The Metropolitical Visitation of the Diocese of Worcester by Archbishop Winchelsey in 1301

Rose Graham

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The Metropolitical Visitation of the Diocese of Worcester by Archbishop Winchelsey in 1301

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Rose Graham

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The exercise of metropolitical jurisdiction by the Archbishops of Canterbury is of great interest. Sometimes in the course of their visitations, they came into conflict with the Bishops, sometimes with the King, and these proceedings throw a flood of light on the history of the medieval Church.

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Information: Transactions of the Royal Historical Society , Volume 2 , December 1919 , pp. 59 - 93

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¹ Annales Monastici (Annales de Burton), eq. Luard, i. 300.

² Corpus juris canonici, ed. Friedberg, ii. p. 1056; Sexti Decretal, lib. iii. tit xx. cap. i.cf. Mansi, Concilia, xxiii. 669.

^{page 60 note 1} Matthew Paris, Chronica Majora, ed. Luard, v. 119, 120.

^{page 60 note 2} Ibid., 121, 122.

^{page 60 note 3} Ibid., 138, 225, 302.

^{page 60 note 4} Ibid., 366, 382.

^{page 60 note 5} Ibid., 225; Annales Monastici, i. 300.

^{page 60 note 6} Annales Monastici, i. 302, 303.

^{page 61 note 1} Registrum epistolarum J. Peckham, archiepiscopi Cantuariensis, ed. C. Trice Martin, ii. 512–4.

^{page 61 note 2} Annales Monastici, i. 300.

^{page 61 note 3} Ibid., i. 303.

^{page 61 note 4} Corpus juris Canonici, ed. Friedberg, ii. p. 1057; Sexti Decretal, lib. iii. tit. xx. cap. ii.

^{page 61 note 5} Ibid., Cap. iii.

^{page 62 note 1} Anglia Sacra, ed.Wharton, i. 11–17; cf. Chronica Johannis de Reading et Anonymi Cantuariensis, ed. James Tait, 63–8; cf. Dictionary of National Biography, Robert de Winchelsey.

^{page 63 note 1} Cotton Galba, E. iv. ff. 61–5.

^{page 63 note 2} Lyndwood, Provinciate, Constitutiones Legatina, pp. 3–155.

^{page 63 note 3} Ibid., Constitutiones Provinciales, pp. 1–33.

^{page 63 note 4} F. W. Maitland, Canon Law in the Church of England, 131, note 1.

^{page 63 note 5} Wore. Epis. Reg. Giffard, ed. J. Willis Bund (Worcestershire Historical Society). All the entries are calendared, but where necessary I have verified the documents. I wish to thank the Diocesan Registrar, C. Erie Clarke, Esq., for his courtesy in giving me access to the Register.

^{page 63 note 8} Worc. Epis. Reg. Gainsborough, ed. J. Willis Bund (Worcestershire Historical Society).

^{page 64 note 1} Dean and Chapter Library, Worcester Cathedral. I wish to thank Canon J. M. Wilson, D.D., for calling my attention to the Liber Albus and for his kindness in giving me access to this MS. and to the Sede Vacante Register. A calendar of documents in the Liber Albus, ed. Wilson, J. M. (Worcester Historical Society) is in the press.Google Scholar

^{page 64 note 2} Reg. Sede Vacante, ed. Bund, J. Willis (Worcestershire Historical Society).Google Scholar

^{page 64 note 3} Annales Monastici, ed. Luard, iv. 458–555.

^{page 64 note 4} Reg. Giffard, f. 442 and slip sewn, to it.

^{page 64 note 5} Ibid., f. 447V.

^{page 64 note 6} Ibid., ed. J. W. Bund, 528–31.

^{page 65 note 1} Reg. Giffard, f. 447V.

^{page 65 note 2} Liber Albus, Letter to the Prior and convent inserted between ff. 82 and 83.

^{page 65 note 3} Reg. Winchelsey, f. 140V; Giffard, f. 460.

^{page 65 note 4} E.g., Reg. epistolarum J. Peckham, ii. 496, 497.

^{page 65 note 5} Reg. Giffard, f. 460v.

^{page 65 note 6} Reg. epistolarum J. Peckham, ii. 748, 749.

^{page 65 note 7} Corpus juris canonici, ed. Friedberg, ii. p. 1056; Sexti Decretal, lib. iii. tit. xx. cap. i.

^{page 66 note 1} Liber Albus, f. gv, where the entry is wrongly dated 1302.

^{page 66 note 2} Annales Monastici, iv. 548, 549; Reg. Giffard, f. 461.

^{page 67 note 1} Annales Monastici, iv. 548, 549.

^{page 67 note 2} Cal. of Papal Registers, ed. Bliss, i. 514

^{page 67 note 3} Reg. Sede Vacante, f. 17.

^{page 67 note 4} Annales Monastici, iv. 499–544.

^{page 68 note 1} Early Compotus Rolls of Worcester Priory, ed. Wilson, J. M. and Gordon, C. (Wore. Hist. Soc), 22, 23.Google Scholar

^{page 68 note 2} Liber Albus, f. 25.

^{page 68 note 3} Early Compotus Rolls, 24, 31.

^{page 68 note 4} Roll C. 54. Dean and Chapter Library.

^{page 68 note 5} Reg. Giffard, ed. J. W. Bund, 380, 392; Thomas, Survey of Worcester, App., p. 57.

^{page 68 note 6} Annales Monastici, iv, 549.

^{page 68 note 7} Reg. Winchelsey, ff. 82V–83V.

^{page 69 note 1} Edmund Bishop, Liturgica Historica, 213–28.

^{page 69 note 2} MS. Bodley, 39, f. 52V.

^{page 69 note 3} Gesta Abbatum monasterii S. Albani, ed. Riley, i. 464.

^{page 69 note 4} Reg. epistolarum J. Peckham, i. 150.

^{page 69 note 5} Reg. Giffard, f. 75.

^{page 69 note 6} Annales Monastici, iv. 547.

^{page 70 note 1} Annales Monastici, iv. 547.

^{page 70 note 2} Rule of St. Benedict, cap. xxxvi.

^{page 70 note 3} R. E. Prothero, English Farming, Past and Present, 6.

^{page 70 note 4} Register of Wtokester Priory, ed. W. H. Hale, 129b.

^{page 71 note 1} It is significant that in 1334 Benedict XII reduced the number to a half in his statutes for the Benedictine Order, cf. Wilkins, Concilia, ii. p. 60g.

^{page 71 note 2} Statutes of the Realm, i. 26–9; Gibson, Codex juris ecclesiastici Anglicani, ii. 1170.

^{page 71 note 3} Liber Albus, f. 54.

^{page 71 note 4} Annales Monastici, iv, 548.

^{page 72 note 1} Reg. Winchelsey, ed. Graham, R., 18, 20. (Canterbury and York Society.)Google ScholarCf. The Sacrist Rolls of Ely, ed. Chapman, F. R., i. 168–75, App. D.Google Scholar

^{page 72 note 2} Reg. Winchelsey, f. 83.

^{page 73 note 1} Cal. of Papal Registers, ii. 26.

^{page 73 note 2} Thomas, Survey of Worcester, App., p. 65;Reg. Giffard, f. 315.

^{page 73 note 3} Liber Albus, f. 7.

^{page 73 note 4} iReg. Giffard, f. 106v.

^{page 73 note 5} Ibid., ed. J. W. Bund, p. 530.

^{page 73 note 6} Annales Monastici, iv. 510, 513.

^{page 73 note 7} Reg. Sede Vacante, ed. J. W. Bund, 1, 71.

^{page 74 note 1} Liber Albus, f. 27v.

^{page 74 note 2} Ibid., f. 28.

^{page 74 note 3} Reg. Winchehey, f. 284.

^{page 74 note 4} Ibid., f. 144V.

^{page 74 note 5} Ibid.

^{page 74 note 6} Liber Albus, f. 1.

^{page 74 note 7} Reg. Gainsborough, ed. I. W. Bund, p. 51.

^{page 75 note 1} Reg. Winchelsey, f. 283V.

^{page 75 note 2} Ibid., f. 145V.

^{page 75 note 3} Ibid., f. 284.

^{page 75 note 4} Ibid., f. 284.

^{page 75 note 5} Liber Albus, f. iv.

^{page 75 note 6} Ibid., f. iiv.

^{page 75 note 7} Ibid. Letter inserted between ff. 82–3.

^{page 76 note 1} Annales Monastics, iv. 549.

^{page 76 note 2} Ibid., 551.

^{page 76 note 3} Reg. Winchelsey, ff. 108, 141.

^{page 76 note 4} Ibid., ff. 141, 281.

^{page 76 note 5} Historia et cartularium monasterii S. Petri Gloucestria, ed. Hart, i. 34–41; cf. V.C.H., Gloucestershire, ii. 55, 56.

^{page 76 note 6} Historia S. Petri Glouc, i. 34, 35.

^{page 76 note 7} Ibid., i. App. lxxiv–xcii.

^{page 77 note 1} Historia S. Petri Glouc, i. App. xcii., xciii.

^{page 77 note 2} Select Pleas of the Forest, ed. G. J. Turner, cxxiii–cxxxiv.

^{page 77 note 3} Corpus juris canonici, ed. Friedberg, ii. p. 1167; Clementinarum, lib. iii. tit. x. cap. i.

^{page 77 note 4} Prologue, Canterbury Tales, ed, Skeat, p. 7.

^{page 78 note 1} 1Reg. Winchelsey, f. 281;Historia S. Pttri Glouc, i. 35.

^{page 78 note 2} Reg. Winchelsey, i. 281; V.C.H., Glouc, ii. 119, 120.

^{page 78 note 3} Ibid., 84–6.

^{page 79 note 1} Prynne, Records, iii. 984.

^{page 79 note 2} Ibid.

^{page 79 note 3} Ibid., 1026, 1027;cf. Cal. of Close Rolls (1296–1302), p. 526, 30 Ed. I., m. 13.

^{page 79 note 4} Reg. Winchelsey, ff. 281, 324V, 142V.

^{page 79 note 5} V.C.H., Glouc, ii. 114–16.

^{page 79 note 6} Reg. Winchelsey, f. 82V.

^{page 79 note 7} Ibid., ff. 81, 82.

^{page 80 note 1} Reg. Gainsborough, ed. J. W. Bund, pp. 7, 8.

^{page 80 note 2} Reg. Winchelsey, f. 282; cf. Annales Monastici, iv. 551.

^{page 80 note 3} Reg. Winchelsey, ff. 282, 108–10.

^{page 80 note 4} Ibid., f. 282.

^{page 80 note 5} Annales Monastici, iv. 550;Wore. Reg. Giffard, ed. J. W. Bund, 547.

^{page 80 note 6} Annales Monastici, iv. 550;Reg. Winchelsey, i. 80v.

^{page 80 note 7} Ibid., ff. 282V, 80v.

^{page 81 note 1} Liber Albus, f. i6v.

^{page 81 note 2} Reg. Sede Vacante, p. 72.

^{page 81 note 3} Reg. Winchelsey, f. 282V.

^{page 81 note 4} Annales Monastici, iv. 550.

^{page 81 note 5} Reg. Winchelsey, f. 285.

^{page 81 note 6} Ibid., ff. 267, 275.

^{page 82 note 1} Thomas, Survey of Worcester, App., pp. 63–73.

^{page 82 note 2} MS. Cotton Galba, E. IV. f. 61.

^{page 82 note 3} Reg. epistolarum J. Peckham, ii. 632–5.

^{page 82 note 4} Thomas, op. cit., App. pp., 65, 67; Reg. epistolarum J. Peckham, ii. 423, etc.;Reg. Giffard, ed. J. W. Bund, passim; cf. Bristol and Glouc. Archaol. Soc. Trans., xxxviii. p. 110.

^{page 82 note 5} Lyndwood, Provinciale, 119, 120.

^{page 83 note 1} Thomas, op. cit., App., p. 63;cf. Reg. Giffard, f. 6, printed inLandboc sive registrum monasterii de Winchelcumba, ed. Royce, i. 267, 268.

^{page 83 note 2} Thomas, op. cit., App., p. 72; cf. Reg. Giffard, f. 436.

^{page 83 note 3} Cal. of Patent Rolls(1313–17), p. 103, 7 Ed. II. pt. ii. m. 15.

^{page 83 note 4} Thomas, op. cit., App., p. 63; cf. Reg. Giffard, f. 6.

^{page 83 note 5} Cal. of Papal Registers, i. 499.

^{page 83 note 6} Woodruff and Danks, Memorials of the Cathedral and Priory of Canterbury, p. 168.

^{page 83 note 7} Robert Lowth, Life of William of Wyksham, p. 195, and App. No. 17.

^{page 83 note 8} Sacrist Rolls of Ely, ed. F. R. Chapman, i. 19, 28, 29, 96; Anglia Sacra, ed. Wharton, i. 636.

^{page 84 note 1} Thomas, op. cit., App., p. 44.

^{page 84 note 2} Ibid., App., p. 63.

^{page 84 note 3} Reg. Sede Vacante, f. 8.

^{page 84 note 4} Ann. Mon., iv.1551.

^{page 84 note 5} Hist, MSS. Commission, Report xiv., App. viii., p. 168.

^{page 84 note 6} Thomas, op. cit., App., p. 66;cf. Liber Albus, f. 6.

^{page 85 note 1} Cal. Papal Letters, i. 508.

^{page 85 note 2} Thomas, op. cit., App., p. 71.

^{page 85 note 3} Ibid., p. 71.

^{page 86 note 1} Thomas, op. cit., App., p. 68.

^{page 86 note 2} Liber Albus, f. 5V.

^{page 86 note 3} Cal. Papal Letters, ii. 26.

^{page 87 note 1} Historia et cartularium S.Petri Glouc, ed. Hart, i. 140–6.

^{page 87 note 2} Thomas, op. cit., App., p. 70.

^{page 87 note 3} Reg. Giffard, ed. J. W. Bund, p. 516.

^{page 87 note 4} Ibid., p. 138.

^{page 87 note 5} Cal. of Pat. (1292–1301), p. 122, 22 Ed. I. m. 5d.

^{page 87 note 6} State Trials of Edward I, ed. T. F. Tout and H. Johnstone, p. xxx.

^{page 88 note 1} Thomas, op. cit., App., p. 70.

^{page 88 note 2} Reg. Giffard, ed. J. W. Bund, p. 67; Reg. Sede Vacante, ed. J. W. Bund, P. 72.

^{page 88 note 3} Reg. Giffard, pp. 169, 199.

^{page 88 note 4} Ibid., 286, 290, 306.

^{page 88 note 5} Ibid., 429.

^{page 89 note 1} State Trials, p. xxiii.

^{page 89 note 2} Cal. of Pat. (1292–1301), p. 615, 29 Ed. I. m. 4.

^{page 89 note 3} Reg. Giffard, ed. J. W. Bund, 487, 489.

^{page 89 note 4} Reg. Giffard, ff. 414v 422, 423.

^{page 89 note 5} Reg. Winchelsey, f. 144.

^{page 90 note 1} Reg. Sede Vacante, ed. J. W. Bund, p. 21.

^{page 90 note 2} Registres de Boniface VIII, ed. Digard, p. 539.

^{page 90 note 3} Reg, Winchelsey, f. 289.

^{page 90 note 4} Reg. Gainsborough, ed. J. W. Bund, p. 124.

^{page 90 note 5} Thomas, op. cit., App., p. 69.

^{page 91 note 1} Reg. Giffard, ed. J. W. Bund, pp. 515–17.

^{page 91 note 2} Reg. Giffard, f. 442.

^{page 91 note 3} Cal. of Pat. (1301–7), p. 29; 30 Ed. I. m. 26; Reg. Sede Vacante, ed. J. W. Bund, 28, 61, 66.

^{page 91 note 4} Reg. Gainsborough, ed. J. W. Bund, p. 49.

^{page 92 note 1} Reg. Winchelsey, f. 146; Liber Albus, f. 6V.

^{page 92 note 2} Liber Albus, f. 14.

^{page 92 note 3} Ibid., f. 10V.

^{page 92 note 4} Archaeological Journal, xx. pp. 341, 342.

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