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1 .   TNA - CPR 1317-21, p.259
Summary: Licence for alienation in mortmain by Pickering of the advowson of Stillingfleet to Grimston, celebrating daily for the souls of himself, the king and their families. Pickering had founded the hospital in the place where the Carmelite friars once dwelt. Licence for Grimston to appropriate the church for the sustenance of him and two other chaplains there, and for six poor chaplains, unable to celebrate through age and infirmity, staying in the hospital.
Language: Latin
Dates: 1318/11/10
People and Groups: Addressee/s: Master Robert de Pikeryng [Pickering], dean of York; Sender/s: Edward II, king of England; Person/s: Richard de Grymeston [Grimston], master of the hospital of St Mary, Bootham, chaplain;
Places: York City, York, York, England, Stillingfleet, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Bootham, York, York, England
2 .   TNA - SC 8/196/9764
Entry Type: Petition
Summary: The abbot and convent of Whitby complain that they are greatly impoverished by the infertility of their lands, disease of their livestock, and the destruction of their church and lands of Crosby by the Scots, and ask that the King ask the Pope that they be allowed to appropriate the church of Seamer, or order the archbishop of York to allow them to do this.
Language: French
Note: Formerly enclosed with C 81/118, no.6062, dated at Bishopthorpe on 19 June 1322.
Dates: 1322/00/00
People and Groups: Addressee/s: [Edward II,] king of England; Sender/s: Abbot and convent of Whitby;
Places: Crosby Ravensworth, Westmorland, England, Whitby, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, Seamer, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
3 .   TNA - E 135/8/18
Summary: Report into sums charged against Adam de Kirkham relating to testaments and administrations of people who died during the plague in Amounderness deanery. Records the numbers who died in each parish, those who left wills and those who died intestate, and periods when churches and chapels were vacant.
Language: French
Dates: 1349/00/00
People and Groups: Person/s: Henry de Walton, archdeacon of Richmond, William Ballard, dean of Amounderness, Adam de Kirkham, dean of Amounderness;
Places: Ribchester, Lancashire, England, Cockerham, Lancashire, England, Lytham, Lancashire, England, Amounderness Deanery, Richmond Archdeaconry, Lancashire, England, Poulton le Fylde, Lancashire, England, Goosnargh, Lancashire, England, Garstang, Lancashire, England, Stalmine, Lancashire, England, Preston, Lancashire, England, St Michael's on Wyre, Lancashire, England, Kirkham, Lancashire, England, Bispham, Lancashire, England, Lancaster, Lancashire, England
4 .   TNA - CPR 1348-50, p.418
Summary: Presentation of Cestre to the church of Scrayingham, in the king's gift while he has custody of the lands formerly of Joan [recte Margaret], countess of Kent, deceased.
Language: Latin
Note: The reference to 'Joan' is presumably an error for Margaret Wake, countess of Kent and widow of Edmund of Woodstock, who had recently died of the plague. See the presentation, four days earlier, of Thomas de Brembre to the rectory of Cottingham, by the king as keeper of Margaret's lands (CPR 1348-50, p. 417).
Dates: 1349/11/10
People and Groups: Addressee/s: John de Cestre [Chester], clerk; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England; Person/s: [Margaret Wake,] countess of Kent;
Places: Westminster, Middlesex, England, Scrayingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
5 .   TNA - CPR 1391-6, p.22, entry 2
Summary: Licence for Clifford, treasurer of York, to found a chantry in Bramham church, and for Broddesworth, Dene, Keld and Clifford, chaplains, to alienate in mortmain a messuage in York and property in Bramham and Ripon to the chaplain of that chantry, to celebrate for the health of the treasurer, his soul and those of his family, etc.
Language: Latin
Note: For a related inquisition, see TNA C 143/414/14.
Dates: 1392/02/15
People and Groups: Addressee/s: Master John de Clifford, treasurer of York; Sender/s: Richard II, king of England; Person/s: John de Broddesworth [Brodsworth], chaplain, John de Dene, chaplain, John de Clifford, chaplain, John Keld, chaplain;
Places: Westminster, Middlesex, England, Bramham, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, York City, York, York, England
6 .   TNA - CPR 1391-6, p.711, entry 1
Summary: Licence for the master or warden of the fraternity or gild of St Christopher in York Minster, on condition that they celebrate the obit of Queen Anne, to acquire in mortmain lands worth £20 to fund two chaplains to celebrate for the health of the king, Archbishop Arundel and Percy, their souls and their benefactors, and to support other works of piety.
Language: Latin
Dates: 1396/03/28
People and Groups: Addressee/s: Master of the gild of St Christopher in York Minster; Sender/s: Richard II, king of England; Person/s: Henry [Percy], earl of Northumberland, Anne [of Bohemia], queen of England, Thomas [Arundel], archbishop of York, Chapter of York;
Places: York City, York, York, England, York Minster, York, York, England
7 .   Register 5A f.79 (verso) entry 6
Entry Type: Memorandum, Letter/s, Resignation
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Letters from the prioress of Arden, dated 29 October 1304, asking to be relieved of office on account of infirmity; with memorandum that letters of cession were issued on 9 November (two entries).
Language: Latin
Subjects: Prioresses, Women, Nunneries, Resignations
References: Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. (eds.). 1925. The Register of Thomas Corbridge, Lord Archbishop of York 1300-1304 Part II. Surtees Society 141, 178.
Dates: Document date: 1304/10/29 (certain)
Memorandum date: 1304/11/09 (certain)
People and Groups: Sender, subject of letters: Juliana, fl 1304, Prioress of Arden (prioress)
Places: Place of dating: Arden Priory, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (religious house); written as Erdene
8 .   Register 5A f.69 (recto) entry 9
Entry Type: Resignation
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Archdeaconry of York, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Resignation of William de Kayngham [Keyingham] as vicar of Bishopthorpe, on the grounds of infirmity.
Language: Latin
Subjects: Resignations
Note: Addressed solely to the chapter of York, rather than to the dean and chapter.
References: Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. (eds.). 1925. The Register of Thomas Corbridge, Lord Archbishop of York 1300-1304 Part II. Surtees Society 141, 166.
Dates: Document date: 1305/02/16 (certain)
People and Groups: Recipient: York Minster, Chapter (chapter)
Sender: Keyingham, William, fl 1305, Vicar of Bishopthorpe (vicar); written as William de Kayngham
Places: Benefice: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
Place of dating: York City, York, York, England (none given)
9 .   Register 7 f.158 (recto) entry 3
Entry Type: Appointment
Section Type: Archdeaconry of Cleveland
Summary: Appointment of William de Somerset, rector of Easington, priest, as coadjutor of Master Simon de Clarisvallibus [Clairvaux], rector of Lythe, on account of age and infirmity; with a memorandum of William de Somerset's oath for faithful performance (witnesses named).
References: Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. (eds.). 1936. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part III. Surtees Society 151, 11-12.
Dates: Document date: 1306/12/05 (certain)
People and Groups: Incumbent: Clairvaux, Master, Simon, fl 1306, rector of Lythe (rector)
Oath taker, appointee: Somerset, William, fl 1305, rector of Easington; coadjutor (rector, priest)
Places: Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Cawode
10 .   Register 7 f.267 (recto) entry 5
Entry Type: Permission
Section Type: Archdeaconry of Richmond
Summary: Permission for Richard Oysel to eat meat during Lent because of his infirmity.
References: Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. (eds.). 1936. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part IV. Surtees Society 152, 202.
Dates: Document date: 1307/01/08 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Easby Abbey, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (abbey)


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