York Archbishops' Registers

1 . Register 31 f.10 (recto) entry 5

Entry Type:	Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type:	Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary:	Will of James Pilkington, bishop of Durham (legatees, executors and supervisors named) (continues).
Marginalia:	Entry is headed by invocation 'Jesus'
Language:	English
Subjects:	Testators, Bishops, Coal, Clergy, Last Wills and Testaments, Hay, Probate, Books, Paupers, University of Cambridge, Archbishops, Corn, Schools, Invocations, Servants, Wood, Notes, Wills
Note:	Legacies include the testator's books at [Bishop] Auckland to be left to his school at Rivington (Lancashire) and to poor colleges in Cambridge and others.
Dates:	Will date: 1572/02/04 (certain)
People and Groups:	Testator: Pilkington, James, 1520-1576, Bishop of Durham (bishop) Executor, guardian: Kingsmill, George, c 1539-1606, lawyer and Member of Parliament (son) Guardian, executrix: Kingsmill, Constance, d c 1581, wife of Sir John Kingsmill (lady) Legatee/s: Kingsmill, Sir, William, c 1526-1593, Sheriff of Hampshire (brother in law) Legatee/s: Pilkington, Alice, d 1596, nee Kingsmill; wife of James Pilkington, Bishop of Durham (wife) Legatee/s: Pilkington, Deborah, c 1564-0000, daughter of James Pilkington, Bishop of Durham (daughter) Legatee/s: Pilkington, Ruth, c 1569-1627, daughter of James Pilkington, Bishop of Durham (daughter) Supervisor: Kingsmill, Richard, c 1528-1600, Member of Parliament (unknown) Supervisor: Grindal, Edmund, c 1516-1583, Archbishop of Canterbury (archbishop) Supervisor: Layton, Thomas, 1520-1584, Chancellor of Durham (unknown) Supervisor: Pilkington, Leonard, 1527-1599, Canon of the 7th Prebend, Durham Cathedral (brother (family relation)) Supervisor: Russell, Francis, c 1526-1585, 2nd Earl of Bedford (earl)

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