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1 .   Register 9B f.679 (verso) entry 5
Entry Type: Memorandum
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Letter to the dean of Christianity of York to prove wills of the archbishop's tenants in Bishopthorpe free of charge.
Subjects: Testaments, Probate, Tenants
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 150.
Dates: Memorandum date: 1335/02/14 (certain)
2 .   Register 31 f.78 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of Thomas Richmond of Richmond Houses, Chipping, Lancashire, with schedule of debts (legatees, executors and witnesses named). The testator's wife Margaret to have (by royal licence and that of his late masters Mr Thomas Houghton and Alexander Houghton) his tenement at Richmond Houses, with conditions.
Language: English
Subjects: Debts, Intakes, Oats, Barley, Grass, Blacksmiths, Houses, Fabrics, Last Wills and Testaments, Tenants, Licences, Lawsuits, Wills, Money, Weaving, Oxen, Heifers, Flax, Commons, Horses
Note: Testator leaves property to the use of his son for life, his son 'being not able to labour for his living'.
References: YAS 93, p. 61
Dates: Will date: 1576/04/10 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Richmond, Thomas, d after 1576, of Richmond Houses, Chipping (unknown)
Places: Place of residence: Richmond Houses, Chipping, Lancashire, England (house)
3 .   Register 31 f.76 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of James Harvey of Pemberton, with pious preamble and schedule of debts (legatees, executors and witnesses named); with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Probate, Debts, Houses, Last Wills and Testaments, Tenants, Wills, Leases
References: YAS 93, p. 35
Dates: Will date: 1578/07/10 (certain)
Probate date: 1578/07/23 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Harvey, James, d 1578, of Pemberton (unknown)
Places: Place of residence: Pemberton, Wigan, Lancashire, England (township)
4 .   Register 31 f.85 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of John Askwith, rector of Hawnby (legatees, executors and witnesses named); with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Probate, Agricultural equipment, Oats, Cows, Aldermen, Books, Curates, Plate, Servants, Last Wills and Testaments, Tenants, Horses, Wills, Money, Tuition, Preachers, Farms (lands/property), Paupers, Beans, Heifers
References: YAS 93, p. 3
Dates: Will date: 1578/09/24 (certain)
Probate date: 1578/10/24 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Askwith, John, d 1578, Rector of Hawnby (parson, clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Oswaldkirk, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
Place of person status: Hawnby, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
5 .   Register 31 f.86 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of Thomas Edward, rector of Halsham (legatees, executors and witnesses named); with grant of probate.
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Probate, Agricultural equipment, Sheep, Wheat, Peas, Lambs, Boots, Cows, Wages, Brewing equipment, Books, Houses, Hats, Godchildren, Plate, Oxen, Last Wills and Testaments, Foals, Horses, Shrouds, Wills, Money, Calves, Lands, Debts, Household equipment, Housekeepers, Coins, Furniture, Women, Rye, Clothing, Servants, Leases, Tenants, Paupers, Malt, Heifers, Pigs
References: YAS 93, p. 24
Dates: Will date: 1579/05/02 (certain)
Probate date: 1579/06/05 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Edward, Thomas, d 1579, Rector of Halsham (clerk, parson)
Places: Place of person status: Halsham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
6 .   Register 31 f.92 (recto) entry 3
Entry Type: Grant of Probate, Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of Cuthbert Witham, clerk, rector of Garforth (legatees, executors and witnesses named); with grant of probate (continued on fol. 92v, and ending on fol. 93r).
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Tenants, Servants, Tuition, Churchwardens, Advowsons, Lands, Wills, Paupers, Fruits and Profits, Aldermen, Last Wills and Testaments, Entails, Houses, Probate, Accounts, Coins
Note: Money to be paid to one group of paupers at the feast of Easter
References: YAS 93, p. 83
Dates: Will date: 1581/08/10 (certain)
Probate date: 1581/08/15 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Witham, Cuthbert, d 1581, Rector of Garforth (parson, clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Garforth, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
7 .   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)
8 .   Register 31 f.102 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will, Codicil
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will, with pious preamble, of Nicholas Wilson, clerk, rector of Scrayingham, mentioning his manor house in Crambe [manor of Crambe, 'Craumbe alias Crawholme'] with lands and appurtenances (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate (commencing on fol. 102r and ending on fol. 103r).
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Loans, Last Wills and Testaments, Deeds, Wills, Tenants, Money, Lands, Probate, Tuition, Intakes, Houses, Garths, Rings, Debts, Horses, Timber, Common rights, Pious preambles, Paupers, Codicils, Copyhold lands, Cottages, Servants, Coins
References: YAS 93, p. 83
Dates: Document date: 1582/08/11 (certain)
Will date: 1586/01/21 (certain)
Probate date: 1586/05/17 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Wilson, Nicholas, d 1586, Rector of Scrayingham (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Scrayingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
9 .   Register 31 f.100 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of Roger Jackson, clerk, rector of East Bridgford (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Loans, Last Wills and Testaments, Schoolmasters, Plate, Wills, Tenants, Women, Money, Probate, Houses, University of Oxford, Household equipment, Godchildren, Cottages, Books, University of Cambridge, Clothing, Paupers, Annuities
References: YAS 93, p. 41
Dates: Will date: 1586/01/02 (certain)
Probate date: 1595/02/12 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Jackson, Roger, d ? 1586, Rector of East Bridgford (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: East Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England (rectory)
10 .   Register 31 f.103 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will, Codicil
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of Robert Lillie, clerk, rector of Babworth (legatees, executor and witnesses named), mentioning his Geneva Bible, and ?Calvi[n] upon Tobie', also giving his brother his choice of books on physick or chirurgy and to Mr Henry Browne, a law book; with grant of probate.
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Books, Last Wills and Testaments, Wills, Tenants, Churches, Paupers, Lands, Probate, Lambs, Codicils, Guardians, Debts, Sheep, Bonds, Annuities, Coins, Tutors, Clothing, Money, Houses, Bibles
References: YAS 93, p. 47
Dates: Will date: 1586/04/05 (certain)
Codicil date: 1586/04/07 (uncertain)
Probate date: 1586/08/20 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Lillie, Robert, d 1586, Rector of Babworth (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Babworth, Nottinghamshire, England (rectory)


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