York Archbishops' Registers

1 . TNA - CPR 1338-40, p.271, entry 2

Summary:	Writ de intendendo to all lieges beyond Trent for Zouche and Parnyng, who the king is sending to lay before them matters affecting the estate of the king and realm and other matters, and to treat with them for the safe custody of places in England and Scotland, and their defence, and the pay of soldiers, etc.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1339/07/05
People and Groups:	Sender/s: Edward III, king of England; Person/s: Master William la Zousche [Zouche], dean of York, treasurer, Robert Parnyng [Parning];
Places:	Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England

2 . TNA - E 43/167

Entry Type:	Receipt
Summary:	Receipt between the treasurer and chamberlains of the Exchequer, and Beverley and Wilton, attorneys of Daniel and the other collectors in Harthill wapentake in the East Riding of Yorkshire of the fifteenth and tenth granted to pay the wages of soldiers, etc [March or April 1360], recording the payment of sums into the Exchequer for the various ecclesiastical liberties in Harthill wapentake and the liberty of Holderness, and the borough of Hedon.
Language:	French
Dates:	1360/11/25
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: [Simon Langham,] abbot of Westminster, treasurer, and the chamberlains of the Exchequer; Sender/s: Thomas de Beverle [Beverley], Thomas de Wilton; Person/s: Robert Daniel;
Places:	Westminster, Middlesex, England, Harthill wapentake, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Holderness, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Hedon, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

3 . TNA - CPR 1385-9, p.79

Summary:	Commission to Archbishop Neville to supervise the array of soldiers in Yorkshire.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1385/07/23
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: Alexander [Neville], archbishop of York; Sender/s: Richard II, king of England;
Places:	York City, York, York, England

4 . TNA - CPR 1388-92, p.218

Summary:	Commission to Sayville, on information from Archbishop Arundel that Dalston, Clifton and Everwyk, who refused to be corrected for certain offences by their prior or the bishop of Carlisle, appealed to the archbishop, but when he ordered them to obey and return to their house, they gathered soldiers of the town and castle of Carlisle and resisted, wasting the possessions of the house, that proclamations be made ordering them to stand down and appear before the archbishop.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1390/03/03
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: Thomas Sayville [Saville], king's sergeant at arms; Sender/s: Richard II, king of England; Person/s: Richard de Everwyk [York], canon of Carlisle, William Dalston, canon of Carlisle, Robert Clifton, canon of Carlisle, Thomas [Arundel], archbishop of York;
Places:	Westminster, Middlesex, England, Carlisle, Cumberland, England

5 . Register 8 f.250 (verso) entry 6

Entry Type:	Order to deliver
Section Type:	Intrinseca camere
Summary:	Order to Roger de Thornton, archbishop’s receiver of York, to pay John de Sandale, deputy of the king's treasurer, £40 given by the archbishop of wages for 40 footmen being sent urgently and out of the greatest need to Berwick for the safekeeping of the town.
Subjects:	Soldiers, Wages, Money, Treasurers (Royal Administration), Receivers
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 38.
Dates:	Document date: 1314/08/14 (certain) -
People and Groups:	Addressee: Thornton, Roger, d 1317, Receiver of Archbishop of York (reader) Payee: Sandale, John, fl 1309-1310, Archdeacon of Richmond (deputy treasurer)
Places:	Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's castle) Place mentioned: Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, England (town) Place of person status: York City, York, York, England (city)

6 . Register 8 f.253 (verso) entry 10

Entry Type:	Order to deliver
Section Type:	Intrinseca camere
Summary:	Order to Roger de Thornton, archbishop’s receiver of York, to distribute and pay as many of the 200 marks, left over from the 400 marks promised to the 4 captains elected for the defence of the country against the Scots, if imminent, following the counsel and order of Master Robert de Pickering, dean, and the archbishop's official [Master John de Nassington]. Also, to retain 5 or 6 soldiers, for 10 or 11 days, at half a mark per day.
Subjects:	Scots, Deans (Cathedral), Defence of the North, Archbishops' Officials, Captains, Money, Receivers
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 45.
Dates:	Document date: 1315/03/26 (certain)
People and Groups:	Addressee: Thornton, Roger, d 1317, Receiver of Archbishop of York (receiver) Advisor: Nassington, Master, John, fl 1306-1315, Official Principal of Archbishop of York (archbishop's official) Advisor: Pickering, Master, Robert, d by 1 January 1333, Dean of York (dean)
Places:	Place of dating: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England (none given) Place of person status: York City, York, York, England (city)

7 . Register 9A f.38 (recto) entry 1

Entry Type:	Mandate
Section Type:	Intrinseca camere
Summary:	Mandate to a knight (unidentified) to muster at York before the king with all men at arms, hobelars and foot soldiers; with a note of the same letter to nine other knights (named) (insert).
Language:	French
Note:	This is the face of the document.
References:	Robinson, D. B. (ed.). The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. VII. Canterbury and York Society (forthcoming).
Dates:	Document date: 1327/10/14 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: York City, York, York, England (none given)

8 . Register 32 f.118 (verso) entry 1

Entry Type:	Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type:	Archbishop Williams
Language:	English, Latin
Subjects:	Wills, Annuities, Trades, Houses, Servants, Godchildren, Apprentices, Probate, Clothing, Neighbours, Women, Tenants, Money, Last Wills and Testaments, Goddaughters, Paupers, Chancery, Soldiers, Wives
Note:	Mentioned: court proceedings
References:	YAS 93, p. 46
Dates:	Will date: 1647/05/27 (certain) Probate date: 1648/08/29 (certain)
People and Groups:	Testator: Leadbeater, Henry, d ? 1648, Rector of Thrybergh (clerk)
Places:	Place of person status: Thrybergh, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)

9 . Register 9B f.690 (verso) entry 1

Entry Type:	Exhortation, Monition
Section Type:	Officiality
Summary:	Monition and exhortation to the abbot and convent of York, St Mary's Abbey, to raise and array their tenants, men of their household and domestic servants against the Scots, following devastation caused by incursions of the Scots, and since a levy of men, both horsemen and foot soldiers, in the city and diocese of York, has been agreed, and since the archbishop and dean and chapter are complying with this order.
Dates:	Document date: 1318/06/04 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Melton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)

10 . Register 16 f.24 (verso) entry 5

Entry Type:	Institution, Induction
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of York
Summary:	Institution and order for induction of Robert de Hill, priest, to a chantry chaplaincy in the college of seven chaplains and almshouse of the Holy Trinity, Pontefract, patron: Sir Robert Knolles [Knollys], knight, founder of the college (two entries).
Subjects:	Lay Patrons, Almshouses, Institutions, Chantries
References:	Swanson, R.N. (ed.). 1981. A Calendar of the Register of Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York, 1398-1405. Part 1. Borthwick Texts and Calendars: Records of the Northern Province, 11. York: University of York, 24.
Dates:	Document date: 1400/05/18 (certain)
People and Groups:	Appointee: Priest Patron: Knight
Places:	Place of dating: Bishop Burton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor) Place of person role: Pontefract, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (parish)