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1 .   Register 5A f.79 (verso) entry 2
Entry Type: Injunction/s, Mandate
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Letters patent ordering that the decision of Archbishop Giffard should be followed regarding the dispute between the prior and convent of St Oswald's, Gloucester and the parishioners of the church of the Blessed Mary in Norton, living in Lower Norton, regarding the repairs to the chapel of St John in Lower Norton, the enclosure of the cemetery and the grass and trees growing there. The religious men should not be molested and any previous injuries should be rectified.
Language: Latin
Subjects: Plants, Trees, Cemeteries, Disputes, Agreements, Chapels
Note: For details regarding this dispute and its background, see A.H. Thompson, 'The Jurisdiction of the Archbishops of York in Gloucestershire...', Trans. Bristol & Glos. Arch. Soc., 43 (1921), pp. 85-180, esp. pp. 110-112.
References: Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. (eds.). 1925. The Register of Thomas Corbridge, Lord Archbishop of York 1300-1304 Part II. Surtees Society 141, 177.
Dates: Document date: 1304/11/06 (certain)
People and Groups: Complainant: Gloucester, St Oswald Priory, Augustinian Canons (prior and convent)
Complainant: Parishioners of Norton, Gloucestershire (parishioner)
Mentioned: Giffard, Walter, c 1225-1279, Archbishop of York (archbishop); written as W, archbishop of york
Places: Place of residence: Lower Norton, Gloucestershire, England (hamlet); written as Norton Inferiori
Subject of dispute: Norton, Gloucestershire, England (parish)
Place of dating: York City, York, York, England (none given)
2 .   Register 7 f.166 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Mandate
Section Type: Archdeaconry of Cleveland
Summary: Mandate to the dean of Bulmer to warn Ellen Haget of Whenby (Queneby) not to interfere with grass in the churchyard at Whenby.
Subjects: Women
References: Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. (eds.). 1936. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part III. Surtees Society 151, 27-28.
Dates: Document date: 1308/07/31 (certain)
People and Groups: Accused: Haget, Ellen, fl 1308, lay woman (none given)
Places: Place of dating: Thornton on the Hill, Coxwold, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Thornton othehill
3 .   Register 31 f.78 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of Thomas Richmond of Richmond Houses, Chipping, Lancashire, with schedule of debts (legatees, executors and witnesses named). The testator's wife Margaret to have (by royal licence and that of his late masters Mr Thomas Houghton and Alexander Houghton) his tenement at Richmond Houses, with conditions.
Language: English
Subjects: Debts, Intakes, Oats, Barley, Grass, Blacksmiths, Houses, Fabrics, Last Wills and Testaments, Tenants, Licences, Lawsuits, Wills, Money, Weaving, Oxen, Heifers, Flax, Commons, Horses
Note: Testator leaves property to the use of his son for life, his son 'being not able to labour for his living'.
References: YAS 93, p. 61
Dates: Will date: 1576/04/10 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Richmond, Thomas, d after 1576, of Richmond Houses, Chipping (unknown)
Places: Place of residence: Richmond Houses, Chipping, Lancashire, England (house)
4 .   Register 31 f.256 (verso) entry 2
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Will, Grant of Probate
Section Type: Archbishop Matthew
Summary: Will of Robert Wood, clerk, rector of Kirk Sandall (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate (commencing on fol. 256v and ending on fol. 257v).
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Lands, Grass, Probate, Servants, Money, Wives, Schoolmasters, Yeomen, Household equipment, Last Wills and Testaments, Wills, Grammar Schools, Furniture, Houses, Advowsons, Lay Patrons, Debts, Rectors, Women, Repairs, Churchwardens, Rectories, Clothing
Dates: Will date: 1626/08/23 (certain)
Probate date: 1627/02/21 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Wood, Robert, d ? 1627, Rector of Kirk Sandall
Places: Place of person role: Kirk Sandall, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)


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