BS/1/1/4
Reference code
BS/1/1/4
Level of description
Item
Title
Letter from John Piers to John [Savill ?], Middle Temple
Original Title
Letter from John Abp. of York
Date
2 Feb 1592
Quantity & Format
1 sheet
Description
A covering letter, under which John Piers (1522/23-1594), sometime Bishop of Salisbury (1577-1589), now Archbishop of York (1589-1594), forwarded to John [Savill ?] of Middle Temple the letter of the same date from his Steward, concerning a dispute about the ploughing of common land in one of the archiepiscopal manors in Nottinghamshire ("the lettre sent mee from Mr Ed Stanhope Steward of my lands in Nottinghamshire").
Written from Cawood Castle, then the Palace of the Archbishops of York, and signed "Jo. Ebor".
Language
English