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1 .   Register 8 f.241 (recto) entry 7
Entry Type: Acquittance
Section Type: Intrinseca camere
Summary: Acquittance (receipt) to William de Wintringham, rector of York, St George, for various sums of money obtained from various individuals (named within, some parties to suits in royal courts) under different royal writs.
Subjects: Courts, Civil, Writs, 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, 18-19.
Dates: Document date: 1312/11/24 (certain)
People and Groups: Addressee: Wintringham, William, fl 1309-1314, Dean of Christianity, York (rector)
Places: Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's castle)
Place of person status: York, St George, Fishergate, York, York, England (rectory)
2 .   Register 9B f.625 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Writ
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Royal writ of venire facias relating to payment and arrears of the six papal tenths of 1312.
Language: Latin
Subjects: Clerical Tenths, Exchequer, Writs, Loans, Tax collectors, Sub collectors, Papal Taxation
References: E 179 database: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/e179/default.asp, Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 1.
Dates: Document date: 1318/02/25 (certain)
Receipt date: 1318/03/18 (certain)
Date to appear: 1318/05/08 (certain)
People and Groups: Addressee: Melton, William, d 1340, Archbishop of York (archbishop)
Sender: Edward II, 1284-1327, King of England (king)
Witness: Norwich, William, fl 1318, Royal clerk? (none given)
Places: Place in which to appear: Westminster, Exchequer, Middlesex, England (exchequer)
Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (none given)
Place of dating: Westminster, Middlesex, England (none given)
3 .   Register 9B f.627 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Writ
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Royal writ of venire facias enclosing the papal bull of Pope John XXII, dated at Avignon, 28 March 1317, granting Edward II a loan from the six papal tenths of 1312, to cause subcollectors of the tenth to appear at the Exchequer.
Language: Latin
Subjects: Clerical Tenths, Exchequer, Writs, Loans, Papal Taxation, Sub collectors, Tax collectors
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 3., E 179 database: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/e179/
Dates: Document date: 1318/07/26 (certain)
Date to appear: 1318/10/01 (certain)
People and Groups: Addressee: Melton, William, d 1340, Archbishop of York (archbishop)
Issuer: Edward II, 1284-1327, King of England (king)
Mentioned: Ness, Alan, d 1331, Abbot of York, St Mary (abbot)
Mentioned: Rudston, John, fl 1334-1338, Prior of Thurgarton (prior)
Mentioned: Scarborough, Simon, d 1321, Abbot of Selby (abbot)
Witness: Walwyn, Master, John, d 1331, Treasurer (treasurer)
Places: Place in which to appear: Westminster, Exchequer, Middlesex, England (exchequer)
Place of dating: Westminster, Middlesex, England (none given)
4 .   Register 9B f.650 (recto) entry 2
Entry Type: Writ
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Royal writ of Edward II containing an acquittance of the archbishop for a debt of £220 16s 8d arising from tax collection, presumably relating to the papal tenth of March 1317.
Subjects: Taxation, Acquittances, Writs, Papal Tenths
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 59.
Dates: Document date: 1323/10/14 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Westminster, Middlesex, England (palace)
5 .   Register 9B f.642 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Writ
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Edward II to the archbishop, his official principal or his commissaries, concerning expenses arising from a benefice dispute relating to the church of Elkesley. Following a writ of prohibition, the king states that this writ should not prevent the archbishop from collecting his dues.
Subjects: Writs, Benefices, Disputes
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 44-45.
Dates: 1325/05/28 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Chertsey, Surrey, England
6 .   Register 9B f.660 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Writ
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Writ under the Privy Seal of Edward III to the Archbishop of York enclosing the papal letter concerning an indulgence of 20 days for those praying for the king and requesting its publication in the province of York.
Language: French
Subjects: Prayers, Writs, Indulgences
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 80.
Dates: Document date: 1327/10/17 (certain)
People and Groups: Issuer: Edward III, 1312-1377, King of England (king)
Places: Place of dating: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England (town)
7 .   Register 9B f.674 (recto) entry 3
Entry Type: Writ, Letter/s
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Letter to the dean of Nottingham for the execution of a royal writ (recited) commanding that several types of wrongdoers should be excommunicated, being the king's reply to a petition in the last parliament at York.
Subjects: Writs, Parliaments, Excommunication
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 128-129.
Dates: Document date: 1334/04/20 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England
8 .   Register 9B f.674 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Notarial Mark, Notarial Instrument, Notarial Subscription
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Notarial instrument recording the archbishop's receipt of a royal writ (recited) ordering the archbishop not to meddle in the carrying of the Cross of Canterbury during the visit of the archbishop of Canterbury to the Province of York, as that archbishop was carrying out the king's business (witnesses named, with notarial subscription by John Thomas of Barnby Dun, clerk, notary public.
Marginalia: Notarial mark (an eight pointed star)
Subjects: Archbishops, Writs, Cross of Canterbury
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 130-131.
Dates: Document date: 1334/06/15 (certain)
Places: Place of dating: Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
9 .   Register 9B f.676A (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Writ
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Royal writ ordering relaxation of sequestration of ecclesiastical goods of Master Thomas de Sancto Albano, an executor of the former archbishop William Greenfield (William de Grenefeld), since he had been acquitted at the Exchequer for a debt owing to archbishop Melton (insert).
Subjects: Writs, Executors, Relaxations of Sequestrations
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 137.
Dates: Document date: 1334/10/10 (certain)
People and Groups: Deceased: Greenfield, Master, William, c 1255-1315, Archbishop of York (archbishop)
Juror: Edward III, 1312-1377, King of England (king)
Places: Place of dating: Westminster, Middlesex, England
10 .   Register 9B f.688 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Letter/s, List of subjects
Section Type: Diverse letters
Summary: Letter to Edward III acknowledging a royal writ (dated at Byfleet, 8 February 1339 and witnessed by Prince Edward) ordering the archbishop to summon a convocation of clergy to be held in York Minster to grant an aid, which the archbishop states met on 15 April, but that the clergy would only grant an aid other than the three clerical tenths granted in 1337 on certain conditions (listed).
Subjects: Taxation, Convocations, Writs
References: Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 179-183.
Dates: Document date: 1339/04/22 (certain)
People and Groups: Addressee: Edward III, 1312-1377, King of England (king)
Places: Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's castle)


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