| Repository | Lambeth Palace Library |
| Level | File |
| Alt Ref No | TB 1 |
| Title | Lease Book |
| Date | c.1605 |
| Description | Record of leases and patents of appointment granted by Archbishop Whitgift, 1584-1603, drawn up shortly after the archbishop's death in 1604. Apart from patents for estate officials, the volume includes the following archiepiscopal appointments:
Actuary of the 'consistory of the Arches', 30 June 1585, 25 April 1602 (no. 13).
Actuary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 5 July 1599 (no.39).
Auditor of the Court of Audience, 7 November 1600 (no.24).
Apparator, 7 January 1599 (no.29).
Bedel of the Court of Arches, 25 June 1593, 7 April 1603 (nos.7, 61).
Collector of tenths, 1 December 1600 (no.20).
Commissary of the Court of Canterbury, 29 January 1596 (no.50).
Commissary of the Faculties, 7 July [1597] (no.16).
Commissary of Oxford, 9 May 1592 (no.66).
Custodian of the spiritualities of the diocese of Bristol, 30 July 1602 (no.12).
Keeper of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 8 July 1600 (no.4).
Official Principal of the Court of Arches, 13 October 1600 (no.26).
Registrar 'of all licences, dispensacions etc', 21 October 1593 (no.60).
Registrar of the Court of Arches, 25 June 1593 (no.62).
Registrar of the Court of Audience, 4 June 1603 (no.5).
Registrar of the Consistory Court of Canterbury, 12 October 1598 (no.42).
Vicar General, 13 December 1597 (no.47).
Records numbered 1-83. The entries are not arranged in chronological order.
14 ff. (ff.12-14 blank) |
| Code | Name | Dates |
| 787 | Allen; John (fl 1580-1589); junior; Woodreeve Covert Wood, Barham | fl 1580-1589 |
| 786 | Allen; John (fl 1580-1589); senior; Woodreeve Covert Wood, Barham | fl 1580-1589 |
| 731 | Aylesworth; Edward (fl 1593); Steward of the Liberty of Canterbury Palace (court) | fl 1593 |
| 708 | Aylworth; Edward (fl 1641); Steward of Lambeth Croydon and Waddon | fl 1641 |
| 710 | Ballard; Thomas (fl 1583); Bailiff of the manor of Croydon | fl 1583 |
| 693 | Barton; Francis (fl 1595); Steward of the archbishop's manors in Kent | fl 1595 |
| 740 | Beeston; William (fl 1596); Custodian of the Horseferry | fl 1596 |
| 730 | Boys; John (-1593); Steward of the Liberty of Canterbury Palace (court) | -1593 |
| 752 | Bradberie; Matthew (fl 1599); Keeper of Bekesbourne Palace | fl 1599 |
| 707 | Cock; John (fl c1605); Steward of Lambeth Croydon and Waddon | fl c1605 |
| 733 | Cock; Roger (fl 1603); Housekeeper of Canterbury Palaceand Woodreeve of North and South Bishopden Wood in Dunkirk, Hurst in Blean and Stock Wood and Shin Hill in Harbledown | fl 1603 |
| 734 | Cock; Thomas (fl 1603); junior; Housekeeper of Canterbury Palace and Woodreeve of North and South Bishopden Wood in Dunkirk, Hurst in Blean and Stock Wood and Shin Hill in Harbledown | fl 1603 |
| 732 | Cock; Thomas (fl 1603); senior; Housekeeper of Canterbury Palace and Woodreeve of North and South Bishopden Wood in Dunkirk, Hurst in Blean and Stock Wood and Shin Hill in Harbledown | fl 1603 |
| 751 | Cooke; Richard (-1599); Keeper of Bekesbourne Palace | -1599 |
| 804 | Denne; David (fl 1585); Woodreeve for Pinewood in Littlebourne | fl 1585 |
| 805 | Denne; John (fl 1585); Woodreeve for Pinewood in Littlebourne | fl 1585 |
| 755 | Gledell; Reginald (fl 1586); Keeper of Croydon Park | fl 1586 |
| 768 | Manwood; Sir; Peter (1571-1625); judge and antiquary | 1571-1625 |
| 671 | Murgatrode; Michael (fl 1597); Auditor of the Archbishop's Estate | fl 1597 |
| 803 | Packer; William (fl 1585); Woodreeve for Pinewood in Littlebourne | fl 1585 |
| 812 | Selbi; William (fl. 1595); Woodreeve of Buckholt Wood | fl. 1595 |
| 711 | Tagborne; William (fl 1600-1617); Bailiff of the manor of Croydon | fl 1600-1617 |
| 709 | Thorpe; John (fl 1558); Bailiff of the manor of Croydon | fl 1558 |
| 790 | Whitinge; Edmund (fl 1580-1589); Woodreeve Covert Wood, Barham | fl 1580-1589 |
| NA2886 | Province of Canterbury; Court of Audience | |
| 38 | Whitgift; John (?1530-1604); Archbishop of Canterbury | ?1530-1604 |
| NA2926 | Province of Canterbury; Prerogative Court of Canterbury; -1858 | -1858 |
| 164 | Province of Canterbury; Court of Arches | |