York Archbishops' Registers

1 . Register 11 f.393 (verso) entry 2

Entry Type:	Letter/s, Notarial Instrument
Section Type:	Heads of Religious Houses, Whitby
Summary:	Notarial instrument containing a record of the election of John [de Richmond], as abbot of Whitby, in the presence of John, bishop 'Ayabonensis', with letters of Alexander [Neville], archbishop-elect of York (recited, dated at Clavering (Claveryng), 24 June [1374]), and Simon [Sudbury], bishop of London and John, bishop 'Ayabonensis' (recited, dated at Much Hadham (Hadham), 24 June 1374 (seals described)); with the abbot's oath of obedience to the archbishop (recited) and his benediction by the bishop 'Ayabonensis', (witnesses named), with a notarial subscription by John de Aula [Hall] of Shipdham (Shepedham), clerk of Norwich diocese, notary public.
Dates:	Document date: 1374/06/24 (certain)
People and Groups:	Appointee: Whitby Abbey, Benedictine (abbot)
Places:	Place of dating: London, Cripplegate Hermitage, London, England (none given); written as infra capella sancti Jacobi infra London capella de la harmitage vulgariter nuncupat' Place of person role: Sodor and Man Diocese, Isle of Man, Isle of Man (none given) Place of person role: Norwich Diocese, England (none given) Place of person role: London Diocese, England (none given)

2 . Register 11 f.398 (recto) entry 2

Entry Type:	Memorandum, Request
Section Type:	Suffragans
Summary:	Request to Michael [Northburgh], bishop of London, that Thomas [Hatfield], bishop of Durham, archbishop's suffragan, staying with him, might attend convocation on 19 May 1357 in York Minster to grant the king a subsidy [confirmation of the second moiety of the clerical tenth originally granted by the clergy of York Province in June 1356]; with a memorandum of a similar request to the archdeacon of Middlesex (two entries).
Note:	A marginal heading in a late sixteenth or early seventeenth century hand reads 'de eodem', referring to the previous entry, Reg 11, f. 398r, entry 1, containing a forewarning of a provincial council [convocation].
Dates:	Document date: 1357/03/31 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Cawode Place of event: York Minster, York, York, England (none given) Place of person role: Durham Diocese, England (none given) Place of person role: London Diocese, England (none given)

3 . Register 14 f.3A (verso) entry 2

Entry Type:	Commission, Notarial Instrument
Section Type:	Register, Vicar-general
Summary:	Notarial instrument containing a commission to William de Feriby [Ferriby] and Thomas Warde [Ward], lettered persons of York diocese, and John Lostman, layman of London diocese, as proctors for the institution of John Upton, clerk, presented to the parish church of Kippax (Kypax) by Sir Robert de Swylyngton [Swillington], knight (witnesses named); with a notarial subscription by Thomas de Kyttekote [Kitcott], clerk of Exeter diocese, notary public.
Dates:	Event date: 1388/10/03 (certain)
Places:	Place of person status: York Diocese, England (none given) Place of event: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England (house); written as Cantebr' Benefice: Kippax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory) Benefice: Kippax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory) Place of person status: London Diocese, England (none given) Place of person status: Exeter Diocese, England (none given)

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