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1 .   Register 31 f.59 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Dissolution of Visitation, Visitation Proceedings, Relaxation of Inhibition
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Dissolution by the archbishop of the visitation of the diocese of Chester and relaxation of the inhibition for the visitation.
Language: Latin
Subjects: Dissolutions, Relaxations of Inhibitions, Visitations, Archbishops' Visitations
Dates: Document date: 1579/11/08 (certain)
People and Groups: Addressee: Chaderton, William, d 1608, Bishop of Lincoln (bishop)
Issuer: Sandys, Edwin, ? 1519-1588, Archbishop of York (archbishop)
Places: Place of dating: City of London, London, England (city)
Subject of visitation: Chester Cathedral, Chester, Cheshire, England (cathedral)
Subject of visitation: Chester Diocese, England (diocese)
Subject of visitation: Chester, Cheshire, England (city)
2 .   Register 31 f.75 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of Henry Harper of the city of Chester, gentleman (legatees, executors and witnesses named); with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Probate, Last Wills and Testaments, Wills
References: YAS 93, p. 34
Dates: Will date: 1578/09/04 (certain)
Probate date: 1579/04/01 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Harper, Henry, d ? 1579, of Chester, gentleman (gentleman)
Places: Place of residence: Chester, Cheshire, England (city)
3 .   Register 31 f.76 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of John Norbury of the city of Chester (legatees and executors named); with grant of probate. The testator mentions a common recovery made in the court of Halton, presumably the court of the manor of Halton, Cheshire, of a messuage and lands in Runcorn.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Lands, Manorial Courts, Houses, Cottages, Leases, Deeds, Wills, Money, Probate, Last Wills and Testaments
References: YAS 93, p. 54
Dates: Will date: 1571/10/21 (certain)
Probate date: 1578/07/13 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Norbury, John, d ? 1578, of Chester (unknown)
Places: Place of residence: Chester, Cheshire, England (city)
4 .   Register 31 f.121 (verso) entry 2
Entry Type: Commission, Visitation Proceedings
Section Type: Archbishop Piers
Summary: Archbishop's visitation of the Cathedral, city and diocese of Chester: commission of Archbishop Piers to John Gibson, LLD., and John Benet, LL.D., archbishop's vicars general and officials principal; Christopher Gregorie, S.T.B.; Anthony Higgins, S.T.B.; Thomas Cole, M.A., and Thomas Cock, M.A., preachers of the Word of God and archbishop's chaplains, to act as the archbishop's commissaries at the visitation of the Cathedral, city and diocese of Chester and also the collegiate church of Manchester.
Language: Latin
Subjects: Commissions, Archbishops' Visitations, Visitations
Dates: Document date: 1590/06/06 (certain)
People and Groups: Addressee: Benet, Sir, John, c 1553-1627, Knight, Vicar General of Province of York (doctor of laws, official principal, vicar general)
Addressee: Cock, Thomas, fl 1577-c 1592, Chaplain to Archbishop Piers (master of arts, preacher, chaplain)
Addressee: Cole, Thomas, d ? 1615, Prebendary of Holme Archiepiscopi (chaplain, master of arts, preacher)
Addressee: Gibson, Master, John, fl 1576, Official of Consistory Court of York (doctor of laws, vicar general, official principal)
Addressee: Gregorie, Christopher, d 1600, Archdeacon of York (bachelor of theology)
Addressee: Higgins, Anthony, d ? 1624, Dean of Ripon (bachelor of theology)
Issuer: Piers, John, 1523-1594, Archbishop of York (archbishop)
Places: Subject of visitation: Chester Cathedral, Chester, Cheshire, England (cathedral)
Subject of visitation: Manchester Collegiate Church, Manchester, Lancashire, England (collegiate church)
Place of dating: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor)
Subject of visitation: Chester Diocese, England (diocese)
Subject of visitation: Chester, Cheshire, England (city)


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