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

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on the borders of English territory and troubled by wars, amounted
to very little, and therefore the above indult is granted, but within
two years of his peaceful assecution to Magnacaveris and on the
cessation of the wars, James is held to demit it or the vicarage of
Innerlethan or any other benefice he might have obtained in
exchange.
Nice, 4 Id. Sept., anno 12.
10 September, 1406 Reg Aven 324, 599V-600
To the bishop and chapter of Glasgow. Indult to receive the first
years fruits, or if these are owed, of the second or any subsequent
years from any vacant benefice in the diocese of Glasgow whether
canonry and prebend, dignity or parsonage, for a period of ten
years as often as they may be vacant, to be used to repair the choir,
campanile and bells which have been destroyed by fire, and to
provide a chapter house and vestry which the church of Glasgow
lacks, since the fabric fund is worth only 12 merks Scots annually
and the episcopal revenues are much diminished by wars.
Nice, 4 Id. Sept., anno 12.
Printed: Innes Review, xxvi, 91-92; sro, Vat. Trans., ii, no. 24.
21 September, 1406 Reg Aven 323, 715
To Mathew, bishop of Glasgow. Indult to choose a confessor in
mortis articulo.
f Nice, 11 Kal. Oct., anno 12.
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l 23 September, 1406 Reg Aven 324, 518-518V
m To the bishop of Glasgow. Mandate to dispense John Stewart,
doncel, lord of the place of Dernly, to marry Elizabeth Levenax,
Glasgow diocese, notwithstanding they are related in the third
I degree of consanguinity in that the late Alexander, first husband of
Elizabeth, was related in the third degree of consanguinity to John;
and they are held to pay 10 francs of gold to their parish church for
ornamentation.
Nice, 9 Kal. Oct., anno 12.
sro, Vat. Trans., iv, no. 78.