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The General and Provincial Chapters Of the English Black Monks, 1215–1540

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In accordance with the decree “In singulis regnis’2 of the fourth Council of the Lateran, 1215, the hitherto unconnected monasteries of the Black Monks of St. Benedict in England, as in other countries, were required to unite themselves by holding every three years, a general or provincial chapter of the heads of all their independent houses, and the work of the chapters was to be enforced by triennial visitations made by the monks themselves, as distinct from those made by the bishops. Until the constitutions of Benedict XII in 1336 the monks in the provinces of Canterbury and York met in separate chapters: after that date there was a single chapter for the whole of England.

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page 195 note 1 Throughout the essay, the word “prelate” has been used to signify the head of any independent monastery, whether Abbot or Prior. The Chapters are called “General” before 1336, and “Provincial” after that date: the term “General Chapter” when used here is never meant to refer to the annual, local Chapters ordered by Benedict XII, except on p. 212, below, q.v.

page 195 note 2 Decretalium Greg. IX, lib. III, Tit. XXXV, Cap. VII.

page 196 note 1 Edited by Cardinal Gasquet, in Camden Society, 3rd Series. Vol. VI, X, and XI.

page 196 note 2 Edited by Mr. H. E. Salter. Oxford Historical Society, Vol. LXXIV (1920).

page 196 note 3 Reyner, App. III, 138.

page 196 note 4 Reyner, App. III, 101; Wilkins, II, 627.

page 196 note 5 Reyner, App. III, 189; Wilkins, III, 469.

page 196 note 6 There are many MSS. With collections of these decretals referring to Monks, ordered to be read by Otho and Ottobonus (Wilkins, II, 16): see Matt. Paris, Chron. Maj., III, 504 ff., MS.Bodley39, fo. 38–46, Durham MS., B IV, 45, fo. 102, Camb. Univ. Lib. MS. Ii. I, 5, fo. 61.

page 197 note 1 Reyner, App. III, 123, 155.

page 197 note 2 Bodley MS. 39, fol. 67.

page 197 note 3 Reyner, App. III, 190; Wilkins, III, 470.

page 197 note 4 Westm. Lib. Nig. Quat., fo. 90.

page 197 note 5 Durham, Misc. Ch. 5666.

page 197 note 6 Monasticon, III, 544.

page 197 note 7 For Reyner, see below, p. 202.

page 198 note 1 Reyner, App. III, 99; Wilkins, II, 626, cf. Chapter acts referred to in Reyner, Tract. II, 39 (1266 and 1269). But Reyner's Acta of 1269 were probably, in reality, those of 1249, which are given in the manuscript rubric, incorrectly, under the date 1269, See Matt. Paris, Chron. Maj., VI, 175, n. 3, 176, n.I. Cf. also, Reyner, Tr. II, 115.

page 198 note 2 See Appendix B.

page 198 note 3 See Citation in 1338, Reyner, App. III, 205; Wilkins, II, 587.

page 198 note 4 Worcester Roll B 1610 and C 875 A, originally forming one roll.

page 199 note 1 Paris, Matt., Chron. Maj. VI, 175185.Google Scholar

page 199 note 2 Ibid., 235–47.

page 199 note 3 Annales Monastici, I, 151.

page 199 note 4 See Appendix A.

page 199 note 5 Henry Bradshaw Society, 1902 Customary of St. Augustine's, Canterbury and Westminster, I, p. 389 ff.Google Scholar; Mr. Bishop dated these c. 1274 (Downside Review, Oct. 1925, p. 235).

page 199 note 6 See Appendix C.

page 200 note 1 James, M. R., Ancient Libraries of Cant, and Dover, pp. 464, 466, 472–4, Nos. 207, 212, 277, 278, 280Google Scholar.

page 200 note 2 Ibid., p. 405, Nos. 1827, 1831.

page 200 note 3 Durham MS. B. IV, 26, fo. 203, 207, 220; B. IV, 41, fo. 35, 110v, 131.

page 200 note 4 Westminster Abbey Mun., 12388.*

page 200 note 5 Ibid., Lib. Nig. Quat., 90.

page 201 note 1 Durham Reg. II, III, IV, V; Reg. Parv. I, II, III.

page 201 note 2 Worcester Liber Albus, ff. clxiii. to end, Reg. A. 6.

page 201 note 3 MS. Arundel 2 (Brit. Mus.), less formal than most registers.

page 201 note 4 Add. MS. 25,288.

page 201 note 5 Add MSS. 14,848 and 7096.

page 201 note 6 Reg. Abbaliae Joh. Whethamstede (R.S. 29) II.

page 201 note 7 Durham MS. C. IV. 25.

page 201 note 8 Cambridge Univ. Library, Ee. IV. 20.

page 201 note 9 Reyner, App. III, 110; Durham MS. B. III. 30, fo. 45, B. IV. 26, fo. 241v. Add. MS. 6162, fo. 34v; Westminster Abbey Mun. 12402.

page 201 note 10 Durham Misc. 4860, 49, 5228a, 5228b, 5228c, 5228d, 413, 4353 (1361–1432).

page 201 note 11 Westm. Mun. 12395–12401 (1411–1423).

page 201 note 12 Ad. de Domerham. Ed. T. Hearne, I, lxix.

page 201 note 13 Camb. Univ. Lib. Ee. IV. 20, fo. 71.

page 202 note 1 Durham Misc. 5634 (c. 1400), 5665 c. (1363–6), cf. Misc. 2603 (1366).

page 202 note 2 Cf. the friendly communications, in spite of religious differences, with Cotton, Selden, Spelman and Camden (Reyner, Tract. I, 202–3). Cf. also Weldon, B., Chronological Notes, pp. 139, 141Google Scholar.

page 203 note 1 Downside Review, 1886, p. 59.

page 203 note 2 Revue Bénédictine, 1902, p. 269 ff.

page 203 note 2 Oxford Hist. Soc. 1923, Chapters of the Augustinian Canons, p. v; 1924, Snappe's Formulary, p. 313, n. 4.

page 204 note 1 Berliére, Dom U., Documents inédits pour servir a l'histoire eccles. De la Belgique, p. 91.Google Scholar

page 204 note 2 S. Bernardi Ep. XCI, cf. Ep. CCCXLII–III.

page 204 note 3 Preface to the Apologia (§ VI) in the Maurist Edition.

page 204 note 4 For examples of these confederations, see Durham Liber Vitae (Surtees Soc. 1923), fo. 33V, 48, 48v. Add MS. 38816 (St. Mary's, York); Reyner, App. III, pp. 253–4, New Minster and Hyde Abbey (Hampshire Rec. Soc. 1892), p. 47 ff.

page 204 note 5 Molinier, , Les Obiluaires Françaises, p. 288.Google Scholar

page 205 note 1 Norwich Reg. IX, fo. 2, No. III, contains a reference to the visitation of nuns, as well as monks, but this is probably only an echo of the language of the 1215 decree.

page 205 note 2 Deer. Greg. IX, Lib. III, Tit. XXXV, Cap. VIII.

page 206 note 1 The documentary references for this and all succeeding Chapters will tie found in the Appendix.

page 206 note 2 MS. Stowe 930, fo. 72v.

page 206 note 3 This was arranged in 1276 for 1279 (MS. Bodley 39, fo. 139).

page 207 note 1 Hist. Dunelm. Scriptores Tres (Surtees Soc. 1839), p. 48.

page 207 note 2 E.g. Item provideatur bursarius apud Seleby (1276 MS. Bodley 39, fo. 140).

page 207 note 3 Ibid., fo. 140v.

page 207 note 4 Durham Misc., 6682.

page 207 note 5 Deer. Greg. IX, Lib. III, Tit. XXXV, cap. VII. Gloss (of Bernard?) upon vice nostra, in edition of Venice, 1566.

page 207 note 6 Hist. Dunelm. Scriptores Tres, p. 75 ff.

page 207 note 7 Reyner, App. III, pp. 94, 97; Monasticon. I, xlvi, li.

page 207 note 8 Downside Review, Oct. 1925, pp. 217–19.

page 207 note 9 Jesus Coll., Oxford, MS. 64, fly-leaf.

page 209 note 1 Paris, Matt., Chron. Maj. VI, 217218Google Scholar.

page 209 note 2 Ibid., VI, 175–85.

page 209 note 3 Ibid., III, 499 ff.

page 209 note 4 Ibid., V, 380–I, Annal. de Theok., 153; Annal. De Winton., 94.

page 209 note 5 Calendars of Papal Registers: Papal Letters, I, 297, 299, 316; Berger, Registres d' Innoc. IV, III, No. 7194, 7364, 7441–3, 6963, 6981.

page 209 note 6 MS. Bodley, 39, fo. 52v, 67.

page 210 note 1 Quod eciam per prolixitatem officii preter regulam ampliati que fastidium generans devocionem extinguit pocius quam accendit, studium, quod a retroactis temporibus in nostra religione strenue floruit pro dolor emarcescat. MS. Bodley, 39, fo. 52v; cf. Cambridge Univ. Lib. MS., Ii. I. 5, fo. 31.

page 210 note 2 Bishop, Edmund, Liturgia Historica, p. 211 ffGoogle Scholar.

page 210 note 3 A practice which went back to the middle of the century (Worcester Roll. C. 875 A. member 1).

page 210 note 4 Oxford Hist. Soc. 1924, Snappe's Formulary, pp. 342386bGoogle Scholar

page 210 note 5 Gesta Abbatum Mon. S. Albani, I, 464 (R.S. 28).

page 210 note 6 Snappe's Formulary, pp. 344, 356. Reg. Epist. J. Peckham (Rolls Series), I, 150.

page 210 note 7 At Ramsey (Camb. Univ. Lib. MS. Hh. VI. II, fo. 1); Ely (Reg. Epist. J. Peckham, Rolls Series, I, 150); Reading (Ibid., I, 225); Godstow (Ibid., III, 846). The Bishop of Worcester took the same action in 1278 with his own Cathedral Priory (Reg. Gifford, fo. 75; cf. Trans. Royal Hist. Soc., 4th Series, Vol. II, p. 69).

page 211 note 1 Snappe's Formulary, pp. 343–4.

page 211 note 2 Snappe's Formulary, p. 357.

page 211 note 3 Cotton Charter Roll XIV, 13 (Brit. Mus.).

page 211 note 4 Snappe's Formulary, pp. 344, 345, 361. Reyner, App. I, 53.

page 212 note 1 Snappe's Formulary, pp. 372–3.

page 212 note 2 Worcester Liber Albus, No. 1143, fo. CXXXIV.

page 212 note 3 Wilkins, , Concilia, II, 588 ffGoogle Scholar.

page 212 note 4 Ibid., p. 591, Cap. IV, De capitulis generalibus cuiuslibet ecclesiae.

page 212 note 5 Durham MSS. Locellus XXVII. 14, 15, 29; Misc. 2644.

page 212 note 6 Gesta Abbatum Mon. S. Albani (Rolls Series), II, 418–49 (often taken for a Provincial Chapter), Trinity Coll. Cambridge, MS. 1437, fo. 148–61.

page 213 note 1 E.g. Gesta Abbatum, II, 402 ff.

page 213 note 2 Wilkins, II, 586; Reyner, App. III, 203.

page 213 note 3 Wilkins, II, 588.

page 213 note 4 Bodleian, Dodsworth MS. LXXVI, fo. 78.

page 213 note 5 Wilkins, II, 585–8.

page 213 note 6 Canterbury Cathedral, Register I, fo. 446; Camb. Univ. Library, MS. Dd. IX. 38, fo. 2v.

page 213 note 7 Salter, , Chapters of the Aug. Canons, Oxford Hist. Soc. 1920, pp. 154, 158, 50Google Scholar.

page 213 note 8 Westminster, Liber Nig. Quat., fo. 90: the month was June, not July as Reyner, following other MSS., has it. Reyner, App. III, pp. 99–102.

page 214 note 1 The corresponding valuation in France did take place: see Delisle, L., Enquéte sur la fortune des établissements de l'ordre de Saint-Benoit on 1338, Paris, 1910 (Ex. des Not. Et Ext. des MSS., t. XXXIX)Google Scholar.

page 214 note 2 Reyner, App. III, p. 151 ff.

page 214 note 3 Cocquelines, , Bullarium (Rome, 1741), III, 288Google Scholar.

page 214 note 4 Wilkins, II, 715.

page 214 note 5 Ibid., II, 590. Ut cum uno anno provinciale capitulum fuerit celebratum, alio proximo anno futuro ab illo valeat abstineri, et fiat omnino anno tertio subsequenti.

page 215 note 1 Gesta Abbatum, II, 402.

page 215 note 2 See below pp. 227. 229.

page 215 note 3 Cap. IX, De pensionibus studentium; cf. Reyner, App. III, p. 198, Wilkins, II, 732.

page 216 note 1 Regist. Joh. Whethamstede (Roll Series), II, 53, 60; Snappe's Formulary, p. 312; Register of prior Walsingham at Ely, fo. 2, 3V, 4V, 10v.

page 216 note 2 See Register of W. de Monyton, Abbot of Glastonbury, MS. Arundel, 2, fo. 25V, 52V.

page 216 note 3 Snappe's Formulary, pp. 351 ff, 380ff.

page 216 note 4 Reyner, App. III, p. 188; Wilkins, III, 468.

page 216 note 5 Oxford Hist. Soc. 1896, Collectanea III, p. 27 ff.

page 216 note 6 Canterbury Cathedral, Cart. Ant. O. 151, 1–48.

page 216 note 7 Reyner, App. III, pp. 177, 187; Wilkins, III, 425, 468.

page 217 note 1 Ely, Reg. Walsingham, fo. 5V.

page 217 note 2 Ibid. The letter, unaddressed, is in an Ely Register of about fifty years later and speaks of vester commonachus as the culprit. The latter may have been one of the monks who went on the Flemish Crusade of the Bishop of Norwich in 1383, with demoralising effect; cf. Walsingham, II, 91–2, Gesta Abbatum, II, 416, Eulogium Historiarum, III, 357.

page 217 note 3 See below, under visitations, p. 241.

page 217 note 4 Walsingham, , Historia Anglicana, II, 337338Google Scholar. See Appendix A, under 1421.

page 217 note 5 Reyner, App. III, 164; Wilkins, III, 413.

page 217 note 6 Reyner, App. III, p. 112, Gale, Rerum Anglicarum Scriptores, I, 513.

page 218 note 1 See Appendix A, under 1519–20.

page 218 note 2 Worcester MS. A. 6(2), fo. 121. Wolsey's Statutes have not survived, but for the similar Statutes for the Augustinian Canons (22 March, 1520) and their meeting (1521), see Wilkins, III, 683.

page 218 note 3 Matt. Paris, Chron. Maj., VI, 217.

page 218 note 4 Snappe's Formulary, p. 357.

page 218 note 5 Ibid., pp. 368–73.

page 218 note 6 E.g. Worcester Liber Albus, No. 458, 471, 657, 1143.

page 219 note 1 Snappe's Formulary, p. 369.

page 219 note 2 Durham MS. C. IV. 25, fo. 126.

page 219 note 3 Collectanea III, Oxford Hist. Soc. (1896), p. 24.

page 219 note 4 Decret. greg. IX, Lib. III, Tit. XXXV, cap. vii.

page 219 note 5 In Appendix E will be found a list of attendances at eight of the Chapters, the few instances in which we have sufficient data of this kind.

page 219 note 6 In the Worcester Roll, 875A, the list is placed between these two Chapters, without definite indication.

page 219 note 7 Snappe's Formulary, p. 373.

page 220 note 1 Worcester, Roll B. 1610.

page 220 note 2 Snappe's Formulary, pp. 369–70.

page 220 note 3 Norwich, Registrum IX, fo. 27, No. 185. The distinction between “procurator” and “excusator,” here made, is obscure, and apparently unique.

page 220 note 4 Statutes of 1343, cap. xx, s. 6. Reyner, App. III, 164; Wilkins, II, 726.

page 220 note 5 Arundel MS. 2 (Glastonbury Reg. 1360), fo. 55v, 72v.

page 220 note 6 E.g. in 1423, where a model form is given (Reyner, App. III, 173; Wilkins, III, 421).

page 221 note 1 For interesting example of excuses, see Hist. Dunelm. Scriptores Tres (Sustees Soc. 1839), App. p. clvi: but it is not a normal proxy, for the Prior of Durham was then President.

page 221 note 2 Cal. Close Rolls; Ed. III; 1337–9, p. 413–4.

page 221 note 3 Cal. Close Rolls; Ed. III; 1339–1441, p. 519.

page 221 note 4 Norwich, Reg. IX, fo. 28, No. 192–4.

page 221 note 5 MS. Arundel 2, fo. 52v, 72v.

page 221 note 6 Annales Joh. Atnundesham, I, 39 (Rolls Series).

page 221 note 7 Reyner, App. III, 170, 180, at the beginning of the first day: Wilkins, III, 419, 462.

page 221 note 8 E.g. in 1411, Westminster, Lib. Nig. Quai., fo. 90.

page 222 note 1 See Appendix D.

page 222 note 2 Durham MS., B. IV, 45, fo. 2, col. 2.

page 222 note 3 See Statutes of 1343, cap. xiii, § 2 (Wilkins, II, 723; Reyner, App. III, p. 160), of 1444, cap. xiii (Ibid., pp. 134–7)

page 222 note 4 E.g. at Durham, the Priors William Ebchester, John Burnby, Richard Bell, Robert Ebchester, Thomas Castell and Hugh Whithead, all served as proctors in the Chapters, during their Oxford careers.

page 222 note 5 Engl. Hist. Review, XXXVII, 83.

page 223 note 1 Cf. the list of diffinitors, Appendix D.

page 223 note 2 Reyner, App. III, 182; Wilkins, III, 463.

page 223 note 3 Westminster, Lib. Nig. Quat., fo. 90, Chapter of 1360: nota hic de priore Cantuar.

page 223 note 4 Gesta Abbatum, II, 403–4, Canterbury, Cart. Ant. S. 395.

page 223 note 5 Canterbury, Reg. G., fo. 210, Historical MSS. Commission Report VIII, P. 339, Monasticon, III, 235.

page 223 note 6 Wilkins, III, 126–7, Gesta Abbatum, II, 404.

page 223 note 7 Reyner, Tract. II, p. 156 (c. 1279–90), App. III, p. 103 (1340); Wilkins, II, 657.

page 223 note 8 Snappe's Formulary, p. 343 (1277).

page 224 note 1 Ibid.., p. 344 (1288), cf. Monasticon, IV, 568

page 224 note 2 Worcester, Roll C, 875 A, c. 1253–5.

page 224 note 3 Reyner, App. III, 172; Wilkins, III, 420.

page 224 note 4 Deer. Greg. IX, Lib. III, Tit. XXXV, cap. vii.

page 224 note 5 Statutes of 1279, MS. Faustina A, II, fo. 94, 94v.

page 224 note 6 Reyner, App. III, 191; Wilkins, III, 471.

page 224 note 7 In singulis regnis and Ea qucaelig;.

page 225 note 1 Reyner, App. III, 170–80; Wilkins, III, 419–27.

page 226 note 1 A most curious allegorical application of the Chapter's machinery, committee work and all, may be found in the obscure but touching letter of Abbot Nicholas Frome of Glastonbury, 12 May, 1444: “peremptorie citamur, senio mediante, ad capitulum generale, ubi Christus pontifex erit presidens principalis, qui per sanctos patres nostros modum perfectius conversandi dono suae munificentis diffinivit.” Hist. Dun. Scr. Tres, App., p. ccccxlv.

page 226 note 2 Oxford Hist. Soc. 1920, p. xxxiii.

page 227 note 1 Matt. Paris, VI, 217.

page 227 note 2 Snappe's Formulary, p. 361.

page 227 note 3 Ea quæ, Deer. Greg. IX, Lib. III, Tit. XXXV, cap. viii.

page 227 note 4 Chapters of the Aug. Canons (Oxf. Hist. Soc. 1920), xxv.

page 227 note 5 Reyner, App. III, p. 97; Monasticon, I, 1.

page 227 note 6 MS. Bodley 39, fo. 63v˜64.

page 227 note 7 Cap. xviii, s. 2; Reyner, App. III, p. 162; Wilkins, II, 724.

page 228 note 1 See Appendix A, passim, cf. MS. Arundel 2, fo. 87: citations may have been issued by the future Presidents.

page 228 note 2 Snappe's Formulary, p. 361.

page 228 note 3 In singulis regnis.

page 228 note 4 E.g. in Preface to Statutes of 1444, Reyner, App. III, p. 114.

page 229 note 1 E.g., Snappe's Formulary, p. 369.

page 229 note 2 MS. Arundel 2, fo. 87.

page 229 note 3 Ibid.., fo. 87v.

page 229 note 4 The Abbots of St. Albans, Bury and York were Presidents in 1366: and the letters, dated 5th and 9th August, must belong to the period before c. 1375, when the Chapters were held in September.

page 229 note 5 Reyner, App. III, p. 97; Monasticon, I, 1.

page 230 note 1 Hist. Dunelm. Scriptores Tres, App. p. clvi, cf. another example, Camb. Univ. Lib. Ee. IV. 20, fo. 50c.

page 230 note 2 Annales Monastici, II (Waverley), 389, IV (Wigorn), 473.

page 230 note 3 Statutes of 1277, Cap. De statu domus, MS. Bodley 39, fo. 63v–4; 1343, cap. xviii, s. 2, Reyner, App. III, 162, Wilkins, II., 724.

page 230 note 4 Worcester Liber Albus, No. 14, 15, 35, 38, 42, 98 (fo. iv, iiv, iiii, iiiiv, xiv).

page 230 note 5 Worcester Liber Albus, fo. Iv, No. 9.

page 230 note 6 Ibid.., fo. Iv, No. 12.

page 230 note 7 Ibid.., fo. Iv, No. 13; cf. fo. vi, vii (No. 55, 60).

page 230 note 8 Worcester Sede Vacante Register (Worcs. Hist. Soc. 1897), pp. 35, 36. 44.

page 231 note 1 Worcester Liber Albus, fo. iiii, No. 36.

page 231 note 2 Cap. 35, Wilkins, II, 611.

page 231 note 3 Gesta Abbatum. Mon. S. Albani, II, 406.

page 231 note 4 1277, MS. Bodley, 39, fo. 63v; cf. In singulis regnis.

page 231 note 5 Westminster Abbey, Mun. 12388,* fo. Iv, cf. Victoria County History of Lancashire, 11, iii (Holland, 1391).

page 231 note 6 Cf. earlier attempts, the Regularis Concordia, and perhaps the Constitutions of Lanfranc (see Journal of Theological Studies, X, pp. 375–88, XV, pp. 184–5).

page 231 note 7 1276, MS. Bodley, 39, fo. 140.

page 231 note 8 See Thesaurus Novus Anecdotorum, Tom. IV, passim.

page 232 note 1 Preface to Statutes of 1444, Reyner, App. III, p. 114.

page 232 note 2 Nomasticon Cisterciense (Ed. 1892), p. vi.

page 232 note 3 Gesta Abbatum, II 196, 207.

page 232 note 4 E.g. 1218–25 (Reyner, App. 111,94), 1298 (Snappe's Formulary, p.360).

page 232 note 5 Statutes of .1277, MS. Bodley, 39, fo. 65, cf. letter of 1292, P.R.O. Exchequer K.R. Eccles, 21/58.

page 233 note 1 Statutes of 1343, cap. xx, s. 3 (“ refrenanda”), 1444, cap. xiv. (Reyner, App. III, pp. 164, 138; Wilkins, II, 726).

page 233 note 2 MS. Bodley, 39, fo. 65v, Cambr. Univ. Lib. MS. Ii. 1, 5, fo. 38v, col. i, cf. Nomasticon Cisterciense, p. 313.

page 233 note 3 It is important to remember that each set of Statutes does not necessarily mean a separate Chapter.

page 233 note 4 There were diffinitors in the General Chapter of Cluny as early as 1212; Bernard et Bruel, Receuil des Chartres de Cluny, VI, 5–9, 13. I owe this reference to Miss Rose Graham. But cf. G. R. Galbraith, The Constitution of the Dominican Order, p. 12, n.3.

page 234 note 1 Cambridge Univ. Library, MS. li. I, 5, fo. 38v, col. ii.

page 234 note 2 Reyner, App. II, p. 54.

page 234 note 3 Norwich, Reg. IX, fo. 27, No. 185.

page 234 note 4 Reyner, App. III, p. 203; Wilkins, II, 586.

page 234 note 5 Reyner, p. 101; Wilkins, II, 627.

page 234 note 6 Reyner, pp. 104–5; Wilkins, II, 657, 658.

page 234 note 7 Reyner, 108, 151 ff.; Wilkins, II, 714, 717.

page 234 note 8 Reyner, p. 194 ff.; Wilkins, II, 729. The Abbot of St. Albans was sole President in 1363.

page 235 note 1 Reyner, pp. 113–39.

page 235 note 2 Ibid.., p. 138; cf. Westm. Mun. 12392 (1396–9), 12401 (1414–17).

page 235 note 3 Ea quae, Decr. Greg. IX, Lib. III, Tit. XXXV, cap. VIII.

page 235 note 4 Statutes of 1363(?), Reyner, App. III, 198; Wilkins, II, 732. An earlier example of a monk going to the Curia, will be found in Hist. Dunelm. Scriptores Tres, pp. 113–17.

page 236 note 1 Westm. Mun. 12393.

page 236 note 2 Reyner, App. III, 107, Wilkins, II, 714. The wording is obscure, but it seems more likely that the nuncii, and not the appropriations, were to sustain the law suits.

page 236 note 3 Westm. Mun. 12400.

page 236 note 4 Norwich, Reg. IX, fo. 12, I2v, Nos. 9, 10. Worcester Liber Albus, fo. xlixv, No. 530.

page 236 note 5 Westminster Mun. 12395.

page 236 note 6 Annales Joh. Amundesham, I, 121.

page 236 note 7 Hist. Dunelm. Scriptores Tres, App., pp. ccxxiii, ccxxvii.

page 236 note 8 Westm. Mun. 12399 (Accounts 1414–17, over £100 spent on the Chapel), Reyner, App. III, 177 (1423); Wilkins, III, 424.

page 236 note 9 Gesta Abbalum, II, 405.

page 236 note 10 E.g. Snappe's Formulary, p. 354 (1277), an unusually heavy rate of 2d. in the mark.

page 236 note 11 Ibid.., p. 370, “ de qualibet marca tam de spiritualibus quam de temporalibus de quibus conferunt ecclesie Romane secundum taxationem veri valoris et decime nunc currentis ” (1319), cf. also, the taxatio regia mentioned in 1426 (Reyner, App. III, p. 185).

page 237 note 1 Addit. MS. 14848, fo. 43, 73.

page 237 note 2 Westminster Mun. 12399, “ quia nimis oneratur in registro,” ibid.., 12401.

page 237 note 3 MS. Bodley, 692, fo. 108v.

page 237 note 4 E.g. Reyner, App. III, 103–4 (1340); Wilkins, II, 657, Westm. Mun. 12395, 12399, 12401 (1414–17), cf. also Acta of 1423 and 1426.

page 237 note 5 Reyner, App. III, 189; Wilkins, III, 469.

page 238 note 1 Annales Joh. Amundesham, II, 307, Westminster, Lib. Nig. Quat. fo. 90v (St. Albans); Add. MS. 14848, fo. 142v. (Bury St. Edmunds); Worcester MS. A. 3, fo. 71v; Snappe's Formulary, p. 376 (Norwich).

page 238 note 2 Worcester Liber Albus, fo. lxxxxiiv. No. 849.

page 238 note 3 Ibid.., fo. lxxxxiiv, lxxxxiii, No. 850–7.

page 239 note 1 Ibid.., fo. lxxxxiii, No. 854.

page 239 note 2 E.g. in 1219, Jesus Coll. Oxford, MS. 64, fly-leaf; in 1253, Worcester, Roll C. 875 A, m. 2.

page 239 note 3 P.R.O. Exchequer K.R. Eccles. 21/58 (1292); Norwich, Reg. IX, fo. 2, No. III, fo. 4, No. 124 (c. 1316–19).

page 239 note 4 Constit. Benedict. XII, Cap. 3, Wilkins, II, 591.

page 239 note 5 E.g. in 1381 the Prior of Durham appointed his sub-prior Ughtred de Bolton (Durham Reg. II, fo. I95v). A later example, with an interesting itinerary, will be found in Registrum Abbatiae Joh. Whethamstede (R.S.), II, 219.

page 240 note 1 Constit. Bened. XII, Cap. 3; Wilkins, II, 591.

page 240 note 2 MS. Bodley, 39, fo. 64v.

page 240 note 3 Reyner, App. III, 134 (1444).

page 240 note 4 Jesus Coll. Oxford, MS. 64, P.R.O. K.R. Eccles. 21/58.

page 240 note 5 Durham Misc. 5634.

page 240 note 6 Ibid.., Misc. 2603.

page 241 note 1 Galbraith, G. R., Constitution of the Dominican Order, p. 113.Google Scholar

page 241 note 2 MS. Bodley, 39, fo. 66.

page 241 note 3 Reyner, App. III, 188; Wilkins, III, 468.

page 241 note 4 But for the visitation of Tavistock in 1399, the King used the Bishop of Exeter, P.R.O. Chancery Miscellanea, Bundle 20, File 1, No. 9.

page 241 note 5 Durham Misc. 5665.

page 242 note 1 Gesta Abbalum, II, 406; Monasticon, II, 374.

page 242 note 2 English Historical Review, XXXVII, 83.

page 242 note 3 Kal. Papal Registers, VIII, 309.

page 242 note 4 E. H. Pearce, The Monks of Westminster, p. 144.

page 242 note 5 Chronicle of fohn Stone, Ed. Searle, W. G. (Cambridge Antiq. Soc. 1902), p. 45.Google Scholar

page 242 note 6 P.R.O. State Papers H. VIII, Section 45, fo. 224–232.

page 242 note 7 Mr. Snape has on these lines given a terrible, but surely unfounded picture of late monastic life in his English Monastic Finance, p. 173.

page 243 note 1 Camden Society, 1877.

page 243 note 2 As Mr. Snape has shown, op. cit., p. 56.

page 243 note 3 Engl. Hist. Review, XXIV, 91, 319. The very grave charges made against Abbot Wallingford by Archbishop Morton seem to remain, according to existing evidence, “ not proven ”: still there were other earlier charges of dishonesty, though the validity of these, also, has been questioned (Reg. Abbatiæ J. Whethamstede, I, 102–35, and Introduction).

page 244 note 1 As Dom. Berlière seems to suggest. Revue Bénédictine, 1892, p. 556–7.

page 244 note 2 The expedient of temporary; abbots, for instance, is un-Benedictine, and in practice unsatisfactory. See Butler, Abbot, Benedictine Monachism, p. 266 ffGoogle Scholar. See also Godefroy, J. E., Les Bénédictins de S-Vanne et la Révotytion, pp. 2829Google Scholar.

page 244 note 3 E.g. Charles VI of France encouraged the Chapters. See, Berliere, Dom, Documents inedits pour servir à l'histoire eccles. de la Belgique, p. 78.Google Scholar

page 246 note 1 Jesus College, Oxford, MS. 64, fly-leaf (Statutes), Reyner, App. III, p. 94; Monasticon, I, xlvi.

page 246 note 2 Jesus College, Oxford, MS. 64, fly-leaf.

page 246 note 3 Reyner, App. III, p. 94; Monasticon, I, xlvi.

page 246 note 4 Reyner, App. III, p. 97; Monasticon, I, xlix; cf. Hist, et Cartul. Mon. Gloucest. (R.S.), I, 26.

page 246 note 5 Reyner, App. III, p. 94; Monasticon, I, xlvi (Statutes).

page 246 note 6 As prefixed in 1225. Ibid..

page 246 note 7 MS. Bodley 240, p. 774, col. 2. cf. Annal. Monastici, II (Waverley), p. 318 = “paulo ante concilium ” of Legate Otho (19 Nov. 1237).

page 246 note 8 Paris, Matt., Chronica Majora, III, 499 (Statutes)Google Scholar.

page 246 note 9 MS. Bodley 240, p. 774, col. 2.

page 246 note 10 Annal. Monast., I (Theokesb.), 135.

page 246 note 11 Ibid.., 136.

page 246 note 12 Matt. Paris, Chron. Maj., VI, 175.

page 246 note 13 Ibid.., V, 8i, VI, 175–85; Cotton MS. Faustina, A II, fo. 95 (Statutes).

page 247 note 1 Ann. Monast., I (Tewkesbury), 140; cf. Matt. Paris, Chron. Maj., VI, 185.

page 247 note 2 As appointed in previous Chapter, Paris, Matt., Chron, Maj., VI, 185Google Scholar.

page 247 note 3 Ann. Monast., I (Tewkesbury), 140.

page 247 note 4 Worcester MS., Roll B, 1610, Ann. Mon., I (Tewkesbury), 150; Matt. Paris, Chron. Maj., VI, 217 (Letter of Presidents).

page 247 note 5 Worcester MS., Roll C. 875 A, m. 2, Ann. Mon., I (Tewkesbury), 151–2 (Statutes). Described as “ Capitulum Nonum.” Both dates are given.

page 247 note 6 Ann. Mon., I (Tewkesbury), 153, II (Winton), 94.

page 247 note 7 Worcester MS., Roll C. 875 A, m. 2, Ann. Mon., I (Tewkesbury), 156. Described as “ Capitulum X.”

page 247 note 8 As prefixed in previous Chapter.

page 247 note 9 MS. Bodley 240, p. 774, col. 2.

page 247 note 10 Norwich Camera Prioris account roll, 1264–5: expenses of proctor.

page 247 note 11 Ann. Mon., II (Winton), 110 (post clausum paschae).

page 247 note 12 Cambridge University Library, MS. Hh. VI, 11, fo. 1; letter from Presidents, in General Chapter, ? prorogation of above.

page 247 note 13 DunstanvIIIe MS. at Worcester Coll. Oxford (see Snappe's Formulary, p. 386a); cf. MS. Bodley 39, fo. 52v.

page 247 note 14 MS. Bodley 39, fo. 52v–67 (letter of Presidents containing Statutes of Chapter above).

page 248 note 1 Cambr. Univ. Lib. MS. Ji. I, 5, fo. 31–39 (Letter of Presidents containing revised version of same statutes).

page 248 note 2 As prefixed in both previous letters, but postponed.

page 248 note 3 Reyner, App. II, 58, from Thome (Twysden, Script. X, col. 1929).

page 248 note 4 MS. Cotton, Faustina, A.II, fo. 93 (Letter of Presidents, with statutes as modified in above Chapter, but mutilated).

page 248 note 5 Cal. of various Chancery Rolls (Welsh Rolls), p. 237; Parliamentary writs (Palgrave), I, 385.

page 248 note 6 Snappe's Formulary, p. 357.

page 248 note 7 Ann. Mon., IV (Wigorn), 495, Regist. Epist. Jo. Peckham, III, 959 (No. DCXCV).

page 248 note 8 Reyner, App. II, p. 53, Ann. Mon., IV (Wigorn), 502; cf. Reyner, Tr. II, 156.

page 248 note 9 Reg. Ep. Jo. Peckham, III, 974 (No. DCCIX).

page 248 note 10 Reyner, App. II, p. 54.

page 248 note 11 Cotton Charter, XIV, 13.

page 248 note 12 Ann. Mon., IV (Wigorn), 510.

page 248 note 13 P.R.O. Exchequer, K.R. Ecclesiastical 21/58.

page 248 note 14 As prefixed in Chapter of 1292.

page 248 note 15 Sparke, , Hist. Angl. Scr. Var. (London, 1723), II, 151 (Historia coenobii Burgensis)Google Scholar. Perhaps a mistaken account of the following Chapter.

page 249 note 1 Snappe's Formulary, p. 358.

page 249 note 2 As prefixed in Chapter of 1298.

page 249 note 3 Ann. Mon., IV (Wigorn), 547.

page 249 note 4 Worcester Liber Albus, fo. ii. No. 16.

page 249 note 5 Ibid.., fo. ii, No. 17.

page 249 note 6 Ibid.., fo. ii, No. 17; cf. fo. Iv, No. 14.

page 249 note 7 Ibid.., fo. ii. No. 15.

page 249 note 8 Ibid.., fo. Iv, No. 13; Letter mentioning this as future Chapter.

page 249 note 9 Sede Vacante Reg. (Worcs. Histor. Soc, 1897), P. 13. Proxy.

page 249 note 10 Worcester Liber Albus, fo. xxiv, No. 256. Proxy.

page 249 note 11 Snappe's Formulary, p. 367.

page 249 note 12 Worcester Liber Albus, fo. xlv, No. 458.

page 249 note 13 Ibid.., fo. xlii, No. 471.

page 249 note 14 Ibid.., fo. xlii. No.. 472, Norwich, Registrum IX, fo. 12, No. 8. Proxies.

page 249 note 15 Norwich, Reg. IX, fo. 12v, No. 10.

page 249 note 16 Worcester Liber Albus, fo. lxvii, No. 657.

page 249 note 17 Norwich, Reg. IX, fo. 9, No. 94.

page 249 note 18 Ibid..; Lib. Alb., fo. lxvii, No. 657; cf. Snappe's Formulary, p. 370.

page 249 note 19 Snappe's Formulary, p, 369

page 249 note 20 Ibid.., p. 369.

page 250 note 1 Snappe's Formulary, p. 369.

page 250 note 2 Ibid.., p. 372.

page 250 note 3 Ibid.., p. 372; cf. Norwich, Reg. IX, fo. 27, No. 185; fo. 28, No. 190.

page 250 note 4 Norwich, Reg. IX, fo. 27, No. 185; fo. 28, No. 190.

page 250 note 5 Ibid.., fo. 28v, No. 192. Proxy.

page 250 note 6 Snappe's Formulary, p. 379 (from Cotton MS. Vespasian, E.22, fo. 116v); Norwich, Reg. IX, fo. 29v, No. 199.

page 250 note 7 Snappe's Formulary, p. 376.

page 250 note 8 Worcester Liber Albus, fo. cxxxiv. No. 1143; Canterbury Cathedral, Reg. I, fo. 429v; Cambridge Univ. Lib. MS. Ee. iv, 20, fo. 30.

page 250 note 9 Gesta Abbatum Mon. S. Albani (R.S.), II, 204, cf. above (13).

page 250 note 10 Durham, Misc. 2601, 5666, 5661, 5725; MS. Bodley 39, fo. 135, MS. Stowe 930, fo. 72v.

page 250 note 11 MS. Stowe 930, fo. 73.

page 250 note 12 Ibid.., as prefixed in 1250.

page 250 note 13 MS. Stowe 930, fo. 52.

page 250 note 14 Ibid.., as prefixed in 1256.

page 250 note 15 Scriptores Tres, p. 48 (cf. Reyner Tract. II, p. 39).

page 250 note 16 Durham Misc. 2601, 5666, 5667; MS. Bodley 39, fo. 139.

page 251 note 1 MS. Bodley 39, fo. 140v; cf. Durham Misc. 5666.

page 251 note 2 MS. Bodley 39, fo. 140v; cf. Durham Misc. 5666.

page 251 note 3 MS. Bodley 39, fo. 140v; Durham Misc. 5666.

page 251 note 4 Durham Misc. 5666, 5667.

page 251 note 5 MS. Bodley 39, fo. 140v; Durham Misc. 5661v, 5666, 5725v.

page 251 note 6 MS. Bodley 39, fo. I42v; Misc. 5661v, 5725v.

page 251 note 7 MS. Bodley 39, fo. 143; Misc. 5661v, 5667v.

page 251 note 8 MS. Bodley 39, fo. 143; Misc. 5661v, as prefixed in 1293.

page 251 note 9 MS. Bodley 39, fo. 145, 179.

page 251 note 10 MS. Bodley 39, fo. 145, as prefixed in 1310.

page 251 note 11 Wilkins, II, 586.

page 251 note 12 Reyner, App. III, 99; Wilkins, II, 626; Durham, MS. B.IV. 26, fo. 203 (giving 10 July), but Westm. Lib. Nig. Quat., fo. 90, and citation, Wilkins, II, 587, give rightly 10 June.

page 251 note 13 Presidents of following Chapter, Cal, Close Rolls, Ed. III, 1339–41, P. 519.

page 252 note 1 Reyner, App. III, 103; Wilkins, II, 656; Westm. Lib. Nig. Quat., fo. 90; Durham, MS. B. IV. 41, fo. 35 (fifteenth century).

page 252 note 2 Abbot of St. Augustine's, appointed President for this Chapter in 1338, but not presiding.

page 252 note 3 Reyner, App. III, 105; Wilkins, II, 713; Durham, MS. B. IV. 41, fo. 36v, 110v; Westm. Lib. Nig. Quat., fo. 90 (Ada); Reyner, App. III, 151; Wilkins, II, 717 (Statutes).

page 252 note 4 Westm. Lib. Nig. Quat., fo. 90.

page 252 note 5 MS. Arundel 2, fo. 52v.

page 252 note 6 Westm. Lib. Nig. Quat., fo. 90.

page 252 note 7 Monasticon, II, 374; cf. Gesta Abbatum, II, 406.

page 252 note 8 Cambr. Univ. Lib. MS. Ee. IV. 20, fo. 51; Chester had already resigned by that date, see above reference.

page 252 note 9 Westm. Lib. Nig. Quat., fo. 90. Probably statutes of this Chapter = Reyner, App. III, 194; Wilkins, II, 729.

page 252 note 10 Ibid.., cf. Canterbury Cathedral, Cartae Antiquae, S. 395; Gesta Abbatum, II, 404.

page 252 note 11 Snappe's Formulary, p. 381.

page 252 note 12 Durham Reg. II, fo. 195. Proxy.

page 253 note 1 Worcester Liber Albus, fo. cclxvi.

page 253 note 2 Canterbury Cathedral, Reg. G, fo. 210; Monasticon, III, 235: Visitation summons by Abbot of Battle: therefore Chapter probably held in September, not in June.

page 253 note 3 Worcester Liber Albus, fo. cccxvi.

page 253 note 4 Ibid.., fo. cccxviv; Durham, Reg. II, fo. 195v. Proxies.

page 253 note 5 Scriptores Tres, App., p. clvi.

page 253 note 6 Westm. Lib. Nig. Quai., fo. 90.

page 253 note 7 Letters from Northern Register(R.S.), p. 423.

page 253 note 8 Westm. Lib. Nig. Quat., fo. 90.

page 253 note 9 Westm. Lib. Nig. Quat., fo., 90.

page 253 note 10 Westm. Mun. 12388.

page 253 note 11 Westm. Mun. 12392; day of month from Worcester Liber Albus, fo. ccclxxxxix.

page 253 note 12 Durham, Reg. III, fo. 5. Worcester Liber Albus, fo. cccxi. Proxies.

page 253 note 13 Westm. Mun. 12393.

page 253 note 14 Durham, Reg. III, fo. 18v. Proxy.

page 253 note 15 Westm. Lib. Nig. Quat., fo. 90 Durham Reg. Parv. I, fo. 15v. Proxy.

page 254 note 1 Westm. Mun. 12400; Add. MS. 25288, fo. 63v. Proxy.

page 254 note 2 Add. MS. 25288, fo. 76v. Proxy. Cf. Westm. Mun. 12395, 12399, 12401.

page 254 note 3 Durham MS. B. IV. 45, fo. 3; cf. Reyner, App. III, p. 171.

page 254 note 4 Reyner, App. III, 164; Wilkins, III, 413; cf. Reyner, App. III, 112. Durham MS. B. IV. 26, fo. 234 = 1422. P.R.O., E. 135.1/2 = 1421. The latter is the correct date. See Diet. Nat. Biog. IX, 504; Walsingham, II. 337–8.

page 254 note 5 Annales Joh. Amundesham, I, 121 ff.

page 254 note 6 Reyner, App. III, p. 170; Durham MS. B. IV. 26, fo. 207; Wilkins, III, 419. Acta.

page 254 note 7 Reyner, App. III, p. 180; Durham MS. B. IV. 26, fo. 220; Wilkins, III, 462. Acta.

page 254 note 8 Ann. Joh. Amundesham, I, 39; cf. Reyner, App. III, p. 189, 191.

page 254 note 9 Epistol Academicae Oxon (Oxford Hist. Soc. 1898), I, 78.

page 254 note 10 Durham Reg. III, fo. 146v; Reg. Parv. I, fo. 62v. Proxy.

page 254 note 11 Scriptores Tres, App., p. ccxxvii.

page 254 note 12 Scriptores Tres, App., p. ccxxxviii.

page 254 note 13 Durham, Reg. III, fo. 190. Proxy.

page 254 note 14 Durham, Reg. Parv. I, fo. 139. Proxy.

page 254 note 15 Ann. Joh. Amundesham, II, 281.

page 255 note 1 Reyner, App. III, 113; Bodl. MS. Hatton 87, f. 1; Cotton MS. Nero A. III, fo. 90v. Statutes.

page 255 note 2 Durham, Reg. IV, fo. 57v; Reg. Parv. III, fo. 18. Proxy.

page 255 note 3 Durham Reg. Parv. III, fo. 37. Proxy.

page 255 note 4 Durham Reg. Parv. III, fo. 58v. Proxy.

page 255 note 5 Worcester, A. VI (I), fo. viiv Proxy.

page 255 note 6 Durham, Reg. IV, fo. 154v; Worcester, A. VI (I), fo. xxxvii. Proxies.

page 255 note 7 Meg. Joh. Whethamstede (R.S.), II, 53.

page 255 note 8 Durham Reg. Parv. III, fo. 137. Proxy.

page 255 note 9 Reg. Joh. Whethamstede, II, 99. Proxy.

page 255 note 10 Durham Reg. Parv. III, fo. I54v. Proxy. Muchelney Breviary, Vol. I, fo. xxi (in the possession of Mr. J. Meade Falkner). Proxy. Worcester, A. VI(I), fo. lxxxv. Proxy. Ibid.., fo. lxiii, is a proxy for chapter on Monday, 4 July, 1478, apparently a mistake for this Chapter.

page 255 note 11 Durham Reg. Parv. III, fo. I75v. Proxy.

page 255 note 12 Durham, Reg. III, fo. 62. Proxy. The errors of date in this and other proxies are probably due to inadvertence in copying the form from older proxies.

page 255 note 13 Durham Reg. Parv. II, fo. 24. Proxy.

page 255 note 14 Durham Reg. Parv. II, fo. 44. Proxy.

page 255 note 15 Muchelney Breviary, Vol. I, fo. xivv. Proxy.

page 255 note 16 Durham Reg. Parv. II, fo. 59; Worcester, A. VI(I), fo. cxxiv.

page 256 note 1 Durham Reg. Parv. II, fo. 144v. Proxy. Cf. Durham Account Rolls, III (Surtees Soc. 103), 658.

page 256 note 2 Durham Reg. Parv. II, fo. 159; cf. Worcester, A. VI(2), fo. xliiiiv.

page 256 note 3 Durham Reg. Parv. II, fo. 171. Proxy.

page 256 note 4 Durham Reg. Parv. II, fo. 178v. Proxy.

page 256 note 5 Durham Reg. Parv. II, fo. 192v. Proxy.

page 256 note 6 Durham Reg. Parv. II, fo. 194. Citation for visitation, mentioning previous Chapter at London (sic).

page 256 note 7 Hist. & Cartul. Mon. Gloucester (R.S.), III, 298–9 (statutes).

page 256 note 8 Durham Reg. Parv. II, fo. 214v.

page 256 note 9 Worcester, A. VI(2), fo. cxxi. Citation for following.

page 256 note 10 Worcester, A. VI(2), fo. cxxi; cf. Letters and Papers H. VIII, IV,. pt. I, No. 953, under year 1524, but the letter is undated. The similar meeting of Black Canons took place Trinity Sunday, 1521 (Wilkins, III, 688).

page 256 note 11 P.R.O., S.P., H. VIII, § 45, pp. 224–232, calendar, Vol. IV, pt. 2, no. 3678 (visitation).

page 256 note 12 Worcester, A. VI(2), fo. clxxiiii (= 164). Proxy.