant as below. The late Peter de Luna, called Benedict XIII, granted him, who had received papal dispensation on account of illegitimacy (not here defined) to be promoted to all, even holy orders and hold a number of benefices, that he should not be bound in future papal graces concerning benefices to mention his said illegitimacy aud dispensations; and the present pope confirmed the said grant etc. The pope now grants to Gray, who is one of the ambassadors sent to the pope by Charles, king of the French, and is also M.A., that he is not bound and cannot be compelled to exhibit in judicio vel extra the aforesaid dispensations and grant. Litterarum sciencia, vite etc. (Ja. xx. Decimonono Kal. Septembris Anno Octauo. de Cerretanis.) |
