Provinzialkonzil; 1486 (10. Juli)
Summoned to meet on 10 July to hear the case of William Butler, rector of Kilbery (Meath), who had been non-resident and apparently out of the country at the time of the metropolitical visitation of Meath on 6 November 1483, perhaps because he had left to join Henry Tudor in Brittany, who was preparing to invade England and overthrow King Richard III. The council therefore declared the benefice vacant and on 12 August 1486 wrote to Pope Innocent VIII (1484-1492) seeking his ratification of the decision. That evidently did not happen because Butler returned to claim his benefice in 1487 and was still there in 1498, making it likely that the proceeding against him was politically motivated, probably by forces in the church hostile to the newly installed Tudor dynasty.
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QQ: Reg. Octavian of Armagh, fol. 389r; Bray, Records of Convocation, Vol. 16 (Irland 1101-1690), 295-297.
Lit: DizCon I 93 (Cross-reference), II 7f. (F. Boncompagni) → Droghedan./Drogheda 1486.
Gerald Lewis Bray
Juni 2024
Empfohlene Zitierweise:
Bray, Gerald Lewis, “Armachanum / Armagh; Provinzialkonzil; 1486 (10. Juli)" in: Lexikon der Konzilien [Online-Version], Juni 2024;
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