York Archbishops' Registers

1 . TNA - E 135/24/78

Entry Type:	Memorandum
Summary:	Memorandum recording the issuing of letters of probate by the commissary general of the official of the court of York to the executors named in the attached will [no longer present].
Language:	Latin
Note:	The will concerned may possibly be that of Robert de Bylton, chaplain of a chantry in the church of St Saviour, York, now at E 40/699, dated 9 July 1402.
Dates:	1402/07/28
Places:	York City, York, York, England

2 . Register 30 f.23 (verso) entry 1

Entry Type:	Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type:	Testamentary business, Wills and Probate
Language:	English, Latin
Subjects:	Wills, Plate, Servants, Household equipment, Probate, Clothing, Tuition, Women, Leases, Rectors, Money, Last Wills and Testaments, Paupers, Cows
Note:	Initial letter 'I' of 'In Dei nomine Amen' ('In the name of God Amen'), the opening of the will, is enlarged and decorated.
References:	YAS 93, p.82
Dates:	probate date: (certain) Will date: 1564/04/05 (certain)
People and Groups:	Testator: Williamson, George, d 1564, Prebendary of Husthwaite (clerk)
Places:	Place of person status: Long Marston, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)

3 . Register 31 f.209 (verso) entry 1

Entry Type:	Last Will and Testament, Will, Grant of Probate
Section Type:	Archbishop Matthew
Summary:	Will of Giles Walker, clerk, vicar of Hayton (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language:	English, Latin
Subjects:	Probate, Books, Last Wills and Testaments, Calves, Servants, Livestock, Sheep, Paupers, Money, Wills
References:	YAS 93,p. 78
Dates:	probate date: (certain) Will date: 1619/01/04 (certain)
People and Groups:	Testator: Walker, Giles, d ? 1619, Vicar of Hayton (clerk)
Places:	Place of person status: Hayton, Nottinghamshire, England

4 . Register 31 f.152 (recto) entry 4

Entry Type:	Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type:	Archbishop Matthew
Summary:	Will of John More [rector] of Sproatley, clerk (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language:	Latin, English
Subjects:	Probate, Wills, Paupers, Last Wills and Testaments, Money, Lands, Tuition
References:	YAS 93, p. 52
Dates:	probate date: (certain) Will date: 1607/08/02 (certain) probate date: 1608/06/19 (certain)
People and Groups:	Testator: More, John, d ? 1607, Rector of Sproatley (clerk)
Places:	Place of person status: Sproatley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)

5 . Register 31 f.150 (verso) entry 2

Entry Type:	Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type:	Archbishop Hutton
Summary:	Will of Robert Robinson, clerk [rector of Kirkburn] (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language:	Latin, English
Subjects:	Debts, Probate, Vicarages, Sheep, Wills, Lambs, Last Wills and Testaments, Money, Neighbours
References:	YAS 93, p. 62
Dates:	Will date: 0000/06/23 (certain) probate date: 1605/08/16 (certain)
People and Groups:	Testator: Robinson, Robert, d ? 1605, Rector of Kirkburn (clerk)

6 . Register 7 f.237 (recto) entry 4

Entry Type:	Memorandum, Grant of Probate
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of Nottingham
Summary:	Memorandum of grant of probate of the testament (will) of William de Cravele, formerly rector of Langar, before Master P [Peter] de Dene [Deane] and Master William de Beverley, archbishop's clerks and commissaries.
Dates:	Document date: 1307/12/13 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: (archbishop's chapel)

7 . Register 7 f.240 (verso) entry 5

Entry Type:	Memorandum, Grant of Probate
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of Nottingham
Summary:	Memorandum of grant of probate of the testament (will) of Nicholas de Hedon [Headon], lord of Headon.
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, 32.
Dates:	Event date: 1308/03/21 (certain)
Places:	Place of event: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England (none given); written as Scroby

8 . Register 7 f.244 (verso) entry 6

Entry Type:	Memorandum, Grant of Probate
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of Nottingham
Summary:	Memorandum of grant of probate of the testament (will) of Thomas de Hustweyt [Husthwaite], rector of a moiety of the church of Gedling, and administration to his executors.
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, 34, note 3
Dates:	Event date: 1308/10/09 (certain)
Places:	Place of event: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England (none given); written as Scroby

9 . Register 7 f.244 (verso) entry 7

Entry Type:	Memorandum, Grant of Probate
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of Nottingham
Summary:	Memorandum of grant of probate of the testament (will) of Alan Fraunceys [Francis], and administration only to Joan, his wife, and Hugh de Wouburn, out of the executors named within.
Subjects:	Women, Wives
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, 45
Dates:	Document date: 1308/10/10 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England (none given); written as Scroby

10 . Register 7 f.206 (verso) entry 8

Entry Type:	Memorandum, Sequestration
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of the East Riding
Summary:	Memorandum of a letter to Martin de Grymeston [Grimston], sequestrator in the archdeaconry of the East Riding, to sequestrate the goods of Sir John de Ruda [Routh], knight, deceased, the making of whose testament (will) is not known; and that the sequestrator may not be granted probate of the same testament, if it existed, until he had had discussions in person with the archbishop.
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, 153.
Dates:	Document date: 1309/03/10 (certain)
People and Groups:	Receiver: Grimston, Master, Martin, fl 1307-1310, rector; sequestrator in the Archdeaconry of the East Riding (sequestrator) Subject of letter: Routh, Sir, John, d by 1309, knight; deceased (knight, deceased)