| Entry Type: | Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will |
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| 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)
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| Places: |
Place of person status: Sessay, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
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| Entry Type: | Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will |
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| 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)
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| Places: |
Place of person status: Sneaton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
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| Entry Type: | Will, Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate |
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| 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)
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| Places: |
Place of person status: Marton in Craven, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
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| Entry Type: | Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament |
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| 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)
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| Places: |
Place of person status: Staunton in the Vale, Nottinghamshire, England (rectory)
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| Entry Type: | Grant of Probate, Last Will and Testament, Will |
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| 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)
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| Places: |
Place of person status: Carlton in Lindrick, Nottinghamshire, England (rectory)
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| Entry Type: | Grant of Probate, Last Will and Testament, Will |
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| 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)
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| Places: |
Place of person status: Kirton, Nottinghamshire, England (rectory)
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| Entry Type: | Confirmation, Notification |
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| 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)
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| Places: |
Place of dating: Westminster, Middlesex, England (none given)
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