Abstract of title of the mortgage of the late Mary Elston to a messuage & garden in Chapter House St. See also TRE/2/1-8.
Between John Elston on the one part, John Brook (his trustee) on the second part, and Elizabeth Wright, York Spinster on the third part. The mortgage relates to a messuage in the Minster Yard, which was formely united to the messuage adjoining and was the estate of J. B. S. Morritt, & afterwards of George Dawson, and also a piece of garden fronting the messuage and a newly erected messuage adjoining the said messuage. Consideration: £2,000 & interest at £4 p.a.
Lease from John Elston and his trustee to Miss E Wright.
Deed of Partition from John Elston & Arthur Dove to John Brook, York gentleman. The deed relates to a messuage in Minster Yard conveyed by Indentures dated 1814 15 & 16 July (see TRE/2/1 and TRE/2/2), which has been lately altered and converted into two messuages one in the occupation, together with all other appurtenances except a cellar & a stable.
Lease from Elston and Dove to John Brook.
Release from George Dawson to John Elston, York, Builder & Arthur Dove, York, joiner. The release relates to a messuage in Minster Yard, late the estate of John Bacon, Sawrey Morritt, and one parcel of garden ground in front of the messuage and part of a dung place, now built upon. Consideration: £1,800.
Lease between George Dawson and Messrs Elston and Dove.
Release between Christopher Morritt of Colton, Yorkshire Esq & Wm Walton of Middlesex. Esq. on the one part, trustees of George Dawson of Bridlington Quay, Yorkshire on the second part. The release relates to a messuage within the Minster Yard, abutting N.W. on a messuage, the property of George Dawson, which were formerly one single messuage, divided after 1726.
Conveyance from Francis Elizabeth Matterson & Ellen Agnes Catherine Hutchinson to Francis William Green of York Esq.
Abstract of title of Miss Francis Elizabeth Matterson & Miss Agnes Catherine Hutchinson to property in Minster Yard, reciting the 1 October 1856 will of William Matterson devising his estate to his wife Ellen Stormonth Matherson.
Conveyance between John Forrest Stormonth Darling of Dewsbury, Esq (executor of the will of the late Ellen Stormonth Matterson) to Frances Elizabeth Matterson, York Spinster, & Agnes Catherine Hutchinson, wife of Robert Hutchinson, of Middlesex, Esq. Consideration: £1,100. Also includes a fire policy in the name of Miss Matherson.
Conveyance from Richard William Peirse & John Henry Crowder to William Matterson Esq. M.D. of a messuage and garden as in TRE/2/11. Consideration £1,560.
Memorandum of assent by Major Charles Peirse to the sale by Richard William Peirse & John Henry Crowder of a messuage in Minster Yard to William Matterson.
Conveyance between Charlotte Richardson on the one part, William Dove & William Routledge on the second part, John Hurrell and Susan, his wife on the third part, Elizabeth Black, Catherine Evans & David Elston (children of David Elston the Elder) on the fourth part, and Richard William Peirse & Rev. John Hutton Crowder on the fifth part. The conveyance relates to a messuage & garden in Minster Yard. Consideration £900 (conveyance from parties 1-4 to party 5).
Also attached is a Power of Attorney from Elizabeth Black, Catherine Evans & David Elston to Henry Richardson & William Henry Cobb, solicitors, York.
Lease from Christopher Morritt and another to George Dawson.
Includes abstracts of title, leases, releases and conveyances relating to the ownership of the property in Minster Yard.
Treasurer's House, YorkLease from George Dawson to Thomas Simpson.
Copy purchase contract from George Dawson to Thomas Simpson, M.D., relating to the property in Minster Yard outlined in TRE/1/7.
Abstract of the title of George Dawson to property in Minster Yard, reciting the above four deeds (TRE/1/3 to TRE/1/6).
The settlement was made between George Dawson of York, Esq, deceased on the one part, George Dawson, son of the said George Dawson on the second part and Elmira Reeves on the third part. The trustees of Elmira Reeves were due to secure £300 p.a. for Elmira Reeves in the event of her widowhood.
Relating to the property outlined in TRE/1/4.
Release from Edward Topham of Middlesex to George Dawson of Ackworth Park, York, Esq. The release relates to the property detailed in the document together with 'two rooms commonly called Miss Topham's room and the nursery, being over part of a certain messuage in the occupation of Wm. Gray, gentleman'.
The probate was proved at the Prerogative Court of York and includes letters of administration granted to Edward Topham, Esq., eldest son of Francis Topham.
The letter was sent to Francis William Green, and refers to a right of way over the court yard at the Treasurers' House.
Between H J Ware, James Ramsay and J T Ware on the one part, Edwin Gray on the second part and Francis William Green, of No. 2 Minster Yard on the third part. Consideration £1,750.
Abstract of title of H J Ware, James Ramsay & John Tatham Ware to No 2 Minster Yard, & Nos 2 & 3 Gray's Court Place.
For property in Minster Yard and Gray's Court Place.
Relating to the freehold premises in Gray's Court [Place] & Minster Yard. The agreement is between H J Ware and others to Edwin Gray. Consideration: £2,500.
Relating to the fixtures at No. 2 Minster Yard, and the stable. The agreement is between C H Dunhill Esq., H J Ware and others.
Between Ware and others on the one part and Francis William Green on the other part.
Release from George Dawson of Sloane Square, Middlesex, Esq, to Thomas Simpson and Charles Slingsby, of Lofthouse Hill, Yorkshire, his trustee.
Release between Rev Jaques Sterne, Precentor and Canon Prebendary of the cathedral and metro-political church of St. Peter, York, and Francis Topham, commisary & judge of the Exchequer & Prerogative courts of the Archbishop of York. The lease is wanting. The release realtes to two houses (formerly the one undivided messuage) in the occupation of Miss Finch, and afterwards of Dr Sterne, including 'the use of a well, lead cistern & pump which stands upon the common wall which divides one of the backyards in the tenure of Dr Sterne from the backyard now in the tenure of the said Fr. Topham'. Also includes details of earlier mortgages.
Includes abstracts of title, leases, releases and conveyances relating to the ownership of the property in Minster Yard.
Treasurer's House, YorkIncludes abstracts of title, leases, releases and conyances relating to the titles of the Simpson and Matterson families to the property now known as Treasurer's House.
Treasurer's House, York