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Prid. Id. June. Florence. (f. 268d.) | To the bishop of Aberdeen. Mandate, at the recent petition of Nicholas de Fores, a Cistercian monk of Dere in the diocese of Aberdeen (containing that formerly, on the voidance of Dere by the death of abbot Arthur, the convent unanimously elected him abbot, being a priest, and that he consented and had the election confirmed by authority of the ordinary, had himself blessed, and obtained possession, but now doubts whether the said election and confirmation hold good) if he find that the said election etc. took place lawfully, to confirm them, and, if he find the said monastery, value not exceeding 90l. sterling, to be still void as above or in any other way, to make provision thereof to Nicholas. In either event the bishop is to receive from Nicholas and send to the pope the usual oath of fealty. Solicite consideracionis. (B. and G. de Elten. | B. xl. Valven.) |
Prid. Id. Oct. Florence. (f. 279d.) | To John, abbot of the Benedictine monastery of St. Peter, Préaux (de Pratellis), in the diocese of Lisieux. Provision of the said monastery, to which he, a monk thereof and a priest, was on its voidance by the death of abbot Stephen elected by the convent, they being perhaps ignorant that during Stephen's life it had been specially reserved by the present pope, upon learning which John, who had in like ignorance consented to the election, caused the same, which was null and void, to be set forth before the pope in consistory. Inter solicitudines. |
| Concurrent letters to the convent and to the vassals of St. Peter's, and to the bishop of Lisieux—Inter etc.; and to Henry, king of England. Gracie divine. (An. and Ja. de Ugolinis. | An. xviii. viiii. viiii. viiii. viiii. de Adria.) |
1439 7 Id. Oct. (fn. 7) Florence. (f. 297.) | To Pasquerius [de Vaux], bishop of Evreux. Translation from the see of Meaux to that of Evreux, void by the death of Martial [Formier], during whose life it was specially reserved by the present pope. He is to take to the archbishop of Rouen and the bishop of Avranches the usual oath of fealty to the pope. Romani pontificis. |
| Concurrent letters to the chapter, to the clergy and to the people of the city and diocese, and to the vassals of Evreux—Romani etc.; to the archbishop of Rouen—Ad cumulum; and to Henry, king of England—Gracie etc. (An. and M. Pinardi. | An. xxii. xi. xi. xi. xi. xi. xi. de Adria.) |
Prid. Id. Oct. Florence. (f. 302d.) | To the precentor (cantori) of Moray. Mandate—the pope having been informed by Henry Butoe, a Cistercian monk of Cupar in the diocese of St. Andrews, that John, Cistercian abbot of Kynlos in the diocese of Moray, has, after and against divers canonical monitions made by authority of the ordinary, publicly kept and keeps, and commits incest with, certain women, akin to one another and related in the prohibited degree (quasdam mulieres eciam invicem consanguineas et in gradu prohibito se attinentes), and has been guilty of dilapidation etc.—if Henry, who is a priest, will accuse John before the precentor, to summon John, and if he find the above or enough thereof to be true, to deprive John, and in that event to make provision of the said abbey, value not exceeding 80l. sterling, to Henry, and thereupon to cause him to be blessed by any catholic bishop, who shall thereafter send his oath of fealty to the pope, as usual. Ex suscepte servitutis. (An. and G. Gonne. | An. l. de Adria.) |