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

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LETTERS OF POPE BENEDICT XIII
defect of birth, later to hold another canonry and prebend with the
said benefices with powers of exchange for three similar or dis¬
similar benefices, and subsequently to hold an elective dignity joined
to a prebend, or an office or parsonage with or without cure, now
to exchange these benefices for compatibles as often as he wishes.
Avignon, Id. Jul., anno i; expedited, 2 Kal. Aug., anno 1 [31 July,
I395]; consigned, 4 Non. Aug., anno 1 [2 Aug., 1395].
1 August, 1395 Reg Aven 280, 343V
To Peter, abbot of the Scots monastery at Erfurt, osb, Mainz
diocese, papal chaplain. Appointment of Peter as a papal chaplain.
Avignon, Kal. Aug., anno 1; expedited, 3 Id. Sept., anno 1 [11 Sept.,
I395]; consigned, 2 Id. Sept., anno 1 [12 Sept., 1395].
10 August, 1395 Reg Aven 281, 176
To John, the abbot and convent of Paisley, o.clun. Indult for
John to use mitre, ring and other pontificals and to give solemn
benediction in priories and churches subject to the monastery, pro¬
vided no bishop or legate with full power is at hand.
Avignon, 4 Id. Aug., anno 1; consigned, 6 Kal. Sept., anno 1 [27
Aug., 1395].
13 August, 1395 Reg Aven 296, 336-7
To Robert de Locris, canon of St Andrews, o s A. Provision of Robert
to a benefice with or without cure, of the kind wont to be governed
by a canon of St Andrews, whether a priory or office, in the gift
of the prior and chapter of St Andrews, os A, value not exceeding
.£40 sterling, vacant on or after 2 Id. Sept. [12 Sept.], I395-1
Avignon, Id. Aug., anno 1; expedited, 2 Kal. Oct., anno 1 [30 Sept.,
1395]; consigned, Kal. Oct., anno 1 [1 Oct., 1395].
Concurrent mandate to the abbots of Scone and Lindores and the
dean of St Peter’s, Avignon.
14 August, 1395 Reg Aven 280, 325V-326
To the bishop of Glasgow, and the abbot of Newbattle. Mandate
to provide John de Merton, archdeacon of Teviotdale, d.dec., to a
1 See CPP, i, 592.