Add MS 8755

TRACTS, LETTERS AND PAPERS RELATING TO THE DISPUTE ON THE REGALIA IN FRANCE during the papacy of Innocent XI (1676-1689); 1679-1688. Italian, Latin, and French. Copies. Most texts (ff. 1-196v, including arts. 1-17) relate the development of the régale in France around 1681-1682, at the time of the Declaratio Cleri Gallicani or Four Articles of the Gallican Church promulgated by the Assembly of the French Clergy on 19 March 1682 (art. 12, ff. 135-135v) and ratified by Louis XIV on 23 March (art. 13, ff. 136-137v). The MS. includes proceedings of the Assembly of the French Clergy and Parliament and royal edicts on the régale. It also includes letters to Innocent XI from the Bishop of Toulouse, Josef de Montpezat de Carbon (arts. 5, ff. 39-43, and 7, ff. 61-64v), in support of the French Clergy, and from the Vicar General of the Chapter of Pamiers, Jean Cerle (art. 6, ff. 59-60v), strongly opposing the Assembly. The last texts (ff. 197-222v, including arts. 18-19) are related to the excommunication launched in 1687-1688 by Innocent XI against the French Ambassador Henri Charles de Beaumanoir, Marquis de Lavardin, caused by the question of the 'franchises' or claims to extra-territoriality made by resident ambassadors at Rome. On the question of the régale see C. Gérin, Recherches historiques sur l'assemblée du clergé de France de 1682, 2nd ed. (Paris, 1870); L. O'Brien, Innocent XI and the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (Berkeley, CA, 1930); P. Blet, Les Assemblées du clergé et Louis XIV de 1670 à 1693 (Rome, 1972); P. Blet, Le clergé du Grand siècle en ses assemblées, 1615-1715 (Paris, 1995), pp. 239-362 (with bibliography). Armorial bookplate of the 5th Earl of Guilford, with shelfmark 'L/19/E' (front pastedown). '87' in pencil in top left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8391-8393, 8660, 8721, 8722, 8723-8724, 8753, 8754, and 8772, possibly 8366, 8589, and 8727, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 87 (part.).

Paper; ff. 223, plus three unfoliated interleaved blanks after ff. 19, 26, 43, 60, 72, 178, 197, 206, 210. Composite volume. Modern foliation in pencil '1-222' (followed here), omitting one leaf after f. 207. Original pagination in ink '748-787' (ff. 1-19v, plus following blank), '818-825' (ff. 24-26v, plus following blank), '846-857' (ff. 56-60v, plus following blank), '826-833' (ff. 61-64v), '834-841' (ff. 70-72v, plus following blank), '173-176' (ff. 73-74v), '800-801' (ff. 135-135v), '788-799' (ff. 191-196v), '802-805' (ff. 197-197v, plus following blank), '736-739' (ff. 210-210v, plus following blank). Old foliation '1-8' (ff. 183-190), '176-209' (ff. 153-178). Old alphabetic numbering in ink in top corners and margins at beginning of texts, reflecting later rearrangement of texts. f. 167 defective and f. 213 bound 'back to front'. circa 276 x 205mm. Several Italian hands. Guilford binding of quarter vellum with covers of marbled paper on pasteboards.

Among other texts the MS. includes:

1. ff. 1-19v. 'Scrittura del Cardinale de Luca alli altri Cardinali della Congregazione sopra la Regalia pretesa del Re Christianissimo / Con le risposte in margine apenna importanti eroneamente ratiocina[....] dal detto Cardinale' [title on f. 19bis verso], memory of Cardinal Giovanni Battista De Luca on the question of the Regalia; n.d. Latin. Inc. 'Regalium seu rgaliarum modernum barbarum vocabulum'. Published from MS. Vat. Lat. 13422 in A. Zanetti, Cultura giuridica del Seicento e 'Jus Publicum Ecclesiasticum' nell'opera del Cardinal Giovanni Battista De Luca (Milan, 1983), pp. 143-158 (with bibliography on the question of the Regalia on p. 180). Old pagination in ink '748-787' (ff. 1-19v). Originally preceding art. 17 (ff. 191-196v). Numbered 'A.' in top right corner of f. 1.

2. ff. 20-21v. Brief of Innocent XI to Louis XIV; 19 Dec. 1679. Latin. Inc. 'Carissimo in Cristo filio nostro Ludovico Gallorum Regi Christianissimo... Binis litteris fuse, et loculenter ostendimus', expl. 'Rome die 19 decembris 1679'. Published in A Collection of some Letters and Insruments [sic] that have passed during the Late Contests in France Concerning the Regale (London: Richard Chiswell, at the Rose and Crown, 1681), pp. [80] - [87]); B.L. copies 1508/1078, and 698.d.16.(2). Numbered 'CC' in top right corner of f. 20.

3. ff. 22-23v, 24-26v. Letter to Innocent XI from César d'Estrées, Bishop of Laon; 31 May 1680. Italian transl. and Latin. Inc. 'Beatissimo Padre / Verso la fine della passata Quaresima, e nel procinto di partire verso il mio Vescovado di Laon', expl. 'Di Parigi li 31 maggio 1680'; inc. (f. 24) 'Beatissime Pater / Sanctitatis Vestre lettere a Nuncij Pontificij Auditore Domino Abbate Lori mihi evadite sunt', expl. 'Lutetie Parisiorum 31 maij 1680'. Published in Latin in A Collection of some Letters and Insruments..., op.cit., pp. [97] - [102]. Old pagination in ink '818-825' (ff. 24-26v, plus following blank): the letter originally preceded art. 7 (ff. 61-64v). Numbered 'D.D.D.' in top right corner of f. 22.

4. ff. 27-27v. Brief of Innocent XI to Louis XIV; 12 July 1680. Latin. Inc. 'Carissimo in Christo filio nostro Ludovico francorum Regi Christianissimo / Innocentius Papa XI / Carissime in Christo fili noster S. A dilecto filio nobili viro duce de Estrées accepimus Maiestatis Tue litteras', expl. 'Datum Rome die 12 julij 1680'. Published in A Collection of some Letters and Insruments..., op.cit., pp. [104] - [105].

5. ff. 39-43. 'Responsio Archiepiscopi Tholosani ad Brevem 2 Innocentij XI', reply to a papal brief by Josef de Montpezat de Carbon, Bishop of Toulouse; 3 Oct. or Dec. 1680. Latin. Inc. 'Sanctissime Pater / Summa illa, qua Vestram prosequor Sanctitatem observatia statim adduxit me', expl. 'Tholose die 3a octobris 1680 / Sanctitatis Vestre / Humillimus... Servus / Joseph Archiepiscopus Tholosanus'. Another copy of the same letter at art. 7 (ff. 61-64v), dating the letter 3 Dec. 1680. Numbered 'V.V.' in top right corner of f. 39.

6. ff. 56-60v. 'Littera Vicarij Capitularis Appamiensis referentis miserias, quas patiuntur ecclesiastici se opponentes Regalie ad Sanctissimum Dominum Nostrum', letter to Innocent XI from Jean Cerle, General Vicar of the Chapter of Pamiers, follower of the late Bishop of Pamiers, François Etienne de Caulet, and opponent of the Assembly of the French Clergy; n.d., [but 7 Jan. 1681]. Latin. Inc. 'Beatissime Pater Post humillia pedum oscula / Sim licet pulvis, et civis, ea tamen fretus benignitate'. Published in A Collection of some Letters and Insruments..., op.cit., pp. [122] – [133], and in Inventaire des pièces concernant l'Affaire de l'Eglise de Pamiers (s.l., 1681-1683), ii, pp. 58-64. On Jean Cerle see J.-M. Vidal, Jean Cerle et le schisme de la régale au Diocèse de Pamiers (1680-1691) (Paris, 1938), p. 32 (a list of MSS. related to the question of the régale at pp. 2-5). Old pagination in ink '846-857' (ff. 56-60v, plus following blank).

7. ff. 61-64v. 'Littere responsive die 3^a decembris 1680. Sanctissimo Domino Nostro Innocenti XI ab Archiepiscopo Tholosano...', letter to Innocent XI from Josef de Montpezat de Carbon, Bishop of Toulouse; 3 Dec. 1680. Latin. Inc. 'Sanctissime Pater / Summa illa qua vestram prosequor Sanctitatem observatia statim adduxit me, ut epistolam eius 2a octobris die ad me datam'. Another copy of the same letter at art. 5 (ff. 39-43), dated 3 Oct. 1680. Old pagination in ink '826-833' (ff. 61-64v). Originally following art. 3 (ff. 24-26v) and preceding art. 8 (ff. 70-72v).

8. ff. 70-72v. 'Arresto del Parlamento di Parigi al Breve del Nostro Signore Padre il Papa sotto li 15 ottobre 1680 concernente la conferma della Badessa di Sciaronne', proceedings of the French Parliament relating to the monastery of Charonne, signed by the record officer Nicolas Dongois; 14 Dec. 1680-24 Jan. 1681. Italian. Inc. 'Vistosi dalla Corte il memoriale portato per il Procuratore Generale del Re', expl. 'fatto nel Parlamento li 24 gennaro 1681; e sottoscritto Dongoiis'. Published in French as Arrest de la Cour de Parlement, Sur un Bref du mois d'Octobre mil six cent quatre-vingt Du 15 decembre 1680 (Paris: François Muguet, 1681), B.L. copy 1570/1098.(11). Old pagination in ink '834-841' (ff. 70-72v, plus following blank). Originally following art. 7 (ff. 61-64v).

9. ff. 77-77v. 'Copia della lettera de gli Ecclesiastici di Francia presentata al Re'; n.d, [but 10 July 1680]. Italian. Inc. 'Con estremo dispiacere habbiamo inteso che il nostro Signor Padre Sommo Pontefice ha scritto alla Maestà Vostra'. Published in French as Lettre écrite au Roy par nosseigneurs les Archevesques, Evesques & autres Ecclesiastiques Deputez du Clergé de France, assemblez à S. Germain en Laye, Sur le dernier Bref du Pape, au Sujet de la Regale (Paris: Federic Leonard, 1680), B.L. copy 1570/1098.(10), and in another ed. [Paris?, 1680], B.L. copy 860.l.18.(39); in English as A Letter written to the French King by the Lords Spiritual the Archbishops and the Bishops, together with the other Ecclesiasticks [sic], appointed by the Clergy of France, assembled at St. Germains en Laye. About the last Breve of the Pope, upon the Subject of the Regale [London, 1680], B.L. copies T.3*.(57) and G.19902.(12); another English ed. (London: James Vade, at the Cock and Sugar-loaf, 1681), pp. [9]-[12], B.L. copy 1568/5490. Numbered 'Q.Q.Q.' in top right corner of f. 77.

10. ff. 127-128v. 'Editto del Re circa l'uso della Regalia verificata nel Parlamento alli 24 gennaro 1682'; 24 Jan. 1682. Italian. Inc. 'Luigi per la Dio gratia Re di Francia, e di Navarra, ... Li Deputati del Clero di Francia radunati con la nostra Licenza', expl. 'In Parigi Parlamento giorno di 24 gennaro 1682. Signato Jacques'. Published in French as Edit du Roy sur l'usage de la Regale. Verifié en Parlement le 24 Ianvier 1682. Suivante la Copie imprimée (Paris: François Muguet, 1682), B.L. copy 860.l.18.(37). Numbered 'F.F.F.' in top right corner of f. 127.

11. ff. 130-133v. Brief of Innocent XI to the Assembly of the French Clergy; 11 April 1682. Latin. Inc. 'Venerabilibus [sic] fratribus Archiepiscopis, Episcopis, et aliis Ecclesiasticis Viris in comitiis Gallibus Cleri Gallicani Parisiis congregatis / Paterne Charitati, qua carissimum in Christo filium nostrum Ludovicum Regem Christianissimum', expl. 'Datum Rome xi aprilis 1682'. Published as Sanctissimi Domini Nostri Domini Innocentii XI ad Archiepiscopos Episcopos, totumque Clerum in Regno Galliae (Braunsberg, [1682]), B.L. copy 5018.aaa.17; another ed. [1682], B.L. copy 860.l.18.(40); translated into English and published together with the letter from the French Clergy to the Pope as A Letter from the Clergy of France to Pope Innocent XI. Concerning the Rights of the Regalia. With The Pope's Answer thereunto. Translated out of the Latin Copy printed at Paris Cum Privilegio Regis (London: Joanna Brome at the Gun, 1682), B.L. copy 1508/44. Numbered 'P.' in top right corner of f. 130.

12. ff. 135-135v. 'Cleri Gallicani De Ecclesiastica Potestate Declaratio', the Four Gallican Articles; n.d., [but 19 March 1682]. Latin. Inc. 'Ecclesiae Gallicanae Decreta, et libertates a maioribus nostris tanto studio propugnatas'. Published in Edit du Roy sur la Declaration faite par le Clergé de France de ses sentiments touchant la puissance Ecclesiastique. Registrées en Parlement le 23 Mar 1682. Suivant la Copie imprimée (Paris: Federic Leonard, 1682), pp. 11-22, B.L. copy 1368.a.28.(5); Edit du Roy, sur la Declaration faite par le Clergé de France, de ses sentiments touchant la puissance Ecclesiastique. Et ce qui s'est passé en l'Université, Sorbonne et Faculté de Droit pour l'enregistrement (Paris: François Muguet, 1683), pp. 6-8, B.L. copy 1570/1098.(14); in Italian in Dichiarazione del Clero di Francia fatta dall'Assemblea del 1682 intorno alle libertà della Chiesa Gallicana, e all'autorità ecclesiastica (Genova, 1811), pp. 15-20, B.L. copy 1356.d.1.(1). Old pagination in ink '800-801' (ff. 135-135v). Originally preceding ff. 197-197v.

13. ff. 136-137v. 'Editto del Re Sopra la dichiaratione [repeated twice] fatta dal Clero di Francia di suoi sentimenti toccanti la Potestà Ecclesiastica', edict of Louis XIV of the Four Articles of the Gallican Church; n.d., [but 23 March 1682]. Italian, Latin and French. Inc. 'Luigi. Salute. Benche l'indipendenza della nostra Corona'. Published in French in Edit du Roy sur la Declaration ... Registrées en Parlement ..., (Paris, 1682), op.cit., pp. 3-10; Edit du Roy, sur la Declaration ... de ses sentiments... (Paris, 1683), op.cit., pp. 3-6,; in Italian in Dichiarazione del Clero di Francia..., op.cit., pp. 21-24. Numbered 'G.G.G.' in top right corner of f. 136.

14. ff. 138-139v. Letter from the Assembly of the French Clergy to all the prelates of France, signed by François d'Harlay de Chauvallon, Archbishop of Paris; 1 July 1682. Latin. Inc. 'Universis per Gallias Episcopis coetus Ecclesie Gallicane Salutem / Quod a patribus nostris olim in Concilio Arelatensi primo bene ac sapienter institutum perfectumque est', expl. 'Datum Parisijs Kal. julij 1682 / Signatum Franciscus Archiepiscopus Parisiensis'. Published as Epistola coetus Ecclesiae Gallicanae ad universos per Gallias Episcopos (Paris: Frederic Leonard, 1682), pp. 3-9, B.L. copy 1570/1098.(13); in French as Lettre circulaire du Clergé de France, a tous les Prelats du Royaume in Actes de l'Assemblée Generale du Clergé de France, de M.DC.LXXXII. concernant la Religion (Paris: Federic Leonard, 1682), pp. 3-12, B.L. copy 116.f.36. Numbered 'C.C.C.' in top right corner of f. 138.

15. ff. 140-141v. 'Archiepiscopi Episcopi et Clerus Gallicanus omnis Auctoritate Regia Parisiis congregi fratribus secessionis Calviniane correctionem reditum concordiam exoptat'; 1 July 1682. Latin. Inc. 'Ingemiscit iamdiu fratres universa Christi ecclesia, et maximo cum dolore', expl. 'Datum Parisijs Kalendi julij 1682'. Published in Epistola coetus Ecclesiae Gallicanae ad universos per Gallias Episcopos..., op. cit., pp. 11-23; in French as Avertissement Pastoral de l'Eglise Gallicane assemblée a Paris par l'autorité du Roy; a ceux de la religion pretendue reformée; pour les porter a se convertir et a se reconcilier avec l'Eglise in Actes de l'Assemblée Generale du Clergé de France, de M.DC.LXXXII. concernant la Religion, op.cit., pp. 13-31. Numbered 'Y' in top right corner of f. 140.

16. ff. 153-178v. 'Memoria di quello che è passato a Roma et a Pamiers su l'affare della Regalia'; n.d. Italian. Inc. 'Negl'affari ordinari Monsignor di Pamiers prendeva avviso'. With later marginal notes. Old foliation in ink '176-209' (ff. 153-178v). Numbered 'XXIV' in top margin of f. 153.

17. ff. 191-196v. 'De Regalia in ecclesiis vacantibus Francie / Discursus prudentialis', 'Seconda scrittura del Cardinale de Luca data agli altri Cardinali della Congregazione sopra la Regalia pretesa del Re Christianissimo' [later title added on f. 196v]; n.d. Latin. Inc. 'Quamvis in alio discurso iuridico convincenter, ni fallor'. A copy of a text with identical title in MS. Vat. Lat. 989, regarded by Zanetti as the draft of an unfinished tract on the Regalia (see A. Zanetti, Cultura giuridica..., op.cit., p. 179). Old pagination in ink '788-799' (ff. 191-196v). Originally following art. 1 (ff. 1-19v).

18. ff. 202-203v. Protest of Henri Charles de Beaumanoir, Marquis de Lavardin, against papal excommunication; 27 Dec. 1687. Italian. Inc. 'Enrico Carlo Signore di Beaumanoir Marchese di Lavardino Ambasciatore Straordinario del Re Christianissimo appresso la Santità di Papa Innocenzo XI non può credere', expl. 'Fatta in Roma li 27 dicembre 1687 / Enrico Carlo Signore di Beaumanoir di Lavardin Ambasciatore Straordinario di Francia'. Published in French as Protestation de Monsieur le Marquis de Lavardin Ambassadeur extraordinaire de France à Rome [Paris?, 1687?], B.L. copy 860.l.18.(42). Numbered 'N.N.N.' in top right corner of f. 202.

19. ff. 222-222v. 'Copia de Capitoli progettati dall'Illustrissimi Cardinali Cibo per sua Santità assistente Monsignor Casoni, Cardinal Pio per l'Imperatore, Cardinale Detrè per la Franza, Ovard per l'Inghilterra, l'Ambasciatore di Spagna per il suo Re, il Residente Landi per Venetia, il Marchese della Ferra per Savoia; n.d, [circa 1689]. Italian. Inc. 'Prima. Che il Papa dii il franco al Lavardino'. Numbered 'P.P.P.' in top right corner of f. 222.