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1 .   Register 30 f.24 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Testamentary business, Wills and Probate
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Wills, Parish Churches, Prayers, Servants, Household equipment, Corn, Probate, Husbandmen, Clothing, Rye, Wagons, Wheat, Wool, Sheep, Hemp, Money, Lambs, Furniture, Last Wills and Testaments, Parishioners, Paupers, Coins, Wages, Godchildren, Agricultural equipment, Flax, Godsons, Cows, Travel, Clergy, Yarn, Housekeepers, Fabrics, Furnishings, Women, Horses, Copes, Debts, Oxen
Note: Initial letter 'I' of 'In the name of God Amen', the opening of the will, is enlarged and decorated.
References: YAS 93, p. 5
Dates: Will date: 1561/10/03 (certain)
Probate date: 1565/03/20 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Barnes, Thomas, d ? 1565, Rector of Sessay (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Sessay, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
2 .   Register 31 f.93 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of John Richardson, clerk, rector of Finningley (legatees, executors and witnesses named); with grant of probate.
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Money, Servants, Furniture, Lands, Cows, Clerks (Ecclesiastical), Wills, Poor relations, Sheep, Leases, Last Wills and Testaments, Wagons, Oxen, Probate, Pigs, Rectors, Wages, Agricultural equipment, Ploughs, Paupers, Doles, Plate, Rents
References: YAS 93, p. 61
Dates: Will date: 1577/03/01 (certain)
Probate date: 1581/10/31 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Richardson, John, d ? 1581, Rector of Finningley (clerk, parson)
Places: Place of person status: Finningley, Nottinghamshire, England (rectory)
3 .   Register 31 f.79 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of Henry Town, clerk, vicar of Broughton (legatees, executors and witnesses named); with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Probate, Agricultural equipment, Priests, Lambs, Clerks (Ecclesiastical), Bees, Cows, Furniture, Servants, Last Wills and Testaments, Paupers, Wills, Money, Meals, Scholars
Note: This folio has a heading 'De Testamentis et eorum Approbacionibus' (Of Wills and their probate), as if a section heading.
References: YAS 93, p. 76
Dates: Will date: 1577/06/20 (certain)
Probate date: 1577/08/05 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Town, Henry, d 1577, Vicar of Broughton (clerk, vicar)
Places: Place of person status: Broughton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
4 .   Register 31 f.85 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of John Askwith, rector of Hawnby (legatees, executors and witnesses named); with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Probate, Agricultural equipment, Oats, Cows, Aldermen, Books, Curates, Plate, Servants, Last Wills and Testaments, Tenants, Horses, Wills, Money, Tuition, Preachers, Farms (lands/property), Paupers, Beans, Heifers
References: YAS 93, p. 3
Dates: Will date: 1578/09/24 (certain)
Probate date: 1578/10/24 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Askwith, John, d 1578, Rector of Hawnby (parson, clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Oswaldkirk, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
Place of person status: Hawnby, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
5 .   Register 31 f.86 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of Thomas Edward, rector of Halsham (legatees, executors and witnesses named); with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Probate, Agricultural equipment, Sheep, Wheat, Peas, Lambs, Boots, Cows, Wages, Brewing equipment, Books, Houses, Hats, Godchildren, Plate, Oxen, Last Wills and Testaments, Foals, Horses, Shrouds, Wills, Money, Calves, Lands, Debts, Household equipment, Housekeepers, Coins, Furniture, Women, Rye, Clothing, Servants, Leases, Tenants, Paupers, Malt, Heifers, Pigs
References: YAS 93, p. 24
Dates: Will date: 1579/05/02 (certain)
Probate date: 1579/06/05 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Edward, Thomas, d 1579, Rector of Halsham (clerk, parson)
Places: Place of person status: Halsham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
6 .   Register 31 f.88 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Will, Grant of Probate, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of Ralph Selby, clerk, rector of Full Sutton (legatees, executors and witnesses named); with grant of probate.
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Money, Last Wills and Testaments, Loans, Rye, Agricultural equipment, Bee hives, Bailiffs, Milk, Wills, Horses, Clothing, Oxen, Cows, Wheat, Fabrics, Probate, Heifers, Paupers, Distraint, Weavers, Debts, Manorial Courts, Books, Bees, Household equipment
References: YAS 93, p. 66
Dates: Will date: 1580/00/00 (certain)
Probate date: 1580/06/10 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Selby, Ralph, d 1580, Rector of Full Sutton (clerk, parson)
Places: Place of person status: Full Sutton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
7 .   Register 31 f.87 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of Edward Wormall, clerk, rector of Nunburnholme (legatees, executors and witnesses named); with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Probate, Household equipment, Sheep, Rectors, Godsons, Bee skeps, Clothing, Last Wills and Testaments, Paupers, Wives, Wills, Money, Agricultural equipment, Women, Servants
References: YAS 93, p. 84
Dates: Probate date: 1580/02/05 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Wormall, Edward, d ? 1580, ? Rector of Nunburnholme (parson, clerk, rector)
Places: Place of person status: Nunburnholme, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
8 .   Register 31 f.97 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of Thomas Richardson, clerk, rector of Sheriff Hutton (legatees, executors and witnesses named); with grant of probate.
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Money, Furniture, Lands, Books, Wills, Farms (lands/property), Paupers, Leases, Last Wills and Testaments, Hats, Household equipment, Oxen, Probate, Women, Manors, Agricultural equipment, Horses, Rings, Clothing
References: YAS 93, p. 61
Dates: Will date: 1583/11/20 (certain)
Probate date: 1584/05/04 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Richardson, Thomas, d ? 1583, Rector of Sheriff Hutton (clerk)
Places: Place of residence: Sheriff Hutton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (parish)
9 .   Register 31 f.105 (verso) entry 4
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of Robert Collingworth, clerk, rector of Holmpton (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Last Wills and Testaments, Wood, Wills, Heifers, Money, Cows, Probate, Calves, Agricultural equipment, Paupers, Garths
References: YAS 93, p. 18
Dates: Will date: 1588/02/27 (certain)
Probate date: 1588/04/26 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Collingworth, Robert, d 1588, Rector of Holmpton (clerk, parson)
Places: Place of person status: Holmpton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
10 .   Register 31 f.106 (recto) entry 3
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Will of William Brogden, rector of Birkin (legatees, executor and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Wagons, Last Wills and Testaments, Wills, Pigs, Wages, Paupers, Furniture, Pewter, Cows, Probate, Lambs, Oxen, Lay Patrons, Agricultural equipment, Debts, Horses, Godchildren, Rye, Dilapidations, Servants, Heifers, Money, Calves, Household equipment, Sheep, Coins
Note: Testator also requests that his patrons assist his executors and the next incumbent to come to an arrangement over dilapidations so that 'trouble and suits be abolished and godly peace maintained', perhaps wishing to avoid rather than terminate any lawsuits.
References: YAS 93, p. 11
Dates: Will date: 1588/05/29 (certain)
Probate date: 1588/07/29 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Brogden, William, d 1588, Rector of Birkin (parson)
Places: Place of person status: Birkin, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)


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