York Archbishops' Registers

1 . TNA - SC 8/7/346

Entry Type:	Petition
Summary:	The archbishop and prelates of the province of Canterbury ask the king to uphold the honour of their church, especially in the matter of the archbishop of York carrying his cross, and that they have the honour of the king's coronation, which only the archbishop of Canterbury can perform.
Language:	French
Note:	Dated on the evidence of Rot. Parl. vol. I, p. 418a, no. 5. For the dispute between the two archbishops, see CCR 1323-7, pp. 159, 316, 500 and 658.
Dates:	1324/00/00, 1325/00/00
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: [Edward II,] king of England; Sender/s: Walter Reynolds, archbishop of Canterbury; Person/s: [William Melton,] archbishop of York;

2 . TNA - CCR 1333-7, p.316, entry 1

Summary:	Order to Archbishop Melton not to interfere with Archbishop Stratford or his men carrying his cross before him in the province of York, while coming to the king.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1334/06/12
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: William [Melton], archbishop of York; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England; Person/s: John [Stratford], archbishop of Canterbury;
Places:	Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England

3 . TNA - CCR 1333-7, p.481, entry 3

Summary:	Order to Archbishop Melton not to interfere with Archbishop Stratford or his men carrying his cross before him in the province of York, while coming to the king, as he is about to attend parliament in York.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1335/04/09
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: William [Melton], archbishop of York; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England;
Places:	Clipstone, Nottinghamshire, England, York City, York, York, England

4 . TNA - CPR 1350-4, p.217

Summary:	Ratification of Hardy as parson of Middleton.
Language:	Latin
Note:	Hardy, described as vicar of Middleton in Pickering Lythe, witnessed a charter in August 1376 (C. Cross, York Clergy Wills, 1520-1600: II. City Clergy (1989), p. 88.).
Dates:	1352/01/287
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: William Hardy; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England;
Places:	Westminster, Middlesex, England, Middleton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England

5 . Register 8 f.239 (recto) entry 1

Entry Type:	Memorandum
Section Type:	Intrinseca camere
Summary:	Memorandum of schedule of payments, including for the farm of Patrington, for making one cross and repairing another; to Thomasyne, a furrier, and for the fees of the chancellor of York.
Subjects:	Fees, Crosses, Women, Accounts, Money, Chancellors (Ecclesiastical)
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 16-17.
Dates:	Document date: 1312/00/00 (inferred)
Places:	Subject of document: Patrington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (manor)

6 . Register 8 f.241 (recto) entry 6

Entry Type:	Order to deliver
Section Type:	Intrinseca camere
Summary:	Order to Roger de Thornton, the archbishop's receiver at York, to pay for various items, including the repair of the archbishop's ancient cross and a new cross, as well as £4 to Master Robert de Replingham [Riplingham], chancellor of York, as listed in the document at f. 239.
Subjects:	Accounts, Money, Receivers
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 18.
Dates:	Document date: 1312/11/23 (certain)
People and Groups:	Addressee: Thornton, Roger, d 1317, Receiver of Archbishop of York (receiver) Recipient: Riplingham, Master, Robert, d August 1332, Chancellor of York (chancellor)
Places:	Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's castle) Place of person status: York City, York, York, England (city)

7 . Register 8 f.241 (verso) entry 1

Entry Type:	Appointment of proctor/s
Section Type:	Intrinseca camere
Summary:	Appointment of five canons of York as the archbishop's proctors to meet the two papal nuncios to discuss carrying the archbishop's cross throughout England.
Subjects:	Canons (Ecclesiastical), Proctors, Crosses, Papal Nuncios, Cross of York
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 19.
Dates:	Document date: 1312/12/01 (certain)
People and Groups:	Addressee: Bardelby, Robert, fl 1305-1321, Prebendary of Dunnington (canon) Addressee: Fraunceys, Master, John, d 1314, Chancery clerk (canon) Addressee: Markenfield, John, d before 31 July 1323, King's clerk (bursar) Addressee: Melton, William, d 1340, Archbishop of York (canon) Addressee: Osgodby, Adam, d 1316, Master of the Rolls (canon) Subject of document: Aux, Arnaud, d 1320, Cardinal Bishop of Albano (papal nuncio, bishop, chamberlain) Subject of document: Nouvel, Arnaud, d 1317, Cardinal Priest of Santa Prisca (papal nuncio, vice chancellor, cardinal priest)
Places:	Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's castle)

8 . Register 8 f.242 (recto) entry 5

Entry Type:	Order to deliver
Section Type:	Intrinseca camere
Summary:	Order to Roger de Thornton, archbishop's receiver of York, to deliver to Adam de Monkton, goldsmith of York, various sums of money for making the archbishop's new cross (details given) and to pay a sadler for a saddle bought for John Fauconberg.
Subjects:	Goldsmiths, Crosses, Money, Riding equipment
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 21.
Dates:	Document date: 1313/01/14 (certain)
People and Groups:	Addressee: Thornton, Roger, d 1317, Receiver of Archbishop of York (archbishop's receiver) Payee: Monkton, Adam, fl 1313, Goldsmith, of York (goldsmith) Recipient: Fauconberg, John, fl 1313 (none given)
Places:	Place of attestation: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's castle) Place of person status: York City, York, York, England (city)

9 . Register 8 f.197 (verso) entry 2

Entry Type:	Memorandum, Notarial Instrument, Monition
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of Nottingham
Summary:	Notarial instrument containing a monition made by the archbishop for the dean of Newark to warn Walter [Reynolds], archbishop of Canterbury, not to bear his cross before him in the diocese or province of York; with a memorandum of similar monitions for the officials of the archdeacon of Nottingham; the archdeacon of York; the archdeacon of the East Riding or their officials, the dean of Bingham and the dean of Nottingham (two entries).
Note:	A cross appears in the margin alongside this entry with the words 'Ex causa speciali fiebat' enclosed in a circle.
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, 159.
Dates:	Document date: 1314/07/00 (certain)

10 . Register 8 f.197 (recto) entry 6

Entry Type:	Letter/s, Monition
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of Nottingham
Summary:	Letter to the dean of Newark and the dean of Bingham for a monition to the archbishop of Canterbury that he should not bear his cross before him in the diocese or province of York, and that people should not bow at his blessing, and that all places in the archbishop's jurisdiction in which the archbishop of Canterbury should cross or stay should be interdict.
Marginalia:	A manicule in the margin, incorporating a head in profile, points to this entry. Underneath the manicule, also in the margin, is a small cross with a long tail, perhaps echoing the form of the cross of an archbishop.
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, 157-159.
Dates:	Document date: 1314/07/24 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Cawod