Decree for
Southwell
Minster.

Visitation

held in 1301.

DCCCXLVI.1 4 nonas Junii (June 2, 1302). Scroby. Decretum in visitacione capituli Suwellensis. Capitulo nostre Suwellensis ecclesie. Dudum apud vos, videlicet viij idus Feb., anno gracie M°ccco (Feb. 6, 1300-01), visitacionis officium, prout ex pastorali nobis incubuit debito, paternis affectibus exercentes, quedam comperta personalia, que presentibus non inserimus prout expedire vidimus, correximus tunc ibidem, et aliqua alia correccione digna, ut subsequitur, duximus reformanda. reformanda. Statuentes in primis et firmiter injungentes quod vos canonici, in quorum absencia nec cultus divinus nec missa gloriose virginis Marie, in cujus Canons to honore prefata fundatur ecclesia, sustentatur congrue, nec

provide by

special

statutes

against neglect of services.

least two

correcciones fiuent in choro seu capitulo debite de excessibus ministrorum, ad faciendam residenciam secundum statuta ecclesie, que in admissione vestra observare jurastis, vos de cetero coaptetis; per statuta vestra specialia providentes quod ne cultus negligatur divinus aut excessus remaneant Three, or at incorrecti. Sic de facienda residencia disponatur quod de omni tempore anni tres vel ad minus duo canonici sint in always to be ecclesia residentes, qui capitulum celebrent ipsiusque negocia consulte dirigant et pertractent. Et, si contingat ipsos, dum sic presint capitulo, aliquid diffinire, illud succedentibus sibi futuris residentibus canonicis non liceat revocare nisi id errorem contineat manifestum, et tunc ob hoc facta speciali convocacione confratrum per commune consilium

canons

resident.

No order made by canons in

residence to

chapter being executors of the papal
order. When Thomas's proctor ap-
plied to be admitted, the said execu-
tors received him as canon, but re-
fused the prebend on the ground
that Amadeus de Sancto Johanne
had obtained it by papal letters.
After long litigation between Tho-
mas and Amadeus, the latter re-
signed by his proctor, upon which
the archbishop T[homas de Cor-
bridge], Henry's successor, and the
dean and chapter refused to admit
Thomas, asserting that Amadeus's
resignation was defective. Amadeus
then resigned personally, whereupon
the pope issued a special mandate
making provision to Thomas of the
said prebend. Archbishop T. and
the dean and chapter then sent an
official with Thomas's proctor to the
town of Weighton with orders to as-
sign the prebend, but William de
Ros, pretending to be patron of the

prebend, presented to it a priest of his own, and caused Thomas's proctor to be beaten. Thomas then petitioned the pope, asserting that the said William would not have presumed to use such violence had the archbishop and dean and chapter opposed him, on which the pope, to correct the said violence and the culpable tolerationof the archbishop, dean and chapter, issues the above mandate. If it is not obeyed, the said persons are to be cited before the pope (C.P.L., i, 599).

1 Printed in an abbreviated form in Visitations and Memorials of Southwell Minster (Camden Society), p. 212, where it is dated at Scroby the eve of the nones of June (June 4), 1302. The passages which have been added, are printed in brackets. The statutes for Beverley, following next in this Register, are very similar to those given here.

by their

unless

wrong, and

a special

all canons

the church

entrusted to

decidatur, et postmodum prout justum fuerit racionabiliter be revoked emendetur. Quod si forsan ex causa inevitabili et legitima, successors, licencia a nobis optenta, ad tempus nullum contingat canoni- plainly cum residere, committatur alicui discreto jurato regimen then only by ecclesie quousque canonici ad faciendam residenciam rever- chapter. tantur. Item, volumus et districte precipiendo mandamus In the quod alternis annis ad minus per duos discreciores de capi- absence of tulo, per vos communiter eligendos, canonicorum omnium the rule of tam presencium quam absencium, edificia subiciantur oculis to be diligenter, et defectus comperti, quam cicius per predictos some duos electos vobis constare poterit de eisdem, infra annum ex tunc juxta qualitatem et quantitatem ipsorum congrue reparentur. Ad quod omnes, quos principaliter hujusmodi Two defectus contingunt, sine accepcione qualibet personarum the canons per sequestrum in prebendis suis arcius interponendum et every alterin reparacionem defectuum hujusmodi, si opus fuerit, con- buildings, vertendum, premissa monicione canonica, compellatis. Om- and compel nes libri saltem notati bene examinentur per precentorem Music books vel ejus vices gerentem, ne sibi invicem contrarientur vel to be discordent in nota. Et de choro eciam et cantoribus taliter the

discreet person under

oath.

deputies of

to inspect

nate year

repairs.

examined by

precentor.

be evenly

ministers to

stipends to

punctually.

disponatur quod non claudicet in psallendo, una parte Two sides of ejusdem apud alteram nimium prevalente, set juxta discre- the choir to cionem vestram equaliter pocius dividatur. Item, cum balanced. nonnuncquam confusionem pareat multitudo, statuimus quod Only fit and non nisi apti necessarii et qui sufficiant, in ecclesiam recipi- sufficient antur ministri; quibus solito prompcius de suis stipendiis be admitted. satisfaciat[ur] ne pro defectu hujusmodi obsequio divino, ad vicars' quod tenentur cotidie et in quo vigiles et assidui esse debent, be paid neglecto, in vestrum et ecclesie scandalum, ad suscitandum more jurgia, ut solebant, in patria vagari cogantur. Si quis vero de canonicis statutis terminis eisdem ministris sua stipendia solvere tardaverit, omni die quo a solucione cessaverit, ad duplum salarii communis et soliti, quousque satisfecerit, teneatur. Preterea inhibemus ne alicui alii quam canonico Fo. 197. prebenda decetero dimittatur ad firmam sine nostra et Prebends to capituli licencia speciali. Statuentes quod in singulis ec- canons only. clesiis vestris parochialibus, sive sint prebendate sive prebendis annexe, habeatis infra hunc annum, a data presen- Preto be cium computandum, perpetuos vicarios institutos qui curam instituted in habeant animarum; alioquin in vestrum defectum ex tunc churches ordinare proponimus de eisdem sicut viderimus expedire. year. Et provideatur in hujusmodi ecclesiis de libris sufficientibus Books and et aliis necessariis ornamentis, ne manus ad hoc vobis neglig- ornaments.

be leased to

Perpetual

all prebendal

within a

Chantry priests to celebrate before high

mass.

ordained or

except after

tion.

engage in

business.

Auditor to

lentibus apponere compellamur. [Omnes autem presbiteri, pro defunctis in Suwellensi ecclesia celebrantes, ante horam celebrent magne misse, ne postquam incepta fuerit exisNo one to be tentes in choro impediant sicut solent.] Nulli omnino ad beneficed ordines per litteram capituli amodo presententur, aut ad examina- vicarias vacantes in choro vel extra aliqualiter admittantur, nisi qui, examinacione coram capitulo prehabita diligenti, digni inventi fuerint et diucius in ecclesia laudabiliter conNo vicar to versati. [Nullus vicarius aut minister ecclesie de negociacionibus aut contractibus, de quibus scandal umoriri poterit, de cetero intromittere se presumat; ceterum provideatis be provided. Vobis de sufficienti et ydoneo cicius quo poteritis auditore, sicut vos habere nolumus aliqualiter sicut nec decet aut statutes to expedit conjugatum.] Hec nostra statuta salubria, correcbe read after ciones et injuncta plene et distincte singulis mensibus semel ology in adminus, in capitulo post lectum martilogium, ut dum singulorum imprimuntur cordibus fructus inde perveniat placidus, in virtute obediencie perlegi et observari per omnia faciatis, quousque ad vos nos contingat alias declinare, et tunc cognito plenius statu ecclesie possimus, si opus fuerit aliqua addere vel mutari, scituri quod transgressores, si qui fuerint in premissis, relinquere nolumus secundum sua demerita canonice impunitos. Valete.

These

the martyr

chapter once a month.

Beverley.

Southwell.

Fo. 197d

DCCCXLVII. Nonis Junii (June 5), 1302. Scroby. Decretum in visitacione capituli Beverlacensis (Beverley Chapter Act Book, ii, 181).1

DCCCXLVIII. 12 kal. Sept. (Aug. 21), 1302. Camesale. Notice to the chapter of Suwelle that the archb. had admitted Sir Tanus"natus nobilis viri, domini Paniccie de Frischobaldis of Florence," as a canon in the church of Suwelle, in the person of Master Gracia de Castro Florentino, proctor substitute of Coppe Cotenne, principal proctor of Sir Tanus, as he had been provided by pope Boniface viii by a bull, dated at Anagni, 3 idus Aug., 7th year (Aug. 11, 1301), to the next vacant canonry and prebend in that church.

DCCCXLIX. 17 kal. Oct. (Sept. 15, 1302). Patrington. Licence to Master Reymund de Pinibus, canon of Suwelle, at

1 On p. 184, l. 4, for canonici read canonice.

2 The firm of the Frescobaldi formed the archbishop's mint at York (no. 961).

3 Raymund de Pinibus, as well as holding canonries at Bordeaux and Lincoln, was rector of Orpington, dioc. Rochester. On his death John de Pinibus was provided, on

the request of the king, of whose household he was a member, to let with the consent of the chapter his prebend for three years.

tion of

DCCCL. 6 kal. Nov. (Oct. 27), 1302. Rypon. The de- Degrada. gradation of certain clerks, whose names are given in the clerks. next document for different crimes (Mem. of Ripon, ii, 35).1 Examinacio facta super causis capcionis et detencionis Fo. 199*. clericorum existencium in custodia carcerali ecclesie, die Sabbati in vigilia apostolorum Simonis et Jude (Oct. 27), anno gracie m°ccco secundo.

[Cum tu, A. de B., primam habens tonsuram, pro morte Ricardi filii Roberti le Turnur de Kirkeby fueris deprehensus, et ob hoc carcerali custodie tanquam clericus mancipatus et coram nobis Thoma, Dei gracia etc., in judicio personaliter constitutus, ac requisitus super homicidio hujusmodi, sponte judicialiter et de plano confessus fueris te hujusmodi homicidium perpetrasse.]2

Walterus de Kirkeby Malsard', captus in Kirkeby die Lune proxima ante festum Assensionis Domini (May 16), A.D. 1300, et missus apud Eboracum pro morte Ricardi filii Roberti le Turnur de Kirkeby, dicit quod ad deliberacionem gaole coram domino Willelmo de Ormesby et domino Willelmo de Huke petitus fuit3 coram eis tanquam clericus et membrum ecclesie, et missus carcerali custodie ecclesie usque Ripon' circa unum mensem elapsum a tempore deliberacionis predicte. Requisitus an possit inde se legitime purgare, dicit quod non, factum hujusmodi confitendo. Galfridus de Ibernia,1 clericus, [primam habens tonsuram], dicit quod captus fuit die Veneris in septima Pentecostes (May 30), anno gracie 1298, apud Sutton' in Galtres pro roboria facta in Galtres cuidam homini sicut ivit versus Scociam de xvd., missusque apud Eboracum et ibidem coram domino Johanne Louell' liberatus die Sabbati proximo sequente, et in forma predicta tunc missus apud Ripon'. Et requisitus an possit legitime se purgare dicit quod non, confitens predictam roboriam. Adam filius Thome Wak' de Hogate, clericus, dicit quod captus fuit die annunciacionis B.M. (March 25),

July 22, 1311, to his canonry and prebend in Southwell (C.P.L., ii, 31, 92).

1 The form of degradation given on fo. 198* is printed in Memorials of Ripon, ii, 36. See also Reg. Romeyn, i, 395.

7

2 Passage in brackets written in a different hand.

3 Et inserted here.

4 Also Hibernia.

5 Passage in brackets interlined.
6 Sutton-on-the-Forest.

Also Hugate.

B

Fo. 1999.

Fo. 1979.

Ripon.

Weighton prebend.

A.D. 1301, fuerunt duo anni elapsi, apud Eboracum, pro uno calice furtive capto in ecclesia de Hogate et asportato. Dicit quod coram majore et ballivis civitatis Ebor. infra viij dies sequentes liberatus fuit et missus usque Ripon' in forma predicta. Confitetur factum etc. Ricardus de Redmertwayt1 clericus dicit quod captus fuit apud Wentbrigg' et missus apud Eboracum et ibidem coram domino Rogero de Burton' et domino Thoma de Metham, justiciariis domini regis, pro quadam roboria facta ad domum Johannis Torkard in villa de Kirkeby in Naschefeld" missus apud Ripon' statim post Pascha (April 22) anno gracie 1302, fuit unus annus elapsus. Confitetur roboriam. Willelmus de Kendale, clericus, captus, missus et detentus apud Ripon' eodem tempore pro roboria facta ad molendinum fullonis de Richemund'. Confitetur. Thomas de Stretton', clericus, coram domino Adam de Krokedayd (sic) et domino Ricardo de Byngham apud Notingham pro morte Galfridi le Messer de Restthorp', liberatus fuit carcerali custodie ecclesie die Mercurii post clausum Pasche (May 2), anno gracie 1302, fuit unus annus elapsus. Confitetur. Ricardus de Bredon', clericus, liberatus fuit die Lune proxima post festum Omnium Sanctorum (Nov. 6), 1301, carcerali custodie ut supra pro diversiis latrociniis et roboriis. Confitetur et maxime de burgaria domus Hugonis de Garthorpp' in Garthorpp'. Ricardus de Otteley de Eboraco, clericus, captus fuit pro furto unius equi et burgaria unius domus apud Dringhus,5 et liberatus coram domino Adam de Krokedayk et domino Thoma de Metham usque Ripon' die Jovis proxima ante festum S. Michaelis (Sept. 27), A.D. 1302. Confitetur.

DCCCLI. 4 kal. Nov. (Oct. 29, 1302). Munketon. Licence to Master William de Stanford', doctor (medicus), proctor of the chapter of Ripon, to make collections in the diocese for the fabric of the church of Ripon. The licence to John de Pebbles, staying in Boroughbridge, who had abused his trust, revoked (Mem. of Ripon, ii, 37).

DCCCLII. 13 kal. Sept. (Aug. 20), 1302. Scroby. Mandate to the chapter of York, in accordance with letters from the bishop of Winchester, executor in the matter of the prebend of Wichton by apostolic authority, to induct the

1 Also Rodmerthweyt.

2 Also and more correctly Aschefeld'.

3 For

Krokedayk, as below,

Crookdale, in Cumberland.

Not Westhorp' as in the Memorials of Ripon, ii, 35.

Also Drynghouses.