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- 30 August 1839-2 April 1890 (Creation)
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The firm of Gray's Solicitors has existed in York since the 17th century. William Gray (1) was the son of a Hull customs officer. He became a solicitor in York. His two sons, Jonathan (b. 1779) and William (2) (b.1785) followed him into the legal business and the firm of Grays, as did Jonathan's son, a third William Gray (b. 1805), and his son, Edwin (b.1847)
In 1843, the second William Gray was at the helm of the firm, which was located at 75 Low Petergate (it had previously been 'Thorpe and Gray's)
William Henry Cobb was born in York around 1839. He became a freemen of the city in 1860, and by 1872 had set up his own solicitor's firm at 19 Blake Street. The firm was known as W.H. Cobb and Son, and given that his son, Cecil was a law student at the time he became a freeman in 1892, it is likely that he joined his father in the business around this time.
Ernest Ralph Dodsworth was the son of Benjamin Dodsworth, a York surgeon. He was born in 1859, and became a freemen in 1883. That year, he set up a solicitors firm on New Street. By 1885, Dodsworth had become a partner in the firm of Gray's Solicitors, which at the time was under the third William Gray and his son Edwin.
In 1897, the combined firm of Gray and Dodsworth relocated from 75 Low Petergate to Duncombe Place. The firm of W.H. Cobb and Son, at 19 Blake Street, remained there until 1939. By the time of the next published City Directory (1949-1950), the Cobb in charge of the firm (likely the son of Cecil Henry Cobb at this point) had become a partner in the firm of Gray and Dodsworth, which then became Gray, Dodsworth, and Cobb, which it remained until at least 1975.
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Grant of annuity, William Bradley and wife to Mr Richard Hornby, 30 August 1839;
Settlement on the marriage of Mr Richard Henry Feltoe with Miss Sarah Frances Hornby, 11 May 1852;
Mortgage of parcels of land in Heworth, Richard Hornby to Richard Henry Feltoe, 1 February 1858;
Mortgage of freehold land at Heworth and leasehold messuages and buildings in Bedern, Richard Hornby to Rocjard Henry Feltoe, 1 April 1871;
Transfer of mortgage on premises at Heworth, William Henry Cobb to Messrs John Frederick Augustus Coppen and Bannister Dent, 18 September 1872;
Conveyance in fee of several pieces of parcels of land in Heworth, Reverend R W Bilton Hornby DD to Henry Wilson, 1 May 1874;
Mortgage of three messuages or dwellinghouses at Heworth, Mr Henry Wilson to Mr Mark Relph, 28 August 1874;
Mortgage in fee of hereditaments, Mr Henry Wilson to Messrs George Seller and John Thomas Seller, 17 July 1875;
Reconveyance of a piece of land on Heworth Moor, Messrs J L Foster and W H Cobb and another to Mr William Bennett, 6 July 1877;
Appointment of new trustees under the marriage settlement of Mr Richard Henry Feltoe and Mrs Sarah Feltoe, 12 June 1879;
Transfer of mortgage and further charge on hereditaments at Heworth, Mrs Ann Relph and Messrs William Wood and Stephen Young to Messrs J Melrose, F J Munby and E Pulleyn, 19 November 1881;
Transfer of mortgage and further charge on hereditaments at Heworth, Mesrrs James Melrose, F J Munby, E Pulleyn and Henry Wilson to G Seller and J T Seller, 23 June 1882;
Release, Sarah Frances Feltoe and Frances E Baker to Messrs Richard Henry Feltoe and John Pattinson Guy, Trustees and Executors of Miss Ann Horby deceased, 1 July 1886;
Release, Mr Charles Brant and others to Mr R H Feltoe; 2 April 1890.
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