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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 7 f.112 (recto) entry 6
Entry Type: Request
Section Type: Archdeaconry of York
Summary: Request to Adam de Middelton [Middleton], warden of the hospital of St Leonard, York, that Adam le Pulter [Poulter], pauper, said to be of Wistow (Wixtowe), who served the church while he was able, should be admitted to the hospital, as [Walter Langton] the bishop of Coventry and Lichfield [master of the hospital] has ordered the warden to make new admissions of paupers up to certain numbers.
Language: Latin
Subjects: Paupers, Wardens, Hospitals
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, 6-7.
Dates: Document date: 1306/09/02 (certain)
People and Groups: Addressee: Middleton, Adam, d 1317, Warden of St Leonard's Hospital, York (warden); written as Adam de Middelton
Mentioned: Langton, Walter, d 1321, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield (bishop)
Subject of document: Adam le Pulter (pauper)
Places: Place of future event: York, St Leonard's Hospital, York, York, England (hospital)
Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)
5 .   Register 8 f.242 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Order to deliver
Section Type: Intrinseca camere
Summary: Order to Arnold Shepherd (Arnald de Bercario or Arnald called Shephirde) to deliver to Hugh de Driffield, archbishop's almoner, six quarters of maslin to be bestowed upon the paupers of Bolton Percy from the grange of that parish.
Subjects: Paupers, Almoners, Granges, Rectors, Maslin
References: Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 20.
Dates: Document date: 1313/01/08 (certain)
People and Groups: Addressee: Shepherd, Arnold, fl 1313, Keeper of the grange of the rector of Bolton Percy (keeper)
Recipient: Driffield, Hugh, fl 1312-1313, Household chaplain and almoner of the Archbishop of York (archbishop's almoner)
Places: Place of dating: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor)
Place of person status: Bolton Percy, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (grange)
6 .   Register 12 f.112 (recto) entry 6
Entry Type: Warrant
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Warrant for payment of money for six months for the maintenance of Agnes de Aslakby [Aislaby], a pauper.
Subjects: Paupers, Poverty, Women
Dates: Document date: 1375/02/02 (certain)
People and Groups: Recipient: Agnes de Aslakby (pauper)
Unknown
Places: Place of dating: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)
7 .   Register 12 f.113 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Warrant
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Warrant for payment for his commons and other business to William de Walworth, poor scholar at grammar school at York.
Language: Latin
Subjects: Paupers, Scholars, Poor scholars
Dates: Document date: 1377/06/09 (certain)
People and Groups: Recipient: William de Walworth (scholar)
Places: Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor)
8 .   Register 12 f.105 (verso) entry 2
Entry Type: Letter/s
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Letter of the master of the order of Sempringham and John, Prior and convent of Ellerton, confirming maintainance of 13 paupers in the hospital of the church of Ellerton as agreed with William FitzPeter [William son of Peter], the founder, and acknowledging the archbishop's right to enforce compliance.
Subjects: Paupers
Dates: Document date: 1379/00/00 (uncertain, inferred)1378/00/00 (uncertain, inferred) -
People and Groups: Party: William son of Peter (founder)
Sender: John (prior)
Sender: Master
Places: Subject of letter: Ellerton Priory, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (church)
Place of person status: Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England (priory)
9 .   Register 12 f.110 (recto) entry 5
Entry Type: Letter/s
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Letter of the master of the order of Sempringham and John, Prior and convent of Ellerton, confirming maintainance of 13 paupers in the hospital of the church of Ellerton as agreed with William FitzPeter, founder, and acknowledging the archbishop's right to enforce compliance.
Subjects: Paupers
Dates: Document date: 1378/00/00 (inferred, approximate) - 1379/00/00 (inferred, approximate)
People and Groups: Mentioned: William son of Peter (founder)
Sender: John (prior)
Places: Subject of letter: Ellerton Priory, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (hospital); written as Ellerton
Place of person status: Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England; written as Sempyngham
10 .   Register 16 f.9 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Letters patent, Ordination
Section Type: Chapters
Summary: Letters patent of the archbishop containing the ordination of a perpetual vicarage at Misterton, following appropriation of the church to the dean and chapter of York for the fabric and lights of York Minster (details given).
Subjects: Appropriations, Paupers, Fabric, Vicars, Payments, Vicarages, Houses
References: R. N. Swanson (ed.), A Calendar of the Register of Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York, 1398-1405, 2 parts, Part 1 Borthwick Texts and Calendars: Records of the Northern Province 8 (York, 1981), Part II Borthwick Texts and Calendars: Records of the Northern Province 11 (York, 1985), I, 8.
Dates: Document date: 1403/04/01 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England (archbishop's manor)
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