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1 .   Register 31 f.105 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of Thomas Dixon, vicar of Hampsthwaite (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Books, Last Wills and Testaments, Plate, Wills, Clothing, Swords, Money, Hats, Furniture, Godsons, Cows, Probate, Guns, Lambs, Houses, Rings, Repairs, Debts, Horses, Bonds, Timber, Tombs, Servants, Virginals, Daggers, Clocks, Wood, Invocations, Roads, Paupers, Lands, Epitaphs, Household equipment, Sheep
Note: Invocation and date above first line of will. Wood specified as 'Firewood'.
References: YAS 93, p. 22
Dates: Will date: 1587/12/22 (certain)
Probate date: 1588/01/11 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Dixon, Thomas, d 1588, Vicar of Hampsthwaite (vicar)
Places: Place of person status: Hampsthwaite, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
2 .   Register 31 f.127 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Will, Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate
Section Type: Archbishop Piers
Summary: Will, with pious preamble, of Robert Jackson, rector of Sigglesthorne ('the most unworthie minister of Jesus Christ according to the lawes of the realme of England') (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Wills, Guns, Bibles, New Testament, Weapons, Horses, Servants, Last Wills and Testaments, Daggers, Lambs, Heifers, Money, Books, Sheep, Armour, Probate, Hats, Tailors, Pious preambles
References: YAS 93, p. 41
Dates: Will date: 1591/07/06 (certain)
Probate date: 1591/08/17 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Jackson, Robert, d 1591, Rector of Sigglesthorne (minister, parson)
Places: Place of person status: Sigglesthorne, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
3 .   Register 31 f.131 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Codicil, Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: None recorded
Summary: Will of William Power, clerk, rector of Barwick in Elmet (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with codicil and grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Musical instruments, Rings, Manors, Furniture, Universities, Notaries Public, Tuition, Lands, Probate, Wills, Household equipment, Chancellors (Ecclesiastical), Books, Last Wills and Testaments, Deeds, Money, Fabrics, Libraries, Codicils, Mills, Armour, Weapons, Paupers, Guns, Leases, Citterns, Servants, Friends, Jewellery
Note: Will perhaps proved during vacancy between death of Archbishop Piers and confirmation of Archbishop Hutton. Book mentioned is Plutarch, in English; another legatee to choose a book from the testator's library; one daughter to have a 'citheron' [cittern].
References: YAS 93, p. 56 (as Paver)
Dates: Document date: 1592/12/26 (certain)
Will date: 1594/09/02 (certain)
Codicil date: 1594/11/06 (certain)
Probate date: 1595/01/02 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Power, William, d ? 1594, Prebendary of Riccall (parson, clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Barwick in Elmet, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
4 .   Register 31 f.133 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Hutton
Summary: Will of Christopher Mattison, vicar of Sherburn (legatees, executrix and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Horses, Debts, Daggers, Probate, Sheep, Wills, Swords, Last Wills and Testaments, Money, Tuition, Guns
References: YAS 93, p. 50
Dates: Will date: 1593/10/21 (certain)
Probate date: 1595/10/17 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Mattison, Christopher, d ? 1595, Vicar of Sherburn (vicar)
Places: Place of person status: Sherburn, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
5 .   Register 31 f.146 (verso) entry 2
Entry Type: Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Hutton
Summary: Will of John Dring, [rector] of Hilston, clerk (legatees, executrixes and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Bows and arrows, Plate, Heifers, Probate, Coins, Fruits and Profits, Wills, Paupers, Farms (lands/property), Lambs, Last Wills and Testaments, Bibles, Money, Lands, Annuities, Wheat, Tuition, Rye, Guns, Houses, Sheep, Clothing, Churches, Books
References: YAS 93, p. 24
Dates: Will date: 1603/07/12 (certain)
Probate date: 1603/08/08 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Dring, John, d 1603, Rector of Hilston (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Hilston, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
6 .   Register 31 f.190 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Grant of Probate, Last Will and Testament, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Matthew
Summary: Will of Francis Chapman, clerk, vicar of Markham Clinton (legatees, executor and witnesses named), with grant of probate (commencing on fol. 190r and ending on fol. 191r).
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Guns, Tenants, Paupers, Money, Women, Godsons, Books, Repairs, Prayers, Vicars, Houses, Wills, Last Wills and Testaments, Probate, Horses, Clothing, Household equipment, Coins, Almshouses, Leases, Cows, Churchwardens, Aldermen, Widows, Godchildren, Preachers, Alms, Servants
Note: The will opens with a prayer and the grant of probate ends with a schedule of the testator's books by author and title. He leaves money to be administered by the vicars, aldermen and assistants, for repairing a house in Newark upon Trent to be used as an almshouse for four poor widows. John Martiall, registrar of the archdeacon of Nottingham, is mentioned in the will.
References: YAS 93, p. 15
Dates: Will date: 1616/05/23 (certain)
Probate date: 1616/10/10 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Chapman, Francis, d 1616, Vicar of Markham Clinton (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Markham Clinton, Nottinghamshire, England (vicarage)
7 .   Register 31 f.213 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Will, Grant of Probate
Section Type: Archbishop Matthew
Summary: Will of Ralph Stringer, clerk, vicar of Easingwold (legatees, executor and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Probate, Books, Women, Fixtures and fittings, Plate, Curates, Wills, Household equipment, Furniture, Furnishings, Bills, Heirlooms, Guns, Debts, Paupers, Clothing, Bibles, Money, Swords, Horses, Lawsuits, Last Wills and Testaments, Pious preambles, Servants, Sheep, Brewing equipment
Note: Books mentioned: the Church Bible; the testator's Geneva Bible, book of Acts and Monuments, his Communion book, Cowper's Dictionary, the French Academy. Also mentioned, the testator's musket and swords.
References: YAS 93, p. 72
Dates: Will date: 1620/12/02 (certain)
Probate date: 1620/12/09 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Stringer, Ralph, d 1620, Vicar of Easingwold (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Easingwold, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
8 .   Register 31 f.267 (verso) entry 2
Entry Type: Will, Grant of Probate, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Matthew
Summary: Will of Richard Bubwith, clerk, vicar of Rothwell (legatees, executrix and witnesses named), with grant of probate (commencing on fol. 267v and ending on fol. 268v).
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Matrimony (Sacrament), Demesne lands, Seats, Bonds, Women, Wills, Guns, Plate, Hats, Riding equipment, Churchwardens, Money, Paupers, Probate, Last Wills and Testaments, Parish clerks, Lands, Houses, Tithes, Fruits and Profits, Woods, Overseers, Clothing, Books
References: YAS 93, p. 12
Dates: Will date: 1627/07/02 (certain)
Probate date: 1628/01/18 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Bubwith, Richard, d ? 1627, Vicar of Rothwell (vicar)
Places: Place of person status: Rothwell, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
9 .   Register 32 f.46 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Neale, Archbishop Neile
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Wills, Manorial dues, Servants, Household equipment, Lands, Probate, Sheep, Furniture, Last Wills and Testaments, Suit of court, Guns, Cottages
References: YAS 93, p. 5
Dates: Will date: 1636/04/17 (certain)
Probate date: 1636/08/24 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Bayley, Thomas, d 1636, of Hive, yeoman (yeoman)
Places: Place of residence: Hive, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Burial place: Eastrington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (churchyard)


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