York Archbishops' Registers

1 . TNA - CFR 1307-19, p.125

Summary:	Grant to the citizens of York of seven vacant spaces in York, two in Skeldergate, one called Thursday Market, one by All Saints, Pavement, one by Micklegate, one in Petergate by the gate of the dean of York, and one by Holy Trinity, King's Court (details given).
Language:	Latin
Note:	The site of Thursday Market is now called St Sampson's Square.
Dates:	1312/01/29
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: Citizens of York; Sender/s: Edward II, king of England;
Places:	York City, York, York, England, York, Holy Trinity, King's Court, York, York, England, Skeldergate, York, York, England, Petergate, York, York, England, York, All Saints, Pavement, York, York, England, Micklegate, York, York, England

2 . TNA - CPR 1321-4, p.141, entry 1

Summary:	Licence to Wakefeld for alienation in nmortmain of 5 messuages, 2 shops and a fourth part of a messuage in Wakefield to a chaplain to celebrate for the souls of him, his family and benefactors in the church of All Saints, Wakefield.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1322/06/25
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: Master John de Wakefeld [Wakefield], chaplain; Sender/s: Edward II, king of England;
Places:	York City, York, York, England, Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

3 . TNA - SC 8/191/9516

Entry Type:	Petition
Summary:	The prior and convent of Pontefract state that the earl of Lancaster had agreed to ask the Pope to allow them to appropriate the church of Kippax and the vicarage of All Saints, Pontefract, of which they are patrons, as although the King has granted them the appropriation of Kippax, as far as he could, the archbishop of York is preventing this. They ask the King to write to the Pope to complete this, and that the vicarage might be served by one of their monks.
Language:	French
Note:	Formerly enclosed in C 81/150, no. 1462, dated 24 December 1327.
Dates:	1327/00/00
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: [Edward III,] king of England; Sender/s: Prior and convent of Pontefract; Person/s: [Thomas of Lancaster], earl of Lancaster;
Places:	Pontefract, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Kippax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

4 . TNA - SC 8/290/14456

Entry Type:	Petition
Summary:	The abbot of Mont-Saint-Michel requests a final judgment in his claim to the priory of St Clement on Jersey, wrongly taken into the king's hands. The council, including Archbishop Melton and many others, state that the abbot is to have a writ ordering the justices to render judgment.
Language:	French
Note:	For the resultant order, see CCR 1327-30, p. 270, dated 9 March 1328.
Dates:	1328/03/09
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: King and Council; Sender/s: Abbot of Mont-Saint-Michel; Person/s: [William Melton], archbishop of York, Edward II, king of England, Edward I, king of England;
Places:	Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey, Manche department, France

5 . TNA - CPR 1334-8, p.385

Summary:	Licence for Belton to build on a plot of land in the cemetery of All Saints, Pavement in York, and use the rents to fund a chantry in the church, with the assent of the archbishop and the parishioners.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1337/03/04
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: Henry de Belton; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England; Person/s: [William Melton,] archbishop of York;
Places:	Westminster, Middlesex, England, York, All Saints, Pavement, York, York, England

6 . TNA - CCR 1337-9, p.610

Summary:	Summons to Archbishop Melton (and others) to attend a council at Westminster on the Thursday after All Saints next, concerning the king's expedition overseas.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1338/10/18
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: William [Melton], archbishop of York; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England;
Places:	Kennington, Lambeth, Surrey, England

7 . TNA - SC 1/39/100

Entry Type:	Petition
Summary:	Request that letters of protection issued to Portyngton be cancelled and not renewed, as he is staying at home and not in the king's service, and Melton is unable to recover a debt against him.
Language:	Latin
Note:	Dated to the [lost] kalends of November in the 22nd year of Melton's pontificate.
Dates:	1338/11/01, 1338/10/16
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: John de Saint Paul, keeper of the rolls of Chancery; Sender/s: William [de Melton], archbishop of York; Person/s: Nicholas de Portyngton [Portington];

8 . TNA - CPR 1345-8, p.77

Summary:	Presentation of Oundel, vicar of Mattersey, to the church of St George in Stamford, in the king's gift as the temporalities of the priory of Saint-Fromond are in his hands during the war; as an exchange with Dunham.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1346/05/02
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: Hugh de Oundel [Oundle], vicar of Mattersey; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England; Person/s: Richard de Dunham;
Places:	Westminster, Middlesex, England, Saint-Fromond Priory, Manche department, France, Mattersey, Nottinghamshire, England, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England

9 . TNA - CPR 1348-50, p.104

Summary:	Presentation of Loskhowe, parson of Farnham, to the church of St Peter, Stamford, in the king's gift while Saint-Fromond priory is in his hands during the war, as an exchange with Martyn.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1348/06/04
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: William de Loskhowe [Loscoe], parson of Farnham; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England; Person/s: Richard Martyn, rector of St Peter, Stamford;
Places:	Westminster, Middlesex, England, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, Saint-Fromond Priory, Manche department, France, Farnham, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

10 . TNA - CPR 1348-50, p.264

Summary:	Presentation of Gilling, parson of Whixley, to the church of St Peter, Stamford, in the king's gift while St Fromond's Priory is in his hands during the war, as an exchange with Nesfeld.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1349/02/12
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: John de Gillyng [Gilling], parson of Whixley; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England; Person/s: Adam de Nesfeld, parson of St Peter, Stamford;
Places:	Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England, Whixley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, Saint-Fromond Priory, Manche department, France