York Archbishops' Registers

1 . Register 31 f.126 (verso) entry 2

Entry Type:	Will, Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate
Section Type:	Archbishop Piers
Summary:	Will of John Simpson, vicar of Kirk Ella ('Minister of the congregation of the parishioners of Kirkelley') (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language:	Latin, English
Subjects:	Wills, Probate, English Bibles, Musical instruments, Clothing, Servants, Last Wills and Testaments, Citterns, Women, Money, Books, Paupers, English Books, Widows
References:	YAS 93, p. 67
Dates:	Will date: 1591/05/07 (certain) Probate date: 1591/07/22 (certain)
People and Groups:	Testator: Simpson, John, d 1591, Vicar of Kirk Ella (minister)
Places:	Place of person status: Kirk Ella, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)

2 . Register 31 f.128 (verso) entry 1

Entry Type:	Will, Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate
Section Type:	Archbishop Piers
Summary:	Will of John Hudson, clerk, rector of Warmsworth (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language:	Latin, English
Subjects:	Wills, Furniture, Probate, Agricultural equipment, Musical instruments, Servants, Last Wills and Testaments, Regals, Women, Oxen, Cows, Sheep, Paupers, Calves, Rye, Wives
References:	YAS 93, p. 40
Dates:	Will date: 1591/10/03 (certain) Probate date: 1592/04/12 (certain)
People and Groups:	Testator: Hudson, John, d ? 1592, Rector of Warmsworth (clerk, parson)
Places:	Place of person status: Warmsworth, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)

3 . Register 31 f.131 (recto) entry 1

Entry Type:	Codicil, Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type:	None recorded
Summary:	Will of William Power, clerk, rector of Barwick in Elmet (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with codicil and grant of probate.
Language:	Latin, English
Subjects:	Musical instruments, Rings, Manors, Furniture, Universities, Notaries Public, Tuition, Lands, Probate, Wills, Household equipment, Chancellors (Ecclesiastical), Books, Last Wills and Testaments, Deeds, Money, Fabrics, Libraries, Codicils, Mills, Armour, Weapons, Paupers, Guns, Leases, Citterns, Servants, Friends, Jewellery
Note:	Will perhaps proved during vacancy between death of Archbishop Piers and confirmation of Archbishop Hutton. Book mentioned is Plutarch, in English; another legatee to choose a book from the testator's library; one daughter to have a 'citheron' [cittern].
References:	YAS 93, p. 56 (as Paver)
Dates:	Document date: 1592/12/26 (certain) Will date: 1594/09/02 (certain) Codicil date: 1594/11/06 (certain) Probate date: 1595/01/02 (certain)
People and Groups:	Testator: Power, William, d ? 1594, Prebendary of Riccall (parson, clerk)
Places:	Place of person status: Barwick in Elmet, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

4 . Register 31 f.132 (verso) entry 1

Entry Type:	Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type:	Archbishop Hutton
Summary:	Will of Roger Smith, rector of Cotgrave [first moiety] (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language:	Latin, English
Subjects:	Clocks, Servants, Plate, Probate, Sheep, Furniture, Wills, Paupers, Lambs, Last Wills and Testaments, Household equipment, Money, Godchildren, Bandoras, Lutes, Pewter, Musical instruments, Virginals, Godsons, Wages, Sundials, Barley, Lands, Furnishings
References:	YAS 93, p. 68
Dates:	Will date: 1594/05/11 (certain) Probate date: 1595/08/11 (certain)
People and Groups:	Testator: Smith, Roger, d ? 1595, Rector of Cotgrave, first moiety (parson)
Places:	Place of person status: Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire, England (rectory)

5 . Register 31 f.185 (recto) entry 1

Entry Type:	Grant of Probate, Last Will and Testament, Will
Section Type:	Archbishop Matthew
Summary:	Will of Timothy Bright, clerk, rector of Barwick in Elmet, 'doctor of Physick' (legatees, executrix and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language:	Latin, English
Subjects:	Money, Books, Preachers, Wills, Last Wills and Testaments, Harps, Probate, Hebrew Bibles, Syriac Bibles, Coins, Musical instruments, Friends, Theorbos
Note:	The testator bequeathes his Syriac [New] Testament, and two theorbos (a large type of lute), one with its case.
References:	YAS 93, p. 11
Dates:	Will date: 1615/08/09 (certain) Probate date: 1615/11/13 (certain)
People and Groups:	Testator: Bright, Timothy, d 1615, Rector of Barwick in Elmet (clerk, doctor of medicine)
Places:	Place of person status: Barwick in Elmet, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)

6 . Register 31 f.270 (recto) entry 1

Entry Type:	Will, Grant of Probate, Last Will and Testament
Section Type:	Archbishop Monteigne, Archbishop Mountain
Summary:	Will of Roger Bacon, clerk, rector of Winthorpe (legatees, executrix and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language:	Latin, English
Subjects:	Virginals, Wills, Plate, Debts, Money, Musical instruments, Probate, Last Wills and Testaments, Books
References:	YAS 93, p. 4
Dates:	Will date: 1626/01/20 (certain) Probate date: 1628/10/09 (certain)
People and Groups:	Testator: Bacon, Roger, d ? 1628, Rector of Winthorpe (clerk)
Places:	Place of person status: Winthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England (rectory)

7 . Register 32 f.112 (recto) entry 1

Entry Type:	Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type:	Archbishop Williams
Language:	English, Latin
Subjects:	Wills, Houses, Books, Lands, Probate, Tuition, Leases, Tenants, Money, Last Wills and Testaments, Paupers, Cottages, Musical instruments
Note:	One property mentioned is described as the 'Sign of the Angel' and another, as a tilehouse or a place to make tiles and bricks, both in Nottingham.
References:	YAS 93, p. 31
Dates:	Will date: 1639/10/16 (certain) Probate date: 1646/09/10 (certain)
People and Groups:	Testator: Greaves, William, d ? 1646, Rector of Nuthall (clerk)
Places:	Place of person status: Nuthall, Nottinghamshire, England (rectory)