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Details:In order, this shows how many pieces (separate manuscripts) the original documents comprise, and whether these include depositions (written statements, generally from witnesses), a libel (a written accusation made by the plaintiff or defendant), and a sentence (issued by the judge and giving the outcome of the case).

Outcome:This shows the outcome of the case (if known). Except in a few instances, this is restricted to a statement of who won and whether the sentence was appealed against.

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Reference:CP.F.89

Repository:Borthwick Institute GB 193

Court:Curia Ebor

Case:Violation of church rights (abduction of nun)

Details:22 Pieces; Has deposition; Has libel; Has sentence

Outcome:plaintiffs win; defendants excommunicated

Date: 04/03/1424 — 17/12/1426

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Understanding a cause paper record

People & Places

This section provides information about the participants in the cause. Only fields for which the database holds information are shown.

Participant: This field provides a number of details about the participant's name. To understand this information, it is necessary to appreciate that names in the database have been standardized. Standardization was necessary to cope with the fact that the older records were written in Latin, and the fact that historically spellings of names were inconsistent (sometimes even in the same document). An example of a participant field might be:

Participant:Alice Elland [Eland; Elande]
The first piece of information shown is the participant's given name. These were always recorded in a standard form, if necessary translating from Latin. Accordingly in some instances the record does not reflect the spelling in the documents. For example variants of forenames were converted to one standard, e.g. Maria was always rendered as Mary. Short versions of names (such as Allie for Alice) were also converted to a standard form. Your search may therefore not work if you use a given name which has more than one form. The Given Name field was also used to record corporate names such as 'Churchwardens of X'.
The project team recorded surnames in the way they appeared in the documents. These surnames were then standardized to correct for variations in language and spelling. The second piece of information in the participant field shows the standardized form attached to the participant's surname, highlighted in bold - in this example Elland. If you asked the database to search for names including variants, you may return some unexpected results: for instance searching 'Green' will also return hits for 'Grene'. Turn off the 'include variants' box in the search screen to look for a specific version of a surname.
The final piece of information in this field shows you how the name is spelt in the original documents. This is seen in brackets after the standard form, and may be the same as this. If there is more than one spelling listed in the brackets, it indicates that this variation was observed in the original documents. In our example, [Eland; Elande] shows that the participant's name was recorded as both Alice Eland and Alice Elande.

Alternative Name: This field shows any alternative names identified for this participant. These might arise, for instance, from recording a married woman's maiden name.

Role: Shows the participant's role in the cause, such as defendant, plaintiff or witness. In some instances it was not possible to identify a role: these are listed as 'undefined'. In testamentary (and some other) cases, the name of the deceased person whose estate was in dispute was recorded as 'testator', but this does not necessarily mean that they left a will. If the role is recorded as appellant or appellate, this indicates that the judge's decision (in favour of the appellate) was appealed against by the appellant. These parties are thus usually the plaintiff or defendant in the original cause. It was possible to promote a case without being the official plaintiff (in which instance the role is given as 'promoting parties'), or to intervene in a case being contested by someone else ('intervening parties'). The role of 'executor' indicates that the individual acted as executor/trix of an estate. The role of 'guardian' shows that the participant acted as legal guardian to a minor (sometimes just for the purposes of the cause). If a guardian or executor acted in a more important role in the cause (such as plaintiff or defendant), that role has taken precedence in the description.

Details: If known, this field shows (in order) the sex and age of the participant and any information about their status. Ages show the participant's age at some point during the period bounded by the start and end dates of the cause, but it may be possible to identify this more exactly by consulting the original documents, from which the information is taken. If two ages are given this is reflected in the record. The participant's recorded age may not be their actual age. They may, for instance, have given an approximation. Additionally, if they are recorded as being 21, this may merely indicate that they are 21 and over (this was a legally significant age) and not that they were actually 21.

Status: Status is one of the most wide-ranging categories in the database. Information given here may include that relating to family relationships; obvious designations of noble status such as 'Esquire'; details of marital status such as 'widow' or 'married to X'; imprecise references relating to age/name, such as 'junior', 'senior' or 'the younger'; clerical titles such as 'clerk'; statements in the original documents indicating poverty or ill-health (such as 'infirm'); information about legal status (such as 'minor'), and a record of whether the participant filled an unpaid role such as church or chapel warden. In addition, 'Yeoman', an ambiguous title indicating something of both status and employment, is included here.

Employment: Indicates the participant's recorded employment. These details were generally recorded in a standard form, modernizing spelling and translating from Latin if necessary. This field sometimes contains brief descriptions from the project team describing the occupation, or their decisions on translation and standardization if problematic.

Location: Provides information on locations associated with the participant, most commonly relating to place of residence (either current at the time of the case or previous). There may therefore be more than one location listed for each person. For further information on how to interpret the information on this field, please see the section on places below.

Notes: This field was used by the project team to provide any significant additional information about the participant, and sometimes to highlight unusual or problematic features about the cause.

Participant:Isabel Durham [Durem]

Role:plaintiff

Details:female

Location:Carlton In Lindrick (Nottinghamshire)

Place(s):Priory of Wallingwells (conventus domus sive prioratus de Wallan Welles, domus sive prioratus monialium beate marie de Wallen Welles) : religious house

Participant:Priory of Wallingwells

Role:plaintiff

Details:undefined

Location:Carlton In Lindrick (Nottinghamshire)

Place(s):Priory of Wallingwells (conventus domus sive prioratus de Wallan Welles) : religious house

Participant:John Norfolk [Northefolk; Northfolk]

Role:plaintiff

Details:male; scutifer, domicellus

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Naburn (Naburn) : undefined

Participant:Robert Arthington [Arthyngton]

Role:defendant

Details:male

Location:Adel (YorkshireWestRiding)

Place(s):Arthington (Arthyngton) : undefined

Participant:Richard Castelay [Castelay]

Role:defendant

Details:male

Location:Adel (YorkshireWestRiding)

Place(s):Arthington (Arthyngton) : undefined

Participant:John Ross [Roos; Rooss]

Role:defendant

Details:male

Location:Kirk Deighton (YorkshireWestRiding)

Place(s):North Deighton (Northdyghton, Northdighton) : undefined

Participant:Agnes wife of Richard Haldenby [Haldenby]

Role:defendant

Details:female

Location:York (Ebor') : undefined

Place(s):York : city
Walmgate (Walmegate) : street name

Participant:William Driffield [Driffeld]

Role:prosecution proctor

Details:male; clerk

Employment:proctor

Participant:Robert Easington [Esyngwald]

Role:defence proctor

Details:male; clerk

Employment:proctor

Participant:John Broughton [Broghton]

Role:witness

Details:male

Employment:chaplain

Participant:Agnes wife of William Farnham [Farneham]

Role:witness

Details:female

Location:York : city

Place(s):Fishergate (Fysshergate) : street name

Participant:Alice Taylor [Talliour]

Role:witness

Details:female

Location:Fulford (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Water Fulford (Waterfulford) : undefined

Participant:Denise Cawood [Cawod]

Alternate name:Denise wife of John Cawood [Cawod]

Role:witness

Details:female

Location:York, St Margaret With St Peter Le Willows (Yorkshire)

Place(s):York, St Margaret with St Peter Le Willows (Sancta Margareta) : ecclesiastical parish

Participant:John Swan [Swan]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:Stillingfleet With Moreby (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Stillingfleet (Stallyngflet) : undefined

Participant:Agnes wife of Robert Barneswell [Barneswell]

Role:witness

Details:female

Employment:walker (walkar)

Location:York : city

Place(s):Walmgate (Walmegate) : undefined

Participant:Joan wife of Richard Walker [Walkar]

Role:witness

Details:female

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Naburn (Naburn) : undefined

Participant:Alice wife of Richard Wall [Wall]

Role:witness

Details:female

Participant:Richard Walker [Walkar]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:Nicholas Nelson [Nelson]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:William Fulcher [Fulschawe]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Naburn (Naburn) : undefined

Participant:John Cawood [Cawod]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:York (Ebor') : undefined

Place(s):York : city
Walmgate (Walmegate) : street name

Participant:Joan wife of John Willows [Willowse]

Role:witness

Details:female

Location:Thorganby (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):West Cottingwith (Westcotryng') : undefined

Participant:John Stillingfleet [Stillyngflet; Stillyngflete]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:Nicholas Westmorland [Westmorland]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:Thorganby (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Thorganby (Thorganby) : undefined

Participant:Mabote Cottingwith [de Cotyngwith]

Role:witness

Details:female

Participant:Margaret wife of William Hunt [Huntt; Hunt]

Role:witness

Details:female

Location:Thorganby (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Thorganby (Thorganby) : undefined

Participant:Sibote wife of John Laurence [Lowrans]

Role:witness

Details:female

Location:Thorganby (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Thorganby (Thorganby) : undefined

Participant:Robert Marshall [Marschall]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:Wheldrake (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Wheldrake (Qweldryk, Qweldryke) : undefined

Participant:Nicholas Dayral [Darell]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:Thorganby (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):West Cottingwith (West Cotyngwith) : undefined

Participant:Agnes wife of Robert Hudson [Hudson]

Role:witness

Details:female

Location:Thorganby (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):West Cottingwith (Westcotingwith) : undefined

Participant:William Hunt [Huntt; Hunt]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:Robert Lang [Lang]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:William Skelton [Skelton]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:Thorganby (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):West Cottingwith (Westcotyngwith) : undefined

Participant:Richard Nottingham [Notyngham]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:Thorganby (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):West Cottingwith (Westcotyngwith) : undefined

Participant:Katherine Royse [Royse; Rotse]

Role:witness

Details:female; 35

Location:Yorkshire, East Riding

Place(s): Kingston Upon Hull (Keyngeston super Hull, Kyngeston super Hull) : undefined

Participant:Nicholas Chapman [Chapman]

Role:witness

Details:male; 24

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Naburn (Naburn, Naburne) : undefined

Participant:John Carbott [Carbott; Carbot]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Naburn (Naburn) : undefined

Participant:Marion Carbott [Carbot]

Alternate name:Marion wife of John

Role:witness

Details:female; 60

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Naburn (Naburn, Naburne) : undefined

Participant:Joan Strickland [Strykland; Strikland]

Alternate name:Joan Carbott [Carbot]

Role:witness

Details:female; 35

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Naburn (Naburn, Naburne) : undefined

Participant:Margaret Simpson [Symson]

Role:witness

Details:female; 36

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Naburn (Naburn, Naburne) : undefined

Participant:John Andrew [Androw; Andrewe]

Role:witness

Details:male; 40

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Naburn (Naburn, Naburne) : undefined

Participant:Joan Andrew [Androw; Andrewe]

Alternate name:Joan wife of John

Role:witness

Details:female; 40

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Naburn (Naburn, Naburne) : undefined

Participant:Joan Naylar [Nayler; Joan wife of Thomas]

Role:witness

Details:female; 40

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Naburn (Naburn, Naburne) : undefined

Participant:Agnes Milner [Mylner; Milner]

Role:witness

Details:female; 40

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Naburn (Naburn, Naburne) : undefined

Participant:Richard Carter [Cartar]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Naburn (Naburn) : undefined

Participant:Ellen Carter [Cartar; Carter]

Alternate name:Ellen wife of Richard

Role:witness

Details:male; 24

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Naburn (Naburn, Naburne) : undefined

Participant:Robert Bolton [Bolton; de Bolton]

Role:witness

Details:male; 40

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Naburn (Naburn, Naburne) : undefined

Participant:Alice Bolton [Bolton]

Alternate name:Alice wife of Robert

Role:witness

Details:female; 44

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Naburn (Naburn, Naburne) : undefined

Participant:Nicholas Simpson [Symson]

Role:witness

Details:male; 30

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Naburn (Naburn, Naburne) : undefined

Participant:Agnes Simpson [Symson]

Alternate name:Agnes wife of Nicholas

Role:witness

Details:female; 36

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Naburn (Naburn) : undefined

Participant:William Home [Holme]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Naburn (Naburn) : undefined

Participant:Joan Home [Holme]

Role:witness

Details:female

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Naburn (Naburn) : undefined

Participant:William Simpson [Symson]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Naburn (Naburn) : undefined

Participant:Thomas Carbott [Carbott]

Role:witness

Details:male; 40

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Naburn (Naburn, Naburne) : undefined

Participant:Matilda Carbott [Carbott]

Alternate name:Matilda wife of Thomas

Role:witness

Details:male; 45

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Naburn (Naburn, Naburne) : undefined

Participant:John Norton [Norton]

Role:witness

Details:male; 40

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Naburn (Naburn, Naburne) : undefined

Participant:Joan Norton [Norton]

Alternate name:Joan wife of John

Role:witness

Details:female; 40

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Naburn (Naburn, Naburne) : undefined

Participant:Thomas Lettyr [Lettyr]

Role:witness

Details:male; 36

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Naburn (Naburn, Naburne) : undefined

Notes:Cannot identify the surname 'Lettyr'.

Participant:Robert Clarell [Clarell]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:Fulford (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Water Fulford (Water Fulford) : undefined

Participant:Alice Clarell [Clarell]

Alternate name:Alice wife of Robert

Role:witness

Details:female; 54

Location:Fulford (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Water Fulford (Water Fulford, Watirfulford) : undefined

Participant:Robert Souman [Souman]

Role:witness

Details:male; 60

Location:Fulford (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Water Fulford (Water Fulford, Watirfulford) : undefined

Participant:Joan Souman [Souman]

Alternate name:Joan wife of Robert

Role:witness

Details:female; 40

Location:Fulford (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Water Fulford (Water Fulford, Watirfulford) : undefined

Participant:Agnes wife of Robert Souman [Souman]

Role:witness

Details:female

Participant:Richard Souman [Souman]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:Alice Jackson [Jakson]

Alternate name:Alice wife of John Jackson [Jakson]

Role:witness

Details:female; 40

Location:Fulford (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Water Fulford (Water Fulford, Watrfulford) : undefined

Participant:Agnes Ingram [Yngram; Ingram; Ingrame]

Alternate name:Agnes wife of John

Role:witness

Details:female; 35

Location:Fulford (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Water Fulford (Water Fulford, Watirfulford) : undefined

Participant:John Galt [Galt]

Role:witness

Details:male; 40

Location:Fulford (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Gate Fulford (Gatfulford, Gatefulford) : undefined

Participant:Margaret Galt [Galt]

Alternate name:Margaret wife of John

Role:witness

Details:male; 40

Location:Fulford (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Gate Fulford (Gatfulford, Gatefulford) : undefined

Participant:Joan Pindar [Pynder]

Role:witness

Details:female; 40

Location:York, St Margaret With St Peter Le Willows (Yorkshire)

Place(s):York, St Margaret with St Peter Le Willows (Sancta Margareta in Walmegate) : undefined
York : city
Walmgate (Walmegat) : street name

York (Ebor') : city

Participant:John Appleby [Appelby; Appilby]

Role:witness

Details:male; 50

Employment:friar of the House of the Franciscans, Doncaster

Location:House of the Franciscans, Doncaster (Doncastr, domus fratrum minorum ville Doncastr) : religious house

Participant:Alice Thurkell [Tutehyll; Tutehill]

Role:witness

Details:female; 60

Employment:nun of the convent of Wallingwells

Location:Carlton In Lindrick (Nottinghamshire)

Place(s):Priory of Wallingwells (domus de Wallan Welles, domus sive prioratus de Wallenwelles) : religious house

Participant:Elizabeth Pilkington [Pilkyngton]

Role:witness

Details:female; 16

Employment:nun of the convent of Wallingwells

Location:Carlton In Lindrick (Nottinghamshire)

Place(s):Priory of Wallingwells (domus de Wallan Welles, domus sive prioratus de Wallenwelles ) : religious house

Participant:Richard Thorp [Thorpp]

Role:witness

Details:male; 28

Location:Cantley (YorkshireWestRiding)

Place(s):Branton (Brampton, Brompton) : undefined
Cantley (Cantlay) : ecclesiastical parish

Participant:John Pape [Pape]

Role:witness

Details:male; 50

Location:Carlton In Lindrick (Nottinghamshire)

Place(s):Carlton in Lindrick (Carleton in Lyndryk) : undefined

Participant:Joan Hewet [Hewet]

Role:witness

Details:female; 30

Location:Carlton In Lindrick (Nottinghamshire)

Place(s):Priory of Wallingwells (domus monialium de Wallan Welles, domus sive prioratus de Wallenwelles) : religious house

Participant:Isabel Gray [Gray]

Role:witness

Details:female

Location:Carlton In Lindrick (Nottinghamshire)

Place(s):Priory of Wallingwells (domus monialium de Wallan Welles) : religious house

Participant:Marion Both [Both; Buth]

Alternate name:Margery

Role:witness

Details:female; 50

Employment:nun of the convent of Wallingwells

Location:Carlton In Lindrick (Nottinghamshire)

Place(s):Priory of Wallingwells (domus monialium de Wallan Welles, prioratus de Wallenwelles) : religious house

Participant:Ellen Farmery [del Farmery; del Fermory]

Role:witness

Details:female; 60

Employment:nun of the convent of Wallingwells

Location:Carlton In Lindrick (Nottinghamshire)

Place(s):Priory of Wallingwells (domus monialium de Wallan Welles, prioratus de Wallenwelles) : religious house
York (Ebor') : diocese

Participant:Katherine wife of nobleman Robert Rudston [Rudestane; Katherine wife of Robert; Rudstan]

Role:witness

Details:female; 40; Wife of Robert Rudston

Location:Hayton (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Hayton (Hayton) : undefined

Notes:'Katerina uxor nobilis viri Roberti Rudestance scutefer de Hayton'

Participant:Thomas Matthew [Mathow]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Naburn (Naburn) : undefined

Participant:Emmotte wife of Thomas Matthew [Mathow]

Role:witness

Details:female

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):York, St Denys (Naburn) : undefined

Participant:William Green [Grene]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Naburn (Naburn) : undefined

Participant:Margaret wife of William Green [Grene]

Role:witness

Details:female

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Naburn (Naburn, Naburne) : undefined

Participant:Richard Goodyear [Gudyer; Gudeyer]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:Stillingfleet With Moreby (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Moreby Hall (Moreby) : undefined

Participant:John Russel [Russell]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:Stillingfleet With Moreby (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Moreby Hall (Moreby) : undefined

Participant:John Goodyear [Gudyer]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:Stillingfleet With Moreby (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Moreby Hall (Moreby) : undefined

Participant:Walter Copeland [Cowpland; Coupland]

Role:witness

Details:male; clerk

Employment:vicar of Stillingfleet with Moreby

Location:Stillingfleet With Moreby (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Stillingfleet with Moreby (Stillyngflet, Stillyngflete) : ecclesiastical parish

Participant:John Wade [Wadde]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:Stillingfleet With Moreby (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Stillingfleet with Moreby (Stillyngflet) : undefined

Participant:John Brice [Bryss]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:Stillingfleet With Moreby (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Stillingfleet with Moreby (Stillyngflet) : undefined

Participant:John son of John Brice [Bryss]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:Stillingfleet With Moreby (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Stillingfleet with Moreby (Stillyngflet) : undefined

Participant:John Snawhall [Snawhall; Snawball]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:Stillingfleet With Moreby (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Stillingfleet with Moreby (Stillyngflet) : undefined

Participant:John Spencer [Spenser; Spencer]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:Stillingfleet With Moreby (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Stillingfleet with Moreby (Stillyngflet) : undefined

Participant:Richard Heslington [Heslyngton]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:Stillingfleet With Moreby (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Stillingfleet with Moreby (Stillyngflet) : undefined

Participant:Agnes wife of Richard Heslington [Heslyngton]

Role:witness

Details:female

Location:Stillingfleet With Moreby (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Stillingfleet with Moreby (Stillyngflet) : undefined

Participant:William Sutton [Sutton]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:Stillingfleet With Moreby (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Stillingfleet with Moreby (Stillyngflet, Stillyngflete) : undefined

Participant:Agnes Godwin [Gudwyn; Gudewyn]

Role:witness

Details:female

Location:Escrick (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Deighton (Dyghton) : undefined

Participant:William True [Trew]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:Escrick (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Deighton (Dyghton) : undefined

Participant:Thomas Watkinson [Watkynson]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:Escrick (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Deighton (Dyghton) : undefined

Participant:Joan wife of Thomas Watkinson [Watkynson]

Role:witness

Details:female

Location:Escrick (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Deighton (Dyghton) : undefined

Participant:Thomas Watson [Watson]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:Escrick (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Deighton (Dyghton) : undefined

Participant:Joan wife of Thomas Watson [Watson]

Role:witness

Details:female

Location:Escrick (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Deighton (Dyghton) : undefined

Participant:John Icom [Icom]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:Escrick (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Deighton (Dyghton) : undefined

Notes:Cannot identify the surname 'Icom'

Participant:John Jackson [Jakson]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:York, St Olave (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Water Fulford (Water Fulfurth) : undefined

Participant:Richard Riplay [Ripplay; Riplay]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:York, St Olave (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Water Fulford (Water Fulfurth) : undefined

Participant:Robert Galt [Galt]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:York, St Olave (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Water Fulford (Water Fulfurth) : undefined

Participant:John Clay [Clay]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:Stillingfleet With Moreby (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Stillingfleet with Moreby (Stillyngflet) : undefined

Participant:Alice Norfolk [Northfok; Northfolk]

Role:witness

Details:female

Location:Bolton Percy (YorkshireWestRiding)

Place(s):Nun Appleton (Non Appylton, Nunappilton) : undefined

Participant:Henry Birdclever [Burdclever; Burdeclever]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:York, St Olave (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Fulford (Fulfurth) : undefined

Participant:William Wright [Wryght; Wright]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:York, St Olave (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Fulford (Fulfurth) : undefined

Participant:Betenia wife of William Wright [Wryght; Wright]

Role:witness

Details:female

Location:York, St Olave (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Fulford (Fulfurth) : undefined

Participant:John Bradley [Bradlay; Bradelay]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:York, St Olave (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Fulford (Fulfurth) : undefined

Participant:William Hebb [Heb]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:York, St Olave (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Fulford (Fulfurth) : undefined

Participant:Thomas Stanton [Stanton]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:York, St Olave (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Fulford (Fulfurth) : undefined

Participant:Thomas Tupman [Tup; Tupe]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:York, St Olave (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Fulford (Fulfurth) : undefined

Participant:Thomas Gyselay [Gyselay]

Role:witness

Details:male; 46

Location:York, St Olave (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Fulford (Fulfurth) : undefined
Gate Fulford (Gatefulford) : undefined

Notes:Cannot identify the surname 'Gyselay'.

Participant:William Rand [Rand]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:York, St Olave (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Fulford (Fulfurth) : undefined

Participant:John Rand [Rand; Rande]

Role:witness

Details:male; 50

Location:York, St Olave (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Fulford (Fulfurth) : undefined
York, St Olave (Yorkshire)
Gate Fulford (Gatefulford) : undefined

Participant:Ebote wife of John Rand [Rand]

Role:witness

Details:female

Location:York, St Olave (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Fulford (Fulfurth) : undefined

Participant:William Clark [Clerk]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:York, St Olave (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Fulford (Fulfurth) : undefined

Participant:Robert Arthington [Arthyngton]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:York, St Olave (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Fulford (Fulfurth) : undefined

Participant:Thomas Stringer [Strynger]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:York, St Olave (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Fulford (Fulfurth) : undefined

Participant:William Barnabe [Barneby]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:York, St Olave (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Fulford (Fulfurth) : undefined

Participant:William Makeblythe [Makblyth; Makeblythe]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:York, St Olave (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Fulford (Fulfurth) : undefined

Participant:Randolph Makeblythe [Makblyth]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:York, St Olave (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Fulford (Fulfurth) : undefined

Participant:Thomas Scowter [Scowter; Scowterd]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:York, St Olave (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Fulford (Fulfurth, Fulford) : undefined

Notes:Cannot identify the surname 'Scowter'.

Participant:Hugh Taylor [Talliour; Tailour]

Role:witness

Details:male; 60

Location:York, St Olave (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Fulford (Fulfurth) : undefined
Gate Fulford (Gatefulforth) : undefined

Participant:Thomas Dalton [Dalton]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:William Wigton [Wyghton; Wighton]

Role:witness

Details:female; 28

Location:Helmsley (YorkshireNorthRiding)

Place(s):Helmsley (Hemylsay) : undefined

Participant:Joan wife of William Wigton [Wyghton; Wighton]

Role:witness

Details:female; 28

Location:Helmsley (YorkshireNorthRiding)

Place(s):Helmsley (Hemylsay) : undefined

Participant:Isabel Menethorp [de Menthorp]

Role:witness

Details:female

Location:Lund (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Lund (Lund, Lownd) : undefined

Participant:John Ingram [Ingram]

Role:witness

Details:male; 36

Location:York, St Olave (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Water Fulford (Watirfulford) : undefined

Participant:Elizabeth Gray [Gray]

Role:witness

Details:female; 16

Location:Carlton In Lindrick (Nottinghamshire)

Place(s):Priory of Wallingwells (prioratus de Wallenwelles) : undefined

Participant:Joan wife of Thomas Henryson [Henryson]

Role:witness

Details:female; 50

Participant:Henry Nesand [Nesand]

Role:witness

Details:male; 56

Location:Stillingfleet With Moreby (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Moreby Hall (Moreby) : undefined

Notes:Cannot identify the surname 'Nesand'

Participant:Michael Dando [Dawnay]

Role:witness

Details:male; 49; professor of theology

Location:Dinnington (YorkshireWestRiding)

Place(s):House of the Franciscans, Doncaster (domus ordinis minorum de Doncastr) : religious house

Participant:Nicholas Kirkby [Kyrkeby]

Role:witness

Details:male; 30

Location:York, St Olave (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Gate Fulford (Gatefulford) : undefined

Participant:Margaret wife of Hugh Taylor [Tailour]

Role:witness

Details:female; 60

Location:York, St Olave (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Gate Fulford (Gatefulford) : undefined

Participant:Giles

Role:witness

Details:male

Employment:prior of the Priory of Ellerton on Spalding Moor

Location:Ellerton Priory (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):The Priory of Ellerton on Spalding Moor (Ellerton) : religious house

Participant:John Appleby [Appilby]

Role:witness

Details:male

Employment:vicar of Acaster

Notes:This may or may not be the same individual named earlier in this case as John Appleby, friar of the House of the Franciscans, Doncaster.

Participant:Elizabeth Lovell [Luvell]

Role:witness

Details:female; lady

Location:York (Ebor') : diocese

Participant:Henry Willesthorp [Willesthorp]

Role:witness

Details:male; clerk

Employment:rector of the parish church of Brafferton

Location:Brafferton (YorkshireNorthRiding)

Place(s):Brafferton (Brafferton) : ecclesiastical parish

Participant:Peter Fryston [Fryston]

Role:witness

Details:male; clerk

Employment:rector of the parish church of York, St John (Delpike)

Location:York, St John (delpike) (Yorkshire)

Place(s):York, St John (Delpike) (Sanctus Johannes del Pyke) : ecclesiastical parish

Participant:Richard Thwaite [Thwaytes]

Role:witness

Details:male; domicellus

Participant:Emmotte wife of Robert Lang [Lang]

Role:witness

Details:female

Participant:John Coly [Coly]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:Julianne Lang [Lang]

Role:witness

Details:female

Participant:John Mell [Mell]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:Alice wife of John Mell [Mell]

Role:witness

Details:female

Participant:Thomas Mabbett [Mabot]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:Agnes Keighley [Kyghlay]

Role:witness

Details:female

Participant:John Hudson [Hudson]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:William Webster [Webster]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:Henry Sewell [Sowle]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:John Riffane [Riffane]

Role:witness

Details:male

Notes:Cannot identify the surname 'Riffane'.

Participant:Agnes wife of John Riffane [Riffane]

Role:witness

Details:female

Notes:Cannot identify the surname 'Riffane'.

Participant:Ebote Laurence [Lawrence]

Role:witness

Details:female

Participant:William Cole [Cole]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:Walter Westmorland [Westmorland]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:John Lang [Lang]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:Alice wife of John Lang [Lang]

Role:witness

Details:female

Participant:Thomas Cook [Cok]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:Sissota Colborn [Colburn]

Role:witness

Details:female

Participant:William Atkinson [Atkynson]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:Thorganby (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Thorganby (Thorganby) : undefined

Participant:Agnes Sewell [Soule]

Role:witness

Details:female

Location:Thorganby (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):West Cottingwith (Cotyngwith) : undefined

Participant:William Bispham [Bispham]

Role:witness

Details:male; clerk

Notes:Often noted as a proctor in the Court of York.

Participant:John Wood [Wode]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:Sybil widow of William Malbis [Malbis]

Role:witness

Details:female; lady

Location:Acaster Malbis (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Acaster (Acastr) : undefined

Participant:John Willows [Wilowes]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:Acaster Malbis (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):West Cottingwith (Westcotyngwith) : undefined

Participant:John Spain [Speyn; Spayne]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:Thorganby (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Thorganby (Thorganby) : undefined
Thorganby (YorkshireEastRiding)
West Cottingwith (Cotyngwith) : undefined

Participant:Thomas Ibson [Ybson]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:Matilda wife of Thomas Ibson [Ybson]

Role:witness

Details:female

Participant:Margaret Ibson [Ybson]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:Alice Aweson [Aweson]

Role:witness

Details:female

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):Naburn (Naburne) : undefined

Notes:Cannot identify the surname 'Aweson'.

Participant:John Golding [Goldyng]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:Elvington (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Elvington (Elvyngton) : undefined

Participant:Sybil wife of John Golding [Goldyng]

Role:witness

Details:female

Location:Elvington (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Elvington (Elvyngton) : undefined

Participant:Agnes Derwent [Derwent]

Role:witness

Details:female

Employment:anchorite

Location:Thorganby (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Thorganby (Thorganby) : undefined

Participant:Isabel Fishergate [de Fisshergate]

Role:witness

Details:female

Employment:anchorite

Location:York : city

Place(s):Fishergate (Fisshergate in suburbis Ebor') : street name

Participant:Margaret wife of Henry Acklam [Aclom]

Role:witness

Details:female

Participant:Joan Acklam [Aclom]

Role:witness

Details:female

Participant:John Magson [Magson]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:Agnes Magson [Magson]

Role:witness

Details:female

Participant:Joan Carter [Cartar]

Role:witness

Details:female

Participant:John Rayth [Rayth]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:John Carter [Carter]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:John Higgins [Higgyn]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:John Gaby [Gaby]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:Stillingfleet With Moreby (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Stillingfleet with Moreby (Stillyngflete) : undefined

Participant:Robert Barker [Barker]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:William Ames [Ame]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:Elizabeth Crakse [Crakse]

Role:witness

Details:female

Notes:Cannot identify the surname 'Crakse'.

Participant:Richard Broad [Brade]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:Joan Marshall [Marschall]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:Thomas Spofford [Spofford]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:John Skelton [Skelton]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:Joan wife of John Skelton [Skelton]

Role:witness

Details:female

Participant:John Betson [Beteson]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:Wheldrake (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Wheldrake (Qweldrik) : undefined

Participant:Katherine Claybrook [Claybruke]

Role:witness

Details:female

Participant:William Emley [Emlay]

Role:witness

Details:male; junior, lord

Participant:Robert Lazenby [Lasyngby]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):York, St Denys (Sanctus Dionisius Ebor') : ecclesiastical parish

Participant:Alice wife of Robert Lazenby [Lasyngby]

Role:witness

Details:female

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):York, St Denys (Sanctus Dionisius Ebor') : ecclesiastical parish

Participant:Alice Golding [Goldyng]

Role:witness

Details:female

Participant:James Sutton [Sutton]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:Elizabeth wife of James Sutton [Sutton]

Role:witness

Details:female

Participant:John Hansman [Hansman]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:John Broad [Brade]

Role:witness

Details:male

Participant:Margaret wife of John Broad [Brade]

Role:witness

Details:female

Participant:John Robinson [Robynson]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:Elvington (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Elvington (Elvyngton) : undefined

Participant:William Broad [Brade]

Role:witness

Details:male; clerk

Employment:chaplain of the parish of St George, York

Location:York, St George (Yorkshire)

Place(s):York, St George (Sanctus Georgius Ebor') : ecclesiastical parish

Participant:Agnes Farnham [Farnham]

Role:witness

Details:female

Participant:Thomas Sturtevant [Styrtevant]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:York (Ebor') : undefined

Place(s):York : city
Walmgate (Walmegate) : street name

Participant:Robert Skelton [Skelton]

Role:witness

Details:female; clerk

Employment:chaplain

Location:York (Ebor') : undefined

Participant:John Clark [Clerk]

Alternate name:John Hobson [Hobson]

Role:witness

Details:male

Location:Acaster Malbis (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Acaster Malbis (Acastr Malbyss) : undefined

Participant:Marion Leeds [Ledes]

Role:witness

Details:female

Location:York, St Mary Bishophill (senior) (Yorkshire)

Place(s):York, St Mary Bishophill (Senior) (beata maria super bisshophill) : ecclesiastical parish

Associated Places

All locations mentioned in each cause were recorded by the project team. Places associated with participants appear under their data. Locations which featured in the documents but which were not attached to a particular individual appear in the 'Associated Places' section. Searches for place-names can lead to either or both sections of the record. To understand how locations are presented, it is necessary to bear in mind that place-names have been standardized to account for historic variations in language and spelling.

For each place, the project team recorded a modern version of the place-name. Listed after this in brackets is the original spelling of that name (and any noted variations in spelling), as given in the documents for that cause. If obvious, the project team also noted what type of place it was, such as a field, town or parish; otherwise this was left as 'undefined'. Note that if a place is listed as a 'field name', this may indicate either a specific field or group of fields.

The team then assigned each place to a standardized, large, modern location: normally a parish, town, city or county. These standard locations appear in bold type in the database. Each place listed after a standard location indicates that it is either within that location or identical to it.

An example might be:

Location:Whitby (YorkshireNorthRiding)

Place Names:Whitby (Whitbie, Whiteby): ecclesiastical parish
Robin Hood's Bay (Robin Hood Bay): township

In this example, the project team identified two places in the cause associated with the modern, standardized place of Whitby. These were the parish of Whitby (spelt Whitbie and Whiteby in the original documents) and Robin Hood's Bay (spelt Robin Hood Bay in the original documents), a township within Whitby.

Location:Fulford (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Water Fulford (Waterfulford, Watirfulford) : township

Location:Carlton In Lindrick (Nottinghamshire)

Place(s):Priory of Wallingwells (domus sive prioratus de Wallan Welles, Wallenwelles) : religious house

Location:Doncaster, St George (YorkshireWestRiding)

Place(s):Doncaster (Doncastr) : township

Location:House of the Franciscans, Doncaster (domus fratrem minorum de Doncastr ordinis sancti Francisci) : religious house

Location:York, St Denys (Yorkshire)

Place(s):York, St Denys (Naburne) : township

Location:Fulford (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Fulford (Fulford) : township
Fulford (Fulford) : ecclesiastical parish

Location:Helmsley (YorkshireNorthRiding)

Place(s):Helmsley (Hemylsay) : township

Location:Acaster Malbis (YorkshireWestRiding)

Place(s):Acaster Malbis (Acastr) : ecclesiastical parish

Location:Fulford (YorkshireEastRiding)

Place(s):Gate Fulford (Gatefulford) : undefined

Location:Moorby (Moreby) : township

Location:Hartlepool (Durham)

Place(s):House of the Franciscans, Hartlepool (conventus domus ordinis fratrum minorum de Hertilpole) : religious house

Location:Kent

Place(s): House of the Franciscans, Canterbury (conventus domus fratrum minorum Cantebr') : religious house

Location:Richmond (YorkshireNorthRiding)

Place(s):House of Franciscans, Richmond (conventus domus fratrum minorum Richmie') : religious house

'The Cause Papers' was developed by The Borthwick Institute for Archives at The University of York Library and Archives with technical development provided by The Humanities Research Institute at The University of Sheffield