York Archbishops' Registers

1 . 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

2 . Register 7 f.201 (verso) entry 4

Entry Type:	Letter/s
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of the East Riding
Summary:	Letter to the prior and convent of Kirkham to aid Adam de Tyverington [Terrington], a poor and destitute priest, out of piety.
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, 141.
Dates:	Document date: 1308/07/23 (certain)
People and Groups:	Recipient: Kirkham Priory, Augustinian Canons Subject of letter: Terrington, Adam, fl 1308, priest (priest)
Places:	Place of dating: Keldholme, Kirkby Moorside, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Keldholm

3 . Register 8 f.246 (recto) entry 4

Entry Type:	Order to deliver
Section Type:	Intrinseca camere
Summary:	Order to Brother John de Ashwell and Brother John de Walton, [canons of Gloucester, St Oswald Priory], archbishop’s receivers of Churchdown, to pay Robert de Blunsdon (Bluntesdon) (steward of the archbishop's household) 100s for pious uses.
Subjects:	Piety, Money, Receivers
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 32.
Dates:	Document date: 1314/01/06 (certain)
People and Groups:	Addressee: Ashwell, Brother, John, fl 1313-1315, Receiver in the bailiwick of Churchdown (receiver) Addressee: Walton, Brother, John, fl 1313-1315, Receiver of the Archbishop of York at Churchdown (receiver) Payee: Blunsdon, Robert, fl 1309-1313, Steward of the household of the Archbishop of York (none given)
Places:	Place of dating: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England (none given) Place of person status: Churchdown, Gloucestershire, England (archbishop's jurisdiction)

4 . Register 8 f.255 (verso) entry 9

Entry Type:	Order to deliver
Section Type:	Intrinseca camere
Summary:	Order to Roger de Thornton, archbishop's receiver of York, to pay £20 to Brother Henry de Knaresborough, minister of the house of St Robert by Knaresborough as a loan to him the convent, out of piety in their great need.
Subjects:	Piety, Ministers, Money, Loans, Receivers, Religous Houses, Male
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 48-9.
Dates:	Document date: 1315/08/23 (certain)
People and Groups:	Addressee: Thornton, Roger, d 1317, Receiver of Archbishop of York (receiver) Borrower, payee: Knaresborough, St Robert Friary, Trinitarian Friars (convent) Payee, borrower: Knaresborough, Brother, Henry, fl 1315, Minister of the house of St Robert by Knaresborough (minister)
Places:	Place of dating: Bishop Monkton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given) Place of person status: York City, York, York, England (city)

5 . Register 8 f.255 (verso) entry 12

Entry Type:	Order to deliver
Section Type:	Intrinseca camere
Summary:	Order to Roger de Thornton, archbishop's receiver of York, to pay 40s to the prioress and convent of York, St Clement Priory, from the archbishop's alms out of piety because of the dearth of the time; and to pay 2s to a poor man who digs drainage ditches in the garden of the archbishop's palace.
Subjects:	Piety, Famine, Alms, Prioresses, Gardens, Poverty, Religious Houses, Female, Women, Nuns, Money, Ditches, Drainage, Receivers, Palaces
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 49.
Dates:	Document date: 1315/08/31 (certain)
People and Groups:	Addressee: Thornton, Roger, d 1317, Receiver of Archbishop of York (receiver) Payee: York, St Clement Priory, Benedictine (prioress and convent)
Places:	Place of dating: Bishop Wilton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given) Place of person status: York City, York, York, England (city)

6 . Register 10 f.279 (recto) entry 25

Entry Type:	Licence, Memorandum
Section Type:	Admissions, friars
Summary:	Memorandum of a licence for Brother Walter Percy, Franciscan friar (of the order of friars minor), theologian (sacre pagine professor) to hear the confessions of all parishioners for one year; and he was also granted the power to commute the vows of penitents that they cannot fulfil to other works of piety, although this was not mentioned in his letter.
Dates:	Document date: 1350/03/05 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Ripon

7 . Register 9A f.181 (verso) entry 6

Entry Type:	Commutation (vow)
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of York
Summary:	Commutation of the vow of abstinence sworn by Brother Hugh de Huthorp [Howthorpe] towards the health of the soul of Thomas [of Lancaster], earl of Lancaster and Leicester, steward of England, into another act of piety.
Dates:	Document date: 1321/10/06 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Bishop Monkton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor); written as Munketon iuxta Rypon