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1 .   Register 9B f.555 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Re assessment, Commission
Section Type: Archdeaconry of Richmond
Summary: Commission to the abbot of Fountains; Gilbert de Stapelton [Stapleton], canon of Ripon; Master Richard de Grymston [Grimston] and Thomas Dayvill, following receipt of a royal writ of King Edward II, to hold an inquisition into the value of benefices within the archbishop's jurisdiction and liberties of Ripon and Hexham devastated by the Scots, for the 'Nova Taxatio', a reassessment for taxation of clerical tenths; with a similar commission to Master Thomas Baroun, rector of Great Smeaton (Smiythton) and Master Thomas de Blaby, rector of a moiety of the church of South Otterington (Suthoteringham), within the liberty and jurisdiction of Allerton and Allertonshire (two entries).
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1977. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. I. Canterbury and York Society, 70, 1-2.
Dates: Document date: 1318/06/26 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Meaux, Wawne, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Melsam
2 .   Register 9B f.555 (recto) entry 8
Entry Type: Re assessment, Mandate
Section Type: Archdeaconry of Richmond
Summary: Mandate to the archdeacon of Richmond or his official, following receipt of a royal writ of King Edward II (recited), dated at Westminster, 12 June 1318, to hold an inquisition into the value of benefices devastated by the Scots, for the 'Nova Taxatio', a reassessment for taxation of clerical tenths.
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1977. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. I. Canterbury and York Society, 70, 1.
Dates: Document date: 1318/06/26 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Meaux, Wawne, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Melsam
3 .   Register 9B f.555 (verso) entry 2
Entry Type: Re assessment, Commission
Section Type: Archdeaconry of Richmond
Summary: Commission to the abbot of Easby (St Agatha) and John, vicar of the church of Catterick (Katerig), following receipt of a royal writ of King Edward II, to hold an inquisition into the value of benefices within the archdeaconry of Richmond devastated by the Scots for the 'Nova Taxatio', a reassessment for taxation of clerical tenths; with memoranda of similar commissions to Master Robert de Ryppelingham [Riplingham], chancellor of York and John de Hemingburgh, rector of St Wilfrid, Blake Street, York, for the archdeaconry of York, and to Master John de Neuwerk [Newark], rector of Oswaldkirk, and Thomas de Cawod [Cawood], vicar of the church of Felixkirk, for the archdeaconry of Cleveland (three entries).
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1977. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. I. Canterbury and York Society, 70, 2.
Dates: Document date: 1318/07/04 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Roos, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Rosse in Holdernes
4 .   Register 9A f.86 (recto) entry 4
Entry Type: Writ, Notification
Section Type: Chapters
Summary: Notification to the dean and chapter of York Minster of a royal writ (recited), dated at York, 26 November 1318, ordering a reassessment of benefices devastated by attacks of the Scots, unable to pay the tenth previously granted by the pope, and to return the new valuation [Nova Taxatio] to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer, also a reassessment of prebends and temporalities annexed to the spiritualities of the Minster destroyed and never assessed for the tenth, and to inform the collectors in the diocese of the new valuations (incomplete).
References: Timmins, T. C. B. (ed.). 2002. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. V. Canterbury and York Society 93, 12-13.
Dates: Document date: 1318/11/26 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: York City, York, York, England (none given); written as Ebor'
5 .   Register 9B f.611 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Writ
Section Type: Diverse jurisdictions
Summary: Writ of Edward II to the archbishop requesting a reassessment for taxation of the revenues of the church of Leake.
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1977. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. I. Canterbury and York Society, 70, 121.
Dates: Document date: 1319/05/23 (certain)
People and Groups: Issuer: Edward II, 1284-1327, King of England (king)
Places: Place of dating: York City, York, York, England (none given)
6 .   Register 9B f.611 (recto) entry 5
Entry Type: Confirmation
Section Type: Diverse jurisdictions
Summary: Confirmation to the archbishop of the reassessment for taxation of the church of Leake (Leek) at forty marks.
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1977. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. I. Canterbury and York Society, 70, 122.
Dates: Document date: 1319/06/04 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)
Subject of certificate: Leake, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (church)
7 .   Register 9B f.611 (recto) entry 4
Entry Type: Certification
Section Type: Diverse jurisdictions
Summary: Certification of the archbishop to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer of the reassessment for taxation of the church of Leake (Leek) at forty marks.
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1977. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. I. Canterbury and York Society, 70, 121.
Dates: Document date: 1319/06/12 (certain)
People and Groups: Recipient: Exchequer, Treasurer and Barons (treasurer and barons)
Places: Place of dating: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)
Subject of grant: Leake, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (church)
8 .   Register 9B f.593 (recto) entry 4
Entry Type: Notification
Section Type: Suffragans
Summary: Notification of the conditions under which payment of the clerical tenth granted to Edward III in 1327 could be made by the clergy of the northern province, including reassessment of property devastated by the Scots.
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1977. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. I. Canterbury and York Society, 70, 89.
Dates: Document date: 1327/10/13 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: York City, York, York, England (none given)
9 .   Register 9B f.661 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Certification
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Certification by the precentor of York Minster and the Prior of York, Holy Trinity to the archbishop of receipt of the archbishop's order to reassess benefices in the archdeaconry of Cleveland and liberty of Allertonshire for the grant of a clerical tenth to Edward III in York Province in 1327. The king's writ dated at Gloucester, 22 December 1327 ordering the appointment of reassessors is recited (see also The National Archives: E 179/363/46 for a copy). The re-assessment became known as the 'Nova Taxatio' and was used as the basis for levying all clerical tenths in York Province after 1327 (E 179 database, grant notes).
Subjects: Clerical Tenths, Reassessments, Taxation
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 83.
Dates: Document date: 1328/01/25 (certain)
People and Groups: Sender: Abberwick, Master, William, d 1349, Chancellor of York (precentor); written as William de Alberwyk
Sender: Aubyn, Hugh, fl 1324-1331, Prior of York, Holy Trinity (prior)
Places: Place of dating: York City, York, York, England (city)
10 .   Register 9B f.661 (verso) entry 3
Entry Type: Certification
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Certification of the reassessment (Nova Taxatio) of the clerical tenth in the archdeaconries of York and Richmond, following the grant of a clerical tenth to Edward III in 1327, with a list of assessments (not found with the entry).
Subjects: Clerical Tenths, Reassessments, Taxation
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 83.
Dates: Document date: 1328/01/30 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Kirkham, Lancashire, England (parish)


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