ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY 



dary of Bilton ; Bramham," Prebendary of Bramham ; ^^ St. Maurice without Monkgate,"* 

 Kirk Fenton, and Sherburn with Micklefield chapelry,^' Prebendary of Fenton ; Wadworth,^' 

 Prebendary of South Cave ; '" Kirkby Wharfe,'" Prebendary of Wetwang ; Wistow with 

 the parochial chapelries of Cawood and Monk Fryston," Prebendary of Wistow. 



(4) The Abbot and convent of Selby had peculiar jurisdiction of Selby,'^ Snaith with 

 its chapels, Adlingfleet '' (appropriated to Selby in 1307), Brayton,'* and Whitgift,'^ and 

 certain other places. This appears by a decree of Archbishop Bowet's chancellor in 

 1409.'' Brayton was temporarily appropriated by Archbishop Romanus to the archdeaconry 

 of York, and Harswell (E.R.) was appropriated to Selby, apparently in compensation.^' 

 Brayton appears to have reverted to the jurisdiction of Selby. After the surrender of 

 Selby Abbey in 1539, Selby and Brayton formed the peculiar court of Selby, while Whit- 

 gift, and Snaith with its chapelries of Airmyn, Carlton, Goole, Hook, and Rawcliflfe, 

 formed the peculiar court of Snaith.'' 

 The deaneries in the archdeaconry of York were five in number, viz. Christianity of York, 

 Ainsty, Craven, Doncaster, and Pontefract. 



(i) The deanery of the Christianity of York embraced the city of York with its 

 immediate suburbs, including portions of the Ainsty and North and East Ridings. '' Pope 

 Nicholas' Taxation of 1 29 1 names the following churches : All Saints in North Street, All 

 Saints in the Marsh,*" St. Crux, St. Dennis, St. George, Holy Trinity in King's Court, Holy 

 Trinity in Micklegate, St. Nicholas, St. Martin in Micklegate, St. Michael at the Bridge,*^ 

 St. Olave, and St. Saviour. In addition to these, the Valor Ecclesiasticus names All Saints 

 Peaseholme, Holy Trinity in Goodramgate, St. Helen on the Walls, St. Helen in Stonegate, 

 St. Margaret, St. Mary Bishophill the Elder, St. Mary in Castlegate, St. Peter the Little, 

 St. Peter-le-Willows, and St. Wilfrid. These parishes, with one or two others omitted in 

 both lists, had absorbed other parishes during the mediaeval period, and were re-arranged 

 entirely by the union of 1585. 



(2) The deanery of Ainsty included the Ainsty of York, with the exception of Acaster 

 Selby and the chapelries already accounted for ; the wapentake of Barkston Ash ; the 

 greater part of the wapentake of Skyrack ; and the southern part of that of Claro. The 

 following churches are mentioned in Pope Nicholas^ Taxation : — [a) in the Ainsty : Acaster 

 Malbis, Askham Bryan, Askham Richard, Bilbrough, Bolton Percy, Healaugh, Hutton 

 Wandesley (or Long Marston), Moor Monkton, RufForth, Wighill ; (b) in Barkston Ash ; 

 Birkin, Drax, Ledsham, Newton Kyme, Ryther, Saxton, Tadcaster ; *^ [c) in Skyrack : 

 Aberford,*' Adel, Barwick-in-Elmet, Garforth, Guiseley, Harewood, Kippax, Leeds, Swilling- 

 ton, Thorner, Whitkirk ; (d) in Claro : Cowthorpe, Fewston, Kirk Deighton, Kirkby 

 Ferrers (i.e. Kirkby Overblow), Leathley, Pannal, SpofForth.** In addition to these, the 

 Valor Ecclesiasticus mentions, exclusive of peculiars : {a) Bishopthorpe, Thorp Arch ; *^ 

 (c) Bardsey, CoUingham, Otley ; {d) Hampsthwaite,^^ Weston. 



In the deanery of Ainsty were locally included the archbishop's deaneries of Otley and 

 Sherburn, and in the chantry returns of the reign of Henry VIII the three deaneries are 



" Locally in the deanery of Ainsty. 



" This prebend, appropriated to the Prior of Nostell, was dissolved in 1 540, when Bramham became part 

 of the peculiar of the dean and chapter. 



*' Locally in the deanery of the Christianity of York. 



" Locally in the deanery of Ainsty. " Locally in the deanery of Doncaster. 



"' This prebend was alienated by its last incumbent in 1 549. The peculiar court of Wadworth main- 

 tained an independent existence. '" Locally in the deanery of Ainsty. 



31 Ibid. '' Ibid. '' Locally in the deanery of Pontefract. 



^ Locally in the deanery of Ainsty. '' Locally in the deanery of Pontefract. 



'^ Lawton, op. cit. 5. 



" See note 53, p. 34. The appropriation of Harswell was only temporary : the chapelries of Brayton 

 were appropriated to Selby by Romanus (see note 48, p. 34). " Lawton, loc. cit. 



'' viz. Copmanthorpe, Over Poppleton, and part of Dringhouses (Ainsty), Clifton and Heworth (North 

 Riding), Fulford and Naburn (East Riding). 



*" i.e. All Saints', Pavement. " i.e. St. Michael Spurriergate. 



" Oxton and Catterton, in this parish, are in the Ainsty. 



" Partly in Barkston Ash. 



" The Ecclesiastical Taxation also mentions Bilton, Brayton, and Selby, subsequently peculiars. 



" Walton, probably a chapel to Thorp Arch (see Lawton, op. cit. 81), is mentioned in neither survey 

 as a separate benefice. 



" At the time of the 129 1 taxation Hampsthwaite was in the deanery of Boroughbridge and arch- 

 deaconry of Richmond. It was regarded in the earlier part of the 13th century as a chapel of Aldborough : 

 see Cal. Pat. 1225-32, p. 174. 



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