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1 .   TNA - CPR 1301-7, p.221
Summary: Signification to Archbishop Corbridge of royal assent to the election of Foxholes as prior of Newburgh, in the king's hands during the minority of John son of Roger de Moubray.
Language: Latin
Dates: 1304/05/04
People and Groups: Addressee/s: Thomas [Corbridge], archbishop of York; Sender/s: Edward I, king of England; Person/s: John de Foxholes, canon of Newburgh, Roger de Moubray [Mowbray], John [de Mowbray];
Places: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, Newburgh Priory, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
2 .   TNA - CPR 1307-13, p.302
Summary: Notification to the archbishop of royal assent to the election of Pickering as prioress of Rosedale.
Language: Latin
Note: See also BIA Reg. 7, fol. 187r.
Dates: 1311/01/18
People and Groups: Addressee/s: William [Greenfield], archbishop of York; Sender/s: Edward II, king of England; Person/s: Joan de Pykering [Pickering];
Places: Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, England, Rosedale Priory, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
3 .   TNA - SC 1/37/218
Summary: Letter containing various pieces of news. Report of money due to the recipient at Candlemas from Catton, Aughton, Alne and Acomb. Tollerton is unable to sell wool and stock due to the fear of war. The writer has spoken to the chancellor and the prior of Ellerton concerning the church of Aughton, and John [de Catton] will take the church of Catton provided the writer is his co-parcener. The king came to York 'this Thursday', and is staying at the palace, and the recipient's houses have been taken over by 'the earl'. The bishop of Chester, the earl of Cornwall, Beaumont and FitzWilliam came with the king, and are staying until Easter. The bishop of Chester has been sworn as Treasurer. On Sunday the king called together the knights of Yorkshire, and said that everything done in London was done against his will and he has revoked it. The king has given Cottingham church to Hothum, with whom he dined on his first night in York.
Language: French
Note: The recipient can be identified as Walter Bedwyn, who held the rectories of Aughton and Catton, as well as the manor of Alne and the peculiar of Acomb as Treasurer of York. For a similar letter to Bedwyn from 1309, possibly from the same person, see C 47/22/10/6. Sender unknown. Dated by Maddicott, and by J.R.S. Phillips (Edward II (London, 2010)) to late-January 1312.
Dates: 1312/01/23
People and Groups: Addressee/s: [Walter de Bedwyn, Treasurer of Yok]; Person/s: [John de Hamilton,] prior of Sempringham, Sir Ralph son of William [FitzWilliam], [Walter Langton,] bishop of Chester, [Piers Gaveston,] earl of Cornwall, Sir Henry de Beaumond [Beaumont], John de Hothum [Hotham], Theobald de Tollerton, Sir John de Catton;
Places: Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Acomb, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Ellerton Priory, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Aughton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Catton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Alne, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, York City, York, York, England
4 .   TNA - CPR 1313-17, p.559, entry 1
Summary: Grant to Northburgh of the prebend of the altar of St Andrew in the church of Beverley.
Language: Latin
Dates: 1316/11/01
People and Groups: Addressee/s: Roger de Northburgh, king's clerk; Sender/s: Edward II, king of England;
Places: Newburgh Priory, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
5 .   TNA - CPR 1313-17, p.559, entry 2
Summary: Grant to Burghersh of the prebend of Riccall.
Language: Latin
Dates: 1316/11/02
People and Groups: Addressee/s: Henry de Burghasshe [Burghersh], king's clerk; Sender/s: Edward II, king of England;
Places: Newburgh Priory, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, York Minster, Riccall Prebend, Yorkshire, England
6 .   TNA - CPR 1317-21, p.223
Summary: Pardon of £83 3s 3½d from various taxes [details given] to the nuns of Marrick, on account of the destruction of their house by the Scots.
Language: Latin
Dates: 1318/11/20
People and Groups: Addressee/s: Prioress and nuns of Marrick; Sender/s: Edward II, king of England;
Places: York City, York, York, England, Marrick Priory, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
7 .   TNA - CPR 1321-4, p.336
Summary: Confirmation of a grant by John de Wykham to the prioress and convent of Wykeham of various lands in Wykeham, Ruston, Marton, East Ayton and Irton [details given], to pay for two chaplains. Ratification of the acceptance of the grant and of the ordinances for the chantry by Archbishop Melton, and confirmation by the dean and chapter of York.
Language: Latin
Note: The precise identity of 'Marton' is unclear, but given the association with other places near Wykeham, Martin Garth in Hutton Buscel seems most likely.
Dates: 1323/08/21
People and Groups: Addressee/s: Prioress and convent of Wykeham; Sender/s: Edward II, king of England; Person/s: [William de Melton], archbishop of York, Dean and chapter of York, John de Wykham [Wykeham];
Places: Pickering, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, Martin Garth, Hutton Buscel, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, Ruston, Wykeham, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, Wykeham Priory, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, East Ayton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, Irton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
8 .   TNA - SC 8/115/5713
Entry Type: Petition
Summary: The priors ask that a writ be sent to the archbishop of York to reassess their temporal and spiritual goods, as the clergy lately granted a tenth to the king on condition that all goods destroyed by the Scots be reassessed. Response that a writ be sent and the tax collected accordingly.
Language: French
Note: The clerical tenth granted by the York convocation on 13 October 1327 was granted on the explicit condition that property destroyed by the Scots was re-assessed, and writs ordering the appointment of assessors were issued to the archbishop on 14 November and 22 December 1327, in the terms requested.
Dates: 1327/00/00
People and Groups: Addressee/s: King and Council; Sender/s: Prior of Guisborough, Prior of Newburgh, Prior of Kirkham, Prior of Malton, Prior of Marton; Person/s: [William Melton,] archbishop of York;
Places: Guisborough Priory, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, Newburgh Priory, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, Marton Priory, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, Kirkham Priory, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Malton Priory, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
9 .   TNA - CCR 1333-7, p.112
Summary: Neuton acknowledges that he owes Archbishop Melton £40, leviable in Yorkshire.
Language: Latin
Dates: 1333/05/31
People and Groups: Person/s: Robert de Neuton [Newton], prior of Malton, William [Melton], archbishop of York;
Places: Tweedmouth, Northumberland, England, Malton Priory, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
10 .   TNA - CCR 1333-7, p.498
Summary: The prior of Malton appoints Bardelby as his attorney to defend the execution of a recognisance for £40 made in chancery to Archbishop Melton.
Language: Latin
Note: Undated, but enrolled amongst other entries from June 1335.
Dates: 1335/00/00
People and Groups: Person/s: William [Melton], archbishop of York, Hugh de Bardelby, clerk, Prior of Malton;
Places: Malton Priory, North Riding of Yorkshire, England


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