Series 4 > Calendar of Papal letters to Scotland of Benedict XIII of Avignon, 1394-1419

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Avignon, 17 Kal. Dec., anno 1; expedited, Id. Feb., anno 1 [13 Feb.,
tSPi]; consigned, 15 Kal. Mar., anno 1 [15 Feb., 1395].
15 November, 1394 Reg Aven 282, 432-432V
To the bishop of St Andrews. Mandate to collate Richard Knight,
clerk, lic.art., sch.dec., at Paris for several years, St Andrews
diocese, to the perpetual vicarage of Kylgour, said diocese, value
not exceeding 35 merks sterling, if the dispensation allowing
James Biset to hold the said church along with the priory of St
Andrews, osa, has been revoked. [As inReg Aven,281,5-5V, 17V-18
above.]
Avignon, 17 Kal. Dec., anno 1; expedited, 11 Kal. Jan., anno 1
[22 Dec., 1394]; consigned, 5 Kal. Jan., anno 1 [28 Dec., 1394].
26 December, 1394 Reg Aven 280, 287V
To Stephen Bigly, priest, St Andrews diocese. Indult abolishing all
stain and inhability contracted by Stephen who had been provided
while not yet of canonical age and not yet in priest’s orders by
William, bishop of St Andrews, to the parish church of Methhil,
vacant by the death outside the curia of Stephen de Methil, and
which he had held for more than four years without being raised
to the priesthood and without a papal dispensation; but he is held
to demit the said church.
Avignon, 7 Kal. Jan., anno 1.
26 December, 1394 Reg Aven 282, 186-186V
To the dean of Dunkeld. Mandate to collate Stephen Bigly, priest,
St Andrews diocese, to the parish church of Methkil, which he had
been held to demit. [As in Reg Aven 280, 287V above.]
Avignon, 7 Kal. Jan., anno 1; expedited, 3 Non. Jul., anno 1 [5 July
1395]; consigned, 7 Id. Jul., anno 1 [9 July, 1395].
28 January, 1395 Reg Aven 296, 199-200
To Thomas de Dunfermelyn, prior of the conventual priory of
Urquhart, osb, Moray diocese. Provision of Thomas to the con-