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1 .   TNA - CPR 1330-4, p.561
Summary: Confirmation of letters patent of Walter Langton, bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, master of St Leonard's, and the brethren of that place, dated 27 May 1317, being a licence for Dionisia and Agnes de Hothum, sisters of St Leonard's, to dwell apart from the other sisters in a newly-built house nearby, and that for life they should have the same victuals, fuel, clothing and bedding as the other sisters.
Language: Latin
Dates: 1334/07/15
People and Groups: Sender/s: Edward III, king of England; Person/s: Walter [Langton], bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, master of St Leonard's hospital, York, Dionisia de Hothum [Hotham], sister of St Leonard's hospital, York, Agnes de Hothum [Hotham], sister of St Leonard's hospital, York;
Places: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, York, St Leonard's Hospital, York, York, England
2 .   TNA - E 101/569/32
Summary: Particulars of account of Belesby of the costs and expenses involved in bringing seven sacks of various goods which belonged to the former Archbishop Neville at the time of his indictment from Lincolnshire to London. Includes a schedule of the goods concerned, mostly bedding, clothing and cloth. Carriage cost 108s 6d, taking the goods from Thonock to Beelsby, to Lincoln and then to London, where Waltham delivered them to Notyngham.
Language: Latin
Note: See also E 101/569/45. That document was compiled after 15 November 1388, and the two documents may date from the same time.
Dates: 1388/11/00
People and Groups: Sender/s: William de Belesby, sheriff of Lincolnshire; Person/s: John de Notyngham [Nottingham], clerk of the Exchequer, Alexander [Neville], archbishop of York, John Waltham, esquire;
Places: Thonock, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England, Beelsby, Lincolnshire, England, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, City of London, London, England
3 .   TNA - E 101/569/45
Summary: Account of Belesby of the costs and expenses involved in bringing seven sacks of various goods which belonged to the former Archbishop Neville at the time of his indictment from Lincolnshire to London. Includes a schedule of the goods concerned, mostly bedding, clothing and cloth, worth £262 6s 7d according to a marginal note. Carriage cost 108s 6d, taking the goods from Beelsby, to Lincoln and then to London, where Waltham delivered them to Notyngham.
Language: Latin
Note: See also E 101/569/32.
Dates: 1388/11/00
People and Groups: Sender/s: William de Belesby, sheriff of Lincolnshire; Person/s: John de Notyngham [Nottingham], clerk of the Exchequer, Alexander [Neville], archbishop of York, John Waltham, esquire;
Places: Beelsby, Lincolnshire, England, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, City of London, London, England
4 .   Register 30 f.23 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Testamentary business, Wills and Probate
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Wills, Plate, Servants, Household equipment, Probate, Clothing, Tuition, Women, Leases, Rectors, Money, Last Wills and Testaments, Paupers, Cows
Note: Initial letter 'I' of 'In Dei nomine Amen' ('In the name of God Amen'), the opening of the will, is enlarged and decorated.
References: YAS 93, p.82
Dates: Probate date: (certain)
Will date: 1564/04/05 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Williamson, George, d 1564, Prebendary of Husthwaite (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Long Marston, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
5 .   Register 8 f.246 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Order to deliver
Section Type: Intrinseca camere
Summary: Order to Roger de Thornton, archbishop's receiver of York to pay the following: John of Sandwich, money for winter clothes and fur for the use of W. de Melton (presumably William de Melton, later archbishop of York); and 40s of the archbishop's alms each to the Dominican and Franciscan friars and 20s each to the Austin and Carmelite friars, and to ask each convent on the archbishop's behalf to celebrate a mass in their house for the soul of Robert de Greenfield, the archbishop's brother lately deceased.
Subjects: Furs, Alms, Relatives, Carmelite Friars, Austin Friars, Dominicans, Clothing, Masses, Nuns, Friars, Money, Receivers, Franciscans, Brothers, Women, Convents
References: Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 33.
Dates: Document date: 1314/02/20 (certain)
People and Groups: Addressee: Sandwich, John, fl 1308-1315, Donzel of Archbishop of York (none given)
Deceased: Greenfield, Robert, d 1314, Brother of Archbishop Greenfield (brother (family relation))
Recipient: Melton, William, d 1340, Archbishop of York (none given)
Places: Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's castle)
Place of person status: York City, York, York, England (city)
6 .   Register 8 f.55 (recto) entry 7
Entry Type: Order to deliver
Section Type: Ballive
Summary: Order to Ralph de Dalton to deliver to the poor tenants of the archbishop's liberty of Hexham the clothing and payments (vestes et vadia) taken from them as amercements and farms by Richard de Langton, clerk, and now in Dalton's keeping at Aldwark (Aldewerk), on account of their injury and poverty.
References: Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. (eds.). 1931. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part I. Surtees Society 145, 271-272.
Dates: Document date: 1315/05/04 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Wheatley, Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Whetelawe iuxta Doncastr'
7 .   Register 11 f.187 (verso) entry 3
Entry Type: Agreement
Section Type: Archdeaconry of Cleveland
Summary: Agreement between Robert de Bolton of Easthorpe (Yaresthorp) and his wife Hawise, since Hawise no longer dares to remain in her husband's household on account of his excessive cruelty, and has asked the archbishop to assign her a suitable portion of their joint goods for her food and clothing. Following mediation through their friends, it was agreed in the archbishop's main chamber at Cawood that Hawise would live separately from her husband for the next three years, and that Robert would pay her 12 marks per year (payment details and conditions given). Witnessed by Master John de Waltham, officer [of the court of York], John de Irford, archbishop's chancellor, and Nicholas de Burton, registrar.
Subjects: COURTS, ECCLESIASTICAL, Wives, Women, Matrimonial causes, Divorce
Dates: Event date: 1368/12/06 (certain)
Places: Place of event: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's chamber); written as Cawode
Place mentioned: Easthorpe, Londesborough, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Place mentioned: New Malton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
8 .   Register 12 f.112 (recto) entry 7
Entry Type: Order to deliver
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Order to arrange necessary footwear, clothing and keep for poor scholars Robin Menyll [Meynell]; John Wakefield; Thomas Fabr' [?Faber; ?Smith]; John Carlill [Carlisle] and William Chest' [?Chester].
Subjects: Poor scholars
Dates: Document date: 1375/03/22 (certain)
People and Groups: Recipient: John Carlill (scholar)
Recipient: John Wakefield (scholar)
Recipient: Robert Menyll (scholar)
Recipient: Thomas Fabr' (scholar)
Recipient: William Chest' (scholar)
Places: Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)
9 .   Register 31 f.175 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Will, Grant of Probate, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Matthew
Summary: Will of Ralph Kay, clerk, [vicar] of Topcliffe (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate (commences on fol. 175r and ends on fol. 177v).
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Debt books, Probate, Vicars, Annuities, Pains, New Testament, Gates, Debts, Churchwardens, Foals, Seals, Servants, Wills, Women, Lands, Bibles, Leases, Last Wills and Testaments, Manorial juries, Psalms, Presentations, Bills, Tutors, Godsons, Daggers, Amercements, Advowsons, Notaries Public, Riding equipment, Household equipment, Furniture, Money, Friends, Deeds, Paupers, Pious preambles, Swords, Horses, Furnishings, Repairs, Hay, Apprentices, Schools, Mortgages, Clothing
Note: In a very long preamble, the testator quotes verses from various books of the New Testament (Luke, Ephesians, Matthew, Romans, Timothy, Corinthians, Acts) and the Psalms, also quoting from John and Acts later in the will and ending the will with the first line of the Nunc Dimittis in Latin (Luke 2:29). He states that he had 52 godchildren.
References: YAS 93, p. 42
Dates: Birth date: 1546/03/15 (certain)
Will date: 1605/02/06 (certain)
Probate date: 1613/10/02 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Kay, Ralph, d ? 1613, Vicar of Topcliffe (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Topcliffe, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
Birthplace: Dalton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
10 .   Register 30 f.24 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Testamentary business, Wills and Probate
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Wills, Parish Churches, Prayers, Servants, Household equipment, Corn, Probate, Husbandmen, Clothing, Rye, Wagons, Wheat, Wool, Sheep, Hemp, Money, Lambs, Furniture, Last Wills and Testaments, Parishioners, Paupers, Coins, Wages, Godchildren, Agricultural equipment, Flax, Godsons, Cows, Travel, Clergy, Yarn, Housekeepers, Fabrics, Furnishings, Women, Horses, Copes, Debts, Oxen
Note: Initial letter 'I' of 'In the name of God Amen', the opening of the will, is enlarged and decorated.
References: YAS 93, p. 5
Dates: Will date: 1561/10/03 (certain)
Probate date: 1565/03/20 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Barnes, Thomas, d ? 1565, Rector of Sessay (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Sessay, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
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