Vindication of Ecclesiastical Volume 3, Volume 2 · Book · Chapter 3 · Document 308 – Document 315
SAnctiſſimo in Chriſto Patri & Domino divina providentia ſacroſanctae Romanae &Pat. 56 H. 3. m. 33. univerſalis Eccleſiae ſummo Pontifici, ſuus humilis & devotus H. eadem gratia, Rex Angliae, Dominus Hyberniae, & Dux Aquitaniae recommendationem, & ſeipſum ad pedum ſanctiſſima oſcula beatorum. Noverit reverenda paternitas, nos feciſſe, ordinaſſe et conſtituiſſe praeſentium per tenorem dilectum Clericum noſtrum I. Beuchard. Rectorem Eccleſiae de Overton Winton. Dioc. latorem praeſentium, procuratorem noſtrum, ad proponendum impedimenta et crimina tam contra Electionem Monachorum Sanctae Trinitatis Cantuar. et ejus formam de futuro Archipraeſule praeficiendo, quam contra perſonam Electi, coram vobis in Curia veſtra, vel vices veſtras gerentibus quibuſcunque. Dantes eidem poteſtatem nomine noſtro in praemiſſis agendi, defendendi, excipiendi, replicandi, impetrandi, contradicendi, et in Iudices conſentiendi, petendi beneficium reſtitutionis in integrum, praeſtandi in animam noſtram cujuſlibet generis ſacramentum, ponendi, reſpondendi et ſubſtituendi unum vel plures ad praemiſſa omnia et ſingula quociens viderit expedire; Procuratores noſtros in eadem Curia per nos, vel alios nomine noſtro conſtitutos vel ſubſtitutos totaliter revocandi, et omnia alia et ſingula faciendi quae verus procurator poteſt facere, etiamſi mandatum exigant ſpeciale. Ratum et gratum habituri quicquid idem Iterus, conſtitutus vel ſubſtitutus ab ipſo nomine noſtro fecerint in praemisſis, pro eiſdem judicatum ſolvi promittentes. Hoc etiam quibuſcunque adverſis partibus intimamus. In cujus, &c. Teſte Rege apud Weſtm. 28. die Marcii. Hereupon. the Pope, *Antiq. Eccleſ. Brit. p. 192. 193Hujus loco ſine Monachorum Electione vel conſenſu, ſimulans in Subprioris illius Electione vitium manifeſtum, quod in ſuam poteſtatem jus conferendi tranſtulit interveniſſe; Robertum de Kylwarby, ex plenitudien poteſtatis Archiepiſcopum pronunciavit, being then Provincial of the Freers Minorites in England, chief promoter of the Popes Diſmes, Croyſadoes, and other exactions in the Realm, for a. 11 years ſpace: The Monks, quorum inſolentia Regibus ſaepe moleſta (oft oppoſing themſelves againſt their Kings and lawfull Princes recommendations of an Archbiſhop to them,) jam tandem ab ipſo Papa, quem contra Reges implorare conſueverunt, fracta eſt, ſo as they durſt not oppoſe this intruder of the Popes ſending by way of Proviſion. But yet to preſerve their right of Election in ſome meaſure, they were content forſooth, to chuſe him whom the Pope had before deſigned without and againſt their wills; then ſent their ſubprior (who had formerly renounced his Election at Rome before the Pope) together with the Prior of Dovor, and Official of Canterbury to him to London, qui eum Conventus nomine Electum ſalutarent. Ac Robertus, etſi Archiepiſcopatum hunc Papae acceptum tulit, ut Monachorum gratiam & benevolentiam colligeret, perhumaniter eos accepit & petractavit; ſecumque de Eccleſiae Cantuarienſis negotiis conſilium daturos, octo diebus retinuit. Conceſſit autem ei Dominus Papa, ut munus conſecrationis eligere poſſit à quocunque Epiſcopo Catholico quem ad hoc duxerit eligendum. Elegit autem Willielmum Bathonienſem, quem fama ſanctitatis inter caeteros multum efferebat. On the day of his conſecration March 4. 1272. the Prior of Canterbury demanded of him the ſum of 3000. Marks which the Covent had ſpent in the Election of their ſubprior Chillindon, which the Pope had promiſed him upon his renunciation, the next Archbiſhop ſhould ſatisfie: but he loth to diſburſe this money, began to pick holes in the Priors coat, threatning to deprive him for his miſdemeanors, whereupon the Prior perſwaded this Covent to abate 1300. pounds of the 3000 Marks. The King was ſo much engaged to the Pope for ſupporting him againſt his Barons, and granting him three years Diſmes and Croyſadoes towards the holy Warre, which Kilwarby and his Freers promoted, that he made no oppoſition againſt this promotion by the Pope. Soon after his conſecration, *Godwins Catalogue of Biſhops. p. 178.Richard More, Doctor of Divinity being elected Biſhop of Wincheſter, he made exceptions againſt and refuſed to confirme him, for holding many benefices, according to the *Here p. 1042 to 1046.Conſtitution of the Council of London under Othobon, And ſaid, that a man of ſuch conſcience as was fit for that place, would rather content himſelf with leſſe living, then load himſelf with the care of ſo many ſoules.
Yet notwithſtanding though Pluralities were thus condemned by this Archbiſhop, the Council of London, and ſeveral Councils decrees before that, as very miſchievous and ſcandalous to the Church, contrary to the Apoſtles Doctrin and practice, *1 Pet. 5. 1, 2, 3. 2 Tim. 4. 1, 2 Tit. 1. 3. 5, 6, 7 Acts 14. 23 & 20, 27, 28. Phil. 1, 1. See Gulielmus Peraldus deſtructorium vitiorum Tom. 2. de Avaritia. cap. 11. Quod non liceat habere plura Eccleſiaſtica beneficia. Pat. 56 H. 3. m. 2. intus.who ordeined many Biſhops and Presbyters in every Church, not one over many;) Popes had no conſcience of at all to obſerve theſe Canons, but made great advantage of them, by granting diſpenſations to all (who had money enough to purchaſe & thereby to merit them) to hold as many benefices with cure as they would, witneſſe this exemplification of Pope Innocents diſpenſation granted to Theodore de Camel, to enable him to hold and purchaſe Pluralities with cure, notwithſtanding any Canons to the contrary.
REX Omnibus, &c. ſalutem. Inſpeximus diſpenſationem dilecti & familiaris Clerici noſtri Theodori de Camel, ſibi ſuper pluralitate beneficiorum a ſede Apoſtolica conceſſam, integram non cancellatam, non abolitam, nec in aliqua ſui parte viciatam aut corruptam, in haec verba.
Innocentius Epiſcopus ſervus ſervorum Dei, Dilecto filio. Theodoro de Camilla Clerico, ſalutem & Apoſtolicam benedictonem. Etſi Eccleſiarum vel Eccleſtaſticarum dignitatum pluralitatem ſacra Concilii conſtitutio interdicat, ſaepe tamen cum pluribus eorum exigentibus *Pecuniis.meritis, ſuper hoc authoritate ſedis Apoſtolicae diſpenſamus: hinc eſt, quod nos volentes tibi facere gratiam ſpecialem, tecum quod *propter.praeter beneficia quae optines Curam animarum habencia alia etiam ſi ſimilem curam habeant, libere poſſitis recipere, ſi tibi Canonice offerantur, et cum praedictis licite retinere, Conſtitutione non obſtante praedicta, authoritate Apoſtolica diſpenſamus: Nulli ergo omnino hominum liceat hanc paginam noſtrae diſpenſationis infringere, vel ei auſo temerario contraire. Si quis autem hoc attemptare praeſumpſerit, *O blaſphemy.indignationem omnipotentis Dei et beatorum Petri et Pauli Apoſtolorum, (as if they approved ſuch Pluralities and ratified them in heaven, as the Popes did on earth) ejus ſe noverit incurſurum. Dat. Lugdini quarto Non. Junii Pont. noſtri Anno quinto. Ad cujus rei evidentiam has literas noſtras patentes dicto Theodoro fieri fecimus ſigillo noſtro roboratas. In cujus, &c. Teſte Rege apud Weſtm. 15. die Octobris.
The King iſſued this Writ to all the Sheriffes and Juſtices itinerant to levy 400l. with all ſpeed, out of the Extract Rolls and fines for Prince Edwards Chaplain, to be paid into the Exchequer, for the diſpatch of his ſpecial affaires in the Court of Rome.
REX Univerſis & ſingulis Vicecomitibus ſuis ad quos, &c. ſalutem. CumPat. 59 H. 3. m. 29. intus. mittamus dilectum nobis Willum de Beverlaco, Clericum Edwardi Primogeniti noſtri, ad diverſos Comitatus Regni noſtri, pro quadringentis libris ad noſtra ſpecialia in Curia Romana expedienda, una vobiſcum levandis, ſecundum extractas Scaccarii noſtri de Anno &c. 55. quas praefato Willielmo fecimus liberari; vobis praecipimus, quod una cum eodem Willielmo, cum ipſe ad vos venerit occaſione praedicta, denarios praedictos ſecundum extractas praedictas quas idem Clericus inde vobis liberabit, levari & uſque ad Scaccarium noſtrum deferri faciatis, prout praefatus Willielmus vobis dicet ex parte noſtra, ad negotia praedicta inde expedienda ſicut praedictum eſt. Et ita vos habeatis in hoc mandato noſtro exequendo quod diligentiam veſtram exinde meritò commendare debeamus. In cujus, &c. Teſte Rege apud Marleberg. 26. die Novemb.
Et mandatum eſt Theſaur. & Baronibus Regis de Scaccario, quod praedictas quadringentas libras per Vicecomites Regis & praefatum Willielmum levari, & ad Scaccarium noſtrum deferri faciant, reponendas ibidem in tuto loco ad negotia praedicta expedienda. Item mandatum eſt Juſtic. itinerantibus in Comitatibus Sur. & Suſſex, quod extractas ſuas de tota pecunia proveniente de finibus, amerciamentis & aliis exitibus itineris Juſtic. Regis itinerantium in Comitatibus praedictis fieri, & Elye de Berkewey Clerico Edwardi filii Regis & Vicecomiti Sur. & Suſſex. liberari faciant, u…pecuniam illam levari poſſint ad mandatum Regis. Teſte Rege apud Merleberge 26. die Novembris.
Although *See p. 1021. 1022.Walter de Cantilupo Biſhop of Hereford, was a great Incendiary and ſupporter of the Barons rebellions againſt the King, yet he licenſed his ſucceſſor Godfry Giford, to immure and embattle his Epiſcopal houſes like Caſtles, both within the Clauſe of Worceſtor, and at Widdindon in Glouceſterſhire by this Patent, which neither he nor any other could then do without the Kings ſpecial licenſe.
REX Omnibus, &c, ſalutem. Sciatis, quod conceſſimus pro nobis & haeredibusPat 56 H. 3. m. 14. noſtris Venerabili Patri Godeſrido, Wygorn. Epiſcopo, quod domos ſuas infra Clauſum ſuum Wygorn. & quandam domum ſuam infra manerium ſuum de Widdindon, in Com, Glouc. muro de petra & calce firmare poſſit & *See Spelmani Gloſſarium. Tit. Kernnellare.Kernellare, ad modum Caſtri, & domos illas ſic firmatas & Kernellatas, (fitter for ſoldiers then Prelates) tenere ſibi & ſucceſſoribus ſuis ſine occaſione vel impedimento noſtri vel haeredum noſtrorum imperpetnum. In cujus, &c. Teſte Rege apud Weſtm. 20. die Octobris.
The Jews having built a Church and a School contiguous to the Oratory of the Freers Paenitents of Jeſus Chriſt in London, who were diſturbed and interrupted in the exerciſe of their ſpirituall offices, eſpecially about the hour wherein they made the body of Chriſt, by the continual howling and great noiſe the Jews uſually made after their manner in their ſaid Church and School; The King upon proof thereof, by his Soveraign Eccleſiaſtical Authority, and for ſalvation of his own and other ſoules, ſuppreſſed the ſaid Jewiſh Synagogue, and gave it to the ſaid Freers and their ſucceſſors with the Lands belonging thereunto; licenſing the Jews to erect another School if they thought meet, in ſome other place, ſo as it was not to the annoyance of the ſaid Freers, and their Church, or any other Churches, as this Record atteſts.
REX Majori & Vic. ſuis London. Quià dilecti nobis in Chriſto fratres de paenitentia Clauſ. 56 H. m. 3. dorſo.Jeſu Chriſti London. commorantes, per ſtrepitum Iudeorum confluentium ad Eccleſiam ſuam quae contigua eſt Oratorio dictorum fratrum, et etiam per ipſorum Iudeorum continuam ululatum in eadem Schola, juxta ritum ſuum, impedientur quo minus ea quae ad officium ſpirituale pertinent exercere poſſint circa celebrationem divinorum, praecipue hora confectionis corporis Ieſu Chriſti, ſicut per teſtimonium fidelium accepimus: Nos ad divina inibi quietius celebranda, volentes praedict. impedimentum modis omnibus amoveri, ob ſalutem animae noſtrae et animarum praedeceſſorum, et haeredum noſtrorum, de gratia noſtra ſpeciali dedimus et conceſſimus praedictis fratribus et ſucceſſoribus ſuis, in augmentum manſi ſui ibidem praedictam Scholam, una cum fundo ejuſdem, habend. et tenend. eiſdem fratribus et ſucceſſoribus ſuis imperpetuum. Et ideo vobis mandamus, quod eiſoem fratribus de Schola illa ſicut praedictum eſt, plenam ſeiſinam ſine dilatione habere faciatis; ſuſtinentes quod praedicti Iudaei ſibi aliam Scholam alibi, ubi ad minus nocumentum dictorum fratrum et Eccleſiae ſuae et Eccleſiarum aliarum fieri poterit facere, vel conſtruere poſſint ſi voluerint, et ſibi viderint expedire. Teſte Rege apud Sanctum Edmundum 6. die Septembris.
Anno Dom. 1271. A little before King Henries death; Orta contentione inter Cives & Monachos Norwycenſes, Cives Norwycenſes totam illam celebrem Eccleſi… am ſuam Cathedralem cumedificiis i…odium Monachorum, instig…nte diabolico combuſſerunt. Hos confestim cum ſapientibus Regni ſui, adiit Rex Henricus, intendiarios trahens, pendens judicialiter & combrens jubens catalla fugientium fiſco Regio mancipari,An. 1271. p. 351. Contin. Mat. Paris p. 97, 6977. Walſingham. Ypodigma Neuſtr. Anno. 1271. as * Matthew Weſtminſter and others relate. Qui non contenti tanto facinore, vaſa, libros, & jocalia, quae flamma non tetigerat, manibus ſacrilegis aſportarunt, cum cuppa aurea, quae pendebat ad majus altare, in quo corpus Dominicum ponebatur. Supra qua re indignatus admodum Rex Henricus, per pietatem, inquit. Domini, vadam & videbo perſonaliter ſcelus iſtud, & juxta ſua demerit a reddam illis. Miſit ergo illuc ante faciem ſuam Juſtitiarium, militem quendam dictum Tryvet, quem & Juſtitiarium fecerat de Corona. Urgente autem mandato Regio horroreque facinoris, magna multitudo convicta de ſcelere, ad caudas equorum tracta, ſuſpendio judicata, ſo our Hiſtorians; to which our Records ſuperadde theſe enſuing Writs and directions to Sheriffs and others for the apprehenſion and puniſhment of theſe malefactors, expreſſing the Kings high indignation againſt them.
REX Willielmo Giffard. Vic. Norff. & Suff. ſalutem. Cum quidam Blaſphemiae Pat. 56 H. 3. m. 4. intus.Filii et propriae ſalutis immemores nuper vi et armis inſultum fecerint in Monachos Prioratus Norwic. et in quoſdam alios cum Monachis ipſis in eodem Prioratu exiſtentes, et quamplures ipſorum interfecerint, Eccleſiam et res ſacras, ac domus Prioratus illius combuſſerint, et alia ſacrilegia ibidem animo irreverentiet infrunito multipliciter perpetraverint, in offenſam divini nominis ac ſubverſionem Eccleſiaſticae libertatis, nec non et in noſtri dedecus, et perturbationem pacis noſtrae graviſſimam; quae nobis anguſtiam et dolorem tanto vehementius intulerunt, quanto talia et tam deteſtabilia ſcelera nunquam hactenus eſt auditum per aliquos perpetrata fuiſſe. Ac Nos propter tantum et tam enorme facinus, prout expoſcit rei qualitas puniendum, ad partes Norwic. accedere feſtinemus; Vobis mandamus in fide, homagio et ſub debito praeſtiti juramenti quibus nobis eſtis aſtricti, firmiter injungentes, quatinus omnes Milites et libere tenentes, et habentes viginti libratas terrae vel ultra, venire faciatis coram nobis apud Norwicum. Ita quod ſint ibi ad nos modis ommbus die Iovis in octabis nativitatis beatae Mariae prox. ventur. ad faciend. ſuper hiis quod de Confilio noſtro praeciſe durerimus providendum. Et hoc ſub paena exhaeredationis, et periculo vitae et membrorum, nec non amiſſionis omnium bonorum et Catallorum quae habent in Regno noſtro nullatenus omittant. Et taliter, et tam efficaciter in executione praeſentis Mandati noſtri vos habeatis, ne propter negligentiam, omiſſionem vel defectum veſtrum ultionem praedicti facinoris in perſonam veſtram, quod abſit, oporteat retorqueri; quod fieri faciemus ſi negotium iſtud per vos aliquatenus retardari contingat, et habeatis ibi hocbreve. In cujus, &c. Teſte Rege apud Sanctum Edmundum 6. die Septembris.
Item eodem modo mandatum eſt Vic. Cant. & Hunt. quod habeat ibi die praedicto de Comitatibus praedictis viginti & quatuor milites & liberè tenentes, habentes viginti libratas terrae & amplius.
The King iſſued theſe Writes to ſeiſe all the Lands, goods and rents of the Citizens and ſecure them …till their tryall, that ſo the innocent might not ſuffer for the nocent.
REX Dilectis, & fidelibus ſuis Hugoni Peche. & Galfrido de Percy, & Radulph… Pat. 56 H. 3. In Cedula. dor. ſo conſuta m. 5. Norwic.de Bakepuz. ſalutem. Cum ex teſtimonio virorum dignorum intelleximus pro certò, quod occaſione cujuſdam contentionis ſeu diſcordiae ſubortae inter Priorem & Conventum Norwic. & ſuos ex parte una, & Burgenſes & Communitatem Villae noſtrae Norwic. ex altera, incendia, homicidia, & dampna plurima tàm in Prioratu illo quàm in villa praedicta hinc indè jàm perpetrata ſunt: Nos nolentes quod illi de Villa praedicta qui non ſunt culpabiles de facto praedicto, ſeu quod innocentes pro nocentibus in hac parte dampnum, ſuſtineant ſeu jacturam, mittimus vosad villam praedictam, ad eandem villam una cum omnibus bonis & Catallis, terris & tenementis, redditibus, & aliis ad eandem Villam ſpectantibus capiend. in manum noſtram, & ſalvo cuſtodiend. prout veſtra diſcretio melius noverit expedire. Mandavimus enim vic. noſtro Norff. & Suff. & Burgenſibus noſtris & toti Communitati villae praedictae, nec non & omnibus Ballivis & fidelibus noſtris partium illarum, quod vobis in praemiſſis intendentes ſint & reſpondentes, conſulentes & auxiliantes, & quod vobis ad praemiſſa facienda & fideliter exequenda, diligenter aſſiſtant, prout eis ſcire facie…is ex parte noſtra. In cujus, &c. Teſte Rege apud Weſtm. 15. die Augusti.
REX Burgenſibus & toti Communitati villae ſuae Norwic. ſalutem. Cum exIbidem. teſtimonio virorum fide dignorum intelleximus pro certò, quod occafione cujuſdam contentionis ſeu diſcordiae ſubortae inter vos ex parte una, & Priorem & Conventum Norwic. ex altera, dampna plurima tam in villa quàm in Prioratu praedicto, hinc inde jam perpetrata ſunt. Nos nolentes quod illi de villa praedicta qui non ſunt culpabiles de facto praedicto, ſeu quod innocentes pro nocentibus in hac parte dampnum ſuſtineant ſeu jacturam, mittimus dilectos & fideles noſtros Hugonem Peche, Galfridum de Perce, & Radulphum de Bakepuz. ad villam praedictam, una cum omnibus bonis & Catallis, terris & tenementis, redditibus & aliis ad eandem villam ſpectantibus capiend. in manum noſtram & ſalvo cuſtodiend. prout ſua diſcretio melius noverit expedire, & eis plenius injuximus viva voce. Et ideò vobis mandamus, quod eis Hugoni, Galfrido & Radulpho in praemiſſis intendentes ſitis & reſpondentes, conſulentes & auxiliantes, prout ipſi vobis ſcire facient ex parte noſtra. Et hoc nullo modo omittatis. Teſte ut ſupra.
He likewiſe iſſued this Writ to the Bayliffs of Colecheſter, to apprehend all Citizens of Norwich, in, or paſſing by thoſe parts, and to ſeiſe all their goods and Merchandiſe in whoſe hands ſoever; and detain them till further order.