Edward Lee

Scope and Content

The main sections of the register (by folio) are as follows:
ir-iiiv: index (17th century)
lr-lAr: papal bulls concerning Lee's appointment and patents for vicar-general and official, September - December 1531
1Cr: benefices in the archbishop's patronage by reason of the exchange with the King
1Cv: benefices in the archbishop's collation
2r-21v: archdeaconry of York, January 1532 - June 1544
22r-37v: archdeaconry of the East Riding, January 1532 - September 1543
38r-45v: archdeaconry of Cleveland, April 1532 - September 1543
46r-63v: archdeaconry of Nottingham, March 1532 - January 1544
64r-77r: collations, April 1534 - June 1544
78r-79v: Howdenshire and Allertonshire, March 1534 - October 1543
80r-157v: miscellaneous section, containing commissions, licences, institutions, injunctions, abjurations, ordination of vicarage, confirmations, appropriation of church, etc., and national affairs such as the divorce of Anne of Cleves, [ ] 1532 - August 1544
158r-183v: testamentary business, March 1532 - August 1540
184r-201v: ordinations, March [1532] - April 1541
202v: index of wills (17th century)

Other Finding Aids

* The ordination lists have been indexed in [York Clergy Ordinations 1500-1509](https://www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/publications/lists-and-indexes/), ed. C Cross (2001) and [York Clergy Ordinations 1520-1559](https://www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/publications/lists-and-indexes/), ed. C Cross (Borthwick List and Index 32, 2002)

Alternative Form Available

* A digitised copy of the register is available online at https://archbishopsregisters.york.ac.uk/browse/registers?register_id=zp38wd88v
* A microfilmed copy of the register is available to view in the Borthwick's microform room (reel reference MFB/1991).

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Modern binding

Bibliography

* J. S. Purvis, 'The registers of Archbishops Lee and Holgate', Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 13 (1962), pp. 186-94.
* The Injunctions and other visitation material to be found between fos. 91v-99v are printed in 'Visitations in the diocese of York, holden by Archbishop Edward Lee (A.D. 1534-5)', Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, 16 (1902), pp. 424-58.

Additional Information

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