York Archbishops' Registers

1 . TNA - CPR 1307-13, p.265

Summary:	Pardon for abjuring the realm to Thomas Ellot of Keepwick by Hexham, convicted before Vaux within the archbishop of York's liberty of Hexham and hanged. When his body was cut down and sent for burial at the church of St John Lee, according to the privilege of the brethren of St John of Jerusalem, he was found to be alive and abjured the realm.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1310/07/08
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: Thomas Ellot; Sender/s: Edward II, king of England; Person/s: John de Vaus [Vaux], justice of gaol delivery;
Places:	Westminster, Middlesex, England, Keepwick, Northumberland, England, Hexham, Northumberland, England, St John Lee, Northumberland, England

2 . Register 8 f.93 (verso) entry 1

Entry Type:	Memorandum, Revocation
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of York
Summary:	Memorandum of letters to the archbishop's correctors [those making corrections following visitation] in the archdeaconry of York that the archbishop has revoked the business touching the abbot and convent of Kirkstall that they admitted parishioners of Leeds and others of their household to the sacraments within their chapel outside their gate, that they received outside parishioners for burial, and that they prevent their tenants from making testaments (wills).
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. (eds.). 1934. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part II. Surtees Society 149, 177.
Dates:	Document date: 1314/02/16 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Cawode

3 . Register 8 f.205 (recto) entry 2

Entry Type:	Inhibition, Mandate
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of Nottingham
Summary:	Mandate to the dean of Retford for an inhibition to the parishioners of the chapels of Bawtry, Austerfield and others within the parish of Blyth, not to bury any corpses in those chapels or churchyards, on the complaint of the prior and convent of Blyth to whom the church was appropriated, as burials are not accustomed to take place in those chapels and churchyards without specific licence from the archbishop or the prior and convent.
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, 180-181.
Dates:	Document date: 1315/04/25 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England (none given); written as Scroby

4 . Register 8 f.209 (recto) entry 7

Entry Type:	Memorandum, Mandate
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of Nottingham
Summary:	Memorandum of a letter to the dean of Retford that the sequestrated goods of Roger de Bergh, former rector of Egmanton, who had accidentally drowned in the River Trent, should be put towards his burial at Egmanton, and the remainder should be retained by the sequestrator; with another memorandum of an order to the official of the archdeacon of Nottingham to publish the sentence of excommunication imposed upon all those who forcibly entered the church and rectory house of Egmanton, vacant following Bergh's death (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, 193.
Dates:	Event date: 1315/08/06 (certain)
Places:	Place of event: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England (none given); written as Scroby

5 . Register 9A f.348 (verso) entry 7

Entry Type:	Mandate
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of the East Riding
Summary:	Mandate to Alexander de Bergh to exhume bodies buried in the former burial ground of the Friars Minor in Scarborough (Scardeburgh), and to rebury them in consecrated ground.
References:	Robinson, D. B. (ed.). 2011. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. VI. Canterbury and York Society 101, 86-87.
Dates:	Document date: 1322/07/06 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)

6 . Register 9A f.370 (verso) entry 8

Entry Type:	Licence
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of the East Riding
Summary:	Licence to William de Boynton, rector of Lockington (Lokyngton), to transfer the bones of Sir William Danyel [Daniel] from his burial place in the cemetery and into the church of Lockington.
References:	Robinson, D. B. (ed.). 2011. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. VI. Canterbury and York Society 101, 154.
Dates:	Document date: 1328/10/24 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Lockington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Lokyngton

7 . Register 9A f.125 (verso) entry 3

Entry Type:	Letters testimonial
Section Type:	Chapters
Summary:	Letters testimonial of Stephen [de Gravesend], bishop of London, to the archbishop and provost and canons of Beverley Minster, containing notification of the death and burial (details given) of John Crosseby [Crosby], rector of Tollesbury (Tolesbery), London diocese, following information received from Robert de Wodehous [Woodhouse], king's treasurer.
References:	Timmins, T. C. B. (ed.). 2002. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. V. Canterbury and York Society 93, 111.
Dates:	Document date: 1330/02/03 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Orsett, Essex, England (none given); written as Orsete

8 . Register 9A f.388 (verso) entry 3

Entry Type:	Licence
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of the East Riding
Summary:	Licence to the prior and brothers of the priory of North Ferriby for baptisms, burials, marriages and other services to be carried out in the chapel of St Mary in Hull, and its churchyard, within their parish of North Ferriby, as the parish church is far distant and difficult to reach during winter and in bad weather.
References:	Robinson, D. B. (ed.). 2011. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. VI. Canterbury and York Society 101, 201-202.
Dates:	Document date: 1333/12/03 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: York City, York, York, England (none given)

9 . Register 10 f.3 (recto) entry 6

Entry Type:	Licence
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of York
Summary:	Licence to bury the dead in the cemetery of Harewood (Harewode), as the archbishop has learned from trustworthy parishioners appearing before him that the violence on account of which burials had been forbidden had not arisen in the cemetery, and blood had not been spilt there.
Dates:	Inquiry date: 1343/10/09 (certain)
Places:	Benefice: Harewood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (churchyard)

10 . Register 10 f.78 (verso) entry 1

Entry Type:	Ordination, Notarial Subscription
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of Richmond
Summary:	Ordination of burials at the chapel of Grasmere (Gressemere) (details given); with notarial subscription by John de Aldfeld [Aldfield], notary public (witnesses named).
Dates:	Document date: 1349/03/03 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Bishop Burton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Burton iuxta Beverlay Subject of ordination: Grasmere, Westmorland, England (chapel)