{"id":21,"date":"2016-03-06T11:23:35","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T11:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wannop.myzen.co.uk\/wannop\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2016-03-08T11:49:53","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T11:49:53","slug":"wannops-in-a-york-context","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wannop.info\/WAN\/wannops-in-a-york-context\/","title":{"rendered":"Wannops in a York Context"},"content":{"rendered":"

1089<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 St. Mary\u2019s Abbey founded by the Normans
\n1349<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Black Death beginning to afflict province and diocese of York
\n1377<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 York the wealthiest provincial town in England
\n1457<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Reign of Henry VII one of comparative peace and fair prosperity, encouraging 1509 men from Kendal, Cockermouth, Penrith, York and elsewhere in the North to go to Carlisle.
\n1485<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Epidemic in York
\n1486<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Domp. Rob. Wanhope admitted to Corpus Christi Guild, York
\n1487<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 York\u2019s population allegedly halved, perhaps in aftermath of an\u00a0epidemic.
\n1493-94<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Epidemic in York
\n1496<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 William Senhouse, the Abbot of St Mary\u2019s, York, became Bishop of\u00a0Carlisle from 1496 to 1502. He retained his appointment at York until he was translated to Durham in 1502, whereupon Robert Wanhope succeeded him as Abbot of St.\u00a0Mary\u2019s
\n1500\u2019<\/span>s<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 York population varied between 8,000 – 12,000
\n1502<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Robert Wanhope\u00a0initiated as the Abbot of St Mary\u2019s Abbey on 20 December 1502, after translation to Durham of William Senhouse,\u00a0Bishop of\u00a0Carlisle, the previous Abbot
\n1504<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Riots when commoners opposed the election and installation of the mayor. Epidemic in York
\n1507<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Death of Robert Wanhope, Abbot of St Mary\u2019s circa 6 May\u00a01507 Prior of Carlisle elected a member of the Corpus Christi Guild
\n1510-60<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 York\u2019s fortunes at their lowest
\n1514<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Serious disorders in the city
\n1520\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 Government deposited large sums at St. Mary\u2019s Abbey between 1520\u2019s and the 1530\u2019s to pay garrisons to the north.
\n1524<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 York sunk to be only the fourteenth most wealthy town in\u00a0England from being second to London in 1377.\u00a0A major reason was the ascendancy in cloth gained by the West Riding, and the consequent desertion of York. 876 taxpayers in York
\n1525<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Cliffords of Skipton made Earls of Cumberland
\n1530<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 William Thornton was Abbot of St. Mary\u2019s, being previously Prior of Wetheral.
\n1536<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Enclosure riots and Parliament allowed the King to suppress religious houses worth under \u00a3200 a year, including\u00a0 St. Clements and Holy Trinity in York. Subsequent wide-spread revolt against government policies in Yorkshire in\u00a0the Pilgrimage of Grace, which was supported by the York \u2018commons\u2019 and\u00a0probably largely inspired by the monastic suppressions. No vengeance was exacted on York subsequently, although several leading rebels were executed in the city in 1537.
\n1536-9<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Fall of the monasteries and friaries
\n1537<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Council of the North established, reviving an earlier institution with increased authority. The Council was led by William Sever,\u00a0 Abbot of St. Mary\u2019s and Bishop of Carlisle, on behalf of Henry VII. After 1537, York was firmly and permanently under Government supervision – as it had not been before and particularly in\u00a0the years 1455-85.
\n1538-41<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 First well-recorded epidemic in York; more serious than any attack in the previous thirty years
\n1539<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 St. Mary\u2019s surrendered for dissolution on 29 November 1539; having been the richest house in the North, its lands were now sold off. (Note: St Olave\u2019s is earliest surviving York register\u00a0 beginning in December 1538 )
\n1545<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mercenaries from Cleves billeted in York Johaune Wanhope, \u2018filie Rolande Wanhope Bapt. XI o die julii\u2019 Baptised St Olave\u2019s York
\n1546<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 John Wauhope, \u2018j garthen in tholdyng of John Wauhope xiii jd.\u2019 Deanery of theChristianity of York. \u2018Chauntre of William Frost and Isobell his Wyffe, wuthyn the saydParisshe Churche\u2019 Ellyne Wannopp, Spouse: Christopher Sugden Record at St. Crux,York
\n1548<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Roulandus Wanhep, \u2018fili \u2018lorentius Wanhep Bapt. octo die novembris\u2019 Baptised St Olave\u2019s York
\n1549<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1000 German mercenaries billeted in York.
\n1550<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Last serious Tudor riots in York, by local rural labourers protesting against\u00a0therequisitioning of corn supplies.
\n1550-51<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 Heavy mortality from bubonic plague, with death of perhaps half of York\u2019s population.St Mary\u2019s Abbey demolished, but King\u2019s Manor spared.
\n1550\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span> Rise in food prices caused trouble at York with city\u2019s craftsmen \u00a0demandinghigher wages.
\n1558<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Commencement of reign of Elizabeth, during which York\u2019s population doubled by 1603due to massive immigration, but only after possibly worst\u00a0of\u00a0the century\u2019s epidemics.Part of nationwide outbreak of influenza. Number of \u00a0deaths\u00a0in York unknown due to anapparent cessation of\u00a0registration but seemingly high. Combined with severe economicdepression, deaths\u00a0caused York population to drop by a third or more. By the end ofMary\u2019s reign the city was very unfortunate; monks and friars had\u00a0been turned out, with orwithout pensions after the end of legalized \u00a0Catholicism.
\n1559<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2018Item, payed to Rolland Wannope for kepying clene St.Leonards lendyng at all tymesneydfull ii js. ii jd.\u2019 Fabric Rolls of York Minster.
\n1560<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Admissions of freemen rose sharply following the severe death rate of 1558
\n1568<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 First \u2018trial\u2019 of Mary Queen of Scots at York.Robartus Wanhope, baker, admitted as a Freeman.\u00a0Robartus\u00a0probably from outsideYork, his sons\u00a0Edwardus\u00a0a labourer and ——— (unnamed) a milner, becoming freementhrough their father. The Freeman title \u00a0was \u00a0reserved almost \u00a0entirely for men fromoutside York and for\u00a0freemens\u2019 sons. 33\u00a0came from Cumbria, closely connected to \u00a0Yorkby\u00a0trade in Kendal\u00a0cloth.
\n1572<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Four leaders of the Pilgrimage of Grace executed, including the Earl of Northumberland.
\n1575<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Intolerance of Catholic practice, such as opening\u00a0of shops on Sundays and fair days.
\n1576-8<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 Most leading recusants either scattered or imprisoned, although up to about 80recusant adults persisted until end of the century
\n1580<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Merchants and tradesmen prospering again after York\u2019s decline in period 1460-1560.
\n1582-89<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 Twenty people martyred at York.
\n1587<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nationwide famine, but with slight effect in York where corn remained cheap.
\n1592-94<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 Harrying of Catholics in the North, all over Yorkshire, Richmondshire, Cleveland,Durham and Northumberland
\n1596-98<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0Nationwide famine with more effect on York, which had to import grain.
\n1599<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hugo Waunope, glover,\u00a0admitted as a Freeman
\n1600<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Up to about 80 recusant adults persisted until end of the century
\n1603<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 James VI of Scotland broke his journey at York while on his way to assume also thecrown of England, following Elizabeth\u2019s death.During Elizabeth\u2019s reign, York\u2019s population doubled to around 11,500. The city\u2019s recoverycoincided with\u00a0the establishment of the\u00a0 Council of the North on a permanent basis andthe allied increase of trades –\u00a0glovers, etc., serving\u00a0the associated gentry.
\n1603-04<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0Wanop, milner, son of Roberti,\u00a0admitted as a Freeman
\n1604<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Last terrible epidemic of bubonic plague killed 3,512 people or 30% of York\u2019spopulation. Edwardus Wanopp, laborer, son of Roberti, admitted as a Freeman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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