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Y/LEG/2/6/2 · Item · 6 September 1701
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Surrender between (1) Mayor and Commonalty of the City of York and (2) Jonathan Dryden Clerk Prebendary of Fridaythorpe for " . . . all that the manor or capital messuage called Tanghall parcel of the said prebend of Fridaythorpe with the appurtenances and also of a close of pasture called the Great Tanghall Fields of one other close of pasture called The Little Tanghall Fields and of one other close called Tong Greene . . ."

Y/LEG/2/6/4 · Item · 8 September 1701
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Lease between (1) Jonathan Dryden clerk prebendary of the prebend of Fridaythorpe and (2) the Mayor and Commonalty of the City of York and (3) William Blackbeard mercer and John Hevile mercer for a term of lives. Yearly rent £23. " . . . all that the said manor and capital messuage called Tanghall . . . and also all those closes called Great Tanghall Fields little Tanghall Fields and Tong Greene . . ."

Y/LEG/2/6/3 · Item · 8 September 1701
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Lease between (1) Jonathan Dryden clerk prebendary of the prebend of Fridaythorpe and (2) the Mayor and Commonalty of the City of York and (3) William Blackbeard mercer and John Hevile mercer for a term of lives. Yearly rent £23. " . . . all that the said manor and capital messuage called Tanghall . . . and also all those closes called Great Tanghall Fields little Tanghall Fields and Tong Greene . . ."

Y/LEG/2/6/5 · Item · 18 January 1702
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Lease between (1) John Peckett Lord Mayor of the City of York and the Commonalty of the same city and (2) Christopher Hutton and Matthew Bayock for nine years. Yearly rent £54.
" . . . all that the manour or capital messuage house called Tanghall parcell of the prebend of Fridaythorpe in the county of York with the appurtenances as also one close of arable meadow or pasture ground called the great Tang Hall Field also one other close of arable meadow or pasture ground called the little Tang Hall Field . . . together with the Tang Hall Green . . ."

Minute book
Y/COU/1/1/40 · Item · 1692-1706
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This volume appears to be a duplicate of the minutes of Y/COU/1/1/39 so far as regards the years 1692/3 to 1700.

Lease for Tang Hall Fields
Y/LEG/2/6/9 · Item · 01 December 1710
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Counterpart lease between (1) the Mayor and Commonalty of the City of Yorke and (2) Robert Summers for fifteen years. Yearly rent £46 10s
" . . .all those five closes now divided into eight closes of meadow or pasture ground with the appurtenances parcell of the Tanghall ground lyeing and being near the City of Yorke and adjoining on the Hall Fields on the one side and the River Foss on the other side formerly in the occupation of John Coultas and late in the tenure or occupation of Grace Priestly widow . . ."

Lease for Tang Hall Fields
Y/LEG/2/6/8 · Item · 01 December 1710
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Counterpart lease between (1) the Mayor and Commonalty of the City of Yorke and (2) Robert Summers for fifteen years. Yearly rent £46 10s
" . . .all those five closes now divided into eight closes of meadow or pasture ground with the appurtenances parcell of the Tanghall ground lyeing and being near the City of Yorke and adjoining on the Hall Fields on the one side and the River Foss on the other side formerly in the occupation of John Coultas and late in the tenure or occupation of Grace Priestly widow . . ."

Y/LEG/2/6/10 · Item · 1 February 1715
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Lease between (1) the Mayor and Commonalty of the City of York and (2) Jeremiah Myers mason for twenty one years at a yearly rent of £4 10s.
" . . . all that messuage or tenement and shopp scituate lying and being on the north side of Ouze-bridge formerly in the possession of Alice Bolton widdow and now or late int he tenure or occupation of Frances Routh widdow . . ."

Chamberlains' vouchers
Y/FIN/1/3 · Series · 1719-
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The chamberlain's vouchers are the original tradesmen receipts, bills or invoices. The often contain greater detail of work done than the formal accounts and rolls.

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City of York Council, Receiver
Y/LEG/2/6/12 · Item · 20 January 1721
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Lease between (1) Richard Thompson Lord Mayor of the City of York and the Commonalty of the said city and (2) Thomas Ribey for a term of twenty one years at a yearly rent of fifty shillings.
" . . . all that house or tenement with a shopp thereunto belonging heretofore in the occupation of widow Coupland and late in the occupation of Margaret Gale situate standing and being ont he north side of Ouzebridge . . . and also all those two shopps with the appurtenances adjoining south on the said house . . . and heretofore in the tenure or occupation of Edward Singleton and late in the occupation of the said Margaret Gale . . ."

Y/LEG/2/6/13 · Item · 1 February 1723
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Lease between (1) the Mayor and Commonalty of the City of York and (2) George Atkinson furrier and Joseph Scholfield baker for a term of twenty one years at a yearly rent of £24.
" . . . all that New Building Edifice [ . . . ] called the Thursday Market . . ."

Y/LEG/2/6/14 · Item · 1 February 1724
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Lease for a term of 21 years at a yearly rent of 20 shillings made between (1) the Mayor and Comonalty of the City of York and (2) Robert Stainton, holstermaker.
" . . . all that one shop with the appurtenances situate on the north side of Ouzebridge within the said of York late in the occupation of Christopher Wright and now in the tenure or occupation of the said Robert Stainton or his assigns and also all the tolls of wool packs and coal carriages passing over Ouzebridge . . ."

Y/LEG/2/6/15 · Item · 19 March 1725
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Lease for a term of twenty-one years made between (1) the Mayor and Comonalty of the City of York and (2) James Jenkinson, taylor for a yearly rent 50 shillings.
" . . .all that messuage or tenement with the appurtenances [] a Kiln situate and lying near Monk Barr within the said City of York as the same standeth betwixt the Barr stead on the east and the tenement formerly of David Smeaton deceased[] the [remises herein mentioned on the west abutting on the comon Street on the north containing in length thirteen yards and an half and in breadth six yards and a quarter which said premises [] converted into a coach house and stables also one Rampire and Moat now in the occupation of John Richardson of the City of York freeholder extending from the Barr walls to a brick building now in the occupation of Stephen Croft Esquire adjoining on the City walls in length forty eight yards and three quarters and in breadth from that part of the City walls where the Rampire is taken away to a garden place of the said Stephen Croft westwards seventy yards and a quarter . . ."

Y/LEG/2/6/16 · Item · 2 February 1727
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Lease between (1) the Mayor and Commonalty of the City of York and (2) Caleb Greenbury brewer for a term of twenty years at a yearly rent of £65.
" . . . all that the mannor or capital messuage called Tanghall . . . and also one barn lately built as also one close of arable meadow or pasture ground called the great Tanghall filed also one other close . . . called the little Tanghall field . . . together with the Tanghall Green . . . "

Book from 1727 Parliament
Y/ENV/1/5/1/112 · File · 1727
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Contains information on the parliament that was held from 1722 until 7 January 1726. Printed by John Baskett. The book regards an Act for improving the Navigation of the River 'Ouze.'

Y/LEG/2/6/17 · Item · 11 December 1731
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Surrender between (1) the Mayor and Commonalty of the City of York and (2) [ . . .] Doring, prebendary of the prebend of Fridaythorpe, of lease dated 22 September 1716 in consideration of grant of a new lease. " . . . all that the mannor and capital messuage called Tanghall . . ."

Y/LEG/2/6/18 · Item · 14 December 1731
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Lease made between (1) Reverend [] Doring and (2) the Mayor and Comonalty of [] for a term dependent on the lives of Jonas Thompson George Ambler and John Strangeways whichever shall lvie the longest. Yearly rent £23 " . . . all that mannor and capital messuage called Tanghall . . . and all those closes called Great Tanghall Fields Little Tanghall Fields and Tang Green as the same are now divivded into several or more closes some whereof are now called by the name of Bull Lane Closes . . . and sometime in the tenure or occupation of Matthew Bayors Christopher Hutton Robert Summers Francis Swanland Samuel Alderson . . . and now in the occupation of Caleb Greenberry John Richardson Joseph Scholfield [illegible] . . ."

Y/LEG/2/6/19 · Item · 2 February 1733
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Lease for a term of twenty-one years made between (1) the Mayor and Comonalty of the city of York and (2) William Sansome Merchant Taylor. Yearly rent 30 shillings.
" . . . all that messuage or tenement with the appurtenances situate lying and being upon Ouze Bridge within the said City of York on the north side of the said bridge and the kitching adjoining to the said messuage or tenement formerly in the tenure or occupation of Francis Hall gentleman or his assigns late in teh tenure or occupation of Thomas Sansome translator and now in the tenure or occupation of the said William Sansome . . ."

Y/LEG/2/6/20 · Item · 1 February 1734
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Lease for a term of 21 years at a yearly rent of £4 made between (1) the Mayor and Commonalty of the City of York and (2) Robert Towers plumber and glazier.
" . . . all that messuage or tenement standing or being upon the northside of Ouzebridge . . . belonging formerly in the tenure or occupation of Francis Hart . . ."

Y/LEG/2/6/22 · Item · 1 February 1734
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Lease for a term of 21 years at a yearly rent of £9 made between(1) the Mayor and Comonalty of the City of York and (2) Joseph Scholfield, gentleman.
" . . . all those two closes of meadow or pasture ground now divided into three closes lying and being on the west side of the Tanghall Lane parcel of the Tanghall night the said City of York and containing by estimation eight acres two roods and half a rood be the same more or less late in the occupation of Francis Swann or his assigns . . ."

Y/LEG/2/6/21 · Item · 1 February 1734
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Lease for a term of 21 years at a yearly rent of £9 made between(1) the Mayor and Comonalty of the City of York and (2) Joseph Scholfield, gentleman.
" . . . all those two closes of meadow or pasture ground now divided into three closes lying and being on the west side of the Tanghall Lane parcel of the Tanghall night the said City of York and containing by estimation eight acres two roods and half a rood be the same more or less late in the occupation of Francis Swann or his assigns . . ."

Y/LEG/2/6/23 · Item · 1 February 1738
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Lease for a term of 21 years at a yearly rent of £3 made between (1) the Mayor and Comonalty of the City of York and (2) John Greenup, taylor.
" . . . all that messuage or tenement with the appurtenances situate standing and being in Micklegate within the said city and now in the tenure or occupation of the said John Greenup or his assigns and lately repaired by him (which same messuage or tenement with the appurtenances was given and bequeathed by the last will and testament of Richard Pickard late of Brereton in the parish of Rugeley and the County of Stafford Notary Publique bearing the date of twelfth day of August which was in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and eighty seven (after the determination of the life estates therein mentioned) to the City of York to the intent that the yearly rent thereof might be disposed of by the Chief Magistrates and Governors thereof from time to time for the relief of the poor of the parish of Bishophill the New in the said City (where he was educated and where both his parents lye interred) that so may penny loaves of good wheat bread might be given upon every Sunday before noon to so many poor people of the said parish as the yearly rent thereof would afford that every one of them that come to the church to hear the Comon Prayers of our Church of England might receive a loafe and [wist] else [] they be such as use to come and are disabled by sickness lameness or other infirmities and if it should happen at any time there be not [] parish [] qualified as aforesaid to carry away so much bread as should be allotted that then others out of the adjacent parish[] added to. . ."

Y/LEG/2/6/25 · Item · 2 February 1739
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Lease for a term of 21 years at a yearly rent of £10 made between (1) the Mayor and Commonalty of the City of York and (2) Richard Thompson Equire and Alderman.
" . . . all that messuage house or tenement being a square brick building standing in Finkle Street in the said city . . "

Y/LEG/2/6/24 · Item · 2 February 1739
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Lease for a term of 21 years from 25th March 1743 at a yearly rent £3 3s. made between (1) the Mayor and Comonalty of the City of York and (2) John Gilfillan, printer.
" . . . all that house or tenement with the shop thereunto belonging heretofore in the occupation of Margaret Gale and now in the occupation of John [Warhupp] situate standing and being on the northside of Ouzebridge . . ."

Y/LEG/2/6/27 · Item · 2 February 1739
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Lease for a term of 21 years at a yearly rent of 15 shillings made between (1) the Mayor and Comonalty of the City of York and (2) Henry Bower, mercer.
" . . . all that piece or parcel of ground containing in length about thirteen yards [] breadth at the end next to the garden belonging to the house of Doctor Henry Johnson nine foot and three inches and at the other end next the street about [] foot [] estimation be the same more or less which said parcel of ground is a passage leading from the said house of the said Doctor Henry Johnson in Stonegate in the said City of York . . ."

Y/LEG/2/6/26 · Item · 2 February 1739
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Lease for a term of 21 years at a yearly rent of £10 made between (1) the Mayor and Commonalty of the City of York and (2) Richard Thompson Equire and Alderman.
" . . . all that messuage house or tenement being a square brick building standing in Finkle Street in the said city . . "

Y/LEG/2/6/28 · Item · 1 February 1745
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Lease for a term of 21 years at a yearly rent of £85 made between (1) the Mayor and Commonalty of the City of York and (2) Thomas Mason, breeches-maker.
" . . . all that the manor or capital messuage house called Tang-hall parcel of the prebend of Fridaythorpe in the County of York with the appurtenances and also one barn there lately built also one close of arable meadow or pasture [] called the Great Tanghall Field also one close of arable meadow or pasture called the Little Tanghall Field . . .together with the Tanghall Green . . . formerly in the tenure or occupation of Christopher Hutton Esq and Matthew Bayock Gentl and are now in the tenure or occupation of Caleb Greenbury . . ."

Y/LEG/2/6/29 · Item · 24 June 1747
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Lease for a term of 99 years at a yearly rent of £9 made between (1) the Mayor and Commonalty of the City of York and (2) Charles Mitley, carver and William Carr, joiner and carpenter.
" . . . all that the residue or remainder of the said messuage or tenement lately pulled down garth and ground of them the said Mayor and Commonalty commonly called Davyhall in Davygate aforesaid not set out for a burying place or a street as aforesaid and upon which the said Charles Mitley and William Carr have lately built six new houses . . . the said street as now set out called by the name of Cumberland Row . . ."

Y/LEG/2/6/30 · Item · 1 February 1749
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Lease for a term of 21 years at a yearly rent of £4 made between (1) the Mayor and Commonalty of the City of York and (2) Robert Towers, plumber and glazier
" . . . all that new built messuage or tenement situate standing and being upon the northside of Ouzebridge . . . formerly in the tenure or occupation of Francis Hartland . . ."