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Lindelai, the old orthography of the word.
from the foundations, and open out the ruins as the Marquess of Aylesbury explored Jervaux Abbey, in Yorkshire, not long ago many valuable discoveries would be made, and disputed questions set at rest ; for instance, the truth or incorrectness of the report handed down to us that ' the terrace,' which extends from the abbot's gateway to the present farm-house, is composed of the beautiful carved stone fragments of the doors, windows, and arches of the mutilated buildings, thrown into this rampart to disguise observation. The tombs of the abbots, under the high altar, would then with other curious subjects be explored, and it would be known whether the abbots who are buried there were men of large stature and noble deportment, as has been currently believed." (Lecture by Rev. R. N. Whitaker, Vicar of Whalley, 2 Feb. I860.)
generations,) was fond of detailing to me forty years ago stories of the abbey and of its later owners, and he informed me that after the destruction of the Conventual Church and the Abbot's Lodge such was the quantity of beautiful carved angels, flowers, and other ornamental work, that they filled all the rooms on the south and east side of the Abbot's Gateway until there came a very productive year of corn, when the tenants, instead of stacking it, turned out the carved work into the open air and substituted the corn. Nor was such destruction confined to the woodwork, but the stained glass which had gloriously adorned the great window of the Conventual Church was wheeled away by barrowloads, and cast into the river Calder, from whence Dr. Whitaker (after a high flood) recovered some fine speci- mens, which he put up in the staircase of his own house at the Holme, where they remain at this day." (Lecture by the Rev. R. N. Whitaker, 19 Feb. 1867.) Some other fragments were placed in the windows of the church at Langho.]
144 HISTOEY OF WHALLEY. [BOOK II. CHAP. II. The remains of the Lacies, wherever deposited after their removal from Stanlaw, had undoubtedly been preserved with religious reverence, and inclosed in magnificent tombs. But in these researches there were no appearances which justified even a conjecture that we had discovered them. Where they were placed after their translation is perhaps of little importance ; but the following Indulgence, granted with a view to facilitate that work, will gratify the curious reader : Sancte matris ecclesie filiis universis ad quos preseus Scriptum pervenerit. Nos Anianus misera- cione divina Bangorensis ecclesie Episcopus notum fieri volumus per presentes, quod, de Dei omnipotentis misericordia et gloriose Virginia Marie omniumque Sanctorum meritis confisi, omnibus nobis jure diocesano subjectis et aliis quorum Diocesani hanc nostram indulgenciam ratam habuerint, vere penitentibus, qui ad monasterium Loci Benedicti de Stanlaw, ordinis Cisterciensis, Coventrensis et Liclifeldensis dioc. accesserint et ibidem pro animabus Constabulariorum Cestrie et Comitum Lincolnie fundatorum dicte domus, et quorum cor- pora ibidem sepulture tradnntur, omniumque fidelium defunctorum devotas preces fuderint Altissimo, vel qui ad emeiulationcm periculosi accessus ad dictum monasterium de bonis sibi a Deo collatis aliquam elemosynam fecorint, vel si contingat propter periculum maris fugiendum dictum monasterium ab eo loco amoveri, et fratrcs in loco tutiori sibi liabitaculum querere, et ossa patronorum suorum predictorum et aliorum nobilium ibidem hnmatorum inde ad locum quieti religiosorum competentiorem transferre, qui ad ista procuranda dictis fratribns condigna caritatis subsidia fecerint, Triginta dies de injungenda eis secundum antiques ranones prcnitentia misericorditer rclaxamus. In cujus rei testimonium presenti scripto sigillum nostrum apposuimus. Dat. apud Aberconewy in Snaudon, Incipiente Anno Domini M. cc. octogesimo tertio. Et anno regni Kegis Edwardi filii regis Henrici undecimo. 1
of the Conqueror as his sovereign. No reasonable account can be given of this indulgence from so remote a prelate, but that Henry de Lacy was attending upon Edward the First at Conway Castle, then either building or recently built, where he met the Bishop oi Bangor coming to pay his court also. 2
Mr. Pennant was acquainted with, for styling the environs of that mountain Snowdonia. [Other documents to the same purpose, obtained during the course of the six next ensuing years, run as follows : Indulgence. 1287. Universis Cliristi fidelibus, etc. Petrus permissione divina Archiepiscopus Montis Regalis salutem in Domino. Quoniam ad hoc ecclesie suffragia pro mortuis sunt inventa ut peccata viventium que non fuerint per satisfaccionem debitam expiata post mortem eorum qui caritatis in statu decesserint per premissa
The seal gone. Indorsement: xxx ta dies indulgencie bn'factoribj n'ris et ,p aiabj fudator' oratibj.] 2 [On comparing the other Indulgences which ensue, it will be doubted that this was solicited by Henry de Lacy in person. Anian archdeacon of Anglesey was elected Bishop of Bangor in 1267, and was stiil living in 1305.] 3 [" Aberconweye in Snaudon " occurs also in the same year, 1283, in the Foxlera of Rymer, vol. ii. p. 240; also three times in the Statuta de Bothelan, 12 Edw. I. 1284, e.g. "in Snaudon et terris nostris Wallise adjacentibus." See the Record of Carnarvon, p. 119.]
BOOK II. CHAP. II.] THE ABBEY. 145 suffragia expientur, ad quorum gratiosam prestationem Salomonis auctoritate nos invitans mortuo prohibet gratia prohibenda eorum precibus qui gratiam hujusmodi pro fidelibus defunctis implorant non debemus eandem inhumaniter denegare, ut cum pro nobis per aliquos similis forte gratia postulabitur in futurum ipsum denegare petitoribus ex nostris dementia non contingat, cum grate ex parte magnifici viri domini Henrici Comitis Lincolnie super concessionem hujusmodi gratia pro animabus quorundam antecessorum suorum fuerimus cum instantia requisiti, de omnipotentis Dei ac virginis matris ejus, cujus ministerio deputati sumus licet indigniter, ac Apostolorum Petri et Pauli auctoritate confisi, omnibus vero penitentibus et confessis, quorum Diocesani hanc nostram Indulgentiam ratam habuerint, qui monasterium de Loco Benedicto Coventrensis et Leichfeldensis dioccsis adierint vel alias honoraverint, et pro bone memorie domini Edmundi de Lacy et antecessorum suorum omniumque defunctorum fidelium animabus atque nostrum orationem dominicam cum salutatione beate virginis dixerint mente fida, quadraginta dies de injuncta sibi penitentia misericorditer relaxamus. In cujus rei testimonium, etc. Dat. Burdegal. 13 kalendarum Maii, anno Domini 1287. (Harl. MS. 2064, f. 69.)
of Reati, and in 1286 Archbishop of Monte Reale in the Val di Mazara, near Palermo in Sicily. He served several times as papal legate, especially in 1281 to Alphonso X. of Castile, then in 1288 to Philip IV. of France and Edward I. of England. In 1296 he became Archbishop of Capua, and in 1299 Patriarch of Aquileia. He died 12 Feb. 1301. Pirri, Sicilia Sacra, i. 463 ; Ughelli, Italia Sacra, i. 1205, v. 96, vi. 342.) Presentibus ac posteris presens scriptum inspecturis vcl audituris patcfaciat quod nos Arnaldus pcrmissionc divin* Dertusensis epus de omnipotentis Dei miti misericordia, gloriose virginis Marie matris ejus, beatorum Petri et Pauli Apostolorum, omniumque sanctorum Dei meritis et precibus confidcntes, omnibus parochianis nostris et aliis quorum Diocesani hanc nostram ratam habuerint Indulgentiam, de precibus suis vere penitentibus, qui ad ecclesiam conventualem Loci Benedicti de Stanlaw Coventrensis diocesis ubi conventus adhuc moratur, vel ubi nobilis vir dominus comes Lincolnie ipsos transferro et de novo fundare proponit, causa devotionis accesserint, et ibidem pro animabus d'ni Rogeri de Lacy quondam Constabularii Cestrie, domine Mathikle de Clare uxoris ejus, et successorum eorundem ibidem humatorum omniumque fidelium defunctorum orationem dominicam cum salutatione gloriose virginis dixerint ficlcmente, vel ibidem pia intentione audiverint verbum Dei, vel fratribus dicti loci aliqua subsidia fecerint caritatis, quibus adjuti pondus diei et estus facilius queant portare, quadraginta dies de injuncta eis penitentia Deo propitio misericorditer in Domino relaxamus, testimonio presentium quas ad instanciam prefati Comitis sigilli nostri munimine robora- vimus. Dat. apud Sanctam Mariam Clovensem festivitate Omnium Sanctorum anno gratie 1288. (Fol. 70.)
Spain. He died 20 July 1306. Villanueva, Viage Literario a las Iglesias de Espcuia, v. 91.) Universis Christ! fidelibus, etc. Aimo permissione divina Vercellensis Episcopus salutem in Domino. Obsequium beneplacitum totiens opinamur impendere Altissimo quotiens mentes Christi fidelium ad caritatis et misericordie opera exitamus ; de Dei igitur omnipotentis, ministrorum Petri et Pauli Apostolorum ejus, necnon beati Eusebii Episcopi et martyris patroni nostri omniumque sanctorum meritis confidentes, omnibus parochianis nostris et aliis quorum Diocesani hanc nostram habuerint Indulgentiam ratam, de peccatis suis vere contritis et confessis, peccataque sua dimittentibus, qui ad ecclesiam conventualem Loci Benedicti de Stanlaw Coventrensis et Leichfeldensis diocesis causa devotionis accesserint et ibidem pro anima nobilis viri domini Edmundi de Lacy quondam Comitis Lincolnie et antecessorum suorum ibidem humatorum, necnon pro anima domini Henrici de Lee quondam vicecomitis Lancastr' omniumque fidelium requie defunctorum devotas preces fuderint Altissimo, vel ibidem fideli devotione audierint verbum Dei, seu fratribus dicti loci VOL. I. U
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[BOOK II. CHAP. II. aliqua subsidia fecerint caritatis, Quadraginta dies de injuncta eis penitentia misericorditer relaxamus. In cujus rei testimonium presentibus sigillum nostrum fecimus apponi. Dat. Vercell' 15 kalend' Julii anno gratie 1289. (Ibid. fol. 69.) (Aymo Avogadrus was elected 71st Bishop of Vercelli in Piedmont in 1272, and died 1303. Ughelli, ltd. Sacra, iv. 798.) Sancte matris ecclesie filiis universis ad quos presentes littere prevenerint, nos miseratione divina Bone- facius Parentinus, Pari-onus Larrinensis, et Leotherius Verulanus episcopi, eternam in Domino salutem vestram. Cum Altissimo totiens nos obsequium opinamur impendere quotiens Christ! fidelium animos ad caritatis et misericordic opera excitamus, de omnipotentis Dei miti misericordia, gloriose virginis Marie genetricis ejus, Beatorum Petri et Pauli Apostolorum, omniumque Sanctorum Dei meritis et precibus confi- dentes, omnibus nobis jure diocesano subjectis ct aliis Christi fidelibus quorum Diocesani presentis Indul- gentic assensum et ratificationem prebuerint, de peccatis suis vere penitentibus et confessis, qui ecclesiam conventual em Loci Benedicti de Stanlaw Coventrensis diocesis, Cisterciensis ordinis, devotionis causa adierint et ibidem pro statu Universalis Ecclesie et pro statu nobilium virorum dominorum Henrici de Lacy comitis Lincolnic dicte domus patroni ct domini Othonis de Grandisono dum vixerint et pro animabus eorundem cum viam universe carnis fuerint ingressi, et progenitorum predict! Comitis ibidem humatorum omniumque fidelium requie defunctorum devotas preces fudarint Altissimo, seu fratribus dicti loci grata aliqua subsidia fecerint caritatis in loco ubi adhuc sunt vel ubi prcdictus Comes ipsos transferre proponit, quibus adjuti pondus diei ct cstus facilius valeant portare, singuli nostrum singulas dierum quadragenas de injunctis secundum antiquas canones penitenciis misericorditer in Domino relaxamus, tcstimonio presentium quas ad instanciam prcdicti domini Othonis de Grandisono et fratris A. de Leyke predict! Comitis procuratoris sigillorum nostrorum munimine roboravimus. Dat. Beat, (sic) kalend. August! anno gracie 1289, Pouti- ficatus domini Nicholai pape quarte anno sccundo. (Ibid. fol. 69 b.) (The three seals attached are engraved in the Plate of Episcopal Seals. They arc those of Bonifacius, 38th Bishop of Parenzo in Istria, who granted, in 1299, Indulgences to those who visited the relics in the church of St. Anthony in Padua. Ughelli, Italia Sacra, v. 408. Petronus or Patronus, 6th Bishop of Larina in the province of Benevento, who subscribed in 1288 an Indulgence to the church of the Carmelites of Siena. He was removed from the administration of his church before 1291, "suis exigentibus culpis," and died under Boniface VIII. still suspended. Ughelli, viii. 304.
was one of eleven Bishops who granted an Indulgence of forty days to the cathedral church of St. Andrew in Carinthia. In 1289 lie subscribed an Indulgence granted to the Carmelite Friars of Siena. He died in 1314. Ughelli, i. 1399.) Sancte matris ecclesie filiis, etc. fratribus Loci Benedicti de Stanlowe etc. ad reparacionem periculose . . . ad monasterium suum quod inundaciones maris jam in magnam partem consumpsisse dinoscantur manus prorexerint adjutores, vel grata subsidia ejusdem fecerunt caritatis quibus adjutis facilius se ad habitacionem securiorem queant transferre, seu pro benefactoribus et fundatore dicti loci [et] animabus antecessorum videlicet magnifici viri domini comitis Lincoln, idem humatorum, etc.: 40 dies misericorditer in Domino relaxamus, etc. sigillum nostrum apposuimus. Dat .... cate kal, Augus. anno gracie 1289. (The place and bishop's name omitted.) (Ibid. fol. 66 b.)]
of the Lacies at Whalley, I deem it not improper to afford them a place : BOOK II. CHAP. II.] THE ABBEY. ^EPITAPHIUM COMENDACIONIS EOGERI LACY. Hie sepelitur herus generosus in orbe Eogerus Conjugo cum cara quam mors prostravit amara. Forti Sampsoni similis fuit atque leoni, Tauro cornuto pungendi semper acuto. Tectum torace nullus superare valebat, Regnum cum pace miles sub rege regebat. Nullus Trojahus sibi par fuit in probitate, Victor in etate fuit, alter Waspasianus. Gentes linguarum male credente (sic) variarum, Sectas Persarum, Medorum, Spartiatarum, Grecos, Cretenses, Romanes bella moventes, Francos, Flandrenses, nautas portis rapientes, Hie dum pugnavit, pugnans pugnando domavit. Vivus ut optavit, defuncto tumba paratur : Pictor adornavit petram sub qua tumulatur. Inferni claustro careat perflatus ab austro Sit precc conventus fulgoris in arce retentus. Inclita matrona dicto digna Matilda corona Sit cum matre pia Christi conjuncta Maria. Qui legis, absque mora, pro fundatoribus ora. EPITAPHIUM COMMENDACIONIS JOHANNIS LACY. Egregii comitis en lice est tumba Joliannis, Hostibus immitis cunctis dum vixerat annis. Jure suum Comitcm luget Lincolnia mitem, Quern plangunt unum Cestrensia castra tribunum. Anglia flet rite tali caruisse quirite, Et Stanlowe bonum dolet amisisse patronum. Cliristo devotus miles fuit undique notus, Wallia, quern Scotus, timuit mundus quoquc totus, Gallus et Hispanus, Normaimus, Britoque, Danus, Almannus gnarus bello, Lumbardus avarus, Indus, et obscenus Gentilus, atrox Saracenus, .^Ethiopes fuscy, Greci, Babilonia, Tuscy, Rex et Soldanus, omnis- populusque prophanus, Hunc cum cernebaut armatum, corde tremebant. Vicit eum vermis qui victor erat in armis, Sic et vincemur pro quo dicendo precemur. Ultima censura cum venerit ilia futura J. comes a dira servetur Judicis ira. EPITAPHIUM COMMENDACIONIS JOHANNIS DE LACY, COMITIS et Fuudatoris iij. Loci Benedict! de Whalleya.
In carne non plus clauditur set a carne divi[di]tur in universis annis. TJ2 147
148 HISTOKY OF WHALLEY. [BOOK II. CHAP. II
Meudax et mundus, quamvis quandoque secundus. Scandere qui primo cum ceperit lapsus in ymo Monstrat quod mundus est labilis atque rotundas : Nichilque fit in mundo quod non pertransit eundo, Protiuus a mundo cum sit quasi vas- sine fundo. Ergo det Edmundo Ueus a contamine mundo Uti jocundo vultu Christi rediundo. Respice qui transis, in me circumspice quid sis,
Sum quod eris, quod es ipse fui, mundoque superstes Florueram mundo, terra cinisque modo. Quid probitas, quid opes, quid honor, quid gloria mundi, Omnia quid fuerint, cum cecidere decent ? Hie jacet et funus Cestrensis jure tribunus. Mo pro posse bonum sensit dornus ista patronum.
BOOK II. CHAP. II.] THE ABBEY. 149 Since the first edition of this work was printed, several original documents relating to Whalley Abhey have come to light. The first of these is a thick octavo volume, 1 entitled Liber Loci Benedicti de Whalley ; the contents of which are very miscellaneous. It seems to have been a kind of original register or day-book, beginning with the translation of the convent from Stanlaw, and ending about the year 1346. The whole is extremely abbreviated and difficult to be read. The contents are minutes of leases and other con- tracts, letters, tables of weights and measures, sermons, and poetry. Of these the most curious specimens are given below. The two first are letters from Gregory de Norbury, the first abbot, to Elias de Workesley, afterwards his successor, and to William de Brooke, who was probably professor of divinity at Oxford when the former took his doctor's degree in that faculty. 2 The academical reader will observe that the language of the schools was the same five centuries ago as at present. To incept and to respond, at least, have the same meaning now.
id modicum quod est et quod potest. Ad congratulandum vobis et sancte socictati scholarium in inceptionis vestre solempnitate affectuosissime venire vellemus et merito tenerimur si corporis imbccillitas permisisset, sed absentes corpore, spiritu vobiscum erimus, orantes Deum, ut hie possitis incipero cum honore et in gloria consummate. Ceterum pro beneficiis quo dilccto filio et commonacho nostro Fr. H. facitis ct fecistis, vestre dilectioni ad quantas et quales possumus gratiarum assurgimus actiones, salutantes vos per eundem, et sicut ad presens potuimus respicientes, non tamen sicut voluimus, Deus novit, si facultas voluntati copiosius respon- disset. Valete semper in D no IHU Xfo, salutantes ex parte nostra si placet magistnim cum scliolaribus et omnibus aliis quos vestra discrecio fore decreverit salutandos. Canda. 3 Nonno W. cle B. per suum [G.] Afebtem de Wh. (Fol. 86 b.) Monacho cum Respondent. Salutem quam sibi in Christo. Scripsit nobis Nonnus 4 W. de B. quod in scolis nostris nuper publice et honorifice respondisti, de quo novit Deus gavisi sumus admodum, utpote profectmn tuum totis visceribus affec- tantes. Quod autem mutacio monete te gravavit ex nobis ipsis conjicimus, quia similia passi sumus, nee tamen defectum tuum ad plenum relevare possumus isti\ vice ; facimus tamen interim quod possumus, mittentes tibi per latorem presentium xs. sterl. et alios xs. pollard : 5 et per vicarium de W. xx s. pollard : 5 alii qui promiserint
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