York Archbishops' Registers

1546 1
1561 1
1563 1
1564 3
1565 2
1573 1
1575 1
1576 4
1577 3
1578 8
1579 4
1580 9
1581 2
1582 3
1583 3
1584 3
1585 4
1586 4
1587 3
1588 7
1589 3
1590 9
1591 5
1592 4
1593 1
1594 3
1595 7
1596 3
1597 2
1598 7
1599 3
1600 1
1602 6
1603 2
1604 4
1605 4
1606 2
1608 1
1609 5
1610 4
1611 1
1612 2
1613 2
1614 1
1615 3
1616 5
1617 1
1618 5
1619 2
1620 5
1621 3
1623 3
1624 4
1625 5
1626 6
1627 4
1628 3
1629 1
1630 2
1631 1
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1633 2
1636 4
1638 3
1639 3
1640 6
1641 1
1642 2
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1644 1
1646 2
1647 1

1 . Register 30 f.23 (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, Plate, Servants, Household equipment, Probate, Clothing, Tuition, Women, Leases, Rectors, Money, Last Wills and Testaments, Paupers, Cows
Note:	Initial letter 'I' of 'In Dei nomine Amen' ('In the name of God Amen'), the opening of the will, is enlarged and decorated.
References:	YAS 93, p.82
Dates:	Probate date: (certain) Will date: 1564/04/05 (certain)
People and Groups:	Testator: Williamson, George, d 1564, Prebendary of Husthwaite (clerk)
Places:	Place of person status: Long Marston, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)

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.22 (recto) entry 1

Entry Type:	Last Will and Testament, Grant, Will
Section Type:	Testamentary business, Wills and Probate
Language:	English, Latin
Subjects:	Wills, Caps, Parish Churches, Repairs, Probate, Bibles, Surplices, Books of sermons, Rectors, Money, Parish clerks, Injunctions, Last Wills and Testaments, Paupers, Household equipment, New Testament, Clothing, Lay Patrons, Psalters
Note:	Initial letter 'I' of 'In the name of God Amen', the opening of the will, is enlarged and decorated.
References:	YAS 93, p. 71
Dates:	Will date: 1563/11/19 (certain) Probate date: 1564/04/27 (certain)
People and Groups:	Testator: Stockley, John, d ? 1563, Rector of Cotgrave, second moiety (parson)
Places:	Place of person status: Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire, England (rectory)

5 . 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)

6 . Register 31 f.8 (recto) entry 1

Entry Type:	Will, Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate
Section Type:	Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary:	Will of Christopher Saunders, vicar of South Kirkby; (legatees, executors and witnesses named).
Language:	English, Latin
Subjects:	Fabrics, Household equipment, Last Wills and Testaments, Money, Rings, Probate, Children, Furniture, Books, Lay Patrons, Wills
References:	YAS 93, p. 29
Dates:	Will date: 1573/11/08 (certain) Probate date: 1576/05/07 (certain)
People and Groups:	Testator: Saunders, Christopher, d 1576, Vicar of South Kirkby (clerk) Grantor: More, Henry, d 1590, Prebendary of Bole (clerk) Legatee/s: Bevett, Edward, fl 1576, gentleman (patron) Legatee/s: Saunders, Samuel, fl 1573, legatee of Christopher Saunders (unknown) Residiary beneficiary, executor: Saunders, William, fl 1573, residiary beneficiary and executor of Christopher Saunders (unknown) Witness, supervisor: Garnett, Thomas, d 1577, Vicar of Felkirk (clerk) Witness: Heaton, Richard, fl 1573, witness to will of Christopher Saunders (unknown) Witness: Scholey, John, fl 1573, witness to will of Christopher Saunders Witness: Tattersall, John, fl 1573, witness to will of Christopher Saunders (unknown)
Places:	Burial place: South Kirkby, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (parish church)

7 . Register 31 f.82 (verso) entry 1

Entry Type:	Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type:	Archbishop Sandys
Summary:	Will of Thomas Dilke, rector of Cotgrave, second moiety (legatees, executor and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language:	Latin, English
Subjects:	Probate, Household equipment, Furniture, Women, Plate, Clothing, Last Wills and Testaments, Paupers, Wills, Money, Servants
References:	YAS 93, p. 22
Dates:	Will date: 1575/04/14 (certain) Probate date: 1578/03/18 (certain)
People and Groups:	Testator: Dilke, Thomas, d 1578, Rector of Cotgrave, second moiety (parson)
Places:	Place of person status: Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire, England (rectory)

8 . 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)

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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