Cartulary

CMAY/3/1

Cartulary

1420-1523

This volume was returned to the Company in 1917, after being in the possession of the Bagshawe family of the Oakes in Norton, Derbyshire (Sellers lxxi). It was discovered at the Oakes during a visit of the Derbyshire Archaeological Society in 1890 (C. Kerry, 'Discovery of the Register and Chartulary of the Mercers' Company, York', in The Antiquary xxii (1890), 266-70; xxiii (1891), 27-30). It had been out of official custody since about 1730. The bulk of the document is written in a 15th-century hand, with subsequent additions of the late 15th and 16th centuries.
1r-10v Names of brethren and sisters admitted 1420-1495, arranged chronologically under the master's name, with names of other officers and occasional memoranda (relating to finances, fitments, chapel, furnishings, an inventory) [continued at fo. 155r] (brief extracts Pd. Sellers, 81-2, 84-7)
11r-15v Ordinances of the mercers [These ordinances are undated and although they have been ascribed to 1495 since they follow the admissions for that year(fo.10v), it has to be pointed out that the handwriting is quite different and it is possible that they Date: from another time] (Pd. Sellers, 87-96)
16r-42rWalmgate (parishes of St Edward, St Laurence, St Mary, St Michael and St Nicholas): nos. 1-82
42v-44r Archbishop Thoresby's licence to found the hospital 1373: no. 83 [another version is calendared in York Memorandum Book iii 143-5]
45r-47v Little Bretgate: nos. 84-92
48v Walmgate (parish of St Edward): no. 93
50r-53v Walmgate (parish of St Denys): nos. 94-103
54v-58r Fishergate: nos. 104-12
59r-82r, 83r Fossgate and Trichourgail: nos. 113-63, 166
82r-v.Walmgate: no. 164
83r-v.Bootham no. 165
85r-90r.Marketshire in Pavement: nos. 167-76
90r-98r.Peter Lane Little and Kyrklane: nos. 177-92
99v-110v. St Sampson's parish (Jubbergate and Newgate): nos. 193-219
111r-117v Micklegate: nos. 220-36
118r. Felter Lane: no. 237
118r-119v Colliergate: no. 238
120r-121v Ousegate: nos. 239-43
122r-123v Monkgate: nos. 244-51.
124r Ousegate: no. 252
124v-125r Hornpotlane: no. 253
125r-127r Glovergail: nos. 254-7
127r-v Petergate/Hornpotlane: nos. 258-9
128v-131r Goodramgate: nos. 260-66
132r- 134Av Bootham and Gillygate: nos. 267-74
134Bv Ousegate: no. 275
135r-139r Royal charters for the guild and hospital, Edward III-Henry VI: nos. 276-80
139r-v Indenture between the master of the hospital and the master of the mercers' company 1478 (cancelled)
140r-143r advowson of Fossgate hospital: nos. 282-92
143v-147v Monkgate: nos. 293-304
147v Fossgate: no. 305
148r acquittances for chantry payments 1548, 1554: nos. 306-7
148v-150r ornaments of the high altar and the altars of St Thomas the Martyr, St John the Baptist at the hospital, inventory, note of bequests etc. undated (15th- cent. script): nos. 308-12 (Pd. Sellers, 96-9)
150v-151r Fossgate: nos. 313-14
151v-152r ordinance relating to William Grundall's benefaction 1488: no. 315
152v Fossgate: no. 316
153r View and bounds of the Merchants' property in York 1581, 1598: no/317
155r-165v Names of brothers and sisters admitted, arranged chronologically under the master's name (as in fos. 1r-10v) but with additional memoranda and ordinances, assessments etc. 1496-1523 (extracts Pd. Sellers, 104-7)
176r royal proclamation 1478
(Pd. Sellers, 79-80)
176v-177v petition to the king by the northern mercers (1478)
(see Sellers, 75-9 for a longer version of this document)
177v letter to the abbot of Fountains
(Pd. Sellers, 110-11)
178r grant of an annual pension 1478
17 8v Monkgate deed
inside back cover: rough accounts early 16th cent,
[for further documentation on the 1478 dispute (fos. 176r-177v) see above p. 17]

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