Royal MS 6 C VII

EPISTLES of S. Gregory the Great, &c., viz.:-

1. 'Simbolum fidei', &c., as in 6 C. ii, art. i. Beg. Credo in unum deum'. f. 1.

2. 'Registri beati Gregorii ... liber primus incipit': fourteen books and supplement as in 6 C. ii, art. 2, containing the same letters, but imperfect by loss of two quires (iii. 22-iv. 11) after f. 40. Beg. 'Gregorius seruus . . . Valde necessarium esse perspeximus', and ends 'indictione duodecima'. f. 1. Artt. 3-7 are in other 12th cent. hands.

3. 'Ex decreto beati Gregorii pape': an extract on the ordination of monks. Beg. 'Episcopus missam celebrare', and ends 'iuxta constitutum sanctorum ccc.x et viii. patrum'. f. 216.

4. Opening words of a letter from T[heobald], Archbishop of Canterbury (1139-1161), to Simon, Bishop of Worcester (1125-1150), 'Non turbetur cor uestrum', &c. f. 216b.

5. 'Gregorius papa vii' : decretal for relief of those who innocently enter into relations with the excommunicated. Beg. 'Quoniam peccatis nostris exigentibus'. f. 216b.

6. Letter of Henry [of Blois], Bishop of Winchester (1129-1171) and Papal legate (1139-1171), tO Simon, Bishop of Worcester, calling upon him to answer for not having executed a sentence of excommunication against William de Bello campo in a suit by [William] Prior of S. Barbara [Sainte-Barbe-en-Auge] and having on the contrary given burial to Beauchamp's sister. The dispute is related in the life of this prior printed in Le Large, De Canonicorum Ordine (Paris, 1697), p. 537. Beg. 'Quanto sepius presidentis'. No date [1140-1150]. f. 217 b.

7. Letter of Pope Lucius II to the Bishop of Worcester ['Wingonensis'l to join with R[obert de Bethunel Bishop of Hereford, in judging a complaint of [Rotrode] Bishop of Evreux against his brother Roger [de Beaumont], Earl [of Warwick]. He alleges that the Earl had long held and simoniacally dealt with the church of Warwick, but at length gave it to him to restore the liberties, but had afterwards revoked his act and sold he church to Richard [Pechel Archdeacon of Chester [afterwards Bishop of Lichfield, 1161-1182] who ejected he dean and intruded his own nominee. Dat. Lateran, xvii Kal. Iun. [16 May 1144]. Not in Jaffé's Registrum Beg. 'Venerabilis frater noster Ebroicensis'. f. 2I7 b. Vellum; ff. 218. 13.3/4 in. x 9.1/4 in. XII cent Gatherings of 8 leaves, numbered (originally) at the end. Sec. fol. 'Quicquid'. Initials in colours. Probably belonged to Worcester Cathedral Priory. An inscription has perhaps been cut off by a binder (see Casley's Catalogue). Afterwards belonged to john Theyer, sen. Theyer sale-cat. no. 17; CMA. 6416.