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Conveyance
GDC/240/6 · Item · 5 December 1860
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Conveyance of The Rectory of Mexborough in the County of York and an assignment of £7,500 to Joseph Charlton Parr and William Driffield, esquire, in contemplation of the marriage of Henry Robert Markham of York, esquire with Elizabeth Macbean of Thirsk, spinster.

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Appointment
GDC/240/5 · Item · 4 December 1860
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Appointment of £4,500 by Frances Macbean of Thirsk, widow to Elizabeth Macbean of Thirsk, spinster on the death of Frances Macbean.

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Disentailing Deed
GDC/240/3 · Item · 11 February 1854
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Disentailing deed of Mexborough Rectory between John Robert Mills of York, esquire, Henry Robert Markham of Middlesex, esquire and William Gray of York, gentleman.

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Lease
GDC/240/1 · Item · 10 February 1830
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Lease of The Rectory of Mexborough for three lives by Reverend Robert Markham, Archdeacon of York to John Robert Mills of York, proctor.

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Marriage settlement
GDC/24 · Item · 16 November 1795
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Settlement on the marriage of John Robinson Foulis of Buckton, esquire and Decima Hester Beatrix Sykes of Sledmere, spinster (eldest daughter of Sir Christopher Sykes). 10 pages.

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Envelope
GDC/239/4 · Item · 19th century
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Empty brown envelope marked ‘Edwin Gray Esq trustee for Sarah Lewis. Savings Bank Book, Declaration, Certificate of Baptism, and Receipt for £11-14s-4d’.

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Marriage Settlement
GDC/237/6 · Item · 6 December 1881
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Marriage settlement between Adolphus Montague Duncombe of Scarcroft near Leeds, esquire with Beatrice Dorothy Mary Bridgeman Simpson of Babworth, Nottinghamshire, spinster.

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Mortgage
GDC/237/5 · Item · 28 October 1876
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Mortgage by demise for securing £2,000 and interest between Henry Aitkin, Robert Oxberry, James Oxberry, Robert Oxberry junior and Madeline Mawdesley, all of York, glass manufacturers to Frederick Leyland Mawdesley of York, esquire. The mortgage covers property in James Street, York.

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Discharge
GDC/237/3 · Item · 26 June 1787
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Discharge from Miss Susannah Wormald of the suburbs of York, spinster for a legacy of £500 bequeathed to her by her late father Samuel Wormald of York, timber merchant.

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Lease
GDC/236/9 · Item · 2 November 1809
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Lease of a house in Minster Yard, York for 40 years from 8 September 1809 by George Markham, Dean of the Minster to William Mills of York, gentleman.

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Lease
GDC/236/8 · Item · 11 November 1805
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Lease of a house in Petergate for 40 years by George Markham, Dean of the Minster to William Mills of York, gentleman.

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Assignment
GDC/236/7 · Item · 9 September 1796
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Assignment of a house in Petergate for 40 years by Frederick Atkinson of York, silk mercer to William Mills of York, gentleman.

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Lease
GDC/236/6 · Item · 8 September 1795
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Lease of a house in Minster Yard, York for 40 years by John Fountayne, Dean of the Minster to William Mills of York, gentleman.

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Assignment
GDC/236/5 · Item · 31 August 1795
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Assignment between Reverend John Fountayne of Melton on the Hill, Yorkshire and John Smith, one of the vergers of York Minster to William Mills of York, gentleman. The assignment covers a leasehold house in Minster Yard, York.

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Lease
GDC/236/4 · Item · 21 March 1793
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Lease of a house in Minster Yard, York for 40 years by John Fountayne, Dean of the Minster to John Smith, one of the vergers of the Minster.

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Assignment
GDC/236/3 · Item · 29 June 1767
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Assignment between John Graves of York, gentleman to Ann Atkinson of York, widow. The assignment covers a leasehold house on the north side of Petergate.

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Assignment
GDC/236/2 · Item · 29 May 1767
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Assignment between Frances Moon of York, spinster and daughter of Thomas Moon, to John Graves of York, gentleman. The assignment covers a leasehold house on the north side of Petergate.

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Lease
GDC/236/11 · Item · 9 December 1848
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Lease of a house in Petergate for 40 years by George Markham, Dean of the Minster to William Mills of York, gentleman.

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Lease
GDC/236/10 · Item · 18 May 1819
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Lease of a house in Petergate for 40 years by George Markham, Dean of the Minster to William Mills of York, gentleman.

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Marriage Settlement
GDC/236/1 · Item · 20 November 1722
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Marriage settlement between Reverend Richard Wroe, rector of Radcliffe in Lancaster and Elizabeth Topham of York, spinster and daughter of Francis Topham, Doctor of Laws.

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Memorandum
GDC/235/7 · Item · 5 April 1861
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Handwritten note on blue paper by Edward Cayley stating how he bought South Moor Farm in the parish of Ebberston for £410.

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Deed of covenant
GDC/234/2 · Item · 10 October 1865
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Deed of covenant for production of title deeds between John Robert Mills of York, esquire, Walter Selby of Biddleston in Northumberland, esquire and Jasper Gibson of Hexham, gentleman. The document lists 43 deeds going back to 1707 and and prominiantly mentions the Selby name.

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Deed of settlement
GDC/234/1 · Item · 29 August 1823
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Deed of settlement previous to the marriage of Edward Stillingfleet Cayley Esquire of Brompton with Emma, one of the daughters of Sir George Cayley, Baronet.

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Reconveyance
GDC/232/7 · Item · 28 June 1843
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Reconveyance of Low Meadow Closes in Thorp Underwood, Little Middle Flatts in Little Ouseburn, a house at Whixley built by John Hare, Fabrans Closes at Thorp Underwood, Marshall Closes, Low Ellars in Great Ouseburn and other properties by Thomas Wood Wilson of Fulford esquire to Reverend Edmund Robinson of Thorp Green.

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Receipt
GDC/232/4 · Item · 28 April 1843
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Receipt of £2,000 from representatives of Mann Horsfield deceased to representatives of James Woodhouse deceased.

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Abstract of Title
GDC/232/3 · Item · 1843
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Abstract of Title to the sum of £2,000 secured on mortgage at Great Ouseburn, which had previously had been the property of Mann Horsfield. The document goes back to 1784.

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Bond
GDC/232/2 · Item · 2 August 1788
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Mann Horsfield of Thorp Green, esquire is bound to Elizabeth Woodhouse of York widow, George Ewbank of York esquire, Thomas Wilson of York stationer, the last three being trustees under the will of James Woodhouse deceased, in the sum of £2,000 plus interest secured by mortgage.

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Bond
GDC/231/9 · Item · 23 October 1771
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Mann Horsfield of Thorp Green, esquire is bound to George Cass late of Great Ouseburne but now of York gentleman, brother of the late Thomas Cass of Knaresborough grocer, George Henlock of Great Ouseburne gentleman, John Henlock of London merchant, William Henlock of Knaresborough grocer, Ann Parker of Helperby widow and Robert Wrightson of Youlton, gentleman, in the sum of £2000.

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Lease
GDC/231/5 · Item · 6 February 1702
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Lease of a farm at Thorp Green by Richard Mann of York, merchant to Richard Bilbrough and Thomas Clemishaw both of Thorp Underwood, yeomen.

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Lease
GDC/231/4 · Item · 20 January 1693
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Lease of a farm at Thorp Underwood by Richard Mann of Eltofts in the County of York, merchant to William Abbey and William Lund of Thorp Underwood, yeomen.

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Lease
GDC/231/2 · Item · 22 February 1691
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Lease of a farm at Thorp Underwood by Richard Manne of East Rigton, merchant to William Abbey of Wigginton, yeoman, currently occupied by Henry Hill.

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Deed
GDC/230/7 · Item · 7 January 1748
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Deed to declare the use and recovery made between Richard Sykes and Solomon Fell for nine messuages and several hundred acres. The document includes the state seal of King George II in a round tin box.

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Marriage settlement
GDC/23/4 · Item · 5 October 1846
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Settlement on the marriage of Reverend Digby Charles Legard, rector of Lea in the County of Lincoln with Henrietta Isabella Simpson of Foston Hall, spinster. Memorandum attached dated 10 August 1897 from Somerset House in London.

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Special administration
GDC/23/3 · Item · 2 October 1840
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Special administration (with the will and codicil annexed) of the effects of Marianne Wray wife of Reverend Cecil Daniel Wray, deceased. Died 27 July 1839. Under £1,500.

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GDC/23/2 · Item · 18 February 1833
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Probate of the will of Reverend Anthony Watson late of Little Ouseburn in the West Riding of the County of York, clerk. Executors: Elizabeth Ellen Watson, his widow & Reverend William Pleus of Ripon & Reverend Thomas Ibbotson of Brafferton. Under £9,000.

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Marriage settlement
GDC/23/1 · Item · 4 August 1831
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Settlement of various sums of money on the marriage of Reverend Cecil Daniel Wray of Strangeways near Manchester with Mary Anne Lloyd of York, spinster.

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Agreement
GDC/229/1 · Item · 6 February 1689
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Agreement between William Picke the elder of Ribston and William Picke the younger of York, cordwainers to Robert Surr of Great Ousburne, husbandman.

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Schedule of writings
GDC/228/8 · Item · 19 December 1770
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Schedule of writings belonging to Sykes Close in Thorp Underwood purchased by Mr Horsfield of Isaac Webster and Ann his wife. Covers the history of the property to 1692.

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Sale Agreement
GDC/228/6 · Item · 16 June 1769
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Agreement for sale of Ings Close in the parish of Little Ouseburn in the County of York for £300 by Isaac Webster to Mann Horsfield.

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Mortgage
GDC/228/4 · Item · 9 September 1723
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Mortgage for land at Whixley and Skipwith by Hannah Hare of Egbrough,widow and relict of John Hare of Whixley and John Hare of Egbrough, yeoman and her son to Edward Wilkinson of the city of York, gentleman for £40.

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Indenture
GDC/228/2 · Item · 30 November 1692
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Indenture by Elizabeth Fountain of Tollerton, widow to William Milner of Tollerton and Thomas Woodward of Myton, yeomen for the use of her daughter Elizabeth Fountain the younger.

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Lease
GDC/228/1 · Item · 25 March 1668
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Lease of a farm at Thorpe by William Mann of Thorpe, Charles Mann of Leeds, Nicholas Lister of Rigton and Thomas Williamson of York to George Wrightson of Thorpe.

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Map
GDC/227/8 · Item · 19th century
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Map of Thorp Head belonging to Thomas Walkington.

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Surrender of a mortgage
GDC/227/7 · Item · 14 October 1809
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Surrender of a mortgage term in a farm at Thorp Head by Benjamin Gray to Elizabeth Robinson, widow, and Jane Robinson, spinster.

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Bond
GDC/227/6 · Item · 15 April 1807
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Bond for performance of covenants by Elizabeth and Jane Robinson to Benjamin Gray of Wilstrop.

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Mortgage
GDC/227/5 · Item · 15 April 1807
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Mortgage of an estate at Thorp Head for securing £1,600 and interest by Elizabeth Robinson, widow, and Jane Robino, spinster, both of Thorp Green to Benjamin Gray of Wilstrop.

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Bond of Indemnity
GDC/227/4 · Item · 17 April 1806
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Bond of indemnity against dower by William Squire of Thorp Head, gentleman, to Elizabeth and Jane Robinson.

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Certificate
GDC/227/2 · Item · 29 March 1806
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Certificate of search from 1763 affecting a farm at Thorp Head.

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Agreement for sale
GDC/227/1 · Item · 26 January 1806
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Agreement for sale and purchase of a freehold estate at Thorp Head by William Squire to Elizabeth and Jane Robinson (to be completed 5 April 1806).

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GDC/226/3 · Item · 25 March 1750
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An Act for Vesting in William Read, Esquire, and his heirs, several intailed Estates in the County of York, in order that the same may be sold; and for the Settling another Estate in the said County of York to the like uses.

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Legal document
GDC/226/1 · Item · 8 October 1616
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Henry Stapleton of Wighill, Esquire, and Stephen Taylor of Bickerton, gentleman, and Henry Freer (?) of Great Usburne, gentleman, to Bryan Marshall of Green Hammerton, yeoman, concerning lands at Thorpe Underwood.

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GDC/225/9 · Item · 19 December 1772
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Lord Chancellor's declaration concerning Dorothy Lodge, John Lodge, Henry Lodge plaintiffs; Edmund Lodge and Grace his wife, Thomas Lodge, Thomas Peirse, Thomas Sawer defendants. There was a dispute about the will of Grace Staines and lands at Thorpe Underwood, Ripon and elsewhere.

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Letter from Francis Mountain
GDC/225/8 · Item · 19 February 1772
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Letter from Francis Mountain of Great Useburn to Mr Yoward in St Saviourgate relating to closes of land rented by Widow Howe of Little Ouseburn or her son William Dawson in which he describes the boundaries etc, and includes a map.

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Abstracts of title deeds
GDC/225/5 · Item · 1765-1773
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Abstracts of title, starting with the will of Dorothy Squire disposing of her property in Little Ouzeburn.

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Abstracts of title deeds
GDC/225/4 · Item · 10 December 1770
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Abstracts of title deeds of the land in Thorpwoods and Constabulary of Whixley purchased by Mann Horsfield, Esquire, from William Reed, Esquire. 1616 to 1761.

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GDC/225/3 · Item · 9 April 1714
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Probate and will of Ellen Thompson late of Whixley now of Pole Spring in the County of York, spinster, to Isabella Browne of Pole Spring in the Parish of Little Usburne.

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Document
GDC/225/20 · Item · 18th century
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Marked 'Mr Yowards bill'. Charges for searches in the names of Umphelby and Horsfield.

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Legal document
GDC/225/2 · Item · 2 June 1669
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Guy Marshall (son of Bryan Marshall, deceased) of Sicklinghall, husbandman, to Francis Thompson of Whixley, yeoman. Relates to a Mansion or dwellinghouse and lands at Thorp Underwood.

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List of expenses
GDC/225/19 · Item · 18th century
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List of expenses by an unnamed person and his horse totalling £1-4s-9d between Wetherby, Leeds and Wakefield.

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Reconveyance
GDC/225/18 · Item · 4 April 1789
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Reconveyance by Reverend Nathaniel Hodgson of Ganthorpe to Mann Horsfield ot Thorpe Green, Esquire.

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Mortgage
GDC/225/17 · Item · 13 February 1783
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Mortgage of £1,500 by Mann Horsfield of Thorpe Green, Esquire, (only son and heir of Jeremiah Horsfield late of York, deceased, and Sarah his wife) to Reverend Nathaniel Hodgson of Ganthorpe.

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Bond
GDC/225/16 · Item · 13 May 1774
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Bond for performance of covenant by Edmund Lodge of Leeds, Esquire, to Mann Horsfield of Thorpe Green, Esquire.

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Final Agreement
GDC/225/14 · Item · 12 February 1774
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Agreement between Henry Scott, Esquire, Thomas Peirse, Esquire, and Constance his wife, Edmund Lodge, Esquire, and Grace his wife. Lands at Thorpe Underwood, Ripon and elsewhere.

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Value of an estate
GDC/225/13 · Item · 19 August 1773
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Value of an estate at Thorpe Underwoods to be sold by auction. Includes a detailed map.

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Legal document
GDC/225/11 · Item · 6 March 1773
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Edmund Lodge of Leeds, Esquire, and Grace his wife to Henry Scott of Leeds, Esquire. Lands at Thorpe Underwood, Ripon and elsewhere. Robery Dyneley of Gray's Inn in London is of the second part.

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Copy Deed of covenants
GDC/225/10 · Item · 6 March 1773
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Copy deed declaring the uses of a recovery. Edmund Lodge of Leeds, Esquire, and Grace his wife to Henry Scott of Leeds, Esquire. Robert Dyneley of Gray's Inn in London is of the second part. Lands at Thorpe Underwood, Ripon and elsewhere.

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