York Archbishops' Registers

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1546 1
1564 2
1565 1
1571 1
1576 1
1577 1
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1579 1
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1581 1
1582 1
1583 2
1584 3
1585 1
1587 1
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1590 2
1591 1
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1594 3
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1643 1
1646 2

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 7 f.112 (recto) entry 1

Entry Type:	Licence
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of York
Summary:	Licence for Master Adam de Herteford [Hertford], rector of a moiety of the church of Doncaster, to set his church at farm for one year.
Language:	Latin
Subjects:	Rectories, Leases
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. (eds.). 1934. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part II. Surtees Society 149, 6.
Dates:	Document date: 1306/07/26 (certain)
People and Groups:	Grantee: Master Adam de Herteford (rector)
Places:	Subject of licence: Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory) Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)

3 . 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

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.76 (recto) entry 2

Entry Type:	Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type:	Archbishop Sandys
Summary:	Will of John Norbury of the city of Chester (legatees and executors named); with grant of probate. The testator mentions a common recovery made in the court of Halton, presumably the court of the manor of Halton, Cheshire, of a messuage and lands in Runcorn.
Language:	Latin, English
Subjects:	Lands, Manorial Courts, Houses, Cottages, Leases, Deeds, Wills, Money, Probate, Last Wills and Testaments
References:	YAS 93, p. 54
Dates:	Will date: 1571/10/21 (certain) Probate date: 1578/07/13 (certain)
People and Groups:	Testator: Norbury, John, d ? 1578, of Chester (unknown)
Places:	Place of residence: Chester, Cheshire, England (city)

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.93 (recto) entry 1

Entry Type:	Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type:	Archbishop Sandys
Summary:	Will of John Richardson, clerk, rector of Finningley (legatees, executors and witnesses named); with grant of probate.
Language:	English, Latin
Subjects:	Money, Servants, Furniture, Lands, Cows, Clerks (Ecclesiastical), Wills, Poor relations, Sheep, Leases, Last Wills and Testaments, Wagons, Oxen, Probate, Pigs, Rectors, Wages, Agricultural equipment, Ploughs, Paupers, Doles, Plate, Rents
References:	YAS 93, p. 61
Dates:	Will date: 1577/03/01 (certain) Probate date: 1581/10/31 (certain)
People and Groups:	Testator: Richardson, John, d ? 1581, Rector of Finningley (clerk, parson)
Places:	Place of person status: Finningley, Nottinghamshire, England (rectory)

8 . Register 31 f.78 (verso) entry 1

Entry Type:	Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type:	Archbishop Sandys
Summary:	Will of Miles Aspinall of Great Mearley, near Clitheroe, with schedule of debts (legatees, executors and witnesses named); with grant of probate.
Language:	Latin, English
Subjects:	Probate, Debts, Schools, Annuities, Furniture, Heirlooms, Iron, Last Wills and Testaments, Rents, Wills, Money, Distraint, Lands, Leases
References:	YAS 93, p. 35
Dates:	Will date: Probate date: 1578/07/24 (certain)
People and Groups:	Testator: Aspinall, Miles, d ? 1578, of Great Mearley, near Clitheroe (unknown); written as Haspinall
Places:	Place of residence: Great Mearley, Whalley, Lancashire, England (township)

9 . Register 31 f.77 (recto) entry 1

Entry Type:	Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type:	Archbishop Sandys
Summary:	Will of John Oldfield of Sutton, Cheshire, husbandman, with schedule of debts (legatees, executors and witnesses named); with grant of probate.
Language:	Latin, English
Subjects:	Probate, Debts, Barley, Annuities, Beer, Houses, Last Wills and Testaments, Landlords, Wills, Tuition, Lands, Farms (lands/property), Leases
References:	YAS 93, p. 55
Dates:	Will date: 1578/05/27 (certain) Probate date: 1578/07/09 (certain)
People and Groups:	Testator: Oldfield, John, d 1578, of Sutton, Cheshire, husbandman (husbandman)
Places:	Place of residence: Sutton, Prestbury, Cheshire, England (township)

10 . Register 31 f.77 (verso) entry 1

Entry Type:	Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type:	Archbishop Sandys
Summary:	Will of William Holland of Parbold, Eccleston, husbandman, with schedule of debts (legatees, executors and witnesses named); with grant of probate.
Language:	Latin, English
Subjects:	Probate, Debts, Bullocks, Houses, Cottages, Fabrics, Last Wills and Testaments, Landlords, Wills, Leases
References:	YAS 93, p. 38
Dates:	Will date: 1578/05/27 (certain) Probate date: 1578/07/14 (certain)
People and Groups:	Testator: Holland, William, d ? 1579, of Parbold, Eccleston, husbandman (husbandman)
Places:	Place of residence: Parbold, Lancashire, England (township)

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