York Archbishops' Registers

1 . Register 7 f.192 (recto) entry 10

Entry Type:	Commission
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of the East Riding
Summary:	Commission to Master Henry de Carleton, canon of Beverley, and Master Richard de Cliff, rector of Nunburnholme, to carry out a visitation of the subprioress and convent of Nunburnholme, the office of prioress vacant by the death of Joan de Holm, and to request the assent of Avice de Beverley, nun of Nunkeeling, elected prioress by the nuns of Nunburnholme.
Subjects:	Prioresses, Religious Houses, Female, Women, Nuns
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, 121.
Dates:	Document date: 1306/07/01 (certain)
People and Groups:	Appointee: Beverley, Avice, prioress of Nunburnholme (prioress) Commissary: Carleton, Henry, fl 1308, acolyte (none given) Deceased: Holm, Joan, prioress of Nunburnholme (prioress)
Places:	Place of dating: Laneham, Nottinghamshire, England (none given); written as Lanum