York Archbishops' Registers

1 . TNA - CPR 1345-8, p.77

Summary:	Presentation of Oundel, vicar of Mattersey, to the church of St George in Stamford, in the king's gift as the temporalities of the priory of Saint-Fromond are in his hands during the war; as an exchange with Dunham.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1346/05/02
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: Hugh de Oundel [Oundle], vicar of Mattersey; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England; Person/s: Richard de Dunham;
Places:	Westminster, Middlesex, England, Saint-Fromond Priory, Manche department, France, Mattersey, Nottinghamshire, England, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England

2 . TNA - C 270/14/24

Entry Type:	Memorandum
Summary:	Memorandum that the northern convocation met in York Minster chapter house on 2 June 1404 and granted the king a tenth, payable on 20 January 1404 and 1 November 1405, under certain conditions. Inquisitions being carried out contrary to church liberties, even on temporalities and spiritualities acquired since the Statute of Mortmain, were to cease; the clergy were to be exempt from the recent parliamentary subsidy; and exceptions were to be granted to all benefices in Cumberland, Northumberland, Copeland and Westmorland, the priory of Watton, all nuns in the province, the monasteries of Egglestone, Calder, Rufford and Mattersey on account of their poverty, and all benefices, etc., valued at £10 or less per year. The archbishop was not to certify this grant to the king, or appoint collectors, until these conditions were agreed.
Language:	Latin
Note:	For the archbishop's certification, issued on 5 October 1404, see BIA, Register 16, fols 129v-130r.
Dates:	1404/06/02
People and Groups:	Person/s: Richard [le Scrope], archbishop of York, Henry IV, king of England;
Places:	York Minster Chapter House, York, York, England, Watton Priory, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Egglestone Abbey, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, Mattersey Priory, Nottinghamshire, England, Rufford Abbey, Nottinghamshire, England, Calder Abbey, Cumberland, England

3 . Register 7 f.238 (recto) entry 3

Entry Type:	Decree
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of Nottingham
Summary:	Decree of G [Godfrey Ludham], archbishop of York [1258-1265] on the rights of Wallingwells [Wallandewelles] priory in the churches of Carlton in Lindrick (Carleton); Cantley (Canteley) and Mattersey (Maresey).
Subjects:	Religious Houses, Female, Nunneries
Note:	A marginal note in a 17th century hand lists the churches mentioned in the entry.
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. (eds.). 1938. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part IV. Surtees Society 152, 23.
Dates:	Document date: 1262/07/23 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England (none given); written as Scroby

4 . Register 9B f.413 (verso) entry 2

Entry Type:	Institution, Induction
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of Nottingham
Summary:	Institution and order for induction of William de Lincoln, canon of the Gilbertine priory of St Katherine outside Lincoln, professor of theology, priest, to the vicarage of Newark, patron: prior and convent of St Katherine outside Lincoln (two entries).
References:	Brocklesby, R. (ed.). 1997. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. IV. Canterbury and York Society 85, 41.
Dates:	Document date: 1320/11/18 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Bishop Monkton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)

5 . Register 10 f.115 (verso) entry 9

Entry Type:	Institution, Exchange, Commission
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of Nottingham
Summary:	Institution of Hugh de Oundel [Oundle], chaplain, to the church of St George, Stamford (Staunford), Lincoln diocese, patron: King Edward III, by reason of the temporalities of the priory of Saint-Fromond being in his hand during the war with France, in an exchange of benefices with Richard de Dunham for the vicarage of the church of Mattersey (Mathersey), York diocese, reciting letters from Thomas [Bek], bishop of Lincoln, commissioning the archbishop to expedite the exchange and institute Hugh, saving to the bishop of Lincoln his induction and oath of obedience.
Dates:	Recited document date: 1346/06/06 (certain) Document date: 1346/06/17 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Cawode

6 . Register 10 f.116 (recto) entry 1

Entry Type:	Institution, Exchange, Certification
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of Nottingham
Summary:	Certification by the archbishop of receipt and confirmation of a commission of Thomas [Bek], bishop of Lincoln, to expedite an exchange of benefices proposed between Hugh de Oundell [Oundle], vicar of the church of Mattersey (Mathersey), York diocese, and Richard de Dunham, rector of the church of St George [Stamford], Lincoln diocese, patron: King Edward III [by reason of the temporalities of the priory of Saint-Fromond being in his hand during the war with France], and to institute Hugh as rector of St George's.
Note:	The commission from Bishop Bek was not recited as it was recited in the previous entry (Reg 10, f. 115v).
Dates:	Document date: 1346/06/17 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Cawode

7 . Register 10 f.140 (verso) entry 1

Entry Type:	Ordination
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of Nottingham
Summary:	Ordination of a pension from the priory of Mattersey (Mathersey), of the order of Sempringham, for John de Sculthorp [Sculthorpe], formerly rector of the parish church of Misson (Misne), which has now been appropriated to Mattersey and a vicarage ordained, reciting letters of Brother Richard, prior of Mattersey, and his convent (dated 13 December 1349), and of William de Fakenham their proctor, submitting to the archbishop's ordination for Misson, and another document of William de Fakenham, promising on behalf of the prior and convent to pay the pension (details given).
Dates:	Document date: 1349/12/22 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Cawode

8 . Register 11 f.235 (recto) entry 1

Entry Type:	Deputation
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of Nottingham
Summary:	Deputation of Roger of Lenton, canon and priest of the Gilbertine priory of St Katherine, Lincoln, to act as vicar of Newark during the absence of Thomas de Claxeby, canon of the same order.
Dates:	Document date: 1354/06/20 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Westminster, Middlesex, England (archbishop's manor) Benefice: Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire, England (vicarage)

9 . Register 11 f.235 (recto) entry 4

Entry Type:	Admission
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of Nottingham
Summary:	Admission of Roger of Lenton, canon of the Gilbertine priory of St Katherine, Lincoln, as warden of the parish church of Newark, annexed and appropriated to the priory.
Dates:	Document date: 1354/11/03 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Westminster, Middlesex, England (archbishop's manor) Benefice: Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire, England (vicarage)

10 . Register 11 f.236 (verso) entry 6

Entry Type:	Licence, Demise
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of Nottingham
Summary:	Licence for the prior and convent of Mattersey (Madersleye) to let to farm for three years the fruits, rents and issues of the church of Misson (Musne), appropriated to their own uses, to Laurence de Blaysworth', provided the poor of the parish are sustained in alms.
Dates:	Document date: 1356/08/01 (certain)
People and Groups:	Licensee: Mattersey priory, Gilbertine (prior and convent)
Places:	Place of dating: Westminster, Middlesex, England (archbishop's manor) Subject of licence: Misson, Nottinghamshire, England (church)