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1 .   Register 30 f.23 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Testamentary business, Wills and Probate
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Wills, Plate, Servants, Household equipment, Probate, Clothing, Tuition, Women, Leases, Rectors, Money, Last Wills and Testaments, Paupers, Cows
Note: Initial letter 'I' of 'In Dei nomine Amen' ('In the name of God Amen'), the opening of the will, is enlarged and decorated.
References: YAS 93, p.82
Dates: probate date: (certain)
Will date: 1564/04/05 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Williamson, George, d 1564, Prebendary of Husthwaite (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Long Marston, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
2 .   Register 31 f.209 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Will, Grant of Probate
Section Type: Archbishop Matthew
Summary: Will of Giles Walker, clerk, vicar of Hayton (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Probate, Books, Last Wills and Testaments, Calves, Servants, Livestock, Sheep, Paupers, Money, Wills
References: YAS 93,p. 78
Dates: probate date: (certain)
Will date: 1619/01/04 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Walker, Giles, d ? 1619, Vicar of Hayton (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Hayton, Nottinghamshire, England
3 .   Register 31 f.152 (recto) entry 4
Entry Type: Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Matthew
Summary: Will of John More [rector] of Sproatley, clerk (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Probate, Wills, Paupers, Last Wills and Testaments, Money, Lands, Tuition
References: YAS 93, p. 52
Dates: probate date: (certain)
Will date: 1607/08/02 (certain)
probate date: 1608/06/19 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: More, John, d ? 1607, Rector of Sproatley (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Sproatley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
4 .   Register 31 f.150 (verso) entry 2
Entry Type: Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Hutton
Summary: Will of Robert Robinson, clerk [rector of Kirkburn] (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Debts, Probate, Vicarages, Sheep, Wills, Lambs, Last Wills and Testaments, Money, Neighbours
References: YAS 93, p. 62
Dates: Will date: 0000/06/23 (certain)
probate date: 1605/08/16 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Robinson, Robert, d ? 1605, Rector of Kirkburn (clerk)
5 .   Register 9B f.658 (recto) entry 3
Entry Type: Licence
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Licence to Henry [Burghursh], Bishop of Lincoln to receive the accounts of the executors (or administrators of the goods) of John de Triple in the diocese of York or to do anything else to expedite the business.
Subjects: Wills, Probate, Executors
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 77.
Dates: Document date: 1327/10/13 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor)
6 .   Register 9B f.661 (verso) entry 4
Entry Type: Commission
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Commission to Master Richard de Gloucestr', Official-principal of the Bishop of Winchester or his commissary general to grant probate of the will of the Lady Matilda of Lancaster, late wife of Lord Henry, earl of Lancaster.
Subjects: Probate
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 83.
Dates: Document date: 1328/03/03 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor)
7 .   Register 9B f.679 (verso) entry 5
Entry Type: Memorandum
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Letter to the dean of Christianity of York to prove wills of the archbishop's tenants in Bishopthorpe free of charge.
Subjects: Testaments, Probate, Tenants
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 150.
Dates: Memorandum date: 1335/02/14 (certain)
8 .   Register 16 f.71 (recto) No folio 69 or 70 entry 4
Entry Type: Appointment
Section Type: Archdeaconry of Nottingham
Summary: Appointment of Master Richard Arnald [Arnold], bachelor of laws, to act as sequestrator in the archdeaconry of Nottingham.
Subjects: Probate, Appointments, Sequestrations
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, 70.
Dates: Document date: 1398/07/30 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Rest Park, Sherburn in Elmet, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)
9 .   Register 31 f.175 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Will, Grant of Probate, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Matthew
Summary: Will of Ralph Kay, clerk, [vicar] of Topcliffe (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate (commences on fol. 175r and ends on fol. 177v).
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Debt books, Probate, Vicars, Annuities, Pains, New Testament, Gates, Debts, Churchwardens, Foals, Seals, Servants, Wills, Women, Lands, Bibles, Leases, Last Wills and Testaments, Manorial juries, Psalms, Presentations, Bills, Tutors, Godsons, Daggers, Amercements, Advowsons, Notaries Public, Riding equipment, Household equipment, Furniture, Money, Friends, Deeds, Paupers, Pious preambles, Swords, Horses, Furnishings, Repairs, Hay, Apprentices, Schools, Mortgages, Clothing
Note: In a very long preamble, the testator quotes verses from various books of the New Testament (Luke, Ephesians, Matthew, Romans, Timothy, Corinthians, Acts) and the Psalms, also quoting from John and Acts later in the will and ending the will with the first line of the Nunc Dimittis in Latin (Luke 2:29). He states that he had 52 godchildren.
References: YAS 93, p. 42
Dates: Birth date: 1546/03/15 (certain)
Will date: 1605/02/06 (certain)
probate date: 1613/10/02 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Kay, Ralph, d ? 1613, Vicar of Topcliffe (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Topcliffe, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
Birthplace: Dalton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
10 .   Register 30 f.24 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Testamentary business, Wills and Probate
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Wills, Parish Churches, Prayers, Servants, Household equipment, Corn, Probate, Husbandmen, Clothing, Rye, Wagons, Wheat, Wool, Sheep, Hemp, Money, Lambs, Furniture, Last Wills and Testaments, Parishioners, Paupers, Coins, Wages, Godchildren, Agricultural equipment, Flax, Godsons, Cows, Travel, Clergy, Yarn, Housekeepers, Fabrics, Furnishings, Women, Horses, Copes, Debts, Oxen
Note: Initial letter 'I' of 'In the name of God Amen', the opening of the will, is enlarged and decorated.
References: YAS 93, p. 5
Dates: Will date: 1561/10/03 (certain)
probate date: 1565/03/20 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Barnes, Thomas, d ? 1565, Rector of Sessay (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Sessay, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
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