York Archbishops' Registers

1 . TNA - CPR 1348-50, p.147, entry 1

Summary:	Appointment of a dean and twelve canons to serve the chapel of St Stephen in Westminster Palace, and grant to them of the king's great inn in Lombard Street, London, and the advowsons of Dewsbury and Wakefield.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1348/08/06
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: Dean and canons of St Stephen's, Westminster; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England;
Places:	Westminster, Middlesex, England, Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Westminster, St Stephen's Chapel, Middlesex, England, City of London, London, England

2 . TNA - CPR 1348-50, p.147, entry 2

Summary:	Appointment of Northburgh as proctor to prosecute the appropriation of the churches of Dewsbury and Wakefield to the chapel of St Stephen, Westminster, before Archbishop Zouche and his chapter.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1348/08/30
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: Master Michael de Northburgh, king's clerk, archdeacon of Suffolk; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England; Person/s: Chapter of York, William [Zouche], archbishop of York;
Places:	Westminster, Middlesex, England, Westminster, St Stephen's Chapel, Middlesex, England, Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

3 . TNA - CPR 1358-61, p.23, entry 2

Summary:	Licence for Burton and Dronsfeld to alienate in mortmain the advowson of the church of Penistone to St Stephen's, Westminster, and for the dean and college to appropriate the church.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1358/02/15
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: John de Dronsfeld [Dronsfield], Ellis de Burton; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England; Person/s: Dean and college of St Stephen, Westminster;
Places:	Westminster, Middlesex, England, Penistone, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Westminster, St Stephen's Chapel, Middlesex, England

4 . TNA - CPR 1385-9, p.118, entry 3

Summary:	Grant to Orgrave, prebendary of Skelton in Howden minster, of the prebend in St Stephen's, Westminster, lately of Congham and now held by Manfeld, as an exchange. Mandate to the dean and college of Westminster.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1386/03/09
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: Thomas Orgrave, prebendary of Skelton; Sender/s: Richard II, king of England; Person/s: Dean and college of St Stephen, Westminster, Robert Manfeld [Manfield], Robert Congham;
Places:	Westminster, Middlesex, England, Westminster, St Stephen's Chapel, Middlesex, England, Howden Minster, Skelton Prebend, Yorkshire, England

5 . Register 14 f.41 (verso) entry 3

Entry Type:	Institution, Induction
Section Type:	Register, Vicar-general
Summary:	Institution by William de Cawod [Cawood], licentiate in laws, vicar general, and order to the official of the archdeacon of York for the induction of John Bozoun to the perpetual vicarage of the parish church of Sandal Magna (Sandall), vacant following the resignation of John Howell, the last vicar, in an exchange of benefices with the vicarage of the prebendal church of Stoke (Stok), patron: dean and college of the royal free chapel of St Stephen, Westminster (two entries).
Dates:	Document date: 1393/06/26 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: York City, York, York, England (none given); written as Ebor' Place of person status: Westminster, St Stephen's Chapel, Middlesex, England (none given) Benefice: Sandal Magna, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage) Benefice: East Stoke, Nottinghamshire, England (rectory) Benefice: Lincoln Cathedral, East Stoke Prebend, Lincolnshire, England (prebend)

6 . Register 10 f.32 (recto) entry 1

Entry Type:	Letters patent, Ordination
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of York
Summary:	Letters patent containing the ordination of a secular vicarage in the church of Wakefield (Wakefeld), recently appropriated to the dean and college of the free chapel of St Stephen, Westminster.
Dates:	Document date: 1349/06/20 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor); written as Rypon Subject of licence: Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage) Subject of ordination: Westminster, St Stephen's Chapel, Middlesex, England (chapel)

7 . Register 10 f.26 (verso) entry 1

Entry Type:	Appropriation
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of York
Summary:	Appropriation of the church of Wakefield (Wakefeld) to the dean and college of St Stephen's chapel, Westminster, with note that Michael de Northburgh, proctor of St Stephen's, presented the resignations of the rectors of Dewsbury and Wakefield to the archbishop.
Marginalia:	A marginal note in a later hand on fol. 26v mentions an annual pension to be paid from Wakefield to the archbishops of York.
Note:	Abbreviated entry, noting that most of the details are the same as those for the preceding entry, the appropriation of the church of Dewsbury.
Dates:	Document date: 1348/11/30 (certain)
Places:	Benefice: Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory) Benefice: Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory) Place of dating: Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor); written as Rypon Subject of grant: Westminster, St Stephen's Chapel, Middlesex, England (chapel)

8 . Register 10 f.26 (recto) entry 2

Entry Type:	Appropriation, Notarial Subscription
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of York
Summary:	Appropriation of the church of Dewsbury (Dewesbury) to the dean and college of St Stephen's chapel, Westminster (details given), allowing them to take full possession on the resignation or death of John de Maydenstone [Maidstone], the present rector, and reserving to the archbishop the ordination of a perpetual vicarage in the church; with notarial subscription by John de Aldefeld, notary public (witnesses named).
Marginalia:	The heading in the margin is decorated with three four-petalled flowers/saltire crosses in square boxes. A mark in the margin on fol. 26v draws attention to an annual pension to be paid from Dewsbury to the archbishops of York.
Dates:	Document date: 1348/11/30 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor); written as Rypon Benefice: Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory) Subject of grant: Westminster, St Stephen's Chapel, Middlesex, England (chapel)

9 . Register 10 f.30 (verso) entry 3

Entry Type:	Institution, Induction
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of York
Summary:	Institution and order for induction of Thomas de Drayton, chaplain, to the perpetual vicarage of the church of Wakefield (Wakefeld), appropriated to the dean and college of St Stephen's chapel, Westminster, and recently ordained by the archbishop, patron: John de Chesterfeld [Chesterfield], John de Maydenstone [Maidstone] and John de Bokyngham [Buckingham], canons of St Stephen's, Westminster, constituting the college or chapter of the chapel, the office of dean being vacant (two entries).
Dates:	Document date: 1349/06/21 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Ripon Benefice: Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage) Benefice: Westminster, St Stephen's Chapel, Middlesex, England (chapel)

10 . Register 10 f.32 (verso) entry 1

Entry Type:	Letters patent, Ordination
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of York
Summary:	Letters patent containing the ordination of a secular vicarage in the church of Dewsbury (Dewesbiry), recently appropriated to the dean and college of the free chapel of St Stephen, Westminster.
Marginalia:	A hand in the margin draws attention to this entry; the initial capital is decorated with leaf motifs.
Dates:	Document date: 1349/06/20 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor); written as Ripon Subject of ordination: Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage) Benefice: Westminster, St Stephen's Chapel, Middlesex, England (chapel)