Document 2/144/58 (Cromartie, no. 521)
- Description
- Pope Alexander IV, following on a representation and petition by the bishop and chapter of Ross, whereby the pope establishes what the bishop had done in prosecution of the powers conferred by Pope Gregory IX, his predecessor, on Robert, bishop of Ross, his predecessor, for improving the ancient prebends of the church of Ross and creating new ones, by allocating among them, in addition to the teinds of Rosemarkie (ROS) and Cromarty (ROS), the following under certain exceptions: to the deanery, the garbal teinds of Ardersier (INV) and Kilmuir-Wester (ROS); to the chantry, those of Kilmuir-Easter (ROS) and Tarradale (now Kilchrist, ROS); to the chancellery, those of Suddie (ROS) and Kinnettes (ROS); to the treasury, those of Urquhart (ROS) and Logiebride (Logie Wester, ROS); to the archdeaconry, those of Fodderty (ROS) and ‘Edirdore’ (Killearnan, ROS); to the sub-deanery, those of Tain (ROS) and Edderton (ROS); to the subchantry, the church of Loch Broom (ROS) and the garbal teinds of ‘Inveraferan’ (Urray, ROS); and to the bishop’s prebend, the garbal teinds of the churches of Nigg (ROS) and Tarbat (ROS); the garbal teinds of ‘Clone’ (poss. Cullicudden, ROS) and Lemlair (ROS) to one prebend; those of Rosskeen (ROS) and Newnakle (now Nonakiln, ROS) to another; those of Avoch (ROS) to the abbot of Kinloss’s prebend, when he should hold one in that church. The letters also establishes certain ordinances by the bishop relating to the appointment of the clergy in the churches within the diocese of Ross, the constitution of the church of Salisbury being taken as a model, and to the regular attendance of the canons and vicars at their respective churches, and the correction of any irregularities that might arise on the part of the clergy or their servants, the canons to be corrected by the bishop, the vicars by the dean or sub-dean, whom failing, or in the event of an appeal, by the bishop.
- Firm date
- 11 June 1257
- Dating Notes
- 3 id. June, pontifical year 3
- Place date (modern)
- Viterbo
- Place date (document)
- Viterbii
- Related Place
- Viterbo
- Source for Data Entry
- Fraser, Cromartie, ii, no. 521
- Trad. ID
- Cromartie, no. 521
- Calendar number
- 2/144/58
- Charter type
- Papal privilege: general confirmation
- Language
- Latin
- Notes
- NAS, GD 305/1/136/1