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GDC/221/7 · File · 28 December 1878
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Probate of the will of George John Cayley late of 11 Deans Yard, London esquire, of a will made 20 March 1862. George died 11 October 1878 at Hunton Rectory near Maidstone in the county of Kent. Probate granted to Edmund Stillingfleet Cayley esquire, the brother of the deceased and one of the executors, power being reserved of making the like grant to Mary Anne Frances Cayley, widow and relict of the said deceased and the other executor. Attached is a receipt dated 28 June 1889 for £485-14s-10d for the account of Miss Violet Cayley.

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GDC/167/4 · Item · 5 March 1824
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Probate of the will of George Telford, esquire, deceased, formerly of the City of York but late of Widmore in the Parish of Bromley in the County of Kent. Executors are Henry John Telford and Charles Telford, his sons, and Sarah Telford, spinster, his daughter. Property in the Manor of Eske in the County of York, and in Knapton.

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GDC/89/7 · Item · 18 October 1843
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Probate of the will and codicil of Grace Thompson, spinster late of Acomb in the County of York. Executrix Charlotte Siddall the wife of Charles Siddall, gentleman, the Sole Executrix substituted in the said codicil. Died 8 August 1843. Under £7000.

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GDC/194/7 · Item · 2 December 1803
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Probate of the will of Mrs Hannah Telford of the parish of Saint Martin cum Gregory, Widow. The executors of the will were John Telford and George Telford her sons, seedsmen and nurserymen. Her will was dated 9 July 1785.

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GDC/89/1 · Item · 26 March 1773
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Probate of the will of Henry Barry late of Kingston upon Hull, apothecary. The sole executrix is Sarah Barry, his widow. Will dated 12 January 1765.

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GDC/8/4 · Item · 12 October 1799
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Probate of the will of John Corner late of Acaster Malbis in the County of the City of York, yeoman. Sole executrix Sarah Raims, widow (heretofore Sarah Corner, spinster his daughter).

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GDC/89/3 · Item · 14 December 1786
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Probate of the will of John Cundall late of Alne in the County of York, yeoman. Joint Executors: Elizabeth Cundall, his widow and John Cundall, his son. Will is dated 20 June 1785.

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GDC/209/2 · Item · 9 February 1801
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Probate of the will of John Menzies late of the parish of the Holy Trinity in Micklegate in the Diocese of York. The executors are named as John Telford and George Telford and the will was made on 14 January 1801.

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GDC/246/1 · Item · 6 September 1834
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Probate of the will and two codicils of John Smith late of Otley, gentleman. Executors: Elizabeth Smith his widow and Thomas Constable , esquire and Reverend Benjamin Edmonson. Under £12,000.

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GDC/89/8 · Item · 13 September 1852
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Probate of the will of John Spence late of Full Sutton in the County of York, yeoman. Executors: Anne Elizabeth Spence and Susannah Spence, spinsters, his sisters. Under £450. Died 5 August 1852. Will dated 28 July 1842.

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GDC/246/4 · Item · 2 October 1874
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Probate of the will of Lucy Wimbush late of Carlton Husthwaite in the County of York, spinster. Died 16 August 1874. Sole Executor Frances Bool.

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GDC/22/3 · Item · 5 January 1877
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Probate of the will of Maria Smithson formerly of Gate Helmsley in the County of York but late of the City of York, widow. Executors: James Beal, William Jordan and William Simpson her great nephew. Died 16 November 1876. Under £600.

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GDC/22/2 · Item · 13 August 1845
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Probate of the will of Mary Sharp late of Farndon in the County of Nottingham. Sole executor William Waite the elder, her brother. Died 15 March 1845. Under £600.

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GDC/89/6 · Item · 18 June 1827
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Probate of the will of Reverend George Allanson, late Rector of Hodnet in the County of Salop and Prebendary of Ripon in the County of York. Executrix Dorothy Allanson, spinster, his daughter. Under £2000. Will is dated 28 December 1825.

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GDC/89/11 · Item · 10 April 1885
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Probate of the will of Reverend Thomas Charles Thompson late of Ripley in the County of York, Clerk. Executors: Frederick William Thompson, his brother and Albert Childers Meysey-Thompson, his nephew. Died 16 February 1885. Gross estate £6,393-12s-9d.

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GDC/23/2 · Item · 18 February 1833
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Probate of the will of Reverend Anthony Watson late of Little Ouseburn in the West Riding of the County of York, clerk. Executors: Elizabeth Ellen Watson, his widow & Reverend William Pleus of Ripon & Reverend Thomas Ibbotson of Brafferton. Under £9,000.

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GDC/89/2 · Item · 6 September 1784
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Probate of the will of the Reverend Charles Mortimer late Rector of Lincoln College in the University of Oxford, Doctor of Divinity. Sole Executor is Timothy Mortimer, his brother. Will is dated 8 February 1783.

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GDC/44/2 · Item · 7 March 1816
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Act of Court of the probate of the will of Reverend James Willoughby late of Hutton near York & Rector of Guiseley. Note states this was exhibited to the Commissioners of the Driffield Navigation on 8 September 1836.

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GDC/15 · File · 24 July 1794
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Probate of the will of Reverend Joseph Stoney late of the parish of Trelawney in the county of Cornwall and Island (of Jamaica). Attested by appending the Broad Seal of this Island (Jamaica) the 16th day of May 1797 by The Right Honourable Alexander Earl of Balearres Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief in and over this His Majesty’s Island of Jamaica and other the Territories thereon by appending the Broad Seal of this Island. Large heavy round seal attached. He gives his slaves to Joanna Adams, a free mulatto woman, with instructions that on her death one of them is to be freed and paid £10 current money of Jamaica per year. Mentions the Stoney family of Pateley Bridge in Yorkshire.

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GDC/14/2 · Item · 28 September 1853
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Probate of the will of Sarah Hoyland, otherwise Bates late of Gate Fulford, spinster. Died 27 April 1853. Executors: William Gray, esquire and John Feather. Under £300.

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GDC/222/7 · Item · 29 November 1851
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Probate of the will and two codicils of Slingsby Duncombe formerly of Duncombe Park and late of Bryanston Square in Middlesex. Probate was granted to the Reverend Henry John Duncombe, his nephew, and William Gray as the the executors. A letter attached to the document dated 19 October 1888 concerns a legacy of £10,000 under the will.

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GDC/272/3 · Item · 2 June 1742
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Probate at York of the will of Thomas Benson late of the Parish of Saint H[a]llows in York gentleman. Executrix: Mary his daughter, wife of William Mann.

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GDC/310/3 · File · 15 March 1742
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Probate of the will of Thomas Godson late of York, flax dresser. Sole executrix: Mary Godson his widow. Includes two receipts for legacies in 1749 and 1750.

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GDC/246/3 · Item · 1 July 1836
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Probate of the will of William Agar formerly of Irton in the parish of Seamer, farmer. Joint Eecutors William Agar, his son and Mary Agar his widow. Under £300. Many of his family mentioned.

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GDC/12/6 · Item · 13 February 1824
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Probate of the will of William Bilton formerly of the City of York but late of Haxby in the County of York, esquire. Executors: Edward Wallis and John Brook.

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GDC/11 · Item · 13 September 1799
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Probate of the will of William Hill of Tadcaster Grange in the County of the City of York, Esquire. Executors: Judith Hill and Mary Hill, spinsters, his daughters.

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Probate of Thomas Cuthbert
GDC/137/7 · Item · 1 August 1833
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Probate of the will of Thomas Cuthbert late of York, butcher. Sole executrix Dorothy Cuthbert, widow his relict. Estate valued at under £200.

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Probate of various wills
GDC/62 · Series · 1747-1882
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Probate of the wills of Michael Ellis, Robert Sharp, Sarah Waite, William Croft and Reverend Charles Maude Meysey-Thompson.

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Probate of various wills
GDC/243 · Series · 1833-1885
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Includes William Boswell, Thomas Smith, William Silversides, Elizabeth Hudson, Mary Hudson. Benjamin Dodswort, Thomas Dennison, Mary Dennison and Clare Dodsworth. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Probate of will
GDC/105/4 · Item · 31 October 1896
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Probate of the will of Dorothy Jane Mills of 11 Bootham, widow. Died 12 October 1896. Executors: Henry John Mills her son and Edward Gray. Gross value £1,977-7s-6d.

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GDC/254/4 · File · 1 April 1862
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Probate of the will and three codicils of Alicia Maria Lloyd late of Stockton Hall, spinster. Died 19 February 1892. Gross estate £104,107-13s-3d. Many bequests and family members named. A 4th codicil is pinned to the will.

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GDC/427/3 · Item · 9 April 1832
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Probate of the will of Margaret Horner late of York, widow. Will made 2 February 1832. She has already agreed to sell her house in Petergate to Rev John Overton.

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GDC/427/6 · Item · 28 November 1856
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Probate of the will of Stamp Brooksbank late of Healaugh Hall in Yorkshire and of the Hermitage in the parish of Saint John Lee in Northumberland. Died 28 October 1856.

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Probate of William Burgh
GDC/137/4 · Item · 24 May 1809
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Probate of the will of William Burgh of Bootham, Esquire. Sole executrix Mary Burgh, widow, his relict.

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Probate of William Wilkinson
GDC/103/2 · Item · 13 March 1765
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Probate of the will of William Wilkinson of Heworth in the Parish of St Saviours in the City of York, husbandman. Executors: Elizabeth Wilkinson, his widow and John Wilkinson his son.

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Probate of wills
GDC/121 · Series · 8 May 1794-20 December 1880
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Includes probate of the wills of Mrs Hannah Ward deceased, Mr John Lund deceased, William Blanchard deceased and William Brown deceased. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Probate of wills
GDC/246 · Series · 1834-1908
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Probates of the wills of John Smith, William Agar, Lucy Wimbush and Catherine Mary Croft. Also includes draft transfer of mortgage and release from trusts. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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GDC/117 · Series · 8 March 1806-16 August 1809
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Includes probate of the will and codicil of John Raines of Burton Constable, and Henry Cholmley of Howsham. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Probate Thomas Weatherill
GDC/420/28 · Item · 27 March 1846
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Grant of robate of the will of Thomas Weatherill Gentleman late of Fishergate in the Parish of St Lawrence in the suburbs of the City of York, Joint Eecutors: Henry Weatherill his Son and Francis Plummer.

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Probateof Mary Bateman
GDC/263/19 · Item · 28 June 1845
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Probate at Canterbury of the will of Mary Bateman late of York, widow. Died 20 February 1845. Under £2000.

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Probates and settlements
GDC/427 · Series · 1821-1868
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Includes probate of the wills of Jane Clifton, Margaret Horner, William Joliff and Stamp Brooksbank, as well as settlement of estate, settlement on the part of Marian Catherine Hague, demise of hereditaments and release relating to Garwood of Acomb. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Properties in York
GDC/372 · File · 1794
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Conveyances; messuage warehouse in Thursday Market and Three Crane Lane; messuage in Swinegate and Patrick Pool; messuage in Jubbergate (1794).

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GDC/115/4 · Item · 2 June 1813
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Lease and Conveyance of the manor of Colson Parva otherwise Little Cowden in Holderness together with the freehold farm and grounds thereto by Thomas Duesbery of Beverley in the County of York, gentleman, and Reverend Robert Rigby of Beverley, Clerk, to Thomas Whitaker of Horwood in the County of York, esquire, and Thomas Whitaker the younger of Dowthorp Hall in Holderness, gentleman.

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Property deed
GDC/324/3 · Item · 18 March 1829
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Robert Hartley of York, plumber and glazier to George Stephenson of York, joiner. Ground near Fossgate adjoining ground purchased by trustees of the Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School including the messuage lately built there. £27-6s-0d.

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Property deed
GDC/326/2 · Item · 1799
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Thomas Weatherill of York, gentleman (heir at law of his mother Mary Fowler deceased) and Ann his wife to George Smith of York. Close of land in Fulford.

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Property deed
GDC/318/2 · Item · 10 April 1794
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John Smith of Bugthorpe, yeoman and Elizabeth his wife to William Hessay of York, inn keeper. House with a yard garden stable or building now used as a cooper's shop behind and other conveniences near the bridge in Fossgate adjoining premises formerly known as the Huntsman, also a stable. £120

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Property deed
GDC/331/2 · Item · 23 October 1848
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William Knapton of York, gas fitter to James Richardson of York, gentleman. Further charge on dwellinghouse and premises in Goodramgate adjoining Monk Bar.

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Property deed
GDC/322/3 · Item · 12 October 1824
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Deed to charge a further £50 on the house on the west side of Fossgate by Thomas Weatherill of York, gentleman and Ann his wife, to Reverend James Richardson of York.

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Property deed
GDC/332/1 · Item · 12 May 1735-13 May 1735
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John Yates late of London but now of Preston in the county of Hertford to Benjamin Guisely of York, yeoman and Anne his wife. Messuage or part of a messuage or tenement in Grape Lane. £61.

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Property deed
GDC/312/3 · Item · 24 November 1755
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James Godson (now age 21) of Wakefield, dyer (child of Thomas Godson, deceased) to John Houseman of York, gardiner. Two houses in Fossgate and formerly one. £126. An attached note states that James Godson was baptised on 15 October 1734.

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