October 15, Sleaford

Mandate to the bishop of Lincoln to induct the above abbot and convent into possession of the said church. If he does not do so, the pope orders the bishop, the treasurer, and chancellor of Salisbury to do it, REGESTA, VOL. XVII. 7 GREGORY IX, Mandate to the archbishop of Dublin to receive the resignation of the archbishop of Tuam, who has begged, on account of age and infirmity, to be relieved of his charge, and to enjoin the chapter of Tuam to elect a fit successor: a pension is to be given to the said archbishop out of the income of the see. [Theiner, 28.]