Author: POLUS Reginaldus :
Title: Manuscript copy of absolution by Cardinal Richard / Reginald de la Pole. (original from 1555)
Description: .: 2. Manuscript, in-folio, 12 pp of which 4 blank, written in Latin, very regular handwriting, dated 1555. Later copy of ''Commissio domini Reginaldi Poli, Legati de Latere, decano et capitulo Cantuar. facta ad dispensandum, cum clericis, et absolvend. eos, ac Laicos, sus nomine''. Followed by; ''Instructiones praecedenti commissioni a Cardinale Polo annexae ibidem.'', "Facultas curatis, ete aliis ecclesiasticis personis per ipsos idoneis cognitis et nominatis, per dominum Legatum concessa est infra scripta. Ex Harmer L.C.P. 191'' and by "Formula absolutionis''. Pole, 1500 - 1558, a cardinal since 1536, had to absolve people, parliament, clergy, from the guilt of schism right after his return to England - though he became a priest only in 1556 (and archbishop two days later). .

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