York Archbishops' Registers

1 . Register 16 f.114 (verso) entry 1

Entry Type:	Commission
Section Type:	Diverse letters
Summary:	Commission to heads of religious houses and others (named), of whom four were to form a quorum, to preside over convocation in place of the archbishop.
Language:	Latin
Subjects:	Proctors, Convocations
References:	R. N. Swanson (ed.), A Calendar of the Register of Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York, 1398-1405, 2 parts, Part 1 Borthwick Texts and Calendars: Records of the Northern Province 8 (York, 1981), Part II Borthwick Texts and Calendars: Records of the Northern Province 11 (York, 1985), 2, 1-2.
Dates:	Document date: 1398/07/20 (certain) Meeting date: 1398/07/29 (certain)
People and Groups:	Addressee: Abbot of St Mary York (abbot) Addressee: Bolton, Thomas, d 1413, Abbot of Whitby (abbot); written as Abbot of Whitby Addressee: Bottlesham, Master, John, d 1404, Prebendary of Osbaldwick (chancellor); written as Master John de Botlisham Addressee: Burley, Robert, d 1410, Abbot of Fountains (abbot); written as Abbot of Fountains Addressee: Dalby, Thomas, d 1400, Archdeacon of Richmond (canon, archdeacon) Addressee: Ferriby, Master, William, fl 1393-1409, Archdeacon of the East Riding (archdeacon) Addressee: Master Thomas Walleworth (canon) Addressee: Newton, John, d 1414, Treasurer of York (treasurer) Addressee: Pickering, Geoffrey, d before 12 June 1417, Abbot of Byland (abbot); written as Abbot of Byland Addressee: Prior of Guisborough (prior) Addressee: Prior of Sempringham (prior) Addressee: Rookwith, John, fl 1397-1398, Abbot of Jervaulx (abbot); written as Abbot of Jervaulx Addressee: Sherburn, John, d by 12 February 1408, Abbot of Selby (abbot); written as Abbot of Selby Addressee: Slegyll, Robert, fl 1398, Prior of Watton (prior); written as Prior of Watton Addressee: Wheldrake, John, fl 1398-1400, Prior of Bridlington (prior); written as Prior of Bridlington Addressee: Whixley, Robert, d before 2 August 1427, Prior of Nostell (prior); written as Prior of Nostell
Places:	Place of dating: Rest Park, Sherburn in Elmet, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor) Meeting place: York Minster, York, York, England (church)

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