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1 .   Register 31 f.81 (verso) entry 2
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of Gregory Scott, rector of Workington, Chester diocese, York province, with pious preamble (legatees, executors and witnesses named).
Language: English
Subjects: Household equipment, Sheep, Schools, Tithes, Barley, English Books, Cows, Wages, Furniture, Books, Mills, Curates, Plate, Clothing, Last Wills and Testaments, Paupers, Horses, Furnishings, Wills, Money, Armour, Cooks, Servants, Leases
References: YAS 93, p. 65
Dates: Will date: 1576/00/00 (uncertain)
People and Groups: Testator: Scott, Gregory, d 1576, Rector of Workington (rector)
Places: Place of person status: Workington, Cumberland, England (rectory)
2 .   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, 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: Torte, William, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (nephew)
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)
3 .   Register 31 f.83 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of George Barnsley, rector of Tankersley (legatees, executors and witnesses named); with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Probate, Household equipment, Sheep, Rectors, Cows, Vicars, Goddaughters, Curates, Godchildren, Churchwardens, Last Wills and Testaments, Paupers, Wills, Coins, Wages, Furniture, Women, Rye, Servants, Clothing
References: YAS 93, p. 6
Dates: Will date: 1577/12/22 (certain)
Probate date: 1578/05/30 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Barnsley, George, d ? 1578, Rector of Tankersley (parson)
Places: Place of person status: Tankersley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
4 .   Register 31 f.85 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of John Askwith, rector of Hawnby (legatees, executors and witnesses named); with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Probate, Agricultural equipment, Oats, Cows, Aldermen, Books, Curates, Plate, Servants, Last Wills and Testaments, Tenants, Horses, Wills, Money, Tuition, Preachers, Farms (lands/property), Paupers, Beans, Heifers
References: YAS 93, p. 3
Dates: Will date: 1578/09/24 (certain)
Probate date: 1578/10/24 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Askwith, John, d 1578, Rector of Hawnby (parson, clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Oswaldkirk, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
Place of person status: Hawnby, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
5 .   Register 31 f.85 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of Brian Halman, rector of Welbury (legatees, executors and witnesses named); with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Probate, Householders, Curates, Godchildren, Servants, Last Wills and Testaments, Wills, Money
References: YAS 93, p. 33
Dates: Will date: 1578/10/06 (certain)
Probate date: 1578/11/14 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Halman, Brian, d 1578, Rector of Welbury (parson, clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Welbury, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
6 .   Register 31 f.91 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of James Mitchell, clerk, vicar of Carleton in Craven (legatees, executors and witnesses named); with grant of probate.
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Money, Scribes, Servants, Wills, Last Wills and Testaments, Household equipment, Horses, Probate, Curates
Note: Testator leaves legacy to William Taylor 'for wryttinge this draught and other thinges to be written', therefore the scribe of his will
References: YAS 93, p. 53
Dates: Probate date:
Will date: 1580/01/25 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Mitchell, James, d ? 1581, Vicar of Carleton in Craven (clerk, vicar)
Places: Place of person status: Carleton in Craven, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
7 .   Register 31 f.97 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of John Thurleston, clerk, vicar of Felkirk (legatees and executrix named); with grant of probate.
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Yeomen, Money, Sermons, Neighbours, Churchwardens, Friends, Debts, Books, Wills, Hospitals, Paupers, Charity, Last Wills and Testaments, Curates, Plate, Probate, Preachers, Servants, Vicars, Cows, Rectors, Godsons, Students, Bills, University of Cambridge, Meals, Hospital inmates, Godchildren, Latin Books
Note: Testator states that names of godchildren to receive legacies listed on the dorse of the will (not included in register). Money to be distributed to one group of paupers on 'the next Sunday before the feast of Easter' (Palm Sunday) and gives instructions that another should be paid from a debt owing to the testator at least before the feast of Easter following receipt of the moneys.
References: YAS 93, p. 75
Dates: Will date: 1584/01/14 (certain)
Probate date: 1584/02/26 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Thurleston, John, d ? 1584, Vicar of Felkirk (clerk)
Places: Place of residence: Hodroyd, Felkirk, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (township)
8 .   Register 31 f.101 (verso) entry 3
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will, Codicil
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of John Kirkby, clerk, rector of Gonalston (legatees, executor and witnesses named), with codicil and grant of probate.
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Last Wills and Testaments, University of Cambridge, Curates, Wills, Apprentices, Wages, Money, Cows, Probate, Goddaughters, Codicils, Debts, Bonds, Acquittances, Servants, Housekeepers, Clothing, Women, Paupers, Rents, Godchildren, Cottagers
References: YAS 93, p. 44
Dates: Will date: 1584/08/15 (certain)
Codicil date: 1585/05/01 (certain)
Event date: 1586/05/04 (certain)
Probate date: 1586/05/10 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Kirkby, John, d 1586, Rector of Gonalston (parson, clerk)
Witness: Martiall, John, fl 1574-1577, Registrar of Archdeacon of Nottingham (notary public)
Places: Place of person status: Gonalston, Nottinghamshire, England (rectory)
9 .   Register 31 f.123 (verso) entry 2
Entry Type: Will, Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate
Section Type: Archbishop Piers
Summary: Will of Alexander Fawcett, clerk, vicar of Leeds (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Wills, Furniture, Probate, Shoes, Household equipment, Ale, English Bibles, Tithes, Servants, Last Wills and Testaments, Hats, Grammar Schools, Money, Furnishings, Books, Dues, Latin Bibles, Neighbours, Cheese, Paupers, Poor relations, Mortuaries, Schoolmasters, Shrouds, Clothing, Debts, Curates, Cakes
Note: Furniture bequeathed includes a 'stoole of ease'
References: YAS 93, p. 27
Dates: Will date: 1589/10/05 (certain)
Probate date: 1590/06/02 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Fawcett, Alexander, d 1590, Vicar of Leeds (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
10 .   Register 31 f.128 (verso) entry 2
Entry Type: Will, Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate
Section Type: Archbishop Piers
Summary: Will of Richard Dowe, vicar of Aughton (legatees, executrix and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Wills, Probate, Household equipment, Clothing, Pewter, Calves, Last Wills and Testaments, Heifers, Money, Curates, Cows, Paupers
References: YAS 93, p. 23
Dates: Will date: 1590/10/21 (certain)
Probate date: 1592/05/25 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Dowe, Richard, d ? 1591, Vicar of Aughton (vicar)
Places: Place of person status: Aughton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)


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