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1 .   TNA - E 326/9026
Entry Type: Indulgence
Summary: Grant of an indulgence of 40 days by Archbishop Thoresby to all people contributing to the repair of the chapel of St Mary in the new churchyard at West Smithfield, London, or to the sustenance of Stapelowe and Dorset, paupers.
Language: Latin
Dates: 1356/01/28
People and Groups: Addressee/s: Children of the Holy Mother Church; Sender/s: John [Thoresby], archbishop of York; Person/s: Brother Thomas Stapelowe, pauper, Brother Walter Dorset, pauper;
Places: Westminster, Archbishop's lodgings near, Middlesex, England, West Smithfield, London, England
2 .   Register 30 f.23 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Testamentary business, Wills and Probate
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Wills, Plate, Servants, Household equipment, Probate, Clothing, Tuition, Women, Leases, Rectors, Money, Last Wills and Testaments, Paupers, Cows
Note: Initial letter 'I' of 'In Dei nomine Amen' ('In the name of God Amen'), the opening of the will, is enlarged and decorated.
References: YAS 93, p.82
Dates: Probate date: (certain)
Will date: 1564/04/05 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Williamson, George, d 1564, Prebendary of Husthwaite (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Long Marston, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
3 .   Register 31 f.209 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Will, Grant of Probate
Section Type: Archbishop Matthew
Summary: Will of Giles Walker, clerk, vicar of Hayton (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Probate, Books, Last Wills and Testaments, Calves, Servants, Livestock, Sheep, Paupers, Money, Wills
References: YAS 93,p. 78
Dates: Probate date: (certain)
Will date: 1619/01/04 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Walker, Giles, d ? 1619, Vicar of Hayton (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Hayton, Nottinghamshire, England
4 .   Register 31 f.152 (recto) entry 4
Entry Type: Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Matthew
Summary: Will of John More [rector] of Sproatley, clerk (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Probate, Wills, Paupers, Last Wills and Testaments, Money, Lands, Tuition
References: YAS 93, p. 52
Dates: Probate date: (certain)
Will date: 1607/08/02 (certain)
Probate date: 1608/06/19 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: More, John, d ? 1607, Rector of Sproatley (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Sproatley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
5 .   Register 7 f.112 (recto) entry 6
Entry Type: Request
Section Type: Archdeaconry of York
Summary: Request to Adam de Middelton [Middleton], warden of the hospital of St Leonard, York, that Adam le Pulter [Poulter], pauper, said to be of Wistow (Wixtowe), who served the church while he was able, should be admitted to the hospital, as [Walter Langton] the bishop of Coventry and Lichfield [master of the hospital] has ordered the warden to make new admissions of paupers up to certain numbers.
Language: Latin
Subjects: Paupers, Wardens, Hospitals
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, 6-7.
Dates: Document date: 1306/09/02 (certain)
People and Groups: Addressee: Middleton, Adam, d 1317, Warden of St Leonard's Hospital, York (warden); written as Adam de Middelton
Mentioned: Langton, Walter, d 1321, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield (bishop)
Subject of document: Adam le Pulter (pauper)
Places: Place of future event: York, St Leonard's Hospital, York, York, England (hospital)
Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)
6 .   Register 8 f.42 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Commission
Section Type: Register, Vicar-general
Summary: Commission of the vicar general to Nicholas de Molendinis [Mills], priest, to act as warden of the hospital of St Mary Magdalene, Ripon, with the provision that he provide for lepers in the liberty of Ripon and other paupers.
Note: A marginal note in a 17th century hand alongside this entry reads 'de eodem', meaning that it also relates to the hospital of the Blessed Mary Magdalene, Ripon.
References: Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. (eds.). 1931. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part I. Surtees Society 145, 244.
Dates: Document date: 1312/03/05 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: York City, York, York, England (none given); written as Ebor'
7 .   Register 8 f.242 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Order to deliver
Section Type: Intrinseca camere
Summary: Order to Arnold Shepherd (Arnald de Bercario or Arnald called Shephirde) to deliver to Hugh de Driffield, archbishop's almoner, six quarters of maslin to be bestowed upon the paupers of Bolton Percy from the grange of that parish.
Subjects: Paupers, Almoners, Granges, Rectors, Maslin
References: Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 20.
Dates: Document date: 1313/01/08 (certain)
People and Groups: Addressee: Shepherd, Arnold, fl 1313, Keeper of the grange of the rector of Bolton Percy (keeper)
Recipient: Driffield, Hugh, fl 1312-1313, Household chaplain and almoner of the Archbishop of York (archbishop's almoner)
Places: Place of dating: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor)
Place of person status: Bolton Percy, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (grange)
8 .   Register 9B f.415 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Request
Section Type: Archdeaconry of Nottingham
Summary: Request to the prior and convent of Worksop that they return to William de Brongelflet [Broomfleet], a pauper and the archbishop's kinsman, his part of an indenture drawn up between them regarding his pension within their house, which they granted at the archbishop's request, or provide a suitable replacement.
References: Brocklesby, R. (ed.). 1997. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. IV. Canterbury and York Society 85, 43-44.
Dates: Document date: 1321/01/05 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)
9 .   Register 10 f.65 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Appropriation
Section Type: Archdeaconry of Richmond
Summary: Appropriation of the church of Well (Welle), at their request, to the master, priests and paupers of the hospital of St Michael the Archangel at Well, founded by Sir Ralph de Nevill [Neville], lord of Middleham (Midelham) (extensive details given).
Dates: Document date: 1343/04/12 (certain)
People and Groups: Founder: Neville, Ralph, fl 1342, Lord of Middleham (lord)
Grantee: Well, Hospital of St Michael (master, pauper, priest)
Places: Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Cawod
Subject of grant: Well, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (church)
10 .   Register 11 f.198 (verso) entry 2
Entry Type: Memorandum, Licence
Section Type: Archdeaconry of the East Riding
Summary: Memorandum of a licence to the prior and convent of Haltemprice to demise at farm the fruits, rents and issues of the parish churches of Kirk Ella (Elveley) and Wharram Percy (Warrompercy), appropriated to their own uses, for two years, provided that alms continue to be distributed to paupers of the parish from such revenues.
Dates: Document date: 1358/05/28 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's palace); written as Thorp' iuxta Ebor'
Subject of licence: Wharram Percy, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (church)
Subject of licence: Kirk Ella, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (church)
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