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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 31 f.209 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Will, Grant of Probate
Section Type: Archbishop Matthew
Summary: Will of Giles Walker, clerk, vicar of Hayton (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Probate, Books, Last Wills and Testaments, Calves, Servants, Livestock, Sheep, Paupers, Money, Wills
References: YAS 93,p. 78
Dates: Probate date: (certain)
Will date: 1619/01/04 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Walker, Giles, d ? 1619, Vicar of Hayton (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Hayton, Nottinghamshire, England
3 .   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)
4 .   Register 31 f.150 (verso) entry 2
Entry Type: Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Hutton
Summary: Will of Robert Robinson, clerk [rector of Kirkburn] (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Debts, Probate, Vicarages, Sheep, Wills, Lambs, Last Wills and Testaments, Money, Neighbours
References: YAS 93, p. 62
Dates: Will date: 0000/06/23 (certain)
Probate date: 1605/08/16 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Robinson, Robert, d ? 1605, Rector of Kirkburn (clerk)
5 .   Register 8 f.240 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Schedule
Section Type: Intrinseca camere
Summary: Schedule, perhaps an Exchequer memoranda, relating to sums owed by the archbishop to the sheriff, recorded before the Barons of the Exchequer; also entries recorded on the Pipe Roll and in the Exchequer of Pleas.
Subjects: Pipe Rolls, Exchequer, Accounts, Sheriffs, Money, Barons of Exchequer
Note: Thanks to Dr Jonathan Mackman for his assistance with this document.
References: Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 15-16.
Dates: Document date: 1309/00/00 (inferred) - 1311/00/00 (inferred)
6 .   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)
7 .   Register 8 f.235 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Acquittance
Section Type: Intrinseca camere
Summary: Insert containing undated acquittance (receipt) of William de Grafton to the archbishop for ninety-five pounds four shillings for arrears of wages for himself and twenty-three other former Knights Templar in the diocese of York from 6 December [?1310] to 25 August [?1311].
Subjects: Wages, Maintenance, 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, 10.
Dates: Document date: 1311/00/00 (approximate)
8 .   Register 8 f.291 (recto) entry 4
Entry Type: Acquittance
Section Type: Intrinseca camere
Summary: Aquittance (receipt) for Richard de Cauz, bailiff of Churchdown, for arrears and issues of his bailiwick, also for a sum received from Sir John Giffard, knight.
Subjects: Arrears, Bailiffs, 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, 166.
Dates: Document date: 1311/08/01 (certain)
People and Groups: Payer: Giffard, Sir, John, 1287-1322, Knight (knight)
Recipient: Cauz, Richard, ? 1285-1316, Bailiff and Receiver of the Archbishop of York in Churchdown (bailiff)
Places: Place of dating: Hackney, Middlesex, England (none given)
Place of person status: Churchdown, Gloucestershire, England (archbishop's jurisdiction)
9 .   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)
10 .   Register 8 f.233 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Acquittance
Section Type: Intrinseca camere
Summary: Insert containing acquittance (receipt) of Robert de Pickering, vicar-general, to Adam de Hoperton, keeper of the manors of the Knights Templar in Yorkshire for twenty pounds by the hands of William de Jafford, for wages of the Templars in the custody of the archbishop in Yorkshire.
Subjects: Wages, Manors, 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.
Dates: Document date: 1311/09/22 (certain)
People and Groups: Defendant: Yafforth, William, d by 22 August 1312, Receiver of Archbishop of York
Issuer: Pickering, Master, Robert, d by 1 January 1333, Dean of York (canon, vicar general)
Recipient: Hopperton, Adam, fl 1312-1327, Royal justice (keeper)
Places: Place of dating: York City, York, York, England (city)
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