| Description | From: Peter, prior of St Gergory's Priory, Canterbury, papal judge delegate; Henry de Sandford, archdeacon of Canterbury, papal judge delegate; Mgr John, penitentiary of Canterbury, papal judge delegate
Recites commission of Pope Honorius III, dated at St Peter's Rome 13 Dec 1216, appointing them judges delegate in a case between the prior and convent of Canterbury Cathedral Priory and the abbess and convent of Guînes ('Gines') [Pas-de-Calais], Mgr G de Aquila, rector of Gillingham and others in the dioceses of Canterbury and Rochester concerning tithes and other matters.
There has been a dispute between the priory and Mgr Simon, rector of Brook, concerning parochial payments and tithes at 'Flotham' [Ham in Snargate?], tithes of 58 acres of salt marsh, enclosed after Edmund the clerk took the land, where Aluric Curteys lives, and a third of an annual payment of 4s 5d, all of which the priory say belongs to the church of Fairfield following a transfer ('translatio') between it and Lambert, rector of Brook, Simon's predecessor. The dispute came before Archbishop Stephen Langton, acting as an ordinary, not as a judge delegate. Simon gave 40s for the repair of the almonry to O[sbert?], the almoner, and the priory allowed him to hold the property for life, reserving the question of right and ownership ('ius et proprietas') after his death. The agreement is personal, not perpetual. Dated the year in which Stephen returned from the general council held by Innocent III [ie 4th Lateran Council] and 2nd year of Honorius III. [Stephen returned to England in May 1218 (K Major (ed), Acta Stephani Langton, p165) and Honorius's 2nd year ended on 23 Jul 1218.]
Given at Canterbury Cathedral.
Endorsed with description (partly obliterated) in mid 13th cent hands. |