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MFP/6/1 · Item · 15 June 1775
Part of Munby Family papers

Regarding his appointment of Peggy Wilson as laundry maid at Castle Howard.

‘Dear Brother,

I Resevd yours & By your Disier (desire) hes seen Pegy Willson & as you is so kind to give her the ofer of my Lordes Landerey made plase (Laundry-maid place) she thinks her self much oblegd to you & will be glad to except of it & is Reidey to when Ever theay want her if you pleass to give my complements to Mrs. Shiperdson & Let her know that Pegey is very Clever at geting up Linin and good temperd & sivel (Civil) I hope she will Like her very will & hear is a mostLikely young woman that hes Lived all most 3 years with afamely that I know very well and whear Mrs. Whitel is very kind & she wass very much thearfor Days to gether & she says that she is a very hounest good temperd working Sarvant & she is a very good Louking young wooman I hope my sister will Like her the famley went out of town or she had not Left them.
She is a gierl that will be very Disiers of geting her hous work Doun (done) that she may a sist in Sowin or Eney thing my sister may think fite she is very Disiers to sarve you if you aprove of her she is in her Marster Hous until she go to plase but she is at Libertey when Ever you want her Pleass to give my kind Love to my Sister & Blessing to all my Neweys (Nephews) & neises (Nieces) I hope Bobey is beter by this time Dear Brother I am your Ever Loving Sister
C: Taylor
P:S: your ancer I hope will coum with all speed’

Assignment of Mortgage
SWN/2/13 · Item · 10 July 1775
Part of Swann Family Papers

For £400 by Lease for residue of terms of 1,000 and 600 years. Robert Shaw to Richard Skilbeck of Marston, yeoman.

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Bond
GDC/317/3 · Item · 2 October 1775
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Bond by Ann Bunting of York, widow to Alexander Harrison of York, brewer, for the performance of covenants.

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GDC/55/7 · Item · 7 November 1775
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Michael Ellis died about 29 years ago. His daughter Mary married John Jefferson. Allotment passed to John and Mary Jefferson subject to the half taken by Mary Hoyland (former wife of Michael Ellis), widow.

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GDC/56/6 · Item · 5 December 1775
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Michael Ellis by his will to John Jefferson of York, master mariner and Mary his wife.

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Letter of Administration
GDC/131/1 · Item · 9 February 1776
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Letter of administration relating to the estate of Elizabeth Terry late of York, widow, who died intestate leaving Elizabeth Terry and Thomas Terry minors. Appoints William Gray guardian of the children and the only next of kin of the deceased.

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Office copy of a will
GDC/32/20 · Item · 9 March 1776
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Office copy of the will of Mary Bickerdike of Knaresborough, widow of Thomas Bickerdike late of Otley, surgeon deceased. She begins by leaving her properties in Farnham, Burton Leonard, Bishop Monckton & anywhere else to her daughter Elizabeth (aged 8 in 1776).

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SWN/1/8 · Item · 5 April 1776
Part of Swann Family Papers

Catherine Green of Acaster Selby, widow, Edward Wormby of the same, yeoman and Mary, his wife, Elizabeth Dunnington of York, spinster and John Harrap of Acaster Malbis yeoman and Dorothy, his wife (the above Catherine, Mary, Elizabeth and Dorothy.

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GDC/56/7 · Item · 3 May 1776
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

John Jefferson of York, Master Mariner and Mary his wife to use.

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Lease and Release for £25.
SWN/23/1 · Item · 5 June 1776-6 June 1776
Part of Swann Family Papers

William Stainforthof York, esq. to Jerom Dring of York, esq.

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Mortgage
GDC/319/1 · Item · 4 July 1776-5 July 1776
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Mortgage by John Spencer of York, brewer to Ambrose Gray of Skewkirk in the parish of Bilton, farmer. House in Fossgate with the brew house, malt kiln, stable and other buildings in the yard. £300.

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Deed Poll
GDC/176/11 · Item · 26 November 1776
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Deed Poll by Joseph Hobson of Copmanthorpe, yeoman, and Jane his wife to William Benson concerning the release of two legacies.

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The Red Tower
HMU/P/4/47 · Item · 1776
Part of Hugh Murray archive

By Paul Bradden. Tower derelict. 1292 Evelyn Collection. YAYAS Public Library. Copyright: YAYAS. Includes RCHME stamp.
Format: Black and white, 28 x 20
Provenance: YAYAS (Evelyn collection)

HMU/P/3/15 · Item · 1776
Part of Hugh Murray archive

This slide is stamped 'R C H M E' and taken from S.E. 1776 Copyright YAYAS'. Numbered 1309.
Format: Sketch, photographed, 26 x 20
Provenance: YAYAS

Old St Lawrence
HMU/P/12/77 · File · 1776
Part of Hugh Murray archive

Watercolour of old St Lawrence, fig 67 Wilson and Mee
Format: Black and white, 18 x 13
Provenance: Unknown

Legal document
GDC/55/8 · Item · 2 January 1777
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

John Jefferson of York, master mariner and Mary his wife to use.

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Mortgage
GDC/272/9 · Item · 28 June 1777
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Mortgage of one third of part of a house in Blake Street by Jane Wood of Leeds, spinster, to John Cadman of Leeds, tobacconist. Also property at Mill Hill in Leeds.

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