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1 .   Register 31 f.78 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of Thomas Richmond of Richmond Houses, Chipping, Lancashire, with schedule of debts (legatees, executors and witnesses named). The testator's wife Margaret to have (by royal licence and that of his late masters Mr Thomas Houghton and Alexander Houghton) his tenement at Richmond Houses, with conditions.
Language: English
Subjects: Debts, Intakes, Oats, Barley, Grass, Blacksmiths, Houses, Fabrics, Last Wills and Testaments, Tenants, Licences, Lawsuits, Wills, Money, Weaving, Oxen, Heifers, Flax, Commons, Horses
Note: Testator leaves property to the use of his son for life, his son 'being not able to labour for his living'.
References: YAS 93, p. 61
Dates: Will date: 1576/04/10 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Richmond, Thomas, d after 1576, of Richmond Houses, Chipping (unknown)
Places: Place of residence: Richmond Houses, Chipping, Lancashire, England (house)
2 .   Register 31 f.205 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Will, Grant of Probate
Section Type: Archbishop Matthew
Summary: Will of John Tophan, clerk, rector of Burnsall (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate (commencing on fol. 205r and ending on fol. 206v).
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Leases, Probate, Books, Rents, Horses, Sermons, Inventories, Wheels, Last Wills and Testaments, Manors, Household equipment, Hats, Granges, Commons, Servants, Houses, Agricultural equipment, Debts, Copyhold lands, Clothing, Bibles, Deeds, Cottages, Money, Cows, Barns, Wagons, Coins, Riding equipment, Garths, Plate, Wills, Pasture, Neighbours, Furniture, Godsons, Paupers, Carts, Shoes
References: YAS 93, p. 76
Dates: Will date: 1618/12/31 (certain)
Probate date: 1619/04/15 (certain)
Exhibition of inventory date: 1631/10/05 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Tophan, John, d 1619, Rector of Burnsall (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Burnsall, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
3 .   Register 31 f.257 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Will, Grant of Probate
Section Type: Archbishop Matthew
Summary: Will of Christopher Shute, clerk, 'the unworthy minister of Jesus Christ pastor of the Congregation of Giggleswick', vicar of Giggleswick (legatees, executrix and witnesses named), with grant of probate (commencing on fol. 257v and ending on fol. 258v).
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Vicarages, Lands, Probate, Debts, Money, Wives, Godchildren, Books, Deeds, Paupers, English Books, Last Wills and Testaments, Wills, Commons, Clothing, Advowsons, Servants, Women, Moors
Note: Legacies of books include two volumes called the Acts and Monuments of the Church.
References: YAS 93, p. 67
Dates: Will date: 1626/10/09 (certain)
Probate date: 1627/02/27 (certain)
People and Groups: Minister
Places: Place of person status: Giggleswick, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
4 .   Register 32 f.83 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Neale, Archbishop Neile
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Wills, Annuities, Trustees, Houses, Lands, Grammar Schools, Probate, Commons, Leases, Money, Entails, Advowsons, Mills, Last Wills and Testaments, Governors, Tithes, Wastes
References: YAS 93, p. 20
Dates: Will date: 1636/09/11 (certain)
Probate date: 1637/11/14 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Crossland, George, d 1636, Vicar of Almondbury (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Almondbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)


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