York Archbishops' Registers

1 . Register 12 f.117 (recto) entry 1

Entry Type:	Oath, Notarial Mark, Notarial Instrument, Notarial Subscription
Section Type:	Diverse letters
Summary:	Notarial instrument containing oath of obedience of John Fordham, newly elected bishop of Durham, before the archbishop and in the presence of several officials of York diocese and others; with notarial subscriptions and elaborate notarial marks of John de Scarborough [Scardeburgh], clerk of York diocese; John Herll, clerk of Durham diocese, and Robert de Scampston, clerk of York diocese, notaries public.
Subjects:	Oaths
Note:	Decorated initial of first word 'In'; elaborately-drawn notarial marks.
Dates:	Document date: 1382/08/18 (certain)
People and Groups:	Oath taker, new office holder: Fordham, John, d 1425, Bishop of Durham (bishop) Presiding: Neville, Master, Alexander, c 1332-1392, Archbishop of York (archbishop) Witness: Selby Abbey, Benedictine (abbot) Witness: Sherburn, John, d by 12 February 1408, Abbot of Selby (abbot) Witness: Clifford, Master, John, fl 1375-1393, Treasurer of York (treasurer) Witness: John de Nevill (lord) Witness: Master John Herll' (notary public) Witness: Master Richard de Conyngston' (official, doctor of laws) Witness: Master Robert Manfeld (doctor of laws, provost) Witness: Master Robert de Scampston' (notary public) Witness: Sir John Bigot (none given) Witness: Sir John Marmyon' (none given) Witness: Waltham, Master, John, fl. 1359, d 1384, Subdean of York (canon); written as Master John de Waltham
Places:	Place of event: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor) Place of person status: York Archdiocese, England (archdiocese); written as Ebor' Place of person status: Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given) Place of person status: Durham Diocese, England (diocese)

2 . Register 16 f.114 (verso) entry 1

Entry Type:	Commission
Section Type:	Diverse letters
Summary:	Commission to heads of religious houses and others (named), of whom four were to form a quorum, to preside over convocation in place of the archbishop.
Language:	Latin
Subjects:	Proctors, Convocations
References:	R. N. Swanson (ed.), A Calendar of the Register of Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York, 1398-1405, 2 parts, Part 1 Borthwick Texts and Calendars: Records of the Northern Province 8 (York, 1981), Part II Borthwick Texts and Calendars: Records of the Northern Province 11 (York, 1985), 2, 1-2.
Dates:	Document date: 1398/07/20 (certain) Meeting date: 1398/07/29 (certain)
People and Groups:	Addressee: Abbot of St Mary York (abbot) Addressee: Sherburn, John, d by 12 February 1408, Abbot of Selby (abbot); written as Abbot of Selby Addressee: Bolton, Thomas, d 1413, Abbot of Whitby (abbot); written as Abbot of Whitby Addressee: Bottlesham, Master, John, d 1404, Prebendary of Osbaldwick (chancellor); written as Master John de Botlisham Addressee: Burley, Robert, d 1410, Abbot of Fountains (abbot); written as Abbot of Fountains Addressee: Dalby, Thomas, d 1400, Archdeacon of Richmond (canon, archdeacon) Addressee: Ferriby, Master, William, fl 1393-1409, Archdeacon of the East Riding (archdeacon) Addressee: Master Thomas Walleworth (canon) Addressee: Newton, John, d 1414, Treasurer of York (treasurer) Addressee: Pickering, Geoffrey, d before 12 June 1417, Abbot of Byland (abbot); written as Abbot of Byland Addressee: Prior of Guisborough (prior) Addressee: Prior of Sempringham (prior) Addressee: Rookwith, John, fl 1397-1398, Abbot of Jervaulx (abbot); written as Abbot of Jervaulx Addressee: Slegyll, Robert, fl 1398, Prior of Watton (prior); written as Prior of Watton Addressee: Wheldrake, John, fl 1398-1400, Prior of Bridlington (prior); written as Prior of Bridlington Addressee: Whixley, Robert, d before 2 August 1427, Prior of Nostell (prior); written as Prior of Nostell
Places:	Place of dating: Rest Park, Sherburn in Elmet, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor) Meeting place: York Minster, York, York, England (church)

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