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Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 13, 1471-1484. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1955.

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'Lateran Regesta 730: 1472-1473', in Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 13, 1471-1484, ed. J A Twemlow( London, 1955), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/cal-papal-registers/brit-ie/vol13/pp348-353 [accessed 6 November 2024].

Lateran Regesta, Vol. DCCXXX. (fn. 1)

2 Sixtus IV.

De Prebendis Vacantibus.



1472[–]3. 6 Id. Feb. (8 Feb.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 58r.)	To the dean of Limerick. Mandate to collate and assign to Thomas Ogicakan, priest, of the diocese of Lismore, a canonry of Cashel and the prebend of Mallachimona therein, value 12 marks of silver, so long void that their collation has lapsed to the apostolic see, although Adam Ohyffyrnay, priest, who is to be summoned and removed, has without any title detained possession for about four years since the said lapse, from fear of whose power the said Thomas cannot safely meet him in the city or diocese of Cashel. Dignum etc. (At the end: F. xx. Expedita quinto Kal. Martii anno secundo. Sassenaten.) [3 pp.]
1473. 7 Kal. July. (25 June.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 95v.)	To the archbishop of St. Andrews, the bishop of Glasgow, and the chancellor of Dunblane. (fn. 2) Mandate to carry out the exchange desired by John Davidis of his prebend of Kinkell in the church of Aberdeen (which is in the presentation of the archbishop of St. Andrews by reason of certain lands belonging to the archiepiscopal mensa), and Adon [sic] Gordon, a canon of Aberdeen, of his prebend of Banthey [? recte Banchory] de Vinenk (?), (fn. 3) in the same church, value 80l. and 20l. sterling respectively. Apostolice sedis circumspecta benignitas. (At the end: F. xxxx. Expedita octavo Ydus Julii anno secundo. Sassenaten.) [3 pp.]
1472. 6 Id. Oct. (10 Oct.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 112r.)	To the abbot of St. Marys, Abbeygormacan (de Vianova), and the prior of St. Mary's, Cluayntuasgirt, in the diocese of Clonfert, and the archdeacon of Clonfert. Mandate, as below. The pope has been informed by William Okellyd, clerk, of the diocese of Clonfert, that Thady Ocluayn, a canon of Clonfert, a public and manifest usurer, has laid violent hands on a clerk, and, being under sentence of excommunication therefore, has taken part in divine offices, in contempt of the Keys, thereby contracting irregularity. The pope, therefore, hereby orders the above three, if William will accuse Thady before them, to summon the latter, and if they find the foregoing to be true, to deprive him of his canonry of Clonfert and the prebend of Barleanabolloyit therein, and remove him, and in that event to collate and assign them, value, with their annexes, not exceeding 6 marks sterling, to the said William. Vite etc. (At the end: A. xx. Expedita tercio decimo Kal. Novembris anno secundo. de Petra.) [2 pp.]
1472[–3]. Non. Feb. (5 Feb.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 123v.)	To the abbot of Kynlos and the prior of Pluskardin, in the diocese of Moray, and the official of Moray. Mandate to collate and assign to George Lychton, priest, of the diocese of Moray (who is M.A., and was lately dispensed on account of illegitimacy, as the son of a priest and an unmarried woman, by authority of the ordinary to be promoted to minor orders and hold a benefice without cure, and afterwards by papal authority to be promoted to all, even holy, even priest's orders and hold a benefice even with cure, and who in virtue thereof has had himself so promoted, and has by canonical collation obtained a chaplaincy at the altar of St. Mary the Virgin in the church of Moray, value 4 marks sterling), a canonry of Moray and the prebend called St. Giles centum solidorum, value, with their annexes, not exceeding 12 marks sterling, void by the death extra R.c. of Malesius de Ellem, although Andrew Mercel, priest, who is to be summoned and removed, has without any canonical title detained possession for between about eight and nine months. The pope hereby specially dispenses him to receive and retain the said canonry and prebend, notwithstanding the said defect, etc., but as soon as he obtains possession of them he is to resign the said chaplaincy. Litterarum scientia, vite etc. (At the end: A. xxiiii. Expedita quarto decimo Kal. Marcii anno secundo. de Petra.) [3⅓ pp.]
8 Kal. Feb. (25 Jan.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 126r.)	To the prior of St. Thomas the Martyr's by Buttevant (iuxta Butoniam) in the diocese of Cloyne (Clonen.), and Maurice Stak and Thomas Flahanan, canons of Lismore. Mandate to receive the resignation which Thomas Oscheanachayn alias Oscheolayn, a canon of Cloyne (Clonen.), proposes to make of the canonry and prebend of Kylkeydayn and Ymbrych in the said church, and to collate and assign them, value 6 marks sterling, to Thomas Oronan, treasurer of Lismore, bachelor in decrees, to whom the pope has this day made provision of the deanery of Limerick, a major elective dignity with cure, value 60 marks sterling. Litterarum scientia, vite etc. (At the end: A. xx. Expedita quinto Kal. Marcii anno secundo. de Petra.) [2⅓ pp.]
4 Id. Feb. (10 Feb.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 161v.)	To the archdeacon of Limerick. Mandate to collate and assign to Donald Oronayn, perpetual vicar of Clonkrenyg in the diocese of Limerick, a canonry of Limerick and the prebend of Tholachviucke therein, value 12 marks sterling, so long void that their collation has lapsed to the apostolic see, although James Mothoeullin, priest, of the diocese of Ossory, who is to be summoned and removed, has without any title detained possession for about eighteen years after the said lapse. Dignum etc. (At the end: F. xx. Expedita decimo Kal. Martii anno secundo. Sassenaten.) [2 pp.]
Non. Feb. (5 Feb.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 175r.)	To the bishop of Limerick. Mandate, as below. The pope lately ordered certain judges to cause Leonard Roche, a canon of Cloyne (Clonen.), to be received as a canon in the monastery of Maylanfay, O.S.A., in the diocese of Lismore, give him the regular habit, and receive his profession. His canonry and prebend of Cloyne, to which are annexed the perpetual vicarage of Bregog and that [of] Kyllmychleynein, in the said diocese, being therefore about to become void, the pope hereby orders the above bishop to reserve to the pope's gift, for collation to Richard Oronan, clerk, of the diocese of Limerick (who, notwithstanding his illegitimacy, as the son of a priest and a married woman, has been made a clerk), the said canonry and prebend, value, with the said annexes, not exceeding 6 marks sterling, and, on their becoming void on account of the foregoing, or in any other way, except by the death of the said Leonard, to collate and assign them to him, even if they be already void by the death of Donald Ykeraroyll, etc. He is hereby specially dispensed to receive and retain them, and any benefices with or without cure compatible therewith and with one another, and to resign all, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases, notwithstanding the said defect, etc. Dignum etc. (At the end: A. xl. Expedita tercio Kal. Marcii anno secundo. de Petra.) [3½ pp.]
6 Id. Jan. (8 Jan.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 191v.)	To the priors of St. Thomas the Martyr's by Buttevant (iuxta Bottoniam) and St. Mary's Bridgetown (Villepontis), in the diocese of Cloyne (Clonen.), and the dean of Cloyne. Mandate to collate and assign to Thomas Ohelay, clerk, of the diocese of Cloyne (who was lately dispensed by papal authority on account of illegitimacy, as the son of unmarried parents, to be made a clerk and be promoted to all, even holy orders and hold a benefice [even with cure], even if a dignity, etc. with cure, after which he obtained the precentorship of Cork, a non-major dignity, subsequently resigning it) a canonry of Cloyne and the prebend of Donahmor therein, with its annexed chapel de Martiris, value 24 marks sterling, so long void that its collation has lapsed to the apostolic see, although Maurice Ohelay, clerk, has detained the said canonry and prebend for between fifteen and twenty years, and although Donald, son of Eugenius (Donaldus Eugenii) Yhieralay, clerk, has without any title detained the said annex for between four and five years under pretext of a presumed de facto dissolution by John, archbishop of Cashel; the said Maurice and Donald being summoned and removed. He is hereby specially dispensed to receive and retain the said canonry and prebend and annex. Vite etc. (At the end: A. xx. Expedita pridie Non. Februarii anno secundo. de Petra.) [3½ pp.]
1472[–3]. 8 Id. March. (8 March.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 196v.)	To the abbot of St. Mary's, Inishlounaght (de Surio), in the diocese of Lismore, the archdeacon of Lismore, and John Prendagast, (fn. 4) a canon of the same. Mandate to collate and assign to Maurice Oronan, priest, of the diocese of Lismore (who was lately displeased by papal authority on account of illegitimacy, as the son of a priest and a married woman, (i) to be promoted to all, even holy orders and hold a benefice even with cure, (ii) to hold together for life the perpetual vicarage of Tibrud in the said diocese and the deanery (fn. 5) of Lismore, provision of which had been made to him by authority of the ordinary and by papal authority, respectively, and afterwards, upon his resigning the said vicarage, to hold for life it and the perpetual vicarage de Alba Capella de Ballyorun in the same diocese, of which vicarages provision was by papal letters ordered to be made to him, (fn. 6) or, without them, any [two] other benefices with cure or otherwise incompatible, even if parish churches or perpetual vicarages, and also any benefices with or without cure, of any number and kind, compatible with one another and with the foregoing, even if canonries and prebends, dignities, etc., and to resign all, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleased), a canonry of Lismore and the prebend of Dissert therein, value 6 marks sterling, so long void that their collation has lapsed to the apostolic see, although Patrick Grer (?), (fn. 7) priest, has without any title detained possession for about four years since the said lapse; the said Patrick being summoned and removed. Vite etc. (At the end: P. xx. [Expedita] Decimo Kal. Aprilis anno secundo. de Varris.) [4²/3 pp.]

De Provisionibus Prelatorum.



1472. 7 Kal. Nov. (26 Oct.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 253v.)	To William, [bishop] elect of Cork and Cloyne. (fn. 8) Provision to him, archdeacon of Cloyne, in minor orders only, of a race of earls and barons, of the united churches of Cork and Cloyne, void by the death of Jordan extra R.c., during whose life they were specially reserved to the pope. Apostolatus officium.
	Concurrent letters to the chapters of Cork and Cloyne, to the clergy and to the people of the cities and dioceses, and to the vassals of the churches—Hodie etc.; to the archbishop of Cashel—Ad cumulum; and to Edward, king of England—Gratie divine. [3½ pp.]
5 Kal. Nov. (28 Oct.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 255v.)	To William Roch, [bishop] elect of Cork and Cloyne. Faculty to be consecrated by any catholic bishop of his choice in communion with the apostolic see, assisted by two or three like bishops: without prejudice to the archbishop of Cashel. Cum nos pridem.
1472[–3]. 9 Kal. April. (24 March.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 289v.)	To Odo Ohedersgeoyl, [bishop] elect of Ross. Provision to him, a canon of Ross, in priest's orders, of the said church, void, and therefore reserved, by the resignation to the pope of Donald. Apostolatus etc.
	Concurrent letters, as in the preceding, mutatis mutandis. [3¼ pp. In Eubel, Hierarchia, II, 1st and 2nd edd., ad loc., from ‘Lat. a. 2. 1. 1,’ i.e. the present register. Both edd. have ‘Okedersgoyl’ and ‘1474 Mart. 24.’]
1473. 7 Kal. April. (26 March.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 291v.)	To the same. Faculty, as above, f. 255v. Cum etc.
1472[–3]. Prid. Id. Jan. (12 Jan.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 292r.)	To the provost of Killala (Aladen.). Mandate, as below. The pope has been informed by Riscerdus Valentii, priest, of the diocese of Tuam, that Edmund, abbot of Holy Trinity, Ballintober (Ville fontis sancti Patricii), O.S.A., in the said diocese, is so ignorant of letters and so insufficient that he can direct and rule neither himself nor the canons of the said monastery, etc., and that he has given moveable goods of the monastery to a certain woman whom he has kept as his concubine, and has uselessly consumed the same. The pope, therefore, hereby orders the above provost, if Riscerdus (who from fear of Edmund cannot safely meet him in the city of Tuam, in the said diocese) (fn. 9) will accuse Edmund before him, to summon the latter, and if he find the foregoing to be true, to deprive and remove him, and in that event to receive Riscerdus as a canon of the said monastery, give him the regular habit, and receive his profession, and thereupon make provision to him of the said monastery, value 30 marks sterling; whether it be then void by the said deprivation, or be still void by the death of Thomas Yronan extra R.c., or in any other way. He is to grant that Riscerdus may be blessed by any catholic bishop in communion with the apostolic see; without prejudice to the archbishop of Tuam. Suscepti cura regiminis. [3¼ pp.]
1473. 6 Kal. July. (26 June.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 332r.)	To Philip, [bishop] elect of Ardfert. Provision to him, archdeacon of Ardfert, in deacon's orders, of the said church, void by the resignation to the pope of John, etc. Apostolatus etc.
	Concurrent letters as above, f. 253v., mutatis mutandis. [3¼ pp. The above ‘Philippus’ is in Eubel, Hierarchia, II, 1st and 2nd edd., ad loc., from the Obligationes, and with date ‘1473 Junii 22.’]
1472. 6 Kal. Sept. (27 Aug.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 343r.)	To the dean of Tuam. Mandate, as below. The pope has been informed by Malachy Okellyd, clerk, of the diocese of Tuam, that William de Burgo, abbot of St. Mary's, Knockmoy (Collis Victorie), O. Cist., in the said diocese, does not reside there, nor exercise its cure, etc., in person, and that he has dissipated and dilapidated its goods, and converted them to unlawful uses. The pope, therefore, hereby orders the above dean, if Malachy (who, notwithstanding his illegitimacy, as the son of a clerk and an unmarried woman, has been made a clerk) will accuse William before him, to summon the latter, and if he find the foregoing to be true, to deprive and remove him, and in that event to receive Malachy as a monk of the said monastery, give him the regular habit, and receive his profession, and thereupon make provision to him of the said monastery, value 50 marks sterling. The pope hereby specially dispenses him on account of the said defect, and grants that he may be blessed by any catholic bishop in communion with the apostolic see. (fn. 10)Solicite considerationis. [3½ pp.]