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1 .   Register 31 f.10 (recto) entry 5
Entry Type: Will, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Will of James Pilkington, bishop of Durham (legatees, executors and supervisors named) (continues).
Marginalia: Entry is headed by invocation 'Jesus'
Language: English
Subjects: Testators, Bishops, Coal, Clergy, Last Wills and Testaments, Hay, Probate, Books, Paupers, University of Cambridge, Archbishops, Corn, Schools, Invocations, Servants, Wood, Notes, Wills
Note: Legacies include the testator's books at [Bishop] Auckland to be left to his school at Rivington (Lancashire) and to poor colleges in Cambridge and others.
Dates: Will date: 1572/02/04 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Pilkington, James, 1520-1576, Bishop of Durham (bishop)
Executor, guardian: Kingsmill, George, c 1539-1606, lawyer and Member of Parliament (son)
Guardian, executrix: Kingsmill, Constance, d c 1581, wife of Sir John Kingsmill (lady)
Legatee/s: Kingsmill, Sir, William, c 1526-1593, Sheriff of Hampshire (brother in law)
Legatee/s: Pilkington, Alice, d 1596, nee Kingsmill; wife of James Pilkington, Bishop of Durham (wife)
Legatee/s: Pilkington, Deborah, c 1564-0000, daughter of James Pilkington, Bishop of Durham (daughter)
Legatee/s: Pilkington, Ruth, c 1569-1627, daughter of James Pilkington, Bishop of Durham (daughter)
Supervisor: Grindal, Edmund, c 1516-1583, Archbishop of Canterbury (archbishop)
Supervisor: Kingsmill, Richard, c 1528-1600, Member of Parliament (unknown)
Supervisor: Layton, Thomas, 1520-1584, Chancellor of Durham (unknown)
Supervisor: Pilkington, Leonard, 1527-1599, Canon of the 7th Prebend, Durham Cathedral (brother (family relation))
Supervisor: Russell, Francis, c 1526-1585, 2nd Earl of Bedford (earl)
2 .   Register 31 f.10 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Will, Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Will of Roger Carter, vicar of Kilnsea (legatees, executor and witnesses named), with grant of probate by Master Robert Burland, clerk, substitute of Master Robert Lougher, doctor of Laws, to Thomas Shepherd, executor.
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Testators, Clergy, Last Wills and Testaments, Money, Probate, Children, Houses, Vicars, Repairs, Wills, Horses
References: YAS 93, p. 15
Dates: Will date: 1576/00/25 (certain)
Probate date: 1578/05/16 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Carter, Roger, d 1576, Vicar of Kilnsea (clerk)
Executrix, legatee/s: Sheppard, fl 1576, wife of Thomas Sheppard (wife); written as Thomas Sheppard his wife and his children
Grantor: Burland, Robert, d 1585, Succentor of Vicars Choral of York Minster (clerk, substitute)
Grantor: Lougher, Robert, d 1585, Vicar General of Province of York (doctor of laws)
Legatee/s, executor: Shepherd, Thomas, fl 1576, legatee of Roger Carter (unknown); written as Thomas Sheppard his wife and his children
Legatee/s: Jackson, Ralph, fl 1576, son of Henry Jackson of Easington
Overseer: Gibson, Robert, fl 1576, of Easington (unknown)
Witness: Gibson, John, fl 1576, witness of will of Roger Carter (unknown)
Witness: Hewerton, Henry, fl 1576, witness of will of Roger Carter (unknown)
Witness: Smith, John, fl 1576, witness of will of Roger Carter (unknown)
Witness: Wright, Robert, fl 1576, witness of will of Roger Carter (unknown)
Places: Burial place: Kilnsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (churchyard)
3 .   Register 31 f.9 (recto) entry 3
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Codicil, Will
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Will of Matthew Torte, clerk, lately rector of Hockerton; (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with codicil (continues).
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Churches, Furniture, Horses, Archdeacons, Poor relations, Sermons, Rings, Women, Wills, Goddaughters, Doles, Wages, Money, Bread, Plate, Godchildren, Testators, Paupers, Last Wills and Testaments, Servants, Household equipment, Children, Furnishings, Houses, Lay Patrons, Neighbours, Curates, Rectories, Meals, Crops, Glebe lands
References: YAS 93, p. 76
Dates: Will date: 1576/06/06 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Torte, Matthew, d 1576, Prebendary of Woodborough, Southwell Minster (parson)
Executor, legatee/s: Leek, William, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (cousin)
Legatee/s, guardian, executor: Mercer, Richard, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (cousin)
Legatee/s, witness: Garlick, Ralph, fl 1576, Curate of Hockerton (curate)
Legatee/s: Burdett, William, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown)
Legatee/s: Hobman, Alice, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown)
Legatee/s: Leek, Anne, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown)
Legatee/s: Leek, Dorothy, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown)
Legatee/s: Leek, John, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown)
Legatee/s: Leek, Margery, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (wife)
Legatee/s: Leek, fl 1576, wife of William Leek of Normanton (wife)
Legatee/s: Louth, John, d 1590, Archdeacon of Nottingham (archdeacon)
Legatee/s: Meering, Margaret, fl 1576, nee Cave; wife of Sir William Meering (wife)
Legatee/s: Meering, Sir, William, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (patron)
Legatee/s: Torte, Elizabeth, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown)
Legatee/s: Torte, James, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (nephew)
Legatee/s: Torte, Matthew, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown)
Legatee/s: Torte, Nicholas, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (unknown)
Legatee/s: Torte, William, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (nephew)
Legatee/s: Wharton, Anne, fl 1576, legatee of Matthew Torte (servant)
Supervisor, legatee/s: Blundstone, Nicholas, fl 1576, supervisor of will of Matthew Torte (unknown)
Witness: Jobson, Nicholas, fl 1576, witness to will of Matthew Torte (unknown)
Places: Burial place: Hockerton, Nottinghamshire, England (parish church)
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