York Archbishops' Registers

1 . Register 8 f.296 (verso) entry 1

Entry Type:	Letter/s
Section Type:	Intrinseca camere
Summary:	Letter to the archdeacon of the East Riding or his official to publish the absolution of Robert de Cottingham [Prebendary of Fridaythorpe], purporting to be rector of Simonburn, Durham diocese, with a similar letter to the dean of Christianity, York.
Subjects:	Deans of Christianity, Archdeacons, Absolution
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: 1312/05/09 (certain)
People and Groups:	Addressee: Fargues, Bertrand, fl 1308-1322, Archdeacon of the East Riding (archdeacon) Subject of letters: Cottingham, Robert, d 1319, Prebendary of Fridaythorpe; King's Clerk (rector)
Places:	Place of person role: Simonburn, Northumberland, England (parish) Place of dating: Saint Symphorien d'Ozon, Rhone department, France (none given)

2 . Register 11 f.85 (recto) entry 1

Entry Type:	Appropriation, Letter/s
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of York
Summary:	Letters to the chapter of York, notifying them that the archbishop has deputed Master Thomas de Bucton [Buckton], doctor of laws, official of York, to treat with them and obtain their consent for the appropriation of the church of Hemingbrough (Hemyngburgh) by the prior and convent of Durham (Dunolm), King Edward III having frequently implored the archbishop to have regard for the poverty of the house and the loss and diminution of their annuities, rents and possessions, particularly due to the Scottish wars, and to compensate them for an annual rent of 40 marks which they previously received from the issues of the town of Berwick upon Tweed (Berwic'), which they remitted to the king and his heirs, and the chantries and lights they established and sustain at their own costs for the king's soul in Durham Cathedral, and to fulfil the promise of King Edward II, in support of the burdens of hospitality imposed upon them and their commitment to works of charity, that they might appropriate the church of Simonburn (Symonburn), but which he ultimately denied to them, King Edward III wishing to allow them to support such burdens in future.
Dates:	Document date: 1356/03/10 (certain)
People and Groups:	Durham, St Cuthbert Priory, Benedictine
Places:	Place mentioned: Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, England Benefice: Hemingbrough, East Riding of Yorkshire, England Benefice: Simonburn, Northumberland, England Place mentioned: Durham Cathedral, Durham, Durham, England

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