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1 .   TNA - C 85/181/46
Entry Type: Signification of excommunication
Summary: Request for secular assistance in pursuing Gower, an obdurate excommunicate.
Language: Latin
Note: The Gowers of Stittenham were a Yorkshire gentry family.
Dates: 1321/08/26
People and Groups: Addressee/s: Edward II, king of England; Sender/s: William [de Melton], archbishop of York; Person/s: William Gower of Stittenham;
Places: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Stittenham, Sheriff Hutton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
2 .   Register 15 f.1 (recto) entry 3
Entry Type: Commission
Section Type: Register, Vicar-general
Summary: Commission of the vicar general to Master Thomas Laundelles to act as official of Hexham.
Subjects: Exchanges, Gentry, Women
References: Smith, D. M. (ed.). 1974. A calendar of the register of Robert Waldby, Archbishop of York, 1397. Borthwick Texts and Calendars: Records of the Northern Province 2. York: University of York, 1.
Dates: Document date: 1397/03/31 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Ripon
Place of person role: Hexham, Northumberland, England (none given)
3 .   Register 16 f.62 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Exchange, Certification
Section Type: Archdeaconry of the East Riding
Summary: Certification of Thomas de Weston, licentiate in laws, archdeacon of Durham, vicar general of Walter [Skirlaw], bishop of Durham, of execution of a commission of the archbishop (partly recited), dated at Bishop Burton, 25 March 1401, for an exchange of benefices between Thomas Whihot, vicar of Heighington, Durham diocese, and John de Catton, rector of Folkton, York diocese; he had received Catton's resignation and instituted Whihot to Folkton, on the presentation of Joan de Graystok, lady de Lucy. Sealed with the seal of the archdeaconry of Durham.
Subjects: Women, Gentry, Seals
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, 63.
Dates: Document date: 1401/03/29 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Greatham, Durham, England (town)
4 .   Register 16 f.65 (verso) entry 3
Entry Type: Induction, Exchange, Certification
Section Type: Archdeaconry of the East Riding
Summary: Certification of Walter [Skirlaw], bishop of Durham, following receipt of a commission of the archbishop (recited), dated at York, 19 May 1402, of an exchange of benefices between Ralph Graystok [Graystoke], rector of Morpeth, Durham diocese, and John Kylburn [Kilburn], rector of Folkton, York diocese, having the resignation of Kilburn and performed the institution of Graystok to Folkton, patron: Joan de Graystok, Lady de Lucy; with an order, dated at Rest Park, 4 June 1402, to the official of the archdeacon of the East Riding for the induction for Graystok to Folkton (two entries).
Subjects: Gentry, Women, Lay Patrons
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, 66.
Dates: Document date: 1402/05/20 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (parish)
5 .   Register 9B f.526 (verso) entry 3
Entry Type: Inquisition
Section Type: Ballive
Summary: Inquisition (jurors named) held before Henry le Scrop [Scrope] and Adam de Hoperton [Hopperton], according to the form of the king's commission, in the presence of Geoffrey son of Hugh [FitzHugh], bailiff of the vill of Hull, into the rights of the archbishop of York in the port and water of Hull, and prise there, finding that Walter de Grey [Gray], formerly archbishop of York and his predecessors held the port and prise of wines in the water of Hull from time out of mind, referring to a charter of King Henry III granting the same to Walter Giffard, formerly archbishop of York, and his successors in perpetuity, just as Walter de Gray and other predecessors held them (details given, including names of butlers).
Note: The witnesses include many prominent members of the East Riding gentry.
Dates: Event date: 1326/06/10 (certain)
Places: Place of event: York City, York, York, England (none given); written as Ebor'


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