Inquisitiones post mortem for Yorkshire and Copies of about 1,300 wills from York archiepiscopal registers
MSS. Dodsworth 98, 99
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Inquisitiones post mortem for Yorkshire and Copies of about 1,300 wills from York archiepiscopal registers
Shelfmark
MSS. Dodsworth 98, 99
Summary
MS. Dodsworth 98, 1633-1638, 122 leaves: Inquisitiones post mortem for Yorkshire, 1-27 Hen. viii (fol. 1), followed (fol. 119) by a copy of a list of knights' fees belonging to William de Fortibus, earl of Aumale (d. 1260), of which a calendar is printed in Cal. of Inq. iv, no. 461. There is an index nominum on fol. iv.
MS. Dodsworth 99, 1648, 312 leaves: Copies of about 1,300 wills from York archiepiscopal registers, 1342-1568. There are two notes, signed by Thomas Talbot, stating that Daniel King forged and inserted two Wharton wills (fols. 28v, 35v).
There is an index nominum by Dodsworth at the beginning, dated 1644-7. Fols. 25-7, 39-end are by Dodsworth.
Date
Written about 1633-1638, written before 1648 by Roger Dodsworth and others
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
1 box
Custodial history
MS. Dodsworth 98: ('TTT')
MS. Dodsworth 99: ('T' in triangle)
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Collection contents
Inquisitiones post mortem for Yorkshire and Copies of about 1,300 wills from York archiepiscopal registers
