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1 .   Register 31 f.258 (verso) entry 2
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Will, Grant of Probate
Section Type: Archbishop Matthew
Summary: Will of Alexander Stock, clerk, rector of Kirkheaton (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate (commencing on fol. 258v and ending on fol. 260v).
Language: Latin, English
Subjects: Preaching, Schoolhouses, Lands, Trusts, Probate, Wardens, Servants, Money, Sermons, Chapels, Books, Deeds, Farms (lands/property), Last Wills and Testaments, Clergy, Vicars, Pasture, Wills, Annuities, Fruits and Profits, Feoffees, Rents, Paupers, Provosts, Concordances, Leases, Churchwardens, Boys
Note: Mentions property lately purchased of Sir Henry Savile, knight, Provost of Eton and Warden of Merton College, Oxford. Also mentions a schoolhouse recently built near the church of Kirkheaton by the testator and others.
References: YAS 93, p. 71
Dates: Document date: 1611/08/07 (certain)
Document date: 1619/05/15 (certain)
Document date: 1619/06/24 (certain)
Will date: 1619/08/17 (certain)
Probate date: 1627/03/08 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Stock, Alexander, d ? 1626, Rector of Kirkheaton (parson, clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Kirkheaton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
2 .   Register 31 f.238 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Grant of Probate, Last Will and Testament, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Matthew
Summary: Will of Anthony Higgins, clerk, dean of Ripon Collegiate Church (Ripon Cathedral) (legatees, executor and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: Latin
Subjects: Money, Tradesmen, Farms (lands/property), Loans, Paupers, Feoffees, Plate, Houses, Last Wills and Testaments, Fellows, Hospitals, Wills, Sermons, Servants, Scholarships, Lands, Shoes, Wages, Preachers, Trusts, Debts, University of Cambridge, Interest, Libraries, Probate, Charity, Coins, Horses, Legacies, Matins, Furnishings, Collegiate Churches, Clothing, Women, Bonds, Masters, Coaches, Prisons, Hats
Note: The testator leaves a legacy for scholarships to St John's College, Cambridge (mentioning the scholarships of the foundress (Lady Margaret Beaufort)) and for 'a sermon at morning prayer (presumably Matins) everie 30th of Januarie'.
References: YAS 93, p. 37
Dates: Probate date: 1624/01/08 (certain)
Will date: 1624/11/12 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Higgins, Anthony, d ? 1624, Dean of Ripon (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Ripon Minster, Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (collegiate church)
3 .   Register 32 f.56 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Neale, Archbishop Neile
Language: English
Subjects: Wills, Annuities, Houses, Books, Universities, Lands, Godsons, Probate, Clothing, Degrees, Tuition, Women, Marriages (Ceremony), Money, Advowsons, Schools, Last Wills and Testaments, Wives, Paupers, Servants, Marriage settlements, Trusts, Note books, Lay Patrons
References: YAS 93, p. 83
Dates: Will date: 1632/09/02 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Winter, Richard, d ? 1632, Rector of Sprotbrough (clerk)
Places: Place of person status: Sprotbrough, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)


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