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1 .   TNA - C 85/179/29
Entry Type: Signification of excommunication
Summary: Request for secular assistance in pursuing Shireburn and various others, obdurate excommunicates. Endorsement: Yorkshire
Language: Latin
Note: It is unclear whether 'Kilvyngton' is North and/or South Kilvington in the North Riding of Yorkshire, or Kilvington in Nottinghamshire.
Dates: 1314/08/18
People and Groups: Addressee/s: Edward II, king of England; Sender/s: William [Greenfield], archbishop of York; Person/s: Agnes, daughter of Walter Scot of Hutton upon Derwent, William de Shireburn [Sherburn], chaplain of Darfield, Brother William, lay brother of Byland Abbey, Walter Scott of Hutton upon Derwent, Thomas de Lockewod of Almondbury, John Lockewod [Lockwood], Sylvester Faber [Smith], Thomas son of the widow, Thomas son of Beatrice, Robert de Carlecotes;
Places: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Almondbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Penistone, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Low Hutton, Huttons Ambo, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, Wassand, Sigglesthorne, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Darrington, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Byland Abbey, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, Darfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Mirfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Campsall, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Snaith, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
2 .   TNA - C 85/180/8
Entry Type: Certificate of absolution
Summary: Request that Clapham, an excommunicate imprisoned at the request of the former archbishop, be released.
Language: Latin
Dates: 1316/02/12
People and Groups: Addressee/s: Edward II, king of England; Sender/s: [Robert Pickering,] dean of York, and the chapter of York; Person/s: William de Grenefeld [Greenfield], archbishop of York, deceased, Brother John de Clapham, conversus of the monastery of Byland;
Places: York City, York, York, England, Byland Abbey, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
3 .   TNA - CPR 1348-50, p.367
Summary: Licence, at the request of Henry, earl of Lancaster, for Mowbray to alienate in mortmain a moiety of the advowson of Bubwith to Byland Abbey, with licence for Byland to appropriate it.
Language: Latin
Dates: 1349/08/20
People and Groups: Addressee/s: John de Moubray [Mowbray], lord of Axholme; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England; Person/s: Henry, earl of Lancaster;
Places: Westminster, Middlesex, England, Bubwith, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Axholme, Lincolnshire, England, Byland Abbey, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
4 .   TNA - E 135/10/21
Summary: Collection of responses from various religious houses to Henry IV's request for money, sent on 28 April 1400. Reponses from the northern province comprise the abbeys and priories of Welbeck (m. 2a); Selby (m. 3); Beauvale (m. 14); Repton (m. 15); Warter (m. 16); Watton (m. 17); Thurgarton (m. 18); Shelford (m. 19); Pontefract (m. 20); Monk Bretton (m. 21); Worksop (m. 22); Lenton (m. 23); Blyth (m. 24); Rievaulx (m. 31); Byland (m. 32); Kirkstall (m. 33); Fountains (m. 34).
Language: Latin
Note: Undated, but presumably written shortly after the request was sent. Includes a number of partial seals.
Dates: 1400/00/00
People and Groups: Addressee/s: Henry IV, king of England;
Places: Monk Bretton Priory, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Pontefract Priory, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Rievaulx Abbey, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, Byland Abbey, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, Thurgarton Priory, Nottinghamshire, England, Worksop Priory, Nottinghamshire, England, Shelford Priory, Nottinghamshire, England, Lenton Priory, Nottinghamshire, England, Blyth Priory, Nottinghamshire, England, Warter Priory, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Watton Priory, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Selby Abbey, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire, England, Beauvale Priory, Nottinghamshire, England, Repton Priory, Nottinghamshire, England, Fountains Abbey, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Kirkstall Abbey, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
5 .   Register 9A f.85 (recto) entry 6
Entry Type: Mandate, Monition
Section Type: Chapters
Summary: Monition to the dean and chapter of York Minster to pay or restore to Thomas de Cave, receiver of the archbishop, all revenues arising from archiepiscopal jurisdiction during the vacancy of the see from the time of the death of Archbishop William [Greenfield], the last archbishop (details given).
References: Timmins, T. C. B. (ed.). 2002. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. V. Canterbury and York Society 93, 9.
Dates: Document date: 1318/05/07 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Byland Abbey, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (abbey); written as Bellam Landam
6 .   Register 9A f.85 (recto) entry 7
Entry Type: Appointment
Section Type: Chapters
Summary: Appointment of Master John de Rocca, clerk, and Master William de Otringham [Ottringham], clerk, as the archbishop's proctors at the Roman Curia.
References: Timmins, T. C. B. (ed.). 2002. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. V. Canterbury and York Society 93, 9-10.
Dates: Document date: 1318/05/07 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Byland Abbey, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (abbey); written as Billamlandam
7 .   Register 9A f.271 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Licence
Section Type: Archdeaconry of Cleveland
Summary: Licence to five Dominican friars (friars preachers) of Lancaster (named) to hear confessions, according to the constitution of Pope Boniface VIII [Super cathedram].
References: Robinson, D. B. (ed.). 1978. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. II. Canterbury and York Society, 71, 11.
Dates: Document date: 1318/05/06 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Byland Abbey, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)
8 .   Register 9A f.271 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Licence
Section Type: Archdeaconry of Cleveland
Summary: Licence during pleasure for William de Baxby to have masses celebrated in his oratory within his manor of Baxby, in the parish of Coxwold (Cokewald).
References: Robinson, D. B. (ed.). 1978. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. II. Canterbury and York Society, 71, 11-12.
Dates: Document date: 1318/05/07 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Byland Abbey, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)
9 .   Register 9A f.271 (recto) entry 4
Entry Type: Decree
Section Type: Archdeaconry of Cleveland
Summary: Decree of the Archbishop of York following the visitation of Moxby (Molseby) priory (details given).
References: Robinson, D. B. (ed.). 1978. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. II. Canterbury and York Society, 71, 12-14.
Dates: Document date: 1318/05/06 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Byland Abbey, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)
10 .   Register 9A f.310 (verso) entry 4
Entry Type: Indenture
Section Type: Archdeaconry of Cleveland
Summary: Indenture made between John de Miton, abbot, and the convent of Byland and Thomas de Cawode [Cawood], perpetual vicar of Felixkirk, in settlement of an action in the court of Common Pleas concerning property in the vill of Marderby (Martherby) (witnesses named).
References: Robinson, D. B. (ed.). 1978. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. II. Canterbury and York Society, 71, 157-158.
Dates: Document date: 1332/09/22 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Byland Abbey, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (abbey)


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