York Archbishops' Registers

1 . Register 16 f.84 (verso) entry 1

Entry Type:	Inquisition, Mandate, Notarial Subscription, Notarial Instrument
Section Type:	Archdeaconry of Nottingham
Summary:	Notarial instrument containing an inquisition concerning whether the vicar of South Leverton was obliged to provide a chaplain to minister to the parishioners in the chapel on three days per week; with a mandate from John [de Thoresby], archbishop of York (recited), dated at Bishopthorpe, 20 May 1370, ordering an inquisition into this case by the dean of Retford, who found in favour of the parishioners, with a notarial subscription by John called of Howden (Houeden), clerk of York diocese, notary public (witnesses named), sealed on 31 May 1402; and a mandate of Simon [Langham], Cardinal priest of S Sixtus, papal nuncio, dated at London, 7 June 1402, to warn Thomas de Langwath to provide a chaplain to serve the chapel (details given) (three entries).
Subjects:	Chapels, Chaplains, Parishioners, Inquisitions, Forewarnings, Archdeacons' Officials, Deans (Rural), Sacraments, Censures, Seals
Note:	The initial capital 'I' of 'In dei nomine Amen' in the first line is decorated.
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, 87.
Dates:	Document date: 1372/05/25 (certain)
Places:	Place of dating: South Leverton, Nottinghamshire, England (parish church)