York Archbishops' Registers

1 . TNA - CPR 1354-8, p.371

Summary:	Grant in mortmain to the dean and canons of St Stephen's of the advowson of Kirkburton, so that they may appropriate the church.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1356/05/03
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: Dean and canons of St Stephen's Chapel, Westminster; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England;
Places:	Westminster, Middlesex, England, Kirkburton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

2 . TNA - SC 8/78/3886

Entry Type:	Petition
Summary:	The dean and college request remedy, as the archbishop of York has sequestered the fruits of their churches in Yorkshire for a subsidy granted to him by his clergy, though the dean and college made no such grant. Response that a writ is to be sent to the archbishop.
Language:	French
Note:	The reference to the 'king's grandfather' dates the document to the reigns of Richard II or Henry IV. Archbishop Neville appears to have attempted to collect such a subsidy in 1377, and this document may relate to that same tax. See BIA, Reg. 12, fol. 88r (entry 1).
Dates:	1377/00/00
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: King and Council; Sender/s: Dean and college of the king's free chapel in the palace of Westminster; Person/s: [? Alexander Neville,] archbishop of York;
Places:	Sandal Magna, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Kirkburton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Westminster, Middlesex, England

3 . TNA - C 85/185/24

Entry Type:	Signification of excommunication
Summary:	Request for secular assistance in pursuing Pell, an obdurate excommunicate.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1404/11/11
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: Henry IV, king of England; Sender/s: Richard [le Scrope], archbishop of York; Person/s: Robert Pell, vicar of Kirkburton;
Places:	Coventry, Warwickshire, England, Kirkburton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

4 . Register 8 f.295 (recto) entry 9

Entry Type:	Ordination
Section Type:	Intrinseca camere
Summary:	Memorandum of ordination in the chapel of the archbishop's residence at Saint Symphorien near Vienne by the archbishop of Master Thomas de Tynewelle, portioner of the church of Kirkburton [Birton], as acolyte.
Subjects:	Ordinations (Benefice holders), Acolytes
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 167, note 4.
Dates:	Event date: 1312/03/26 (certain)
People and Groups:	Oath taker: Tynewelle, Master, Thomas, fl 1309-1314, Proctor of Archbishop of York at the Papal Curia (portioner)
Places:	Place of person status: Kirkburton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (parish) Place of event: Saint Symphorien d'Ozon, Rhone department, France (archbishop's residence, chapel); written as In capella hospicii nostri apud Sanctum Syphorianum prope Viennam.

5 . Register 32 f.109 (recto) entry 2

Entry Type:	Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type:	Archbishop Williams
Language:	English, Latin
Subjects:	Wills, Houses, Lands, Probate, Money, Last Wills and Testaments
References:	YAS 93, p. 81
Dates:	Will date: 1644/01/29 (certain) Probate date: 1644/04/12 (certain)
People and Groups:	Testator: Whittaker, Gamaliel, d 1644, Vicar of Kirkburton (clerk)
Places:	Place of person status: Kirkburton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)

6 . Register 7 f.125 (verso) entry 3

Entry Type:	Order
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of York
Summary:	Order to the prior and convent of Guisborough to receive Brother Leonard de Touthorp [Towthorpe], canon of the house of Marton.
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. (eds.). 1934. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part II. Surtees Society 149, 34.
Dates:	Document date: 1307/06/28 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Kirkburton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)

7 . Register 11 f.95 (verso) entry 1

Entry Type:	Ordination
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of York
Summary:	Ordination of a perpetual vicarage in the church of Kirkburton (Birton), which is in the patronage of the dean and college of St Stephen, Westminster, made in the presence of William de Lambheth [Lambeth], canon and proctor of the dean and college (details given).
Marginalia:	"Ordination of the vicarage of Birton" [17th-century hand].
Note:	This entry is badly galled but remains legible.
Dates:	Document date: 1357/03/27 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Bishop Burton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Burton iuxta Beverl' Benefice: Kirkburton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)

8 . Register 11 f.87 (recto) entry 4

Entry Type:	Memorandum, Appropriation, Letter/s
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of York
Summary:	Memorandum of the issue of two letters for the appropriation of the church of Kirkburton (Birton) by the chapel of St Stephen, Westminster, the first to the dean and chapter of York requesting their consent, the second a commission to the official of York to treat with them concerning an indemnity for the church of York, in the same form as previous letters concerning the appropriation of the church of Hemingbrough.
Note:	For the earlier letters relating to the appropriation of Hemingbrough, see Register 11, folio 85r.
Dates:	Document date: 1356/04/17 (certain)
Places:	Place mentioned: Hemingbrough, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (church) Place mentioned: Kirkburton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (church)

9 . Register 11 f.91 (verso) entry 3

Entry Type:	Institution, Induction
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of York
Summary:	Institution and order for induction of Richard de Birton, chaplain, to the vicarage of Kirkburton (Birton), newly ordained by the archbishop and to which he has been presented by William de Lambhith [Lambeth], canon of the chapel of St Stephen, Westminster, appropriator of the church (two entries).
Dates:	Document date: 1357/04/01 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Cawode Benefice: Kirkburton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)

10 . Register 11 f.110 (verso) entry 3

Entry Type:	Institution, Induction
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of York
Summary:	Institution and order for induction of Robert Pelle, chaplain, to the vicarage of Kirkburton (Birton), vacant by the death of Richard de Birton, the previous vicar, patron: dean and canons of the chapel of [St Stephen,] Westminster (two entries).
Dates:	Document date: 1362/01/11 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Cawode Benefice: Kirkburton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)