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1 .   Register 8 f.296 (verso) entry 4
Entry Type: Letters dimissory
Section Type: Intrinseca camere
Summary: Memorandum of letters dimissory for all minor orders for John de York [de Eboraco] and Thomas de Rotherham [de Roderham], scholars.
Subjects: Letters dimissory, Scholars
References: Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 171.
Dates: Document date: 1312/06/01 (certain)
People and Groups: Addressee: Rotherham, Thomas, fl 1312, Scholar (scholar)
Addressee: York, John, fl 1312, Scholar (scholar)
Places: Place of dating: Paris, Paris department, France (none given)
2 .   Register 12 f.112 (recto) entry 9
Entry Type: Order to deliver
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Order to deliver to John Ikling' [?Hickling] and John Ogle, scholars in the grammar schools of York, expenses for their keep and footwear.
Subjects: Grammar Schools, Scholars
Dates: Document date: 1375/04/30 (certain)
People and Groups: Recipient: John Ikling' (scholar)
Recipient: John Ogle (scholar)
Places: Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)
Place of person status: York City, York, York, England (city)
3 .   Register 12 f.113 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Warrant
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Warrant for payment for his commons and other business to William de Walworth, poor scholar at grammar school at York.
Language: Latin
Subjects: Paupers, Scholars, Poor scholars
Dates: Document date: 1377/06/09 (certain)
People and Groups: Recipient: William de Walworth (scholar)
Places: Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor)
4 .   Register 31 f.112 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Charter, Letters patent
Section Type: Archbishop Piers
Summary: Foundation charter of the grammar school at Giggleswick of King Edward VI dated at Westminster, 26 May 1553 (commencing on fol. 112v and ending on fol. 114v).
Language: Latin
Subjects: Governors, Schoolmasters, Schools, Charters, Scholars, Headmasters, Letters patent, Grammar Schools, Foundations
Dates: Document date: 1553/05/26 (certain)
Enrolment date: 1553/06/09 (certain)
People and Groups: Issuer, grantor: Edward VI, 1537-1553, King of England (king)
Petitioner: Giggleswick, Inhabitants (inhabitants)
Petitioner: Nowell, John, fl 1548-1556, Vicar of Giggleswick (clerk, chaplain, vicar)
Petitioner: Tennant, Henry, c 1533-? 1604, of Cleatop, near Giggleswick, gentleman (gentleman)
Places: Subject of statutes: Giggleswick, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (grammar school)
Place of dating: Westminster, Middlesex, England (city)
5 .   Register 31 f.79 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of Henry Town, clerk, vicar of Broughton (legatees, executors and witnesses named); with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Probate, Agricultural equipment, Priests, Lambs, Clerks (Ecclesiastical), Bees, Cows, Furniture, Servants, Last Wills and Testaments, Paupers, Wills, Money, Meals, Scholars
Note: This folio has a heading 'De Testamentis et eorum Approbacionibus' (Of Wills and their probate), as if a section heading.
References: YAS 93, p. 76
Dates: Will date: 1577/06/20 (certain)
Probate date: 1577/08/05 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Town, Henry, d 1577, Vicar of Broughton (clerk, vicar)
Places: Place of person status: Broughton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
6 .   Register 31 f.54 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Ordination, Visitation Proceedings
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Ordination or decree on seats in the parish church of Kendal, following a dispute among various parishioners there, with nine articles (in English) in resolution of the matter.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Aldermen, Archbishops' Visitations, Scholars, Organs, Visitations, Schoolmasters, Lofts, Preachers, Chapels, Organists, Rood Lofts, Parishioners, Pews, Organ Lofts, Justices of the Peace, Vacancies, Disputes
Note: Ordination of seating in church
Dates: Event date: 1578/08/06 (certain)
People and Groups: Overseer, nominated: Boynton, Sir, Thomas, 1523-1587, Sheriff of Yorkshire (knight)
Present: Fothergill, William, fl 1576-1577, Deputy Principal Registrar of York (notary public)
Presiding: Sandys, Edwin, ? 1519-1588, Archbishop of York (archbishop)
Places: Place of event: Kendal, Westmorland, England (vicarage house)
Subject of dispute: Kendal, Westmorland, England (church)
7 .   Register 31 f.89 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Will, Grant of Probate, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of John Tyas, clerk, rector of Treeton (legatees, executors and witnesses named); with grant of probate (continued on fol. 90r and ending on fol. 90v).
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Money, Last Wills and Testaments, Furnishings, Wood, Churchwardens, Pigs, Pious preambles, Daggers, Poultry, Servants, Wills, Deeds, Horses, Vicars, Scholars, Clothing, Oxen, Cows, Household equipment, Probate, Rectors, Wool, Paupers, Annuities, Rye, Godchildren, Alms, Parish clerks, Lands, Coal, Rents, Furniture, Books, Leases, Hats, Locks and keys, Repairs, Wheat, Priests, Roads
Note: Will is headed with the words 'Disposui Testamentum electis meis psal[m] 88 Et Testamentum meum fideli ipsi' from the Bible, Psalm 88, verses 4 and 29, and also contains other quotations in Latin from St Augustine and various books of the Bible (discussed in A. G. Dickens, 'Aspects of Intellectual Transition among the English Parish Clergy of the Reformation Period: A Regional Example' in Archiv fur Reformationsgeschichte 43 (1952), 51-69 (64)).
References: YAS 93, p. 77
Dates: Will date: 1580/05/30 (certain)
Probate date: 1580/11/17 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Tyas, John, d 1580, Rector of Treeton (clerk, parson)
Places: Place of person status: Treeton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
8 .   Register 31 f.89 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Will, Grant of Probate, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of Christopher Hustler, rector of Elvington (legatees, executors and witnesses named); with grant of probate.
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Money, Last Wills and Testaments, Registrars, Wages, Intakes, Grammar Schools, Servants, Wills, Debts, Scholars, Clothing, Cows, Repairs, Probate, Wagons, Paupers, Godsons, Horses, Leases, Household equipment, Roads
References: YAS 93, p. 40
Dates: Will date: 1580/08/22 (certain)
Probate date: 1580/09/07 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Hustler, Christopher, d 1580, Rector of Elvington (clerk)
Places: Birthplace: Kildwick, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (parish)
Place of person status: Elvington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
9 .   Register 31 f.94 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of Robert Wilson, clerk, rector of Brandsby (legatees, executors and witnesses named); with grant of probate.
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Tenants, Money, Servants, Furniture, Cows, Books, Wills, Foals, Sheep, Last Wills and Testaments, Household equipment, Priests, Probate, Women, Calves, Parish clerks, Beans, Scholars, Horses, Clothing
Note: Testator also leaves small legacy to every house (perhaps household) within the parish of Brandsby.
References: YAS 93, p. 83
Dates: Will date: 1581/12/23 (certain)
Probate date: 1582/05/15 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Wilson, Robert, d ? 1582, Rector of Brandsby (clerk, parson)
Places: Place of person status: Brandsby, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
10 .   Register 31 f.128 (verso) entry 4
Entry Type: Will, Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate
Section Type: Archbishop Piers
Summary: Will of Otis Hunt, M.A., vicar of Methley, stated by the testator to have been written by him (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate (commencing on fol. 128v and ending on fol. 129v).
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Wills, Copyhold lands, Probate, Houses, Household equipment, Schoolmasters, Distilling equipment, Fellows, Servants, Last Wills and Testaments, Manors, Masters, Money, Furnishings, University of Oxford, Scholars, Statute of Mortmain, Rents, Freehold lands, Plate, Lands, Paupers, Leases, Deeds, Feoffees, Furniture, Clocks, Clothing, Orchards, Books
Note: The testator desired that the schoolmaster should be a graduate of one of the Universities and able to teach Latin and Greek, and should see his scholars 'to be in good order everie Saboath and hollie daie' (Sabbath or Sunday and holidays).
References: YAS 93, p. 40
Dates: Will date: 1590/09/19 (certain)
Probate date: 1593/01/17 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Hunt, Otis, d ? 1591, Vicar of Methley (master of arts, parson)
Places: Birthplace: Swinton, Wath upon Dearne, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (township)
Place of person status: Methley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)


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