Includes Life Assurance papers as well as fire insurance policies. The policies were issued by a number of different companies.
Includes accounts with C W Goff and London Paris Exchange Ltd. Also includes some associated correspondence and one small paper coin bag.
Includes share certificates for a variety of companies, including Universal Stock Exchange Ltd, Electrical Insulator Manufacturing Co Ltd and the Traders Publishing Association.
Includes:
Probate of the will of Mr William Armitage deceased, 4 June 1879,
Probate of the will and codicil of Mr John Swales deceased, 25 May 1886,
Provate of the will and codicils of Mr Thomas Anderson deceased, 30 May 1892, and
Probate of the last will and testament of Mrs Mary Swales, 31 July 1903
Includes:
Assignment of a leasehold house from Mrs Mason and others to Robert Dunn, 25 June 1830;
Abstract of title for a leasehold dwellinghouse in Goodramgate, York, 1857;
Assignment of a leasehold premises in Bedern from Mrs Mary Dunn and others to Mr Thomas Robinson, City of York, 2 September 1857;
Assignment of a leasehold premises in Goodramgate and Bedern from Mr Thomas Robinson to Mr John Kirk, 3 September 1857;
Assignment of a leasehold premises in Bedern York from Mr Thomas Robinson to Mr John Kirk, 27 May 1862;
Additional abstract of title for premises belonging to Mr Thomas Robinson near Bedern, York, 1876;
Transfer of mortgage from Mr Thomas Sampson and others to the Reverend Francis Braithwaite and others, 31 July 1876;
Conveyance between Mr William Armitage and Mrs E A Anderson, 1877; and
Abstract of title of the Reverend F J Braithwaite and others, 1880.
Includes probate documents relating to the payment of legacies and tenancy documents relating to the transfer of the business nad premises to John Thomas Swales.
Includes baptism certificate, certificate of marriage, membership certificate for the Wesleyan Methodist Local Preachers Mutual Aid Association and two insurance policies.
Handwritten sermons, presumably written by John Thomas Swales in the context of his work as a Methodist Preacher.