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M. K[eighley], comments on the unwelcome news of Mr. Harrison’s going off, and is afraid Agar has not the money to pay Mr. Rowth. Desires him to secure the rent and “a calendar” in the Skeldergate House, and to write to Mrs. Betrell for £4.

Letter from C. Perrott, York, thanking him for agreeing to take a horse into pasture.

Eliz. Perrott, reports that Mr. Harrison and his son were not there and the shop shut up: “ I must confess that these circumstances lookes very suspishus... poor Cozen Hewitt must loose by him.” Asks Agar to bring Mrs. Ramsdal’s £5 when he brings her mother’s interest.

M. Keighley, asks him to pay interest due to ‘Lady Perrott, my Aunt Spinke, Mrs. Grime’, and to call at Mr. Boults to find out if he has received £5 from Mr. Harrison which is due to Mrs. Ramsdal.

M. K[eighley] is surprised that he cannot raise Mrs. Betrell’s land above any of the offers. Watkin may keep his close, “and pray get what you can out of him by fair words”.

M. K[eighley], informing him of a meeting between ‘Brother Appleton and m[y] spouse’, and an intended meeting of tenants in York, which Agar is requested to attend. Also asks that ‘The Quaker that is designed to have ye land that Mrs. Betrell farmes’ be there.

F.Langley, requests him “to supply present occasions as he is encumbered with bills on cousin Hewitt’s behalf".

M. K[eighley], requests Agar to leave alone payment of money to Ireland till the hearing is over on the 7th May [?]- There is no news from Mr. Coulton. Desires his continued attempts to get Mason to pay.

M. K[eighley], asks Agar to speak to Mr. Coulton about whether anyone should go to London to look after the business: questions whether Mr. Langley is entirely careful.

F. Langley, about the possible necessity of serving an injunction on Madam Betrell.

F. Langley, about the possible necessity of serving an injunction on Madam Betrell.

F. Langley, about the possible necessity of serving an injunction on Madam Betrell.

Letter from M. K[eighley], expressing surprise at Mrs.Betrell’s “unwise persewding,” and asking Agar to get the windows of Skeldergate house mended. Agar is to tell Mason to pay Mrs. Ramsdal £5 for her half years rent due at Mayday.

F. Langley, requests Agar to pay him the £20 Cousin Hewitt has authorised him to pay, as he needs it to defray charges of her suit with Ireland and Robinson.

M. K[eighley], asks him to pay Cousin Langley £20 and take the receipt: reports on news that “the grate affair with young Robinson” is to be heard next term in London. Asks him to try and get the money from Mason as the work men want their money.

E. Hewitt, paying 15/- of a 20/- debt and discharging the remainder by a lead weight, value 5/-. Hopes to see his mother at Ouseburn.

M. K[eighley], thanks Agar for receiving rents and asks his assistance in taking up or selling the lead pipes in the Old House before Mr. Nosley pulls it down. Asks for news of Mr. Mason, because Grime reports that the workmen want their wages.

Letter from J.W. Colton advising Mr Agar to take what he can get in the case [probably a legal case] as Mrs. J. Hewitt is already 'wearied with law'.

Letter from M. K[eighley] asking Mr Agar to carry out business on his mother's behalf, including the management of a property on Skeldergate.

Letter from C. Perrott concerning the payment of a debt. Perrott remarks on the busyness of the roads due to market day.

Letter from M. K[eighley]concerning the payment and collection of rents.

Letter from J. Hewit asking Mr Agar to accompany her to town [York] next Saturday to wait on Sir. William Robeson.

Letter from M. K[eighley] concerning the payment and collection of rents from various properties.

Notification that Mrs. Jane Hewitt is seized of the goods of Thos. Mason, York, for rent arrears, but that nothing shall be recovered without first giving notice to Andrew Agar.

45 letters addressed to Andrew Agar at Grimston, York, and care of Thomas Agar, Draper, Pavement. Also includes associated receipts and notes. The majority of the letters are from M. Keighley (24 letters) at Ouseburn, with others from Robert Appleton (6 letters), F Langley (5 letters), E Hewitt (3 letters), C Perrott (2 letters), J.W. Colton (2 letters), J Hewitt (1 letter), and Elizabeth Perrott (1 letter).

The letters principally concern estate matters, including tenants, the payment of rents and other financial matters, property repairs and surveys, and 'the grate affair', which appears to be an expensive law suit in London.

Charles Perrott served as Lord Mayor of York 1723-1724. Many of the writers of the letters appear to be related.

Many of the letters have a hole in the middle of them, indicating that they may have been originally been filed on a metal spike or string.

Correspondence, with some associated papers, addressed to and received by Andrew Agar of Grimstone, York. Some of the letters are addressed to Andrew Agar, care of his brother, Thomas Agar, Draper, at Pavement York. This Thomas Agar later became Lord Mayor of York.

The majority of the papers concern estate administration, including finances and the payment of rents. Also includes some papers relating the marriage of Agar's sister, and to a law suit in London.

Until 1752, Great Britain used the Julian calendar, with the first day of the new year falling on March 25th. Dates for these letters have been given as written on the letters and have not been converted into new style dates.

Includes the names of the ticketsellers and booksellers, and their arranegment at the performances.

Includes tickets for performances, and an information sheet.

Includes tickets for performances.

Contains a wax stamp.

Contains a wax stamp.

Includes tickets for performances.

Includes a ticket for a performance.

Signed by W Lund, Honaray Secretary

Also inlcudes lists of stewards, manangers of balls, members of the Committee of Management, members of the Auxiliary Committee, and a list of persons employed by the committee as dorrkeeprs, booksellers etc.

Includes a list of people acting as stewards.

Poster promoting the festival, with information about the performances, regulations, and ticket sales.

Includes a programme of music performed, a lit of patrons and a list of musical performers.

Includes a programme of music performed, and lists of performers, stewards, ball managers, and committee members.

Includes a programme of music performed, a lit of patrons and a list of musical performers.

Includes a programme of music performed and a list of musical performers.

Includes a programme of music performed, a lit of patrons and a list of musical performers.

Includes a programme of music performed, a lit of patrons and a list of musical performers.

Includes a programme of music performed, a lit of patrons and a list of musical performers.

Leaflet containing details of music performed at evening and morning concerts.

Sheet detailing amendments to the programme.

Brochure account of the festival, written in verse.

Includes tickets, programmes and instructions to stewards for the the Yorkshire Musical Festival 1835, 1828, 1835 and 1872.

Includes programmes, tickets, and information about logistics.

Includes a programme of music performed, and lists of performers, stewards, ball managers, and committee members.

Includes a programme of music performed, a lit of patrons and a list of musical performers.

Includes a programme of music performed, a lit of patrons and a list of musical performers.

Printed form outlining the instructions for the doorkeepers at events, including how to process tickets. Also includes a list of members of the Committee of Management, the Auxiliary Committee, the conductor, assistant conductors, and the architects.

Includes programmes, tickets, and information about logistics.

Includes tickets, programmes, information sheets, and other associated papers produced for the Yorkshire Musical Festival, held in 1825, 1828, 1833 and 1835. Also includes some papers relating to the Yorkshire Amateur Musical Meeting in 1872.

Neat copy and rought manuscript notes, compiled by Mr. Richardson, solicitor of York, with annotations by Rev. Wm. [William] Lund. The volume includes an alphabetical index of topics at the back, and a note concerning the provenance of the volume at the front.

Also included is a loose paper addressed to William Lund containing notes about the purchase of manuscripts.

The volume includes entries relating to the history of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society and to their collections.

Catalogue of documents of the reign of King Edward II among the Records of Kings' Remembrancer of the Exchequer, in the Carlton Ride Branch of the Public Records Office, London'.

Manuscript notes on the history of Acomb, York, with other notes relating to Roman York and the Emporer Severus.

Informal pencil sketch.

Small scrap of paper listing charters dating from Edward II to Henry VIII. 'Eustace Strickland Esq.' has been written on the back of the paper.

Item was previously listed as 'Extract from the will of Eustace Strickland. Extract stating Strickland is to bequeath his collections on St. Mary's Abbey to the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, 1837', however this description does not appear to match the item.

Sheet containing example marks, including the names of the merchants and dates of their mayoralties, 1430-1599. The sheet was compiled by Mr. Woodward, November 1826.

The volume principally includes a transcript of Hildyards Catalogue of Mayors and Sheriffs of York, published in 1664, with additional notes relating to Mayors and Sheriffs of York to 1727. The entries in the volume relate to the years 1273 - 1727.

Information transcribed into the front of the volume in 1838 by Jos[siah] Munby, curator, indicates that the volumes was compiled by Thomas Hammond, a Quaker, over a period of about eighteen years.

The volume also includes several printed notices relating to the governance of the City of York, written information provided about the volume by the Yorkshire Philosophical Society [YPS], printed bookplates showing ownership of the volume by the YPS, and a manuscript list of parish in York, which is included at the back of the volume.

Contemporary copy of a charter dated 3 June 1664.

Manuscript notes taken from the publications concerning chemical elements.

The sketches and lists have been made on the back of Yorkshire Philosophical Society lecture cards, 1912-1934, which inlcude information about and titles of lectures given at the society. Also includes a covering note by Walter Harvey Brook relating to the sketches and the history of the items included on the lists.

Manuscript notes [by Walter Harvey Brook] relating to the history of the hospital and its functions.

Manuscript copy of the paper read in the lecture theatre, York Museum, before the Yorkshire Architectural and York Archaeological Society, by W Harvey Brook [Walter Harvey Brook] Tuesday 22nd April 1913.

Pencil and watercolour plan drawing created by [Walter Harvey Brook].

Political tract entitled 'His Majesties' Second Message to the Parliament concerning Sir John Hothams refusall to give His Majestie entrance into His Town of Hull'. Printed in London by Robert Barker.

The tract has been used to line the inside of a book binding, which has subsequently been removed from the book. The outer piece of book binding remains on the tract.

The tract is in a poor condition and parts of the text have been lost when the item has been attached to the binding.

Various documents collected and created by the Yorkshire Philosophical Society and its members relating to the history of York and Yorkshire, c. 13th-19th centuries. This includes copies of documents, lists and catalogues of documents, historical notes and sketches, and transcripts of talks and lecture notes.

This series was previously arranged as 'Antiquarian records'.

Various documents collected by the Yorkshire Philosophical Society relating to the history of York, York property and land, and prominent York individuals. The collection includes historical notes and accounts, and original documents collected by the society in the course of their antiquarian research. These original documents include estate correspondence and papers, land and property deeds, civic and official documents, guild records, personal and business papers, papers of Eustace Strickland, papers of the Whitehead family, and papers from the Yorkshire Musical Festival.

Notably, the collection includes YPS/5/1 [c. 1525-1550]: The guild's own manuscript copy of The Scrivener' Play, originally performed as part of the cycle of York Mystery Plays, also know as 'The Sykes Manuscript. This is the only known surviving guild copy of a York Mystery Play.