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1 .   TNA - CPR 1313-17, p.672
Summary: Confirmation to the dean and chapter of all liberties granted to them by previous kings, including amercements of their men, the goods of outlaws, condemned people and fugitives, and privileges of hearing pleas at the door of the church.
Language: Latin
Dates: 1317/06/15
People and Groups: Addressee/s: Dean and chapter of York; Sender/s: Edward II, king of England;
Places: Westminster, Middlesex, England
2 .   TNA - CPR 1334-8, p.511, entry 2
Summary: Commission of oyer and terminer to Willoughby, Hillary and Parnyng on complaint by Archbishop Melton that certain armed people by night broke the gates of his manor of Ripon and the doors of his houses, and his prison there for condemned clerks, and took away many clerks there, both those convicted before the king's justices and sent to him as the ordinary, and others taken in the liberty of Ripon, and also carried off his goods. Vacated. Similar for persons who broke the king's gaol of Ripon and took away the prisoners there. Also vacated.
Language: Latin
Dates: 1337/08/11
People and Groups: Addressee/s: Richard de Wylughby [Willoughby], Robert Parnyng, Roger Hillary; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England; Person/s: William [Melton], archbishop of York;
Places: London, Tower of London, London, England, Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
3 .   TNA - CPR 1364-7, p.367
Summary: Commission of oyer and terminer to Ingelby and others (named) on complaint by Eboraco that Wymundeswold and others (named) entered his manse at Ouseburn, broke the doors and windows, took his goods and assaulted his servants.
Language: Latin
Dates: 1366/11/05
People and Groups: Addressee/s: Thomas de Ingelby [Ingleby]; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England; Person/s: Master Adam de Eboraco [York], precentor of York (prebendary of Ouseburn), Hugh Wymundeswold;
Places: Westminster, Middlesex, England, Great Ouseburn, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
4 .   TNA - SC 8/262/13079
Entry Type: Petition
Summary: The friends and family of Archbishop Neville state that, in the present parliament, Neville's enemies issued three bills, two fixed to the pillar of the chapter house and the third to the door of St Paul's Cathedral. They attach copies, which defame the king, his council, and other lords, and ask that remedy may be given.
Language: French
Note: From the content, probably dates to the parliament of 1388. One of the bills previously attached may be the one now at C 49/9/22.
Dates: 1388/00/00
People and Groups: Addressee/s: King and council; Sender/s: Friends and kinsmen of Archbishop Neville; Person/s: Alexander [Neville], archbishop of York;
Places: London, St Paul's Cathedral, London, England, Westminster, Middlesex, England
5 .   TNA - CPR 1405-8, p.482, entry 2
Summary: Commission of oyer and terminer to the king's son John and others [named] on complaint by Manfeld that Rolleston and others caused letters of pardon issued to hm to be translated into English and placed on the doors of most inns in Beverley, to great scandal, and Rolleston and others [named] then beseiged his house and assaulted his servants.
Language: Latin
Dates: 1408/07/05
People and Groups: Addressee/s: John of Lancaster, [duke of Bedford]; Sender/s: Henry IV, king of England; Person/s: Robert Manfeld [Manfield], provost of Beverley, William Rolleston of Beverley;
Places: Westminster, Middlesex, England, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
6 .   Register 9B f.623 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Memorandum, Letter/s
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Letters of Gauscelin [de Jean], cardinal priest of SS Marcellino e Pietro, priest, vice-chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery, and Luca [Fieschi], cardinal deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata, to the archbishop, enclosing a papal bull of Pope John XXII, (recited), dated at Avignon, 1 May 1317, containing the declaration of a truce between King Edward II of England and Robert, King of Scots, to last for two years, and ordering it to be published; with a note of copies sent to all suffragan bishops and the official of York, one sealed by the archbishop to be displayed on the main door of York Minster (two entries).
Language: Latin
Subjects: English, Minsters, Truces, Wars, Seals, Scots, Papal Bulls, Papal Nuncios
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 1.
Dates: Enclosed document date: 1317/05/01 (certain)
Document date: 1317/11/27 (certain)
Event date: 1318/01/23 (certain)
People and Groups: Addressee: Melton, William, d 1340, Archbishop of York (archbishop)
Issuer: Pope, John XXII, c 1244-1334, Pope (pope)
Sender: Cardinal priest, papal nuncio
Sender: Fieschi, Luca, c 1270-1336, Cardinal Deacon of S Maria in via Lata (cardinal bishop, papal nuncio)
Subject of papal bull: Edward II, 1284-1327, King of England (king)
Subject of papal bull: Robert I, 1274-1329, King of Scots (king)
Places: Place of future event: York Minster, York, York, England (minster)
Place of dating of enclosed document: Avignon, Vaucluse department, France (none given)
Place of dating: City of London, London, England (none given)
7 .   Register 9B f.624 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Mandate
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Mandate to the archbishop's official of York for the publication of letters of Gauscelin [de Jean], cardinal priest of SS Marcellino e Pietro, priest, vice-chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery, and Luca [Fieschi], cardinal deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata, to the archbishop, enclosing a papal bull of Pope John XXII, (recited), dated at Avignon, 1 May 1317, containing the declaration of a truce between King Edward II of England and Robert, King of Scots, to last for two years; the official was to display one copy sealed by the archbishop on the main door of York Minster; with a note of a similar mandate addressed to J [John of Halton], bishop of Carlisle, archbishop's suffragan bishop, also sent to all suffragan bishop (two entries).
Language: Latin
Subjects: English, Minsters, Truces, Wars, Seals, Scots, Papal Bulls, Papal Nuncios
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 1.
Dates: Document date: 1318/01/23 (certain)
People and Groups: Addressee: Official of York (official)
Places: Subject of mandate: York Minster, York, York, England (minster)
Place of dating: Bishop Burton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)
8 .   Register 10 f.68 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Letters patent
Section Type: Archdeaconry of Richmond
Summary: Letters patent ordering the denunciation of the armed men who have disrupted the visitation to be conducted by Master William de Nassington, canon of Exeter, the archbishop's chancellor, and others, in the parts of the archdeaconry of Richmond within Lancashire, by seizing the dean of Amounderness and their messengers, and by attacking Lancaster priory and consuming the supplied provisions (details given). Master Laurence de Thornhill, professor of civil law, rector of Bedale, the abbot of Egglestone (Egleston), and John de Heselarton [Heslerton], rector of Patrick Brompton (Patrikbrumpton), are to publish the denunciation in the deaneries of Richmond, Catterick and Boroughbridge, and the dean of Craven and Master John de Bolton are to publish it in the deaneries of Craven, Lonsdale, Kendal and Amounderness, and to pin it to the doors of the churches of Lancaster, Tunstall and Garstang (four entries).
Note: Discussed and published in Thompson, A. Hamilton. 1933. "Some Letters from the Register of William Zouche, archbishop of York" in Historical Essays in honour of James Tait, edited by J.G. Edwards, V.H. Galbraith & E.F. Jacob, 327-44.
Dates: Document date: 1346/04/01 (certain)
People and Groups: Recipient: Bolton, Master, John, fl 1346, dean of Kendal and Amounderness (dean)
Recipient: Dean, rector
Recipient: Heslarton, John, fl 1346, rector of Patrick Brompton; dean of Boroughbridge (rector, dean)
Recipient: Theakston, John, fl 1346, abbot of Egglestone priory (dean, abbot)
Places: Place of dating: Bishop Burton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Burton iuxta Beverl'
Place of event: Craven Deanery, York and West Riding Archdeaconry, Yorkshire, England (deanery)
Place of event: Boroughbridge Deanery, Richmond Archdeaconry, Yorkshire, England (deanery)
Place of event: Catterick Deanery, Richmond Archdeaconry, Yorkshire, England (deanery)
Place of event: Kendal Deanery, Richmond Archdeaconry, Westmorland, England (deanery)
Place of event: Tunstall, Lancashire, England (church)
Place of event: Lancaster, Lancashire, England (priory)
Place of event: Lancaster, Lancashire, England (church)
Place of event: Kirkby Lonsdale Deanery, Richmond Archdeaconry, Westmorland, England (deanery)
Place of event: Garstang, Lancashire, England (church)
Place of event: Richmond Archdeaconry, England (archdeaconry)
9 .   Register 11 f.145 (verso) entry 3
Entry Type: Inhibition, Mandate
Section Type: Archdeaconry of York
Summary: Mandate to the dean of Pontefract to issue an inhibition to the parishioners of Whitgift (Whitegift) against erecting stalls and holding markets and fairs within the church, its main door and churchyard, particularly on Sundays, and to attend masses and services from which many absent themselves, and to desist from drinking, eating and other pleasures when they should be enjoying divine service; those in contravention of this inhibition are to be cited to appear before the archbishop.
Dates: Document date: 1367/12/06 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Cawod'
Place mentioned: Whitgift, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (parish)
10 .   Register 12 f.88 (recto) entry 3
Entry Type: Absolution
Section Type: Archdeaconry of Richmond
Summary: Absolution for John de Clapham who, finding John Biset [Bisset], chaplain, in a room behind closed doors lewdly with Joan daughter of Lewis de Skirrouth [?Skirwith], his wife, castrated the chaplain, because he could hardly bear the pain of the discovery.
Subjects: Absolution
Dates: Document date: 1377/12/20 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)


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