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Probate of the will of Editha (otherwise Editha Christian) Lloyd-Greame of Malton in the County of York, widow. Sole Executor is Yarburgh George Lloyd-Greame, esquire, her son. Died 13 May 1900. Gross estate £ £5,343-4s-4d. Will is dated 12 August 1896.

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Probate of the will of Evelyn Selina Fairfax of Bilbrough, widow. Died 11 february 1900. Gross estate £1442-(s-6d. Probate to Guy Thomas Fairfax, her son.

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The documents refer to several different leases, including the surrender of a lease to Giles and John Thornburgh for forty years; a 28 March 1594 lease to Martin Bayles for 40 years of three properties in Fleet Street at a yearly rent of £5-3s-4d; a lease of the 9 August 1617 to John Allanson for 40 years of property in Fleet Street adjoining Serjeants Inn Gates at the yearly rent of forty shillings and 'so much more as shall make up the accustomed rent'; and a rent from 9 August 1617 for the lease to Wm Hickes for 40 years at the yearly rent of £1-16s-8d.

Includes a rough plan. The location is currently unidentified.

Letter from William Garforth of Wiganthorpe, York relating to the affairs of Mrs Peacock. It states that Mrs Gates is now residing with her brother and requesting payment of balance due from Mrs Peacock’s account which states 'I am not disposed to let the small house for less than £40 per annum'. Another sheet gives details of improvements carried out.

Funeral expenses and mourning included, totalling £208: 12s: 0d.

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Letter from L. Cartledge to 'William' stating the writer's marriage date was 1 January 1844 at Sheriff Hutton, and William Bennett died 1 June 1846 and was buried at Wrawby.

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Empty brown envelope marked ‘Edwin Gray Esq trustee for Sarah Lewis. Savings Bank Book, Declaration, Certificate of Baptism, and Receipt for £11-14s-4d’.

Handwritten estate rough calculations.

Definition of ‘bona notabilia’.

List of owners, occupiers, description of property, acreage, gross value and rateable value.

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Plus assorted papers relating to the two estates.

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Index cards of box contents.

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Large map of the Snainton lands regarding Cayley and Duesbury.

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Release by Reverend Richard Hudson of Hipperholme (cousin and heir of Dudley Rockett deceased) to Thomas Weatherill of York, gentleman. Two houses (formerly one house) and a stable, a house formerly a chaise house in Fossgate etc.

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Includes marriage settlement, deed of separation and appointments. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Includes City of York Charter of nomination (fifth year of reign of King James) - handwritten in Latin; City of York: Abstract of Order 'to prevent all clandestine indentures Apprenticeship' in the city; copy of an Act concerning Common Recoveries suffered in Copyhold or Customary Courts by Attorney (17 July 1807); York Festival September 1823: handwritten note of numbers attending events in the Minster and the Assembly Rooms; poster for raising subscriptions for performance by Madame Catalani [c. 1828].

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Relates to the vicarage at Rufforth. 2 copies.

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Final agreement between William Clough and William Linfoot of the parish of Wigginton. 2 copies.

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Bundles of various receipts and notes to J P Guy.

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Includes an agreement between William Clough and William Linfoot, and stock belonging to the farm at Flaxton. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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The box contains a seal, which was most likely originally attached to a legal document. The seal itself is very badly broken.

Includes Inland Revenue affidavit with accompanying schedules, corrective affidavits, list of debts, estate accounts and bank book.

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Schedule of fixtures and fittings in the house and shop of Mr Balmford, 11 Coney Street, York.

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Sketch of William Waite's estate at Easingwold.

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Empty envelope bearing the words 'Edwin Gray Esq: trustee for Sarah Lewis'.

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Map of Thorp Head belonging to Thomas Walkington.

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Original deed. It is damaged, but appears to relate to family by name of Agar.

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Grant of probate of the will of Mrs Mary Richardson, widow, late of Clifton in the City of York. Died 29 May 1866. Executrix: Honor Hewitt Carroll, widow, sister of the deceased.

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Inventory of household furniture, silver etc in the house at 8 Lendal, held in trust for Mrs George Hotham.

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Bundle of documents relating to the execution of the estate of Jane Lumley.

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Includes legal papers such as indentures, final agreements and court papers. Also includes details of burials, the estate of Richard Worswick and the will of Peter Straker. See item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Incldues abstract of title, articles of agreement, deeds, receipts, correspondence, copy of land claim, bond, purchase contract, certificate of incumbances, land tax payments and bond, relating to the Benson family (in particular William and Jane Benson). Please note that number 2 in this series was not allocated. Please see item and file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Comprising mainly deeds and a small number of will and probate documents. The deeds include transactions relating to a) property on Heworth Moor/Heworth Green b) Wesley Place (1860) c) Mansion House at Heworth Green (1844, 1850 and 1864). The documents are arranged chronologically in the bundles.

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Letter asking subscribers to pay half of their subscription for the building of the Assembly Rooms in York. Lists the 12 directors names and includes a very rough sketch plan.

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By the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral and Metropolitan Church of St Peter of York about Judges and Sergeants at law inhabiting in Sergeants Inn in Fleet Street, London.

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

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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Probate of the will of the Rev James Dallin Clerk, deceased. Executors: The Rev Robert Dallin,Clerk, his nephew and Henry Richardson.

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Grant of Letters of Administration of the estate of Joseph Waters of the City of York, labourer, a batchelor. Administrator: John Waters (brother), labourer, a batchelor.

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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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Grant of Letters of Administration of the estate of James Duck of Foss Islands in the City of York general clerk of works to the York Corporation who died on 11 Agust 1899 at Foss Islands. Executrix Frances Mary Duck, widow and relict.

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Appointment of new trustees - Blanche Henderson formerly of Aberdeen but now of Ash Bank near Tollerton releases Edwin Gray and John Edmund Jones as trustees. No. of Case 1898 H 2762 - Bill of costs filed 17 February 1899 in pursuance of an order in this.

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Transfer of mortgage to secure £600 and interest by the mortgagees of Edwin Gray and Reverend James Paget Wright to the Yorkshire Fire and Life Insurance Company.

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Probate of the will of John Waiting of Bishophill in the City of York, shipbuilder and merchant. Sole Executrix and Sole Beneficiary is Elizabeth Waiting, his wife.

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Probate of the will of Mr James Henry Murphy of 20 Claremont Terrace in the City of York who died on 24th December 1897. Sole Executor: Cecil Henry Cobb, Solicitor.

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Deed of separation: Captain Edward Temple Rose of The Bath Club in London and Lady Cecilia Rose of 31 Grosvenor Place in London. Includes a letter from each party to the other.

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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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Probate of the will of Miss Jane Arrowsmith of Clifton in the County of York, spinster, who died 20th December 1897. Executors: Joseph Scholey Hargrave (husband of the niece of the testator) and Robert Smith. Will dated 31 December 1897.

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Probate of the will of Frances Turner of 9 Walker Street, Marygate, spinster, who died 30 October 1897.

Includes memorandum of sale, probate of the wills of John Beckwith, Thomas Marsh, Susanna Georgiana Lloyd, Elizabeth Wilson and Franes Turner, marriage settlements, marriage contract, appointments and lease. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Includes release of annuity, probate of the will of Elizabeth Wilson, assignment of lease, probate of the will and codicil of Alicia Maria Lloyd and draft appointment of new trustees. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Deeds and correspondence. Includes two deeds concerning a messuage formerly in possession of Lord Widdrington (1725) and parcel of land near the Deanery (1825); deeds and correspondence relating to the Treasurer's House and Gray's Court, parties include Jacques Sterne, Francis Topham and William Gray; plans of house in Minster Yard and Petergate of William Hudson for road widening (1839).

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Copy Letter from Alex Pott Stevenson, solicitor of Kelso to the Bank of England, London and their reply, relating to Cannon Baillie’s marriage settlement and securities held thereunder following the death of Canon Baillie, Also includes five letters.

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Draft appointment of new trustes to the share of Amelia Barker of and in the residuary estate under the will of Benjamin Dodsworth late of Scarborough, who died on 20 June 1880.

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Copy draft Transfer of Mortgage by Ernest Ralph Dodsworth of York, gentleman and Henry Venn Scott of York, gentleman to Edmund Francis Joseph Kirby of Overdale Oxton in the county of Chester, architect and Geoffey Lionel Barker of Llynder Tossett.

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Will of Ann Beedall the wife of George Beedall of Lawrence Row in the suburbs of the City of York (this will appears to be the original and there is no probate).

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Letters of Administration with will annexed of Henry Turner who died 11 September 1897; will dated 21 July 1877. Executors: Hannah Turner, wife, and Eli Howden two of the Residury Legatees in trust and the said Hannah Turner Residuary Legatee for life; both died in the lifetime of the said testator. Letters of Administration granted to Frederick Turner, the son of the said testator and having attained the age of 21 the other Residuary Legatee in Trust named in the said will and also one of the Residuary legatees named in the will.

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Settlement made on contemplation of the marriage of George Harold Gibbs of Ashford in Kent, esquire with Anne Everilda Caroline Webber of Kellyville Athy Queen's County in Ireland, spinster.

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Draft appointment by Thomas Wingfield Webber of Kellyville Athy Queen's County in Ireland, esquire and Matilda Emily Webber his wife in favour of Anne Everilda Caroline Webber, who is to be married to George Harold Gibbs of Ashford Breweries in Kent, esquire.

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Draft appointment of £200 by Thomas Wingfield Webber and Matilda Emily Webber his wife to Anne Everilda Caroline Webber of Kellyville Athy Queen's County in Ireland, spinster.

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Conveyance of the Rectory of Mexborough in the County of York and assignment of a policy of assurance for assuring £5,000 by Joseph Charlton Parr of Grappenhall Heyes in the county of Chester, esquire and William Driffield of York, esquire, the trustees. The document is made out to Elizabeth Clifton of Barton Lodge in Nottinghamshire, widow. This conveyance is supplemental to a deed of 5 December 1860.

Draft Appointment of Henry Clement Barstow of Gloucestershire as a new trustee of the marriage settlement of Honorable & Reverend John Baillie, Canon Residentiary of York Cathedral and Cecilia Mary his wife.

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Includes two deeds for disentailing part of the estate of Sir Robert Clifton Baronet, as well as duplicate conveyance of land and heriditaments in Nottingham and probate of the will of Henry Robert Clifton.

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Probate of the will of John Mellor of Coney Street in the City of York and of Moor House, Kirk Hammerton in the County of York, China Merchant who died 9 October 1896. Executors: Dulsabella Mellor, widow, the relict of the said deceased; John Bellerby Sampson named in the said will having duly renounced the probate and execution thereof.

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Includes copy of her will, funeral invoice, valuation of residence, probate of the will and additional probate documentation.

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Includes one marriage settlement, and two documents appointing trustees to the settlement.

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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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Valuation of residence for probate and invoice for £10-10s-0d.

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Funeral invoice from John Taylor of 48 and 49 Coney Street for £79-5s-4d.

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Appointment of Alan Gray (Doctor of Music) as trustee jointly with Edwin Gray of a term of 3,000 years created by the will of Sir Samuel Crompton, deceased and Declaration of Vesting of Trust Estate.

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Probate of the will of Henry Robert Clifton of Clifton Hall in Nottingham, Esquire. Died 8 January 1896. Gross personal estate £49,638-7s-2d.

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Appointment of new trustee of the settlement made on the marriage of Reverend Digby Charles Legard with Miss Henrietta Isabella Simpson.

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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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Appointment of a new trustee of the settlement on the part of Emily Mary Place on her marriage with John Cuthbert (wife’s settlement)

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Appointment of a new trustee of the settlement made by John Cuthbert on his marriage with Emily Mary Place (husband’s settlement).

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Mortgage of 20 Claremont Terrace for £200 by James Henry Murphy of Claremont Terrace, retired innkeeper and Elizabeth his wife to the said Elizabeth Murphy and William Taylor of 49 St John Street, builder. Elizabeth Murphy died 12 February 1899.

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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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Includes probate documents, marriage settlement documents, deed of appointment and release and indemnity.

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Release and Indemnity between Reverend John Archibald Shaw of Dallowgill Vicarage & Sophia Abigail his wife & Henry Archibald Shaw of Haggerstone near Dallowgill, and Reverend George Samuel Allen of Kirby Wharfe near Tadcaster & Matthew Hill of Sunnyside Worksop, esquire (the trustees).

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Includes roll for 1839, and books for 1846-1851, 1852-1857, 1858-1863, 1864-1869, 1870-1873 and 1884-1893.

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Includes schedule of deeds and writings, conveyance of premises at Ebberstone, release from Thomas Waldy and Jane Elizabeth Waldy to John Swann, marriage settlement (appointment of trustees) and conveyance of land at Brompton.

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Conveyance of two parcels of land at Brompton by the North Eastern Railway Company to Edward Stillingfleet Cayley of Wydale, esquire. Incudes a map. A letter dated 28 June 1879 is pinned to it.

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Includes letters of administration relating to the estate of Elizabeth Terry of York, lease of a farm at Holgate, lease and conveyance regarding messuages in Micklegate, insurance policy in the name of William Gray of York, and conveyance of the vicarage of St Olave's with St Giles on Reverend William Wallis Dodsworth. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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