York Archbishops' Registers

1 . Register 31 f.175 (recto) entry 2

Entry Type:	Will, Grant of Probate, Last Will and Testament
Section Type:	Archbishop Matthew
Summary:	Will of Ralph Kay, clerk, [vicar] of Topcliffe (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate (commences on fol. 175r and ends on fol. 177v).
Language:	Latin, English
Subjects:	Debt books, Probate, Vicars, Annuities, Pains, New Testament, Gates, Debts, Churchwardens, Foals, Seals, Servants, Wills, Women, Lands, Bibles, Leases, Last Wills and Testaments, Manorial juries, Psalms, Presentations, Bills, Tutors, Godsons, Daggers, Amercements, Advowsons, Notaries Public, Riding equipment, Household equipment, Furniture, Money, Friends, Deeds, Paupers, Pious preambles, Swords, Horses, Furnishings, Repairs, Hay, Apprentices, Schools, Mortgages, Clothing
Note:	In a very long preamble, the testator quotes verses from various books of the New Testament (Luke, Ephesians, Matthew, Romans, Timothy, Corinthians, Acts) and the Psalms, also quoting from John and Acts later in the will and ending the will with the first line of the Nunc Dimittis in Latin (Luke 2:29). He states that he had 52 godchildren.
References:	YAS 93, p. 42
Dates:	Birth date: 1546/03/15 (certain) Will date: 1605/02/06 (certain) Probate date: 1613/10/02 (certain)
People and Groups:	Testator: Kay, Ralph, d ? 1613, Vicar of Topcliffe (clerk)
Places:	Place of person status: Topcliffe, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage) Birthplace: Dalton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England