Part I, General Chapters of the Province of Canterbury

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^{page 7 note 1} William de Trumpinton, 1214–35.

^{page 7 note 2} Hugh de Northwold, 1215–29.

^{page 7 note 3} Randulfus, 1213–29.

^{page 7 note 4} Peter, 1216–31. Both he and his colleague of Evesham had been monks of Worcester.

^{page 8 note a} Roger, abbot of Warden, c. 1223.

^{page 8 note b} Simon, abbot of Thame, c. 1205—24.

^{page 8 note c} Cf. the decretal In singulis, printed below, app. I, p. 273.

^{page 8 note d} interlin.

^{page 8 note e} dictante] om. MS. A : it is rightly given in Version B.

^{page 9 note 1} et in ref.—totiens] om.

^{page 9 note 2} add oportune.

^{page 9 note 3} seu.

^{page 9 note 4} sive.

^{page 9 note 5} ne instead of ut … non.

^{page 9 note 6} elienationem.

^{page 9 note 7} hereditarie.

^{page 9 note 8} liberationes.

^{page 9 note 9} titulc.

^{page 9 note 10} Set.

^{page 9 note 11} prelati ipsi.

^{page 9 note 12} aliquis.

^{page 9 note 13} habeat.

^{page 9 note 14} possit argui.

^{page 9 note 15} contingat.

^{page 9 note 16} substitutos [sic].

^{page 9 note 17} percipiant.

^{page 9 note 18} om.

^{page 9 note 19} add nisi pro iniuncta sibi administratione.

^{page 9 note 20} consilii.

^{page 9 note a} interim.

^{page 9 note b} The reference is to the Third Council of the Lateran, 1179: Decr. Greg. IX, lib. III, tit. xxxv, c. 2. The Chapter statutes several times refer to the Third Lateran Council as the First, and to the Fourth (1215) as the second: cf. below, pp. 17, 233.

^{page 10 note 1} vel nec ] om.

^{page 10 note 2} huc.

^{page 10 note 3} add et.

^{page 10 note 4} Omnibus modis.

^{page 10 note 5} iuxta facultates.

^{page 10 note 6} om.

^{page 10 note 7} nisi] vero non.

^{page 10 note 8} om.

^{page 10 note 9} A 12 cf. B 14 below.

^{page 10 note 10} fraudentur.

^{page 10 note 11} diminutione.

^{page 10 note 12} apponentur.

^{page 10 note 13} -erit.

^{page 10 note 14} sine disp.—parmaneant] graviori discipline subiaceat.

^{page 11 note 1} cohoportoria.

^{page 11 note 2} russetto.

^{page 11 note 3} vulpinis] murileginis vel lupinis.

^{page 11 note 4} Cape.

^{page 11 note 5} sunt [sic].

^{page 11 note 6} accipientur.

^{page 11 note 7} vero.

^{page 11 note 8} usus [sic].

^{page 11 note 9} Alioquin—vestimentis] om: cf. B. 17 below.

^{page 11 note 10} om.

^{page 11 note 11} que—pertinent] ad equitaturam pertinentia.

^{page 11 note 12} A 17 cf. B 20 below.

^{page 11 note 13} per consilium—elect.] om.

^{page 11 note 14} estus.

^{page 11 note 15} cum—prelati] ex permissione prelati cum nec. fuerit.

^{page 11 note 16} per esum carnium] om.

^{page 11 note a} corrected from repiantur, MS. A.

^{page 11 note b} interlin. MS. A.

^{page 11 note c} corr.from erog. fidel., MS. A.

^{page 11 note d} This clause is not marked as a separate paragraph in the Jesus MS. (A); no doubt the omission of the paragraph mark is accidental, as the clause is quite distinct from the preceding one, and for that reason it is here numbered separately. The same applies to par. 24 below.

^{page 12 note 1} ad.

^{page 12 note 2} insert here B 25, below.

^{page 12 note 3} Quibus] illis autem qui recreacionem recipiunt.

^{page 12 note 4} et] om.

^{page 12 note 5} add nisi de permissione prelati.

^{page 12 note 6} om..

^{page 12 note 7} sed monachus—licentiam] om.

^{page 12 note 8} Nullus omnino—infirmorum] om: this and the preceding omission, in the MS. B, must surely be accidental: they have the result of “ telescoping ” par. A 20 and 21 into one, B. 26.

^{page 12 note 9} per iussionem] de permissione.

^{page 12 note 10} conventus [sic].

^{page 12 note 11} licet—hoc] liceat [sic] hoc claustrales.

^{page 12 note 12} detrahant.

^{page 12 note 13} exceptas.

^{page 12 note 14} om.

^{page 12 note 15} facte fuerint.

^{page 12 note 16} discretionibus [sic].

^{page 12 note 17} A 22a, cf. B 28 below.

^{page 13 note 1} A 23, cf. B 28, 29 below.

^{page 13 note 2} omnes vocant.

^{page 13 note 3} salubriter a maioribus.

^{page 13 note 4} nisi consciencia prel. recip.

^{page 13 note 5} om.

^{page 13 note 6} vel ampl.] om..

^{page 13 note 7} laudabilium.

^{page 13 note 8} recipiantur.

^{page 13 note a} MS. hoc.

^{page 13 note b} Corry. from corregcione.

^{page 15 note 1} Randulfus, 1214–29.

^{page 15 note 2} Robert de Henreth, 1221–34.

^{page 15 note 3} MS. residentibus.

^{page 15 note 4} Alexander) abbot of St. Augustines, died 4 October, 1220.

^{page 16 note 1} MS. auditis.

^{page 16 note 2} MS. quibus.

^{page 17 note 1} Alexander, 1212—4 October, 1220.

^{page 17 note 2} I.e. the fourth Lateran Council, 1215 : see note above, p. 9.

^{page 17 note 3} suis MS. B.

^{page 18 note 1} proprii MS. B.

^{page 18 note 2} 24 Aug., 1224–21 Sept., 1225.

^{page 18 note 3} He died 23 Aug., 1224 cf. Hist, et Cartul. Mon. Gloucest. (R.S.), I, 26.

^{page 18 note 4} sic MS. : perhaps for unde.

^{page 18 note 5} Richard de Berking, 1222–46.

^{page 18 note 6} Simon, 1213–26.

^{page 18 note 7} for nec?

^{page 18 note 8} sic: perhaps for provisi.

^{page 19 note 1} -tatur MS.

^{page 19 note 2} possint MS.

^{page 19 note 3} sic MS.: evidently the repetition is accidental.

^{page 20 note 1} nisi MS.

^{page 21 note 1} utantur, MS.

^{page 22 note 1} M. R. James, On the Abbey of St. Edmund at Bury (Cambridge, 1895), p. 61: H.55.

^{page 22 note 2} See the article by Galbraith, V. H., in Essays in History presented to R. L. Poole (Oxford, 1927), p. 385Google Scholar: cf. Horstman, , Nova Legenda Angliæ, I, lviiGoogle Scholar ; Arnold, Memorials of St. Edmund's Abbey (Rolls Series—1890), I, lxv. I have to thank Mr. Galbraith for directing my attention to this MS.

^{page 23 note 1} For a discussion of this subject, by the late Bishop, Edmund, see Downside Review, XLV, October, 1925, pp. 184–238CrossRef Google Scholar.

^{page 23 note 2} Gulielmus de Monte Lauduno ?

^{page 23 note 3} Clement: Lib. III, tib. x, c. 1.

^{page 23 note 4} Edmund Bishop, loc. cit., 208, § 43.

^{page 23 note 5} Rubric.

^{page 24 note 1} Cf. No. 4, par. 14 (p. 17): but note the slightly different wording at the end. This is really one of the statutes of 1219, republished in 1225.

^{page 24 note 2} See above.

^{page 24 note 3} Rubric.

^{page 24 note 4} celebratum MS.

^{page 24 note 5} A book in the library of Dover Priory (James, Ancient Libraries of Canterbury and Dover, Cambridge, 1903, p. 480, No. 337) contained, curiously inserted among a collection of medical treatises, some Constituciones capituli generalis monachorum, beginning De euisham et de abin[don]. These must have been constitutions issued by the presidents of this Chapter of 1247: apparently we have a fragment of them in No. 9, below.

^{page 28 note 1} A marginal note, illegible.

^{page 28 note 2} Decr. Greg. IX, lib. III, tit. xxxi, c. 24: on which the wording of this statute is based. Cf. the letter below, No. 10.

^{page 28 note 3} This phrase shows most clearly that it was the presidents of the last Chapter who ruled in the interim.

^{page 28 note 4} Henry of Rushbrooke, 1235–48.

^{page 28 note 5} This papal letter is not in Potthast. There is, however, a similar letter in MS. Lansdowne 397, a formulary from the chancery of Durham Cathedral Priory (it is No. P of the 1421 list, Catalogi Veteres (Surtees Soc. vii.) 124): containing the summa dictaminis of Richard de Pophis, fo. 21—130, and de conclusionibus litterarum que fiunt in causis appellacionum, fo. 188 ff. On fo. 195^V is this letter, beginning: Scribit papa quod servetur statutum contra eiectos de mon[asteriis] : its variations from the letter above will be given in the following footnotes thus (L).

^{page 28 note 6} Innocentius—Dei] om L.

^{page 28 note 7} abbatibus] om L.

^{page 28 note 8} et] om L.

^{page 28 note 9} add monachorum L.

^{page 28 note 10} in prov. Cant.] Locorum dioc' sive ‥ provincie. L.

^{page 29 note 1} Sal.—bened.] om L.

^{page 29 note 2} Iohannes—diocesis] Dilectus filius G. de ‥ monachus monasterii … ordinis sancti Benedicti L.

^{page 29 note 3} monasterium ipsum L.

^{page 29 note 4} G. papa] Gregorius IX^US L.

^{page 29 note 5} add abbates proprios non habentes L.

^{page 29 note 6} possint L.

^{page 29 note 7} seu priores eorum L.

^{page 29 note 8} apost. auct. L.

^{page 29 note 9} provideant L.

^{page 29 note 10} poterit L.

^{page 29 note 11} add, locis sive L.

^{page 29 note 12} ibidem L.

^{page 29 note 13} vite—eisdem] eis vite nec. subministrent: add et in provincia ‥ de qua monasterium prefatum existit presidentes huiusmodi sicut asseritur non existant: L.

^{page 29 note 14} fraternitatem tuam L.

^{page 29 note 15} iubemus L.

^{page 29 note 16} quatinus—observari] quatenus si est ita statutum huiusmodi circa prefatum ‥ facias observari, L.

^{page 29 note 17} Contradictores—comp.] contra etcetera. No date. L. Note, the passage in the Pope's letter, ut presidentes—ministrentur eisdem is taken almost verbatim from the decretal Ne religiosi viri vagandi; Decr. Greg. IX, lib. III, tit. xxxi, c. 24.

^{page 30 note 1} Cf. Luc. x. 34.

^{page 30 note 2} Cf. Hebr. ix. 4.

^{page 30 note 3} Ezech. xxxiv. 4; xix. 12.

^{page 30 note 4} This reference enables us to identify the interesting but much damaged statutes on studies and fugitives, with their ambiguous heading, Addicio statutorum apud Norhampton, from Worcester, MS. C 875a (No. 9 above) as belonging to the Chapter at Northampton, 12 March, 1247.

^{page 30 note 5} Colne was an East Anglian cell of Abingdon, hence the employment of its prior as a messenger from the abbot of Abingdon to Bury.

^{page 30 note 6} Sic MS.

^{page 31 note 1} This is given in the chronicle, under the year 1249, and so corrects the scribe's blunder of 1269, as the date of the statutes, in the Additamenta, see below, p. 34.

^{page 31 note 2} lege—addit.] ut in libro additamentorum poterit reperiri, MS. Cotton. Nero D. V (fo. 379). The reference is to No. 13 below.

^{page 31 note 3} This statement is not borne out by the copy of the statutes in the Additamenta, where the prayer for the King is noted: see below, No. 13 par. 43.

^{page 34 note 1} lxix^oMS.: obviously a scribe's blunder for xlix^o. See date in text and entry in Matth. Paris' Chron. Maj. (No. 12).

^{page 34 note 2} F begins: De Westmonasterio [Richard de Crokesley, 1246—58] et de Bello [Ralph de Covintre, 1235–61] Dei gratia abbates, universis abbatibus et prioribus proprios abbates non habentibus per Cantuar' provinciam constitutis, salutem in Domino sempiternam. Ad hoc [etc.].

^{page 34 note 3} suspecti [sic] F.

^{page 35 note 1} ergo F.

^{page 35 note 2} add apostoli F.

^{page 35 note 3} so F, and originally, N: the latter has evidently been altered to lxix^o, to agree with the blunder in the Rubric.

^{page 35 note 4} sic N. (for ibidem ?) : om F.

^{page 35 note 5} add quibusdam F.

^{page 35 note 6} —erant F.

^{page 35 note 7} celebrandum diem] celebracionem F.

^{page 35 note 8} West (expunged) Swerk' F.

^{page 35 note 9} add virginis F.

^{page 35 note 10} quod. F.

^{page 35 note 11} iniunctum fuerat F.

^{page 35 note 12} MS. N supradictis (sic): additis F.

^{page 35 note 13} S begins at this point.

^{page 35 note 14} om F.

^{page 35 note 15} om F.

^{page 35 note 16} om S.

^{page 35 note 17} om F (sic).

^{page 35 note 18} non S.

^{page 35 note 19} seu S.F.

^{page 35 note 20} seu S.

^{page 35 note 21} aliquis racionabilis F.

^{page 35 note 22} add in S.

^{page 35 note 23} —tum F.

^{page 35 note 24} non S.

^{page 35 note 25} add vero S.

^{page 35 note 26} reddidibus S.

^{page 35 note 27} De mon. terris vel reditibus F.

^{page 36 note 1} F omits the next few sentences, novas—manifestam.

^{page 36 note 2} infeod—S.

^{page 36 note 3} corredia S.

^{page 36 note 4} libertates S.

^{page 36 note 5} et S.

^{page 36 note 6} mod. hon S.

^{page 36 note 7} argui possit in aliquo levitatis S.

^{page 36 note 8} provideant S.

^{page 36 note 9} ut S.

^{page 36 note 10} so S : possunt (sic) N.

^{page 36 note 11} creditoribus S, the more correct reading.

^{page 36 note 12} interlin. N.

^{page 36 note 13} so S:—int (sic) N.

^{page 36 note 14} om S.

^{page 36 note 15} suis F.

^{page 36 note 16} vel S.

^{page 36 note 17} om S.

^{page 36 note 18} vel S.

^{page 36 note 19} The next leaf of F is missing.

^{page 36 note 20} add omnes S.

^{page 36 note 21} so S: obedienciar' N.

^{page 36 note 22} propr, abb. S.

^{page 36 note 23} ter S.

^{page 36 note 24} possit S.

^{page 36 note 25} hyemale S.

^{page 36 note 26} ab exaltacione S.

^{page 36 note 27} pondus portant diei et estus S.

^{page 37 note 1} vel. S.

^{page 37 note 2} in elemos.] om S.

^{page 37 note 3} om S.

^{page 37 note 4} errog- S.

^{page 37 note 5} hostia S.

^{page 37 note 6} claud. et] om S.

^{page 37 note 7} permittit S.

^{page 37 note 8} de elemosina] om. in text, but added in margin N: suos] interl. S.

^{page 37 note 9} est ita S.

^{page 37 note 10} adiuncta S.

^{page 37 note 11} so S : monasticum (sic) N.

^{page 37 note 12} utilitate S.

^{page 37 note 13} cum ipsis] ipsis factis S.

^{page 37 note 14} existenciam S.

^{page 37 note 15} against this, in left margin, Nota; in right m, a hand S.

^{page 37 note 16} vel S.

^{page 37 note 17} turpiloquio S.

^{page 37 note 18} abstineant S.

^{page 37 note 19—19} om S.

^{page 37 note 20} sint S.

^{page 38 note 1} lecc. et meditac, om repetendis S.

^{page 38 note 2} nonam S.

^{page 38 note 3} ad contemplacionem F.

^{page 38 note 4} servisia F.

^{page 38 note 5} in aliq. loc.] om F.

^{page 38 note 6} more solito S; more consueto F.

^{page 38 note 7} in ref. om S.

^{page 38 note 8} hand in margin N.

^{page 38 note 9} adiuncta F.

^{page 38 note 10} sep. altaris S.

^{page 38 note 11} in extremo S; in extremis F.

^{page 38 note 12} so SF; recipiat repeated N.

^{page 38 note 13} sui prelati S.

^{page 38 note 14} non F.

^{page 38 note 15} usus F.

^{page 38 note 16} so NF; districta S.

^{page 38 note 17} so NF; liberi S.

^{page 38 note 18} so NF; donec S.

^{page 38 note 19} so NF; add et S.

^{page 38 note 20} expedidi S.

^{page 38 note 21} ordinis F.

^{page 38 note 22} abprobatam S.

^{page 38 note 23} So SF; om faciant N.

^{page 38 note 24} prelatus viderit F.

^{page 38 note 25} et F.

^{page 38 note 26} ante fuerint per bi. in cl. S.

^{page 38 note 27} laud, fuerint F.

^{page 38 note 28} against this: confessio added in margin N: Nota and a hand in margin S.

^{page 38 note 29} superbis F.

^{page 39 note 1} om F.

^{page 39 note 2} conservetur F.

^{page 39 note 3} added in margin N.

^{page 39 note 4} add eciam F.

^{page 39 note 5} om F.

^{page 39 note 6} vel de rus.] om S.

^{page 39 note 7} vel murilegum F.

^{page 39 note 8} albis—vulp.,] vel catinis vel vulpinis S.

^{page 39 note 9} om S.

^{page 39 note 10} et sine diff.] om F.

^{page 39 note 11} Camerarius to end of paragraph] om F.

^{page 39 note 12} quiddam S.

^{page 39 note 13} so NS: for aliis ?

^{page 39 note 14} monasticum (sic) S.

^{page 39 note 15} add licencia (sic) S.

^{page 39 note 16} add eciam S.

^{page 39 note 17} eqnitaturas S.

^{page 39 note 18} paragraph mark added N : add et F.

^{page 39 note 19} om S.

^{page 39 note 20} nisi pro negocio F: and on fo. 97, F continues: ecclesie sue mittantur, ut ordinatum fuit apud Oxoniam in die sancti Mathei apostoli anno Domini, et cetera, celebrandum cum habitu veniant regulari ut in eodem capitulo proprio essent froccis suis induti et gestu se habeant ordinate. Thus F merges par. 17 into par. 30 (see below) and omits the intervening matter.

^{page 39 note 21} domus S.

^{page 40 note 1} permissione S.

^{page 40 note 2} percipiant S.

^{page 40 note 3} iuxta inf.] om S.

^{page 40 note 4} a S.

^{page 40 note 5} recreati S.

^{page 40 note 6} om S.

^{page 40 note 7} om S.

^{page 40 note 8} in S.

^{page 40 note 9} procuretur S.

^{page 40 note 10} add Et S.

^{page 40 note 11} singularitas S—probably the right reading.

^{page 40 note 12} personaliter intersint S.

^{page 40 note 13} exigerit S.

^{page 40 note 14} adhibeatur S.

^{page 40 note 15} immisceat S.

^{page 40 note 16} aut S.

^{page 40 note 17} De servientibus infirmarie added in margin N.

^{page 40 note 18} om S.

^{page 40 note 19} deputetur S.

^{page 40 note 20} cellerarius S.

^{page 40 note 21} -ent S.

^{page 41 note 1} om S.

^{page 41 note 2} so S: om sit tanta N.

^{page 41 note 3} invalitudine S.

^{page 41 note 4} ipsam—nequeat] mensam nequeat accedere S.

^{page 41 note 5} et S.

^{page 41 note 6} a hand drawn in margin N.

^{page 41 note 7} observetur S.

^{page 41 note 8} om S.

^{page 41 note 9} add quod super habenda proprietate S. (Decr. Gr. IX, 1. Ill, t. xxxv, c. vi.)

^{page 41 note 10} consciencia S.

^{page 41 note 11} om S.

^{page 41 note 12} aliquid det S.

^{page 41 note 13} accipiat S.

^{page 41 note 14} ¶ Exco[mmunicacio ?] added in margin N.

^{page 41 note 15} in S.

^{page 41 note 16} gratis fraudem fecerint S.

^{page 41 note 17} omnes fures S.

^{page 41 note 18} falsum S.

^{page 41 note 19} ¶ Conspir[atores] added in margin N.

^{page 41 note 20} ¶ Proprietar[ii] added in margin N.

^{page 41 note 21} om S.

^{page 42 note 1} om S.

^{page 42 note 2} so NS: other documents read temporalibus (pp. 75, 267 below).

^{page 42 note 3} invalitudine S.

^{page 42 note 4} aministraciones S.

^{page 42 note 5} so S: nisi maior, om fuerit N.

^{page 42 note 6} XX ^rlum S.

^{page 42 note 7} Par. 29 om S.

^{page 42 note 8} om S.

^{page 42 note 9} om S.

^{page 42 note 10} apud Oxon.—cetera] om S.

^{page 42 note 11} veniant cum hab. reg. S.

^{page 42 note 12} so S: vel N.

^{page 42 note 13} om S.

^{page 42 note 14} F places si before omnes prelatos.

^{page 42 note 15} add vocari F.

^{page 42 note 16} et S.

^{page 42 note 17} so SF: om omnes N.

^{page 42 note 18} F omits all from this point to the end of par. 35.

^{page 42 note 19} agatur saniorem S.

^{page 43 note 1} so S: -arii N.

^{page 43 note 2} rest, vel dest.] substituere S.

^{page 43 note 3} so S: -cie N.

^{page 43 note 4} tempore S.

^{page 43 note 5} missam S.

^{page 43 note 6} et cogn.] om S.

^{page 43 note 7} add generale F.

^{page 43 note 8} ut qu. cap. cel.] so N: om S, and read quod.

^{page 43 note 9} Spiritu Sancto S.

^{page 43 note 10} et heredibus eorumdem F: an erasure follows in N.

^{page 43 note 11} pro Romano—ordinis] so NF; om S.

^{page 43 note 12} Both N and F wrongly treat post ultimum … as beginning the next sentence, and N inserts a paragraph mark: S rightly makes the new sentence begin with Et post … cf. p. go, below, par. 20.

^{page 43 note 13} Secundo die cap.—celebratum] so NF: Secundo die missa de [fratribus struck through] defunctis pro fratribus qui defuncti sunt post ultimum capitulum. S.

^{page 43 note 14} om S.

^{page 43 note 15} om S.

^{page 43 note 16} nostri ordinis] om S.

^{page 43 note 17} potest.

^{page 43 note 18} celeb, un. m.] una missa S.

^{page 43 note 19} add illius S.

^{page 44 note 1} add plenarie dicatur F, and omit par. 38–49.

^{page 44 note 2} add psalmorum S.

^{page 44 note 3} que in—consuevit] om S.

^{page 44 note 4} graventur monachi, om decetero S.

^{page 44 note 5} et—comm.] om S.

^{page 44 note 6} cappis S.

^{page 44 note 7} nec—fam.] vel S.

^{page 44 note 8} A beginning of liturgical retrenchment: cf. below p. 60.

^{page 44 note 9} S gives the succeeding paragraphs in the following order:.

Statutum est—manu. (par. 43).

Item cum—proclametur (par. 45).

Iniunctum est—admittant (par. 39).

Caveant —ulcionum (par. 41).

^{page 44 note 10} add a S.

^{page 44 note 11} in virtute—et] om S.

^{page 44 note 12} a cel. div.] om S.

^{page 44 note 13} religionis—cetera] om Si.

^{page 44 note 14} informent S.

^{page 44 note 15} viderint S

^{page 44 note 16} admittant.

^{page 44 note 17} par. 40 om S.

^{page 44 note 18} Cf. below, Nos. 36, 37, 38, etc.

^{page 44 note 19} om F.

^{page 44 note 20} aggraventur S.

^{page 44 note 21} et F.

^{page 44 note 22} necgligencium S

^{page 44 note 23} eorum S.

^{page 44 note 24} So N.F.: Deus S

^{page 45 note 1} This paragraph is not marked off in NF, and is omitted in S.

^{page 45 note 2} Eadmundo F.

^{page 45 note 3} Osenia F.

^{page 45 note 4} F omits par. 43.

^{page 45 note 5} om S.

^{page 45 note 6} om S.

^{page 45 note 7} et eorum lib.] om S.

^{page 45 note 8} commemoracio S.

^{page 45 note 9} om et cetera S.

^{page 45 note 10} om par. 44 S.

^{page 45 note 11} so F: ipsa N.

^{page 45 note 12} om: F.

^{page 45 note 13} consii (sic) statutis F.

^{page 45 note 14} annis—recitentur] om F.

^{page 45 note 15} signatis recitentur. Explicit, om par. 45 F.

^{page 45 note 16} om S.

^{page 45 note 17} pro omissione et negligencia S.

^{page 45 note 18} se per iiij^or dies S.

^{page 45 note 19} quinto S.

^{page 45 note 20} om abbatem vel S.

^{page 45 note 21} super hoc pub. in capitulo S.

^{page 45 note 22} See above, p. 23.

^{page 45 note 23} Rubric.

^{page 45 note 24} Cf. statutes of 1249 (No. 13), par. 4.

^{page 46 note 1} A manuscript from Westminster Abbey, containing several treatises on the composition of letters and legal documents, with the following rubric: Iste libellus est ecclesie beati Petri Westmonasterii ex procuracione fratris Willelmi de Hasele, reservato inde eidem W. quo ad vixerit usufructu, de licencia domini abbatis et conventus.

^{page 46 note 2} Abbot of Westminster, 1246—58.

^{page 46 note 3} The statutes published were doubtless those of the 1249 Chapter. The refusal of the Convent of Westminster, at first, to admit them, was perhaps not a matter of constitutional principle, but rather due to personal feeling against the abbot who introduced them: we know that there was a quarrel, from independent causes, between them, which began in 1249 and was healed in 1252 (Paris, Matthew, Chron. Maj., V, 83)Google Scholar (dissensio ‥ in totius ordinis nigri scandalum et opprobrium); Flete, , History of Westminster Abbey (ed. Robinson, J. A., Cambridge, 1909), 109Google Scholar; Pearce, , Monks of Westminster (Cambridge, 1916), 49Google Scholar; Westlake, H. F., Westminster Abbey (London, 1923), I. 79–83Google Scholar) The abbot of Bury St. Edmunds was at the time one of the presidents, as appointed in the Chapter of 1249.

^{page 47 note 1} So it seems to the editor: but Mr.Bloom, J. H. reads materie lectionem (Worcester Charters, Worcester Historical Society, 1909, p. 173)Google Scholar.

^{page 48 note 1} John de Felda, 1243–63.

^{page 48 note 2} Richard de Crokesley, 1246–58.

^{page 48 note 3} Edmund de Walpole, 1248–56.

^{page 49 note 1} sic : evidently a blunder for provinciam.

^{page 49 note 2} extra added in margin.

^{page 49 note 3} perhaps for diffinire.

^{page 49 note 4} perhaps for diffiniamus.

^{page 49 note 5} interlin. above rei expunged.

^{page 49 note 6} against this, a hand pencilled in margin.

^{page 50 note 1} T begins as follows (rubric partly cut off by binder): Ne viri religiosi [ni]gri ordinis pro [ali]quo se obligent.

¶ Capitulum generale monachorum celebratum fuit apud Oxoniam viii idus Aprilis: In quo statutum est, ne abbates vel priores [etc., as above'].

^{page 50 note 2} Mid-Lent Sunday, 30 Mar. Note the difference as to dates.

^{page 50 note 3} nec] vel per T.

^{page 50 note 4} so T: illegible in W.

^{page 50 note 5} add rubric: [De] pinguedine T.

^{page 50 note 6} nec] statutum est ne T.

^{page 50 note 7} so T: illegible in W.

^{page 50 note 8} nec] statutum est ne T.

^{page 50 note 9} so T: illegible in W.

^{page 50 note 10} add non T. (sic).

^{page 50 note 11} amoveantur] om T (sic).

^{page 50 note 12} so T: illeg. in W.

^{page 50 note 13} add rubric: [De con]tumacibus in capitulo T.

^{page 50 note 14} so T: illeg. in W.

^{page 51 note 1} componunt T.

^{page 51 note 2} so T: illeg. in W.

^{page 51 note 3} so T: illeg. in W.

^{page 51 note 4} corr. from concistat T: corr. from consistant W.

^{page 51 note 5} add rubric: [Procla]mati in capitulo: om Item T.

^{page 51 note 6} so T: illeg. in W.

^{page 51 note 7} Om T.

^{page 51 note 8} so T: illeg. in W.

^{page 51 note 9} so T : illeg. in W.

^{page 51 note 10} Here T ends.

^{page 51 note 11} Sic.

^{page 51 note 12} A word almost illegible, which may be Hereford, a cell of Gloucester.

^{page 51 note 13} Presumably either Bury St. Edmunds or Peterborough.

^{page 52 note 1} Apparently so in MS. : perhaps meaning “ decrepitude ” ?

^{page 52 note 2} Sic: for Ramsey.

^{page 52 note 3} Sic: probably for Berdeneya, Bardney: it is unlikely that the Benedictine Abbey of Bardsey, off the coast of Carnarvonshire, is intended here.

^{page 52 note 4} Sic: apparently for Athelney.

^{page 52 note 5} Tavistock.

^{page 52 note 6} Probably for Sand well.

^{page 52 note 7} Probably for Luffield.

^{page 53 note 1} MS. Exon.

^{page 53 note 2} These statutes are crowded in at the foot of the roll, in a smaller hand than that of the preceding matter (Nos. 19, 20).

^{page 53 note 3} Rubric, in left margin.

^{page 53 note 4} qui—illo] interlin.

^{page 53 note 5} Rubric.

^{page 53 note 6} interlin.

^{page 54 note 1} Corrected from nullus.

^{page 54 note 2} de cetero struck through.

^{page 54 note 3} corr. from proponant.

^{page 54 note 4} Sic: the second monasteria is redundant.

^{page 54 note 5} interlin.

^{page 55 note 1} Cf. No. 27 below.

^{page 55 note 2} Left margin.

^{page 55 note 3} Left margin.

^{page 55 note 4} Left margin.

^{page 55 note 5} So in MS.: the statutes of 1277 (XI, 1) and 1278 (IX, 1), more correctly, have temporalibus: see below pp. 75, 267, but cf. p. 42.

^{page 55 note 6} The statutes of 1277 (loc. cit.)have ut spiritualis profectus effectum (etc.).

^{page 55 note 7} Left margin.

^{page 55 note 8} MS. injured by a tear.

^{page 55 note 9} Nota—Suwerk] Rubric.

^{page 55 note 10} Left margin.

^{page 56 note 1} See above, p. 23.

^{page 56 note 2} Rubric.

^{page 56 note 3} Sic.

^{page 56 note 4} John de Hertford, abbot of St. Albans, 1235–60. St. Albans is very frequently represented by the letter N in this Register.

^{page 56 note 5} Richard de CyceStre, 1238–61.

^{page 56 note 6} This quotation looks like a combination of par. 1b of the 1249 statutes with par. 1 of the 1253 statutes : but it may have been taken from some earlier statutes now lost.

^{page 57 note 1} nunquam MS.

^{page 57 note 2} so MS. : et would perhaps be better.

^{page 57 note 3} Cf. Statutes of 1249, par. 16.

^{page 57 note 4} statutum MS.

^{page 57 note 5} So Thome. It is really a decretal issued by Gregory IX : Decr. Greg. LX lib. III, tit. XXIII, c. 2, Si quorundam.

^{page 57 note 6} perhaps for volumus.

^{page 57 note 7} om MS.

^{page 58 note 1} William de Whitchurch, 1266–82.

^{page 58 note 2} John Yanworth, 1247–82.

^{page 58 note 3} interl.

^{page 58 note 4} I^ois followed by an erasure : perhaps it is a correction from III^o.

^{page 58 note 5} Abbot, 1268–85. 6 Sic M S –

^{page 58 note 6} Sic MS.

^{page 58 note 7} Sic MS.

^{page 58 note 8} MS. a', interl.

^{page 58 note 9} omn. sanct. et def. written over an erasure : perhaps originally the words et defunctorum had been omitted : cf. the next note.

^{page 58 note 10} Cf. the statutes of Evesham, 1255 (above, No. 23, par. 12), which however omit et defunctorum.

^{page 59 note 1} Nicholas de Spina (Thorne), 1273–83. 2

^{page 59 note 2} John of Taunton, 1274–91.

^{page 60 note 1} Cf. Bishop, Edmund, Liturgica Historica (Oxford, 1918), pp. 211ffGoogle Scholar.

^{page 60 note 2} See the remarks of the monk of Bury St. Edmunds above, p. 22.

^{page 61 note 1} See Snappe's Formulary, pp. 338 ff.

^{page 61 note 2} See below, pp. 93, 106, 123, 125.

^{page 61 note 3} Reg. Epist. J. Peckham (Rolls Series, 1882), I, 150, 225; III, 846.

^{page 61 note 4} Snappe's Formulary, pp. 344, 356; below, Nos. 29, 35,, cf. No. 44. 4 Cf. similar combination, with the General Chapter Statutes, in MS. Stowe 930, above, and the Cambridge MS. containing the 1278 Version, see below.

^{page 64 note 1} om. Heading.

^{page 64 note 2} om.

^{page 64 note 3} zelantes.

^{page 64 note 4} pretermissis.

^{page 64 note 5} in.

^{page 64 note 6} sanxionibus.

^{page 64 note 7} mon. ord. nostri.

^{page 64 note 8} divisi.

^{page 64 note 9} accendat.

^{page 64 note 10} ingredi formidantes.

^{page 64 note a} inuncto [ sic], MS. A.

^{page 64 note b} reducare MS. A.

^{page 64 note c} advertentes] om. MS. A.

^{page 64 note d} patres MS. A.

^{page 64 note e} preth color, MS. A.

^{page 64 note f} morbus, MS. A.

^{page 64 note g} om, MS. A.

^{page 65 note 1} quam (sic)

^{page 65 note 2} II, I, cf. B. II 2, below.

^{page 65 note 3} Quieciam] Statutum est eciam quod abbates et priores.

^{page 65 note 4} regulatwz.

^{page 65 note 5} claustro.

^{page 65 note 6} pro conf.—instruendis] pro frat. ex. instr. et conf. audiendis.

^{page 65 note 7} om.

^{page 65 note 8} oportune—excuset] quociens oportune et commode potuerint, studeant interesse.

^{page 65 note 9} Almiciis—griso] Sellis autem seu frenis phaleratis, almuciis cum vario et griso.

^{page 65 note 10} cappis—capellis] mantellis capis seu capillis.

^{page 65 note 11} non hab]. om

^{page 65 note 12} in.

^{page 65 note 13} add vel aliquid aliud non habeant.

^{page 65 note 14} nisi—generalis] om: add Si quis autem contra hoc venire presumpserit, ab administracione spiritualium et temporalium secundum illam decretalem, De solucionibus, Si quorundam, noverit se suspensum.

^{page 65 note a} ordinatam, MS. A.

^{page 65 note b} diximus, MS. A.

^{page 65 note c} Decret. Greg. IX, Lib. III, Tit. XXIII, cap. 2.

^{page 66 note 1} vel.

^{page 66 note 2} ad manif.—cuiusdam] om.

^{page 66 note 3} infeudaciones.

^{page 66 note 4} add hoc.

^{page 66 note 5} possunt (sic).

^{page 66 note 6} et.

^{page 66 note 7} seu.

^{page 66 note 8} abbas de cons. conv.

^{page 66 note 9} aliquis claustralis—exituri] alii claustrales equum vel cameram habeant seu ministrum, set a prelatis suis.

^{page 66 note 10} plenarie recepturi] plene recipiant cum fuerint exituri.

^{page 66 note 11} actenus.

^{page 66 note 12} addatur—ordinis] addatur ad cust. ord. qu. prior.

^{page 66 note a} consuetudinarinas, MS. A.

^{page 66 note b} Singulo, MS. A.

^{page 66 note c} contendant, MS. A.

^{page 66 note d} abbatis, MS. A.

^{page 66 note e} I.e. on that side of the choir.

^{page 66 note f} ut, MS. A.

^{page 67 note 1} A, III, 5–6 om.

^{page 67 note 2} A, IV, 1; cf. B, V, 1, below.

^{page 67 note 3} A, IV, 2 om.

^{page 67 note 4} A, IV, 3 om.

^{page 67 note 5} coram conventu] om.

^{page 67 note 6} chorum.

^{page 67 note 7} analogia.

^{page 67 note 8} super for. conv. aptentur.

^{page 67 note 9} ab ymno] om.

^{page 67 note 10} om.

^{page 67 note 11} A, IV, 5 ; cf. B, V, 16, 33, below.

^{page 67 note 12} add in festis solennioribus.

^{page 67 note 13} om.

^{page 67 note a} So Version A : = analogia (as in Version B). The word is taken from the Rule, cap. IX, 12.

^{page 67 note b} I.e. festis capparum ; cf. A, IV, 3, above.

^{page 68 note 1} ita—revestiti;] ita in festis principalibus, vel quasi, more solito revestiti;

^{page 68 note 2} quo—ministri] om.

^{page 68 note 3} in fest. aliis] in festis vero aliis omnibus.

^{page 68 note 4} add legant.

^{page 68 note 5} sollennes.

^{page 68 note 6} bis tantum dicantur.] non nisi bis cantentur.

^{page 68 note 7} A, IV, 8 ; cf. B, V, 22, below.

^{page 68 note 8} A, IV, 9 om.

^{page 68 note 9} A, IV, 10; cf. B, V, 23, below.

^{page 68 note 10} A, IV, 11 om.

^{page 68 note 11} A, IV, 12 om.

^{page 68 note a} So MS. A.

^{page 68 note b} So MS. A : probably et should be omitted.

^{page 68 note c} S. Bened. Reg. IX, 27; XVII, 8, 12, 24.

^{page 68 note d} versiculis, MS. A.

^{page 68 note e} dicuntur, MS. A.

^{page 70 note 1} Similiter—de cetero] Verba mea post matutinas.

^{page 70 note 2} tricennale.

^{page 70 note 3} nunquam—defunctis] om.

^{page 70 note 4} dicatur] dici debet.

^{page 70 note 5} ad omnes horas] post horas.

^{page 70 note 6} intermissis.

^{page 70 note 7} A, IV, 14 ; cf. B, V, 29, below.

^{page 70 note 8} prolix.—presentem] hanc prolixitatis mitigacionem.

^{page 70 note 9} om.

^{page 70 note 10} dev. fiat de cetero.

^{page 70 note 11} dilectionem spiritualem.

^{page 70 note 12} om.

^{page 70 note 13} A, IV, 16 om.

^{page 70 note 14} infra—choro] de cetero non fiat.

^{page 70 note 15} add in adoracione crucis, die scilicet parasceves, aut.

^{page 70 note 16} emendenda [ sic].

^{page 70 note a} pro defunctis (!), MS. A.

^{page 70 note b} nomine, MS. A.

^{page 70 note c} The whole of this paragraph is obscure, and probably corrupt.

^{page 70 note d} subtrahuntur, MS. A.

^{page 70 note e} superfluus, MS. A.

^{page 70 note f} fac] om, MS. A.

^{page 71 note 1} add autem.

^{page 71 note 2} penitus—qua] non fiat de cetero, set IOGO ipsius.

^{page 71 note 3} et qui—proclamentur] quam cum ebdomadarii coquine benediccionem finitis dominicalibus matutinis sumentes fecerint, ad altare similiter in fine faciant et ad fratres, ut sic secundum regulam fratrum genibus provolvantur. [ Cf. S. Benedicti Reg. XXXV, 28.]

^{page 71 note 4} Item quando.

^{page 71 note 5} in albis fuerit.

^{page 71 note 6} et max.] om.

^{page 71 note 7} yemali.

^{page 71 note 8} sub am.] om.

^{page 71 note 9} parvas—choro] exist, in choro parvas almucias ordinatas.

^{page 71 note 10} add que eciam contra aquilonem legenda sunt.

^{page 71 note 11} illo scilicet.

^{page 71 note 12} add nee cantentur.

^{page 71 note 13} Nee dicatur—benedicere] om (because below).

^{page 71 note 14} nichil, michi, videritis.

^{page 71 note 15} huius non hiando.

^{page 71 note 16} pronuncietur de cetero.

^{page 71 note 17} huiuscemodi.

^{page 71 note 18} et—aliarum] om.

^{page 71 note 19} add nee dicatur Domne tube, set lube domne benedicere.

^{page 71 note a} So MS. A.

^{page 71 note b} mikil, MS. A.

^{page 71 note c} Evidently MS. A takes huiusmodi to be part of the sentence, ‘and the like’ while MS. B takes huius to be an example of pronunciation, which is perhaps the sounder interpretation.

^{page 71 note d} recipius, MS. A.

^{page 71 note 1} A, IV, 22 ; cf. B, V, 34, below.

^{page 71 note 2} om.

^{page 71 note 3} loco quorum.

^{page 71 note 4} preter sec.—vel una] in feriis ad secundum nocturnum.

^{page 71 note 5} A, IV, 24; cf. B, V, 12, below.

^{page 71 note 6} evenerit] eveniens, tune congrue nequeat celebrari.

^{page 71 note 7} post—pasce] in ebdomada pasche vel post octavas.

^{page 71 note 8} regulariter cap. coll. et completorio.

^{page 71 note 9} petita—optenta] vel prioris licencia vel precepto.

^{page 71 note 10} IV, 27; cf. B, V, 38, below.

^{page 71 note 11} prov. abbas.

^{page 71 note 12} accessum vel occursum secularium.

^{page 71 note a} puniatur, MS. A.

^{page 71 note b} b et] interlin., MS. A.

^{page 71 note c} add ne expunged, MS. A.

^{page 71 note d} A festi, MS. A.

^{page 71 note e} sine, MS. A.

^{page 72 note 1} ibidem.

^{page 72 note 2} add vel extra in maneriis a fratribus custoditis.

^{page 72 note 3} add fratrum parentes et.

^{page 72 note 4} VI, i ; cf. B, VI, 4, below

^{page 72 note 5} Quicumque—converso] Statuentes quod si quis suo fratri.

^{page 72 note 6} om.

^{page 72 note 7} exprob. impud.

^{page 72 note 8} fuerit.

^{page 72 note 9} cuiuscumque—etatis] om.

^{page 72 note 10} diebus—tantum] diebus continuis panem ad terram commedat et aquam bibat, uno tantum.

^{page 72 note a} ingressis, MS. A.

^{page 72 note b} vel or et seems to be required.

^{page 72 note c} convincti, MS. A.

^{page 72 note d} vel, MS. A.

^{page 73 note 1} A, VI, 5–6 om,

^{page 73 note 2} add et.

^{page 73 note 3} potissimum.

^{page 73 note 4} add et ordinis disciplina.

^{page 73 note 5} Et ne] Ne tamen.

^{page 73 note 6} tirannidem.

^{page 73 note 7} operis humilitas hec.

^{page 73 note 8} evidenter meruerint.

^{page 73 note 9} nullus—conferunt] in claustro litteraliter loquantur qui sciunt.

^{page 73 note 10} hoc.

^{page 73 note 11} add et.

^{page 73 note 12} add penitus.

^{page 73 note 13} mpediat—leccionum.] per aliquod festum fuerit impeditum.

^{page 73 note 14} et] inter eos [sic].

^{page 73 note 15} fuerint melius] plenius fuerint.

^{page 73 note 16} om

^{page 73 note 17} a novic. observ.

^{page 73 note 18} add nec aliqua administracio eis clavium committatur.

^{page 74 note 1} et cantica] om.

^{page 74 note 2} add et omnia responsoria, sex communes ferias integre.

^{page 74 note 3} sufficiat.

^{page 74 note 4} add et.

^{page 74 note 5} comode nesciunt.

^{page 74 note 6} antiquitus.

^{page 74 note 7} ex cons.—approbata], om.

^{page 74 note 8} A, VIII, 4; cf. B, VII, 6, below.

^{page 74 note 9} vero] autem vel priores.

^{page 74 note 10} certis.

^{page 74 note 11} convenire saluti.

^{page 74 note 12} aliquis.

^{page 74 note a} voluerint viderint, MS. A.

^{page 74 note b} ex interlin, MS. A.

^{page 74 note c} subtrahunt, MS. A.

^{page 75 note 1} add in.

^{page 75 note 2} vel ad] et.

^{page 75 note 3} ydonea.

^{page 75 note 4} comparanda.

^{page 75 note 5} add concessum firmiterque.

^{page 75 note 6} relig. nostre Cant. prov.

^{page 75 note 7} prelati—marcis] de singulis marcis omnium temporalium et spiritualium suorum.

^{page 75 note 8} qu. d. Norw.] domini N. quondam Norwicensis.

^{page 75 note 9} add prius.

^{page 75 note 10} Abendon'.

^{page 75 note 11} M^oCC^o septuagesimo octavo.^a

^{page 75 note 12} dominis Malmesburie et Glovernie abbatibus.

^{page 75 note 13} exsolvant.

^{page 75 note 14} poterint.

^{page 75 note 15} add tantum.

^{page 75 note 16} sint.

^{page 75 note 17} add scilicet.

^{page 75 note 18} add ibi.

^{page 75 note 19} om.

^{page 75 note 20} add et verba loquentis nulli ibidem liceat interrumpere, nisi solummodo presidenti: quo incipiente loqui, summum inter omnes silencium teneatur.

^{page 75 note a} Note that 22 Sept., 1278, is still given as the date for the next chapter in Version B (dated 16 Sept., 1278), though in fact the chapter was postponed till 1279. In Version B, theabbot of Abingdon has dropped out from among the collectors.

^{page 75 note b} de, MS. A.

^{page 75 note c} providenda, MS. A.

^{page 75 note d} sociatur, MS. A.

^{page 76 note 1} monasterii sui.

^{page 76 note 2} duxerit [sic].

^{page 76 note 3} fauctores.

^{page 76 note 4} et rebelles] om.

^{page 76 note 5} extra vel intra.

^{page 76 note 6} prec. regula.

^{page 76 note 7} causa transm.

^{page 76 note 8} A, XI, 7 ; cf. B, IX, 7, below.

^{page 76 note 9} autem vocamus] vero dicuntur illi.

^{page 76 note a} S. Benedicti, Reg., III, 11, LXV, 26.

^{page 76 note b} Ibid., XLIX, 24.

^{page 76 note c} This paragraph quoted in Customary of St. Augustine's, Canterbury, ed. Thompson, Maunde (Henry Bradshaw Soc., XXIII, 1902), p. 155.Google Scholar

^{page 76 note d} S. Benedicti Reg., LXXI, 20.

^{page 76 note e} litteris] eum, MS. A.

^{page 76 note f} communicentur (!), MS. A.

^{page 76 note g} considerantur, MS. A.

^{page 77 note 1} statutorum a maioribus.

^{page 77 note 2} om.

^{page 77 note 3} vel qui libellos—componunt] om.

^{page 77 note 4} dicimus—illos] autem vocamus qui de bonis monasterii fecerint gratis fraudem, vel.

^{page 77 note 5} si [sic]

^{page 77 note 6} add ipse.

^{page 77 note 7} abbati; quod] prelate ; qui.

^{page 77 note 8} vero (sic).

^{page 77 note 9} per abbatem—confessores] secundum numerum fratrum augeatur numerus confessorum.

^{page 77 note 10} considerat] possit prelatus confidere.

^{page 77 note 11} add fratrum.

^{page 77 note 12} reservata tamen—absolvendi] super prenominatis tantum criminibus et aliis omnibus excommunicacionibus auctoritate absolvendi sibi specialiter reservata.

^{page 77 note a} Cf. S. Benedicti Reg., XLVI.

^{page 77 note b} sic, MS. A, probably for confidit.

^{page 77 note c} committatur, MS. A.

^{page 78 note 1} servetur.

^{page 78 note 2} reficiatur.

^{page 78 note 3} add in.

^{page 78 note 4} add in.

^{page 78 note 5} ex—prelati] ex prelati sui precepto preciso.

^{page 78 note 6} carnibus.

^{page 78 note 7} add in.

^{page 78 note 8} om.

^{page 78 note 9} possint.

^{page 78 note 10} dicta.

^{page 78 note 11} Prelatorum—disposicioni] Prelati cum [sic] disposicioni relinquitur.

^{page 78 note 12} regulatim.

^{page 78 note 13} abstinea ac de causa [sic].

^{page 78 note 14} subtraxionem.

^{page 78 note 15} yemale.

^{page 78 note 16} pascha] capud quadragesime.

^{page 78 note a} S. Benedicti Reg., XXXVI,

^{page 78 note b} . Deer. Greg. IX, lib. III, tit. xxxv, cap. vi : from which the passage nunc hos—exhibere is quoted verbatim. For a discussion by Edmund Bishop on the bearing of the decretal, see Downside Review, Oct., 1925, pp. 200, 226.

^{page 79 note 1} Nullus autem] Elemosina cum timore Dei et reverencia conservetur ubique, nullusque.

^{page 79 note 2} prevaricatrice.

^{page 79 note 3} om.

^{page 79 note 4} percipiant [sic].

^{page 79 note 5} quod, add omnia.

^{page 79 note 6} om.

^{page 79 note 7} reficiunt.

^{page 79 note 8} residuum totum.

^{page 79 note 9} infligenda.

^{page 79 note 10} elemos. dicuntur] sunt elemosine.

^{page 79 note 11} dant de elemos.

^{page 79 note 12} abbatis—presidentis.] prelati, elemosinarii seu conventui presidentis licencia speciali.

^{page 79 note 13} conservetur.

^{page 79 note 14} fuerit conventus in prandio.

^{page 79 note 15} claustri hostia—arceantur.] clausa claustri ostia, ne seculars introeant, obserentur.

^{page 79 note 16} add fratrum.

^{page 79 note 17} alias.

^{page 79 note a} constutam, MS. A.

^{page 80 note 1} velamentis amotis et perticis.

^{page 80 note 2} si] et si que [sic].

^{page 80 note 3} undecumque.] dormientes.

^{page 80 note 4} albo—russeto] panno albo, russeto.

^{page 80 note 5} nigris aut murileg.] nigris, cuniculis, leporinis, mureleginis.

^{page 80 note 6} ordinata.

^{page 80 note 7} penulatorum.

^{page 80 note 8} licebit—tamen.] liceat nigris pellibus penulatis.

^{page 80 note 9} eroganda.

^{page 80 note 10} quoquomodo.

^{page 80 note 11} nisi–licencia] sine prelati sui licencia.

^{page 80 note a} S. Benedicti Reg., LV, 17.

^{page 80 note b} In MS. A proprietate is added to the heading in margin ; as an alternative title, perhaps ?

^{page 80 note c} vel] om, MS. A : Version B rightly gives it : the meaning requires it.

^{page 80 note d} recipiatur, MS. A.

^{page 81 note 1} A, XVII, 3–6, om.

^{page 81 note 2} Nullus—permittatur] Nee liceat alicui annuale vel trienuale recipere pecunia mediante.

^{page 81 note 3} pacientur [sic].

^{page 81 note 4} visitantes.

^{page 81 note 5} cuilibet.

^{page 81 note 6} infirmis se misceat, vel.

^{page 81 note 7} sive bibat] om.

^{page 81 note 8} per noctem [sic].

^{page 81 note 9} ei talis qui.

^{page 81 note 10} tanta corporis.

^{page 81 note 11} ace. neq.

^{page 81 note a} proprietarii tanquam, MS. A.

^{page 81 note b} insert pro eis expunged, MS. A.

^{page 81 note c} This paragraph is taken from Canon 10 of the Lateran Council, 1179, Monachi non firecio : Decr. Greg. IX, lib. III, tit. xxxv, c. 2.

^{page 81 note d} sine] vel [sic], MS. A : Version B rightly has sine.

^{page 82 note 1} prelatus—saluti.] prelatus viderit expedire.

^{page 82 note 2} de n. de him.] lumen de nocte.

^{page 82 note 3} prelati.

^{page 82 note 4} similiter—celle] om.

^{page 82 note 5} in red. ] reddit'.

^{page 82 note 6} ea.

^{page 82 note 7} modis omnibus.

^{page 82 note 8} honesto solac o.

^{page 82 note 9} ut.

^{page 82 note 10} aut.

^{page 82 note 11} in.

^{page 82 note 12} amoveatur.

^{page 82 note 13} ad monasteria n. relig.

^{page 82 note 14} add in mensa abbatis, vel.

^{page 82 note 15} loco.

^{page 82 note 16} ducantur refic] reficiantur.

^{page 82 note a} om, MS. A, but the meaning requires it.

^{page 82 note b} hospitatum, MS. A.

^{page 82 note c} monasterii, MS. A.

^{page 83 note 1} prov. eis hostillarius.

^{page 83 note 2} provenire.

^{page 83 note 3} sive [sic].

^{page 83 note 4} add regularem.

^{page 83 note 5} permittatur.

^{page 83 note 6} Et—negociis] Set si de prelati sui licencia pro negocio.

^{page 83 note 7} de—licencia] om.

^{page 83 note 8} add fratrem sibi comitem, precipue ubi domus ad hoc suificiunt, semper habentes ;

^{page 83 note 9} corio—coopertas] et planas.

^{page 83 note 10} ostenderint.

^{page 83 note 11} add ultra tres dies vel quatuor.

^{page 83 note 12} A, XX, 6, om.

^{page 83 note 13} Et hoc—iudicatur] om.

^{page 83 note a} quam, MS. A.

^{page 83 note b} corr. from conclusis, MS. A.

^{page 83 note c} teneatur, MS. A.

^{page 83 note d} om. MS. A.

^{page 83 note e} mittitur, MS. A.

^{page 83 note f} compertas, MS. A.

^{page 83 note g} residencium, MS. [A].

^{page 83 note h} Apparently the Henry, monk of Evesham, and chaplain of J. cardinal of St. Laurence in Lucina, who was made abbot of Shrewsbury by papal provision, 6 Mar., 1251 (Cal. Papal Reg. Letters, I, 269—270). Cf. the reprimand from the King, 15 Oct., 1251 (Cal. Close Rolls, 1247–51, p. 565). In 1257, Aug. 18, he was sent as a royal envoy to the King of Castile (Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1247—58, p. 575). By 26 Dec, 1258, he had resigned from Shrewsbury (Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1258–66, p. 7 : cf. Monasticon, III, 514). Possibly his going to Spain was construed as, or led to, apostasy.

^{page 84 note 1} A, XXI, 1–3, om.

^{page 84 note 2} liceat.

^{page 84 note 3} add vel prioribus.

^{page 84 note 4} vel alibi] nee alicubi.

^{page 84 note 5} om.

^{page 84 note 6} om.

^{page 84 note 7} amovendi.

^{page 84 note 8} eas.

^{page 84 note 9} concuciant.

^{page 84 note 10} nec.

^{page 84 note 11} et] om [sic].

^{page 84 note 12} prelati.

^{page 84 note 13} add non plus quam in compotis suis expresserint sibi sine consciencia sui prelati scienter ultra compotum reservantes.

^{page 84 note a} committatur, MS. A.

^{page 84 note b} fornifice, MS. A.

^{page 84 note c} uictum, MS. A.

^{page 84 note d} –int, –ant, MS. A.

^{page 84 note e} tantum, MS. A.

^{page 84 note f} fuerit, MS. A.

^{page 85 note 1} in maneriis—aliis] om.

^{page 85 note 2} amorem [sic].

^{page 85 note 3} hordarii.

^{page 85 note 4} om.

^{page 85 note 5} subcelerarii—nomine] celerarii nomine.

^{page 85 note 6} A, XXII, 5, om.

^{page 85 note 7} et max.—constituti] om.

^{page 85 note 8} add previa.

^{page 85 note 9} licencia.

^{page 85 note 10} ut.

^{page 85 note 11} A, XXIII, 1, om.

^{page 85 note 12} mon. sua.

^{page 85 note 13} fovere : add ne se iungant clam vel palam cuiquam qui monasterio alicui vel persone nostri ordinis noverit adversari.

^{page 85 note 14} add de cetero.

^{page 85 note 15} offenduntur.

^{page 85 note 16} iusta consequendi [sic].

^{page 85 note 17} illam.

^{page 85 note 18} adire.

^{page 85 note a} mutuas, MS. A.

^{page 85 note b} So both versions : probably read confortare.

^{page 85 note c} Decr. Greg. IX, lib. III, tit. xxxv, c. 7.

^{page 85 note d} cuius, MS. A.

^{page 86 note 1} in.

^{page 86 note 2} illos.

^{page 86 note 3} om.

^{page 86 note 4} consuluerint.

^{page 86 note 5} om.

^{page 86 note 6} contra hoc venerint.

^{page 86 note 7} ab.

^{page 86 note 8} aut aliquo.

^{page 86 note 9} om.

^{page 86 note 10} si.

^{page 86 note 11} ordinis nostri.

^{page 86 note 12} tercium.

^{page 86 note 13} add ad [sic].

^{page 86 note 14} om.

^{page 86 note 15} alios.

^{page 86 note 16} add maxime.

^{page 86 note 17} diligenter in sing. mon.

^{page 86 note a} Corr. from desseysina, MS. A.

^{page 86 note b} aliquid, MS. A.

^{page 86 note c} add quod absit expunged, MS. A.

^{page 86 note d} si, MS. A : Version B rightly has sin.

^{page 87 note 1} add in vecturis.

^{page 87 note 2} duoden. num.

^{page 87 note 3} add tamen.

^{page 87 note 4} pro necessitate.

^{page 87 note 5} Quic. cismarini] Quicumque vero cysmarini vel transmarini.^h

^{page 87 note 6} recusaverint.

^{page 87 note 7} eisdem.

^{page 87 note 8} non debeant visitari.

^{page 87 note 9} add nostri ordinis.

^{page 87 note 10} add publicacionis, seu denunciacionis in casibus.

^{page 87 note 11} seu.

^{page 87 note 12} excusaverint.

^{page 87 note 13} officii.

^{page 87 note 14} suspenduntur.

^{page 87 note 15} add in.

^{page 87 note a} religios', MS. A : Decr. Greg. IX, lib. III, tit. xxxv, c. 8.

^{page 87 note b} visitare, MS. A.

^{page 87 note c} effectum, MS. A.

^{page 87 note d} et nisi, MS. A.

^{page 87 note e} add et, MS. A.

^{page 87 note f} diebz, MS. A.

^{page 87 note g} alteros, MS. A.

^{page 87 note h} For alien priories, cf. par. 40 of Stat. of 1249, above, p. 44: and below, pp. 121 ff.; cf. Snappe's Formulary, pp. 343, 355.

^{page 88 note 1} pro [sic].

^{page 88 note 2} venient cum [sic].

^{page 88 note 3} seu.

^{page 88 note 4} om.

^{page 88 note 5} assignetur.

^{page 88 note 6} deputatis [sic].

^{page 88 note 7} add capituli.

^{page 88 note 8} sig. mag.

^{page 88 note 9} convenient.

^{page 88 note 10} om.

^{page 88 note 11} om.

^{page 88 note 12} familiaribus.

^{page 88 note 13} seu.

^{page 88 note 14} om.

^{page 88 note 15} om.

^{page 88 note 16} dictoque Iube domne benedicere.

^{page 88 note a} tractatur et deliberatur, MS. A.

^{page 89 note 1} et cetera] et creabuntur.

^{page 89 note 2} presidencium.

^{page 89 note 3} add videlicet.

^{page 89 note 4} nostras] om.

^{page 89 note 5} iterum.

^{page 89 note 6} add et.

^{page 89 note 7} add scilicet.

^{page 89 note 8} et] et cetera.

^{page 89 note 9} add et cetera.

^{page 89 note 10} atque.

^{page 89 note 11} impediri.

^{page 89 note a} om, MS. A.

^{page 89 note b} religios', MS. A.

^{page 89 note c} credidit, MS. A.

^{page 89 note d} Par. 7–8: cf. Cistercian Instituta capituli generalis (after 1137), § xlv, Nomasticon Cisterciense (Solesmes, 1892), p. 222 ; Par. 7—12 : cf. Cistercian Institutiones cap. generalis (c. 1240–56), § xiv, op. cit., p. 313.

^{page 89 note e} audeatur, MS. A.

^{page 89 note f} Tales, MS. A.

^{page 89 note g} in] et, MS. A.

^{page 89 note h} ad] om, MS. A.

^{page 90 note i} differre, MS. A.

^{page 90 note 1} nom. monast.

^{page 90 note 2} regulatim.

^{page 90 note 3} seu.

^{page 90 note 4} om.

^{page 90 note 5} compellent.

^{page 90 note 6} huiusmodi.

^{page 90 note 7} prelatis.

^{page 90 note 8} electum [sic].

^{page 90 note 9} abb. aliqui] aliqui prelatorum.

^{page 90 note 10} add et.

^{page 90 note 11} Et expeditis.

^{page 90 note 12} vel.

^{page 90 note 13} recommendentur.

^{page 90 note 14} om.

^{page 90 note a} In MS. A, par. 14–15 form one undivided paragraph, and the correct punctuation is obscure : but it seems that par. 14 (as a parenthesis) refers to the duties of visitors, and par. 15 to those of the presidents.

^{page 90 note b} ordinis] cordis, MS. A.

^{page 90 note c} quam cum, MS. A.

^{page 90 note d} promittit, MS. A.

^{page 90 note e} nostris, MS. A.

^{page 91 note 1} cymba.

^{page 91 note 2} precedentes.

^{page 91 note 3} si] added in margin.

^{page 91 note 4} prius.

^{page 91 note 5} add ad propria.

^{page 91 note 6} ab eo in presenti graciam.

^{page 91 note 7} statuta.

^{page 91 note 8} add vel.

^{page 91 note 9} eff. deb.

^{page 91 note 10} inpediri.

^{page 91 note 11} presta [sic].

^{page 91 note a} si, MS. A.

^{page 91 note b} i.e. In singulis regnis ; Decr. Greg. IX, Lib. III, tit. xxxv, c. 7 ; Et qui convenerint.

^{page 91 note c} provisio, MS. A.

^{page 91 note d} sint, MS. A.

^{page 92 note 1} Sudditus.

^{page 92 note 2} ult. in ordine.

^{page 92 note 3} resipiscens.

^{page 92 note 4} ord. nostri.

^{page 92 note 5} add et.

^{page 92 note 6} cap. nostri.

^{page 92 note 7} obnoxius observetur [sic].

^{page 92 note 8} singulis annis—recitentur] singulis annis in prima ebdomada adventus Domini et infra octavas pentecostes vel Sancte Trinitatis in conventu publice recitentur.

^{page 92 note 9} panes [sic].

^{page 92 note 10} nos vel] om.

^{page 92 note 11} Walete. om. Datum—septimo] Datum Radingie, anno grade M⁰CC⁰ septuagesimo octavo, die Veneris proxima post festum exaltacionis sancte Crucis. Valete.

^{page 92 note a} Ut] Et ut, MS. A.

^{page 93 note 1} In the rubric, the Chapter is called provincial, according to the later usage (after 1336) : in the text, it is called general, according to the usage of the time.

^{page 93 note 2} This rubric in the MSS. is placed by mistake above the succeeding section (dealing with the statute of Mortmain), the rubric of the latter being placed above the present document.

^{page 93 note 3} This is not mentioned in the statutes of 1277 (Version A), at least as we have them in MS. Bodley 39, but in stat. of 1278 (Version B, No. 30), V, 25.

^{page 93 note 4} Stat. 1277 (Version A, No. 28), IV, 12: this seems to be omitted from 1278, Version B.

^{page 93 note 5} The date preceding is : 17 Jan. 6, Ed. I. Cf. Bund, J. W. W., Register of Bishop Godfrey Giffard (Worcester Hist. Soc., 1902), p. 96.Google Scholar

For the bishop's rights over the sacrist, see article by R. Graham, Trans. Royal Hist. Soc., 4th Ser., II, 72–5.

^{page 93 note 6} Right margin.

^{page 93 note 7—7} Added in a later hand.

^{page 94 note 1} MS. inserts non again.

^{page 94 note 2} sic : for pariunt.

^{page 95 note 1} exponatur inserted in margin.

^{page 96 note 1} collati, MS.

^{page 96 note 2} hac, MS.

^{page 96 note 3} Cf. S. Benedicti Reg. XX, 8–11.

^{page 96 note 4} Cf. ibid., Reg. IX, 18.

^{page 96 note 5} Cf. ibid., Reg. IX, XVIII, 57 ff., but without specific reference to these three days.

^{page 96 note 6} or antiphonas ? at, MS.

^{page 97 note 1} so, MS. : either licet or poterit is superfluous.

^{page 97 note 2} so, MS. : perhaps for ubi.

^{page 97 note 3} so, MS.

^{page 97 note 4} sic, MS.

^{page 97 note 5} S. Bened. Reg. VIII, 4

^{page 97 note 6} there is a very faint marginal correction perhaps vigilias.

^{page 97 note 7} The construction is sic[que] … quod.

^{page 98 note 1} Marginal note against this : Nota, in MS.

^{page 98 note 2} Anastasii, MS.

^{page 99 note 1} dicatur, MS.

^{page 99 note 2} Struck through.

^{page 100 note 1} Sid, for contempnunt ?

^{page 100 note 2} perdit, MS.

^{page 100 note 3} sic, MS.

^{page 100 note 4} sic, MS.

^{page 102 note 1} generates, MS.

^{page 102 note 2} Corrected from post habita.

^{page 103 note 1} Cf. below.

^{page 103 note 2} sic, MS.

^{page 103 note 3} sic : probably for est.

^{page 104 note 1} A word is needed such as cedat.

^{page 104 note 2} Space left for rubric.

^{page 104 note 3} sic. MS., for indicitur ?

^{page 104 note 4} A word missing.

^{page 104 note 5} Space left for rubric.

^{page 104 note 6} solliciti, MS.

^{page 104 note 7} Decr. Greg. IX, lib. III, tit. xxxi, c. 24. A space follows, for rubric.

^{page 104 note 8} Space left for rubric.

^{page 105 note 1} sic.

^{page 105 note 2} sic.

^{page 105 note 3} Corrected from sicud.

^{page 105 note 4} dum, MS.

^{page 105 note 5} A word is missing—such as contra.

^{page 105 note 6} sic, for indicimus ?

^{page 105 note 1} Cf. p. 139, line 5.

^{page 107 note 1} Struck through.

^{page 107 note 2} ad id interlin.

^{page 107 note 3} Corrected from concedatur.

^{page 107 note 4} sic, MS. : omnimodo should be added after quadrupedum, and read abstineatur. S. Bened. Reg., c. XXXIX, 22.

^{page 108 note 1} interlin.

^{page 108 note 1} Iac. I, 27.

^{page 110 note 1} Downside Review, Oct. 1925, 207, 235.

^{page 111 note 1} Nota pencilled against this in margin.

^{page 111 note 2} MS., quos.

^{page 112 note 1} Cf. statutes of 1278, B II, 2, p. 96, above.

^{page 112 note 2} MS. eam.

^{page 112 note 3} S. Bened. Reg. c. XI, 30–5.Google Scholar

^{page 112 note 4} Ibid., c. XLIII.

^{page 112 note 5} Ibid., XLIII, 45.

^{page 112 note 6} Ibid., c. XLV.

^{page 112 note 7} Ibid., LVII, 3.

^{page 112 note 8} Ibid., c. XXIII, 1.

^{page 113 note 1} S. Bened. Reg., c. LXXI, 20.

^{page 113 note 2} sic: immerito would be better.

^{page 113 note 3} S. Bened.Reg., c. XXIV, 1.

^{page 113 note 4} fuerit interlined in another hand.

^{page 113 note 5} MS. om.

^{page 113 note 6} Nota de car[cere ?] in right margin.

^{page 114 note 1} Cf. S. Bened. Reg., c. XXXIV, 12.

^{page 114 note 2} Sic: MS. perhaps patrum is needed.

^{page 115 note 1} Sic MS.: a negative seems to be needed.

^{page 113 note 6} S. Bened. Reg., c. X, 1.

^{page 116 note 1} et antiquitatis, MS.

^{page 116 note 2} huius, MS.

^{page 117 note 1} perhaps for vel.

^{page 117 note 2} Sic MS.: for quelibet.

^{page 117 note 3} MS. decantante.

^{page 117 note 4} prelati added in margin, in the hand of the text.

^{page 118 note 1} Sic MS.: for 62.

^{page 119 note 1} I have to thank Miss Rose Graham for kindly supplying me with a transcript of this document. For other letters concerning the General Chapter and the cells of Bec, see Snappe's Formulary, pp. 355–6.

^{page 120 note 1} The scribe, not without a sense of irony, has inserted this above the presidents' letter of 1271, of precisely the opposite tenor: see above, No. 27.

^{page 121 note 1} Cf. in prebendis fratris J. de Sutton et W. de Wenlok in generate capitulum de Radyng: 1282–3: E. H. Pearce, Walter de Wenlok (London, 1920), p. 3 n.

^{page 121 note 2} Corrected from debent.

^{page 122 note 1} Reyner prints this document (Apostolatus, Tract. 2, § 6, p. 156) “ ex registro ipso prioratus,” and so, apparently, his copyist must have used this very MS.: but for some reason, possibly confusion with another transcript, he makes it begin: V enerabilibus in Christo patribus de Gloucestre et de Certesya Dei gracia abbatibus …, and suggests that Gloucestre should be emended to Glaston., so as to make the presidents those of 1290 (see No. 43). However, in view of the actual reading of MS. Add. 35296, this emendation seems unnecessary : this is evidently the prior of Spalding's answer to the citation by the abbot of Gloucester (through the abbot of Peterborough) to the Chapter at Abingdon, 22 September, 1284, to which he objects in the succeeding document, No. 38, tercia excepcio. As a matter of fact, Reyner's interpolated reading, of Chertsey, whatever its explanation, would agree with this date, 1284, when Chertsey was Gloucester's colleague.

^{page 122 note 2} Reginald de Homme, 1263–84 (see below).

^{page 122 note 3} William of Littleport, 1274–1294.

^{page 122 note 4} n ^ro MS.

^{page 122 note 5} metropolico, MS.

^{page 123 note 1} n ^ra, MS.

^{page 123 note 2} Corr. from irrefrabiliter.

^{page 123 note 3} speciale, MS

^{page 124 note 1} Walter de Wenlok, 1283–1307.

^{page 124 note 2} John de Brokehampton, 1283–1316.

^{page 124 note 3} et struck through.

^{page 124 note 4} metropolico, MS.

^{page 124 note 5} obedienciam, MS.

^{page 124 note 6} interlin., above si expunged.

^{page 124 note 7} cum is apparently required.

^{page 125 note 1} Note, the “ detruncated office,” as usual at this time, was a point at issue.

^{page 125 note 2} Corr. from dispensacione.

^{page 125 note 3} A mark in the margin indicates that a word is missing.

^{page 125 note 4} Richard de London, 1274–95.

^{page 125 note 5} Reginald de Homme, 1263–84: his death is alluded to below.

^{page 125 note 6} Bartholomew de Winton, 1270–1307.

^{page 126 note 1} This Chapter, to which this document was sent, was evidently the Chapter of 22 Sept., 1284, or a prorogation of it. The abbot of Gloucester died on 13 Sept., 1284 (Historia et Cartul. Mon. S. Petri Gloucestrie, Rolls Series, 1863, I, 34), but the absence of a president was not supposed to delay or postpone the Chapter, according to the ruling made as far back as 1225: therein, in fact, seems to lie the answer to the prior of Spalding's third exception.

^{page 126 note 2} MS. seems to read diffinnatis.

^{page 126 note 3} Walter de Wenlok, 1283–1307.

^{page 126 note 4} John de Brokehampton, 1282–1316.

^{page 126 note 5} obediri MS.

^{page 126 note 6} Isaiah viii. 9.

^{page 126 note 7} Cf. 2 Cor. vi. 2.

^{page 127 note 1} ordor MS.

^{page 127 note 2} Gloucester College.

^{page 127 note 3} Archbishop Peckham addressed a letter to the presidents (not named) of this Chapter, excusing the abbot of Faversham from attendance: Reg. Epist. Jo. Peckham (Rolls Series, 1885), III, 959, No. DCXCV.

^{page 128 note 1} Rubric in left margin.

^{page 128 note 2} Presidents, c. 1290–2. Bartholomew de Winton, abbot of Chertsey, 1270–1307. Perhaps this excuse was framed for the Chapter at Abingdon, 11 July, 1290.

^{page 128 note 3} William de Yakesle, abbot of Thorney, 1261–93.

^{page 128 note 4} Sic: probably for vobis.

^{page 128 note 5—5} Interlined.

^{page 128 note 6} presenc … struck through.

^{page 129 note 1} It was evidently from this MS. that Reyner printed. Tanner, .by a slip, quotes it as Tib. A. IV, art. 15 (Notitia Monastica, Oxf., No. 12), and the editors of the Monasticon (iv. 406, note d) went still further astray, by referring to the MS. as Tib. A. XV, and concluding that the document had perished in the Cottonian Fire of 1731. Tiberius E. IV did not perish, though it is somewhat damaged: in this document there are some words, illegible, in the MS., and supplied from Reyner, which are enclosed in brackets.

^{page 129 note 2} add de Oxonia W.

^{page 129 note 3} Title added in a different hand.

^{page 129 note 4} Abbendon' W.

^{page 129 note 5} Cherteseya W.

^{page 129 note 6} Sic: Barnden' W. for Bardney.

^{page 129 note 7} Wynch' W.

^{page 129 note 8} qui ad hoc W.

^{page 129 note 9} concurrente interlin. W.

^{page 129 note 10} -ve om W.

^{page 129 note 11} add presentesque W.

^{page 129 note 12} per omnia] om W.

^{page 130 note 1} -bury W.

^{page 130 note 2} Radyng' W.

^{page 130 note 3} Thewkesbur' W.

^{page 130 note 4} Alleneye W.

^{page 130 note 5} Ewestok' W.

^{page 130 note 6} Abbend' W.

^{page 130 note 7} Eleanor of Provence, widow of Henry III.

^{page 131 note 1} inveniat W.

^{page 131 note 2} Data et acta W.

^{page 131 note 3} A fourteenth-century catalogue of muniments at Canterbury Cathedral, in Register I of the Dean and Chapter, fo. 467, contains the following item: Item pixis cum litteris abbatum Westmonasterii et Certeseye pro subsidio domus monachorum Oxon' studencium: evidently of the period of the above Chapter. Cf. also the appeal in No. 44 below.

^{page 131 note 4} perhaps for edificiis memoratis.

^{page 132 note 1} See n. ⁵ below.

^{page 132 note 2} Walter de Wenlok 1283–1307. He was abroad in 1291, between April and November. E. H. Pearce, Walter de Wenlok, pp. 123–4.

^{page 132 note 3} West interlin.

^{page 132 note 4} William de Yakesle, abbot of Thorney, 1261–93.

^{page 132 note 5} Most probably the Chapter at Abingdon, 11 July, 1290: if so, this letter must have been written between that date, and 11 Sept. 1291, the date of the Chapter at Salisbury, and probably before Apr. 1291, cf. n. 2 above.

^{page 132 note 6} For the relations between Gloucester College, Gloucester Abbey, and Sir John Giffard, see Snappe's Formulary (Oxford Hist. Soc., 1924), p. 344 ff. The uncertainty, here referred to, regarding the status of Gloucester College, could hardly have existed after the Chapter at Salisbury, 1291, when the Abbot of Gloucester renounced his claims over the college. But the period 1291–8 was unsettled, as Mr. Galbraith points out (loc. Cit.).

^{page 132 note 7} Sic: probably for a relevacione.

^{page 133 note 1} MS. injured by a tear.

^{page 133 note 2} Original letter: parchment, 9½ in. wide × 6 in. deep + ¾ in. turned up: two slits for seals.

^{page 133 note 3} Nicholas de Coleham, abbot of Abingdon, 1289–1306; John de Sautre, abbot of Ramsey, 1285–1316.

^{page 134 note 1} Henry de Aylesford, abbot of Battle, 1281–97.

^{page 134 note 2} Probably the W. de Romenal whose books appear in the St. Augustine's catalogue: James, , Ancient Libraries of Canterbury and Dover (Cambridge, 1903)Google Scholar, § VIII, No. 74, 527, 611, 686, 1776.

^{page 134 note 3} ipsos, MS.

^{page 134 note 4} Oxon', MS.

^{page 134 note 5} This shows that already sets of visitation inquiries (as later) as well as the current statutes, were used by the visitors: cf. reference to visitation articles in a northern document, 5 Aug., 1300 (below No. 146).

^{page 135 note 1} Abbates, MS.

^{page 135 note 2} Sic MS., for Glastonbury?

^{page 136 note 1} for conventuum or conventualibus.

^{page 136 note 2} Corrected from fraternitas convocacio: thus improving the sense, but still leaving grammatical chaos. Evidently the writers are apologising for calling up the prelates so often.

^{page 136 note 3} Corr. from invitis.

^{page 136 note 4} Sic MS.: for continuis ?

^{page 136 note 5} Apparently corrected to this, from perpenderitis (?).

^{page 136 note 6} ordinis repeated in MS.

^{page 136 note 7} Presumably for inhabitari (?).

^{page 136 note 8} Sic: probably for celeritatem.

^{page 136 note 9} fundit', MS. for scinditeur ?

^{page 136 note 10} for filo ?

^{page 137 note 1} CCC^o, MS.: obviously an error for 1297, as the reference to Sir John Giffard, alone shows.

^{page 137 note 2} Originally a separate leaf, now bound into the book: the writing is informal and more or less contemporary. Note the spelling, e.g. umanitus, canonise, debiant.

^{page 138 note 1} canose, MS.

^{page 138 note 2} MS. damaged. Read probably exceptis.

^{page 138 note 3} mittentis, MS.

^{page 138 note 4} interlin.

^{page 138 note 5} sint, MS.

^{page 138 note 6} 6 frë, MS.

^{page 139 note 1} ut interlin. in place of et.

^{page 139 note 2} Corrected from -tuariensi.

^{page 139 note 3} interlin. over procuratoribus struck through.

^{page 139 note 4} Part of the last line of the page has been cut off.

^{page 140 note 1} Perhaps this is a proxy of abbot John de Northwold (1279–1301); the MS. is the register of abbots Thomas de Totyngton, 1302–12, and Richard Draughton, 1312–35.

^{page 140 note 2} quamadmodum, MS.

^{page 140 note 3} cum MS.

^{page 140 note 4} Sic.

^{page 140 note 5} Sic.

^{page 141 note 1} Richard Crowland, abbot of Croyland, 1281–1303.

^{page 141 note 2} Godfrey de Croyland, abbot of Peterborough, 1299–1321. His predecessor, William de Wodeford (d. Sept., 1299), was president from 1298: possibly Croyland succeeded him for a short time as president (he was not president in Sept., 1300), and in that capacity interfered with Croyland Abbey: but more likely he was simply acting from a neighbourly concern, the unanimitas prelatorum encouraged in the statutes. (1278, cap. XVIII; 1343, cap. XVIII.)

^{page 141 note 3} Probably the ruling abbot is meant, and not the president of the General Chapter.

^{page 141 note 4} Added, in another hand.

^{page 141 note 5} William de Badmenton, 129–1324.

^{page 143 note 1} Right margin.

^{page 143 note 2} Walter de Wenlock, abbot, 1283–1307.

^{page 143 note 3} prome, MS.

^{page 143 note 4} quid' for quidem, MS.

^{page 143 note 5} Simon Wyre had resigned 13 July, 1301, and was succeeded by John de la Wyke, 18 July, 1301. (Monasticon, i. 581.)

^{page 144 note 1} Right margin.

^{page 145 note 1} Left margin.

^{page 145 note 2} Robert Winchelsey, archbishop, 1293–1313.

^{page 146 note 1} Left margin.

^{page 146 note 2} perhaps Hymulton, Himbleton.

^{page 147 note 1} This letter is perhaps the reply to No. 59 above, or deals with the same matter. It seems to be out of its place in the register.

^{page 147 note 2} Right margin: MS. damaged.

^{page 147 note 3} forne?

^{page 147 note 4} The last sentences are very obscure, owing to the difficulty of distinguishing the words of the archbishop from those of the writer.

^{page 148 note 1} Left margin.

^{page 148 note 2} Left margin: om PRO.

^{page 149 note 1} multa [sic] PRO.

^{page 149 note 2} minore PRO.

^{page 149 note 3} Right margin.

^{page 149 note 4} sic MS.

^{page 149 note 5} For this visitation, see Miss Rose Graham, The Metropolitan Visitation of the Diocese of Worcester by Abp. Winchelsey in 1301 (Trans. Royal Hist. Soc, 4th Ser., II, 59 ff., esp. p. 75).

^{page 150 note 1} MS. damaged.

^{page 150 note 2} Left margin.

^{page 150 note 3} Right margin.

^{page 151 note 1} Cf. No. 63, 64.

^{page 151 note 2–2} Right margin.

^{page 152 note 1} Sic:? some words are missing, such as monasterio vestro.

^{page 152 note 2} See No. 63, 64, 66.

^{page 152 note 3} Right margin.

^{page 152 note 4} In right margin: fratres et commonachi nostri.

^{page 152 note 5} Apparently corrected from habuit: evidently the text has been altered to suit the plural form given in the marginal note.

^{page 152 note 6} Corrected from valeat?

^{page 152 note 7} -unt over erasure.

^{page 152 note 8} -runt over erasure.

^{page 152 note 9} Left margin.

^{page 153 note 1} ecc^am, MS.

^{page 153 note 2} Sic: for sedenti ?

^{page 153 note 3} Right margin.

^{page 154 note 1} Sic: non is needed.

^{page 154 note 2} t Righ margin.

^{page 154 note 3} Sic: the writer is the abbot of Westminster.

^{page 154 note 4} Right margin, partly worn away : om PRO.

^{page 154 note 5} add E[cclesie] PRO-

^{page 155 note 1} impingatur PRO.

^{page 158 note 1} Walter de Wykwane, abbot of Winchcomb, 1282–1314.

^{page 158 note 2} Will, de Leigh, abbot of Pershore, 1290–1307.

^{page 159 note 1} The meaning seems to be that a letter of the archbishop, dismissing the appeal of the Worcester Chapter, had been sent to the presidents. Evidently the prior had appealed, without success, to the archbishop, from the official of Worcester, according to the advice given in No. 60 above.

^{page 159 note 2} What here follows abruptly is evidently the end of the certifying letter: probably the preceding part rehearsed the mandate of the presidents (No. 76 above) and was for that reason omitted by the scribe.

^{page 159 note 3} Note the prior's attempt to save his dignity and independence.

^{page 160 note 1} So MS.: supponentem, agreeing with eum, would be better.

^{page 160 note 2} in] om. MS.

^{page 160 note 3} For the year of this, and of the replies which follow, see No. 79, n. 4.

^{page 160 note 4} Right margin: MS. worn away.

^{page 160 note 5} 10 September: see Chronicon Abbatiœ de Evesham (Rolls Series, 1863), 38.

^{page 161 note 1} Right margin.

^{page 161 note 2} Probably for quibusdam.

^{page 161 note 3} episcopi struck through.

^{page 161 note 4} William de Gainsborough was enthroned at Worcester 9 June, 1303 : Wharton, , Anglia Sacra, i, 532Google Scholar; Thomas, W., Survey of Worcester Cathedral (London, 1736), p. 156,Google Scholar App. p. 85. The enthronement of Walter Reynolds in 1308 seems out of the question.

^{page 162 note 1} Left margin.

^{page 162 note 2} Sic: perhaps an error for constituimus, the more usual phrase.

^{page 162 note 3} Left margin.

^{page 163 note 1} By the Bull Regnans in cœlis, 12 Aug., 1308: Hefele-Leclercq, vi, 644, n. 1.

^{page 163 note 2} Cf. No. 91 below.

^{page 164 note 1} Nos. 85–90 below.

^{page 164 note 2} No. 93 has the same heading.

^{page 164 note 3} William de Badmenton, abbot of Malmesbury, 1296–1324.

^{page 164 note 4} John de Rutherwyk, abbot of Chertsey, 1307–1346.

^{page 164 note 5} W. et I.—presidentes] I. et I. permissione divina de Certeseye et de Waledene abbates, capitulo generali ordinis sancti Benedicti in provincial Cantuariensi presidentes. No. 93 [John de Plesseto, abbot of Walden, c. 1305–1321].

^{page 164 note 6} in ampl. salv.] et sacre religionis continuum incrementum. No. 93.

^{page 165 note 1} debeat. No. 93.

^{page 165 note 2} add proprios abbates non habentes. No. 93.

^{page 165 note 3} secundum—tangencium] secundum conciliorum statuta ordinem nostrum tangencia. No. 93 [this is the better reading].

^{page 165 note 4} beati. No. 93.

^{page 165 note 5} om in. No. 93.

^{page 165 note 6} The abortive Chapter at Oxford met on 20 Sept., 1309 (see above, No. 81). The reference to this Chapter is repeated in the second citation, of 1315 (No. 93), with the added reference to the meeting at Southwark, as below.

^{page 165 note 7} fuerat prorogatum] fuit prorogatum: and add apud sanctam Mariam de Suthwerk aliqualiter expeditum, ac eciam in dicto ultimo capitulo per prelates illuc presentes de loco capituli proximo futuri apud Northampton' celebrandi fuerit comuniter concordatum. No. 93.

^{page 165 note 8} primo—inobediencie] peremptorie monemus et citamus sub pena suspensionis et inobediencie, ac eciam excommunicacionis maioris. No. 93.

^{page 165 note 9} et. No. 93.

^{page 165 note 10} quatinus. No. 93.

^{page 165 note 11} die lune—compareatis] in vigilia sancti Mathei apostoli proximo future apud Northampton' in prioratu sancti Andree ordinis Cluniacensis, secundum formam concilii generalis compareatis [etc]. No. 93.

^{page 165 note 12} The Council of Vienne.

^{page 165 note 13} et eiusdem—ordinatum] om. No. 93

^{page 166 note 1} et in—tactis] om. No. 93.

^{page 166 note 2} add ac cum continuacione dierum sequencium usque ad finalem expedicionem eorumdem diligenciam exactissimam impensuri. No. 93.

^{page 166 note 3} conniv. oc. No. 93.

^{page 166 note 4} add sicut hactenus. No. 93.

^{page 166 note 5} more—dissuetas] om. No. 93.

^{page 166 note 6} gravius puniemus. No. 93.

^{page 166 note 7} Et nich.—deferemus] om. No. 93.

^{page 166 note 8} In cuius rei—Certes.] In testimonium vero citacionis presentis sub pena superius expressa, vos et singuli vestrum de die recepcionis presencium per literas vestras patentes nos distincte et aperte certificare curetis. Datum quoad nos de Certesye nonas Iunii, et quoad nos de Waledene nonas eiusdem, anno Domini M^oCCC^oXV^o. No. 93.

^{page 166 note 9} This proxy refers to the Chapter of 9 Mar., 1310: cf. No. 82 and 84.

^{page 166 note 10—10} inierlin.

^{page 166 note 11} , MS.

^{page 166 note 12} Robert de Langley, prior of Norwich, 1310–26.

^{page 167 note 1} ecciam, MS.

^{page 167 note 2} alterum repeated in MS.

^{page 168 note 1} As the prior had to pay his contribution, c. 4 Aug., 1311 (see below), this is probably an unsuccessful attempt at exemption earlier in the same year.

^{page 168 note 2} sic: for contribuerent.

^{page 168 note 3} poterint, MS.

^{page 168 note 4} John Salmon (formerly prior of Ely), Bp. of Norwich, 1299–1325.

^{page 169 note 1} interl.

^{page 169 note 2} Cf. No. 89 below, c. 4 Aug., 1311.

^{page 169 note 3} Sic.

^{page 170 note 1} Cf. No. 89 below. The letter occurs among documents of a later date, c. 1324.

^{page 170 note 2} It was not the General Chapter, but the Norwich community which would determine the assessment of the dependent priories.

^{page 170 note 3} MS. damaged.

^{page 170 note 4} ipso struck through.

^{page 170 note 5} interlin. over et expunged.

^{page 171 note 1} vestre, MS.

^{page 171 note 2} Apparently at this time president.

^{page 171 note 3} interlin.

^{page 171 note 4} interlin.

^{page 171 note 5} ecciam, MS.

^{page 171 note 6} firmiter, MS.

^{page 171 note 7} ecciam, MS.

^{page 171 note 8} mandate, MS.

^{page 171 note 9} -mus interlin.

^{page 172 note 1} This evidently accompanied No. 88 above.

^{page 172 note 2} Apparently the a is expunged.

^{page 174 note 1} Does this refer to confessions within the community, or to the possible exercise of the cure of souls by monks ? For the latter subject, see the articles by Dom. U. Berlière, Révue Béniéictine, July, 1927, p. 227; Oct., 1927, p. 340. The Friars' remarks are general, and have not necessarily any particular reference to English conditions.

^{page 174 note 2} See Clement., lib. III, tit. x, c. 1, but under the title De statumonachorum.

^{page 174 note 3} Printed in Leach, Early Education in Worcester (Worcester Historical Society), p. 38. The date is determined by the Presidents' term of office.

^{page 174 note 4} John de Rutherwyk, abbot of Chertsey, 1307–1346.

^{page 174 note 5} John de Plesseto, abbot of Walden, c. 1305–1321.

^{page 174 note 6} ordines, MS.

^{page 174 note 7} This can hardly refer to the years c. 1314–16, when, as the Norwich accounts show, Herveus de Swafham was a regent, and at Oxford; cf. p. 279.

^{page 175 note 1} Cf. the summons to Worcester, above, No. 93.

^{page 176 note 1} I.e. the decretal In singulis regnis.

^{page 176 note 2} Sic: perhaps the word nos should be inserted before et.

^{page 176 note 3} celebrandum, MS.

^{page 176 note 4} diligencia, MS.

^{page 176 note 5} MS. damaged.

^{page 176 note 6} Interlined.

^{page 177 note 1} Simon de Eye, abbot of Ramsey, Dec., 1316–43. He must have been appointed visitor, therefore, at one of the meetings of the General Chapter at Oxford, 21 Sept., 1318, 25 Apr., 1319, or 20 Sept., 1319, but not at the Chapter at Northampton 21 Sept., 1320, as the abbots of Chertsey and Walden had then ceased to be presidents. Apparently, then, this letter was written in December, 1318, or Dec, 1319.

^{page 177 note 2} Interlin.

^{page 178 note 1} This would be 17 Dec. in 1318, 16 Dec. in 1319.

^{page 178 note 2} John Thoky, 1306–28.

^{page 179 note 1} pernicionum MS.

^{page 179 note 2} The original form of this statute has not survived, but probably in substance it is represented in the statutes of 1343, cap. XV, § 2–4. Cf. Statutes of 1277, XI, 5–6.

^{page 179 note 3} This evidently refers to the following document, No. 99.

^{page 179 note 4} Instructions for the treatment of such penitents, were to be furnished, according to the statutes of 1277, XI, 6.

^{page 179 note 5} Sic: for communis ?

^{page 180 note 1} Sic: for cum ?

^{page 180 note 2} Left margin. This does not seem to be strictly speaking the reply to the preceding, No. 98. What evidently happened, was that (1) the prior of Worcester sent a request by John de Harleye, (2) the abbot of Gloucester answered, as above, and (3) the prior then issued the “ emission,” No. 98.

^{page 181 note 1} The word oraculo seems to be missing.

^{page 181 note 2} Right margin.

^{page 181 note 3} Simon de Eye, abbot of Ramsey, 1316–43.

^{page 181 note 4} Wulstan de Bransford, prior of Worcester, 1317–39.

^{page 182 note 1} Left margin : in the MS., this letter follows No. 102, but, as is indicated by the letters a and b, should precede it.

^{page 182 note 2} Richard de Bromwyk, S.T.P., afterwards prior of Abergavenny, 1320–25. See Liber Albus, p. lxxii. No. 544, 710, 750–1, 887, 1011, 1083–8, Sede Vacante Register, 1–2, 31–2, 142, and above, No. 95. It was his appointment as visitor that caused the little crisis described in these letters.

^{page 182 note 3} Left margin.

^{page 183 note 1} This is the same date as No. 102 ; evidently the latter is a private, and this a public, letter. Cf. the replies, Nos. 104–5 below.

^{page 183 note 2} No doubt this document was a copy of the deed of confraternity made between Worcester and Ramsey in the time of St. Wulfstan : Thomas, W., Survey of Worcester Cathedral (London, 1736), App. pp. 3–4.Google Scholar

^{page 183 note 3} ipsam is grammatically superfluous, as the object is peticionem.

^{page 183 note 4} John de S. Germano, monk of Worcester, was sent to lecture at St. Augustine's, Canterbury, in 1308, Liber Albus, No. 397–400.

^{page 183 note 5} S. Benedicti Reg., cap. LXXII.

^{page 184 note 1} Left margin.

^{page 184 note 2} comminacionem, MS.

^{page 185 note 1} Left margin. This is evidently the reply to No. 102, the personal letter to the prior, as No. 104 is the reply to No. 103, the general letter to the prior and chapter.

^{page 185 note 2} Right margin.

^{page 185 note 3} Chertsey and Walden.

^{page 186 note 1} Richard de Bromwyk : see above, No. 101.

^{page 186 note 2} Sic : “ your obedient servant” ?

^{page 186 note 3} John Thoky, abbot of Gloucester, 1306–29.

^{page 187 note 1} interlin.

^{page 189 note 1} For huiusmodi?

^{page 189 note 2} William de Cheriton, abbot of Evesham, 1317–44.

^{page 191 note 1} Sic.

^{page 193 note 1} Either this or the succeeding quos seems superfluous.

^{page 193 note 2} For vultis?

^{page 194 note 1} = Mar. 2. The letters, dated 8–10 Feb., were apparently sent round the monasteries, and so took some time to reach Norwich.

^{page 194 note 2} communem struck through, and then inserted again above the line.

^{page 194 note 3} die struck through.

^{page 194 note 4} interlin.

^{page 194 note 5} inevitalibus, MS.

^{page 195 note 1} poterunt, MS.

^{page 195 note 2} Blurred in MS.

^{page 196 note 1} = July 5.

^{page 196 note 2—2} interim.

^{page 197 note 1} Left margin.

^{page 197 note 2} Richard Draughton, abbot, 1312–35.

^{page 197 note 3} No doubt this was due to the unusually strong tone of the president's citation, above, No. 118.

^{page 198 note 1} optinuerit, MS.

^{page 198 note 2} Corrected from in medietate, in accordance with marginal note added : immediate.

^{page 198 note 3} Corrected from generale.

^{page 198 note 4} Corr. from generalis.

^{page 198 note 6} Corrected from prioris.

^{page 198 note 6} instancius is needed.

^{page 199 note 1} Apparently St. Margaret in Minster Yard.

^{page 199 note 2} Corr. from facta.

^{page 199 note 3} These are two copies of the same document.

^{page 199 note 4} prima interlin. in A, omitted in B. Probably this insertion was due to a mistaken idea that A and B were two separate citations : however, the original scribe realized that there was simply a repetition of the same document: see note at the end of A.

^{page 199 note 5} Northampton', B.

^{page 199 note 6} interlin., A.

^{page 199 note 7} Apparently for prefixio.

^{page 199 note 8} interlin., A.

^{page 200 note 1} sic, for professionis ?

^{page 200 note 2} eorundem ordinis—omnes] om., B.

^{page 200 note 3} et regulares] interlin., B.

^{page 200 note 4} sauncciones, B.

^{page 200 note 5} procurationem, B.

^{page 200 note 6} Add proximo, B.

^{page 200 note 7} This note is at the end of A, alone, and refers to B and No. 123 below.

^{page 201 note 1} et—interest] interl.

^{page 201 note 2} contingerint MS.

^{page 202 note 1} Dei gr.] interlin.

^{page 202 note 2} Corrected from supradictis.

^{page 202 note 3} eisdem struck through.

^{page 202 note 4} et inp.] interlin.

^{page 202 note 5} MS. injured.

^{page 204 note 1} et—fav.] interl., over et efficaciter, struck through.

^{page 204 note 2} Repeated in MS.

^{page 204 note 3} dicta struck through.

^{page 204 note 4} Cf. Gesta abbatum mon. S. Albani (Rolls Series, 1867), ii, 130 ff.

^{page 204 note 5} interlin. MS.

^{page 204 note 1} The references to the King's recent movements (at Huntingdon) in this letter, and (at Peterborough) in the following reply, seem to point to the year 1327, when Edward III spent Easter, April 8–16, at Peterborough (Cal. of Patent Rolls, 1327–30, pp. 91–4 : Monasticon, i, 359). During this stay at Peterborough, on 15 April 1327, the King addressed a similar request for prayers, to the General Chapter of Dominicans (Cal. of Close Rolls, 1327–30, p. 112).

^{page 204 note 2} Right margin.

^{page 206 note 1} Right margin.

^{page 206 note 2} Adam de Botheby, 1321–38.

^{page 206 note 3} interlin.

^{page 206 note 4} April, 1327 : see above.

^{page 206 note 5} MS. punctuates thus, making peculiares qualify missas, not oraciones.

^{page 207 note 1} nec erased.

^{page 207 note 2} Apparently corrected from vestris.

^{page 207 note 3} Citacio pro capitulo generali, V. Citacio facta priori Spaldingie per presidentem capituli provincialis, S.

^{page 207 note 4} Rameseie, S.

^{page 207 note 5} tranquillitatis (sic), V.

^{page 207 note 6} So W.S. perturbaciones et insidias, V.

^{page 207 note 7} in invicem, V.

^{page 207 note 8} om S.

^{page 207 note 9} assistancia, V.

^{page 207 note 10} spospondit, V.

^{page 208 note 1} om in, V.

^{page 208 note 2} restruccionem, V.

^{page 208 note 3} contigeret, V.

^{page 208 note 4} Philipp. ii. 9.

^{page 208 note 5} ecclesie Anglicane, V.

^{page 208 note 6} lacessita, V., lacescita, S.

^{page 208 note 7} huius percellosos, V.

^{page 208 note 8} Probably a reference to the accession of King Edward III (1327) and Archbishop Simon Meopham (Dec, 1327 : enthroned 22 Jan., 1329, a month before this letter was written).

^{page 208 note 9} Ps. xcvii. 3 ; Isai. lii. 10.

^{page 208 note 10} Dominum S.

^{page 208 note ll} frete, V.

^{page 208 note 12} amor, V.

^{page 208 note 13} prefati, V.

^{page 208 note 14} add Marie, S.

^{page 208 note 15} Abbindonie, V.

^{page 208 note 16} concilio, S.

^{page 208 note 17} consilio, V.

^{page 208 note 18} Provincial council held by Abp. Meopham, at St. Paul's, Feb., 1328. Wilkins, ii, 552.

^{page 208 note 19} fuit, V.

^{page 208 note 20} ordinar', V.

^{page 208 note 21} om, S.

^{page 209 note 1} huius, V.

^{page 209 note 2} capitulo, V.

^{page 209 note 3} huius, V.

^{page 209 note 4} deb. comprobari, S.

^{page 209 note 6} adhibemus, S.

^{page 209 note 8} Datum Lond' etc' V. ; Datum Lond' x kl. Marcii anno Domini millesimo CCC vicesimo octavo, S.

^{page 209 note 7} Prior 1318–1332.

^{page 209 note 8} Corrected from predecessor.

^{page 209 note 9} This has to agree with provocatum, at end of sentence : fuissentque, MS.

^{page 210 note 1} Corr. from pretendentes.

^{page 210 note 2} Corr. from huius.

^{page 210 note 3} Corr. from generale.

^{page 210 note 4} interlin.

^{page 210 note 5} Corr. from Cur'.

^{page 211 note 1} Corr. from generalis.

^{page 212 note 1} Heading written in the right margin, at bottom of fo. 65 : facing this letter, on fo. 64^v.

^{page 213 note 2} interlin.

^{page 213 note 1} A verb is needed, such as provisum est.

^{page 213 note 2} Note that the statute of the General Chapter is set aside, as being contrary to the custom of the monastery. Here we see the old spirit of autonomy working, in defiance of the principle laid down by Innocent III.

^{page 213 note 3} Sic MS. : perhaps for cito.

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