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

54 LETTERS OF POPE BENEDICT XIII
25 October, 1395 Reg Aven 299, 421V-422
Ad perpetuam rei memoriam. Indult at the request of Robert, king of
Scots, for the abbot and monastery of Holyrood of Edinburgh,
os A, St Andrews diocese, to incorporate in perpetual union the
perpetual vicarage of Variecapelle, St Andrews diocese, then per¬
taining to the bishop of St Andrews, after the death of or cession by
the present vicar, the goods of which are to be held by the abbot
and convent, and the church served by a canon of their choice.
Avignon, 8 Kal. Nov., anno 2; expedited, 6 Kal. Apr., anno 3 [27
March, 1397]; consigned, 2 Kal. Apr., anno 3 [31 March, 1397].
26 October, 1395 Reg Aven 303, 452V-453
To Mathew, bishop of Glasgow. Mandate. Robert, king of Scots,
had shown that David Bell, canon and abbot of Holyrood of Edin¬
burgh, os A, had resigned the said abbey into the hands of the late
Walter, cardinal and legate in Scotland and Ireland, who admitted
the resignation by papal authority and by the same authority had
assigned to David certain teinds, lands, houses and possessions until
he should obtain possession of some priory; but later having obtained
possession of the priory of Loch Leven, os A, by papal authority he
resigned it into the hands of Walter, bishop of St Andrews, outside
the curia, and the chapter of St Andrews assigned to him an annual
pension of 40 merks sterling from the revenues of the priory. Robert
however, claimed this to be too great a burden on the priory and
sought revocation of the pension so David is to be summoned and
examined and the mandatory is granted faculty to revoke or de¬
crease the said pension.
Avignon, 7 Kal, Nov., anno 2; expedited, 10 Kal. Feb., anno 3
[23 Jan., 1397]; consigned, 8 Kal. Feb., anno 3 [25 Jan., 1397].
sro, Vat. Trans., i, no. 85.
27 October, 1395 Reg Vat 321, 236-7
To the abbot of Holyrood, Edinburgh, James Learns and Walter
Forestar, canons of Aberdeen. Mandate to collate John Forestar,
canon of Aberdeen, lic.dec., m.a., recently envoy of Robert, king
of Scots, to the parish church of Eglismanchi, St Andrews diocese