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REX, &c. Omnibus, &c. Sciatis nos suscepisse in pacem, custodiam, & protectio∣nem* 1.1 nostram Decanum & Canonicos Sancti Petri Ebor. & omnes homines, res, redditus & possessiones eorum. Et ideo vobis mandamus & firmiter praecipimus quod praedictos Decanum & Canonicos, & omnes homines, terras, res, redditus & possessi∣ones eorum manu-teneatis, custodiatis, & protegatis, & defendatis sicut nostra do∣minica: & Prohibemus ne praedicti Decanus & Canonici ponantur in placitum de aliquo quod in pace tenuerint tempore Regis H. Patris nostri, vel Regis Richardi fratris nostri, vel tempore nostro, quamdiu controversia duraverit inter Archiepiscopum Eborac. et ipsos: Etsi Archiepiscopus Eborac. vel aliquis Clericus, vel Laicus, praedictis Decano et Canonicis, vel Clericis, vel hominibus suis, in aliquo fortiam aliquam intulerit, vel eos in aliquo molestaverit: Praecipimus quod fortiam illam sta∣tim facias amoveri, et id quod eis forisfactum fuerit, sine dilatione emendari: Et corpora armatorum qui inventi fuerint, in rebus vel redditibus eorum qui fortiam aliquam eis fecerunt sine dilatione ca∣piatis, nec dimmitatis sine mandato nostro, vel Capitalis Iusticiarii nostri. Teste G. filio Petri, &c. Willielmo Briggner, Hugone de Nevill, apud Ebora∣cum, Anno Regni nostri quinto.
This year * 1.2 Godfrid Bishop of Winchester deceasing, Petrus de Rupibus, a Knight and great Souldier, vir equestris ordinis & in rebus bellicis eruditus, Procurante Rege Johanne, ad Episcopatum electus, succeeded him, who going to Rome, Ʋbi magnis Zeniis liberaliter collatis, ad Ecclesiam Wintoniensem, maturavit Episcopus consecrari, write Matthew Paris, and Matthew Westminster.
In the 6. year of King John, the Bishop, Dean and Chapter of Durham, the Dean* 1.3 and Chapter of York, with sundry other Deans and Chapters, Abbots and Priors, within the Province of York, to prevent the unjust arbitrary Excommunications, Suspensions, and Interdicts of Geoffry Archbishop of York, against their own Per∣sons, Tenants, Lands, and Possessions, by reason of some differences between them concerning their Jurisdictions and Ecclesiastical Priviledges, which they complained the Archbishop invaded, appearing before the King at York, did there in the Kings own presence appeal him before the Apostolick See, prefixing a certain day, to which the King by these Letters Patents gave his Royal testimony and assent, they not daring to appeal without his license.