REX omnibus Militibus, liberis hominibus, & omnibus tenentibus de Episcopatu* 1.1 * 1.2 Cestriae & Lichfield. salutem. Sciatis quod non obstante eo quod ordinatio quam Dominus Papa fecit de Magistro Rogero de Weseham, quondam Decano Linc. praeficiendo eum de facto Episcopum Ecclesiae Co∣ventr. et Lechfield. facta fuit in praejudicium dignitatis nostrae, de mera liberalitate et gratia nostra, ad instantiam ipsius Domini Papae, temporalia ad eundem Episcopatum spectantia eidem Episcopo red. didimus. Et ideo vobis Mandamus, quod eidem Episcopo tanquam Domino vestro in omnibus, quae ad praedictum Episcopatum pertinent, intendentes sitis & respondent••s•• Teste Rege apud Westmonast. 25. die Martii.
Et Mandatum est Magistro de Wanton. Custodi ejusdem Episcopasus, quod de Ca∣stris, Maneriis & omnibus aliis ad praedictum Episcopatum pertinentibus, quae extiterunt Custodiae Regis ratione vacationis ejusdem Episcopatus, ei plenam Seisinam habere faciat. Teste ut supra.
The Dean and Chapter of Elfin in Ireland, against the Kings prerogative▪ elected a Bishop without the Kings license first obtained; the King upon petition, out of his spe∣cial grace, gave his royal assent thereto, & that he should be consecrated by the Arch∣bishop of Tuam, yet so, as by this his special grace at this time, no prejudice should accrew to the King, nor any prerogative to the Dean and Chapter for the future, to elect a Bishop before the Kings License first obtained.