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Invoice
GDC/169/7 · File · 11 March 1825
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

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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Lease
GDC/231/1 · File · 10 June 1679
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Lease of Burton Farm and Hall Farm by Isabell Mann of York, widow and Robert Mann of London, apprentice, to Roger Dawson of Thorpe Underwood, yeoman. The file includes a scrap of paper with same details.

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Lease and release
GDC/226/2 · File · 10 March 1717-11 March 1717
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Lease and release by Isabella Brown of Pole Spring in the Parish of Little Usburne, spinster, to John Read of York, gentleman. Selling Marshall Close in Thorpe Underwood for £136-1s-0d.

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Lease and release
GDC/76/1 · File · 23 January 1809-24 January 1809
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

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/226/4 · File · 26 March 1761-27 March 1761
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Lease and release by William Read of Sand Hutton, Esquire, (cousin and heir of John Read, deceased) to Mann Horsfield of Thorp Green, Esquire. Selling Marshall Closes for £270.

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GDC/136/2 · File · 31 December 1810-1 January 1811
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

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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GDC/110/3 · File · 14 August 1835-15 August 1835
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

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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Lease and assignment
GDC/76/3 · File · 4 August 1813-5 August 1813
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

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
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

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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Lease and Conveyance
GDC/136/8 · File · 23 October 1834-24 October 1834
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

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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Lease and conveyance
GDC/131/3 · File · 11 February 1840-12 February 1840
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Lease and conveyance upon trust to sell two sixth parts in messuages and hereditaments in Micklegate for securing £70 and interest by James Beal of the Soho Antwerp Steamer of London, seaman, to William Napier Dibb of York, gentleman.

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Lease and Conveyance
GDC/78/12 · File · 25 July 1838-26 July 1838
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

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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Lease and conveyance
GDC/147/1 · File · 15 February 1788-16 February 1788
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Lease and conveyance of the Manor House of Full Sutton and several farms in the County of York by John Simpson of Babworth in Nottinghamshire, Esquire (lately called John Bridgeman), and his trustees to John Ramsey of Beverly, gentleman.

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Lease and conveyance
GDC/272/13 · File · 12 July 1782-13 July 1782
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Lease and conveyance for £230 by Jane Wood of Leeds, spinster and Sarah Wormald of Leeds, widow and others to William Bilton of York, mercer and wool draper. Messuage dwelling house or tenement with apurtenances in or near Blake Street.

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GDC/111/3 · File · 22 May 1807-23 May 1807
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

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 deed of trust
GDC/142/2 · File · 28 April 1819-29 April 1819
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

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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Lease and exchange
GDC/323/1 · File · 7 December 1829-8 December 1829
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

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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GDC/75/2 · File · 20 November 1816-21 November 1816
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

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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Lease and obligation
GDC/231/3 · File · 13 November 1691
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Lease of a farm at Thorp Green Richard Mann of Rigton, merchant to Richard Bilbrough of Whixley, husbandman previously occupied by George Wrightson. The file includes an obligation document.

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Lease and reconveyance
GDC/143/9 · File · 27 August 1792-28 August 1792
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Lease and release of mortgaged premises at Newton in the Willows by William Prest, Gentleman, to Matthew Dodsworth of Crakehall, Esquire.

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Lease and release
GDC/214/2 · File · 7 August 1800-8 August 1800
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Lease and release for £120 of a newly erected house in Little Ouseburn by George Tinsdale of Little Ouseburn, labourer and Ann his wife to Thomas Cundill of Easingwold, yeoman.

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Lease and release
GDC/215/10 · File · 4 April 1803-5 April 1803
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

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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Lease and Release
GDC/130/3 · File · 20 June 1793-21 June 1793
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Lease and release of Hall Fields by executors of the last will and testament of the late John Clough of York, esquire, to Thomas Withers of York, doctor of Physick, and trustee.

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Lease and Release
GDC/225/15 · File · 12 May 1774-13 May 1774
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Lease and release for £1,305 by Thomas Peirse of Peirse-burgh in the Parish of Kirklevington, Esquire, (nephew of Grace Staines, deceased) and Constance his wife and Edmund Lodge of Leeds, merchant, and Grace his wife (niece of Grace Staines, deceased) to Mann Horsfield of Thorp Green, Esquire. Lands at Thorpe Underwood.

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Lease and release
GDC/32/17 · File · 9 March 1820-10 March 1820
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

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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Lease and release
GDC/59/11 · File · 19 July 1753-20 July 1753
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Lease and release by William Stubbs late of Scarborough but now of Harwood Dale in the parish of Hackness, yeoman & Ann his wife & others to John Cayley of Swine Brompton, clerk of an oxgang of land in Snainton. Also probate of will of William Stubbs

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Lease and release
GDC/315/5 · File · 22 June 1770-23 June 1770
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Lease and conveyance by Thomas Fox of York, silk weaver to Thomas Weatherillof York, carpenter and joiner and Mary his wife. One messuage or tenement with the appurtencances in Fossgate.

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Lease and release
GDC/180 · File · 7 June 1804-8 June 1804
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

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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Lease and Release
GDC/136/7 · File · 23 April 1829-24 April 1829
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

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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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/301/3 · File · 13 May 1811-14 May 1811
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

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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Lease and release
GDC/228/7 · File · 22 June 1769-23 June 1769
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Lease and release of Sykes Close in Thorp Underwood by Isaac Webster of Thorp Underwood and Ann his wife to Mann Horsfield of Thorp Green, esquire for £300.

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Lease and release
GDC/229/5 · File · 15 March 1737-16 March 1737
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Lease and release of lands in Great Usburn by (1) Isabell Surr of Great Usburn in the County of York widow, George Hall of Thorp Woods in the County of York, yeoman and Isabell his wife, Thomas Jackson of Low Dunsforth yeoman and Dorothy his wife, William Deighton of Moor Monkton yeoman and Sarah his wife, Margaret Simpson of Great Usburn widow to (2) Sarah Horsfield of York, widow.

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Lease and release
GDC/230/6 · File · 1 January 1748-2 January 1748
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Lease and release between Sarah Horsfield of York, widow and relict of Jeremiah Horsfield and Mann Horsfield of York, esquire and Solomon Fell of Castle Yard, London. The documents deal with properties in Thorp Underwood, Thorp Green, Kirby Cattall and the parish of Little Ousebourn and in Rusholme and the parish of Drax.

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Lease and release
GDC/179/2 · File · 11 May 1784-12 May 1784
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Lease and release of a messuage and lands at Great Ouseburn, with covenant to levy a fine. The documents are between William Benson of Ripley, gentleman and only son and heir of the late Edward Benson, who was a son of Peter Benson, and Mary his wife to Matthias Skilbeck of Healaugh, farmer.

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Lease and release
GDC/203/2 · File · 4 April 1774-5 April 1774
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Lease and release of Waterside Close in Great Ouseburn, between John Sharper of Great Ouseburn, joiner and Jane Watson of the same place, widow, to William Barker of Great Ouseburn, yeoman.

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Lease and release
GDC/209/1 · File · 6 April 1789-7 April 1789
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Lease and release by Robert Quarton of Full Sutton, gentleman and Charity his wife, and William Catton of Fangfoss, yeoman, and Mary his wife, to John Ramsey of Beverley, gentleman. The document concerns two closes of land at Full Sutton.

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Lease and release
GDC/213/4 · File · 16 June 1807-17 June 1807
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

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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Lease and release
GDC/214/4 · File · 7 October 1800-8 October 1800
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Lease and release for £189 of a newly erected cottage at Little Ouseburn by Thomas Cundall of Easingwold, yeoman to Elizabeth Robinson of Thorp Green, widow and Jane Robinson of Thorp Green, spinster.

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Lease and release
GDC/177 · File · 11 June 1816-12 June 1816
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

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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Lease and release
GDC/210/2 · File · 1 January 1748-2 January 1748
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Lease and release between Sarah Horsfield of the City of York, widow of Jeremiah Horsfield deceased, and Mann Horsfield of York, their only son and heir of the first part and Solomon Fell of Castle Yard in the parish of Saint Andrews, Holborn, London, gentleman of the second part. The documents concern land in Thorp Underwood, Thorp Green, Kirby Cattall and the parish of Little Owesbourn alias Little Osbourne, also in Rusholme and the parish of Drax.

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Lease and release
GDC/223/6 · File · 28 March 1770-29 March 1770
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Lease and release of lands in Great Ouseburn by George Charnock of Wakefield, merchant to Mann Horsfield of Thorp Green, esquire.

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Lease and release
GDC/271/1 · File · 26 October 1803-27 October 1803
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

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/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 release
GDC/142/1 · File · 12 May 1809-13 May 1809
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

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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Lease and release
GDC/203/1 · File · 19 October 1764-20 October 1764
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

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

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Lease and release
GDC/215/2 · File · 27 April 1744-28 April 1744
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

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.

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Lease and release
GDC/287/6 · File · 7 October 1817-8 October 1817
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

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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Lease and release
GDC/314/1 · File · 21 July 1756
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Lease and release by Butler Burton of York, grocer (only son of Ann Midgeley late of York, deceased) to George Hutchinson of Maunby, gentleman. Messuage or tenement in Fossgate. £105. Includes a bond for the performance of covenants.

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Lease and release
GDC/316/2 · File · 13 January 1790-14 January 1790
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Lease and release by Thomas Kilby of York, esquire and others to Cornelius Smith of York, flax dresser. One messuage tenement or dwelling house and premises in Fossgate on the west side and between the premises of Thomas Fox and Mrs Godson. Also includes a proposed agreement.

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Lease and release
GDC/224/9 · File · 11 May 1773-12 May 1773
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Lease and release by Ann Parker of Helperby, widow, and John Dewes of Marton cum Grafton, bachelor, to Mann Horsfield of Thorpe Green, Esquire. The document relates to three closes called Springs in Great Usburn [Ouseburn].

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Lease and release
GDC/224/10 · File · 14 May 1778-15 May 1778
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Lease and release of a messuage and premises at Great Ouseburn by Robert Lakeland of York, gentleman, and John Pullein of Thorp Underwood in the parish of Little Ouseburn, yeoman (son and devisee under the last will and testament of John Pullein late of Great Ouseburn in the County of York, labourer, deceased) and Elizabeth his wife to Mann Horsfield of Thorp Green in the parish of Little Ouseburn in the County of York, Esquire.

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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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Lease and release
GDC/228/3 · File · 25 March 1720-26 March 1720
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Lease and release by Abram Bell of Great Usburne, husbandman and Elizabeth his wife, one of the daughters of Elizabeth Fountain, late of Tollerton deceased, to Anne Colston of York, widow for £120.

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Lease and release
GDC/278/6 · File · 1 June 1795-2 June 1795
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Lease and release by Willy Renald of Knaresborough, flax dresser and Mary his wife and Abraham Bean the younger of Ferrybridge, raff merchant and Ann his wife (formerly Ann Renald) and their mortgagees (Sarah Ellis of Copgrove, spinster and John Calverley).

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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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GDC/75/4 · File · 23 April 1817-24 April 1817
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

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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GDC/75/9 · File · 5 April 1828-6 April 1828
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

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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GDC/75/5 · File · 7 November 1822-8 November 1822
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

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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GDC/79/5 · File · 1 May 1789-2 May 1789
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Lease and settlement of estates in England and Ireland by Robert Harvey of Stainley Hall near Ripon, esqiure and Elizabeth his wife (late Elizabeth Bickerdike spinster and only daughter of Thomas Bickerdike late of Otley, deceased) to Wilfrid Lawson.

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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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Leases and a release
GDC/287/7 · File · 7 October 1817-8 October 1817
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

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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Leases, assignments etc
GDC/385 · File · 1670-1879
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Includes lease from Jackson to Agar 1670; lease from Agar to Ambler 1685; document relating to Mr Greenbury's marriage settlement 1697; contract Mr Cotton daughter (?) to Mr Greenbury 1709; assignment Greenbury to Agar 1717. Also includes a schedule of Title Deeds of a site in Micklegate belonging to Messrs Raines and Co., 1879.

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Legacy duty form
GDC/145/8 · File · 6 March 1828
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

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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Legal deposition
GDC/168 · File · 15 October 1804-19 October 1804
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

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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Legal opinion
GDC/165/1 · File · December 1853
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

The opinion of Mr Martin Dunn, barrister and counsel, on the titles to various estates in the counties of Northumberland and Durham belonging to the families of Thornton and Croft. Enclosed is a pedigree of the families of Thornton and Croft and goes back to before 1575.

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Legal papers
GDC/433/2 · File · 22 April 1869-25 February 1898
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Legal papers relating to James Meek. These documents have previously been very badly water damaged before transfer to the archives service, and therefore currently cannot be produced.

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Legal papers
GDC/426/12 · File · 1859
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Includes appointment by Sir Digby Caley and Dame Dorothy, in favour of their second son Digby Caley Esquire; and marriage settlement between Digby Caley and Miss Charlotte Philadelphia Bower.

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Legal papers of Ralph Yoward
GDC/429 · File · 1743-1745
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Yoward was the defendant's attorney in the case of George Skelton Esqire, plaintiff and William Plowman, defendent. The case was one of damage to the close of Mr Skelton called Ace House Garth.

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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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Letters and notes
GDC/175/9 · File · 1730
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A bundle of letters and notes. A copy of Act of Parliament 22 Char 2 Chapter 11 Section 80. A document in latin. Fourteen letters dating between 23 February 1730 and 5 November 1730. A copy of the judgment in the case of Halloway vs. Watkins. A note referring to Brodsworth and other chantries. A Bill of 24 Decmeber 1670. An abstract of a title. The notes on a property lease.

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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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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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List
GDC/128/8 · File · 1853-1854
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The Executors of the late Miss Frances Plumbe in account with Swann Clough and Co. Also includes a page of jottings.

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GDC/74/21 · File · September 1839-May 1840
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List of charges totalling £29-5s-3d headed Edward S Cayley, esquire MP to Alfred Simpson. Includes copy of burial certificate of Robert Piper of Pickering on 29 September 1830, aged 55.

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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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Lists of copyhold rentals
GDC/424/2 · File · 1768-1929
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Includes:
Copyhold Rentals 1768 - List of Poppleton Quit Rents
Copy of Tithe Rent List - 07.05.1776
Copyhold Rentals 1790
Copyhold Rentals 1817
Copyhold Rentals, undated, x 2
Copyhold Rentals 1863
Copyhold Rentals 1878 x2
Copyhold Rentals 1896
Copyhold Rentals 1899
Copyhold Rentals 1902
Copyhold Rentals 1905 x2
Copyhold Rentals 1908
Copyhold Rentals 1911
Copyhold Rentals 1914
Copyhold Rentals 1917
Copyhold Rentals 1920
Copyhold Rentals 1923
Copyhold Rentals 1929

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Lists of York Sheriffs
GDC/419 · File · 1928-1939
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Bundle of printed documents entitled 'List of Sheriffs and under Sheriffs Deputies and Agents etc.'

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Marriage settlement
GDC/14/5 · File · 10 January 1865-1879
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Deed of Settlement in contemplation of the marriage of Harrington Hudson of Bessingby in the East Riding of York, esquire & Belle Blanche Clough age 20, spinster (4 pages). Attached are three letters dated 1873, 1875, 1879.

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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/245/1 · File · 11 November 1785
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Marriage settlement between Reverend Francis Metcalfe, vicar of Rustone and Harriet Clough, younger daughter of John Clough and Rebecca his wife. Enclosed are two other documents both dated 10 November 1785.

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Marriage settlements
GDC/406 · File · 1822-1880
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Bundle of marriage settlements relating to York individuals, most likely lodged by clients of Gray, Dodsworth & Co.

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