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

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LETTERS OF POPE BENEDICT XIII
ing an earlier dispensation of a defect of birth as the son of an un¬
married man and a married woman to be promoted to all orders
and to hold benefices even if with cure. John had also been dispensed
by Walter, then bishop of Glasgow, and who later had been created
a cardinal, to hold a canonry and cathedral prebend along with the
vicarage of Stranygloth.
Avignon, 7 Id. Jun., anno 2; consigned, Non. Jul., anno 2 [7 July,
1396].1
17 June, 1396 Reg Aven 299, 336V-337
To the bishop of Sodor, the dean of Dunblane and the dean of St
Peter’s, Avignon. Mandate to confirm, with king Robert’s consent,
after due examination Nigel Cambel, deacon, Dunblane diocese, in
possession of the parish church of St Modan in Cowal, Argyll
diocese, as Nigel doubts the validity of his presentation by Robert,
king of Scots, patron of the parish and his institution by John,
bishop of Argyll, within the proper time, following the death
outside the curia of Duncan Meckaodich de But, late rector. Nigel’s
possession is to be valid whether the church is vacant because of the
above, or because the late Maurice Clerici, former rector of the
church who had held it for more than a year without being pro¬
moted to priests orders, did not have a canonical dispensation and
had hindered lawful cession, or vacant for any other reason.
Avignon, 16 Kal. Jul., anno 2; expedited, 15 Kal. Aug., anno 2
[18 July, 1396]; consigned, 14 Kal. Aug., anno 2 [19 July, 1396].
19 June, 1396 Reg Aven 299, 341V
To the bishop of Argyll. Mandate to dispense the nobleman Colin
Juvenis Mactalen, doncel, to marry the noblewoman Cristina
Roberti Maclagnian, maiden, Argyll diocese, notwithstanding their
being related in the third and third and the fourth and fourth degree
of consanguinity, and they are held to give alms to any holy place
nearby.
Avignon, 13 Kal. Jul., anno 2.
sro, Vat. Trans., iv, no. 67.
1 No date is given for the expedition of this letter.