York Archbishops' Registers

1 . Register 7 f.329 (verso) entry 2

Entry Type:	Certification
Section Type:	Suffragans
Summary:	The archbishop's letter, writing with [Robert Orford] the bishop of Ely, replying to a papal mandate (Bordeaux, 17 June 1306, recited), to make enquiries about relics at Scone abbey, reporting on evidence received from the prior of Scone and others (details given).
Subjects:	Relics, Papal Mandates, Abbeys, Inquisitions
Note:	For the original papal letter, complete with lead bulla, see TNA SC 7/10/32.
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. (eds.). 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 60-61.
Dates:	Document date: 1306/10/08 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England

2 . Register 8 f.295 (recto) entry 2

Entry Type:	Mandate
Section Type:	Intrinseca camere
Summary:	Mandate to Master Robert de Pickering, vicar-general, to enquire about the illegitimacy of Robert of Barneby (perhaps Barnby Dun), clerk.
Subjects:	Inquisitions, Bastardy
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 168.
Dates:	Document date: 1311/11/16 (certain)
People and Groups:	Addressee: Pickering, Master, Robert, d by 1 January 1333, Dean of York (vicar general) Subject of inquiry: Barneby, Robert, fl 1311, Clerk (in Holy Orders) (clerk)
Places:	Place of dating: Saint Symphorien d'Ozon, Rhone department, France (none given)

3 . Register 8 f.295 (recto) entry 3

Entry Type:	Mandate
Section Type:	Intrinseca camere
Summary:	Mandate to Master Robert de Pickering, vicar-general, to enquire about the illegitimacy of Walter son of John de Kepelying (perhaps Kiplin, Bolton on Swale parish, North Riding of Yorkshire).
Subjects:	Inquisitions, Bastardy
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 168.
Dates:	Document date: 1311/11/25 (certain)
People and Groups:	Addressee: Pickering, Master, Robert, d by 1 January 1333, Dean of York (vicar general) Subject of inquiry: Kiplin, Walter, fl 1311, Clerk (in Holy Orders)? (none given)
Places:	Place of dating: Saint Symphorien d'Ozon, Rhone department, France (none given)

4 . Register 8 f.295 (verso) entry 4

Entry Type:	Letter/s
Section Type:	Intrinseca camere
Summary:	Letter to Master Robert de Pickering to enquire about the defect of birth (bastardy) of Richard Aylward of Beverley, born of a single man and a single woman.
Subjects:	Inquisitions, Bastardy
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 170.
Dates:	Document date: 1312/05/01 (certain)
People and Groups:	Addressee: Pickering, Master, Robert, d by 1 January 1333, Dean of York Subject of document: Aylward, Richard, fl 1312, Clerk
Places:	Place of person status: Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (parish) Place of dating: Saint Symphorien d'Ozon, Rhone department, France (none given)

5 . Register 8 f.296 (verso) entry 2

Entry Type:	Mandate
Section Type:	Intrinseca camere
Summary:	Mandate to Master Robert de Pickering, vicar-general, to enquire about William Roberti de Wetwang, clerk, in accordance with papal letters, and defect of birth (bastardy, as noted in the marginal heading).
Subjects:	Inquisitions, Bastardy
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 171.
Dates:	Document date: 1312/05/12 (certain)
People and Groups:	Addressee: Pickering, Master, Robert, d by 1 January 1333, Dean of York (vicar general) Subject of inquiry: Roberti, William, fl 1312, Clerk (in Holy Orders) (clerk)
Places:	Place of person status: Wetwang, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given) Place of dating: Belleville, Rhone department, France (none given)

6 . Register 8 f.296 (verso) entry 3

Entry Type:	Mandate
Section Type:	Intrinseca camere
Summary:	Mandate to Master Robert de Pickering, vicar-general, to enquire about William Balle, clerk, in accordance with papal letters about poor clerks.
Subjects:	Inquisitions, Poor clerks
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 171.
Dates:	Document date: 1312/05/14 (certain)
People and Groups:	Addressee: Pickering, Master, Robert, d by 1 January 1333, Dean of York (vicar general) Subject of inquiry: Balle, William, fl 1312-1320, Priest (clerk)
Places:	Place of dating: Macon, Saone-et-Loire department, France (none given)

7 . Register 8 f.298 (recto) entry 4

Entry Type:	Letter/s
Section Type:	Intrinseca camere
Summary:	Memorandum of a letter to Master Robert de Pickering [vicar-general] to inquire into the defect of birth (bastardy) of Robert de Brompton on Swale [Brumpton super Swalam], clerk, born of a single man and a single woman.
Subjects:	Inquisitions, Bastardy
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1305-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 176.
Dates:	Document date: 1312/06/22 (certain)
People and Groups:	Subject of inquiry: Brompton on Swale, Robert, fl 1312, Clerk (in Holy Orders) (clerk)
Places:	Place of dating: Abbeville, Somme department, France (none given)

8 . Register 8 f.298 (recto) entry 3

Entry Type:	Letter/s
Section Type:	Intrinseca camere
Summary:	Memorandum of a letter to Master Robert de Pickering [vicar-general] to inquire into the defect of birth [bastardy] of John de Danby Wiske [Magna Danby super Wyslee], clerk, born of a priest and a single woman.
Subjects:	Inquisitions, Bastardy
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 176.
Dates:	1312/06/22 (certain)
People and Groups:	Addressee: Pickering, Master, Robert, d by 1 January 1333, Dean of York Subject of inquiry: Danby Wiske, John, fl 1312, Clerk (in Holy Orders) (clerk)
Places:	Place of dating: Abbeville, Somme department, France (none given)

9 . Register 8 f.298 (recto) entry 5

Entry Type:	Letter/s
Section Type:	Intrinseca camere
Summary:	Letter to Master Robert de Pickering, vicar-general, to inquire (following letters from Berenger [de Fredol], bishop of Frascati [Tusculum], papal penitentiary, subject explained within, but not stated in the entry), on behalf of the abbot and convent of Whitby.
Subjects:	Inquisitions, Religious Houses, Papal Penitentiaries
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 176-177.
Dates:	Document date: 1312/06/29 (certain)
People and Groups:	Addressee: Pickering, Master, Robert, d by 1 January 1333, Dean of York (vicar general) Issuer: Fredol, Berenger, c 1250-1323, seniore, Bishop of Frascati (papal penitentiary) Subject of document: Whitby Abbey, Benedictine (abbot and convent)
Places:	Place of dating: Abbeville, Somme department, France (none given) Place of person status: Frascati, Lazio region, Italy (diocese)

10 . Register 9A f.321 (recto) entry 2

Entry Type:	Formula
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of the East Riding
Summary:	Formula for the publication of an inquisition when the provostry of Beverley is vacant.
Language:	Latin
Subjects:	Formularies, Officials, Inquisitions, Provosts, Vacancies
References:	Robinson, D. B. (ed.). 2011. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. VI. Canterbury and York Society 101, 2.
Dates:	Document date: 1318/01/00 (approximate)