Estates & revenues of the Archbishop

This material is held atBorthwick Institute for Archives, University of York

  • Reference
    • GB 193 Rev.Deeds; GB193 Rev.AL; GB193 Rev.Off; GB193 Rev.RGA; GB193 Rev.EF; GB193 Rev.Maps; GB193 Rev.Bk; GB193 Rev.P; GB193 Rev; GB193 Rev.Misc
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1555-1955
  • Language of Material
    • English, and Latin.
  • Physical Description
    • c61 boxes & 1 outsize item. Paper, parchment, volumes

Scope and Content

This sub sub sub fonds is divided into 10 series as follows:

  • Deeds, miscellaneous deeds, 17th-18th centuries [Rev.Deeds]
  • Abstracts of Leases, late 16th-early 17th centuries [Rev.AL]
  • Officials Patents and resignation of estate officials 1605/1606, 1700, 1746 [Rev.Off]
  • Receiver-General's Accounts, 1628, 1633, 1635, 1638, 1639, 1641, 1647 [Rev.RGA]
  • Estreats of Fines, estreats of fines in Common Pleas, Assizes and Quarter Sessions, Quietus (Liberty of Ripon) 1785-1799 [Rev.EF]
  • Plans of Archiepiscopal Estates. A small collection of plans of certain estates of the archbishopric deposited in the diocesan registry in 1861 [Rev.Maps]
  • Procuration and Fee Books 1615-1953. Includes books for the visitations of the diocese of Chester 1662, 1669, 1684, 1694 (Richmond archdeaconry), and the diocese of Carlisle 1662, 1669, 1693, 1694 [Rev.Bk].
  • Fee Papers, Notes and papers relating to fees and procurations, arrears, drafts, receipts and correspondence 1614-1953 [Rev.P].
  • Estates of the Archbishop, papers relating to Manor of Acomb, Manor of Sancton, Manor of Breighton, manor of Bishopthorpe, manors of Cawood & Wistow, and other administrative papers. 1555-1955 [Rev I-IX]
  • Miscellaneous papers, Archiepiscopal estates, 16th-19th centuries, 7 items [Rev.Misc].

Administrative / Biographical History

These documents relating to the archbishop's estates was deposited by the diocesan registrar, having apparently escaped detection when the Ecclesiastical Commissioners took over the records of the archiepiscopal properties in the mid 19th century.

Other Finding Aids

Hard copy finding aids are available at the Borthwick Institute for the following:

  • Deeds [Rev.Deeds], arranged by place name.
  • Estates of the Archbishop [Rev I - IX], papers arranged by manor.
  • Officials [Rev.Off], listed chronologically.
  • Miscellaneous papers, Archiepiscopal estates [Rev.Misc], listed chronologically.