Vindication of Ecclesiastical Volume 3, Volume 2 · Book 3 · Chapter 2 · Document 40 – Document 53

Vindication of Ecclesiastical Volume 3 · Volume 2 · Book 3 · Chapter 2 · Document 40 – Document 53

p. 307REX E. Theſaurar: & Camerariis ſuis ſalutem; Liberate de Theſauro noſtro * Liberate 12 H. 3. mem. 8. intus.Magiſtro Stephano Clerico Domini Papae, ad opus ipſius Domini Papae, de Annuo Cenſu, eidem Domino Papae debito, de termino Sancti Michaelis Anno, &c. xi. et de Termino Paſchae, Anno &c. xii. Teſte Rege apud Weſtm: 21 die Febr: Anno &c. xii.

The ground of this Warrant I conceive to be this: After the death of Stephen Langton, the Monks of Canterbury gaining the Kings licenſe to elect an Archbiſhop,Anno 1229. choſe **Mat. Paris, Hiſt: p: 342, 343. Antiqu. Eccleſ. Brit: & Godwin in the Life of RichardWalter de Heveſham a Monk, whom the King refuſed to allow of for ſundry reaſons, reſolving to make Richard his Chancellor Archbiſhop: Walter poſting to Rome to get confirmation and conſecration from the Pope, and the Kings Proctors there excepting againſt him▪ preſſing the vacating of his election, and making Richard Archbiſhop with much importunitie, they could not prevail with the Pope or Cardinals to ſtop Walters confirmation, or promote Richard, till Habito tractatu deteſtabili de praemiſſis, promiſerunt Domino Papae ex parte Regis Anglorum Decimationem omnium rerum mobilium, ab univerſo Regno Angliae & Hyberniae, ad guerramſuam contra Imperatorem ſuſtinendam, ut eos in Regis propoſito exaudiret: whereupon the Pope and Cardinals forthwith vacated Walters election for his inſufficiency, and made Richard Archbiſhop. No doubt the ſame occaſion drew on the payment of this Penſion, being both the ſame year, and the warrant after the tenth promiſed, was moſt probably ſeconded with a promiſe of paying this penſion, elſe the Pope and Cardinals would not have ſo readily gratified the King in this his importunate ſute: which being fully granted, the King by way of gratitude made this other Warrant for payment of this annual Penſion the very next year, for one moiety at Michaelmas 12. and another moiety at Eaſter 13. of his reign.

REX W. Theſaurario & Camerariis ſuis ſalutem Liberate de Theſauro noſtro Anno. 1238. Liberate 13. Hen. 3. mem. 7. intus.Magiſtro Stephano Capellano Domini Papae ad opus ipſius Domini Papae Quingentas Marcas de termino ſancti Michaelis Anno Regni noſtri Duodecimo▪ et Quingentas Marcas de termino Paſchae Anno, &c. Decimo Tertio de Annuo Cenſu ſuo Mille Marcarum. Teſte Rege apud Weſtmonaſterium Quinto die Maii, Anno, &c. Decimo Tertio.

The King having now obtained his end, by theſe two ſucceſſive annual payments, had no minde nor care to pay it afterwards, the rather becauſe the Pope and his Cardinals fell at variance about it; the Cardinals demanding the moity thereof, as reſerved not to the Pope and his ſucceſſors, but to the Church of Rome, of which they were the moſt noble members and Pillars, they being much diſpleaſed with King Henry for paying the whole thouſand marks to the Pope alone, and not paying the moity thereof to them. Whereof the King being informed, to avoyd the Cardinals cauſeleſs diſpleaſures, and continue in their favours of which he had then ſpecial occaſion, and withall to pleaſe the Pope whoſe Counſel and aſſiſtance he then needed, and implored, writ thus unto the Cardinals in the 19th. year of his reign.

VIris venerabilibus & amicis in Chriſto Kariſſimis, univerſis Dei gratia ſanctae Clauſ. 19. H. 3. part 2. mem. 6. intus.Romanae Eccleſiae Cardinalibus, H. eadem gratia, Rex Angliae, &c. ſalutem, & ſinceram in Domino dilectionem. Quia ex quorundam relatione ad nos pervenit, quod aegre fertis et indignanter quod de annuo Cenſu ſanctae Romanae Eccleſiae debito, a Regno Angliae et terra noſtra Hiberniae quingentas Marcas non percipitis, cum **They deemed not the Pope alone, to be the Church of Rome in that age.ejuſdem Eccleſiae membra ſitis nobilia, et collumpnae, ſet in Summi pontificis cedit indiviſus. Ne a vobis indignationem ea de cauſa reportemus, tanquam pro voluntate nostra Cenſum illum dividere poſsimus, & ne ſolutio talis nobis imputetur, univerſitati vestrae ſignificamus, quod in prima conceſſione illius Cenſus, inſertum fuit in Charta Domini Iohannis Regis patris p. 508noſtri inde conſecta, quod ſanctae Romanae Eccleſiae redderetur cenſus memoratus pro indiviſo. Noſque innitentes tenori ejuſdem Chartae, hucuſque Cenſum illum Domino Papae n…mine memoratae Eccleſiae ſolvere conſuevimus, per certum Nuncium ſuum literas ſuas nobis deferentem; penitus ignorantes bucuſque, utrum Domino Papae integre remaneret, aut diviſe. Ʋt igitur appareat innocentia noſtra in hac parte, & habita de nobis tollatur ſuſpicio, rogamus attentius quatenus erga Dominum Papam inſtare velitis & procurare, quod nobis det in mandatis, quod de Quingentis Marcis illius Cenſus diviſim, vobis reſpondeamus, & nos promptos invenietis & paratos inde gratanter vobis reſpondere: In aliis & aliis gratiam a vobis promereri Cupientos & favorem. Teſte Rege apud Weſtmonaſterium Viceſimo Quinto die Februarii.

At the ſame time the King writ and ſent ſeveral Letters to the Pope, and to every Cardinal ſeverally, cloſely ſealed, and a general letter to all the Cardinals, unſealed, by his Procurators, imploring an extraordinary favour from them, which partly induced him three years after to pay this penſion as formerly, and leave it to themſelves to divide, as theſe letters to them more then inſinuate, compared with the former.

REverendo Domino ac patri in Chriſto ſanctiſſimo G. Dei gratia ſummo PontificiClauſ. part 2. Anno. 19. Hen. 3. mem. 6. intus. H. eadem gratia Rex Angliae, &c. Salutem & tanto Patri debitum honorem & reverentiam. Sperantes ob affectionem ſinceram, quam erga perſonam noſtram, & Regnum noſtrum ſimiliter veſtri gratia geritis, quod paternitati veſtrae placere debeat, ſi de ſtatu noſtro ſimul & Regni noſtri tranquillitate laeta ad nos perveniant, ſignificandum vobis duximus: quod quoad perſonam noſtram in bona (benedictus Deus) ſumus proſperitate, & quoad Regnum noſtrum, in quiete & optata pacis tranquillitate conſiſtunt univerſa. Magnatibus de terra noſtra ſingulis & univerſis cum Clero votis noſtris unanimiter concordantibus, nobis in mera & mutua dilectione permanentibus. Ita quod ſpem habemus in Domino certiſſimam a duritia temporum praecedentium quibus hucuſque enormiter gravatum eſt Regnum noſtrum, tum per hoſtilitates, tum per diſcordias pluries exortas reſpirare, & ſtatum noſtrum & regni noſtri, in melius reformare. Nec eſt ad preſens quod proſperitati terrae noſtrae gravius ſe opponat, quam ſterilitas anonae precedentis ſimul & preſentis, & defectus eorum ſine quibus ſtare fragilitas humana non poteſt. Hac quidem adverſitate gravius impeditur ſtatus regni noſtri quo melius in plena conſiſtit proſperitate. Cum autem quaedam Negotia habeamus ſpecialia pro quibus neceſſe habemus ſedis Apoſtolicae conſilium & auxilium implorare, dilectos Clericos noſtros Magiſtrum Willielmum de Kilkenny, & Robertum de Summercote, quibus negocia ipſa commiſimus ſanctae Paternitati veſtrae plenius exponenda, commendamus Rogantes attentius & devote, quatenus ipſos vel alterum eorum, ſi ambo preſentes eſſe non poſſint, benigne ac manſuetudine ſolita admittentes, negotia illa favorabiliter proſequi velitis, & nos tanto favorabilius exaudire quanto Sanctae Romana Eccleſiae (quae honorem noſtrum ſui reputare debet honoris incrementum) filii ſumus ſpecialiores, & ad eaquae in omnibus ſuum reſpiciunt profectum ſumus promptiores. Memorati quidem Clerici noſtri vel alter illorum cauſas ſufficientes & tationes ſupplicationis noſtrae efficaces ſanctitati veſtrae plenius exponent. Quae quidem ad favorem & gratiam nobis impendendam vos non immerito inducere debent & movere, de incolumitate veſtra, quam Eccleſiae ſuae & nobis Conſervet Altiſſimus, petimus ſi placet, vice verſa certificari: Teſte Rege apud Weſtmonaſterium Viceſimo Quinto Februarii.

Eodem modo ſcribitur ſingulis Cardinalibus per Literas Clauſas, & univerſis, per Literas Patentes.

The next warrant I find in Record for paying this penſion, is in the Liberate Roll of 22. Hen. 3. wherein I deſire the Reader to obſerve, that notwithſtanding the Kings complemental Letter to the Cardinals concerning his accuſtomed manner of paying this mighty penſion to the Popes ſpecial Nuncioes: Yet it was not at all payd by him, from the 16. year of his reign, till the 22. year; and then only for his 16th. year and no more, ſo that he and his Cardinals needed not to have quarreled about dividing p. 309it, when it was not at all payd; and that not as a rent, but bare voluntary oblation or Annuity payable at pleaſure, not of meer right or duty.

REX Theſaurario & Camerariis ſuis ſalutem: Liberate de Theſauro BonacursAnno 1239. Liberate 22. Hen. 3. mem. 10. intus. Ingelesk, Amery Coſſe & ſociis ſuis Mercatoribus Florentinis, mille Marcas ad opus Domini Papae de Annuo Cenſu ſu…, videlicet de termino Paſchae Anno. XVI. et de Termino ſancti Michaelis Anno eodem. Teſte P. Wintonienſi Epiſcopo apud Weſtmonaſterium, Viceſimo Tertio die Jan.

From 22 H. 3. this Penſion was detained and not paid, by the general conſent of the King and Kingdom, as appears by Matthew Paris his **Here p. 293, 299, 300.forecited paſſages, Anno 1231. and 1245. their complaint againſt it in the Council of Lyons, and the Kings reſolution never to pay it more whiles he lived: For which general complaint, Pope Innocent the 4th. Anno 1246. was ſo incenſed againſt the King and Engliſh, thatAnno 1246. he ſtudied to be revenged of the King and Kingdom, endeavouring to engage the French King to Warre againſt them, as **Hiſt. Angl. p. 669, 670.Matthew Paris thus informs us.

EOdem tempore ortus eſt rumor ſiniſter, & ex rumore ſuſpicio non modica, quod Dominus Paparancorem in Corde retinuit, cum tamen non ſubfuiſſet cauſa rationabilis: iratus eſt valde, et multiformiter ampulloſe coepit comminari Anglorum Regi et Regno, ut ſi poſſet Fredericum edomare, et per conſequens recalcitrantium Anglorum qui de oppreſſionibus Romanae Curiae, et maxime de Tributo in Concilio conqueſti ſunt, inſolentem ſuperbiam conculcabit. Non enim, ut ei videbatur, licuit miſeris Anglis, pro multiformi etiam injuria (ſo they reputed this Annual Penſion amongſt the reſt, as the greateſt) flagellatis lachrymari vel mutire. Conabaturque in illo diuturno ac ſecreto Colloquio, quod habuit apud Cluniacum cum Rege Francorum, perſuadere & acuere Regem ipſum, ut inſurgeret ad tantae injuriae vindictam tantam, ut ipſum Regulum Anglorum, vel Nota.uſque ad exheredationem impugnaret, vel enormiter laeſum ſeſe omni mode voluntati Romanae Curiae, vellet, nollet inclinaret. Et ad hoc juvaret eum omni conatu Eccleſia et Papalis Authoritas. Quod conſtanter Rex Francorum dicitur renuiſſe, tum quia ipſi Reges conſanguinei ſunt, & eorum Reginae ſorores: tum quia jus non habet Rex Francorum in Regnum Angliae manifestum: tum quia Treugae inter ipſos Reges initae ſunt quas maluit prolongare, ratione peregrinationis ſuae, quam proditioſe reſcindere: tum quia inſtabat validior inimicus & Eccleſiae Romanae nocivior, videlicet Fredericus edomandus: tum quia antequam Regnum Angliae, Francis cederet, non modicus ſanguis Chriſtianus effunderetur: tum quia Chriſtiani in terra Sancta jam a Paganis oppreſſi & obſeſſi Regis Francorum adventum deſideratum, quaſi naufragantes aurae lenioris prosperitatem praeſtolantur.

Before all which ſober, ſerious, Chriſtian Conſiderations, this Antichriſtian Pope endeavoured to preferre his own private Revenge, and thouſand Mark Annual Penſion out of England and Ireland, thus complained againſt and then detained.

The very next year after, 31 H. 3. I find this Warrant iſſued for its payment, to the Treaſurer of the New Temple, as a meer voluntary Annual Penſion iſſuing out of his Exchequer.

REX Theſaurario & Camerariis ſalutem. Liberate de Theſauro noſtro fratri RobertoAnno 1247. Liberate 31. Hen. 3. mem. …. intus. de Sukelinghall Theſaurario Novi Templi London. mille Marcas de anno XXXI. de Annuo Cenſu mille marcarum quem idem Dominus Papa percipit ad Scaccarium noſtrum: primo die Octobris Anno Regni noſtri XXXi.

This Warrant was granted only (as appears by Matthew Paris his Hiſtory of thisHiſt. Angl. p. 699. year) to induce the Pope to indulge this frivolous priviledge, that when ever the p. 310Pope conferred any Biſhoprick or Benefice in England upon his Cardinals or Nephews, or any Italian by his Proviſions, they ſhould earneſtly petition the King, it might be thus provided: by which he was the more inſlaved to the Popes Uſurpations, inſtead of being exempted from them.

The next warrant I have found for its payment, is 4. years after, and that only for that year, (35 H 3.) without ſtiling it a duty, which was to iſſue only out of the Kings Exchequer, like other ordinary penſions. This payment was (as I ſuppoſe) to obtain the Popes favour to confirm Aethelmare the Kings Brother Biſhop of Wincheſter, which he did this year at the Kings ſollicitation, **Mat. Paris, Hiſt. p. 788.Non obſtantibus juventute, & literarum ignorantia, & omnimoda ad tantam dignitatem, & tot animarum regimen inſufficientia. Anno 1251.Conceſſa est etiam eidem ab Domino Papa tantagratia, ut prius obtentos redditus retineret, Procuravit enim haec omnia urgenter Domini Regis vigil diligentia.

REX Theſaurario & Camerariis ſuis ſalutem, Liberate de Theſauro noſtro ad Liberate 35 H. 3. m. 2. intus.opus Domini Papae, mille Marcas, de Termino Sancti Michaelis, Anno &c. xxxv. de Annuo Cenſu mille Marcarum quas percipit ad Scaccarium noſirum. Teſte Rege apud Weſtmonaſterium Decimo Nono die Octobris.

Per Regem.

For above 9. years next enſuing I find no warrant at all for its payment; but inAnno 1261. the Liberate Roll of 45 H. 3. I meet with this warrant for paying One thouſand Marks, not for that, but the precedent year 44.

REX Theſaurario &▪ Camerariis ſuis ſalutem; Liberate de Theſauro noſtro Liberate 45 H. 3▪ m. 13. intus Pro Domino Papa.fra…i Iohanni de Kanciae de Ordine Fratrum Minorum Nuncio Domini Papae in Angliam, mille Marcas ad opus ipſius Domini Papae de Anno Regni noſtri quadrageſimo quarto, de Annuo Cenſu mille Marcarum quas percipit ad Scaccarium noſtrum. Teſte meipſo apud Windeſ. ſexto die Februarii.

The principal cauſe of this warrant was (if I miſtake not) to procure the Popes diſpenſation with his Oath made to the Barons for obſerving the Statues made by them at Oxford, which he ſollicited for and received this year, as **Hiſtor. Angel p: 958.Mat. Paris informs us, Poenituerat eum jam jurare taliter, metuens quodammodo notam perjurii, miſit igitur ad Papam ſecretè, rogans, ut ab hoc ſe juramento abſolveret, quod facillimè impetravit; and thereupon iſſued this warrant for this years Penſion.

After this Warrant it continued unpaid for 7. years together, whereupon the Pope to allure and enable the King to pay him the 7. years Arrears, with a greater overplus to his own Coffers, gave him a Tenth to be collected of the Clergy and Religious perſons throughout Ireland; whereupon the King iſſued theſe two Patents in the 51. year of his reign to the Collectors of this Tenth, to make payment thereof without delay out of the Tenths collected, which ſhould be allowed them on Account, being the firſt warrant of this Nature.

REX dilecto Clerico ſuo Magiſtro Willielmo de Bakepuz, & ſoci… ſuo CollectoribusAnno 1267. Pat. 51 H. 3. m. 11. intus. Decimae ſibi a ſed… Apoſtolica conceſſae in Hibernia, ſalutem. Cum ſanctiſſimo Patri Domino Clementi Papae quarto teneamur in ſeptem Millibus Marcis de Areragiis Annui Cenſus Mille Marcarum quas de nobis percipit ad ſcaccarium noſtrum, quam quidem pecuniam, de Decima nobis conceſſa in Hybernia perſolvi volumus ſine mora: Vobis mandamus quod predicta ſeptem Millia Marcarum Magiſtro Senicio ipſius Domini Papae Clerico, vel ejus certo Nuncio has literas deferenti modis omnibus Liberetis de decima aute dicta, & nos eas in eadem decima volumus allocari; In cujus, &c. Teſte Rege apud ſanctum Paulum London. Viceſimo ſexto die Julii.

REX Venerabilibus Patribus O. ſancti Adriani Diacono Cardinali Apoſtolicae ſedis Legato, & W. Eborum Archiepiſcopo Angliae Primati, & diſcretis viris Magiſtris S. Cantuar. & R. Cleiveland in Eccleſia Eborum Archidiaconis ſalutem. Cum ſanctiſſimo Patri Domino C, Papae teneamur in ſeptem Millibus p. 311Marcarum de Arreragiis annui Cenſus mille Marcarum quas de nobis percipit ad ſcaccarium noſtrum, Quam quidem pecuniam de Decima nobis conceſſa in Hibernia perſolvi volumus ſine mora. Uos rogamus quatinus predicta Septem Millia Marcarum eidem Domino Papae omnibus modis aſſignetis de Decima antedicta▪ Et nos eas in eadem Decima faciemus allocari; In Cujus, &c.

After this for two years ſpace and an half this Annuity remained unpayd, and then the King at the Popes importunity Anno. 54. of his raign, ſent theſe Letters Patents to the Biſhop and Dean of Lincoln, to pay it without delay or difficulty to the Nuntio of the Sea Apoſtolick and Church of Rome, out of the Tenthes of the Dioceſſe of Lincoln, promiſing to allow it, and allowing it on their Account by this Patent.

REX Epiſcopo & Decano Lincolniae ſalutem. Cum vos aſſignaverimus ad ſatiſfaciendumAnno 1270. Pat. 54. Hen. 3. mem. 27. intus. Magiſtro Sinicio Apoſtolicae ſedis & Eccleſiae Romanae Nuncio et procuratori, nomine ipſius Eccleſiae, de Duabus Millibus Quadringentis et Uiginta et una Marcis quatuor ſolidis ſex denariis et obolo in quibus eidem Eccleſiae tenemur pro Arreragiis Annui Cenſus Mille Marcarum, quas dicta Eccleſia de nobis percipit ad ſcaccarium noſtrum, quam quidem pecuniam de Summa nobiſcum pro Decima Lincoln. Dioc. conventa perſolvi volumus ſine mora; vobis mandamus quatinus pecuniam predictam prefato magiſtro Sinicio, vel ad ejus mandatum nomine predictae Eccleſiae ſine dilatione, vel difficultate aliqua, modis omnibus vos vel alter veſtrum plenarie liberetis de ſumma predicta. Nos enim pecuniam ipſam quam eidem vel ad ejus mandatum ſolveritis, unde liter as ſuas de Acquietancia penes vos habueritis, vobis in Summa predicta nobiſcum conventa volumus allocari, & per preſentes Literas allocamus; In cujus, &c. Teſte Rege apud Weſtmonasterium Decimo die Novembris.

This is the laſt payment during King Henry the 3d. his reign, who paid it with much reluctancy and unwillingneſſe, delaying it many years together, and never iſſuing out Warrants to pay it, but when he had extraordinary preſſing occaſions to make uſe of the Popes and Cardinals favour and aſſiſtance, whereby he might reap far greater advantages then the damage of its payment now and then at his own pleaſure, amounted to.

King Henry the 3d. deceaſing in the 57. year of his reign, and King Edward the 1. ſucceeding him, Pope Gregory the X. in the 3d. year of his reign, ſent this complemental Bull unto him, (the original whereof I found in the White Tower, with ſundry other Bulls of conſequence, long buried under duſt and cob-webs) humbly requiring and beſeeching the King to aſſiſt and adviſe Nogerius his Chaplain, in collecting the Tribute of the Church of Rome, and Peter-pence, in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, to give him a ſafe conduct whenever deſired, and particularly to aſſign unto him freely and fully ſeven years arrears, formerly due, and that preſent years Annual Penſion, wherein he ſtood bound to the Church: The Tranſcript whereof I ſhall here preſent you with.

GREGORIƲS Epiſcopus Servus Servorum Dei, Chariſſimo in Chriſto FilioAnno 1275. Edwardo Regi Angliae Illuſtri, ſalutem & Apoſtolicam Benedictionem. Quod ad benevolentiam tibi, & favorabilem matrem tuam Romanam Eccleſiam reverentiam jugiter exhibens filialem, non ſolum de juribus in quibus teneris eidem promptitudine ſibi reſpondeas liberali, immo etiam ubicunque de ſuis pertractandis Negotiis agitur fructuoſus Adjutor & propitius habearis, firmam ſpem gerimus & infallibilem fiduciam obtinemus. Cum itaque dilectum filium Magiſtrum de Nogeriis, Capellanum noſtrum, nobis & fratribus noſtris merito ſuae probitatis acceptum, pro Cenſibus Colligendis, et denario Beati Petri, ac debitis praefatae p. 312Eccleſiae requirendis, aliiſque noſtris, et ipſius Eccleſiae Negotiis, ad partes Angliae, Walliae, Scotiae, & Hyberniae, jamdudum duxerimus tranſmittendum; Celſitudinem Regiam requirimus attentius & rogamus, quatenus Capellanum ipſum benigne recipiens, & honeſte per tractans Annuum Cenſum, in quo Conſtat eidem Eccleſiae te teneri, pro inſtanti et ſeptem tranſactis annis, in quibus non fuit Cenſus hujuſmodi perſolutus, Capellano ipſi noſtro, et Eccleſiae memoratae nomine Llberaliter facias, et integre aſſignari; dictum Capellanum praefata negotia promoventem, habens circa illa pro noſtra, & Apoſtolicae ſedis reverentia propenſius commendatum, eidem ſuper hiis ac etiam in ſecuro conductu per Reginum tuum cum ab ipſo fueris requiſitus auxilium opportunum & conſilium impenſurus. Ita quod proinde ſerenitatem Regiam dignis laudrbus gratiarum actionibus proſequamur. Dat. Lugduni viij. Idus Novembris. Pontificatus noſtri Anno Tertio.

I cannot find in the Liberate or other Rolls, that thoſe arrears were ever ſatisfied by King Edward the 1. which incurred in his Father King Henry the 3d. his reign: But by Pope Martin the 4th. his Bull, and his Nuncioes ſolemn acquittance to him, declared by his agreement before Witneſſes of quality, and atteſted under their Seals, it appears, that King Edward the 1. after a Treaty about theſe 8. years arrears,Anno Dom. 1283. was contented and promiſed to pay 4000. Marks for 4. years incurred during his reign, at the Feaſt of Michaelmas, Anno 1277. by the hands of foreign Marchants there named, the receipt whereof he acknowledged by his Bull, in form following.

MARTINƲS Epiſcopus ſervus ſervorum Dei, Kariſſimo in Chriſto filioClauſ. 10. Edw. 1. mem. 4. dorſo. Edwardo Regi Angliae Illuſtri ſalutem & Apoſtolicam Benedictionem. Exparte tua fuit propoſitum coram Nobit, ut cum de Annuo Cenſu Mille Marcarum Argenti in quo Eccleſiae Romanae teneris pro Dctennio jam tranſacto in feſto Beati Michaelis de menſe Septembris tunc currente Anno Domini Mileſimo Ducenteſimo ſeptuageſimo ſeptimo, terminato, ipſi Romanae Eccleſiae fuerit pro parte tua per diverſas ſolutiones integre ſatisfactum, nec fueris de ſatisfactione hujuſmodi a ſede Apoſtolica opportunas quietationis literas aſſecutus. Petebatur a nobis ut providere tibi in hac parte paterna diligentia curaremus. Nos igitur Petitioni tuae, utpote juſtae benignius annuentes, praeſentium tenore fatemur, de Cenſu hujuſmodi pro prefato Dctennio fore prefatae Romanae Etcleſiae ſatisfactum. Ad tuam tuorumque Heredum cantelam & futuram memoriam preſentes tibi Literas concedentes. Dat. apud Urbem veterem 11. Non. Feb. Pontificatus noſtri Anno primo.