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1 .   Register 9B f.661 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Certification
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Certification by the precentor of York Minster and the Prior of York, Holy Trinity to the archbishop of receipt of the archbishop's order to reassess benefices in the archdeaconry of Cleveland and liberty of Allertonshire for the grant of a clerical tenth to Edward III in York Province in 1327. The king's writ dated at Gloucester, 22 December 1327 ordering the appointment of reassessors is recited (see also The National Archives: E 179/363/46 for a copy). The re-assessment became known as the 'Nova Taxatio' and was used as the basis for levying all clerical tenths in York Province after 1327 (E 179 database, grant notes).
Subjects: Clerical Tenths, Reassessments, Taxation
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: 1328/01/25 (certain)
People and Groups: Sender: Abberwick, Master, William, d 1349, Chancellor of York (precentor); written as William de Alberwyk
Sender: Aubyn, Hugh, fl 1324-1331, Prior of York, Holy Trinity (prior)
Places: Place of dating: York City, York, York, England (city)
2 .   Register 9B f.661 (verso) entry 3
Entry Type: Certification
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Certification of the reassessment (Nova Taxatio) of the clerical tenth in the archdeaconries of York and Richmond, following the grant of a clerical tenth to Edward III in 1327, with a list of assessments (not found with the entry).
Subjects: Clerical Tenths, Reassessments, Taxation
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: 1328/01/30 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Kirkham, Lancashire, England (parish)
3 .   Register 9B f.663 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Writ
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Royal writ listing values of benefices under the old assessment and requiring details of values under the reassessment (Nova Taxatio) to be certified to the Exchequer, regarding the clerical tenth granted to Edward III in 1327, taking into account destruction by the Scots (See The National Archives: E 179/363/46).
Subjects: Clerical Tenths, Reassessments, Taxation
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 91-93.
Dates: Document date: 1328/10/24 (certain)
People and Groups: Issuer: Edward III, 1312-1377, King of England (king)
Places: Place of dating: York City, York, York, England (city)
4 .   Register 9B f.663 (verso) entry 2
Entry Type: Return of writ
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: The archbishop's response to a royal writ dated at York, 24 October 1328, regarding the reassessment (Nova Taxatio) of benefices for the clerical tenth granted to Edward III in 1327; his return of writ listing the new values of these churches and temporalities. (See The National Archives, E 179/363/46).
Subjects: Clerical Tenths, Reassessments, Taxation
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 93-94.
Dates: Document date: 1328/11/17 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Settrington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (township)
5 .   Register 9B f.683 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Order
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Order to the bishop of Lincoln and bishop of Coventry and Lichfield to reduce the assessment for taxation of the abbey of Louth Park, found to be excessive on inquiry. The inquiry was ordered by Pope Benedict XII (by papal bull, dated at Avignon, 5 April 1337, recited). Notarial instrument drawn up and subscribed by John Thomas of Barnby Dun, clerk, notary public.
Subjects: Reassessments, Taxation, Notarial Instruments, Notarial Subscriptions, Religious Houses
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 159-162.
Dates: Document date: 1337/07/15 (certain)
People and Groups: Addressee: Burghersh, Henry, c 1290-1340, Bishop of Lincoln (bishop)
Addressee: Northburgh, Roger, d 1358, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield (bishop)
Subject of inquiry: Louth Park Abbey, Cistercian
Places: Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's castle)


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