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1 .   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)
2 .   Register 31 f.9 (recto) entry 3
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Codicil, Will
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Will of Matthew Torte, clerk, lately rector of Hockerton; (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with codicil (continues).
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Churches, Furniture, Horses, Archdeacons, Poor relations, Sermons, Rings, Women, Wills, Goddaughters, Doles, Wages, Money, Bread, Plate, Godchildren, Testators, Paupers, Last Wills and Testaments, Servants, Household equipment, Children, Furnishings, Houses, Lay Patrons, Neighbours, Curates, Rectories, Meals, Crops, Glebe lands
References: YAS 93, p. 76
Dates: Will date: 1576/06/06 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Torte, Matthew, d 1576, Prebendary of Woodborough, Southwell Minster (parson)
Executor, legatee/s: Leek, William, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (cousin)
Legatee/s, guardian, executor: Mercer, Richard, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (cousin)
Legatee/s, witness: Garlick, Ralph, fl 1576, Curate of Hockerton (curate)
Legatee/s: Burdett, William, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown)
Legatee/s: Hobman, Alice, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown)
Legatee/s: Leek, Anne, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown)
Legatee/s: Leek, Dorothy, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown)
Legatee/s: Leek, John, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown)
Legatee/s: Leek, Margery, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (wife)
Legatee/s: Leek, fl 1576, wife of William Leek of Normanton (wife)
Legatee/s: Louth, John, d 1590, Archdeacon of Nottingham (archdeacon)
Legatee/s: Meering, Margaret, fl 1576, nee Cave; wife of Sir William Meering (wife)
Legatee/s: Meering, Sir, William, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (patron)
Legatee/s: Torte, Elizabeth, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown)
Legatee/s: Torte, James, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (nephew)
Legatee/s: Torte, Matthew, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown)
Legatee/s: Torte, Nicholas, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown)
Legatee/s: Torte, William, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (nephew)
Legatee/s: Wharton, Anne, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (servant)
Supervisor, legatee/s: Blundstone, Nicholas, fl 1576, supervisor of will of Matthew Torte (unknown)
Witness: Jobson, Nicholas, fl 1576, witness to will of Matthew Torte (unknown)
Places: Burial place: Hockerton, Nottinghamshire, England (parish church)
3 .   Register 31 f.80 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of William Thorpe, rector of Thrybergh (legatees, executors and witnesses named); with grant of probate (fol. 81r).
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Probate, Household equipment, Psalters, Razors and shaving equipment, Wheat, Housekeepers, Cows, Wages, Hats, Godchildren, Plate, Clothing, Last Wills and Testaments, Paupers, Neighbours, Wills, Money, Weavers, Fabrics, Servants
References: YAS 93, p. 75
Dates: Will date: 1577/07/10 (certain)
Probate date: 1577/12/26 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Thorpe, William, d 1577, Rector of Thrybergh (parson)
Places: Place of person status: Thrybergh, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (parish church)
4 .   Register 31 f.97 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of John Thurleston, clerk, vicar of Felkirk (legatees and executrix named); with grant of probate.
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Yeomen, Money, Sermons, Neighbours, Churchwardens, Friends, Debts, Books, Wills, Hospitals, Paupers, Charity, Last Wills and Testaments, Curates, Plate, Probate, Preachers, Servants, Vicars, Cows, Rectors, Godsons, Students, Bills, University of Cambridge, Meals, Hospital inmates, Godchildren, Latin Books
Note: Testator states that names of godchildren to receive legacies listed on the dorse of the will (not included in register). Money to be distributed to one group of paupers on 'the next Sunday before the feast of Easter' (Palm Sunday) and gives instructions that another should be paid from a debt owing to the testator at least before the feast of Easter following receipt of the moneys.
References: YAS 93, p. 75
Dates: Will date: 1584/01/14 (certain)
Probate date: 1584/02/26 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Thurleston, John, d ? 1584, Vicar of Felkirk (clerk)
Places: Place of residence: Hodroyd, Felkirk, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (township)
5 .   Register 31 f.123 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Will, Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate
Summary: Will of Robert Gibson, clerk, rector of Kirkheaton (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Wills, Probate, Household equipment, Tuition, Servants, Last Wills and Testaments, Money, Churchwardens, Rings, Neighbours, Paupers, Coins
References: YAS 93, p. 30
Dates: Will date: 1588/03/22 (certain)
Probate date: 1589/10/17 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Gibson, Robert, d 1588, Rector of Kirkheaton (parson, clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Kirkheaton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
6 .   Register 31 f.123 (verso) entry 2
Entry Type: Will, Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate
Section Type: Archbishop Piers
Summary: Will of Alexander Fawcett, clerk, vicar of Leeds (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Wills, Furniture, Probate, Shoes, Household equipment, Ale, English Bibles, Tithes, Servants, Last Wills and Testaments, Hats, Grammar Schools, Money, Furnishings, Books, Dues, Latin Bibles, Neighbours, Cheese, Paupers, Poor relations, Mortuaries, Schoolmasters, Shrouds, Clothing, Debts, Curates, Cakes
Note: Furniture bequeathed includes a 'stoole of ease'
References: YAS 93, p. 27
Dates: Will date: 1589/10/05 (certain)
Probate date: 1590/06/02 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Fawcett, Alexander, d 1590, Vicar of Leeds (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
7 .   Register 31 f.128 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Will, Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate
Section Type: Archbishop Piers
Summary: Will, with short pious preamble, of George Taylor, clerk, no place of residence or benefice given, but presumably of the deanery of Doncaster (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate by Arthur Kay (Kaie), clerk, dean of the deanery of Doncaster, also a witness.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Wills, Furniture, Godsons, Household equipment, Clothing, Calves, Last Wills and Testaments, Hats, Heifers, Women, Money, Cows, Neighbours, Plate, Paupers, Probate, Rye, Pious preambles
References: YAS 93, p. 73
Dates: Will date: 1590/06/08 (certain)
Probate date: 1592/01/28 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Taylor, George, d ? 1592, of Doncaster Deanery, clerk (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Doncaster Deanery, York and West Riding Archdeaconry, Yorkshire, England (deanery)
8 .   Register 31 f.126 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Will, Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate
Section Type: Archbishop Piers
Summary: Will of Henry Moore, clerk, vicar of Rothwell (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Wills, Leases, Probate, Household equipment, Vouchers, English Bibles, Debts, Last Wills and Testaments, Money, Books, Neighbours, Plate, Bonds, Dilapidations
References: YAS 93, p. 53
Dates: Will date: 1590/08/28 (certain)
Probate date: 1591/06/16 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: More, Henry, d 1590, Prebendary of Bole (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Rothwell, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
9 .   Register 31 f.130 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Piers
Summary: Will of John Still, vicar of Marnham (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Tuition, Paupers, Probate, Wills, Roads, Churches, Rye, Sheep, Books, Lambs, Last Wills and Testaments, Pious preambles, Money, Sermons, Friends, Geese, Preachers, Neighbours
References: YAS 93, p. 71
Dates: Will date: 1592/03/25 (certain)
Probate date: 1593/12/24 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Still, John, d ? 1593, Vicar of Marnham (vicar)
Places: Place of person status: Marnham, Nottinghamshire, England (vicarage)
10 .   Register 31 f.133 (recto) entry 3
Entry Type: Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Hutton
Summary: Will of Robert Dayne, clerk, rector of Linton in Craven (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Servants, Probate, Wives, Furniture, Wills, Paupers, Heirlooms, Last Wills and Testaments, Household equipment, Money, Annuities, Tombstones, Neighbours, Women, Clothing
Note: Testator describes himself as being 'very aged'.
References: YAS 93, p. 22
Dates: Will date: 1596/11/16 (certain)
Probate date: 1596/12/27 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Rector
Places: Place of person status: Linton in Craven, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)


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