108 Passages in the Sisiory of Doicntou. 



Canon of York, Archdeacon of Wells, and Treasurer of England. 1 

 In 1337 lie was made Chancellor of Ireland, and afterwards 

 " Warden " of that kingdom. He was recalled in 1340, and on 

 his death, 11th January, 1343, was buried under the great window 

 of the north transept at Hereford. He apj)ears to have resigned 

 Downton on his election to Hereford, for in that year the Bishopric 

 of Winchester being void, Edward III. assumed the right to the 

 temporal possessions of the see, and presented to Downton Eichard 

 de Ayreminne, 2 a Canon of Lincoln. This appointment also seems 

 not to have been recognized by the Pope, for in the following 

 year John, Cardinal of S. Angelo, obtained a provision from him 

 of Downton, which is described as " void," not by the resignation 

 of Ayreminne, but " by the consecration of Thomas, Bishop of 

 Hereford." 3 



It is probable that Richard ds Ayreminne may be identified with 

 the person of that name who in 1324 was appointed Keeper of the 

 Rolls. He seems, however, almost immediately to have quarrelled 

 with the King, for at the end of the same year he is alluded to as 

 " nuper custos eancellarum," and in the following year he delivered 

 up the keys of the chests to Nicholas Clyf, his successor : 4 further, 

 after repeated commands to appear before the King in 1326, the 

 Sheriff of York was commanded to compel, him to appear. What 

 happened is not recorded, but he soon obtained the Pope's favour. 

 In 1327, besides having been appointed to Downton, he was Canon 

 of Lincoln, and in the folloAving year he is mentioned as holding 

 the Prebends of Cauleton with Turleby, in Lincoln, and of Cokerton, 

 in Darlington. He was, also, at this time Rector of Elveley (Kirk 

 Ella), had a prebendal portion in the free chapel of Wimborne 

 Minster, and the provision of a Canonry and Prebend of Chichester. 5 

 In 1328 he obtained, besides, from Pope John at Avignon the pro- 

 vision of a Canonry and Prebend of Salisbury, on condition that he 



1 Fasti Herefordenses. 



2 Patent Eolls. 



* Papal Letters. 

 4 Parliamentary Writs. 



5 Papal Letters. 



