Rebellious medieval canons of Maiden Bradley Priory, Wiltshire.- Bérenger Fredoli (French canon lawyer and Cardinal-Bishop of Tusculum (Frascati, near Rome), Pope's penitentiary, c. 1250-1323) Letter of Bérenger, Bishop of Tusculum to [William], Prior of the Augustinian Priory of Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire, concerning the rebellious canons there, sent on behalf of Pope John XXII, manuscript document in Latin, on vellum, large calligraphic initial "B" and three other penwork initials, 18 lines, in a fine secretarial hand, small hole along fold slightly affecting text, endorsements at head and verso, docket on verso, folds, browned, a little creased, 166 x 320mm., Avignon, 11th July 1321.

⁂ A letter on behalf of Pope John XXII noting the transgressions of the canons by breaking the statutes of the Augustinian Order and were excommunicated. Now they have been purged of their misconduct and on behalf of the Pope he has authority to grant absolution to those who acted unknowingly, and the same following two years suspension from the Order to those who offensively conspired.

Maiden Bradley was founded as a leper hospital in 1164. It appears to have been placed under Augustinian canons between 1189-1200, and although it cared for lepers after 1325, it had the status of a priory. It was dissolved in 1536.