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Printed Act of Parliament
GDC/107/4 · File · 1802
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Act to Establish and confirm and exchange between the Honorable Ann Fairfax Lady of the Manor of Gilling Eastin the County of York spinster (since deceased) and the Rector of the Parish Church of Gilling East. Four copies.

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Agreement
GDC/430/6 · File · 1802
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Agreement between Richard Metcalfe and John Thompson & Martha his wife and John Bagley deforcients and relating to 12 acres of pasture and common of pasture within the Parish of Great Usburne. 2 copies.

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Lease and release
GDC/215/10 · File · 4 April 1803-5 April 1803
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Lease and release of freehold estates in Thorpe Underwood and Great Ouseburne. The lease and release is between the devisees and trustees of Mann Horsfield, late of Thorpe Green, and Elizabeth Robinson of Thorpe Green, widow, and Jane Robinson of Thorpe Green, spinster and George Henlock of Knaresborough, gentleman.

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Conveyance and lease
GDC/161/2 · File · 4 April 1803-5 April 1803
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Conveyance and lease of Thorpe Hall and an Estate at Thorpe Underwood by George Henlock of Knaresbrough, Elizabeth his wife and others to Elizabeth Robinson of Thorp Green, widow.

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Indenture
GDC/215/12 · File · April 1803
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Two copies of an indenture of fine between Elizabeth Robinson, widow (plaintiff) and George Henlock and wife Elizabeth and Mary Cauntley (deforceants).

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Lease and release
GDC/271/1 · File · 26 October 1803-27 October 1803
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Lease and release by William Pulleyne of Wood Row in Methley, gentleman and Francis Colmeley of Bransby, esquire to Reverend John Gillow of York and Reverend William Croskell of Linton upon Ouse. Tenements and hereditaments fronting Little Blake Street.

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Lease and release
GDC/180 · File · 7 June 1804-8 June 1804
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Release and lease by John Abbay of Kirby Hall, gentleman to Richard Metcalf Esquire and Edward Wolley of York, the surviving devisees, trustees and executors named and appointed in the last will and testament of Mann Horsfield late of Thorpe Green in the County of York, Esquire deceased of the other part. Relates to the exchange of lands and hereditaments at Great Ouseburn, Branton Green, Upper Dunsforth and Lower Dunsforth.

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Legal deposition
GDC/168 · File · 15 October 1804-19 October 1804
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Paper deposition, on behalf of the complainants, at a commission for the examination of witnesses in the case of Robert and George Wise v. Prickett. The witnesses that give deposition were William Eggleston of Beeford in the County of York, Yeoman, Thomas Ewbank and Stephan Dickinson. The commission held a hearing at The Black Swan Inn in Coney Street, York which started on 15 October 1804 and lasted for five days. Also includes tickets of admission for the hearing. The document is bound in cord sealed with wax that have snapped or been cut.

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GDC/253/1 · File · 5 April 1806-6 April 1806
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Lease and release and transfer of mortgage from John Woodall of Scarborough, Esquire and Reverend John Cayley of Brompton, to Philadephia Frances Cayley of Brompton, spinster and daughter of the said John Cayley and Frances his wife. Relates to Cock Moor Hall and premises situate at Stainton in the County of York. Also includes correspondence regarding Thomas Witham.

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Lease and release
GDC/227/3 · File · 10 April 1806-11 April 1806
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Lease and release of an estate at Thorp Head in the parish of Little Ouseburn by William Squire of Thorp Head, gentleman, to Elizabeth Robinson, widow, and Jane Robinson, spinster, both of Thorp Green for £2,400.

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GDC/111/3 · File · 22 May 1807-23 May 1807
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Lease for a year of a freehold estate at Crakehall in the North Riding of Yorkshire by Anthony Hardolph Eyre to the Reverand John Eyre. Also includes a conveyence for the same estate.

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Lease and release
GDC/213/4 · File · 16 June 1807-17 June 1807
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Lease and release of estates in the County of York, late of Mann Horsfield, esquire, deceased. The lease and release are between the executors of Mann Horsfield and Elizabeth Robinson of Thorp Green, widow and Jane Robinson, sister of the late Edmund Robinson.

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Bills
GDC/320/2 · File · October 1807
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Three bills from Robert Clayton to Messrs Weatherill and Sunman for work done in respect of the rebuilding of the house and for the lease.

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GDC/218/6 · File · 7 October 1808-8 October 1808
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Deed of Lease and Release of Lyland's farm and lands at Little Ouseburn for £2,400 by Thomas Thornton of Kenyon House, Middlesex esquire to Elizabeth Robinson, widow and Jane Robinson, spinster both of Thorp Green in severalty. Goes back to 1712.

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Lease and release
GDC/76/1 · File · 23 January 1809-24 January 1809
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Lease and release in fee of cottages and land in Brompton and Snainton by Thomas Wilson of new Malton, grocer, to Elizabeth Wilson of Margaret Street. Cavendish Square in the county of Middlesex.

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Lease and release
GDC/142/1 · File · 12 May 1809-13 May 1809
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Lease and release of premises at Crakehall by the Reverend John Eyre of Babworth and the Honourable and Reverend Thomas Monson of Bedale to Reverend Frederick Dobsworth of Thornton Hall.

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GDC/91/1 · File · 27 May 1810-28 May 1810
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Settlement (lease and indenture) previous to the marriage of James Willis and Anne Metcalfe made between Anne Metcalfe of Dunnington, spinster of the first part, Reverend James Willis of the suburbs of the City of York, Clerk of the second part.

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Marriage settlement
GDC/43/2 · File · 23 June 1810
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Settlement of one third part of two shares in the Hull Dock and three several sums of money previous to the marriage of Reverend John Garton Howard of Bunwell in the county of Norfolk and Charlotte Christiana Gorham of St Neots in the county of Huntingdon. Her mother was daughter of Thomas Greame of Heslington. Includes letter dated 17 December 1845 to the trustees.

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GDC/136/2 · File · 31 December 1810-1 January 1811
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Lease and release and appointments of an estate at Bilborough in the County of York by William Agar of Lincoln's Inn in Middlesex, Esquire, to Reverend Robert Stephen Thompson of Bilborough and his trustee.

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Mortgage
GDC/124/2 · File · 19 April 1811 - 20 April 1811
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Mortgage and year Lease of Freehold and Copyhold premises known as Birthwaite Hall etc in the County of York for securing £18,000 and interest by Sir Edward Smith of Newland Park in the County of York to Bryan Cooke of Owston, esquire and Reverend John Eyre of Babworth in the County of Nottingham, the two surviving trustees. Also contains a Bond as a collateral security.

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Lease and release
GDC/301/3 · File · 13 May 1811-14 May 1811
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Lease and release by Thomas Hartley of Bonython in the parish of Cury in Cornwall (son and heir of Thomas Hartley of Heslington deceased), esquire to John Roper of York, common brewer. Two messuages or tenements with the yards etc in or near Davygate. £470. Also a document appointing William Ellis as administrator of his father's effects.

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GDC/279 · File · 1811
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Final agreement between William Thompson, gentleman plaintiff and John Rayner and his wife deforcients. One fourth part of 14 acres of land, 14 acres of meadow and 14 acres of pasture with the appurtenances in Clifton and Roecliffe.

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Memorandum of purchase
GDC/128/4 · File · 3 July 1812-4 July 1812
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Sale of a close of land called Claypit Close at Mavis Enderby by William Wallis of Ashby de la Laund, grazier to John Parkinson the younger of Bolingbrooke in the county of Lincoln. The sale was for £700 of which £70 had been paid in deposit and £630 remained to be paid. Includes a letter from John Parkinson to ‘Honoured Sir’ asking for the money which he will hand over.

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Wallis and Percival to Stead
GDC/263/13 · File · 29 April 1813
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George Wallis of York, druggist and Reverend Charles Percival and Harriot his wife to William Stead the younger York, stonemason. Two copies.

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Mortgage and lease
GDC/163/2 · File · 3 June 1813 - 4 June 1813
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Mortgage and lease of the Manor of Colden Parva, ortherwise Little Cowden, and lands in Holderness in the County of York by Messrs Whitaker, to trustees for Anna Sophia Abbs of Monkwearmouth in the County of Durham, spinster and Bryan Abbs of Witton-le-Wear, esquire for £4,000.

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Lease and release
GDC/79/7 · File · 8 June 1813-9 June 1813
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Lease and release by James Vigors Harvey of Farnham, esquire to Richard Shann of Dulwich Hill in Surrey, esquire, for £764-5s-0d.

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Lease and assignment
GDC/76/3 · File · 4 August 1813-5 August 1813
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Lease and assignment of mortgage in fee at Snainton by Thomas Wilson of New Malton, grocer and Mary his wife and Elizabeth Wilson of Margaret Street, Cavendish Square in the county of Middlesex, spinster to Thomas Hopper of Potter Brompton, farmer.

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GDC/75/1 · File · 5 April 1815-6 April 1815
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Lease for a year and assignment of a term of 1,000 years in trust of lands in Snainton by Richard Beswick the elder of Snainton, yeoman, and Elizabeth his wife and Cant Candler of West Ayton esquire and his son Thomas Candler of West Ayton, gentleman.

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Deed of release
GDC/32/10 · File · 3 May 1815
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Deed of release of lands in Yorkshire to make Tenant to precipe for suffering and recovery by Robert Harvey, esquire and Others to William Le Blanc of London, esquire. Separate sheet showing a plan and particulars of Colonel Harvey’s estates at Farnham.

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Lease and release
GDC/79/9 · File · 19 September 1815-20 September 1815
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Lease and release by Beauchamp Harvey of Farnham, Lieutenant in his Majesty's 20th regiment of Light Dragoons to Robert Harvey of Farnham, esquire, of one third of the lands for £250.

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Lease and release
GDC/177 · File · 11 June 1816-12 June 1816
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Lease and release made between Thomas Whytehead of Nawton in the County of York, gentleman, and Robert Kitching the younger of Pickering, gentleman, of the first part, to Thomas Scott of Oulston in the County of York, gentleman, and John Tuke of the City of York, gentleman, of the other part. Thomas Scott and John Tuke being Commissioners of the Kirkdale and Helmsley enclosure.

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GDC/417/70 · File · 27 August 1782-24 July 1816
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Bundle of documents endorsed, including wills of Miles Akid, Elizabeth Akid and Mr Harper. These appear to be: 1) Probate of the will of Miles Akid (Ale draper) (1782). Executrix: Elizabeth Akid his widow and relict. 2) Probate of the will of Elizabeth Akid (1808). Executrix: Martha Benson, wife of James Benson, formerly Martha Mollett. 3) Copy of will of Mr Harper (1816).

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GDC/75/2 · File · 20 November 1816-21 November 1816
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Lease and mortgage in fee of an estate at Snainton for securing £2,000 and interest by William Moorsom of Scarborough, esquire to Ambrose Gray of Staveley, gentleman and his trustees.

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GDC/75/4 · File · 23 April 1817-24 April 1817
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Lease and release of hereditaments by John Nixon late of Snainton, then of Brompton, now of Lebbertson, yeoman and others to William Moorsom of Scarborough, esquire of Knowles Close seven other closes.

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Lease for a year
GDC/109/1 · File · 24 July 1807-23 July 1817
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Lease for a year between Bolton and Brook. Also enclosed is the last recited Deed of Release dated 24 July 1807.

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Lease and release
GDC/287/6 · File · 7 October 1817-8 October 1817
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Lease and Release of lands in Gate Fulford and other premises in York subject to a mortgage by Michael Smith Parnther of London, gentleman to John Bolland of Mark Lane in London, hop merchant.

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Leases and a release
GDC/287/7 · File · 7 October 1817-8 October 1817
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Two leases and a release of brewhouse and other premises in York subject to a mortgage by Michael Smith Parnther of London, gentleman to John Roper of York, common brewer.

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Inland Revenue Forms
GDC/417/69 · File · 29 July 1818
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Inland Revenue forms relating to legacy duty in relation to the probate of the will of James Benson who died 22 June 1818.

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GDC/106/8 · File · 1818
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Burials in the Parish of Pickering in the County of York in the year 1818. [Transcript of entry for William Piper No. 298]. Also includes burials in the Parish of Pickering in the County of York in the year 1821 [Transcript of entry for John Piper No.420]

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Lease and deed of trust
GDC/142/2 · File · 28 April 1819-29 April 1819
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Lease and Deed of Trust to sell lands at Nunnington and pay off the mortgage with power of attorney by Robert Mansell of Strensall, yeoman, to Jonathon Gray of York, gentleman, and George Hammond of Strensall, yeoman, and John Millington of Strensall, yeoman. It includes also a letter from the registrar of deeds at Northallerton.

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Assigment: Branton to Cooper
GDC/260/6 · File · 25 June 1819
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Assignment of two messuages and tenements in Minster Yard by Edward Branton of York, teadealer to William Cooper of Kingston upon Hull, stay maker. Inside is a copy of the death certificate for Sarah Cooper who died at Wakefield 10 April 1842 aged 82 years.

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Probate of a will
GDC/420/53 · File · 27 October 1819
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Grant of probate of the will of Joseph Mollet late of the City of York deceased. Executors: James Benson; Martha Benson (daughter of the deceased). Also includes a bill for proving Mr Mollet's will.

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Wills
GDC/400 · File · 1760-1819
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Bundle of wills relating to York individuals, most likely lodged by clients of Gray, Dodsworth & Co.

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Lease and release
GDC/32/17 · File · 9 March 1820-10 March 1820
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Lease and release by Eliza Harvey late of Farnham but now of Ripley Castle, spinster to George Francis Barlow of Ribston, esquire & Charles Drummond of Charing Cross in Westminster, esquire.

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Mortgage by demise
GDC/322/1 · File · 29 June 1820
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Mortgage for £300 by demise by Thomas Weatherill of York, gentleman (son and heir of Mary Weatherill deceased) and Ann his wife to John Turner of Market Weighton, gentleman. House on the west side of Fossgate. Includes a bond by Thomas Weatherill to John Turner.

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Final agreement
GDC/285/5 · File · 1820
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Final agreement between James Backhouse plaintiff and John Wilson and Jane his wife and others deforcients. £60. Two copies.

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GDC/75/5 · File · 7 November 1822-8 November 1822
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Lease and Release of a mortgage in fee on an estate in Snainton by Ambrose Gray of Staveley, gentleman to the asignees of William Moorsom of Scarborough, banker and a bankrupt and their trustee.

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Invoice
GDC/169/6 · File · 12 December 1824
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Invoice for £10-0s-5d from the Governors of the York Lunatic Asylum to Rev J Testing for the maintenance of T Porteus. Also includes receipt for payment.

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GDC/75/8 · File · 21 January 1825
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Release of dower and covenant by William Moorsom of Scarborough, esquire and Jane Maria his wife to John Cayley and Edward Stillingfleet Cayley both of Brompton, esquires. Includes two copies of an agreement made at Westminster.

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Invoice
GDC/169/7 · File · 11 March 1825
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Invoice for £14-0s-5d from the Governors of the York Lunatic Asylum to Rev J Testing for the maintenance of Thomas Porteus. Also includes receipt for payment.

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Invoice
GDC/169/8 · File · 28 May 1825
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Invoice for £11-15s-1d from the Governors of the York Lunatic Asylum to Rev J Testing for the maintenance of Thomas Porteus. Also includes receipt for payment.

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GDC/79/12 · File · 14 September 1825
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Printed particulars and conditions of sale by auction of cottages and land at Farnham by Philip Lawton the vendor. Also includes a handwritten version of the same.

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Invoice
GDC/169/9 · File · 25 February 1826
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Invoice for £8-16s-2d from the Governors of the York Lunatic Asylum to Rev J Testing for the maintenance of T Porteus. Also includes receipt for payment.

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Mortgage of leasehold tithes
GDC/13/5 · File · 29 August 1827-22 September 1827
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Mortgage of leasehold tithes for securing £1,000 and interest by Jonah Horner of Kilburn, doctor of physic to Reverend Thomas Hartland Fowle of North Otterington, clerk. Two documents are enclosed with the mortgage, one dated 29 August 1827 and one dated 22 September 1827.

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GDC/72/2/5 · File · 1825-1827
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Disimbursements concerning the funeral and six documents relating to estate duty on the estate of Sarah Kirk Langdon late of Dalby, spinster. Died on 5 December 1825.

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Legacy duty form
GDC/145/8 · File · 6 March 1828
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Form No.3 dealing with Legacy Duty in the estate of John Robinson Foulis of Heslerton, Yorkshire, who died 29 April 1826. Includes a valuation of his efforts and receipt for duty.

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GDC/75/9 · File · 5 April 1828-6 April 1828
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Lease and release of a close of lands at Brompton by the assignees of William Moorsom of Scarborough, banker and a bankrupt (since deceased) to William Duesbury Thornton of Scarborough, gentleman and his trustee.

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Conveyance
GDC/116/1 · File · 11 November 1828 - 16 December 1828
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Conveyance and lease of the inheritance of the manor of Craike etc by Sir James Scarlett and others to Richard John Thompson of Kirby Hall, esquire. Also contains a Letter of Deposit referencing Richard John Thompson that confirms the deposit of £8434-14s-0d.

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Lease and Release
GDC/136/7 · File · 23 April 1829-24 April 1829
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Lease and release of premises at Crakehall by John Clapham of Huddlestone Hall in the Parish of Sherburn, gentleman, to the Honourable and Reverend Thomas Monson of Bedale under the will of Reverend Frederick Dodsworth.

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Conveyance
GDC/116/2 · File · 29 April 1829
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Conveyance and lease by Reverend Thomas Monson of Bedale and others to John Pemberton Heywood of Wakefield, esquire, and William Rookes Leedes Serjeantson, of Camp Hill in the County of York, of the property at Crakehall.

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GDC/273/7 · File · 23 September 1829
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Appointment of a piece of ground at Clifton by Henry Bruce Beckwith lately residing in Pisa in Italy but now of York, esquire to Reverend John Overton of Clifton and his trustee. Includes a schedule of deeds since 1677.

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Lease and exchange
GDC/323/1 · File · 7 December 1829-8 December 1829
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Lease and exchange between John Ayer of Heslington, gentleman and Elizabeth his wife (born Elizabeth Hessay and late the wife of William Batty) and John Ward of York, brewer. Includes a detailed map and two schedules.

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Receipts
GDC/78/8 · File · 27 February 1824-24 March 1830
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Receipts for legacies under the will of Thomas Craven who died on 20 December 1822.

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GDC/79/14 · File · 13 May 1831-14 May 1831
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Transfer and further mortgage of lands at Farnham for securing £400 and assignment of two terms of years in trust by Robert Gilling of Farnham, yeoman and mortgagees to John Styan of Whixley, yeoman and his trustees.

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GDC/190 · File · 20 December 1800-16 June 1831
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Statement as to the appointment of the Heads of Settlement Funds settled by the marriage settlement of Mr and Mrs. Place and given by the will of Henry Thompson, esquire. Also includes draft and Heads of Agreement including letters between beneficiaries and their legal advisers as to various aspects of the administration of the estate and investment of funds, as well as bills of the estate.

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Assignment
GDC/21/3 · File · 13 May 1830-9 January 1832
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Assignment of 5 twelfth parts of rectories tithes and promises for the residue of a term of 20 years – John Horner of Louth Lincolnshire, clerk & George Horner of Easingwold, farmer & Jonah Horner of Kilburn, doctor of medicine & Fewster Robert Horner of Kingston upon Hull, doctor of medicine & William Solomon Horner of Kilburn, clerk to Joseph Smith of Wildon Grange, gentleman. Includes two other documents – 30 January 1830 Purchase agreement by Messrs Horner to Joseph Smith (2) 9 January 1832 Letter from William Smith of Wildon Grange to William Gray, solicitor.

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GDC/347 · File · 1723-1832
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Includes an extract from the Osbaldwick Enclosure Award (1772); documents relating to property in Clifton, Shambles, Walmgate and Fulford (1723), property in Strensall including an Abstract of Title (1723-1793).

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Dundas Street
GDC/302 · File · 25 March 1833
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Schedule of title deeds to premises in Dundas Street belonging to Thomas Benson and mortgaged to Elizabeth Thompson of Bootham, spinster for £600. Goes back to 1731.

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List of furniture and goods
GDC/269 · File · March 1833-April 1833
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List of furniture and goods (six pages) belonging to Mrs Preston, sold at auction by John Vaile totalling £399-5s-6d. Also includes John Vailes accounts with proprietors of York Herald and Yorkshire Gazette.

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Lease and Conveyance
GDC/136/8 · File · 23 October 1834-24 October 1834
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Lease and conveyance in fee of hereditaments at Sutton on the Forest and in Goodramgate for various purposes by Thomas Belt of York, inn keeper, and others to John Harrison of York, wine merchant, and William Lockwood of Easingwold, gentleman.

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Bundle of legal documents
GDC/378 · File · 1710-1834
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Includes brief for Commissioners in the 'matter of Edward Horsman, gent a supposed lunatic'; Miss Dorothy Wilson's will and codicils (1710 and 1716); George Burnell of York, Spirit Merchant Assignments.

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GDC/426/6 · File · 16 May 1810-1834
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Includes marriage settlement of George Lloyd and Alicia Maria Greame, lease for a year, release of Towthorpe Estate and appointment of a new trustee under the marriage settlement of George Lloyd.

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GDC/110/3 · File · 14 August 1835-15 August 1835
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Lease of a farm called Aveley Hall in the parish of Assington from Henry Theodosius Browne Collier et al, to John Gurdon. Also includes the appointment and release of the said farm between the said individuals.

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GDC/246/2 · File · 28 December 1835
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Release from trusts by Francis Ivison of Scotby near Carlisle, gentleman and harriet his wife and others to Valentine Kitchingman formerly of Carlton Husthwaite but now of the suburbs of York, esquire and William Mills of York, gentleman. Includes a copy.

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GDC/354 · File · 17th century-1835
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Three bundles originally wrapped in brown paper with the following information written on the wraps: 1) 'Old Deeds belonging to Petergate House, but those in the bundle dated March 1822 are sufficient to show a good title'. Comprises c.34 items including Christopher Vint's will and administration. 2) Bundle with wrapper addressed to 'T.W. Preston, Solicitor, No.2 Stonegate, York.' and in same hand 'Petergate House, Old deeds'. Later hand adds 'Petergate and some Monkgate C17-C18.' 3) Bundle with wrapper written in pencil 'Petergate House Sold- 1875. J.H.Preston'. In ink on wrapper also 'Mrs Agar, Brockfield Hall'. Bundle comprises miscellaneous papers relating to the name of Preston and Agar.

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GDC/341 · File · 1679-1836
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Bundles 1 and 2 include a deed signed by John Carr, the architect as Lord Mayor of York (1770); also messuage in St Crux parish and another adjoining Layerthorpe Postern on the one side and St Cuthbert's churchyard on the other c.1757. Bundle 3 includes a document relating to the Punch Bowl public house (1814) which is also referred to in a document of 1836 (bundle 5). Bundle 4 comprises mainly leases and conveyances. A number of documents concern property held by the Dean and Chapter of York Minster. Two documents of 1833 are conveyances to the New Market Trustees / The Trustees under the New Market Act. Bundle 5 contains documents of 1836 refer to property on the corner of Jubbergate and Silver Street and in St Sampsons Square and Harthwaite Lane.

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Bundle of legal documents
GDC/388 · File · 1698-1836
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Folder includes 1698 document relating to Heworth with signatories Cranbrook, Thweng and Agar; 1758 and 1760 Mortgage Bonds of Thomas Smith and Agnus Smith; 1765 - 1836 list of Vicars of Acomb; 1806 proof of sale J. Munby to Robert Cattle; 1833 Osbaldwick and near - land sold to George Hudson; undated, brief of a depostion v. Thomas Beuamont in the suit before the Council at York (relates to Selby and Wistow); undated, plan of Mrs Creamer's Estate (Hull Road); undated, Hull Fields plan (Matthew Oates and Son, architects).

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GDC/426/9 · File · 7 March 1737-1836
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Includes conveyance to Mr Samuel Waud of a house in Micklegate, agreement about stopping up windows, conveyance of a house in York from Mr Robert Bower to Matthew Chitty St Quintin Esquire, extract from the will of Matthew Chitty St Quintin Esquire, will of Willia Taylor deceased, land tax certificate in the name of William Taylor Esquire, abstract of title to a messuage in Micklegate previously belonging to William Taylor Esq, release of a messguage in Micklegate, conveyance of one undivided eighth part of a dwellinghouse in Micklegate, extracts from wills and supplemental abstract of title.

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Lease and Conveyance
GDC/78/12 · File · 25 July 1838-26 July 1838
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Lease and conveyance in fee of three closes of land at Snainton by Henry Pearson of West Ayton, esquire to William Duesbury Thornton Duesbury of Beverley, esquire and trustee.

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Henlock family
GDC/426/7 · File · 13 April 1811-31 December 1839
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Includes marriage settlement of Mr and Mrs Henlock, conditions of sale of a farm occupied by William Hawkins, appointment of a new trustee under the marriage settlement of Reverend William Preston and Miss Frances Plumer, articles of agreement upon the intended marriage of Mr William Morley Stubbs with Miss Mary Anne Henlock, will of Mrs Henlock, settlement of Mrs Stubbs' property (ahead of his marriage), notice to Stubbs' trustees and release.

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