York Archbishops' Registers

1 . Register 16 f.120 (recto) entry 1

Entry Type:	Appointment of collectors, Certification
Section Type:	Diverse letters
Summary:	Certification to the treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer of the appointment of collectors for the subsidy of one clerical tenth lately granted to King Henry IV in convocation by the clergy of the province of York.
Language:	Latin
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, 10., E 179 Database http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/e179/notes.asp?action=3
Dates:	Document date: 1402/01/20 (certain) Payment date: 1402/03/26 (certain) Payment date: 1403/02/02 (certain)
People and Groups:	Addressee: Exchequer, Treasurer and Barons (treasurer and barons) Appointee: Fountains Abbey, Cistercian (abbot and convent) Appointee: Furness Abbey, Cistercian (abbot and convent) Appointee: Kirkham Priory, Augustinian Canons (prior and convent) Appointee: Lenton Priory, Cluniac (prior and convent) Appointee: Malton Priory, Gilbertine Canons (prior and convent) Appointee: Rievaulx Abbey, Cistercian (abbot and convent) Appointee: York, St Mary Abbey, Benedictine (abbot and convent)
Places:	Place of dating: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England (archbishop's manor)

2 . Register 16 f.19 (recto) entry 1

Entry Type:	Note, Appointment of collectors
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of York
Summary:	Notes of the appointment of the collectors for the half a clerical tenth of 1397 in York Province: the abbot and convent of Rievaulx in the archdeaconry of Cleveland; the prior and convent of Warter in the archdeaconry of the East Riding; the abbot and convent of Welbeck in the archdeaconry of Nottingham, and the abbot and convent of Fountains in the archdeaconry of Richmond (four entries).
Subjects:	Tax collectors, Religious Houses, Taxation
Note:	Four similar, consecutive entries indexed together
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, 17.
Dates:	Document date: 1399/02/03 (certain)
People and Groups:	Appointee: Fountains Abbey, Cistercian (abbot and convent) Appointee: Rievaulx Abbey, Cistercian (abbot and convent) Appointee: Warter Priory, Augustinian Canons (prior and convent) Appointee: Welbeck Abbey, Premonstratensian Canons (abbot and convent)
Places:	Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's castle)

3 . Register 10 f.3 (verso) entry 6

Entry Type:	Release
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of York
Summary:	Letter releasing the abbot and convent of Kirkstall, on this one occasion, from the procuration by which the archbishop's first coming to their house would be at their expense; with memorandum of a similar letter to the abbot and convent of Fountains.
Dates:	Document date: 1343/11/04 (certain)
People and Groups:	Subject of letter: Fountains Abbey, Cistercian (abbot and convent) Subject of letter: Kirkstall Abbey, Cistercian (abbot and convent)
Places:	Place of dating: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England (none given); written as Scroby

4 . Register 10 f.70 (recto) entry 5

Entry Type:	Profession, Benediction
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of Richmond
Summary:	Profession of obedience by Brother Robert [Monkton], abbot-elect of Fountains (Fontibus), with benediction in the presence of Master Gilbert de Welton, the archbishop's chancellor, William de Feriby [Ferriby], Roger de Stiendeby, Bartholomew de Sancto Neotho [St Neots], and others.
Dates:	Document date: 1346/04/30 (certain)
People and Groups:	Fountains Abbey, Cistercian
Places:	Place of dating: Bishop Burton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor); written as Burton iuxta Beverl'

5 . Register 10 f.334 (verso) entry 2

Entry Type:	Grant of Probate
Section Type:	Testamentary business, Wills and Probate
Summary:	Grant of probate of the testament (will) of Robert Gafayr of Leathley (Lethleye), lately servant of the abbot and convent of Fountains at Marston (Merston).
Note:	The marginal heading for this entry is decorated.
Dates:	Document date: 1349/07/05 (certain)
People and Groups:	Subject of document: Fountains Abbey, Cistercian (servant)
Places:	Place of dating: Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Ripon Place of person status: Long Marston, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given) Place of person status: Leathley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)

6 . Register 7 f.70 (recto) entry 2

Entry Type:	Memorandum, Letter/s
Section Type:	Ballive
Summary:	Letter to the abbot of Clairvaux (Clar'vallibus) concerning Brother Alan de Ponteburg' [Boroughbridge], apostate monk of Fountains Abbey, who wished to return to his house; with a memorandum of a similar letter to the abbot concerning the same monk (two entries).
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. (eds.). 1931. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part I. Surtees Society 145, 175.
Dates:	Document date: 1306/06/15 (certain)
People and Groups:	Fountains Abbey, Cistercian
Places:	Place of dating: Laneham, Nottinghamshire, England (none given); written as Lanum

7 . Register 5A f.121 (recto) entry 2

Entry Type:	Commission, Oath of obedience
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of York
Summary:	Commission from Dean Robert [Pickering] and the chapter of York, sede vacante, to Richard [Kellaw], bishop of Durham, to bless Brother Walter de Cokewold [Coxwold], elected as abbot of Fountains (Fontibus); with Brother Walter's oath of obedience (two entries).
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 246.
Dates:	Document date: 1316/06/07 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: York City, York, York, England (none given); written as Ebor'