July 1, Avignon

To the king, from whose envoys the pope has heard of his purpose touching the Holy Land. Informing him that the bishops of Winchester and Exeter are appointed to collect the tenth and assign it to him. To archbishops, bishops, and all the prelates and clergy, secular and regular, exempt or non-exempt, of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. Exhortation to pay a tenth of their proceeds for a year to the collectors and their delegates, who have power to compel them. Relaxation, at the request of queen Isabella, and of her sons, Edward and John, of twenty days of enjoined penance to penitents who pray for her, her children, and their father. The like, at the king's request, to those who pray daily for the good estate of the realm. To the king, inhibiting any ordinary or delegate to issue sentences of excommunication or interdict against the royal chapels or oratories, or canons and servers of the same. To the same, Indult to choose his confessor for six years. April. To Walter, archbishop of Canterbury. Indult that he may visit seventeen of his suffragans and their dioceses when he Ov. shall see fit, they not having been visited on account of the health of archbishop Robert and other impediments. To the bishops of Norwich and Ely. Commission and mandate to warn Robert de Brus and his abettors to desist from invading and occupying land in England, Wales, and Treland. The said Robert, earl of Carrick, having in the time of king Edward's father made war against him, violating every part, depopulating territory, and destroying castles, ecclesiastical censures are to be issued, and all combinations and confederations made in favour of the said Robert are to be dissolved.