York Archbishops' Registers

1 . Register 7 f.200 (recto) entry 1

Entry Type:	Decree, Approbation
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of the East Riding
Summary:	Decree of Archbishop Walter Giffard following a visitation of Swine priory (details given); with an approbation of Archbishop William Wickwane.
Subjects:	Religious Houses, Female, Women, Nuns
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. (eds.). 1936. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part III. Surtees Society 151, 135-138.
Dates:	Document date: 1273/11/03 (certain) Document date: 1282/07/03 (certain)
People and Groups:	Approver: Wickwane, Master, William, fl 1269-1284, Archbishop of York (archbishop) Grantor: Giffard, Walter, c 1225-1279, Archbishop of York (archbishop) Subject of decree: Swine Priory, Cistercian (prioress and convent)
Places:	Place of dating: Swine, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (chapter house); written as in capitulo de Swyn'

2 . Register 7 f.270 (verso) entry 2

Entry Type:	Approbation
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of Richmond
Summary:	Approbation of the collation of Master Thomas Baroun, priest, as rector of Great Smeaton [Smetheton], by Master Robert de Forda [Ford], canon of York, the archbishop's vicar-general, following papal letters permitting the archbishop to provide six clerks to six benefices.
Note:	Marginal note alongside this entry states 'De anno tercio'; that is, referring to business from the third year of the archbishop's period in office.
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. (eds.). 1936. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part IV. Surtees Society 152, 207.
Dates:	Document date: 1308/02/01 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Wilford, Nottinghamshire, England (none given)

3 . Register 8 f.171 (verso) entry 4

Entry Type:	Memorandum, Letters dimissory, Approbation
Section Type:	Miscellaneous entries
Summary:	Approbation of all minor orders and the order of subdeacon obtained by Robert de Mortham, received from the bishop of Galloway (Whithorn; Candida Casa) in Durham diocese; with a memorandum of letters dimissory for Robert to proceed to the orders of deacon and priest (two entries).
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. (eds.). 1938. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part IV. Surtees Society 152, 98-99.
Dates:	Document date: 1310/03/08 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Hackney, Middlesex, England (none given); written as Hakeneye

4 . Register 8 f.173 (recto) entry 3

Entry Type:	Approbation
Section Type:	Miscellaneous entries
Summary:	Approbation for Nicholas de Knovill, canon of Southwell, of his commendation of the church of Widmerpool (Widmerpol), obtained from Walter Giffard, archbishop of York, before the council of Lyon [held in 1274].
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. (eds.). 1938. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part IV. Surtees Society 152, 101.
Dates:	Document date: 1310/03/12 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: City of London, London, England (none given); written as London

5 . Register 8 f.143 (recto) entry 2

Entry Type:	Confirmation, Collation, Approbation
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of the East Riding
Summary:	Approbation and confirmation by the archbishop of the collation of the church of Lowthorpe (Louthorp), vacant by lapse of time, the advowson having been disputed in the royal courts, to Master Thomas le Conyer (or Conyers or Coygners) of Chichester, priest.
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. (eds.). 1936. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part III. Surtees Society 151, 206-207.
Dates:	Document date: 1312/12/10 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Cawod

6 . Register 8 f.186 (verso) entry 8

Entry Type:	Ratification
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of Nottingham
Summary:	Ratification (or approbation) of the orders of deacon and priest of Thomas son of William de Brewod [Brewood], gained from W [Walter Langton], bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, and not by a suffragan bishop.
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. (eds.). 1938. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part IV. Surtees Society 152, 132.
Dates:	Document date: 1313/03/02 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Cawod

7 . Register 5A f.208 (verso) entry 3

Entry Type:	Approbation, Grant of Probate
Section Type:	Suffragans
Summary:	Approbation before Dean Robert [Pickering] and the chapter of York, sede vacante, of the grant of probate of the testament (will) of Richard [Kellaw], bishop of Durham, within the diocese of Durham, made before the keeper of the spirituality of the bishopric of Durham, sede vacante, on 24 December 1316, and grant of administration of the bishop's goods within the diocese of York to the same executors (named) (insert).
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 296.
Dates:	Document date: 1317/01/24 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: York Minster Chapter House, York, York, England (chapter house); written as Ebor'

8 . Register 5A f.184 (verso) entry 3

Entry Type:	Approbation, Grant of Probate
Section Type:	Suffragans
Summary:	Approbation before Dean Robert [Pickering] and the chapter of York, sede vacante, of the grant of probate of the testament (will) of Richard [Kellaw], bishop of Durham, within the diocese of Durham, made before the keeper of the spirituality of the bishopric of Durham, sede vacante, on 24 December 1316, and grant of administration of the bishop's goods within the diocese of York to the same executors (named).
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 296.
Dates:	Document date: 1317/01/24 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: York Minster Chapter House, York, York, England (chapter house); written as Ebor'

9 . Register 9B f.409 (recto) entry 9

Entry Type:	Approbation
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of Nottingham
Summary:	Approbation to Hugh, chaplain of the chapel of St Helen in Bingham, of an exchange of property (details given) between the Carmelite friars of Nottingham and Hugh.
References:	Brocklesby, R. (ed.). 1997. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. IV. Canterbury and York Society 85, 24-25.
Dates:	Document date: 1319/10/18 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)

10 . Register 9A f.45 (verso) entry 4

Entry Type:	Approbation, Letter/s
Section Type:	Intrinseca camere
Summary:	Letter to Nicholas de Sighelesthorn [Sigglesthorne], archbishop's receiver at Beverley, in approbation of a deposit of £110 for the use of the archbishop made to Nicholas de Hugate [Huggate], provost of Beverley, for safekeeping.
References:	Robinson, D. B. (ed.). The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. VII. Canterbury and York Society (forthcoming).
Dates:	Document date: 1330/09/05 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Bishop Burton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)