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1 .   Register 31 f.152 (recto) entry 4
Entry Type: Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Matthew
Summary: Will of John More [rector] of Sproatley, clerk (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Probate, Wills, Paupers, Last Wills and Testaments, Money, Lands, Tuition
References: YAS 93, p. 52
Dates: Probate date: (certain)
Will date: 1607/08/02 (certain)
Probate date: 1608/06/19 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: More, John, d ? 1607, Rector of Sproatley (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Sproatley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
2 .   Register 9B f.662 (verso) entry 3
Entry Type: Letters patent
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Copy of letters patent of Henry III stating that the king wished no prejudice to be attached to the archbishop following forfeiture of lands in Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Gloucestershire by adherents of Simon de Montfort, formerly earl of Leicester.
Subjects: Forfeitures, Rebellions, Lands
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 88.
Dates: Document date: 1267/11/18 (certain)
People and Groups: Issuer: Henry III, 1207-1272, King of England (king)
Rebel: Montfort, Simon, c 1208-1265, eighth earl of Leicester (earl)
Subject of letters: Greenfield, Master, William, c 1255-1315, Archbishop of York (archbishop)
Places: Place of dating: Marlborough, Wiltshire, England (town)
3 .   Register 8 f.236 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Writ
Section Type: Intrinseca camere
Summary: Writ of Edward II to Alexander de Cave and Robert de Amecotes, keepers of the lands and tenements of the Knights Templar in the king's hands in Yorkshire, to pay the archbishop from the issues of those lands and tenements wages for the sustenance of the former Templars from the time when the lands came into their hands until further notice. The Templars are named as: William de Grafton; Ralph de Roston; Thomas de Staunford (or Staumford [?Stamford]); Henry de Kirby [Kerby, Kereby or Kerreby]; Thomas de Belby [Belleby]; Robert de Langton [Langeton]; William de la Fenne; Richard de Keswick [Kesewyk or Kessewyk]; Stephen Redenagh (or Radenhalgh); Michael de Sowerby [Soureby]; Godfrey des Arches; John de Walpole [Walpol]; Ivone de Etton; Henry de Craven (Cravene); Roger de Hughenden [Huginden or Hugynden]; Henry de Rawcliff [Rouclif]; Geoffrey de Wilton [Wylton]; Walter de Gaddesby; Richard de Ripon [Rypon]; Thomas Strech (Screche or Streche or Thresk); Richard (or Roger) de Sheffield [Shefeld]; John de Ebreston (or Epreston); William de Middleton [Middelton] and Walter de Clifton.
Subjects: Maintenance, Lands, Knights Templar, Money
References: Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 9, note 1.
Dates: Document date: 1310/12/06 (approximate)
People and Groups: Addressee: Amcotts, Robert, fl 1311-1313, Keeper of lands of the Knights Templar in Yorkshire (keeper)
Addressee: Cave, Sir, Alexander, fl 1311-1320, Knight, Royal justice; Keeper of lands of the Knights Templar in Yorkshire (keeper)
Issuer: Edward II, 1284-1327, King of England (keeper)
Recipient: Greenfield, Master, William, c 1255-1315, Archbishop of York (archbishop)
Places: Place of dating: Westminster, Middlesex, England (none given)
4 .   Register 8 f.234 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Writ
Section Type: Intrinseca camere
Summary: Writ of Edward II to Roger de Wingfield [Wyngefeld], keeper of the lands and tenements of the Knights Templar in the king's hands, or his under keeper in the county of York, to pay the archbishop from the issues of those lands and tenements wages for the sustenance of the former Templars from 1 August last until further notice. The Templars are named as: William de Grafton; Ralph de Roston; Thomas de Staunford (or Staumford [?Stamford]); Henry de Kirby [Kerby or Kerreby]; Thomas de Belby [Belleby]; Robert de Langton [Langeton]; William de la Fenne; Richard de Keswick [Kessewyk or Kesewyk]; Stephen Redenagh; Michael de Sowerby [Soureby]; Godfrey des Arches; John de Walpole [Walpol]; Ivone de Etton; Henry de Craven; Roger de Hughenden [Huginden]; Henry de Rawcliff [Rouclif]; Geoffrey de Wilton [Wylton]; Walter de Gaddesby; Richard de Ripon [Rypon]; Thomas Strech (Streche or Screche ); Roger de Sheffield [Shefeld]; John de Ebreston (or Epreston); William de Middleton [Middelton] and Walter de Clifton.
Subjects: Maintenance, Lands, Knights Templar, Money
References: Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 9-10.
Dates: Document date: 1311/09/01 (certain)
People and Groups: Issuer: Edward II, 1284-1327, King of England (king)
Recipient: Greenfield, Master, William, c 1255-1315, Archbishop of York (archbishop)
Places: Place of dating: City of London, London, England (city)
5 .   Register 8 f.231 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Acquittance
Section Type: Intrinseca camere
Summary: Acquittance (receipt) of Robert de Pickering, canon of York and vicar-general, of twenty-five pounds by the hands of William de Jafford from Sir Alexander Cave and Robert de Amecotes, keepers of the lands of the Knights Templar in Yorkshire, for wages of Templars in the archbishop's custody in certain parts of his diocese.
Subjects: Wages, Lands, Knights Templar, Keepers, Money
References: Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 6.
Dates: Document date: 1311/10/18 (certain)
People and Groups: Deliverer: Amcotts, Robert, fl 1311-1313, Keeper of lands of the Knights Templar in Yorkshire (keeper)
Deliverer: Cave, Sir, Alexander, fl 1311-1320, Knight, Royal justice; Keeper of lands of the Knights Templar in Yorkshire (knight, keeper)
Intermediary: Yafforth, William, d by 22 August 1312, Receiver of Archbishop of York (none given)
Sender: Pickering, Master, Robert, d by 1 January 1333, Dean of York (vicar general, canon)
Places: Place of dating, place of person status: York City, York, York, England (city)
6 .   Register 8 f.238 (recto) entry 6
Entry Type: Letters of attorney
Section Type: Intrinseca camere
Summary: Letters of attorney for Master Thomas de Sancto Leonardo [St Leonard] to take livery of seisin of a messuage and lands in Dunham, granted by Robert de Laneham [Lanum].
Subjects: Livery of Seisin, Lands, Letters of attorney
References: Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1305-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 14.
Dates: Document date: 1312/10/30 (certain)
People and Groups: Subject of document: St Leonard, Master, Thomas, fl 1312-1318, Sequestrator of Archdeaconry of Nottingham (none given)
Places: Place of dating: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England (archbishop's palace)
Subject of document: Dunham, Nottinghamshire, England (none given)
7 .   Register 8 f.238 (recto) entry 8
Entry Type: Acquittance
Section Type: Intrinseca camere
Summary: Acquittance (receipt) to Alexander de Cave and Robert de Amecotes, keepers of the lands and tenements of the Knights Templar in the king's hands in Yorkshire, for the wages and maintenance of William de Grafton and 23 other former Knights Templar (not named), doing penance in various monasteries in the diocese of York.
Subjects: Maintenance, Lands, Knights Templar, Keepers, Penances, Monasteries, Money
References: Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1305-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 14.
Dates: Document date: 1312/11/07 (certain)
People and Groups: Subject of document: Amcotts, Robert, fl 1311-1313, Keeper of lands of the Knights Templar in Yorkshire (keeper)
Subject of document: Cave, Sir, Alexander, fl 1311-1320, Knight, Royal justice; Keeper of lands of the Knights Templar in Yorkshire (keeper)
Subject of document: Grafton, William, fl 1312, senior, Former Knight Templar (knight templar)
Places: Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's castle)
8 .   Register 8 f.256 (recto) entry 6
Entry Type: Order to deliver, Order
Section Type: Intrinseca camere
Summary: Order to Roger de Thornton, archbishop's receiver of York, to deal effectively with William de Bingham when he is in York, as those who will take part in the complaint about the prebend of Wistow in the next term and will be ready in London, and agree with Bingham on their expenses, with order to deliver 100s to Bingham in the king's Exchequer in that term, to be paid for a certain fine which the archbishop is making for lands and rents in Ripon and Dole Bank by Ripon, in mortmain.
Subjects: Rents, Mortmain, Exchequer, Fines, Disputes, Money, Prebends, Expenses, Receivers, Lands
References: Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 49-50.
Dates: Document date: 1315/09/15 (certain)
People and Groups: Addressee: Thornton, Roger, d 1317, Receiver of Archbishop of York (receiver)
Payee: Bingham, William, fl 1315, Payee of Archbishop of York (none given)
Places: Subject of document: York Minster, Wistow Prebend, Yorkshire, England (prebend)
Subject of deed: Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (town)
Place of dating: Aberford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)
Place of event: Westminster, Exchequer, Middlesex, England (exchequer)
Place mentioned: City of London, London, England (city)
Subject of deed: Dole Bank, Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (township)
Place of person status, place of event: York City, York, York, England (city)
9 .   Register 9B f.640 (verso) entry 2
Entry Type: Prohibition
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Prohibition from the king to the archbishop or his official principal or their commissaries from holding in the ecclesiastical courts cases relating to lands of former Templars, since these were properly cases for the royal court (7 documents; cases mostly against the Prior of the Hospitallers; other parties named, including Thomas, earl of Lancaster)
Subjects: Lands, Knights Templar, Knights Hospitaller
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 40-41.
Dates: Document date: 1321/03/12 (certain)1320/10/28 (certain) -
Places: Place of dating: Westminster, Middlesex, England (palace)
Place of dating: Windsor, Berkshire, England (castle)
Place of dating: Sheen, Surrey, England (palace)
10 .   Register 9B f.657 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Commission, Papal Bull
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: A document addressed to the official of the Court of York and his commissary general, reciting a papal bull dated at Avignon, 20 June 1321, ordering the archbishop of York to cite anyone occupying lands and goods of the Knights Templar and to deliver them to the Knights Hospitaller, with commission to execute the bull, dated at Bishopthorpe, 6 August 1327.
Subjects: Lands, Knights Templar, Knights Hospitaller
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 74-75.
Dates: Document date: 1327/08/06 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor)
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