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Letter from Lord Egremont of Bayous Manor, Market Rasen, to William Gray, solicitor, concerning the will of his father.

Letter from G Lloyd Graeme of Hackness Grange, Scarborough, about the investment of £30,000.

Deed of release between the beneficiaries under the will of the late Rev. Edmund Gray to the trustees of the said will.

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.

Copy valuation of articles bequeathed by the will of William Gray Esq, to William Gray his grandson. The document lists family portraits, prints and wine totalling £176-11s-6d.

Copy lease of a farm at Holdgate by Jeremiah Barstow of York, gentleman to Thomas Burton of Holgate, farmer, for three years at £50 per annum to commence from Lady Day last past.

Probate of the will and codicil of Susannah Flint of Tadcaster, widow. The will was dated 21 April 1828.

The letter acknowledges receipt of cheque on account of Lord Feversham’s property tax. Document has a piece missing.

Receipt for duty on the estate of Margaret Pearson, late of London, who died on 7 April 1816.

Enclosing £10.

Calculations regarding Mrs Menzies renewal of lease with Dean and Chapter for tithes.

The recipient of the letter is unknown, however it relates to a Post Office order for John Rowntree.

The letter requests £2-3s-4d as Reserve Rent, and includes a receipt of payment.

Receipt for 4s-8d from Mr Johnson in respect of poor rate at Minster Yard with Bedern.

William Brass formerly of Red Hall, Hornby, Yorkshire, yeoman, borrowed £60 from Anna Raper of Beadall, Yorkshire, spinster with a bond of £120.

Lease and release of Waterside Close in Great Ouseburn, between Richard Pick of Great Ouseburn and others to John Sharper of Great Ouseburn, farmer.

Mortgage for a further sum from William Barker, late of Great Ouseburn but now of Mounton Mains in the County of York, yeoman, to Miss Catharine Rakes of Ripon. Receipt page is dated 14 April 1791 and signed by Dorothy Atkinson, executrix of the will of the late Catharine Rakes.

Transfer of mortgage by William Leatham of Heath in the County of York, esquire and Joseph Taylor of Potternewton, esquire (the executors) to John Flintoff, formerly of Railey Fell in the county of Durham. The document is made out to to Mary Anne Flintoff of Leeds, spinster, and concerns the estate of Thorpe Hall at Thorpe Green.

Indenture between Henry Ewbank of South Street, Finsbury in the County of Middlesex, merchant, and Sarah Swift of Hemingfield near Barnsley, widow. The document concerns property in Thorpebasset in the county of York in trust for John Micklethwaite of Ardsley in the parish of Darfield in the county of York. Includes good details of the lands near Scagglethorpe and Rillington.

Copy abstract of the title of William Agar esquire to a mansion house as well as outbuildings, gardens, pleasure grounds, an orchard and other land at Bilbrough, near the city and in the County of York, called Low Garth, Calf Garth near Cow Close, Grass Spring and Mowing Ingrish or near Ingrish. The property was agreed to be sold by him to the Rev R S Thompson.

Probate of the will and three codicils of Hall Plumer, formerly of Stockton Hall but late of Bootham, who died on 25 April 1820.

Attested copy of settlement of divers real estates belonging to Jeremiah Horsfield of York, gentleman and Sarah Man of York, spinster and daughter of Richard Man, deceased. The settlement is made previous to their marriage.

Surrender of a messuage and land at Thorp Green between Ann Dring of York, spinster of the first part and Elizabeth Robinson of Thorpe Green, widow of Edmund Robinson, and Jane Robinson of Thorpe Green, spinster and sister of Edmund Robinson, of the second part.

Schedule of title deeds and documents relating to the Thorp Green Estate belonging to Edmund Robinson Esquire and in mortgage to Harriet Ogle for £3,500.

Memorandum from Mrs Jane Wardle relating to two windows which loooked into the garden of Mr Garforth and were not to be a hinderence to building work.

The letter is about a legacy from Miss Henrietta Mildred Plumbe.

Incomplete demand note of Poor Rate for Minster Yard with Bedern.

The property concerned is currently unknown.

Probate of the will of Mann Horsfield of Thorpe Green, esquire. Includes his will dated 5 April 1796. The executors of the will were Richard Metcalfe, esquire, Edmund Robinson, esquire and Edward Wolley, gentleman.

Probate of the Will of Edmund Robinson of Thorp Green. Includes his will, dated 5 April 1800. The sole executor was Elizabeth Robinson, relict.

Inland Revenue account of the succession of Edmund Robinson of York, esquire, to properties following the death of Dame Lydia Scott who died on 19 June 1859, as well as five receipts for duty paid.

Lease and release by William Atkinson the elder of Whixley, gentleman to William Atkinson the younger of Whixley his eldest son, of a property in Whixley and Thorpe Underwood on the payment of £20 per year.

Attested copy lease between George Henlock of Great Ouseburn, gentleman and Mary his wife, only daughter of William Atkinson late of Copgrove, and Thomas Strangwayes of Greys Inn in Middlesex, gentleman. The property mentioned is in Whixley and Thorpe Underwood.

Attested copy deed leading to the uses of a recovery of lands at Whixley and Thorp Underwood. The deed is between George Henlock of Great Ouseburn, gentleman and Mary his wife to Thomas Strangwayes of Greys Inn in Middlesex, gentleman.

Abstract of the Title of George Henlock to an estate at Thorp Underwood. The title goes back to 1718.

Final Agreement made in the Court of the Common Bench at Westm[inster]....between John Browne and Edward Topham pl[ain]t[iff]s and George Daggett deforceant of one messuage seventy acres of land and thirty acres of meadow in Howe (??). FULL TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE.

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Bill and receipt for oatmeal and hops bought by the late John Robinson Foulis of Heslerton from the late George Rivis.

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Settlement after the mariage of Thomas Thornton esquire with Eliza Thornton, late Eliza Cawston.

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Agreement for sale and purchase of an estate at Little Ouseburn by Thomas Thornton of Kenyon House, Lincolns Inn Fields, Middlesex to Elizabeth Robinson, widow and Jane Robinson, spinster both of Thorpe Green.

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Letter from Edmund Robinson of Thorp Green about land tax payable on Lylands Farm. He thinks the sale might take place during the first week of October.

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Mrs Robinson's letter, including answers to Mr Sidebottom's observations.

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Deed of Disclaimer of Trusts under the will of the late William Smith esquire - John Marshall late of New Grange in Leeds but now of Headingley, esquire to Thomas Smith of Bury St Edmunds, Doctor of Medicine. Relates to lands at Leeds and Birkin in Yorkshire.

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Empty packet labelled 'Letters of admon to Sir Geo Cayley of Lady Cayley’s effects'.

Mortgage of estates in the County of York for securing £3,000 and interest. The mortgage is between Sir Charles Dodsworth of Thornton Hall in the parish of Thornton Watlass, Baronet and John Dodsworth of the same place, a captain unattached in Her Majesty’s Army and eldest son of the above, to Thomas Price of Clementhorpe near York, esquire and John Swann of Hutton Hall in the county of York, esquire and William Gray of York, gentleman. The endorsement on the document states it is not completed.

Release by William Henry Place of Brighthelmstone in Sussex, esquire and John Matthew Quantock of Norton in Somerset, esquire, to Richard John Thompson of Kirby Hall, esquire, surviving trustee named in the marriage settlement of Lionel Place the elder and Sophia his wife. William Henry Place was one of the three children of Lionel Place and Sophia his wife, both deceased, whilst John Mathew Quantock was administrator of Sophia Quantock deceased his wife, she another child of Lionel Place and Sophia. William and John were also executors of Lionel Place the younger deceased, the other child.

Conveyance concerning land at Snainton near Scarborough between Jeremiah Metcalf of Snainton in Yorkshire, farmer to Edward Stillingfleet Cayley of Wydale in the parish of Brompton, esquire for £1,050. The document includes a map in the margin.

Abraham Hellier, son of Joseph Hellier the elder of London, gentleman, receiving £16-13s-4d from Robert Rowland of London.

Grant of probate of the will of Thomas Kirlew late of the City of York, Gentleman. Executors: John Henry Phillips, George Richardson and Robert Hubie.

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Deed of appointment of William George Synnot as a new trustee of the marriage settlement of Mr and Mrs Crawhall dated 21 September 1868, in the place of Mark Seton Synot who retied from the Trust.

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Grant of probate of the will of Mr William Weatherill, deceased, late of No. 2 Grove Place in the City of York, compositor, who died on 18th January 1885 at the aforesaid address. Executors: Thomas Wilfred Weatherill the son of the said deceased, William Coates and Henry Doughty.

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Probate of the will of Mr William Taylor, deceased, of 55 Prospect Road, Falsgrave, Scarborough in the County of York who died 14th May 1901. Will dated 12th May 1891. Executors: George William Taylor (in the will written George Taylor) the nephew of the said deceased and Matthew Smith (who married the testator's niece).

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Declaration of Duncan Collie Larg, Sheriff's Officer, that he will not use or exercise the Office of Sherrif's Officer corruptly.

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Copy of will of Richard Cordukes.

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Deed of Settlement previous to the marriage of Mr John Driffield and Mrs Mary Rayment of lands in Clifton in the County of York.

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Lease for a year - Mrs Mary Rayment to Messrs Houseman and Darley part of the lands last described. See also GDC/420/2.

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Deed of release enclosed with the last received probate of John Scott and endorsed as between Mrs Ann Elizabeth Pickering to Wm Henry Cobb.

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Assignment of a legacy: Clarkson to Hartley. Described as being an Indenture in three parts, but only one part is with the Assignment Deed.

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Grant of probate of the will of Dennis Peacock late of the City of York, Reff Merchant. Executors: John Peacock and George Peacock, Gentlemen, his brothers and executors in trust.

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Deed of co-partnership between the proprieters of The Yorkshire Gazette and York Chronicle Northern Standard newspapers.

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Probate of the will of Mrs Ann Elizabeth Smales deceased late of Bishophill House in the City of York, widow who died on 11th May 1886. Executors: William James Ware and William Henry Cobb.

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Probate of the will of George Oldfield Esq. deceased of Dringthorpe near the City of York and in the Ainsty of the same city who died on 6th March 1895. Executors: Joseph Oldfield Esq. the brother of the said deceased, Frederick Charles Mills Esq. The nephew of the said deceased and William Henry Cobb.

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Grant of probate of the will of Thomas Weatherill late of the parish of St. Crux in the City and Diocese of York, Joiner. Mary Weatherill , widow and relict sole executrix and universal legatee.

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Probate of the will of Mr Robert Wood deceased late of Burley in the Parish of Otley in the County of York, shopkeeper. Died 22 January 1867. Executors: James Lund and Henry Weatherill. Accompanied by Succession Duty Form regarding Henry and Mary Weatherill; IR Form 3 regarding Robert Wood; and copy of Settlement Deed of Mrs Ann Wood.

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Probate of the will and codicil of Revd. Isaac Grayson, deceased.

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Deed of Appointment of Messrs. J. B. Spicer and W. G. Redfern as Trustees under the will of the late Mr Elisha Elders dated 11 December 1899'. Also endorsed appointment of Mr. H.C.Cobb as a trustee under the will of the late Elisha Elders dated 23 April 1906.

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Grant of probate of the will of Mrs Elizabeth Darby, widow, late of the suburbs of the City of York. Will dated 20 September 1857. Joint Executors: George Smith Darby and John Darby, her sons.

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Grant of probate of the will of John Empson in the township of Heworth in the North Riding of the County of York. Executrixes: Hannah Empson and Mary Ann Empson.

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Probate of the will of Mr Michael Eastburn, deceased, of Monkgate in the suburbs of City of York, Gentleman. Executors: Henry Eastburn; Elizabeth Jenkinson.

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Grant of probate of the will of the Rev James Dallin, Clerk, late of the City of York. Executor: Rev. Robert Dallin, clerk, nephew of the deceased; Henry Richardson.

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Grant of probate of the will of Robert Cattle deceased. Date of death 14 October 1842. Will dated 5 September 1842. Executors: Mary Cattle his widow and relict, the Rev John Acaster, Clerk, Christopher Watson and John Jackson.

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Deed of Release and Indemnity on the winding-up of the trusts of Mrs Mary Ann Webster's share under the will of the late Mr Robert Haw. Parties: the children of the late Mrs Mary Ann Webster and others to the Rev. G.F.Browne.

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Grant of probate of the will and codicil of Mr William Young deceased. Date of death 16 June 1862. Executors: Richard Tesseyman and George Duffitt. This item is missing.

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Grant of probate of the estate of Michael Eastburn late of Bootham in the suburbs of the City of York, Gentleman. Joint Executors: Henry Eastburn and Michael Eastburn, sons of the deceased. (See also GDC/420/58).

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Copy will of Sarah Templeman.

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Deed of Appointment of new trustees of the will of Miss Anna Maria Farrer of Barnbrough Grange, deceased.

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Probate of the will of Henry Overton, late of Clifton in the North Riding of the County of York, gentleman. Date of death 15 July 1887. Executors: John Walton and William Henry Cobb.

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Assignment in the name of Dr Belcombe's, and additional legal papers.

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Probate of the will of Thomas Todd of Heworth in the County of York, farmer. Date of death 13 May 1870. Surviving executor: Mr William Henry Cobb.

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Deed of Assignment for the benefit of creditors; Josh Wood Jnr. to Messrs. Scawin Barnes and Brearey.

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Draft bills of costs dated 1896 to Mr S. H. Hopton, York; 1897 to Mr H.S.Hopton; 1895 to Messrs T.Thompson; 1897 to Mrs Welburn, executrix of John Welburn deceased; and 1899 to H. T. Thompson.

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Arranged chronologically.

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Bundles of paperwork relating to the work of J P Guy, arranged chronologically within the bundles.

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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.

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.

Includes:
From Mr Maddick to Jonathan Gray, 1825;
From Emma A Maddock to Jonathan Gray, 1832;
From Robert Maddock to Jonathan Gray, 1836; and
in relation to Mrs Maddock (deceased).

Includes settlement on the marriage of Peter Fairbairn and Mrs Rachel Ann Bell, declaration of trust between Andrew Fairbairn and Lady Fairbairn and her trustees, deed of covenant between William Ford Hulton and William Clough Esquire, conveyance between the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales and Edward Lloyd Esq, settlement on the marriage of Reverend John James Pulleyn and Miss Elizabeth Esther Hincks, appointment of Trustees of the will of Mrs Jane Reynolds deceased, memorandum by Lord and Lady Cathcart, settlement on the marriage of Thomas Leigh Hare Esqure with Lady Ada Cathcart, marriage certificate of Joseph Bishop Battrick and Jane Tomlinson, Slingsby settlement papers, release under the marriage settlement of Captain Thomas Slingsby, accounts volume 1895-1917 and tax assessments 1945 and notification of shareholders meetings 1894.

Probate of the will and codicil of William Jolliff late of York, esquire. Note on the front states he was formerly William Milner.

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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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Settlement on the part of Marian Catherine Hague of York, spinster, in contemplation of her marriage with Christopher Richardson the younger of Grey's Inn London, barrister at law. Mentions property in St Leonard's Place. Includes two receipts for money.

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Grant of the custody of the person of Eliza Raine of Clifton, spinster and lunatic to Dame Mar Crawford of York, and of the care and management of the said lunatic's estate to William Duffin and Robert Swann esquires. Includes a seal in pieces in a large container.

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Indenture between Phillippe Herbert of York, alderman of the first part, Ralph Grange of Inner Temple, London of the second part ad Robert Waller of York gentleman.

The indenture relates to a messuage in Micklegate on the north side of the street in the parish of St John.

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Between Maria Hesketh and Robert Samson and his wife Ann. Regarding one messuage in York for £100.

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Between Thomas Herbert of York, Thomas Lovell of Skelton, Marke Metcalfe of York and William Pecke of Kingston upon Hull.

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Extract from probate by Grays solicitors.

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