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 1921 IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM 561 [1. Warre ? x ], rector of Otterhampton, to hold that benefice or another in lieu of it, though he is in his twenty-first year and has lost the sight of one eye. Leo. Holes (2) for strings of bulla. 1 Sedes apostolica pia Stowe Ch. 587. 277. ' In villa [Manliana ', 2 May] 1520. Brief to Henry VIII on behalf of bishop of Ascoli, on a mission to England. Anulus Piscatoris lost. ' Mittimus ad Maiestatem '. [Letters and Papers, iii, 780, p. 274.] Vit. B. iv, fo. 60. Imperfect. 278. Magliana ('Malliani Portuen. dioc.'), 10 May 1520. Incorporation of church 'of Shirland in that of Thornhill so long as Thomas Alen, present rector, shall hold the latter. First line. Adfuturam rex memoriam. Holes (2) for threads of bulla (one of the holes has almost disappeared by the wearing of the vellum). ' Romanum decet Pontificem'. Stowe Ch. 589. Damaged in places. 279. Rome, St. [Peter's], 3 June 1520. Brief to Henry VIII on the Turkish threat to Rhodes. Anulus Piscatoris lost. ' Superioribus diebus quod'. [Letters and Papers, iii, 856, p. 299.] Vit. B. iv, fo. 43. Imperfect. 280. Rome, St. Peter's, 13 July 1520. Dispensation to William Warham, 2 archdeacon of Canterbury, to hold provostship of Wingham without residence. Leo. Holes (2) for threads of bulla. * Uite ac morum '. Stowe Ch. 590. 281. Corneto, 12 November 1520. Confirmation of dispensation from Julius II (Rome, St. Peter's, 5 August 1508, * Litterarum scientia uite ') to John Smyth, clerk, portioner of Tidcombe 3 in Tiverton parish church, to hold also two other benefices. First line. Ad futuram rei memoriam. Holes (2) for threads of bulla. 282. Corneto, 17 November 1520. Dispensation to Thomas Payn, rector of East Wretham, to hold also one other benefice. Leo. Bulla lost. * Litterarum scientia uite '. Stowe Ch. 592. 283. Rome, St. Peter's, 18 March 1520/1. Dispensation to Richard Benson, rector of one out of the three portions of Burford church, to hold also two other benefices. Leo. Silk threads of bulla. 1 Uite ac morum Stowe Ch. 588. 284. Rome, St. Peter's, 11 October 1521. Grant to Henry VIII of title of Defender of the Faith. Leo. Rota, subscription. Bulla lost. 4 Magnum Bullarium Romanum, Aug. Taur., v, pp. 773-5.] Vit. B. iv.* Much damaged and imperfect. 1 Warre seems a likelier name than Varre ; and see no. 280 below. 8 In the manuscript given as ' Villelmo Varhm '. 3 The Cat. of the Stowe MSS. in the British Museum gives the form of the name in the manuscript as Tittecombe, but the first letter is in all three cases quite unlike T, though somewhat different from D. An examination with a magnifying glass gives what is, I believe, the explanation : the scribe of the papal chancery wrote D (or in the first case probably O), and another hand has tried (rather unsuccessfully), by extend- ing the top stroke to the right, to alter the letter to T. 4 It was preserved before the fire of 1731, and Rymer (ed. 1739-45, vi, pt. 1, opposite p. 199) gives a facsimile of it. VOL. XXXVI. — NO. CXLIV. O O
 * Prouisionis nostre debet '. Stowe Ch. 591.
 * Ex superne dispositionis '. [Letters and Papers, iii, 1659, p. 692 ;