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7 Id. June.
SS. Apostoli, Rome.
(f. 130d.) |
To William, Cistercian abbot of Wardon in the diocese of Lincoln. Indult to wear the mitre, ring and other pontifical insignia, and in the monastery, the priories subject to it, and in the parish and other churches belonging to it, to give solemn benediction after mass, vespers and matins, provided that no bishop or papal legate be present. Exposcit tue deuocionis. |
3 Kal. Aug.
Ferentino.
(f. 138.) |
To John, abbot of Monasterevin (de Rosa valle) in the diocese of Kildare, dwelling in the Roman court. Mandate to grant to John Harold, a Friar Minor professed of the house of Drogheda (Pontana) in the diocese of Armagh, who is at present in the said court, licence to transfer himself within a year from the present date to another house of his order. Humilibus supplicum votis. |
8 Id. April.
SS. Apostoli, Rome.
(f. 144.) |
To the abbot of Ballintober (de Fonte Sancti Patricii) in the diocese of Tuam, and William de Burgo and Oddo Oceandubain, canon[s] of Tuam. Mandate—the pope having been informed by Oddo Ohuigind, Augustinian canon of Cluaneis in the diocese of Clogher, to whom he recently ordered provision to be made of the Augustinian monastery of St. Michael, Mayo, in the diocese of Tuam, that formerly archbishop John warned, under pain of excommunication etc., Malachy Ocearnaid, rector of Magfindealba in the diocese of Tuam, to pay his visitation procurations; that Malachy persisted in his neglect to pay, and conspired with others against the said archbishop's honour, wherefore the archbishop publicly excommunicated him, in spite of which Malachy has continued to celebrate mass, has dilapidated the goods of the rectory, has been guilty of perjury, and is unfit to govern the rectory, which has cure—if the said Oddo—who lately received papal dispensation, as the son of an unmarried man and an unmarried woman, related in the second and third and the third and fourth degrees of kindred, (i) to be promoted etc. as above, f. 23d, (ii) to be appointed to and to rule the said monastery of St. Michael; and who could not, together with the convent, be decently maintained from the fruits etc. thereof, value not exceeding 12 marks, and keep up hospitality etc.—will accuse the said Malachy before them, to summon Malachy and others concerned, and if they find the above, or enough thereof, to be true, to deprive Malachy, and in that event to grant to Oddo, to be held by him in commendam for life with the said monastery, the said rectory, of
the patronage of laymen, value not exceeding 7 marks. Ad ea ex apostolice. (Pe. xxvi. Quartodeeimo Kal. Julii Anno Duodecimo. de Casatiis.) [See above, pp. 110, 111.] |
3 Non. June.
SS. Apostoli, Rome.
(f. 149.) |
To Richard Lichefeld, Augustinian canon of Holy Trinity, Repyndone, in the diocese of Lichfield. Dispensation to him, the son of an unmarried man and an unmarried woman, to receive and hold etc. all dignities of his order, even that of abbot. Religionis zelus, vite etc. |
6 Non. May.
SS. Apostoli, Rome.
(f. 168d.) |
To the bishop of Alet, and the dean and John de Da [l] rimpyl, canon, of Dunblane. Mandate, at the recent petition of Patrick de Cadros, canon of the Augustinian priory of Inchmahome (Sancti Colmoci de Insula) [in the diocese of] Dunblane (containing that formerly, on the voidance of the said priory, which is conventual, by the death within the first five years after the pope's accession of Patrick de Port the convent, to whom when there are no general papal reservations of such priories the election anciently belongs, elected the above Patrick de Cadros, who consented to the election, had it confirmed by John de Dalrimpil, priest, instituted by the chapter of Dunblane, the see being void, as their vicar-general in spirituals, and, in virtue of the said election and confirmation, obtained and still holds peaceable possession; and adding that he doubts whether the said election and confirmation hold good), to collate and assign to him the said priory, which depends on no monastery or regular place, value not exceeding 50l. sterling, in whatsoever way it became void. Religionis etc. (Pe. xxvi. Sextodecimo Kal. Julii Anno Duodecimo. de Casatiis.) |
10 Kal. July.
SS. Apostoli, Rome
(f. 181.) |
To the Benedictine abbot and convent of Walden in the diocese of London. Indult for the abbot and his successors and the convent to let or grant to farm or yearly pension to any persons, clerks or laymen, anysover fruits, rents etc. of the monastery and its churches, for such time as they shall think good, provided that such leases or grants do not extend to fee or alienation, and with the saving clause that the abbot and convent and their successors shall not be bound to abide by such leases and grants for more than nine years, except in so far as it shall seem expedient for the utility of the monastery.Sacre religionis. |
16 Kal. July.
SS. Apostoli, Rome.
(f. 181d.) |
To the abbot of Dunfer [m] lyn in the diocese of St. Andrews. Mandate, at the recent petition of king James and of abbot James and the convent of the Benedictine monastery of St. Mary and St. Andrew the Apostle, Lindores (de Lundoris), in the said diocese—containing that the late Benedict XIII appropriated to the said monastery the parish church of Crech in the same diocese, which was in the common presentation of the abbot and convent; and that, inasmuch as the said appropriation did not take effect during the obedience of those parts to the said Benedict, Henry bishop of St. Andrews, at
the instance of the said king, with counsel and assent of the chapter of St. Andrews, made the appropriation by his ordinary authority—if he find the facts to be as stated, to appropriate by papal authority the said church to the said monastery, value not exceeding 18l. and 300l. sterling respectively, a perpetual vicar's portion being reserved. Apostolice servitutis. (Pe. xxxx.Non. Novembris Anno Duodecimo. de Casatiis.) [See Cal. Pet., I, p. 601.] |
7 Kal. Sept.
Ferentino.
(f. 200d.) |
To William, abbot of the Cistercian monastery of Cupar in the diocese of St. Andrews. Decree that the provision which the pope has this day made to him of the said abbey, as being void by the resignation of Thomas de Furd, monk, then abbot thereof, made at the apostolic see to Lewis, cardinal priest of St. Cecilia's by his proctor James Skirmegeour, dean of Aberdeen, D.C.L., and admitted by the pope, shall hold good even if, as his petition contained, the monastery became void, according to some, by the death of William Ledhous. Merita tue devocionis. [See above, p. 110.] |
Ibid.
(f. 201.) |
To the bishops of St. Andrews and Aberdeen. Mandate to receive from the above William to whom, sometime Cistercian abbot of Kynlos in the diocese of Moray, the pope has this day made the above provision, in order to save him the labour and expense of coming to the Roman court, his oath of fealty, and to send it to the pope, as usual. Cum nos hodie. |
11 Kal. Nov.
Prope
SS. Apostoli, Rome.
(f. 238d.) |
To John de Opizis, canon of Breslau, dwelling in the realm of England. Mandate to absolve Joan Milis, Benedictine nun of St. Melorus's, Ambresburi, in the diocese of Salisbury, from the incest of which she has become guilty by often committing fornication with a certain person, by whom she has had offspring, and from the sentences of excommunication etc. which she has incurred, enjoining a salutary penance, to dispense her to be elected etc. to anysoever dignities, below that of abbess, and offices of her said monastery and order, and to rehabilitate her. Humilibus supplicum votis. |
5 Id. Oct.
Prope
SS. Apostoli, Rome.
(f. 241.) |
To the prior of Heyee in the diocese of Norwich. Mandate as below. The pope lately granted to the convent of the Cluniac priory of Thetford in the said diocese that on account of the distance of the abbey of Cluny they might, during the wars between England and France, elect their prior, who should seek confirmation from the apostolic see, and who might thereafter receive professions [Cal. Lett. VII, pp. 530, 531]. Subsequently, as was contained in the recent petition of Nicholas Fewldon, monk of the said priory, upon the resignation, made in presence of the convent, of John Ixworth, [now] monk, then prior, but not duly admitted by any authority, the convent elected as prior the said Nicholas, a professed monk in priest's orders, who consented thereto. Seeing that the said election does not hold good, the pope orders the above prior to admit the said resignation, and to collate and assign to Nicholas the
priory, with cure, value not exceeding 20 marks, howsoever void. Dignum etc. (Pe. xxx. Octavo Kal. Novembris Anno Duodecimo. de Casatiis.) |
3 Id. July.
Ferentino.
(f. 252d.) |
To the abbot de Benedictione Dei, and the priors of St. Mary's alias the House of God, Moleannkearr, and St. Mary's, Durbach, in the diocese of Meath. Mandate to grant in commendam during the pleasure of the apostolic see to William Okathassaydh, brother of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, who says that he is the son of a priest professed of the said Hospital and an unmarried woman, and that the fruits etc. of the Hospitallers’ house of St. John Baptist, Kylkaenny, in the diocese of Meath, wherein he was received as a brother of the said Hospital and made his profession, are so slender that his portion is not enough for his maintenance, the perpetual vicarage, value not exceeding 12 marks, of the church of St. Euanus, Druymraine alias Druymrathne, in the said diocese, of the patronage of laymen and wont to be governed by secular clerks, so long void, because Simon Okathassaydh held it for more than a year without being ordained priest, that its collation lapsed to the apostolic see, although Rory Magruarit, priest, of the said diocese, who is to be summoned and removed, has held it for more than five years, having obtained it by collation made to him by authority of the ordinary after the said lapse; whether it became void in the way stated, or by the death or resignation of Thomas Nornayg (or Noruayg), or in any other way. William is hereby dispensed on account of his said illegitimacy. Religionis etc. (Pe. xxii. Tertio Kal.Decembris Anno Tertiodecimo. de Casatiis.) |