York Archbishops' Registers

1 . Register 31 f.273 (recto) entry 1

Entry Type:	Will, Grant of Probate, Last Will and Testament
Section Type:	Archbishop Matthew
Summary:	Will of Robert Clay, professor of divinity [doctor of theology], vicar of Halifax (legatees, executor and witnesses named), with grant of probate (commencing on fol. 273r and ending on fol. 274v).
Language:	Latin, English
Subjects:	Sermons, Rings, Bonds, Schools, Wills, Furnishings, University of Oxford, Plate, Accounts, Scholars, Christening gifts, Money, Degrees, Probate, Household equipment, Last Wills and Testaments, Furniture, Godfathers, Chaplains, Catalogues, Note books, Tuition, Principals, Wardens, Debts, Fellows, Books, Universities, Pewter
Note:	Testator wishes his books to be catalogued; mentions his paper books, note books and some books by him, including commentaries on the epistle to Titus and on the Commandments, which he suggests might be printed. He charges his children to avoid drunkenness, tobacco and swearing and profaning of the Sabbath.
References:	YAS 93, p. 16
Dates:	Will date: 1624/11/16 (certain) Will date: 1627/07/20 (certain) Probate date: 1628/12/13 (certain) Exhibition of inventory date: 1629/09/22 (certain)
People and Groups:	Testator: Clay, Robert, d 1628, Vicar of Halifax (doctor of theology)
Places:	Place of person status: Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)