Clement VII

Also known as: Clement / Clement their pope / Pope Clement VII / antipape Clement / pope Clement · Family: Church · Role: pope · First appears: Richard II 5

Life events

• c. 1378 · Richard II granted Urban's request for assistance and rejected Clement's appeal.(Richard II 5)
  • With: Richard II Pope Urban VI
  • “but through persuasion of the archbishop of Canturburie, Vrbans request was granted, and Clements reiected.”
• c. 1383 · The English expedition received a commission to make war against Pope Clement VII's supporters.(Richard II 24 · 📍 Calis)
  • “their commission was to make warre onelie against those that held with pope Clement”
• c. 1395 · Charles VI sent Richard II the French clergy’s endorsement of Clement VII.(Richard II 62)
  • With: Charles VI Richard II
  • “The French clergie wrote in the behalfe of Clement their pope, & cōfirmed their script or writing with the vniuersitie seale of Paris. Which writing Charles the French king sent ouer to Richard king of England,”

Richard II 5

• with Richard II (interaction) “This yeare came messengers from the new elected pope Vrbane, with letters to require kings assistance and aid against such cardinals as he named schismatikes, that had elected an other pope whome they named Clement, which cardinals sent likewise their messengers with letters, to beséech the king to aid them with his fauourable assistance: but through persuasion of the archbishop of Canturburie, Vrbans request was granted, and Clements reiected”
• rivals with Pope Urban VI “This yeare came messengers from the new elected pope Vrbane, with letters to require kings assistance and aid against such cardinals as he named schismatikes, that had elected an other pope whome they named Clement, which cardinals sent likewise their messengers with letters, to beséech the king to aid them with his fauourable assistance”

Richard II 23

• enemies with Pope Urban VI (The Urbanist side prepared war against Clement and his supporters.) “to warre against those that held with the antipape Clement, that tooke himselfe for pope, and to such as would receiue the crosse in that quarrell, such like beneficiall pardons were granted by pope Vrbane”
• enemies with Henry Spencer, Bishop of Norwich “Sir Henrie Spenser bishop of Norwich, receiued buls a little before this present from pope Vrbane, to signe all such with the crosse, that would take vpon them to go ouer the seas with him, to warre against those that held with the antipape Clement, that tooke himselfe for pope”

Richard II 24

• rivals with Pope Urban VI (The expedition was directed against pope Vrbans enimies, while its commission was later described as war against those holding with pope Clement.) “giuing to all parsons, vicars, and curats, through this realme, power and authoritie to heare the confessions of their parishioners, and to grant vnto those that would bestow any parcell of their goods, which God had lent them towards the aduancing of the iournie to be made by the crossed souldiers against pope Vrbans enimies, the absolution and remission of all their sinnes by the popes authoritie, according to the forme of the bull before mentioned. The people vnderstanding of so great and gratious a benefit (as they tooke it) thus offered to the English nation, at home in their owne houses, were desirous to be partakers thereof, and those that were warlike men, prepared themselues to go foorth in that iournie with all spéed possible. The residue that were not fit to be warriors, according to that they were exhorted by their confessors, bestowed liberallie of their goods to the furtherance of those that went: and so, few there were within the whole kingdome, but that either they went, or gaue somewhat to the aduancing foorth of the bishop of Norwich his voiage.”

Richard II 62

• with Charles VI (Charles transmitted a writing made on Clement's behalf.) “The French clergie wrote in the behalfe of Clement their pope, & cōfirmed their script or writing with the vniuersitie seale of Paris. Which writing Charles the French king sent ouer to Richard king of England”

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Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.