in Montpezat, but it was Benedict XII who authorized Saint-Martin to become a prioral church with six chaplains and two clerks. On 15 July 1343, Clement VI authorized the addition of six more chaplains and a change in name of the ruler of the church from Prior to Dean. In 1343, therefore, the Cardinal carried out the foundation and endowment of a Collegiate Church, called Saint-Martin, in his home-town of Montpezat-de-Quercy. The corporation was to consist of fifteen canons. It was to be financed by the grant of a number of parishes in the diocese of Cahors, as many as one quarter of the churches in the diocese; though, as it turned out, the greater part of the Collegiate Church's income was to come from Requiem Masses said by the various priests for the benefit of various donors. On 30 June 1342, during the pontificate of Clement VI, he was appointed as papal legate with Annibaldo di Ceccano, Bishop of Tusculum, to establish peace between France and England in the Hundred Years' War. Their mission was only partially successful: they arranged a truce in Malestroit in January 1343. Another mission was sent in November 1345, with Annibaldo di Ceccano, but not with Pierre Desprès, who was replaced by Cardinal Étienne Aubert. In 1345 he is on record as being Archdeacon of York, and Canon and Prebend of Wistowe in the Church of York. He was provided on 1 June 1321, and was admitted on 14 September 1321; he held the post until his death on 30 September 1361. Before his promotion to York in 1321, Pierre Desprès was Archdeacon of Rochester. He also held benefices in the Spanish churches. He was Archdeacon of Xàtiva in the Church of Valencia, he held the Decemberprovostship in the Cathedral of Valencia, and he held a prebend in the Cathedral of Mallorca. In 1348, Cardinal Desprès acted as examiner of candidates for the office of papal notary. He performed the same service in 1352. In March 1349 the Cardinal consecrated Thomas, Bishop of Leighlin in County Carlow, Ireland. In June 1352 he consecrated John, Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland. In January 1353 he consecrated Gregory, Bishop of Down in Ireland. In the same month he consecrated Nicholas, Bishop of Meath in Ireland. In June 1355 he consecrated John, Bishop of Dunkeld in Scotland. Conclave of 1352 Pope Clement VI died in the Apostolic Palace in