York Archbishops' Registers

1 . Register 9B f.428 (verso) entry 3

Entry Type:	Mandate
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of Nottingham
Summary:	Mandate to the commissary general of the official of the court of York and Richard de Grymston [Grimston], the archbishop's receiver of York, to halt the case against Alice de Rouclyf [Rawcliffe], mother and executrix of the will of John de Rouclyf [Rawcliffe], concerning the £10 due to the archbishop from John in relation to the fruits of the church of Kelham (Kelum).
Subjects:	Executrixes, Women, Mothers
References:	Brocklesby, R. (ed.). 1997. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. IV. Canterbury and York Society 85, 82.
Dates:	Document date: 1325/01/30 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)

2 . Register 10 f.6 (verso) entry 8

Entry Type:	Grant of Probate
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of York
Summary:	Grant of probate of the nuncupative testament (will) of Alexander de Cliff, of the parish of Hemingbrough (Hemyngburgh), administration being granted to Alice, his daughter, named as executrix.
Subjects:	Executrixes, Women, Daughters
Dates:	Document date: 1344/09/25 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Cawode Place of person status: Hemingbrough, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)

3 . Register 10 f.312 (verso) entry 3

Entry Type:	Memorandum, Inventory
Section Type:	Testamentary business, Wills and Probate
Summary:	Memoranda that the executors of the will of Sir William de Ergham [Argam], knight, were to deliver an inventory [of his goods] by Trinity 1347, and that on 6 April administration was granted to Sibyl, Ergham's widow, through her proctor, Ralph de Belkthorp [Belthorpe], rector of Normanby, Lincoln diocese.
Subjects:	Executrixes, Women, Widows
Dates:	Administration date: 1347/04/06 (certain)

4 . Register 10 f.323 (verso) entry 4

Entry Type:	Testament, Will
Section Type:	Testamentary business, Wills and Probate
Summary:	Nuncupative testament (will) of Robert de Critelyngton (legatee and executrix named).
Subjects:	Executrixes, Women, Mothers
Dates:	Document date: 1348/03/15 (certain)

5 . Register 10 f.287 (recto) entry 1

Entry Type:	Sequestration, Testament, Mandate
Section Type:	Suffragans
Summary:	Mandate to John [Kirkby], bishop of Carlisle, to do swift and full justice to Joan, daughter of the late Sir Robert de Mulcastre [Mulcaster], knight, and to William her son, executors of the testament of Sir Robert, and to put right what he has done wrong, as they have complained to the archbishop that the bishop of Carlisle and his official have placed a sequestration on the goods of the dead man without cause, and have hindered their execution of the testament (details given).
Subjects:	Women, Daughters, WOMEN, Mothers, Executrixes
Dates:	Document date: 1350/03/22 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Ripon

6 . Register 11 f.192 (recto) entry 6

Entry Type:	Licence
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of Cleveland
Summary:	Licence for the prior of Guisborough (Gisburn) that, at the request of Isabella de Faucomberge [Fauconberg], widow and executrix of Walter de Faucomberge, they may exhume Walter's body, buried in their church before the image of the Holy Cross, and re-bury it in the place in that church where Walter's ancestors were accustomed to be buried.
Subjects:	Executrixes, Women, Widows
Dates:	Document date: 1372/11/09 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Thorp iuxta Ebor Place mentioned: Guisborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (church)

7 . Register 12 f.55 (verso) entry 2

Entry Type:	Testament, Letters of administration, Will
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of the East Riding
Summary:	Testament (will) of John Chamburlayne [Chamberlain] of Beverley, mercer (legatees and executors named); with a memorandum of the commission for administration of the will to Joan, widow of John, and John de Burton, named as executrix and executor in the will.
Subjects:	Executrixes, Women, Widows
Dates:	Document date: 1375/06/30 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Beverl'

8 . Register 12 f.54 (recto) entry 2

Entry Type:	Testament, Will
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of the East Riding
Summary:	Testament (will) of John Chaumberleyn [Chamberlain] of Beverley (legatees and executors, including Joan, his wife, named).
Subjects:	Executrixes, Women, Wives
Dates:	Document date: 1375/06/30 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Beverl'

9 . Register 12 f.59 (recto) entry 1

Entry Type:	Testament, Will
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of the East Riding
Summary:	Testament (will) of Sir Marmaduke Constable, knight (legatees, executors (including Elizabeth, his wife) and witnesses named).
Subjects:	Executrixes, Women, Wives
Note:	The capital letter 'I' of the first word, 'In' is decorated.
Dates:	Document date: 1377/03/19 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Flamborough, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Flaynburgh

10 . Register 12 f.57 (recto) entry 1

Entry Type:	Testament, Will
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of the East Riding
Summary:	Testament (will) of John Constable of Holme on Spalding Moor (Holm in Spaldyngmore) (legatees and executors named, including Margaret, his wife).
Subjects:	Executrixes, Women, Widows, Wives
Dates:	Document date: 1377/06/22 (certain)