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

LETTERS OF POPE BENEDICT XIII
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William peaceful possession of the church of Moray and recovery
of the spiritual rights of the church.1
Avignon, 4 Kal. Oct., anno 3.
Printed: Moray Registrant, no. 176.
8 October, 1397 Reg Aven 303, 439
To John, abbot of Holyrood, Edinburgh, os A. Indult to choose a
confessor in mortis articulo.
Avignon, 8 Id. Oct., anno 3.
17 October, 1397 Reg Aven 304, 522V-523
To Donald Morici, canon and prior of Oronsay, os A. Indult dis¬
pensing Donald of a defect of birth as the son of a priest of the
Augustinian priory of Orwansay and an unmarried woman, to
hold the office of prior, an elective dignity, notwithstanding the
decrees of the council of Poitou.
Avignon, 16 Kal. Nov., anno 4; expedited, 4 Id. Nov., anno 4
[10 Nov., 1397]; consigned, 2 Id. Nov., anno 4 [12 Nov., 1397].
17 October, 1397 Reg Aven 304, 6i6-6i6v
To the prior of Oronsay, the dean of St Agricola, Avignon, and
Colin Cristini, canon of Lismore. Mandate to secure the admission
of Cristine Martini, clerk, Sodor diocese, as a monk of the monastery
of St Columba of Hy, said diocese, under regular habit, if there is
no fixed number of monks and that the monastery is not burdened
thereby, or at the first vacancy if there is a fixed number of monks.
Avignon, 16 Kal. Nov., anno 4; expedited, 3 Non. Nov., anno 4
[3 Nov., 1397]; consigned, Non. Nov., anno 4 [5 Nov., 1397].
19 October, 1397 Reg Aven 304, 520V-521V
To Nigel Cambel, rector of parish church of St Kathani, Argyll
diocese. Provision of Nigel to the archdeaconry of Argyll. The late
pope Clement vn had provided Conghan Machabei, priest of
Argyll, to the archdeaconry, then vacant because of the resignation
of John Leche, through his procurator; but it had been represented
1 This letter has not been located in the Avignon Registers.