BISHOPS. 11 d'elire^^, which was accordingly done on the following dayii, and Robt. BurneU^ bishop of Bath and Wellsi^, and Richard de la More ^^ archdeacon of Winton and subdean of Lincoln i^, were successively chosen by the chapter ; but both elections were set aside by the archbishop of Canterbury on account of their being pluralists^^. 1282 John de Pontissara^7 was nominated by the Pope, roEdw. I. who wrote several letters in his favour to king Ed- ward 1^. He was elected 9th June 1282 ; the tempo- 10 Lett, in Turr. Lond. H. 119. 11 Pat. 8 Edw. I. m. 23. 12 Item in cathedrali ecclesia Winton. vocatis vocandis et qui interesse debuerunt, die S. Be- nedicti abbatis in mense Martii communiter totus conventus per modum compromissi postularunt Robertum Bumel episcopum Bathon. in episcopum Win te- niae. Pro qua postulatione missi sunt ad curiam Romanam nuncii solemnes ; sed dominum Papam ad hoc flectere non potuerunt : dicente dicto domino Papa ipsum Robertum Bumel sufficiens ha- bere beneficium ; et ideo electio- nem de eo factam totaliter cas- saxdt. Sed idem dominus Papa de gratia sua speciali conventui Wintoniae concessit, quod iterate eligerent, et de tali episcopo et pastore sibi providerent, qui tam clero quam populo meritis fieret necessarius. Annal. Wigorn. 13 Pat. 8 Edw. I. m. 5. * In die S. Leonardi monach. unanimi consensu, elegerunt M. Ricardum de la More professo- rem theologum in episcopum suum et pastorem. Qui statini ad dominum Regeui tnmsmis- sus, et ab eo benigne admissus, et postea ad archiepiscopum per compromissores praesentatus est; qui dictam electionem confirmare recusavit. Et ideo tam electus quam conventus ad sedem apo- stolicam appellarunt. Annal. Wigorn. 15 Pat. 8 Edw. I. m. 2. 16 Reg. Peckham, f. 68, On this subject arch bishop Peckham wrote to his proctors, whom he sent to Rome about the business : " Nee excidat a memoria vestra vel linguis cum expedit ; quod presens electus Wintoniensis pri- mus est qui pro plurahtate bene- ficiorum extitit in Anglia ab epi- scopali repulsus honore. Quem si per gratiam vel quoquo modo confirmari contingat ; confusam reputamus totius Anghae cleri statum, nee nobis ex tunc fore honestum in Anglia remanere. Insurgent enim filii Diaboli, de- tentores beneficiorum sacrilegi, contra nos uno impetu ; qui nunc sunt de honoribus desperati." Reg. Peckham, f. 143. '7 Pontoys or Pontys. Le Neve also calls him Sawbridge. '^ Letters in Turr. I^ond. N"". 1 2 1 3 to 1217. c 2
