The bishop of London's mandate to the bishop of Winchester

[14v] Reverendo in Christo patri ac domino Domino Willelmo, Dei gratia Wintoniensi episcopo, Thomas, permissione divina Londoniensis episcopus, salutem et fraternae dilectionis continuum incrementum. Literas reverendissimi in Christo patris ac domini Domini Thomae, miseratione divina tituli Sancti Ciriaci in Thermis sacrosanctae Romanae ecclesiae presbyteri cardinalis, Cantuariensis archiepiscopi, totius Angliae primatis et apostolicae sedis legati, undecimo die instantis mensis Februarii [11 February 1478] in haec verba recepimus reverenter:

Thomas, permissione divina tituli Sancti Ciriaci in Thermis sacrosanctae Romanae ecclesiae presbyter cardinalis, Cantuariensis archiepiscopus, totius Angliae primas et apostolicae sedis legatus, venerabili fratri nostro Thomae, Dei gratia Londoniensi episcopo, salutem et fraternam in Domino caritatem. Literas domini nostri regis sigillo suo sigillatas nuper recepimus in haec verba:

Quocirca fraternitati vestrae committimus et mandamus quatenus omnes et singulos dictae ecclesiae nostrae Cantuariensis suffraganeos infra dictam provinciam nostram constitutos ac absentium episcoporum vicarios in spiritualibus generales citetis peremptorie. Et per eos decanos et priores ecclesiarum cathedralium et singula capitula earundem, archidiaconos, abbates, prioresque conventus sub se habentes et alios ecclesiarum praelatos, exemptos et non exemptos,

Acts of the convocation

Convocatio praelatorum et cleri Cantuariensis provinciae facta auctoritate reverendissimi in Christo patris et domini Domini Iohannis Morton, Dei gratia Cantuariensis archiepiscopi etc., in ecclesia cathedrali Sancti Pauli Londoniarum, quarto decimo die mensis Ianuarii anno Domini millesimo CCCC octuagesimo octavo, indictione septima, pontificatus sanctissimi in Christo patris et domini nostri Domini Innocentii, divina providentia papae octavi, anno quarto, et translationis dicti reverendissimo in Christo patris anno tertio inchoata [14 January 1489] et usque ad et in vicesimum tertium diem mensis Octobris proximo extunc sequentis [23 October 1489] continuata.

The archbishop's mandate

Iohannes, permissione divina Cantuariensis archiepiscopus, totius Angliae primas et apostolicae sedis legatus, venerabili fratri nostri Thomae, Dei gratia Londoniensi episcopo, salutem et fraternam in Domino caritatem, literas domini nostri regis sigillo suo sigillatas nuper recepimus in haec verba:

Quocirca fraternitati vestrae committimus et mandamus quatenus omnes et singulos dictae ecclesiae nostrae Cantuariensis suffraganeos infra dictam nostram Cantuariensem provinciam constitutos ac absentium episcoporum vicarios in spiritualibus generates, citetis peremptorie. Et eos decanos et priores ecclesiarum cathedralium et singula capitula earundem, archidiaconos, abbates, prioresque conventus sub se habentes et alios ecclesiarum praelatos, exemptos [et non exemptos], clerumque cuiuslibet dioceseos,

Royal writ for convocation

Edwardus etc., reverendissimo in Christo patri Thomae, eadem gratia archiepiscopo Cantuariensi, totius Angliae primati, salutem. Quibusdam arduis et urgentibus negotiis nos securitatem et defensionem Ecclesiae Anglicanae ac pacem, tranquillitatem, bonum publicum et defensionem regni nostri et subditorum nostrorum eiusdem 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 ecclesiarum cathedralium, necnon archidiaconos, capitula et collegia, totumque clerum cuiuslibet dioceseos eiusdem provinciae ad comparendum coram vobis in ecclesia Sancti Pauli Londoniarum, secundo die Martii proximo futuro [2 March 1553], modo debito convocari faciatis ad tractandum, consentiendum et concludendum super praemissis et aliis quae sibi clarius exponentur tune ibidem ex parte nostra. Et hoc sicut nos et statum regni nostri ac honorem et utilitatem ecclesiae praedictae diligitis, nullatenus omittatis. Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium quinto die Ianuarii anno regni nostri sexto [5 January 1553].

The proxy for the dean and chapter of Wells

On 8 February 1553 the dean and chapter of Wells appointed George Carew, dean of Bristol, Walter Creyting, archdeacon of Bath, Polydore Vergil, archdeacon of Wells and two others (unnamed) as proctors.

The bishop of Worcester's certificate

The certificate, dated 24 February 1553, names the following:

John Barlow, dean of Worcester

Peter Vannes, archdeacon of Worcester John Williams, D. C. L., vicar-general of Worcester1388 and

Guy Etton [Heton], bishop's chaplain,1389 proctors of the clergy.

[126] Discourse of my Lord's grace of Canterbury for the first day of the convocation. Anno septimo Edward VI, 2 March anno Domini 1552U90 Thursday 2 March 1553

• 1. First, the order of the communion to be ministered in Paul's quire.

• 2. A sermon there ad clerum in presence of my lords grace the bishops and clergy.

• 3. His grace with the bishops (the sermon being ended) to return into the chapter house.

• 4. The bishop of London to exhibit his certificate for the execution of the summons, the same to be read openly by Mr Chancellor, the bishops absent to be preconizated etc.

• 5. My Lord's grace to depute his chancellor to receive the certificates of all other bishops to peruse the process of the absents and the clergy as they shall be introduced etc.

As in England, Irish benefices were revalued at and after the time of the reformation, though the process took much longer and is now little known. Our knowledge of its details comes from a pamphlet printed at Dublin in 1741, under the auspices of Edward Exshaw, a bookseller of Cork Hill, entitled; ‘Valor beneficiorum eccelsiasticorum in Hibernia, or thefirstfruits of all the ecclesiastical benefices in the kingdom of Ireland, as taxed in the king's books, with an account shewing how this royal fund vested in trustees, hath hitherto been disposed of’ It is reprinted here, with the format, spelling and punctuation modernized where necessary, and collated with an unpublished manuscript at Trinity College, Dublin (TCD, MS 567) which dates from sometime after 1591 and contains the sixteenthcentury valuations, given here in square brackets.

In the tables themselves, the original Latin has been Anglicized and the dioceses have been rearranged in alphabetical order by province (Armagh, Cashel, Dublin and Tuam), with the metropolitical see coming first in each case.

The publisher to the reader

As a book intituled Valor beneficiorum eccelsiasticorum in Anglia et Wallia was printed in 1680 for the use of the clergy in England and Wales, it may not be useless to publish likewise the taxations of all the ecclesiastical benefices in this kingdom. If, in the following tract, the names of some rectories and vicarages be found to differ from the modern way of spelling them, it is a fault which could not be avoided in printing a true copy of the ancient names, as well as the valuations affixed to them; and the reader may be assured that the following account is authentic, being faithfully transcribed and compared with the original record of the exchequer in the chief remembrancer's office.

The sterling money is distinguished all along from the Irish, and in reducing Irish money to sterling, you do no more than subtract one fourth part from the Irish to make it sterling, thus 20s. Irish make but 15s. sterling.

Charles II summoned parliament on 20 January 1681, ordering it to meet at Oxford on 21 March. The writ of summons included the praemunientes clause, but the archbishop's mandate, dated at Lambeth on 5 February 1681 and sent out by the bishop of London, summoned the clergy to StPaul 's on 22 March. Evidently lections took place and there was some kind of meeting on the appointed day, as the following remains indicate.

Bishops

A complete list of the bishops survives in the return from the London diocese (dated at Fulham in March 1681), which is in Lambeth Palace Library. It reads as follows:

Dominus Henricus [Compton] Londoniensis episcopus.

Dominus Georgius [Morley] Wintoniensis episcopus.

Dominus Herbertus [Croft] Herefordensis episcopus.

Dominus Seth [Ward] Sarum episcopus.

Dominus Iohannes [Dolben] Roffensis episcopus.

Dominus Anthonius [Sparrow] Norwicensis episcopus.

Dominus Petrus [Gunning] Eliensis episcopus.

Dominus Humfredus [Lloyd] Bangorensis episcopus.

Dominus Willelmus [Lloyd] Asaphensis episcopus.1381

Dominus Thomas [Wood] Coventrensis et Lichensis.

Dominus Guido [Carleton] Cicestrensis episcopus.

Dominus Petrus [Mews] Bathonensis et Wellensis episcopus.

Dominus Willelmus [Beaw] Landavensis episcopus.1382

Dominus Thomas [Barlow] Lincolniensis episcopus.

Dominus Iacobus [Fleetwood] Wigorniensis episcopus.

Dominus Iohannes [Fell] Oxoniensis episcopus.

Dominus Thomas [Lamplugh] Exoniensis episcopus.

Dominus Willelmus [Thomas] Menevensis episcopus.

Dominus Willelmus [Gulston] Bristoliensis episcopus.

Dominus Willelmus [Lloyd] Petriburgensis episcopus.

Sedes episcopalis Gloucestrensis iam vacat.

The return continues with the names of those cited in London diocese as follows:

Edward Stillingfleet, archdeacon of London.

William Jane, archdeacon of Middlesex.

Thomas Turner, archdeacon of Essex.

William Sill, archdeacon of Colchester. William Bell, archdeacon of St Albans.

Winchester

The proxy in Lambeth Palace Library is dated 19 March 1681 and contains the following names:

Richard Meggot, dean.

Henry Bees ton, proctor for the cathedral chapter.

Walter Dayrell, archdeacon of Winchester

John Pearson, archdeacon of Surrey

Thomas Clutterbuck, rector of St Mary, Southampton, proctor for the clergy of the archdeaconry of Winchester.1385

William Hoare, rector of Coulsdon, proctor for the clergy of the archdeaconry of Surrey.

Chichester

In Chichester the clergy of that archdeaconry elected George May on 25 February 1681.

Royal writ of summons 27 March 1784.

Wednesday 19 May 1784

[Bishops:]

The lord archbishop of York [William Markham].

John [Egerton], lord bishop of Durham. Henry Egerton, M. A., clerk, M. A., his proctor. The reverend Joseph Watkins clerk, M. A., appeared and exhibited his substitution from Mr Egerton and protested (as above).

Beilby [Porteous], lord bishop of Chester.

Edmund [Law], lord bishop of Carlisle.

Claudius [Crigan], lord bishop of Sodor and Man. John Marsden clerk, M. A., his proctor.

[The deans of]

York: John Fountain, D. D.

Durham: William Digby, D. D. Joseph Watkins clerk, M. A., appeared (as above).

Chester: William Smith, D. D.

Carlisle: Jeffery Ekins, D. D.

[The archdeacons of:]

York: William Cooper, D. D.

Nottingham: Richard Kaye, LL. D. Thomas Pickard clerk, his proctor.

East Riding: Robert Oliver clerk, M. A.

Cleveland: Francis Blackburn clerk, M. A.

Durham: Samuel Dickens, D. D. Joseph Watkins (as above).

Northumberland: John Sharp, D. D. Joseph Watkins (as above).

Chester: Abel Ward clerk, M. A.

Richmond: Thomas Townson, D. D.

Carlisle: William Paley clerk, M. A.

Sodor and Man: William Mylrea clerk. John Marsden clerk, M. A., his proctor.

[The chapters of]

York: William Cayley clerk, M. A., William Mason clerk, M. A.

Durham: Henry Egerton clerk, M. A., their proctor. Joseph Watkins appeared etc.

Chester: John Briggs clerk, M. A., their proctor.

Carlisle: Joseph Hudson clerk, M. A.

Southwell: Thomas Porter clerk, M. A. their proctor.

Ripon: Robert Darley Waddilove clerk their proctor.

[The clergy of the archdeaconries of]

York: Michael Bacon, D. D., Henry Zouch clerk, M. A.

Nottingham: Nathan Haines clerk, M. A., and John Walter clerk, M. A., their proctors.

East Riding: Francis Drake, D. D., George Hicks Paul, clerk.

Cleveland: John Dent clerk, Francis Henson clerk.

Durham: Richard Byron clerk, M. A., John Rotherham clerk, M. A. Joseph

Watkins etc.

Northumberland: Thomas Bates clerk, D. D., Nathaniel Ellison their proctors.

Joseph Watkins etc.

Chester: Thomas Mostyn, clerk.

Richmond: Thomas Zouch, clerk.

Carlisle: Richard Burn, LL. D.

Sodor and Man: Evan Christian clerk, their proctor.

Clergy of the jurisdiction of the dean and chapter of York: Richard Thompson, John Dealtary clerk, M. A.

Clergy of the jurisdiction of the chapter of Southwell: William Rastall, D. D.

Keeper of the peculiar jurisdiction of Howden and Howdenshire: Robert Pierson clerk, M. A.

Parliament

1703 21 September to 4 March 1704

Saturday 25 September 1703. John Asgill, MP, was censured for having written

'An argument proving that according to the covenant of eternal life revealed in the Scriptures, man may be translated hence unto that eternal life without passing through death.'

Friday 1 October 1703. A petition was presented claiming that Mr AsgilPs election for Enniscorthy was invalid.

Monday 11 October 1703. Mr Asgill was permitted to defend himself in the house of commons and was then expelled.

1705 10 February to 16 June

Monday 12 March 1705. A memorial from the lower house of convocation regarding privileges was received and read to the house of commons. (For the text, see the minutes of the upper house of convocation, 14 March 1705, AM.) ‘Whereupon, the house came to the following resolutions:

• 1. Resolved, nemine contradicente, that the commons in parliament assembled are the true and only representatives, and entrusted with the civil rights and properties, of all the commons in Ireland, as well clergy as laity.

• 2. Resolved nemine contradicente, that no person or body of men whatsoever, hath or have a right to be heard against the passing any bill, or heads of a bill, under the consideration of this house, but by leave first obtained from this house, upon the application of such person or body of men by petition to this house, and not otherwise.'

Friday 16 March 1705. A paper from the lower house of convocation was delivered to the speaker and read to the commons by him. (For the text and accompanying resolution, see the minutes of the lower house of convocation.)

Monday 19 March 1705. The house of commons passed two resolutions in response to further correspondence from the lower house of convocation. (For the correspondence and the resolutions, see the minutes of the lower house of convocation.)

Thursday 7 June 1705. The petition of Samuel Synge, prolocutor of the lower house of convocation, was received by the house of lords. Dr Synge, having received satisfaction, was given leave to withdraw his petition.

Sciendum est quod omnes qui ante reverendissimi domini archiepiscopi Cantuariensis citantur ad comparendum coram eo in domo capitulari ecclesiae cathedralis Divi Pauli Londoniarum duodecimo die Ianuarii proximo tenentur praefixo tempore interesse, atque in eadem ecclesia cathedrali praestolari adventum dicti reverendissimi. Qui ex more paulo post octavam ante meridiem illius diei solet cum celebri comitatu apud portum Thamesis vocatum ‘Paul's Wharf in terrain descendere atque exinde proeuntibus advocatis et procuratoribus curiae Cantuariensis certisque reverendissimi generosis ac vergifero convocationis ad ecclesiam cathedralem Divi Pauli Londoniarum recta tendere atque in chorum ibidem ingredi. Ubi postquam in stallo decani collocatus fuerit ac preces dixerit, tarn ipse quam reliqui episcopi [2] praesentes habitu convocationis togati ex utroque chori latere in suis stallis sese constituunt. Et mox incipiunt preces quibus Spiritus Sancti gratia invocatur ac contio subsequitur. Ac tempore offertorii, tarn dictus reverendissimus quam ceteri suffraganei episcopi rem divinam celebranti ordine, praegedientes oblationem offerre ex moredebent. Peracta in hunc modum re divina, solet doctus aliquis ex coetu convocationis sive superioris sive inferioris domus ad hoc selectus e suggestu in medio chori contionem ad clerum ibidem congregatum Latine proferre, qua absoluta, reverendissimus statim se confert in domum capitularem dictae ecclesiae sequentibus episcopis et toto clero. Quibus ingressis ac seclusis extraneis, reverendissimo ac ceteris suis coepiscopis in suis sedibus ordine consedentibus ac reliquo clero circumstante reverendus dominus episcopus Londoniensis mandatum sibi a dicto reverendissimo ad convocationem huiusmodi subeundum alias directum una cum debito certiflcatorio super executione eiusdem introducere [3] ac debita debita cum reverentia eidem reverendissimo patri praesentare et tradere tenetur. Quo quidem certiflcatorio perlecto, statim porrigitur eidem reverendissimo schedula descripta per quam pronuntiat omnes a[b - crossed out] eosdem diem horam et locum citatos et non comparentes contumaces, reservando poenam eorum contumaciae in aliquem diem competentem pro beneplacito eius reverendissimi. Praemissis sic expeditis, dictus reverendissimus ad episcopos et clerum tune praesentes Anglice sive Latine causam sui adventus ac dictae convocationis inchoatae exponit. Quodque ex laudabili et antiqua ordinatione eadem convocatio in duomembra dividitur, nempe in superiorem atque inferiorem domum. Unde reverendissimus et ceteri coepiscopi superiorem domum efficiunt, inferior vero domus ex decanis ecclesiarum cathedralium, archidiaconis, collegiorum magistris et capitulorum cathedralium ecclesiarum; nee non cleri cuiuscunque dioceseos procuratoribus constat.

The bishop of Winchester's execution of the royal writs for a parliament and convocation on 13 October 1372

Willelmus, permissione divina Wintoniensis episcopus, dilecto filio officiali archidiaconi nostri Wintoniensis, salutem, gratiam et benedictionem. Breve domini nostri regis recepimus hunc tenorem habens: ‘Edwardus etc. Quia de avisamento concilii nostri’ etc., ut inter alia brevia regia plenius continetur. Vobis etiam vigore dicti brevis firmiter iniungimus et mandamus quatenus praemuniatis seu faciatis praemuniri archidiaconum nostrum Wintoniensem ac clerum archidiaconatus eiusdem, quod idem archidiaconus in propria persona, dictusque clerus per unum procuratorem idoneum plenam et sufficientem potestatem ab ipso clero habentem praedictis die et loco intersint, facturi et recepturi quod tenor et effectus dicti brevis exigunt et requirunt, et nos de facto vestro in praemissis una cum nomine [78v] procuratoris a dicto clero electi citra dictam quindenam certificetis, literas vestras patentibus habentibus hunc tenorem. Datum apud Wolnesey decimo octavo die mensis Septembris anno Domini millesimo tricentesimo LXXIIo et nostrae consecrationis anno quinto [18 September 1372].

A note adds that similar letters were sent to the archdeacon of Surrey and to the prior and chapter of Winchester on the dame day.

The bishop of Winchester to the archdeacon of Surrey, announcing the postponement of parliament to 3 November 1372

Willelmus, Dei gratia Wintoniensis episcopus dilecto filio archidiacono nostro Surriensi931 vel eius officiali salutem, gratiam et benedictionem. Brevi domini regis recepimus in haec verba: ‘Edwardus’ etc. Cuius vigore brevis vobis committimus et mandamus quatenus prorogationem dicti parliamenti, sic ut praefertur factam, clero archidiaconatus praedicti cum omni celeritate congrua faciatis plenarie intimari. Vosque archidiaconum praelibatum tenore preaentium praemunimus, et per vos clerum eiusdem archidiaconatus praemuniri volumus et mandamus, quod vos in propria persona idemque clerus per unum procuratorem idoneum apud Westmonasterium in dicto crastino Animarum [3 November 1372] intersitis et intersit, ad faciendum et consentiendum his quae tune de consilio dicti regni contigerit ordinari. Et quid feceritis in praemissis, una cum nomine et cognomine dicti cleri electi, nos citra festum Omnium Sanctorum [1 November 1372] certificetis literis vestris patentibus, habentibus hunc tenorem. Datum apud Farnham, octavo die mensis Octobris anno Domini MCCCLXXII [8 October 1372].

The king's request for a subsidy

Rex venerabili in Christo patri Waltero, eadem gratia Cantuariensi archiepiscopo, totius Angliae primati, salutem. Quia Scoti inimici et rebelles nostri qui tempore Domini Edwardi quondam regis Angliae patris nostri contra quern in rebellionem proruperunt et nostro postmodum infra regnum nostrum homicidia, depraedationes, incendia et alia damna innumerabilia multipliciter perpetrarunt, finita treuga inter nos et ipsos nuper inita dictum regnum nostrum in magna multitudine mgressi in eodem consimilia facinora perpetrantes aetati vel sexui seu loco sacro vel religioso non parcentes, ac quidam magnates de regno nostro nobis subditi a iamdiu nobis inoboedientes et rebelles se in magna multitudine ad partes boreales transtulerunt populum nostrum destruentes ac castrum nostrum de Tickhull armata potentia obsedentes, per quod ordinavimus et esse proponimus, Domino concedente, apud Coventry prima Dominica Quadragesimae proximo futura [28 February 1322] cum equis et armis quanto decentius et potentius poterimus ad proficiscendum exinde contra dictos inimicos inoboedientes et rebelles nostros ad eorum malitiam et proterviam cum Dei adiutorio refrenandas. Nos de vestra fidelitate ad plenum confidentes, sperantes etiam quod in tanto et tarn arduo negotio nos et statum ac salvationem regni nostri praedicti specialiter tangente manum porrigere velitis adiutricem, vobis in fide et dilectione quibus nobis tenemini firmiter iniungentes, mandamus vos etiam specialiter requirimus et rogamus quatenus de hominibus ad arma equitibus et peditibus quanto decentius poteritis considerata diligenter qualitate negotii praedicti nos iuvetis et eosdem homines armis competentibus bene munitos habeatis ad nos ad diem et locum praedictos ad proficiscendum exinde nobiscum in obsequium nostrum supradictum, vel de alio subsidio competenti nos ad eosdem diem et locum ita curialiter respiciatis et gratanter, quod vestro mediante subsidio negotia nostra praedicta ad nostrum et vestrum honorem et commodum et populi regni nostri tranquillitatem et quietem perpetuam feliciter valeant expediri, et quod vobis exinde in futurum arctius teneamur. Et si forsitan ad eosdem diem et locum, obstante aliquo impedimento (quod absit), praemissa facere non possitis, tune ea postea ita festinanter compleatis, quod ex hoc perpendere possimus qualem affectionem ad nostram expeditionem optatam geritis et habeatis. Pensantes intime quod in praedicto negotio status totius regni nostri, tarn ecclesiae quam populi, versatur. Et de eo quod inde facere volueritis, nos sine dilatione aliqua reddatis per vestras literas certiores. Teste rege apud Gloucestriam, decimo sexto die Februarii [16 February 1322]. Per ipsum regem.

Saturday 19 October 1689

Convocatio provincialis inchoata decimo nono die mensis Octobris 1689 tempore

Domini Thomae Lamp high Eboracensis archiepiscopi.

Nomina praelatorum et cleri totius provinciae Eboracensis comparentium seu comparere debentium in convocatione sive synodo provinciali praelatorum et cleri totius provinciae Eboracensis in domo capitulari ecclesiae cathedralis et metropoliticae Beati Petri Eboracensis die Sabbati decimo nono die mensis Octobris anno Domini 1689 tenenda et celebranda coram….

Dominus archiepiscopus Eboracensis personaliter.

[Decani]

Eboracensis: [Tobias Wickham] personaliter.

Carliolensis: Mr Thomas Tully eius procurator personaliter.

[Archidiaconi]

Eboracensis: Dr Henricus Watkinson, Gulielmus Stainforth eius procuratores personaliter.

Esat Riding: [Gulielmus Brearey] personaliter.

Nottingham: [Samuel Crowbrow] personaliter.

[Capitulum]

Eboracense: Dr Comber et Mr Stainforth eorum procuratores personaliter.

[Clerus archidiaconatuuni]

Eboracensis: Dr Henricus Watkinson et Gulielmus Bridges eorum procuratores

Nottingham: Gulielmus Porter et Gulielmus Sampson eorum procuratores personaliter.

East Riding: Ionathan Dryden personaliter et Christopherus Fulthorp eorum procuratores.

Cleveland: Iacobus Lowd et Robertus Ward eorum procuratores.

[Clerus peculiarium iurisdictionum]

decani et capituli Eboracensis: Dr Henricus James et Thomas Lamplugh eorum procuratores personaliter.

Custos de Howden: Gulielmus Savile legum baccalaureus.

Clerus de Howden: Dr Carolus Palmer et Thomas Reynolds eorum procuratores personaliter.

Prorogued by Archbishop Thomas Lamplugh.

Thursday 7 November 1689

[Episcopus]

Carliolensis: Gulielmus Nicolson eius procurator.

[Decanus]

Eboracensis: [Tobias Wickham] personaliter. Dr Comber, Dr James, Mr Burton et

Mr Stainforth eius procuratores.

[Archidiaconi]

Eboracensis: Dr Watkinson et Mr Stainforth eius procuratores personaliter.

East Riding: [Gulilemus Brearey] personaliter.

Cleveland: [Iohannes Burton] personaliter.

Dunelmensis: Dr Malo Soresby et Mr Hammond Beaumont eius procuratores.

Carliolensis: [Gulielmus Nicolson] personaliter.

[Capitula]

Eboracense: Dr Comber et Mr Stainforth eorum procuratores personaliter.

Carliolense: Thomas Tully.

Cestrense: Dr Richard Wroe eorum procurator. Dr Watkinson eius procurator personaliter.

Southwell: Mr William Mompesson eorum procurator personaliter.

Ripon: Mr Franciscus Pemberton eorum procurator.

[Clerus archidiaconatuum]

Eboracensis: Dr Watkinson personaliter et Mr William Bridges eorum procuratores.

East Riding: Mr Ionathan Dryden personaliter et Mr Christopherus Fulthorp eorum procuratores.

Cleveland: Mr Iacobus Lowe et Robertus Ward eorum procuratores personaliter.

Nottingham: Mr William Porter et Mr William Sampson eorum procuratores.

Dunelmensis: Dr Soresby et Mr Hammond Beaumont personaliter.

Carliolensis: Mr Iohannes Child, Mr Thomas Machell eorum procuratores personaliter.

[Clerus peculiahum iurisdictionuni]

decani et capituli Eboracensis: Dr Henricus James personaliter et Thomas

Lamplugh artium magister, eorum procuratores. capituli Southwell: Mr Richard Gibson eorum procurator.

Custos de Allerton: Mr Iohannes Burton, Mr Stainforth et Thomas Reynolds eius procuratores.

Custos de Howden: Dr Carolus Palmer personaliter et Thomas Reynolds eius procuratores.

Mandate from archbishop to bishop of Winchester sede Londoniensi vacante

[5v] Iohannes, permissione divina Cantuariensis archiepiscopus, totius Angliae primas et apostolicae sedis legatus, venerabili confratri nostro Willelmo, Dei gratia Wintoniensi episcopo, qui tanquam ecclesiae nostrae Cantuariensis subdecanus, ecclesia Londoniensi vacante, quae ipsius ecclesiae nostrae Cantuariensis decanatus decoratur titulo et honore nostra et ipsius ecclesiae nostrae mandata ex debito officii vestri et capere et exequi tenemini cum effectu, salutem et fraternam in Domino caritatem. Literas domini nostri regis sub privato sigillo suo sigillato nuper recepimus in haec verba:

Quocirca vestrae fraternitati committimus et mandamus quatenus omnes et singulos dictae nostrae Cantuariensis ecclesiae suffraganeos infra dictam nostram provinciam constitutos, [6r] ac absentium episcoporum vicarios in spiritualibus generales citetis peremptorie, et per eos decanos et priores ecclesiarum cathedralium ac singula capitula earundem, archidiaconos, abbates et priores conventus sub se habentes, et alios ecclesiae praelatos, exemptos et non exemptos, clerumque cuiuslibet diocesis provinciae antedictae citari peremptorie et praemuniri volumus et mandamus, quod iidem episcopi, suffraganei nostri, vicarii generales, decani, priores, archidiaconi ac ceteri ecclesiarum praelati, exempti et non exempti, personaliter;

Summons to the convocation

[65v] Reverendo in Christo patri ac domino Domino Thomae, permissione divina Wintoniensi episcopo, Thomas, Dei gratia Londoniensis episcopus, salutem et fraternae dilectionis continuum incrementum. Literas reverendissimi in Christo patris ac domini Domini Iohannis, miseratione divina tituli Sanctae Anastasiae sacrosanctae Romanae ecclesiae presbyteri cardinalis, Cantuariensis archiepiscopi, totius Angliae primatis et apostolicae sedis legati, vicesimo sexto die instantis mensis Novembris [26 November 1496], cum ea qua decuit reverentia, recepimus in haec verba:

Iohannes misteratione divina tituli Sanctae Anastasiae sacrosanctae Romanae ecclesiae presbyter cardinalis, Cantuariensis archiepiscopus, totius Angliae primas et apostolicae sedis legatus, venerabili fratri nostro Thomae, Dei gratia Londoniensi episcopo, salutem et fraternam in Domino caritatem. Literas domini nostri regis sigillo suo sigillatas nuper recepimus in haec verba:

Quocirca fraternitati vestrae committimus et mandamus quatenus omnes et singulos dictae ecclesiae nostrae Cantuariensis suffraganeos infra dictam nostram Cantuariensem provinciam constitutos ac absentium episcoporum vicarios in spiritualibus generales, citetis peremptorie.