York Archbishops' Registers

1 . Register 14 f.49 (recto) entry 4

Entry Type:	Profession, Oath of obedience
Section Type:	Register, Vicar-general
Summary:	Memorandum of the profession to the vicar general of the oath of obedience (recited) of Brother John [de Farnsfeld], abbot of Rufford.
Dates:	Event date: 1395/02/08 (certain)
People and Groups:	Oath taker: Rufford Abbey, Cistercian (abbot)
Places:	Place of event: York Minster Chapter House, York, York, England (chapter house); written as domo capitulari ecclesiae Eboracensis

2 . Register 11 f.240 (recto) entry 1

Entry Type:	Visitation, Memorandum, Forewarning
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of Nottingham
Summary:	Memorandum of forewarning of a visitation of the abbot and convent of Rufford on Tuesday 25 July, by reason of the primary visitation, in the same form as was written concerning the visitation of the monastery of Roche in the Archdeaconry of York.
Dates:	Document date: 1357/06/25 (certain)
People and Groups:	Subject of visitation: Rufford Abbey, Cistercian (none given) Subject of visitation: Roche Abbey, Cistercian (none given)
Places:	Place of dating: Clarborough, Nottinghamshire, England (none given); written as Clareburgh'

3 . Register 10 f.41 (verso) entry 1

Entry Type:	Ordination
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of York
Summary:	Ordination of a secular vicarage in the church of Rotherham (Roderham), a moiety of which has recently been appropriated to the abbot and convent of Rufford (Rughford), and the other moiety of which has been demised to them at farm by Clairvaux abbey (details given).
Dates:	Document date: 1349/09/24 (certain)
People and Groups:	Grantee: Rufford Abbey, Cistercian (abbot and convent)
Places:	Place of dating: Bishop Burton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor); written as Burton iuxta Beverlacum Subject of ordination: Rotherham, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)

4 . Register 15 f.11 (verso) entry 2

Entry Type:	Memorandum, Licence
Section Type:	Register, Vicar-general
Summary:	Memorandum of licence of the vicar general to the abbot of Rufford to set at farm the revenues of the parish church of Rotherham (Roderham), appropriated to his house, for two years, and the tithes of Masbrough (Markesburgh) for four years.
References:	Smith, D. M. (ed.). 1974. A calendar of the register of Robert Waldby, Archbishop of York, 1397. Borthwick Texts and Calendars: Records of the Northern Province 2. York: University of York, 31.
Dates:	Document date: 1397/09/30 (certain)
People and Groups:	Subject of licence: Rufford Abbey, Cistercian (abbot)
Places:	Place of dating: Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given); written as Ripon Subject of licence: Masbrough, Rotherham, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given) Benefice: Rotherham, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)

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