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1 .   Register 8 f.298 (verso) entry 2
Entry Type: Acquittance
Section Type: Intrinseca camere
Summary: Acquittance (receipt) to John Vaan, merchant of the Society of the Bellardi of Lucca, for a loan made when the archbishop left England for the Council of Vienne.
Subjects: Councils, Council of Vienne, 1311-12, Acquittances, Merchants, Loans
References: Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 177.
Dates: Document date: 1312/07/15 (certain)
People and Groups: Addressee: Vaan, John, d before 27 April 1318, Merchant of the Society of Bellardi of Lucca (merchant)
Places: Place of dating: Brentwood, Essex, England (none given)
2 .   Register 9A f.321 (recto) entry 3
Entry Type: Licence
Section Type: Archdeaconry of the East Riding
Summary: Licence for Master Philip de Beverl' [Beverley], doctor of divinity, rector of Keyingham (Cayngham), to choose a suitable confessor; with further licence to appear at synods by proctor (two entries).
Language: Latin
Subjects: Proctors, Confessors, Penances, Absolution, Synods
References: Robinson, D. B. (ed.). 2011. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. VI. Canterbury and York Society 101, 2.
Dates: Document date: 1318/01/12 (certain)
People and Groups: Grantee: Beverley, Master, Philip, fl 1307-1318, Rector of Keyingham (rector, doctor of theology)
Places: Place of dating: Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)
3 .   Register 9A f.324 (recto) No folio 323 entry 8
Entry Type: Institution, Induction
Section Type: Archdeaconry of the East Riding
Summary: Institution, by Master Geoffrey de la Gale, clerk, his proctor, and order for induction of Richard de Ayreminne [Airmyn], priest, to the church of Kirk Ella (Elvele), patron: abbot and convent of Selby (two entries).
Language: Latin
Subjects: Synods, Visitations, Non appearance (Courts, Ecclesiastical), Archbishops' Visitations
Note: Letter issued in the name of the archbishop and sent to the Official of York.
References: Robinson, D. B. (ed.). 2011. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. VI. Canterbury and York Society 101, 9.
Dates: Document date: 1318/05/04 (certain)
People and Groups: Subject of document: rector of Scrayingham (rector)
Places: Place of dating: Huntington, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)
4 .   Register 9A f.324 (recto) No folio 323 entry 9
Entry Type: Memorandum
Section Type: Archdeaconry of the East Riding
Summary: Memorandum of a letter to the official of York that he should not trouble the rector of Scrayingham (Screngham) for his non-appearance in the synod at York, because he later appeared at the visitation held at the church of Saint Mary on the Moor [Westow] near Firby (Fritheby).
Language: Latin
Subjects: Non residence, Proctors, Synods
References: Robinson, D. B. (ed.). 2011. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. VI. Canterbury and York Society 101, 9.
Dates: Document date: 1318/05/11 (certain)
People and Groups: Grantee: Oakham, Master, William, fl 1318, Rector of Langton (rector)
5 .   Register 9B f.645 (verso) entry 2
Entry Type: Mandate, Certification
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Mandate from the archbishop to the official of the court of York or his commissary to cite the prior and brethren of the Hospitallers in England, now possessors of the property of the Templars, to attend the general council to be held in York Minster on 4 May 1324. With certification from the official principal that the citation had been sent out.
Subjects: Councils, Knights Templar, Knights Hospitaller
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 51-52.
Dates: Document date: 1324/04/04 (certain)
Document date: 1324/05/02 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor)
Place of dating: York City, York, York, England (city)
6 .   Register 9B f.679 (verso) entry 3
Entry Type: Letter/s
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Certification to Edward III of the grant to him of a clerical tenth made in the convocation held at York, summoned on 6 May 1336 (this was the first of two clerical tenths granted in that year).
Subjects: Clerical Tenths, Taxation, Convocations
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 148.
Dates: Document date: 1336/05/15 (certain)
People and Groups: Addressee: Edward III, 1312-1377, King of England (king)
Places: Place of dating: Rossington, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
7 .   Register 9B f.688 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Letter/s, List of subjects
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Letter to Edward III acknowledging a royal writ (dated at Byfleet, 8 February 1339 and witnessed by Prince Edward) ordering the archbishop to summon a convocation of clergy to be held in York Minster to grant an aid, which the archbishop states met on 15 April, but that the clergy would only grant an aid other than the three clerical tenths granted in 1337 on certain conditions (listed).
Subjects: Taxation, Convocations, Writs
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 179-183.
Dates: Document date: 1339/04/22 (certain)
People and Groups: Addressee: Edward III, 1312-1377, King of England (king)
Places: Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's castle)
8 .   Register 10 f.258 (recto) entry 3
Entry Type: Writ
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Royal writ ordering the archbishop to convoke the clergy of his province in York Minster on 18 December 1346.
Subjects: Convocations
Note: Convocation actually met on 29 January 1347., Another version of this writ, without the December date, is in Register 10, folio 245r.
References: Noted in Bray, G. (ed.). 2006. Records of Convocation, XIII: York, 1313-1461. Woodbridge: Church of England Record Society, 113-4 & note 243. However, the version transcribed there, taken from Register 10, folio 245r, does not include the December date., Calendared in CCR 1346-9, p.154.
Dates: Document date: 1346/11/06 (certain)
People and Groups: Attestor: Lionel of Antwerp, 1338-1368, Duke of Clarence (duke)
Sender: Edward III, 1312-1377, King of England (king)
Places: Place of dating: London, Tower of London, London, England
9 .   Register 10 f.245 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Order, Summons
Section Type: Officiality
Summary: Order to Thomas [Hatfield], bishop of Durham, to summon the clergy of the diocese of Durham to attend convocation in York Minster on 29 January 1347, reciting a royal writ of 6 November 1346, ordering the archbishop for a convocation of the clergy in order to agree a tax grant in aid of the salvation and defence of the realm, and expeditions against the French and Scots; with a memorandum that similar letters were sent to the bishop of Carlisle (two entries).
Subjects: Convocations, Taxation, Clerical Tenths
References: Bray, G. (ed.). 2006. Records of Convocation, XIII: York, 1313-1461. Woodbridge: Church of England Record Society, 113-4.
Dates: Recited document date: 1346/11/06 (certain)
Document date: 1346/12/09 (certain)
People and Groups: Addressee: Hatfield, Thomas, d 1381, Bishop of Durham (bishop)
Addressee: Kirkby, John, d before 3 December 1352, Bishop of Carlisle (bishop)
Places: Place of dating of recited document: London, Tower of London, London, England (castle)
Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)
10 .   Register 10 f.245 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Order, Summons
Section Type: Officiality
Summary: Order to the chapter of York to summon the clergy in their jurisdiction to attend convocation in York Minster on 29 January 1347.
Subjects: Convocations, Taxation, Clerical Tenths
Dates: Document date: 1346/12/09 (certain)
People and Groups: Addressee: Chapter
Places: Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)


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