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Conveyance
GDC/116/1 · File · 11 November 1828 - 16 December 1828
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Conveyance and lease of the inheritance of the manor of Craike etc by Sir James Scarlett and others to Richard John Thompson of Kirby Hall, esquire. Also contains a Letter of Deposit referencing Richard John Thompson that confirms the deposit of £8434-14s-0d.

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Micklegate Bar
PHO/3/792 · File · 1814-1828
Part of Photograph and image collection

Two sketches of the bar. One includes the barbican and engraved by S. Noble from a drawing by Wm. Westall in 1814. The second was drawn by W.H. Bartlett with figures by Baynes. Etched by J.Le Keux.

Bootham Bar
HMU/P/6/367 · File · 1828
Part of Hugh Murray archive

Who Saved York Walls? Plate 3' and 'W.H. Bartlett 1827 pub 1 August 1828' on small version
Format: Black and white, 17 x 12 and 15 x 11 and 10 x 8
Provenance: Evelyn

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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Conveyance
GDC/116/2 · File · 29 April 1829
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Conveyance and lease by Reverend Thomas Monson of Bedale and others to John Pemberton Heywood of Wakefield, esquire, and William Rookes Leedes Serjeantson, of Camp Hill in the County of York, of the property at Crakehall.

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GDC/273/7 · File · 23 September 1829
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Appointment of a piece of ground at Clifton by Henry Bruce Beckwith lately residing in Pisa in Italy but now of York, esquire to Reverend John Overton of Clifton and his trustee. Includes a schedule of deeds since 1677.

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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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Images of York
HMU/N/11/37 · File · 1820s
Part of Hugh Murray archive

Possibly George Nicholson drawings of Walmgate Bar (too dark to confirm).
35mm negatives

Micklegate Bar
PHO/3/794 · File · 1828-1829
Part of Photograph and image collection

Two sketches of the bar. One was drawn by W.H. Bartlett with figures by Baynes. Etched by J.Le Keux. The second was drawn by Nathaniel Whittock and engraved on steel by J. Lambert.

Images of York
HMU/N/11/36 · File · 1820s
Part of Hugh Murray archive

Possibly George Nicholson drawings of Walmgate Bar (too dark to confirm).
35mm negatives

Images of York
HMU/N/11/38 · File · 1820s
Part of Hugh Murray archive

Possibly George Nicholson drawings of Walmgate Bar (too dark to confirm).
35mm negatives

Images of York
HMU/N/11/39 · File · 1820s
Part of Hugh Murray archive

Possibly George Nicholson drawings of Walmgate Bar (too dark to confirm).
35mm negatives

Receipts
GDC/78/8 · File · 27 February 1824-24 March 1830
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Receipts for legacies under the will of Thomas Craven who died on 20 December 1822.

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GDC/79/14 · File · 13 May 1831-14 May 1831
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Transfer and further mortgage of lands at Farnham for securing £400 and assignment of two terms of years in trust by Robert Gilling of Farnham, yeoman and mortgagees to John Styan of Whixley, yeoman and his trustees.

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GDC/190 · File · 20 December 1800-16 June 1831
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Statement as to the appointment of the Heads of Settlement Funds settled by the marriage settlement of Mr and Mrs. Place and given by the will of Henry Thompson, esquire. Also includes draft and Heads of Agreement including letters between beneficiaries and their legal advisers as to various aspects of the administration of the estate and investment of funds, as well as bills of the estate.

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Assignment
GDC/21/3 · File · 13 May 1830-9 January 1832
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Assignment of 5 twelfth parts of rectories tithes and promises for the residue of a term of 20 years – John Horner of Louth Lincolnshire, clerk & George Horner of Easingwold, farmer & Jonah Horner of Kilburn, doctor of medicine & Fewster Robert Horner of Kingston upon Hull, doctor of medicine & William Solomon Horner of Kilburn, clerk to Joseph Smith of Wildon Grange, gentleman. Includes two other documents – 30 January 1830 Purchase agreement by Messrs Horner to Joseph Smith (2) 9 January 1832 Letter from William Smith of Wildon Grange to William Gray, solicitor.

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Micklegate Bar
PHO/3/791 · File · 1823-1832
Part of Photograph and image collection

Two sketches of the bar. One includes the barbican and was printed by Rowney and Forster in 1823. The second was sketched on stone by T. Smith in 1832.

Y/COU/6/3/1 · File · 1832
Part of York Civic Archive

Register of electors eligible to vote in parliamentary elections. Please note, these items are a duplicate set of registers - our full set of registers can be found in the Archives Reading Room. Also includes a typescript and photocopied version of the list.

GDC/347 · File · 1723-1832
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Includes an extract from the Osbaldwick Enclosure Award (1772); documents relating to property in Clifton, Shambles, Walmgate and Fulford (1723), property in Strensall including an Abstract of Title (1723-1793).

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Dundas Street
GDC/302 · File · 25 March 1833
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Schedule of title deeds to premises in Dundas Street belonging to Thomas Benson and mortgaged to Elizabeth Thompson of Bootham, spinster for £600. Goes back to 1731.

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List of furniture and goods
GDC/269 · File · March 1833-April 1833
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

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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Abbeys and Churches
PHO/3/119 · File · 1785-1833
Part of Photograph and image collection

Includes 1. pencil sketch drawing (undated). 2. black and white engraved print of Burlington Church, Yorkshire. On stone by J. B. Templeton. London: Printed for the Proprietors of the British Magazine. Sept. 1824. 3. black and white engraved print of Egl

Cheques
Y/ORD/1/26 · File · 1833
Part of York Civic Archive

The cheques are in account with Wilson, Tweedy and Co.

Y/PPT/6/1/683 · File · 16 May 1834
Part of York Civic Archive

Five copies of plans used by the Ministry of Health - Drawing type: Street Plan
Drawing number (if any):
Scale: No Scale Given
Size: Small
Names: R. B. Cross, Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Health

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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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Bundle of legal documents
GDC/378 · File · 1710-1834
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Includes brief for Commissioners in the 'matter of Edward Horsman, gent a supposed lunatic'; Miss Dorothy Wilson's will and codicils (1710 and 1716); George Burnell of York, Spirit Merchant Assignments.

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GDC/426/6 · File · 16 May 1810-1834
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Includes marriage settlement of George Lloyd and Alicia Maria Greame, lease for a year, release of Towthorpe Estate and appointment of a new trustee under the marriage settlement of George Lloyd.

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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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GDC/246/2 · File · 28 December 1835
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Release from trusts by Francis Ivison of Scotby near Carlisle, gentleman and harriet his wife and others to Valentine Kitchingman formerly of Carlton Husthwaite but now of the suburbs of York, esquire and William Mills of York, gentleman. Includes a copy.

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GDC/354 · File · 17th century-1835
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Three bundles originally wrapped in brown paper with the following information written on the wraps: 1) 'Old Deeds belonging to Petergate House, but those in the bundle dated March 1822 are sufficient to show a good title'. Comprises c.34 items including Christopher Vint's will and administration. 2) Bundle with wrapper addressed to 'T.W. Preston, Solicitor, No.2 Stonegate, York.' and in same hand 'Petergate House, Old deeds'. Later hand adds 'Petergate and some Monkgate C17-C18.' 3) Bundle with wrapper written in pencil 'Petergate House Sold- 1875. J.H.Preston'. In ink on wrapper also 'Mrs Agar, Brockfield Hall'. Bundle comprises miscellaneous papers relating to the name of Preston and Agar.

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Plan of lots for auction
HMU/50/39 · File · 1836
Part of Hugh Murray archive

The plan is on linen and shows Clifton, Rawcliffe and Skelton estates. Also includes the particulars of the estates to be sold.

GDC/341 · File · 1679-1836
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Bundles 1 and 2 include a deed signed by John Carr, the architect as Lord Mayor of York (1770); also messuage in St Crux parish and another adjoining Layerthorpe Postern on the one side and St Cuthbert's churchyard on the other c.1757. Bundle 3 includes a document relating to the Punch Bowl public house (1814) which is also referred to in a document of 1836 (bundle 5). Bundle 4 comprises mainly leases and conveyances. A number of documents concern property held by the Dean and Chapter of York Minster. Two documents of 1833 are conveyances to the New Market Trustees / The Trustees under the New Market Act. Bundle 5 contains documents of 1836 refer to property on the corner of Jubbergate and Silver Street and in St Sampsons Square and Harthwaite Lane.

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Bundle of legal documents
GDC/388 · File · 1698-1836
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Folder includes 1698 document relating to Heworth with signatories Cranbrook, Thweng and Agar; 1758 and 1760 Mortgage Bonds of Thomas Smith and Agnus Smith; 1765 - 1836 list of Vicars of Acomb; 1806 proof of sale J. Munby to Robert Cattle; 1833 Osbaldwick and near - land sold to George Hudson; undated, brief of a depostion v. Thomas Beuamont in the suit before the Council at York (relates to Selby and Wistow); undated, plan of Mrs Creamer's Estate (Hull Road); undated, Hull Fields plan (Matthew Oates and Son, architects).

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GDC/426/9 · File · 7 March 1737-1836
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Includes conveyance to Mr Samuel Waud of a house in Micklegate, agreement about stopping up windows, conveyance of a house in York from Mr Robert Bower to Matthew Chitty St Quintin Esquire, extract from the will of Matthew Chitty St Quintin Esquire, will of Willia Taylor deceased, land tax certificate in the name of William Taylor Esquire, abstract of title to a messuage in Micklegate previously belonging to William Taylor Esq, release of a messguage in Micklegate, conveyance of one undivided eighth part of a dwellinghouse in Micklegate, extracts from wills and supplemental abstract of title.

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