| Summary: | List of the names of various religious houses (in both provinces) noting their response to a request for an aid. Only nineteen houses are mentioned, including Blyth, Thurgarton, Shelford, Welbeck, Worksop and Lenton. Some paid, some were excused, some did not reply and the abbot of Woburn (Beds) simply refused to accept the writ. |
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| Language: | Latin |
| Note: | Not dated, but can be linked to the request for an aid on the marriage of the king's sister in 1333. See also TNA C 270/7-12, the returns from individual houses to the request for this aid. |
| Dates: |
1333/00/00
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| Places: |
Thurgarton Priory, Nottinghamshire, England, Worksop Priory, Nottinghamshire, England, Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire, England, Shelford Priory, Nottinghamshire, England, Lenton Priory, Nottinghamshire, England, Blyth Priory, Nottinghamshire, England
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| Entry Type: | Return of writ, Writ |
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| Summary: | Writ to, and response from, the abbot of Welbeck in dispute over appointment to abbey of Torre. |
| Language: | Latin |
| Note: | Not mentioned, but see J.C. Jenkins, 'Torre Abbey: Locality, Community and Society in Medieval Devon', Dphil thesis, Oxford (2010), pp. 175-92. |
| Dates: |
1351/11/12
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| People and Groups: |
Addressee/s: Abbot of Welbeck; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England; Person/s: Richard de Cotelesford, abbot of Torre;
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| Places: |
Westminster, Middlesex, England, Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire, England, Torre Abbey, Devon, England
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| Summary: | Obligation to the abbot of Welbeck for £20 loaned to the king, with promise of repayment. |
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| Language: | Latin |
| Dates: |
1397/09/22
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| People and Groups: |
Addressee/s: Abbot of Welbeck; Sender/s: Richard II, king of England;
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| Places: |
Westminster, Middlesex, England, Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire, England
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| Entry Type: | Visitation |
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| Summary: | Record of an enquiry investigating alleged abuses committed by William Botheby, master of St Leonard's Hospital, York. Membranes 1-11 relate to the visitation of 1399, and include a royal writ dated 11 December 1398; copies of inquests held on 20 January 1399; and various accounts and other subsidiary material relating to the investigation. Membranes 12-13 relate to a further visitation in 1402, and comprise the king's writ, dated 16 November 1399, and the text of the inquest held on 31 May 1402. |
| Language: | Latin |
| Note: | See also Borthwick Papers, no. 79. |
| Dates: |
1398/12/11, 1402/05/31
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| People and Groups: |
Addressee/s: Richard II, king of England; Sender/s: Thomas [Arundel], archbishop of York, Henry IV, king of England, Richard II, king of England; Person/s: Master William Feriby, archdeacon of the East Riding, Master John Neuton, Treasurer of York, Master Robert Ragenhill, Master William Cawod, Master John Harwod, Master Alan Newerk, Thomas Thurkhill, William Selby, William Frost, Prior and convent of Bolton in Craven, tax collector;
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| Places: |
Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, York City, York, York, England, Watton Priory, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Egglestone Abbey, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, Rievaulx Abbey, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, Bolton Priory, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire, England, Fountains Abbey, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, York, St Leonard's Hospital, York, York, England
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| Summary: | Collection of responses from various religious houses to Henry IV's request for money, sent on 28 April 1400. Reponses from the northern province comprise the abbeys and priories of Welbeck (m. 2a); Selby (m. 3); Beauvale (m. 14); Repton (m. 15); Warter (m. 16); Watton (m. 17); Thurgarton (m. 18); Shelford (m. 19); Pontefract (m. 20); Monk Bretton (m. 21); Worksop (m. 22); Lenton (m. 23); Blyth (m. 24); Rievaulx (m. 31); Byland (m. 32); Kirkstall (m. 33); Fountains (m. 34). |
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| Language: | Latin |
| Note: | Undated, but presumably written shortly after the request was sent. Includes a number of partial seals. |
| Dates: |
1400/00/00
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| People and Groups: |
Addressee/s: Henry IV, king of England;
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| Places: |
Monk Bretton Priory, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Pontefract Priory, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Rievaulx Abbey, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, Byland Abbey, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, Thurgarton Priory, Nottinghamshire, England, Worksop Priory, Nottinghamshire, England, Shelford Priory, Nottinghamshire, England, Lenton Priory, Nottinghamshire, England, Blyth Priory, Nottinghamshire, England, Warter Priory, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Watton Priory, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Selby Abbey, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire, England, Beauvale Priory, Nottinghamshire, England, Repton Priory, Nottinghamshire, England, Fountains Abbey, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Kirkstall Abbey, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
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| Entry Type: | Request |
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| Summary: | Request for the arrest of Castelton, who has rejected his profession at Welbeck abbey and wanders the countryside. |
| Language: | Latin |
| Dates: |
1401/10/20
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| People and Groups: |
Addressee/s: Henry IV, king of England; Sender/s: John [de Baukwell], abbot of Welbeck; Person/s: Brother Simon de Castelton [Castleton], canon of Welbeck;
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| Places: |
Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire, England
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| Entry Type: | Request |
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| Summary: | Request for the arrest of Castelton, who has left Welbeck abbey without licence and rejected his profession and wanders the countryside. |
| Language: | Latin |
| Dates: |
1402/01/24
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| People and Groups: |
Addressee/s: Henry IV, king of England; Sender/s: [John de Baukwell,] abbot of Welbeck; Person/s: Brother Simon de Castelton [Castleton], canon of Welbeck;
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| Places: |
Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire, England
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| Entry Type: | Commission |
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| Section Type: | Diverse letters |
| Summary: | Commission by the archbishop, the bishop of Durham and the abbot of York St Mary, papal judges delegate, to the official principal of York, with a papal bull (Avignon, 25 September 1319) (recited; received at Worksop, 28 May 1320), to execute the papal mandate to proceed against all who infringe the rights and possessions of the Hospitallers, with powers of censure and commissioning secular powers if necessary. |
| Subjects: | Papal Bulls, Knights Hospitaller |
| References: | Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 34-37. |
| Dates: |
Document date: 1320/05/29 (certain)
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| Places: |
Place of dating: Welbeck, Nottinghamshire, England
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| Entry Type: | Licence |
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| Section Type: | Archdeaconry of Nottingham |
| Summary: | Licence for Master Stephen de Kynardesley [Kinnersley], priest, rector of Sibthorpe, for non residence for one year. |
| References: | Brocklesby, R. (ed.). 1997. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. IV. Canterbury and York Society 85, 55. |
| Dates: |
Document date: 1322/05/23 (certain)
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| Places: |
Place of dating: Welbeck, Nottinghamshire, England (none given)
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| Entry Type: | Presentation (person) |
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| Section Type: | Archdeaconry of Nottingham |
| Summary: | Presentation by Brother John, abbot of Newhouse, of John de Notingham [Nottingham] as the newly-elected abbot of Welbeck, following the resignation of William de Kendale. |
| References: | Brocklesby, R. (ed.). 1997. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. IV. Canterbury and York Society 85, 55-56. |
| Dates: |
Document date: 1322/05/13 (certain)
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| Places: |
Place of dating: Welbeck, Nottinghamshire, England (none given)
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