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1 .   Register 31 f.10 (recto) entry 3
Entry Type: Will, Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Will of Humphrey Gabbitas, clerk, lately vicar of Walesby (legatees, executor, supervisors and witnesses named), with grant of probate by John Allenson, clerk, rural dean of Retford and Laneham, to James Milnes, executor.
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Sheep, Barley, Rye, Last Wills and Testaments, Money, Roads, Probate, Lambs, Children, Paupers, Harvests, Foals, Repairs, Wills, Horses
Dates: Will date: 1576/11/08 (certain)
Probate date: 1576/12/10 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Gabbitas, Humphrey, d 1576, Vicar of Walesby (clerk)
Executor, legatee/s: Milnes, James, fl 1576, executor of will of Humphrey Gabbitas (unknown)
Grantor: Allenson, John, fl 1570-1576, Rural Dean of Retford and Laneham (rural dean, clerk)
Legatee/s: Flintham, William, fl 1576, of Retford (unknown)
Legatee/s: Atkinson, George, fl 1576, of Basford (unknown)
Legatee/s: Auckley, William, fl 1576, legatee of Humphrey Gabbitas (unknown)
Legatee/s: Barker, Richard, fl 1576, of Egmanton (unknown)
Legatee/s: Cookson, Roger, fl 1576, of Ellerton (unknown)
Legatee/s: Gabbitas, Alexander, fl 1576, of Darlton (unknown)
Legatee/s: Gabbitas, Ellen, fl 1576, legatee of Humphrey Gabbitas (unknown)
Legatee/s: Greenleaf, John, fl 1576, of Newark (unknown)
Legatee/s: Greenside, Elizabeth, fl 1576, of Retford (unknown)
Legatee/s: Marsh, John, fl 1576, legatee of Humphrey Gabbitas (unknown)
Legatee/s: Milnes, Humphrey, fl 1576, legatee of Humphrey Gabbitas (unknown)
Legatee/s: Milnes, John, fl 1576, of Retford (unknown)
Legatee/s: Noble, Richard, fl 1576, of Girton, Nottinghamshire (unknown)
Legatee/s: Small, George, fl 1576, of Bolsover (unknown)
Supervisor: Blyth, John, d 1583, Rector of Kirton (clerk)
Supervisor: Brearley, Robert, fl 1576, supervisor of will of Humphrey Gabbitas (unknown)
Witness: Dowring, Robert, fl 1576, witness to will of Humphrey Gabbitas (unknown)
Witness: Hurst, Robert, fl 1576, witness to will of Humphrey Gabbitas (unknown)
Witness: Hurst, Thomas, fl 1576, witness to will of Humphrey Gabbitas (unknown)
Witness: Sperry, Richard, fl 1576, witness to will of Humphrey Gabbitas (unknown)
Places: Burial place: Walesby, Nottinghamshire, England (church)
2 .   Register 31 f.10 (recto) entry 4
Entry Type: Letters of administration
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Letters of administration of the goods of John Thornley, clerk, lately vicar of Worksop, who died intestate, granted by John Allenson, rural dean of Retford and Laneham, to Lawrence Kay, relative of the deceased.
Language: Latin
Subjects: Intestacy, Administrators, Clergy, Administrations, Intestates, Vicars
Dates: Administration date: 1576/12/10 (certain)
People and Groups: Administrator: Kay, Lawrence, fl 1576, administrator of goods of John Thornley (relative)
Grantor: Allenson, John, fl 1570-1576, Rural Dean of Retford and Laneham (rural dean, clerk)
Intestate: Thornley, John, d 1576, Vicar of Worksop (clerk)
Places: Benefice: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England (vicarage)
3 .   Register 31 f.4 (verso) entry 4
Entry Type: Court Proceedings
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Cause relating to disputed presentation to the rectory of Walkington: inquisition to be held to determine who had right of presentation (jurors named) (continues).
Language: Latin
Subjects: Inquisitions, Benefice Causes, Jurors
Dates: Holding of court session date: 1576/09/14 (certain)
Event date: 1576/10/01 (certain)
People and Groups: Juror: Bethell, Hugh, fl 1576, gentleman (gentleman)
Juror: Bucke, John, d 1588, Prebendary of Grindal (master of arts, rector)
Juror: Ellerker, Edward, fl 1576, esquire (esquire)
Juror: Fewell, Christopher, fl 1574-1582, Rector of Beverley St Nicholas (rector, clerk)
Juror: FitzRandall, John, d 1580, Rector of Winestead (rector)
Juror: Hellard, Thomas, fl 1576, of Ruston Parva (unknown)
Juror: Hodgson, Robert, fl 1576, of Burton Fleming (unknown)
Juror: Jackson, Anthony, fl 1576, of Killingraves, gentleman (gentleman)
Juror: Jackson, Robert, d 1591, Rector of Sigglesthorne (reader, clerk)
Juror: Kay, George, d 1598, Rector of Huggate (clerk, rector)
Juror: Lawson, Edward, fl 1576, of Beverley, gentleman (gentleman)
Juror: Lutton, William, fl 1576, of Thorneholme (unknown)
Juror: Markham, John, fl 1560, Vicar of Welton (clerk, vicar)
Juror: Mashley, Christopher, fl 1572-1580, Vicar of Swine (vicar, clerk)
Juror: Moore, Robert, fl 1576, gentleman (gentleman)
Juror: Nettleton, John, d 1597, junior, of Hutton Cranswick, gentleman (gentleman)
Juror: Pollard, William, d 1610, Rector of Londesborough (rector, master of arts)
Juror: Remington, Henry, fl 1576, of Lockington, gentleman (gentleman)
Juror: Ringrose, Robert, d 1580, Rector of South Dalton (clerk, rector)
Juror: Robinson, Leonard, d ? 1600, of Skipsea (unknown)
Juror: Slater, George, d 1590, Prebendary of Barnby (bachelor of theology, rector)
Juror: Smith, Melchior, d 1591, Prebendary of Apesthorpe (vicar, clerk)
Juror: Wilson, William, fl 1576, gentleman (gentleman)
Juror: Wright, Henry, fl 1572-1606, Subdean of York (bachelor of theology, rector)
Places: Meeting place: Walkington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (parish church)
Place of event: York Consistory Court, York, York, England (court)
4 .   Register 31 f.9 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Will, Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Will of Robert Paley, vicar of Burton Agnes; (legatees, executors and witnesses named).
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Women, Sheep, Note books, Servants, Last Wills and Testaments, Money, Probate, Lambs, Clothing, Books, Paupers, Godchildren, Wills
Note: Legacies include books by John Jewel, Augustine Marlorate, Theodore Beza, also commentaries on two comedies of Terence. Godchildren are described as 'godbarnes'.
References: YAS 93, p.56
Dates: Will date: 1574/12/31 (certain)
Probate date: 1576/06/13 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Paley, Robert, d 1575, Vicar of Burton Agnes (clerk)
Executrix, legatee/s: Paley, Elizabeth, fl 1576, nee Lutton; wife of Robert Paley (wife)
Grantor: Ringrose, Robert, d 1580, Rector of South Dalton
Legatee/s, witness: Atkinson, Robert, fl 1574, legatee of Robert Paley (son in law)
Legatee/s, witness: Kay, George, d 1598, Rector of Huggate (son in law)
Legatee/s: Cross, James, fl 1574, legatee of Robert Paley (servant)
Legatee/s: Gallant, Stephen, fl 1574, legatee of Robert Paley (unknown)
Legatee/s: Garforth, Anthony, fl 1576-1577, Rector of Washington (clerk)
Legatee/s: Green, John, fl 1574, legatee of Robert Paley (unknown)
Legatee/s: Hoggard, Anne, fl 1576, daughter of John Hoggard (daughter)
Legatee/s: Hoggard, Anthony, fl 1576, son of John Hoggard (son)
Legatee/s: Hoggard, Nathaniel, fl 1576, son of John Hoggard (son)
Legatee/s: Nicholl, Thomas, fl 1574, legatee of Robert Paley (unknown)
Legatee/s: Thompson, William, fl 1574, legatee of Robert Paley (brother in law)
Legatee/s: Thompson, Henry, fl 1574, legatee of Robert Paley (father in law)
Legatee/s: Thompson, Isabel, fl 1574, legatee of Robert Paley (servant)
Legatee/s: Thorpe, Edward, fl 1574, legatee of Robert Paley (unknown)
Legatee/s: Watson, Isabel, fl 1574, legatee of Robert Paley (servant)
Witness: Bateson, Robert, fl 1574, witness to will of Robert Paley (unknown)
Witness: Lutton, William, fl 1576, of Thorneholme (unknown)
Witness: Strickland, William, fl 1576, witness to the will of Robert Paley (cousin)
Places: Place of residence: Burton Agnes, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
5 .   Register 31 f.3 (verso) entry 7
Entry Type: Induction, Institution
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Institution and order for induction of Christopher Masterman, clerk, to the vicarage of Kilnsea, vacant by the death of Roger Carter, clerk, the previous vicar, patron: John Layton of West Layton, gentleman, this turn by assignment and gift of advowson by Thomas Warwick, clerk, by reason of a grant of advowson by William Patrickson of Calder, by right of Frances his wife, one of the administrators of the goods of Thomas Legh, late of Calder, deceased, having the advowson left to him by [Sir] Thomas Legh, doctor of laws, in his will, by reason of a gift of advowson to him by John [Ripley], abbot of Kirkstall, before the dissolution and at the time of the dissolution of the house (continues).
Language: Latin
Subjects: Institutions, Lay Patrons, Religious Patrons
Dates: Event date: 1576/08/07 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Legh, Sir, Thomas, d 1545, diplomat and ecclesiastical administrator (doctor of laws)
Administratrix: Patrickson, Frances, d 1578, wife of William Patrickson of Caswell-How (wife)
Former incumbent: Carter, Roger, d 1576, Vicar of Kilnsea (clerk)
Grantor: Patrickson, William, fl 1576, of Calder, Cumberland (husband)
Grantor: Ripley, John, d c 1563, Abbot of Kirkstall (abbot)
Grantor: Warwick, Thomas, fl 1576, Clerk (in Holy Orders) (clerk)
Inheritor: Legh, Thomas, d by 1576, of Calder, Cumberland (deceased)
New incumbent: Masterman, Christopher, fl 1576-1590, Vicar of Kilnsea (clerk)
Patron: Layton, John, d 1588, of West Layton, near Richmond, gentleman (gentleman)
Places: Place of event: Kilnsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage); written as Kilnesey; Kilnesey in Holdernes
6 .   Register 31 f.8 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Will, Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Will of William Nutt, clerk, lately rector of Rawmarsh; (legatees, executors and witnesses named).
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Widows, Women, Sheep, Servants, Lands, Repairs, Last Wills and Testaments, Money, Roads, Probate, Wheat, Churches, Bridges, Books, Mortuaries, Harvests, Plate, Corn, Malt, Wool, Rye, Wills, Children, Furniture, Paupers, Barbers, Godchildren
References: YAS 93, p. 55
Dates: Will date: 1576/03/02 (certain)
Probate date: 1576/05/07 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Nutt, William, d 1576, Rector of Rawmarsh (clerk)
Legatee/s, executor: Nutt, William, fl 1576, junior; executor of William Nutt (unknown)
Legatee/s, executor: Nutt, William, fl 1576, junior; executor of William Nutt (unknown)
Legatee/s, executor: Nutt, William, fl 1576, senior; executor of William Nutt (unknown)
Legatee/s, executor: Nutt, James, fl 1576, senior; legatee of William Nutt (unknown)
Legatee/s: Birchwood, Richard, fl 1576, legatee of William Nutt (unknown)
Legatee/s: Bramhall, Isabel, fl 1576, legatee of William Nutt (servant)
Legatee/s: Brearley, Anne, fl 1576, legatee of William Nutt
Legatee/s: Catto, James, fl 1576, legatee of William Nutt (unknown)
Legatee/s: Hall, James, fl 1576, senior; legatee of William Nutt (servant)
Legatee/s: Hall, James, fl 1576, son of Richard Hall (son)
Legatee/s: Hall, Richard, fl 1576, legatee of William Nutt (unknown)
Legatee/s: Nutt, William, fl 1576, son of Thomas Nutt
Legatee/s: Nutt, William, fl 1576, son of Thomas Nutt (son)
Legatee/s: Nutt, Alice, fl 1576, daughter of James Nutt, senior (daughter)
Legatee/s: Nutt, Anne, fl 1576, daughter of Isabel Nutt and Thomas Nutt (deceased) (daughter)
Legatee/s: Nutt, Elizabeth, fl 1576, daughter of Isabel Nutt and Thomas Nutt (deceased) (daughter)
Legatee/s: Nutt, Ellen, fl 1576, legatee of William Nutt (unknown)
Legatee/s: Nutt, Isabel, fl 1576, widow of Thomas Nutt (widow, wife)
Legatee/s: Nutt, James, fl 1576, senior; legatee of William Nutt (unknown)
Legatee/s: Nutt, James, fl 1576, son of Thomas Nutt (son)
Legatee/s: Nutt, Janet, fl 1576, daughter of Isabel Nutt and Thomas Nutt (deceased) (daughter)
Legatee/s: Pearson, William, fl 1576, legatee of William Nutt (godson)
Legatee/s: Pearson, Agnes, fl 1576, wife of Thomas Pearson (wife)
Legatee/s: Pearson, James, fl 1576, son of Thomas and Agnes Pearson (son)
Legatee/s: Pearson, John, fl 1576, son of Thomas and Agnes Pearson (son)
Legatee/s: Pearson, Thomas, fl 1576, husband of Agnes Pearson (unknown)
Legatee/s: Pearson, Thomas, fl 1576, son of Thomas and Agnes Pearson (son)
Legatee/s: Ward, Edward, fl 1576, husband and father of unnamed legatees of William Nutt (child or children, wife); written as the wife of Edward Warde; every one of the children of Edward Warde
Legatee/s: Watson, John, fl 1576, barber; legatee of William Nutt (barber)
Supervisor: Braithwaite, James, fl 1576, supervisor of will of William Nutt (unknown)
Supervisor: Thorpe, William, d 1577, Rector of Thrybergh (parson, clerk)
Witness: Beamand, Robert, d 1576, witness to will of William Nutt (unknown)
Witness: Blackman, James, fl 1576, witness to will of William Nutt (unknown)
Witness: Dyson, John, fl 1576, witness to will of William Nutt (unknown)
Witness: Hall, Edward, fl 1576, witness to will of William Nutt (unknown)
Places: Burial place: Rawmarsh, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (parish church)
7 .   Register 31 f.5 (verso) entry 5
Entry Type: Institution, Induction
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Institution and order for induction of George Lessiter, clerk, to the vicarage of Womersley, vacant by the resignation of William Brogden, clerk, the previous vicar, patron: Queen Elizabeth I.
Language: Latin
Subjects: Institutions, Crown Patrons
Dates: Event date: 1576/11/20 (certain)
People and Groups: Former incumbent: Brogden, William, fl 1554-1576, Vicar of Womersley (clerk)
New incumbent: Leyceter (clerk)
Patron: Elizabeth I, 1533-1603, Queen of England (queen)
Places: Place of event: Womersley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage); written as Wymersley
8 .   Register 31 f.8 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Will, Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Will of Henry Daintith, rector of Averham; (legatees, executors and witnesses named) (continues).
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Chancels, Debts, Servants, Cottagers, Workmen, Repairs, Last Wills and Testaments, Money, Wages, Calves, Probate, Tombstones, Children, Churches, Bridges, Godchildren, Godsons, Tombs, Cows, Wills
References: YAS 93, p. 22
Dates: Will date: 1576/01/28 (certain)
Probate date: 1576/05/30 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Daintith, Henry, d 1576, Rector of Averham (parson)
Executor, residiary beneficiary: Daintith, Charles, c 1557-1595, Vicar of Kirk Ella (cousin)
Executor, residiary beneficiary: Daintith, Henry, fl 1576, executor and legatee of Henry Daintith (cousin)
Former incumbent: Andrew, d by 1576, former Rector of Averham (parson)
Legatee/s, witness: Sutton, Edward, fl 1576, witness to the will of Henry Daintith (unknown)
Legatee/s: Bennett, Thomas, fl 1576, mentioned in will of Henry Daintith (debtor)
Legatee/s: Bromley, Joan, fl 1576, legatee of Henry Daintith (sister/s)
Legatee/s: Daintith, William, fl 1576, legatee of Henry Daintith (nephew)
Legatee/s: Daintith, John, fl 1576, legatee of Henry Daintith (nephew)
Legatee/s: Ellot, Ann, fl 1576, legatee of Henry Daintith (goddaughter)
Legatee/s: Ellot, John, fl 1576, legatee of Henry Daintith (debtor)
Legatee/s: Green, Elizabeth, fl 1576, legatee of Henry Daintith (unknown)
Legatee/s: Gretton, Thomas, fl 1576, legatee of Henry Daintith (unknown)
Legatee/s: Houghton, John, fl 1576, mentioned in will of Henry Daintith (debtor)
Legatee/s: Kydiar, William, fl 1576, legatee of Henry Daintith (unknown)
Legatee/s: Lamb, Edward, fl 1576, legatee of Henry Daintith (unknown)
Legatee/s: Lamb, Henry, fl 1576, legatee of Henry Daintith (unknown)
Legatee/s: Lambie, Thomas, fl 1576, legatee of Henry Daintith (unknown)
Legatee/s: Longman, fl 1576, legatee of Henry Daintith (unknown)
Legatee/s: More, John, fl 1576, legatee of Henry Daintith (debtor)
Legatee/s: Peck, Nicholas, fl 1576, legatee of Henry Daintith (unknown)
Legatee/s: Ruston, Richard, fl 1576, legatee of Henry Daintith (unknown)
Legatee/s: Stapleton, William, fl 1576, legatee of Henry Daintith (unknown)
Legatee/s: Stowe, Peter, fl 1576, legatee of Henry Daintith (debtor)
Legatee/s: Sutton, Elizabeth, fl 1576, wife of Edward Sutton (wife)
Legatee/s: Sutton, Henry, fl 1576, of Averham (unknown)
Legatee/s: Sutton, John, fl 1576, of Dean Hall (unknown)
Legatee/s: Sutton, Mark, fl 1576, legatee of Henry Daintith (unknown)
Legatee/s: Sutton, Mistress, fl 1576, of Averham (unknown); written as my good mistress Sutton of Averhame
Legatee/s: Watson, Robert, fl 1576, legatee of Henry Daintith (workman)
Legatee/s: Whitmore, Awne, fl 1576, legatee of Henry Daintith (godson)
Legatee/s: Willersey, Robert, fl 1576, legatee of Henry Daintith (workman)
Residiary beneficiary, executor: Daintith, Gabriel, fl 1576, executor of Henry Daintith (cousin)
Residiary beneficiary, executrix: Hollett, Prudence, fl 1576, executrix of Henry Daintith (cousin)
Residiary beneficiary, executrix: Millington, Margery, fl 1576, executrix of Henry Daintith (niece)
Supervisor, witness: Briggs, George, fl 1576, supervisor of will of Henry Dainttith (unknown)
Supervisor, witness: Sutton, William, fl 1576, esquire; supervisor of will of Henry Daintith (esquire)
Witness: Hobman, Thomas, fl 1576, witness to the will of Henry Daintith (unknown)
Witness: Houghton, Richard, fl 1576, witness to the will of Henry Daintith (unknown)
Witness: Leverton, George, fl 1576, witness to the will of Henry Daintith (unknown)
Witness: Loughton, Richard, fl 1576, witness to the will of Henry Daintith (unknown)
Places: Burial place: Averham, Nottinghamshire, England (churchyard)
9 .   Register 31 f.9 (recto) entry 3
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Codicil, Will
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Will of Matthew Torte, clerk, lately rector of Hockerton; (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with codicil (continues).
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Churches, Furniture, Horses, Archdeacons, Poor relations, Sermons, Rings, Women, Wills, Goddaughters, Doles, Wages, Money, Bread, Plate, Godchildren, Testators, Paupers, Last Wills and Testaments, Servants, Household equipment, Children, Furnishings, Houses, Lay Patrons, Neighbours, Curates, Rectories, Meals, Crops, Glebe lands
References: YAS 93, p. 76
Dates: Will date: 1576/06/06 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Torte, Matthew, d 1576, Prebendary of Woodborough, Southwell Minster (parson)
Executor, legatee/s: Leek, William, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (cousin)
Legatee/s, guardian, executor: Mercer, Richard, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (cousin)
Legatee/s, witness: Garlick, Ralph, fl 1576, Curate of Hockerton (curate)
Legatee/s: Burdett, William, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown)
Legatee/s: Hobman, Alice, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown)
Legatee/s: Leek, Anne, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown)
Legatee/s: Leek, Dorothy, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown)
Legatee/s: Leek, John, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown)
Legatee/s: Leek, Margery, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (wife)
Legatee/s: Leek, fl 1576, wife of William Leek of Normanton (wife)
Legatee/s: Louth, John, d 1590, Archdeacon of Nottingham (archdeacon)
Legatee/s: Meering, Margaret, fl 1576, nee Cave; wife of Sir William Meering (wife)
Legatee/s: Meering, Sir, William, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (patron)
Legatee/s: Torte, William, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (nephew)
Legatee/s: Torte, Elizabeth, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown)
Legatee/s: Torte, James, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (nephew)
Legatee/s: Torte, Matthew, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown)
Legatee/s: Torte, Nicholas, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown)
Legatee/s: Wharton, Anne, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (servant)
Supervisor, legatee/s: Blundstone, Nicholas, fl 1576, supervisor of will of Matthew Torte (unknown)
Witness: Jobson, Nicholas, fl 1576, witness to will of Matthew Torte (unknown)
Places: Burial place: Hockerton, Nottinghamshire, England (parish church)
10 .   Register 31 f.3 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Induction, Institution
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Institution and order for induction of William Bolton, clerk, to the rectory of Treswell, west moiety, vacant by lapse of time, patron: Queen of Elizabeth I.
Language: Latin
Subjects: Institutions, Crown Patrons, Portions
Dates: Event date: 1576/06/17 (certain)
People and Groups: New incumbent: Bolton, William, fl 1576, Rector of Treswell, west moiety (clerk)
Patron: Elizabeth I, 1533-1603, Queen of England (queen)
Places: Place of event: Treswell, Nottinghamshire, England (rectory); written as Treswell; Treswell Alias Truswell Rectory western part


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