| Entry Type: | Will, Grant of Probate, Last Will and Testament |
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| 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)
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| Places: |
Place of person status: Topcliffe, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
Birthplace: Dalton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Entry Type: | Licence, Memorandum |
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| Section Type: | Archdeaconry of York |
| Summary: | Memorandum of a licence for Richard de Walton, rector of Penistone (Penyston), (for non-residence) to study for one year. |
| Dates: |
Document date: 1322/09/22 (certain)
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| Places: |
Place of dating: North Dalton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Northdalton
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| Entry Type: | Induction, Collation |
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| Section Type: | Archdeaconry of Cleveland |
| Summary: | Collation and order for induction of Laurence de Northdalton [North Dalton], chaplain, to the church of Levisham (Levesham), vacant by the death of Stephen de Humbilton [Humbleton], the previous rector (two entries). |
| Note: | Contemporary heading describes this as an institution, but the text is that of a collation. |
| Dates: |
Document date: 1351/02/25 (certain)
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| Places: |
Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Cawode
Place of person role: North Dalton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given) Benefice: Levisham, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory) |
| Entry Type: | Letter/s |
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| Section Type: | Suffragans |
| Summary: | Letter to the prior of Durham to assist Master Alan de Neusum [Newsham], rector of Bingham, official in the diocese of Durham during a vacancy of the see, caused by the death of Anthony [Bek], formerly bishop of Durham, suffragan of the archbishop |
| References: | Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. (eds.). 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 75. |
| Dates: |
Document date: 1311/03/15 (certain)
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| Places: |
Place of dating: North Dalton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as North Dalton
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