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The Convocation of 1379

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2024

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The archbishop's mandate

Simon, permissione divina Cantuariensis archiepiscopus, totius Angliae primas et apostolicae sedis legatus, venerabili fratri nostro Domino Willelmo, Dei gratia episcopo Londoniensi salutem et fraternam in Domino caritatem. Ingens et indissimulata negotiorum necessitas arduorum nedum Anglicanae concernentium utilitatem Ecclesiae, sed etiam domini nostri regis et regni sui statum, tranquillitatemque quietis eiusdem ac bonum publicum, ut speramus, multipliciter nos urget, licet cum fastidio, praelatos et clerum nostrae Cantuariensis provinciae convocare et ad hoc etiam faciendum cum frequenti et assidua ipsius regis nostri instantia breve regium recepimus in haec verba:

Richardus, Dei gratia rex Angliae et Franciae, dominus Hiberniae, venerabili in Christo patri Simoni, eadem gratia Cantuariensi archiepiscopo, totius Angliae primati, salutem. Qualiter inimici nostri Franciae et alii sibi adhaerentes inter se alligati et undique hostiliter congregati, regnum nostrum Angliae in pluribus locis per terram et per mare saepius invaserint, mala quamplurima et intolerabilia nobis et ligeis nostris inferendo, et non solum ad hoc contenti, dictum regnum nostrum et ecclesiam sanctam nosque et totam linguam Anglicanam subvertere et destruere de die in diem totis viribus se conantur, nisi eorum malitiis, adiuvante Deo, fortius resistatur, vos non credimus ignorare; unde in salvationem status ecclesiae sanctae, regni ac populi nostrorum necessariam defensionem, sumptus ac census et expensas inestimabiles effundere nos oportet, verum quia ad ipsorum onerum ac sumptuum supportationem absque iuvamine fidelium nostrorum non sufficimus, sicut scitis; vobis in fide et dilectione quibus nobis tenemini, rogando mandamus quatenus consideratis tarn arduitate negotiorum praedictorum, quam grandibus periculis quae ecclesiae et regno praedictis oculata fide imminere conspicitis, attentis debite et consideratis, suffraganeos vestros, decanos etpriores ecclesiarum cathedralium, abbates, priores, et alios electivos, exemptos et non exemptos, necnon archidiaconos, capitula, conventus et collegia, totumque clerum vestrarum dioceseos et provinciae ad comparendum coram vobis in ecclesia Sancti Pauli Londoniarum, vel alibi, prout expediri videritis, ad breviorem diem quern poteritis, more solito convocari faciatis; et breviorem eis dictis negotiis et periculis ibidem plenius expositis et declaratis, et ipsos ad subsidium in hoc casu competens et necessarium in supportationem dictorum onerum et sumptuum nobis concedendum, eo specialius et cum efficacia qua magis sciveritis vel poteritis, tanta necessitate causante, inducatis, et partes vestras ad hoc effectualiter apponatis, nos in cancellaria nostra de quantitate subsidii illius, ac de terminis solutionis eiusdem certificantes. Et hoc sicut nos et honorem nostrum ac salvationem et defensionem ecclesiae et regni praedictorum diligitis, nullatenus omittatis.

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Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
First published in: 2024

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