[BISHOP OF BANGOR NOT TO INTERFERE IN SECULAR CAUSES.]

dere velitis, quod post electionem celebratam electioni ipsorum ac electo ballivus vester de Kermerdyn vice vestra præbeat assensum. Valeat, etc. [Prynne, III. 122 b, from Bundel. Certif. et Petit. 49 Hen. III. etc.; and see Fifth Report of Deputy Keeper of Records, 1844, p. 80, num. 781.]

Ad eundem effectum ad Regem mittuntur literæ Canonicorum Prioratus de Kaermerdyn: dat. die Lunæ prox. post festum S. Valentini anno Domini 1265. [Id., ib,]

A.D. 1265. May 15. Gloucester. Henry III. King of England to

Withdraw your

Llywelyn's cha

the next Parlia

Richard Bishop of Bangor.

REX [HENRICUS III.] Bangorensi Episcopo [Ricardo] interdict upon salutem. Ex parte Lewelini] filii Griffini nobis est pel, or at least Ostensum, quod, cum ipse pro se et hominibus suis vobis suspend it until cautionem sufficientem frequenter obtulerit de parendo ment, already mandatis Ecclesiæ in forma juris, si in aliquo contra summoned. vos in præjudicium ecclesiasticæ libertatis deliquerint, vos cautionem hujusmodi hactenus admittere recusastis; nihilominus pro causis non ad forum ecclesiasticum immo ad curiam laicalem mere pertinentibus, ut de laicalibus feodis, capellam suam interdicto supposuitis. Et quia hoc sustinere nolumus sicut nec debemus, maxime cum placita de laicis feodis in regno nostro ad coronam et dignitatem nostram pertinent; vobis mandamus rogantes, quod præfatum interdictum sine moræ dispendio revocetis, vel saltem ponatis in respectum usque ad instans Parliamentum nostrum quod habituri sumus apud Westm., ubi vos una cum cæteris prælatis regni nostri juxta mandatum nostrum intereritis, ut tunc habito tractatu super præmissis inde fiat utrique parti quod de jure fuerit faciendum. Teste Rege apud Glouc., XV. die Maii, [Close Rolls 49 Hen. III., memb, 6 dorso; in Prynne, Records, II. 1009.]

A.D. 1266. Tenths granted to the King in England, Wales, etc.

ANN. DE WINTON., in an. 1266.-Hoc anno concessa est domino Regi decima omnium bonorum religiosorum et ecclesiasticarum personarum Angliæ, Walliæ, etc., exceptis Templariis, Hospitalariis, et religiosis de ordine Cysterciensi, per tres annos. [pp. 104, 105. Ann. Monast. II. Luard.]

[TEMPORALTIES OF S. ASAPH "SEDE VACANTE."]

A.D. 1266. Sept. 29. Agreement between Meurig guardian of the temporalties of S. Asaph (sede vacante) and the Chapter of S. Asaph.

Compact respecting

neficed clergy, reliefs.

Universis Christi fidelibus has litteras uisuris et audituris, patronage, MAURICIUS CUSTOS ASSAUENSIS, salutem in Domino semdiscipline, tithes, mortuaries, goods piternam. Nouerit vestra uniuersitas, quod nos gratia of deceased be- concordiæ et unitatis hos articulos Capitulo Assauensi et eiusdem Episcopatus ecclesiarum rectoribus concessimus, [et] hiis litteris apertis nostro sigillo firmatis nos firmiter obligauimus: primo, quod nos manutenebimus Capitulum Assauense et eiusdem Episcopatus ecclesiarum rectores in omnibus eorum libertatibus secundum uires nostras et posse nostrum; secundo, quod nos prebendam aliquam in quacumque parte illius dýoc. vacantem, absque consilio et consensu Archidiaconi et Decani ad minus de Sancto Assaph, nullatenus conferemus; et si contingat aliquem decedere uel discedere uel se ad aliqua uota transferre, quod illius canonia[m] absque totius Capituli consilio alicui alteri minime conferemus; iterato, si aliquem canonicum diabolica suggestione in aliquo delicto incidere contingat, ipsius correctio ad Capituli Decanum spectat; ita tamen quod Custos quemcunque voluerit ipsius correctioni libere poterit interesse: deinde, quod nos, tamdiu in custode existamus, aliquas decimas de terris persone ecclesiastice decimatis et postea a personis ecclesiasticis cultis, siue sint conductæ siue fuerint hereditarie possessæ, nullatenus exigamus, præterquam de sanctuariis: item reclusis, monialibus, et leprosis, in suis domibus residentibus, si posse soluendi habeant, eorum mortuaria ecclesiis in quarum parochiis sunt primo soluant, et quidquid supersit Custodi remanebit; si autem minus sufficientes sint ad soluendum, omnia bona eorum secto tramite per medium diuidantur, quorum medietas ecclesiis permanebit; si autem, ad Custodem, ut dictum est, declinabitur: item, si contingat aliquem rectorem ecclesiæ in debitis obligatum discedere, si in bonos usus illa bona in quibus tenetur conscripsit, et bona propria non habeat unde reddat, secundum proborum virorum consilia sua debita persoluat. De releuio autem sacerdotum aliquorum rectorum ecclesiarum, quisquis discedat et equum habeat, equum Custodi persoluat. Si autem equum non habeat, et alia bona habeat, Custos proborum virorum consilio in ualorem equi accipiendo adhærebit. Datum anno Domini M.CC. sexagesimo sexto in festo Sancti Michaelis Archangeli. [Peniarth MSS. 26, pp. 28–30; from Lib. Rub. Assav.]

[RESIGNATION OF THE BISHOP OF BANGOR.]

a A confirmation by the same “ 'M., Custos Assav.," of grants by Reiner, Abraham, and Howel, Bishops of S. Asaph, and of a confirmation thereof by Bishop Anian I. (who died in

see.

1266), is also in the Book of S. Asaph (Table of Contents, in Peniarth MSS. 26, and Nichols, Collect. Topogr. II. 255 sq.); dated January 4, 1267.

A.D. 1267. Richard Bishop of Bangor to Pope Clement IV.

Sanctissimo patri et domino Clementi] Divina providentia Implores permission to resign his sacrosancte Romane Ecclesie Summo Pontifici, RICARDUS BANGORENSIS EPISCOPUS, [devota] oscula beatorum. In desolatione positus et circundatus undique laqueis, levo ad pastorem omnium occulos meos, unde mihi auxilium veniat et eruatur a tribulationibus anima mea, expectans ut salvum me faciat a facie tempestatis. Sane, pater sanctissime, consumpsit cora meum et ebibit labores cure pastoralis officii, in quo licet invitus et insufficiens plusquam triginta annis iam præteritis præfui Ecclesie Bangorensi; quam, dum pietas celestis annuit, expositis corporis et animæ uiribus, commisso mihi gubernaculo, [quam æque] tenere novissem studui guber

b

Nunc autem me possident dies afflictionis; et deficientibus. præ senectute corporis uiribus, adiacentis quoque infirmitatis debilitas comittatur. Intereuntibus autem inter me que ipsa natura permiserat, accedit malicia plebis; que tot et tantis sedicionum et insolentiarum turbinibus agitatur, ut etiam potens quisque compescendis uix sufficiat sponte corruentibus in profundum. Propterea, iam non pastor sed ouis, utinam minus morbida uel mutila, a summo pastore præsidium flagito; compaciensque alumpne b, cujus pondus ferre non possum, cui neque [alius] debitum præbere solatium [potest], Sanctitatis Apostolicæ pedibus provolutus, eoque spiritu præsens quo adhuc Servator meus sinit nostrum habitaculum vegetari, clamo, eiulo, vociferor, et pulso ad fores, patrone, vestras; ut sacrum illud coniugium, quo me prefate Ecclesie fide media copulaui, iam conversum in vincula et compedes ergastuli carceralis, soluere dignemini, digito quo clementiam vestram prouidentia Divina constituit in plenitudine potestatis: et non tam persone quam Ecclesie misericorditer prouidentes, ex predictis tam sufficientibus quam veris causis mihi porrigat beata dextra munus utilis et iuste[?] cessionis, tam eidem Ecclesiæ de pastore, quam michi de breuis uite residue sustentacione, iuxta dispositionem uestre clementissime sanctitatis misericorditer prouidendo. Receptionem autem mee cessionis et prouisionem de mee vite sustentacione, ac etiam de prouisione Ecclesiæ de pastore, venerabili patri domino O[ttobono] sancti Adriani diacono Cardinali,

[LIBERTIES GRANTED TO THE SEE OF S. ASAPH BY LLYWELYN.]

Apostolicæ sedis legato, supplico pro clementia vestra litteras demandari. Dat.c [From the Lib. Rub. Assav. in the Peniarth MSS. 26, pp. 31, 32: also in Br. Willis, Bangor, App. V. pp. 187, 188, from Sir J. Sebright's MSS.d, no. 102.]

■ Possibly the MS. represents "corpus." b So in Peniarth MS. Willis reads respectively," labor et cura," and "columpnæ."

Bishop Richard was consecrated in 1237, had held the see thirty years when he wrote the above letter, and died before Nov. 8, 1267, when his successor's Congé d'Eslire was issued. The bracketed words are conjectures, to fill up blanks in the copy; which after all is obscure.

Ottobone di Fresco, Cardinal deacon of S. Adrian, came to England as legate in 1267; and, Sept. 29, 1267, at Montgomery, sanctioned the solemn treaty between Henry III. and Llywelyn (Rymer, I. 474), to which reference is continually made in subsequent transactions.

d Probably this was from a copy made by Edw. Lhuyd from the Red Book itself. But, as printed by Br. Willis, it is exceedingly inaccurate.

A.D. 1268. May 10. Westminster.
Westminster. Writ issued to the Bishop of
S. David's to collect in his diocese the Tenths granted to Henry III.
by the Pope.

[Of the same form with the English writs a, but ending thus,] Ita quod diligentiam vestram merito debeamus commendare. Teste Rege apud Westm. X. die Maii. [Pat. Rolls 52 Hen. III. memb. 25 intus; in Prynne, Records, II. 1034.]

a Which are dated at Clarendon, Dec. 13, 1267. No writs are mentioned for the other Welsh dioceses; but S. Asaph was vacant; and at the gravamen and appeal of the clergy gene

rally at London Oct. 14, 1269, proctors of Llandaff as well as S. David's, and the Bishop of S. David's, were present (Wilk., II. 20).

A.D. 1269. May 1. Mold. Grant of liberties by Llywelyn Prince of Wales to Bishop Anian of S. Asaph a.

Universis sancte matris Ecclesie filiis ad quorum notitiam literæ præsentes peruenerint, FRATER A[NIANUS] CHRISTI SERVUS AC PERMISSIONE DIvina ASSAUENSIS ECCLESIÆ MINISTER HUMILIS, salutem in salutis Auctore. Nouerit uestra uniuersitas nos impetrasse ac recepisse literas domini Lewelini Principis in hec uerba.-LEWELINUS PRINCEPS WALLIÆ DOMINUS SNAUDONIE, balliuis suis de Beruetwlad, salutem. Mandamus uobis precipientes, quatinus obseruare studeatis cum fratre Aniano Episcopo de Sancto Assaph omnes consuetudines meliores, quas predecessores nostri cum suis antecessoribus Episcopis obseruauerunt, seu nos fecimus obseruari; et hoc quoad feodum laycalem: et si contigerit super aliqua consuetudine, per nos siue per predecessores nostros suis antecessoribus Episcopis concessa, dubitari; ex tunc infra quindenam per XII. probos et fide dignos homines, de patria in qua

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[LIBERTIES GRANTED TO THE SEE OF S. ASAPH BY LLYWELYN.]

super hijs dubitatur, ac iuratos tactis sacrosanctis, diligenter discutiatis; atque quod inde inueneritis, fideliter obseruetis; cautionem super hoc facientes, quod pro deffectu uestro in exsequendo presens nostrum mandatum non audiamus amplius predicti Episcopi querelam. Dat. apud Montem Altum, anno Domini M.CC.LX. nono, in die Apostolorum Philippi et Jacobi :-Nos ergo consuetudines uniuersas per totum dominium nostrum et feodum laycalem volumus et precipimus firmiter obseruari, ratum et gratum habituri quicquid predicti XIJ. juraturi in animas suas et super nomen (?) Domini duxerint super hijs deponendum. In cuius rei testimonium has literas nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Dat. apud eundem locum, anno eodem, pontificatus nostri anno primo. [From Lib. Rub. Assav.; in Peniarth MSS. 26, pp. 69, 70.]

Anian of Nannau, commonly miswritten "Schonaw." He had been Prior of the Dominican House at Rhuddlan, which therefore had been founded before 1268, Oct. 21, when he became Bishop (Dugd. Mon. VI. 1500). An "excommunicatio lata in violatores privilegiorum per A. Assav. Episcopum, per consensum Episcopi Eboracens.," mentioned in the contents of the Lib. Rub. Assav. (Nichols, Collect. Topogr. II., and Peniarth MSS. 26), in A.D. 1270, must have been during the vacancy of the see of

Canterbury (July 18, 1270-Feb. 26, 1273). In the same contents is mentioned a "citatio Epi Exon. ad interessend. consecrationi Aniani electi Assav. Epi in ecclesia Beate Marie in Suthwerke die Dominico post festum Beati Lucæ Euangel ao Dni 1268, Londonij:” i. e. Oct. 21, 1268.

b Perfeddwlad, the middle land, was that part of Llywelyn's country which was (almost entirely) in S. Asaph diocese.

A.D. 1272. Suspension of a Clerk in S. Asaph diocese for receiving orders from an "Ultramontane Bishop."

Testimonium Aniani Episcopi Assauensis, dat. anno 1272, testificans quod ipse, secundum tenorem litterarum PP. domini recitatarum, quendam clericum ab executione officii suspenderit, quod ordines ab Episcopo quodam ultra montano acceperit; et tempore suspensionis elapso, ad ordines restituerit. [Entry in Contents of Lib. Rub. Assav., in Peniarth MSS. 26, p. 4; printed in Nichols' Collectan. Topogr. II. 255 sq.]

A.D. 1274. March 7. Strata Florida.

The Bishop of

Welsh Cistercian Abbats to Pope Gregory X.

TRANSCRIPTUM LITTERÆ ABBATUM CONTRA EPISCOPUM. Asaph has falsely-Sanctissimo patri ac domino Gregorio Summo Pontifici, SUI

accused Llywe

lyn of wronging DEUOTISSIMI FILIOLI, ABBAS DE ALBA DOMO, DE STRATA monks, or mo- FLORIDA, DE CWMHYR, DE STRAT-MARCHELTH, DE AberCONWEY, DE KEMER, DE VALLE CRUCIS, CISTERCIENSIS

nasteries, of whatever order.