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

276 LETTERS OF POPE BENEDICT XIII
orders and to hold one benefice with or without cure, provided it
is not a canonry and prebend in a cathedral church, notwithstanding
any decrees of the council of Poitou or any others to the contrary.
Peniscola, Tortosa diocese, 3 Kal. Aug., anno 19; expedited, 3 Id.
Aug., anno 19 [11 Aug., 1413].
28 August, 1413 Reg Aven 340, 678V-680
To master Thomas de Butil, archdeacon of Candida Casa, papal
chaplain and auditor. [Scottish mandatory in case involving Fernandus
Sancii de Huepte, clerk, Cuenca diocese, Peter Femandi, calling
himself clerk, Burgos diocese, then holding a canonry and prebend
of the church of Palencia, and the archpresbytery of Poblacion, the
bishop and chapter of Palencia, and the bishop, dean and chapter
of Cuenca.]
Peniscola, Tortosa diocese, 5 Kal. Sept., anno 19; expedited, 7 Id.
Sept., anno 20 [7 Sept., 1414].
28 August, 1413 Reg Aven 341, 280V-281
To John de Orchinlek, priest, Glasgow diocese. Reservation of a
benefice in the gift of the prioress and convent of Northberwick,
O.cist., to the value of 25 merks sterling if with cure and to the
value of 18 merks sterling if without cure, notwithstanding his
defect of birth as the son of an unmarried man and an unmarried
woman from which he has been dispensed to be promoted to all
holy orders and to hold a benefice even if with cure, and notwith¬
standing his recent reservation of a benefice with or without cure
in the gift of the abbot and convent of Kilwinning which, however,
is now declared invalid.
Peniscola, Tortosa diocese, 5 Kal. Sept., anno 19; expedited, 7 Kal.
Feb., anno 20 [26 Jan., 1414].
Concurrent mandate to the bishop of Oviedo, and the officials of
Glasgow and St Andrews.
28 August, 1413 Reg Aven 341, 371V-373
Ad perpetuam rei memoriam. Indult, granted at the petition of James,
king of Scots, Henry, bishop of St Andrews, and the prior, arch-