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1 .   Register 31 f.139 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Hutton
Summary: Will of Edward Maude, vicar of Wakefield, clerk (legatees, executrix and witnesses named), with grant of probate. Commences on fol. 139v and ends on fol. 140v.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Copyhold lands, University of Oxford, Manors, Probate, Wills, Tenants, Grammar Schools, Legacies, Last Wills and Testaments, Degrees, Money, Lands, Annuities, Tuition, Governors, Houses
Note: Legacies include bequest to the governors of the Free Grammar School in Wakefield.
References: YAS 93, p. 50
Dates: Will date: 1598/01/15 (certain)
Probate date: 1599/04/26 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Maude, Edward, d ? 1598, Vicar of Wakefield (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
2 .   Register 31 f.273 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Will, Grant of Probate, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Matthew
Summary: Will of Robert Clay, professor of divinity [doctor of theology], vicar of Halifax (legatees, executor and witnesses named), with grant of probate (commencing on fol. 273r and ending on fol. 274v).
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Sermons, Rings, Bonds, Schools, Wills, Furnishings, University of Oxford, Plate, Accounts, Scholars, Christening gifts, Money, Degrees, Probate, Household equipment, Last Wills and Testaments, Furniture, Godfathers, Chaplains, Catalogues, Note books, Tuition, Principals, Wardens, Debts, Fellows, Books, Universities, Pewter
Note: Testator wishes his books to be catalogued; mentions his paper books, note books and some books by him, including commentaries on the epistle to Titus and on the Commandments, which he suggests might be printed. He charges his children to avoid drunkenness, tobacco and swearing and profaning of the Sabbath.
References: YAS 93, p. 16
Dates: Will date: 1624/11/16 (certain)
Will date: 1627/07/20 (certain)
Probate date: 1628/12/13 (certain)
Exhibition of inventory date: 1629/09/22 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Clay, Robert, d 1628, Vicar of Halifax (doctor of theology)
Places: Place of person status: Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
3 .   Register 32 f.56 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Neale, Archbishop Neile
Language: English
Subjects: Wills, Annuities, Houses, Books, Universities, Lands, Godsons, Probate, Clothing, Degrees, Tuition, Women, Marriages (Ceremony), Money, Advowsons, Schools, Last Wills and Testaments, Wives, Paupers, Servants, Marriage settlements, Trusts, Note books, Lay Patrons
References: YAS 93, p. 83
Dates: Will date: 1632/09/02 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Winter, Richard, d ? 1632, Rector of Sprotbrough (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Sprotbrough, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
4 .   Register 32 f.99 (verso) entry 5
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Williams
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Wills, Friends, Rents, Codicils, Books, Universities, Lands, Probate, Bibles, Degrees, Churchwardens, Deeds, Bonds, Scholars, Illness, Money, Last Wills and Testaments, Paupers, Dictionaries, Houses, Servants, Rings, Leases
Note: Testator mentions his Hebrew, Greek and Latin dictionaries
References: YAS 93, p. 58
Dates: Document date: 1641/03/12 (approximate)
Will date: 1641/03/22 (certain)
Death date: 1641/12/19 (certain)
Probate date: 1642/03/25 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Perrott, Richard, d 1641, Prebendary of Osbaldwick (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Hessle, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)


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