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1 .   Register 9B f.629 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Letter/s
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Letter from the archbishop to Lewis de Beaumont, Bishop of Durham, enclosing letters from the pope ordering prayers to be said for the king and for peace in the present war, ordering the bishop to have prayers said in his diocese; with two similar letters (Reg 9B, f. 630 r) from the archbishop to the dean and chapter of York Minster and to the archbishop's official-principal.
Subjects: Prayers, Wars, Peace
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 4-6.
Dates: Document date: 1318/09/29 (certain)
People and Groups: Addressee: Beaumont, Louis, d 1333, Bishop of Durham (bishop)
Places: Place of dating: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)
2 .   Register 9B f.659 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Letter/s
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Papal Letter to Edward III, granting an indulgence of 20 days to those praying for the king.
Subjects: Prayers, Indulgences
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 80.
Dates: Document date: 1327/09/01 (certain)
People and Groups: Recipient: Edward III, 1312-1377, King of England (king)
Sender: Pope, John XXII, c 1244-1334, Pope (pope)
Places: Place of dating: Avignon, Vaucluse department, France (papal palace)
3 .   Register 9B f.660 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Writ
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Writ under the Privy Seal of Edward III to the Archbishop of York enclosing the papal letter concerning an indulgence of 20 days for those praying for the king and requesting its publication in the province of York.
Language: French
Subjects: Prayers, Writs, Indulgences
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 80.
Dates: Document date: 1327/10/17 (certain)
People and Groups: Issuer: Edward III, 1312-1377, King of England (king)
Places: Place of dating: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England (town)
4 .   Register 9B f.658 (verso) entry 2
Entry Type: Letter/s
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Letters to Louis [Beaumont], Bishop of Durham, with a note of similar letters to the Bishop of Carlisle, the dean and chapter of York Minster and the Official of the Court of York or his commissary, ordering prayers for King Edward III and the kingdom, with an indulgence of 20 days granted by the pope.
Subjects: Prayers, Indulgences
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 78-79.
Dates: Document date: 1327/10/23 (certain)
People and Groups: Subject of prayers: Edward III, 1312-1377, King of England (king)
Places: Place of dating: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor)
5 .   Register 9B f.658 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Letter/s
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Letters to the Official of the Court of York or his commissary general, with copies also sent to the dean and chapter of York and heads of the following religious houses: Selby; Whitby; Fountains; Rievaulx; Byland; Meaux; Welbeck; Rufford and Watton, concerning an indulgence of 40 days for all those praying for the soul of King Edward II and for priests saying three masses with the office of the dead for him before Christmas.
Subjects: Prayers, Masses, Indulgences
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 77-78.
Dates: Document date: 1327/10/23 (certain)
People and Groups: Deceased: Edward II, 1284-1327, King of England (king)
Places: Place of dating: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor)
6 .   Register 9B f.663 (recto) entry 3
Entry Type: Papal Bull
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Papal bull concerning orders for prayers for peace and preservation from error, specifying that the psalm 'Laetatus sum' (Psalm 122, 'I was glad when they said unto me'), should follow the Lord's Prayer (Pater noster) at mass, with an indulgence of 20 days for those who take part.
Subjects: Prayers, Peace, Masses, Psalms, Indulgences
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. The Canterbury and York Society 76, 89-91.
Dates: Document date: 1328/06/20 (certain)
People and Groups: Issuer: Pope, John XXII, c 1244-1334, Pope (pope)
Places: Place of dating: Avignon, Vaucluse department, France (papal palace)
7 .   Register 9B f.671 (recto) entry 3
Entry Type: Letter/s
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Letter to the dean of Christianity in York to pray with the archbishop for the king and his army on their way to fight against the Scots, and to take part in a procession in York on 16 April 1333.
Subjects: Scots, Prayers, Processions
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 120-121.
Dates: Document date: 1333/04/14 (certain)
People and Groups: Subject of prayers: Edward III, 1312-1377, King of England (king)
Places: Place of dating: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor)
8 .   Register 9B f.678 (recto) entry 4
Entry Type: Letter/s
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Letter to the archdeacon of York reciting a letter from the king dated at Newcastle, 28 June 1335 (recited), asking for prayers, masses and processions for the success of his expedition against the Scots and adding an indulgence of 40 days for those doing so.
Subjects: Scots, Prayers, Wars, Masses, Processions, Indulgences
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 142.
Dates: Document date: 1335/07/05 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor)
9 .   Register 16 f.16 (verso) entry 6
Entry Type: Mandate
Section Type: Archdeaconry of York
Summary: Mandate to the official of the archdeacon of York to hold processions every Wednesday and Friday in all churches in the archdeaconry, with litanies and special prayers during mass, for the safe deliverance of the king, people and church in the realm from the plague and other misfortunes, with an indulgence of 40 days for all who take part; with a memorandum of similar mandates to the officials of the archdeacons of the East Riding, Cleveland, Nottingham and Richmond (two entries).
Subjects: Processions, Plague, Indulgences, Prayers
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: 1398/09/10 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Rest Park, Sherburn in Elmet, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor)
10 .   Register 16 f.75 (verso) entry 2
Entry Type: Institution, Foundation, Confirmation
Section Type: Archdeaconry of Nottingham
Summary: Charter of John de Plumptre [Plumtree] of Nottingham, of the ordination of a chantry for two priests at the altar of the Annunciation in the chapel of the hospital for thirteen poor women founded by him at the end of Nottingham bridge (details given); with confirmation of the ordination, dated at Cawood, 22 July 1400.
Subjects: Chantries, Masses, Property, Candles, Chantry Chaplains, Prayers, Illness, Obits, Placebo and Dirige, Patrons, Rents, Lands
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, 76-79.
Dates: Document date: 1400/07/12 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England (none given)


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