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1 .   Register 31 f.85 (verso) entry 3
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of Robert Scholey, clerk, vicar of Brodsworth (legatees, executors and witnesses named); with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Probate, Household equipment, Repairs, Priests, Harbours, Rectors, Barley, Pewter, Furniture, Books, Godsons, Godchildren, Plate, Servants, Last Wills and Testaments, Paupers, Pensions, Rings, Wills, Money, Schools, Letters patent, Roads, Heirlooms, Receivers
Note: Index term 'Harbours' refers to legacy for repairs to Colyton haven in Devon (see for example East Sussex Record Office, PAR233/9/2/1, printed brief for the repair of Colyton haven, Seaton, Devon, 1579, evidence of a national collection, c.1575-9).
References: YAS 93, p. 65
Dates: Will date: 1579/01/10 (certain)
Probate date: 1579/04/24 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Scholey, Robert, d ? 1579, Vicar of Brodsworth (vicar)
Places: Place of person status: Brodsworth, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
2 .   Register 31 f.91 (verso) entry 2
Entry Type: Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of William Hawkyard, clerk, of Normanton on Trent (legatees, executor and witnesses named); with grant of probate.
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Money, Repairs, Steeples, Furniture, Rectors, Wills, Paupers, Last Wills and Testaments, Household equipment, Probate, Calves, Cows, Pewter
References: YAS 93, p. 35
Dates: Probate date: 1580/04/08 (certain)
Will date: 1580/10/24 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Hawkyard, William, d ? 1580, Clerk (?in Holy Orders) (clerk)
Places: Place of residence: Normanton on Trent, Nottinghamshire, England (parish)
3 .   Register 31 f.100 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of Anthony Middleton, clerk, vicar of Sutton on the Forest (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Loans, Last Wills and Testaments, Plate, Wills, Money, Hats, Furniture, Pewter, Cows, Probate, Scribes, Household equipment, Servants, Paupers, Hemp
Note: Testator leaves legacy to one individual (scribe) 'for ingrossinge of this my will in parchement'.
References: YAS 93, p. 51
Dates: Will date: 1585/08/15 (certain)
Probate date: 1585/08/30 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Middleton, Anthony, d 1585, Vicar of Sutton on the Forest (clerk)
4 .   Register 31 f.103 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of Robert Collinson, clerk, rector of Gedling, second moiety (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with schedule of debts and grant of probate.
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Books, Last Wills and Testaments, Doles, Plate, Wills, Clothing, Vicars, Paupers, Hats, Furniture, Pewter, Probate, Pensions, Goddaughters, Musical Instrument Makers, Repairs, Debts, Household equipment, Godchildren, Timber, Annuities, Coins, Furnishings, Roads, Women, Money, Bells, Horses, Bonds, Servants
Note: Testator mentions John Pendleton of Nottingham 'virginall maker' (maker of virginals).
References: YAS 93, p. 18
Dates: Will date: 1586/05/01 (certain)
Probate date: 1586/06/21 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Collinson, Robert, d 1586, Rector of Gedling, second moiety (clerk, parson)
Places: Place of person status: Gedling, Nottinghamshire, England (rectory)
5 .   Register 31 f.106 (recto) entry 3
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Will of William Brogden, rector of Birkin (legatees, executor and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Wagons, Last Wills and Testaments, Wills, Pigs, Wages, Paupers, Furniture, Pewter, Cows, Probate, Lambs, Oxen, Lay Patrons, Agricultural equipment, Debts, Horses, Godchildren, Rye, Dilapidations, Servants, Heifers, Money, Calves, Household equipment, Sheep, Coins
Note: Testator also requests that his patrons assist his executors and the next incumbent to come to an arrangement over dilapidations so that 'trouble and suits be abolished and godly peace maintained', perhaps wishing to avoid rather than terminate any lawsuits.
References: YAS 93, p. 11
Dates: Will date: 1588/05/29 (certain)
Probate date: 1588/07/29 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Brogden, William, d 1588, Rector of Birkin (parson)
Places: Place of person status: Birkin, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
6 .   Register 31 f.128 (verso) entry 2
Entry Type: Will, Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate
Section Type: Archbishop Piers
Summary: Will of Richard Dowe, vicar of Aughton (legatees, executrix and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Wills, Probate, Household equipment, Clothing, Pewter, Calves, Last Wills and Testaments, Heifers, Money, Curates, Cows, Paupers
References: YAS 93, p. 23
Dates: Will date: 1590/10/21 (certain)
Probate date: 1592/05/25 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Dowe, Richard, d ? 1591, Vicar of Aughton (vicar)
Places: Place of person status: Aughton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
7 .   Register 31 f.125 (verso) entry 3
Entry Type: Will, Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate
Section Type: Archbishop Piers
Summary: Will of Anthony Tophan, clerk, rector of Marton in Craven (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate (commencing on fol. 125v and ending on fol. 126v).
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Wills, Furniture, Probate, Burial, Shoes, Household equipment, Annuities, Husbandmen, Vicars, Horses, Pewter, Last Wills and Testaments, Brewing equipment, Bulls, Women, Money, Curates, Barns, Scholars, Boots, Godchildren, Preachers, Rectors, Paupers, Chancery, Godsons, Lawsuits, Agricultural equipment, Rectories, Clothing, Fabrics
References: YAS 93, p. 76
Dates: Will date: 1590/12/23 (certain)
Probate date: 1591/05/01 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Tophan, Anthony, d ? 1591, Rector of Marton in Craven (parson)
Places: Place of person status: Marton in Craven, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
8 .   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)
9 .   Register 31 f.136 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Hutton
Summary: Will of Robert Stainton, clerk, vicar of Almondbury (legatees, executor and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Debts, Plate, Probate, Coins, Pewter, Wills, English Books, Paupers, Books of sermons, Last Wills and Testaments, Household equipment, Money, Psalters, Tools, Furniture, Churches, Easter books
Note: Books mentioned: 'The Apologie of the Church of England'; two homily books and and old psalter.
References: YAS 93, p. 70
Dates: Will date: 1598/03/12 (certain)
Probate date: 1598/03/29 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Stainton, Robert, d ? 1598, Vicar of Almondbury (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Almondbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
10 .   Register 31 f.149 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Hutton
Summary: Will of Richard Hornby, vicar of Owthorne (legatees, executor and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Wheels, Servants, Debts, Beans, Probate, Crops, Pewter, Wills, Peas, Oxgangs, Clothing, Freehold lands, Last Wills and Testaments, Household equipment, Purses, Money, Cows, Wheat, Bees, Shoes, Rye, Locks and keys, Sheep, Bee hives, Coins, Furniture, Women, Paupers, Wagons, Calves, Wool
References: YAS 93, p. 39
Dates: Will date: 1604/10/28 (certain)
Probate date: 1604/12/12 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Hornby, Richard, d 1604, Vicar of Owthorne (vicar)
Places: Place of person status: Owthorne, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)


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