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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 January 2024
The archbishop's mandate for a convocation
Simon, permissione divina Cantuariensis archiepiscopus, totius Angliae primas et apostolicae sedis legatus, venerabili fratri nostro Domino Willelmo, Dei gratia episcopo Londoniensi salutem et fraternam in Domino caritatem. Ingens et indissimulata negotiorum necessitas arduorum nedum Anglicanae concernentium utilitatem Ecclesiae, sed etiam domini nostri regis et regni sui statum, tranquillitatemque quietis eiusdem ac bonum publicum, ut speramus, multipliciter nos urget, licet cum fastidio, praelatos et clerum nostrae Cantuariensis provinciae convocare et ad hoc etiam faciendum cum frequenti et assidua ipsius regis nostri instantia breve regium recepimus in haec verba:
Edwardus, Dei gratia rex Angliae et Franciae et dominus Hiberniae, venerabili in Christo patri Simoni, eadem gratia archiepiscopo Cantuariensi, totius Angliae primati, salutem. Quia propter salvationem status Ecclesiae Anglicanae ac necessariam defensionem regni nostri Angliae sumptus ac census et expensas quamplurimas effimdere nos oportet ad quorum onerum supportationem absque iuvamine fidelium nostrorum non sufficimus sicut scitis. Vobis in fide et dilectione quibus nobis tenemini rogando mandamus quatenus attentis tarn arduitate negotiorum praedictorum quam periculis quae pro defectu defensionis huiusmodi verisimiliter evenire possent suffraganeos vestros decanos et priores ecclesiarum cathedralium, abbates et priores et alios electivos exemptos et non exemptos, necnon archidiaconos, capitula, conventus et collegia, totumque clerum cuiuslibet diocesis dictae vestrae provinciae ad comparendum coram vobis in ecclesia Sancti Pauli Londoniarum vel alibi prout expedire videritis ad breviorem diem quam poteritis more solito convocari faciatis et expositis eis dictis negotiis ibidem ipsos ad aliquod competens subsidium nobis in auxilium supportationis dictorum onerum concedendum cum efficacia inducatis et partes vestras ad hoc effectualiter apponatis. Nos in cancellaria nostra de quantitate subsidii illius ac de terminis solutionis eiusdem certificantes. Et hoc sicut nos et honorem nostrum ac salvationem et defensionem regni et ecclesiae praedictorum diligitis nullatenus omittatis. Teste rege apud Westmonasterium, vicesimo quarto die Aprilis anno regni nostri Angliae quinquagesimo, regni vero nostri Franciae tricesimo septimo [24 April 1376].
Quocirca fraternitati vestrae committimus et mandamus in virtute sanctae oboedientiae firmiter iniungentes quatenus venerabiles fratres nostros episcopos omnes et singulos dictae nostrae provinciae suffraganeos nostros et electos confirmatos si qui fuerint et absentium huiusmodi episcoporum vicarios in spiritualibus generales et custodem nostrum spiritualitatis in civitate et diocesi Bangorensibus,
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