La Porte (de), Jean (…-…)

Planchart : Jehan de la Porte 2 (Iohannes de Porta): was a small vicar from 27 May 1462 to 26 May 1474 [LAN, 4G 7460, 5r; 4G 7472 (1473-74), 6v]. His recess is not noted with his name, only with the indication that there was one less vicar as of that date, his absence is confirmed by the opening list for 1474-75. He is documented as a chaplain, probably with the small community, by 24 January 1460 [CBM, 1060, 66v]. In 1460-61 he is reported as the past holder of the chaplaincy of St. Elizabeth and the present holder of the chaplaincy of the Trinity, both as foreign chaplaincies [LAN, 4G 6929, 43v]. In 1470-71 he became a member of the grand community of chaplains [LAN, 4G 6943, 11v], and appears in the lists until 1473-74 [LAN, 4G 6946, 20r]. By 09 October 1476, when he collated the chaplaincy of St. John Evangelist at the parish church of St. Brice in Tournai on the death of Rasse des Pres, he was a grand vicar [CBM 1061, 9v], which means that his promotion would have been recorded in the lost register N or the acts, and on 12 August 1478 he became librarian to the chapter [CBM 1061, 53v]. On 27 March 1480 he resigned the chaplaincy at St. Brice in favor of Pierre Hubert [CBM 1061, 94v]. On 12 August 1480 he collated the chaplaincy at the hospital in Braine l’Alleud on the death of Raoul Mortier [CBM 1061, 133v]. On 02 March 1486, the day after the burial of canon Nicolas Fierin, the chapter gave the canonicate to Jehan du Wez, the grammar teacher, but two weeks later du Wez exchanged his canonicate with de la Porte for chaplaincy at the altar of St. Nicholas in the parish church of Goy [CBM 1061, 254r, 256r]. This action mystified the chapter; de la Porte had obtained a papal nova provisio just in case, but du Wez reaffirmed his decision [CBM 1061, 261r-261v], so de la Porte was formally received as a canon on 17 May 1486. He had become a canon of Ste. Croix, but resigned this canonicate the day of his reception [CBM 1061, 261v]. He died 13 June 1515 [CBM 1046, 175r].