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1 .   Register 31 f.105 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of Thomas Dixon, vicar of Hampsthwaite (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Books, Last Wills and Testaments, Plate, Wills, Clothing, Swords, Money, Hats, Furniture, Godsons, Cows, Probate, Guns, Lambs, Houses, Rings, Repairs, Debts, Horses, Bonds, Timber, Tombs, Servants, Virginals, Daggers, Clocks, Wood, Invocations, Roads, Paupers, Lands, Epitaphs, Household equipment, Sheep
Note: Invocation and date above first line of will. Wood specified as 'Firewood'.
References: YAS 93, p. 22
Dates: Will date: 1587/12/22 (certain)
Probate date: 1588/01/11 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Dixon, Thomas, d 1588, Vicar of Hampsthwaite (vicar)
Places: Place of person status: Hampsthwaite, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
2 .   Register 31 f.128 (verso) entry 4
Entry Type: Will, Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate
Section Type: Archbishop Piers
Summary: Will of Otis Hunt, M.A., vicar of Methley, stated by the testator to have been written by him (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate (commencing on fol. 128v and ending on fol. 129v).
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Wills, Copyhold lands, Probate, Houses, Household equipment, Schoolmasters, Distilling equipment, Fellows, Servants, Last Wills and Testaments, Manors, Masters, Money, Furnishings, University of Oxford, Scholars, Statute of Mortmain, Rents, Freehold lands, Plate, Lands, Paupers, Leases, Deeds, Feoffees, Furniture, Clocks, Clothing, Orchards, Books
Note: The testator desired that the schoolmaster should be a graduate of one of the Universities and able to teach Latin and Greek, and should see his scholars 'to be in good order everie Saboath and hollie daie' (Sabbath or Sunday and holidays).
References: YAS 93, p. 40
Dates: Will date: 1590/09/19 (certain)
Probate date: 1593/01/17 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Hunt, Otis, d ? 1591, Vicar of Methley (master of arts, parson)
Places: Birthplace: Swinton, Wath upon Dearne, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (township)
Place of person status: Methley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
3 .   Register 31 f.132 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Hutton
Summary: Will of Roger Smith, rector of Cotgrave [first moiety] (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Clocks, Servants, Plate, Probate, Sheep, Furniture, Wills, Paupers, Lambs, Last Wills and Testaments, Household equipment, Money, Godchildren, Bandoras, Lutes, Pewter, Musical instruments, Virginals, Godsons, Wages, Sundials, Barley, Lands, Furnishings
References: YAS 93, p. 68
Dates: Will date: 1594/05/11 (certain)
Probate date: 1595/08/11 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Smith, Roger, d ? 1595, Rector of Cotgrave, first moiety (parson)
Places: Place of person status: Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire, England (rectory)
4 .   Register 31 f.144 (verso) entry 2
Entry Type: Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Hutton
Summary: Will of Richard Hindley, rector of Finningley (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Clocks, Debts, Probate, Wills, Pigs, Tenants, Paupers, Last Wills and Testaments, Household equipment, Money, Lands, Tuition, Deeds, Godsons, Calves
References: YAS 93, p. 37
Dates: Will date: 1602/05/15 (certain)
Probate date: 1602/10/17 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Hindley, Richard, d 1602, Rector of Finningley (parson)
Places: Place of person status: Finningley, Nottinghamshire, England (rectory)
5 .   Register 31 f.198 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Grant of Probate, Last Will and Testament, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Matthew
Summary: Will of Thomas Hunt, clerk, rector of Cotgrave, first moiety (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate (commencing on fol. 198r and ending on fol. 199r).
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Furnishings, Schools, Tenants, Paupers, Money, Women, Doles, Books, Preachers, Bonds, Houses, Wills, Last Wills and Testaments, Rents, Probate, Sermons, Court Rolls, Sheep, Meals, Clothing, Household equipment, Neighbours, Keys, Leases, University of Oxford, Masters, Churchwardens, Godchildren, Clocks, Furniture, Fellows, Lands, Legacies, Distilling equipment, Rectors, Servants, Deeds, Accounts, Glebe lands, Freeholders
References: YAS 93, p. 40
Dates: Will date: 1616/01/10 (certain)
Probate date: 1618/01/21 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Hunt, Thomas, d ? 1617, Rector of Cotgrave, first moiety (parson, clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire, England (rectory)
6 .   Register 31 f.238 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Grant of Probate, Last Will and Testament, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Matthew
Summary: Will of John Favour, LL.D., vicar of Halifax and precentor of York (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Money, Books, Rings, Plate, Houses, Godsons, Last Wills and Testaments, Wills, Clocks, Servants, English Bibles, Deeds, Leases, Probate, Bishops, English Books, Godmothers, Archbishops, Furniture, Women, Deans and chapters
Note: Legacies of books include 'Barowes Phisicke' in English.
References: YAS 93, p. 27
Dates: Probate date: 1624/11/04 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Favour, John, c 1557-1624, Precentor of York (vicar, precentor, doctor of laws)
Places: Place of person status: Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
7 .   Register 32 f.116 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Williams
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Wills, Barrels, Books, Household equipment, Distilling equipment, Probate, Clothing, Furnishings, Brewing equipment, Women, Hats, Clocks, Tithes, Furniture, Last Wills and Testaments, Curates, Agricultural equipment, Dues, Tools, Pewter, Debts
References: YAS 93, p. 70
Dates: Will date: 1646/01/03 (certain)
Probate date: 1647/07/09 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Spurr, William, d ? 1646, Rector of Warsop (parson)
Places: Place of person status: Warsop, Nottinghamshire, England (rectory)


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