| Entry Type: | Letters of attorney |
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| Summary: | Request form Melton for Wath to act as his attorney in proceedings in the royal Chancery with de la Ryvere regarding a recognisance in 400 marks, with instructions in how to proceed, relating to the enfeoffment of land in Owstwick in Holderness to William, son of Henry de Melton. |
| Language: | French |
| Note: | Henry Melton was the archbishop's nephew and heir. This evidently relates to the archbishop's purchase of land in Owstwick. |
| Dates: |
1327/10/02
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| People and Groups: |
Addressee/s: Michael de Wath; Sender/s: William [de Melton], archbishop of York; Person/s: William [de Melton], son of Henry de Melton, Thomas de la Ryvere of Brandsby, knight, Sir Henry de Edenestowe, Henry de Melton;
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| Places: |
Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Owstwick, Garton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Brandsby, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
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| Summary: | Acknowledgement by Giffard that he owes Farendon £200, leviable in Northamptonshire; with enrolment of a deed showing that Giffard was bound to Farendon in this sum, related to an enfeoffment of land in Edmonton and Tottenham between Farendon's uncle and Giffard's niece (details given). |
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| Language: | Latin |
| Dates: |
1337/03/24
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| People and Groups: |
Person/s: Sir John de Oxendon, knight, John Giffard, canon of York, Thomas de Farendon;
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| Places: |
Westminster, Middlesex, England, Edmonton, Middlesex, England, Tottenham, Middlesex, England
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| Entry Type: | Appropriation, Notification, Notarial Subscription |
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| Section Type: | Archdeaconry of Nottingham |
| Summary: | Notification to the chapter of Southwell Minster, in response to their petition concerning the poverty and dwindling number of choristers there, that they might appropriate the church of Barnby in the Willows (Barneby iuxta Newerk), which is in the gift and enfeoffment of Sir Thomas Neville, knight by licence of King Edward III; with ordinances for the annexation (details given, witnesses named); and notarial subscription of John Beaupyne, clerk of the diocese of Worcester (Vigornien'), notary public. |
| Marginalia: | Appropriation of the church of Barnby by Newark' [17th-century hand]. |
| Dates: |
Document date: 1365/10/12 (certain)
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| Places: |
Place of dating: York Minster Chapter House, York, York, England (chapter house); written as in domo capitulari ecclesiae cathedralis Beati Petri Ebor'
Subject of grant: Barnby in the Willows, Nottinghamshire, England (rectory) |
| Entry Type: | Homage |
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| Section Type: | Homages and fealties |
| Summary: | Memorandum of homage to the archbishop of Hugh de Anneslay [Annesley] for lands and tenements held of the archbishop in Kirklington (Kirtelyngotn), Nottinghamshire, and Burn (Birn), Yorkshire, which he had of the gift and enfeoffment of John de Bella Aqua [Bellew]. |
| Dates: |
Event date: 1375/04/18 (certain)
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| Places: |
Place mentioned: Burn, Brayton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (lands); written as Birn
Place mentioned: Kirklington, Nottinghamshire, England (lands); written as Kirtlington Place of event: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's castle) |
| Entry Type: | Foundation, Ordination, Deed |
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| Section Type: | Archdeaconry of York |
| Summary: | Charter of Edmund, duke of York, founding a chantry to pray for his soul and all the faithful departed, in the chapel of St Mary recently constructed on the bridge at Wakefield (details given);and deed of enfeoffment and ordination of the chantry; with confirmation by the archbishop, dated at the archbishop's manor of Cawood, 20 September 1398. |
| Subjects: | Foundations, Charters, Chantries |
| Note: | Some letters in the first line are decorated, particularly the initial capital 'O' of the first word 'Omnibus'. |
| 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, 28-29. |
| Dates: |
Document date: 1398/08/20 (certain)
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| People and Groups: |
Grantee: Langley, Edmund, 1341-1402, Duke of York (duke)
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| Entry Type: | Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will |
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| Section Type: | Archbishop Williams |
| Language: | English, Latin |
| Subjects: | Wills, Annuities, Trustees, Manors, Houses, Lands, Grammar Schools, Probate, Fellows, University of Oxford, Deeds, Tenants, Scholars, Money, Mills, Last Wills and Testaments, Paupers, Schoolmasters, Rents, Schoolhouses, Defeasances, Leases, Manorial rights, Enfeoffments |
| References: | YAS 93, p. 32 |
| Dates: |
Recited document date: 1632/10/29 (certain)
Will date: 1642/07/14 (certain) Codicil date: 1642/12/12 (certain) Codicil date: 1643/04/00 (certain) Probate date: 1643/11/25 (certain) |
| People and Groups: |
Testator: Greenwood, Charles, d 1643, Rector of Thornhill (churchwarden)
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| Places: |
Subject of deed: Mixenden, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (hamlet)
Subject of deed: Rothwell, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (parish) Subject of deed: Bradshaw (hamlet) Subject of deed: Thornhill, West Riding of Yorkshire, England Subject of deed: Ovenden, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (township) Place of person status: Thornhill, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory) Subject of deed: Heptonstall, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (manor) |
| Entry Type: | Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will |
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| Section Type: | Archbishop Neale, Archbishop Neile |
| Language: | English, Latin |
| Subjects: | Wills, Houses, Servants, Lands, Probate, Leases, Bonds, Money, Last Wills and Testaments, Deeds, Enfeoffments |
| References: | YAS 93, p. 55 |
| Dates: |
Document date: 1633/08/07 (certain)
Will date: 1636/09/13 (certain) Probate date: 1639/07/06 (certain) |
| People and Groups: |
Testator: Okell, John, d ? 1639, Vicar of Bradford St Peter (clerk)
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| Places: |
Place of person status: Bradford, St Peter, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
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| Entry Type: | Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will |
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| Section Type: | Archbishop Neale, Archbishop Neile |
| Language: | English, Latin |
| Subjects: | Wills, Rents, Guardians, Lands, Probate, Leases, Money, Last Wills and Testaments, Enfeoffments |
| References: | YAS 93, p. 54 |
| Dates: |
Will date: 1638/08/30 (certain)
Event date: 1638/09/04 (certain) Probate date: 1639/01/04 (certain) |
| People and Groups: |
Testator: Newton, John, d ? 1638, Vicar of Ecclesfield (clerk)
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| Places: |
Place of person status: Ecclesfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
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| Entry Type: | Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will |
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| Section Type: | Archbishop Williams |
| Language: | English, Latin |
| Subjects: | Wills, Pious preambles, Plate, Rents, Schoolhouses, Houses, Books, Household equipment, Presentations, Apprentices, Probate, Maps, Neighbours, Deeds, Tenants, Lay Patrons, Forests, Funerals, Last Wills and Testaments, Curates, Paupers, Pictures, Friends, Schoolmasters, Fixtures and fittings, Courtiers, Rings, Clerks (Administrators), Lands, University of Cambridge, Money, Furniture, Enfeoffments |
| Note: | Written over the first line of the will are the words: 'Da Domine perficere. Velle dedisti', part of a verse from the New Testament (Phil. 2, 13). This will gives much biographical information and describes religious controversies of the times. |
| References: | YAS 93, p. 52 |
| Dates: |
Will date: 1642/07/22 (certain)
Probate date: 1644/10/07 (certain) |
| People and Groups: |
Testator: Moore, Robert, d ? 1644, Rector of Guiseley (preacher, master of arts)
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| Places: |
Place of person status: Guiseley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
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