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Signed and sealed before the Archbishop of York on the occaison of his appointment to the vicarage of Hessle in the County of York.

The certificate states that Thomas Bowman subscribed to the 39 Articles and took the oath of allegiance before the Archibishop of York.

Volume compile by Obadiah Yates [Rector of Bolton, Cumberland, 1710-1752, Vicar of Bromfield, Cumberland, l752-l765], and possibly by his family. The entries have been organised alphabetically in the first instance. The entries include notes of everyday expenses, including the payment of wages, payments for agricultural work and weaving, property maintenance, shoe repairs, the purchase of newspapers, and other such expenses. Although Obediah Yates died in 1765, entries continue after this date.

Some letters, notes, and a pedigree relating to Obadiah Yates have been inserted into the volume, probably by R.Y. Whytehead in the early 20th century.

Three letters regarding donations to the museum.

Includes manuscript notes and typescript addenda. Many of the documents listed in YPS/9 have been used to reference this text.

Passport issued by the French embassy, to allow travel through France to Belgium and Switzerland. The passport include personal details about Dr Whitehead, and stamps from places travelled to.

Colour sketch made from life, Christmas 1838-1839.

Includes entries relating to expenses of moving house, estate improvements, receipts from rents, investments, receipts from medical practise, and planting memoranda. The outside of the volume has been marked Revd. Thomas Bowman.

Letter concerning business and family news, as well as parochial duties undertaken by him and his son Henry.

Various letters, official and personal documents relating to the Whitehead, or Whytehead, family as well as additional records relating to Thomas Bowman.

Also includes a list of church drawings.

Also includes lists of medieval authors and chroniclers.

Copy made from the translation in the possession of Baker Esq. of Acomb Grange. The original Letters Patent were issued [15 July 1609].

Four packets of notes, extracts and transacriptions from and about legal cases in various courts, including the King's Bench and Common Pleas. Includes packets titled 'Edward the First years, written out', 'Edward the First generally, written out', 'Henry the Third, written out', and 'Chronological list of judges'.

Notebook inluding lists and notes about characters in the Illiad. At the other end of the volume are written notes about Greek theatre. Also includes loose sheets with notes from Roman authors and a list of French Marshalls General.

Includes notes on anatomical parts of birds. Also includes notes about plents and astronomy on the front of the booklet.

Two lists marking the price or value of each type of shell. One list is marked as 'March 15 1827, received of Mr. J. Phillips for shells £4 3s 6d'.

15 lists and booklets containing information about flowers shrubs and trees, including (amongst others):
Genera of Evergreen and Climbing Shrubs
Ornamental planting
Limnoria Terebrans
Hardy annual flowers
Perennial flowers
A list of hardy herbaceous flowers arranged according to their height, time of flowering and colour
General catalogue of orniamental flowering shrubs
List of such of the orniamental flowering shrubs names in the London's Encyclopoedia of Hardening as are in Backhouses sale list
Genera of Deciduiys shrubs
Evergreen trees and shrubs
Deciduous trees and shrubs

[Infomation is mainly extracted from London's Encyclopedia of Gardening, with prices from Backhouse's sale list, 1887]

Handwritten account, including a description of the parish, notes on its history, lists of patrons and rectors, and notes relating to land ownership and distribution.

Notebook, mainly including notes of births, deaths, and aristocratic appointments, as well as notes on elections and ballots.

[Extracts from Torrs' Manuscripts relating to Bridlington Priory and Parish].

Includes lists for six counties.

Includes extracts and notes on works of Enlgish History and Topography.

Notes and extracts made March 1826.

Includes notes on religious practice during Bede's lifetime, and notes on the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.

Item not dated, but written on paper which includes watermarks from 1829 and 1831.

5 note books headed 'Births', 'Deaths', 'Marriages', Ecclesiastical Promotions' and 'Monthly Bills of Mortality', including extracts from the Gentleman's magazine listing items relating to those topics as reported in the magazine.

Various notebooks and lists compiled by Eustace Strickland, principally relating to history, statistical and demographic information, literature, and antiquarian matters. Also includes some notes relating to flora and fauna, and the natural world.

Appointed at a court held at Carlton House, to serve in the regiment commanded by Lieutenant General Sir Gordon Drummond, G.C.B. Signed George R [George IV].

Levy for £41 12s 0d taken out on behalf of Richard Ayrton and William Heap assignees of the estate of John Lowcock, bankrupt, 12 February 1816, together with 32s costs of execution by Willis Farithorne and Clarke, for Heslop, 6 March 1816.

Three documents relating to the naval career of Nicholas Caesar Corsellis, including: a certificate appointing him Third Lieutenant of the ship 'The Triumph', 2 October 1782; a copy of a warrant from the Admiralty Office allowing him to retire with the rank of Commander with a pension of 8s 6d per day, 9 November 1814; and a commision appointing him to the rank of Commander as one of eighty Commanders appointed who were no longer able to serve due to age or infirmaty, 9 November 1814.

Document has been signed by George R [George I], R Walpole [Robert Walpole], Cha. Turner [Charles Turner[, and Will. Yonge [William Young].

Certificate showing the admission of Edward Davenport MA (University of Oxford) to Priest's Orders, in a ceremony held at Westminster Abbey, by Gilbert [Burnett] Bishop of Salisbury. Includes fragile red wax seal.

Includes entries showing payments from recusants for various years c. 1611-1625, possibly copied by John Gibson during his time as Sherriff of Yorkshire c. 1632.

Allowed 8 July 1637.

Two parchment rolls concerning deer on the King's land.

The first roll includes details on the numbers of deer, distinguishing stags, hinds, and other kinds of deer, in each forest, park and chase in April - May 1615, together with a note of the number of deer that died in the winter of 1614. The names of keepers of the forests and masters of the game are also given.

Details of the following forests, parks, and chases are included on the document: Forest of Galtres, Sherriff Hutton Park, Blansby Park with the Forest of Pickering Lithe, Forest of Pickering, Credling Park, Pomfret Park, Altoft Park, Park of the Hay, Bilton Park, Coverdale Chase, Bishopdale Chase, Mandlesse Park, Arkendale New Forest, Cotterdale Chase, Rydale Chase, and Hatfield Chase.

On the back of the parchment roll are later detailed notes about the history of the forests, parks, and chases has been written along with notes about their current state, possibly in 1717. These were possible done by Thomas Robinson, who has signed the back of the document. One the back is also written 'The gift of my kind uncle John Gibson'.

The second roll duplicates the details from the first for some of the forests, with additional rough notes and calculations. On the back of the roll are further notes in the same hand as those on the back of the first roll, including notes on the state of other forests in English with lists of the numbers of deer in those forests.

Granted for an invention for improvements in machinery for the manufacture of nails and spikes. Includes a boxed wax seal (broken), and a note attached showing that the document was presented [to the Yorkshire Philosophical Society] on 21 Feruary 1938 by E.R. Dodsworth.

Appointment of Mr John Robinson to be music and musical instrument seller to the Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria [late Queen Victoria] at York, made at Bishopthorpe on behalf of the Duchess of Kent, and signed by John Conroy. Applied seal.

Ceritifcate issued and sealed by Robert Brooke and Ralph Richardson, aldermen and justices of the peace, both of York, testifying that John More was living and in very good health on 15 April 1594.

Various documents collected by the Yorkshire Philosophical Society comprising civic, royal, and offical documents, including accounts and extracts from the Sherriff rolls of Yorkshire, accounts of the King's deer, certificates of appointment and commission of people in the armed forces, royal warrants and levies, letters patent, and the appointment of an official supplier by the Duchess of Kent.

Ledger principally showing customer debit accounts, but also including a cash book at the back of the volume. Also includes several loose bills accounts and correspondence. The ledger possibly belonged to David Mitchell, who is named as the sender of the loose bills and is named in some accounts.

Pre-printed ticket, including hand written notes on the back about the transfer of the ticket to other holders.

Ledger is described as Day Book of Mr. Lund, [currier, of York]. Mainly includes details of sales, in the form of debit and credit accounts, of hides, calf legs and seal skins. Includes an index to customers, mainly in Yorks, but also at Worksop and Nottingham.

Volumes include dated entries in a continuous list noting sales, purchases, and other business accounting matters, principally relating to leather and animal skins.

Account for map-making equipment, including details of items purchased, and letter from the recipient returning some unwanted articles.

J Piercy, Easingwold, to Mr. Reed, Minster Yard, York, mercer, returning materials he had purchased for his wife.

Three accounts dated 23 Mar 1667, 25 Jun 1671, and 20 Mar 1670, detailsing weapons and arms in Clifford's Tower. Also includes an envelope addressed to Major C.D. Johnstone, formerlery York Castle.

Letter concerning security for money due to the writer upon his former bargain. He had been to see Mr. Fra. in Westmorland, who was willing to defer the meeting and that the money should be paid according to covenant.

Poem entitled 'An Epitaph' describing the life of 'Margery Scot of Dunkeld in Scotland, Died February 28th Aged 125 years 1708'. The poem makes reference to political and social events ion Scotland, and is possibly an allegory rather than an epitaph for a real individual.

Pre-printed form with the details filled in. Includes seating plan of the choir at York Minster.

Lists dinner parties attended and given between 1884 and 1899, with names of all guests.

A note has been written into the front of the volume reading 'This notebook was kept by Mr. B. Cattley who died at 54 Bootham, York, December 1902 where it was found in an empty cupboard. G.A.A.'.

Also includes a later note about the life of Bowden Cattley, which has been written on the back of a ticket for attendance at the visit of HM The Queen and HRH The Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh to York on 28th June 1971.

Letter to an unknown recipient from Prince William, later King William IV, enquiring after the King's [King George IV's] health, and expressing gratitude for kind messages.

M. Humphrey, 24 St. James St. London, to Thos. [Thomas] Marsh, Minster Gates, York about some prints the latter had ordered.

Letter concerning a literary gazetter and including a loose engraving of a seal, with an annotation.

Issued in London, 24 April 1824, including a description of the bearer. The passport has been stamped and added to many times to 1831.

Includes original letter and later [19th century] transcription.

Letter states that he [Thornburgh] had sent £350 to be paid into Sir Thos. Tasbury’s office, as Mr. Scudamour, Her Majesty’s Receivor for the county had directed. The remainder of the money due for the accounts of Ireland he would bring to London when he came in about 20 days’ time.
Signed, Jo: Thornburgh.

Includes correspondence, business accounts and sales ledgers, and personal tickets and documents.

Volume covering 1717-1752, and showing receipts and disbursements, and later debit and credit columns. Also includes four bonds at the back of the volume, lists of those aprenticed and those turned over to new masters 1653-62, and the names of some of the officers of the guild, including the searchers and pageant masters.

Includes receipts and disbursements, and later debit and credit columns. Also includes the names of some of the officers of the guild, including the searchers and pageant masters, and two loose pages from a later volume, with entries relating to the years 1779-1788.

Includes a copy of ordinances 1417-1675, with a list of bretheren admitted 1675-1698. The ordinances appear to have been copied at a later date in at least two separate hands.

Many of the pages in the volume contain scribbles and rough notes. A note on the first page reads 'From Mrs Hannah Horne ...'. It is not clear what this note refers to.

Also known as 'The Sykes Manuscript'. The play formed part of the cycle of York Mystery Plays, performed in York at the festival of Corpus Christi until their suppression in 1569. This manuscript is only one of two known contemporary copies of the play; the other is held at the British Library. The text of this copy has some variations from those found in the copy at the British Library. This play would have been performed by the Guild of Scriveners [Scribes].

The vellum cover of the play contains various rough notes.

A folder contains a typed transcription and translation, as well as photographs of the manuscript, is kept in the same box.

For a detailed analysis of the manuscript see A.C. Cawley,
The Sykes Manuscript of the York Scriveners’ Play in Leeds Studies in English and Kindred Languages, 1952. Cawley notes that the manuscript may have originally been held by the Corporation of York, before being donated to the Yorkshire Philosophical Society in the nineteenth century by a private individual.

Includes a guild copy of one of the York Mystery Plays, ordinances and lists of members for the Company of Girdlers, and account books for the Guild of Curriers.

Issued to John Henry Rougier, of the Mount, York, comb manufacturer, son of John William Rougier.

Certificate Issued by Christopher John Newstead, Steward to the Dean and Chapter of York, to William Stephenson of Bushy Hill in the township of North Newbald, farmer, and inhabitant of St. Peter's Liberty.

Signed and registered indenture whereby Edward Bearpark bound himself apprentice to Robert Lonsdale of York, carpenter and joiner, for 8 years.
He was to receive 1s. every Shrove Tuesday and £3 for his last year’s service.
Signed and sealed by Edward Bearpark and Robert Lonsdale.

Certificate created in 1741 relating to the admission in 1737/1738.

Includes a certificate relating to an admission into the Guild of Curriers, an apprenticeship indenture, a certificate relating to an admission to the Freedom of the City of York, and a certficiate proving a freedom from tolls to the Dean and Chapeter of York.

LEASE, Wm. Straker of York, draper, Master of the Society of Merchant Taylors, and the Wardens and Assistants, to John Peck of York, merchant tailor,
the house and chambers called the Gatehouse with the garth and well adjoining their Hall and a garden on the backside of their Hall, formerly in the tenure of John Watson, dec.d and now of Ric Mason and Ric. Crootheir.
Reservation of the right of the Master Wardens and Assistants to walk in the garden on May Day, quarter day, election day and at the court held for the Lammas quarter between 1pm and 3pm. and for the whole society on Midsummer day between 9 o’clock and 12 o’clock and also of the right of the windows in the Masindew, other tenants adjoining the Hall, the company and their servants to fetch water from the well between sunrise and sunset. Term. 40 yrs. from the feast of St. Michael the Archangel last.

Conson. £22. Rent. 6s 8d p.a.
John Peck was to make all necessary repairs, main timber excepted.
Signed by Wm. Straker. Seal of the company wanting.

FEOFFMENT, Wm. Weddell of Earswick, Esq., Thos. Waite of Haxbye, gent., Fran. Swaine of York, gent. and Thos. Clarke of Earswick, gent, to Edw. Lund, Jun. of Wigginton, husbandman, a cottage in Wigginton in the occupation of Edw. Lund and a little garth adjoining it called the West Hall Garth, a little close called the Grasse Garth bounded by Keld Lane on W. and Shipton Close on E., 7 acres of arable land in the common fields of Wigginton in Edw. Lund’s occupation, half a little close of newly enclosed common, [being] the N. side of a close called the Larefoote Hill bounded by Robt. Stabler’s close on S. and John Arminson’s on N. and the S. side of another close of newly enclosed common, the half called the Lord’s part, containing 6 a., bounded by Thos Lund’s close on S. and a close in the occupation of Robt. Stabler on N. The premises were conveyed to the feoffors, 10 Apr. last by Edw. Lord Howard Baron of Eskrigg, by bargain and sale enrolled in Chancery.

Conson: unspecified.
Signed and sealed by the 4 feoffors.

Endorsed Livery of seisin of the same date.

BARGAIN & SALE, Peter Brownrigge, Kirkdighton, yeoman, to Wm. Yeoman, York, tanner, of half a close outside Walmgate Bar, on the south
of the street, now in the occupation of Jas. Fearne.
Conson: £35.

Endorsed, livery of seisin of the same date.
Signed & sealed by Peter Brownrigge.
BOND, for £70 for performance of covenants of the same date attached.

BARGAIN & SALE, Thos. Kitchinge, York, goldsmith, & Dorothea, his wife, to Arthur Dalbie, York, gent., of a messuage, close, appletree & garden now in the tenure of Eliz. Dalbie, widow.

Signed & sealed.

End. livery of seisin of the same date.

FEOFFMENT, Chris. Neleson of Rycall, gent, to Wm. Neleson, his son and heir and Anne Tenant, daughter of Ric. Tenant, dec.d, his intended wife, and the heirs of their bodies, remainder to the feoffor and his heirs. The manor of Skelton, 12 bovates of land and 2 closes called Corbrum and Lyngclose in Skelton, and a barn and 1 acre of land in Bowthom in the suburbs of York, in the tenure of John Wright and 1 barn and 1 acre of meadow in Bagargate in the suburbs of York in the tenure of Hy. Maltman

Signed and sealed by Chris. Neleson.

Endorsed 1. Livery of seisin, date as above.

2. Endorsed on the close [Roll], 21 Nov. 20 Eliz. (1577).

Viewed the tofts for the plt. This deed examined with them.

Signed, Tho. Lascelles, Chr. Astye.

20 Hy VIII

GIFT IN FEE SIMPLE, John de Lasceles of Escrik to Sir Ric. de Tadecastre & Robt. de Barton, York, chaplain, of a messuage with appurtances in Fishergate
Abuttals given.

Witnessed: John de Langeton, Mayor of York, Wm. Ferrein, John de Acastre, Thos. de Strensale, bailiffs of the city, Wm. de Grantham, mercer, John Haunsare, John de Barton de Naburne, Robt. de Skelton, John de Rypon, John de Staunton, clerk.

Seal on tag: round, natural wax, 1”, armorial on a bend 3 lions rampant.

GIFT IN FEE TAIL, Ranulf le Hoser, citizen of York & Ellen his wife, to John de Wetewang, York, apothecary & Petri et his wife, daughter of Ranulf & Ellen, of a messuage in Micklegate.
Abbutals given.

Witnessed: Robt. Mek, mayor of York, Thos. de Alwarthorp, Nich. de Coloma, Ric. Toller, bailiffs of the same town, Thos. de Horneby, John Lorbatour, John Yarstallo, Thos. de Hillburgh, Roger de Pikeryng de Ebor, Clerk.

2 seals on tags: round, red, l" & ¾":

Text from the back of the deed: 'Die Jovis p.p.festum S.S. Petriet Pauli, 10 Ed. II, [1317 23rd June, at York]'.

UNSPECIFIED LAND.

GIFT IN FEE SIMPLE, Wm. de Rependon to Walter de Allespath, of all the land held by Walter, of Edith Witing.

Witnessed: Ric. de Aula, Robt. Vinetar, Hugh son of Martin, Hugh de Allespath, Thos. de Wilmhal, Mathew son of Gundree, Walter le Lorim’, Ric. Burgeis, Ric. Oxu, Roger de Allespath, & Wm. le Butt.

Seal on tag: hexagonal, green, 1" x 11/3"

Lease for twenty one years from the Mayor and Commonality of the City of York to Theophilus Garencieres.

Lease for twenty one years from Mayor and Commonality to Theophilus Garencieres in trust for Mrs. Stillington.

Indenture between Joshua Coulston of the one part and John Banks of the other part, relating to a lease from the Mayor and Commonality of the City of York. Includes a description of the extent and location of the land.

Indenture between Percival Levett of the one part and Henry Collison of the other part, relating to a lease from the Mayor and Commonality of the City of York. Includes a description of the extent and location of the land.

Deed between Percival Levett and Jane Levett his wife of the one part and Joseph Micklethwaite of the other part.

Deed between Percival Levett of the one part and Joseph Micklethwaite of the other part.

List of deeds created in May 1802. Writing on the outside of the paper also reads 'Schedule of Mr. Cayley's deeds'. All of the deeds found in YPS/3/17 are listed on this list, however it also includes other documents which are not present in the collection.

Release by Christopher Harland to Edward Dunning for the settlement of £20 owing to him under the will of his grandfather, George Harland.

Relating to a house, stable, garden, outbuildings and other property on Lendall [Lendal], York.