York Archbishops' Registers

1 . Register 16 f.123 (verso) entry 2

Entry Type:	Certification
Section Type:	Diverse letters
Summary:	Certification by the dean of Christianity of York to the archbishop of execution of the archbishop's commission (recited), dated at Scrooby, 20 January 1403, to receive the purgation of John Weston, clerk, brought before the mayor and bailiffs of Kingston upon Hull accused of robbing William Peteburgh of Horstow (details given); having been cleared of the charge by compurgators.
Language:	Latin
Subjects:	Robbery, Crimes, Compurgation, Purgation, Bailiffs, Criminous Clerks, Mayors, Courts, Ecclesiastical
References:	R. N. Swanson (ed.), A Calendar of the Register of Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York, 1398-1405, 2 parts, Part 1 Borthwick Texts and Calendars: Records of the Northern Province 8 (York, 1981), Part II Borthwick Texts and Calendars: Records of the Northern Province 11 (York, 1985), Part 2, 14.
Dates:	Recited document date: 1403/01/20 (certain) Document date: 1403/02/13 (certain)
People and Groups:	Addressee: Scrope, Master, Richard, c 1350-1405, Archbishop of York (archbishop) Complainant: Peteburgh, William, fl 1402-1403, of Horstow (none given); written as William Peteburgh Defendant: Weston, John, fl 1402-1403, Clerk (clerk) Presiding: Kingston upon Hull, mayor and bailiffs (mayor and bailiffs) Sender: Dean of Christianity of York (dean of christianity)
Places:	Place of dating: York City, York, York, England (city) Place of dating of recited document: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England (archbishop's manor)

2 . Register 16 f.124 (recto) entry 1

Entry Type:	Certification
Section Type:	Diverse letters
Summary:	Certification by the dean of Christianity of York to the archbishop of execution of the archbishop's commission (recited), dated at Scrooby, 20 January 1403, to receive the purgation of William Holmton, clerk, brought before royal justices and accused of breaking into the house of John Webster of Catfoss and theft of items there (details given); having been cleared of the charge by compurgators.
Language:	Latin
Subjects:	Housebreaking, Purgation, Burglary, Crimes, Courts, Ecclesiastical, Criminous Clerks, Compurgation, Justices
References:	R. N. Swanson (ed.), A Calendar of the Register of Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York, 1398-1405, 2 parts, Part 1 Borthwick Texts and Calendars: Records of the Northern Province 8 (York, 1981), Part II Borthwick Texts and Calendars: Records of the Northern Province 11 (York, 1985), 2, 14-15.
Dates:	Document date: 1403/02/13 (certain)
People and Groups:	Addressee: Scrope, Master, Richard, c 1350-1405, Archbishop of York (archbishop) Complainant: Webster, John, fl 1400-1403, of Catfoss (unknown) Defendant: Holmton, William, fl 1400-1403, Clerk (clerk) Sender: Dean of Christianity of York (dean of christianity)
Places:	Place of dating of recited document: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England (archbishop's manor) Place of dating: York City, York, York, England (city)