ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY 



Adam de Sneinton, Henry Burdon, Nicholas de Schafteworth, and Hugh de 

 Bardeshale, on the title of their own patrimony. 



The large September ordinations of 1273 and 1274 were held in the 

 church of Blyth. In the first of these cases, various sub-deacons from 

 different parts of the diocese were ordained on the strength of patrimony 

 titles and two ad titulum probitatis ; six were presented by the chapter of 

 Southwell. In 1274 the chapter of Southwell presented two deacons ; 

 Beauvale Priory one, Newstead Priory four, the Nottingham Carmelites 

 one, Worksop Priory two, and Welbeck Abbey two. For the priesthood, 

 Southwell presented four, Thurgarton Priory three, Wallingwells one ; and 

 there were various priests ordained to titles of patrimony or probity as well 

 as those who were secular clergy." 



Towards the end of Giffard's register there are some highly interesting 

 references to the crusading movement at the time of its close. The 

 eighth and last genuine crusade was that undertaken in 1270— i, when 

 Prince Edward (afterwards Edward I) was at Acre and Nazareth. This 

 register contains a copy of the letter of the king, dated 12 May 1270, 

 addressed to the bishops stating that it was the intention of himself and his 

 sons to go to the Holy Land on 25 June.*" The bishops at a council held 

 on the subject had granted the king a twentieth. There was, however, an 

 earnest attempt made in 1271 at the Council of Lyons to fan the flickering 

 flames of crusading fire into renewed life. Gregory V, Prince Edward's 

 particular friend, was its warm advocate ; but on his death in 1276 the 

 whole scheme collapsed. On 14 July 1275 Archbishop GifFard sent a letter 

 to the archdeacons of his diocese, ordering them to give every assistance to 

 the Friars Minor who were commissioned to preach for the crusade.*" 



The ingenious method adopted throughout the whole of this diocese to 

 raise crusading funds in the spring of 1 275 is remarkably illustrated in the 

 various archdeaconries. Henry de Tiversold, Dean of Nottingham, is entered 

 as crucestgnatus, inasmuch as he had received all sacred orders from foreign " 

 bishops, without the licence of his diocesan. For this technical offence he was 

 absolved on payment of 5^., which evidently went into the crusading chest. 

 William de Mysen, Dean of Retford, was also crucestgnatus ; and for absolution 

 for a like offence he had to pay 20j-., or to go personally to the Holy Land, 

 according to which course he preferred. It is not a little remarkable to find 

 that two other of the rural deans of Nottinghamshire (out of a total of five) 

 had also committed the like offence, and each of them was sealed with the 

 cross, paying the sum of 5J. 



Having begun this line of action with the rural deans of Nottinghamshire 

 the archbishop next caused like steps to be taken with the various clergy and 

 laity who had committed technical or other offences, granting them absolution 

 on becoming Crusaders to the extent at least of subscribing to the war chest. 

 In the deanery of Retford, two priests and five laymen were thus treated, 

 each of them paying 5J. Richard de Watton paid bs. %d. ; whilst Gilbert de 

 Mora of Worksop undertook to give the third part of all his goods as a 

 subsidy to the Holy Land, or else to go there in person. In the deanery of 

 Nottingham there were fifteen cases in which absolution was secured by 



» York Epis. Reg. Giffard, fol. 92, 93. " Ibid. fol. 74. " Ibid. fol. 116. 



That is, any bishops other than the Archbishop of York. 



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