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Register 31 f.175 (recto) entry 2
| Entry Type: | Will, Grant of Probate, Last Will and Testament |
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| Section Type: | Archbishop Matthew |
| Summary: | Will of Ralph Kay, clerk, [vicar] of Topcliffe (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate (commences on fol. 175r and ends on fol. 177v). |
| Language: | Latin, English |
| Subjects: | Debt books, Probate, Vicars, Annuities, Pains, New Testament, Gates, Debts, Churchwardens, Foals, Seals, Servants, Wills, Women, Lands, Bibles, Leases, Last Wills and Testaments, Manorial juries, Psalms, Presentations, Bills, Tutors, Godsons, Daggers, Amercements, Advowsons, Notaries Public, Riding equipment, Household equipment, Furniture, Money, Friends, Deeds, Paupers, Pious preambles, Swords, Horses, Furnishings, Repairs, Hay, Apprentices, Schools, Mortgages, Clothing |
| Note: | In a very long preamble, the testator quotes verses from various books of the New Testament (Luke, Ephesians, Matthew, Romans, Timothy, Corinthians, Acts) and the Psalms, also quoting from John and Acts later in the will and ending the will with the first line of the Nunc Dimittis in Latin (Luke 2:29). He states that he had 52 godchildren. |
| References: | YAS 93, p. 42 |
| Dates: |
Birth date: 1546/03/15 (certain)
Will date: 1605/02/06 (certain) Probate date: 1613/10/02 (certain) |
| People and Groups: |
Testator: Kay, Ralph, d ? 1613, Vicar of Topcliffe (clerk)
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| Places: |
Place of person status: Topcliffe, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
Birthplace: Dalton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England |
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Register 31 f.107 (recto) entry 1
| Entry Type: | Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will |
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| Section Type: | Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante |
| Summary: | Will of Alexander Horrocks, 'Minister of the Word of God', vicar of Kildwick (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate. |
| Language: | English, Latin |
| Subjects: | Books, Last Wills and Testaments, Plate, Wills, Compositions, Vicars, Money, Furniture, Probate, Rectories, Goddaughters, Legacies, Communion books, Debts, Psalms, Godchildren, Annuities, Easter Offerings, Prayers, Debt books, Women, Paupers, Preachers, Proctors, Keys, Leases |
| References: | YAS 93, p. 39 |
| Dates: |
Will date: 1588/07/05 (certain)
Probate date: 1588/10/04 (certain) |
| People and Groups: |
Testator: Horrocks, Alexander, d 1588, Vicar of Kildwick (minister)
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| Places: |
Place of person status: Kildwick, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
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Register 31 f.140 (verso) entry 2
| Entry Type: | Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament |
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| Section Type: | Archbishop Hutton |
| Summary: | Will of William Cross, [vicar] of Swine, clerk (legatees, executrix and witnesses named), with grant of probate. |
| Language: | Latin, English |
| Subjects: | Horses, Debts, Debt books, Heifers, Probate, Wills, Pigs, Paupers, Last Wills and Testaments, Money, Cows, Wheat, Shoes, Bills, Servants, Hats, Women, Clothing |
| References: | YAS 93, p. 20 |
| Dates: |
Will date: 1599/01/13 (certain)
Probate date: 1599/08/30 (certain) |
| People and Groups: |
Testator: Cross, William, d ? 1599, Vicar of Swine (clerk)
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| Places: |
Place of person status: Swine, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
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Register 31 f.152 (verso) entry 1
| Entry Type: | Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament |
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| Section Type: | Archbishop Matthew |
| Summary: | Will of Griffin (or Griffith) Briskin, clerk, rector of Beeford (legatees, executrix and witnesses named), with grant of probate. |
| Language: | Latin, English |
| Subjects: | Yeomen, Debt books, University of Cambridge, Probate, Friends, Wills, Churchwardens, Tenants, Paupers, Pious preambles, Last Wills and Testaments, Money, Lands, Books, Houses, Repairs, Churches, Annuities |
| Note: | One of the testator's properties is named as 'The Willow House', in Wandsworth, Surrey. |
| References: | YAS 93, p. 11 |
| Dates: |
Will date: 1607/07/10 (certain)
Probate date: 1608/07/21 (certain) |
| People and Groups: |
Testator: Briskin, Griffin, d ? 1608, Prebendary of Osbaldwick (parson, clerk)
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| Places: |
Place of person status: Beeford, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
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Register 31 f.221 (recto) entry 2
| Entry Type: | Grant of Probate, Last Will and Testament, Will |
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| Section Type: | Archbishop Matthew |
| Summary: | Will of Christopher Rogers, clerk, vicar of Marske by the Sea (legatees, executrix and witnesses named), with grant of probate (commencing on fol. 221r and ending on fol. 222r). |
| Language: | Latin, English |
| Subjects: | Money, English Books, Rings, Paupers, Coins, Bibles, Last Wills and Testaments, Acquittances, Barley, Wills, Marriages (Ceremony), Latin Books, Clothing, English Bibles, Preachers, Debts, Godchildren, Debt books, Leases, Probate, Bills, Rents, Greek Books, Wives, Household equipment, Note books, Lands, Women, Children |
| Note: | Mentions a notebook in octavo containing a list of debts owing, with debts also listed in the will. Gives instructions to 'looke in the second Cubbord of my Aumbery by my bed side and take upp a board in the second floore being duble and you shall finde an hundreth poundes to pay Maries portion and other charges ...', Mary being the testator's daughter. |
| References: | YAS 93, p. 62 |
| Dates: |
Will date: 1623/07/10 (certain)
Probate date: 1623/11/02 (certain) |
| People and Groups: |
Testator: Clerk
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| Places: |
Place of person status: Marske by the Sea, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
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