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Memoranda Book (A/Y)
Y/COU/1/4/1 · Item · c.1327-c.1547
Part of York Civic Archive

One of the two earliest city memoranda books. Detailed information on the contents can be found in the Giles Catalogue (1909)

Mayor and Commonality of the City of York
Memoranda Book (B/Y)
Y/COU/1/4/2 · Item · c.1372-c.1603
Part of York Civic Archive

One of the two earliest city memoranda books. Detailed information on the contents can be found in the Giles Catalogue (1909)

Mayor and Commonality of the City of York
Register book
Y/COU/1/4/3 · Item · c.1561-c.1681
Part of York Civic Archive

General register book, includes infomation on alienation of lands, city appointments, gild and ordinances, recusants and land. Detailed information on the contents can be found in the Giles Catalogue (1909).

Mayor and Commonality of the City of York
Register book
Y/COU/1/4/4 · Item · c.1482-c.1600
Part of York Civic Archive

General register book, includes orders, decrees, inquisitions, peitions, deeds, payment of fee farm. Detailed information on the contents can be found in the Giles Catalogue (1909).

Mayor and Commonality of the City of York
Register book
Y/COU/1/4/5 · Item · c.1578-c.1825
Part of York Civic Archive

General register book containing copies of earlier documents and original later documents such as orders, decrees, charters, gifts, acts. Detailed information on the contents can be found in the Giles Catalogue (1909).

Mayor and Commonality of the City of York
Y/COU/2/1/4 · Item · 20 June 1590
Part of York Civic Archive

Deed of conveyance from William Holdyard Esquire, Recorder of York, to the Lord Mayor, Sheriff and certain Aldermen of the House called the Guild or the Fraternity of Corpus Christi without Micklegate Bar with all lands and tenements belonging to the guild in the City and in Stamford Bridge and Buttercrambe parcel of the possessions of the same guild. Also one annual rento f £16 reserved out of certain lands (the other part of the possessions of the guild but sold to John Palmes Esquire by Indenture dated 20/6/1590).

Wardmote court book
Y/COU/3/11 · Item · c.1485-1497 and 1575-1586
Part of York Civic Archive

Proceedings of wardmote courts in the wards of the city including offences, penalties and fines. The first10 folios concen the years 1485-1497 (note these pages are imperfect and badly damaged in places). The bulk of the volume concerrns the years 1575-1586.

Freemen (Unreformed)
Y/COU/3/4/1 · Item · 1461-1502
Part of York Civic Archive

This register of weavers' apprentices commences in the reign of Edward IV (1461) and, with omissions, continues to 1502. This book is significantly decayed with many entries being illegible.

Freemen (Unreformed)
Y/COU/5/12/1 · Item · 1855-1872
Part of York Civic Archive

This minute book contains minutes of the following committees:

  1. Royal Agricultural Show Commitee March 1860.
  2. Yorkshire Agricultural Show Committee July 1861-January 1872
  3. Call Roll Committee 1855-1866
  4. Charity Trustees Committee 1856
  5. Chalks Salary Committee [Joint Watch and Local Board of Health] 1857
  6. Cabs [Hackney Carriages] Committee 1861-1862
  7. Drainage [Foss Estate] Committee 1861-1863
  8. Lunatic Asylum Act Committee 1857-1859
  9. Meek Memorial Window Committee 1862-1863
  10. Public Lighting Committee 1862
  11. Rifle Volunteer Review Committee 1860
  12. Spurriergate, Church Lane, Bridge Committee 1861
  13. Wool Market Committee 1861-1863.

Volume is indexed.

Y/COU/5/12/2 · Item · 1866-1875
Part of York Civic Archive

This minute book contains minutes of the following committees:

  1. Elementary Education Act 1870 Committee 1870-1875
  2. Gas and Water Purchase Committee 1871-1872
  3. Humber Training Ship Committee 1868
  4. Public Bathing Committee July 1868-June 1869
  5. Public Slaugherhouse Committee November 1867-December 1868
  6. Royal Visit Committee July 1866-November 1867
  7. Volunteer Review Committee 1866
  8. Water Supply Committee 1866

Volume is indexed.

Y/COU/5/12/3 · Item · 1873-1878
Part of York Civic Archive

This minute book contains minutes of the following committees:

  1. Gas Purchase Committee 31 January 1872
  2. Gas Committee 22 January 1873, 25 January 1873 and 22 January 1885
  3. Skeldergate Bridge Committee 16 May 1873-01 July 1875

Volume is indexed.