York Archbishops' Registers

1 . Register 9B f.669 (recto) entry 1

Entry Type:	Order
Section Type:	Diverse letters
Summary:	Order to the dean and chapter of York to make public and explain in the mother tongue (English) the archbishop's decision to reserve to himself absolution from sentences in cases of perjury in law courts, with some exceptions, with a memorandum that similar letters were sent to the archdeacons of York, Cleveland, the East Riding, Nottingham and Richmond or their officials; the chapters of the collegiate churches of Southwell, Beverley and Ripon and the keepers of the spiritualities of Howden, Allerton and Allertonshire and Selby.
Subjects:	Perjury, Absolution, Courts, Ecclesiastical
References:	Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 113-115.
Dates:	Document date: 1332/11/20 (certain)
People and Groups:	Addressee: York Minster, Dean and Chapter (dean and chapter)
Places:	Place of dating: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor)

2 . Register 16 f.16 (recto) entry 3

Entry Type:	Absolution
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of York
Summary:	Absolution for Brother Robert Grene [Green], prior of Bolton in Craven, from accusations of perjury made by Master Richard Skypse [Skipsea], rector of Slaidburn, during a visitation ordered by the dean and chapter of York during a vacancy of the see.
Subjects:	Priors, Visitations during Vacancies, Absolution, Perjury
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), 1, 12.
Dates:	Document date: 1398/08/17 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: Rest Park, Sherburn in Elmet, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor) Place of person role: Bolton, Cumberland, England (parish)