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1449[-50]. 4 Non. Jan. (2 Jan.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 10d.) |
To Polidorus, archbishop of Zara (Iadren.), residing in the Roman court, Mandate, at the recent petition of William Wodman, priest, of the diocese of St. Andrews, M.A. (containing that a cause arose lately between him and the late John Ker, clerk, of the said diocese, about the perpetual vicarage of Hadynton in the said diocese, provision of which William alleged to have been made to him by papal authority, which provision John opposed and prevented from taking effect, intruding himself and detaining possession; that the present pope, at William's instance, committed the cause, although not lawfully devolved to the Roman court, to Gabriel, bishop of Capo d'Istria (Justinopolitan.), residing in the said court, and afterwards to the above Polidorus, then bishop of Bergamo (Pergamen.), residing in the said court, the latter of whom has proceeded short of a conclusion; and adding that, whilst the cause has been pending, John has died in possession) to surrogate the said William, who is a kinsman of James, bishop of St. Andrews, to all John's right, and to make collation and provision to him thereof, etc., and moreover to collate and assign to him the said vicarage itself, value not exceeding 16l. sterling.Litterarum etc. (—. xxvi. Ja. de Viterbio. G. de Nuuolonibus. Coll. S. Cousin.) [3 pp. –. In the margin: Ja(nuarii).] |
1449. 3 Kal. Jan. (30 Dec.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 21.) |
To the bishops of Lincoln and Bath and the prior of Holy Trinity, London. Mandate, at the recent petition of Robert Stillyngton, rector of Aysshbury in the diocese of Salisbury, doctor of laws (containing that although he canonically obtained the said church and possession thereof, and has held it for some time with all its rights and appurtenances, Thomas Gay, layman, of the city of London, has taken fruits, tithes etc. belonging to the said rector by reason of the said church, and he and William Rylpyn, priest, of the diocese of York, the administrators of the late William Skelton, sometime rector of the said church, refuse to repair etc. the chancel thereof, the rector's principal house, and other houses etc. and buildings within the parish and belonging to the said
church, which repair pertained to the said William and now pertains to the said administrators by law and custom of the country; and adding that the merits of the case can be better and more easily made clear in those parts than in the Roman court), to summon the said Thomas and William and others concerned, and hear and decide all causes arising out of the above, causing their decision to be observed by ecclesiastical censure. Honestis supplicum votis. (Marcellus. xvi. Ja. Bouron. Coll. S. Cousin. Constantinus.) [2 pp.] |
14 Kal. Jan. (19 Dec) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 25.) |
To the bishop and dean of Cork and David Ogillagymayn. a canon of Ross. Mandate, at the recent petition of Fynin (also written Fymy) Ohedustoy (rectius Ohedriscoyl), donsel, of the diocese of Ross, to grant him licence to found and build in his territory, to the honour of God, St. John Baptist and St. Francis, a house for Friars Minors of the Observance (de Observantia), with church, bell-tower, bells, etc. Cognita devotionis constancia. (Marcellus. Coll. S.Consin. Jo. de Rocapetri. Gratis de mandato domini nostri pape.) [1¾ pp. Wadding, Annales Minorum, Vol. XII, p. 525, ‘Ex archivo secreto, lib. 27 Bullar. folio 25,’ with the reading ‘Fyrim Ohedriscoyl.’ In the text of the ‘Annales' of this volume Wadding spells him ‘Fininus seu Florentius Odriscol … Baltrinorii dominus.’] |
| Ibid. |
To the same. A like mandate, at the recent petition of Donatus Omabba (or Omawa), donsel, of the diocese of Cork, to grant him licence to found and build in the said diocese, to the honour of God, St. Mary the Virgin and St. Francis, a house etc., as in the preceding. Cognita. pape), as ibid. |
1449[-50]. 3 Non. Jan. (3 Jan.) St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 49d.) |
Confirmation, at the recent petition of the master and wardens and other members of the art or mistery of drapers of Coventry (fn. 2) (containing that formerly in the parish church of St. Michael the Archangel, Coventry, on the north side of the choir, there were two contiguous chapels, one of St. Mary the Virgin, the other of All Saints, but that the parishioners, wishing to enlarge the church, have destroyed them, turned the place where they had been into the nave of the church, built another chapel of St. Mary the Virgin and All Saints also on the north side of the choir, and had it dedicated by the ordinary), of the said demolition and building; grant and assignment to the said newly built chapel of all the property of the said two demolished chapels; mandate, under pain of ipso facto excommunication. absolution from which can be granted by the pope alone, except in the hour of death, that the chaplain of St. Mary the Virgin commonly called ‘Seynr [sic] Mary preste’ and
the other chaplains of the said demolished chapels shall celebrate masses in the said newly built chapel, and serve it, and bear all its burdens, as they did in the said demolished chapels; grant to the said newly built chapel of the enjoyment of all privileges, indulgences, indults etc. granted by the apostolic see or otherwise to the said demolished chapels, especially in regard to the three chaplaincies formerly founded in the said chapel of St. Mary the Virgin; and mandate to the bishop of Coventry and the abbots of Kyllyngworth alias Kenelworth and Stonley in the diocese of Coventry to execute the foregoing. Ad fut. rei mem. Ad ea ex suscepte. (Ranutius. l. Ja. de Viterbio. Coll.S. Cousin. Constantinus.) [3½ pp. In the margin.Ja(nuarii).] |