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1 .   Register 16 f.117 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Licence
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Licence from Richard II allowing the foundation of a Carthusian house at the Isle of Axholme, Lincolnshire.
Language: Latin
Subjects: Carthusians, Priories, Religious Houses, Benedictines, Foundations
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), 2, 6.
Dates: Document date: 1395/07/07 (certain)
People and Groups: Grantee, addressee: Earl
Grantor: Richard II, c 1367-1400, King of England (king)
Mentioned: Priory
Subject of licence: Priory
Places: Place of dating: Leeds Castle, Kent, England (castle)
2 .   Register 16 f.29 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Foundation, Ordination, Deed
Section Type: Archdeaconry of York
Summary: Charter of Edmund, duke of York, founding a chantry to pray for his soul and all the faithful departed, in the chapel of St Mary recently constructed on the bridge at Wakefield (details given);and deed of enfeoffment and ordination of the chantry; with confirmation by the archbishop, dated at the archbishop's manor of Cawood, 20 September 1398.
Subjects: Foundations, Charters, Chantries
Note: Some letters in the first line are decorated, particularly the initial capital 'O' of the first word 'Omnibus'.
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, 28-29.
Dates: Document date: 1398/08/20 (certain)
People and Groups: Grantee: Langley, Edmund, 1341-1402, Duke of York (duke)
3 .   Register 16 f.117 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Licence
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Licence from Archbishop Scrope allowing the transfer of the priory of Monks Kirby, Coventry and Lichfield diocese, a cell of St Nicholas, Angers, and all its possessions, to the priory on the Isle of Axholme newly-established by Thomas, earl of Nottingham (details given, documents recited)
Language: Latin
Subjects: Carthusians, Suppression, Priories, Religious Houses, Benedictines, Foundations
Note: For the original of this document, see TNA, E 328/426. For the foundation charter see E 211/714.
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), 2, 6.
Dates: Document date: 1398/11/19 (certain)
People and Groups: Subject of letters: Mowbray, Thomas, c 1366-1399, 1st Duke of Norfolk; Earl of Nottingham, Earl Marshal (earl)
Subject of licence: Axholme Priory, Carthusian (priory)
Subject of licence: Monks Kirby Priory, Benedictine (priory)
Places: Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's castle)
4 .   Register 16 f.22 (verso) entry 2
Entry Type: Foundation, Confirmation, Inspeximus
Section Type: Archdeaconry of York
Summary: Inspeximus and confirmation of the foundation of a chantry at the altar of St Nicholas in the chapel of St Nicholas in the parish church of Tadcaster by William Barker of Tadcaster and Agnes his wife, including the charter of endowment; a licence permitting the endowment of the chantry and an indenture (recited), naming the first chantry chaplain as Henry Turnour [Turner], chaplain.
Subjects: Foundations, Inspeximus, Women, Wives, Chantries
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, 22-23.
Dates: Document date: 1400/01/21 (certain)
People and Groups: Appointee: Chaplain
Places: Place of dating: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor)
Place of person role: Tadcaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (parish)
5 .   Register 16 f.87 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Inspeximus, Ordination, Confirmation
Section Type: Archdeaconry of Nottingham
Summary: Inspeximus and confirmation of the ordination of a chantry at the altar of the Holy Trinity in the church of St Mary Magdalene, Newark, established by John de Leek, Richard Sayvill, Thomas Ferrour and Roger del Chaumber of Newark (details given).
Subjects: Chantries, Lands, Churches, Presentations, Masses, Altars, Rents, Foundations, Placebo and Dirige, Chaplains
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, 88-90.
Dates: Document date: 1402/11/26 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England (archbishop's manor)
6 .   Register 16 f.45 (recto) entry 3
Entry Type: Inspeximus, Confirmation
Section Type: Archdeaconry of York
Summary: Inspeximus and confirmation of amendments to the foundation and ordination of a chantry college for seven chaplains, established by Sir Robert Knolles [Knollys], knight, in the parish of All Saints, Pontefract, referring to the original ordination, dated at London on 4 October 1385, and recites two later amending charters, both dated at Sculthorpe, Norwich diocese, 20 May 1397 and 10 June 1403.
Subjects: Foundations, Inspeximus, Charters, Chantries
Note: See Reg 12, ff. 97v-98v for the original ordination.
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, 44-46.
Dates: Document date: 1404/10/05 (certain)
People and Groups: Founder: Knight
Places: Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's castle)
7 .   Register 31 f.112 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Charter, Letters patent
Section Type: Archbishop Piers
Summary: Foundation charter of the grammar school at Giggleswick of King Edward VI dated at Westminster, 26 May 1553 (commencing on fol. 112v and ending on fol. 114v).
Language: Latin
Subjects: Governors, Schoolmasters, Schools, Charters, Scholars, Headmasters, Letters patent, Grammar Schools, Foundations
Dates: Document date: 1553/05/26 (certain)
Enrolment date: 1553/06/09 (certain)
People and Groups: Issuer, grantor: Edward VI, 1537-1553, King of England (king)
Petitioner: Giggleswick, Inhabitants (inhabitants)
Petitioner: Nowell, John, fl 1548-1556, Vicar of Giggleswick (clerk, chaplain, vicar)
Petitioner: Tennant, Henry, c 1533-? 1604, of Cleatop, near Giggleswick, gentleman (gentleman)
Places: Subject of statutes: Giggleswick, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (grammar school)
Place of dating: Westminster, Middlesex, England (city)


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