1921 IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM 409 of 1,000 marks. Nicolaus. String of bulla. ' Pro censu mille '. [Potthast 21271, ii. 1721.] Cleop. E. i, fos. 224 b-225. 148. Rome, St. Peter's, 31 May 1278. General confirmation to Cassan Priory. Nicolaus. Holes (2) for threads of bulla. ' Solet annuere sedes '. [Not in Potthast.] Add. Ch. 13542. 149. Rome, St. Peter's, 5 January 1279. 1 General confirmation to Sawtrey Abbey. Nicolaus. Bulla lost. ' Cum a nobis '. [Not in Pott- hast.] Aug. ii. 123. 150. Rome, St. Peter's, 23 January 1279. Licence to Cluny to refuse de- mands, except for a moderate quantity of victuals, by prelates who in their visitations exceed the number of horses and persons laid down by the Lateran council. Nicolaus. Holes (2) for threads of bulla. 1 Exigentibus uestre deuotionis '. [Potthast 21516, ii. 1739 ; J. Gay, Registres de Nicolas HI, fasc. 2, p. 178 (no. 468).] Add. Ch. 1549. 151. Rome, St. Peter's, 23 January 1279. Release of Cluny from liability to pay exactions wrongfully demanded by ecclesiastical authorities. Nicolaus. • Cum a nobis '. [Not in Potthast ; noted in Marrier and Duchesne (Quercetanus), Bibl. Gluniacensis, p. 1701 ; printed by J. Gay, Registres, fasc. 2, p. 173 (no. 457).] Add. Chs. 1550-4. In quintuplicate. In all cases, except 1551, where no trace of the bulla remains, holes (2) for threads of bulla. 152. Rome, St. Peter's, 23 January 1279. Prohibition of measures by ecclesiastical authorities in violation of rights of Cluny. Nicolaus. 1 Religionis uestre in '. [Not in Potthast ; J. Gay, Registres, fasc. 2, p. 171 (no. 455).] Add. Chs. 1555, 1556. In duplicate. 1555, holes (2) for threads of bulla ; 1556, bulla lost. 153. Rome, St. Peter's, 23 January 1279. Mandate to abbot of St. Victor de Marseille to recover for Cluny property wrongfully alienated. Nicolaus. Holes (2) for threads of bulla (repaired). ' Inclinati precibus dilectorum '. [Not in Potthast.] Add. Ch. 1557. 154. Rome, St. Peter's, 13 February 1279. Mandate to the same to prevent molestation of Cluny contrary to papal privileges. Nicolaus. Traces of holes (2) for threads of bulla. ' Cum multiplicata sit '. [Not in Potthast.] Add. Ch. 1559. 155. Rome, St. Peter's, 22 April 1279. Mandate to the same effect to the abbot of Ste. Colombe. Nicolaus. Holes (2) for threads of bulla. ' Cum multiplicata sit '. [Not in Potthast.] Add. Ch. 1558. 156. Rome, St. Peter's, 13 April 1280. 2 Licence to Tiron Abbey to receive property which would have fallen to free persons becoming 1 Attributed on the cover to Nicholas IV, and dated accordingly 1290 in the Index to the Charters and Rolls in the British Museum, vol. ii, 8. v. ' Sawtrey Abbey ' (p. 668) ; but Nicholas IV was dating from Sta. Maria Maggiore on this day ; see Potthast and especially E. Langlois, Registres de Nicolas IV, who gives a number of documents dated Non. Jan., a . 2. On the other hand Nicholas III was at St. Peter's throughout January of his second year. See also 156 below. 2 Attributed in a French hand on the back to Nicholas IV and dated accordingly 1290, and so, too (with a query), in pencil on the flap, and in the manuscript catalogue of charters ; but the bulls of Nicholas IV issued on 13 April of the third year are dated from Sta. Maria Maggiore, whereas Nicholas III was at St. Peter's during April of his third year. For this reason the two bulls to Tiron printed in L. Merlet, Cartulaire
