York Archbishops' Registers

1 . Register 8 f.215 (verso) entry 8

Entry Type:	Licence
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of Richmond
Summary:	Licence for Dame Petronilla de Neyville [Nevill], to have an oratory in the manor of Rudham, because of the distance between Rudham and the parish church of Danby Wiske, and because it was difficult for Dame Petronilla to travel to the church, owing to the weakness and powerlessness of her body.
Subjects:	Infirmity, Women
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. (eds.). 1936. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part IV. Surtees Society 152, 216.
Dates:	Document date: 1312/09/13 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Bishop Monkton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)

2 . Register 9A f.321 (recto) entry 7

Entry Type:	Licence
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of the East Riding
Summary:	Licence for Master Alan de Cotum [Cottam], rector of Halsham, to have masses celebrated in his oratory in his manor called New Grange in the parish of Hutton Cranswick (Hoton iuxta Watton), due to impediments in reaching the parish church and infirmity.
Language:	Latin
Subjects:	Chaplains, Oratories, Infirmity, Divine Office
References:	Robinson, D. B. (ed.). 2011. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. VI. Canterbury and York Society 101, 3.
Dates:	Document date: 1318/01/17 (certain)
People and Groups:	Grantee: Cottam, Master, Alan, fl 1309-1322, Chancellor of Beverley (rector)
Places:	Place of dating: Bishop Burton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)

3 . Register 9A f.321 (recto) entry 5

Entry Type:	Licence
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of the East Riding
Summary:	Licence for John de Tirwhit [Tyrwhitt] to have masses celebrated in his oratory at his home in Beverley due to his grave infirmity.
Language:	Latin
Subjects:	Chaplains, Oratories, Infirmity, Divine Office
References:	Robinson, D. B. (ed.). 2011. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. VI. Canterbury and York Society 101, 3.
Dates:	Document date: 1318/01/17 (certain)
People and Groups:	Grantee: Tyrwhitt, John, fl 1318, Infirm (unknown)
Places:	Place of dating: Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)

4 . Register 9A f.324 (recto) No folio 323 entry 10

Entry Type:	Licence
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of the East Riding
Summary:	Licence for Master William de Okham, rector of Langton, for non residence for the duration of the archbishop's tenure.
Language:	Latin
Subjects:	Oratories, Illness, Divine Office
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: 1318/05/10 (certain)
People and Groups:	Grantee: Rillington, Alice, fl 1318, wife of Robert of Rillington (wife) Grantee: Rillington, Robert, fl 1318, ? of Eddlethorpe (unknown)
Places:	Place of dating: Kirkham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)

5 . Register 10 f.261 (recto) entry 5

Entry Type:	Commission
Section Type:	Diverse letters
Summary:	Memorandum of a commission to Hugh, archbishop of Damascus, to dedicate the cemetery of the chapel in Thorpe le Street [Thorp in strata], within the bounds and limits of the parish church of Brunn' [Nunburnholme], with the consent of Roger de Styandeby [Stainby], now rector.
Subjects:	Plague
Note:	This entry is annotated: 'and this during the current mortal pestilence', that is, the Black Death.
Dates:	Document date: 1349/08/15 (certain)
Places:	Subject of notification: Nunburnholme, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (church) Place of dating: Bishop Burton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given) Subject of notification: Thorpe le Street, Market Weighton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (chapel)

6 . Register 12 f.15 (verso) entry 5

Entry Type:	Licence, Vacated entry
Section Type:	Diverse jurisdictions, Archdeaconry of York
Summary:	Special licence of the archbishop for the prior and convent of Gloucester, St Oswald, in the archbishop's jurisdiction, to admit four clerks to the house, because many fellow canons had died of the plague in those parts (vacated entry).
Subjects:	Plague, Religous Houses, Male
Dates:	Document date: 1374/10/24 (certain)
People and Groups:	Addressee, licensee: Gloucester, St Oswald Priory, Augustinian Canons (prior and convent)
Places:	Place of dating: City of London, London, England (none given); written as London'

7 . Register 16 f.16 (verso) entry 6

Entry Type:	Mandate
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of York
Summary:	Mandate to the official of the archdeacon of York to hold processions every Wednesday and Friday in all churches in the archdeaconry, with litanies and special prayers during mass, for the safe deliverance of the king, people and church in the realm from the plague and other misfortunes, with an indulgence of 40 days for all who take part; with a memorandum of similar mandates to the officials of the archdeacons of the East Riding, Cleveland, Nottingham and Richmond (two entries).
Subjects:	Processions, Plague, Indulgences, Prayers
References:	R. N. Swanson (ed.), A Calendar of the Register of Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York, 1398-1405, 2 parts, Part 1 Borthwick Texts and Calendars: Records of the Northern Province 8 (York, 1981), Part II Borthwick Texts and Calendars: Records of the Northern Province 11 (York, 1985), 1, 12.
Dates:	Document date: 1398/09/10 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Rest Park, Sherburn in Elmet, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor)

8 . Register 16 f.58 (recto) entry 5

Entry Type:	Dispensation
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of the East Riding
Summary:	Dispensation for defect of sight for Richard Shropham, master of Arts, having his first tonsure, to proceed to holy orders.
Subjects:	Major Orders, Disabilities
References:	Swanson, R.N. (ed.). 1981. A Calendar of the Register of Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York, 1398-1405. Part 1. Borthwick Texts and Calendars: Records of the Northern Province, 11. York: University of York, 58.
Dates:	Document date: 1399/12/18 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor)

9 . Register 16 f.24 (verso) entry 1

Entry Type:	Licence, Note
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of York
Summary:	Note of a licence for Robert Pelle, vicar of Kirkburton (Byrton), for non appearance at synods for one year, on account of infirmity.
Subjects:	Infirmity, Licences, Synods
References:	Swanson, R.N. (ed.). 1981. A Calendar of the Register of Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York, 1398-1405. Part 1. Borthwick Texts and Calendars: Records of the Northern Province, 11. York: University of York, 24.
Dates:	Document date: 1400/04/20 (certain)
People and Groups:	Licensee: Pelle, Robert, fl 1400, Vicar of Kirkburton (vicar)
Places:	Place of dating: Bishop Burton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor)

10 . Register 16 f.75 (verso) entry 2

Entry Type:	Institution, Foundation, Confirmation
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of Nottingham
Summary:	Charter of John de Plumptre [Plumtree] of Nottingham, of the ordination of a chantry for two priests at the altar of the Annunciation in the chapel of the hospital for thirteen poor women founded by him at the end of Nottingham bridge (details given); with confirmation of the ordination, dated at Cawood, 22 July 1400.
Subjects:	Chantries, Masses, Property, Candles, Chantry Chaplains, Prayers, Illness, Obits, Placebo and Dirige, Patrons, Rents, Lands
References:	Swanson, R.N. (ed.). 1981. A Calendar of the Register of Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York, 1398-1405. Part 1. Borthwick Texts and Calendars: Records of the Northern Province, 11. York: University of York, 76-79.
Dates:	Document date: 1400/07/12 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England (none given)