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1 .   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)
2 .   Register 31 f.111 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Court Proceedings, Letters testimonial, Charter, Letters of proxy, Statute/s, Notarial Subscription, Letters patent
Section Type: Archbishop Piers
Summary: Statutes of the Free Grammar School of Giggleswick, reciting the foundation charter of King Edward VI dated at Westminster, 26 May 1553 (fol. 112v - fol. 114v), and containing the process by which the statutes were included here following a petition of the governors to the archbishop to have them put on record in the registers of the archbishop's court of audience or chancery (commencing on fol. 111r and ending on fol. 114v).
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Governors, Schoolmasters, Schools, Statutes, Scholars, Headmasters, Grammar Schools
Dates: Document date: 1592/06/26 (certain)
Holding of court session date: 1592/07/02 (certain)
Event date: 1592/10/03 (certain)
Document date: 1592/12/19 (certain)
People and Groups: Issuer: Edward VI, 1537-1553, King of England (king)
Issuer: Piers, John, 1523-1594, Archbishop of York (archbishop)
Petitioner: Shute, Christopher, d 1626, Vicar of Giggleswick (governor, clerk, bachelor of theology)
Preacher: Benet, Sir, John, c 1553-1627, Knight, Vicar General of Province of York (official principal, vicar general, doctor of laws)
Present: Proctor, Henry, fl 1578-1586, Notary Public (notary public)
Proctor: Foster, Christopher, fl 1592, Notary Public and Proctor (proctor, notary public)
Subscriber: Atkinson, John, fl 1576, Notary Public (notary public)
Places: Place of event: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor)
Place of dating: York City, York, York, England (city)
Subject of statutes: Giggleswick, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (grammar school)
3 .   Register 31 f.118 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Election, Letter/s, Approbation
Section Type: Archbishop Piers
Summary: Approbation by the archbishop of York of the election of Mr John Catterall and Robert Proctor, brother of Henry Proctor, as new governors of the Free Grammar School of Giggleswick, subscribed to a letter by Christopher Shute signed by him, Catterall, Proctor and five others, sent to 'Mr Proctor' and endorsed 'To our very loving friend Mr Henry Proctor at York give these'.
Language: English
Subjects: Governors, Elections, Schools, Approbations, Grammar Schools
Dates: Document date: 1594/06/19 (certain)
Assent date: 1594/06/21 (certain)
People and Groups: Addressee: Proctor, Henry, fl 1578-1586, Notary Public (unknown)
Piers, John, 1523-1594, Archbishop of York (archbishop)
Sender: Shute, Christopher, d 1626, Vicar of Giggleswick (unknown)
Places: Place mentioned: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor)
Place of person status: Giggleswick, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (grammar school)
Place of dating: Giggleswick, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (parish)
4 .   Register 31 f.139 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Hutton
Summary: Will of Edward Maude, vicar of Wakefield, clerk (legatees, executrix and witnesses named), with grant of probate. Commences on fol. 139v and ends on fol. 140v.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Copyhold lands, University of Oxford, Manors, Probate, Wills, Tenants, Grammar Schools, Legacies, Last Wills and Testaments, Degrees, Money, Lands, Annuities, Tuition, Governors, Houses
Note: Legacies include bequest to the governors of the Free Grammar School in Wakefield.
References: YAS 93, p. 50
Dates: Will date: 1598/01/15 (certain)
Probate date: 1599/04/26 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Maude, Edward, d ? 1598, Vicar of Wakefield (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
5 .   Register 32 f.83 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Neale, Archbishop Neile
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Wills, Annuities, Trustees, Houses, Lands, Grammar Schools, Probate, Commons, Leases, Money, Entails, Advowsons, Mills, Last Wills and Testaments, Governors, Tithes, Wastes
References: YAS 93, p. 20
Dates: Will date: 1636/09/11 (certain)
Probate date: 1637/11/14 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Crossland, George, d 1636, Vicar of Almondbury (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Almondbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)


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