| Description | From: Bartholomew, archdeacon of Amiens ('Ambian'') [Somme, France], papal chaplain, auditor of contradictory letters
'Dominus' Robert [of Canterbury], subprior and proctor of Dover Priory, obtained papal letters from Pope Gregory X, dated 9 Aug 1272 at Orvieto [Treni, Italy], addressed to the bishop and archdeacon of Rochester (recited). The subprior and convent of Dover Priory have complained that their predecessors have granted its tithes, lands, rights and other possessions to many clerks and layman, for life, for a long time or in perpetuity, at farm or for an annual rent, to the priory's harm, and some of these have sought papal letters of confirmation. If the addressees find that anything has been alienated or taken from Dover Priory illegally they are to arrange for it to be restored, any documents to the contrary notwithstanding.
Philip de pomonte and James de Trebis, proctors of the prior and convent of Canterbury Cathedral Priory and its officers, opposed these letters, but withdrew their objection on condition that the priory and its officers should not be summoned by these letters and that the letters should not be extended to it, to which Robert agreed.
Given at Orvieto [Treni, Italy].
Endorsed with description in late 13th cent hand. |