York Archbishops' Registers

1 . TNA - CPR 1301-7, p.38, entry 2

Summary:	Letters of attorney for Ceccano, canon of York, going overseas, nominating Styveton for two years.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1302/06/02
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: Master Thomas de Cecano [Ceccano], canon of York; Sender/s: Edward I, king of England; Person/s: William de Styveton [Steeton];
Places:	Grays, Essex, England

2 . TNA - CPR 1301-7, p.377

Summary:	Grant to Hedon of the prebend in the chapel of St Mary and the Holy Angels, York, formerly of Taunton, deceased, in the king's gift during the vacancy in the see of York. On the information of Cottingham. Mandate to Bush, sacristan of the chapel.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1305/09/12
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: Master John de Hedon, king's clerk; Sender/s: Edward I, king of England; Person/s: Master John Bush [Busshe], sacristan of St Mary and the Holy Angels, Robert de Cottingham, Richard de Taunton;
Places:	Theydon, Essex, England, York, St Mary and the Holy Angels, York, York, England

3 . TNA - CPR 1301-7, p.378

Summary:	Mandate to the dean and chapter of York to assign a stall to Cotingham, to whom the king has granted the prebend formerly of Langton, bishop of Chichester, It being in his hands during the vacancy in the archbishopric. On the information of Walter Langton, with a grant of the prebend.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1305/09/21
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: Dean and chapter of York; Sender/s: Edward I, king of England; Person/s: Walter [Langton], bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, John de Langeton [Langton], bishop of Chichester, Robert de Cotingham [Cottingham], king's clerk;
Places:	Barking, Essex, England, York Minster, York, York, England

4 . TNA - CPR 1301-7, p.422

Summary:	Pardon to Archbishop Greenfield of his trespasses before he was archbishop, in taking a pricket in Bromswold in the forest of Weybridge, and a doe in the forest of Waltham.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1306/04/03
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: William de Grenefeld [Greenfield], archbishop of York; Sender/s: Edward I, king of England;
Places:	Winchester, Hampshire, England, Leighton Bromswold, Huntingdonshire, England, Weybridge Forest, Huntingdonshire, England, Waltham Forest, Essex, England

5 . TNA - SC 1/49/162

Summary:	FitzWalter thanks Bedwyn for his recent letter, and notifies him that Teste has promised the earl of Lincoln, Sandale and himself that he will not trouble Bedwyn over the treasurership, in return for the fruits of one year. FitzWalter suggests that Bedwyn accept this proposal.
Language:	French
Note:	No year given, but dated by TNA to 1307. Bedwyn became treasurer of York in 1307, and this letter presumably dates from shortly afterwards, and evidently before the earl's death in February 1311. Teste was the papal nuncio in England.
Dates:	1307/08/06
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: Walter de Bedewynd [Bedwyn], treasurer of York; Sender/s: Robert FitzWalter, lord of Woodham Walter; Person/s: [Henry de Lacy,] earl of Lincoln, Master Guillaume Teste, John de Sandale;
Places:	Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Woodham Walter, Essex, England

6 . TNA - C 85/214/26

Entry Type:	Signification of excommunication
Summary:	Request for secular assistance in pursuing Sturdy, an obdurate excommunicate. Endorsement: Essex
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1315/01/30
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: Edward II, king of England; Sender/s: William Melton, dean of St Martin le Grand, London; Person/s: Isabella Sturdy of Newport, sheriff of Essex;
Places:	London, St Martin le Grand, London, England, Newport, Essex, England

7 . TNA - CPR 1317-21, p.554

Summary:	Power for Melton and others to treat for peace with Brus. [With various other related grants and commissions, including to arrange safe-conducts for Scottish envoys, and adding the earl of Richmond to the commissioners. Most noted as cancelled as not used.]
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1321/01/19
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford and Essex, William [Melton], archbishop of York, [Rigaud of Assier], bishop of Winchester, Thomas [Cobham], bishop of Worcester, Aymer de Valence, earl of Pembroke, John [Halton], bishop of Carlisle, Bartholomew de Badelesmere [Badlesmere], steward of the Household, Master Robert de Baldock, archdeacon of Middlesex, William de Ayremynne [Airmyn], canon of York, John de Claveryng [Clavering]; Sender/s: Edward II, king of England; Person/s: Robert de Brus [Robert I, king of Scotland], earl of Richmond;
Places:	Westminster, Middlesex, England

8 . TNA - CPR 1317-21, p.567

Summary:	Association of the earl of Richmond with Melton and others in the commission to treat for peace with Brus. [Surrendered by Airmyn as not used.]
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1321/02/23
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: John de Britannia [Brittany], earl of Richmond; Sender/s: Edward II, king of England; Person/s: William [Melton], archbishop of York, John [Halton], bishop of Carlisle, Bartholomew de Badelesmere [Badlesmere], steward of the Household, Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford and Essex, [Rigaud of Assier], bishop of Winchester, Thomas [Cobham], bishop of Worcester, Aymer de Valence, earl of Pembroke, John de Claveryng [Clavering], Nicholas de Segrave, Stephen de Segrave;
Places:	Westminster, Middlesex, England

9 . TNA - CPR 1324-7, p.159, entry 1

Summary:	Letters of attorney for Fargues, cardinal deacon of Santa Maria Nuova, dean of Salisbury, archdeacon of Leicester and parson of East Leake, nominating Piis, archdeacon of Bazas, and Tarenta, canon of Heytesbury, for two years.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1325/07/29
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: Raymond [-Guilhem] de Farges [Fargues]; Sender/s: Edward II, king of England; Person/s: Master Johan de Pinibus [Piis], archdeacon of Bazas, John de Tarenta, canon of St Peter, Heytesbury;
Places:	Writtle, Essex, England, Heytesbury, Wiltshire, England, East Leake, Nottinghamshire, England, Bazas, Gironde department, France

10 . TNA - CPR 1324-7, p.229

Summary:	Commission of oyer and terminer to Mauleverer, Hoperton and Deyvill to investigate a complaint by Melton. Melton stated that he has return of writs within his liberty of Ripon, and his bailiff Warrener, on a writ from the king for the levy of debts due to the king, seized and impounded the beasts of Ilketon and others. However, Ilketon and others broke the pound and took the beasts, entered the archbishop's dwelling place and took his goods, and assaulted Warrener and others.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1325/08/05
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: Adam de Hoperton [Hopperton], John Mauleverer, Thomas Deyvill; Sender/s: Edward II, king of England; Person/s: William [de Melton], archbishop of York, John le Warrener, bailiff, John de Ilketon;
Places:	Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, England, Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire, England