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GDC/104/7 · Item · 5 March 1904
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Letters of Administration of the the estate of Mary Agnes Dodsworth deceased formerly of of Redholme, St.Peter's Grove in York. Administrator: Ernest Ralph Dodsworth her husband. Gross estate £1,238-0s-9d.

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Letters
GDC/80/9 · File · 23 March 1904-24 March 1904
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Two letters from Lloyds Bank Limited in London to Gray and Dodsworth of York about New Zealand stocks.

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GDC/80/10 · File · 28 March 1904
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Appointment in favour of Miss Alice Matilda Mary Webber of a sum of £200 and surrender of life interest therein (in the trusts of the settlement made on the marriage of Thomas Wingfield Webber and Matilda Emily his wife). Also draft copy.

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Sale of stock
GDC/80/12 · Item · 30 March 1904
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Contract of sale of North Eastern Railway stock for £300-11s-0d.

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Marriage Settlement
GDC/80/14 · Item · 9 April 1904
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Settlement made on the marriage of Ralph Algernon Coote of Ballyfin, Queen's County in Ireland, Lieutenant 17th Lancers and Alice Matilda Mary Webber of Kellyville Athy Queen's County in Ireland, spinster.

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Receipt
GDC/80/15 · Item · 17 April 1904
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Receipt by Alice Matilda Mary Coote of £200.

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GDC/33/1 · File · 3 March 1905
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Agreement for sale and purchase of the right or easement of constructing and maintaining an Aqueduct or Aqueducts and other works in or upon land in the Township of Clint in the West Riding of the County of York. Also Copy Draft Agreement for sale and purchase, Copy queries and Observations on Title on behalf of the Corporation and Replies. Completed draft/Grant, Abstract of Title, Plan showing Easement.

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Bundle of documents
GDC/43 · Series · 23 February 1795-31 August 1905
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Includes probate of the will of John Arminson, marriage settlements and one lease and conveyance.

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Wills
GDC/404 · File · 1894-1905
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Bundle of wills relating to York individuals, most likely lodged by clients of Gray, Dodsworth & Co. Also includes a blue envelope of miscellaneous notes and letters from the 1890s.

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Letters of administration
GDC/29/3 · Item · 27 February 1906
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Grant of Letters of Administration at York of Ellen Lowe deceased of 23 West Street Scarborough. Died 19 October 1905, widow. Administrator: Sutton Harvey Lowe, her son.

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Letters of administration
GDC/29/4 · Item · 4 September 1906
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Grant of Letters of Administration at Lincoln of Edith Lowe deceased of Tentercroft Street in Lincoln, spinster. Died 7 May 1881. Administrators: Sutton Harvey Lowe and Ernest Ralph Dodsworth, the executors of the will of Septimus Lowe deceased (whilst living was father and only next of kin of the said Intestate). Septimus Lowe having survived the said Intestate but died without having taken upon himself the Letters of Administration of her personal estate.

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Bundle of documents
GDC/29 · Series · 21 June 1790-4 September 1906
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Includes one marriage settlement, conveyance and two letters of administration.

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GDC/253/6 · File · 8 November 1884-1906
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Probate of the will of Edward Stillingfleet Cayley late of Wydale in the county of York, esquire. Probate was granted to Ellen Louisa Cayley, his widow and others. Gross estate £33513 0s 10d. Includes two letters regarding the Yorkshire Insurance company dated 1897 and 1906.

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Correspondence files
GDC/423/13 · Sub-series · 1 July 1905-9 December 1907
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Correspondence relating to the work of J P Guy, arranged chronologically within the bundles.

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Bundle of legal documents
GDC/371 · File · 1708-1907
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Includes two fragments on parchment (undated); document dating back to 1708 concerning Willian Parratt and his sons [of Selby?]; probate of the will of Peter Rymer of York (1841) and associated documents (1852 and 1871); draft reconveyance documents (1906 and 1907).

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GDC/246/6 · Item · 8 January 1908
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Probate of the will with codicil of Catherine Mary Croft of Aldborough Hall, Boroughbridge in the County of York widow. Died 18 October 1907. Executors Bernard Thomas Hutton Croft, esquire her son and Honourable Algernon Sydney Arthur Annesley.

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Appointment of Trustee
GDC/65/8 · Item · 5 February 1908
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Appointment of the Public Trustee to be a trustee under the will of the late George Arthur Hutton Croft as regards £30,000 in trust for Sydney Hilda Du Plat Taylor and her issue.

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Letters of Administration
GDC/417/57 · File · 17 March 1900-4 September 1908
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Grant of Letters of Administration (1900) and Grant of Letters of Administration de bonis non of Miss Margaret Eva Overton deceased, late of 31 Queen Anne's Grove, Bedford Park, Chiswick in the County of Middlesex who died 29th December 1899, intestate and without real estate. Letters of Administration granted at the Principal Probate Registry to Jane Elizabeth Overton, widow her natural and lawful mother, who died 17th May 1908 leaving part of the estate unadministered. Letters of Administration (1908) granted to Edith Mary Overton, spinster and natural lawful sister.

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GDC/423/9 · Item · 1907-1908
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Letter book of J. P. Guy containing carbon copies of letters from 28 September 1907 to 1908, dealing with transfers of shares and related matters.

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Telegrams
GDC/423/4 · File · 1908
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Bundle of copy telegrams to Guy, Lendal, York. They are instructions to buy and sell stock.

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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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J.P.Guy, Solicitor, York
GDC/423 · Series · 1886-1908
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Includes draft bill of costs, accounts, agreements, telegrams, letters, share dealing paperwork, receipts and notes, photograph and ledger book. It is thought that the business of J P Guy was a constituent of Gray, Dodsworth and Co. Please see item and file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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GDC/93/16 · Item · 5 April 1909
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Further charge on freehold and copyhold hereditaments at Cawood and Wistow and elsewhere in the County of York to secure £25 and interest by Edwin Gray of York, gentleman and another to the Yorkshire Fire and Life Insurance Company.

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Manor of Cawood
GDC/92 · Series · 1769-1911
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Papers relating to the administration of the Manor of Cawood, arranged by family member rather than type of document. Arranged by date. Many of the documents relate to legal transactions. Please see file and item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Reconveyance of 'Cleveland'
GDC/286/2 · Item · 1911
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(Draft) reconveyance of 'Cleveland' in Clifton by Henry Arthur Hudson of York, solicitor to Peter Wollstadt Schmidt of West Field in Fulford. Doctor of Medicine.

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Clifton
GDC/286 · Series · 1837-1911
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Includes probate of the will of William Richardson, and recoveyance relating to 'Cleveland.' Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Correspondence file
GDC/6/6 · File · November 1911-January 1912
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File of correspondence relating to mortgage of the life policy of Reverend T G Baillie and Thomas E Yorke Esquire.

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GDC/240/9 · File · 10 August 1899-11 December 1912
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Probate of the will and codicil of Elizabeth Clifton of Barton Lodge in the County of Nottinghamshire, widow. The executors listed in the probate were Edwin Gray and Richard Harington and the gross estate totalled £109,903-12s-5d. Enclosed are two notices to the trustees of the will of Elizabeth Clifton. The first is dated 26 June 1908 and is from Frederic Bell esquire to Yorkshire Insurance Company Ltd. The second is dated 11 December 1912 and is a settlement made on the marriage of Captain Frederic Bell and Miss Madge Stanyforth.

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Account Book
GDC/397/2/4 · Item · 1909-1912
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Account with George Thompson, General Butcher, Blossom Street, York

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GDC/373 · File · 1878-1912
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Includes quitclaim for £750 of all actions which might be suffered as a result of a Bill of York United Gas Light Company for extending the supply district of the company and enabling it to construct additional works and raise additional capital. William Dove of Crown Cottage, Heworth, J.P. and Henry John Ware of Heworth Croft, gentleman to the above company for area bordered by the Foss, Monk Bridge. Also includes 1911 draft case for opinion of counsel, petition of York Corporation to parliament against bill of York United Gas Light Company (1912).

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Reconveyance of land
GDC/79/26 · Item · 29 September 1913
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Reconveyance by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England to George Shann and others of land originally conveyed for the site of the parsonage. Includes a map.

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Trustee appointment
GDC/98/4 · Item · 8 December 1913
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Appointment of Jonathan James Beal to be a trustee in place of Richard Beal, deceased.

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GDC/79 · Series · 1762-1913
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Legal papers relating to lands at Farnham in the County of York, relating to various parties, including the Oastler and Harvey families, Lawton family and Robert Gilling and others. Please see file and item level descriptions for more detailed information.

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Copy of Will
GDC/86/2 · Item · 29 June 1914
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Copy of the will of Mrs Matilda Emily Webber, widow of Thomas Wingfield Webber.

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Account books
GDC/397/2/1 · Item · 1904-1914
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Expenditure drawn against the joint account of Misses Margaret and Emily Clutton.

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GDC/99/10 · Item · 30 December 1916
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Release by Sir George Everard Cayley Bart of Tempe Woodbridge in Suffolk to The Right Honourable Francis Baron Derwent formerly Honourable Francis Johnstone of Hackness.

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Draft Indenture
GDC/99/8 · Item · 1916
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Draft indenture between Sir George Everard Arthur Cayley Bart of Tempe Woodbridge in Suffolk to the Right Honourable Francis Baron Derwent formerly Honourable Francis Johnstone of Hackness.

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GDC/99/6 · Item · 1916
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Copy and draft conveyance of freehold hereditaments and premises known as 'The Keeper's Cottage' and 'The Brickyard Field' at Brompton in the County of York by Sir George Everard Arthur Cayley Bart and the Mortgagees of his settled estates to Agnes Green.

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GDC/99/7 · Item · 1916
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Draft Conveyance of a piece or parcel of freehold land containing 2.031 acres at Brompton in the County of York by Sir George Everard Arthur Cayley Bart and his mortgagees to Agnes Green, wife of John Albert Green of Brompton Stud Brompton, horse trainer.

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Death certificate
GDC/81/4 · Item · 23 July 1917
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Original death certificate for Matilda Emily Webber, who died of cardiac disease on 18 July 1917, widow, age 75.

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Probate of Emily Stork
GDC/98/5 · Item · 4 December 1917
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Probate of the will of Emily Stork, late of Holly Lodge Station Avenue Bridlington in the County of York, widow. Died 5 June 1917. Gross value £964-5s-0d. Many members of family mentioned.

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License
GDC/81/3 · File · 1917
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License to purchase a Motor Spirit booklet, plus notes and cheque.

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Beal and Stork families
GDC/98 · Series · 1863-1917
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Includes probate of the wills of Matthew Beal and Emily Stork, marriage settlement for the two families and details of the appointment of trustees for the marriage settlement.

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Wills
GDC/402 · File · 1890-1917
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Bundle of wills relating to York individuals, most likely lodged by clients of Gray, Dodsworth & Co.

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Valuation of jewellery
GDC/81/5 · Item · 31 December 1917
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Valuation of jewellery, the property of the late Mrs. E.M.Webber carried out by Bennett and Son, 6 Upper Ormond Quay, Dublin. Total £463- 16s-6d.

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Account books
GDC/397/2 · Sub-series · 1904-1917
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Includes household accounts and expenditure, as well as servants wages and account with a local butcher and grocer.

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Cayley family
GDC/99 · Series · 1915-1917
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Includes legal documents, assurance papers, mortgages, releases and conveyances relating to the Cayley's settlement and settled estates. Also includes details for the appointment of new trustees.

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Customer papers
GDC/426 · Series · 1723-1917
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Customer files arranged by family, comprising primarily 20th century legal documents. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Solicitors' correspondence
GDC/99/14 · File · 1916-1917
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Bundle of correspondence between Solicitors Messrs. Gray Dodsworth of York and Tasker Hart and Munby of Scarborough.

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Bundle of legal papers
GDC/426/17 · File · 8 August 1853-1917
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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.

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GDC/101/9 · Item · 18 April 1918
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Admission out of court of Francis Nathaniel Creswick of Sheffield, solicitor, now a Captain in His Majesty's Army stationed at Malta as the son and heir of Sir Nathaniel Creswick, deceased.

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