| Entry Type: | Dispensation |
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| Section Type: | Archdeaconry of the East Riding |
| Summary: | Dispensation for defect of sight for Richard Shropham, master of Arts, having his first tonsure, to proceed to holy orders. |
| Subjects: | Major Orders, Disabilities |
| References: | Swanson, R.N. (ed.). 1981. A Calendar of the Register of Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York, 1398-1405. Part 1. Borthwick Texts and Calendars: Records of the Northern Province, 11. York: University of York, 58. |
| Dates: |
Document date: 1399/12/18 (certain)
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| Places: |
Place of dating: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor)
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| Entry Type: | Last Will and Testament, Commission of tuition, Will, Grant of Probate |
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| Section Type: | Archbishop Matthew |
| Summary: | Will of Zachary Steward, clerk, rector of Easington (legatees, executrix and witnesses named), with grant of probate and commission of tuition of his six children to his widow, Elizabeth Steward (commencing on fol. 201r and ending on fol. 202r). |
| Language: | English, Latin |
| Subjects: | Legacies, Probate, Coins, Plate, Curates, Wills, Lands, Children, Paupers, Tuition, Preachers, Annuities, Money, Disabilities, Last Wills and Testaments, Rings, Barristers |
| Note: | The testator leaves a legacy to his son Zachary when Master of Arts or practice as a barrister. He mentions a cup bearing a motto in Greek, and gives several alternatives for mottoes in Latin for rings. He advises his children not to intermarry with 'recusants or other profane or irreligious persons'. He also leaves an annuity for the lame child of a curate. |
| References: | YAS 93, p. 71 |
| Dates: |
Will date: 1617/07/23 (certain)
Probate date: 1618/07/31 (certain) Tuition date: 1632/05/23 (certain) - |
| People and Groups: |
Testator: Steward, Zachary, d c 1618, Prebendary of Ampleforth (parson, clerk)
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| Places: |
Place of person status: Easington, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
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| Entry Type: | Grant of Probate, Last Will and Testament, Will |
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| Section Type: | Archbishop Matthew |
| Summary: | Will of Thomas Bellwood, clerk, vicar of Bilton (legatees, executrix and witnesses named), with grant of probate. |
| Language: | Latin, English |
| Subjects: | Money, English Books, Bees, Paupers, Doles, Churchwardens, Catholics, Last Wills and Testaments, Wills, Latin Books, English Bibles, Bonds, Debts, Godchildren, Probate, Horses, Disabilities, Schools |
| Note: | Mentions his brother Mark Bellwood [a recusant] in the context of 'popery'. |
| References: | YAS 93, p. 7 |
| Dates: |
Will date: 1621/06/14 (certain)
Probate date: 1623/12/18 (certain) |
| People and Groups: |
Testator: Bellwood, Thomas, d 1623, Vicar of Bilton (clerk)
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| Places: |
Place of person status: Bilton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
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