| Description | From: Peter, archbishop of Aachen [Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany], auditor of contradictory letters ('audiencie litterarum contradictarum officium gerens')
Mgr Ralph of Horncastle, proctor of St Augustine's Abbey, obtained papal letters for the abbey from of Pope John XXII to the prior of St Gregory's Priory, Canterbury, dated at Avignon, 20 Dec 1319 (recited). The parishioners of parish of Kennington in Canterbury diocese, which the abbey has appropriated, have been refusing to pay their tithes to the abbey, alleging that they never paid them before. The prior is to investigate, and if he finds that the parishioners should pay tithes to the abbey, he is to apply ecclesiastical censure. Mgr Brice of Sharstead, proctor of Canterbury Cathedral Priory, opposed this, on the grounds that this letter should not apply to the priory, its officials ('offic'') or servants ('minister') and Ralph, in the archbishop's presence, has promised that it will not. Letter 'G' at bottom of document.
Given at Avignon [Vaucluse, France]. |