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The Convocation of 1460

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2024

Edited by
Gerald Bray
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The bishop of Durham's certificate, containing the archbishop's mandate and the royal writ

Reverendissimo in Christo patri et domino Domino Willelmo, permissione divina Eboracensi archiepiscopo, Angliae primati et apostolicae sedis legato, vestrisve locum tenentibus, commissariis seu commissario Iohannes Hilford, legum doctor, reverendi in Christo patris et domini Domini Laurentii, permissione divina Dunelmensis episcopi agentis in remotis, vicarius in spiritualibus generalis oboedientiam et reverentiam debitas cum honore. Mandatum vestrum reverendum dicto reverendo patri Dunelmensi directum vicesimo quinto die mensis Martii anno Domini millesimo CCCCmo sexagesimo incipiente [25 March 1460] cum ea qua decuit reverentia recepimus exequendum sub eo qui sequitur tenore verborum:

Willelmus, permissione divina Eboracensis archiepiscopus, Angliae primas et apostolicae sedis legatus, venerabili fratri nostro Laurentio, Dei gratia Dunelmensi episcopo, suffraganeo nostro, seu ipso absente, vicario eius in spiritualibus generali cuicunque, salutem et fraternam in Domino caritatem. Breve regium nobis transmissum recepimus sub eo qui sequitur verborum tenore:

Henricus, Dei gratia rex Angliae et Franciae et dominus Hiberniae venerabili in Christo patri Willelmo, eadem gratia archiepiscopo Eboracensi Angliae primati, salutem. Quibusdam arduis et urgentibus negotiis nos, statum regni nostri ac honorem et utilitatem Ecclesiae Anglicanae intime concernentibus, vobis in fide et dilectione quibus nobis tenemini rogando mandamus quatenus praemissis debito intuitu attentis et ponderatis universos et singulos episcopos vestrae provinciae ac decanos et priores ecclesiarum cathedralium abbates et priores et alios electivos exemptos et non exemptos necnon archidiaconos, capitula, conventus et collegia totumque clerum cuiuslibet dioecesis eiusdem provinciae ad comparendum coram vobis in ecclesia cathedrali Beati Petri Eboracensis vel alibi prout melius expedire videritis, cum omni celeritate accommoda more debito convocari faciatis, ad tractandum, concordandum, consentiendum et concludendum super praemissis et aliis quae sibi clarius exponentur tune ibidem ex parte nostra. Et hoc sicut nos et statum dicti regni ac honorem et utilitatem ecclesiae praedictae diligitis nullatenus omittatis. Teste rege apud Westmonasterium duodecimo die Februarii anno regni nostri tricesimo octavo [12 February 1460].

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Records of Convocation XIII: York, 1313–1461 , pp. 469 - 476
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
First published in: 2024

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