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1 .   Register 31 f.5 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Inquisition, Court Proceedings, Articles of enquiry, Verdict
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Cause relating to disputed presentation to the rectory of Walkington: held before Master John Gibson, LL.D., and Master Richard Percy, LL.B., in the presence of William Fothergill, notary public, the parties being Francis Nalton, with letters of presentation of Sir Thomas Barrington, knight, and Dame Winifred his wife, and Robert Green, clerk, chaplain of the Chapel Royal, with letters of presentation of Queen Elizabeth I. Inquisition held to determine the right of presentation (jurors named), the rectory being vacant following the death of John Newcome, clerk, the previous rector; Sir Thomas and Dame Winifred formally identified as the true patrons in the right of Dame Winifred. (continues).
Language: Latin
Subjects: Inquisitions, Verdicts, Articles of Enquiry, Benefice Causes, Jurors
Dates: Event date: 1576/10/31 (certain)
People and Groups: Former incumbent: Newcome, John, d 1576, Rector of Walkington (clerk)
Juror: Slater, George, d 1590, Prebendary of Barnby (rector, bachelor of theology)
Patron: Barrington, Sir, Thomas, 1530-1581, knight, patron of Walkington rectory (knight)
Patron: Barrington, Winifred, fl 1576, wife of Sir Thomas Barrington (wife)
Present: Fothergill, William, fl 1576-1577, Deputy Principal Registrar of York (notary public)
Presiding: Gibson, Master, John, fl 1576, Official of Consistory Court of York (surrogate, doctor of laws)
Places: Place of event: Market Weighton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (parish church); written as Wighton (parish or prebendal church)
Subject of dispute: Walkington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
2 .   Register 31 f.35 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Visitation Proceedings, Articles of enquiry
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Proceedings in the archbishop's visitation of the city and diocese of Durham: the Bishop of Durham presents the dean and chapter with a series of ten visitation articles of enquiry (in English), giving them a fortnight in which to reply.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Deans and chapters, Archbishops' Visitations, Articles of enquiry, Visitations
Dates: Event date: 1577/08/29 (inferred)
People and Groups: Subject of visitation: Durham Cathedral, Dean and Chapter (dean and chapter)
Visitor, issuer: Barnes, Richard, ? 1532-1587, Bishop of Durham (bishop)
Places: Place of event: Durham Cathedral Chapter House, Durham, Durham, England (chapter house)
3 .   Register 31 f.46 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Visitation Proceedings, Articles of enquiry
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Proceedings in the archbishop's visitation of the dean and chapter of York: schedule of articles of enquiry to be used in the visitation.
Language: English
Subjects: Deans and chapters, Archbishops' Visitations, Articles of enquiry, Visitations
References: Articles (fols. 46 v-47 r) and Injunctions (fols. 48 r-50 r) printed in W P M Kennedy, 'Elizabethan Episcopal Administration: an essay in sociology and politics' (Alcuin Club collections 25-7, 1924), ii, appendices xvi-xvii, pp. 82-9
Dates: Event date: 1578/02/17 (certain)
People and Groups: Issuer, visitor: Sandys, Edwin, ? 1519-1588, Archbishop of York (archbishop)
Subject of visitation: York Minster, Dean and Chapter (dean and chapter)
Places: Place of event: York Minster Chapter House, York, York, England (chapter house)


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