[287] The pope was at this time discouraging the study of civil law by the clergy (see Collier’s “Ecclesiastical History,” i. 464).
[288] The bishop appointed certain priests as confessors of the clergy.
[289] Prebendary Hingeston-Randolph’s “Register of Walter Stapledon,” p. 194.
[290] Prebendary Hingeston-Randolph’s “Register of Walter Stapledon,” p. 130.
[291] Ibid., p. 111.
[292] Prebendary Hingeston-Randolph’s “Register of Walter Stapledon,” p. 573.
[293] Prebendary Hingeston-Randolph’s “Register of Walter Stapledon,” p. 109.
[294] S.P.C.K., “Dioc. Hist. of Hereford,” p. 112.
[295] Quivil’s “Register” (Hingeston-Randolph), p. 337.
[296] There may be some error, since in the “Taxatio” the annual income of Bigby is given as £4 6s. 8d.