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The Convocation of 1440

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2024

Edited by
Gerald Bray
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The archbishop's mandate

Iohannes, permissione divina tituli Sanctae Balbinae presbyter cardinalis, Eboracensis archiepiscopus, Angliae primas et apostolicae sedis legatus, venerabili fratri nostro Domino Roberto, Dei gratia Dunelmensi episcopo, salutem et fraternam in Domino caritatem. Breve regium recepimus in haec verba:

Henricus, Dei gratia rex Angliae et Franciae et dominus Hiberniae venerabili in Christo patri Henrico, eadem gratia archiepiscopo Eboracensi Angliae primati, salutem. Quibusdam arduis et urgentibus negotiis nos, statum regni nostri ac honorem et utilitatem Ecclesiae Anglicanae intime concernentibus, vobis in fide et dilectione quibus nobis tenemini rogando mandamus quatenus praemissis debito intuitu attentis et ponderatis universos et singulos episcopos vestrae provinciae ac decanos et priores ecclesiarum cathedralium abbates et priores et alios electivos exemptos et non exemptos necnon archidiaconos, capitula, conventus et collegia totumque clerum cuiuslibet dioecesis eiusdem provinciae ad comparendum coram vobis in ecclesia cathedrali Beati Petri Eboracensi vel alibi prout melius expedire videritis, cum omni celeritate accommoda more debito convocari faciatis, ad tractandum, concordandum, consentiendum et concludendum super praemissis et aliis quae sibi clarius exponentur tune ibidem ex parte nostra. Et hoc sicut nos et statum dicti regni ac honorem et utilitatem ecclesiae praedictae diligitis nullatenus omittatis. Teste rege apud Westmonasterium duodecimo die Maii anno regni nostri decimo octavo [ 12 May 1440].

Quocirca tenore praesentium vos peremptorie citamus ac priorem ecclesiae vestrae Dunelmensis et capitulum eiusdem universosque abbates et priores alios etiam electivos exemptos et non exemptos, archidiaconos, decanos, capitula, conventus et collegia, clerumque totum dictarum civitatis et dioecesis Dunelmensium per vos citari in virtute oboedientiae volumus et mandamus quod vos reverende frater dictique abbates, priores, archidiaconi et decani personaliter, conventus vero capitula et collegia huiusmodi per procuratores suos singulos, atque clerus per duos sufficientes procuratores et idoneos ab ipsis conventibus, capitulis, collegiis et clero legitime deputatos, in ecclesia nostra cathedrali Beati Petri Eboracensis, die Martis videlicet decimo septimo die mensis Augusti proximo flituro [ 17 August 1440], cum continuatione et prorogatione sequentium tune dierum, coram nobis seu nostris locum tenentibus, commissariis seu commissario in ea parte deputatis seu deputato, compareant et compareat quilibet eorundem, super his quae exponi contigerit, una nobiscum vel cum nostris commissariis huiusmodi aliisque praelatis dictae nostrae provinciae tractaturi et vestrum consilium sanum super praemissis et ea concernentibus impensuri, his etiam quae ibidem concorditer ordinari contigerit, consensuri, facturi, et recepturi quod huiusmodi convocationis negotia exigunt et natura.

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Records of Convocation , pp. 435 - 442
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
First published in: 2024

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