York Archbishops' Registers

1 . Register 31 f.86 (recto) entry 1

Entry Type:	Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type:	Archbishop Sandys
Summary:	Will of John Postgate, rector of Sneaton (legatees, executors and witnesses named); with grant of probate.
Language:	Latin, English
Subjects:	Probate, Household equipment, Parishioners, Wheat, Wages, Husbandmen, Householders, Servants, Last Wills and Testaments, Paupers, Wills, Money, Fabrics, Clothing
Note:	Testator bequeaths enough fabric (lynne (?linen) or sameron (dialect, predominantly Yorkshire (OED), for a type of cloth between linen and hempen fabric) to make legatees a coat (cott).
References:	YAS 93, p. 59
Dates:	Will date: 1579/05/14 (certain) Probate date: 1579/05/25 (certain)
People and Groups:	Testator: Postlegate; Postgayte (parson, clerk)
Places:	Place of person status: Sneaton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)