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

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LETTERS OP POPE BENEDICT XIII
the curia of John de Avat, Theobald de Paris, or Hillebrand Anglicus,
although John de Benvyng, calling himself priest and brother of
that order, had been unlawfully provided to it by Philbert de
Nelhaco, former master of the hospital of Rhodes.1
Tortosa, 4 Id. Dec., anno 19; expedited, 15 Kal. Jan., anno 19 [18
Dec., 1412].
10 December, 1412 Reg Aven 340, 689V-690
To James de Lyndesay, deacon, of St Andrews diocese, b.dec., m.a.
Indult for James, kinsman of Alexander de Lyndesay, earl of Crau-
ford, recently dispensed of a defect of birth as the son of an un¬
married man and an unmarried woman to be promoted to all holy
orders and to hold a benefice even if with cure, abolishing all stain
and inhability contracted by him in holding the parish church of
St Brioci, St Andrews diocese, to which he had been canonically
provided, and in receiving its revenues for more than six years
without being raised to the priesthood and without a papal dis¬
pensation; but he is to demit the said church.2
Tortosa, 4 Id. Dec., anno 19; expedited, 17 Kal. Apr., anno 21 [16
Mar., 1415].
10 December, 1412 Reg Aven 340, 690-690V
To the abbot of Balmerino, the dean of Dunkeld and the arch¬
deacon of Majorca. Mandate to collate James de Lyndesay, deacon,
of St Andrews diocese, b.dec., m.a., kinsman of Alexander de
Lyndesay, earl of Crawford, to the parish church of St Brioce,
St Andrews diocese, value not exceeding 40 merks sterling to a non¬
resident, which he had held illegally for six years and had been
forced to demit [as in Reg Aven 340, 689V-690 above], notwith¬
standing his defect of birth as the son of an unmarried man and an
unmarried woman from which he has been dispensed to be pro¬
moted to all holy orders and to hold a benefice even if with cure.3
Tortosa, 4 Id. Dec., anno 19; expedited, 17 Kal. Apr., anno 21
[16 Mar., 1415].
1 See CPP, i, 598.
8 See CPP, i, 598.
See CPP, i, 598.