July 1, Avignon
Mandate to absolve William de Nocke, monk, of Burton-on-Trent, from the sentence of excommunication incurred by him for having struck a clerk of William, abbot of the said monastery, and also removed the abbot's hand when stretched out to protect the clerk, he having been, as he asserts, absolved from the sentence incurred by the first blow. To Edmund, son of the late king Edward, earl of Kent. Indult that Carmelites and other religious under his roof may eat flesh meat twice a week. REGESTA, VOL. LXXIX. To Richard de Eglisham, who has lost half of the index finger of his right hand in defending a fellow student at Paris. Dispensation to retain his rectory of Strabrok, in the diocese of St. Andrews, and to remain in subdeacon s orders. To Roger, bishop of Ross, who has been consecrated by William, bishop of Sabina.
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