Vindication of Ecclesiastical Volume 3, Volume 2 · Book · Chapter 2 · Document 249 – Document 265

Vindication of Ecclesiastical Volume 3 · Volume 2 · Book · Chapter 2 · Document 249 – Document 265

p. 756REX Archiepiſcopo Rotom, & Miniſtris, Epiſcopis, ac Abbatibus, Prioribus,Pat. 35 H. 3. m. 11. intus. De die anniverſar. Iſabellae Matris Regis. & caeteris viris Religioſis habentibus terras ſive redditus in Regno noſtro Angliae, ſalutem. Naturalis dilectio felicis memoriae Iſabellae, Genitricis noſtrae, nos eſſe non ſinit immemores, ſic ſicut ipſa non ſine gravitate corporalis anguſtiae nos, donec naſceremur geſtavitin utero, ſic ejus animae ſubvenire piis beneficiorum remediis volumus quàmdiu vixerimus in hoc mundo. Volentes igitur amicorum noſtrorum mendicare ſuffragia, qui pro delictis noſtris non ſufficimus ſatisfactionem praeſtare condignam, univerſitatem veſtram requirimus et rogamus, quatinus diem obitus ipſius matris noſtrae Martilogio veſtro ſcribi, et proejus Anima, praeſertim anniverſario die celebrari miſſas et orationes fieri faciatis, noſtri et Alienorae Reginae noſtrae, liberorumque noſtrorum in orationibus atque beneficiis veſtris, ſi placet, habentes memoriam ſpecialem, per quam pie noſtra valeat inſufficientia relebari. Ad iſtud autem negotium plenius exequendum, dilectum nobis fratrem Th. de Ferun. latorem praeſentium ſpecialiter deſtinamus, rogando quatinus ipſum ad hoc favorabiliter admittas. In cujus, &c. Teſte Rege apud Weſtm.—die Febr.

The King having by a former Patent granted an Anuity of 30. l. to the Cardinal Deacon of St. Angelo, during his life, the better to ſolicit and promote his affairs in the Court of Rome, by this new Charter ordered it to be paid out of his Exchequer every Michaelmas, nothing being to be obtained in that age at Rome, but by Penſions and Bribes to Cardinals, as well as to the Pope, Who this year received his **Here p. 310.Tribute of a thouſand Marks from the King, for to obtain his own ends.

REX Omnibus &c. ſalutem. Scitatis quod cum venerabili Patri Richardo ſanctiPat. 35 H. 3. m. 6. intus. Pro Richardo ſancto Angeli Diacano Cardinali. Angeli Diacono Cardinali, xxx. Marcas annuas de Scaccario noſtro percipiendas quamdiu vixerit per Chartam noſtram dudum conceſſerimus Nos ſibi gratiam facere volentes ampliorem, pro nobis & Haeredibus noſtris concedimus & promittimus, quod quamdiu idem Cardinalis vixerit, dictas xxx. Marcas ſibi vel certo Nuncio ſuo in feſto Sancti Michaelis ad Scaccarium noſtrum ſingulis Annis ſolvi faciemus. In cujus, &c.

Teſte Rege apud Woodſtock, 10. die Julii. Per I. Manſell & P. Chaceporc.

The King preferring Will. de Kilkenny to the Church of Dungervan in Ireland, commanded his chief Juſtice of Ireland in his right to preſent him thereunto only by his Proctor, and the Biſhop of Liſmore to admit him thereunto, though abſent.

REX I. filio Galfrido, Juſticiario ſuo Hiberniae, ſalutem. Cum Eccleſia de…t. 35 H. 3. m. 3. Dungervan vacantem & ad noſtram donationem ſpectantem, contulerimus dilecto…o preſentati… ad Eccleſiam Clerico noſtro Magiſtro Will. de Kilkenny, Archid. Coventr. Vobis mandamus, quod ipſum Magiſtrum W. per procuratorem ſuum quem ad hoc per literas ſuas patentes conſtituerit, illi ad quem pertinet inſtitutio in eadem Eccleſia vice noſtra praeſentetis ad eandem nomine praefati Magiſtri inſtituendum. Damus enim vobis poteſtatem omnia exequendi quae ad praedictam praeſentationem pertinent uſque, ad completionem totius negotii memorati. In cujus, &c.

Teſte Rege apud Bocking, 10. die Septembris. Per ipſum Regem.

Idem Magiſter W. de Kilkenny, habet literas Domini Regis de praeſentatione ad Eccleſiam de Dungarvan vacantem, & ad Donationem Regis ſpectantem, & diriguntur Literae illae Liſmorenſi Epiſcopo.

Teſte ut ſupra. Per Regem.

The Archbiſhop of Caſſall in Ireland, citing the Biſhop elect of Limoric in Ireland to appear in his Court to confirm his election if Canonically made, notwithſtanding the Kings Prerogative, that his Royal licenſe and aſſent was not had thereto, as of right it ought; the King thereupon iſſued this Writ to command the Archbiſhop to p. 757revoke whatever he had done therein in prejudice of his Prerogative, or elſe Richard de Rupella was commanded to ſelfe his Temporalties into the Kings hands, if he revoked it not, and to renew his Appeal therein.

QUia Caſſall. Archiepiſcopus citavit electum Limoric Eccleſiae, quod compareretClauſ. 35. H. 3. m. 15. dorſ. coram eo die Jovis proxima ante Paſſionem Domini proximo praeteritam in Eccleſia Limoric, in occurſum ſuum: Ita quod ſi invenerit ipſam electionem Canonicam, eandem, non obſtante dignitate Regis, de aſſenſu requirendo, confirmaret: Reſcriptum eſt ei, Quod quicquid in praejudicium Regis attemptaverit revocet ſine mora. Et mandatum eſt Richardo de Rupella, quod Temporalia ipſius Archiepiſcopi capiat in manum Regis, ſi errorem illum non revocet, et quod innovet Appellationem Regis. Teſte Rege apud Windeſ. 29 die Aprilis.

So apt were Archibſhops and Biſhops then both in Ireland and England to invade the Rights of the Crown, and obſtinately to perſiſt therein without revocation, till their Temporalties were ſeiſed for their contempts; which will further appear by this Prohibition to the Biſhops of Lincoln and Chicheſter, and their Commiſſaries, for examining a Judgement given for the King for Goods, againſt an Executor, in his Exchequer, in their Spiritual Courts and other caſes this year.

REX Linc. & Ciceſtr. Epiſcopis, Magiſtro R. de Mar. & eorum Commiſſar.Clauſ. 35 H. 3. m. 35. dorſ. ſalutem. Prohibemus vobis ne teneatis placitum in Curia Chriſtianitatis inter Exec. Agn. quondam Com. Dereb. et Will. de Ferr. Com. Dereb. de Catallis quae fuerunt ejuſdem Comitiſſae, unius Haeredum Ran. Com. Ceſtr. ſuper quibus pro debitis in quibus nobis tenebatur idem Com. Ran. coram Baronibus noſtris de Scaccario, Iudicium eſt prolatum, donec a praedictis debitis per eoſdem Exec. juxta judicium praefati Scaccarii nobis plenius fuerit ſatisfactum.

Teſte Rege apud Wiſtm. 8. die Maii, Per Johannem de Lexinton.

Poſtea in eadem forma mandatum eſt Theſaurario Exon.

That the Croyſadoes granted to King Henry and others in Ireland and elſewhere with the redemptions thereof, by the Popes Bulls, were only pious cheats to pick mens purſes and raiſe monies, or for other uſes, is moſt apparent by theſe 3. Records.

MAndatum eſt Innocontio Summo Pontifici, quod Decimas Proventuum Eccleſiaſticorum Clauſ. 35 H. 3. m. 9. doiſo,in Auxitan. & Burdegal. Provinciis, ſuper cujus conceſſione ad opus Gaufridi de Leximaco fratris R. per Literas Papales fuit requiſitus, aſſenſum praebere non poteſt▪ cum Rex ex hoc decrementum incurreret et dampnum.

Teſte Rege apud Windeſ. 4 die Auguſti, Anno, &c. Per Regem.

REX L. Dublinenſ. Archiepiſcopo ſalutem. Nolentes gratiam, dilecto ConſanguineoClauſ. 35 H. 3. m. 25. dorſ. noſtro Stephano Lungeſpe à ſummo Pontifice conceſſam, de pecunia illa quae de redemptione votorum cruceſignatorum colligi poſſit in terra quae Lagania dicitur in Hibernia ſubtrahere, ſed potius ampliare, paternitatem veſtram rogamus, quatinus non impediatis, vel impediri permittatis praefatum conſanguineum noſtrum Cruce ſignatum, proponentem tranſire magnificè in Terrae Sanctae ſubſidium, vel aſſignatos ſuos, quin, conceſſionem ſibi a Domino Papa factam de redemptione, votorum cruce ſignatorum, in dicta terra Lagenia, ſicut in Literis Papalibus plenius continetur, uſque ad tempus illud quo nos fuimus crucis charactere inſigniti, integrè colligere poſſint, reſtituentes eidem vel ejus procuratoribus ſi quid per vos vel per aliquem de terra praedicta collectum fuerit, vel in alios uſus deputatum, uſque ad tempus praedictum. Teſte Rege apud Winton. 9. die Novembris.

p. 760REX Papae ſalutem, Cum ſuper pecunia de redemptionibus votorum Clauſ. 35 H. 3. m. 21. dorſ.cruce ſignatorum Legatis ſeu alio modo conceſſis ſuccurſui Terrae Sanctae nobis feceritis gratiam ſpecialem, ſancti tati veſtrae ſupplicamus attente, quatinus venerabilibus Patribus Ciceſlr. & Norwic. Epiſcopis ac Johannum Manſell, praepoſito Beverlaci per literas veſtras mandare velitis, ut ratiocinium ſeu compotum, W. Wygorn. Epiſcopi de hiis quae recepit & diſtribuit, de praedicta pecunia audiant, & ſi quid inde reſiduum fuerit, nobis integrè faciant aſſignari. Ita quod liberalitatem veſtram ſentiamus more folito fructuoſam: (the King and Pope ſerving each others turns for their own advantages.) Teſte Rege apud Wodſtock 28. die Januarii.

How apt the Biſhops and Clergy in this age were, even againſt their Oath of Fealty to the King, to encroach upon his Royal Perogative and Temporal Juriſdiction, in holding Plea in their Eccleſiaſtical Courts & at Rome, of Temporal cauſes, no way belonging to them; and Excommunicating his Sheriffs againſt his expreſſe Prohibitions; and how vigilant, zealous the King and his Nobles were to prevent ſuch incroachments upon his Crown and Perogative, by Prohibitions, and ſeiſures of their Baronies, this memorable Record will inform us.

REX Papae ſalutem. Ex hoc quod Venerabilis Pater W. Wigorn. Clauſ. 35 H. 3. m. 25. dorſ.Epiſcopus tanquam immemor fidelitatis nobis praeſtiti Iuramenti, placitum nam ii vetiti inter ipſum et dilectum et fidelem noſtrum **Here p. 735.Willielmum de Bello Campo, Vicecomitem noſtrum Wigorn. exortum, contra prohibitionem noſtram ſibi factam expreſſe, tam viva voce quam literis proſequitur in Curia noſtra, non ſine laeſione et noſtrae praejudicio dignitatis, cum cordis turbatione admiratio nobis creſcit, quamquam non de eodem placito, ſed de ſententia excommunicationis quam ipſius occaſione in dictum Nobilem tulit, ſe aſſerat agere coram vobis; unde de Conſilio Magnatum noſtrorum, Baroniam quam idem Epiſcopus de nobis tenet in Capite, ſicut eſt legis et conſuetudinis Regni noſtri, providimus capere in manum noſtram, ipſam tamen captionem ad inſtantiam R. Com. Cornub. diſtulimus uſque ad inſtans feſtum Purificationis beatae Mariae, ſi forte dictus Epiſcopus a proſecutione praefata penitus duxerit deſiſtendum. Igitur ne Paternitatem veſtram, quae omnia noſtram Coronam et Dignitatem Regiam tangentia, ſemper voluit et vult illaeſa ſervari, decretum noſtrum lateat in hac parte, praeſentes vobis literas deſtinamus, ſupplicantes attente, quatinus juxta quod vobis ſupplicavimus alias eidem Epiſcopo nullum praebere velitis audientiam in placito memorato, ſeu aliis quae noſtrum forum, et dignitatis noſtrae culmen tangere dinoſcuntur. Teſte Rege apud Winton. 21. die Decembris.

The Mayor and Bayliffs of Briſtol ſeiſing ſome Stones, collected for repair of St. Thomas Church in Dublin by the Kings licenſe, to repair the Caſtle of Briſtol, the King thereupon iſſued this Writ to reſtore them.

MAndatum eſt Majori & Ballivis Briſtol, quatinus Petram quam Abbas & ConventusClauſ. 35 H. 3. m. 21. S. Thoma Dublin colligi fecerunt apud Bristol ad conſtruendum Eccleſiam Dublin, & quam arreſtari fecerunt ad Caſtrum Regis Briſtol reparandum, eiſdem canoncis liberent, ſi quam in operatione Regis ibidem poſuerint et reſtaurantes, & quocienſcun que aliquam collectam Petrae illuc fecerint ad fabricam Eccleſiae ſuae, permittant ipſos eandem Petram cariare quo voluerint. Teſte Rege apud Wind. 1…. die Jan.

The inhabitants of Rocheſter, having intruded one Chriſtian, condemned for the death of her Brother, into the Church of Rochester, as into a Sanctuary, to ſave her p. 759from Execution, and ſome of them taking Sanctuary in the ſame Church for this offence; the King to curb theſe offenders, and bring them to condigne puniſhment, iſſued this Writ to the Sheriff of Kent, to ſeiſe the Liberties of the Town into his own hands, and to attach twelve of the diſcrecteſt men therein, and keep in ſafe cuſtody all Clerks and Laymen who had taken Sanctuary in the Church upon this occaſion.

MAndatum eſt Vic. Kanciae, quod capiat in manum Regis libertatem VillaeRoc. Fin. 35. H. 3. m. 20. Roffae, & attachiat Ballivos & xii. de probioribus & diſcretioribus ejuſdem Villae, quod ſint coram Rege in craſtino Sancti Dioniſii apud Weſt monasterium, ad reſpondendum Regi de hiis quae eis dicentur ex parte Regis; & omnes illos qui ſunt in priſona noſtra Roffae, pro intruſione Chriſtianae filiae Dunſtani damnatae pro morte fratris ſui venire faciat coram Rege, ad praedictum diem & locum, & omnes illos'tàm Laicos quàm Clericos, qui ſe tenent in Eccleſia pro intruſione praedicta mulieris, ſalvo cuſtodiat, ita quod non exeant ante quam faciant quod facere debuerint ſecundum conſuetudinem terrae.

The King having built a New Chappel at Windſor, iſſued this Mandate to provide a Maſs-Book, Breviarie, with other Books, Veſtments, Furniture and Ornaments, fit for performance of the devotions then uſed therein.

MAndatum eſt Edwardo de Weſtmonaſt. quod Regi habere faciat in nova Capella Clauſ. 35 H. 3. m. 13. intus. De pluribus inveniendis in Capella de Windleſhour.ſua apud Windeſ. unum Miſſale, unum Breviar. Collectar. Capitular. & Impuar. duo Antiphonar. duo Salteria, duo Gradal. & Tropar unum Calicem, & quatuor Manutergia, & quatuor Tual. ſuper altare, ad Miniſtrandum in Capella praedicta. Teſte Rege apud Wind. 21. die Maii.

The King before the **See Raſtal Mortmain, 1, 2, & 8. Pat. 7 E. 1. m. 2. Clauſ. 7 E. 1. m. 5. dorſ. Cooks 2 Inſtit. De Prohibitione contra Barthol. de Creke.Statute of Mortmain, Anno. 7. E. 1. de Religioſis, iſſued this Writ of Prohibition, not to ſell any Lands held in. Capite to Religious perſons or others, to the impairing of the Revenues of the Crown.

MAndatum eſt Bartholomaeo de Creke, in fide qua Regi tenetur firmiter inhibendo, ne terram, ſeu aliqua tenementa quae de Rege tenet in Capite, viris Religioſis vendat, nec de eiſdem aliquam alienationem faciat per quam Regi aut Haeredibus Regis de hiis quae ad Regem pertinent aliquid ſubtrahatur. Teſte Rege apud Wind. 16. die Junii.

The Archbiſhop of Canterbury his Suffragans and Agents endeavouring to ſubject the Kings Free-Chappels and Houſhold Clerks officiating in them, to the Tax granted by the Pope to Archbiſhop Boniface, againſt the **Here p. 720, 721.premiſed Bulls of the Pope, and Kings Prohibitions; the King thereupon procured this new Inhibition and Exemption of them from Pope Innocent, for preſervation of his Prerogative.