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1 .   TNA - C 85/179/42/2
Entry Type: Signification of excommunication
Summary: Request for secular assistance in pursuing the abbot and other monks and officials of Rufford Abbey, obdurate excommunicates.
Language: Latin
Note: See also C 85/179/56. There are slight differences in the lists of officials of Rufford contained in these documents.
Dates: 1314/09/28
People and Groups: Addressee/s: Edward II, king of England; Sender/s: William [Greenfield], archbishop of York; Person/s: Brother Hugh de Morton, pigkeeper (porcarius) of Rufford, Brother Elias de London, sartrinarius of Rufford, Brother Robert de Allerton, pittancer of Rufford, Brother William de Holande, hosteler of Rufford, William de Blyda [Blyth], kitchener of Rufford, Brother Ralph de Shirebrok, granger of Ompton, Brother Richard Belle, succentor of Rufford, Brother William Sausmere, granger, Brother Robert, forester, Brother Geoffrey de Aykering [Eakring], precentor of Rufford;
Places: Kirk Deighton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Besthorpe, South Scarle, Nottinghamshire, England, Rotherham, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Ompton, Kneesall, Nottinghamshire, England, North Laiths, Nottinghamshire, England, Rufford Abbey, Nottinghamshire, England
2 .   TNA - C 85/179/56
Entry Type: Certificate of absolution
Summary: Request to suppress the arrest of the abbot and other monks and officials of Rufford Abbey, former excommunicates.
Language: Latin
Note: See also C 85/179/42. There are slight differences in the lists of officials of Rufford contained in these documents. Letters were also sent to the official of York to absolve the abbot and convent, noting that they had been excommunicated as a result of a dispute with the rector of Kneesall (BIA Register 8 , fol. 211v)
Dates: 1315/06/30
People and Groups: Addressee/s: Edward II, king of England; Sender/s: William [Greenfield], archbishop of York; Person/s: Brother Roger de Arnhale, cellarer of Rufford, Brother Robert de Kirketon, prior of Rufford, Brother John de Gotham, bursar of Rufford, Brother Aubrey, sub-cellarer of Rufford, Brother Henry de Thring, abbot of Rufford, Brother Daniel, sub-prior of Rufford, Brother Luke, keeper of the vaccary, Brother John de London, parker, Brother Elias Livet, keeper of the kitchen of Rufford, Brother William de Norton, granger at North Laiths;
Places: Churchdown, Gloucestershire, England, Besthorpe, South Scarle, Nottinghamshire, England, Rotherham, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Ompton, Kneesall, Nottinghamshire, England, North Laiths, Nottinghamshire, England, Rufford Abbey, Nottinghamshire, England
3 .   TNA - CPR 1313-17, p.555
Summary: Grant to Airmyn of the custody of the prebend of South Cave.
Language: Latin
Dates: 1316/10/16
People and Groups: Addressee/s: Richard de Ayremynne [Airmyn], king's clerk; Sender/s: Edward II, king of England;
Places: Crayke, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, York Minster, South Cave Prebend, Yorkshire, England
4 .   TNA - SC 8/236/11770
Summary: Letter to Edward III from Archbishop Melton, complaining that lay people are forcibly occupying the churches of Northallerton and Allertonshire, and asking the king to remove them.
Language: Latin
Dates: 1329/08/15
People and Groups: Addressee/s: Edward III, king of England; Sender/s: William [Melton], archbishop of York;
Places: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Northallerton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, Allerton and Allertonshire, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, Thornton le Street, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, North Otterington, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, Osmotherley, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, Kirby Sigston, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, West Rounton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, Birkby, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, Cowesby, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, Leake, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
5 .   TNA - CPR 1358-61, p.558
Summary: Restoration to Sancto Lupo of the churches of Scarborough and South Stainley, which he previously held on behalf of his abbey of Cîteaux and which were taken into the king's hands during the war.
Language: Latin
Note: Sancto Lupo also received letters of protection on 20 March 1359 (CPR 1358-61, p. 188).
Dates: 1361/02/16
People and Groups: Addressee/s: Hugh de Sancto Lupo, monk of Citeaux; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England;
Places: Westminster, Middlesex, England, South Stainley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, Citeaux Abbey, Cote d'Or department, France
6 .   TNA - CPR 1377-81, p.95
Summary: Commission of oyer and terminer to Skipwith and others on complaint by Ravenser that although Edward III took their hospital into his protection, John, abbot of Kirkstall, and many others, broke his closes and houses in York, Beningbrough, Rufforth, Saxton, Heslington, Heworth, Broomfleet and Morwick, hunted, felled trees, etc.
Language: Latin
Dates: 1377/11/30
People and Groups: Addressee/s: William de Skipwyth [Skipwith]; Sender/s: Richard II, king of England; Person/s: Richard de Ravenser, king's clerk, master of St Leonard's Hospital, York, John [de Thornbergh], abbot of Kirkstall;
Places: Westminster, Middlesex, England, Beningbrough, Newton on Ouse, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, Heslington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Rufforth, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Saxton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, York City, York, York, England, Morwick, Barwick in Elmet, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Broomfleet, South Cave, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Heworth, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
7 .   TNA - SC 8/122/6069
Entry Type: Petition
Summary: Lounde requests the return of lands in Drewton in South Cave, which had been demised by his ancestors and ought to have returned to him. He had been kept out of them by William de Clif, but they are now in the king's hands following Clif's presence in the field against the king and his son John. Response that the request was granted.
Language: French
Note: The resultant grant was made on 7 October 1405 (CPR 1405-8, p. 89), and clearly refers to Archbishop Scrope's rebellion. A copy of this petition, without the endorsement, is at SC 8/122/6073.
Dates: 1405/00/00
People and Groups: Addressee/s: King; Sender/s: Alexander Lounde; Person/s: Nicholas de Clif [Cliffe], father of William de Clif, William de Clif [Cliffe] of North Cave, John of Lancaster, son of Henry IV;
Places: Drewton, North Cave, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, North Cave, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, South Cave, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
8 .   Register 7 f.171 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Appointment
Section Type: Archdeaconry of Cleveland
Summary: Appointment of Master Thomas de Blaby, rector of a moiety of the church of South Otterington (Suth Oterington), as sequestrator in the archdeaconry of Cleveland.
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, 1, note 3.
Dates: Document date: 1308/10/15 (certain)
People and Groups: Appointee: Blaby, Master, Thomas, fl 1308, rector of a moiety of the church of South Otterington; sequestrator in the archdeaconry of Cleveland (sequestrator, rector)
Places: Place of dating: Drax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Drax
Place of person role: South Otterington, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)
9 .   Register 10 f.154 (recto) entry 10
Entry Type: Institution, Induction
Section Type: Archdeaconry of Cleveland
Summary: Institution and order for induction of John de Vescy of Thornton, chaplain, to a moiety of the church of South Otterington (South Otryngton), vacant by the death of John, the previous rector, patron: Sir John Waxand [Wassand], knight (two entries).
Dates: Document date: 1343/06/15 (certain)
Places: Benefice: South Otterington, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
Place of dating: Kirkham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)
10 .   Register 10 f.313 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Testament, Will
Section Type: Testamentary business, Wills and Probate
Summary: Testament (will) of Sir John de Waxand [Wassand], knight (legatees and executors named).
Dates: Document date: 1347/02/09 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: South Otterington, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Suthotrington


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