October 15, Sleaford

Mandate date: uncertain Edward III · Papal Registers

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Dated in source: “October 15” · Place: Sleaford (Lincolnshire)

Mandate to the bishops of Bath, Salisbury, Ely, and Rochester, to endeavour to bring to an end the cause between the prior and convent of Durham, and the bishop. Letter to the clergy of Ireland, annulling an iniquitous decree made by some Englishmen, that no clerk of Ireland, however ,, good and learned he may be, should be promoted to any ecclesiastical dignity. [Theiner, 23: Shirley, i. 541.) Letter to the chapter of Cashel, confirming an order by which the number of canons is limited to twelve, and inhibiting anyone from compelling them to admit more. [Thevner, 22.

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