York Archbishops' Registers

1 . TNA - CPR 1364-7, p.404, entry 2

Summary:	Commission to the abbots of Fountains, Whalley, Kirkstall, Holmcultram and Sawley, and Nesfeld, to attend and supervise the visitation of Furness Abbey, to be made by a monk of the Cistercian order from their chief house, on account of the dissensions there between the abbot and the monks, and to imprison any contrariants until further order.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1367/05/28
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: Abbot of Fountains; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England; Person/s: William de Nesfeld [Nesfield], Abbot of Holmcultram, Abbot of Sawley, Abbot of Kirkstall, Abbot of Whalley;
Places:	Westminster, Middlesex, England, Furness Abbey, Lancashire, England

2 . Register 10 f.9 (verso) entry 1

Section Type:	Archdeaconry of York
Summary:	Notification of the archbishop's dismissal of the abbot and convent of Whalley, Coventry and Lichfield diocese, from disputes over tithes, offerings and income in Craven deanery, claimed by the chapel of St Michael in the castle of Clitheroe (Clyderowe), Coventry and Lichfield diocese, as they have shown evidence of their title after being required to do so following a visitation (details given).
Dates:	Document date: 1345/03/11 (certain)
People and Groups:	Subject of document: Whalley Abbey, Cistercian (abbot and convent)
Places:	Place of dating: Bishop Burton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Burton iuxta Beverl'

3 . Register 15 f.3 (recto) entry 2

Entry Type:	Memorandum, Commission
Section Type:	Register, Vicar-general
Summary:	Memorandum of a commission of the vicar general to the abbot of Whalley to receive the vow of chastity of Emmota, widow of Sir Ralph de Ipr' [Ipres], knight, deceased.
Subjects:	Women, Widows
References:	Smith, D. M. (ed.). 1974. A calendar of the register of Robert Waldby, Archbishop of York, 1397. Borthwick Texts and Calendars: Records of the Northern Province 2. York: University of York, 6.
Dates:	Document date: 1397/04/23 (certain)
People and Groups:	Subject of commission: Whalley Abbey, Cistercian (abbot)
Places:	Place of dating: Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Ripon

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