York Archbishops' Registers

1 . TNA - SC 1/63/189

Summary:	Melton states that the £200 recently sent to him has been spent on household expenses and the wages of the Berwick garrison, and he asks that more be provided speedily to More and Grisnyak.
Language:	French
Note:	No year given, and day lost. A note on the dorse refers to a payment made on 13 December 1314, suggesting that the letter was sent shortly before that date. The king spent early-December 1314 in Berkhamsted, Kings Langley and Windsor, so Melton may have based himself in Reading.
Dates:	1314/12/01, 1314/12/14
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: Walter de Norwyz [Norwich], Treasurer; Sender/s: William de Melton, [keeper of the Wardrobe]; Person/s: Bertrand de la More, sergeant at arms, Bernard Grisnyak, sergeant at arms;
Places:	Reading, Berkshire, England, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, England

2 . TNA - CFR 1307-19, p.311

Summary:	Grant to the dean and chapter of York, in satisfaction of a loan of £200 made in the wardrobe for the expenses of the household and received by Northburgh, that they may keep that sum from the first payment of the tenth granted by the clergy [on 23 November 1316] for the expedition to Scotland.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1316/11/24
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: Dean and chapter of York; Sender/s: Edward II, king of England; Person/s: Roger de Nortburgh [Northburgh], king's clerk, keeper of the wardrobe;
Places:	York City, York, York, England

3 . TNA - CPR 1317-21, p.24

Summary:	Acknowledgement that the dean and chapter of York have loaned 200 marks to the king, via Northburgh, for the expenses of the household, to be repaid from the clerical tenth granted by the clergy in aid of the war with Scotland.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1317/09/08
People and Groups:	Sender/s: Edward II, king of England; Person/s: Roger de Northburgh, king's clerk, keeper of the wardrobe, Dean and chapter of York;
Places:	York City, York, York, England

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

Summary:	Order to Archbishop Melton to assemble the clergy of his diocese in order to grant an aid to the king for his expenses in Scotland.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1334/06/12
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: William [Melton], archbishop of York; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England;
Places:	Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England

5 . TNA - CPR 1354-8, p.357, entry 2

Summary:	Writ of aid for one year to Rouclif and Cok, servants of Archbishop Thoresby, appointed to purvey victuals in Lincolnshire and bring them to London in 'La Nicolas' of Barton, for the expenses of the household of the chancery.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1356/03/28
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: Daniel de Rouclif, William Cok; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England; Person/s: John [Thoresby], archbishop of York;
Places:	Westminster, Middlesex, England, Barton upon Humber, Lincolnshire, England, City of London, London, England

6 . TNA - SC 1/42/137

Entry Type:	Petition
Summary:	Request for letters of safe passage from Dover for Denby and Stapleton, their horses, servants and expenses, who are going to Rome on their own and the archbishop's business. The archbishop promises that they will do nothing prejudicial to the king.
Language:	French
Note:	Dated to 12 January, but no year given, though the reference to Carew as keeper of the privy seal dates it to between 1372 and 1377. The TNA catalogue suggests 1375-1376; if correct, it can only be 1375 - Neville was at Bishopthorpe in mid-January 1375, but at Cawood in 1376.
Dates:	1375/01/12
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: Nicholas Carreu [Carew], keeper of the privy seal.; Sender/s: Alexander Neville, archbishop of York; Person/s: Peter de Stapilton [Stapleton], clerk, William de Denby, clerk;
Places:	Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Dover, Kent, England, Rome, Rome, Rome, Italy

7 . TNA - CPR 1385-9, p.483

Summary:	Grant, on petition of the Commons in Parliament, to Archbishop Courtenay and others of the custody of the temporalities of the archbishopric of York from the date of forfeiture, in the king's hands by judgment in Parliament against Archbishop Neville, using all the profits for repairs, etc, in consideration of the great labours and expenses of Arundel, now translated to the archdiocese.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1388/07/11
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: William [Courtenay], archbishop of Canterbury; Sender/s: Richard II, king of England; Person/s: Robert de Swillyngton [Swillington], knight, Brian de Stapelton [Stapleton], knight, John de Hermesthorpe, clerk, Robert de Garton, clerk, William Gunthorp, clerk, Richard Thorne, clerk, Robert de Morton, Walter Frost, John Berle, Thomas [Arundel], bishop of Ely, chancellor;
Places:	Westminster, Middlesex, England

8 . TNA - E 101/569/32

Summary:	Particulars of account of Belesby of the costs and expenses involved in bringing seven sacks of various goods which belonged to the former Archbishop Neville at the time of his indictment from Lincolnshire to London. Includes a schedule of the goods concerned, mostly bedding, clothing and cloth. Carriage cost 108s 6d, taking the goods from Thonock to Beelsby, to Lincoln and then to London, where Waltham delivered them to Notyngham.
Language:	Latin
Note:	See also E 101/569/45. That document was compiled after 15 November 1388, and the two documents may date from the same time.
Dates:	1388/11/00
People and Groups:	Sender/s: William de Belesby, sheriff of Lincolnshire; Person/s: John de Notyngham [Nottingham], clerk of the Exchequer, Alexander [Neville], archbishop of York, John Waltham, esquire;
Places:	Thonock, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England, Beelsby, Lincolnshire, England, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, City of London, London, England

9 . TNA - E 101/569/45

Summary:	Account of Belesby of the costs and expenses involved in bringing seven sacks of various goods which belonged to the former Archbishop Neville at the time of his indictment from Lincolnshire to London. Includes a schedule of the goods concerned, mostly bedding, clothing and cloth, worth £262 6s 7d according to a marginal note. Carriage cost 108s 6d, taking the goods from Beelsby, to Lincoln and then to London, where Waltham delivered them to Notyngham.
Language:	Latin
Note:	See also E 101/569/32.
Dates:	1388/11/00
People and Groups:	Sender/s: William de Belesby, sheriff of Lincolnshire; Person/s: John de Notyngham [Nottingham], clerk of the Exchequer, Alexander [Neville], archbishop of York, John Waltham, esquire;
Places:	Beelsby, Lincolnshire, England, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, City of London, London, England

10 . TNA - CPR 1391-6, p.725

Summary:	Order that, whereas some of the vicars of York Minster have applied some of the profits of St Sampson's church, appropriated to their common use, to their own private advantage during their times of absence, they shall receive nothing for times of absence from the common table, and any profits shall accrue to the common household expenses of the vicars living there.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1396/06/16
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: Vicars of York Minster; Sender/s: Richard II, king of England;
Places:	Westminster, Middlesex, England, York, St Sampson, Girdlergate, York, York, England