> The first line is actually Philippo Thomae Howard ordinis praedicatorum
> S.R.E. Presb. Card. de Norfolcia Hiberie Anglie e Scotie Protectoris.
I take that as:
Philipo Thomae Howard
to Philip Thomas Howard
ordinis praedicatorum
of the Dominican Order
Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Presbyteri Cardinalis de Norfolcia,
Cardinal priest of Norfolk to the Holy Roman Church
Hiberiae, Angliae et Scotiae Protectoris
Protector of Spain, England, and Scotland
Protector means an office of the Roman Church, viz. the apostolic vicariate.
> I am a bit puzzled by "Hiberie" which I assume is actually Hibernia =
> Ireland. It can't be Spain. He was Protector of catholics in England and
> Scotland but not as far as I know in Ireland.
I'm sorry to say that I couldn't find out more than that Hiberiae actually is
Spain, not Ireland. Does Hiberiae possibly refer here to the Spanish
Netherlands? Howard had founded a priory there (in Bornem, today located in the
Belgian province of Antwerp).
Mathias
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