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1 .   Register 8 f.255 (recto) entry 6
Entry Type: Order to deliver
Section Type: Intrinseca camere
Summary: Order to Roger de Thornton, archbishop’s receiver of York, to pay £20 to William de Thorp, archbishop's panterer, to buy horses for the archbishop at Ripon fair.
Subjects: Money, Panterers, Receivers, Fairs, Horses
References: Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 47.
Dates: Document date: 1315/04/26 (certain)
People and Groups: Addressee: Thornton, Roger, d 1317, Receiver of Archbishop of York (receiver)
Payee: Thorp, William, fl 1315, Panterer of Archbishop of York (painter)
Places: Place of event: Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (town)
Place of dating: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England (none given)
Place of person status: York City, York, York, England (city)
2 .   Register 31 f.175 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Will, Grant of Probate, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Matthew
Summary: Will of Ralph Kay, clerk, [vicar] of Topcliffe (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate (commences on fol. 175r and ends on fol. 177v).
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Debt books, Probate, Vicars, Annuities, Pains, New Testament, Gates, Debts, Churchwardens, Foals, Seals, Servants, Wills, Women, Lands, Bibles, Leases, Last Wills and Testaments, Manorial juries, Psalms, Presentations, Bills, Tutors, Godsons, Daggers, Amercements, Advowsons, Notaries Public, Riding equipment, Household equipment, Furniture, Money, Friends, Deeds, Paupers, Pious preambles, Swords, Horses, Furnishings, Repairs, Hay, Apprentices, Schools, Mortgages, Clothing
Note: In a very long preamble, the testator quotes verses from various books of the New Testament (Luke, Ephesians, Matthew, Romans, Timothy, Corinthians, Acts) and the Psalms, also quoting from John and Acts later in the will and ending the will with the first line of the Nunc Dimittis in Latin (Luke 2:29). He states that he had 52 godchildren.
References: YAS 93, p. 42
Dates: Birth date: 1546/03/15 (certain)
Will date: 1605/02/06 (certain)
Probate date: 1613/10/02 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Kay, Ralph, d ? 1613, Vicar of Topcliffe (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Topcliffe, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
Birthplace: Dalton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
3 .   Register 30 f.24 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Testamentary business, Wills and Probate
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Wills, Parish Churches, Prayers, Servants, Household equipment, Corn, Probate, Husbandmen, Clothing, Rye, Wagons, Wheat, Wool, Sheep, Hemp, Money, Lambs, Furniture, Last Wills and Testaments, Parishioners, Paupers, Coins, Wages, Godchildren, Agricultural equipment, Flax, Godsons, Cows, Travel, Clergy, Yarn, Housekeepers, Fabrics, Furnishings, Women, Horses, Copes, Debts, Oxen
Note: Initial letter 'I' of 'In the name of God Amen', the opening of the will, is enlarged and decorated.
References: YAS 93, p. 5
Dates: Will date: 1561/10/03 (certain)
Probate date: 1565/03/20 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Barnes, Thomas, d ? 1565, Rector of Sessay (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Sessay, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
4 .   Register 30 f.24 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Testamentary business, Wills and Probate
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Wills, Friends, Plate, Books, Household equipment, Doles, Probate, Clothing, Furnishings, Barley, Tuition, Leases, Sheep, Steeples, Rectors, Money, Lambs, Furniture, Last Wills and Testaments, Paupers, Bills, Servants, Razors and shaving equipment, Cows, Brewing equipment, Horses, Debts
Note: Initial letter 'I' of 'In the name of God Amen', the opening of the will, is enlarged and decorated.
References: YAS 93, p. 84
Dates: Will date: 1564/01/12 (certain)
Probate date: 1565/05/10 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Wright, Richard, d ? 1564, Rector of a moiety of the church of Thwing (parson)
Places: Place of person status: Thwing, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
5 .   Register 31 f.11 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Codicil
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Codicil of the will of James Pilkington, bishop of Durham, not proved.
Language: English
Subjects: Furnishings, Women, Sheep, Servants, Godfathers, Coal, Dilapidations, Wages, Horses, Clothing, Houses, Books, Paupers, University of Cambridge, Weapons, Codicils, Schools, Foals, Wood, Oxen, English Books, Goddaughters, Furnaces, Plate, Brewing equipment, Libraries
Note: Legacy to Mr Banks includes 'Arnaldus de Villa Nova' (title not given).
References: YAS 93, p. 58
Dates: Codicil date: 1572/02/04 (inferred) - 1576/01/23 (inferred)
People and Groups: Testator: Pilkington, James, 1520-1576, Bishop of Durham (bishop)
Legatee/s: Banks, fl 1576, legatee of James Pilkington, Bishop of Durham (master)
Legatee/s: Kingsmill, Sir, William, c 1557-1618, Sheriff of Hampshire (son)
Legatee/s: Pilkington, Deborah, c 1564-0000, daughter of James Pilkington, Bishop of Durham (goddaughter, daughter)
Legatee/s: Pilkington, Francis, fl 1576, brother of James Pilkington, Bishop of Durham (brother (family relation))
Legatee/s: Pilkington, George, fl 1576, brother of James Pilkington, Bishop of Durham (brother (family relation))
Legatee/s: Pilkington, John, fl 1561-c 1602, Archdeacon of Durham (brother (family relation))
Legatee/s: Pilkington, Leonard, 1527-1599, Canon of the 7th Prebend, Durham Cathedral (brother (family relation))
Legatee/s: Pilkington, Margaret, fl 1576, sister of James Pilkington, Bishop of Durham (sister/s)
Legatee/s: Shaw, George, fl 1576, legatee of James Pilkington, Bishop of Durham (unknown)
Legatee/s: Shaw, Thomas, fl 1576, legatee of James Pilkington, Bishop of Durham (nephew)
Legatee/s: Swift, Robert, c 1603, Canon of the 1st Prebend of Durham Cathedral (master)
Mentioned: Russell, Francis, c 1526-1585, 2nd Earl of Bedford (godfather, earl)
New office holder: Barnes, Richard, ? 1532-1587, Bishop of Durham (bishop)
6 .   Register 31 f.81 (verso) entry 2
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of Gregory Scott, rector of Workington, Chester diocese, York province, with pious preamble (legatees, executors and witnesses named).
Language: English
Subjects: Household equipment, Sheep, Schools, Tithes, Barley, English Books, Cows, Wages, Furniture, Books, Mills, Curates, Plate, Clothing, Last Wills and Testaments, Paupers, Horses, Furnishings, Wills, Money, Armour, Cooks, Servants, Leases
References: YAS 93, p. 65
Dates: Will date: 1576/00/00 (uncertain)
People and Groups: Testator: Scott, Gregory, d 1576, Rector of Workington (rector)
Places: Place of person status: Workington, Cumberland, England (rectory)
7 .   Register 31 f.10 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Will, Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Will of Roger Carter, vicar of Kilnsea (legatees, executor and witnesses named), with grant of probate by Master Robert Burland, clerk, substitute of Master Robert Lougher, doctor of Laws, to Thomas Shepherd, executor.
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Testators, Clergy, Last Wills and Testaments, Money, Probate, Children, Houses, Vicars, Repairs, Wills, Horses
References: YAS 93, p. 15
Dates: Will date: 1576/00/25 (certain)
Probate date: 1578/05/16 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Carter, Roger, d 1576, Vicar of Kilnsea (clerk)
Executrix, legatee/s: Sheppard, fl 1576, wife of Thomas Sheppard (wife); written as Thomas Sheppard his wife and his children
Grantor: Burland, Robert, d 1585, Succentor of Vicars Choral of York Minster (clerk, substitute)
Grantor: Lougher, Robert, d 1585, Vicar General of Province of York (doctor of laws)
Legatee/s, executor: Shepherd, Thomas, fl 1576, legatee of Roger Carter (unknown); written as Thomas Sheppard his wife and his children
Legatee/s: Jackson, Ralph, fl 1576, son of Henry Jackson of Easington
Overseer: Gibson, Robert, fl 1576, of Easington (unknown)
Witness: Gibson, John, fl 1576, witness of will of Roger Carter (unknown)
Witness: Hewerton, Henry, fl 1576, witness of will of Roger Carter (unknown)
Witness: Smith, John, fl 1576, witness of will of Roger Carter (unknown)
Witness: Wright, Robert, fl 1576, witness of will of Roger Carter (unknown)
Places: Burial place: Kilnsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (churchyard)
8 .   Register 31 f.78 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of Thomas Richmond of Richmond Houses, Chipping, Lancashire, with schedule of debts (legatees, executors and witnesses named). The testator's wife Margaret to have (by royal licence and that of his late masters Mr Thomas Houghton and Alexander Houghton) his tenement at Richmond Houses, with conditions.
Language: English
Subjects: Debts, Intakes, Oats, Barley, Grass, Blacksmiths, Houses, Fabrics, Last Wills and Testaments, Tenants, Licences, Lawsuits, Wills, Money, Weaving, Oxen, Heifers, Flax, Commons, Horses
Note: Testator leaves property to the use of his son for life, his son 'being not able to labour for his living'.
References: YAS 93, p. 61
Dates: Will date: 1576/04/10 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Richmond, Thomas, d after 1576, of Richmond Houses, Chipping (unknown)
Places: Place of residence: Richmond Houses, Chipping, Lancashire, England (house)
9 .   Register 31 f.108 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Will, with long pious preamble (fols. 108r-v), of Edwin Sandys, 'Minister of God's Holy Word and Sacraments', archbishop of York (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate (commencing on fol. 108r and ending on fol. 109v).
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Books, Last Wills and Testaments, Deeds, Wills, Wages, Money, Marriage settlements, English Books, Fruits and Profits, Lands, Manors, Probate, Tuition, Houses, Debts, Household equipment, Chief Justices, Bonds, Meals, Annuities, Pious preambles, Armour, Plate, Deans (Cathedral), Wardship and Marriage, Cows, Lodges, Riding equipment, Horses, Christening gifts, Servants
References: YAS 93, p. 64
Dates: Recited document date: 1576/06/04 (certain)
Will date: 1588/08/01 (certain)
Probate date: 1588/11/16 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Sandys, Edwin, ? 1519-1588, Archbishop of York (minister, archbishop)
10 .   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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