York Archbishops' Registers

1 . TNA - CPR 1307-13, p.140, entry 2

Summary:	Acquittance to the abbot of Selby, sub-collector in York diocese of the tenth imposed by Pope Boniface VIII, for 36s paid into the Exchequer on account of the arrears of the tax by the hand of Archbishop Greenfield. Similar acquittances to the prior of Thurgarton for 44s, the abbot of Cockersand for £10 and the prior of Llanthony for £20.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1308/10/18
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: [John de Rudston,] prior of Thurgarton, [William de Aslackby,] abbot of Selby, abbot of Cockersand, prior of Llanthony; Sender/s: Edward II, king of England; Person/s: [William Greenfield], archbishop of York, Pope Boniface VIII;
Places:	Westminster, Middlesex, England

2 . TNA - CPR 1307-13, p.101

Summary:	Acquittances to the abbot of Selby and the prior of Thurgarton, sub-collectors in York diocese of the tenth imposed by Pope Boniface VIII, for 100s paid into the Exchequer on account of the arrears of the tax on behalf of the archdeacon of York and for half a mark on behalf of the vicar of Kinoulton respectively by the hand of Archbishop Greenfield.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1309/03/04
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: [John de Rudston,] prior of Thurgarton, [William de Aslackby,] abbot of Selby; Sender/s: Edward II, king of England; Person/s: [William Greenfield], archbishop of York, [Aymo of Savoy,] archdeacon of York, Pope Boniface VIII;
Places:	Westminster, Middlesex, England, Kinoulton, Nottinghamshire, England, York Archdeaconry, Yorkshire, England

3 . TNA - CPR 1307-13, p.122

Summary:	Acquittance to the abbot of Selby, sub-collector in York diocese of the tenth imposed by Pope Boniface VIII, for 100s paid into the Exchequer by the hands of Archbishop Greenfield, on account of the arrears of that tax.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1309/06/29
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: [William of Aslackby,] abbot of Selby; Sender/s: Edward II, king of England; Person/s: [William Greenfield], archbishop of York, Pope Boniface VIII;
Places:	Chester, Cheshire, England

4 . TNA - CPR 1313-17, p.649

Summary:	Mandate to the archdeacon of Richmond to re-assess the current values of the churches in his archdeaconry, as it was agreed in the recent tax grant that the clergy of the archdeaconry would be taxed on the current value rather than the customary value, on account of the destruction caused by the Scots. Mandate to the abbot of Selby, collector there, to levy the tax according to the new valuation.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1317/05/12
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: archdeacon of Richmond; Sender/s: Edward II, king of England; Person/s: Abbot of Selby, collector;
Places:	Windsor, Berkshire, England, Selby Abbey, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

5 . TNA - C 270/15/5

Summary:	Draft account of sums paid over by the prior of Thurgarton, collector of the sexennial papal tenth in the archdeaconry of Nottingham. It notes that the tax raised £384 13s 7½d, of which various sums were paid over to the king for various reasons.
Language:	Latin
Note:	Dated to the treasurership of John Hotham, bishop of Ely, 1317-18.
Dates:	1317/05/27, 1318/06/10
People and Groups:	Person/s: John [Hotham], bishop of Ely, Treasurer and Chamberlain of the Exchequer, John de Hickeling, canon of Thurgarton, Prior of Thurgarton, Pope John XXII, Pope Clement V;
Places:	Thurgarton Priory, Nottinghamshire, England

6 . TNA - CFR 1307-19, p.373

Summary:	Order to the abbot of St Mary, York, collector of a tenth imposed by Pope John XXII to the king's use, to levy the tax as soon as Archbishop Melton has certified him of the benefices and temporalities of prelates wasted and destroyed by the Scots, the archbishop having been ordered to make enquiry by the king and reassess them as necessary.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1318/08/25
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: Abbot of St Mary, York; Sender/s: Edward II, king of England; Person/s: William Melton, archbishop of York, Pope John XXII;
Places:	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England

7 . TNA - CFR 1319-27, p.25

Summary:	Order to the bishop of London to tax all ecclesiastical goods of the master and brethren of the hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England not otherwise assigned for the tenth imposed by Pope John XXII, from which they are not exempt, and to deliver the money to the principal collectors. Similar letters to the archbishops of Canterbury and York, and other bishops.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1320/06/02
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: [Stephen Gravesend,] bishop of London; Sender/s: Edward II, king of England; Person/s: [William Melton,] archbishop of York;
Places:	Westminster, Middlesex, England

8 . TNA - CCR 1337-9, p.202

Summary:	Order to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to allow to the abbot and convent of St Mary's York, collectors in the archdeaconries of York and Cleveland of the two clerical tenths [granted in 1336], the £600 which the king has already received from them towards the six papal tenths [imposed in 1333], previously deposited in their abbey, as the pope has now cancelled that tax.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1337/10/26
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: Treasurer and barons of the Exchequer; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England; Person/s: Abbot and convent of St Mary's, York;
Places:	Sheen, Surrey, England, York, St Mary's Abbey, York, York, England

9 . TNA - CFR 1337-47, p.130

Summary:	Commission to Archbishop Melton to appoint collectors of the tax on the wool of clerics granted to the king in his twelfth year.
Language:	Latin
Dates:	1339/05/15
People and Groups:	Addressee/s: William [Melton], archbishop of York; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England;
Places:	Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England

10 . TNA - CCR 1339-41, p.431

Summary:	Order to the assessors, vendors and collectors of the ninth in [the East Riding of] Yorkshire to cease their demand upon the members of the Cistercian order in that county, as they have granted a further tenth in lieu of this tax. Similar orders to the officials in the West Riding, North Riding, Nottinghamshire and Lancashire.
Language:	Latin
Note:	The initial order does not refer to a Riding, but the other orders would suggest that it may relate to the East Riding.
Dates:	1340/07/18
People and Groups:	Sender/s: Edward III, king of England;
Places:	Kennington, Lambeth, Surrey, England