Bull with attached instrument of the Bishop of London

Item author: Pope Leo X
Item date: 1514
Grant Value: 1,000
Item cost: 4,000
Item date acquired: 1996
Item institution: Guildhall Library
Town/City: London

A Bull granted by Pope Leo X permitting the marriage of Henry Somerset, Lord Herbert and Margaret Courtenay, overriding the prohibition based on their consanguinity. Attached is a letter from Leonard, Cardinal of Susa and an instrument of Richard Fitzjames, Bishop of London, authorising the marriage. The original lead bulla survives intact as do the seals of the Bishop of London and his Commissary. Illustrated at p.23 of AR