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1 .   Register 8 f.252 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Acquittance
Section Type: Intrinseca camere
Summary: Acquittance (receipt) for John de Burton, reeve of the manor of Beverley, for £9 7s 8 1/2d for rents and farms from the water towns in the bailiwick; £10 10s for underwood in West Park, and £6 for meadows and herbage.
Subjects: Rents, Manors, Meadows, Farms, Wood, Herbage, Reeves, Money
References: Brown, William, and A. Hamilton Thompson. 1940. The Register of William Greenfield Lord Archbishop of York 1306-1315 Part V. Surtees Society 153, 41.
Dates: Document date: 1314/11/28 (certain)
People and Groups: Addressee: Burton, John, fl 1314, Reeve of Beverley (reeve)
Places: Place of person status: Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (manor)
Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's castle)
2 .   Register 16 f.7 (recto) entry 3
Entry Type: Ordination
Section Type: Chapters
Summary: Ordination of a perpetual vicarage at Mirfield, appropriation of the church having been made to the prioress and convent of Kirklees (details given).
Subjects: Appropriations, Hay, Prioresses, Women, Wood, Tithes, Vicars, Churches, Sheaves, Vicarages, Convents
References: R. N. Swanson (ed.), A Calendar of the Register of Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York, 1398-1405, 2 parts, Part 1 Borthwick Texts and Calendars: Records of the Northern Province 8 (York, 1981), Part II Borthwick Texts and Calendars: Records of the Northern Province 11 (York, 1985), I, 7.
Dates: Document date: 1403/08/04 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's castle)
3 .   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)
4 .   Register 31 f.11 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Codicil
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Codicil of the will of James Pilkington, bishop of Durham, not proved.
Language: English
Subjects: Furnishings, Women, Sheep, Servants, Godfathers, Coal, Dilapidations, Wages, Horses, Clothing, Houses, Books, Paupers, University of Cambridge, Weapons, Codicils, Schools, Foals, Wood, Oxen, English Books, Goddaughters, Furnaces, Plate, Brewing equipment, Libraries
Note: Legacy to Mr Banks includes 'Arnaldus de Villa Nova' (title not given).
References: YAS 93, p. 58
Dates: Codicil date: 1572/02/04 (inferred) - 1576/01/23 (inferred)
People and Groups: Testator: Pilkington, James, 1520-1576, Bishop of Durham (bishop)
Legatee/s: Banks, fl 1576, legatee of James Pilkington, Bishop of Durham (master)
Legatee/s: Kingsmill, Sir, William, c 1557-1618, Sheriff of Hampshire (son)
Legatee/s: Pilkington, Deborah, c 1564-0000, daughter of James Pilkington, Bishop of Durham (goddaughter, daughter)
Legatee/s: Pilkington, Francis, fl 1576, brother of James Pilkington, Bishop of Durham (brother (family relation))
Legatee/s: Pilkington, George, fl 1576, brother of James Pilkington, Bishop of Durham (brother (family relation))
Legatee/s: Pilkington, John, fl 1561-c 1602, Archdeacon of Durham (brother (family relation))
Legatee/s: Pilkington, Leonard, 1527-1599, Canon of the 7th Prebend, Durham Cathedral (brother (family relation))
Legatee/s: Pilkington, Margaret, fl 1576, sister of James Pilkington, Bishop of Durham (sister/s)
Legatee/s: Shaw, George, fl 1576, legatee of James Pilkington, Bishop of Durham (unknown)
Legatee/s: Shaw, Thomas, fl 1576, legatee of James Pilkington, Bishop of Durham (nephew)
Legatee/s: Swift, Robert, c 1603, Canon of the 1st Prebend of Durham Cathedral (master)
Mentioned: Russell, Francis, c 1526-1585, 2nd Earl of Bedford (godfather, earl)
New office holder: Barnes, Richard, ? 1532-1587, Bishop of Durham (bishop)
5 .   Register 31 f.89 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Will, Grant of Probate, Last Will and Testament
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of John Tyas, clerk, rector of Treeton (legatees, executors and witnesses named); with grant of probate (continued on fol. 90r and ending on fol. 90v).
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Money, Last Wills and Testaments, Furnishings, Wood, Churchwardens, Pigs, Pious preambles, Daggers, Poultry, Servants, Wills, Deeds, Horses, Vicars, Scholars, Clothing, Oxen, Cows, Household equipment, Probate, Rectors, Wool, Paupers, Annuities, Rye, Godchildren, Alms, Parish clerks, Lands, Coal, Rents, Furniture, Books, Leases, Hats, Locks and keys, Repairs, Wheat, Priests, Roads
Note: Will is headed with the words 'Disposui Testamentum electis meis psal[m] 88 Et Testamentum meum fideli ipsi' from the Bible, Psalm 88, verses 4 and 29, and also contains other quotations in Latin from St Augustine and various books of the Bible (discussed in A. G. Dickens, 'Aspects of Intellectual Transition among the English Parish Clergy of the Reformation Period: A Regional Example' in Archiv fur Reformationsgeschichte 43 (1952), 51-69 (64)).
References: YAS 93, p. 77
Dates: Will date: 1580/05/30 (certain)
Probate date: 1580/11/17 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Tyas, John, d 1580, Rector of Treeton (clerk, parson)
Places: Place of person status: Treeton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
6 .   Register 31 f.105 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of Thomas Dixon, vicar of Hampsthwaite (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Books, Last Wills and Testaments, Plate, Wills, Clothing, Swords, Money, Hats, Furniture, Godsons, Cows, Probate, Guns, Lambs, Houses, Rings, Repairs, Debts, Horses, Bonds, Timber, Tombs, Servants, Virginals, Daggers, Clocks, Wood, Invocations, Roads, Paupers, Lands, Epitaphs, Household equipment, Sheep
Note: Invocation and date above first line of will. Wood specified as 'Firewood'.
References: YAS 93, p. 22
Dates: Will date: 1587/12/22 (certain)
Probate date: 1588/01/11 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Dixon, Thomas, d 1588, Vicar of Hampsthwaite (vicar)
Places: Place of person status: Hampsthwaite, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
7 .   Register 31 f.105 (verso) entry 4
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Sandys
Summary: Will of Robert Collingworth, clerk, rector of Holmpton (legatees, executors and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Last Wills and Testaments, Wood, Wills, Heifers, Money, Cows, Probate, Calves, Agricultural equipment, Paupers, Garths
References: YAS 93, p. 18
Dates: Will date: 1588/02/27 (certain)
Probate date: 1588/04/26 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Collingworth, Robert, d 1588, Rector of Holmpton (clerk, parson)
Places: Place of person status: Holmpton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
8 .   Register 31 f.109 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Will of James Gibson, rector of Roos (legatees, executrix and witnesses named), with grant of probate.
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Last Wills and Testaments, Wood, Wills, Tenants, Heifers, Wages, Paupers, Lands, Probate, Calves, Houses, Debts, Godchildren, Timber, Rectors, Servants, Plate, Money
References: YAS 93, p.30
Dates: Probate date: 1588/12/13 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Gibson, James, d 1588, Rector of Roos (parson)
Places: Place of person status: Roos, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
9 .   Register 32 f.84 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Last Will and Testament, Grant of Probate, Will
Section Type: Archbishop Neale, Archbishop Neile
Language: English, Latin
Subjects: Wills, Plate, Coins, Houses, Timber, Godchildren, Lands, Probate, Wood, Women, Deeds, Money, Last Wills and Testaments, Goddaughters, Paupers, Rings, Farms (lands/property), Defeasances
References: YAS 93, p. 28
Dates: Document date: 1637/07/04 (certain)
Will date: 1638/04/30 (certain)
Probate date: 1638/09/12 (certain)
People and Groups: Testator: Flathers, William, d 1638, Archdeacon of Northumberland (clerk, bachelor of theology)
Places: Birthplace: Leathley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (parish)


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