This electronic thesis or dissertation has been downloaded from the King’s Research Portal at https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/ The Canterbury Archiepiscopates of John Stafford (1443-52) and John Kemp (1452-54) with editions of their registers Foss, David Blair The copyright of this thesis rests with the author and no quotation from it or information derived from it may be published without proper acknowledgement. END USER LICENCE AGREEMENT Unless another licence is stated on the immediately following page this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ You are free to copy, distribute and transmit the work Under the following conditions: Attribution: You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). Non Commercial: You may not use this work for commercial purposes. No Derivative Works - You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work. Any of these conditions can be waived if you receive permission from the author. Your fair dealings and other rights are in no way affected by the above. Take down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact [email protected] providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Download date: 11. Oct. 2021 THE CANTERBURY ARCH! EP I SCOPATES OF JOHN STAFFORD (1443-52) AND JOHN KEMP (1452-54) WITH EDITIONS OF THEIR REGISTERS DAVID BLAIR FOSS vol-I Subniltted for the degree of Ph.D. (Lcridon) Reg istered at King 's College 1986 / p ' cir THE CAITERBURt MtCHIEPISCOPATES 02 JO STAFFORD (1443 52) om Eri (1452 - 54), WITK EDITIONS OF THEIR REGISTERS LBS?RLCT OF THESIS This edition of Stafford's and Kemp's Registers fills the gap in printed. Canterbury Registers between Chi.chele' s and. Bourg-. chier's. The entries, predominantly in Latin, some wills in Eng- lish, axe summarized. and. transcribed, or calendared where in common form. They include the customary range of the archbishop's bulls of provision, provisions to bishoprics within the province, commissions of ecclesiastical and. secular officers, licences, mandates, grants, visitations, vacancy in suffragan sees, institu- tions to benefices, ordinations, records of Convocation, and wills proved, by the archbishop (which occupy more than half of the Reg- isters). Indices to the Registers are provided. Kemp's Register is more systematically ordered than Stafford's, and includes a greater proportion of entries in common form. The edition of the Registers is supplemented and introduced by a study of the careers of the two archbishops, concentrating on their tenures of the primatia]. see of Canterbury; the process of their accession, their administration and officers, visitation and exercise of jurisdiction, relations with ieligioii houpes, metropolitan jurisdiction, relations with the axchbishopric of York and. the papacy. Tenure of Canterbury was however only part (in Kemp's case, a very small part) of their long careers. The study also examines their previous and. concurrent exercise of high office in Church and. realm, as bishop of Bath and 7e11s (Stafford) or archbishop of York (Kemp), and as Chancellor of England. (held by one or other from 1426 to 1454). An assessment is offered of the worth of their contribution to the Chancery, particularly development of its equitable jurisdiction (Stafford) and maintenance of the Lancastrian government in the last years before its collapse in civil war (Kemp). Though not greatly inspir- ing figures, they leave an impression of stability, long service, competent administration, unspectacular reliability, and appear to- deserve not a bad reputation. THE CMTERBUY RCHIPISCOPATES OF JOE2 STAF"ORD (1443 - 52) 2D JOHN KiP (1452 - 54) iITH EDITIONS OF THEIR REGISTERS Volume I (pp. 1 - 310): The Canterbury Archie piscop ates of John Stafford and John Kemp Abbreviations 1 Some Notes on the Transcriptions 4 I Introduction: Stafford and Kemp - The Scope of the Study 6 II The Career of John Stafford to 1426 14 Birth and Early Preferment 14 Treasurer (1422 - 26) 22 III Bishop of Bath and Wells (1425 - 43) and Chancellor (1432 - 50) 31 Bishop 31 Councillor 47 Chancellor 52 IV Stafford as Archbishop of Canterbury, 1443 - 52 (I) 68 Stafford's Accession to Canterbury 68 Administration (the Register; Officers; Suffragans; Archdeacon and. Deans) 77 Discipline (Visitation; Faith and Conduct of the Laity; Clerical Discipline; heresy & Sorcery; Reginald Pecock) 86 V Stafford as Archbishop of Canterbury, 1443 - 52 (II) 102 Stafford as Diocesan (Christ Church Cathedral Priory; Canterbury Coll- ege, Oxford; Other Religious Houses; the Calais Jurisdiction) 102 (Contents: ii) Stafford as Metropolitan (Administration of Vacant Sees; Stafford & his Suffra- gans; Provincial andates; Convocation) 115 VI Stafford as Archbishop of Canterbury, 1443 - 52 (III) 128 The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Cardinal of York 128 Stafford and the Papacy 134 VII The Career of John Kemp to 1452 143 Birth, Education and Career to 1419 143 Kemp's Bishoprics and Secular Offices, 1419 - 25 148 Kemp's First Chancellorship, 1426 - 32 157 Archbishop of York, 1425 - 52 161 Cardinal of the Roman Church 168 Secular Affairs, 1432 - 50 171 Vye College 181 VIII Kemp's Second Chancellorship, 1450 - 54 188 Kemp and the Cade Revolt 193 Parliament and Council 199 IX Kemp as Archbishop of Canterbury, 1452 - 54 208 Election and Enthronement; Kemp and the Papacy; Visitation; Ordination; Officers; Convocation 1453; Kemp and. the House of Lancaster X Stafford. and Kemp: Comparison and Assessment 231 The Death of Stafford; the Death of Kemp; Others' Assessment of Stafford and. kemp; Conclusion APPLNDII A. A Note on the •Ulls in Stafford' s and. Kemp's Registers 246 B. stafford's Itinerary as Archbishop of Canterbury, August 1443 - Lay 1452 250 (Contents: iii) Bibliography 257 INDEX 268 A. Stafford' $ Register - Index of Names 270 B. Stafford's Register - Index of Sub- jects and Procedures 292 C. Kemp's Register - Index of Names 297 D. Kemp's Register - Index of Subjects and Proce6ures 308 (Contents; iv) Volume II (pp. 1 - 814) : The Register of John Stafford. I PP. 1 - 4v (nos. 1 - 11) Bulls of Provision 1 II PP. 5 - 35v (12 - 213) Commissions, Licences, Aandates, 1onitions, Provisions, rants, Dispensa- tions Etc. 12 III PP. 35v - 38v (214 - 218) Documents Relating to the Foundation of Brenchesle' 8 Chantry in Christ Church, Canterbury 133 IV PP. 41 - 42v (219-225) Mandates of Visitation 149 V PP. 43 - 45 (226 - 236) Documents Relating to a Vacancy in the Bishopric of Rochester 155 VI PP. 45 - 49 (237 - 259) Documents Relating to the Request of Eugenius IV for a Subsidy of a Tenth to ount a Crusade in the Holy Land. 161 VII PP. 49v - 53v (260 - 273) Dispensations ç. 174 VIII PP. 57 - 72v(73v) (274 - 370b) Sede Vacante Register: Norwich 193 (Register of Institutions 195; Vills 200) IX PP. 74 - llOv (371 - 836) Institutions, Exchanges and Other Business Relating to Benefices in the Diocese of Canterbury, the Archbishop's Immediate Jurisdiction and Vacant Sees 276 X PP. 111 - 193v(195v) (837 - 1133) 1ills Proved by the Archbishop 341 XI PP. 196 - 207(208v) (1134 - 1179) Ordination Lists 723 Appendix: Wills in Stafford' s Register Not Printed Above 766 (Contents: v) Volume UI (pp. 1 - 471): The ReRister of John Kemp I PP. 210 - 213 (1 - 10) Papa]. Bulls of Translation ç. 2 II PP. 214 - 217 (218v) (11 - 15) Register of Papa]. Provisions to Bisho rica in the Province of Canter- bury 14 III PP. 219 - 232 (16 - 40) Records of Convocation of Canterbury, 7 February 1452/3 - 3 March 1452/3 23 IV PP. 232v - 233 (41) Visitation Itinerary 69 V PP. 234 - 244v (42 - 87) Commissions Etc. 71 VI PP. 245 - 250 (88 - 120) A. Indulgences; B. Provision of Nuns to Convents; C. Grants of Oratories and. Portable Altars; D. Licences to Preach; E. Grants of Corrodies; F. Provision of Scholars to All Souls' College, Oxford; G. Licences to Solemnize Marriages without Banns 96 VII PP. 251 - 252 (121) Benefices in the Archbishop's Collation or Presentation, with Values 110 VIII PP. 254 - 255v (122 - 126) Ordinations 116 IX PP. 257 - 319 (320v) (127 - 246) Vills 121 X PP. 321 - 327v (247 - 303) Institutions 375 XI PP. 329 - 339v (304 - 326) Sede Vacante Register: Coventry & Licbfield (Institutions; Confirmation of Election of Prior of Coventry; Ordinations; Peter's Pence) 391 XII PP. 341 - 347v (327) Visitation of South Lalling 432 Appendix: Index 470 THE CANTERBURY ARCH I EPI SCOPATES OF JOHN STAFFORD (1443-52) AND JOHN KEMP (1 452-54) WITH EDITIONS OF THEIR REGISTERS VOLUME I The Canterbur y Archie p isco- p ates of John Stafford and John Kemp 1. ABBREVIATIONS (1) The following abbreviations are employed in the text, especially in the registers of institutions, lists of ordinations, index: ab. (or abb.) - abbot ecci. - ecciesia abp. - archbishop esq.. - esquire abs. - abbess ex. - exchange (of benefices) admin. - administration ext. (mur.) - extra (mur) adn. - archdeacon F(F) orf(f) - folio(s) B. (in degrees) bachelor of fr. - frater (bacallarius) frat. (dep. on context) frat- ben. - benefice (beneficiuin: ernity fratruii usually -ficii) bp. - bishop hosp. - hospital C.L. - civil law immed.. jun g . - immediate jun. Cn.L. - canon law -isd.ict ion can. - canon md. - inductor Cant. - Canterbury inst. - institution cath. - cathedral cert. - certificate K.B. - King's Bench Ch. (in R.Ch) - Chichele kt. - knight ch. - church chap. - chaplain Lam. - Lainbetb chron. - chronicle Leg. - of Laws ( Le,ibus) cit. - citizen Lic. - licence or licentiate civ. - civitas (usually Lich. - Lichfield. (-t at is) litt. - littere (letters) or coil. - college collegiate litteratus (literate) cohn. - collation (per) litt.