Vindication of Ecclesiastical Volume 3, Volume 2 · Book · Chapter 3 · Document 227 – Document 236
REX Reginald. filio Petri Vic. Sutht. ſalutem. Cum nuper propter turbationem Regni noſtri, & etiam propter guerram in eodem Regno jam ſubortam, ſummoneri feciſſemus Archiepiſcopos, Epiſcopos, Abbates, Priores, Comites, Barones, Milites, & alios qui ſervitium nobis debent, ut eſſent ad nos apud Oxon. ad mediam Quadrageſ. prox. praeteritam, cum equis et armis, et toto ſervitio ſuo nobis debito, in hujuſmodi neceſſitatis articulo conſilium et auxilium efficax ſuper praemiſſis impenſuri. Ac quidam ex eis ſervitium ſuum nobis debitum facere noluerint, propter quod de Baronum conſilio et Magnatum nobiſcum exiſtentium, proviſum eſt, quod Baroniae, terrae et tenementa eorum, qui de nobis tenent in Capite, et qui nobis ſer…itium ſuum nobis debitum juxta mandatum noſtrum facere noluerunt, capiantur in manum noſtram, donec tam de dicto ſervitio, quam de hujuſmodi tranſgreſſione nobis ſatisfecerint. Vobis mandamus firmiter injungentes, quod Baronjas Venerabilis Patris J. Win…. Epiſcopi, & Abbatis de Abbindon, qui ſervitium ſuum nobis dabitum ad mandatum noſtrum facere noluerunt, capias in manum noſtram, et eas una cum honis et catallis in ipſis inventis, ſine diſtractione ſeu dilapidatione aliqua inde facienda ſalvo cuſtodiri. facia…. Ita quod de bonis et catallis ipſis vel de pre…io eorundem, et de exitibus Baroniarum praedictarum nobis ſufficienter reſ…ondeas, done… aliud inde praeceperimus. Teſte Rege apud Oxon. …. die Aprilis.
Eodem modo mandatum eſt Adae de Grenvill Vic. North…. quod capiat in manum Regis Baronias Epiſcopi Elienſ. & Abbatis de Rameſey.
Eodem modo mandatum eſt Vic. Nottingh, & D…r…. quod capiat in manum Regis Baronias Archiepiſcopi Ebor. & Epiſcopi Lincoln.
The King commanding the Sheriffe of Yorkſhire by a like Writ to ſeiſe and detain in his hand the Temporalties of the Archbiſhop and other Prelates, without waſt or ſpoile of the goods therein, for not rendring their ſervice due to him in his Wars, whereupon he ſeiſed and much waſted the goods againſt the Kings precept and intent, detaining ſome of the Biſhops tenents in priſon, the King thereupon commanded him by this Writ to make full reſtitution of the Temporalties, goods and profits he took from him and his tenents, to releaſe the priſoners, and reſtore their ranſomes under pain of impriſonment, and his heavy diſpleaſure.
REX Roberto de Nevill Vic. Ebor. ſalutem. Cum Baronias quorundam PraelatorumClauſ. 48 H. 3. m. 4. dorſo. Regni noſtri nuper ceperimus in manum noſtram, eo quod ſervitia ſua nobis debita nobis minimè fecerunt ad mandatum noſtrum, ac vobis mandaverimus quod Baroniam Venerabilis Patris G. Ebor. Archiepiſcopi caperetis in manum noſtram, pro eo quod ſervitium ſuum nobis tempore competenti non exhibuit, ita quod eam ſalvo & abſque diſtractione aliqua bonorum ejuſdem Baroniae cuſtodiri faceretis, vos ut accepimus, bonorum illorum diſſipationem non modicam fieri permittitis ad graviſſimum dampnum Archiepiſcopi ſupradicti, ſuper quo nec immeritò movemur. Verum quia demandam noſtram ſervitii dicti Archiepiſcopi jam in ſuſpenſo poſuimus ad tempus, Vobis mandamus quatenas Baronium ſuam cum omnibus inde perceptis à tempore captionis ejuſdem in manum noſtram, ſine dilatione reſtituatis eidem. Quia etiam datum eſt nobis intelligi, quod milites & ſervientes ſupradicti verſus nos nuper venientes cum equis & armaturis ad faciend. nobis ſervitium praedictum per viam arr…ſtaviſtis, & quoſdam ex eis adhuc in Carcere detinetis, & à quibuſdam eorum graves redemptiones coepiſtis, quod grave gerimus & indignè. Vobis firmiter injungimus quatenus dictos incarceratos ſine mora deliberetis, & tam eis quam aliis a quibus redemptiones coepiſtis, omnia per vos aut veſtros ſibi ablata plenariè reſtitui faciatis. Ne ſuper hoc oporteat nos gravius ſollicitari, propter quod ad vos graviter capere debeamus. Teſte Rege apud Sutton. 26. die Maii.
The Biſhop of Bangor, having interdicted the Chapple of the Son of Griffin in a ſuit concerning his Lay-fee, which belonged not to Eccleſiaſtical but to the Lay-Court, and refuſing to take off the interdict upon caution tendred, the King thereupon iſſued this Writ to him to take off the Interdict, or elſe to ſuſpend it till the Parliament approaching, where both parties might be heard and the matter decided.
REX Bangorenſi Epiſcopo ſalutem. Ex parte L. filii Griffini, nobis eſt oſtenſum,Clauſ. 49 H. 3. m. 6. dorſo. quod cum ipſe pro ſe & hominibus ſuis vobis cautionem ſufficientem frequenter obtulerit, de parendo mandatis Eccleſiae in forma Juris, ſi in aliquo contra vos in praejudicium Eccleſiaſticae libertatis deliquerint, vos cautionē hujuſmodi hactenus admittere recuſaſtis, nihilominus pro cauſis non ad forum Eccleſiaſticum, immo ad Curiam Laicalem mere pertinentibus, ut de Laicalibus feodis, capellam ſuam interdicto ſuppoſuiſtis. Et quia hoc ſuſtinere nolumus ſicut nec debemus, maxime cum placita de Laicis feodis in Regno noſtro ad Coronam et dignitatem noſtram pertinent. Vobis mandamus rogantes, quod praefatum interdictum ſine morae diſpendio revocetis, vel ſaltem ponatis in reſpectum uſque ad inſtans Parliamentum noſtrum quod habituti ſumus apud Weſtm. ubi vos una cum caeteris Praelatis Regni noſtri jurta mandatum noſtrum intereritis, ut tunc habito tractatu ſuper praemisſis, inde fiat utrique parti quod de jure fuerit faciendum. Teſte Rege apud Gloue. 15. die Maii.An. 12. 49 H. 3▪ (a) Actus Pontificum Eborac. Col. 1726. (b) Catalogue of Biſhops, p. 468.
(a) Thomas Stubs and (b) Go…win, informe us, that William de Langton Dean of York, being elected Archbiſhop thereof after the death of Godfry de Kynton, the Pope having a mind to prefer another thereto by his Proviſions who would give more money for it; ejus electio ratione pluralitatis beneficiorum Eccleſiaſticorum caſſata fuit in Curia Romana, cum tamen non haberet niſi unam Eccleſiam cum Decanatu Eboracenſi: (if all Pluraliſts had been rejected upon this account, there had ſcarce been one Biſhop conſecrated in that age;) although the King confirmed his election. Upon his rejection, the Pope by Proviſion tranſlated Walter Giffard (being his Chaplain) from the Biſhoprick of Bath and Wells to York: Being conſecrated Archbiſhop by the Pope himſelf, returning from beyond the Seas; *Mat. Paris Hiſt. p. 950.Cum Londinum perveniſſet, per medium urbis portari fecit crucem ſuam ante ipſum in propatulo elevatam, accedenſque ad Regem, honorificè ſuſceptus est, & inde ad partes tendens Angliae Boreales, in ſuo gaudenter Archiepiſcopatu paſtor & pater ſuſcipitur ſublimatus.
*See Mat Paris p. 965, 966.Simon Montefort Earl of Leyceſter, during the Kings impriſonment under him, making uſe of the Kings Great Seal at his pleaſure, preſented Almaricus de Montefort to the Treaſurerſhip of York Church, in the Kings gift, againſt his will, who was inſtalled therein: Not long after the King gaining the liberty of his perſon and Seal, by his victory over the Barons at Eveſham, revoked that preſentation as void, and preſented Edmund Mortimer to this Treaſurerſhip; Commanding the Canons to inſtall him, who refuſing to do it, the King thereupon iſſued another Commiſſion to ſome others to inſtall him, upon their delay or neglect to do it.
HEnricus Dei gratia, Rex Angliae, Dominus Hiberniae, & Dux Aquitaniae: Pat. 49 H. 3. In Cedula conſuta m. 11. intus.Dilectis ſibi in Chriſto Capitulo Ebor. ſalutem. Cum dudum nobis in plena & Regia poteſtate noſtra exiſtentibus, conceſſerimus providere dilecto nobis Edmundo de Mortuo mari in Eccleſiaſtico beneficio competenti quàm cito facultas ſe offeret, & poſt bellum habitum inter nos & quoſdam fideles noſtros ex parte una, & Simonem de Monteforti quondam Comitem Leyc. & fautores ſuos ex altera apud Lewes, extiterimus in Cuſtodia praefati Simonis & aliorum fautorum ſuorum, per quod tempore ipſius Cuſtodiae, contra voluntatem noſtram, praefatus Comes Literas ſigillo noſtro (quonon nos ſed Comes ipſe pro ſuo utebatur arbitrio) formari fecit, continentes quod nos Theſaurariam Eboracenſem tunc vacantem Almarico de Monteforti conceſſimus, & Vobis mandavimus quod eidem Almarico ſtallum in Choro & locum in Capitulo aſſignaretis. Ac nos per Dei adjutorium vires noſtras reſumpſerimus, per quod conceſſionem illam & alias quae per literas noſtras nobis invitis factae fuerant dum in Cuſtodia praedicta eramus, volumus revocari & annullari, immo nullas haberi, & Theſaurariam ipſam jam ſpontè praefato Edmundo conceſſimus. Et ideo vobis mandamus, quod amoto quolibet detentore eidem Edmundo ſtallum in Choro & locum in Capitulo, prout moris eſt, aſſignetis. In cujus rei teſtimonium has literas noſtras fieri fecimus patentes. Teſte meipſo apud Wygorn. 7. die Anguſti. Anno Regni noſtri 49.
Upon their refuſall, the King iſſued this further Commiſſion.
REX Dilectis & fidelibus ſuis Willielmo de Clyfford, & Magiſtro Willo de Wygorn. Pat. 49 H. 3. m. 7. Pro Radulpho de mortuo Mari.ſalutem. Cum poſt conflictum habitum inter nos, & quoſdam fideles noſtros ex parte una, & Simonem de Monteforti, quondam Com. Leyc. & fautorum ſuorum ex altera apud Lewes, extiterimus in Cuſtodia praefati Simonis & fautorum ſuorum, per quod tempore ipſius Cuſtodiae contra voluntatem noſtram literas ſigillo noſtro, quo pro ſuae libertate voluntatis utebatur, ſignari fecit, continentes quod nos Theſaurariam Eboc. vacantem Almerico de Monteforti conceſſimus, & Capitulo Ebor. mandavimus quod eidem Almarico, ſtallum in Choro & locum in Capitulo aſſignarent. Et nos per Dei adjutorium vires noſtras reſumpſerimus, per quod conceſſionem illam & alias conceſſiones, quae per literas noſtras nobis invitis factae fuerunt, dum in Cuſtodia praedicta eramus, volumus annullari, immo potius nullas haberi, per quod Theſaurariam ipſam ſponte Edmundo de Mortuo Mari, Clerico conceſſimus, & praedicto Capitulo Mandavimus, quod amoto quolibet detentore eidem Edmundo ſtallum in Choro, & locum in Capitulo aſſignarent. Ac ipſi mandatum noſtrum eis pro eodem Edmundo directum facere diſtulerint, de quo miramur et quamplurimum movemur. Nos de veſtrae fidelitatis conſtantia plenam gerentes fiduciam, Vobis mandamus firmiter injungentes, quod vos duo vel unus veſtrum eidem Edmundo ſtallum in Choro & locum in Capitulo aſſignetis, & Theſaurariae praedictae plenam ſeiſinam ei habere faciatis, & hoc ſicut honorem noſtrum & veſtrum, diligitis nullo modo omittatis. Teſte &c.
Item mandatum eſt Magiſtro Simoni de Eveſham Archid. Richmundiae, quod quia Rex de fidelitatis ſuae conſtantia, circumſpectione & induſtria plenam gerit fiduciam, quod eidem Edwardo ſtallum in Choro & locum in Capitulo aſſignet. Et hoc ſicut Regem & honorem ſuum diligit, & gratiam in conſpectu Regis habere voluerit, nullo modo omttat.
Item Mandatum eſt Vic. Eborum quod aſſumpto ſecum Magiſtro Willielmo de Wygorn. eidem Edmundo de Theſauraria praedicta plenam ſeiſinam habere faciat. Teſte Rege apud Winton. 17. die Septembris.
The King giving his aſſent to the Election of the Archbiſhop of York, ſent this certificate thereof to the Pope, that he might be conſecrated thereunto.
SAnctiſſimo in Chriſto Patri Domino Dei gratia ſacroſanctae Romanae Eccleſiae ſummoIbidem. Pontifici H. eadem gratia Rex Angliae, Dominus Hiberniae, & Dux Aquitaniae ſalutem, cum reverentia & honore. Sciatis quod Electioni nuper celebratae, in Eccleſia Cathedrali Sancti Petri Ebor. de diſcreto viro Willielmo de Rotherfield, Decano dictae Eccleſiae in Archiepiſcopum ejuſdem loci, Regium aſſenſum adhibuimus, & favorem. Et hoc veſtrae Sanctitati tenore praeſentium ſignificamus, ut quod veſtrum eſt in hac parte exequamini. In cujus, &c. Teſte Rege apud Weſtm. 1. die Aprilis.
Peter Biſhop of *Mat. Paris. 881, to 888. 986. 987. 917, 924, 934. See Godwins Catalogue of Biſhops p. 375.Hereford, being a Nonreſident from his Biſhoprick, demeaning himſelf like an hireling, not as a reall ſhepheard, devouring the Milk, Wool, but not knowing nor feeding his flock, nor diſcharging his ſpirituall Office for which he received the Temporalties, the King coming to Hereford, finding him abſent, the ſervice of God both in his City and Dioceſſe generally neglected, he being highly offended and grieved therewith, out of his Eccleſiaſtical ſupremacy and care of his peoples ſouls, ſent him this memorable Writ, worthy to be ingraved in indelible Characters in the Hearts, Memories, Palaces of all Chriſtian Kings, and unpreaching, rarepreaching, Nonreſident Prelates, Canons, Paſtors; commanding him immediately to repair to his Biſhoprick, and diſcharge his Paſtorall Office with care and diligence, under pain of ſeiſing all his Temporalities, goods, enjoyning the Archbiſhop of Canterbury, and his Official by their Eccleſiaſtical Conſtitutions and Cenſures, to enforce him to diſcharge his duty, as they would avoyd his royal diſpleaſure, proceedings againſt them by his ſecular power, and theſcandall which would elſe inevitably fall upon them both.
REX Epiſcopo Hereford ſalutem. Paſtores gregibus praeponuntur ut diei Pat. 49 H 3. m. 14. intus. numero. 57. See Crooks 2. Inſtit. p. 625, 626. miſtaken in the year.noctiſque vigilias exercendo ſuper eos qui pecoris vultum agnoſcant, et oves famelicas in fertilitatis paſcua introducant, errantes vero per verbum ſalutis et virgam correctionis in unius ovilis conſervatione ſtudeant indiſſolubilem unitatem. Sed ſunt nonnulli qui hanc doctrinam damnabiliter contempnentes, ac ſua ab aliis pecora diſtinguere neſcientes, lac et lanam tollunt, qualiter Dominicus grex alatur non curantes; Temporalia rapiunt, et quis in Parochia fame pereat, aut periclitetur in moribus non attendunt, qui non Paſtores ſed Mercenarii potius dici promerentur. Hoc ſiquidem dum hiis diebus ad diſponendum de Regni noſtri praeſidiis in partes Marchiae nos transferremus in Eccleſia veſtra Hereford. dolenter referimus, nos inveniſſe, quam adeo invenimus Paſtoris ſolatio deſtitutam, ut nedum Epiſcopum, ſed nec Officialem haberet, Vicarium, aut Decanum, qui quicquam ſpritualitatis exercere poſſet in eadem, ſed Eccleſia ipſa quae olim deliciis affluere conſuevit, etiam Canonicis qui ibidem nocturnis et diurnis Officiis vacare, et opera caritatis exercere deberent, eam deſerentihus, et longe degentibus in remotis, ſtola jocunditatis exuta, cecidit in terram, viduitatis ſuae detrimenta deplorans, nec eſt qui conſoletur eam ex omnibus charis ejus. Sane dum haec vidimus et conſideravimus diligenter, pietatis aculeus viſcera noſtra commovit, et compaſsionis gladius intima cordis noſtri acrius vulneravit, ut tantam Eccleſiae matris noſtrae injuriam ulterius diſſimulare non poſsimus, nec pertranſire incorrectam. Quapropter vobis mandamus firmiter injungentes, quatenus ad Eccleſiam veſtram praedictam occaſionibus quibuſcun que poſtpoſitis, cum ea qua poteritis celeritate vos transferre curetis, commiſſum vobis in eadem curae paſtoralis officium perſonaliter executuri; nos enim de ſalvo et ſecuro conductu tam inveniendo quam morando, ſi opus fuerit vobis, dum tamen ſuper hiis quae contra vos rationabiliter objici poterunt, juri parere volueritis, provideri faciemus. Quod ſi aliqua juſta cauſa quam ignoramus ſubfuerit, quo minus hoc perſonaliter facere poſſitis, ipſam nobis reſcribentes, alicui diſcreto de regno noſtro vices veſtras in omnibus quae ad juriſdictionem Epiſcopalem pertinent committatis, ut veſtra ſaltem ad tempus abſentia tolerabilior habeatur. Alioquin ſcire vos volumus pro conſtanti, quod ſi neutrum iſtorum facere curaveritis, bona temporalia et omnia quae ad Baroniam ipſius Eccleſiae pertinent, quae pro ſpiritualibus in eadem exercendis pia Progenitorum noſtrorum devotione conſtat eidem fuiſſe collata, et quae hactenus colligi, et ſalvo cuſtodiri praecipimus, in commodum et utilitatem ipſius Eccleſiae convertenda, ceſſante jam cauſa in manu noſtra totaliter capiemus; Nota.nec ulterius ſuſtinebimus quod temporalia metat, qui ſpiritualia, ad quae ex officii ſui debito tenetur, irreverenter ſubtrahere non formidat, aut quod emolumenta percipiat, qui incumbentia eiſdem onera ſubire recuſat. Teſte Regi apud Hereford, primo die Junii.
REX Archiepiſcopo Cantuar. ſalutem. Paſtores, &c. Vt in alia uſque ibi diſſimulare Ibidem.non poſſimus nec pertranſire incorrectam. Quia igitur ad vos ſuffrageneorum et aliorum ſubditorum veſtrorum negligentias corrigere ſpectat, et exceſſus, paternitatem veſtram rogamus et requirimus, ne in defectum opprobriumque rigoris Eccleſiaſtici manum Laicam, quod inviti faceremus, apponere nos oporteat, praefatum Herefordenſem Epiſcopum ſuffraganeum veſtrum, monere et efficaciter inducere, et ſi opus fuerit ea qua convenit cenſura compellere velletis, ad Eccleſiam ſuam praedictam, uſque ibi provideri faciemus. Quod ſi aliqua juſta cauſa, quam ignoramus, ſubfuerit quo minus hoc perſonaliter facere poſſit, ipſum, ſi de ea vobis conſtet reſcribentes, ipſum ut alicui diſcreto de Regno noſtro vices ſuas in omnibus quae ad juriſdictionem Epiſcopalem ſpectant committat, ſimili cenſura compellere non omittatis. Alioquin, &c.
REX Magiſtro Hugoni de Mortuomari Offic. Archiepiſcopi Cantuar. ſub eadem forma. Quia igitur ad vos ratione officii vobis commiſsi ſuffraganeorum Eccleſiae Cantuarienſis negligentias corrigere, &c. ut infra, ubi dicitur praefatum Epiſcopum Herefordenſem Eccleſiae Cantuarienſis ſuffraganeum Monere et efficaciter inducere, et ſi opus fuerit ea qua convenit, &c. uſque in finem. Teſte ut ſupra.
The Jews in Lincoln and other places, having been plundered and ſpoiled of their goods during the Barons Wars, and ſince threatned to be ſpoiled again, the King upon their Petition, iſſued this Patent to certain perſonsin Lincoln, not to offer any violence, and to protect them and their goods from all violence, plunder, having taken them into his Royal Protection, as they would anſwer the contrary at their peril.
REx dilectis ſibi, Thomae de Fou. Waltero de Braund. Willielmo Braund. Gilberto Pat. 49. H. 3. m. 17. Pro Judaeis Lincoln.del Punt. Rogero filio Benedicti, Johanni de Luda. Oſberto filio Egidii, Johanni de Paris, Jacobo del Punt. Jordano filio Egidii, Henrico filio Egidii, Thomae filio Roberti, Petro fratri Henrici Gupil, Waltero de Croyland, Nicholao Mundae, Nicholao Stoyle, Willielmo de Holgate, Willielmo de Hepham, Johanni Coiti, Thomae le Parmniter, Johanni de Lanc. Johanni del Soler. Martino le Corwunder civibus ſuis▪ Lincoln ſalutem. Cum poſt turbationem nuper habitam in regno noſtro de conſilio Baronum noſtrorum Judeos noſtros Lincoln. ſicut & caeteros Judeos noſtros Angliae ad eorum corporum & rerum ſuarum tuitionem & conſervationem in noſtram protectionem ſpecialem ſuſceperimus, ac quidam de civitate praedicta, ſicut ex eorū querimonia didicimus, ſibi de corporibus & rebus ſuis minas inferunt manifeſtas, per quod nimium ſibi dampnum & grave periculum evenire formidant. Nos indempnitati eorum proſpicere volentes, Vobis mandamus firmiter injungentes, quatenus praefatos Judeos Lincoln. viriliter protegentes, & contra quoſcunque manutenentes, eis in perſonis vel bonis ſuis non inferatis vel ab aliquibus inferri permittatis injuriam, &c. Et ſi quid, &c. Et hoc ſicut vos & veſtra diligitis, nullatenus omittatis. In cujus, &c. Duraturam per annum Teſte Rege apud Glouc. 6. die May.
Some Marchers of Wales, having entred into a Solemn agreement, with Simon de See Matt. Weſt. An. 1265. Holinſhed, Speed, and Daniel.Monteford, Earl of Leicester, Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Glouceſter, and other Nobels, to go over into Ireland for ſome time, for the Peace of the Realm, and ra…ified it with their Oathes, which they perfidiouſly violated, by ſtaying in England, raiſing new Forces, Wars, drawing the Earl of Glouceſter, and he the Prince, into the Confederacy and Rebellion againſt the King, openly ſlandering and defaming him; the King thereupon, by the Earl of Leicesters perſwaſion, as the Subſcription and other circumſtances evidence, commanded the Biſhops of the Province of Canterbury, jointly in their ſeveral Dioceſſes to excommunicate all of them, ſmall and great, without ſparing any, and all their adherents in general▪ and to vindicate the King from their ſlanders, by publiſhing the truth of things, to unblind the people whom they ſeduced.