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1 .   Register 30 f.22 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant, Will
Section Type: Testamentary business, Wills and Probate
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Wills, Caps, Parish Churches, Repairs, Probate, Bibles, Surplices, Books of sermons, Rectors, Money, Parish clerks, Injunctions, Last Wills and Testaments, Paupers, Household equipment, New Testament, Clothing, Lay Patrons, Psalters
Note: Initial letter 'I' of 'In the name of God Amen', the opening of the will, is enlarged and decorated.
References: YAS 93, p. 71
Dates: Will date: 1563/11/19 (certain)
Probate date: 1564/04/27 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Stockley, John, d ? 1563, Rector of Cotgrave, second moiety (parson)
Places: Place of person status: Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire, England (rectory)
2 .   Register 31 f.136 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Hutton
Summary: Will of Robert Stainton, clerk, vicar of Almondbury (legatees, executor and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Debts, Plate, Probate, Coins, Pewter, Wills, English Books, Paupers, Books of sermons, Last Wills and Testaments, Household equipment, Money, Psalters, Tools, Furniture, Churches, Easter books
Note: Books mentioned: 'The Apologie of the Church of England'; two homily books and and old psalter.
References: YAS 93, p. 70
Dates: Will date: 1598/03/12 (certain)
Probate date: 1598/03/29 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Stainton, Robert, d ? 1598, Vicar of Almondbury (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Almondbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
3 .   Register 31 f.173 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Will, Grant of Probate, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Matthew
Summary: Will of Lawrence Hey, vicar of Walesby (legatees, executrixes and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Libraries, Probate, Lawsuits, New Testament, Roads, Bows and arrows, Money, Wills, Lands, Bibles, Repairs, Last Wills and Testaments, Books, Godsons, Houses, Paupers, Books of sermons
Note: Legacies of books includes 'Mr Smith his Sermons'; this and the testator's 'great Bible' and two English Testaments bequeathed to his wife and daughters for their use
References: YAS 93, p. 37
Dates: Will date: 1613/05/31 (certain)
Probate date: 1613/07/14 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Hey, Lawrence, d 1613, Vicar of Walesby (vicar)
Places: Place of person status: Walesby, Nottinghamshire, England (vicarage)
4 .   Register 32 f.97 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Neale, Archbishop Neile
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Wills, Hebrew books, Servants, Godchildren, Lands, Apprentices, English Books, Books of sermons, French books, Money, Greek Books, Glebe lands, Last Wills and Testaments, Paupers, Books, Latin Books, Corn
Note: Testator also mentions other books, possibly text books in Accounts and 'Reckonings'
References: YAS 93, p. 9
Dates: Will date: 1637/04/01 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Bourne, Osmond, d ? 1642, Rector of Treeton (bachelor of theology)
Places: Place of person status: Treeton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)


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