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John Kirkby, Bishop of Ely ( - 1290)
English ecclesiastic and statesman, Vice-Chancellor and Lord Treasurer under Henry II, probably responsible for various reforms in the treasury and exchequer. He directed a survey of various English counties, known as Kirkby's "Quest" or "Inquest," to investigate debts owed to the king. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/15655 Other biography: John Kirkby (bishop of Ely) Relevant locations: Title (royalty or holy order) Ely, CambridgeshireReferences in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)
Transcript of
the Liberty of
Inquisitionesfactæ coram
. Thesaurario Dom.Johanne
de Kirkeby
. fil.Edw
. This is an ancientHen
Kirkby 's Inquest,
9
9
. In a later Hand is addedEdw . 1
a Stretecollected 7
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the Liberty of
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Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) An
terspers'd; as, An Inquisition taken at
before
ship;
EnglishVersion of
'sKirkby
, with other Matters inInquest
terspers'd; as, An Inquisition taken at
, 22Wakefield
Mar. 9 E. 4.
before
Tho. BroughKnt.
&c. for divers Wasts within that Lord
ship;
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) 59.
The
Wapentakes, to the publick Lays and Assessments betwixt1620
and1630 .
, 9Kirkby 's Inquest
Edw. 1. with the Returns then, and 24
Ed. 1.
The
Feod. Militum, with the Proportion of each Town in several
Wapentakes, to the publick Lays and Assessments betwixt
and
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) 67. Descriptio Hominis , secundum
Tabulæ,
Inquest .
Physicos; secundum
Philosophos,
Tabulæ,
&c.
'sKirkby
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) 68. A List of 1630 . The Bounds
of the King's
Demeasns and Mannors ofNames of the Towns within the Liberty of St. Boundaries and Circumference of the City of
Composition for De
cree of
1593 . An Inventory of the
Cathedral atNames of the Lands
inSt. 's Parish
fromWrit of
ing ancient Demayne.
for 6000Inquest with the Returns,
9 & 24
seems to have been the Collections of
in Chancery, and Recorder of
Crown-Landsconcealed in several Counties.
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latio Forrestæ de Galtres, An.
latio Forrestæ de Galtres
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Haxby , Wig
ginton , Strensall , Towthorp , Stillington , Shipton , Overton , Skelton ,
Rockliffe , Cliffton , Bowtham , Beningborough , Newton , Alne and Tol
lerton
ginton
lerton
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Snayntonin
Pickeringlith. A
cree
Penley Croftsin Her Majesty's President Court in the North
Jewels. Plate, Vestments, &c. in the
Cathedral at
. TheYorke
Colleges, Churches, Religi
ous Houses, &c. within the City and Suburbs of
ous Houses
.Yorke
in
Lordship belonging toClifton
Olave
from
. ADoomesday-Book
non molestandofor
, beWakefield
ing ancient Demayne.
for the several Wapentakes,Rate of Taxes
. Lordprimo
Eliz
's in the Civil War, and LordNewcastle
Capel's,
for 6000
l. Part of 90000
'sl. Kirkby
9 & 24
E. I. This MS, which I bought with others at
,Yorke
seems to have been the Collections of
Chr. HildyardEsq
in Chancery, and Recorder of
Heddon, who died at
.Yorke
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) Inquest
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