York Archbishops' Registers

1 . Register 8 f.298 (recto) entry 2

Entry Type:	Letter/s
Section Type:	Intrinseca camere
Summary:	Letter to the prior and convent of Newburgh concerning Queen Isabella's request for them to provide a pension for Thomas de Weston, a clerk in her household; although they could not comply without the archbishop's permission, the archbishop grants them licence, provided that the pension did not cause them hardship, wishing to do what the queen asks, as the queen wrote twice to her father the King of France and to her steward in Ponthieu, that they should let them stay in any castle, manor or place that that county.
Subjects:	Pensions, Women, Religious Houses
References:	Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 176.
Dates:	Document date: 1312/06/19 (certain)
People and Groups:	Addressee: Newburgh Priory, Augustinian Canons (prior and convent) Mentioned: Philip IV, 1268-1314, King of France (king) Sender: Isabella, 1295-1358, consort of King Edward II (queen) Subject of document: Weston, Thomas, fl 1312, Clerk in the household of Queen Isabella (clerk)
Places:	Place of dating: Abbeville, Somme department, France (none given)

2 . Register 9B f.632 (recto) entry 5

Entry Type:	Letters patent
Section Type:	Diverse letters
Summary:	Appointment by archbishop of Sir Nicholas Makerell', bailiff of Churchdown, as his proctor for receiving arrears of pensions due from the abbot of Winchcomb and the Prior of Coventry and to quitclaim them.
Subjects:	Pensions, Abbots, Priors, Bailiffs
References:	Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 12.
Dates:	Document date: 1319/05/27 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor)

3 . Register 9B f.634 (verso) entry 1

Entry Type:	Letter/s
Section Type:	Diverse letters
Summary:	Letter from the archbishop to the Prior of the Knights Hospitaller in England relating to payment of pensions to two former Knights Templar.
Subjects:	Pensions, Knights Templar, Knights Hospitaller
References:	Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 20-21.
Dates:	Document date: 1319/09/27 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Bishop Wilton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor)

4 . Register 9B f.641 (recto) entry 4

Entry Type:	Letter/s, Mandate
Section Type:	Diverse letters
Summary:	Letter to the Prior of the Hospitallers in England ordering payment of pension and arrears to Ralph de Roston', a former Templar, on pain of censure, and to report on his actions.
Subjects:	Pensions, Knights Templar, Knights Hospitaller
References:	Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 42-43.
Dates:	Document date: 1321/06/06 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's castle)

5 . Register 9B f.672 (verso) entry 8

Entry Type:	Memorandum
Section Type:	Diverse letters
Summary:	Memorandum of a letter to the Prior of the Knights Hospitaller in England requesting payment of a pension due from the preceptor of Newland to be paid to Thomas Screche (or Streche or Strech), formerly of the Knights Templar, now at St Oswald priory, Nostell, the letter in the same form as that written to Ralph de Roston'.
Subjects:	Pensions, Knights Templar, Knights Hospitaller
References:	Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 126.
Dates:	Memorandum date: 1335/10/04 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's castle)

6 . Register 9B f.678 (verso) entry 10

Entry Type:	Curation
Section Type:	Diverse letters
Summary:	Appointment of William de Feriby (Ferriby), clerk, as guardian of Thomas, son of Henry de Melton, late brother of the archbishop, with a marginal note relating to payment of a pension not mentioned in the full entry.
Subjects:	Letters patent, Pensions, Guardians
References:	Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 144.
Dates:	Document date: 1335/12/05 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's castle)

7 . Register 12 f.100 (verso) entry 10

Entry Type:	Grant
Section Type:	Diverse letters
Summary:	Grant to Nicholas de Skelton of York of an annual pension of 40s.
Subjects:	Pensions
Dates:	Document date: 1375/03/04 (certain)
People and Groups:	Grantee: Nicholas de Skelton' (none given)
Places:	Place of dating: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given) Place of residence: York City, York, York, England (city)

8 . Register 12 f.101 (recto) entry 1

Entry Type:	Grant
Section Type:	Diverse letters
Summary:	Letter to the abbot and convent of Whitby granting and conferring an annual pension on Hugh de Branketre (Hugh de ?Braintree), archbishop's clerk, on the pretext of the confirmation of a new abbot.
Subjects:	Pensions
Dates:	Document date: 1375/03/11 (certain)
People and Groups:	Addressee: Whitby Abbey, Benedictine (abbot and convent) Pensioner: Hugh de Branketre (archbishop's clerk)
Places:	Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's castle); written as Cawode

9 . Register 12 f.113 (recto) entry 1

Entry Type:	Warrant
Section Type:	Diverse letters
Summary:	Warrant for payment to the Prioress and convent of Clementhorpe Priory, York [York, St Clement's Priory] of an annual pension of 20 and arears of 40s for two years.
Subjects:	Pensions, Religious Houses
Dates:	Document date: 1376/12/31 (certain)
People and Groups:	Addressee: York, St Clement Priory, Benedictine (prior and convent)
Places:	Place of dating: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)

10 . Register 16 f.71 (verso) entry 2

Entry Type:	Confirmation, Appropriation
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of Nottingham
Summary:	Confirmation of appropriation to Lenton priory of: the churches of: St Mary, Nottingham, Lenton and Radford, and the chapel of Beeston plus two thirds of the tithes of sheaves, hay, lambs and wool, and the mortuary payments within the territory of the church of Langar, with annual pensions of 16s from the church of St Nicholas, Nottingham, 22s and a salmon from Beeston chapel, 26s 8d from Lenton church, 6s 8d from Linby church, 14s from Cotgrave church and the tithes of corn of the chapel of the manor, 2s from Rempstone church, 2s from Costock church, 5s from the church of Barton in Fabis, a salmon from Radford church and two parts of the demesne tithes of the lordships of Bunny, Bradmore, Ruddington, West Bridgford, Thorpe in the Glebe, Towton, Attenborough, Chilwell, Bramcote, Basford, Langley, Watnall, and Stapleford, all following examination of title.
Subjects:	Churches, Pensions, Chapels, Corn, Hay, Sheaves, Wool, Appropriations, Tithes, Lambs, Mortuaries, Proctors, Salmon
References:	Swanson, R.N. (ed.). 1981. A Calendar of the Register of Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York, 1398-1405. Part 1. Borthwick Texts and Calendars: Records of the Northern Province, 11. York: University of York, 71.
Dates:	Document date: 1398/08/05 (certain)