York Archbishops' Registers

1 . Register 31 f.12 (verso) entry 1

Entry Type:	Acts for confirmation of election of bishop
Section Type:	Archbishop Sandys
Summary:	Acts in the confirmation of the election of Richard Barnes, bishop of Carlisle, as bishop of Durham, including oath of obedience of bishop and oath of supremacy (fols. 12v-14v); signification of election and citation to appear if in opposition (fols. 14v-15r); commission to confirm the election (fols. 15r-v); licence to proceed in the confirmation anywhere in the Province of Canterbury (fol. 15v); appointment of proctors of the dean and chapter of Durham (fols. 15v-16r); appointment of proctors of the bishop elect (fols. 16r-v); libel in confirmation of the election, including summary of stages of election and petitions for a time to prove the process, certification to the bishop of his election, conge d'elire (Latin) and letters missive (English) (fols. 16v-18v); appointment of proctors to seek consent of the bishop elect (fols. 18v-19r); bishop elect's consent (fol. 19r); royal assent (fols. 19r-19v); definitive sentence (fols. 19v-20r); mandate for induction and enthronement of the new bishop (fols. 20r-v); Letters testimonial of the election (fols. 20v-21r).
Language:	Latin
Subjects:	Act of Supremacy (1559), Acts of Parliament, Elections, Confirmations, Court Proceedings, Bishops, Oaths, Court of Arches
Dates:	Document date: 1577/05/02 (certain) Event date: 1577/05/09 (certain)
People and Groups:	Commissioner: Durham Cathedral, Dean and Chapter (dean and chapter) Creator, witness: Warham, William, fl 1577, Lettered (lettered) Issuer: Grindal, Edmund, c 1516-1583, Archbishop of Canterbury (archbishop) Issuer: Sandys, Edwin, ? 1519-1588, Archbishop of York (archbishop) Lever, Ralph, d ? 1585, Canon of the 5th Prebend, Durham Cathedral (canon and prebendary) New office holder: Barnes, Richard, ? 1532-1587, Bishop of Durham (bishop) Pilkington, Leonard, 1527-1599, Canon of the 7th Prebend, Durham Cathedral (canon and prebendary) Present: Frankland, Richard, fl 1576, Registrar of Chancery and Consistory Courts of York (notary public, registrar) Present: Martiall, John, fl 1574-1577, Registrar of Archdeacon of Nottingham (scribe, notary public) Presiding: Lougher, Robert, d 1585, Vicar General of Province of York (archbishop's commissary, doctor of laws) Proctor: Burton, Master, Thomas, fl 1577, Proctor of Bishop of Durham elect (bachelor of laws) Proctor: Incent, Master, John, fl 1577-1592, Notary Public (notary public) Witness: Love, Richard, fl 1577, Lettered (lettered) Witness: Redman, Thomas, fl 1577, Notary Public (notary public) Witness: Rose, William, fl 1577, Notary Public (notary public) Witness: Theaker, John, fl 1577-1602, Notary Public (notary public)
Places:	Meeting place: Court of Arches, London, England (court); written as infra ecclesiam parochialem beate Marie de Archubus London loco iudiciali ibidem

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