| Order Number | CCA-DCc/ChAnt/A/9 |
| Title | Letter |
| PreviousNumbers | Z 46 (Norris) |
| Date | c28 Aug 1284 |
| Description | From: John Pecham, archbishop of Canterbury
To: the prior and convent of Canterbury Cathedral Priory
In order to leave a record for successive archbishops, giving an account of his visitation of the dioceses of St Asaph and St Davids in Wales. Thomas [Bek], bishop of St Davids, revived the claim of metropolitical status for the see. A dispute concerning this had arisen between Archbishop Hubert Walter and [Gerald of Wales], bishop-elect of St Davids. Pecham quotes his reply to Bek. Cites a letter, written at Hampton [Lucy, Warwickshire] on [12 Aug] 1284, declaring that he will not undermine the rights of the see of St Davids during his visitation. [Registered in Pecham's register. See below.] He sent a similar letter, written on [7 Aug] at Llanthony Prima, [to the bishop of Llandaff] concerning the visitation of that diocese. [Similar note in register. See below.] Prob 28 Aug. [Document dated 5 kalends August, ie 28 Jul, in error.]
Endorsed with address and description in 13th cent hands. |
| Extent | 1 doc |
| Physical Description | Parchment, 1m, large holes, traces of red wax on dorse, probably from applied seal |
| Language | Latin |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Open |
| Copies | Digitised |
| Related Material | Register entries for Pecham's letters: D Douie (ed.), The register of John Pecham, archbishop of Canterbury, vol ii (Canterbury and York Society, 1968), p232 |
| Publication Note | Transcribed in C T Martin (ed), Registrum epistolarum fratris Johannis Peckham, vol iii (London, Rolls Series, 1885), ppxxix-xxxiii
Discussed in D Douie, Archbishop Pecham (Oxford, 1952), pp266-7
Summarised in Historical Manuscripts Commission Fifth Report (London, 1876), Appendix, p459 |