Records of Jurisdiction

The records are divided as follows:

• Court Books [Pec.D/C.Jur/AB]. 1387-1850. 21 volumes.
• Abstract Books [Pec.D/C.Jur/Abs.Bk]. 1681-1854. 6 volumes.
• Citations: 
  • Citation Books [Pec.D/C.Jur/Cit.Bk]. 1661-1664, 1674-1686. 2 volumes. The citation book for 1665-1674 is at the Minster Library.
  • Citations [Pec.D/C.Jur/Cit]. 1641-1845. 21 boxes. Includes sede vacante citations.
  • Citation notes [Pec.D/C.Jur/Cit.N]. 17th – 19th centuries. 3 boxes.
• Cause Papers [Pec.D/C.Jur/CP]. 14th – 19th centuries. 99 boxes.
• Matrimonial Records: 
  • Marriage Bonds and Allegations [Pec.D/C.Jur/MB]. 1613-1879. 56 boxes.
  • List of Marriage Licences granted by the Dean and Chapter [Pec.D/C.Jur/ML]. 1662-1729. 1 bundle.
• Faculty Papers [Pec.D/C.Jur/Fac]. 1674-1832. 2 boxes.
• Sequestrations [Pec.D/C.Jur/Seq]. 1675, 1742. 2 items.
• Proctors Certificates [Pec.D/C.Jur/Proct.Cert]. 1785-1839. 1 box.

This sub sub fonds contains the actual records of jurisdiction, including the court books and the large and varied collection of cause papers. The latter relate to causes coming within the cognisance of the Dean and Chapter, either because the litigants were resident within the jurisdiction of the capitular body, or on those occasions when the Dean and Chapter exercised spiritual jurisdiction during vacancies of the archbishopric.

A hard-copy finding aid is available at the Borthwick Institute, and an online guide can be found at www.york.ac.uk/inst/bihr/Guidesandfindingaids.htm.

Bound and unbound volumes, parchment, files of papers and certificates.

• J.S. Purvis, A Medieval Act Book with some account of Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction at York (York, 1943), a detailed account of Court Book 1 [Pec.D/C.Jur/AB 1], dated 1387-1494.
• E.B. and W.R. Newsome (eds.), An index of marriage bonds and allegations in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Dean and Chapter of York, 1613-1839, Borthwick Lists and Indexes 1 (1985).