| Description | From: the official of the court of Canterbury
To: William Wittlesey, archbishop of Canterbury
John Colyn, chaplain ('capellanus'), late vicar of Rainham [Essex], London diocese, has been excommunicated because he did not obey the court's warnings in a case of contempt or perjury between himself as defendant ('pars rea') and Nicholas Tame of London, plaintiff ('pars actrix'). He has been excommunicate for 40 days or more and still remains obstinate. The official asks the archbishop to write to the king, asking for John's arrest ('captio') so that he may be forced to turn from evil by the king's power, although he is not swayed by fear of the church.
Given at London. |