Court of the Dean and Chapter of York
Archiepiscopal jurisdiction was exercised by the Dean and Chapter of York during vacancies of the see, i.e the time between one Archbishop dying, or leaving office, and the next Archbishop being enthroned. All the vacancies have been indexed below, with the exception of the vacancies of 1464-1465, 1530-1531, 1544-1545, 1554-1555, 1559-1561, 1568-1570, 1576-1577, 1588-1589, 1660, and 1664. I have checked these for any Bubwith wills, and found just two entries:
BATTLE, Isabel, Willitofte, p. Bubwith, 1576, Inventory
VAVASOUR, Peter, esquire, Spaldington, p. Bubwith, 1660, Will, Bond and Inventory.
In addition to their vacancy jurisdiction, the Dean and Chapter exercised jurisdiction over the mediety (half) of the rectory, and over sixteen tenements in Breighton, Willitoft and Harlethorpe.
The Probate Registers 1321-1558, Probate Act Book 1560-1636 and Original documents 1383-1724 have been indexed in, Index of Wills etc. from the Dean and Chapter's Court, 1321-1636, and an index to Original Wills, 1524-1724, YASRS, Volume XXXVIII, 1907. This volume has been checked and there were nineteen wills proved and one administration granted for people of Bubwith, the first being in 1439 and the last in 1585. This total included five vicars (these five were all presented by the Dean and Chapter). No surnames were repeated.
Bubwith Wills proved in the Court of the Dean and Chapter of York
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Probate Date
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Name
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Place
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Status
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Will Date
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Ref
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9 Feb 1575
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Battle, Isabell
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Willitofte
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wydowe
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18 Jan 1575
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5/77
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17 Nov 1585
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Blanshard, Elizabeth
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Bubwith
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wydowe
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5 Nov 1527
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5/116
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13 Sep 1442
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Brone, Robert
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Bubwith
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vicar of
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17 Jul 1442
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1/253
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7 Sep 1439
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Bryghton, William
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Bubwith
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22 Aug 1439
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1/247
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4 May 1566
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Clodesdale, Sir John
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Bubwith
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vicar of
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Adm
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5/26
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6 Sep 1520
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Halley, Robert
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Bubwith
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Prob
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2/122
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30 Apr 1578
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Howdell, Thomas
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Harlethrop
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19 Mar 1578
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5/89
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23 Sep 1476
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Langdale, Patrick
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Bubwith
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Prob
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1/331
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-- Aug 1499
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Leeke, Sir Thomas
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Bubwith
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vicar of
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15 Mar 1499
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2/21
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23 Oct 1459
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Milner, Robert
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Bubwith
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12 Sep 1459
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1/292
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25 Oct 1515
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Rabye, Richard
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Bubwith
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Prob
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2/107
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24 Jul 1522
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Rither, Margaret
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Bubwith
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Prob
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2/131
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7 May 1484
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Semaw, Thomas
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Bubwith
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Prob
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1/358
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3 Jan 1452
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Spenser, John
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Bubwith
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vicar of
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16 Jul 1449
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1/271
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28 Oct 1477?
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Thomlynson, William
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Bubwith
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Prob
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1/328
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5 Apr 1542
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Thorpe, William
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Bubwith
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28 Mar 1542
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2/201
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7 Dec 1472
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Turnour, Alexander
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Bubwith
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Prob
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1/328
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28 Feb 1591
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Wadworthe, Janet
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Bubwith
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widow
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AB 122
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no probate
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Waitt, Richard
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Bubwith
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18 Aug 1440
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1/249
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22 Feb 1487
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Walker, Sir John
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Bubwith
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vicar of
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5 Feb 1487
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1/370
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Since the above index was published in 1907 a much more thorough index to the original probate documents of the Dean and Chapter Court has been created. While some names from the preceding index are repeated much is new. The Index is not published but can be consulted on the open shelves at the Borthwick. Here are all the Bubwith extractions:
Surname
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Forename
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Status
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Residence
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Year
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Docs
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Allan
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Thomas
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yeoman
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Harlethorpe
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1680/1
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WIB
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Allan
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Thomas
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yeoman
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Spaldington
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1695
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WIB
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Blanshard
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Elizabeth
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widow
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Harlethorpe
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1585
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I
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Blanshard
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George
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Bubwith
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1685
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WIB
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Chapman
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Elizabeth
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widow
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Breighton
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1691
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WIB
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Clarke
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Robert
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husbandman
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Spaldington
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1684/5
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WIB
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Coates
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William
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Foggathorpe
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1679
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IA
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Corney
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Richard
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miller
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Bubwith
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1709
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WIB
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Crake
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John
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yeoman
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Bubwith
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1685
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IA
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Hawley
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John
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husbandman
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Bubwith
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1681
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WIB
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Horne
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Peter
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Spaldington
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1697
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WIB
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Hotham
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Henry
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yeoman
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Bubwith
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1676/7
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WIB
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Hotham
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John, jun
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Bubwith
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1668
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WIB
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Marshall
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Ann
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widow
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Breighton
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1692
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WIB
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Mason
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John
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Bubwith
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1682
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IA
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Turner
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James
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cur of son John
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Bubwith
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1707/8
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C
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Watson
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Henry
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Bubwith
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1680
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IA
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Key: W=Will; I=Inventory; B=Bond; A=Admon; C=Curation
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The Probate Act Book, 1665 to 1674 [York Minster Archives, L1/1b], has been indexed and is available on a CD that accompanies Yorkshire Probate, Colin Blanshard Withers, 2007. This has been searched, and only one entry for Bubwith was found:
HOTHAM, John, Bubwith, Nov 1669, Probate of Will, folio 42