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136:, though he subsequently feared lest the infirmities of age made him unfit for the post (he had been in the service of the Crown since about 1260, and was probably by now well over seventy), and urged the canons of St. Patrick's and Chaddesworth himself to recommend a fit substitute if he were incapable of acting. In 1300 he succeeded in persuading the canons of St. Patrick's and the monks of Christ Church to agree to a 'final and full concord,’ which, while recognising that both churches were of metropolitical and cathedral rank, gave Christ Church, as the elder foundation, a certain honorary precedence. The arrangement became permanent. (The composition is printed in Mason's 'St. Patrick's,’ App. vi.) It was perhaps to conciliate the wounded pride of St. Patrick's that he continued to make Chaddesworth his vicar-general during his frequent absences abroad. In 1303 he also endowed St. Patrick's with the new prebends of Stagonil and Tipperkevin, the latter of which supported two prebendaries, and in 1304 he exempted the prebendal churches from the visitations of Dean and Archdeacon (Mason, St. Patrick's, App. iii. sec. vi.). In the same year, he also confirmed the arrangements of his predecessors in reference to St. Patrick's (Hist. MSS. Comm. 10th Rep. pt. v. p. 217). 333: 147:
in his capacity of archbishop of Dublin. There are other precedents for this somewhat unusual course. His absence from Ireland was so far recognised by the king that he gave Ferings special permission to have the revenues of his see sent to England for his support, and in letters of protection
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Ferings spent little of his time in Ireland. His conciliatory temper led him to several attempts to make peace with disappointed candidates and angry chapters. Even before his consecration, he had appointed his old rival, Thomas de Chaddesworth, his
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It was not, however, until June 1300 that Ferings received from the crown the temporalities of his see, after renunciation of all the words in the bull of appointment which were prejudicial to the royal authority.
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granted to him Edward speaks of his being in England 'by the king's order'. During his archbishopric the great valuation of the Irish churches was gradually taken. He died on 17 October 1306.
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had previously tried to secure the archbishopric in 1295. In their hurry, neither body had secured the royal licence to elect. Both were accordingly summoned to answer for
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was probably abroad, as it is not noticed by the English authorities, though the date is given as 1299 in the 'Annals of Ireland' published with the '
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of Christ Church Cathedral and St Patrick's Cathedral had long made the elections to that see constant subjects of disputes. In 1297
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Calendar of Documents, Ireland, 1293–1301, Nos. 746, 751. Either these or No. 633 must be misdated a year
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Ferings remained archdeacon until 1299, when he was appointed by Pope
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Mason, Hist. St. Patrick's, p. 115; Prynne, Records, iii. 943
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to the archbishopric of Dublin. The feuds of the two rival
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into the post at Winchester. Next year Peckham made him
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Archbishop of Dublin
archdiocese of Canterbury
John Peckham
Council of Reading
diocese of Winchester
Adam of Hales
Archdeacon of Canterbury
Sittingbourne
Kent
in commendam
Boniface VIII
chapters
William of Hothum
Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
Prior
Adam of Belsham
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
Dean
Thomas de Chaddesworth
canons
contempt of court
King Edward I
consecration
Chartulary
Vicar General
manor of Hollywood
English parliament
Catholic Church titles
William Houghton
Archbishop of Dublin

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