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1 .   Register 30 f.24 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Testamentary business, Wills and Probate
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Wills, Parish Churches, Prayers, Servants, Household equipment, Corn, Probate, Husbandmen, Clothing, Rye, Wagons, Wheat, Wool, Sheep, Hemp, Money, Lambs, Furniture, Last Wills and Testaments, Parishioners, Paupers, Coins, Wages, Godchildren, Agricultural equipment, Flax, Godsons, Cows, Travel, Clergy, Yarn, Housekeepers, Fabrics, Furnishings, Women, Horses, Copes, Debts, Oxen
Note: Initial letter 'I' of 'In the name of God Amen', the opening of the will, is enlarged and decorated.
References: YAS 93, p. 5
Dates: Will date: 1561/10/03 (certain)
Probate date: 1565/03/20 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Barnes, Thomas, d ? 1565, Rector of Sessay (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Sessay, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
2 .   Register 31 f.86 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of John Postgate, rector of Sneaton (legatees, executors and witnesses named); with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Probate, Household equipment, Parishioners, Wheat, Wages, Husbandmen, Householders, Servants, Last Wills and Testaments, Paupers, Wills, Money, Fabrics, Clothing
Note: Testator bequeaths enough fabric (lynne (?linen) or sameron (dialect, predominantly Yorkshire (OED), for a type of cloth between linen and hempen fabric) to make legatees a coat (cott).
References: YAS 93, p. 59
Dates: Will date: 1579/05/14 (certain)
Probate date: 1579/05/25 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Postlegate; Postgayte (parson, clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Sneaton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
3 .   Register 31 f.125 (verso) entry 3
Entry Type: Will, Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate
Section Type: Archbishop Piers
Summary: Will of Anthony Tophan, clerk, rector of Marton in Craven (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate (commencing on fol. 125v and ending on fol. 126v).
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Wills, Furniture, Probate, Burial, Shoes, Household equipment, Annuities, Husbandmen, Vicars, Horses, Pewter, Last Wills and Testaments, Brewing equipment, Bulls, Women, Money, Curates, Barns, Scholars, Boots, Godchildren, Preachers, Rectors, Paupers, Chancery, Godsons, Lawsuits, Agricultural equipment, Rectories, Clothing, Fabrics
References: YAS 93, p. 76
Dates: Will date: 1590/12/23 (certain)
Probate date: 1591/05/01 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Tophan, Anthony, d ? 1591, Rector of Marton in Craven (parson)
Places: Place of person status: Marton in Craven, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
4 .   Register 31 f.157 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Matthew
Summary: Will of Robert Barwick, [rector] of Staunton in the Vale, clerk (legatees, executrix and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Yeomen, Glebe lands, Probate, Furniture, Wills, Grain, Last Wills and Testaments, Husbandmen, Corn, Household equipment
References: YAS 93, p. 6
Dates: Probate date:
Will date: 1609/02/21 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Barwick, Robert, d ? 1609, Rector of Staunton in the Vale (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Staunton in the Vale, Nottinghamshire, England (rectory)
5 .   Register 31 f.189 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Grant of Probate, Last Will and Testament, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Matthew
Summary: Will of Simon Buck, clerk, rector of Carlton in Lindrick (legatees, executrix and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Paupers, Money, Debts, Bonds, Wills, Last Wills and Testaments, Probate, Husbandmen, Lands, Outbuildings
References: YAS 93, p. 13
Dates: Will date: 1614/04/23 (certain)
Probate date: 1616/09/14 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Buck, Simon, d ? 1616, Rector of Carlton in Lindrick (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Carlton in Lindrick, Nottinghamshire, England (rectory)
6 .   Register 31 f.222 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Grant of Probate, Last Will and Testament, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Matthew
Summary: Will of John Sykes, clerk, rector of Kirton (legatees, executor and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Poor scholars, Books, Manorial Courts, Rents, Stewards, Last Wills and Testaments, Fellows, Wills, Deeds, University of Cambridge, Libraries, Husbandmen, Probate, Manors, Copyhold lands, Masters
Note: Mentions his library of books to be taken to Cambridge and delivered to the fellows of Jesus College.
References: YAS 93, p. 67
Dates: Will date: 1622/01/13 (certain)
Probate date: 1623/03/13 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Sykes, John, d ? 1622, Rector of Kirton (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Kirton, Nottinghamshire, England (rectory)
7 .   Register 9B f.710 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Confirmation, Notification
Section Type: Register, Extra diocesim
Summary: Notification to the official of the court of York and his commissary general of confirmation of a request for justice to the prior and convent of Hexham against certain husbandmen (husbondes).
Dates: Document date: 1326/04/22 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Westminster, Middlesex, England (none given)


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