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suaded, that the Quenys Grace, having and using the bene- fit of appellation, or other remedy, shal moch avaunce and conferr to the honour and surety of his cawse. Which opin- ion and good conformitie to justice, like as it hath been by my Lords Gr. hiegh wysdom, by lytyl and litil instilled into the Kingis brest; so his Gr. ceaseth not dayly to increase the same by mervelous prudent handeling and dexteritie. Insomoch that yesterday to my great mervail, and no less joy and comforth, his Gr. openly, in presence of Mr. Tuke, 84 Mr. Wolman, Mr. Bell, and me, made protestation to the Kingis H. " that although he was so moch bound unto " the same, as any subject might unto his prince ; and by " reason therof his Gr. was at so perfit devotion, faith and " loyal te towards his Ma. that he could gladly spend goods, " blode and lief in his just causes; yet sith his Gr. was " more obliged to God, and tliat he was sure he shuld rendre " an accompt de operlhus suis before hym ; he wold in this " matier rather suffer his liiegh indignation, yea and his " body joyntly to be torn on peices, then he wold do any " thing in this cawse otherwise than justice requireth; ne " that his H. shuld loke after other favour to be ministred " unto hym in this cawse, on his Gr. partie, thanne the just- " nes of the cawse wold beare. But yf the Bui were sufl?- " cient, he wold so pronounce it, and rather suffre extrema " qucEque than to do the contrary, or els contra conscientiam " .siiam.'''' Postscripta. You shal undrestond, that although the K. II. pleasure be at ful, and in most ample wyse, declared unto you by my Lords Gr. his instructions; yet his H. hainng
RECORDS AND ORIGINALS. 127 perfit confidence, that his auctoritie is as it ought to be unto you, sacrosancta, and of more waight and moment than any others ; to thintent, that you being more specially advertised of his requests and desires by his private letters, shold more specially regard, tendre, and study to accomphsh the same, to thuttermost of your powers : this Monday his H. send- ing for me apart, commaunded me to write these letters as from his H. unto you, and to advertise you in the same of two things ; which his H. considereth and thinkith above al other things to be set forth by you cum effectu. The one is the commission decretal to be obteigned according to my Lords Grace instructions now sent.*" When in using such reasons as is there expressed unto you, in case ye be in dis- pair of impetrating the same ; ye then, Maister Stephens, shuld say unto the Popes Ho. that ye be right sory, and in mervellous perplexitie of mind, how the said denyal of so just and reasonable petition shal be taken, and may work in the Kingis brest ; and that you be in great fear, knowing the nature and condition of yoiu- Prince and master ; lest that his H. interpretating the same, and al that hath been doon hitherto to have proceded either of vain fear, or of dissembled frendship, and covert deceit, to thintent his Gr. shuld stil be undre their yoke and bondage ; shuld hereafter alienate his mynd from such devotion and amite, as he bcrith now to the Popes person. Specially sith his Ho. did never hertofore do any thing in any his private causes, and now deny his first petition : which he may lawfully graunt : and shalbe assured, that it shal never turn to the prejudice or dammage of his Holynes. Which words spoken by you, Maister Stephens, his H. wil is, that ye than cease of further sute therin : and that ye and Mr. Gregory with al craft, wayes and means possible, attempt the obteyning the said decretal : like as his H. special trust is in you, and as ever you intend to do thing acceptable to his Grace, per- suading to your self this to be the thing; the attayning wherof shal so hieghly content his Gr. ut nihil supra did ant cxcogitarl i^ossit.
128 APPENDIX OF 85 Number XXVII. A note of such records concermng the divorse ofK. Henry VIII. from Quene Katheryn Dowager; remeyning in the custodie of my Lord Thcasorer and Chamheiieyns of thexchequer. Found among the MSS. of the L. Trea- surer Burghley. IMPRIMIS Lra. Clementis Papae ad Regem, nominan- do Cardinalem Campegium Legatum suum. Dat 8° Julii, 1529. Articulus addltionalis concernens protestationem regiam. Pollicitatio Campegii. Testimonium Notarii Patavin. concern, determinationem Universitatis Padum. in matrimonio Regis. Appellatio Regis a Romano Epo. ad futurum Concilium generale. Sententia Universitatis Bononen. super matrimonium Re- gis.
pegio.
trimonium Regis. Eboracen. Cleri assertio super duabus quaestionibus. Opinio duorum Doctorum super, &c. Assertio Praelatorum Provinciae Cantuar. super, &c. Processus Thomaj Cardinal. Ebor. in causa Regis ante commissionem a Romano Epo. constitutam. Dispensatio pro matrimonio Regis Henrici VII. et Eli- zabethae Reginae in quarto genere [gradu] consanguinita- tus, &c.
nium Regis. Attestationes Dne. Bowrcher. Articulus additionalis concern, transcriptum brevis. Attestationes quorundam nobilium et aliorum, quae faci- unt ad causam regiam. Transumptum Francisci Catuli Veneti. Transumptum Jacobi a Lawsanna. RECORDS AND ORIGINALS. 129 Sententia definitiva Epi. Cantuar. super, &c. Copia determinationis Decani facultatis Theologiae Uni- versitatis Parisiensis. Reasons to prove the general Couneel to be above the Pope.
Duodeeim hteras testimoniales super scrutinio registri brevium. Transsumptuni Doctorum et Advocatorum Parisiensium ; (}uod Rex Anghs^ non tenetur eomparere Romae. An exemphfication of certen wrytings concerning tlic great affaires, [affair.] Testificatio octo Episcoporinn Angliae, quod Regis con- scientia in causa Dougeriae erat mota ex gravibus causis. Determinatio Universitatis Avu'elian. super, &c. Concihum Doctorum Parisien. in decretis pro causa Re- gis contra dispensationem. Literre Regis ad Clementem Papam. 8o The oath of Thomas Lee Busshop of York, to the King. Determinatio Tlieologorum Parisien. super, &c. Liber impressus Raphaehs Comensis super, &c. Transsuniptum brevis Clementis. Literal Gregoi-ii Cassehn ad Regem. The copie of thinstrument that was grauntcd and sealed by the College of Divines of Ferrare. A Note of a brief of Pope Julius, making for our cause. Transsumptuni Capitulorum inter Divinos, Sec. cum olim.
the Busshop of Rome.
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Sententia Aurelien. Sententia Universitatis Bituricen. super, &c. Revocatio Cardinalis Campegii ad Romam. VOL. I. PART II. K 136
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In pixule. Duae literag Cardinalis Chrysogonii ad Regem. The copie of the Kings letters to the Bussliop of Rome. Sententia Universitatis Theolosium, super, &c. Requisitio Cleri Convocationis Ebor. A transsumpt of the determination of Oi-leance, that the King ought not to appear at Rome. Rationes probantes Regeni non deberi excomminiieari causa divortii. Sententia Universitatis Patavin. suj3er, &c. The Sentence of thinvahdity of the matrimony between the Kings Highness and the Lady Katheryn Dowgier, pro- nounced by my Lord of Canterbury.
L Katherinam Reginam. Item, A bundle of letters, cyphers and other books and copies, concerning the managing of the sayd Kings great matter.
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Northamp. Leicest. Parsonage. THE parsonages of Hedyngton," Marston, Sydley, Churchill, Frit- wel and Elfeld
Preston magna, Preston parva, Welton, West-Haddon, Starton, Norton, Cold Asheby, Daventry, Thorpmonwel
set and Rakedale Diocess. )> Lincoln. RECORDS AND ORIGINALS. 131
Rutland. Bisbroke 1
Surrey The nioyety of the parsonage of^ Goddistone |Winton. Sussex Begham, Haylesham, and Hellyng-\ lye r Cichest. 132
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88 Cleopatra, E. 4. Number XXIX. Here follow the monasteries, layd to the Cardinal college: together xcnth the counties 'where each lay, their founders, and values spiritual and temporal: the sjnrituals in many places being neer the value of the temporalis.
Monasteries. Counties. Daventre Northampt. " Ravenston Bucks Tykford
Fridesvvide Bucks
Oxford Letlemore Oxford Liesnes
Kent Tonbridg Kent Wykes
Sandewel Suffolk [Essex] Suffolk Bucks [Staf'O Canwel Leicestersh. Poghley Thobie
Barks Essex Blackamore Essex Stanesgate Essex Typtree
Horkisleigh Essex
Essex Dodneshe Suffolk Begham
Calceto Sussex
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284 8 33 6 186 9
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spiritual, tum temporalium praedict. - - - - 1913 3^ That is, In spirituals 570 5 6 In temporalis - ----- - 134214 9 71
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10 RECORDS AND ORIGINALS. 133 Number XXX. 89 Edmund, Abbot of York, to Cardinal Wolsey ; to spare the prior y of Romeburg. PLEASYTH your Grace to understand, that I, your ( leopatra, poor orator, have lately received certain letters from our ¦^i'''^- Prior of Romeburp^h, with other our brethren there being. By whose proport I perceive that your Graces pleasure is to suppress the said priory of Romeburgh ; and also to unite, annex and improper the same unto the church of S. Peters in Ipiswich. And for tlie accomplishment of the same, as they write unto me, your Officers came unto the said priory the 11th day of this present month, and there, after the reading of certain letters commissional, not only of your Grace, but also of our holy Father the Pope, and of our Soveraign Lord the King, for the same purpose directed, entred into the said priory: and that don, took away as wel the goods moveable of the said priory, being a member of our monastery, and given unto us by Alien Niger sometime Earl of Richmond, and our second Co-founder. By whose gift, next unto the Kings Grace, we have had most benefits, lands and profits given us ; (by reason whcrof we be most notably charged with masses, suffrages, and other alms deeds, for his benefits to us most chargeably exhibit) but also certain muniments, evidences, and specialties touching and appertaining unto our monastery, which we had lately sent unto our said Prior and brethren there, for the trial of certain lands and rights which lately did depend, between us and men of worship in Cambridgshire, in controversy, and yet doth depend undecised ; and for no other purpose. In consideration wherfore, if it might please your Grace, forasmuch as we have a great part of our lands granted unto us by reason of the said Alien Niger ; wherby we be dayly charged, as doth appear by composition made between us and the said Alien Niger, and also confirmed by Boniface the IV. anno sui pontific. tertio, under certain censures and pains, with clauses derogatory, as more largely by the said grant doth appear ; that the said prioiy might consist and 134 APPENDIX OF abide as a member of our monastery, as it hath don SOO years, and more, with your Graces favour. Your Grace shal not only put me and my brether to a great quietnes, but also take away many sundry doubts and great perils of the remedy of our lands granted unto us by the said Earl : which be right notable, if the same suppression or alienation no further precede: and beside that, minister unto us a more notable act, than ye had given us ten times more lands than unto the said priory doth appertain and belong. But of truth the rents and revenues to the same priory be- longing doth very little surmount of thirty pounds sterling, as far as I perceive. And yet toward your spiritual, ho- norable and laudable purpose concerning the erection and foundation of the same college and school, I am right in- tyrely contented, for your tendering of the premisses, to give unto your Grace CCC mark sterling, which shalbe delivered unto your Grace iramediatly. Most humbly be- seeching your Grace to accept my poor mind towards your ^0 most noble act, which should be far better, if that my little power therunto would extend. Protesting ever, that if your Graces pleasure be to have the said priory to the purpose above recited, that then with my study, diligence and la- bour, shal continually endeavour my self for the accomplish- ment of the same, according as my duty is. Trusting ever that your Grace wil se our poor monastery no further hin- dred, but that we may in time coming live like religious men, and serve Almighty God with our number determi- nate ; and hereafter avoid both in law and good conscience al perils that therby may ensue; and also pray for our founder, benefactors, and your good Grace, accordingly to the foundation of our monastery, as our duty is. And so knoweth Jesus, who preserve your most noble Grace in high honour and great prosperity long to continue. From our monastery of York the xx day of September. Your most bounden Bedeman, Edmond Abbot of York. RECORDS AND ORK4INALS. 135 Number XXXI. Cardinal Wolsey to Secretary Gardiner ; to hiform him of the Kings consultation concerning him. To the Right Honorable Mr. Secretary. MYN ownegoode Mastyr Secretary, Albeit I am in sucli i\iss. g.h. altiration, and indyssposition of my hede and body by the ^'^' '*"'^* meansse of my dayly sorowe and hevynes, tliat I am fen ommit to writ any long Ires. : yet my trustyng frend, Tho- mas Crowmwcl, retornyng and reparyng onto yow, I cowde nat forbere, but brively to put yow in remembrance : how that aftyr the consultation takyn by the Kyngs Hyghnes opon myn orderyng, which ye supposyd shulde be on Sun- day was sevynight, ye wolde nat fayle to advertyse me at the leynth of the specialties therof. Of the wich to here and have knowleg, I have and dayly do loke for. I pray yow therfore at the reverens of God, and of thys holy tyme, and as ye love and tendyr my poore lyf, do so moche as to wrytt onto me your seyd Ires. : wherby I may take some cumfori and rest : nat dowttyng but your hert is so gentyl and pity- full, that havyng knowleg in what agony I am yn, ye wole take the payne to send onto me your seyd consollatory Ires. Wherby ye shal nat onely deserve towards God, but also bynde me to be as I am, your contynual bedysman. Wrytten thys mornyng at Asher, with the rude hand and soroweful hert of yours with hert and prayer,
Number XXXII. 91 The Cardinal to the Secretary; to draxv up his jjardon, granted by the King. To the Ryght Honorable, and my syngular good Jrende Mayster Secretary. MY owne goode Mastyr Secretary, Aftyr my moste herty MSS. G. h. recommendations, with lycke thanks for your goodnes to- '•" ''"*^" wards me, thes shal be to advertyse yow, that I have beyn K 4 136 APPENDIX OF informyd by my trusty frend Thomas Crownwel, tliat ye have signifyed onto hym, to my syngiilar consolation, how that the Kynges Highnes, movyd with pety and com- passyon, and of hys excellent goodnes, and cheryte, con- syderyng the lamentable condition, and stat, that I stand yn, hath wyllyd yow, with other Lords and Mastyrs of hys honorable Cownsell, to intende to the perfyghtyng and ab- solvyng, without further tract or delay, of myn end, andap- poyntement; and that my pardon shulde be made in the moste ample forme, that my Cownsell cowde devyse. For thys the Kyngs moste gracyous remembrance, procedyng of hymself, I accompt my sylf not ondly moste bowndyn to serve and pray for the preservation of hys moste royal Ma- jeste, but also thancke God, that ye have occasion geven onto you to be a sollyciter, and setter forth of such thynges ; as do and shal conserve my seyde ende. In the making and compownyng wherof, myn assuryd truste is, that ye wole shewe the love and affection, wych ye have, and here to- wards me, your olde lover and frende : so declaryng your sylf therin, that the worlde may parceyve, that by your good meanys the Kyng ys the bettyr goode Lorde unto me : and that nowe newly in maner commyng to the world, ther may be such resspect had to my poore degre, olde age, and longe contynuyed servys, as shal be to the Kyngs hygh ho- nor, and your gret prayse and laude. Wych ondowtydly shal folowe, yf ye optinde yowr beny volcns towards me, and men perceyve that by yowr wysdome and dexterite I shalbe relevyd, and in thys my calamyte holpen. At the reverens therfore of God, myn owne goode Mr. Secretary, and refugy, nowe set to your hande, that I may come to a laudable ende and reposse ; seyng, that I may be furnyshyd aftyr such a sorte and maner, as I may ende my short tyme and lyiF to the honor of Crystes Churche, and the Prince. And besydys my dayly prayer and true hert, I shal so requyte your kynd- nes, as ye shal have cause to thyncke the same to be wel imployd, lycke as my seyd trusty frende shal more amply shewe onto you. To whom yt may please yow to geve firme crcdens and lovyng audyens. And I shal pray for the in- RECORDS AND ORIGINALS. 137 crease of your Honor. Wryttyn at Asher with the tremyll- yng hand and hevy hert of your assuryd lover and bedys- man,
Number XXXIII. 92 The Cardinal to the Secretary ; prayhig hhn to favour the cause of the Provost of Beverly ; and to intercede with the King for him and his colleges.
dener, Secretary to the Kyngs Highnes. MYNE awne gentil Maister Secretary, After my mooste mss. g. h. herty recommendations, these shal be to thanke you for the '^' ^""^^ greate liumanite, lovyng and gentil recule, that ye have made unto the poore Provost of Beverly : and specialy, for that ye have in such wise addressed hym vmto the Kings Highnes presence, that his Grace not onely hath shewed unto hym, that he is his goode and gracious Lorde, but also that it hath pleased hys Majeste to admitte and accepte hym as his poore orator and scoler. Wherby both he and I accompte our selfs so bounden unto you, that we cannot telle how to requite this your gratitude and kyndenes; mooste hartely praying you to contynue in your good fa- vour towards hym, and to take hym and his pore causis into your patrocynye and protection. And, as myne assured ex- Yüklə 12,09 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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