Nicholas Huggate

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Nicholas Huggate (or Hugate, Huegate, Hungate) (died 1338) was a King's Clerk and medieval Provost of Beverley Minster.

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Origins

He came from the village of Huggate near Pocklington (Yorks, East Riding). [1] Huggate was one of the thrave (tithe) sources for the prebend of St Peter and St Paul's altar in Beverley Minster. [2] He probably owed his introduction to royal service to William Melton, later Archbishop of York, under whom he served in the king's wardrobe, and for whom he served as proctor during Melton's absence at the papal curia. [3]

Royal service

Clerk of the wardrobe of Edward of Caernavon (the future Edward II) by 1306. Cofferer of the king's wardrobe 1314–1315. [4]

Receiver for Aquitaine and Gascony from March 1324, during the War of Saint-Sardos. There are many references to his work in the Gascon Rolls, such as...

Order to Nicholas de Huggate, the king’s clerk, receiver of the king's money and victuals in the duchy, that once the town of La Réole has returned to the king's possession and lordship, he should satisfy the men of the town for the victuals and goods which Edmund, earl of Kent, the king's brother, took when he was there for the king's service, in accordance with information provided by the earl or his men by indenture made between Huggate and them. Huggate is to receive letters of acquittance from them attesting that they have received satisfaction, and he will have due allowance in his account. [5]

Controller of the king's wardrobe 1326–1328. [6]

Ecclesiastical offices

Provost of Beverley

Admitted by royal grant 13 Jan 1318, succeeding William Melton. For the first 12 years he was absent from Beverley on the king's business, and he carried out his duties remotely, from London when he was in England. From 1330 onwards however he took up residence. He died at Beverley on 24 June 1338 [7]

Other appointments

Burial

His tomb is almost certainly on the east side of the North transept of the minster. His effigy has 19 heraldic shields on his robes, some of the royal family, some of local aristocracy. [16]

Will

His will was proved on 13 July 1338. He requested to be buried in the minster (see above). Almost all the bequests were religious in character. He left money to Beverley Minster, York Minster, Lincoln Cathedral and the College of St Martin-le-Grand. All the friaries in Yorkshire received a mark (160d) and the church of his native Huggate 5 marks. The largest bequests were £100 to be spent on his funeral (including gifts to the poor) and £200 given to hire 60 chaplains to sing daily for a year offices for the dead for his soul. He also made arrangements for chantries in Beverley and York Minsters. [17]

Citations

  1. ↑ Leach, A. F., Memorials of Beverley Minster: The Chapter Act Book of the Collegiate Church of St John of Beverley AD 1286–1347, Surtess Society 108, 1902, p.lvi
  2. ↑ McDermid p78 n2
  3. ↑ Mcdermid p36 n4
  4. ↑ Tout vol ii, pp 171, 237
  5. ↑ GSR C61 36, https://www.gasconrolls.org/edition/calendars/C61_36/document.html#it036_18_17f_186
  6. ↑ Tout vol 6 p 29
  7. ↑ Leach p62
  8. ↑ 'Prebendaries: Yatesbury', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: Volume 3, Salisbury Diocese, ed. Joyce M. Horn (London, 1962), pp. 97–99. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1300-1541/vol3/pp97-99 [accessed 27 May 2023].
  9. ↑ McDermid p36
  10. ↑ 'Prebendaries: Piona Parva', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: Volume 2, Hereford Diocese, ed. Joyce M Horn (London, 1962), pp. 39–41. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1300-1541/vol2/pp39-41 [accessed 27 May 2023].
  11. ↑ 'Archdeacons: Gloucester', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: Volume 4, Monastic Cathedrals (Southern Province), ed. B Jones (London, 1963), pp. 60–62. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1300-1541/vol4/pp60-62 [accessed 27 May 2023].
  12. ↑ 'Prebendaries: Barnby', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: Volume 6, Northern Province (York, Carlisle and Durham), ed. B Jones (London, 1963), pp. 31–32. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1300-1541/vol6/pp31-32 [accessed 27 May 2023]
  13. ↑ 'Prebendaries: Asgarby', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: Volume 1, Lincoln Diocese, ed. H P F King (London, 1962), pp. 29–30. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1300-1541/vol1/pp29-30 [accessed 27 May 2023].
  14. ↑ Dr David Crouch 'Fasti of the Collegiate Church of St Peter of Howden (unpublished)
  15. ↑ 'Hospitals: York', in A History of the County of York: Volume 3, ed. William Page (London, 1974), pp. 336–352. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/vol3/pp336-352 [accessed 27 May 2023].
  16. ↑ The Heraldry of the Nicholas de Huggate Effigy John Phillips in https://beverleyminster.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Friends-of-Beverley-Minster-2017-web.pdf
  17. ↑ Leach pp 65–66

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