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1 .   TNA - SC 8/153/7613
Entry Type: Grant
Summary: Copy of a charter of Henry III granting the port of Hull to Archbishop Giffard, together with the prises of wine and other merchandise, as Archbishop Gray and his predecessors held it.
Language: Latin
Note: The text is dated to 1267, but this is a copy, dated to c. 1322, along with the petition to which it was formerly attached (SC 8/153/7612).
Dates: 1267/03/20
People and Groups: Addressee/s: Walter [Giffard], archbishop of York; Sender/s: Henry [III], king of England; Person/s: Walter de Grey [Gray], archbishop of York;
Places: Canterbury, Kent, England, Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
2 .   TNA - CPR 1301-7, p.290, entry 2
Summary: Exemplification of a charter (undated) of Henry I to the archbishop of York and others, granting the cell of St Constantine with the manor of Wetheral, the chapel of Warwick and other nearby properties in Cumberland to St Mary's Abbey, York, and to Abbot Geoffrey (details given, witnesses named).
Language: Latin
Dates: 1304/11/21
People and Groups: Sender/s: Edward I, king of England; Person/s: Henry I, king of England;
Places: Burstwick, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Warwick, Cumberland, England, Wetheral, Cumberland, England, York, St Mary's Abbey, York, York, England
3 .   TNA - CPR 1301-7, p.487
Summary: Exemplification of a charter of Henry I to Archbishop Gerard and Verdun (undated, issued at Salisbury), confirming the king's grant to Hugh, abbot of Selby, of the church of Snaith.
Language: Latin
Dates: 1307/01/01
People and Groups: Addressee/s: [Abbot of Selby]; Sender/s: Edward I, king of England; Person/s: Gerard, archbishop of York, Robert, bishop of Lincoln, Henry I, king of England, Hugh, abbot of Selby, Berald de Verdun, Urse d'Abetot;
Places: Lanercost, Cumberland, England, Snaith, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Selby Abbey, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
4 .   TNA - SC 8/323/E564
Entry Type: Petition
Summary: The dean and chapter of York request clarification of their charters, as the king's ministers wrongfully enter their lands to make distraint. They also request confirmation as to where pleas involving them, the canons and their men may be held, as the city bailiffs interpret their charter to refer only to their villeins and not their other tenants. They request confirmation of Henry III's charter granting them and the archbishop the right to have a coroner in the city of York, and that none of their men or tenants be dealt with before the seneschal, marshal or clerk of the market unless their own bailiff has failed to do right. They also request licence for a pillory and tumbrel within York, to punish their tenants who breach the assizes of bread and ale.
Language: French
Note: Dated to the reign of Edward II, as it refers to King Henry, the king's grandfather.
Dates: 1307/07/08, 1327/01/20
People and Groups: Addressee/s: King and Council; Sender/s: Dean and chapter of York;
Places: York City, York, York, England
5 .   TNA - C 85/178/25
Entry Type: Signification of excommunication
Summary: Request for secular assistance in pursuing Greyndeorge, an obdurate excommunicate.
Language: Latin
Note: For Graindeorge family, see Early Yorkshire Charters, xi.
Dates: 1308/07/30
People and Groups: Addressee/s: Edward II, king of England; Sender/s: William [Greenfield], archbishop of York; Person/s: Sibyl Greyndeorge [Graindeorge], wife of Thomas de Osgodeby [Osgodby];
Places: Easingwold, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
6 .   TNA - SC 8/5/222
Entry Type: Petition
Summary: The burgesses of Beverley request confirmation of their charters, and that they might enclose Beverley with a wall and ditch, paid for through a tax on the people of Beverley. Response that the king wishes to consult the archbishop, and to see their charters.
Language: French
Note: Identified as one of various petitions from 15-16 Edward II in Rot. Parl., vol. I., pp. 387ff, and in PROME.
Dates: 1321/00/00, 1323/00/00
People and Groups: Addressee/s: King and Council; Sender/s: Burgesses of Beverley; Person/s: [William Melton,] archbishop of York;
Places: Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
7 .   TNA - SC 8/153/7612
Entry Type: Petition
Summary: Archbishop Melton complains that his predecessor, Archbishop Wickwane, had his possession of the port of Hull and its prise of wine disturbed by Columbers, and it still remains in the king's hands. He requests remedy. Response that he should show his charter in Chancery, and the chancellor should act accordingly.
Language: French
Note: Dated by TNA to c. 1322. The French endorsement suggests a date around then, but uncertain. Must date to Melton's time as archbishop, 1316-40. It may be contemporary with SC 8/153/7610.
Dates: 1322/00/00
People and Groups: Addressee/s: King and Council; Sender/s: William [Melton], archbishop of York; Person/s: William Wyckewan [Wickwane], archbishop of York, Walter le Grei [Gray], archbishop of York, Matthew de Columbers, butler of Edward I, Walter Giffard, archbishop of York;
Places: Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
8 .   TNA - SC 8/6/276
Entry Type: Petition
Summary: Petition from Agnes, widow of John de Eure, complaining that whereas John's lands were seized into the king's hands, and remain so, some were purchased by her, jointly with her husband, namely Stokesley, Easby, 'Butyford' and Lynemouth, and she requests delivery. Endorsement that she is to show her charters, and that an inquisition agreed with her claim, and those manors are to be returned to her.
Language: French
Note: For related material, see CCR 1318-23, p. 468 and CIM 1307-49, p. 121. 'Butyford' may possibly be a corrupt spelling of the Eure's manor of Redford, Durham.
Dates: 1322/00/00
People and Groups: Addressee/s: King and Council; Sender/s: Agnes de Eure, widow of John de Eure; Person/s: John de Eure;
Places: Lynemouth, Northumberland, England, Stokesley, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, Easby, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
9 .   TNA - CPR 1324-7, p.316
Summary: Inspeximus and confirmation to Burton, kinsman of the original recipient, of a charter of Archbishop Gray, confirmed by the dean and chapter of York on 21 September 1249, granting 6 bovates of land in Bishop Burton to Roger son of John of Bishop Burton. [Grant and confirmation witnessed by various named canons and officials of York, and others.]
Language: Latin
Dates: 1326/09/05
People and Groups: Addressee/s: Thomas de Burton; Sender/s: Edward II, king of England; Person/s: Walter [de Gray], archbishop of York, Roger son of John of Bishop Burton;
Places: Portchester, Hampshire, England, Bishop Burton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
10 .   TNA - SC 8/11/504
Entry Type: Petition
Summary: Archbishop Melton, the abbot and convent of Fountains, their tenants and the community of Wharfedale request remedy concerning their lands in Wharfedale, next to the free chase of Knaresborough. King John once drew the lands into the forest, but then disafforested them by charter, yet the foresters still make charges upon them as if their lands were still in the forest. Response that they should show the charter in Chancery, and the officers of Knaresborough should then cease their exactions.
Language: French
Note: Dated by the TNA catalogue to before July 1327, when it is mentioned in ongoing proceedings over Wharfedale. For a writ to the justices to proceed with matters concerning the forest, see CCR 1327-30, pp. 146-7 . For a copy of John's charter, see TNA, SC 8/11/504, and see also SC 8/257/12832, 12835.
Dates: 1327/00/00
People and Groups: Addressee/s: King and Council; Sender/s: [William Melton,] archbishop of York, Abbot and convent of Fountains, Community of Wharfedale; Person/s: John, king of England;
Places: Wharfedale, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Knaresborough, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
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