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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26815	Vitæ selectorum aliquot virorum qui doctrinâ, dignitate, aut pietate inclaruere	Bates, William, 1625-1699.	1681 (1681)	Wing B1130; ESTC R15226	685,523	810

Beufortius Episcopus Wintoniensis anno salutis instauratoe 1447. Aprilisque quod satis constat undecimo ibi Rex tametsi quod Henricus primus ab Anselmi obitu fecisse narratur itidem 〈…〉 Henricus sextus facere potuisset plenum quinquennium expectare ut ejusmodi tandem episcopum constitueret qui vel aequis passibus virtutum Antecessores 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 protinus rejecto tamen hujusmodi fuco mul●… 〈◊〉 exp ●… Waynfleti praestantiâ continuò eodem die quo nunci●… accepisset Ecclesiae Wintoniensi veniam alterum Episcopum eligendi concedit simulque obnixè rogat quamvis sua luce conspicui precariis testimoniis 〈◊〉 ●●vantur maximam in comitiis suis Gulielmi Waynfleti rationem habe●●●● 〈…〉 Epistolae forma sic se habet LETTERS Sent by the KING to chuse WILLIAM WAYNFLETE Provost of Our Lady Colledge of ETON Bishoppe of WINCHESTER TRusty and well-beloved in God we greete you well Letting you weete that it is come to our knowledge to our greate heavines ne weare Goddis wil how that ourlate Cardinall of England and Bishoppe of Winchester is past out of this uncertained life And howbeit that yee ought not to proceede unto the election of a new pastor and fader for the Chirch of Winchester aforesaide without our licence first had in that party yet nacheles we as well for the greate loue and affection that we beare unto the said Chirch as for other great causes moving us wolling in no wise the said Chirch to stand eny while viduate licence you to proceede unto the election of a newe Pastor there And pray you hartely that in all the hast that you goodly may yee woll so doe Having by one assent our right trustie wel-beloved Clarke and Councellour Master William Waynflete Provost of our Colledge Royal of our Lady of Eton at the reverence of us and contemplation of this our writing on your said election to be Bushoppe of your saide Chirch before all other especially recommended whom as you know well wee habe in the most tender favour of our good grace Wherin you shall not only provide your said Chirch of right a notable Clarke and a substantial person to Goddis plesir and to the worshipp we le of the same as we trust but also doe unto us right singular plesir and cause us to have both you and the said Chirch in the more special favour of our good grace in time to come Gev●n under our signet at our Castle of Wyndsore the xi daie of Aprill Caeterum Ecclesia Wintoniensis tanti patris orbitate perculsa haud diu negotium differendum rata literas ad Regem statim ablegavit quibus ipsum super Henrici Cardinalis morte certiorem fecit tàm subitae festinationis parùm ut videtur conscia potestatem sibi novi praesulis surrogandi dandam hisce verbis humillime deprecata LITERA Missa Domino Regi pro licentia obtinenad Ex Archiv ●●int Eccl. ad Episcopum eligendum EXcellentissimo in Christo principi Christianissimo Regi nostro Domino Henrico Dei gratá Regi Angliae Franciae et domino Hiberniae nos vestri humiles devoti oratores continui Prior Ecclesiae vestrae Cathedralis Winton ejusdem loci Capitulum salutem in eo cui omnes Reges famulantur per quem principes proximè dominantur Vestrae regiae Majestati cum ea quâ decet reverentiâ tenore praesentium intimamus quòd recolendae memoriae Dominus Henricus Beuford ultimus Episcopus noster die Martis undecimo Aprilis jam instantis ad vitae suae terminum quod dolentes referimus pervenit veruntamen foeliciter ut speramus ne igitur sedes Episcopalis antedicta diutino pastorum solatio destituta suae vacationis detrimenta deploret aut jacturam in spiritualibus seu temporalibus patiatur advestrae cels●udinis Regiae praesentiam unanimi nostro consensu assensu nos fratres Robertum Puriton Subpriorem ac Richardum Marlebergh Hordarium confratres commonachos nostros mittimus per praesentes dictae vestrae excellentiae humiliùs quo possumus supplicantes quaetenus ut ad liberam futuri Episcopi pastoris Ecclesiae vestrae memoratae electionem procedere valeamus licentiam gratiose concedere dignetur vestrae regalis gratiae magnitudo quam ad sui laudem honorem ad inimicorum colla subiuganda atque ad populi sui meritorium regimen foelicissimè regat gubernet clementia Salvatoris per tempora duratura Datum sub sigillo nostro communi in domo nostra Capitulari 12. die dicti mensis Aprilis Anno Domini 1447. Rex ubi votum Ecclesiae intellexisset haud diù cunctatus illorum quippe precibus ad id incitatus quod ultro sponte sua facturus esset peramanter in gratiam Fundatoris nostri sic rescripsit A LETTER Sent by the KING to proceed to Election the Saturday following TRusty and wel-beloved in God we greete you wel and doubt not but that you keepe well in remembrance how we vpon knowledge that wee have of the decease of our Uncle late your pastour and governour wrote unto you our most speciall letters for the recommendation of our right trustie and wel-beloved Clarke Master William Waynflete Provost of our Colledge Royall of our Lady of Eton in your next election to bee made for your Bishoppe Desiring you furthermore in our said letters in asmoch as we would not the Cathedrall Chirch of Winchester should any while stand viduate that you would proceede to election in all godly hast and forasmuch as we desire in the most effectuous wise that wee can that ye shall proceede to your saide election on Saturday next comming for divers right great causes especially moving us we pray you to dispose you thereunto not abiding vppon any letters under our great seale For we have in such wise ordeined that yee shall not neede them at that time but have them in goodly hast after bearing date before And as touching a Doctor necessarie in your said election wee have writen to Master Stephen Wilton to assist you Wherefore we desire and prey you in as harty wise as we can that all excusations laide a part you proceede to your seide election on Saturday hauing recommended in most speciall wise our seyde Clerke Master William Waynflete before all other And furthermore that yee give full feith and credence unto the bearer of thees in that he shall sey unto you in our behalfe and that yee fail not hereof as yee desire us to be enclined to shew unto you the favour of our good grace in time to come Yeuen under our signet at our Castle of Windsore the xiii day of Aprill Cognità principis voluntate frequentes ad electionem stato die conveniunt prompti alacresque pro interposità Regis authoritate Gulielmum salutant episcopum quod ut ratum fixumque habeatur his literis deposcunt serio LITERA Procuratoria missa

Christo patris Williebni Winton Episcopi nuper Praeposui nostri Regalis Collegii quum ab hac luce migraverit ●nimabusque omnium benefactorum ejusdem Regalis Collegii solemnes exequiae cum commendationibus atque missâ in crastino celebrentur Quisquamnè hominum est qui tantis praeconiis honoribus quibus Rex Wintoniensem affecerat posse addi aliquid putet Meâ quidem sententiâ ità prioribus certant proxima ita nova semper efflorescunt ut vel principis gratia vel sides praesulis inter scribendum mihi videantur crescere Religio testamenti condendi habita est semper antiquissima neque supremam voluntatis nostrae sententiam nisi optimo cuique atque integerrimo concreditam volumus Rex vero cum neminem haberet quem aut ipse plus diligeret aut cui plus fideret ultimae voluntatis suae executioni negotio inter homines longè sanctissimo Wintoniensem deputavit haeredemque fidei commissarium in tabulis scripsit Ex Arch. Eton. IN the name of the blessed Trinitie Fader Sonne and holy Ghost of our Lady Saint Mary moder of Christ and all the holy company of heaven I Nenry by the grace of God King of England and of Fraunce and Lord of Ireland after the conquest of England the sixt for divers great and notable causes moving me at the making of these presents haue doo my will and myne entent to be written in manner that followeth Forasmuch as I haue enfeffed before this time John Cardinall and Arch-Bishop of Yorke John Archbishop of Canterburie Robert Bishop of London William Bishop of Lincolne William Bishop of Salisburie Thomas Bishop of Bath and Welles John Carpenter elyte of the Chirch of Worcester now Bishop of the same Adam Moleynes Clerke now Bishop of Chichester Walter Lyhert Clerke nowe Bishop of Norwich John Langton Clerke late Bishop of Saint Dauids and now to God passed John Delabar clerke now B. of S. Dauids William Erle of Suffolke now Marques of Suffolke Henrie Erle of Northumberland John Discount Beumont Walter L. of Hungerford Rafe Lord of Cromwell Rafe Lord of Sendly John Beuchamp Knight now Lord Beuchamp of Powike and James Ferris squire now Lord of Saye John Somerset Henry Sever. Richard Andrewe Walter Shirington Clerkes Edmund Hungerford and Edward Hall Knights John Saintlo nowe to God passed John Hampton John Norris William Tresham John Uampage and Richard Andred nowe to God passed squiers In divers Castelles Lordshippes Mannours Lands Tenements Rentes Services and other possessions Parcell of the dutchie of Lancaster within England and Wales as it is more especialle and at large conteined and writen in divers letters patents thereof made of which letters the first beareth date the last day saue one of November the yeare of my reigne xxii The second beareth date the seaventh day of Julie the same yeare The third bareth date the xxiii day of Feverer the yeare of my raigne the xxiii The fourth beareth date the xxix of June the same yeare UUhich Castels Lordshippes Mannours Lands Tenements Rents services and other possessions bene of the yearly valew of 3395. lib. xi s. vii d. UUhen they be discharged of the fees and annuities with which they be now charged UUhich letters patents and all thuigs contained in them by the authority of my Parlament last holden at UUestminster as by an act of the same Parlament it plainly appeareth were authorised approved ratified and confirmed for to performe and fulfill my will of and uppon the disposition of the seyd castels Lordships mannours lands tenements rents services and other possessions by me to be made and ordained and to my seid feffees on my behalfe for to be declared and notified I by these my present letters declare and notifie vnto my seyd feffees according vnto the seyd Act that in these my letters is conteined my seyd will which I desire to be done and performed by my seid feffees of the castels 〈◊〉 aboue seide Memorandum that the King his pleasure is that these castels 〈◊〉 shall remaine in the feffees hands vntill the time that all his will in every point be entirely executed and that afterwards they remaine to his heyres and successors Kings of England But if it fortune that before his will take effect they die all save three two or one then these three two or one must enfeffe foureteene in all those castels 〈◊〉 videlicet William B. of Winchester Reinald B. of S. ●aph Thomas Erle of Devonshire Richard Erle of Sarum Henrie Erle of Northumberland John Erle of Shrewsburie Thomas LORD Clifford Lyonell Lord of Welles Master John Chadworth Provost of my Colledge of Cambridge William Westburie Provost of my seyd Colledge of Eton. Master William Say Master Andrew Nulles Sir Robert Rosse Knight and Sir Thomas Standley Knight And if it so fall that these foureteene persons which the seyd three two or one should so enfeffe at that time as such enfeffement should be made be al ded then these three two or one must enfeffe foureteene other spirituall and temporall of good fame faith and credence Provided alwaies that if any of the first foureteene be on liue he would haue them all put in the feffement before any person of the same state or degree Furthermore for the finall performing of my seid will to be put effectually in execution I considering the great discretion of the said worshipfull fader in God William now B. of Winchester his high truth and feruent zeal which at all times he hath had and hath vnto my we le and which I haue found and proved in him and for the great and hoale confidence which I haue in him for thoo causes wol that he not onely as surve●our but also as executor and director of my seid will be prevy vnto al and every execution of the performing of my seid will and that his consent in any wise be had thereto And if any execution of the performing of my seid will or if any part thereof be doo in any wise contrary to the tenour and effect hereof I will that it stand voide and for ever bee had for none And if it befall that there be any divers opinions variance or discord beteexe my seid feffees and mine executors in or for any execution of the performing of my seide will or of any parte thereof I give then and grant vnto the seid B. of Winchester by these presents plaine power and authority And finally I will that hee as vmpier in that behalfe haue at all times power and authority for to call and take vnto him such discreete persons of my seide feffees as vnto him for the accomplishment of my seid will shall seem best disposed and he after their advice herd doo make the finall conclusion in that party And I will that the power state title and interest of that person and of thoo persons of my seid feffees in home the cause of such variance and discord by the seid B. of Winchester and thoo other