York Archbishops' Registers

1 . 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)