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July 1, Avignon

To the same. Indult to choose his confessor. To Master Walter de Burley, S.T.P. Provision of the canonry and prebend of Chichester void by the consecration of James, bishop of Exeter, as successor to Walter [Stapeldon], the appointment to that see having been reserved to the pope, in ignorance of which the chapter elected James, whose election the pope approved, and notwithstanding that Burley is rector of Pightesley, in the diocese of Lincoln, value 201. Concurrent mandate to the bishop of Hereford, the abbot of St. Augustine's, Canterbury, and another named. To Adam de Burley. Provision of the canonry and prebend of Wells void by the consecration of the aforesaid James, notwithstanding that he is rector of Aldington, in the diocese of Canterbury, value 301. Concurrent mandate as above. Suppletion of the defect in the election by the chapter and confirmation by the archbishop of Canterbury of James, bishop of Exeter, the appointment to that see, void by the death of Walter, having been reserved to the pope. To James.

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