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1 .   Register 32 f.94A (recto) Paper entry 1
Entry Type: Commission, Seating plan, Certification
Section Type: Archbishop Neale, Archbishop Neile
Language: English
Subjects: Commissions, Chapels, Pews, Seats, Stalls
Note: Commission to assign stalls, pews or seats in the chapel of Holmfirth, with seating plan attached as certified
Dates: Document date: 1636/03/12 (certain)
Date to appear: 1636/07/01 (certain)
People and Groups: Addressee: Bews, Anthony, d ? 1642, Rector of High Hoyland (clerk)
Addressee: Crossland, George, d 1636, Vicar of Almondbury (clerk)
Addressee: John Kay (esquire)
Addressee: Sykes, Richard, fl 1626-1636, Rector of Kirkheaton (clerk)
Addressee: Thomas Thornhill (esquire)
Addressee: Whittaker, Gamaliel, d 1644, Vicar of Kirkburton (master of arts, clerk)
Sender: Easdall, William, d ? 1644, Vicar General of Province of York (official principal, vicar general, doctor of laws)
Witness: Turbett, William, fl 1624-1628, Principal Registrar of York (unknown)
Places: Holmfirth, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (chapel)
Place in which to appear: York Consistory Court, York, York, England (court)
Place of dating: York City, York, York, England (city)
2 .   Register 31 f.2 (verso) entry 2
Entry Type: Court Proceedings
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Pronouncement of contumacy of Christopher Witton, vicar of Crosby Ravensworth, for non appearance following his citation to appear before Matthew Hutton, keeper of spiritualities of the archiepiscopate of York during a vacancy, in the matter of Witton's removal from the vicarage, and a definitive sentence to be passed on him.
Language: Latin
Subjects: Deprivations, Sentences, Non appearance (Courts, Ecclesiastical), Contumacy
Dates: Event date: 1576/04/13 (certain)
People and Groups: Incumbent: Witton, Christopher, fl 1572-1576, Vicar of Crosby Ravensworth
Present: Fothergill, William, fl 1576-1577, Deputy Principal Registrar of York (notary public)
Presiding: Hutton, Matthew, ? 1529-1606, Archbishop of York (dean, keeper of spirituality, doctor of theology)
Places: Place of event: York Consistory Court, York, York, England (court)
3 .   Register 31 f.2 (verso) entry 3
Entry Type: Sentence
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Definitive sentence passed upon Christopher Witton, vicar of Crosby Ravensworth, for his removal from the vicarage (those present named).
Language: Latin
Subjects: Deprivations, Sentences
Dates: Reading date: 1576/04/13 (certain)
People and Groups: Incumbent: Witton, Christopher, fl 1572-1576, Vicar of Crosby Ravensworth
Present: Atkinson, John, fl 1576, Notary Public (notary public)
Present: Brocket, John, fl 1576, Notary Public and Proctor of the Consistory Court of York (notary public, proctor)
Present: Burland, Robert, d 1585, Succentor of Vicars Choral of York Minster (clerk)
Present: Farley, John, fl 1576, Notary Public and Proctor of the Consistory Court of York (proctor, notary public)
Present: Fawcett, Edward, fl 1576, Notary Public and Proctor of the Consistory Court of York (proctor, notary public)
Present: Fawkes, Edward, d 1579, Proctor, of Consistory Court of York (advocate, bachelor of laws)
Present: Standeven, John, fl 1576, Notary Public and Proctor of the Consistory Court of York (proctor, notary public)
Present: Stock, James, fl 1576, Notary Public and Proctor of the Consistory Court of York (notary public, proctor)
Present: Swinburn, Henry, fl 1576-1589, Notary Public (notary public)
Present: Thwing, Master, Thomas, fl 1576, Advocate of York
Presiding: York Minster, Dean and Chapter (dean and chapter)
Presiding: Hutton, Matthew, ? 1529-1606, Archbishop of York (keeper of spirituality, doctor of theology, dean)
Places: Place of event: York Consistory Court, York, York, England (court)
4 .   Register 31 f.4 (verso) entry 4
Entry Type: Court Proceedings
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Cause relating to disputed presentation to the rectory of Walkington: inquisition to be held to determine who had right of presentation (jurors named) (continues).
Language: Latin
Subjects: Inquisitions, Benefice Causes, Jurors
Dates: Holding of court session date: 1576/09/14 (certain)
Event date: 1576/10/01 (certain)
People and Groups: Juror: Bethell, Hugh, fl 1576, gentleman (gentleman)
Juror: Bucke, John, d 1588, Prebendary of Grindal (master of arts, rector)
Juror: Ellerker, Edward, fl 1576, esquire (esquire)
Juror: Fewell, Christopher, fl 1574-1582, Rector of Beverley St Nicholas (rector, clerk)
Juror: FitzRandall, John, d 1580, Rector of Winestead (rector)
Juror: Hellard, Thomas, fl 1576, of Ruston Parva (unknown)
Juror: Hodgson, Robert, fl 1576, of Burton Fleming (unknown)
Juror: Jackson, Anthony, fl 1576, of Killingraves, gentleman (gentleman)
Juror: Jackson, Robert, d 1591, Rector of Sigglesthorne (reader, clerk)
Juror: Kay, George, d 1598, Rector of Huggate (clerk, rector)
Juror: Lawson, Edward, fl 1576, of Beverley, gentleman (gentleman)
Juror: Lutton, William, fl 1576, of Thorneholme (unknown)
Juror: Markham, John, fl 1560, Vicar of Welton (clerk, vicar)
Juror: Mashley, Christopher, fl 1572-1580, Vicar of Swine (vicar, clerk)
Juror: Moore, Robert, fl 1576, gentleman (gentleman)
Juror: Nettleton, John, d 1597, junior, of Hutton Cranswick, gentleman (gentleman)
Juror: Pollard, William, d 1610, Rector of Londesborough (rector, master of arts)
Juror: Remington, Henry, fl 1576, of Lockington, gentleman (gentleman)
Juror: Ringrose, Robert, d 1580, Rector of South Dalton (clerk, rector)
Juror: Robinson, Leonard, d ? 1600, of Skipsea (unknown)
Juror: Slater, George, d 1590, Prebendary of Barnby (bachelor of theology, rector)
Juror: Smith, Melchior, d 1591, Prebendary of Apesthorpe (vicar, clerk)
Juror: Wilson, William, fl 1576, gentleman (gentleman)
Juror: Wright, Henry, fl 1572-1606, Subdean of York (bachelor of theology, rector)
Places: Meeting place: Walkington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (parish church)
Place of event: York Consistory Court, York, York, England (court)
5 .   Register 31 f.4 (verso) entry 3
Entry Type: Court Proceedings
Section Type: Register, Vacancy, Register, Sede Vacante
Summary: Cause relating to disputed presentation to the rectory of Walkington: held in the Consistory Court within York Minster, before Master John Gibson, LL.D., and Master Richard Percy, LL.B., in the presence of William Fothergill, notary public, the parties being Francis Nalton, with letters of presentation of Sir Thomas Barrington, knight, and Dame Winifred his wife, and Robert Green, clerk, chaplain of the Chapel Royal, with letters of presentation of Queen Elizabeth I.
Language: Latin
Subjects: Chancery Court, Benefice Causes
Dates: Holding of court session date: 1576/09/14 (certain)
People and Groups: Claimant: Green, Robert, fl 1576, Chaplain of the Chapel Royal (clerk)
Claimant: Marks, Richard, fl 1576, witness to deputation of judges (unknown)
Claimant: Shadbolt, fl 1576, gentleman (gentleman)
Complainant: Nalton, Francis, d c 1616, Prebendary of Grindal (clerk)
Patron: Barrington, Sir, Thomas, 1530-1581, knight, patron of Walkington rectory (knight)
Patron: Barrington, Winifred, fl 1576, wife of Sir Thomas Barrington (wife)
Present: Fothergill, William, fl 1576-1577, Deputy Principal Registrar of York (notary public)
Presiding: Gibson, Master, John, fl 1576, Official of Consistory Court of York (doctor of laws)
Presiding: Percy, Richard, d 1598, Commissary of Archbishop of York (bachelor of laws)
Proctor: Farley, John, fl 1576, Notary Public and Proctor of the Consistory Court of York (unknown)
Places: Meeting place: York Consistory Court, York, York, England (court); written as loco consistorio (within the cathedral church)
Subject of dispute: Walkington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (rectory)
6 .   Register 31 f.64 (recto) entry 4
Entry Type: Allegations, Acts for confirmation of election of dean, Citation to opposers, Declaration of contumacy, Definitive sentence
Section Type: Archbishop Piers
Summary: Acts for the confirmation of the election of Master John Thornborough, S.T.B., as dean of York.
Language: Latin
Subjects: Confirmations, Deans (Cathedral), Elections, Commissions
Dates: Holding of court session date: 1589/11/05 (certain)
People and Groups: Deliverer: Corney, Thomas, fl 1586-1631, Rector of York St Cuthbert (vicar choral)
Deliverer: Drinkell, William, fl 1589, ? Apparitor (unknown)
Former office holder: Hutton, Matthew, ? 1529-1606, Archbishop of York (doctor of theology)
Issuer: Piers, John, 1523-1594, Archbishop of York (archbishop)
New office holder: Thornborough, John, ? 1551-1641, Dean of York (bachelor of theology)
Present: Dodsworth, Matthew, fl 1590-c 1625, Chancellor of York (bachelor of laws)
Present: Edmondson, Thomas, fl 1589, Lettered (lettered)
Present: Fenay, Giles, fl 1579-? 1594, Notary Public (notary public)
Present: Hooke, Henry, fl 1597-1634, Archdeacon of York (clerk)
Present: Plumtree, Richard, fl 1589, Lettered (lettered)
Present: Spence, John, fl 1589, Lettered (lettered)
Present: Swinburn, Henry, fl 1576-1589, Notary Public (bachelor of laws)
Present: Thornborough, Giles, fl 1589, gentleman (gentleman)
Presiding: Gibson, Master, John, fl 1576, Official of Consistory Court of York (commissary, doctor of laws)
Proctor: Brocket, John, fl 1576, Notary Public and Proctor of the Consistory Court of York (notary public)
Proctor: Fothergill, William, fl 1576-1577, Deputy Principal Registrar of York (notary public)
Places: Place of event: York Consistory Court, York, York, England (court)
7 .   Register 31 f.69 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Citation
Section Type: Archbishop Piers
Summary: Citation of the archbishop relating to the presentation of William Taylor, vicar of Scalby, to the vicarage and the matter of his amoval (ejection) from the vicarage according to a royal writ.
Language: Latin
Subjects: Ejections, Citations, Patrons, Lay Patrons, Vicarages
Dates: Recited document date: 1593/05/02 (certain)
Document date: 1593/06/27 (certain)
Date to appear: 1593/07/06 (certain)
People and Groups: Addressee, issuer: Piers, John, 1523-1594, Archbishop of York (archbishop)
Issuer: Elizabeth I, 1533-1603, Queen of England (queen)
Party, addressee: Taylor, William, fl 1589-1593, Vicar of Scalby (clerk)
Party: Cooke, Tristram, fl 1583-1593, ? Patron of Scalby vicarage (unknown)
Patron: Johnson, William, c 1523-1583, Patron of Scalby Vicarage (unknown)
Patron: Matthew, John, fl 1587-1593, of the City of London (unknown)
Places: Place in which to appear: York Consistory Court, York, York, England (court)
Subject of dispute: Scalby, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (vicarage)
Place of dating of recited document: Westminster, Middlesex, England (city)
Place of dating: York City, York, York, England (city)
8 .   Register 31 f.114 (verso) entry 1
Entry Type: Acts for confirmation of election of bishop
Section Type: Archbishop Piers
Summary: Acts for confirmation of the election of Master Matthew Hutton, S.T.P., as bishop of Durham, reciting letters patent of Queen Elizabeth I containing the royal signification of election (fols. 114v - fol. 115r), and confirmation of the election, with three schedules (fol. 115r - fol. 116r); appointment of proctors of the dean and chapter of Durham (fol. 116r); citation to opposers to appear and certification of citation (fol. 116v); libel and appointment of proctors of the dean and chapter of Durham (fol. 117v - fol. 117v); mandate for the installation of the bishop elect, now confirmed (fol. 117v); public instrument of consent to the election (fol. 117v - fol. 118r); oath of the bishop elect and his consecration (fol. 118r).
Language: Latin
Subjects: Elections, Bishops, Confirmations
Dates: Document date: 1589/07/07 (certain)
Event date: 1589/07/12 (certain)
Date to appear: 1589/07/26 (certain)
Future event date: 1589/07/27 (certain)
People and Groups: Addressee: Chaderton, William, d 1608, Bishop of Lincoln (bishop)
Addressee: May, John, d 1598, Bishop of Carlisle (bishop)
Deliverer: Dethick, Henry, fl 1587-1610, Archdeacon of Carlisle (bachelor of laws)
Issuer: Queen
New office holder: Hutton, Matthew, ? 1529-1606, Archbishop of York (doctor of theology)
Present: Atkinson, John, fl 1576, Notary Public (notary public)
Presiding: Piers, John, 1523-1594, Archbishop of York (archbishop)
Places: Place of future event: York Minster, York, York, England (cathedral)
Place of event: Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's manor)
Place in which to appear: York Consistory Court, York, York, England (court)
Place of dating: Nonsuch Palace, Surrey, England (palace)
9 .   Register 31 f.115 (recto) entry 1
Entry Type: Court Proceedings, Declaration of contumacy, Citation to opposers, Acts for confirmation of election of bishop
Section Type: Archbishop Piers
Summary: Acts for confirmation of the election of Master Matthew Hutton, S.T.P., as bishop of Durham, reciting letters patent of Queen Elizabeth I containing the royal signification of election (fols. 114v - fol. 115r), and confirmation of the election, with three schedules (fol. 115r - fol. 116r); appointment of proctors of the dean and chapter of Durham (fol. 116r); citation to opposers to appear and certification of citation (fol. 116v); libel and appointment of proctors of the dean and chapter of Durham (fol. 117v - fol. 117v); mandate for the installation of the bishop elect, now confirmed (fol. 117v); public instrument of consent to the election (fol. 117v - fol. 118r); oath of the bishop elect and his consecration (fol. 118r).
Language: Latin
Subjects: Elections, Bishops, Confirmations
Dates: Holding of court session date: 1589/07/26 (certain)
People and Groups: Assistant: Chaderton, William, d 1608, Bishop of Lincoln (bishop)
Assistant: May, John, d 1598, Bishop of Carlisle (bishop)
Dean: Matthew, Tobias, ? 1544-1628, Archbishop of York (dean and chapter, doctor of theology)
Deliverer, proctor: Bellamy, Robert, fl 1573-1589, Canon of the 3rd Prebend, Durham Cathedral (doctor of medicine, prebendary)
Deputed: Fothergill, William, fl 1576-1577, Deputy Principal Registrar of York (notary public)
New office holder: Hutton, Matthew, ? 1529-1606, Archbishop of York (doctor of theology)
Office holder: Sandys, Sir, Miles, 1563-1645, of Wilburton Parsonage, Wilburton; Member of Parliament (registrar)
Office holder: Sandys, Sir, Samuel, 1560-1623, of Ombersley; Member of Parliament (registrar)
Present, deputed: Atkinson, John, fl 1576, Notary Public (notary public)
Present, deputed: Proctor, Henry, fl 1578-1586, Notary Public (notary public)
Presiding: Piers, John, 1523-1594, Archbishop of York (archbishop)
Proctor: Naunton, Henry, d ? 1603, Canon of the 4th Prebend, Durham Cathedral (master of arts, prebendary)
Reader: Gibson, Master, John, fl 1576, Official of Consistory Court of York (doctor of laws)
Places: Place of event: York Consistory Court, York, York, England (court)


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