York Archbishops' Registers

1 . Register 31 f.9 (verso) entry 1

Entry Type:	Grant of Probate, Codicil
Section Type:	Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary:	Codicil of the will of Matthew Torte, lately rector of Hockerton (English) and grant of probate (Latin).
Language:	English, Latin
Subjects:	Wills, Probate, Codicils, Last Wills and Testaments
Dates:	Codicil date: 1576/06/07 (certain) Probate date: 1576/07/08 (certain)
People and Groups:	Testator: Torte, Matthew, d 1576, Prebendary of Woodborough, Southwell Minster (parson) Addressee, witness: Garlick, Ralph, fl 1576, Curate of Hockerton (clerk, curate) Executor, legatee/s: Mercer, Richard, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown) Executor: Leek, William, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown) Grantor: Clayton, Nicholas, d 1597, Prebendary of Rampton (clerk, rural dean) Witness: Mercer, Millicent, fl 1576, witness to codicil of will of Matthew Torte (unknown)

2 . Register 31 f.9 (recto) entry 3

Entry Type:	Last Will and Testament, Codicil, Will
Section Type:	Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary:	Will of Matthew Torte, clerk, lately rector of Hockerton; (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with codicil (continues).
Language:	Latin, English
Subjects:	Churches, Furniture, Horses, Archdeacons, Poor relations, Sermons, Rings, Women, Wills, Goddaughters, Doles, Wages, Money, Bread, Plate, Godchildren, Testators, Paupers, Last Wills and Testaments, Servants, Household equipment, Children, Furnishings, Houses, Lay Patrons, Neighbours, Curates, Rectories, Meals, Crops, Glebe lands
References:	YAS 93, p. 76
Dates:	Will date: 1576/06/06 (certain)
People and Groups:	Testator: Torte, Matthew, d 1576, Prebendary of Woodborough, Southwell Minster (parson) Executor, legatee/s: Leek, William, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (cousin) Legatee/s, guardian, executor: Mercer, Richard, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (cousin) Legatee/s, witness: Garlick, Ralph, fl 1576, Curate of Hockerton (curate) Legatee/s: Burdett, William, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown) Legatee/s: Hobman, Alice, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown) Legatee/s: Leek, Anne, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown) Legatee/s: Leek, Dorothy, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown) Legatee/s: Leek, John, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown) Legatee/s: Leek, Margery, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (wife) Legatee/s: Leek, fl 1576, wife of William Leek of Normanton (wife) Legatee/s: Louth, John, d 1590, Archdeacon of Nottingham (archdeacon) Legatee/s: Meering, Margaret, fl 1576, nee Cave; wife of Sir William Meering (wife) Legatee/s: Meering, Sir, William, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (patron) Legatee/s: Torte, Elizabeth, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown) Legatee/s: Torte, James, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (nephew) Legatee/s: Torte, Matthew, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown) Legatee/s: Torte, Nicholas, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown) Legatee/s: Torte, William, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (nephew) Legatee/s: Wharton, Anne, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (servant) Supervisor, legatee/s: Blundstone, Nicholas, fl 1576, supervisor of will of Matthew Torte (unknown) Witness: Jobson, Nicholas, fl 1576, witness to will of Matthew Torte (unknown)
Places:	Burial place: Hockerton, Nottinghamshire, England (parish church)

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