July 1, Avignon
To the archbishop of York. Commission and mandate to licence Thomas Wake, lord of Lidel, to found a monastery of St. Augustine, in his town of Cotingham, and to incorporate the church of the said town, being of the founder's patronage. An abbot or prior is to be appointed, and the number of canons determined. To Richard de Normanby. Provision of a canonry of Exeter, with reservation of a prebend, notwithstanding that he is rector of Ecton, in the diocese of York. Coneurrent mandate to the dean of York, the archdeacon of Lincoln, and Master Robert de Pinchebeck, canon of York. To Rigaud, bishop elect of Winchester. Faculty, at the king's request, to confer the office of notary public on fit persons nominated by the diocesans in England and Wales.
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