• General Notes

      1447.
      6 Kal. Nov.
      (27 Oct.)
      St. Peter's, Rome.
      (f. 67d.)To the dean of Moray. Mandate, as below. The recent petition of William Winerstre (rectius Wincestre), priest, of the diocese of St. Andrews, contained that formerly William Goldsmyth and the late James Innes resigned to John, bishop of Moray, for purpose of exchange their respective benefices, namely, the treasurership of Moray with a canonry annexed and a canonry and prebend of the same, that the said bishop carried out the exchange, and that in virtue of his collation and provision James obtained possession of the said treasurership and annexed canonry; that Eugenius IV (upon its being set forth to him on behalf of David Stewart, canon of Ross, that the said collation and provision were without force because James was at the time excommunicate and publicly proclaimed excommunicate) ordered the abbot of Kinlos, Andrew de Dvnon (sic) archdeacon of Sodor, dwelling in the diocese of Moray, and the official of Moray to summon James and others concerned, and if they found the said invalidation to be the case, to declare the said collation and provision null, and in that event to collate and assign the treasurership to David; that David consequently caused James to be summoned before John abbot of Kinlos and the said official and Andrew, and that they cited James, who appealed from them to the apostolic see; that the said pope committed the appeal to Master William de Fondera, then as now a papal chaplain and auditor, who has proceeded short of a conclusion; that whilst the cause was pending before the said auditor James died, and that bishop John has made by his ordinary authority collation and provision to the above William Winerstre. Seeing that the latter collation and provision are without force, and that David has surrendered to the pope the cause and all his right in or to the treasurership, the pope, calling up to himself the cause and extinguishing it. orders the above dean to collate and assign the treasurership, a non-major dignity with cure, value with the said annexed canonry not exceeding 30l. sterling, to William; notwithstanding that provision was lately made to him by authority of the ordinary of the precentorship (cantoria) of Caithness, a non-major dignity with cure, and its annexed canonry, their value not exceeding 20l. sterling, of which he is not in possession, and about which he is litigating in the apostolic palace, which, upon obtaining the treasurership he is, as he has offered, to resign, if he meanwhile obtain it, or all right therein or thereto. Dignum etc. (Chri. and Ja. de Vicencia. | Chri. xxx. Decimonono Kal. Januarii Anno Primo. Coronen.) [4½ pp. See Cal. Papal Lett. IX, p. 530.]
  
      From: 'Lateran Regesta 441: 1447-1448', Calendar of Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 10: 1447-1455 (1915), pp. 345-349. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=103574&strquery="james innes" Date accessed: 13 November 2009.
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      1445-[6]
      14 Kal. Feb.
      St. Peter's, Rome.
      (f. 94d.)To the abbot of Kinlos in the diocese of Moray, Andrew de Dunon, archdeacon of the church of Sodor, dwelling in the said diocese [of Moray], and the official of Moray. Mandate, at the recent petition of David Stewart, a canon of Ross, M.A. (containing that William Goldismyt and James Innes resigned for purpose of exchange their respective benefices, namely the treasurership and a canonry and prebend of Moray to John, bishop of Moray who carried out the exchange; and adding that the bishop's collation and provision of the treasurership to James are without force because he was excommunicated) to declare, after enquiry, the said collation and provision null and invalid, and to collate and assign the said treasurership, a non-major dignity with cure, value not exceeding 40l.sterling, still void by the said resignation of William, to the said David, who is a kinsman of James, king of Scotland (Scocie); removing the said James, who under pretext of the said null collation and provision has detained possession for about three years; notwithstanding that David holds a canonry and prebend of Ross, value not exceeding 10l.sterling, and that the pope lately made provision to him of a canonry of Dunkeld and another of Aberdeen, with reservation of as many prebends and of a dignity etc. of one of them, which, upon his obtaining the said treasurership, shall be without force as far only as regards such dignity etc. Nobilitas generis, litterarum etc. (An and Cyprianus. | An. xxiiii. Id. Martii Anno Sextodecimo. de Adria.) [3½ pp.]
  
      From: 'Lateran Regesta, 424: 1445-1446', Calendar of Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 9: 1431-1447 (1912), pp. 529-531. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=103451&strquery="james innes" Date accessed: 13 November 2009.
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      1434. (fn. 2)
      4 Id. Nov.
      Florence.
      (f. 10d.)To the bishop of Amiens, the treasurer of Aberdeen and James Innes, canon of Moray. Mandate, at the petition of Robert Scrymgeour, canon of Ross-containing that although collation and provision were made to him by authority of the ordinary of the canonry and prebend of Logy in Ross on their voidance by the death of Richard Bullok, nevertheless David de Petyne, clerk, of the diocese of Moray, wrongfully claimed them, prevented, as he still does, the said collation etc. from taking effect, and appealed to the apostolic see; that the pope at Robert's instance committed the cause of the appeal and of the principal matter to Master John Walling, papal chaplain and auditor, who by a definitive sentence declared the said collation and provision canonical, adjudged the canonry and prebend to Robert, imposed perpetual silence on David and condemned him in costs, which he afterwards assessed at 32 gold florins of the camera; and adding that he fears … secular arm etc., as above, Reg. CCCXXIII, f. 132d, mutatis mutandis. (B. and Anselmus. | B. xx. Valven.)
  
      From: 'Lateran Regesta 324: 1434-1435', Calendar of Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 8: 1427-1447 (1909), pp. 496-499. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=104477&strquery="james innes" Date accessed: 13 November 2009.
  
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      4 Id. Sept.
      Florence (f. 138d.)To James Innes, canon of Moray, M.A. Dispensation to him (who was formerly dispensed by authority of the ordinary, as the son of a priest, noble, and an unmarried woman, to be promoted to minor orders and hold a benefice without cure, and afterwards by papal authority to be promoted to all, even holy orders and hold three other benefices compatible with one another, even if canonries and prebends or offices in cathedral or collegiate churches, and to resign them, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleased, after which he obtained a canonry of Moray and the prebend of Spyne therein and the hospital of Eglyn (rectius Elgyn) in the diocese of Moray, value together not exceeding 40l. sterling, which he at present holds) to hold any compatible benefices, of any number and kind, with or without cure, even if canonries and prebends, dignities etc., and to resign them, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases. Nobilitas generis, litterarum etc. (B. and G. de Elten. | B. xl. Valven.) [See below, pp. 105, 107 and Cal. Lett. VIII, p. 314.]
  
      From: 'Lateran Regesta, 372: 1439-1440', Calendar of Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 9: 1431-1447 (1912), pp. 97-108. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=103399&strquery="james innes" Date accessed: 13 November 2009.
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      1447.
      Prid. Id. Oct.
      (14 Oct.)
      St. Peter's, Rome.
      (f. 6d.)To Alan Cant, S.T.B. Collation and provision to him, who is also M.A., of the deanery of Ross [in Scotland], a major elective dignity with cure, to which a canonry and prebend are annexed, and whose value does not exceed 40l. sterling, void and reserved (under the pope's late reservation of all major cathedral dignities, then void and to be void) by the death of James Innes; notwithstanding that he holds the perpetual vicarage of Obyn and the perpetual chaplaincy or chapel of Corigronck, in the dioceses of Aberdeen and St. Andrews, value not exceeding 12l. and 4l. sterling respectively, and that the pope has made him provision of a canonry of Glasgow and another of Dunkeld, with reservation of as many prebends and of an administration or office of one of them, even if they be elective. He is hereby dispensed to hold the deanery and vicarage together for life, and to resign them, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases and hold instead two other incompatible benefices, provided that they be not two parish churches or perpetual vicarages. Litterarum etc.
  
      From: 'Lateran Regesta 444: 1447-1448', Calendar of Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 10: 1447-1455 (1915), pp. 363-373. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=103577&strquery="james innes" Date accessed: 13 November 2009.
  
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      1442.
      6 Kal. Nov.
      Florence.
      (f. 150.)To the bishops of Segorbe (Segobricen.) and Moray, and the treasurer of Brechin. Mandate as below. The petition of James Innes, dean of Ross, contained that formerly John, bishop of Moray, carried out the exchange desired by the said James and William Goldsmyith of their respective benefices, namely a canonry and prebend of Moray, and the treasurership of the same, and that in virtue thereof James is in possession of the said treasurership; and adding that at the time of the said exchange he was, by papal authority, under a sentence of excommunication for non-payment of certain moneys in the Roman court, and had been publicly proclaimed excommunicate, and that the said bishop's collation and provision do not hold good. The pope therefore, absolving the said James, who is of noble race, from the said and from any other sentences of excommunication etc., dispensing him on account of irregularity, and rehabilitating him, orders the above three to collate and assign to him the said treasurership, a non-major dignity with cure, value not exceeding 30l. sterling, howsoever void; notwithstanding that he holds the deanery of Ross, a major elective dignity with cure, value [also] not exceeding 30l. sterling, and that the pope lately dispensed him to hold for life any two benefices with cure or otherwise incompatible, and to resign them, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleased, provided that they were not two parish churches or perpetual vicarages. Nobilitas generis, litterarum sciencia (sic), (fn. 6) vite etc. (Blondus. | xxviii. Jo. de Collis, Collata P. Parvijohannis. A. Trapezuntius.) [3¼ pp.]
  
      From: 'Vatican Regesta 379: 1442-1446', Calendar of Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 8: 1427-1447 (1909), pp. 310-315. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=104449&strquery="james innes" Date accessed: 13 November 2009.
  
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      445.
      7 Id. Oct.
      St. Peter's, Rome.(f. 44d.)To the dean of Moray. Mandate to collate and assign to Alexander Lychton, priest, of the diocese of Aberdeen, M.A. and I.U.B., the hospital called God's house near Elgin, in the diocese of Moray, which has long been wont to be assigned to secular clerks as a perpetual benefice, (fn. 6) and which was originally founded for the maintenance of poor brothers and sisters, on whose voidance by the resignation of James Innes its rector to John, bishop of Moray, that bishop committed it, temporarily and under certain conditions, to John Boyl, priest, of the said diocese, who has by his proctor William Lyel, perpetual vicar of Inchin in the diocese of Aberdeen, ceded the said commission to the pope, so that the said hospital, which is without cure and consists of temporal estates, (fn. 7) and whose yearly value does not exceed 10l. of old sterlings, is still void as above. Dignum etc. (An. and G. Gonne. | An. xxvi. Sexto Id. Januarii Anno Quintodecimo. de Adria.) [3 pp.]
  
      From: 'Lateran Regesta, 417: 1445-1446', Calendar of Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 9: 1431-1447 (1912), pp. 477-487. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=103444&strquery="james innes" Date accessed: 13 November 2009.
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      1442Oct. 27”The bishops of Segorve and Moray and the treasurer of Brechin.Collation to James Innes, dean of Ross, of the treasurership of Moray.379150314
  
      From: 'Chronological Arrangement of Vatican Regesta Documents', Calendar of Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 8: 1427-1447 (1909), pp. XV-XXXVIII. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=104402&strquery="james innes" Date accessed: 13 November 2009.
  
  
  
  

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