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The convocation of 1491

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2024

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Summons to the convocation

Iohannes, permissione divina Cantuariensis archiepiscopus, totius Angliae primas et apostolicae sedis legatus, venerabili fratri nostri Richardo, Dei gratia Londoniensi episcopo,

salutem et fraternam in Domino caritatem. Literas domini nostri regis sigillo suo sigillatas nuper recepimus in haec verba:

Henricus, Dei gratia rex Angliae et Franciae et dominus Hiberniae, reverendissimo in Christo patri Iohanni, eadem gratia archiepiscopo Cantuariensi, salutem. Quibusdam arduis et urgentibus negotiis nos securitatem et defensionem Ecclesiae Anglicanae ac pacem, tranquillitatem, bonum publicum et defensionem regni nostri et subditorum nostrorum eiusdem concernentibus, vobis in fide et dilectione quibus nobis tenemini rogando mandamus quatenus praemissis debito intuitu attentis et ponderatis universos et singulos episcopos vestrae provinciae ac decanos et priores ecclesiarum cathedralium, abbates et priores et alios clericos, exemptos et non exemptos, necnon archidiaconos, capitula, conventus et collegia, totumque clerum cuiuslibet dioceseos eiusdem provinciae ad comparendum coram vobis in ecclesia Sancti Pauli Londoniarum, vel alibi, prout melius expediri videatis, cum omni celeritate accommoda, modo debito convocari faciatis ad tractandum, consentiendum et concludendum super praemissis et aliis quae sibi clarius exponentur tune ibidem ex parte nostra. Et hoc sicut nos et statum regni nostri ac honorem et utilitatem ecclesiae praedictae diligitis, nullatenus omittatis. Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium, nono die Maii anno regni nostri sexto [9 May 1491].

Quocirca fratemitati vestrae committimus et mandamus quatenus omnes et singulos dictae ecclesiae nostrae Cantuariensis suffraganeos infra dictam nostram Cantuariensem provinciam constitutos ac absentium episcoporum vicarios in spiritualibus generales, citetis peremptorie. Et eos decanos et priores ecclesiarum cathedralium et singula capitula earundem, archidiaconos, abbates, prioresque conventus sub se habentes et alios ecclesiarum praelatos, exemptos [et non exemptos], clerumque cuiuslibet dioceseos, provinciae nostrae praedictae citari peremptorie et praemuniri volumus et mandamus, quod iidem episcopi suffraganei nostri vicarii generales, decani, abbates, priores, archidiaconi ac ceteri ecclesiarum praelati, exempti et non exempti, personaliter, et quodlibet capitulum ecclesiarum cathedralium per unum, clerusque cuiuslibet dioceseos provinciae antedictae per duos sufficientes procuratores compareant coram nobis aut nostris in hac parte locum tenentibus, vel commissariis (si nos tune impediri contingit) in ecclesia Sancti Pauli Londoniarum, vicesimo primo die mensis Iunii proximo futuri [21 June 1491] cum continuatione et prorogatione dierum extunc sequentium et locorum, ad tractandum super arduis et urgentibus negotiis securitatem et defensionem Ecclesiae Anglicanae ac pacem, tranquillitatem, bonum publicum et defensionem huius regni concementibus,

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Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
First published in: 2024

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