three of these churches were sequestrated by Corbridge in 1302, as the prebendaries had neglected to provide for the maintenance of their vicars choral at Lincoln, and it was only after some correspondence with the dean and chapter of Lincoln that the sequestration in the case of Farndon was removed (nos. 649, 710, 718). Whether this was done in connexion with the other churches is not stated. Of the church of Mansfield, of which the dean of Lincoln was rector, there is one mention (no. 589), but not in this context. As has been already shown, Corbridge was on friendly terms with his suffragan of Carlisle and availed himself on several occasions of his aid. His confirmation of the appropriation of Dalston church to the mensa of the bishop (no. 1093) should be noted, as the deed is duplicated in the register of bishop Halton. More important, as it has a definite bearing upon our knowledge with Corbridge's character, is his behaviour towards his powerful suffragan, Anthony Bek of Durham. Bek, who had been consecrated by Wickwane and had been foremost in promoting the translation of the body of St William at York, had worsted archbishop Romeyn in a trial of strength between the two prelates. To interfere with his jurisdiction was to court disaster; and, while the bishop of Durham found formidable opponents at home in the privileged prior and convent of his cathedral church, they were ready to become his allies in the face of interference by their metropolitan. But, when Corbridge came to the see of York, Bek was at variance with the prior and convent. The internal history of this bitter quarrel has been told by more than one chronicler of the church of Durham.2 In August 1300 Corbridge attempted to intercede with Bek, who was endeavouring to blockade and starve out his recalcitrant chapter (no. 1079). Throughout the month the archbishop pursued his efforts, urging Bek to reasonable counsels, advising him to recall the prior whom he was trying to force upon the monastery, and not hesitating to threaten him with spiritual censures (nos. 1082, 1083, 1084). His position was strong, because the prior and convent had taken the course of appealing to the court of York; 2 See note to no. 1079. 1 See note to no. 1093. and, while he remonstrated with the bishop, he had hopes that satisfactory terms could be arranged (no. 1081). Meanwhile, Bek made overtures for obtaining a decision from Rome, but hesitated before resorting to a definite appeal. Some of his clerks, together with the powerful bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, a friend of both parties and a prominent servant of the Crown, took counsel with Corbridge at Bishopthorpe in October (no. 1087), apparently in answer to an invitation from the archbishop to Bek (no. 1086). Eventually, on 6 November, an agreement was reached at Stillingfleet, by which the recent disputes with Wickwane and Romeyn were treated as matters healed and forgotten, and both prelates reverted to the friendly relations which had prevailed before 1280. Appeals to Rome were renounced, save in so far as there were certain outstanding points upon which a papal decision might be desirable (no. 1092). Although the differences between Bek and his chapter were not definitely settled by this modus vivendi, the fundamental quarrel between York and Durham was appeased, and, while the bishops of Durham continued to hold a position which their metropolitans hesitated to disturb, the breach which had taken place between Bek and Corbridge's predecessors was never seriously re-opened. With this tribute to the tact of Corbridge we may close this review of his pontificate as illustrated by his register. We may regret that correspondence of an official nature, as in so many similar instances, tells us so little of the man himself. There is one document, however, which is an exception. In recommending a vicar of Hessle in 1301 to the prior and convent of Guisbrough (no. 458A)—the letter is merely a draft, and his nominee was his favoured kinsman, Thomas of Malton-he added a postscript, asking them to send him for a time a man skilled in ambling horses and foals. However trifling such a request may be, it is at any rate a personal touch for the record of which we may be grateful, and it may be taken as reflecting something of the interests of his leisure in those pleasant country retreats where he and his clerks worked so indefatigably at the business of his diocese and province. A. HAMILTON THOMPSON. CAPITULA EBOR.,SUWELL., RYPON', ET BEVERLACI Fo. 189. CUM CAPELLA EBOR. DE ANNO PRIMO. DCCC. 4 kal. Junii (May 29), 1300. Lanum. Bond by the archb. in 20 marks a year payable at Martinmas to the treasurer of York for the manor of Thorp', granted to the archbishop for his life by the chapter of York. Witnesses, Masters Peter de Ros, precentor, Robert de Rippelingham, chancellor, John de Craucumbe, and William de Pikering, archdeacons of the East Riding and Nottingham, and Robert de Pikering, canon of York. Bishopthorpe. Same date. Demise by the chapter of St. Peter's, York, Langwith, to the archbishop for life of their hay of Langwat cum solo ejusdem haye, bruera, marisco et omnibus aliis pertinenciis reddendo proinde annuatim . . . . . . .. tempore pinguedinis unum damum et firmesone tempore unam damam. Sealed by the chapter and the archbishop. DCCCI. 2 kal. Junii (May 31), 1300. Lanum. Bond by the archb. for the restoration to Sir William de Neuwerk, canon of Southwell, of a missal of the York use, which Sir William had lent him. Sir Roger canon inquire according to DCCCII. 8 idus Junii (June 6), 1300. Lanum. Littera Mandate to directa capitulo Rypon' ad inquirendum si fructus et pro- Sway of ventus provenientes de prebenda [Jacobi] Chinchi1 Guidonis Ripon, to defuncti, nuper canonici ejusdem, per unum annum integrum whether, post obitum suum de consuetudine ejusdem ecclesie debeant the custom pertinere. Et rescribitur quod sic. Domino Rogero Swayn, church, the canonico Rypon'. Accedens ad nos cum litteris recommen- fruits of the datoriis procurator Jacobi Chinchi Guidonis, olim canonici James Cenci, Rypon', presencium exhibitor, nobis nunciavit dominum Guido, 1 The mandate to induct James Cenci, son of Guido, into the prebend at Ripon, vacant by the death A of Sir Percival de Lavania, is dated of that prebend of son of belonged to suum predictum die dominica in passione Domini preterita his proctor (March 27) viam universe carnis fuisse ingressum, petens for a year after his death. Ripon instanter quod omnes fructus et proventus, ad ipsius prebendam per annum integrum a die obitus sui spectantes, assignari mandaremus eidem, prout predecessori suo, in eadem ecclesia canonico, ut idem procurator asserit, fuit factum. Volentes itaque quid in casu hujusmodi de consuetudine ipsius ecclesie observari solebat, per vos, de cujus industria confidimus, plenius informari, vobis mandamus quatinus, si talis consuetudo ut approbata in ecclesia habeatur predicta, et an fructus cujuslibet prebende tocius anni integri ad prebendarium, quocumque tempore anni ipsum obire contigerit, ex consuetudine hujusmodi debeant pertinere, et quicquid secundum ipsam hactenus fieri consuevit, nobis distinccius intimetis; dictos fructus et proventus a die obitus predicti hactenus et deinceps provenientes arcius sequestrantes quousque aliud a nobis habueritis in mandatis. Qualiter autem presens mandatum nostrum fueritis executi, nos infra xv dies a recepcione presencium certificetis distinccius per vestras litteras harum seriem continentes. Valete.1 DCCCIII. Same day and place. Master Walter of Gloucester, canon of Beverley, having been excommunicated by Master Hugh de Menigthorpe, clerk of archb. Henry of Newark, appointed by the apostolic see to see about the provision of William de Mar, a poor clerk, to a suitable benefice in the collation or presentation of the provost of Beverley, although he had no jurisdiction over him, archb. (Corbridge) left it to Gloucester's conscience whether he considered himself excommunicated or not (Beverley Chapter Act Book, ii, 174). DCCCIV. Nonis Junii (June 5), 1300. Scroby. Indulgence of forty days for those contributing to the fabric of the church of Ripon (Mem. of Ripon, ii, 26).2 1 14 kal. Julii (June 18, 1300). Scroby. Notice to Roger Swayn, canon of Rypon, that the custody in the sequestration of the fruits of the prebend of Sir James Chinchii Guidonis had been granted to his proctor (ibid.). 7 idus Julii (July 9, 1300). Bourgh' Walleys. John de Nerito, a Roman, proctor of the prebend of the late Sir James Cinchii Guidonis, had leave to collect the tithe of hay and other small tithes (fo. 189d.). 2 P. 27, 1. 5 from bottom of the indulgence. For tibi read sibi. Notes at bottom of fo. 189 illustrative of the indulgence for the church at Ripon: Cum itaque cathedralis ecclesia Karleolensis per repentini incendii voraginem una cum domibus et edificiis adjacentibus quasi ad extremam consumpcionem, quod dolentes referimus, sit redacta, ita quod ejusdem ecclesie ministri vix DCCCV. 15 kal. Julii (June 17), 1300. Manor of Scroby. Ripon. Admission of James de Roma, clk., proctor of John Brante Saraceni of Rome, to a canonry and prebend in the church of Rypon to which he had been provided by the pope.1 DCCCVI. Kal. Julii (July 1, 1300). Lanum. Mandate Fo. 189d. to the chapter of Ripon to hand over to Sir John de Leeke a new simple loom (tentorium simplex)2 (Mem. of Ripon, ii, 27). York, DCCCVII. 7 idus Julii (July 9, 1300). Bourgh' Walleys. The chapel, Mandates to the chapter and official of York to admit Sir Francis, son (nati) of Peter Gaytani, the pope's nephew, count of Caserta (Cassertani),3 to the chapel and sacristy of the Blessed Mary and the Angels at York and to a canonry in the church of York,4 which the archb. had held when he was promoted to the archbishopric, and to which Sir Francis had been provided by the pope. DCCCVIII. 5 kal. Aug. (July 28, 1300). Thorpe. Se- Beverley. questration of the fruits of the provostry of Beverley (Beverley Chapter Act Book, ii, 175). DCCCIX. 2 kal. Aug. (July 31, 1300). Monketon'. Suo W. de Jafford'. Supplicavit nobis dominus Petrus de Chavente, domini nostri regis camerarius, quod xli. sibi habent ubi comode sua valeant capita reclinare, nec ad reparacionem tam miserabilis ruine ejusdem ecclesie sufficiant facultates; nos tanto discrimini eo fervencius paternis affectibus prospicere censuimus et spiritualibus quibus possumus muneribus subvenire, quod dicta ecclesia in veneracionem beatissime virginis Marie et mediatricis Dei et hominum sanctissime est fundata. Devocionem etc. (see Reg. Romeyn, i, 5n.). 1 John, son of Branta Saracenus of Rome, had already been admitted by archbishop Newark in 1298 to a prebend at Ripon (Reg. Romeyn, ii. 209). 2 Tenter, a wooden framework, on which cloth is stretched after being milled, so that it may set or dry evenly and without shrinking. Formerly tenters of the length of a web of cloth stood in rows in the open air in tenter-fields or grounds, and were a prominent feature in cloth manufacturing districts; but the process of drying and stretching is now generally done much more ter). 3 This Francesco Gaetani, son of Pietro, count of Caserta, and grandson of Loffredo, first count of Caserta, the brother of Boniface VIII, was nephew of Francesco Gaetani, cardinal of S. Maria in Cosmedin. The nephew was provided to the treasurership at York in 1303 (no. 866), and thus vacated the office of sacrist of the Chapel (nos. 866, 867). June 24, 1301, he was admitted to the prebend of Langford in Lincoln (Inst. Dalderby, fo. 281). This was Langford ecclesia, to judge by the admissions to Langford manor, which Le Neve (Fasti, ii, 165) has got quite wrong. There appears to be no record of his vacating it (A.H.T.). 4 The prebend of Stillington (Reg. Wickwane, no. 15). 5 See note to no. 37. Peter de Chavent was a peer of Parliament. The claim probably was for some |