York Archbishops' Registers

1 . TNA - C 269/16/11

Entry Type:	Return of writ, Writ
Summary:	Writ ordering enquiry into the numbers of parish churches, chapels and prebends in Cumberland for the parish subsidy granted in 1371. The results were to be returned by two MPs to a council in Winchester at the octave of Trinity. Response states that Whitlawe was a prisoner of the Scots, and Osberne was to replace him. A list of 96 parishes is attached, and the return also gives details of various chapels, etc.
Language:	Latin
Note:	Both documents are badly galled and illegible in places. Place of dating assumed by comparison with TNA C 269/16/12.
Dates:	1371/04/27
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: [Adam Parnyng,] sheriff of Cumberland; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England; Person/s: John de Whitlawe, citizen of Carlisle, MP, Gilbert Culwenne, knight, MP, William Osberne;
Places:	Westminster, Middlesex, England, Carlisle, Cumberland, England, Winchester, Hampshire, England

2 . TNA - CPR 1388-92, p.30

Summary:	Grant to Archbishop Arundel of the towns and parishes of Hackney and Leyton, as he has no lordships or towns belonging to his archbishopric near London where he can lodge his household and horses.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1389/05/14
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: Thomas [Arundel], archbishop of York; Sender/s: Richard II, king of England;
Places:	Westminster, Middlesex, England, Hackney, Middlesex, England, Leyton, Essex, England

3 . Register 7 f.115 (recto) entry 5

Entry Type:	Forewarning
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of York
Summary:	Forewarning to the abbot of Selby or his deputy of a visitation of the clergy and people of the parishes and archdeacon's jurisdiction of Selby and Snaith.
Language:	Latin
Subjects:	Visitations, Archbishops' Visitations
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, 12.
Dates:	Document date: 1306/12/03 (certain) Date to appear: 1306/12/12 (certain)
People and Groups:	Addressee: Aslackby, William, d 1313, Abbot of Selby (abbot)
Places:	Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given) Subject of visitation: Snaith, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (peculiar jurisdiction) Subject of visitation: Selby, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (peculiar jurisdiction) Place in which to appear: Selby, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (parish church)

4 . Register 7 f.208 (recto) entry 2

Entry Type:	Commission
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of the East Riding
Summary:	Commission to Master Nicholas de Calneton, archbishop's household clerk, to examine the instruments or muniments of Watton priory relating to churches appropriated without vicarages, tithes received from other parishes and the contribution towards the rebuilding or repair of Birdsall (Briddesale) and Goodmanham (Gothemundham) churches.
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, 157-158.
Dates:	Document date: 1309/03/20 (certain)
People and Groups:	Commissary: Caunton, Master, Nicholas, fl 1307-1309, clerk of the archbishop's household (clerk) Subject of document: Watton Priory, Gilbertine Nuns and Canons (prior and convent)
Places:	Place of dating: Bishop Burton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Burton iuxta Beverl' Subject of document: Birdsall, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (church) Subject of document: Goodmanham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (church)

5 . Register 8 f.206 (verso) entry 2

Entry Type:	Memorandum, Licence
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of Nottingham
Summary:	Memorandum of a licence, at the request of Walter de Gousehill [Goxhill] and Robert Ingram, mayors of Nottingham, for corpses of deceased persons of the parish of St Mary, Nottingham might be buried in other parishes for fifteen days, until the cemetery of that church should be reconciled, .
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. (eds.). 1938. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part IV. Surtees Society 152, 185.
Dates:	Document date: 1315/07/20 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Thurgarton, Nottinghamshire, England (none given); written as Thurgarton

6 . Register 9B f.650 (verso) entry 1

Entry Type:	Order
Section Type:	Diverse letters
Summary:	Order to the dean of Harthill for the sequestration of money collected in the parishes of his clergy by pardoners; a list of the pardoners' names to be provided. Note of a similar order sent to other deans in York diocese.
Subjects:	Pardoners, Sequestrations
References:	Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 60.
Dates:	Document date: 1324/12/16 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor)

7 . Register 9B f.561 (recto) entry 1

Entry Type:	Certification of execution of mandate
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of Richmond
Summary:	Certification to the archbishop by the vicar-general of the archdeacon of Richmond of execution of the archbishop's mandate (recited), dated at Cawood, 27 December 1324, for a monition to all parochial chaplains to receive and deliver into sequestration all monies collected in their parishes by pardoners and for a citation to pardoners to appear before the archbishop (details given); the citation having been made, but the monies were being kept by the priests (insert).
References:	Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1977. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. I. Canterbury and York Society, 70, 16-18.
Dates:	Document date: 1325/01/00 (uncertain)

8 . Register 9B f.650 (verso) entry 2

Entry Type:	Order
Section Type:	Diverse letters
Summary:	Order to the dean of Nottingham to warn the clergy in his parishes not to admit pardoners, except those collecting for the fabric fund of York Minster or without the archbishop's letters of credence.
Subjects:	Pardoners, Fabric funds, Minsters
References:	Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 61-62.
Dates:	Document date: 1325/01/29 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor)

9 . Register 9A f.107 (verso) entry 1

Entry Type:	Commission, Monition
Section Type:	Chapters
Summary:	Commission to the official of the court of York for a monition to Master John Bussh, sacrist of the chapel of York, St Mary and the Holy Angels, to pay alms due to its parishes (details given).
References:	Timmins, T. C. B. (ed.). 2002. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. V. Canterbury and York Society 93, 71.
Dates:	Document date: 1327/03/24 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)

10 . Register 9A f.111 (verso) entry 4

Entry Type:	Memorandum, Commission, Monition
Section Type:	Chapters
Summary:	Memorandum of a commission to the dean of the Ainsty (Aynsty) for a monition to Master John Boussh [Bussh], sacrist of the chapel of York, St Mary and Holy Angels, to pay arrears of alms to the poor in parishes in his deanery; with a memorandum of a similar commission to the dean of Otley (Otteleye) (two entries).
References:	Timmins, T. C. B. (ed.). 2002. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. V. Canterbury and York Society 93, 81.
Dates:	Document date: 1327/11/13 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)