^{page 263 note 1} For the priories of Stoke by Clare and St. Neots, see Porée, Histoire de I' Abbaye du Bec (Evreux, 1901), I, 443–7, 452–8 ; for the reigns of the abbots Pierre, Ymer and Gilbert, ibid., I, 617–28 ; II, 1–57. The energetic abbot Ymer visited the English priories in 1282–3, perhaps as a result of this struggle—ibid., II, 2–3. For a similar struggle with the General Chapter of the Province of Rouen, see ibid., II, 20, and Cotton MS. Domitian A, XI, fo. 122. For the General Chapters of Bec and its cells, from 1219, see Porée, I. 547–8 ; II, 21, 25, 55

^{page 263 note 2} There is a notice of this formulary in Histoire Littéraire de la France, vol. 36 (1927), pp. 100–9.Google Scholar

^{page 263 note 3} Snappe's Formulary, pp. 355–6, where some of the extracts (cf. doc. xv) are printed.

^{page 263 note 4} Cf. Molitor, R., Aus der Rechtsgeschichte benediktinischer Verbände (Munster. 1928), Chapter 6.Google Scholar

^{page 263 note 5} Cf. above, Vol. I, pp. 60–1, 120–1, 133.

^{page 264 note 1} eos MS.

^{page 264 note 2} si MS.

^{page 264 note 3} Thomas de Bensend, c. 1275–85.

^{page 264 note 4} Sic. Some words evidently missing here: perhaps read: pariter et [honore. Litterarum N. et N.] monasteriorum. Cf. sect, (iii) and (iv) below.

^{page 264 note 5} sic : Nicholas Thorne (1273–83) ; cf. section (iv) below.

^{page 264 note 6} a word missing, such as presidens.

^{page 264 note 7} Richard de London (1274–95).

^{page 265 note 1} negligenter MS.

^{page 265 note 2} per censuram] iuram MS.

^{page 265 note 3} terminorum MS.

^{page 265 note 4} The site for Gloucester College, Oxford.

^{page 266 note 1} These statutes would be Version B, of 1278, see Vol. I, pp. 60–100.

^{page 266 note 2} pontifica' MS.

^{page 267 note 1} fecerit MS.

^{page 267 note 2} iusticiam MS.

^{page 267 note 3} Apparently section (vi) above.

^{page 267 note 4} Domus Oxoniæ pro Benedictinis, added in left margin in xvii-c. hand.

^{page 267 note 5} Cf. Vol. I, p. 60.

^{page 268 note 1} Cf. sect, (xi), below.

^{page 268 note 2} Cf. sect, (ix), (x), below.

^{page 269 note 1} sic MS.

^{page 269 note 2} Cf. vol. I, pp. 273–6.

^{page 269 note 3} abbatas MS.

^{page 269 note 4} sic MS.

^{page 269 note 5} successores MS.

^{page 269 note 6} Cf. Porée, op. cit., I, 604.

^{page 269 note 7} Nota, left margin.

^{page 269 note 8} Potestatis MS.

^{page 270 note 1} Cf. Porée, op. cit., I, 359–61.

^{page 270 note 2} Nota, left margin.

^{page 270 note 3} Cf. Porée, op. cit., I, 323–5.

^{page 270 note 4} appellaverint MS.

^{page 271 note 1} sic MS.

^{page 271 note 2} Inicio MS.

^{page 271 note 3} visitare MS.

^{page 271 note 4} Decr. Greg. IX, lib. III, tit. xxxv, c. 7.

^{page 271 note 5} Decretum, II, C. xxiv, q. 3, c. 17.

^{page 271 note 6} Decr. Greg. IX, lib. II, tit. xxviij, c. 3.

^{page 272 note 1} Decr. Greg. IX, lib. III, tit. xxx, c. 12.

^{page 272 note 2} Digest., lib. XXXII, tit. i, 69.

^{page 272 note 3} Codex, lib. VII, tit. xxiii, 1.

^{page 272 note 4} Decretum, II, c. xxxi, q. I, c. 10.

^{page 272 note 5} proprias MS.

^{page 272 note 6} servitus] secundum MS. : Digest., lib. VIII, tit. v, 10.

^{page 272 note 7} sic MS. : perhaps a corrupt reference to one of the titles de servitutibus in the Digest, lib. VIII, tit. 1–3.

^{page 272 note 8} sic MS. : perhaps for de prescriptionibus; Decr. Greg. IX, lib. II, tit. xxvi, c. 18, 15.

^{page 272 note 9} Digest., lib. XXX, tit. i, 109.

^{page 272 note 10} Codex, lib. X, tit. xv, 1.

^{page 272 note 11} Decr. Greg. IX, lib. V, tit. xxxiii, c. 30.

^{page 272 note 12} qr' MS.

^{page 273 note 1} John Renham, 1262–83.

^{page 273 note 2} actaminatum MS.

^{page 273 note 3} blank space in MS.: for adhuc ?

^{page 274 note 1} Cf. Reg. epistolarum J. Peckham, I, 150. It must be some meeting between the Council of Reading, 1279, and the Council of Lambeth, 1281.

^{page 276 note 1} Cf. Vol. I, pp. 252–3. The Chapters had been interrupted since 1279, owing to a dispute between the Chapter of Durham and the Archbishop of York.

^{page 276 note 2} A formulary roll of letters, c. 1258–1308.

^{page 277 note 1} Cf. above, pp. 236–7.

^{page 277 note 2} Cf. below, p. 291.

^{page 277 note 3} Chartul. abb. de Whiteby (Surtees Soc, 1879), II, 657.

^{page 277 note 4} Cf. similar special visitations, above, II, 72, 153, 174; III, 92.^{page 277 note 5} Cf. above, p. 63, and below, pp. 308–9.

^{page 278 note 1} Cf. p. 300, below.

^{page 278 note 2} Cal. Patent Rolls, 1367–70, p. 61 ; 1370–4, pp. 107, 109. For other examples of royal intervention in monasteries, see Wood-Legh, Studies in Church Life under Edward III, Chap. I.

^{page 278 note 3} Gesta abbatum III, 411.

^{page 278 note 4} Utred was at Oxford, from 1347 probably to c. 1367 ; incepted in theology, 1357; thrice prior of Finchale and twice subprior of Durham, 1367–96; d. 1396. Cf. Add. MS. 6162, fo. 31^v ; Tanner, Bibliotheca, 743, 444.

^{page 279 note 1} Writing faded.

^{page 279 note 2} Wetheral, a cell of St. Mary's York.

^{page 280 note 1} Robert de Gisburne.

^{page 281 note 1} se] om MS.

^{page 282 note 1} sic.

^{page 282 note 1} quem MS.

^{page 282 note 2} There is no article 18 here, but cf. art. I against Stephen Ormesby, below, p. 296. The numbers of the articles 19–34 are over erasures, evidently corrected from 18–33; the original 34 being left, as 34 bis.

^{page 284 note 1} sic.

^{page 285 note 1} conventus repeated in MS.

^{page 287 note 1} Cf. list of corrodies in Cart. Abb. de Whitby, I, 322.

^{page 288 note 1} = 34 bis ; on account of the renumbering of the preceding articles 19–34.

^{page 288 note 2} Shap abbey; cf. Cart. Abb. de Whitby, I, 219–20.

^{page 289 note 1} The statutes of 1363, above, vol. II, No. 157. Note the old rumour about the revocation of the Constitutions of Benedict XII (cf. p. 22, above) ; this helps to explain their emphatic confirmation in the Bull of 1383 (above, pp. 80, 88–92).

^{page 290 note 1} Cf. Luc. xvi, 8.

^{page 290 note 2} Cf. Statutes of 1343, I, 7–8, above, vol. II, p. 31.

^{page 290 note 3} Cf. Statutes of 1363, II, 1–8, above, vol. II, pp. 66–9.

^{page 291 note 1} sic MS.

^{page 291 note 2} interlin. over provincialium struck through.

^{page 291 note 3} coopertores MS.

^{page 292 note 1} over erasure.

^{page 292 note 2} 16 Feb., 1364/5.

^{page 293 note 1} 10 March, 1364/5.

^{page 293 note 2} prestito MS.

^{page 294 note 1} interlin. over contra eundem struck through.

^{page 294 note 2} A former abbot (1322–55).

^{page 294 note 3} 23 Nov.

^{page 295 note 1} probably the later Bp. of Salisbury and Treasurer of England, d. 1395.

^{page 295 note 2} these numbers are corrections.

^{page 296 note 1} over erasure

^{page 296 note 2} This is evidently the “ schedule ” referred to in No. 352, p. 300, below.

^{page 297 note 1} interlin. over ut struck through.

^{page 298 note 1} interlin.

^{page 298 note 2} Iohannes . Ricardus . struck through.

^{page 298 note 3} interlin, over sacramentum struck through.

^{page 298 note 4} Cf. p. 291, above.

^{page 298 note 5} Cf. p. 292, above.

^{page 298 note 6} Iohannes struck through.

^{page 298 note 7} Cf. p. 292, above.

^{page 298 note 8} Cf. p. 292, above.

^{page 299 note 1} struck through.

^{page 299 note 2} Cf. p. 294, above.

^{page 299 note 3} sic MS.

^{page 299 note 4} Cf. p. 295, above.

^{page 299 note 5} Cf. p. 295, above.

^{page 299 note 6} Cf. p. 295, above.

^{page 299 note 7} Cf. p. 296, above.

^{page 299 note 8} toto conventu struck through.

^{page 299 note 9} Cf. p. 296, above.

^{page 299 note 10} correctus est struck through.

^{page 300 note 1} Cf. p. 296, above.

^{page 300 note 2} Cf. No. 351, p. 296, above.

^{page 300 note 3} added in same hand in left margin.

^{page 300 note 4} eodem struck through

^{page 300 note 5} sic, for Waltham ? Cf. p. 295, above.

^{page 300 note 6} quando impetitur de incontinencia struck through.

^{page 300 note 7} altare struck through.

^{page 300 note 8} interlin. over villam struck through.

^{page 300 note 9} Cf. p. 292, above.

^{page 300 note 10} ulterio MS.

^{page 301 note 1} Cf. p. 289, above ; for the rest of the abbot's answers, see No. 353, below.

^{page 301 note 2} sic MS.

^{page 301 note 3} Cf. No. 353, below.

^{page 301 note 4} This paragraph comes at the end of the document, but is marked (with ‘ a ’ and ‘ b ’) for insertion here.

^{page 302 note 1} sic MS.

^{page 302 note 2} corrected from Spayne.

^{page 303 note 1} premissa MS.

^{page 303 note 2} corrected,? from protestacione ?

^{page 303 note 3} Cf. p. 279, above.

^{page 304 note 1} If this addition is connected with the preceding article, it may refer to the Statutes of 1343, I, 28, vol. II, p. 35.

^{page 306 note 1} cf. above, p. 277, n. 3.

^{page 306 note 2} sic MS.

^{page 306 note 3} sic MS.

^{page 306 note 4} sic MS.

^{page 307 note 1} Cf. article 33.

^{page 307 note 2} Cf. article 34.

^{page 308 note 1} sic MS.

^{page 308 note 2} Here follows No. 354.

^{page 308 note 3} The abbot of St. Mary's York, president, was associated with Utred of Boldon, as visitor.

^{page 308 note 4} over excercendum.

^{page 308 note 5} sic, perhaps for excepcione ?

^{page 309 note 1} This probably refers to the report of the abbot of Whitby to the abbot of St. Mary's York, 10 Dec., 1366, No. 222, above.

^{page 309 note 2} The Dominican opponent of Utred of Boldon (cf. Bale, Index, ed. Poole, 463). Perhaps Utred had already returned to Oxford when this letter was sent to him ; he would there be better able to get into touch with the abbot of St. Albans, as the letter urges.

^{page 309 note 3} written in the left-hand corner.

^{page 309 note 4} This is a paper quire of 5 leaves, containing, fo. 1, historical notes concerning benefit of clergy : Pro libertate ecclesie concernente quosdam articulos propositos in convocacione, sequentes invenio historias ; evidently connected with the controversy of 1515, the affair of Standish. The letter printed above is a draft, written on one of the blank pages, fo. 4,^v. Note the lavish use of parentheses.

^{page 309 note 5–5} interlin.

^{page 309 note 6} John Thaxted, 1509–33.

^{page 309 note 7} interlin.

^{page 310 note 1} John Islip, 1500–32. He was president, at least c. 1519–27. As president, he would be concerned with the appointment of a prior studentium ; cf. Nos. 198, 240, 252, 273, 275, above.

^{page 310 note 2} vigilia struck through.

^{page 310 note 3} II March.

^{page 310 note 4} interlin.

^{page 310 note 5} corrected from scolarem.

^{page 310 note 6} interlin.

^{page 310 note 7} aucto struck through.

^{page 310 note 8} John Salcot or Capon, monk of Colchester; B.D. 1511–12, D.D. 1514–15 (Cambridge Grace Book B, Pt. II, ed. M. Bateson (1905), pp. 5, 36) ; prior of Colchester ; abbot of St. Benet of Holme, 1517–30 ; abbot of Hyde, 1530–9; Bishop of Salisbury, 1539–57 ; cf. Dict. National Biography, s.v. Capon.

^{page 310 note 9} The Benedictine College at Cambridge (now Magdalene College) corresponding to Gloucester College, Oxford.

^{page 310 note 10} damp-stained ; partly restored from a transcript by the late Dr. Scott, former keeper of the muniments.

^{page 310 note 11} For St. Nicholas' Hostel, see H. P. Stokes, Medieval Hostels of the Univ. of Cambridge, pp. 89–91. Note that a change of studies seemed to involve a change of residence.

^{page 310 note 12} raptim struck through.