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1 .   Register 9B f.662 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Order
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Mandate to the Official of the Court of York or his commissary general to cite clergy of the diocese to appear in the Parliament to be held at Northampton three weeks after Easter (summons of Edward III, dated at York, 5 March 1328, recited in full).
Subjects: Clergy, Parliaments
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 84-85.
Dates: Document date: 1328/03/05 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor)
2 .   Register 16 f.44 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Grant
Section Type: Archdeaconry of York
Summary: Grant of an annual pension of 40s to John Poleyn, clerk, of Sherburn in Elmet by John [Crofton], prior of Monk Bretton, and the convent of Monk Bretton, until they can provide him with a benefice.
Subjects: Unbeneficed Clergy, Pensions, Religious Patrons
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, 43.
Dates: Document date: 1405/01/23 (certain)
People and Groups: Grantee: Poleyn, John, fl 1405, Clerk, of Sherburn in Elmet (clerk)
Grantor: Crofton, Brother, John, fl 1404, Prior of Monk Bretton priory (prior)
Places: Place of dating: Monk Bretton Priory, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (chapter house)
3 .   Register 30 f.24 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Testamentary business, Wills and Probate
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Wills, Parish Churches, Prayers, Servants, Household equipment, Corn, Probate, Husbandmen, Clothing, Rye, Wagons, Wheat, Wool, Sheep, Hemp, Money, Lambs, Furniture, Last Wills and Testaments, Parishioners, Paupers, Coins, Wages, Godchildren, Agricultural equipment, Flax, Godsons, Cows, Travel, Clergy, Yarn, Housekeepers, Fabrics, Furnishings, Women, Horses, Copes, Debts, Oxen
Note: Initial letter 'I' of 'In the name of God Amen', the opening of the will, is enlarged and decorated.
References: YAS 93, p. 5
Dates: Will date: 1561/10/03 (certain)
Probate date: 1565/03/20 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Barnes, Thomas, d ? 1565, Rector of Sessay (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Sessay, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
4 .   Register 31 f.10 (recto) entry 5
Entry Type: Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Will of James Pilkington, bishop of Durham (legatees, executors and supervisors named) (continues).
Marginalia: Entry is headed by invocation 'Jesus'
Language: English
Subjects: Testators, Bishops, Coal, Clergy, Last Wills and Testaments, Hay, Probate, Books, Paupers, University of Cambridge, Archbishops, Corn, Schools, Invocations, Servants, Wood, Notes, Wills
Note: Legacies include the testator's books at [Bishop] Auckland to be left to his school at Rivington (Lancashire) and to poor colleges in Cambridge and others.
Dates: Will date: 1572/02/04 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Pilkington, James, 1520-1576, Bishop of Durham (bishop)
Executor, guardian: Kingsmill, George, c 1539-1606, lawyer and Member of Parliament (son)
Guardian, executrix: Kingsmill, Constance, d c 1581, wife of Sir John Kingsmill (lady)
Legatee/s: Kingsmill, Sir, William, c 1526-1593, Sheriff of Hampshire (brother in law)
Legatee/s: Pilkington, Alice, d 1596, nee Kingsmill; wife of James Pilkington, Bishop of Durham (wife)
Legatee/s: Pilkington, Deborah, c 1564-0000, daughter of James Pilkington, Bishop of Durham (daughter)
Legatee/s: Pilkington, Ruth, c 1569-1627, daughter of James Pilkington, Bishop of Durham (daughter)
Supervisor: Grindal, Edmund, c 1516-1583, Archbishop of Canterbury (archbishop)
Supervisor: Kingsmill, Richard, c 1528-1600, Member of Parliament (unknown)
Supervisor: Layton, Thomas, 1520-1584, Chancellor of Durham (unknown)
Supervisor: Pilkington, Leonard, 1527-1599, Canon of the 7th Prebend, Durham Cathedral (brother (family relation))
Supervisor: Russell, Francis, c 1526-1585, 2nd Earl of Bedford (earl)
5 .   Register 31 f.10 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Will, Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Will of Roger Carter, vicar of Kilnsea (legatees, executor and witnesses named), with grant of probate by Master Robert Burland, clerk, substitute of Master Robert Lougher, doctor of Laws, to Thomas Shepherd, executor.
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Testators, Clergy, Last Wills and Testaments, Money, Probate, Children, Houses, Vicars, Repairs, Wills, Horses
References: YAS 93, p. 15
Dates: Will date: 1576/00/25 (certain)
Probate date: 1578/05/16 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Carter, Roger, d 1576, Vicar of Kilnsea (clerk)
Executrix, legatee/s: Sheppard, fl 1576, wife of Thomas Sheppard (wife); written as Thomas Sheppard his wife and his children
Grantor: Burland, Robert, d 1585, Succentor of Vicars Choral of York Minster (clerk, substitute)
Grantor: Lougher, Robert, d 1585, Vicar General of Province of York (doctor of laws)
Legatee/s, executor: Shepherd, Thomas, fl 1576, legatee of Roger Carter (unknown); written as Thomas Sheppard his wife and his children
Legatee/s: Jackson, Ralph, fl 1576, son of Henry Jackson of Easington
Overseer: Gibson, Robert, fl 1576, of Easington (unknown)
Witness: Gibson, John, fl 1576, witness of will of Roger Carter (unknown)
Witness: Hewerton, Henry, fl 1576, witness of will of Roger Carter (unknown)
Witness: Smith, John, fl 1576, witness of will of Roger Carter (unknown)
Witness: Wright, Robert, fl 1576, witness of will of Roger Carter (unknown)
Places: Burial place: Kilnsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (churchyard)
6 .   Register 31 f.9 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Letters of administration
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Letters of administration of the goods of John Yates, clerk, lately vicar of Wighill, who died intestate, granted to Henry Walker, son of Isabel Walker, niece of the deceased.
Language: Latin
Subjects: Intestacy, Administrators, Clergy, Administrations, Intestates, Vicars
References: YAS 93, p. 85
Dates: Administration date: 1576/06/06 (certain)
People and Groups: Administrator: Walker, Henry, fl 1576, son of Isabel Walker (relative)
Intestate: Yates, John, d 1576, Vicar of Wighill (clerk)
Mentioned: Walker, Isabel, fl 1576, relative of John Yates (niece)
Places: Benefice: Wighill, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
7 .   Register 31 f.9 (verso) entry 2
Entry Type: Letters of administration
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Letters of administration of the goods of Thomas Abbott, lately rector of Slaidburn and vicar of Giggleswick, who died intestate, granted to James Abbott and John Abbott, brothers of the deceased.
Language: Latin
Subjects: Intestacy, Clergy, Administrations, Intestates, Vicars, Rectors
References: YAS 93, p. 1
Dates: Administration date: 1576/07/20 (certain)
People and Groups: Administrator: Abbott, James, fl 1576, administrator of goods of Thomas Abbott (brother (family relation))
Administrator: Abbott, John, fl 1576, administrator of goods of Thomas Abbott (brother (family relation))
Intestate: Abbott, Thomas, d 1576, Rector of Slaidburn (clerk)
Places: Benefice: Slaidburn, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
Benefice: Giggleswick, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
8 .   Register 31 f.9 (verso) entry 3
Entry Type: Letters of administration
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Letters of administration of the goods of Brian Sharp, lately vicar of Braithwell, who died intestate, granted by Master Henry More, clerk, rural dean of Doncaster, to Robert Sharp, son of the deceased.
Language: Latin
Subjects: Intestacy, Administrators, Clergy, Administrations, Intestates, Vicars
References: YAS 93, p. 66
Dates: Administration date: 1576/08/03 (certain)
People and Groups: Administrator: Sharp, Robert, fl 1576, administrator of goods of Brian Sharp (son)
Grantor: More, Henry, d 1590, Prebendary of Bole (clerk, rural dean)
Intestate: Sharp, Brian, d 1576, Vicar of Braithwell with Bramley (clerk)
Places: Benefice: Braithwell, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
9 .   Register 31 f.10 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Letters of administration
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Letters of administration of the goods of Roger Carter, clerk, lately vicar of Kilnsea, who died intestate, granted to Thomas Broughton, nephew of the deceased.
Language: Latin
Subjects: Intestacy, Administrators, Clergy, Administrations, Intestates, Vicars
Dates: Administration date: 1576/11/16 (certain)
People and Groups: Administrator: Broughton, Thomas, fl 1576, administrator of goods of Roger Carter (nephew)
Intestate: Carter, Roger, d 1576, Vicar of Kilnsea (clerk)
Places: Benefice: Kilnsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
10 .   Register 31 f.10 (recto) entry 4
Entry Type: Letters of administration
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Letters of administration of the goods of John Thornley, clerk, lately vicar of Worksop, who died intestate, granted by John Allenson, rural dean of Retford and Laneham, to Lawrence Kay, relative of the deceased.
Language: Latin
Subjects: Intestacy, Administrators, Clergy, Administrations, Intestates, Vicars
Dates: Administration date: 1576/12/10 (certain)
People and Groups: Administrator: Kay, Lawrence, fl 1576, administrator of goods of John Thornley (relative)
Grantor: Allenson, John, fl 1570-1576, Rural Dean of Retford and Laneham (rural dean, clerk)
Intestate: Thornley, John, d 1576, Vicar of Worksop (clerk)
Places: Benefice: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England (vicarage)


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